BBC Two: Day 6: 13:00 - 13:45 Commonwealth Games

It is the men's 800 metres heats. We saw David Rudisha go through

comfortably. Now it is Mukhtar Mohammed for England.

Bronze medallist in Helsinki in the indoor Championships, Gothenberg,

rather. European bronze medallist last season. Look out for Andre

Olivier and Obinwa from Nigeria, the Nigerian champion. Three go through

automatically plus the four fastest losers. There are three rounds. It

should be a fairly comfortable qualifying for those of any calibre

at all. Only six athletes running him. Mukhtar Mohammed will look to

avoid any trouble. He is by no means guaranteed one of the automatic

qualifying places. Andre Olivier, the South African, he

looks to be in control here. In a good position. Mukhtar Mohammed is

at the back of the field decided already he had to make a move around

the outside. The first three qualify. And the four fastest

qualifiers. Olivier is one of the athlete is fancied to give David

Rudisha a big race in the final of the 800 metres. Running strongly

down the back straight. Mukhtar Mohammed has to get closer at

point. Musagala comes through. This is a

controlled race by the big fag -- big figure of Olivier.

Mamba of Mozambique. He sees Mamba. He has plenty of running, it is a

good race. Mukhtar Mohammed running for the line. Olivier takes the win,

Musagala second. Mukhtar Mohammed has two settle for fourth place, it

is wait and see. Guy Learmonth from the previous heat

ran that in the first heat. Olivier was impressive.

I was disappointed on behalf of Mukhtar Mohammed, looking for the

result. It is not good news on the board for him. Here they are coming

up to the bell, Olivier took control. Mukhtar Mohammed of England

is at the back of the group. He really needed to take a closer look

at an earlier point. They are not operating in full flow.

The South African. His tactics clear from the beginning.

There goes Mukhtar Mohammed on the outside. Running himself into third

position. Musagala of Uganda, clearly in second place. And then

Mukhtar Mohammed, working hard, too hard, coming under too much pressure

on the bend. Mamba of Mozambique, into the straight, putting him under

pressure. A battle for third place. The leader, Olivier, is comfortable,

so is Musagala. For a moment, I thought Mukhtar Mohammed would hold

it. Once he was overtaken he gave up. He may that decision. The

qualifying times had not been particularly quick.

Not at the moment. Mukhtar Mohammed is second quickest of the losers.

The winner from South Africa. Just to reiterate that point.

Mukhtar Mohammed, his point -- his time, a little faster than McBride

who was fifth in the first heat. It is the wait and see game for

Mukhtar Mohammed. No such problem for David Rudisha, the Olympic

champion. Afterwards, he spoke to us.

The reception from this crowd, that is the loudest so far, that must

make you feel very proud. I am very happy, the crowd is really

fantastic. They are really warm and cheering.

Memories, maybe, London 2012 and the fantastic time you had there?

It is great to be back here, it means a lot to me. This is my next

Championship since London 2012. We know you had no difficulties last

year. We have seen you get quicker, building to perfect form.

Absolutely, you are right. We have been building on trying to progress

gradually in my competition and I am pleased with my performance.

This race today, is it how you hoped it would go?

It was all about qualification for the semifinal tomorrow.

And to save some energy, I suspect. That is right, as much as possible.

The very best for the next round. Thank you.

The only athlete left in this high jump. 1.81. Yes! That was a second

attempt. It is her fifth jump of the afternoon. Let us have a look at

this. Maybe a smidgen to spare. Good technique. She warmed into this

nicely after waiting around a long time. A good continuation, in this

second event of the heptathlon. A few metres away, on the start line

of the 800 metres. Adnrew Osagie looks a little nervous he has no

reason to be. Even when he is not in the best of shape, you would

probably say some of the problems he has had with his calf and Achilles,

curtailing his preparation. But he manages to negotiate through their

Iraq -- very well in the rounds. Thomas, he made the final in Delhi.

He ran really well in those championships. Finishing seventh in

the final on that occasion. He has done well.

Dill, just 20. The danger is Ferguson Cheruiyot. He

is named after Alex Ferguson exclamation mark a big football fan,

he says. And a very good runner. We have been watching him for three

years, Brendan, and, for me, he is still learning his draft. In Monaco,

running under 1.43 for the first time. -- learning his craft. Let us

see if he has learned from experience and how he conducts

himself. Andrew Osagie immediately realising

he wants to stay close to this man. Tactical running by Andrew Osagie.

Always predictable. Ferguson Cheruiyot moving into first place.

