BBC Two: Day 7: 13:00 - 13:45 Commonwealth Games

Hello, good afternoon and welcome back to Glasgow and the 2014

Commonwealth Games, got some great sport for you, lots of gold medals

up for grab, drama in the men's team final in the gymnastics yesterday

and more drama to come across at the Hydro. We are concentrate topping

men's individual final, can anyone stop Max Whitlock? -- concentrating

on. Scotland have two world class

gymnasts, we had a brilliant day yesterday, and this promises to be a

crack earthquake it is the men's all round final. Straight to our

commentary team. Gln to you all.

-- good afternoon the stage is set for what is going

to be an extraordinary all round competition. All eyes are on that

young man, Max Whitlock who scored over 90 in qualification for this

final, and, well, you just wait for the roar that is about to echo round

the Hydro arena for this young man, Daniel Purvis from Scotland.

Yesterday, it was all about the team final, but today, it is every man

for himself. Joining me to talk you through the

action we have Mitch Fenner and Christine. Can Dan, the man that is

used to coping with extraordinary pressure on the world stage cope

with this Mitch? He has done it on the world stage. He qualified with

just under 86 points, that is a good indication, if you are that sort of

level you can raise your game. Max is out there, with 90 plus, but I

think we can see Dan Purvis and Dan Keatings. And also Frank Baines and

Nile Wilson, the list goes on. Young Nile Wilson? It does indeed. Dan

Purvis did not compete particularly well in the team competition. He is

capable, certainly, of a much better score than he showed, but like you

say, the two youngsters are very impressive too. Here we go then,

with the men's individual all round final. Dan Purvis kicks things off.

Thissed will got a bronze at the World Championships on this piece of

apparatus, so a good piece for him to start. A good secure opening

pass. Double, double, just about got it inside the border.

So far, two passes down. Handspring double front. A stutter with the

feet. There is a no-nonsense look about

him. Two-and-a-half and a twist. A lovely mirror of leg and arm

separation, which is very nice to see. A bit of nonsense into the

corner. Got his breath. Very nice, there is the old trademark, the

straight leg roll out, out of the twists. And there is a presence

about him here. Whip over, double Arabian and what a cracking opener.

What a start! For Daniel Purvis. Receiving the love from the Hydro. I

tell you what six piece, it is a long way round Chris, but he didn't

give anything away there. He didn't. He wasn't very good on floor for the

team competition, so to start like that is very impressive.

Ashish Kumar from India, he qualified 13th. So he was eighth

back in the games in 2010 in Delhi. He wowed us with exciting explosive

work in Delhi, he has become a much more competent gymnast now. Very

good. Extension. He is just a bit piked. A bit more piked than you

would like to see for a real pommel specialist, but he is zipping along

there. Good control, just slight loss of form round the knees.

But very difficult work, a very good opener, he will more than happy with

that for his first piece. Ashish Kumar with pommels in the bag. Good

to see that, he is a specialist on the jumping apparatus, I am sure he

could swing his supporters round. Well done. Very good in the Russian

skills. That is the straight body swinging backwards as you can see.

Still waiting for the score for Daniel Purvis. There it is. It is

15.3. Oh, yes, he says. Now he will focus on pommel horse.

Next up, on floor, for Scotland, Frank bane, just 19-year-old this

lad. Hasn't been on the senior stage very long at all, but he has made

his mark. -- Frank Baines. He was a little shaky in qualification,

hopefully he has experienced this atmosphere and his nerves will have

settled. Very good through the two twisting

forward skills. Setting up nicely. Double pike Arabian, step forward,

just keeps the feet inside the boundary. Double Arabian from whip

over. Nice crisp edge to the way he is approaching this floor.

Two-and-a-half twist, full twist. Snatches the foot back. Japanese

handstand. Nice rhythm. Good and steady at the top.

Kicks out nicely to ensure shoulder contact, a smooth roll. I mustn't

bounce out of that. -- they mustn't bounce out of that.

A triple twist. Yes! Mr Bain, good job. Well, even after that first two

floor routine, the competition, Chris, is on. Frank Baines he was

junior European chap champion two years ago, he has big work, he was

unsteady in qualification with his own coach, coach to Frank and Daniel

Purvis. Ashish Kumar 12.533. That is not a

bad score at all for pommel horse. Christopher Done from New Zealand.

