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He has played to cover and they are pleased with that. Yes, it has come | :00:36. | :00:45. | |
through in a good place. It whips across. I just wonder with the last | :00:46. | :00:54. | |
ball that John McGuinness went with, the two balls if struck properly | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
might split the other two as well. But one might stay. That is the | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
thing. You have to see if they will absorb the drive. | :01:04. | :01:29. | |
I am just wondering whether Scotland will be tempted to try and draw | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
another. Just draw one in round? Almost eight o'clock position? 18 | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
inches past or something. I think what they don't want to do, and I | :01:43. | :01:52. | |
can understand it, is get too close and present a target alongside the | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
jack, which would make it an easier shot for England and make Jamie's | :01:57. | :02:04. | |
mind up. The problem for Jamie, he hasn't got the spot position at the | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
moment either so if the jack goes dead, he would be worse off and it | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
would be more difficult to get the shot back. | :02:13. | :02:37. | |
Well, he opened it up slightly. I think that is worse. You think so? I | :02:38. | :03:04. | |
wondered if you think so? I wondered if he and push it. -- I wondered if | :03:05. | :03:19. | |
he would try and push it. That is the problem. If you get out too | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
wide, a lot of balls are going under. They will be aware of that. | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
Now the jack is of course, it makes it a bit harder. Normally if you are | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
confident, you would think that is great and people watching might | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
wonder what we are on about. It looks obvious to come down there and | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
we have watched it all week, but that is not easy. There is a lying | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
there, but anybody will tell you it is much harder when you are three | :03:51. | :04:01. | |
down on the scorecard as well. -- line there. In many ways he does not | :04:02. | :04:11. | |
want to force Jamie into playing a drive. He would prefer him to play a | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
draw because it would be a more difficult chart. Such are the | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
thought processes at the very highest level. | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
To get to this level, these guys have got all the shots in the | :04:28. | :04:36. | |
locker, no doubt. So if you have the opportunity to take something, do it | :04:37. | :04:45. | |
before your opponent does. A little kick, coming back late. That is as | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
good as he could have. He has not left a target. Better than jack | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
high. If Jamie does play weight, anything | :04:55. | :05:12. | |
half is not good. Difficult position for him. He will be thinking that | :05:13. | :05:21. | |
all too often he is going to the mat thinking this is really tough. He is | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
playing the drive. Just got the front one. Half ball. Yes, off it | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
went. Alex will be quite happy with that. | :05:39. | :05:45. | |
On target. Could not have played it much better but a bit unlucky. | :05:46. | :06:30. | |
When you are the opponents, you just have to stand back and theorise what | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
they might do but you are already thinking ahead. And as the skipper | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
you are thinking about what you have got to do as well. | :06:43. | :06:53. | |
He has swapped sides onto the backhand. He didn't want to improve | :06:54. | :07:06. | |
the position and he has gone for the deepest back. A bit undecided. | :07:07. | :07:14. | |
Didn't want to pack the head. Probably agree with him on that. | :07:15. | :07:23. | |
Didn't want to leave a catch. Jamie Chestney has just played weight. If | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
he is looking for the draw, it is hard to go back. Just might play the | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
percentage, rolling weight, to use the side balls and get back into the | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
shot ball. Playing driving weight again. Well off target. Might be | :07:39. | :07:49. | |
second shot there. It is, a single shot. He got out of it well in the | :07:50. | :07:57. | |
end. Sometimes you have got to hit and hope and hope that the gods are | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
smiling down on you. They are getting fortunate here. Doing enough | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
to stun the black ball across. Scotland have a four shot advantage. | :08:08. | :08:30. | |
Scotland again have gone further short. | :08:31. | :08:45. | |
Just checking for a second to make sure. If it's been a good position. | :08:46. | :09:04. | |
-- in its minimum position. That is a great ball. Yes, just | :09:05. | :09:57. | |
tidying things up with good bowls and good positions. One down and | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
recovering. Tidying things up nicely. | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
John McGuinness was expecting to draw but he has been told by his | :10:09. | :10:47. | |
skipper to be up. No second invitation needed. Oh. Just went by. | :10:48. | :10:58. | |
You could see why Jamie Chestney asked for that, to split the two | :10:59. | :10:59. | |
front bowls. 10-5 down, nine ends asked for that, to split the two | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
played, not a great position. Starting to change things a bit. He | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
needs to move bowls and can't allow anything to build up. The danger is | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
when you start chasing a game, you will get punished at this level. | :11:23. | :11:58. | |
Stuart Airey was trying to open it up for England and took out the back | :11:59. | :12:57. | |
ball. Andrew Knapper suffering some | :12:58. | :14:00. | |
encouragement from Stuart Airey, a man born in Sunderland. | :14:01. | :14:33. | |
Fairly well mixed up at the back. Yes. He still played the running | :14:34. | :14:44. | |
ball. I don't think Scotland will mind that, really. The position at | :14:45. | :14:55. | |
the back. Big trouble here for Alex if he comes down and plays another | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
perfect bowl. We'll be hoping for a bit of room. That is pretty good, he | :15:00. | :17:12. | |
England have scored in just two of the ten ends. It has been that kind | :17:13. | :19:47. | |
of day so far. the ten ends. It has been that kind | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
Another good opener from both players. England bowled just behind | :19:53. | :20:08. | |
the jack. He's played this perfect. He is on his game. It has | :20:09. | :20:11. | |
the jack. He's played this perfect. if UN is but he has been rolling | :20:12. | :20:25. | |
along. -- a few ends. Good bowling by Andrew Knapper. Four good bowls | :20:26. | :20:28. | |
from good players. He Neil Speirs trying as well. This is | :20:29. | :20:47. | |
unbelievable from Scotland, absolutely unbelievable. Every time | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
England play a good bowl, Scotland simply play a better one. This is | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
tough to play against, it really is tough. They have not played badly | :21:01. | :21:09. | |
but this Scottish four is a mean machine. Good effort by John | :21:10. | :21:20. | |
McGuinness, really well played. Great end of bowls. | :21:21. | :22:15. | |
these guys play good bowl after good bowl, and so it goes. It is just | :22:16. | :22:21. | |
wearing the opposition down. England have not played badly. But still | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
worn down. Paul Foster was part of the Scottish | :22:27. | :22:46. | |
pairs winning duo with Alex Marshall. | :22:47. | :22:55. | |
Could not have placed that any better, dead centre. Causing | :22:56. | :23:07. | |
problems. Lots of them for England at the moment. Really good bowl. | :23:08. | :23:19. | |
Centre of the ring. Leaves no target. | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
Like a juggernaut coming towards you. It is just going to run over | :23:27. | :23:33. | |
you. Scotland's biggest problem might be handshake fatigue! | :23:34. | :23:57. | |
That is not a bad attempt by Stewart and it is not easy. | :23:58. | :24:08. | |
Starting to come in, drifting away. They know that Jamie Chestney is | :24:09. | :24:20. | |
going to have to attack this at some point. | :24:21. | :24:35. | |
Just dropping underneath. That is only where Scotland have had some | :24:36. | :25:37. | |
position, to the right of the jack. I think they want a cover ball | :25:38. | :25:47. | |
somewhere on that side of the hand. -- head. That is where it wants to | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
go. They have already covered the back. You're simply trying to take | :25:52. | :26:02. | |
shots away from your opponent. England could take three and maybe | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
four and Scotland can take that away from them. One ball target. Yes, it | :26:06. | :26:14. | |
is when you start looking to be creative. A bit deep but not too | :26:15. | :26:28. | |
bad. Deeper than they wanted. Diane can afford to smile! | :26:29. | :26:38. | |
Unless Jamie Chestney can do something, | :26:39. | :26:41. | |
Unless Jamie Chestney can England will not settle for silver. Tried to | :26:42. | :26:53. | |
play that with nice weight. Scotland have to try and be in there. | :26:54. | :27:33. | |
think your opponent is going to play. His Royal Highness, Prince | :27:34. | :28:00. | |
Edward. He has decided to get to the VIP seats rather than join us here. | :28:01. | :28:13. | |
He was to get me a season ticket the Swansea. You cannot blame them. | :28:14. | :28:30. | |
Following its down. This wants to be the other side. That is brilliant. | :28:31. | :28:48. | |
Glove just played it perfect. He has been doing a lot of that lately. You | :28:49. | :28:55. | |
can have the best script writers in the world and you are not played | :28:56. | :29:06. | |
better bowl that. Brilliant. Bowls on request. Has got to hear this. It | :29:07. | :29:15. | |
is tailing away. You can see the frustration and spreading in the | :29:16. | :29:22. | |
English ranks. Scotland's take 83. They will be hard to overhaul in the | :29:23. | :29:29. | |
battle for gold. -- Scotland take a three. It is not over yet. But the | :29:30. | :29:54. | |
end may not be far away. At the moment I would call this a textbook | :29:55. | :30:03. | |
performance from Scotland. It has been absolutely clinical. They | :30:04. | :30:08. | |
dropped a four at one point but other than that it has been | :30:09. | :30:09. | |
something else. Two good bowls again. Peacock has | :30:10. | :30:43. | |
come into a real game. He is enjoying this. Up against Andrew | :30:44. | :31:15. | |
Knapper. Another good bowl again. Andy Knapper was Berkshire sports | :31:16. | :31:25. | |
Knapper. Another good bowl again. Helicopter overhead. England are | :31:26. | :31:42. | |
hoping it is the A-Team coming to the rescue. Identifying the greens | :31:43. | :31:53. | |
keeper would like that. That is better from John McGuinness but | :31:54. | :32:01. | |
looking a little lonely. They need to get another one in because it is | :32:02. | :32:11. | |
building. Good attempts by John. Bit unlucky with that. Very unlikely. | :32:12. | :32:24. | |
Forced into playing it, in fairness. It is a good bowl. Unlucky. It was | :32:25. | :32:35. | |
unlucky. England need to find a way to start winning heads but it is | :32:36. | :32:44. | |
virtually impossible at the moment. 's textbook stuff from Scotland. | :32:45. | :33:43. | |
got the jack back. That has taken two out of that. Andy Knapper has | :33:44. | :33:57. | |
won back there. -- he has one. Played it well. Can still find time | :33:58. | :34:16. | |
to smile. They have played a decent game. Sometimes you go into a match | :34:17. | :34:20. | |
thinking you have not played well. But they are being outplayed, | :34:21. | :34:27. | |
although they are not playing badly. Sometimes you have to play your | :34:28. | :34:29. | |
position but the opposition have not allow them today. He had his bowls | :34:30. | :34:36. | |
stolen before the Commonwealth Games. They were recovered. That is | :34:37. | :34:43. | |
not one of them, his bowls are currently in police lock-up as | :34:44. | :34:48. | |
evidence. Alex Marshall had to get a new set. Almost identical. He | :34:49. | :34:54. | |
practised and he practised, he needed to run the men. He suggested | :34:55. | :35:03. | |
they would need his arm as well if he wanted -- if they wanted him to | :35:04. | :35:07. | |
stop bowling well. A little on the high line. Just a | :35:08. | :36:17. | |
little bit over the weight. In off the backhand. Down the inside. Just | :36:18. | :36:28. | |
got the touch he didn't want. England lying two. England badly | :36:29. | :36:40. | |
needs take this end. Alex was not far away then. Dropping short. He | :36:41. | :37:03. | |
has been under a fair bit of pressure. Struggling with his weight | :37:04. | :37:34. | |
now. Just missed in the first time. Hard Shard. Needed a bit of weight | :37:35. | :37:45. | |
to get under that. No respite for England here. Ideally if they can | :37:46. | :38:00. | |
add a third this would be good. Scotland have no right of reply, | :38:01. | :38:03. | |
what can Jamie Chestney do? Just got caught on his own. Two shots to | :38:04. | :38:20. | |
England. Giving themselves a chance. Three ends to play. They have | :38:21. | :38:29. | |
trailed the just one end in the match, Scotland. That is going long. | :38:30. | :38:55. | |
Needed to make sure it was full-length. Brought the maths up a | :38:56. | :39:03. | |
couple of metres. You feel if England are going to take the three | :39:04. | :39:08. | |
or four they need a longer Jack. Sure Jack is wary difficult to get | :39:09. | :39:12. | |
control because Scotland play well to that length. It did not go into | :39:13. | :39:37. | |
the ditch by much. It is not a bad opener. Still plenty of room. A good | :39:38. | :40:30. | |
reply. David Peacock was the first bowler to win three consecutive gold | :40:31. | :40:34. | |
medals at outdoor World Championships and bringing all his | :40:35. | :40:51. | |
experience to bear here. That is a good shot. Good positive draw. | :40:52. | :41:38. | |
Decent bowl. Just was not running out. Stuart Airey just getting rid | :41:39. | :43:15. | |
of the blue bowl. APPLAUSE Just looking to drift it in there. | :43:16. | :43:24. | |
Just getting to the stage with three ends to play, just to give | :43:25. | :43:30. | |
themselves a chance they need something. That is no worse, good | :43:31. | :43:55. | |
bowl TU 's. Ideally Stewart needs another one in their in front of the | :43:56. | :44:38. | |
blues. Just resting on in there. You can see by the feet going in there | :44:39. | :44:42. | |
and there is a few chances off those bowls. Coming off the shoulder. | :44:43. | :45:01. | |
Giving it a chance, all about the connection. That is the shot. | :45:02. | :45:19. | |
APPLAUSE Just build this up. Two chances, | :45:20. | :45:26. | |
inside edge or outside edge. Could not really go wrong, he played it | :45:27. | :45:33. | |
well with good weight. Jamie Chestney, he has given that chance. | :45:34. | :45:51. | |
Just running through. If we were experts in body language we might | :45:52. | :45:57. | |
make a fortune in other fields. As an amateur psychologist there is a | :45:58. | :46:01. | |
real bounce about Scotland and the moment. You can just tell England | :46:02. | :46:11. | |
are a bit deflated. How do you get out of this. They had been | :46:12. | :46:19. | |
smothered, really. Fantastic stuff from Scotland, they have done | :46:20. | :46:28. | |
everything right. For his first Commonwealth Games he has got the | :46:29. | :46:32. | |
silver medal at worst and a bronze medal as well, all of the English | :46:33. | :46:35. | |
bowlers have got a medal so in those terms it has been successful for | :46:36. | :46:46. | |
England and Kelvingrove. -- at. Marshall on his backhand, using the | :46:47. | :46:54. | |
area. If he runs past the short one he is close. That does not help. | :46:55. | :47:13. | |
Easing towards goal, his charges. There is nothing obvious for | :47:14. | :47:17. | |
England. Then they start to be creative and it starts getting into | :47:18. | :47:24. | |
the worlds of ifs and buts. You conceive a gap where his foot is. | :47:25. | :47:30. | |
That is the only way he is going to get it, that is the only shot on. He | :47:31. | :47:32. | |
is looking down that gap. Way too much in front. That had to | :47:33. | :48:07. | |
be absolutely spot on. Free draw here for a third. In the area but | :48:08. | :48:14. | |
never going to get it at that angle. Needed to be wiser to get into it. | :48:15. | :48:24. | |
-- wider. If he makes this, it is a bonus. | :48:25. | :48:39. | |
Good weight, good drop in, good try. Didn't want to be too close. No | :48:40. | :48:49. | |
point in spoiling things. Scotland are on the home straight. | :48:50. | :49:03. | |
England haven't been able to score at consecutive ends and that is why | :49:04. | :49:08. | |
Scotland are leading 16-7. We promised to touch on the fact | :49:09. | :49:26. | |
that they are not playing the same colour of bowls on each team. | :49:27. | :49:31. | |
Certainly the talk is that after the next Commonwealth Games, the top | :49:32. | :49:35. | |