It is spreading, this David Rudisha approach. Andrew Osagie is becoming

a clever tactical runner. A finalist in the Olympic games. He ran a

brilliant time in the final. Indoor medallist a couple of times. Andrew

Osagie is in good company. We fully expect him to play it cleverly and

work his way through in this position, in the back straight. He

is responding as he follows the leader.

Jeffrey Riseley, having a good season. Not that fast, which is why

Dill is there from Bermuda. Only three to make it through by rights.

It is not a fast heat. Rotich controller is from the front --

controlling it. Andrew Osagie needs to respond to

this. Thomas trying to sneak through. Osagie pushing on. I reckon

Thomas has a case there. Words have been exchanged. They know each other

really well. Andrew Osagie was struggling. Thomas realised he had

an opportunity. We need to look at this. If Joe Thomas decides to

contest this, what you make of it? Riseley found the gap. Thomas

looking where to go, he decides on the inside. Osagie, does he cut him

off? Thomas is in a terrible place. He

decides he has to make one desperate effort. He tries to slip through

between the Kenyan and Andrew Osagie. He bumps Osagie. That wasn't

very clever. Andrew Osagie comes across, bumps him. Thomas steps on

the inside. Osagie steps on the inside. Definitely a steward's

inquiring. Let us look again. Coming into the finishing straight.

Andrew Osagie at this point, he has got it to do. The race is ready for

him. He suddenly runs out of steam. On the inside, Riseley nips through.

Joe Thomas has three athletes in front, know where they him to go. He

decides to get through that gap. It hardly exists, but he goes for it.

He bumps into Andrew Osagie, and again. I tell you what, Andrew

Osagie couldn't do anything about that, it was Joe Thomas coming from

behind which caused that. If I was Joe Thomas, Andrew Osagie

reacting, what you mean? I reckon he will protest. Andrew is with me now.

Brendan saying he saw it as Joe Thomas's fault, how did you view it?

He saw it differently to me, shouting at me, what am I doing? I

am running as straight as I can. I caught him a couple of times. There

wasn't a gap there. I came in the top three, I felt Constable the

whole way around. It is all I can do.

whole way around. It is all As you were coming around the home

straight, and you kicked again. I had a lot to give. I felt

comfortable. I was hoping to come out here in front of the crowd which

is awesome. I heard stories about it. Last championships -- as

championships go, I feel really good, ready for the next round.

When you felt the nudge, what was going through your mind? I still

felt in control. A bit frustrated. A similar thing happened in the

trials. Which is the reason why I had a problem with my hamstring, I

got caught a couple of times. I feel fine now.

Can I say a big thank you to all of the videos, Toby Smith, forgetting

meet on the start line -- physios. It is more from the side, it is not

clear weather we see him clipped the heels of Ferguson Cheruiyot. Andrew

had another gear, he started to move up, then use all the panic on his

face, he checks his outside and inside. He grits his teeth. He picks

up a little bit. Is that... It is Joe Thomas who captures the heels of

Ferguson Cheruiyot. He sends him across. There is a little bit of

closing off which went through Andrew's mind. He was genuinely

impeded and lost his balance. It is unfortunate for Joe Thomas who tried

to sneak through because he had no option to go around. Both those

athletes frustrated. place? There was nobody in front of

him when he tried to get through the gap, so it is tough. Steve, what you

make of that? Nijel Amos coming up here as well, we are excited to see

him. We should come back to that, we might want to be reminded about the

medal that Andrew Osagie won at the British indoors after a protest.

Yes, indeed, a glimpse of Nijel Amos, this is the Haney -- Babob of

Papua New Guinea. Joshua Ralph of Australia goes in lane one. Nijel

Amos, well, we talk about David Willey show for his greatness, but

if he had not been there at London 2012, Nijel Amos ran an excellent

time. -- David Rudisha. He has beaten him in Monaco, David Rudisha,

and he does not have the fluidity, but Nijel Amos has a bustling style.

Well, I am really looking forward to the semifinal, and the final of the

men's 800 metres. It could be one of the big races of the championship.

Nijel Amos, as you said, the 18-year-old coming to the

championships, running the 18-year-old coming to the

as Sebastian Coe at is very, very best, that just put it in

perspective, tells you how good this man is. And so at the moment it is

Emmanuel Ntakiyimana of Rwanda out in front, a man with a modest

personal best. Does he have anything in the second lap? We shall see.

