Day 1: Men's Triathlon

:00:00. > 3:59:59Time to find out if Alistair and Johnny can repeat Olympics says. --

:00:00. > :00:10.success. Good afternoon everybody on a

:00:11. > :00:17.sensational afternoon in Strathclyde Country Park. What a start for

:00:18. > :00:23.England. Two out of three medals in the women's race. Now these

:00:24. > :00:30.brothers, Alistair, Olympic champion, younger brother, Jonathan.

:00:31. > :00:34.Looking to add to their tally in the relatively unfamiliar England red

:00:35. > :00:39.and white. It is scorching here in Scotland. Richard Murray could be

:00:40. > :00:45.the main rival but needs to have a decent swim. Swimming has been his

:00:46. > :00:58.Achilles heel. If he gets through in the water, he might get help on the

:00:59. > :01:02.bike. Sullwald, his team-mate, and maybe Davidson, the New Zealander,

:01:03. > :01:16.could really do some damage on the bike, that is his specialist field.

:01:17. > :01:34.But of course, the leaders today are Olympic gold and bronze-medallists,

:01:35. > :01:43.a very strong field. They will ride five 8k loops around

:01:44. > :01:48.the park, including one stiff climb at the western end of the park.

:01:49. > :01:54.There is David McNamee, Scotland. Wearing number 14. Scotland also

:01:55. > :02:00.represented by Grant Sheldon and others. Russell White and Conor

:02:01. > :02:05.Murphy go for Northern Ireland. Aaron Harris, the third member of

:02:06. > :02:11.the England team. There are the 45 elite triathletes, waiting for the

:02:12. > :02:14.final countdown. One or two of the lesser-known ones being called down

:02:15. > :02:26.onto the pontoon. It is an international field. There is Tom

:02:27. > :02:31.Davison, the bike specialist from New Zealand. He is in a different

:02:32. > :02:39.league on two wheels, but first of all, they have to swim for 1500m.

:02:40. > :02:52.They will dive into the wind. Handshakes on the pontoon. The two

:02:53. > :02:58.South Africans next to each other. Australian representation here today

:02:59. > :03:05.as well. And they are ready to go. The Brownlee brothers, closest to

:03:06. > :03:12.us. Spectacular dives, as they swim out into this artificial loch,

:03:13. > :03:20.created by diverging the waters from the River Clyde. Clean and clear and

:03:21. > :03:24.cool, they will be happy to get in there on a day like today. We expect

:03:25. > :03:34.the early pace possibly to come from one of the South Africans. And there

:03:35. > :03:38.is also a guy from Jersey by the name of Daniel Hawksworth, number

:03:39. > :03:45.35, and he is an ex-youth Commonwealth Games gold medallist in

:03:46. > :03:50.swimming. So maybe Daniel Hawksworth could make an impact in this swim.

:03:51. > :03:54.Over to you, Steve. STEVE TREW: I agree with that. I

:03:55. > :04:01.think he could be very powerful, not just on the swim, but also on the

:04:02. > :04:20.bike. We look at the smaller nations in the triathlon, and then we look

:04:21. > :04:25.at the bigger nations, but we have individuals coming through as well.

:04:26. > :04:27.We had a fantastic performance from Flora Duffy this morning, which was

:04:28. > :04:28.tremendous. What interests me, Matt, is the way the seeding and the

:04:29. > :04:29.pontoon positions have gone. Alistair and Jonny have chosen to go

:04:30. > :04:35.together, really right towards the other end. We have Richard Murray,

:04:36. > :04:45.and he has chosen to get right next to the other South African. I think

:04:46. > :05:20.he is trying to get him somewhere decent on the swim.

:05:21. > :05:27.We will look out for Henri Schoeman, wearing number seven today. There is

:05:28. > :05:33.Alistair Brownlee, reaching the first of these giant inflatable

:05:34. > :05:38.buoys. They had up to the second one before they turn left or so it is an

:05:39. > :05:44.anticlockwise lap. And they will end up back behind the pontoon, before

:05:45. > :05:48.exiting the water once. The field is spreading quite quickly winning no

:05:49. > :05:53.surprise. There is one guy in the field today, Christopher Walker,

:05:54. > :05:59.from Gibraltar, who is 47 years of age. The oldest man in the contest.

:06:00. > :06:09.We will see how he gets on. He carried the flag in the opening

:06:10. > :06:12.ceremony last night. Christopher Walker actually competed in the

:06:13. > :06:17.Commonwealth Games 12 years ago in Manchester, as a young man of just

:06:18. > :06:22.35 years old! No wonder he has been chosen by his country to carry the

:06:23. > :06:24.flag. There was a spread of three or four metres between Jonathan and

:06:25. > :06:30.Alistair at the start, and then Jonny looked up and made an

:06:31. > :06:36.immediate beeline to get on his feet. , as you say, very nicely

:06:37. > :06:47.positioned in those first 250 metres, directly behind Alistair. --

:06:48. > :06:50.henries in. I think the actual spread is going to be very long

:06:51. > :06:56.indeed. It is going to be absolutely crucial for the athletes to get into

:06:57. > :07:02.the first pack. There is no doubt that Alistair feels he is in great

:07:03. > :07:08.shape. He has said that this week. The way the Brownlee brothers race

:07:09. > :07:13.is to go from the front. The cycle is demanding, and it is not an easy

:07:14. > :07:16.run off the back of that. Jodie Stimpson proved this morning that it

:07:17. > :07:20.is the hard, tough athletes who will do well. That is what I am looking

:07:21. > :07:24.forward to with the Brownlee brothers. Midsummer in Scotland, it

:07:25. > :07:28.is always like this appear, apparently. Coming up to the next

:07:29. > :07:33.turn, and there can apparently. Coming up to the next

:07:34. > :07:38.on these tight turns. It is a relatively small field, just 45. It

:07:39. > :07:44.has not relatively small field, just 45. It

:07:45. > :07:53.Alistair, in the red strip of England... They are quickly into

:07:54. > :08:00.pole position, and they did so within the first 30 seconds of this

:08:01. > :08:04.swim. It will be followed by a 40k bike and then a 10,000m run in the

:08:05. > :08:10.searing heat of the afternoon in Strathclyde Country Park. It was a

:08:11. > :08:15.great dive by Alistair, surfacing about six inches ahead of the rest

:08:16. > :08:19.of the field. You just know that is what he is looking for this

:08:20. > :08:23.afternoon, to really stretch out the field, to try to get rid of any

:08:24. > :08:37.possible competitors as soon as he can. It will be to the advantage of

:08:38. > :08:42.the Brownlee brothers if they can stretch out the field. Spectacular

:08:43. > :08:52.scenes, and a beautiful afternoon for sport. Water sport is very much

:08:53. > :08:58.the key attraction in these parts. It is home to the Herriot Watt

:08:59. > :09:04.University Boat Club and the Scottish Rowing Centre as well. We

:09:05. > :09:09.are only three quarters of the way through the first lap, and the field

:09:10. > :09:12.is spread over 250 metres, maybe even more. We have got the

:09:13. > :09:17.best-known athletes in that lead group. They are working very, very

:09:18. > :09:24.hard indeed, as with the women's event. People are desperately trying

:09:25. > :09:29.to get on the feet of the swimmer in front of them. They do not want to

:09:30. > :09:37.lose contact. Even at this early stage, we know that the swimmers

:09:38. > :09:42.will be planning. They will not want to lose any time from the dive back

:09:43. > :09:49.into the water again for the second lap. Jonny had a problem with his

:09:50. > :09:56.goggles there, but he has already negotiated the turn. Looking at the

:09:57. > :10:00.spread of the field, which you mentioned, Steve, I have got a

:10:01. > :10:03.sneaking suspicion that somebody might be lapped in the lake. I

:10:04. > :10:09.cannot remember ever commentating on a race where that has happened on a

:10:10. > :10:15.two leg swim. But there is a guy who is just about turning for the second

:10:16. > :10:18.stage of the swim now. Looking from the commentary box, he is going

:10:19. > :10:23.very, very slowly. He might be lapped in the water. I have to

:10:24. > :10:29.agree. We saw it in the women's race earlier on, to an extent. But this

:10:30. > :10:38.looks even a bigger stretch. But importantly for the race and how it

:10:39. > :10:46.will develop a there is a strong possibility of a break, even at this

:10:47. > :10:50.early stage. Just looking down, 15, possibly as many as 20, but a gap

:10:51. > :10:55.really beginning to develop after seventh or eighth position. It will

:10:56. > :11:00.be intriguing watching them coming out of the water, and then going

:11:01. > :11:05.back in again for the second lap. This is a decent sized group, pretty

:11:06. > :11:14.well spread. 15 seconds between the first and the last. The first of

:11:15. > :11:18.them is the younger of the two brothers, 24-year-old Jonathan

:11:19. > :11:26.Brownlee. Alistair is in second. I would assume that is henries

:11:27. > :11:33.Koeman, he would be the likely swimmer in third position. And I

:11:34. > :11:51.wonder if we will see anything from Daniel Hawksworth from Jersey.

:11:52. > :11:57.The Brownlee brothers are at the front of proceedings. A chance for

:11:58. > :12:01.Jonathan to look over to his older brother. Just struggling out of the

:12:02. > :12:05.water, Jonathan first, Alistair second. In third it is Henri

:12:06. > :12:12.Schoeman. Marc Austin Scotland has had a good swim. The Australian

:12:13. > :12:17.Bailie is next. Sissons is in good shape. Ransomware is with the

:12:18. > :12:27.leaders as well. Two of the Scottish athletes making good progress.

:12:28. > :12:35.Well, we have got a split on that leading pack. The top seven swimmers

:12:36. > :12:42.have managed to make a break, about five metres only at a moment. And

:12:43. > :12:46.you're right, Daniel Hawksworth did feature in there. And he is very

:12:47. > :12:50.strong on the bike as well. He has been racing over longer distances

:12:51. > :12:54.recently, which will stand him in good stead on this very tough bike

:12:55. > :13:02.course. Jonathan Brownlee ploughs his way through the water. He has

:13:03. > :13:04.had a solid, but not spectacular season on the World Triathlon

:13:05. > :13:09.Series, which runs from the beginning of April, all the way

:13:10. > :13:13.through to the Grand Final at the end of August. He has been

:13:14. > :13:22.outclassed most of the time by Javier Gomez of Spain, who is

:13:23. > :13:25.obviously not here. Alistair has had intermittent appearances on the

:13:26. > :13:31.World Triathlon Series, but crucially, on the last leg, in

:13:32. > :13:35.Hamburg, he won. The Brownlee brothers were looking over their

:13:36. > :13:41.shoulders, and most unusually, there seemed to be a big injection of swim

:13:42. > :13:45.case. I have looked back and seem there is a possibility of a split

:13:46. > :13:49.developing, and decided to put the hammer down to try to get away. We

:13:50. > :13:53.had that group of 11th working together initially, with the women's

:13:54. > :13:58.race, which quickly established itself. Now, I think both Alistair

:13:59. > :14:02.and Jonny have looked back and thought, we are not going to be in

:14:03. > :14:06.that situation, we are going to get this done as much as we possibly

:14:07. > :14:11.can. On this very, very tight cycle course, it may be better to have a

:14:12. > :14:14.small working group of between 5-7, rather than around a dozen, that

:14:15. > :14:29.could really be to their advantage. Interesting racing developing here,

:14:30. > :14:33.with henries and, the accomplished swimmer, forcing the pace for South

:14:34. > :14:41.Africa. But the Brownlee brothers are really putting the hammer down.

:14:42. > :14:44.Still working hard, and all the time, looking around to make sure

:14:45. > :14:52.they are in a very, very good position. That split has really

:14:53. > :14:55.developed now. Right from the front to the back of the field, it looks

:14:56. > :15:01.very, very possible indeed that we could have a swimmer being lapped.

:15:02. > :15:04.The gentleman at the back of the field doing breaststroke now, we

:15:05. > :15:08.might get a picture of that. At the front, the pace is fast and furious.

:15:09. > :15:20.Schumann is having a great performance. He is keeping his eyes

:15:21. > :15:23.on the Brownlee brothers as well. He knows if he can keep pace with them,

:15:24. > :15:30.he will have a very good chance of a medal.

:15:31. > :15:37.The next turn, and the pace is still fast and furious, as the Brownlee

:15:38. > :15:41.brothers start to do some damage to this field, which is well spread.

:15:42. > :15:45.There is a gap between the first 12 and the next group. I fear that the

:15:46. > :15:51.last man in the water may well be lapped. As you say, he is doing

:15:52. > :15:58.breaststroke. There are two guys actually still on the first lap.

:15:59. > :16:02.There are a couple of kayakers and paramedics shadowing them, so they

:16:03. > :16:08.are in safe hands. I think there are only around 220 metres between the

:16:09. > :16:12.leaders on the second lap and the back marker on the first lap. It is

:16:13. > :16:15.going to be tight. You have to say that you hope he will not get

:16:16. > :16:19.lapped, the cars were so many of these athletes, just to make

:16:20. > :16:22.Commonwealth Games representation is the biggest opportunity they can

:16:23. > :16:27.have. You do not want people to be pulled out two early in the race.

:16:28. > :16:32.The women's triathlon took place this morning. A win for Jodie

:16:33. > :16:36.Stimpson of England. Kirsten Sweetland took the silver for

:16:37. > :16:53.Canada, and England got bronze, in the shape of Vicky Holland.

:16:54. > :16:58.water, first back in, he is pushing the pace at the front of the field

:16:59. > :17:07.here. Then they will switch to two wheels. They will pick up their

:17:08. > :17:13.bikes and head out to the hills and paths of the Strathclyde Country

:17:14. > :17:17.Park. Five eight K laps to complete a 40 K cycle distance. Then they

:17:18. > :17:23.will return to transition to park up the bikes, but on the running shoes

:17:24. > :17:27.and complete three laps to complete the triathlon with a 10,000 metre

:17:28. > :17:32.run. It is tough, it is gruelling, they are some of the fittest

:17:33. > :17:36.athletes in the world. Conditions are glorious. Some will suffer in

:17:37. > :17:43.the heat, particularly on the run but they are happy to be in the cool

:17:44. > :17:48.waters at the moment. Henri Schoeman is taking his turn at the front of

:17:49. > :17:54.the field. Just over three and a half minutes to go. 250 metres

:17:55. > :17:59.remaining on the swim. We still have two swimmers in the water on that

:18:00. > :18:06.number one. It will be very close indeed. The leading pack has split.

:18:07. > :18:14.The pace has been fast and serious. I think there has been more of an

:18:15. > :18:22.awareness. The athletes have a little bit more space around them to

:18:23. > :18:27.see what is developing. It is straight line in now and it is

:18:28. > :18:35.getting very close towards the end of lap number two and the final

:18:36. > :18:41.swimmer on that number one. This marks the last turn before they hit

:18:42. > :18:45.the exit point. There is a short-term before they come out of

:18:46. > :18:49.the ramp and onto the pontoon. They are pretty well spread now. No one

:18:50. > :18:55.is concerned in this lead group. They are all in good shape. Ill be

:18:56. > :19:02.adjusting to see how far Richard Murray is behind the leading group.

:19:03. > :19:06.He has been one of the best triathletes all season, Richard

:19:07. > :19:13.Murray. He is always a contender and he can run down a lead so you can

:19:14. > :19:18.never count him out. He will need to get together with a decent group of

:19:19. > :19:22.riders on phase two on two wheels to try and close down the leaders

:19:23. > :19:26.because he will be off the pace as they exit the water. I imagine

:19:27. > :19:33.Murray will be looking around for Tom Davison for company on the

:19:34. > :19:44.bikes. There is the leading group. Numbering about ten. I think we are

:19:45. > :19:57.looking at Tom Davison. He is a sensation. Will he be willing to

:19:58. > :20:04.take Richard Murray. This is getting very tight. I think the safety

:20:05. > :20:07.canoeist persuading the final swimmer to move out slightly so he

:20:08. > :20:17.will not be engulfed by the lead group coming through. There is one

:20:18. > :20:21.swimmer from the first lap, he is doing breaststroke and bobbing

:20:22. > :20:27.around. I cannot tell you who he is but he has been lapped on the swim.

:20:28. > :20:32.Unfortunately, for that particular athlete, that has happened but he

:20:33. > :20:41.will have a story to tell. The last 15 to 20 metres towards the exit

:20:42. > :20:46.point. Henri Schoeman has led the final stages of the swim. He along

:20:47. > :20:50.with the Brownlee brothers and a couple of the Scottish athletes,

:20:51. > :20:59.hopefully, we'll come out of the water in front. Henri Schoeman out

:21:00. > :21:04.first. Jonny Brownlee out second. Then Alistair two seconds further

:21:05. > :21:29.back. Marc Austin is out in good shape.

:21:30. > :21:38.There is calls of anticipation around the transition area here.

:21:39. > :21:45.Jonathan Brownlee, Henri Schoeman, Alistair Brownlee and Marc Austin of

:21:46. > :21:55.Scotland head out of transition. They are along with Ryan Bailie and

:21:56. > :22:00.Daniel Halksworth and Aaron Royle. For Marc Austin, to come out in that

:22:01. > :22:04.position, it is sensational. There is a significant gap between the

:22:05. > :22:09.first eight swimmers and the training pack. So much damage done

:22:10. > :22:14.on lap number two. You know Alistair and Jonny Brownlee will be hitting

:22:15. > :22:25.it right from the front. To close a gap will be so, so hard indeed.