nations would be allocated a colour, and then you have to play with that, | :49:36. | :49:39. | |
which would make it easier for television viewers and those | :49:40. | :49:45. | |
watching at the Games as well. It is a bit confusing sometimes when they | :49:46. | :49:51. | |
are playing with the same colours. Yes, it has been a good championship | :49:52. | :49:54. | |
but there are always things we can improve on. The Scotland four would | :49:55. | :50:01. | |
be hard pressed to improve on their performance today. Scotland had high | :50:02. | :50:15. | |
hopes of gold at the bowls. This complex has been upgraded over a two | :50:16. | :50:20. | |
year period, the five green upgrade at Kelvingrove. Golfer Scotland in | :50:21. | :50:28. | |
the men's pairs and it looks likely in the fours. -- gold for Scotland. | :50:29. | :50:43. | |
They have done the hard yards it is just claiming the prize now. | :50:44. | :50:55. | |
If they are to have any chance at all, England need three. They had to | :50:56. | :51:21. | |
win the 12th end. If they had won that, they would have had a chance. | :51:22. | :51:27. | |
They could The way this end is building, it | :51:28. | :51:42. | |
doesn't look like there will be much chance of getting more than one out | :51:43. | :51:47. | |
of this, two at best. But that is what Scotland have been good at. | :51:48. | :51:56. | |
Jamie Chestney, to be fair to him, played some good shots that he | :51:57. | :52:00. | |
missed, but he is trying to force degree difficulty shots. -- the | :52:01. | :52:12. | |
fourth degree difficulty. It will be frustrating because he has not had | :52:13. | :52:17. | |
much chance to show what he is capable of. What happens is you get | :52:18. | :52:21. | |
put under so much pressure at the end and you start missing the easier | :52:22. | :52:31. | |
bowls. It is difficult. Second best and Scotland on form. No shame in | :52:32. | :52:32. | |
that. Stuart Airey has put two good bowls | :52:33. | :52:44. | |
in here. Give them a chance. 42-year-old playing off the | :52:45. | :53:07. | |
backhand. A couple of They are not worried about the shot | :53:08. | :53:52. | |
bowl, Scotland, just looking to pass. | :53:53. | :54:04. | |
Quite happy to leave the jack open and leave England to draw the shot. | :54:05. | :54:35. | |
In the semifinal against Australia, they lost the first end, and went | :54:36. | :55:04. | |
five down and since then they have never been behind. | :55:05. | :55:16. | |
Alex Marshall, second shot. Yes, good again. Trying to make it | :55:17. | :55:29. | |
difficult for Jamie to get any more than the one. | :55:30. | :55:42. | |
Going to try and lift the jack with this. He has got it wrong! He has | :55:43. | :55:53. | |
got it wrong and there goes the game, I think. Nothing there for | :55:54. | :55:55. | |
them now. They will take everything here but I | :55:56. | :56:21. | |
can't see England getting anything out of this. The last thing England | :56:22. | :56:29. | |
needed was for the jack to be moved a couple of times. He was looking | :56:30. | :56:35. | |
for the jack but on the other side of the ring, he was looking to give | :56:36. | :56:44. | |
himself a chance. It has been a final of contrasting emotions | :56:45. | :56:46. | |
between the men from Scotland and England. | :56:47. | :56:54. | |
Celebrations for the men in the blue and more difficult for those in red. | :56:55. | :57:05. | |
Joy and despair summed up, perfectly matched. The Lionel Messi of bowls, | :57:06. | :57:18. | |
have true. -- how true. The only difference is that Lionel Messi | :57:19. | :57:23. | |
might make $65 million per year more than Alex Marshall! | :57:24. | :57:31. | |
That wasn't part of the plan. Alex Marshall has a better singing voice | :57:32. | :57:46. | |
than Lionel Messi! How you heard Lionel Messi singing will be a tale | :57:47. | :57:56. | |
for another day. I have got that wrong. I must mean Lionel Richie! | :57:57. | :58:04. | |
Jamie has had a good look at this. He can't draw the shot. It is all | :58:05. | :58:49. | |
over. Gold the Scotland! -- gold for Scotland! What a performance from | :58:50. | :58:55. | |
David Peacock, Neil Speirs, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall. They | :58:56. | :58:59. | |
controlled the game almost from start to finish. They dropped four | :59:00. | :59:07. | |
on the fourth end. It is the Scotland bounds in Glasgow. That is | :59:08. | :59:19. | |
what gold means to Scotland. Great scenes here, the crowd on their | :59:20. | :59:27. | |
feet. Wonderful support. David well pleased. They can be delighted with | :59:28. | :59:33. | |
their performance. This man has been the start of the show, Alex | :59:34. | :59:38. | |
Marshall. He is one of the iconic figures of the Glasgow 2014 | :59:39. | :59:44. | |
Commonwealth Games. They defeated a very good England four. Just too | :59:45. | :59:47. | |
much for them in the end. And the gold medal match means the gold | :59:48. | :59:54. | |
medals stay on home soil. David Peacock, Neil Speirs, Paul Foster | :59:55. | :00:01. | |
and Alex Marshall would just too good for John McGuinness, Andrew | :00:02. | :00:05. | |
Knapper, Stuart Airey and Jamie Chestney of England. It goes to | :00:06. | :00:12. | |
Scotland by 16 shots to eight. Congratulations to Scotland. Another | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
gold medal for the home nation. A warm welcome if you are just joining | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
us. It is day nine of Glasgow 2014 and you can watch it here until | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
seven o'clock today. We are joined by our band of merry men. Look at | :00:26. | :00:31. | |
them, a dysfunctional boy band! I have to be careful because they do | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
make me look good, well, they try at least. Let me run through what we | :00:35. | :00:41. | |
have got coming your way before seven o'clock. | :00:42. | :01:39. | |
Next this afternoon, up the River Clyde, directly where the camera is | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
pointing and where that vote is coming from, the National hockey | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
centre. An intriguing match, as far as the women's semifinal is | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
concerned. Coming up, coverage of England against New Zealand, with | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
the right to play the winner of South Africa against Australia. | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
Australia finished their game a short while ago and this is what | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
happened. The defending champions, who have won three out of the last | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
four Commonwealth Games beat South Africa 7-1. They took the lead with | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
a nice finish from inside the area. It was 2-0 at half-time but the | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
Aussies got three goals in 15 minutes. A nice solo goal to make it | :02:23. | :02:31. | |
five. South Africa did pull one goal back, but it is the Aussies who | :02:32. | :02:40. | |
advance into the final. So, who will Australia face in the final? England | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
or New Zealand? Let's get to mel clue low and Leslie Murdoch. | :02:45. | :02:53. | |
New Zealand get it underway in the second semifinal here at Glasgow | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
2014. Excellent tackle from Holly Webb to | :02:59. | :03:10. | |
give her a first touch early on in the semifinal. | :03:11. | :03:24. | |
Nicholson is literally running across the field. | :03:25. | :03:49. | |
loud, parochial crowd find their voice. | :03:50. | :04:17. | |
Very important reason why the ball has to be brought out, if that is | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
where it is. If the ball is inside the 25, you cannot hit it | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
straightaway, you have to move it for five metres. From outside the 25 | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
commute can hit a crash ball in. Some people might think the umpires | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
are being picky, but that is the reason. | :04:38. | :04:46. | |
It is a very efficient looking England side in the early stages. | :04:47. | :04:59. | |
Strong whistle against the two England tacklers. | :05:00. | :05:17. | |
Flynn was penalised for obstructing the player, using her body to stop | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
the England defender getting to the ball. | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
The early stages of this second semifinal. | :05:29. | :05:42. | |
It was a surging run by Danson. Charlton did well. 22 years of age, | :05:43. | :05:52. | |
Samantha Taylor on. Stacey Nicholson learnt her hockey | :05:53. | :06:11. | |
in Northland, a nursery of hockey players coming through from that | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
area of New Zealand. Some mesmerising skills from Owsley. She | :06:18. | :06:19. | |
gets the free hip. -- hit. England, putting New Zealand on some | :06:20. | :06:49. | |
defensive pressure. Holly Webb, otherwise New Zealand | :06:50. | :07:36. | |
had space to carry the ball into. If you are watching international | :07:37. | :07:39. | |
hockey for the first time, yes, you can play the ball with your stick | :07:40. | :07:46. | |
above the shoulder. As long as it is not in a dangerous manner. It has | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
certainly added another Di mentioned to this wonderful international | :07:52. | :07:52. | |
sport. -- another dimensional. That was outstanding work from | :07:53. | :08:56. | |
Owsley. Just 19 years of age. 40 caps. And it is not finished yet. | :08:57. | :09:08. | |
She could not quite keep it in. The key for New Zealand is keeping | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
Danson quiet today. She has been back to her best in this tournament. | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
But it is important that the other players do not just look to spark it | :09:16. | :09:17. | |
for England. Good work from Cocks. That time, the ball was deemed | :09:18. | :09:31. | |
dangerous. Not too much license happens during | :09:32. | :09:54. | |
the match, because they need to be exact to start with. | :09:55. | :10:08. | |
Certainly, England have kept the New Zealand captain quiet in the opening | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
exchanges. Good work again. Strong defending. | :10:12. | :10:34. | |
But again, the New Zealand players in the wrong zone. | :10:35. | :10:53. | |
Dennison has been solid throughout the tournament. Really composed at | :10:54. | :11:00. | |
the back. Plays in the middle of the pitch, almost allowing Whitelock and | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
Naylor to get forward because they have so much confidence in her | :11:04. | :11:04. | |
distribution. I think Webster thought it was her | :11:05. | :11:12. | |
free hit. Seven tournament goals for four | :11:13. | :11:39. | |
guests on. -- four guests on. was a good centre. Merry, great | :11:40. | :12:38. | |
stick skills. Slightly impeded, but she had the strength to ride the | :12:39. | :12:40. | |
tackle. Webster has come over on to the | :12:41. | :13:13. | |
right side of the New Zealand. -- for New Zealand. | :13:14. | :13:46. | |
Strong tackle defence for New Zealand. Battered | :13:47. | :14:20. | |
There was a shot at goal, well cleaned up by Hinch. They will be | :14:21. | :14:27. | |
disappointed with that shot. Didn't get the power or direction. But a | :14:28. | :14:37. | |
good break from Lily Owsley. Drove into the circle, went round one but | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
could not get the drive to work past Dennison. | :14:42. | :14:55. | |
Playing with confidence, England. A strong whistle against New Zealand. | :14:56. | :15:18. | |
Just dropped on the back of her foot. | :15:19. | :15:43. | |
Again, they took the free hit quickly. It is a quick match. | :15:44. | :15:53. | |
A good contest between Thompson of New Zealand and White of England. | :15:54. | :16:41. | |
The English captain just calms down proceedings. | :16:42. | :17:06. | |
Owsley, searching for forward momentum. | :17:07. | :17:27. | |
When England get the ball, they are not attacking with numbers. It is | :17:28. | :17:36. | |
two or three, trying to take on five or six Black Sticks defenders. At | :17:37. | :17:39. | |
some point, I feel the midfielder will have to come up and support. -- | :17:40. | :17:42. | |
the midfield. A scything drive from | :17:43. | :17:59. | |
Richardson-Walsh, but it was read by Thompson. Playing with confidence, | :18:00. | :18:02. | |
England. If you are wondering why England | :18:03. | :18:53. | |
don't present the ball back to New Zealand, it is because if they do | :18:54. | :18:56. | |
they will get told off by the umpire. So they leave it. It is not | :18:57. | :18:58. | |
that they don't want to help. You have to try to move the ball | :18:59. | :19:26. | |
five metres before playing it into the circle. They tried to get a | :19:27. | :19:29. | |
deflection on the edge but there was no touch and it went straight in. | :19:30. | :19:39. | |
Merry, having a fine game so far. Michelsen intercepts this time. | :19:40. | :20:09. | |
Naylor, with a big drive, but Richardson-Walsh brings it out and | :20:10. | :20:19. | |
into Michelsen's leg. Michelsen, penalty corner, New Zealand. | :20:20. | :20:31. | |
She has given the penalty corner against Richardson-Walsh for not | :20:32. | :20:37. | |
backing off five metres before engaging with the ball carrier, | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
Michelsen. It was not that tackle by Shipperley. That was a clean tackle. | :20:43. | :20:50. | |
There, Richardson-Walsh did not back off the required five metres. | :20:51. | :20:58. | |
England, scrambling to get their defensive gear on. They | :20:59. | :21:00. | |
England, scrambling to get their Michelsen, to inject from the | :21:01. | :21:08. | |
baseline. It goes over and harmlessly, without anyone touching | :21:09. | :21:17. | |
it. I think she will be disappointed with that. It seemed to roll off her | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
stick at the wrong time. The Sun is finding its way through | :21:22. | :21:38. | |
the cloud cover. 22 degrees. The Australian umpire is under a bit | :21:39. | :22:21. | |
of pressure. It has certainly been New Zealand | :22:22. | :22:59. | |
that have had more of the possession in the first half but neither | :23:00. | :23:00. | |
goalkeeper has been tested. Charlton pulled off a great tackle. | :23:01. | :23:45. | |
Michelsen, through the midfield this time. Over two Cocks on the left | :23:46. | :23:48. | |
flank. Charlton is playing with so much | :23:49. | :24:07. | |
confidence. It is just not falling for New | :24:08. | :24:46. | |
Zealand at the moment. There seems to be a bit of desperation in the | :24:47. | :24:49. | |
English defence, but at the moment it is standing firm. | :24:50. | :24:57. | |
Australia have already booked their place, comprehensively beating South | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
Africa 7-1. A lot of pressure on the ball | :25:03. | :25:49. | |
carrier. England putting a lot of pressure on. | :25:50. | :25:58. | |
Samantha Charlton has also had a solid start in defence. For someone | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
so young, she makes extremely clean tackles at vital times. Yes, the | :26:05. | :26:14. | |
22-year-old, who was awarded her 100th cap three games ago, Samantha | :26:15. | :26:22. | |
Taylor 's in. -- Samantha Power Charlton. | :26:23. | :27:16. | |
That was Webster with a shot at goal. | :27:17. | :27:30. | |
Merry gets the free hit. She has done a couple of those so far. | :27:31. | :27:43. | |
That had Hinch diving, but over the baseline. Great delivery by | :27:44. | :27:52. | |
Whitelock. She always delivers the ball flat on the floor, which is | :27:53. | :27:53. | |
what you want as a striker. It was Lucy Wood on the ball. She | :27:54. | :28:14. | |
needed to take a little more care on the past two hours leave. On the | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
past two Owsley. I am sure she would have wanted the | :28:20. | :28:30. | |
ball on her forehand, but it was just too far ahead of her. A golden | :28:31. | :28:34. | |
opportunity for England to take the lead in the match. | :28:35. | :28:40. | |
For all the possession, it has really been a game played within the | :28:41. | :28:49. | |
25s. That was England's first shot at goal. New Zealand, on the balance | :28:50. | :28:55. | |
of play, deserve to have had more shots. | :28:56. | :29:30. | |
Well, the New Zealanders have felt the sting of the South African | :29:31. | :29:37. | |
umpire in the other game. That is Michelsen off with a green. New | :29:38. | :29:41. | |
Zealand playing with ten players for two minutes. | :29:42. | :29:48. | |
Goal! Lily Owsley has scored for England, with New Zealand with one | :29:49. | :30:29. | |
player on the bench. Fantastic strength by quick on her 50th. I | :30:30. | :30:36. | |
think Whitelock may be referring this. Yes, it is being referred. New | :30:37. | :30:49. | |
Zealand are checking for an England foot inside the circle, please. Have | :30:50. | :30:51. | |
a look for me. I will. They are looking for the foot on how | :30:52. | :31:11. | |
is Lee as the ball came across. -- Lily Owsley. Definitely nothing | :31:12. | :31:17. | |
wrong by Danson playing it into the area. It was not a foot. But the | :31:18. | :31:25. | |
video umpire is supposed to give the correct outcome. | :31:26. | :31:33. | |
We will be finding out in just a few seconds. It looks a perfect finish | :31:34. | :31:48. | |
from Lily Owsley. It did not come off Danson. I think it was a glove, | :31:49. | :31:57. | |
or an harm. It was not a foot, definitely not a foot. | :31:58. | :32:04. | |
If it is rejected, New Zealand will lose their opportunity to ask again. | :32:05. | :32:11. | |
If it hits the glove, they will allow it, but if it is her arm, | :32:12. | :32:22. | |