Settling behind, Evans Kipkorir. Evans Kipkorir is new on the

international scene, but often we get young Kenyans coming through who

run really well. He is only 20 years of age, and we are waiting on Nijel

Amos to do something. He has decided he will take the easy way on the

inside. There goes Evans Kipkorir, and the race was happening behind

him. Evans Kipkorir, then Nijel Amos rural micro-ungainly style, settling

in behind. -- Nijel Amos' ungainly style, settling in behind. It is

three to go through automatically, Jamaal James is left behind, these

three are clear of the rest, and Nijel Amos will win this one as the

rain starts to fall at Hampden. Nijel Amos at a standstill across

the line, Evans Kipkorir goes through automatically. Nijel Amos,

comfortable enough for him. That was a good run by Evans of Bermuda, and

an interesting finish. I have never seen anyone brake as quickly as

that. Evans Kipkorir, he comes steaming around, Nijel Amos on the

outside, Aaron Evans of Bermuda running strongly at this point, then

suddenly the three of them are clear. There goes Amos on the

outside, steaming past Evans Kipkorir. Evans running powerfully,

passing him, and then watch Amos, he could be the favourite, but he

stopped so quickly the actually loses it on the line. He literally

stopped just on the line! Well, he doesn't want to run far today, but

he has to run at least 800 metres. Nijel Amos is strong over 400m, he

will be fast at the finish. He has had enough of it, he has done his

business, and he suddenly puts the brakes on and does not mind if Evans

is in second place, Evans Kipkorir will also qualify. They have it all

the do in the next few days. Nijel Amos has plenty left, Aaron Evans

takes the win, Evans Kipkorir through as well. More interesting is

this, Steve Cram. So you can see from the caption that Andrew Osagie

has been disqualified from that third heat, which would mean Joe

Thomas goes through. The irony is that both of them would have gone

through, whoever finished fourth, would have gone through as a fastest

loser. All the pushing and shoving was not necessary, but at the moment

Andrew Osagie has been disqualified. That was probably not even a

protest, just the officials taking that view. There may be a counter

protest from the English team. Osagie disqualified.

Well, Steve Cram mentioned there may be a counter protest to that

disqualification, I would have thought it was a racing certainty. I

would think so, it will be interesting to know whether Wales

lodged a protest, or whether it was just buy the race referees, because

I would have expected Wales to wait and see the fastest loser qualifying

positions to say, did they both go through by right? Would that play

into any appeal decision, if England put a protest through? Would they

think, they would have both qualified anyway? I don't know. Then

you would get an appeal from the next guy down. At the same time, how

much time have they really had to study the footage? Not really that

long. They have not had time to study the footage, so it will have

been a quick decision. They will have seen as much footage as we

have, and then there will be protests put in. As I say, once they

see the fastest loser situation, maybe Wales will consider whether

they would bother lodging a protest. Certainly there is now bad blood

between the two, because they have very different opinions of what has

happened. It is a shame to see that happen. Almost impossible to judge

it, very controversial. We will update on the website, I am sure, as

to what happens in terms of any protest. Not controversial

disappointing was the tonight, the Commonwealth Games champion any 110

metres hurdles heats, crashing out after two hurdles. He has had his

problems with injury, but he has managed to get fit enough to

compete, and I would say fit enough to qualify based on what we have

seen, but he hit the first hurdle quite badly, which then threw him

off for the second hurdle, and then he crashed out. Will shaman looking

good in qualification, he will be in the mix for medals this evening. We

also saw Eilidh Child, the poster girl of the Games, she qualified

very comfortably. Yes, she did, the chance to qualify in front of this

crowd, like she said, a day's recovery, come back fired up for the

final. Greg Rutherford making it through to the long jump final with

automatic qualification. For the moment, Jason, over to you.

Thank you very much indeed, more athletics this evening, good

afternoon, welcome back to Glasgow and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Terrific action for you this afternoon on BBC Two and later on

BBC One. This is what is coming up. We are heading across the river to

the Hydro to see some of the best gymnasts in the world in the men's

team final. And expect a full house next door at

the SECC as Scotland's Reece McFadden and Northern Ireland's

Ruairi Dalton demonstrate power in their punches, big fights in the

flyweight last eight. And lots of action over on BBC Three and on the

red button, lots of sports for you today. Hockey coming up, even more

action from the gymnastics. That is live on the red button, and of

course every sport is available at your fingertips, on the BBC website.

In badminton, it is the men's, mixed doubles and singles round of 64.

Lott available on the website and of course we have got lots of coverage

on BBC Radio 5 live. Beth Tweddle is with me as we concentrate on the

men's team final in the gymnastics. Kristian Thomas, you are incredible!