:22:26. > :22:33.There are a lot of good athletes back in the second pack. There is

:22:34. > :22:36.Tom Davison coming out just under a minute down. For anyone else you

:22:37. > :22:48.would say that is insurmountable but for him you would say he is in with

:22:49. > :22:52.a big, big chance. We will be keeping and I out for Marc Austin of

:22:53. > :22:58.Scotland, the 20-year-old. Not only is he Scottish, he was born in

:22:59. > :23:04.Glasgow, Savary much a local boy. He wears number 21. Keep an eye open

:23:05. > :23:08.for him. He is in fourth position. He is in the shadow of the

:23:09. > :23:18.Brownlees on the first lap of this cycle. There is a 15 second gap from

:23:19. > :23:20.the front group to the second group. Grant Sheldon is the second

:23:21. > :23:48.of the Scottish athletes. A great opportunity for Marc Austin.

:23:49. > :23:54.Even with that small group of eight athletes, we saw gaps beginning to

:23:55. > :24:01.develop. It will take a big effort to close this down. Marc Austin has

:24:02. > :24:06.put himself in with a great chance. There is only at the moment eight

:24:07. > :24:11.athletes in contention. There is a huge gap of 20 to 25 seconds. There

:24:12. > :24:17.are still athletes coming through transition. That will be continuing

:24:18. > :24:24.for a long time. Richard Murray, 44 seconds down in 16th place overall.

:24:25. > :24:35.Tom Davison will be looking around and working out what he needs to do.

:24:36. > :24:39.Ideal conditions for Tom. Marc Austin of Scotland leads the

:24:40. > :24:46.Commonwealth triathlon. Off into the woods. Shaded areas are very welcome

:24:47. > :25:06.with the sun at its hottest now in the afternoon.

:25:07. > :25:20.The Canadian has dropped off, Matt Sharp of Canada. I do not know what

:25:21. > :25:24.happened to him. Sharpe not with the front group any longer. I think that

:25:25. > :25:33.is a reaction to the twists and turns on this course. Four athletes

:25:34. > :25:38.away. The Brownlees will welcome this. Marc Austin will realise what

:25:39. > :25:44.a great opportunity he has. Henri Schoeman will realise he has a

:25:45. > :25:49.chance to get on the podium. Daniel Halksworth looks like he has a bit

:25:50. > :25:54.of a gap he needs to close now. We are looking for big news on Tom

:25:55. > :25:59.Davison. That does not seem to be the sort of speed we are seeing in

:26:00. > :26:05.the front group. Final adjustments still being made. Feet being

:26:06. > :26:09.fastened into the shoes which are attached to the pedals when they hit

:26:10. > :26:26.transition. That is our leading group of four. The two brothers

:26:27. > :26:32.looking over at each other. Marc Austin is willing to do the required

:26:33. > :26:35.work to stay there. We are seeing now the sort of situation we have

:26:36. > :26:38.got used to when we look at a breakaway pack on the Tour de

:26:39. > :26:43.France, athletes working closely together, more than happy to do

:26:44. > :26:46.their work, knowing they can establish a very serious time

:26:47. > :26:50.their work, knowing they can If they keep working on that, the

:26:51. > :26:59.opportunity, three from four on the podium, better odds than three from

:27:00. > :27:05.45. Marc Austin has raced with the Brownlees in Yokohama in round three

:27:06. > :27:10.of the triathlon series. Alistair and Jonathan finished fourth and

:27:11. > :27:16.fifth respectively. Marc Austin finished 45th so he was a long way

:27:17. > :27:25.down. What a swing he has had. These are the chasers, plenty of work to

:27:26. > :27:28.do. -- what a swim he had. We could almost pick out the lead group after

:27:29. > :27:33.the swim, we could further establish you would be coming off the bike

:27:34. > :27:39.together. We take out the Europeans and USA athletes and it makes it a

:27:40. > :27:42.very different situation. I think it is the different conditions, the

:27:43. > :27:50.different situation that has made this race is so interesting, so

:27:51. > :27:52.early. A non-wetsuit swim. A tough bike course and athletes willing to

:27:53. > :28:00.work so hard. An opportunity for Marc Austin to make his mark here in

:28:01. > :28:10.Scotland is absolutely sensational. A big group further back. Richard

:28:11. > :28:14.Murray with work to be done. Ms Jones of Canada little further

:28:15. > :28:22.ahead. Dan Wilson, Sheldon of Scotland, he is another one who has

:28:23. > :28:30.been left behind. Grant Sheldon will be hoping to do some damage as this

:28:31. > :28:37.group of about 12 climb up through the forest towards the highest point

:28:38. > :28:45.of the course. It will be so disconcerting. They see four

:28:46. > :28:50.athletes working together. You would think the time gap would be opening

:28:51. > :28:57.and opening. We have four athletes working together. Marc Austin

:28:58. > :29:05.possibly struggling as he came round the corner. We have got one down.

:29:06. > :29:09.Henri Schoeman hit the buffers. Henri Schoeman making a massive

:29:10. > :29:14.mistake on the left handed turn. He finds himself embedded in the

:29:15. > :29:18.protective veils. The protection did its work and he appears to be

:29:19. > :29:24.unscathed and he is back on his bike and riding away but he has lost

:29:25. > :29:29.track of the group at the front. Exactly what we were saying about

:29:30. > :29:33.the conditions of the course. A slight misjudgement. He only lost a

:29:34. > :29:38.few seconds but he has got to start from nothing. Marc Austin has gone

:29:39. > :29:46.to a situation of one from three. The chances have to be, with this

:29:47. > :29:49.big, big chase pack, are they going to work together? I don't know. This

:29:50. > :29:57.has really fallen into the Brownlees lap. Marc Austin,

:29:58. > :30:02.fantastic. 20 years old, four years younger than Jonny Brownlee but a

:30:03. > :30:05.man who is seizing his opportunity. This was the crash where Henri

:30:06. > :30:10.Schoeman just could not make the turn. He went into the bales which

:30:11. > :30:14.are there to protect him from hitting the woodwork onto the other

:30:15. > :30:26.side. He is OK but he has lost his place in amongst the leading group.

:30:27. > :30:31.It will take him at least 12 seconds to re-establish the pace. It will be

:30:32. > :30:33.a tough call for Henri Schoeman. He will have to try and recapture the

:30:34. > :30:37.a tough call for Henri Schoeman. He will have to try lead or come into

:30:38. > :30:42.this big chase group. If that happens, there will be some

:30:43. > :30:45.demoralisation setting in. Wian Sullwald of South

:30:46. > :30:55.demoralisation setting in. Wian Sullwald of Africa and Wilson of

:30:56. > :31:15.Barbados at the back of this pack. -- Wian Sullwald of South Africa.

:31:16. > :31:23.He was a man who was enjoying swimming and running. He then picked

:31:24. > :31:30.up his bike and got stuck into triathlon. As we see what happened

:31:31. > :31:40.to Henri Schoeman. It was later on, when his problems got more

:31:41. > :31:48.important, as we see Jonathan Brownlee, quick in and out of

:31:49. > :31:52.transition. Plenty to get excited about for the Scottish fans, because

:31:53. > :31:58.Marc Austin from Glasgow is riding with the brothers. Up in Stirling,

:31:59. > :32:04.they have got a very strong triathlon community. Chris took a

:32:05. > :32:08.strong decision to go out there, and he has developed the youngsters up

:32:09. > :32:12.there are so strongly, which is being shown right now with a

:32:13. > :32:15.20-year-old Scot, with two brothers from England, who, already between

:32:16. > :32:21.them, and a multitude of World Championships, as well as the gold

:32:22. > :32:25.and bronze Olympic medals. Austin just loses a little bit of distance

:32:26. > :32:31.on the brothers as they come through the technical terms. You might not

:32:32. > :32:36.be quite such an accomplished rider. There is Henri Schoeman, who has

:32:37. > :32:41.already been off his bike, but he is back on two wheels now. Alistair and

:32:42. > :32:46.Jonathan get out of the saddle and push hard. Royle coming through.

:32:47. > :32:51.There will be a massive round of applause as they complete lap one.

:32:52. > :32:55.They will be excited to see the Brownlee brothers at the front of

:32:56. > :33:00.the field. And listen to the noise when they see that Mark Austin of

:33:01. > :33:11.Scotland is in third position at the end of lap one! What a start to this

:33:12. > :33:18.Commonwealth triathlon race, only the third time the triathlon has

:33:19. > :33:25.been held at the Commonwealth Games. Simon Whitfield won in Manchester,

:33:26. > :33:28.with Miles Stewart in second, and Hamish Carter third. In Melbourne,

:33:29. > :33:33.2006, Brad Kahlefeldt of Australia was the winner, beating Bevan

:33:34. > :33:40.Docherty of New Zealand, with Peter Robertson third. He was from

:33:41. > :33:46.Australia. There has never been a male Commonwealth triathlon

:33:47. > :33:53.medallist from Great Britain or Ireland. I just wondered if Marc

:33:54. > :33:56.Austin is just falling off the pace, or is he just falling back a

:33:57. > :34:02.couple of metres, so he can watch the line that the Brownlee brothers

:34:03. > :34:06.are taking into the corner, just to make sure that he can stay with

:34:07. > :34:13.their pace? 40 seconds, it is a big gap. Grant Sheldon, the other

:34:14. > :34:18.youngster from Scotland, also there are, as indeed is David McNamee.

:34:19. > :34:22.They have established such a big lead on the first lap. Can they

:34:23. > :34:29.continue it, or is the big chase group going to be able to close the

:34:30. > :34:40.gap? Riding along beside the loch now, on the second lap of five. 31

:34:41. > :34:47.minutes of the triathlon complete. We will expect the mens rea is to

:34:48. > :34:51.become pleated in about one hour 50 minutes or a bit over. A couple of

:34:52. > :34:58.significant climbs on this bike course. Look at how many people have

:34:59. > :35:06.come out. Well, why wouldn't you, on a beautiful day like today? Soak up

:35:07. > :35:11.the sun, watch some top-level sport and enjoy the beautiful surroundings

:35:12. > :35:15.of the Strathclyde Country Park. There is Tom Davison, the bike

:35:16. > :35:19.specialist. Let's see what he has got to offer. He will be coming from

:35:20. > :35:26.a long way back, after the swim, but he has got the legs to bring himself

:35:27. > :35:31.back into contention. There will be a couple of happy faces in the group

:35:32. > :35:34.ahead of him as they see him arrive, as he can turn things around on two

:35:35. > :35:39.wheels. He has got the pedigree to move it up a gear and bring the

:35:40. > :35:43.chasers closer to the leaders. He certainly has, we saw that in

:35:44. > :35:48.Auckland, where he closed the gap phenomenally. You cannot say that

:35:49. > :35:52.someone like Ryan Sissons, his countryman, relies on him, but he

:35:53. > :36:02.certainly takes advantage of what Tom Davidson can do on the bike. --

:36:03. > :36:07.Tom Davison. The difficulty is, who can stay with Tom Davison, when he

:36:08. > :36:13.is working hard to close the gap and he has got his head down? He will be

:36:14. > :36:15.thinking, do I take the chance myself to try to close down on the

:36:16. > :36:25.leaders? The leading group, Alistair

:36:26. > :36:33.Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee and Marc Austin. Marc Austin, just dropping

:36:34. > :36:37.off by a couple of metres, as we go round a bend, following the line.

:36:38. > :36:41.This is a man who is gaining experience by the second, working

:36:42. > :36:49.with two of the greatest athletes in the world. You can bet your bottom

:36:50. > :36:55.dollar that Alistair Brownlee will be barking instructions at Marc

:36:56. > :37:01.Austin. That is the way he rides. He does not keep his mouth shut at all.

:37:02. > :37:05.He will keep him in the picture, he will boss him around, he will bully

:37:06. > :37:13.him, in a nice way, and keep him out of trouble. When you are the leader

:37:14. > :37:18.of the pack, that is Marc Austin looks over and says, I will do my

:37:19. > :37:23.work, because if I do that I can stay with you two guys, and you are

:37:24. > :37:26.putting me in a strong position. Wouldn't it be great for the

:37:27. > :37:30.Scottish crowd if Marc Austin can stay there? They are really moving

:37:31. > :37:35.away. The Brownlee boys are not going to hold back on two wheels,

:37:36. > :37:38.they will force the pace and give themselves the best possible shot at

:37:39. > :37:44.medals, and Marc Austin is along for the ride. Austin drops back a couple

:37:45. > :37:53.of metres again, gets round safely, he has seen Henri Schoeman crashing,

:37:54. > :37:59.you will have learned from that. All the time, we will get a clearer

:38:00. > :38:05.vision at the end of this lap, but at the moment, they are still

:38:06. > :38:12.holding... BRCA1 little bit of concentrated work coming now from

:38:13. > :38:17.the chasing pack. -- we are seeing. There is the crossover, so what is

:38:18. > :38:23.the time gap? Here are the front three. The brothers from England,

:38:24. > :38:34.and the 20-year-old Scot, heading back towards us, via a steep uphill

:38:35. > :38:39.section. I think if there were any doubts in the young man's mind, they

:38:40. > :38:47.would have come through by now. But that has not happened. Going through

:38:48. > :38:52.his mind at the moment is, I had a great swim, I deserved it, I deserve

:38:53. > :38:59.to be here. As soon as they come out of the saddle, that is what he does.

:39:00. > :39:02.He is learning by the second. The stature of his racing is going to be

:39:03. > :39:08.second to none when he goes away from this race. He lists his hero as

:39:09. > :39:13.being the Scottish swimmer Michael Jamieson, who has not had things all

:39:14. > :39:15.his way today. If things carry on, it could be Marc Austin who is

:39:16. > :39:21.making the headlines tomorrow, rather than his hero. Long way to

:39:22. > :39:30.go. He also lists will Clark and the Brownlee brothers as his idols, and

:39:31. > :39:33.now he is riding with them. Tom Davison has not quite caught the

:39:34. > :39:42.chasing pack yet, but I think it is a matter of time. He will then start

:39:43. > :39:51.to control this peloton. Approaching two laps on the bike, Davison has

:39:52. > :39:57.moved up. But it is going to be a big effort, with three laps to go.

:39:58. > :40:01.Depending on what the time gap is. He still has a significant amount of

:40:02. > :40:06.work to try to establish contact with that big chasing group. He can

:40:07. > :40:10.see them but he cannot quite reach them.

:40:11. > :40:15.see them but he cannot quite reach group if he was in control by the

:40:16. > :40:21.time they came downhill, as Alistair, Jonathan and Marc Austin

:40:22. > :40:25.descend. A little bit more incentive, if it is needed, for the

:40:26. > :40:30.two Brownlee boys and Marc Austin, seeing Davison trying to

:40:31. > :40:38.re-establish contact. Good cornering by Austin. Takes the best line

:40:39. > :40:46.through, but establishes contact with the back wheel in front of him.

:40:47. > :40:56.The leading three stay as they are. The chasing group making the hairpin

:40:57. > :41:02.turn at the top of the hill. As they roll down towards the side of the

:41:03. > :41:08.loch. 38 minutes done. What a great start to this race. Tremendous

:41:09. > :41:19.stuff. It is that big term, that 180 degrees turn around, that is where

:41:20. > :41:22.the extra few seconds get lost. If the group is large, then necessarily

:41:23. > :41:32.you have to back off going around that turn.

:41:33. > :41:41.There is Davison, he still has not quite caught the chasing group. He

:41:42. > :41:51.will. The sooner the better, as far as those hunting down the Brownlees

:41:52. > :41:54.and Austin are concerned. We are above the chasing group, as they

:41:55. > :42:01.jostle for position and share the workload at the front of this

:42:02. > :42:05.peloton. You talked about Alistair Brownlee bossing the front pack,

:42:06. > :42:09.quite rightly, Matt. If you are bossing just a couple of athletes

:42:10. > :42:14.who want to be bossed, again, it is one of the critical differences.

:42:15. > :42:24.Trying to boss a big whoop of 12, when they are thinking, maybe I

:42:25. > :42:29.should we saving my legs, people respond so much more quickly.

:42:30. > :42:34.Davison is still trying to establish contact. We know he is probably the

:42:35. > :42:37.strongest cyclist out on the course, but he has got to move through the

:42:38. > :42:42.group. Will he try to take it directly from the front? If he does

:42:43. > :42:46.so, are we going to have the athletes chasing hard, or is he

:42:47. > :42:53.really going to try to break by himself?