Qualified in 12th position. The 22-year-old starts his competition

on pommel. A good smooth opener. Snaps the legs shut at the top of

the handstand. Travelling confidently. Looking

strong, keeping the shape. Ooh, that is the difficult skill. He just

about kept the rhythm going. Now, ooh, and that struggled a little bit

O strength there, but a clean routine. He didn't come off and he

made it through to the end. Good performance there for

Christopher. A bit more successful than he was earlier on in the

competition, qualification. You have to remember this is third day of

gymnastics for these lads. A tough schedule. Frank Baines scored

14.633, so down nearly a mark on Dan Purvis but good performance from the

young Scot. Well, this lad here was the first British gymnast ever to

medal for Great Britain in the all round competition at the World

Championship, that was back in 2009. Got a silver. I wish Dan Keatings

the very best for his all round competition. I want him to do well

here. Come on Dan! Double, double. Kept it inside. Good

start. Must have heard you, Matt. Double tuck in the Arabian. Skipping

round this floor. Nice positive edge to his work. Lovely, it is an

impressive skill. Handspring with no foot contact. Did he just keep his

foot in there? Flair, he will go up again, no, he will go into Russian,

that is a nice combination, flairs and Russians, the linking skills, he

did very well and a nice wide arm spread of the Japanese press. Well

held. Finding the corner. To allow maximum

run. Gone very well so far. Two-and-a-half twist, just a hop

forward, but that is what you wanted to see. He is looking steady. Yes I

thought he might be a bit too overadrenalised but that was a

lovely controlled routine, he looked absolutely determined. He did

indeed. 15.3 is the score to beat. His compatriot Dan Purvis posted

that one as the fist gymnast up on floor, but one down, five to go for

Dan Keatings. So all three Scottish lads rally good performances. 12.466

for Kristofer Done. Difficult piece to start on this, for your six, to

come out here and, you know, it is the equivalent of the women's beam.

Nerves will jangle, and many a find all round prospect has come to grief

on here, the pommel horse. So David Bishop, the second New Zealander in

the men's all round final. He is swinging with nice style. Hips

lifted at the front. Very smooth. Has to keep this up. A it'll bend of

the knees at the front. When you have good style, the little

deviations notice a lot. Good work here. Ooh... Used a bit of strength

there up into the dismount, but you know, it is difficult to start on,

but if you get through it's a good feeling, you have it behind you.

Good point. Really good point. Moving on to rings. After pommel

horse. Just picking up on that fact, Mitch,

this is the third day of competition, in what is strength

sapping gymnastics. Yes, swing is the name of game. You don't want to

use too much strength. 14.8 puts Keatings into second place at moment

ahead of Frank Baines. Dan Purvis leads the all round competition at

the moment but for how long is the question? Nile Wilson for England,

such a powerful gymnast, for such a young lad, just weeks out of junior

ranks. Oh, dear me. Double, double. On a six pence. Those of you that

remember what a six pence was! Twist into half twist. This is very

solid. First two passes. Accelerates through flick a bit deep

on the double tuck Arabian. Nice kick out from the one and three.

Forward tucked. Nice change of rhythm; just to demonstrate control.

And didn't he do that. Nicely in the corner. To allow plenty of time to

get into the big tumble. Two-and-a-half twist, full twist, he

really is, he is pulling something special out of the bag here. Stick

this, and he will be delighted. Triple twist, just a little bit

deep, but he is not phased at all in the senior atmosphere. -- fazed. How

can he deliver such difficulty at such a young age? That was key to

England's team. You can see Louis Smith and Kristian Thomas in the

stands. His difficulty was key to that ten mark margin between England

and Scotland in the team final? 1212.666 for David Bishop's pommel

horse. Nile Wilson has impressed all the way through the junior ranks as

well, really strong, secure gymnast. Sean O'Hara, if you saw the

qualifications, you will know he has some fire in his belly. He needs to

remain calm for this piece. And Australia will really be wanting to

have a good showing in this all-around final, not been so

successful in the team competition, but this is lovely swinging, isn't

it? The extension of the back, the flick of the legs, very difficult

work as well. Oh, but he lost it, and that will

really hurt him. Some flashes of brilliance, and then a lack of

concentration at the end. The qualified in the top ten, so he will

be hoping to cling on for a top-ten finish here. Nile Wilson, with the

fourth highest floor score so far, 14.6. So Dan Purvis still leads.