A beautiful routine! Louis Smith delivers under pressure!

# Within a heartbeat. # You change reality.

# In the blink of an eye... This is how the team standings look

after three rotations. Louis Smith scored an impressive

15.7 on the pommel horse, only bettered by team-mate and European

champion Max Whitlock. England had the overnight lead after completing

three of the six rotations. Good afternoon, Beth Tweddle, as we

look at the men's team final this afternoon, fantastic seeing all the

fans going into the Hydro today, British gymnastics on the other. It

is, ten years ago you would have never dreamt of the results we have

been getting, and the crowds are piling in. You can see the

atmosphere, I have been across, they are cheering for any gymnasts who

entered the podium. Big day for our Dan Purvis, who has been saying it

is difficult to concentrate on what he has to do, given he is taking on

his Team GB team-mates. Very difficult for them, four of the

Olympic medal winning team with England, then by Neal Purvis and

Daniel Keatings with Scotland. They are so used to training together

that they have to separate this allegiance and say I am there for my

home nation. The gymnastics has been very different this time, split over

two days, the qualification, and I spoke to a couple of them last

night, and they are like, we spoke to a couple of them last

only done half a competition, we need to do the rest tomorrow. It

will be interesting to see how they get on. Straight to the action in

the Hydro. There is the England team of Max

Whitlock, Sam Oldham, Kristian Thomas and no Louis Smith today, he

performed on pommel horse yesterday. You may see him in a little while on

parallel bars. He said he might have a play! So my guess, England

starting on vault, and they will be relying on Kristian Thomas here.

Canada will be anxious to stay ahead of Australia. I am really excited to

see how Nile Wilson performs today. He has kind of made his senior debut

in yesterday's qualification competition, and he was so

consistent, quite extraordinary to watch, for such a young lad to come

out on the world stage and deliver the way he did. It will be very good

if he is working and has the chance to make the all-around final,

because he really is a really strong all-around. We will bring you up to

date, parallel bars, looking to close the gap for them. Canada here

are warming up on the high bar, Zachary Clay, Kevin that when,

Nathan Gafuik, Scott Morgan. -- Kevin Lytwyn. Hold onto your hats,

ladies and gentlemen, for the next hour or so, because this is where

the competition is at. And what is very interesting, Scotland could

have chosen this to start with, very interesting, Scotland could

because there are some very good parallel bar workers here. And,

well, a sign of things to come, just pop one in nonchalantly. Watching

Sam Oldham there, a great piece for him to start on, because he has this

really fiery approach, and I think he will be really pent up, ready for

this, so good for him. Will, he is going for a big new vault, we will

see, that did not look like the best warm up! You could tell on his face

that he just got it out of the way, I will just pop in a double. Is he

going to do something with it? It could be a special day to Scotland.

They have never medalled at the Commonwealth Games in the team

competition, so the lads in the background are looking to make

history. The man of the moment, Nile Wilson, great opportunity for him.

The last time England won this team competition was back in 2002 in

Manchester, the Games previous to that. Nile Wilson, then, start the

second half of the competition for England.

Double twist, he has put an extra turn in, high difficulty, what sign

of death that man has shown! 5.6, and he hit it. Again, keeping going

with this remarkable consistency. He completed that at the European

Juniors, just like that. That is the sort of depth you are talking about.

Adam Cox here. Just checking the parallel bars, making sure

everything is absolutely right from one end to the other. A high bars

specialist. 27. Back from retirement.

Such a successful gymnast for Scotland, a real stylish gymnast,

look at that lovely line. His feet pointing, locked together, doesn't

give the judges any manoeuvre for deductions. Really measured and

smooth. Out onto the single rail. He makes all this work look very easy.

Which is the mark of a good gymnast. Technically very good. Again, a

clever routine, working within his confidence and fitness level. That

would have really -- that was a really sound opening for Scotland.

A great start for them. He does have long lines which he uses

effectively. Nile Wilson. A huge school. At any

level, a huge school. Posting a difficulty score of six,

the hardest Fox we have seen in the competition so far. -- vault.

A triple twist, he has been working that for a year, and to see it is

terrific. The block he got at the top of the table, he floated through

the air. He gets his hands on so fast with

his feet low. That was really remarkable. Down the middle, no

deductions. We have seen this occasionally on the world stage,

that is the best execution I have seen.

The height of it. He kept his feet low and snapped beautifully up.

He really launched, didn't he? That is the secret. Height and not

length. The World Championships is if you

month away. Goodness me. He is ready. He will take the world by

storm. That is his aim.

