BBC Two: Day 9: 22:00 - 22:30 Commonwealth Games

Scotland! The world champion kicks away, she's going to become the

Commonwealth champion. Who is going come second? Silber for Scotland!

And here he is, here he goes, Bolt has got it in his hand, the Usain

Bolt show starts. The crowd cheering him on. Jamaica qualified for the

final, thank goodness for that. What a women's eight and remit was,

and the fastest man in history giving the crowd a glimpse of his

powers. We have got a boxing semifinal, but first, back to

Hampden and that joined Debbie. I expect Hampden to it is the

women's 800 metres medal ceremony. Dame Kelly Holmes among those

attending the middle is out there. It will be a special moment.

run better and better, she was discovered a couple of years ago,

brought to the European circuit and is training in Holland. What a

season she has had. What a night for Uganda. Kipsiro a gold medal also.

An emotional Lindsay Sharp, her mother and father, such

inspirational figures to her. Her dad won medals in Brisbane in 1982,

and his illness and her problems have contributed to the emotion

behind tonight's brilliant performance. Apple not worrying.

Is the world champion, Sum, she was always likely to win the gold medal

here. She was able to come and produce a top form, unlike David

Rudisha. Kelly Holmes giving her the gold medal. I just wonder whether or

not that silver medal for Lynsey Sharp is one that just had a little

more residents with the public. -- resonance. A silver medal, I'm sure

there will be some tears on the rostrum here.

Lynsey Sharp's year began with a medal ceremony in Glasgow for an

medal that she finally got given after the European Championships in

2012. And now she rightfully gets to stand on the rostrum in front of a

huge home crowd and enjoy what will be a moment she will never forget.

It is a race she will never forget. Well done, Lynsey, brilliant

tonight. Lynsey Sharp is trending all over

the UK, I think she will have touched a lot of people tonight, for

her emotion in her post race interview. She will have been trying

to keep a lid on that all week, trying not to let as many of her

rivals know just how difficult a year she has had, at the same time

it will have given her so much fuel. Now she can relax, she can be very

proud of herself, but some of that emotion will be there for a long

time. Sometimes you know, when you are injured, you don't

time. Sometimes you know, when you are injured, you want to keep

talking about it, the more it plays on your mind, Sadie just want to

focus and use that mental strength she clearly showed them the back

straight, focus and use that mental strength

she clearly showed them the back to overcome. It is a classic case of

triumph over adversity because she is an amazing performer, and I'm

sure those tears are tears of joy, relief, attitude to the people, her

team who have helped. You can see in her face, how much she wanted it,

just to the months of disappointment behind her. She's just closing her

eyes, she will have visualised that moment so many times, to keep her

going through cross training, recovery from surgery and when she

has been ill. She will have been going back to all those feelings.

She didn't even need to open her eyes, she was just trying to get

every last ounce of energy out there. She's the daughter of two

Commonwealth Games athletes, her mum was an 800 metres runner as well,

she talks about her being her rock. She highlights the team effort.

Absolutely, we hear athletes talk a lot about the support that they get,

but that support was incredibly important for her in this situation

and it paid off for her. There is another great champion, Sally

Pearson of Australia, lining up for the 100 metres hurdles final. The

Olympic champion, second in the world last year after having had an

injury, she looks back to her best. Timing her season, I think, to

perfection. She had some problems but she looked impressive in those

heats. Let's see if she can deliver. TIffany Porter will be pushing her

all the way. The Australians, waking up to

breakfast with the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, not just a battle

between Sally Pearson and TIffany Porter, they are the outstanding

candidates but Angela Whyte, silver medallist at the last two

Commonwealth Games. But in that country there has been

so much coverage and cost a nation about her build-up, falling out with

her courage, -- coach. She has put that behind her. Daniel Williams

might get amongst the favourites, to champion last year. TIffany Porter,

is this her time? Bronze at the World Championships last year in

Moscow, she has had some great tussles with Pearson this year.

Three Australians in this final. Shannon McCann finished very

strongly in the last couple of hurdles in her heat to come through.

Lucas, a former 400 metres hurdler. She made this final by one

thousandth of a second over Solomon of England. Pearson and Porter, the

favourites for this one. They have met three times this season. Porter

leads to - one. Plisson's one victory came here in the Diamond

League by 100th of a second. -- Pearson's one victory.

Ten barriers between one of these women and Commonwealth gold.