maybe not. The umpire from Australia gets to whistle this all-important | :32:23. | :32:25. | |
semifinal. It is critical, so they want to make sure they get it right. | :32:26. | :32:33. | |
What is your analysis of that? I was always of the impression if it hit | :32:34. | :32:36. | |
the glove and the glove hand was on the stick, that is part of the | :32:37. | :32:42. | |
stick. But it hit the forearm. Not a foot. It might even be her stick. I | :32:43. | :32:59. | |
think it's a goal. So, it is a goal? Yes, the goal | :33:00. | :33:05. | |
stands. And the English team retreated to | :33:06. | :33:14. | |
behind halfway, they believed it was a goal. | :33:15. | :33:25. | |
Playing with confidence. Right from the opening whistle, England have | :33:26. | :33:33. | |
done that, in this second semifinal. There she is, the goal-scorer, Lily | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
Owsley. 19 years of age. This time it is Danson who gets the | :33:41. | :34:08. | |
green card for not retreating. New Zealand cannot refer. They have lost | :34:09. | :34:12. | |
their ability to refer. Richardson-Walsh, out onto the right | :34:13. | :34:33. | |
flank. They have used it effectively today, England. | :34:34. | :34:53. | |
Stolen by Flynn, and now this is the New Zealand skipper, Whitelock. | :34:54. | :35:01. | |
Keeps it in play. And gets the free hit. | :35:02. | :35:12. | |
Taken by Naylor. Thompson drags it into the circle. Free hit, defence. | :35:13. | :35:39. | |
Susie Gilbert just into the circle. Free hit, defence. | :35:40. | :35:43. | |
ball was spun in field by New Zealand. But Richardson-Walsh has | :35:44. | :35:48. | |
been pretty spot on today. Anything coming into the circle, she is | :35:49. | :35:55. | |
mopping up. Whitelock, off-loads to Forgesson. Looking for a linkup with | :35:56. | :36:04. | |
Glynn. And for me, that is the key in this first half, the accuracy of | :36:05. | :36:12. | |
England, everything they have done. MEL CLEWLOW: They have not had a lot | :36:13. | :36:17. | |
of possession, they have soaked up a lot of New Zealand pressure, but | :36:18. | :36:22. | |
they have made the one clear-cut chance count, and that is the | :36:23. | :36:25. | |
difference between the two sides at the moment. | :36:26. | :36:49. | |
330 combined England and break Britain caps for Richardson-Walsh. | :36:50. | :36:55. | |
Another chance for England! Chased by Danson. Outside the circle now. | :36:56. | :37:00. | |
Looking for a foot, she gets it. And New Zealand are needing to soak | :37:01. | :37:13. | |
up some more pressure from England. 3.5 minutes left in the first half | :37:14. | :37:15. | |
of this second semifinal. Unlucky, Forgesson, she got a big | :37:16. | :37:50. | |
stick on the back of hers, as she delivered the ball. This time, it is | :37:51. | :37:55. | |
Danson with the ball for England. A big tackle from Webster. Important. | :37:56. | :38:07. | |
A big drive up the field. Unsworth. Finds the captain, moving up over | :38:08. | :38:24. | |
halfway. Then off-loading that ball. Across the face! And out of the way | :38:25. | :38:27. | |
of Danson. Across the front. Whitelock. | :38:28. | :38:44. | |
Whitelock again, takes the wick free hit. How did she get that pass away | :38:45. | :38:55. | |
under so much pressure? And they do not even get the ball! Yes, I think | :38:56. | :39:05. | |
it was definitely a free hit. I do not think there was anything Laura | :39:06. | :39:09. | |
Unsworth could do to get out of the way, but it makes you appreciate, | :39:10. | :39:19. | |
Unsworth could do to get out of the Unsworth is quick, but Whitelock is | :39:20. | :39:21. | |
still ahead of her, carrying the ball. | :39:22. | :39:30. | |
Again, through Sophie Bray, England come forward. | :39:31. | :40:34. | |
16 seconds on the clock. Unsworth is on the end of it. Across the face. | :40:35. | :40:46. | |
Bray was getting close. The English coach in the stands. The half-time | :40:47. | :40:59. | |
hooter goes. A very good 35-minute 's from England. There is the | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
goal-scorer, 19 years of age. We have watched her with great | :41:05. | :41:15. | |
interest. So, that contest, fascinatingly poised, and don't | :41:16. | :41:18. | |
worry, we will be coming back to the hockey after the newsbreak, to show | :41:19. | :41:22. | |
you the whole of the second half, with England leading New Zealand by | :41:23. | :41:28. | |
1-0. That is it for the time being. Time now for a quick news update | :41:29. | :41:34. | |
here on BBC Three, and we will see you in just | :41:35. | :41:36. | |
We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks | :41:37. | :41:39. | |
Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die! | :41:40. | :41:45. | |
Back to Glasgow after a quick update. | :41:46. | :42:06. | |
Officials here are looking into reports that | :42:07. | :42:08. | |
a soldier missing in Gaza has dual British-Israeli nationality. | :42:09. | :42:10. | |
A ceasefire collapsed today hours after it began. | :42:11. | :42:12. | |
Eyewitnesses said roads just exploded. | :42:13. | :42:15. | |
A series of big explosions in Taiwan have killed at least 25 people | :42:16. | :42:18. | |
The force tossed vehicles into the air. | :42:19. | :42:23. | |
CBBC actor Carl Beatson Asiedu was murdered five years ago. | :42:24. | :42:25. | |
Today police offered a new reward for information. | :42:26. | :42:27. | |
They want to trace Jeffrey Okafor, who's thought to be in Nigeria. | :42:28. | :42:32. | |
Teenage Commonwealth Games gold medallist Chika Amalaha is facing | :42:33. | :42:34. | |
Her second B sample was positive and her punishment's being decided. | :42:35. | :42:39. | |
It's the graffiti that's been graffitied. | :42:40. | :42:41. | |
A Bansky artwork in Cheltenham has been defaced with | :42:42. | :42:43. | |
It comes after a local millionaire offered to buy the mural to save it. | :42:44. | :42:49. | |
Right now, back to Manish and more live action from Glasgow. | :42:50. | :43:01. | |
Yeah, I am looking for a Prince Charming. | :43:02. | :43:03. | |
I don't think I'm ugly, but I don't think I'm, like, really pretty. | :43:04. | :43:07. | |
I say, "You've got something on your bum." "Really?" And I say, | :43:08. | :43:12. | |
place to watch your favourite sport, uninterrupted. For example, | :43:13. | :44:21. | |
it is the boxing semifinals all day to day. Simply go to the BBC Sport | :44:22. | :44:27. | |
Commonwealth Games home page and you can watch every punch of every | :44:28. | :44:32. | |
session. You can even rewind and catch up on any bouts you might have | :44:33. | :44:37. | |
missed. Let's head back to the National Hockey Centre at Glasgow | :44:38. | :44:44. | |
Green, with England's women 1-0 up against New Zealand. Back to our | :44:45. | :44:48. | |
commentators, Leslie and Mel. Danson gets England under way in | :44:49. | :45:10. | |
this second-half. Charlton and Dennison working together there. | :45:11. | :45:21. | |
Michelsen finds Parkes, and I do not think Michelsen was quite ready for | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
that pass back. MEL CLEWLOW: England have negated | :45:28. | :45:30. | |
the threat of New Zealand exceptionally well. Punt has not | :45:31. | :45:37. | |
been given the space in midfield. Gemma Flynn also, we have not | :45:38. | :45:42. | |
mentioned her name to much today. Those two are really important | :45:43. | :45:45. | |
players, and New Zealand really need them to be firing. This is Nicola | :45:46. | :45:53. | |
White. Batted away by Forgesson. But again, New Zealand, just not quite | :45:54. | :45:59. | |
in sync. Forgesson again sweeps the ball, and then gets some position, | :46:00. | :46:04. | |
as Whitelock manages to keep possession. Michelsen. And again, | :46:05. | :46:19. | |
Whitelock, into that circle. Michelsen again, into the circle. | :46:20. | :46:30. | |
Chance. No. The crowd, appreciating the pressure that England have been | :46:31. | :46:37. | |
under, and it is cleared through Glynn. Ansley. | :46:38. | :46:52. | |
Turnover ball. White, tackled by Charlton. Probably been the best of | :46:53. | :47:06. | |
the New Zealanders, Sam Charlton. But Bray beats Whitelock. And we | :47:07. | :47:11. | |
have not seen that very much after, 12 games. Glynn for England. Whistle | :47:12. | :47:24. | |
goes. Number 13 for England, Quek. Batted away by Whitelock, this time. | :47:25. | :47:31. | |
Forgesson looking to come back. Gets it on her stick. Might have been a | :47:32. | :47:41. | |
bit lucky there, the Kiwis. I think Anneliese thought that the ball was | :47:42. | :47:47. | |
played up into Forgesson by Kate Richardson-Walsh. | :47:48. | :47:54. | |
Now, the goal-scorer, Owsley, but it is Michelsen who retrieves. It is a | :47:55. | :48:02. | |
good contest between the two youngsters. Scrambling in the | :48:03. | :48:05. | |
midfield. Bray, up to Glynn. Webster, on her own. | :48:06. | :48:44. | |
Drives it through. -- finds Glynn. There is the threat of a bit of rain | :48:45. | :48:52. | |
coming in. Naylor. We have not seen a lot of this, in terms of keeping | :48:53. | :48:56. | |
possession. It has just been one speed forward to. Now, Charlton, | :48:57. | :49:05. | |
driving the ball, lifting it in, and the goalkeeper does well. Good work | :49:06. | :49:12. | |
from Forgesson, how did she steal that ball? And the drive in, and | :49:13. | :49:19. | |
this time it is Giselle Ansley who has the ball for England. The | :49:20. | :49:20. | |
youngsters stepping up. This is a tough one to try and | :49:21. | :49:39. | |
check, but Naylor does well. I do not know if it is a tactic, but | :49:40. | :49:43. | |
there is a lot of crash ball going into the English circle. At the | :49:44. | :49:47. | |
moment, the English defenders are picking it off really easily. | :49:48. | :50:04. | |
Unsworth has Quek behind her. She allows Sam Quek to come up and take | :50:05. | :50:11. | |
the ball. It came up off the foot of Quek as | :50:12. | :50:18. | |
she drove Grant waiting on the left wing. | :50:19. | :50:40. | |
Grant Nel with the ball. Shot at goal! Saved by goalkeeper Hinch. I | :50:41. | :50:53. | |
think it came off Katie Glynn. So, it is grant on the edge of the | :50:54. | :50:57. | |
circle. It is a tackle actually by Unsworth, which meant the pace of | :50:58. | :51:01. | |
the delivery from Grant was not what she hoped. | :51:02. | :51:15. | |
Michelsen has the ball for New Zealand. And yet is a foot! Penalty | :51:16. | :51:50. | |
corner, New Zealand! -- and gets a foot. England cannot really | :51:51. | :51:58. | |
complain, because Kylie Seymour, the umpire, said she was more than happy | :51:59. | :52:03. | |
with that decision. Michelsen runs into the circle, and as Hollie Webb | :52:04. | :52:06. | |
is trying to close down, the ball is played onto her feet. Michelsen to | :52:07. | :52:14. | |
take it from the base. Waiting at the top, for New Zealand, | :52:15. | :52:23. | |
Whitelock, Punt and Glynn. And a great save from Hinch. Naylor cannot | :52:24. | :52:30. | |
put the rebound in. The crowd go nuts! As Danson takes the ball from | :52:31. | :52:36. | |
one end to the other! So, a quick breakaway. And Glynn get | :52:37. | :52:47. | |
the ball for New Zealand. Gilbert. Finds Wood. Lunging a bit, the New | :52:48. | :53:30. | |
Zealanders, now. A chance! Shot at goal! Harmlessly over the baseline. | :53:31. | :53:38. | |
It was Gilbert. The players were in there, trying to get a touch. Lovely | :53:39. | :53:43. | |
ball by Lucy Wood. Susie Gilbert with the shot. I think it was Ellie | :53:44. | :53:48. | |
Watton on her knees, trying to get the deflection, but could not quite | :53:49. | :53:54. | |
send it goalwards. Michelsen, out on the right. Lots of space for | :53:55. | :54:00. | |
Michelsen to dribble today. But cut off by the England captain. | :54:01. | :54:10. | |
Hard to get past three England players. Slipped through by Punt, | :54:11. | :54:16. | |
but Michelsen was not ready. Forgesson does really well, and she | :54:17. | :54:39. | |
has stolen a bit of possession today. | :54:40. | :54:45. | |
Strong drive through, but picked off. | :54:46. | :55:13. | |
Thompson is back there for New Zealand. And Webster. Under | :55:14. | :55:28. | |
pressure. The ball is not falling to wear the New Zealand women want it | :55:29. | :55:30. | |
to. We are so used to New Zealand in | :55:31. | :55:51. | |
this tournament playing a free-flowing, attacking style of | :55:52. | :55:55. | |
hockey. It almost looks like they are getting to the English defence | :55:56. | :55:57. | |
of 25, and running out of ideas. are getting to the English defence | :55:58. | :56:03. | |
of 25, Scriven through by Dennison. Webster now,, on her stick. Gets | :56:04. | :56:11. | |
into the circle. Cocks. But the captain is there, all 330 caps of | :56:12. | :56:22. | |
experience. And Sophie Cocks has got 43 as well. | :56:23. | :56:34. | |
Dennison has pushed right up the field. The drive in, we have seen | :56:35. | :56:39. | |
that so many times from New Zealand. They are not able to get the passing | :56:40. | :56:52. | |
going. The coach, not giving much away. They pretty much stay the | :56:53. | :56:59. | |
same, don't they? But they might change now! Lucy Wood! Oh, Whitelock | :57:00. | :57:06. | |
picks up a great tackle, but she will have it against her. | :57:07. | :57:20. | |
A chance to relieve the pressure for New Zealand. It might not be falling | :57:21. | :57:42. | |
for the New Zealand women, but one person who is having a very good | :57:43. | :57:46. | |
game is Samantha Charlton. Forgesson tries to keep the ball in. | :57:47. | :57:55. | |
Now, Owsley will get the free hit. Every time she touches the ball, | :57:56. | :58:14. | |
something happens. She is either go forward girl for England. | :58:15. | :58:23. | |
Quek, dragged in by Flynn, that was an important steel. The ball through | :58:24. | :58:44. | |
to Cocks, on the angle. Cocks. Still has the ball! | :58:45. | :58:52. | |
And Dennison gets dispossessed. And Bray is making some yardage. No, | :58:53. | :59:08. | |
takes the fallback. Only one goal in it. 20 minutes left | :59:09. | :59:31. | |
in the match. You can sense that England are on | :59:32. | :00:00. | |
top at this stage in the one on ones, tackling in pairs. New Zealand | :00:01. | :00:10. | |
chasing hard, continued to press. It is just not falling for them. | :00:11. | :00:20. | |
Lily Owsley just too close when that ball came down. | :00:21. | :00:41. | |
In the end, just catches the foot of Krystal Forgesson. Great pass by | :00:42. | :01:08. | |
Kate Richardson-Walsh. I think England have trapped just about | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
everything that has come their way today. I think they learned their | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
lesson when they played against Scotland. A home nations battle is | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
something you can get yourselves up for. They would have gone away and | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
looked at their own performances, particularly in the second half. | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
They were dominated the Scottish team. Today they come out and stuck | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
to their task very well. Lily Owsley is always making her way | :01:34. | :01:54. | |
up the field. Alex Danson wanted it early, and she | :01:55. | :02:05. | |
got it, but New Zealand clear. England are happy to ? around. -- to | :02:06. | :02:56. | |
knock it around. They have control. Again, Lili Owsley with the ball. | :02:57. | :03:19. | |
The goalkeeper stops for England. The ball is still alive! A shot at | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
goal! A penalty corner for England. 16 minutes left in this semifinal. | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
Their first penalty 16 minutes left in this semifinal. | :03:33. | :03:34. | |
Their first corner of the game. Great skills in here. Lucy Wood just | :03:35. | :03:41. | |
tries to get it in front. The ball hit the foot of Thompson. They have | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
a number of options. It is in! No, over the top! Long | :03:50. | :04:15. | |
corner. New Zealand breathe a sigh of relief. | :04:16. | :04:38. | |
Richardson-Walsh. Georgie Twigg with a follow-up. Fantastic play by Emily | :04:39. | :04:46. | |
Naylor to send the ball over the top. | :04:47. | :05:10. | |
Charlton has been pretty much perfect all day. The quick legs of | :05:11. | :05:19. | |
Anita Punt now. England forced them outside. England are defending in | :05:20. | :05:20. | |
numbers. The free hit is won by Sam Charlton. | :05:21. | :05:33. | |
Up to Anita Punt. Again, the Kiwis search for... | :05:34. | :06:37. | |
England are working Again, the Kiwis search for... | :06:38. | :06:55. | |
New Zealand ball carriers the Again, the Kiwis search for... | :06:56. | :06:57. | |
to get their head up and make the pass. I think they realise that New | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
Zealand are best playing into space. | :07:04. | :07:12. | |
They have starved New Zealand of possession today. Again, they forge | :07:13. | :07:58. | |
forward. It comes off the foot of Nicola White and they are off. | :07:59. | :08:36. | |
Sophie clocks gets a foot. Penalty corner for Australia. 11 minutes | :08:37. | :08:52. | |
left in the match. Sophie Coks does really well here. She plays it onto | :08:53. | :09:02. | |
her feet. England are scrambling to defend, get the right number of | :09:03. | :09:04. | |
offenders back. Punt! It will be another penalty | :09:05. | :09:31. | |
corner. New Zealand need to remember that they don't have a referral. | :09:32. | :09:40. | |
They are calling for it, but they don't have one. Great running by | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
Ellie Watton to block that. Anita Punt. It will be a long | :09:45. | :10:02. | |
corner. Everything that New Zealand is the one that England is not | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
coming off. They are reading it, in the zoom, England. -- in the zone. | :10:08. | :10:36. | |
Free hit for New Zealand just outside the dotted line. I am not | :10:37. | :10:48. | |
sure why that was overturned, but no complaints from New Zealand. | :10:49. | :11:09. | |