:42:54. > :43:03.Hawksworth, of Jersey. Schoeman, after his crash, who has joined the

:43:04. > :43:07.chasers. And it looks like Tom Davison is going to join them as

:43:08. > :43:16.well. He will slot in, refuel at the back and then try to weave his way

:43:17. > :43:22.towards the front. It is almost Tom's raison d'?tre in the triathlon

:43:23. > :43:27.world, to try to re-establish contact. He was really quite ill

:43:28. > :43:35.couple of years ago, I read. He was bit by a spider. When he started

:43:36. > :43:41.last season, he said, everything is a bonus now. He probably just once,

:43:42. > :43:46.I have got nothing to lose. Eight weeks to recover from that spider

:43:47. > :43:50.bite. The story goes that he was not feeling well, I heard it was here in

:43:51. > :43:54.Scotland somewhere, he called his mum and she said, go to the

:43:55. > :43:59.hospital, and he was told he was lucky he did. But he is a young man

:44:00. > :44:03.with a good future. Excellent rider. Look how he has eaten up the

:44:04. > :44:09.ground, working on his own, which is always tough. It is not often you

:44:10. > :44:13.see anyone do this in triathlon. Closing the gap on your own without

:44:14. > :44:19.anyone to help you. Me up with the chasing group now. Time to drink and

:44:20. > :44:24.relax for a few seconds at the back of the pack. Hard work still to come

:44:25. > :44:33.for the man from Christchurch in New Zealand. Marc Austin, again, just a

:44:34. > :44:41.little gap opens up come before he re-establishes contact. After that

:44:42. > :44:45.effort by Tom Davison at the back of the pack, we will rejoin the

:44:46. > :44:51.leaders, the Brownlees and Marc Austin, crossing the line at the end

:44:52. > :44:55.of lap to! Another cheer, almost disbelieving, that Marc Austin has

:44:56. > :45:02.managed to stay with the Brownlee brothers. As they head out on lap

:45:03. > :45:06.three. Absolute lift for Marc Austin. Every time he comes passed

:45:07. > :45:13.this big, big crowd in the stand, they will lift him. The incentive,

:45:14. > :45:23.the possibility of a medal. Waiting for the time difference - oh, it is

:45:24. > :45:27.stretching by the second. Once again, out of the saddle, working

:45:28. > :45:37.hard up this short hill. Marc Austin stays in contact. Now, has Tom

:45:38. > :45:47.Davison made a movie at? He is working his way up through the

:45:48. > :45:51.field. It will be at the start of this third lap, on the flat, where

:45:52. > :45:55.we will expect to see Davison tried to do some damage and potentially

:45:56. > :45:59.take one or two of these decent runners with him and give them a

:46:00. > :46:03.chance of making their way up through the field on the third

:46:04. > :46:14.phase, the 10,000m run. All of that to come. The time gap has gone out

:46:15. > :46:18.from 45 seconds to just outside a minute, one minute and five seconds.

:46:19. > :46:21.It really emphasises what a difference it is when you get

:46:22. > :46:31.athletes working hard in a small group. If they keep stretching this

:46:32. > :46:33.out, Marc Austin could be in with a good shot of a Commonwealth Games

:46:34. > :46:43.medal. Action beginning to start now. A little bit of speed. If we

:46:44. > :46:46.are going to start working, that time gap will have really woken

:46:47. > :46:53.people up. They know that they have got to work hard. If they are coming

:46:54. > :46:57.in with a gap of more than two minutes, even for the good runners,

:46:58. > :47:12.the chances of getting on the podium would be slim.

:47:13. > :47:20.in there. Going through is Dan Wilson from Australia.

:47:21. > :47:33.David Grevemberg me from Scotland is indeed -- David McNamee from

:47:34. > :47:39.Scotland is at the back of the chasing group. Marc Austin from

:47:40. > :47:45.Scotland leads the Commonwealth Games triathlon and he is in good

:47:46. > :47:48.company with the Olympic champion and the Olympic bronze medallist,

:47:49. > :48:00.Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, respectively. They are halfway

:48:01. > :48:05.through the bike section. Marc Austin is probably feeling his legs

:48:06. > :48:13.burning up now. If he can control that and stay with these two boys.

:48:14. > :48:19.Here he is again. He looks up, bank, here we go again. That lead stays

:48:20. > :48:27.way, way out there. Just slipstreaming, trying to refuel as

:48:28. > :48:33.best as he can. Off they go, toward the western side of the loch towards

:48:34. > :48:37.the motorway and the theme park which is in full swing this

:48:38. > :48:44.afternoon, doing excellent business on a glorious day. They will make a

:48:45. > :48:51.hairpin turn and then double back and forth and have a climb. Marc

:48:52. > :48:56.Austin growing in stature with every single paddle there. He sees the

:48:57. > :49:01.athletes moving over, goes through. A little bit of acceleration,

:49:02. > :49:05.something to learn rather than trying to maintain the same speed.

:49:06. > :49:09.Certainly a man willing to put his percentage of the work into trying

:49:10. > :49:15.to maintain that lead. 45 seconds from the end of lap one, now they

:49:16. > :49:21.are closer. Putting in a further 20 seconds. A little bit of work at the

:49:22. > :49:28.front of the pack. It is a big group. Where is the leader of the

:49:29. > :49:34.pack as we see the group of three at the friend? Daniel Halksworth from

:49:35. > :49:38.the Channel Islands Jersey is propping them up at the back. Tom

:49:39. > :49:45.Davidson has weaved his way to the front of the chasing pallet on. --

:49:46. > :49:59.pallidum. That was bound to be Alistair waving

:50:00. > :50:05.at the chasers, saying you will have to catch us. They are heading in one

:50:06. > :50:11.direction with a massive group of chasers heading the wrong way as far

:50:12. > :50:15.as the medals are concerned. Alistair Brownlee is coming back

:50:16. > :50:20.from injury. A lot of people would have said, it is all gone now, they

:50:21. > :50:26.were writing him off. But he said earlier this week that he feels in

:50:27. > :50:31.great shape. He feels an beatable. Is that arrogance or is it

:50:32. > :50:36.confidence? He is dominating along with his brother and Marc Austin of

:50:37. > :50:42.Scotland, absolutely dominating this race. It is the confidence of a man

:50:43. > :50:46.who has won everything apart from this, the Commonwealth Games gold

:50:47. > :50:57.medal. He is the defending reigning Olympic champion. There was not a

:50:58. > :51:11.triathlon in Delhi. There will be next time I hope. The Gold Coast is

:51:12. > :51:18.a hotbed of triathlon. David-macro me has had some solid results over

:51:19. > :51:45.the last couple of years but nothing spectacular -- David McNamee.

:51:46. > :51:56.Some people make the changeover from junior to senior 's but others take

:51:57. > :51:59.a bit longer. The governing bodies will be looking at that and the

:52:00. > :52:05.programmes and the plans. They will stay loyal to the athletes making

:52:06. > :52:10.the progress. Once again, looking for the line coming round. A little

:52:11. > :52:14.bit tight for Marc Austin but re-establishes contact out of the

:52:15. > :52:17.saddle. He knows he cannot afford to get dropped. If he's dropped from

:52:18. > :52:23.the Brownlee brothers he will be in No Man's Land. No wonder he was

:52:24. > :52:30.slightly cautious on that turn because that is where he saw Henri

:52:31. > :52:35.Schoeman come a cropper. Huw was rightly applying the brakes and

:52:36. > :52:43.keeping himself out of trouble. -- he was rightly applying the brakes.

:52:44. > :52:49.Around the tight turn. Again, a little bit of caution, perhaps

:52:50. > :52:55.another couple of seconds lost. Daniel Halksworth is working hard,

:52:56. > :53:04.trying to maintain contact with that pack. A good race from him, a swim.

:53:05. > :53:08.Unlucky not to make the first pack but in the chase pack. He will be

:53:09. > :53:16.pleased with himself at the moment. There is a lack of pace. OK, they

:53:17. > :53:22.are going downhill but we saw Jonny and Alistair and Marc Austin working

:53:23. > :53:26.a little bit. There is a sense of inevitability that one of the

:53:27. > :53:29.Brownlee brothers will win the Commonwealth title here. I think

:53:30. > :53:40.that's pretty much guaranteed, assuming they on two wheels and does

:53:41. > :53:47.not break down. He asked the camera to pull clear so he could not

:53:48. > :53:53.breathe in the fumes and force the pace at the front of the chase

:53:54. > :54:00.group. I think we are anticipating that Davison will close the gap.

:54:01. > :54:09.Everybody seems happy to follow him through but how much of that

:54:10. > :54:12.big-time gap, that one minute five seconds, are they closing when they

:54:13. > :54:17.have so many athletes to content with. They have got to take their

:54:18. > :54:24.turn at the front otherwise, Tom Davidson will not be able to close

:54:25. > :54:29.the gap entirely by himself. 51 and a half minutes down so about an hour

:54:30. > :54:40.to go or thereabouts before we know who is the Commonwealth champion for

:54:41. > :54:44.2014. Which one of the Brownlees? With the Olympic Games, you will

:54:45. > :54:48.remember Simon Lessing was a hot favourite in Sydney in 2000. We did

:54:49. > :54:52.nothing until the Olympic Games in 2012 and that is where it really

:54:53. > :55:00.came through. Equally, with the English athletes, fourth place is

:55:01. > :55:05.fantastic. Now with Vicky Holland, what a fantastic bronze medal to go

:55:06. > :55:08.along with Jodie Stimpson's gold in the women's triathlon today. It

:55:09. > :55:16.looks like a strong possibility of two medals for England and a good

:55:17. > :55:21.possibility of one for Scotland in the men's event. Jonathan Brownlee

:55:22. > :55:25.takes his turn at the front. Marc Austin is the meat in the Brownlee

:55:26. > :55:33.sandwich. Alistair is in third position. Some of the scenes today,

:55:34. > :55:38.I am reminded of seeing the Tour de France in the last couple of weeks,

:55:39. > :55:43.looking down on spectacular countryside, incredible scenery,

:55:44. > :55:47.bright blue skies and Bluewater alongside. Absolutely amazing

:55:48. > :55:58.conditions today at the Strathclyde Country Park. It is a great venue.

:55:59. > :56:02.So many of the crowds have come out. It is tremendous. The 2012 Olympic

:56:03. > :56:07.Games in London was a bit of a game changer. We saw thousands of

:56:08. > :56:12.spectators, it was absolutely solid and we're seeing that again here in

:56:13. > :56:17.the Commonwealth Games. The end of lap three. They are on their feet

:56:18. > :56:21.again. The Scottish supporters are relieved and excited in equal

:56:22. > :56:33.measure to see that Marc Austin is still up with the Brownlee brothers.

:56:34. > :56:39.Alistair with a couple of words. He will have an instruction or two for

:56:40. > :56:44.his young Scottish opponent. will have an instruction or two for

:56:45. > :56:49.chasing group is fragmented with Tom Davison injecting pace at the front.

:56:50. > :56:52.We have lost one or two. You know what Alistair Brownlee is sent to

:56:53. > :56:58.Marc Austin, he is saying, you stay with us, you have some work, you

:56:59. > :57:04.have every chance of a medal at the Commonwealth Games. He's using I'm

:57:05. > :57:10.sure, the psychology there, we are going to get you working, because if

:57:11. > :57:14.we do, you will be well rewarded. The chase group is coming into

:57:15. > :57:18.transition so we will get an accurate idea now of the time

:57:19. > :57:39.difference between the leading trio and the chasing group. The chasing

:57:40. > :57:45.group are 61 seconds behind. The input of Davis is significant. I was

:57:46. > :57:56.expecting that to have opened. -- Davison has taken his opportunity.

:57:57. > :58:03.Grant Sheldon of Scotland also going through, the third of the Scottish

:58:04. > :58:05.trio in this competition. Look at the crowds, six, seven deep on both

:58:06. > :58:21.sides of the road. This is where the strength comes in,

:58:22. > :58:25.the difficult terms, the inclines. Someone is moving away, who is that?

:58:26. > :58:59.Is it, Murphy? -- Connor Murphy. The White of Northern Ireland, and

:59:00. > :59:16.then Barbados. These three coming to complete their

:59:17. > :59:23.third lap. It is but a field of Bermuda who is the third member of

:59:24. > :59:31.this trio. -- Tyler Butterfield. It is his third Commonwealth Games. He

:59:32. > :59:37.has moved up to longer distance racing. Credit to him, changing his

:59:38. > :59:46.training somewhat to come and represent Bermuda in the

:59:47. > :59:48.Commonwealth Games. Tom Davison leading the chase group through

:59:49. > :59:55.transition as they complete their third lap. Just to remind you, this

:59:56. > :00:02.is phase two of the Olympic distance, last triathlon, with a

:00:03. > :00:09.thousand metre run to conclude. That will involve 33.3 kilometre laps

:00:10. > :00:14.around the park, one pretty stiff climb will stop it was a thrilling

:00:15. > :00:27.finish for the women's race this morning with victory for Jodie

:00:28. > :00:33.Stimpson of England. Critical, I think for Marc Austin, is what the

:00:34. > :00:39.time gap will be. He has had a great swim, he has worked so hard on the

:00:40. > :00:42.bike along with Jonathan and Alistair to maintain the lead. Now

:00:43. > :00:47.we are seeing some movement in the chase pack. This is where he will

:00:48. > :00:52.have to dig into concentrate, to stay with the two Brownlee boys. If

:00:53. > :00:57.it stays within a minute and we have people like Richard Murray in the

:00:58. > :01:02.chase group, there is a possibility that Richard Murray can close a

:01:03. > :01:08.minute gap on many athletes. Tom Davison is pushing hard. He has his

:01:09. > :01:11.head down and he is asking a lot of these guys who are following him

:01:12. > :01:19.around the streets of the park here. They are well spread. Tom Davison is

:01:20. > :01:24.attempting to close the gap which was 61 seconds the last time we got

:01:25. > :01:29.an official time check at the end of lap three. Perhaps Tom Davison has

:01:30. > :01:34.decided that the only way he is going to close the gap is to take

:01:35. > :01:39.all the responsibility on himself to lead from the front and try and make

:01:40. > :01:43.perhaps an honest race of it. To me, this is an absolutely honest race.

:01:44. > :01:49.We have seen these athletes who have worked from the very first stroke.

:01:50. > :01:56.We saw Alistair Brownlee takes six inches out of his dive. Absolute

:01:57. > :01:59.commitment. He took Jonathan along with him. Marc Austin had the

:02:00. > :02:04.clear-sighted bus to go with them and be prepared to work. Look at the

:02:05. > :02:30.expression on his face. He is working hard to stay in contact.

:02:31. > :02:37.The news from Mark Austen is that, yes, he can stay with them for the

:02:38. > :02:47.moment, adrenaline is keeping him going. What do you know about his

:02:48. > :02:50.run? He trains under Chris Volley, a methodical coach who will work and

:02:51. > :02:56.work and work at the athlete's weaknesses. It is very difficult for

:02:57. > :03:01.a junior to try to match the speed on the run in, that is the one that

:03:02. > :03:04.makes the difference, but I am convinced his training will have

:03:05. > :03:08.been geared to maybe having a chance, he has proved he has got a

:03:09. > :03:12.chance, and I don't think he will be found wanting, he will be focused

:03:13. > :03:24.and he knows the rewards will be sensational. Some of the stragglers

:03:25. > :03:27.coming through six and a half, seven minutes off the pace, but every one

:03:28. > :03:31.of these triathletes welcomed warmly as they hit the blue carpet in front

:03:32. > :03:35.of transition. Tom Davison of New Zealand injecting as much as Higa,

:03:36. > :03:42.the leading three already on the downhill slope as Schoeman and the

:03:43. > :03:46.rest of the chasers attempt to close him down. You feel sorry for him -

:03:47. > :03:52.one mistake and his chances of a medal or gone. Meanwhile, the

:03:53. > :03:57.Brownlees and Marc Austin hits the downward slope. If anything, more

:03:58. > :04:00.confidence from Marc Austin, he got towards the bottom of the slope and

:04:01. > :04:08.he was out of the saddle. I do not think he would have attempted that

:04:09. > :04:14.on lap 1 or 2. He has got everything to play for. The Canadian was with

:04:15. > :04:18.the leaders for a short while at the end of the swim. He could not stay

:04:19. > :04:25.with them, or maybe he did not fancy it. If you have got the opportunity

:04:26. > :04:28.to go with the Brownlees, you have got to be prepared to hurt. Who

:04:29. > :04:39.wouldn't love the opportunity that Marc Austin is getting now? Go,

:04:40. > :04:51.work, give yourself a chance. The man from Jersey at the back of the

:04:52. > :04:55.pack, Halksworth. Happy to let Tom Davison do the hard work out in

:04:56. > :05:00.front. It is Danny Houghton with's opportunity, he knows he will not

:05:01. > :05:05.get on the podium, but if you can do what he describes, we have got a

:05:06. > :05:10.breakaway. -- Halksworth. Ryan Bailie has gone with Tom Davison,

:05:11. > :05:14.the Australian on the right, Ryan Bailie, the New Zealander on the

:05:15. > :05:19.left in black, Tom Davison. If anyone wants to come with us, now is

:05:20. > :05:27.the time to go. So far no further takers. As we would expect, systems

:05:28. > :05:32.or Ryan Bailie leading the chase, maybe Dan Wilson, but I have not

:05:33. > :05:37.seen him featuring. -- Sissons. Three would be a lot nicer than two

:05:38. > :05:42.working through. Back with Halksworth, he has to work his own

:05:43. > :05:48.race, if he has a relatively steady ride and saves his legs, hopefully

:05:49. > :06:00.he will be able to run through a few of these athletes.