England are unstoppable. To produce such difficulty and score that for

execution! You can see what that meant to him as well.

He made it but that was costly. Oh, my goodness me. An enormous

amount of strain going through that left ankle.

You saw, when he landed. Sam is in trouble. He is rock hard.

You made the point in the warm up, it was a little bit low. Let us have

a look. He got the head and shoulders round but he was low.

Terrible pressure. He picked it up immediately. Pushing hard. Double

front. Head and shoulders round. Knees touched out. That will hurt.

Adam Cox. But bad news indeed for England. We

will keep you posted. Daniel Purvis will be aware what is

going on here. His British team-mate. He needs to keep his

composure. He has already made two finals and Scotland need him.

A tiny hesitation, and again. Going to one is not easy. He recovered it

well. A good understanding. Good double tuck. -- underswing. Making

sure of it. To set up this. The somersault straddle. Healy. A good

second half of the routine. He hesitated in the first half. But

that was a brilliant second-half. The double pack.

Doing what he does best. Throw some pressure at him and he delivers.

We have always seen him absolutely deliver under pressure. Yesterday

was the first time we have seen him waver. There has been such

expectation on the Scottish lads. They felt a bit responsibility to

Scotland. Perfect technique. They felt a bit responsibility to

He hasn't moved on the mat, the structure is being brought on. It is

etched on his face. He has had a huge amount of preparation, he is

ready. You can see Louis Smith, huge concern from the rest of the team.

This is where they brought Louis Smith as a specialist but all of a

sudden he may be needed to work on pieces.

Daniel Purvis, not even looking at the scoreboard but at his team-mate.

Sam Oldham gets 14.5. He is obviously shaken.

Very obviously shaken. It will shake the team as well. As you said, they

had looked almost invincible. It only takes a moment like that to

remind everyone no one is invincible.

Christian Thomas now for England. He has got to clear his mind. He is

posting a difficulty store -- score of six.

He hit the top. And he made the landing.

He didn't disappoint. This is a big vault. A double pike. So height and

so clean, both rotations were under control. Just slightly to the right.

Daniel Keatings is in the pommel horse final. He is on the floor

final, can he get into the parallel bar final. Parallel bars is one of

his strong pieces. He has recorded an incredible score on the parallel

bars. That is nice, the skip to one rail which is difficult to time. And

a Healy from it. Just a tiny adjustment. And a combination of a

stutz and a Healy. This is very good from him. Keeping the swaying pure

and sweet -- swing. Oak, he overcooked the double pike. Daniel

Keatings, you will slap your wrists that because it looked wild class

until the dismount. A great atmosphere inside the

Hydro. England are leading the way. Really soured by that injury to Sam

Paul Dunham. -- Sam Oldham. Sam has been coming back to form of

late. He knew as soon as he landed and he grabbed his ankle. He came in

a little bit short and the full impact can be seen. We are lucky we

have our own medical staff. They will be assessing him right now. And

deciding what course of action to take.

He injured both his ankles in the run-up to the World Championships

last year. He has not had a great time with

injuries, every athlete will go through that period. Better for us

now to get that injury out of the way and get him ready for Rio.

You have been using your contact, what is the latest? At the minute,

they had taken him off to assess him. We will lead them to do their

job and see what the outcome is. The English lads, luckily, we have that

depth and strength within the team. They will carry on that team

performance without him. What about your overall assessment

of what we have seen? Thomas had a hard job, seeing his

team-mate have a crash on the vault. He produced the goods. He has done

it at Olympics and world and European level. Unfortunately,

Daniel Keatings had an error right at the end of his routine but the

rest was superb. Is it enough for a final?

England are leading the way. Is there enough to maintain that lead

or can Scotland overhaul England? I think England are seven marks

ahead. We can safely say England will take the title. You never know

with gymnastics, that is the beauty of our sport.

The crowd are loving this. This battle between England and Scotland.

They are so used to supporting Team GB, they are not used to going their

separate ways. There is a real battle. It will be interesting to

see how it finishes. You have been there. We talked about

Daniel Purvis. These guys know each other so well, they practically

lived with them all year round. And in the build-up to the Olympics,

there is a team spirit. At the Commonwealth Games, they are rivals.

The three teams have been chaining together at our national centre so

they know exactly what they can do. On the field of play, it is everyone

for their own. You did see Daniel Purvis and Daniel Keatings to see

how Sam was. They will be worried about him after the position they

will be checking up. Let us show you what is happening

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