Clearly away, Pearson out to her customary fast start and hurdling

heatedly. Porter is coming now. It is going to be so close. Sally

Pearson for gold awards again! Who can stop her? 12.67. Despite all the

trouble is, all the talk, all the news about her unsatisfactory

build-up, she is champion again. She has defended her title. Gold from

the woman in green and gold, the Australian flag flies again. An

awesome performance from Sally Pearson, not just her running, but

all the pressure she has been under, knowing she comes into this

competition fresh off a victory, but knowing that Tiffany is coming into

good form, she's a good battler when it comes to Championships, she

always produces her best Porter. So there was a lot of pressure on Sally

Pearson to deliver the gold medal for Australia. She has one of the

best hurdling styles. Enjoying these scenes. Angela attempt one macro got

a bronze bottle to add to her previous silver medals. -- Angela

Whyte. She is one of the female sprinters who has excellent leg

speed, she can get out of the blocks very well and her pick-up is strong

and powerful. That is what you want to do, get to that first hurdle, as

fast as you can, put the pressure on everybody else around you. You do

establish a rhythm and when you have that rhythm going, it is hard to

shake people out of it. For Sally, because she has this explosive start

that she works hard into the barriers, it makes a huge difference

with the performance and it puts pressure on everybody else because

we know deep down that Sally Pearson very rarely makes a mistake. So you

can see the two women going hard into these barriers, Sally Pearson

would just be able to see Tiffany's lead leg, everything going on around

sofa her to keep focus is very important. Both these women, great

sprinters, good technicians. Sally Pearson, everything seems nice and

calm about her hurdling. Her shoulders don't rock and roll, she

takes off strong, she pulls that Trail Lake threw in a straight line,

allowing her to run directly off the barrier and into the next one.

Tiffany works hard into these barriers, slams down leading leg,

pivots of that, she clatters the last hurdle but it wouldn't have

made a difference to the result. I think Sally Pearson was happier

taking this title than she was winning the Olympic games! We

thought she might try and do the flat and heard. All, but she wasn't

quite in that kind of shape. A silver in the Commonwealth Games for

Tiffany Porter to add to her previous medals. She wasn't quite

out there from the start, always chasing Sally Pearson, but there is

a reason why Pearson has won the Olympic and world title and the

Commonwealth title twice now. She will be slightly disappointed,

Tiffany, she could have gone quicker at her best, but this was all about

one woman in front, Angela Whyte getting the bronze for Canada. It's

an explosion of joy and celebration but relief as well because of all

she has gone through in the last few weeks and the focus and attention,

for her there is always so much attention from the Australian media

because they expect so much. A few minutes ago we were talking

about Usain Bolt on how relieved we were that they got the baton round,

this is the lead runner, watch this, he pulls a quad muscle and

keeps going. He knows that Glasgow expects the Commonwealth Games,

wants Usain Bolt, what a great thinker him to do. He told us when

he went through, he pulled a quad muscle. He had to get the baton to

his team-mate otherwise Usain Bolt would have been standing there

feeling cold. So well done to him. All hail him, knew Lord Provost of

Glasgow! They should give him some award for valour! At least give him

a killed or something! Welborn. -- well done. I am sure Usain Bolt and

everybody else will be saying thank you.

There was a collective wound, I do not think I have seen anything like

that -- a collective who. He gets a really good start. Right

there. UCD hitch as he is running. It is amazing. Tell us the pain that

he is going to be in, not just them, but right now. When it hits you,

when you strain a quad muscle, it is a big muscle. It hits you like

somebody just popped you with their fist. That would have been painful.

And it shocks you. Your automatic instinct is to stop. We have seen it

happen, but nobody has ever gone on! He has laid the rest of the

season on the line. That was all about, I need to lock -- not let my

team down. It literally is like a bolt of hot pain that sears through

your body. Like Michael says, you are thinking, I need to stop, I

should stop. Athletes often can be precious about their bodies, but we

have seen tonight, with Lindsay Sharp and this example of sheer

bravery, when your body is on the line, you will push it. I do not

think athletes are precious. They do the sensible things. They get a rap

for being aware of everything, compared to some sports. That is

because one of the things about this sport, you cannot do it injured.

When somebody does... I had that happen to me. In the 1995 World

Championships. 1997 World Championships. A quad muscle.

Fortunately, I was at the end of the race. He was about 50 metres in. To

keep going, that is amazing. He is going to get Glasgow tough man of

the year award. And a bonus! I hope Usain Bolt is going to treat him to

something. We will not be seeing him tomorrow. Tonight, highlights? For

me, Lindsay Sharp. She judged the race to perfection, after everything

she has been through. It is a night she will never forget. I have to go

with Paula. The emotions were incredible. Happy about Steve Lewis

finally getting a gold medal after being so close numerous times. The

nine and a half seconds that you saw Usain Bolt? His team-mate,

actually! And I am sure the organisers would agree! But to be

different, I enjoyed Sally Pearson defending her championship, after

what has happened this week, with the controversy. Phillips Idowu has

gone through in the triple jump, the qualifying has happened tonight. You

will see him tomorrow in the final. It has been another fabulous

evening, Gary, you do not see that happen in a lot in football!

I wish I could remember! It all starts again in a couple of weeks,

and we look forward to it! We will see you tomorrow for the final night

of track and field. It was a busy day in boxing, 26 fights, 13

semifinals, a lot of ducking and diving. All of them were live on BBC

Three earlier, except this one, which will be last on the card. A

heavyweight clash between Scotland and New Zealand.

The head is robbing again. The Scotsman has to take half a step

back to create some space for himself to work. There has hardly

been a meaningful punch landed, never mind throne.