Well, to be gymnast that has been named all-round champion before he

has stepped onto the floor, but there is a lot of weight on his

shoulders, Max Whitlock for England, and this is one of the pieces where

he can score very, very highly. Full twist into two and a half. He

is a twister, in the nicest sense of the word. Three and a half into

half. Seven twists already if you count the halves. Oh, that is so

impressive! Closing the lift doors, making sure

of the handstand. Takht, one and three quarters,

nicely brought in. -- tucked. Two and they had into one and a half. --

two and a half. And a triple twist to finish! Do you know what? There

were 15 twists in that routine! Max Whitlock starting his all-around

competition in the way he would have wanted. Really good stuff from Max,

he seems to really enjoy the pressure, it seems to bring the best

out of him. Well, he is looking very, very focused. Sean O'Hara,

11.833, I think the message here Izzi would have been wanting more

than that. Absolutely sure he would have been.

Iwan Mepham of Wales. Unimpressive set of scores he put together. Not

so much huge difficulty, but good, stylish gymnastics, swinging well

here. -- an impressive set. The Welsh teams have done exceptionally

well throughout the gymnastics programme. He faltered but he

struggled on. He got through it, and he will have every tenth the judges

are prepared to give him! Well done! Nice extension at the front, and

there he just got his legs bent. But he is a young man, he has got a lot

to offer this board. -- this sport. Max Whitlock Housby highest score so

far, 15.466, 0.166 above Purvis. What could have been for Sam

Oldham! Still waiting for the results of his ankle scan, but he

would have been in with a shout of a podium. But the powerhouse that is

Clinton Purnell for Wales, that is is all-around competition opening on

floor. It goes in cycles, a good day, not such a good second, and if

it does go in cycles, this will be a good day for him! Nice clean opener.

Double twist into half. Two and a half twists, rescued the

landing. He is a big strong lad and should have no problems with this.

I love that movie. -- move. Full twist, I tell you what, this is

good, steady floor work. Triple twist, he got it around,

Clinton Purnell! Reminding everyone that he is also in with a shout of a

medal. Absolutely, led the Welsh team brilliantly in the team

competition and posted a very good qualifying score on floor.

Two more gymnasts from this group on floor. Iwan Mepham scores 12.133.

Five pieces to go. Aristotelous from Cyprus, his second

Commonwealth Games. He qualified in 16, hoping to improve on his

qualification place. Yeah, he starts with the single leg work, double

hands, whipping along, you can see the legs flexing of it. The idea is

to hold the body as straight as possible, legs locked together, and

all those little splits of the legs will be deductions. Short and sweet,

that routine. Well, Aristotelous, I am sure, is delighted to get that

piece of apparatus out of the way. Now he can focus on rings.

Clinton Purnell goes into sixth, a score of 14.366.

Luke Wadsworth for Australia, one of the two Australians in the first

group, full of home nations gymnasts. The impressed in

qualification, fourth in the Australian Championships all-around.

-- the impressed. I think he is capable of quite a lot here. Good

start, and that is an indication of it.

One and a half twists in two double twist. This is sprightly, nice and

sharp, crisp around the area. Two and a half twists. Rebound from

it. Look at that, the way he approaches this! Absolute

determination. It looks simple, but it is a

compulsory element, you have to included. Just a tiny folder, all

these things count. -- falter. Characteristic, the way he attacks

it, full twisting double, a little bit steep, but a good opener for

Wadsworth. Yeah, picking up the energy circulating around that

group. It will be interesting, that, Matt. I think that Australia sort of

allowed themselves to make silly mistakes in the team competition,

but in this group with everyone fighting, I think it will be

different. A score of 12.066 for Aristotelous, 15th at the moment. So

Max Whitlock still leading this competition ahead of Dan Purvis,

cheating is for Scotland, Frank Baines is for. -- Keatings. Just

outside the medals at the last Commonwealth Games in Delhi. A

stylish gymnast. Good lift of the hips, he has got a

good physique for pommel horse work. Oh, but the split of the legs there.

Every step of the way, a difficult move. They had the values together

to get the difficulty level, and that was a very nice dismount

indeed, the best one we have seen so far today. Well, he is in the pommel

horse final, and he would have been relying on that to get as many

points as possible in this competition. The splay of legs would

have frustrated him somewhat. Luke Wadsworth, a score of 13.9, it puts

him in seventh, just behind Purnell from Wales.

Hold onto your hats for a while, this is Tsukahara, originally from

Japan, took up residency in Australia in 2013. He is 37 years

old, so the most experienced gymnast on the park. Steady start, one and a

half twists into half twist. Lovely characteristic Japanese style.

Almost leisurely, but lovely to see that, you know, he's working within

himself, consummate technique. Lovely control, Chester roll out,

Japanese press. -- chest. Conventional pike struggle press,

but look at the basic skills showing through.