:06:01. > :06:10.Can they close the gap by the end of lap 4? It was 61 seconds at the end

:06:11. > :06:13.of lap 3, we will see if they have taken anything out of that by the

:06:14. > :06:18.time they cross the line in transition just a few moments from

:06:19. > :06:25.now to conclude lap 4, when they will take that well with one lap to

:06:26. > :06:31.go. The experienced athletes will know about Marc Austin, they are not

:06:32. > :06:36.going to be unaware, but there will be a realisation that may be staying

:06:37. > :06:40.with the Brownlees is very hard indeed, so if they do make this big

:06:41. > :06:49.effort, a possibility of getting on the podium. Everybody out of sight

:06:50. > :06:54.in the summer foliage, and now the chase group, depleted in numbers

:06:55. > :06:59.following the break, and there has been another break at the front.

:07:00. > :07:05.Marc Austin has been dropped by the Brownlees brothers. Disappointment

:07:06. > :07:09.for the Scottish crowd. Not a huge gap, but it is by all six seconds

:07:10. > :07:13.now. The Brownlees brothers have decided that they have had enough

:07:14. > :07:18.company for the moment, and a little bit of a word from one to the other.

:07:19. > :07:24.The pace came, and this time Marc Austin could not match it. Well,

:07:25. > :07:27.big, big tactics, a lot of thought gone into it, I am sure, and maybe

:07:28. > :07:32.it is not so much the Brownlees really upping the pace a significant

:07:33. > :07:35.amount, but maybe Marc Austin has worked so hard to stay with them and

:07:36. > :07:40.is now paying the price. But the important thing to me is that he

:07:41. > :07:44.went for it. If it doesn't work this time, next time maybe it will. The

:07:45. > :07:48.experience he will have gained by being with Alistair and Jonny, you

:07:49. > :07:53.couldn't buy that. He will be a different athlete after this race.

:07:54. > :07:56.The penultimate lap about to come to its conclusion with the Brownlees

:07:57. > :08:02.brothers out in front, Jonathan on the right, Alistair on the left, now

:08:03. > :08:07.it is the other way around. They take the belt with one lap to go.

:08:08. > :08:11.Last time the gap to Davison's chase group was 61 seconds, we will get an

:08:12. > :08:15.idea of what the gap is to Marc Austin, who is being roared through,

:08:16. > :08:20.but he looks a little weekend. He has given it everything in his quest

:08:21. > :08:26.to stay with the Brownlees brothers. He crosses the line, he is now 19

:08:27. > :08:32.seconds adrift. He is looking a little shaken. He is fresh out of

:08:33. > :08:36.juice, I think, Marc Austin, and it won't be long, I imagine, before

:08:37. > :08:41.Ryan Bailie and Tom Davison catch him. What a shame for Marc Austin,

:08:42. > :08:46.but what a valiant performance from the 20 old Scot. Guts and

:08:47. > :08:51.determination, he went for it, he will come back a better athlete. He

:08:52. > :08:55.knows this cause well, he races here regularly, but will he have ever

:08:56. > :09:00.raised on a day like today? Scorching afternoon temperatures,

:09:01. > :09:04.against the best in the world, the answer is no, it was a new

:09:05. > :09:23.experience despite the local knowledge. The chase pack take the

:09:24. > :09:28.bell with Davison and Bailie leading them through.

:09:29. > :09:43.At the back, Danny Halksworth from jersey. The leaders are on their

:09:44. > :09:46.final lap. With that time gap, that is what the Brownlees need, they

:09:47. > :09:51.have managed to stay out, they cannot afford to back off. That is

:09:52. > :09:56.why they have decided to maintain, to go that little bit harder, but

:09:57. > :10:00.coming back to Marc Austen, I think that young man has been

:10:01. > :10:04.sensational. He had that pure guts and determination. He didn't want to

:10:05. > :10:08.take the easy way out, he decided he was going to stay with them, and on

:10:09. > :10:15.another day he may well have been able to stay with them right the way

:10:16. > :10:20.through. We are just hearing he is coached by Blair Carter, a strong

:10:21. > :10:26.runner, but perhaps not as strong today, looking as weary as he did

:10:27. > :10:31.crossing the line. I remember him as a very strong athlete, a junior

:10:32. > :10:35.athlete moving up to senior level. The chase as again, Tony Dodds of

:10:36. > :10:43.New Zealand, David McNamee of Scotland, Jones of Canada, Wilson of

:10:44. > :10:50.Barbados, the usual suspects. No-one, apart from Tom Davison, Ryan

:10:51. > :10:55.Bailie, briefly prepared to take it on. We will see if the breakaway was

:10:56. > :10:59.decisive, whether it puts him into a provisional medal position. Richard

:11:00. > :11:04.Murray is the man we need news about, where is he positioned at the

:11:05. > :11:09.moment? Is he in a strong position to fight his way back? He is with

:11:10. > :11:14.the chase group, 61 seconds behind. Murray, we know, has excellent

:11:15. > :11:18.running capabilities. At the moment, you'd probably say that if the

:11:19. > :11:24.brothers shared gold and silver, one way or the other, Richard Murray is

:11:25. > :11:27.probably, in this situation, favourite for bronze. He has got to

:11:28. > :11:33.be the favourites to get onto the podium. And we are assuming, of

:11:34. > :11:36.course, that Alistair and Jonny will maintain this pace and run as strong

:11:37. > :11:45.as they always do, but things can change.

:11:46. > :11:52.Familiar faces, familiar riding styles. Alistair is used to wearing

:11:53. > :11:56.number one, because he is ranked behind Jonny at the moment in the

:11:57. > :12:05.world triathlon series standings, so he is wearing 3 on his upper arm.

:12:06. > :12:09.There were five, four, three for a long time, as Marc Austin gave it

:12:10. > :12:15.everything, but in the NT had to go, and the gap, well, it is

:12:16. > :12:19.significant now. -- in the end he had to go. Brothers together ride

:12:20. > :12:26.away into the distance, on their final lap now with a 10,000 metres

:12:27. > :12:31.foot race between them to come. A couple of words as they change

:12:32. > :12:36.leadership there, still working hard, maybe a couple of words of

:12:37. > :12:43.encouragement, they have got to maintain this to take a handy lead

:12:44. > :12:49.into the final discipline. There he is, Marc Austin, after all the hard

:12:50. > :12:53.work, feeling dejected, and he will soon be swallowed up by the chasing

:12:54. > :12:59.group. Third position will vanish shortly, but Marc Austin, a

:13:00. > :13:04.courageous ride, you could not believe his luck for most of the 40

:13:05. > :13:06.K, he was able to enjoy it in the company of two of the best in the

:13:07. > :13:09.world. company of two of the best in the

:13:10. > :13:11.You have got to recognise that, he could easily have backed

:13:12. > :13:13.You have got to recognise that, he could easily have off and thought,

:13:14. > :13:20.maybe I don't deserve to be here. But he worked the swim, he did

:13:21. > :13:25.deserve it. Somebody has... Is that Halksworth coming through, pushing

:13:26. > :13:31.at the front? I can see a 3, trying to spot whether it was 35 or 39 on

:13:32. > :13:36.his arm. It would be a surprise if Daniel Halksworth, from loitering at

:13:37. > :13:48.the back of the pack, had taken it on himself to make a mini break.

:13:49. > :13:55.This is a beautiful part of the world, as the brothers soak it all

:13:56. > :14:01.up. One of Scotland's grandest houses was in Strathclyde Country

:14:02. > :14:05.Park for a while, a palace stood on the grounds. It was actually

:14:06. > :14:11.demolished, sadly, as it fell further and further into disrepair.

:14:12. > :14:24.There is the remains of a IV to and bathhouse in the park, as well as an

:14:25. > :14:28.arched bridge. -- of a Roman fort. A scenic part of the world, and

:14:29. > :14:33.history potentially being made here this afternoon. It is, it is

:14:34. > :14:40.Halksworth, Daniel Halksworth from Jersey, number 35, having a little

:14:41. > :14:45.go himself. Well, he sat towards the back of the pack for a long, long

:14:46. > :14:49.time. He has given his legs a chance to, if not have a rest, at least to

:14:50. > :14:54.take it easier than most of the other cyclists in this group, and

:14:55. > :14:58.now he has taken his opportunity. Can he stay out there? Does he see

:14:59. > :15:04.himself with a chance of getting on the podium? That is a very big call.

:15:05. > :15:09.We saw and enjoyed all the courage shown by Marc Austin, now it is

:15:10. > :15:13.Danny Halksworth's turn to give him some 15 minutes of fame. He

:15:14. > :15:19.obviously fancies his chances going into the run but realises he needs a

:15:20. > :15:24.bit of a head start, and that group includes some strong runners -

:15:25. > :15:28.Sissons, but the man they need to watch is Richard Murray. These two

:15:29. > :15:32.looked likely to be picking up the gold and silver medals this

:15:33. > :15:36.afternoon, Alistair and Jonathan, a chance to check out the chasers as

:15:37. > :15:38.they head off in the wrong direction, the right one as far as

:15:39. > :15:49.the brothers are concerned. So now they start to go to work

:15:50. > :15:53.again, no letup throughout the duration, throughout the last hour

:15:54. > :16:00.and 13 minutes. Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee have shown the

:16:01. > :16:04.way. Join for a good portion of that bike by Marc Austin, who is now

:16:05. > :16:09.tucked in, just a man in a pack now, having had the limelight. Long.

:16:10. > :16:15.Schoeman is just in front of him, he was with the leaders before he

:16:16. > :16:20.crashed out. -- for so long. This is a race that has been full of

:16:21. > :16:23.stories. I guess Marc Austin now is going to have mixed emotions,

:16:24. > :16:27.thinking back what might have been, but knowing that he did have the

:16:28. > :16:31.guts to go for it, now sitting at the back of the pack, I am sure his

:16:32. > :16:37.legs will be agony. He has got to try to stay with the pack as they

:16:38. > :16:42.come, really, not too far away from the transition area. We know he is a

:16:43. > :16:46.good runner, he has got a chance to refuel at the back of the pack here.

:16:47. > :16:51.I can't see that he will have much left in the tank, but it running is

:16:52. > :16:57.his speciality, maybe, just maybe, he will have something else to offer

:16:58. > :17:04.to this race. It is going to be a tough call, and the work he did,

:17:05. > :17:08.when it disappears, wow, we have gone now, you can see the effect it

:17:09. > :17:58.has had already. That will be a very hard run for the young man. Here

:17:59. > :18:05.they are again, neither of them are Commonwealth Games medallists, but

:18:06. > :18:22.hopefully, they will be today. The time on the women's race this

:18:23. > :18:25.morning, much faster. We were expecting a final time of around

:18:26. > :18:41.2.07. We had a lot of athletes working

:18:42. > :18:45.hard. We have seen initially with the league pack on the men's race

:18:46. > :18:54.with the Brownlees and Marc Austin, that made a difference. They are

:18:55. > :19:00.maintaining to within a few seconds, that time gap as we approach the end

:19:01. > :19:03.of the cycle distance. When we talked to the Brownlees before at

:19:04. > :19:07.the start of the race, they discussed there would not be any

:19:08. > :19:11.tactics within the English team but they would have some tactics within

:19:12. > :19:17.the family, and so it has worked out. They had Marc Austin along for

:19:18. > :19:22.the ride for the majority of the 40 K bike, then they ditched him, or he

:19:23. > :19:26.could not stay with them any more. Then they said, we will have some

:19:27. > :19:33.tactics, but when it comes to the ten K run, it will be a race to the

:19:34. > :19:40.finish of the two of us. Expect some fireworks. They come towards the

:19:41. > :19:46.conclusion of the two wheel stage, phase two of this triathlon, for the

:19:47. > :19:50.swim they were in good shape. In the bike, they hit the front, dominated

:19:51. > :19:55.the two wheel phase and here they are, about to be warmly welcomed

:19:56. > :20:00.back into transition on two wheels for the final time. They will park

:20:01. > :20:10.up the bikes. Their feet are ready to exit the cycling shoes. The

:20:11. > :20:20.Olympic champion and Olympic Ron 's medallist. -- bronze medallist. It

:20:21. > :20:24.is a zinc is a rival for the Brownlee brothers in transition,

:20:25. > :20:29.showing the way here at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Their bike

:20:30. > :20:35.positions are adjacent. They have got get this right. Helmet in the

:20:36. > :20:38.box and shoes on. It looks like Jonny is just ahead of Alistair but

:20:39. > :20:46.they are pretty much together as they head out for a 10,000 metre

:20:47. > :20:54.run. Three laps of 3.3 kilometres to decide who will be the Commonwealth

:20:55. > :20:56.champion for 2014. Whichever of -- whatever that bike ride took out of

:20:57. > :21:05.their legs, neither brother is showing it. Within ten or 15, that

:21:06. > :21:07.their legs, neither brother is gap has closed. I know they are

:21:08. > :21:11.brothers that sometimes you watch them coming into the transition area

:21:12. > :21:16.and they look like twin brothers almost. They do synchronise that. I

:21:17. > :21:24.am sure it is an unconscious thing. What will be the time gap? Daniel

:21:25. > :21:51.Halksworth takes it. His third into transition.

:21:52. > :22:01.This is well within Richard Murray's capabilities to put himself

:22:02. > :22:05.in bronze medal position. Tom Davison's work is done. He is the

:22:06. > :22:11.best cyclist but a long way from being the best runner. They are

:22:12. > :22:16.still shoulder to shoulder. So many times we have seen this, two

:22:17. > :22:21.brothers there. It looks like Alistair is feeling a little bit of

:22:22. > :22:24.pain. Jonny is looking more comfortable at the moment but looks

:22:25. > :22:37.can be deceiving, particularly with these two. This could be a first to

:22:38. > :22:42.see them with no one else for company. People looking for high

:22:43. > :22:48.fives, there will not be any of that yet. There is a lot of work to do.

:22:49. > :23:06.They have distinctive running styles.

:23:07. > :23:14.it is no secret now. The tactics of Alistair and Johnny, they run the

:23:15. > :23:24.first 2.5 K as if that is all there is to worry about. That is the

:23:25. > :23:28.tactic. It is proven to work many times. A synchronised transition

:23:29. > :23:48.here from the brothers. That is the Serena seen in

:23:49. > :23:57.transition now. That is That is the Serena seen in

:23:58. > :24:04.unfortunate Tom Davison. He has a lot of work to do in the scorching

:24:05. > :24:10.heat in Glasgow. He was left out of the water. He will be thanked later

:24:11. > :24:18.possibly by Richard Murray and maybe by the Australian Dan Wilson. And

:24:19. > :24:24.maybe by Daniel Halksworth. The brothers are on their first climb.

:24:25. > :24:32.Three laps. They are on their first lap of three now.

:24:33. > :24:41.Marc Austin down in 19th position. He was with the Brownlee is for so

:24:42. > :24:48.long. Richard Murray starts to work his way up through the field.

:24:49. > :24:55.The early stages on the run and an opportunity on that number one to

:24:56. > :25:01.see how much the cycle discipline has taken out of the legs. With the

:25:02. > :25:06.Brownlees, it did not see much at all. They were working hard at the

:25:07. > :25:11.front. Tom Davison did appear to be suffering tired legs. At the head of

:25:12. > :25:17.the field, Alistair Brownlee with a grimace still. He is trying to move

:25:18. > :25:26.away from Jonny but he is not allowing him to at all. Alistair is

:25:27. > :25:31.pushing along quite nicely. Jonny back in second. There is a bit of a

:25:32. > :25:37.gap but not significant. Richard Murray makes his way in his first

:25:38. > :25:47.lap, more than a minute down. He is in bronze medal position. Alistair

:25:48. > :25:52.and Jonathan have become separated. Jonathan looks to be working

:25:53. > :25:58.desperately hard to get back on it. Daniel Halksworth from Jersey. Is

:25:59. > :26:08.that Marc Austin? No, it is Wilson from Barbados.

:26:09. > :26:25.A shower and a drink for the Olympic champion. Has Jonny closed the gap?

:26:26. > :26:29.Jonathan is not beating yet. The gap is only a second. It is not a

:26:30. > :26:40.decisive break from the older of the two brothers. Alistair seems to be

:26:41. > :26:49.holding that first position. It is not closing like we had expected.

:26:50. > :26:59.Whichever of the brothers is in second place, they usually close

:27:00. > :27:07.quite quickly. Alistair is certainly the outright leader now. They have

:27:08. > :27:12.had plenty of sprint finishes over the years. Alistair has won most of

:27:13. > :27:19.them. Jonathan has got the better of him from time to time. I thought

:27:20. > :27:25.Jonathan was coming back on Alistair but it has not proved so. A couple

:27:26. > :27:33.of checks over his shoulder to see if the gap is staying open.

:27:34. > :27:40.Obviously working hard to do so. It is roasting hot here this afternoon.

:27:41. > :27:43.Alistair has struggled in intense heat in the past. He picks up

:27:44. > :27:55.another drink and gives himself another shower. Jonathan responds.