It will take one good shot to catch the judges' I. You have got to find

a bit of room. It is turning very ugly. A good right hand by the New

Zealander. The Scotsman got caught. He needs a big finish if he is going

to take the second round. On decent punches, it is going to go to the

man in blue, though I may be wrong. Again, the heads come together. Is

there one decent punch left? And open hand by the New Zealander, but

he landed on the head. It is crucial for the New Zealander that he win

the second round, to give us a big finish. If the Scotsman wins, he

will be able to relax a bit. The Scotsman had a wobble. I will be

surprised if the Scotsman has won the round. I thought the New

Zealander did the better work. There was not a lot of quality work, but a

couple of good shots went in and caught the judges' I. A body shop.

That was good. It finished strong, the last 30 seconds, he came on, and

he has won the round, for me. It is dead even after two rounds of

heavyweight boxing. The man who wanted most will go through to the

final. How badly does the Scotsman wanted?

That is to little admonitions to Stephen Lavelle. One for leaning on,

and one for unnecessary use of the head.

Do you hear the crowd? You do not hear a lot. They are aware of the

situation they are in. Stephen Lavelle used his reach, and avoided

the left hand. This contest is slipping away from

Stephen Lavelle, from our vantage point. He has got to start pushing

the New Zealander back. That is the most important thing. Pushing him

back. That is what David Light is doing, he is making the round until

now, the New Zealander. Whoever wins this will need to get a lot of sleep

and will need to be totally refreshed, because neither looks as

if they will be capable of going three rounds in less than 24 hours.

It is all down to this last round. The first round went to the

Scotsman, the second went to the kiwi. It is going to take a good

shot here from either one of them to learn a bit of quality. A bit of

composure now. It clattered into the jaw of the

Glaswegian, in front of his home crowd. How decisive war that the?

The Scotsman's corner is sending him forward. They are both exhausted.

They have battled to a standstill. It has not been pretty, it has been

pretty ugly, but I think David Light has done enough. He thinks he has

got a victory. The Scotsman's corner is equally confident. I tend to side

with the man in blue, I think he did enough.

It would not surprise me if they give it to Stephen Lavelle, but I

think the man in blue deserves it. I think he wanted it a bit more, he

found a bit more quality at the end. We had the aggression from Stephen

Lavelle, he kept coming forward. But the better quality shots were from

the New Zealander. For me, it tipped the balance in his favour. Even

going into the last round, who has won it?

Please can we pay tribute to both boxers? The flag is waived, but will

it be waived in about 15 seconds? In favour of the winner, through to the

heavyweight final, in the blue corner... David Light has got it.

New Zealand have a Commonwealth Games finalist. All three judges.

We seem to have lost the pictures, but bad luck for Stephen Lavelle. He

still gets a bronze medal, so well done to him for that. Let's look at

what else is happening in the world of boxing. The Olympic champion

Nicola Adams' did to add the Commonwealth title remains on track,

she beat her Canadian opponent in their flyweight semifinal today.

Standing between her and the title is Michaela Walsh, the highly rated

Northern Ireland fighter. She beat her Indian opponent today. We have

enjoyed Rhys McCabe and's progress through the early rounds, but the

Scottish flyweight was defeated by his Australian opponent. He still

picks up a bronze medal. Northern Ireland's and big bronze medallist

guaranteed himself at least a Commonwealth silver in the

bantamweight category after he beat his Welsh opponent. Fellow Olympic

medallist Paddy Barnes qualified for the light flyweight final, by

beating his Ugandan opponent. He will bid to defend his Commonwealth

title tomorrow in one of 13 gold-medal fights. We can go back to

Hampden Park and here from Sally Pearson.

Congratulations, another gold-medal and another Commonwealth title, but

how much does this one mean, considering everything you have gone

through? It means so much. It is hard, having an injury and going

into the World Championships and still coming out with a silver

medal, and then getting the silver medal in the world indoor

Championships again, so it has been tough, but tougher people have come

out the other end, just like Jessica Ennis-Hill, she has been through

that before, and she has come through in the end the winner. For

me, it was about focusing on the things I wanted to do. I came out

the winner! The burst of emotion, described it. It was relief. I knew

I had one, I did not have to wait at all for my name to come up. That was

the biggest relief over. I am so thankful to everybody who has got me

through these hard few weeks. I held my head up, I made sure I could be

the champion. It was just leaving in that. And believing in the wake you

wanted to do that. We saw the stories coming in, you wanted to do

your own thing, and that cost the Australian head coach his place

here. You are here, winning the gold-medal, do you feel vindicated?

It is hard. I do not think he lost his job because of that. He said

things in the paper. He tried to justify himself. I do not do it for

anybody else, but for the people who support me, and myself. I love this

job, it was in my control to run the best I could today.

support me, and myself. I love this job, it was in my control That is

what I did. What about those people? You have got some of them

here tonight. There is a British connection to your family. They were

sitting over there, my aunt is and cousins, and my cousin Sam. I went

over to hug him, he wanted to get on TV! They are loving it. It is great

to see the smile, and another gold-medal round your neck.

The family were sitting over there, they could have waited for her! The

stadium is deserted! We will see you tomorrow from 7pm for the final

night of the athletics, and that means Usain Bolt. Good night.

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