Good spotting. What a pass! Alex Danson! Outstanding vision by | :11:10. | :11:28. | |
England to put the up and over. Great ball by Giselle Ansley. | :11:29. | :11:38. | |
A free hit defence. A card for Anita Punt. A yellow. That was against | :11:39. | :12:09. | |
Petrea Webster. Who is off? Yes, Petrea Webster. New Zealand are | :12:10. | :12:20. | |
playing the last remnants of this match with only ten players. | :12:21. | :12:32. | |
The noise increases. Stacey Mickelson has won it for New | :12:33. | :12:46. | |
Zealand. She puts it through to Krystal Forgesson. | :12:47. | :12:58. | |
New Zealand have one too many on, have they? They have ten. They are | :12:59. | :13:07. | |
meant to have only nine field players. Nine plus the goalkeeper. | :13:08. | :13:18. | |
They had too many. They had to take Stacey Mickelson. So, the captain | :13:19. | :13:33. | |
has to go, as well. So, a mistake the rotations. New Zealand played | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
when there were only meant to have ten on the field, but they had 11. | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
Because of that, the captain has to be removed from the field of play. | :13:46. | :14:00. | |
Is it a yellow card offence? I guess it happened in the World Cup with | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
the Argentina men against England -- against Britain. I think it is | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
something that the officials are now picking up on. So, Petrea Webster is | :14:12. | :14:25. | |
off, and Kayla Whitelock is off for a technical infringement, having too | :14:26. | :14:26. | |
many players on the field. 11 versus nine. Free hit for New | :14:27. | :14:41. | |
Zealand. Punt now, Owsley with the ball, and | :14:42. | :15:52. | |
lucky for New Zealand. They are playing to the whistle. It is all | :15:53. | :16:04. | |
happening. A free hit to the defence. | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
New Zealand are just need to calm down, with what has happened. | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
New Zealand are just need to calm minutes left, three of those will be | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
with players down. England using their experience a very well to | :16:22. | :16:23. | |
waste seconds wherever they can. their experience a very well to | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
waste A bigger drive through from Punt. | :16:31. | :16:49. | |
Webster and Whitelock on a yellow because of the technical | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
infringement. Too many players on the park. | :16:55. | :17:08. | |
Grant. Clever skill. Another yellow card. Tender side. -- ten aside. | :17:09. | :18:00. | |
Webster has it for England. A yellow card for Danson, England will finish | :18:01. | :18:17. | |
with only ten on the field. Mesmerising from Lucy, but it is one | :18:18. | :18:34. | |
back. Ainsley mops up. That probably just about epitomises the type of | :18:35. | :18:45. | |
game in New Zealand have had today. What an inspirational game from | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
England. Usually disappointed after an 11th placing at the World Cup. | :18:51. | :19:01. | |
They had a tournament before Glasgow in London and they won it, albeit | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
closely. But they have put together... And a goal! Who would | :19:10. | :19:26. | |
have believed it? The back on the field, Whitelock the -- re-enters | :19:27. | :19:50. | |
the game. Katie : Glynn, you take your hat off, unbelievable play. | :19:51. | :20:03. | |
And it hits the post! Will there be a referral? This game has all of | :20:04. | :20:11. | |
it! A great reverse shot onto the post. | :20:12. | :20:19. | |
Richardson Walshe, with a minute to go, absolutely right to referral of | :20:20. | :20:34. | |
this. Can you look for the first infringement, please? | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
I will. Thank you. | :20:41. | :20:49. | |
This is it, off the post. Unbelievable. Centimetres. | :20:50. | :21:02. | |
Centimetres away. In her 150th game. That led to the penalty corner which | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
has been given for the tackle by Unsworth. | :21:09. | :21:16. | |
This is what we are looking at. Where does that stick come from? | :21:17. | :21:31. | |
Penalty corner, in my mind. Instructions being given to | :21:32. | :21:37. | |
Forgesson, who runs out with the message now. | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
There is no clear reason to change your decision. | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
So we are staying with the corner, they lose the referral, is that | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
correct? Yes. | :21:57. | :22:06. | |
Time for the defence to dawn their protective equipment. The clock is | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
counting down. 20 seconds for them to get their gear on. New Zealand, | :22:14. | :22:21. | |
desperately trying to get back into the game, have evened up receding | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
Sykes to a magical goal from Katie Glynn. -- evened up proceedings. | :22:28. | :22:43. | |
Under one minutes to play. Forgesson With the dive, and a penalty corner | :22:44. | :22:56. | |
this time. The South African umpire has called it. | :22:57. | :23:09. | |
It has to be an umpire's referral. They are saying that Richardson | :23:10. | :23:21. | |
Walshe took the free hit with a face mask on, you are not supposed to do | :23:22. | :23:30. | |
that. Eight seconds remain on the clock in | :23:31. | :23:43. | |
this second semifinal. The last few minutes full of drama. There it is, | :23:44. | :23:56. | |
hitting it with the mask on. They will wind the clock down. Final | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
play, unless we go through a shoot out. Poised and waiting, | :24:03. | :24:16. | |
Richardson-Walsh, and it is a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation. The | :24:17. | :24:28. | |
will be a penalty shoot out. What a comeback. At the end of two lots of | :24:29. | :24:46. | |
35 minutes, it is 1-1. Stepping up first for England, | :24:47. | :25:21. | |
Georgia Twigg. As long as it is with him that eight seconds you can have | :25:22. | :25:36. | |
another go. -- within. 1-0, England. It is good from Twigg, she changed | :25:37. | :25:57. | |
the angle and executed very well. Making sure she knows where the goal | :25:58. | :26:05. | |
is. Eight seconds for Whitelock to get her team on the board. In it | :26:06. | :26:15. | |
goes. Really composed finish. Tripling the | :26:16. | :26:35. | |
whole time -- dribbling. Danson, for England. Off she goes. Rutherford | :26:36. | :26:50. | |
hovering, and in it goes for England. Well played, Alex Danson. | :26:51. | :27:04. | |
Runs on the angle, possibly could have been a penalty, but diving, | :27:05. | :27:24. | |
puts the ball into the empty goal. Anita Punt up next. Starting from | :27:25. | :27:35. | |
her left, not the middle. Mind games being played. And it works. She has | :27:36. | :27:57. | |
done it, Hinch. England now one a head. | :27:58. | :28:03. | |
Giving herself more of a lever, a longer reach. | :28:04. | :28:11. | |
Second semifinal at the Commonwealth Games. Suzy Gilbert next. Gilbert | :28:12. | :28:24. | |
versus Rutherford. It is in. One more for England. Suzy Gilbert, | :28:25. | :28:37. | |
always looking at where Sally Rutherford is going. She just moves | :28:38. | :28:45. | |
it that little bit further. Rutherford dives, but could not keep | :28:46. | :28:58. | |
it out. Glynn, the goal-scorer | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
it out. this situation. This must go in, the | :29:04. | :29:04. | |
pressure now on Glynn. Already this situation. This must go in, the | :29:05. | :29:18. | |
the net once, and... No foul. Another save for England. | :29:19. | :29:29. | |
Just to straight from Katie Glynn. Just did not look like she knew | :29:30. | :29:37. | |
where she needed to go on that one. If this goes in England are in the | :29:38. | :29:42. | |
final. They most certainly are. There she | :29:43. | :29:54. | |
is. 24-year-old. Has the ball, Rutherford makes a strong stand, it | :29:55. | :30:08. | |
is a miss. Hope for New Zealand yet. England's first Miss. Rutherford cut | :30:09. | :30:18. | |
down the angle. Sophie will be disappointed with | :30:19. | :30:21. | |
that. She is usually good the backhand. Maddie Hinch has been the | :30:22. | :31:03. | |
hero for England! They are through to the gold medal match! The only | :31:04. | :31:10. | |
way they have been able to separate these two sides as with the penalty | :31:11. | :31:14. | |
shot died. It will be an England Australia final. Hugs all around, | :31:15. | :31:29. | |
especially for the goalkeeper. England will have to put aside their | :31:30. | :31:34. | |
3-0 loss to Australia earlier in the campaign. You have to give them | :31:35. | :31:40. | |
credit. They finished 11th in the World Cup six weeks ago and it was | :31:41. | :31:45. | |
doom and gloom. They have and always paid their most attractive hockey, | :31:46. | :31:48. | |
but they are into the final. They have guaranteed themselves a medal. | :31:49. | :31:54. | |
It gives a nice shine to the summer. You have to feel sorry for New | :31:55. | :31:57. | |
Zealand, a horrible way to end the match. The players shaking hands. It | :31:58. | :32:12. | |
was 1-1 at full-time, into the shoot out, England win the shoot out 4-2. | :32:13. | :32:25. | |
Maddie Hinch, huge congratulations. You must be delighted with your | :32:26. | :32:35. | |
performance. I am really pleased. It is a massive team effort. I knew | :32:36. | :32:42. | |
they would score, so why have the confidence that all I had to do was | :32:43. | :32:46. | |
stop a few and we would win. Some big stops for you in the match. Yes, | :32:47. | :32:51. | |
but it was a solid performance all round. I'm glad I did my job well | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
today. Australia is always a tough match. They have their sights set on | :32:58. | :33:01. | |
gold. Did you have a chance to look at their match against South | :33:02. | :33:06. | |
Africa? No, we were focused on the skin. We know Australia very well, | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
we play them a lot. In the pool game, we felt we matched them. I | :33:12. | :33:18. | |
think will be a close encounter. Thanks so much. | :33:19. | :33:26. | |
However nervous? Jangling! We always take to the wire. I am so angry with | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
myself because it was my player that I was marking who scored at the end. | :33:34. | :33:38. | |
Just lack of concentration from me. We have practised hard on penalties. | :33:39. | :33:46. | |
Maddie Hinch is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. The | :33:47. | :33:50. | |
atmosphere throughout the match was incredible. England had so much | :33:51. | :33:57. | |
support! In every game this support has been amazing. It is such a good | :33:58. | :34:01. | |
venue. All the noise comes into the picture. The Scotland game was epic, | :34:02. | :34:08. | |
bag types and everything! Today the crowd was fantastic again. We know | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
how strong Australia are. Three out of the last four titles. Where does | :34:14. | :34:20. | |
your strength like going into the match? When we played them | :34:21. | :34:23. | |
recently, I think we do know how to break them down. Our midfielders and | :34:24. | :34:30. | |
forwards can break to their backline. We will need to be brave | :34:31. | :34:35. | |
on the ball. We need to cut through their press. If we can do that, we | :34:36. | :34:39. | |
will get opportunities. How are you feeling? Is this you heading into | :34:40. | :34:48. | |
your final match as a player? I am going to take some time after the | :34:49. | :34:56. | |
game to make sure I get the decision right. I will play applicable as my | :34:57. | :35:00. | |
last game. It will be a fantastic occasion. -- I will play it as if it | :35:01. | :35:07. | |
is my last game. It will be emotional. Of course. You live for | :35:08. | :35:11. | |
these games. From where we were a few weeks ago until now, the girls | :35:12. | :35:17. | |
have come on leaps and bounds. How much rebuilding has been going on | :35:18. | :35:20. | |
since the world championship disappointment? It is a quick | :35:21. | :35:30. | |
turnaround. It is a very busy year. We had a couple of weeks to have | :35:31. | :35:35. | |
another selection, regroup and review and come here. We have worked | :35:36. | :35:40. | |
so hard. The final step! Best of luck for tomorrow. Thank you. | :35:41. | :35:50. | |
That is a magic result. England pulling the rabbit out of the hat. | :35:51. | :36:05. | |
That is how the penalty shoot outs be done! | :36:06. | :36:10. | |
It is the first time women's boxing lobby in the Commonwealth. I want to | :36:11. | :36:27. | |
win gold. I can't be distracted. Lots of hard work, a big engine and | :36:28. | :36:33. | |
a big heart has got him through. Alanna Audley-Murphy, a brilliant | :36:34. | :36:41. | |
competitive performance. I want to do the job, get the gold. Best punch | :36:42. | :36:47. | |
in the contest! Williams is all over him. Michaela Walsh has secured | :36:48. | :36:55. | |
herself some metal hardware, but what colour will it be? Anything | :36:56. | :37:03. | |
less than gold will be a major disappointment. Every time I get in | :37:04. | :37:07. | |
the ring I have got to bring my top game for the chance to make history | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
again. Over at the SECC it is semi finals day in boxing across all 13 | :37:14. | :37:17. | |
with divisions, the men's and women's. Up for grabs is a place in | :37:18. | :37:24. | |
the finals tomorrow. The next bite we are going to show you is Qais | :37:25. | :37:41. | |
Ashfaq against Benson the Jan Carew -- Benson Njangiru. | :37:42. | :37:47. | |
So, this is the last Kenyans left in the competition. Qais Ashfaq is the | :37:48. | :38:00. | |
man in red. The opponent in blue is the most experienced member of the | :38:01. | :38:09. | |
Kenyan team, Benson Njangiru. He has boxed and the Olympics, a couple of | :38:10. | :38:14. | |
world Championships. He took silver in Delhi at a slightly lighter | :38:15. | :38:18. | |
division, the 52 kilograms division. So, Benson Njangiru in blue, Qais | :38:19. | :38:26. | |
Ashfaq in red. Qais Ashfaq has had a good Commonwealth Games so far. He | :38:27. | :38:37. | |
has his hands full with this Kenyan. Benson Njangiru is skilful, | :38:38. | :38:46. | |
strong on the front foot. Qais Ashfaq just has to get his timing | :38:47. | :38:52. | |
right. He has good, fast hands. He needs the box existence. This guy he | :38:53. | :38:58. | |
is up against is strong, but predict the ball. He will walk on the | :38:59. | :39:04. | |
punches. Good hands by Qais Ashfaq. Kept him nicely on the chin. The | :39:05. | :39:10. | |
Polish referee just says to Benson Njangiru, brush Down Under gloves. | :39:11. | :39:15. | |
Qais Ashfaq is boxing very nicely indeed. Fast hands from Qais Ashfaq. | :39:16. | :39:21. | |
Eight cracking right hook. He brought him onto it. Benson Njangiru | :39:22. | :39:26. | |
dropped his left hand and walked onto it. | :39:27. | :39:35. | |
Qais Ashfaq is moving very nicely. He is the taller of the two. Nice | :39:36. | :39:50. | |
variation, uppercut them right hook. Three three-minute rounds, remember. | :39:51. | :39:55. | |
Five judges at ringside, and a computer selects three of them to | :39:56. | :40:05. | |
count their scores. A ten point system. The winner of the Rhine gets | :40:06. | :40:07. | |
ten points, the loser can get system. The winner of the Rhine gets | :40:08. | :40:19. | |
six up to nine. I have not seen a 10-6 Rhine so far. Most of the time | :40:20. | :40:24. | |
it is 10-9. Good opening round by Qais Ashfaq. He has boxed very | :40:25. | :40:29. | |
cleverly. He hasn't wasted too much energy wasted too many shots. | :40:30. | :40:36. | |
The referee light system them get on with it. A very good three minutes | :40:37. | :40:52. | |
for Qais Ashfaq. Great display of counterpunching by Qais Ashfaq. He | :40:53. | :40:55. | |
just brought his opponents onto his right hook. Throughout the round, | :40:56. | :41:03. | |
Qais Ashfaq boxed very well on the back foot. Brought his opponent onto | :41:04. | :41:08. | |
the shots. He will have every judge, no question. | :41:09. | :41:23. | |
Five English boxers into the medals. It has been a long time since Ken -- | :41:24. | :41:39. | |
Kenya were a force in boxing. It has been tough for what we would call | :41:40. | :41:43. | |
the traditional African countries to break into the top level of medals. | :41:44. | :41:49. | |
Second round for Qais Ashfaq. He won the opening round. His | :41:50. | :41:57. | |
counterpunching is just too much for Benson Njangiru. Benson Njangiru has | :41:58. | :42:03. | |
boxed in a couple of Olympic games, a couple of world Championships. | :42:04. | :42:10. | |
Sweet right hand by Qais Ashfaq. Moving out of trouble. Wonderfully | :42:11. | :42:19. | |
quick feet. If Benson Njangiru is going to have any success, he needs | :42:20. | :42:25. | |
to be quicker. The speed of this has suited Qais Ashfaq down to the | :42:26. | :42:30. | |
ground. He can slow things down, watch the attacks come at him. He is | :42:31. | :42:36. | |
boxing in second gear, here. In total control. Benson Njangiru is | :42:37. | :42:48. | |
having a problem with this style of the Englishman. He looks a bit small | :42:49. | :42:54. | |
at bantamweight. Good footwork yet again. | :42:55. | :43:09. | |
Benson Njangiru tried to draw Qais Ashfaq's hands down, but to no | :43:10. | :43:23. | |
effect. Benson Njangiru is too far out, his stance is too wide. | :43:24. | :43:36. | |
I am just looking at the English coaches, and they are living every | :43:37. | :43:46. | |
single punch. Last minute of the second round. Another round to the | :43:47. | :43:53. | |
man in red, I am pretty sure. He has boxed beautifully. Just have to keep | :43:54. | :44:00. | |
the concentration up, don't get complacent. Yes, he is boxing very | :44:01. | :44:05. | |