:27:56. > :28:00.Is he about to rejoin his brother? Now I am worrying. I am looking at

:28:01. > :28:04.all the liquid that Alistair is trying to take on and the frequent

:28:05. > :28:10.glances back. We remember back in Hyde Park, a little while ago, going

:28:11. > :28:14.into the final 150 metres and that collapse. Surely, he will have

:28:15. > :28:19.learned from that experience and make sure he is well hydrated

:28:20. > :28:28.throughout the race. Jonathan has closed that gap back up. Steve

:28:29. > :28:33.mentioned the collapse. It was in the first Olympic test event in Hyde

:28:34. > :28:38.Park. It was decided that would be the Olympic venue. Alistair was

:28:39. > :28:44.leading all the way and then he lost his ability to focus and find his

:28:45. > :28:49.direction. He was overtaken and ended up in fifth or sixth position.

:28:50. > :28:54.This man is making his way up through the field. Richard Murray,

:28:55. > :29:08.the powerhouse of the triathlete. He is at home now in the 10,000 metres.

:29:09. > :29:13.Andrew Yorke of Canada is next best. Is that David McNamee moving up

:29:14. > :29:18.through the field along with Aaron Harris of England, the third of the

:29:19. > :29:23.English triathletes? He has David McNamee for company. Alistair has

:29:24. > :29:31.had another kick away from his younger brother. This one is

:29:32. > :29:34.unmatched at the moment. Jonathan is back in second position. He is

:29:35. > :29:43.watching his older brother move away from him. Very early stages for

:29:44. > :29:47.Alistair to make that break. It is significant that he has chosen to do

:29:48. > :29:52.so. He spoke about his confidence at the start of the race. He feels like

:29:53. > :29:55.he is in great shape at the moment. He made his move early on. The

:29:56. > :29:59.important thing will be to see what the time gap is as we get to the end

:30:00. > :30:20.of lap number one will stop. The Olympic champion, the older of

:30:21. > :30:27.the two brothers is leading the Commonwealth Games triathlon in

:30:28. > :30:32.Strathclyde Country Park. England have already taken the gold and the

:30:33. > :30:38.bronze in the winning's triathlon through Jodie Stimpson and Vicky

:30:39. > :30:47.Holland. Kirsten Sweetland took the silver. Jonathan is five seconds

:30:48. > :30:55.behind his brother at the end of lap one. Those five seconds have really

:30:56. > :30:59.opened in the final. It does look like Richard Murray is making

:31:00. > :31:20.inroads. Appearances can be deceptive.

:31:21. > :31:25.is where he is at his best, he has had some solid results on the world

:31:26. > :31:30.triathlon series so far this season, including a third in Yokohama,

:31:31. > :31:35.second in Hyde Park in London. He is always a man to watch once the swim

:31:36. > :31:41.is down and the bike has been parked. At the end of lap 1, he is

:31:42. > :31:51.one minute and six seconds behind Alistair. So we will see how much he

:31:52. > :31:56.closes that by the end of lap 2. The possibilities are there of course,

:31:57. > :32:01.but it appears at the moment that the gap is pretty consistent. The

:32:02. > :32:06.chase group are a further 17 or 18 seconds down. Another few seconds,

:32:07. > :32:11.and we have Aaron Harris and David McNamee from England and Scotland

:32:12. > :32:18.respectively, running in seventh and ninth position, good performances

:32:19. > :32:26.there. The gap is growing further for the Olympic champion. Younger

:32:27. > :32:31.brother Jonathan, two years is the difference between them, Jonathan is

:32:32. > :32:36.24. They live in separate houses, they always shared before, but they

:32:37. > :32:40.were able to move out and have enough space for all their new toys

:32:41. > :32:47.after they had taken the medals in Hyde Park in August 2012. They still

:32:48. > :32:49.see each other, I saw a quote from Jonny, they still see each other

:32:50. > :32:56.five or six times a day for training! Just reading through

:32:57. > :33:00.that, it appears that Jonny is the one who will persuade Alistair to go

:33:01. > :33:05.out training, he is always ready to go, and Alistair sometimes needs a

:33:06. > :33:10.little bit of encouragement. But no disrespect intended there at all,

:33:11. > :33:18.both absolutely superb athletes. They have proved time and again, and

:33:19. > :33:22.they are proving it again here at the Commonwealth Games. As Jonathan

:33:23. > :33:38.comes past the lapped runner... Alistair on his own now, he won't

:33:39. > :33:41.mind about that. The gap grows even further, brother Jonathan just can't

:33:42. > :33:53.keep pace with Alistair. Is Richard Murray going to be able

:33:54. > :33:56.to close the gap? Is it Alistair improving the speed and bass or

:33:57. > :34:06.Jonny backing off, slowing down gradually? -- the speed and pace.

:34:07. > :34:14.They can improve very quickly. I think Jonathan Brownlee is hurting

:34:15. > :34:18.but still running strongly. We have seen many times before when Richard

:34:19. > :34:23.Murray has closed quite big gaps, can he do it today? It certainly

:34:24. > :34:29.looks like Alastair Wilson day away, and with Jonny dropping a few

:34:30. > :34:39.seconds, maintaining a one minute gap from Richard Murray. -- it looks

:34:40. > :34:51.like Alistair will stay away. Born in Cape Town, he lives in Europe,

:34:52. > :34:54.based in the Netherlands these days. He had the excellent results,

:34:55. > :34:59.particularly over the sprint distance, so far this season. His

:35:00. > :35:06.first win came over the shorter distance in Hamburg in 2012, second

:35:07. > :35:13.a couple of times in sprint distance races as well. He is very handy over

:35:14. > :35:18.10,000 metres, the full Olympic distance. His swim is the area that

:35:19. > :35:23.needs attention. He is never with the first group out of the water. He

:35:24. > :35:26.knows, a bit like Gwen Jorgensen, the American who leads the world

:35:27. > :35:30.triathlon series at the moment, he knows if he has got a minute and a

:35:31. > :35:42.half to make up coming off the bike and into the run, he has always got

:35:43. > :35:47.a chance. We have seen with Gwen, she is a different animal, she has

:35:48. > :35:53.learned to develop the swim. Previously with her, it would have

:35:54. > :35:57.been a wet suit, but we have got used to her losing speed. No more

:35:58. > :36:01.with Gwen Jorgensen, Richard Murray needs to do that - I'm sure he will.

:36:02. > :36:06.Number three leads the race, Alistair Brownlee, the Olympic

:36:07. > :36:15.champion, world champion. He took it on right from the start of the third

:36:16. > :36:24.phase of this triathlon. He swam well, wrote solidly as a four, a

:36:25. > :36:29.three, a two. He has another shower, get himself a drink, get into the

:36:30. > :36:38.shade wherever possible, on his second lap of three. 33 and a half

:36:39. > :36:43.minutes, we expect the race to conclude around the one hour 50

:36:44. > :36:48.minutes mark, and it looks as if he will be adding commonwealth gold to

:36:49. > :36:53.the Olympic title he won in London in 2012. There doesn't seem to be

:36:54. > :37:00.any slowing down of the leg turnover, very strong upper body.

:37:01. > :37:07.Still moving well, moving away from Johnny, it appears. I am not sure

:37:08. > :37:12.what is happening with him, the time gap is closing, but we're not

:37:13. > :37:16.getting information from out on the course. Alistair Brownlee leads,

:37:17. > :37:22.Jonny Brownlee and second, Richard Murray of South Africa in the third,

:37:23. > :37:28.the current standings halfway through the running discipline of

:37:29. > :37:32.this Commonwealth Games triathlon. Any doubts with Alistair Brownlee,

:37:33. > :37:42.picking up the pace, head a little higher, stride length good, fast,

:37:43. > :37:44.powerful arms really dragging the elbows back every single time, looks

:37:45. > :37:48.good, running fast. He has had his problems with injury in the last

:37:49. > :37:55.couple of years, appendicitis in 2012 tugging him out for a while. He

:37:56. > :37:58.has an altitude tent in his apartment that he sleeps in

:37:59. > :38:03.sometimes, the idea is that it stimulates your body to produce more

:38:04. > :38:09.blood cells, so he is better at carrying blood. It doesn't cost you

:38:10. > :38:13.anything, so you might as well do it, that is his commitment to being

:38:14. > :38:20.as fit as he possibly could be. Both of his parents are doctors, both of

:38:21. > :38:24.the brothers' parents are doctors in Yorkshire. Alistair won a spot to

:38:25. > :38:29.study at Cambridge University, a bright boy, but he gave it up after

:38:30. > :38:34.a term, deciding it was difficult to manage alongside his athletic

:38:35. > :38:38.career. It was a good decision to pursue his career as a triathlete.

:38:39. > :38:42.Jonathan, the younger of the two brothers, number 1, holding the

:38:43. > :38:47.silver medal position here this afternoon in the park.

:38:48. > :38:55.Well, Alistair flying still as he just accent to its his lead, moving

:38:56. > :39:01.a bit further away from Jonny. Jonny, if anything, getting a second

:39:02. > :39:07.wind, picking up a little bit, and they are approaching the end of lap

:39:08. > :39:15.number two. Richard Murray flying along, he doesn't mind the heat,

:39:16. > :39:19.clearly comfortable out here, the South African looking solid. The

:39:20. > :39:36.tail end of lap number two. Murray in a moment, see who is

:39:37. > :39:40.behind him in fourth. It is a lapped runner there. I was looking down at

:39:41. > :40:00.that, I am not sure what is happening there. We are further

:40:01. > :40:06.back, it is Bailie and Yorke. McNamee looking likely to finish as

:40:07. > :40:11.the best Scot here this afternoon. For quite awhile, it looked as if

:40:12. > :40:15.Marc Austin would that honour, but at the end of this time with the

:40:16. > :40:21.Brownlees on the bike, it all went backwards for Marc Austin. We hope

:40:22. > :40:26.to see better things from him in the future as Alistair gets towards two

:40:27. > :40:31.thirds distance on his 10,000m run. Well, we did have a glimpse here of

:40:32. > :40:36.the athletes in fourth to eighth position, good news for Great

:40:37. > :40:39.Britain overall with another English athlete and one Scottish athlete

:40:40. > :40:42.there. Good, good news for the future. But here comes our leader,

:40:43. > :40:47.Alistair Brownlee, second places Jonathan Brownlee at the end of lap

:40:48. > :40:57.number two with just over ten minutes of running to come. Alistair

:40:58. > :41:06.takes the bell, 1:37.50 four, kilometres to run. They are on their

:41:07. > :41:13.feet to welcome him, recognising the greatness of the man, his younger

:41:14. > :41:18.brother gets encouragement and sympathy in equal measure. 13

:41:19. > :41:22.seconds behind now, and it will be interesting to see the time

:41:23. > :41:29.difference between Jonathan and Richard Murray, who is in bronze

:41:30. > :41:34.medal position. Here he is, Murray about to make the turn, looking over

:41:35. > :41:40.so he can get an idea of how much he has got to find over the last 3300

:41:41. > :41:46.metres, but I would suggest Jonathan is too far in front. I agree, Matt,

:41:47. > :41:50.he had a very good second lap, because there is always a

:41:51. > :41:54.possibility that a small time gap opens, and as we saw with Marc

:41:55. > :42:00.Austin, it increases magically. That didn't happen, Jonathan only lost

:42:01. > :42:05.eight seconds in lap number two, so I'm indication of just how well

:42:06. > :42:09.Alistair is running. Jonny certainly not running badly, still maintaining

:42:10. > :42:14.almost a full minute over Richard Murray in third place. That is the

:42:15. > :42:17.way the medals will go if everybody stays healthy in the last ten

:42:18. > :42:22.minutes also of this Commonwealth Games triathlon. The gold will go to

:42:23. > :42:26.Alistair, the silver to Jonathan, the bronze to Richard Murray, but

:42:27. > :42:31.sport is a funny thing my weird happen, especially in the final

:42:32. > :42:39.stages of these endurance races. We have seen it many times, in

:42:40. > :42:43.marathons, triathlons - form, speed, energy suddenly vanishes, and

:42:44. > :42:49.suddenly medal position change. Yorke of Canada is fourth at the

:42:50. > :42:54.moment, Bailie is fifth, Harris is sixth, and David McNamee is the best

:42:55. > :43:00.of the Scottish trio, third position at the moment, nearly two minutes

:43:01. > :43:07.off the pace Alistair Brownlee. Good to see David at there, Harris in

:43:08. > :43:10.sixth, because the British triathlon Federation said the selection

:43:11. > :43:23.procedure was not geared to having a third athlete as a domestique. He

:43:24. > :43:28.does not appear to be losing many positions on the final lap of the

:43:29. > :43:32.final discipline. If he stays on his feet and finishes with victory

:43:33. > :43:36.today, it could represent the first of two gold medals for which

:43:37. > :43:40.Alistair is driving over the course of these Commonwealth Games, because

:43:41. > :43:44.on Saturday the first ever Commonwealth Games mixed triathlon

:43:45. > :43:50.relay will take place, and the way things stand it will be the Brownlee

:43:51. > :43:54.Brothers going with Jodie Stimpson and Vicky Holland. If those four

:43:55. > :44:02.athletes are fit and ready to race on Saturday, the British quartet won

:44:03. > :44:09.the world title in Hamburg just prior to the Commonwealth Games. So

:44:10. > :44:14.England will go in with those four athletes as the favourites for

:44:15. > :44:17.Saturday's mixed team relay, which means that Alistair, if he takes

:44:18. > :44:22.individual gold, could add team gold to that, and Jonathan could get a

:44:23. > :44:27.Commonwealth Games gold to add to the silver he looks likely to get

:44:28. > :44:30.this afternoon. It is not just the recovery, but if there is any

:44:31. > :44:34.likelihood of injury, that is what the athletes and their coaches are

:44:35. > :44:38.really looking at. Let's face it, just 48 hours to recover from a hard

:44:39. > :44:42.race, it is certainly going to take its toll, take its stress on the

:44:43. > :44:48.body. I think they will be looking at that and evaluating, as you said,

:44:49. > :44:53.with Lucy in on the team in Hamburg for the World Championships. England

:44:54. > :44:55.are very strong throughout there, and Vicky Holland today was

:44:56. > :44:59.absolutely sensational to take the bronze medal. She thoroughly

:45:00. > :45:03.deserves a place. Fingers crossed that everybody comes towards the end

:45:04. > :45:08.of the day, no injury problems, no recovery problems, England can put

:45:09. > :45:12.up their strongest team. Alistair Brownlee leads the Commonwealth

:45:13. > :45:19.Games triathlon, almost done, he is on the final lap, phase three, the

:45:20. > :45:23.run. 10,000m affair in the boiling heat of the afternoon, past the

:45:24. > :45:29.beach comes Richard Murray in bronze medal position at the moment, into

:45:30. > :45:36.the shade. And on his way in an attempt to get near the silver medal

:45:37. > :45:40.position, but that is looking an impossible task now. He will have to

:45:41. > :45:45.settle for bronze, the way things stand at the moment. The running at

:45:46. > :45:48.the front is so quick, only another five and a half minutes and we will

:45:49. > :45:55.see the finish coming through. To be able to run just outside 30 minutes

:45:56. > :45:59.off of such a hard, hard bike course, again a measure of the

:46:00. > :46:04.strength, the ability of the athletes upfront here. Make no

:46:05. > :46:09.mistake, Alistair and Jonny Brownlee have had to work very hard at the

:46:10. > :46:13.front of the pack, with a lot of other athletes around not being able

:46:14. > :46:18.to close the gap by not very many seconds. The guys all jostling for

:46:19. > :46:21.position, hoping for a top-ten finish. David McNamee of Scotland

:46:22. > :46:27.amongst them as the leader it is tried once again. He is able to

:46:28. > :46:41.taste another big championships heading his way.

:46:42. > :46:50.Plenty of support for Alistair Brownlee. His younger brother here

:46:51. > :46:59.won the bronze in Hyde Park. Now they are seeing two of the best

:47:00. > :47:08.triathletes in the world. There is only Javier Gomez to match them for

:47:09. > :47:11.consistency. Alistair said that the world triathlon series was less

:47:12. > :47:15.important than the Commonwealth Games because it only comes around

:47:16. > :47:19.every four years and it might not come around again. He wants this

:47:20. > :47:26.medal and the way it is going, he will get this medal. There he is,

:47:27. > :47:31.the leader, the Olympic champion. There has been no one to touch him

:47:32. > :47:39.in the last three or four years. When he is at his best in full

:47:40. > :47:43.flow, it is a magnificent sight. Alistair Brownlee is eating up the

:47:44. > :47:49.ground here. Grant Sheldon of Scotland making a bit of a move. He

:47:50. > :47:59.has got a long way to go. Marc Austin was with the Brownlees for a

:48:00. > :48:05.long period of time on the bikes. What a brave performance from him.

:48:06. > :48:08.Alistair Brownlee is on his way to another gold medal. He is not just

:48:09. > :48:17.physically strong, he is mentally strong as well. When he is racing

:48:18. > :48:24.well and not beset by injury or illness, he truly believes he can

:48:25. > :48:29.beat anybody in the world. He has asserted his authority throughout.