Giving nothing away so far, but it is not in a difficult league. The

into a double twist finished, he enjoyed that. Classy, classical

gymnastics, that is exactly what that was. His scores were very

fortunate to Australia in that team final, but so are the last gymnast

to go in that group. -- Tsukahara. 13.45 for Gan on pommel horse. A

score of 5.7 for difficulty, 7.75 on execution. Rakesh Patra from India

will be the last gymnast to go in this rotation.

Swings very quickly and high above the handles. Not always completely

in the right plane, but he is very strong and very fast, moving well

along the horse. On the one handle as well, this is really such

improved work. Confident in the single legwork, oh, just clipped the

horse. You have to stay clear of it. Limited the shoulders of it to get

up into the dismount, but happy to be through that routine. --

plummeted. Most of these gymnasts have had a good go. A good go

indeed, some good work there. 13.933, and he can thank his ease

score for that, because he kept the difficulty down.

The trains in the United States, and he had a bit up and down in the

all-around qualification, he did well to get here. Nice and clean,

strength elements precisely done. ambitious, he will have to swing, he

has had three strength in a row. Good control, forward. And the back,

just a tiny softness in the back. Good timing. A forward twist. Did

you hear that? You can hear from for miles. They probably heard it back

in Trinidad and Tobago. Grobler have South Africa. Starting

on the rings. Strong, good, stylish work here. Very nice, swinging work.

Holds, a straddle position. Fighting, good flat position in the

back. That was very nice, the swing into handstand. And the other

direction, forwards and backwards he is controlling the rings. Lots of

swing into one-and-a-half twisting double back, a lit bit short on the

real big strength elements, but very nice style. -- little bit. 13 then,

13.766. Beth as it stands at the moment it is England and Whitlock,

Purvis, Keatings both for Scotland, what a start on floor, we knew Dan

Purvis was going to be strong but Max Whitlock. They have said I am

out here and ready yes Pete. It is going to be a difficult day, Max,

did set the benchmark, he us up near the end of the rankings I saw him

sat with his coach, in his own world. I think I added it up, if I

done my maths right, he does 16 twist, he is like a spinning top.

The crowd, as soon as he starts doing that, they love it. It is an

interesting point, lots of gymnast work the code for their body type,

which you did brilliantly yourself, because there is twisting or

rotation, you could take those moves out of the different grades. Yes, I

mean obviously you see Daniel Purvis and Nile Wilson they do more of the

double somersaults with the twisting, Max, because he is such a

good twister his routine is based round that. We have talked of the

calibre of British gymnastics, it is remarkable and somebody who was

watching from up a height was of course Sam Oldham. We will see Sam

shortly, because he is here just as a spectator today, and how must that

feel? I have been sat in the stands when you are injured in

qualification it is a nice feeling, you can see him chatting it through

with his coach. Will be disappointed. He would have been

competing today. We wish him well in his recovery and hopefully, he will

be back competing soon. I mean the World Championship, they are not too

far away. The question remains should he have gone all out for

difficulty on that particular vault? Hey, you have to try it. You have to

put it out there at some stage, his coaches were confident he was able

to do it, otherwise they wouldn't have put it out there, and with the

World Championships so close, maybe they thought this was a great place

to try it. Let us turn our attention to the pommel horse which is where

the top eight are going. Pride is at stake here, within the Home Nations.

I mean, Max has another try to get out there before the pommel final

tomorrow, and hopefully, he will set another sort of bar, ready for that

competition tomorrow, and you have got Daniel Keatings, there is still

that rivalry there. He is looking settle -- settled and Dan Purvis as

well. This is also a good score builder for him he has a bit, a

little bit of a gap above frank Baines but as a young junior. Both

him and Nile, they have stepped up to the mark. It is not easy to make

that transition from junior to senior but they have both done it.

-- Frank Baines. Also in this rotation you have lads working on

rings and on vault as well. And they are just coming towards the end of

their warm up, just making sure that there is a lot of chalk on the feet

here. This is Tiaan Grobler from South Africa. So he will be the

first gymnast at the end of the vault run away. Gymnasts in the all

round competition, they just get the one vault. It is all-or-nothing

here. We will hand back to Mitch and Christine. And the big dynamic vault

expected here, full twisting, straight Tsukahara. Not the most

difficult we will see. But very nicely purr formed. Good tight body

shape. Very accurate. As Chris says, not

the most difficult but really nice, in an all round competition, to get

a vault like that under your belt, good. Second apparatus for him.

On the rings and Kristofer Done, saw him on pommel horse, but hoping to

build his score here, 12th highest qualifier. A big gymnast. Had to be

strong to work the rings well. Very nice swinging work, which is

almost becoming a sort of stock item in the rings routine. Hardly seen a

gymnast without those two front somersaults, fighting a bit at the

top of the handstand. You have to swing on straight arms as possible.