well indeed, making it simple for himself. A bit of a bang of heads. | :44:06. | :44:16. | |
That has caused a lot of controversy, has entered contests | :44:17. | :44:19. | |
that would not have been entered if they were still wearing head | :44:20. | :44:20. | |
guards. It has caused a problem for Michael | :44:21. | :44:39. | |
Conlon, and it is up to the Northern Irish team to try and get his eye | :44:40. | :44:44. | |
right before the next round. So, Qais Ashfaq, his coaches will be | :44:45. | :44:53. | |
pleased at him, won't they? They will be delighted. He is boxing to | :44:54. | :44:58. | |
his strengths, on the back foot. That was a fantastic left hand. He | :44:59. | :45:05. | |
draws the lead of his opponent. He drew the lead, then went back at | :45:06. | :45:11. | |
him. Classic counterpunching. One judge has even gone 10-8. I wouldn't | :45:12. | :45:12. | |
disagree with that. the left eye? I don't think it is | :45:13. | :45:31. | |
anything to worry about. Their heads clashed a couple of | :45:32. | :45:35. | |
times, they just have to concentrate on boxing distance again. | :45:36. | :45:48. | |
One more round to go. That should see the man in red, the southpaw | :45:49. | :45:56. | |
from Leeds, English bantamweight, through to his first ever | :45:57. | :46:00. | |
Commonwealth Games final. He is 21 years of age and has been boxing | :46:01. | :46:06. | |
well around Europe. Had some success in Finland. Most recently defeated | :46:07. | :46:20. | |
an old foe, Joe Ham, but the man in blue, Benson Njangiru, knows she is | :46:21. | :46:28. | |
behind and must stop this contest, but I don't think he would be | :46:29. | :46:33. | |
allowed to do that. Still a bit tentative. Has been that much more | :46:34. | :46:40. | |
confident all the way through, Ashfaq. | :46:41. | :46:45. | |
Sustained pressure is what their man needs now in this last round. But he | :46:46. | :46:50. | |
has opted just to stay on the outside and keeps getting picked | :46:51. | :46:57. | |
off. Again, this is bread and butter for Ashfaq, who must just now stay | :46:58. | :47:09. | |
concentrated and avoid complacency. They have invested heavily in tenure | :47:10. | :47:12. | |
in the last couple of years and have a full complement of boxes. -- in | :47:13. | :47:26. | |
Kenya. -- boxers. But this is their last man standing, Njangiru. He is | :47:27. | :47:37. | |
looking for one big shot. Good footwork by Ashfaq to get himself | :47:38. | :47:48. | |
out of trouble. A quieter round. Such a contrast to the previous | :47:49. | :47:54. | |
contest. But that is the look of the draw. Having said that, Ashfaq has | :47:55. | :48:02. | |
made it easy on himself, adopted the right tactics, drew in his opponent, | :48:03. | :48:13. | |
fought as a classic counterpuncher. He is now less than 30 seconds from | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
a place in the final. The bantamweight division, 56 kilograms. | :48:20. | :48:32. | |
A good little combination by Ashfaq right at the end, he has won this | :48:33. | :48:39. | |
with a bit to spare. Keeps himself out of trouble. He is delighted and | :48:40. | :48:47. | |
can now let the emotions go. A very composed and professional | :48:48. | :48:51. | |
performance takes him through to the final. He has changed bronze into | :48:52. | :49:07. | |
either silver or gold. He has the chance of even more. | :49:08. | :49:14. | |
A clever display from Ashfaq, got caught occasionally, but boxed | :49:15. | :49:23. | |
within himself. When you can win a semifinal like that, it just pops | :49:24. | :49:30. | |
off for me. You have got a lot of talent if you can do that. | :49:31. | :49:40. | |
The judges all in agreement, the winner and going to the bantamweight | :49:41. | :49:43. | |
final, in the red corner, representing England, Qais Ashfaq! | :49:44. | :50:04. | |
They took it 30-27, 30-26, and 29-28. It is onwards and upwards for | :50:05. | :50:15. | |
England's and wait, -- bantamweight, Qais Ashfaq. | :50:16. | :50:25. | |
Well done, very convincing. I just kept composed, landed the | :50:26. | :50:29. | |
shots. What did you make of that? | :50:30. | :50:35. | |
He moved the whale and did not get involved in too many exchanges, made | :50:36. | :50:40. | |
boxing will easy. I said he would go on and win the gold medal. | :50:41. | :50:47. | |
How much of an influence has this guy been for you? | :50:48. | :50:53. | |
Amazing. He makes me want to win it much more. | :50:54. | :50:59. | |
You are in the final. Yes in the final, aiming for gold. | :51:00. | :51:08. | |
Many congratulations. Well done, Qais Ashfaq one more | :51:09. | :51:14. | |
fight to win gold. After a really busy daytime session | :51:15. | :51:34. | |
in the boxing, mixed fortunes for the home nations. We have just seen | :51:35. | :51:42. | |
that Qais Ashfaq will fight for gold against Michael Conlon of Northern | :51:43. | :51:48. | |
Ireland. But unfortunately Rhys McFadden will have to settle for | :51:49. | :51:54. | |
bronze. Josh Taylor, he came through in the welterweight division. Joe | :51:55. | :52:04. | |
Joyce, he did not have two lace up today, he goes into the | :52:05. | :52:10. | |
superheavyweight final virtue of a walkover. | :52:11. | :52:15. | |
We'll take a break now hurt in terms of coverage for a quick news update. | :52:16. | :52:30. | |
And it's about time that I did something about that. | :52:31. | :52:42. | |
Back to Glasgow after a quick update. Officials are looking at | :52:43. | :53:14. | |
reports that a captured soldier has dual British Israeli nationality. A | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
deadly Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to control | :53:21. | :53:24. | |
according to the WHO believe it could be catastrophic in terms of | :53:25. | :53:27. | |
lives lost. A foul at least one peer has been treated as suspicious. -- | :53:28. | :53:45. | |
fire at Eastbourne Pier. What song is the strangest lyrics ever? A | :53:46. | :53:52. | |
Newport reckons it is a song by the killers. -- a new poll. | :53:53. | :53:58. | |
I leave the ashram, travel halfway across the world to find my father, | :53:59. | :54:02. | |
Oh, well. As Vashrati says, gotta keep smiling! | :54:03. | :54:10. | |
We don't tend to use the bathroom together here. | :54:11. | :54:13. | |
All right, well, I'll catch you later. | :54:14. | :54:15. | |
This ashram of yours, it might be a cult. | :54:16. | :54:18. | |
I take it back, he's definitely Cuckoo's son. | :54:19. | :54:22. | |
Welcome back. We had next to the science Museum. This will be the | :54:23. | :54:53. | |
place to be for the next couple of days. From 9:30pm tonight, a real | :54:54. | :55:05. | |
treat, people abseiling down from the top of the museum. And the | :55:06. | :55:13. | |
nearby boats will be used as stages. There will be flares, | :55:14. | :55:22. | |
fireworks, beat boxers, and music from right around the cultures. It | :55:23. | :55:30. | |
is all going off. And there will be warships. HMS Bangor, we saw it | :55:31. | :55:53. | |
reversing. Coming up, a sport dominated by | :55:54. | :56:03. | |
Singapore. Here's a quick guide as to how to play it. | :56:04. | :56:12. | |
Table tennis is a quick and skilful sport requiring a combination of | :56:13. | :56:23. | |
power and delicacy. Players have different control over speed and | :56:24. | :56:29. | |
spin. Each rally begins with a server which must be hit from behind | :56:30. | :56:37. | |
the table, before crossing the net it must bounce on the server's side. | :56:38. | :56:45. | |
Each of the players must then strike the ball in return. Those who hit | :56:46. | :56:52. | |
out to lose the point. After every two points, service is changed. | :56:53. | :56:57. | |
Matches are the best of five sets with a set one by 11 point four. | :56:58. | :57:07. | |
They are bubbles, Mixed Doubles, and separate team competitions for men | :57:08. | :57:12. | |
and women. In the semifinals of the men's | :57:13. | :57:16. | |
doubles, William Richford, current English national champion, alongside | :57:17. | :57:21. | |
Paul Tring call, to convert the Singapore team. | :57:22. | :57:27. | |
So much said about the might of the Singaporean line-up. But you get the | :57:28. | :58:18. | |
So much said about the might of the Singaporean line-up. But you feeling | :58:19. | :58:27. | |
that Drinkhall and Pritchford are not at all daunted. Classy players. | :58:28. | :58:52. | |
Service just drifting a little long, Drinkhall seized the opportunity. | :58:53. | :59:00. | |
Important the English keep the momentum. The Singaporean duo are | :59:01. | :59:05. | |
very consistent and stable. A good response. Well-balanced. If | :59:06. | :59:27. | |
there is anybody who is safe, secure and will, reliant, it is Gao Ning. | :59:28. | :59:46. | |
Gao Ning, highest ranked player in the men's tournament, number 12 in | :59:47. | :59:58. | |
the world, he has been inside the top ten. A very impressive resume. | :59:59. | :00:10. | |
Did extremely well to win that point. After a | :00:11. | :00:18. | |
Did extremely well to win that you return. -- earlier. | :00:19. | :00:27. | |
What a charge back from Drinkhall and Pritchford who have now levelled | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
the opening game. That momentum you were talking about. | :00:34. | :01:17. | |
ball? England's lead for the first time. | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
Singapore now only two points from taking the opening game. | :01:24. | :02:39. | |
There must be a 2-point margin to win this game. | :02:40. | :03:27. | |
The pair from Singapore are the top seeds. | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
Well saved. Paul Drinkhall coming up with something very special. It was | :03:34. | :03:46. | |
tremendous. To some extent, he was off balance and the direction of the | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
play was quite incredible. Two game point saved by the English pair. | :03:54. | :04:07. | |
What a shot from Li Hu. Looking for the forehand. | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
There is the opening game. It was tight. 13-11. | :04:17. | :04:34. | |
It was a close game. Li Hu looked tentative now and again. Gao Ning is | :04:35. | :04:44. | |
Mr safety and winning the first game, I think it settles Li Hu a | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
little bit and let's see what happens. We have a top-class sparing | :04:51. | :04:58. | |
in Gao Ning and Li Hu. Twice in a row winning the world torment's | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
doubles finals. They are world-class. Gao Ning is a very -- | :05:03. | :05:16. | |
the coach is a very wise man indeed. Gao Ning is talking to Li Hu. It | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
happens without knowing, one player assumes the team captain role and I | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
think Gao Ning has an important role to play. | :05:28. | :05:43. | |
In doubles play, over the table is crucially important. The sort of | :05:44. | :06:33. | |
point won by Paul Drinkhall. Another aggressive shot from Paul | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
Drinkhall. It was well directed. They are combining well. Liam | :06:41. | :07:24. | |
Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall. They should have confidence, playing well | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
here and making their way in the rankings in the world, as well. | :07:29. | :07:40. | |
That was good play from Singapore over the table. | :07:41. | :07:51. | |
Liam Pitchford has had some good wins in singles. They | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
quarterfinalist at the German open last year and he has notched up wins | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
over extremely good players, including Gao Ning. Top 20 wins, a | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
couple of top 50s. They are so solid. I think you have | :08:06. | :08:43. | |
summed it up perfectly. That was a great attack from the | :08:44. | :08:58. | |
England pair. So far, Li Hu and Gao Ning have | :08:59. | :09:12. | |
played extremely efficiently, nothing expansive, very good near | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
the net and very good over the table. | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
That service drifted too long and Gao Ning saw the opportunity. | :09:22. | :09:35. | |
At this level, the pressure is on every point. The margins are so | :09:36. | :09:43. | |
small. There is not much difference between losing and winning the point | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
and you cannot afford anything loose. | :09:47. | :10:04. | |
Two points from the second game, Gao Ning and Li Hu. | :10:05. | :10:15. | |
Again, superb placement from them. Not going for too much. | :10:16. | :10:25. | |
Joanna Drinkhall at the right and Kelly Sibley at the left, the | :10:26. | :10:34. | |
women's doubles players. Joanna is the wife of Paul Drinkhall. Both in | :10:35. | :10:41. | |
the women's doubles and mixed doubles semifinals. | :10:42. | :11:06. | |
Paul Drinkhall struck the forehand very strongly. | :11:07. | :11:37. | |
Super play, combining superbly, the England pair. | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
Three-game point saved. Has Singapore called a time-out? Yes, | :11:44. | :11:54. | |
very tiny. The three-game point is taken back forcefully by the England | :11:55. | :12:05. | |
team. A good call by the coach, taking the time out when his team | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
are ahead, not when they are in trouble. 2-0 ahead is massively | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
different to 1-1. The last point England won, it | :12:15. | :12:30. | |
underlines the importance in doubles at being good over the table. Joanna | :12:31. | :12:42. | |
Drinkhall in the middle and Kelly Sibley to the left, the women's | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
doubles pairing. Both of those hoping for an England win. Watching | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
the doubles yesterday, I thought there was a new-found spirit in the | :12:55. | :12:58. | |
England team. The way they responded to each other was phenomenal. This | :12:59. | :13:02. | |
is a big moment in this match. The time-out paid off and they go | :13:03. | :13:19. | |
into a 2-0 lead. Extremely tight again, in 11-9. We may look back and | :13:20. | :13:27. | |
see that as a massive call by the coach. | :13:28. | :13:36. | |
We have to congratulate him for the decision. At the moment, the England | :13:37. | :13:44. | |
pair not quite able to keep up the momentum, but take your hats off to | :13:45. | :13:50. | |
Singapore. They have been superb on the return of service and creating | :13:51. | :14:00. | |
the angles. The time for the team to be brave. Talk to each other, | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
encourage each other, try to build momentum and build-up the pace of | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
the match. The England pair are faster players than Singapore. If | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
they can keep a higher tempo, that is the best way to get into the | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
match. Just now and again, you have to take the odd risk. | :14:21. | :14:33. | |
From the Singapore point of view, you know what works. Continue | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
efficiently. Efficiency is the word from the | :14:38. | :15:03. | |
Singapore pair's point of view. The England pair will need some flair. | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
They will have to almost play what you can call their best table tennis | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
to bring this home, especially from 2-0. So far, Gao Ning and Crow have | :15:15. | :15:24. | |
given a good coaching session in how to play men's doubles. There has | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
been nothing in it on the scoreline. Exploding into the fourth. -- | :15:28. | :15:47. | |
beforehand. They have got to keep going for | :15:48. | :16:48. | |
those. Waite to win big titles, you have to be brave. | :16:49. | :17:15. | |
They've certainly ignited something here. The rhythm on the forehand. | :17:16. | :17:30. | |
Waite that in these situations, do you play a little bit more freely? | :17:31. | :17:51. | |
Oh-oh. What a shot from Paul Drinkhall. Suddenly Paul Drinkhall | :17:52. | :18:25. | |
and Liam Pitchford have found an incredible amount of momentum. | :18:26. | :18:43. | |
Seven-game points for Drinkhall and Pitchford. And they've come back | :18:44. | :18:57. | |
here taking the Forth game 11-3. The Singaporean pair still games to one, | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
but what a game that was from Drinkhall and Pitchford. They were | :19:04. | :19:04. | |
on fire. When they get a good start, they | :19:05. | :19:14. | |
start to move better and everything goes to a higher level. | :19:15. | :19:25. | |
The roar from the crowd here, the action on the other table, the | :19:26. | :19:32. | |
matches over there and the Singaporean number two seeds, Yang | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
and Zhan have been defeated by the fourth seeds. Achanta and | :19:39. | :19:43. | |
Arputharaj. So one semifinal decided. Now the | :19:44. | :20:21. | |
focus here on taking the next one... Can the underdogs come through here | :20:22. | :20:24. | |
in this remaining semifinal? Replicate the work of the Indian | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
pair next door. It's not as if found really | :20:32. | :20:46. | |
appreciate the brilliance of Singapore and love watching them. | :20:47. | :20:49. | |
Nothing against them, but it's such an upset whenever they lose, because | :20:50. | :20:58. | |
they had been so dominant. But this is the one event on the Commonwealth | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
Games programme that Singapore have never won gold in. So it comes down | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
to Gao and Li. A tremendous return. Great credit. | :21:09. | :21:40. | |