:48:30. > :48:41.He came out of the swim in the lead pack. When Alistair made his second

:48:42. > :48:45.move, Jonathan was unable to match it. Alistair does not need to be

:48:46. > :48:52.heard in like this down. But he wants to prove to himself that he is

:48:53. > :48:57.over the mishaps from early in the season, that whoever is in the

:48:58. > :49:03.field, he can win. When you see him grimace and burn like that, you know

:49:04. > :49:13.that usually there is a gold medal coming his way. I think Alistair

:49:14. > :49:23.running 30 minutes on what is not an easy course by any means. Jonathan

:49:24. > :49:28.dropped a few seconds. He does not appear to have closed off. He has

:49:29. > :49:36.maintained the lead over Richard Murray in third place. We are back

:49:37. > :49:40.with the leader. Maybe about a minute of running to go. He is

:49:41. > :49:47.closing in on the title but he's so, so deserves. The last stretch of

:49:48. > :49:53.this 10,000 metre run for Alistair Brownlee. He is near the water

:49:54. > :49:59.complex. Just one more check over his shoulder to make sure there is

:50:00. > :50:03.no one there. Jonny is nowhere to be seen. He will have the bragging

:50:04. > :50:09.rights in his family again this afternoon. Fiercely competitive

:50:10. > :50:14.between the two of them. A close family. Excellent brothers but

:50:15. > :50:19.fiercely competitive when they are out on the roads and when it comes

:50:20. > :50:24.to attempt has a metre run, Alistair is once again showing who is boss

:50:25. > :50:29.here. No slowing down at all. He could back off right now. Maybe he

:50:30. > :50:33.will slow down as he gets into the final straight. The acknowledgement

:50:34. > :50:42.from the crowd will be absolutely superb. He relishes the crowd. He

:50:43. > :50:48.feels like it lifts him. All the major championships, even the not so

:50:49. > :50:52.major races, he reacts to the crowd. He will be inside to the crowd in a

:50:53. > :51:01.few seconds. He is still looking absolutely superb. He homes into the

:51:02. > :51:07.final of the big four titles that he has not been able to compete for so

:51:08. > :51:12.far. He is Olympic champion, he has been world champion and European

:51:13. > :51:19.champion. Now three becomes four as Alistair Brownlee runs in to take

:51:20. > :51:25.the Commonwealth title. He picks up the England flag. A flag in each

:51:26. > :51:30.hand for Alistair Brownlee. It will be an English triathlon double on

:51:31. > :51:36.day one of the Commonwealth Games. Jodie Stimpson came through to win

:51:37. > :51:40.the women's race. Alistair is picking up flags from all the

:51:41. > :51:48.nations. A chance to stroll across the line. He will wait for Jonny to

:51:49. > :51:52.hit the carpet before he finishes. Alistair Brownlee is now the

:51:53. > :51:57.Commonwealth champion. He proudly takes the gold medal in Glasgow. His

:51:58. > :52:01.younger brother Jonathan able to ease out as well, as he adds

:52:02. > :52:08.Commonwealth silver to his Olympic bronze of 2012. The brothers showing

:52:09. > :52:14.the way once again at the top level of the sport. The prerace favourites

:52:15. > :52:22.have done what they came here to do. And it will be Richard Murray who

:52:23. > :52:26.takes the bronze of South Africa. And they will have quite a wait to

:52:27. > :52:32.see Richard Murray crossed the line to claim that medal once again.

:52:33. > :52:38.Mixed emotions here for Jonathan. Happy to get a medal but it is not

:52:39. > :52:48.the gold. He has had to watch his older brother claim that today.

:52:49. > :52:52.Richard Murray's connections are there to offer their

:52:53. > :52:56.congratulations. South Africa take a medal on day one of the 20th

:52:57. > :53:02.Commonwealth Games here in Glasgow. A bronze for Richard Murray in the

:53:03. > :53:09.men's triathlon. The South African team are looking quite strong on

:53:10. > :53:14.Saturday as well. Richard Murray knowing he has given it everything

:53:15. > :53:17.to take his bronze medal. He is soaking it all up here as he

:53:18. > :53:24.eventually crosses the line to take the bronze. I think you are right

:53:25. > :53:31.with the relay coming in a couple of days time. Two men. A couple of

:53:32. > :53:36.mishaps with the women's race. South Africa will be joining Australia,

:53:37. > :53:45.New Zealand and Canada as big opponents. Fourth placed there for

:53:46. > :53:50.Andrew Yorke. Ryan Bayley, the first of the Australians in fifth. The

:53:51. > :53:53.Scottish crowd are looking out for David McNamee who should be the

:53:54. > :54:00.first of the Scots to finish. He is just about to hit the finishing line

:54:01. > :54:04.now. It is a top ten performance for David McNamee of Scotland, on a day

:54:05. > :54:24.which has been dominated here for the English triathletes.

:54:25. > :54:35.Johnny, congratulations, Commonwealth silver. We said it

:54:36. > :54:42.would be an honest race and it was. I am pleased with second. I have got

:54:43. > :54:50.to say thank you very much for getting out of a wheelchair to talk

:54:51. > :54:55.to us. Are you all right? It is anything to put you in a wheelchair

:54:56. > :55:00.after a race like this. It is hot out here. You two make it look easy.

:55:01. > :55:07.We can see how hard you have to work but tell us how hard did you have to

:55:08. > :55:16.work on this scorching hot day? It was very hard. I came off the bike

:55:17. > :55:20.absolutely shattered. It was a contrast to London completely where

:55:21. > :55:30.we were fresh and it was a fast run. That was not fresh, it was hard. How

:55:31. > :55:34.much does it mean to be, love silver medallist? I have got the whole set

:55:35. > :55:39.now, not winning because Alistair has got that. I have read pleased

:55:40. > :55:45.with Commonwealth silver, Olympic bronze and world champion. That is

:55:46. > :55:55.great. Thank you, it Jonny. We will let you go and have some more

:55:56. > :56:03.rehydration. Let me bring in Annie Emerson. You can see how hard he had

:56:04. > :56:10.to work to get that medal. He was absolutely dead going out on the

:56:11. > :56:18.run. Richard, come and talk to the BBC, it you are live on BBC One. A

:56:19. > :56:23.bronze here in Glasgow. I am so glad to get the medal. In the swim I was

:56:24. > :56:28.a little bit back. I don't know if you could see on the television

:56:29. > :56:34.shot, I was behind and I had to go round to catch up. I am stoked to

:56:35. > :56:36.get a medal. You must be stoked in a sport dominated by Australia and New

:56:37. > :56:40.Zealand, you have sport dominated by Australia and New

:56:41. > :56:49.South Africa's first triathlon medal at a major games. I was asking my

:56:50. > :56:52.manager if we had won and medal yet in triathlon. She said No. Coming

:56:53. > :57:01.down, my hamstrings started to laugh up. I was thinking, just finish. The

:57:02. > :57:08.body started to laugh up. I was super, super happy. Did you expect

:57:09. > :57:13.this? I did not know how the body was feeling. I was super motivated.

:57:14. > :57:22.It was hard to say I have to give it everything I have got. We did not

:57:23. > :57:29.catch the Brownlee boys. They were picked today. But I am very happy

:57:30. > :57:34.with third. Well done, Richard. Let's bring in the new Commonwealth

:57:35. > :57:39.champion. Congratulations, Alistair. Thank you Berry much. It

:57:40. > :57:43.was tough from start to finish. When you have a small field on good

:57:44. > :57:47.causes, you get good races like that. Jonny was brilliant. We had

:57:48. > :57:53.Marc Austin for company for most of the bike. I think he was working

:57:54. > :58:01.pretty hard. It was good. He was getting a baptism of fire from both

:58:02. > :58:05.of you, both of you shouting to him to come on. Were you expecting him

:58:06. > :58:10.to be right up with you? We never knew really. It was what it was on

:58:11. > :58:15.that course. He did pretty well, really. We just wanted him to do

:58:16. > :58:21.what he could. We said, if he did not know what he could, we would

:58:22. > :58:25.attack him! You have had an up and down year with illnesses and

:58:26. > :58:30.injuries. What does it mean to you to be Commonwealth champion after

:58:31. > :58:35.being Olympic champion? Absolutely fantastic. It was the goal I wanted

:58:36. > :58:41.to achieve and now I have done it. I have done everything I wanted to do

:58:42. > :58:47.so I do not know what I will do now, probably retire! Your family were in

:58:48. > :58:51.the stands, words? Get, my family and most of Yorkshire. There were

:58:52. > :58:58.more Yorkshire flags than any other nation which is fantastic. Are a

:58:59. > :59:02.proud county. You had lots of support even though you were not a

:59:03. > :59:07.Scottish athlete. We were getting lots of cheers from Yorkshire and

:59:08. > :59:12.the crowd. It was a nice, sunny day. I think there were more people

:59:13. > :59:17.trying to take selfies and get on TV than supporting triathlon but we

:59:18. > :59:25.will take what we can get. A year is a year. Congratulations. Enjoyed the

:59:26. > :59:31.medal ceremony. Annie, team England totally dominating today. Four

:59:32. > :59:39.medals, two of them gold. They did what everyone expected them to do.

:59:40. > :59:44.Anything can happen in triathlon. It is an unpredictable sport. Alistair

:59:45. > :59:47.has executed as did Jodie Stimpson, the perfect races. I say

:59:48. > :59:52.congratulations to Jonny for the silver but you can see in his eyes

:59:53. > :59:59.he really wanted the gold but he said the better man has won. He

:00:00. > :00:02.seems to be able to dig just a little bit deeper. Triathlons are

:00:03. > :00:08.over here in Strathclyde Country Park. On Saturday we have the mixed

:00:09. > :00:13.teams relay. Team England with four medals, do you think they can get a

:00:14. > :00:19.fifth and perhaps even a gold on Saturday? I do not want to jinx it,

:00:20. > :00:24.but they will be so hard to beat, they really are. They raised so well

:00:25. > :00:30.in Hamburg a couple of weeks ago. I do not see anybody being able to get

:00:31. > :00:34.close. As we say, the mixed triathlon team relay making its

:00:35. > :00:41.major games debut here on Saturday. The race starts at 12:30pm. Today,

:00:42. > :00:47.in a sport full of ironmen, it was team England who showed their steely

:00:48. > :00:59.determination to win, I think. They did. Our congratulations

:01:00. > :01:06.especially to Alistair and also to Jodie Stimpson. Near Strathclyde

:01:07. > :01:13.Country Park is the M 74. Many of you will remember from the opening

:01:14. > :01:17.ceremony, pictures of the Sri Lankan cyclists going for a ride on the

:01:18. > :01:21.mate away. It is part of getting to know the area of Glasgow because we

:01:22. > :01:26.have got 5000 visitors from all over the world and some things do get

:01:27. > :01:31.lost in translation. As you know, Glasgow is a place with a rich

:01:32. > :01:45.heritage and a rich vocabulary. It is brewed tea at times. It is

:01:46. > :01:49.certainly very distinctive. We would like you to help translate for our

:01:50. > :01:52.visitors. We would like to do a word of the day. We would like you to

:01:53. > :01:57.give a couple of examples. We would like you to keep them clean. It is

:01:58. > :02:11.all a bit of fun. This is one we are going to start with.

:02:12. > :02:17.John Baron men's opening number from last night. It can be applied in

:02:18. > :02:52.many situations. something or frustrated by it. That

:02:53. > :02:56.would have particular reference to the Prince last night. He was joking

:02:57. > :02:57.about it today, saying it was a joke. But

:02:58. > :02:58.something or frustrated by it. That would he cut his finger on a

:02:59. > :02:59.wonderful piece of Scottish engineering. I think it is fair to

:03:00. > :03:21.say clean and we will put them in a

:03:22. > :03:31.commonwealth games context. We will be going to the Velodrome

:03:32. > :03:38.shortly. It is taking place in the Sir Chris Hawley Velodrome, which is

:03:39. > :03:39.new. But cycling is not new in Scotland, you could say it is coming

:03:40. > :03:55.home. Look back into the past, almost two

:03:56. > :04:04.centuries. You will find here in Scotland, man was creating the first

:04:05. > :04:09.pedal bicycle. It is an invention this nation grew to love. One which

:04:10. > :04:18.has opened doors to live is shaped by sports. Chris Doig, I knew

:04:19. > :04:25.commonwealth games event record. On the streets and roads and on the

:04:26. > :04:34.track. Here, no single journey but an overlap of steep boards and hard

:04:35. > :04:41.graft, and a showground for the best in the world. So, this nation gives

:04:42. > :04:47.thanks to the man who invented this machine of travel and sport. And for

:04:48. > :04:55.him, we can say this summer, cycling is coming home.

:04:56. > :04:59.It is and let's show you the home but cycling inside the Velodrome. I

:05:00. > :05:11.doubt I have ever had the pleasure of introducing a more decorated

:05:12. > :05:18.team. I have added up the medal count of our guests and analysts,

:05:19. > :05:23.you have Paralympic titles and Olympic titles the Jonathan Edwards,

:05:24. > :05:30.Sir Chris Hoy and Dame Sarah Storey. Not bad going. Can I convey

:05:31. > :05:37.my thanks to Sir Chris Hoy the coming to Prince Imran's aid last

:05:38. > :05:41.night. I think he now realises his responsibilities of being a night of

:05:42. > :05:48.the realm. Unfortunately, Chris and Sarah cannot hear you. Hazel wants

:05:49. > :05:54.to thank you for coming to the rescue of Prince Imran last night.

:05:55. > :06:00.My pleasure. Somebody had to help him out. It is one of those moments

:06:01. > :06:09.when you look around and think, is somebody going to help him? I have a

:06:10. > :06:25.set of cups at home with those names on. Also, another Scottish word is

:06:26. > :06:29.about spaced out. Nothing spaced out about the action here and the race

:06:30. > :06:35.we are looking forward to is Sir Bradley Wiggins in the team pursuit?

:06:36. > :06:41.It is shaping up like a close race. They look like they had something in

:06:42. > :06:48.reserve. I think they took their thoughts off the gas a little bit.

:06:49. > :06:51.Bradley is very experienced and they are all Olympic champions. It will

:06:52. > :06:55.be a fantastic battle. There have been some great races over the years

:06:56. > :07:02.between the English and Australian teams. Scotland has its first medal

:07:03. > :07:17.guaranteed. Just not knowing what colour it is? No, Aileen McGlynn is

:07:18. > :07:21.up in the tandem tandem. Let's catch up with the first race and the

:07:22. > :07:25.bronze medal race was an all Australian affair. They were knocked

:07:26. > :07:34.out by the English and Scottish riders in the semifinals. Breanna

:07:35. > :07:40.Hargrave was the pilot. Felicity Johnson, the visually impaired

:07:41. > :07:44.athlete. It was a win for Brandie O'Connor and Breanna Hargrave. Now

:07:45. > :07:50.we can look and see what happens in the first of the gold medal race

:07:51. > :07:55.office. This is Sophie Thornhill against Aileen McGlynn. Aileen won

:07:56. > :08:00.the first Paralympic gold medal in Athens in 2004. She won a silver

:08:01. > :08:07.medal in this event before winning two gold medals in Beijing. She has

:08:08. > :08:14.huge experience across so many different events and it will help in

:08:15. > :08:23.this ride. She will need it, Sarah because it is age against experience

:08:24. > :08:29.against the youth of Sophie Hall -- Sophie Thornhill is only 18 years of

:08:30. > :08:35.age. Aileen McGlynn will need all of her experience? Definitely, Sophie

:08:36. > :08:39.Thornhill has been knocking on the door for selection before she was

:08:40. > :08:46.old enough to compete. She took two gold medals and is piloted by Helen

:08:47. > :08:51.Scott. Helen piloted Aileen McGlynn in London. There is cross

:08:52. > :08:59.contamination, if you like. They know each other very, very well.

:09:00. > :09:05.Great final this promises to be between Scotland and England. Crowd

:09:06. > :09:12.very much on the edge of their seats. The fact you have six laps it

:09:13. > :09:18.allows the tension to build as the bikes slowly go faster and begin to

:09:19. > :09:24.wind it up and gain more momentum. Seems to be a cagey start. Helen is

:09:25. > :09:30.looking for the higher position, trying to draw Louis up there.

:09:31. > :09:38.Coaches on the side of the track trying to give a bit of direction.

:09:39. > :09:44.The height of the track is as advantageous on a tandem as it is on

:09:45. > :09:52.the solo. Is Helen Scott going to try to make her move? One presumes

:09:53. > :09:56.in the next lap or so. Aileen McGlynn's head has been tilted to

:09:57. > :10:03.the right-hand side. Keeping an eye on, sensing her rival's position.

:10:04. > :10:10.Inside the final two laps. What a turn of pace. Louis glances forward

:10:11. > :10:14.slightly, Aileen McGlynn could not get the communication to her pilot

:10:15. > :10:22.and Helen and Sophie Thornhill motored through. Little glance

:10:23. > :10:32.behind from Helen Scott. Eileen McGlynn is not finished yet. What a

:10:33. > :10:40.sprint. Desperately close but just taken by England! Sophie Thornhill

:10:41. > :10:48.just taking it from Aileen McGlynn. Sarah, it was a bit of a surprise?