You saw a bit of the elbows there. Double tuck with full twist.

Efficient work, not the most difficult, but he didn't give too

much away to the judges. Yes, seems to be the story of his

all round competition, keep it nice and consistent, don't push it too

much and hope that others mess up. Grobler, a score of 3.366 -- 13.366.

The first gymnast on to pommel horse in this top group. Frank Baines.

Good attack. Leg separation and a nice handstand at the top. Now, he

is on to what they call the flop combinations over one handle. Very

nicely done. Very disciplined in the placement of his hands. This is a

spindle. Oh, and he is a bit wild there.

Lost the rhythm. What a shame for Frank, he will know

that is his bid to a medal out the door. -- that his bid for a medal

out of the door. It is important to keep your body straight. If you sink

your hips, he bent his legs and he parts company.

Again, when you have done so little senior competition, exposure like

this is vital for your career, isn't it Mitch? Yes, part of the learning

curve, and he got straight back on, with lovely technique. Smoothly

through the handstand, that is very nice, he has got a great future in

front of him. He has, let me tell you Frank Baines will continue to

impress in this men's all round final. Very stylish gymnast. Like

Mitch says great technique. Kristofer Done. 1.333, the score of

the Championship so far that, we have seen it so many times. His

compatriot from New Zealand. David Bishop. What can he do on rings?

These gymnasts have been divided into groups by their score, that is

very nice strength move, shoulders well inline. It is interesting how

the countries are packed together. Shoulders beautifully down, straight

arms. Swings into the strength hold lifts to handstand. Can see he is

holding the rings still. That was nicely done. From handstand, swing

on straight arms,er back to handstand. Into the dismount,

one-and-a-half twists in the double back, he fought very well to not let

himself sit down. That extra half twist is tricky to spot your landing

and know where the grouped is coming but scurried back, did his best not

to give away too many tenths. Frank bane, 12.825. Fair. Well Daniel

Keatings, he has been double European champion on this piece of

apparatus. He was doing ever so well after floor. But he will have to

keep consistency if he wants to get up on to that medal rostrum. He is

capable, can he deliver? I would love to see him deliver. He has got

super shape, super swing, super rhythm. When he hits. Bang, lovely

clean handstand. Pick up, pushes hips forward. On one handle. Got

himself a D so far, that is a safe D flop. He is trying a move that is

very ambitious and he did it beautifully. Triple Russian in the

middle of the Wu. A spindle which does pull people away from the horse

now and again. This is excellent from Dan Keatings. Triple Russian on

the enend, now he is back to travelling. -- end. Magyar. Pushing

hard through the move. Keep the rhythm. Keep it swinging, that was

world class from Dan Keatings. Lock at the smile. What a delight to

watch. His competition going very well. Come on Dan Keatings. I think

everybody here was absolutely delighted. Hugely popular gym naths,

we have seen him have ups and downs, it would be great if today was an

up. -- gymnasts. I have a good feeling about this. Let us not curse

him too much! David Bishop. 12.566 for rings, puts

hill in sixth but there is a lot of gymnastics to come in this round.

Sean O'Hara. You sense a bit of fire in there. He

is building up to this one. The test Tos Rhone through the dell toyeds.

Making sure of the grip here. Testosterone. You don't want your

wrists to be too bent otherwise you won't get the full value of the

move. Absolutely. But gymnasts they have lucky things they do. That is

good strength element to start with. It is probably a bit more

psychological than anything that he needs to really work his hands on to

the ring r just needs to flatten the back out slightly in the handstand.

Here we see the two double front somersaults. Lots of control. Just

fraction the shoulders are needed to be, it was a good try. He has a bit

of a swing on here, Chris. He, yes, yes he has, they are moving a bit,

the rings. And that soft back is a bit of a problem again. Even more of

a problem there, when you have a fault, it sort of magnifies through

the routine. But he managed it well, he controlled it. Lovely full

twisting double back dismount. He had a couple of timing issue, what

happened when the rings start swinging, it is very difficult to

make sure that you start your swing at exactly the right time and stop

them dead, and you will notice some gymnasts can control them

beautifully. Look that the score of 15.533!

Keatings looking good for a medal. Even at this early stage.

Gn and that is our time here on BBC Two, but we will be back with

further coverage of the men's gymnastics and the Hydro here in

Glasgow, at the 20th Commonwealth Games in just a few moments on BBC

One. So if you switch over right now, you can continue to enjoy this

fantastic men's individual all round final. See you in a