England call a time-out. I think Alan Cooke has no option whatsoever. | :21:41. | :21:53. | |
Li uses that modern-day technique return of serve. It is the very | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
support rest, full round vertical. It has come into table tennis within | :22:00. | :22:10. | |
the last decade. When Li, who was playing that down the parallel, down | :22:11. | :22:11. | |
the line, playing that down the parallel, down | :22:12. | :22:18. | |
The Tiger strikes. You didn't know I the diagonal. | :22:19. | :22:32. | |
The Tiger strikes. You didn't know I was fluent in Chinese, did you? | :22:33. | :22:53. | |
Wonderful atmosphere here at Scotstoun. | :22:54. | :23:02. | |
Same again. All of the doubles are best-of-5 games, so Singapore | :23:03. | :23:16. | |
closing in on victory here. Two points in a row have gone to | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
Singapore with the league who return of service down the parallel. -- the | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
Li return of service. You just feel the extra resolve down | :23:27. | :23:38. | |
the Singapore end of the table. I think, three or four macro minutes | :23:39. | :24:13. | |
to go, England lived in hope but now Singapore, the rugby sufficient. -- | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
thoroughly efficient. They are closing the door. Playing down the | :24:21. | :24:26. | |
line, down the parallel, has proved a telling efforts. Paul Drinkhall is | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
somewhat wrong-footed and that is the last three points from the | :24:33. | :24:34. | |
return of serve, using that technique. | :24:35. | :24:56. | |
Every point they win, Drinkhall and Pitchford getting huge encouragement | :24:57. | :25:03. | |
from the crowd here. That is brilliant. Giving them no | :25:04. | :25:41. | |
quarter, no chance there. Got an answer to everything. Gao Ning and | :25:42. | :25:52. | |
Li Hu two points from a place in the final. | :25:53. | :26:04. | |
The pressure, the placement... I have been brilliant I had here, the | :26:05. | :26:15. | |
top seeds. -- they have been brilliant out here, the top seeds. | :26:16. | :26:35. | |
May be too late but that was a tremendous return of serve from Liam | :26:36. | :26:38. | |
Pitchford. What is it about the Number Ten? | :26:39. | :26:55. | |
It's hard to get across that line. For the men from Singapore. | :26:56. | :27:08. | |
Well setup and well finished off by Liam Pitchford. Can they come back | :27:09. | :27:15. | |
here? This is quite remarkable. There are | :27:16. | :27:51. | |
no time-outs left. Four match point saved. | :27:52. | :28:12. | |
Oh, but it's all over. Finally victory for Gao Ning and Li Hu, the | :28:13. | :28:24. | |
top seeds. They played a brilliant game out there to take the | :28:25. | :28:28. | |
semifinal, go through to the final. They will play off for the gold | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
medal. There you just saw the President of the Singapore tennis | :28:35. | :28:40. | |
Association. -- Singapore Table Tennis Association. | :28:41. | :28:43. | |
Association. -- Singapore Table Tennis Association. | :28:44. | :28:46. | |
So great performers therefrom Gao Ning and Li Hu, coming through 3-1 | :28:47. | :29:04. | |
to the Men's Doubles finals. If table tennis is one of the many | :29:05. | :29:15. | |
sports on offer here, it has inspired you to take up a new | :29:16. | :29:20. | |
hobby. Have a look at our Get Inspired website. You will find | :29:21. | :29:22. | |
information on local clubs. Time now for some more table | :29:23. | :29:36. | |
tennis, this time in the Mixed Doubles. Once again a place in the | :29:37. | :29:42. | |
gold medal match at stake. We saw Liam Pitchford he was in action a | :29:43. | :29:45. | |
bit earlier with the Men's Doubles. He is in the Mixed Doubles this | :29:46. | :29:49. | |
time, with his partner, the fabulously young and talented | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
tinting hope as England went up against Yang and Zhan of Singapore. | :29:56. | :30:26. | |
after it. People have to make something happen out here. -- he | :30:27. | :30:29. | |
will have to make. If you consider Tin Tin Ho's | :30:30. | :30:45. | |
service, it is quite unique. It is a serving technique we saw with | :30:46. | :30:52. | |
Japanese players in the 1980s, but she has extolled it to perfection. | :30:53. | :30:58. | |
The benefit is it is a different shot for opponents to look at. Only | :30:59. | :31:09. | |
a young Chinese boy from Chinese Taipei has served like that. He was | :31:10. | :31:14. | |
a silver medallist in the youth Olympic Games. | :31:15. | :31:19. | |
The reason for using the technique is that she can control the ball | :31:20. | :31:24. | |
better to keep the service short. They will keep the pressure on, the | :31:25. | :32:04. | |
Singapore pair. You saw the technique for the return of service. | :32:05. | :32:08. | |
The risk is extremely flexible to make the return. -- the wrist. | :32:09. | :32:16. | |
And there we saw it again. That is an advantage, the flexibility near | :32:17. | :32:22. | |
the net. And a brilliant rally. The English | :32:23. | :32:55. | |
pair coming out on top. The composure the 15-year-old shows is | :32:56. | :33:02. | |
incredible. She has impressed her team-mates, as well, since the | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
nerves abate when she focuses on the match at how she will win the point. | :33:08. | :33:19. | |
She is more excited and motivated by this than nervous. She said that | :33:20. | :33:25. | |
yesterday, I am not nervous, I am excited. Liam Pitchford said it is | :33:26. | :33:32. | |
remarkable how in this big theatres she has responded. Quite remarkable. | :33:33. | :33:53. | |
That was a super shot from Feng. Devastating attack from the | :33:54. | :33:56. | |
Singaporeans. Getting forward over the table. | :33:57. | :34:10. | |
It is an outstanding return of service from Tin-Tin Ho. You have to | :34:11. | :34:18. | |
take your hat off to that young lady. | :34:19. | :34:25. | |
To gain points now for the Singaporeans. | :34:26. | :34:46. | |
Once saved, but another opportunity for Singapore to take the opening | :34:47. | :34:49. | |
game. What a point. Tin-Tin Ho Held her | :34:50. | :34:57. | |
nerve. I am surprised that he served with | :34:58. | :35:31. | |
the forehand. I am sure in singles he serves with the backhand. That is | :35:32. | :35:41. | |
it. The opening game going to Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho. Super play | :35:42. | :35:47. | |
for the team from England. What a start. | :35:48. | :36:39. | |
The way the English pair are playing out here reflects the confidence in | :36:40. | :36:46. | |
the English camp. I think they all have belief they can win these sorts | :36:47. | :36:53. | |
of matches. They excel in the nuances of table tennis, such as the | :36:54. | :37:00. | |
short received. The angles. -- receive. And mentally the feeling | :37:01. | :37:07. | |
you belong out here against the Singaporean players, who are so much | :37:08. | :37:16. | |
higher ranked. Sport is won and lost in the mind. Easier said than done, | :37:17. | :37:29. | |
but once Feng Tianwei, she plays a forehand in the rally, she can be | :37:30. | :37:36. | |
dynamic. Having said that, she puts it in the base of the net. Thank | :37:37. | :37:38. | |
you! It always happens. Bearing in mind, it is a busy day | :37:39. | :37:59. | |
for them. She is playing women's doubles, mixed doubles, women's | :38:00. | :38:05. | |
singles. One match after another. It is not easy to keep focus. She | :38:06. | :38:12. | |
played five matches yesterday. She said she was quite tired and she | :38:13. | :38:14. | |
would recover for today. This is an interesting stage of the | :38:15. | :39:14. | |
match. Getting towards the business end of this second game. And a | :39:15. | :39:24. | |
couple of errors being forced. Good, aggressive play from the English | :39:25. | :39:25. | |
pair. Feng Tianwei, very surprisingly. | :39:26. | :39:49. | |
With so many Feng Tianwei, very surprisingly. | :39:50. | :39:52. | |
With so matches in one day it could be that the concentration is not | :39:53. | :39:53. | |
there. That was good play. And the luck favoured Liam | :39:54. | :40:03. | |
Pitchford. Superstar from Liam Pitchford. -- | :40:04. | :41:39. | |
super stuff. Coming up with just what was required. | :41:40. | :42:03. | |
There was a player from El Salvador who described mixed doubles as a | :42:04. | :42:30. | |
marriage and the man has to take care of his wife! The potential for | :42:31. | :42:36. | |
divorce on the mixed doubles! That was a great return. Superb from | :42:37. | :42:52. | |
Liam Pitchford and the Singaporeans reacted. We have a married couple | :42:53. | :43:01. | |
playing in the other semifinal, Paul Drinkhall and his wife Joanna. | :43:02. | :43:16. | |
High-intensity exchange and the English pair coming out on top. Very | :43:17. | :44:21. | |
rightly, the coach on his feet to call a time-out. You cannot leave it | :44:22. | :44:23. | |
any longer. The Singaporeans have accelerated a | :44:24. | :44:37. | |
little bit. That was a tremendous return of | :44:38. | :45:02. | |
serve. Taking a leaf out of the book of Tin-Tin Ho. | :45:03. | :45:11. | |
What a point. In rallies, I think you have to back the Singaporeans. | :45:12. | :45:23. | |
The English pair must be looking to bring the point quickly. | :45:24. | :45:25. | |
Singaporeans try to play the rallies. | :45:26. | :45:38. | |
A good controlled topspin. Liam Pitchford did not panic. In | :45:39. | :45:55. | |
Hesitation from the ten way. -- from Feng Tianwei. | :45:56. | :46:29. | |
They've fought back to level at 9-9. Every time they step out on the | :46:30. | :46:38. | |
cord, then expected to win. And they usually deliver. They've got their | :46:39. | :46:43. | |
backs against the wall here. Three consecutive points going to | :46:44. | :46:54. | |
Feng Tianwei. I think that was correct. I know | :46:55. | :47:39. | |
he'd missed that I think he was correct. -- I know he missed but I | :47:40. | :47:44. | |
think it was correct. Bit of extra pace on that shot from | :47:45. | :48:14. | |
Zhan Jian. This time the top seeds take it. A | :48:15. | :48:40. | |
torrid battle just sneaking out of that game, staying in the match. | :48:41. | :48:48. | |
Tin-Tin Ho and Liam Pitchford still leading two games to one game. | :48:49. | :49:27. | |
This Singapore contingent sitting somewhat nervously. | :49:28. | :51:01. | |
We have seen less mistakes coming from the Singaporeans here than in | :51:02. | :51:11. | |
the first, say, game and a half. Feng Tianwei looks more focused. | :51:12. | :51:46. | |
is from the backhand and he has to be very strong on that first | :51:47. | :51:47. | |
attack. Fortune favours the brave and he | :51:48. | :52:31. | |
went after that backhand. You can't be passing out here. Super plate | :52:32. | :52:33. | |
from Pitchford. Clever return from Zan GM. -- Zhan | :52:34. | :52:44. | |
Jian. Feng Tianwei has certainly lifted | :52:45. | :53:25. | |
her game. This is more like what we are accustomed to seeing from her. | :53:26. | :53:35. | |
And Feng Tianwei and Zhan Jian are 11-6. | :53:36. | :54:10. | |
Terrific return to start this decider. Tin-Tin Ho. | :54:11. | :54:29. | |
And with plenty of spark out there. Pitchford and Ho. | :54:30. | :54:44. | |
They know they have to play at the top of their games. Maybe better | :54:45. | :54:50. | |
than they've ever played before, to beat this pair. | :54:51. | :55:08. | |
Remember, England still have the one time had up their sleeve. -- | :55:09. | :55:15. | |
time-out. That is absolutely out the top of | :55:16. | :55:28. | |
the top drawer. What a tremendous return. Look at the wrist. That is | :55:29. | :55:32. | |
quality, Mr Pitchford. And they keep the momentum. 5-1 in | :55:33. | :55:45. | |
the deciding game. 15-year-old Tin-Tin Ho, 21-year old | :55:46. | :55:55. | |
Liam Pitchford. Remember, now, the order has now | :55:56. | :56:13. | |
changed. Well, this is just marvellous play | :56:14. | :57:11. | |
from the English pair. Taking control of the point. Finishing it | :57:12. | :57:16. | |
off calmly. I wonder if they will be able to stay calm. One thing to get | :57:17. | :57:24. | |
the lead in the decider, but another to close it out. | :57:25. | :57:59. | |
Brilliant stuff from Pitchford! Stand and deliver. He got himself | :58:00. | :58:07. | |
set and whipped the winner. I think Alan Cooke will soon be on | :58:08. | :58:52. | |
his feet. Right now, in fact, calling the time-out. Quite right, | :58:53. | :58:57. | |
don't let the Singaporean pet build up momentum. That is quite a good | :58:58. | :59:02. | |
call in my opinion. He knows he is on the brink of his team causing the | :59:03. | :59:06. | |
mother of all upsets. Now, the question is, can the Singaporeans | :59:07. | :59:14. | |
bring mind, body and soul together and recover? Make no mistake, this | :59:15. | :59:16. | |
match isn't over. Match point. Pitchford and Ho. | :59:17. | :59:35. | |
They've got five of them. What the moment the despair! -- what | :59:36. | :00:15. | |
the moment for this pair. A stunning moment and a massive upset. The | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
15-year-old Tin-Tin Ho alongside Liam Pitchford, she bounces over for | :00:21. | :00:26. | |
the celebratory hug with Alan Cooke. They played out of their skins. | :00:27. | :00:41. | |
All-England final facing Paul Drinkhall and Joanna Drinkhall. The | :00:42. | :00:49. | |
sport has been dominated by Singapore in Beeston Commonwealth | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
Games. Now they are preparing for a dramatic evening of diving action. | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
Over to Edinburgh. A third consecutive night of dramatic diving | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
and tonight the finals of the women's one metre diving. Our | :01:07. | :01:18. | |
commentators presenting by the swimming pool, Helen Skelton and | :01:19. | :01:20. | |
Lyon. It has been an exciting day we have | :01:21. | :01:31. | |
had a golden bronze medal. How impressed were you? There was a | :01:32. | :01:43. | |
gold-medal third Jack Laugher and the Chris Mears. | :01:44. | :01:54. | |
Nick Robinson Baker, opposite ends of experience. Jack and Chris seemed | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
to be exciting prospects. They have had success this year. They have | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
been standing on the podium all year this year and at great end to their | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
season, a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. There is | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
cheering, not the Chris and Jack, they are cheering for the ladies in | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
the one metre springboard final. We have everybody from team England. | :02:20. | :02:30. | |
The only female diver for Scotland, her dad said he cannot wait to be | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
out there. The crowd lifted her this morning. As did James Heatly. That | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
was in the previous two days of the diving competition. Team Scotland | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
are going for it. The roof is ripped off when they step on the diving | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
board. Tom Daley is going to be diving later. I asked kids earlier | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
if they were here to see Tom and they said no. They were here to see | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
the Scottish divers. That is a picture. A gold-medal, what a | :03:05. | :03:11. | |
classic. They did fantastically well. A gold medal in the bag and | :03:12. | :03:19. | |
bound to be on cloud nine. Heather has been watching. Would she have | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
gained confidence from the success of the rest of the team? There are | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
so many medals already, you have to keep the motivation going. We are | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
about to get under way for the one metre springboard. You are fine to | :03:35. | :03:45. | |
go. Go and join Bob. The crowd are excited at this. That is because we | :03:46. | :03:53. | |
have three English girls. And we have Scotland's Grace Reid, the only | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
girl in team Scotland, but she has a fantastic Fanclub, Bob. | :04:00. | :04:16. | |
We have a mixture of Commonwealth interest including the Australians | :04:17. | :04:23. | |
and relations as well. There are two strong Australians. And one very | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
strong Canadian. How many times this week have we seen the preliminary | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
strong Canadian. How many times this heats not replicated in the | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
evening? It happened last night with Jack Laugher. Could not quite back | :04:36. | :04:44. | |
it up in the final, which can sometimes happen. A lot of dropped | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
lives by the English contingent this morning and they will look to | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
lives by the English contingent this improve on that. I am intrigued to | :04:55. | :05:02. | |
see what can be done to night. She could not convince out of the park. | :05:03. | :05:09. | |
It has been said there might be an Australian 1-2-3. The one to watch | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
in number ten, is she is completely in a different league when it comes | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
to degree of difficulty. We will talk it through as she gets closer. | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
She is a cut above when it comes to the degree of difficulty. Let's see | :05:29. | :05:29. | |
how the risk plays out. At the Australian trials she hit | :05:30. | :05:45. | |
almost 350. We can see how it pans out there will be 12 divers. They go | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