:10:49. > :10:50.It was incredible. Helen was watching Louis and constantly

:10:51. > :10:58.looking forward. When she looked forward with just under two laps to

:10:59. > :11:02.go, Helen kicked to go out of the saddle and they went past them. You

:11:03. > :11:07.could see their legs revving up again and bass so nearly got past

:11:08. > :11:15.them. Was that a surprise the Sophie Thornhill? It probably will be. They

:11:16. > :11:19.had a couple of qualifying and that should have been enough to come on

:11:20. > :11:26.the outside. They will need to save enough energy for the last few pedal

:11:27. > :11:33.revs for the finish. Chris, high margin tax is different on an

:11:34. > :11:44.individual sprints? Bikes are bigger and you need the teamwork. How much

:11:45. > :11:47.approach do you need? You need to get to the front early. In the

:11:48. > :11:50.individual, you can create a lot of speed by following the slipstream.

:11:51. > :11:56.In the tandem, you don't want to go to early where you waste too much

:11:57. > :12:04.energy. There is a risk of the other team passing. You have insider

:12:05. > :12:11.knowledge on the tandem being married to a pilot. The scale of the

:12:12. > :12:12.pilot and the interaction? It is huge and there is a huge

:12:13. > :12:17.responsibility on the pilot. You are huge and there is a huge

:12:18. > :12:20.responsibility on the pilot. looking after someone whose vision is less

:12:21. > :12:26.than 10% most of the time and sometimes completely blind. You are

:12:27. > :12:34.manoeuvring this huge machine. There is a wobbly backend that is not

:12:35. > :12:37.there, like an arm that has gone missing. It is strange to go back on

:12:38. > :12:46.a solo bike. It is an incredible skill. We were looking at the

:12:47. > :12:50.close-ups and habitually impaired athletes have their know is right up

:12:51. > :12:56.against the back of the pilot, almost a communication going on? The

:12:57. > :13:03.communication happens between the link chain and also through feel

:13:04. > :13:07.through the handlebars. When they have their knows on the back of the

:13:08. > :13:11.pilot, they can feel the move of the pilot and they will have

:13:12. > :13:18.communication between them. Little things they do, which means get out

:13:19. > :13:26.of the saddle. Have you ever tried a tandem? I have, many years ago, it

:13:27. > :13:32.was terrifying. When you are used to being in control and knowing what

:13:33. > :13:36.you are doing, it is hard. I take my hat off to these guys, you have to

:13:37. > :13:40.put your trust in the person at the front of the tandem. It is shoulder

:13:41. > :13:45.to shoulder stuff, there can be crashes and you had to put full

:13:46. > :13:49.belief in your pilot. Your old team-mate, Craig MacLean has made a

:13:50. > :13:57.successful transfer, we will see him later. They have a great medal

:13:58. > :14:12.chance. He is in his 40s now, and he has managed to forge this new

:14:13. > :14:18.career. It is fantastic. Coming back to Aileen, she has moved back to

:14:19. > :14:22.Scotland, so this is a triumph over adversity but there is a sense she

:14:23. > :14:28.is coming to the end of her career? Sophie Thornhill is the new kid on

:14:29. > :14:35.the block who replaced Aileen on the funded Rio Grande. Aileen has come

:14:36. > :14:40.appear with a point to prove. Largely expected to be Aileen's

:14:41. > :14:47.retirement after this competition. Ready to go for the second heat. All

:14:48. > :15:02.Australian affair. . Felicity Johnson piloted by Holly

:15:03. > :15:09.to cost. Against Randy O'Connor, the world silver medallist with Breanna

:15:10. > :15:12.Hargrave piloting. It is Brandie O'Connor nearest the camera at the

:15:13. > :15:21.moment, Felicity Johnson is number five. The first race run by

:15:22. > :15:32.O'Connor. Felicity Johnson has been a star of para- cycling. Gold

:15:33. > :15:37.medallist two years ago in London. Stephanie Morton now competing in

:15:38. > :15:43.the able-bodied sprint, was her pilot then. Johnson and Stephanie

:15:44. > :15:51.Morton also won the world title together three years ago. Johnson on

:15:52. > :16:00.the back of the tandem at the bottom up the track, leading out. The

:16:01. > :16:05.pressure is on her now. These two squads will know each other

:16:06. > :16:11.extremely well. They have trained to gather throughout the season. They

:16:12. > :16:18.will know each other's strengths and weak spots. Felicity Johnson's

:16:19. > :16:28.tandem is at the front at the moment. Brandao, bringing up the

:16:29. > :16:32.rear. -- Brandie O'Connor. Slowly, the pace increases. Both sets of

:16:33. > :16:42.rear. -- Brandie O'Connor. Slowly, the pace increases. Both riders

:16:43. > :16:46.sensing every move on the track. As opposed to the individual sprints,

:16:47. > :17:05.always wind up on these big tandems. Need a bit more lap to get up to

:17:06. > :17:12.speed. More of a drag race. Brandie O'Connor starting to try and wind it

:17:13. > :17:22.up as they go round the outside. It is a Long Way round when you're

:17:23. > :17:26.riding a tandem. Felicity Johnson not having anything of it so far.

:17:27. > :17:31.Can O'Connor claim it? Yes, she can. Brandie O'Connor takes it on the

:17:32. > :17:37.line, claiming the bronze medal in this all Australian race. That was a

:17:38. > :17:42.good ride for O'Connor and her partner. These longer straights

:17:43. > :17:48.helping riders if they get caught behind on the second bank. A lot

:17:49. > :17:56.more distance between the exit of turn four and the finish line. A lot

:17:57. > :18:01.longer up the finishing straight. Allowing riders time to excel in

:18:02. > :18:11.rate and overtake. These are big machines to get past. The reason why

:18:12. > :18:15.they wanted to take control, Johnson wanted the control from the front.

:18:16. > :18:23.Good racing. There we see Brandie O'Connor in the black. Sorry, the

:18:24. > :18:29.white gloves. Brought home by Breanna Hargrave. Taking the bronze

:18:30. > :18:40.medal in straight rides over Felicity Johnson, the Paralympic

:18:41. > :18:44.champion. We have had some good tandem racing on this opening day of

:18:45. > :18:51.competition. Here now, a potentially decisive race will stop Sophie

:18:52. > :19:00.Thornhill, the young world champion, piloted by Helen Scott. Against the

:19:01. > :19:13.local favourite, Aileen McGlynn, piloted by Louise Haston. A great

:19:14. > :19:23.ride between the pair of them. England leading 1-0 in this

:19:24. > :19:34.best-of-3 final. McCain hast to win this one. -- Aileen McGlynn hast to

:19:35. > :19:39.win this one. The crowd will certainly be behind her. She is

:19:40. > :19:49.extremely competent rider, a lot of experience. They have decided to

:19:50. > :19:52.take control. Six laps of the track. If it is as good as the first race

:19:53. > :19:59.between the parent them, little earlier on, it will be worth

:20:00. > :20:08.watching. A tremendous battle between England and Scotland on the

:20:09. > :20:14.tandem. I think the English pairing will certainly want to take control.

:20:15. > :20:23.You can see them just starting to rush, Aileen McGlynn, making sure

:20:24. > :20:28.they keep their speed up. Rushing at them, making them accelerate, trying

:20:29. > :20:33.to wear them out for is coming to the right-hand side, keeping an eye

:20:34. > :20:42.on Helen Scott. They have ridden together so many times, not to date.

:20:43. > :20:48.-- today. Adam Scott has been focused on the front of that English

:20:49. > :20:55.tandem. Potentially one ride from gold. Helen Scott taking the inside

:20:56. > :21:06.line. 2.5 laps to go. That was fantastic riding. She was a good

:21:07. > :21:15.sprinter in her own right. This is going to be a tremendous battle.

:21:16. > :21:21.Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott. Aileen McGlynn bringing up the rear

:21:22. > :21:25.with Louise Haston. All on the line, 250 metres to go. The English

:21:26. > :21:31.tandem is half a lap away from claiming the gold. Can the Scottish

:21:32. > :21:35.pair deny them? Aileen McGlynn giving it everything she has got.

:21:36. > :21:40.Helen Scott and Sophie Thornhill just had too much speed. Gold for

:21:41. > :21:48.England, and gold for the world champion, Sophie Thornhill, piloted

:21:49. > :21:55.by Helen Scott. The first ever women's's Paralympic sprint tandem

:21:56. > :22:10.gold medal goes to England. A great tandem ride. -- first ever

:22:11. > :22:15.women's's Paralympic sprint tandem. She got the manoeuvre. You can see,

:22:16. > :22:24.she drops the left shoulder, throwing that tandem under the

:22:25. > :22:31.sprinters' line. She was able to power her way through that last lap

:22:32. > :22:36.and a half. Sophie Thornhill is normally partnered and piloted by

:22:37. > :22:42.Rachel James, they were the world record, winning the World

:22:43. > :22:50.Championship this year. It worked very well with Helen Scott today. In

:22:51. > :22:54.every one of their races. In two straight rides, the gold medal goes

:22:55. > :23:02.to Sophie Thornhill, Helen Scott, and England.

:23:03. > :23:10.Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott taking the gold. A very composed

:23:11. > :23:15.ride. They had the scare is put on them in the first one. You can see

:23:16. > :23:21.Helen looking for the opportunity to get inside. In that ride she got it

:23:22. > :23:30.absolutely perfectly, taking the sprinter 's' Lane. The Scottish

:23:31. > :23:43.riders were on the back foot. Is that something they will have

:23:44. > :23:47.communicated beforehand. Sophie will be aware that Helen was looking for

:23:48. > :23:56.that kind of move. They practice those sharp moves. The first

:23:57. > :24:04.Paralympic cycling gold medal, and the first medal in Scotland? I

:24:05. > :24:10.cannot hear you! The first medal for Scotland? Fantastic, not the middle

:24:11. > :24:14.they will have wanted. Fantastic to get off the mark. Great for

:24:15. > :24:25.cycling, and Scotland will be delighted. The first para medal for

:24:26. > :24:34.cycling, how big is this for the Paralympic movement. It is fantastic

:24:35. > :24:39.to see para cycling coming into the competition. Swimming and athletics

:24:40. > :24:44.have had it in Commonwealth Games before, cycling is the last one to

:24:45. > :24:47.introduce it. Hopefully we will see other events in the future. You

:24:48. > :24:54.could not get more exciting racing than that. Possibly another one

:24:55. > :25:00.coming up? The men will do their sprints tomorrow, interesting to see

:25:01. > :25:06.how the guys do. Let's go to the mixed zone, Jill Douglas is with the

:25:07. > :25:09.gold medallists. Many congratulations, what a way to

:25:10. > :25:15.celebrate your birthday? I did not wish for a better present, we rode

:25:16. > :25:20.great, I can sit back tomorrow and watch my other team-mates race.

:25:21. > :25:24.Tactically, you nailed it? We went out there to win, we raced the best

:25:25. > :25:31.race we go. Thankfully we got the gold. What about racing in Glasgow?

:25:32. > :25:35.Everybody talks about the wonderful atmosphere in London, pretty special

:25:36. > :25:39.tonight? Pretty special, even the Scottish are getting behind the

:25:40. > :25:47.English. Great to hear when you are suffering around the last end. --

:25:48. > :25:56.bend. To win that first para- cycling medal, special? Very

:25:57. > :26:09.special. We don't know if it will be in the next one, but great to win.

:26:10. > :26:19.Aileen McGlynn, a better ring -- a better -- she is a better in. I'm

:26:20. > :26:25.delighted, great to see what she has done over the years. If I can get

:26:26. > :26:30.close to what she has done, I will be happy. Congratulations, happy

:26:31. > :26:42.birthday. A great performance. The first medals are boarded in the

:26:43. > :26:55.velodrome. We saw the womens 500 metres time trial of its earlier on.

:26:56. > :27:05.A Paralympic gold medallist, as Felicity Johnson's pilot in London.

:27:06. > :27:25.Last year's national sprint champion of Australia. Jessica Varnish, still

:27:26. > :27:31.just 23. Jess Varnish becoming one of the most experienced riders in

:27:32. > :27:41.this field. A few repairs being done. They had to replace the blue

:27:42. > :27:45.foam markers. They used to be proper sandbags, much more interesting when

:27:46. > :27:49.you hit them. Now they just squashed underneath the tyres and

:27:50. > :27:57.disappeared. The old sandbags used to create havoc.

:27:58. > :28:10.The countdown is on for this race. Remember, not a knockout race, not

:28:11. > :28:15.strictly trying to beat each other, they are racing in the context of

:28:16. > :28:25.the whole event. These two could set the fastest two times. Stephanie

:28:26. > :28:35.Morton in the home straight, Jess Varnish in the back straight. Almost

:28:36. > :28:48.ready to go. A harsh descends over the arena. -- hush.

:28:49. > :28:54.That was a very intense start from Jess Varnish, it will need to be

:28:55. > :28:59.good if she is to come out on top in a field like this. Extremely good

:29:00. > :29:04.out of the gate, can she turn it into a quick opening lap? Looking

:29:05. > :29:12.quick at the moment. It is the fastest time. The fastest time by

:29:13. > :29:19.nearly three tenths of a second. Can she keep it going? She has a tight

:29:20. > :29:26.touch position, hitting some sandbags into the home straight. The

:29:27. > :29:35.second fastest time. Stephanie Morton with the fastest. She is now

:29:36. > :29:45.leading the way, Jess Varnish in second place, McKenzie of New

:29:46. > :29:50.Zealand down into third. It was a great opening lap by Jess Varnish.

:29:51. > :29:59.Incredibly competent out of the gate. She just started to tie up in

:30:00. > :30:04.the final banking, coming into the back straight, her finishing

:30:05. > :30:10.straight, she was starting to hang on, dipping down, hitting a couple

:30:11. > :30:15.of sandbags. She is all about the first lap, as a team sprinter. That

:30:16. > :30:26.is what she trains for, the opening lap all important. It can put a bit

:30:27. > :30:34.of a dent into your top end speed. It was the fastest opening lap in

:30:35. > :30:43.the whole field so far. There is our leaderboard, with just two riders to

:30:44. > :30:51.come. One of them is one of the great names in track cycling, Anna

:30:52. > :30:55.Meares, from Australia. Had to settle for a bronze medal in the

:30:56. > :30:59.World Championships, back on the track after taking a year out after

:31:00. > :31:10.the London Olympics. Up this is her fourth Commonwealth Games, winning

:31:11. > :31:18.six medals, including four gold. -- disses her for. Interesting to see

:31:19. > :31:23.her, some of the top athletes have a bit of a dip after the Olympics,

:31:24. > :31:27.will she be able to get herself back on top for the Commonwealth Games?

:31:28. > :31:34.Is she looking towards Rio in two years time? We just saw Victoria

:31:35. > :31:51.Williamson, 20 years of age, from Norwich. The countdown is on.

:31:52. > :31:57.Williamson, was alongside back Lee James in the team sprint last year.

:31:58. > :32:04.Anna Meares into the final two years of her career. It will all finish

:32:05. > :32:10.after the Olympic Games in Rio. What an incredible career. Even if she

:32:11. > :32:26.wins not think between now and then. What a medal tally she has got

:32:27. > :32:36.around her neck. 34 .0 79, the time to beat. The last pairing get

:32:37. > :32:43.underway. Anna Meares from Australia and Victoria Williamson from

:32:44. > :32:54.England. Stephanie Morton has set the time to beat. Will it go, or

:32:55. > :33:02.will she hang on to the gold medal? Different styles out of the gate and

:33:03. > :33:06.when they get up to speed. Anna Meares, solid as a rock. Anna Meares

:33:07. > :33:08.flying on that first lap. Anna Meares wins gold for Australia and

:33:09. > :33:17.it is a record. Her fifth Commonwealth gold in an illustrious

:33:18. > :33:24.career. Anna Meares led the way from the start. The smile is broad and

:33:25. > :33:29.the colour is gold yet again. Anna Meares now with the seventh medal

:33:30. > :33:34.overall joins the water as Australia's most successful cyclist

:33:35. > :33:49.ever in Commonwealth Games history. -- the water. Chris, it is fair to

:33:50. > :33:52.say she is back? She is one of the most driven athletes I have ever met

:33:53. > :33:56.and has been at dawn in the side of the British team for years. Vicky

:33:57. > :34:01.Pendleton had battles with her over the years. There has been a lot made

:34:02. > :34:08.of the relative importance of the Commonwealth games. In terms of the

:34:09. > :34:11.Australians it almost ranks up there with the world Championships and the

:34:12. > :34:20.Olympics? Yes, they take a very serious. It is the second against

:34:21. > :34:25.events behind the Olympic event in terms of the public recognition. It

:34:26. > :34:30.just shows you how much commitment she has had to prepare for this

:34:31. > :34:37.event. A bronze medal for Jessica varnish? She has had some ups and

:34:38. > :34:41.downs and had a difficult time in London. It is great to see her on

:34:42. > :34:46.the podium and smiling. The difficulties you referred to in

:34:47. > :34:51.London is the disqualification in the team event with Victoria

:34:52. > :35:01.Pendleton and then not able to redeem herself because of the

:35:02. > :35:08.injury. Yes, Victoria had a chance in other events, but that was it but

:35:09. > :35:13.Jessica. But it is looking great for Great Britain as well. Anna Meares

:35:14. > :35:17.adds to her legend on the track. Another man looking to add to his

:35:18. > :35:21.legend on the track, Bradley Wiggins, team pursuit and from

:35:22. > :35:31.qualification this morning, he has slotted back in well? He has, you

:35:32. > :35:36.cannot underestimate the challenge of coming from a three-week Tour in

:35:37. > :35:42.France and then coming over to train three of four weeks a day. Burst of

:35:43. > :35:48.speed and recovery. Burst of speed and recovery in the Tour de France.