in reverse order from how they finish this morning. That was nice. | :05:51. | :06:07. | |
A tidy opening dive. 1.5 somersaults in the pike position. Many of the | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
girls opt for this in the first round. Nine out of the 12 opening | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
with this. Turning backwards and spinning forwards. I think that is | :06:19. | :06:30. | |
pretty good. The marks with line through them will not count to the | :06:31. | :06:44. | |
total score. Alicia Black did not quite get off to the start she | :06:45. | :06:56. | |
wanted. Exactly the same dive again. That was a good start. Moving away | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
from the diving board a fraction. A beautiful shape. She will only get | :07:01. | :07:12. | |
sevens, may be slightly less. Some work to do already. That is compared | :07:13. | :07:21. | |
to 54 this morning and so slightly down on the start. Now the | :07:22. | :07:37. | |
Australian. She is 15 years of age, the youngest member of the | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
Australian team. 1.5 somersaults with pike. It was a beautiful dive. | :07:44. | :07:54. | |
The ripped entry into the water. Hardly any splash. Great elevation. | :07:55. | :08:01. | |
Tow point into the water and that should get eights or above. That was | :08:02. | :08:13. | |
a great opening round. Eights very good in this situation. And now the | :08:14. | :08:22. | |
Canadian. One of the judges is the mother of her best friend. | :08:23. | :08:35. | |
Most of the competitors getting their programme under way with this | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
dive. That was better than this morning. She looked rough around the | :08:42. | :08:49. | |
edges this morning. Not quite entering the water as smoothly as | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
she did here. Beautiful elevation will stop straight up and down. We | :08:53. | :09:03. | |
can see how generous the judges are feeling. That is the same mark this | :09:04. | :09:04. | |
morning. 54. Now you will see this every time. | :09:05. | :09:19. | |
Big smile, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle. And then she | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
puts on her game head and the smile disappears. Studied concentration. | :09:24. | :09:35. | |
That is better than this morning. 2.2 degrees of difficulty. The girls | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
have to do different dives each time and this is the twist, the first we | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
have seen. 1.5 somersaults. She will try to get eight, which would be | :09:48. | :09:57. | |
good. Not too shabby at all. Hello, Hannah Starling, welcome to the | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
competition. And now the cheering. The raucous crowd in Edinburgh | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
greeting their one and only daughter for this event. Grace Reid. You will | :10:09. | :10:18. | |
know what to expect because you have seen it before. We will see | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
somewhere in the mid-50s for her inward one and a half somersaults | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
with pike. That was a fabulous start. This is her second | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
Commonwealth Games. She was 14 when she attended Delhi. Able you to. And | :10:35. | :10:50. | |
a safe distance from the board. -- a beautiful start. 54 is pretty much | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
on the button. A decent start. beautiful start. 54 is pretty much | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
on the button. Already with the medal to her name. | :11:05. | :11:16. | |
2.4, in which 1.5 somersaults. That was nice from Rebecca with good | :11:17. | :11:27. | |
balance. Rocking from the ankles to start to move the board. Swinging | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
the arms, going forward, as if you are throwing a football. The entry | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
was superb. It should get eights and if it does, she will go top of the | :11:39. | :11:39. | |
leaderboard. I spoke to her coach at lunch time | :11:40. | :12:21. | |
and asked about her. He said they had not been training it. This is | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
the first time she has done one metres. She is the defending | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
champion. She is exceptional on the three metres, which is where have | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
focuses. The one metre is a bit of fun. She has matched Rebecca with | :12:36. | :12:45. | |
her dive. Joint leaders at the moment as we head towards the end of | :12:46. | :12:47. | |
the first round. I really like her style of diving. | :12:48. | :13:15. | |
It is aesthetically pleasing. Beautiful minds. Heavily strapped | :13:16. | :13:22. | |
ankle, which is not uncommon in diving. Your ankles get a pasting at | :13:23. | :13:38. | |
all times. That was good. Very good. As good as the leaders. This is the | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
goal to watch. Not with this dive, which is rudimentary compared to the | :13:44. | :13:50. | |
one she is going to do. She is just going to turn up the switch after | :13:51. | :13:51. | |
this. Go up to the threes shortly. You can see from take-off how much | :13:52. | :14:07. | |
power this young 18-year-old house. Swinging her arms and jumping up. | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
You can see how high she goes. A little bit of a splash as she goes | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
in, say she has left herself work to do. That she has some chunky dives | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
coming. Big degree of difficulty with a high risk and the high reward | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
if you get them right. If she is to win the gold medal, she will have to | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
come from last to first. She is last at the moment. Two more to go. | :14:34. | :14:48. | |
She will go with the dive favoured by most of the divers, the inward | :14:49. | :14:56. | |
1.5. Moving away from the diving board a little bit too much. Brings | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
her hips back a little bit too early. Did not get as much height. | :15:02. | :15:09. | |
She will get eights. That will put her near the top of the leaderboard. | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
Some of the 2.4s scoring around this. Four divers altogether. | :15:16. | :15:49. | |
with pike. She has just thrown up a little bit too much splash for me. | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
Relatively straightforward dive. You don't have a hurdle | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
Relatively straightforward dive. You with. Standing start, so one and a | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
half in the pike position. Not quite at the top of the leaderboard, but | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
pretty close. It is all rather bunched up after round one. Hard to | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
separate this one out. We can't at the moment. Canadian, English diver, | :16:19. | :16:27. | |
Malaysia, another Canadian in the top grouping. Then we have five and | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
then we have four divers in sixth place. I did not expect Stalin, | :16:33. | :16:49. | |
Blagg and Keeney to stay at the bottom for long. -- starling. | :16:50. | :17:05. | |
Finishing a little close to the water. Not having enough room to | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
complete the dive efficiently enough to get probably five or 5.5. | :17:12. | :17:26. | |
It wasn't how we discussed it earlier on, Mr Coach, what it? | :17:27. | :17:46. | |
The white wheel on the diving board is for adjusting the flexibility. | :17:47. | :17:54. | |
That was the dive that she made a mess of earlier on in the | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
preliminaries. She over rotated in the morning. That was an under | :17:59. | :18:06. | |
rotation. She has played it safe and I think that was too much, the final | :18:07. | :18:15. | |
push for the podium over for her. Yes. Not at all pleased with that, | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
for understandable reasons. The rule of thumb is if you are under six, | :18:22. | :18:29. | |
you are saying you are pushing for a medal and not doing the dive as well | :18:30. | :18:31. | |
as you would like. She hand, 15 years of age last | :18:32. | :18:48. | |
month. Going with a reverse one and a half somersault is. She doesn't | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
land on the end of the diving board, so she has to skip forward a little | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
bit with her knees and she arches quite heavily through her back to | :19:00. | :19:06. | |
dive in. She managed to avert missing the dive. The scores with no | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
lines through them at the bottom of the screen will count. | :19:15. | :19:22. | |
And the freezing could have represented the USA as her mother is | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
American. -- Friesen. While, that is a good dive as well. | :19:26. | :19:46. | |
Very precise. Two and a half somersault in the pike position. | :19:47. | :19:49. | |
Squeezing into the pike said the chest is flat on the thighs. She | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
manages to punch a hole in the water with her hands as she goes through. | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
Doesn't quite stretch out enough, so the marks reflect that. Seven is | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
OK, certainly compared to a couple of guys we've seen recently. Emma | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
Friesen just moves in front of the rest. | :20:13. | :20:28. | |
Forward two and a half somersault with pike. She had a bit of work to | :20:29. | :20:36. | |
do. A bit off the pace after her first round dive. Beautiful board | :20:37. | :20:46. | |
timing. Just a bit of splash. Washing over vertical cutout. -- a | :20:47. | :20:57. | |
little bit. 7.5 across the board. That brings a smile back to her | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
face. Still a novice, don't really understand diving? | :21:05. | :21:24. | |
That was the same dive produced by Scotland's Grace Reid. She landed | :21:25. | :21:34. | |
with her toes just over the edge of the diving board. She waited | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
patiently for the board to recoil and throw her up into the air. | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
Controls that beautifully. She would have been in also of trouble on that | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
take-off. Sevens it is the Grace Reid again. | :21:50. | :22:16. | |
Back one and a half somersault with Tuck. She has just let the dive | :22:17. | :22:27. | |
flick over as she enters the water. Same mistake she often produces on | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
this dive, just tips over with her feet. She did a great job in the | :22:33. | :22:39. | |
women's three metre synchro to win gold. That is going to be slightly | :22:40. | :22:44. | |
costly. Sixes will move her off the pace. | :22:45. | :23:06. | |
Back one and a half somersault is for the defending champion. I think | :23:07. | :23:13. | |
she has something to say about that. That is much, much better. This is | :23:14. | :23:21. | |
her lowest degree of difficulty. You see the height she gained from the | :23:22. | :23:31. | |
diving board. Into the lead she goes. Just out of Hannah Starling | :23:32. | :23:38. | |
with Emma Friesen and Grace Reid enjoying third right now. We have | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
another four divers to go. Here is our current joint leader. | :23:44. | :23:54. | |
The forward two and a half. Two and a half. 2.6 once again. She had a | :23:55. | :24:02. | |
little bit of knee trouble there. She wasn't quite on the end of the | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
diving board. She trembled. She managed to get the height she | :24:08. | :24:11. | |
needed. That was nearly a full buckle, which would have been | :24:12. | :24:13. | |
unfortunate. Her toes were over the edge. She was | :24:14. | :24:46. | |
hanging ten. That Her toes were over the edge. She was | :24:47. | :24:54. | |
difficult. The easier option is the reverse one and a half. This is | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
3.0. She does so well on this. It's a gamble. It hasn't quite paid off | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
fully but it hasn't taken it the other way, so she's still in the | :25:06. | :25:13. | |
mix. 57 is good enough. We have a real bunch situation here at the | :25:14. | :25:17. | |
moment. The top six are separated by eight points. There will be a few | :25:18. | :25:20. | |
more joining that club very shortly. That's good from Palm. Over rotated | :25:21. | :25:42. | |
as she went in. Looking for the vertical splash. There wasn't much | :25:43. | :25:49. | |
splash, but there was a definite over rotation. Sevens, probably. | :25:50. | :25:57. | |
Could have quite easily been eight and 8.5s because that was a great | :25:58. | :25:59. | |
take-off. The 23-year-old formerly from China. | :26:00. | :26:15. | |
She moved to Sydney in 2009 and has become asked radiant citizen. | :26:16. | :26:22. | |
-- and has become an Australian citizen. She was the top qualifier | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
this morning. She is very consistent. | :26:30. | :26:40. | |
Beautiful dive, 2.6 degrees of difficulty. We did say it was a | :26:41. | :26:50. | |
wide-open competition. Certainly not one you would want to lay any money | :26:51. | :26:57. | |
on. That is the way it looks after round two. Three to go. Esther Qin | :26:58. | :27:08. | |
just ahead. Hannah Starling looking OK. Maybe in a position to pounce. | :27:09. | :27:16. | |
At the bottom of the pile at the moment are the two English divers | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
gallantry and Blagg. That is a gap that they can make up. No one is | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
really cast adrift yet. There is Alex Salmond in the audience. | :27:29. | :27:54. | |
A back one and a half somersault with pike. 2.3. You can see the | :27:55. | :28:06. | |
difference in the fight. -- in the height. Nowhere near some of her | :28:07. | :28:11. | |
fellow competitors. Quite tidy. She was happy with the last dive, | :28:12. | :28:22. | |
not quite so happy with that one. There you go, that is an example of | :28:23. | :28:51. | |
what this young lady can do. She's only 17, she already has a | :28:52. | :28:54. | |
Commonwealth gold medal in the bag from day one of the diving. This | :28:55. | :29:01. | |
should get eights. It is best dive of the day. Time to start moving up | :29:02. | :29:08. | |
the leaderboard. She was at the bottom, and she won't be after that. | :29:09. | :29:15. | |
Only three divers are doing three and above, by the way. They are | :29:16. | :29:20. | |
nearly all in the two range, 2-macro-low or 2-macro- made. | :29:21. | :29:46. | |
is, one and half twists. A good job. Her steps a little inconsistent, so | :29:47. | :29:50. | |
she isn't on the end of the diving board. Little bit of a wobble on the | :29:51. | :29:56. | |
twist. Not sure she had squared it up efficiently enough. Her toes | :29:57. | :30:02. | |
crossed over each other like a swimmer would with their hands in a | :30:03. | :30:07. | |
streamlined position. The rookie doing OK in first place for the time | :30:08. | :30:10. | |
being. faltering on the entry. -- for her. | :30:11. | :30:41. | |
She remains in a pike position. Just a little too long. And over she | :30:42. | :30:43. | |
goes. You can now mark off a few of the | :30:44. | :30:58. | |
divers in terms of medal potential and prospects. I think she is one | :30:59. | :31:05. | |
who will not be there at the end unless she can get something rapidly | :31:06. | :31:09. | |
going on. Hannah Starling, she relishes this atmosphere. So she | :31:10. | :31:19. | |
showed in London 2012, she is doing in Edinburgh. | :31:20. | :31:26. | |
That was good. It needed to be. This is her lowest degree of difficulty. | :31:27. | :31:36. | |
It depends where you use it in your list. I think she will get 7.5s, | :31:37. | :31:43. | |
which would be great, because it would keep her at the business end | :31:44. | :31:46. | |
of the field, which is where she needs to be to strike for a medal. | :31:47. | :31:54. | |
You will know from the noise, she has gone up a notch or two. Grace | :31:55. | :32:04. | |
Reid is about to perform her third-round dive. Currently fifth. | :32:05. | :32:19. | |
Fabulous dive. This was not particularly good this morning. It | :32:20. | :32:24. | |
is her most complicated, 2.6 degrees of difficulty. It was neat and tidy. | :32:25. | :32:32. | |
If she gets over sevens, she will be super pleased. Great work. Somebody | :32:33. | :32:39. | |
should take a snap of that. She is in the lead at the moment. Rebecca | :32:40. | :32:55. | |
Gallantree. This is her big dive in terms of degree of difficulty. A | :32:56. | :33:02. | |
reverse to do half somersault. If she gets this right, she will | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
project herself up the leaderboard. It went wrong, take-off. The dive is | :33:08. | :33:13. | |
complicated and high risk. You need a good take-off. Almost ten | :33:14. | :33:20. | |
centimetres back, sacrificing height to get safely away from the diving | :33:21. | :33:25. | |
board. She still did very well. That could have been a shorter vertical. | :33:26. | :33:35. | |
Probably gets 5.5s. It was a jaunty angle on that. This is her trump | :33:36. | :33:42. | |
card if she gets it right, but not on this occasion. | :33:43. | :33:50. | |
Just almost, almost there. She was trying to pike saver. The entry is | :33:51. | :34:01. | |
going a little bit over and she tries to roll, rolling very quickly | :34:02. | :34:07. | |
to give the impression that she was not going over a vertical, but the | :34:08. | :34:13. | |
judges noticed. That is why they marked her down. I did say it would | :34:14. | :34:18. | |
be hard for her to defend her title, with the way others are | :34:19. | :34:26. | |
looking today. But she has edged in front, only marginally so. This is | :34:27. | :34:32. | |
another one who has chosen round three for her difficult dive. She | :34:33. | :34:49. | |
faltered on the take-off on the last dive and this time she left it a | :34:50. | :34:53. | |
little short on vertical. It looks OK. Not quite completing the dive. | :34:54. | :35:05. | |
That is only 2.3 degrees of difficulty. Just a little pointer on | :35:06. | :35:14. | |
this coming up from Maddison Keeney. This is the dive she fears most, the | :35:15. | :35:19. | |
one she has most problems with. And this could possibly derail her | :35:20. | :35:24. | |
chances of a gold medal. She had problems this morning. And also in | :35:25. | :35:30. | |
competition over the past couple of years. Let's see how it goes this | :35:31. | :35:31. | |
time. That is the gauntlet. If you have a | :35:32. | :35:44. | |
bogey dive and you get it right, it is a boost. This is her highest | :35:45. | :35:51. | |
degree of difficulty. 3.1. She was a little bit tight to the diving | :35:52. | :35:55. | |
board, but she nailed it. This will prove to be critical. What a dive. | :35:56. | :36:04. | |
On that tariff, it takes her rocketing up the standings into | :36:05. | :36:12. | |
first place. The gauntlet is ready to be either snatched by somebody, | :36:13. | :36:13. | |
or taken away. This is only 2.3 in terms of | :36:14. | :36:29. | |
difficulty, so there will be a disparity. No. Feeling the pressure. | :36:30. | :36:38. | |
Shaking her head as soon as she comes up. She knows potentially the | :36:39. | :36:44. | |
medal chances blame. It was a costly error -- potentially, her medal | :36:45. | :37:01. | |
chance is blown. Only picking up 29.9, the lowest return so far. The | :37:02. | :37:09. | |
smiling assassin! Esther Qin, going, thank you very much. She is in a | :37:10. | :37:17. | |
good position to launch herself forward. Number one at the moment. | :37:18. | :37:26. | |
It is interesting what pressure does. It is good, but it is not | :37:27. | :37:33. | |
particularly excellent, which is what it needed to be. Short | :37:34. | :37:38. | |
vertical, not wanting to do what Pam Ware did, surfing over. She stopped | :37:39. | :37:45. | |
the dive spinning too early and ended up short. We have a change of | :37:46. | :37:54. | |
the leaderboard. The pack has been shuffled. Esther -- Esther Qin, she | :37:55. | :38:08. | |
has dropped. Maddison Keeney, at the top. We told you to watch out for | :38:09. | :38:13. | |
her. If we could freeze time, Grace Reid would have a bronze medal. | :38:14. | :38:22. | |
Three Australians in the top six. There have been rumours it could be | :38:23. | :38:24. | |
top three. Two more rounds to go of the one | :38:25. | :38:43. | |
metre springboard. 12 points separating places one and five at | :38:44. | :38:44. | |
the moment. She went for the reverse one and a | :38:45. | :38:55. | |
half of the tuck position, the lowest degree of difficulty at 2.1. | :38:56. | :39:00. | |
Because of the take-off with the toes over the end, she does not make | :39:01. | :39:06. | |
it. Arching her back, moving to the side of the diving board. The judges | :39:07. | :39:11. | |
do not see the replay, that is just for us. The judges are required to | :39:12. | :39:18. | |
input the marks as soon as the diver hits the water. | :39:19. | :39:24. | |
Alicia Blagg. Not making the headway we would like to see from her. That | :39:25. | :39:31. | |
could change. That was another excellent dive. | :39:32. | :39:48. | |
What a shame she has taken a couple of dives to get into it. The third | :39:49. | :39:54. | |
and fourth have been up there in the eights. That is very good diving. | :39:55. | :40:01. | |
Has she left herself too much to do? I think maybe. That look means, | :40:02. | :40:13. | |
why did I not do that before? Suddenly I am diving well. She left | :40:14. | :40:19. | |
it a little bit too late to challenge for medals. That is not | :40:20. | :40:24. | |
this young lady, the youngest competitor at the age of 15, she has | :40:25. | :40:27. | |
just turned 15. She has a particular skill for being | :40:28. | :40:39. | |
able to complete the dive is very well from dodgy take-offs. Way back | :40:40. | :40:46. | |
from the end of the diving board and manages to stay calm and complete | :40:47. | :40:50. | |
the dive very well. It will not score eights, which is what she | :40:51. | :40:53. | |
would have been looking forward to make a move on the top six, where | :40:54. | :40:58. | |
she is on the previous round, into the lead. Emma Friesen has a motto - | :40:59. | :41:07. | |
there is always pressure, you have to be ready to open up to it and | :41:08. | :41:12. | |
deal with it, you have to be a good loser. Ninth place at the moment. | :41:13. | :41:24. | |
That was pretty average. It is ordinary. It needs to be more than | :41:25. | :41:31. | |
that if you want to push for the medals. She has been consistent. | :41:32. | :41:38. | |
Over rotated so I think she will get 6.5s. Maybe a seven. She got great | :41:39. | :41:47. | |
height from the diving board. Does not break the 50 mark this time, | :41:48. | :41:51. | |
which means she will not advance much, she might even slip back a | :41:52. | :41:54. | |
place. A smile already on the face. Hannah Starling, in fifth place, so | :41:55. | :42:17. | |
within distance of the top three. It was a terrific take-off. Just a | :42:18. | :42:21. | |
fraction over rotated as she went in. That was almost 8.5s and nines, | :42:22. | :42:30. | |
but will end up with 7.5s, which is still good and she will be in | :42:31. | :42:38. | |
contention. It will be tight. Amazing what a little bit can make | :42:39. | :42:42. | |
in terms of points. We could have been looking at eights. Those marks | :42:43. | :42:53. | |
add up when you are talking about five points between first and second | :42:54. | :42:58. | |
at the moment. Grace Reid, ready to perform. She has been eating and | :42:59. | :43:09. | |
drinking of the atmosphere in the Edinburgh swimming pool. She | :43:10. | :43:16. | |
continues to do so. She put everything in. Giving it some beans | :43:17. | :43:27. | |
continues to do so. She put it. Almost identical to Hannah | :43:28. | :43:32. | |
Starling, who did the same dive before her. She is flying high on | :43:33. | :43:39. | |
home support. The crowd loves it and she loves it. She could be in and | :43:40. | :43:47. | |
around the medals with that. Taking the lead for the time being. Rebecca | :43:48. | :43:55. | |
Gallantree's 3.0 did not quite work. She has ground to make up. | :43:56. | :44:03. | |
That will help. 2.6 degrees of difficulty. This is her chance to | :44:04. | :44:15. | |
make up some ground. If it is short, she enters the water, needs | :44:16. | :44:18. | |
to maintain the pike shape a fraction longer. | :44:19. | :44:29. | |
Rebecca Gallantree already has the medals from the synchronised on the | :44:30. | :44:37. | |
three meter board. She won in Delhi, can she win it in Edinburgh? She is | :44:38. | :44:45. | |
such a competitor. She was all over the place this morning in the | :44:46. | :44:50. | |
preliminaries. Even then, not quite landing on the end as she would need | :44:51. | :44:55. | |
to. But she goes so high. She does not want to relinquish her title. | :44:56. | :45:01. | |
The gold medal in Delhi and very much in the hunt for a podium finish | :45:02. | :45:05. | |
here. Will it be the gold? We will wait and see. Willing and able to | :45:06. | :45:09. | |
win for a second time around. Cheong Jun Hoong, she has looked | :45:10. | :45:22. | |
impressive this week but not as impressive tonight. It was a | :45:23. | :45:33. | |
beautiful dive. It was a great leg line and toe point. Just washing | :45:34. | :45:38. | |
over as she entered the water. I think she might have left herself | :45:39. | :45:42. | |
too much to do to challenge for the medals with one dive to go. | :45:43. | :46:10. | |
She quit the 10m board after fracturing her wrist and she is a | :46:11. | :46:17. | |
promising astrophysicist. That is a restart. What happens now? She will | :46:18. | :46:25. | |
attempt the board again and there will be a 2-point deduction from | :46:26. | :46:27. | |
each judge. Oh, she has done a marvellous job, | :46:28. | :46:44. | |
because that take-off was not particularly great either. She had | :46:45. | :46:49. | |
all her toes over the edge. Somehow, she manages to complete that dive. | :46:50. | :46:52. | |
all her toes over the edge. Somehow, There will be a 2-point deduction, | :46:53. | :46:57. | |
so when all the marks come up I will explain what happens. She might even | :46:58. | :46:58. | |
get sevens. A sterling effort. explain what happens. She might even | :46:59. | :47:13. | |
except. So the total is 42. -- etc, etc. Weldon. | :47:14. | :47:46. | |
She nailed this this morning and she has pretty much done the same again. | :47:47. | :47:53. | |
Just as she needed it. She was right at the bottom of the pack after a | :47:54. | :47:56. | |
disastrous previous round dive. That will have a lot. She will move up to | :47:57. | :48:02. | |
the middle of the pack but I think she may have left herself a little | :48:03. | :48:05. | |
bit too much to do for a medal, but you -- but who knows? It was worth | :48:06. | :48:14. | |
taking the risk. That's very good. Very good. Very | :48:15. | :48:41. | |
neat, very tidy. Beautiful take-off. Up, up and away. Reaches for the | :48:42. | :48:50. | |
water with her hands flat. She should get close to 60 points. If | :48:51. | :48:54. | |
she does, she will be squeezing up into the top six. 61.20, Esther Qin | :48:55. | :48:59. | |
for Australia. Now look at the scoreboard. Jennifer | :49:00. | :49:14. | |
Abel, defending champion, in the lead. Grace Reid of Scotland in | :49:15. | :49:22. | |
second. Then three Australians. But word of caution from Leon Taylor. We | :49:23. | :49:27. | |
can get excited because Grace is in second position, however, she has a | :49:28. | :49:32. | |
2.3 degrees of difficulty dive to finish. Everyone else has a mixed | :49:33. | :49:38. | |
bag of 2.6, 2.5, 3.0. So it is tough. | :49:39. | :50:05. | |
Better than this morning. I remember it was a real shambles this morning. | :50:06. | :50:15. | |
That is upgraded. Swinging the arms, one and a half twists. Just to load | :50:16. | :50:32. | |
to the water. It is a 2.5. -- 205. 205.75 is where she will finish, | :50:33. | :50:36. | |
likely to be in a leather 12th place on the basis of that dive. | :50:37. | :50:53. | |
Reverse one and a half somersault with one. A great dive. She's just | :50:54. | :51:08. | |
so good at waiting, waiting. Maybe even close to 60 points, with degree | :51:09. | :51:14. | |
of difficulty 2.6. Great dive to finish. She faltered early on in her | :51:15. | :51:22. | |
programme. Well done. 58.5. But sad to say, she is in danger of possibly | :51:23. | :51:26. | |
finishing bottom of the pile with that. | :51:27. | :51:55. | |
Wow! It needed to be exceptional, and it was spectacular. What an | :51:56. | :52:04. | |
absolute beauty. She'll get nines on this, and therefore, even though | :52:05. | :52:08. | |
it's 2.4 degrees of difficulty, if she gets close to 60 points, this | :52:09. | :52:12. | |
15-year-old from Australia could be on the podium. 8.5, 8.5 and eight. I | :52:13. | :52:20. | |
think she already knows something special is about to happen to her. | :52:21. | :52:26. | |
Providing nobody else really does something exceptional. It would have | :52:27. | :52:29. | |
to be a lot of them to do it to unseat her from third place. It is | :52:30. | :52:34. | |
possible she could get second place. Tidy dive from Emma. One and a half | :52:35. | :53:01. | |
sub is all. One and a half twists. Then into a pike. About the same | :53:02. | :53:13. | |
total school as she did get in the preliminary say she has been | :53:14. | :53:14. | |
consistent all day. Right, Hannah Starling to usurp | :53:15. | :53:30. | |
Georges Sheehan. She needs nines on this. | :53:31. | :53:45. | |
Inward one and a half somersault is with pike. 2.5. It was a good | :53:46. | :53:56. | |
effort, not good enough for nines. She over rotates, just shift her | :53:57. | :54:00. | |
heels and moves her bottom back a little bit, moving back from the | :54:01. | :54:03. | |
diving board, causing the overall rotation. I do not think that will | :54:04. | :54:08. | |
be good enough for a medal. She will be close. Starling's day is done. | :54:09. | :54:19. | |
Just talking to the coach about what went wrong, but nonetheless, still | :54:20. | :54:21. | |
pleased with her performance. Oh, she has done a really good job. | :54:22. | :54:53. | |
That will not get 8.5s. It is a good dive. She backed away from the | :54:54. | :54:58. | |
diving board a little bit. She will probably only get sevens because she | :54:59. | :55:04. | |
just bent her knees a little bit too early as she went into the water. | :55:05. | :55:09. | |
She will be close to the medals. I do not know if it will be good | :55:10. | :55:13. | |
enough. I am so proud of her. She will have a waiting game now. She | :55:14. | :55:21. | |
could have done with five or ten more marks but you cannot be | :55:22. | :55:23. | |
critical of that performance. Solid dive to finish from Rebecca. | :55:24. | :55:45. | |
She has been there or thereabouts today. She will probably finish | :55:46. | :55:50. | |
middle of the pack. One and a half twists, one and a half somersault. | :55:51. | :55:54. | |
2.6 degrees of difficulty. Grace Reid at the moment in second | :55:55. | :56:09. | |
place, Starling in third, Rebecca Gallantree with those marks knees | :56:10. | :56:10. | |
into fourth. straight into the lead. Still some | :56:11. | :56:34. | |
divers to go but at the moment, the defending champion will top the | :56:35. | :56:37. | |
leaderboard. One and a half somersault is, one and a half | :56:38. | :56:44. | |
twists. Good dive. 7.5s coming her way. She has at her game | :56:45. | :56:48. | |
considerably this evening. Could it be back-to-back titles? It is | :56:49. | :56:52. | |
difficult to see anyone overtaking her. Mathematically possible but the | :56:53. | :57:03. | |
likes of Esther Qin and Keeney will have to dive out of their socks. | :57:04. | :57:22. | |
A classic, classy take-off. Just varying her head a little bit as she | :57:23. | :57:30. | |
goes into the reply, and then flips over as she goes in, over rotation. | :57:31. | :57:39. | |
Her medal hopes slipped away earlier in the programme. | :57:40. | :57:45. | |
Now, is there one last twist? Well, there will be a twist. A couple of | :57:46. | :57:51. | |
somersault as well. Oh, my goodness me! The dive of the | :57:52. | :58:15. | |
competition, just when she needed it the most! And that means that she | :58:16. | :58:21. | |
will be on the podium. This is a big dive! That's not good enough to | :58:22. | :58:25. | |
catch Abel, it might be good enough to put her into silver medal | :58:26. | :58:29. | |
position, because this is huge. 3.2 degrees of difficulty. Yes, she's in | :58:30. | :58:39. | |
second. 67.20. I did say it was a big one. She flung her previous big | :58:40. | :58:44. | |
dive that got herself back in check. -- she failed her previous big dive. | :58:45. | :59:05. | |
Not going to get there with that. She just falters on the take-off, | :59:06. | :59:12. | |
skipping off the diving board a little bit too soon. Hips go | :59:13. | :59:18. | |
forward, knees bent, doesn't get enough height. Find it very tricky | :59:19. | :59:22. | |
to square out the dive, so she will not be in the medals. I think that | :59:23. | :59:27. | |
is good enough to take out Grace, who is unfortunately in fourth place | :59:28. | :59:31. | |
at the moment. Webb will be disappointed because she made too | :59:32. | :59:37. | |
many mistakes. -- Ware. Only one diver events Abel from defending her | :59:38. | :59:41. | |
title, this Australian. It is a beautiful dive! Absolute | :59:42. | :00:04. | |
beauty. It is not worth nines. It is not worth 8.5. Is it worth eights? | :00:05. | :00:09. | |
That is what she needs to get on the podium. This is going to be | :00:10. | :00:19. | |
super-tight. Oh, she does! She has won it by 0.5, the bronze medal. | :00:20. | :00:28. | |
Georgia she hang Mrs out by 0.05 of the mark. -- Georgette she hang Mrs | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
out. home competitors, seventh, | :00:35. | :01:13. | |
Starling, and Blagg in 10th. There is Arturo, her coach, we were | :01:14. | :01:28. | |
speaking to him earlier. So, Canada take the gold. | :01:29. | :01:45. | |
Congratulations to Canada. Commiserations to Grace Reid of | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
Scotland. The crowd were on the edge of their seats. Lapping up every | :01:54. | :02:05. | |
moment. No medals for Scotland or England. Now we turn our attention | :02:06. | :02:14. | |
to a certain Mr Tom Daley. He is defending his title in about 20 | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
minutes time. He will be diving with a new partner. Stay with us to see | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
how it goes. I suspect it will be pretty loud again. | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
And you can see that live on Sunday on BBC One. Talk about perfect | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
symmetry. It is beautiful here on day nine. We are ending it here on | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
the jetty. Dan is here. Just when we thought the weather was turning. But | :02:52. | :02:59. | |
look at this, it is excellent. Have a little look down there. The | :03:00. | :03:05. | |
boys are ready. The Fire and Rescue Service. We have boxing to fit into | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
night, but we cannot disappoint all the dinghy fines! First, the | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die! | :03:23. | :03:28. |