:35:49. > :35:54.This is a change. The Australians are flying, but you never know what

:35:55. > :35:58.can happen. The weakest link in the chain, if it breaks early on, the

:35:59. > :36:05.Australians, if they push too hard, you never know what might happen.

:36:06. > :36:12.Jack Bobridge is coming in, a real legend? To have him back, and all of

:36:13. > :36:18.them racing each other, will be electric. You know the team pursuit

:36:19. > :36:23.very well, how did the English team go about trying to dismantle the

:36:24. > :36:30.Australian team? They need to make sure they use their strengths as

:36:31. > :36:37.strongly as possible. Bradley did a 2.5 lap turn this morning. That will

:36:38. > :36:41.give the weaker riders, the one struggling and taking longer to

:36:42. > :36:45.recover, hopefully they will give a little bit more when they come to

:36:46. > :36:51.the front. Bradley just turning his legs over there, getting ready. You

:36:52. > :36:57.sense he has found a bit of direction post-2012? Definitely,

:36:58. > :37:02.they say a change is as good as a rest. He is enjoying himself and is

:37:03. > :37:07.glad to be in a different scene. People are glad to see him back and

:37:08. > :37:10.the crowd loved him. The English team have had a lift having him

:37:11. > :37:18.around. Two years of hard work to get to Rio. He still has to earn his

:37:19. > :37:21.place in the team, it won't be offered on a plate, but it will be

:37:22. > :37:26.amazing to see him finish his career with a gold medal in Rio. What a

:37:27. > :37:38.career he has had. Rio, maybe but this is essentially the team you at

:37:39. > :37:40.Wentwood don't to Rio? On paper you would suggest it is the strongest

:37:41. > :37:49.team they have. There are younger riders vying for contention. If you

:37:50. > :37:52.put money on it, this is the team you would expect to see in Rio. It

:37:53. > :37:57.is the first big test on the journey. The first couple of years

:37:58. > :37:59.after an Olympic Games they tried different riders and different

:38:00. > :38:07.combinations, but this could be the Olympic team. First of all we will

:38:08. > :38:13.see the bronze medal race which will be New Zealand against Canada.

:38:14. > :38:22.Simon, over to you. Almost ready to go. Canada against

:38:23. > :38:34.New Zealand. Zachary Bell, 31 and the national champion in the road

:38:35. > :38:47.race in the Omnium. Aiding caves, the 18-year-old from Vancouver.

:38:48. > :38:56.Shane Archbold, Pieter Bulling. Mark Ryan, the elder statesman at 31. The

:38:57. > :38:59.bronze medallist in Colombia earlier this year. And we are just over half

:39:00. > :39:11.a minute away from this bronze medal race. Nervous moments for both

:39:12. > :39:44.teams. Concentrating on the effort. with a bronze medal at stake. Dylan

:39:45. > :39:49.Kennett, who won on this track last year Leeds art for New Zealand, and

:39:50. > :40:00.leading the way the Canada is Remi Pelletier-Roy. Good, clean start I

:40:01. > :40:09.both teams. Kiwi is just a little bit quicker. Looking up slightly

:40:10. > :40:20.with two laps completed. Just over a second ahead of Canada. Canada had

:40:21. > :40:24.all sorts of problems in qualifying. Ed Veal has been drafted in to

:40:25. > :40:31.replace Nic Hamilton, who was injured in a crash yesterday. Ed

:40:32. > :40:38.Veal touched wheels with another rider, but New Zealand looking good

:40:39. > :40:41.in the early stages. Yes, they went out in the early stages of their

:40:42. > :40:44.qualification ride and it all fell apart. They hung on quite well to

:40:45. > :41:00.finish where they did. New Zealand are absolutely flying.

:41:01. > :41:07.As they go into the finishing straight they can see the Canadian

:41:08. > :41:16.riders. Both going quicker than this morning, but it is New Zealand who

:41:17. > :41:26.have the bit between their teeth. They can see the Canadian team in

:41:27. > :41:29.front of them. That will only help pull them out. Psychologically...

:41:30. > :41:35.This race is all but over. They can see them right in front of them. New

:41:36. > :41:46.Zealand meaning business because they don't want it to go the

:41:47. > :41:53.distance. That was a fast start from New Zealand. They were too good for

:41:54. > :41:59.Canada in the end and it will be a bronze medal for Shane Archbold,

:42:00. > :42:05.Pieter Bulling and Dylan Kennett. Canada never got into that race at

:42:06. > :42:10.all. New Zealand going just under a second quicker than they did this

:42:11. > :42:17.morning. They did not have to go any further. Once they saw the Canadians

:42:18. > :42:21.in their site, they knew that barring accidents, there was only

:42:22. > :42:28.going to be one results. It was about hunting down the Canadians,

:42:29. > :42:30.getting up to them. But, Sir on the inside of the track desperately

:42:31. > :42:36.waving his red flag to the Canadians making sure they knew they were

:42:37. > :42:41.about to get caught so the rider at the front did not swing up and get

:42:42. > :42:48.in the way. It was an all-black express train that caught up with

:42:49. > :42:55.Canada. Roughly half distance in the men's team pursuit. Ron is medal for

:42:56. > :42:58.New Zealand. I think there will be more medals for them in the sprints

:42:59. > :43:07.from what we have seen so far. -- bronze. I think so. Most definitely.

:43:08. > :43:15.New Zealand qualifying this morning in four minutes dead. Canada were 14

:43:16. > :43:21.seconds quicker than Canada. Meanwhile, that is a sign of someone

:43:22. > :43:26.who knows what he is about to put his body through. He has been here

:43:27. > :43:33.many times before. What is he thinking? The poor lads who will

:43:34. > :43:38.happily on, what he will put them through. Bit of a distance between

:43:39. > :43:44.him and the three next to him. From what we saw from the qualifying,

:43:45. > :43:52.England more than Habsburg hands full with this Australian team? They

:43:53. > :44:04.have. The Australians rode within themselves in qualification. The

:44:05. > :44:11.English riders had two teams going on after them. I am sure the English

:44:12. > :44:15.squad within reason were flat out. But Bradley Wiggins, I think he was

:44:16. > :44:20.pretty much in control of the ride he was doing. His delivery effort

:44:21. > :44:26.was well within himself. Steven Burke was under pressure. The team

:44:27. > :44:34.went down to three riders. The time is taken on the third rider so you

:44:35. > :44:40.are allowed to lose your fourth man. Once you get down to three, that is

:44:41. > :44:43.when the pressure is on. Australia are the world champions and they

:44:44. > :44:50.were the fastest qualifiers today. Steven Burke, world and Olympic

:44:51. > :44:56.champion two years ago. Ed Clancy, has never won a Commonwealth gold.

:44:57. > :45:01.Andy Tennant, world champion in this event in 2012 and Bradley Wiggins.

:45:02. > :45:04.Three silver medals from the Commonwealth Games in his

:45:05. > :45:15.illustrious career. What a team they are up against. Jack Bobridge, back

:45:16. > :45:19.in the team. Look Davison, Alex Edmondson, who is just 20 years of

:45:20. > :45:26.age and Glenn O'Shea, a three-time world champion. 15 seconds away. The

:45:27. > :45:37.final of the men's 4000 metres team pursuit.

:45:38. > :45:47.Away they go! Let battle commence. Ed Clancy leading the way for

:45:48. > :45:52.England. First out of the blocks for Australia, Luke Davison, the

:45:53. > :45:57.24-year-old. Ed Clancy is the Fairfax man to start by England. He

:45:58. > :46:04.has an extremely powerful engine and will do a powerful turn on the

:46:05. > :46:08.front. Ed Clancy did a lap and three quarters start, as opposed to the

:46:09. > :46:18.Australians who went out in a lap and a quarter. Australia going out

:46:19. > :46:25.quickly, 1.4 seconds in the lead at the moment. Australia following in

:46:26. > :46:31.the wheel tracks of New Zealand, in a sense. Andy Tennant on the front

:46:32. > :46:36.now for England. Leading the way for Australia, Jack Bobridge. England

:46:37. > :46:43.are 1.4 seconds down. They are under pressure. They won't be too

:46:44. > :46:47.concerned at the moment. They are not racing the Australians as yet,

:46:48. > :47:00.but in the second half of this race that is when they will have to take

:47:01. > :47:07.it up. Is 11 laps to go, England well behind. It will take a mammoth

:47:08. > :47:14.effort from Bradley Wiggins or Ed Clancy. Both teams do in the first

:47:15. > :47:19.kilometre quicker than this morning. Australia really have the bit

:47:20. > :47:23.between their teeth. This race is going to form, Australia leading the

:47:24. > :47:32.way as they go through with nine laps remaining. The lead is over two

:47:33. > :47:38.seconds. Bradley Wiggins, what can he do? Currently in second place in

:47:39. > :47:48.the England quartet. Waiting to take his turn, doing 1.5 or even two laps

:47:49. > :47:57.to give the other guys arrest. -- a rest. Australia putting the hammer

:47:58. > :48:04.down, down to three. At half distance, down to three riders.

:48:05. > :48:11.Davidson is out. Down to three against England's four. Will the

:48:12. > :48:18.numerical difference tell? The Australians are now down to 2.5

:48:19. > :48:22.riders, the third rider really losing the wheel. Under massive

:48:23. > :48:32.pressure. Is the lead coming down, it has gone up? 2.4 seconds. This is

:48:33. > :48:39.the problem, when you have a really strong rider. They are smashing it

:48:40. > :48:45.to pieces. It is Glenn O'Shea, powering along. They have a major

:48:46. > :48:52.advantage over England, so far not competitive. They cannot respond,

:48:53. > :48:57.they are on the ropes. Running out of time to bring this back.

:48:58. > :49:09.Australia flying, Glenn O'Shea doing a really big turn. Ed Clancy giving

:49:10. > :49:14.away, Steven Burke takes over. Ed Clancy gave absolutely everything in

:49:15. > :49:20.his final turn. As much speed as he could deliver. Not enough. This is

:49:21. > :49:27.the final lap towards the gold medal for Australia. The 20-year-old, Alex

:49:28. > :49:31.Edmondson. Round the back for one final time into the finishing

:49:32. > :49:52.straight. This will be a decisive win for Australia. Three, 54, eight,

:49:53. > :49:58.51. It is a Commonwealth record. That was a ride worthy of winning

:49:59. > :50:02.the gold medal. They led from start to finish, England were never

:50:03. > :50:06.competitive. For the fourth time in his career, Bradley Wiggins Asti

:50:07. > :50:10.settled for a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. -- has two

:50:11. > :50:28.settle. What a day for the track cycling.

:50:29. > :50:32.Australia full-back out of the bag. It was the expected result at the

:50:33. > :50:36.end. We wondered quite how much more the England team could get out of

:50:37. > :50:41.themselves after that qualifying ride. There was always the sense

:50:42. > :50:46.that Australia were riding within themselves. My goodness me, they

:50:47. > :50:51.pulled a lot more out of the bag. More than they needed in the end to

:50:52. > :50:58.wallop England and claim the gold medal. There was never any doubt

:50:59. > :51:07.about it as Australia came across the line. England, in the shape of

:51:08. > :51:16.Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Sir Bradley Wiggins, take the silver.

:51:17. > :51:21.Simon Brotherton said there was never any doubt, at half way when

:51:22. > :51:27.they went down to three, you wondered whether England would come

:51:28. > :51:32.back, it never materialised? When they were down to three, the third

:51:33. > :51:40.rider was struggling. For a moment, we thought they were back with a

:51:41. > :51:44.chance. They were so strong, 3.54, that is one of the fastest times

:51:45. > :51:51.I've ever seen, a Commonwealth Games record. Team GB will be looking

:51:52. > :51:59.forward to the Olympics, that the England team will be disappointed.

:52:00. > :52:07.-- but the England team. The Australians are getting quicker and

:52:08. > :52:11.quicker, they seem to take more out of the England team on each turn.

:52:12. > :52:16.Bradley was trying to take longer terms to give the others arrest. In

:52:17. > :52:21.all truth, it was only a few months ago at the World Championships when

:52:22. > :52:28.the men's team pursuit were struggling. Too much to expect one

:52:29. > :52:40.man to drag them into their free .54 shape. -- into the 3.54 shape. It is

:52:41. > :52:45.all about form, having a legend back will help the guys, but it is a team

:52:46. > :52:52.effort. A medal is a medal, they will still be happy. A lot of work

:52:53. > :52:56.to be done next couple of years. A step in the right direction?

:52:57. > :53:00.Absolutely, you come to the Commonwealth Games, you have the

:53:01. > :53:06.same sort of teams you will get the World Championships, a second chance

:53:07. > :53:25.to go up against those riders. Confirmation of that record. Free

:53:26. > :53:31..54 .851. -- 3.54 .851. The Australians are down with Jill

:53:32. > :53:39.Douglas. Congratulations, Commonwealth champions, how much did

:53:40. > :53:44.you enjoy that one? It is incredible coming back after not riding on the

:53:45. > :53:50.track. These guys have been mastering it since I have been out.

:53:51. > :53:58.To get a record, to win with these guys, very special. Every time I

:53:59. > :54:04.step on these boards, very special. These guys are my mates, like my

:54:05. > :54:07.brothers, wonderful. That was an emphatic victory over a pretty good

:54:08. > :54:14.English quartet, and you were down to three men. For sure, we use all

:54:15. > :54:20.the guys to the best of our ability, everyone did the job in the

:54:21. > :54:25.final, it paid off. It just goes to show, when we get it right, we can

:54:26. > :54:32.ride fast. We have a lot of strategies we can use. Many

:54:33. > :54:44.congratulations, thanks a lot. A great performance from the Aussies.

:54:45. > :54:50.It is another Antipodean nation standing in the way of gold, New

:54:51. > :54:53.Zealand. They are well champions, they have shown they are the best in

:54:54. > :55:00.the world, up to England to surprise them. Half a second difference in

:55:01. > :55:06.qualifying, but it is a technical events, things can happen. In terms

:55:07. > :55:14.of the English team, we have Jason Kenny, triple Olympic champion, you

:55:15. > :55:21.need the leadership? It is unusual for the team sprint to come so soon

:55:22. > :55:28.after the individual sprint. But Jason's experience will help the

:55:29. > :55:35.guys. We can go to Scotland's first medal of the games, a gold medal for

:55:36. > :55:42.England. We talked about Aileen McGlynn, getting towards the end of

:55:43. > :55:48.her career, I am not saying she's going to retire, but this'll be the

:55:49. > :55:51.perfect end, this medal. Having the opportunity to race in front of a

:55:52. > :55:56.home crowd, is always amazing, towards the end of your career, when

:55:57. > :56:01.you have not quite decided, it can be something that helps you decide.

:56:02. > :56:12.To compete in Glasgow, a dream come true. A big smile on her face,

:56:13. > :56:23.fantastic. The first Scottish medal of the games. Louise Haston, the

:56:24. > :56:26.pilot also important. She will be incredibly proud receiving this

:56:27. > :56:32.medal. That has to be a highlight of any athlete's career. Sophie

:56:33. > :56:37.Thornhill writer the beginning of her career, already hugely

:56:38. > :56:43.successful. She goes to the same high school I went to in Cheshire,

:56:44. > :56:49.just 18. Has been knocking on the door of the cycling team since

:56:50. > :56:53.before she was old enough. She was a winner on her debut, double gold.

:56:54. > :57:10.She can add this Commonwealth title. There is her dad. A very

:57:11. > :57:14.proud dad, no doubt about that. Quite remarkable at this age. I

:57:15. > :57:24.wonder what she will go on to achieve? Helen Scott, the pilot, she

:57:25. > :57:28.is a great pilot, she missed out on selection for the World

:57:29. > :57:35.Championships. This will be another opportunity to show how good she

:57:36. > :57:45.was. Brilliant in the final. Absolutely superb. We saw a couple

:57:46. > :58:06.of medals on the track. Now, another gold medal for England.

:58:07. > :59:09.APPLAUSE. The first medal for Scotland in 2014

:59:10. > :59:14.for Aileen McGlynn. That is the third goal for England,

:59:15. > :59:18.a wonderful day for England. We are looking forward to much more from

:59:19. > :59:26.the velodrome, we have the team sprint, the men's team sprint, up

:59:27. > :59:35.against New Zealand for gold. The Kiwis are the reigning champions. A

:59:36. > :59:42.very big evening in assuming Paul, Scotland, Wales all represented.

:59:43. > :59:46.Michael Jamieson will be going in the 200 metres breaststroke, all of

:59:47. > :59:50.Scotland watching with great interest. Around nine o'clock. This

:59:51. > :59:58.is the end of our coverage on BBC One, we will go over to BBC Two very

:59:59. > :00:05.shortly. What has been a absolutely glorious opening day, we will see

:00:06. > :00:08.you in about 60 seconds on the other side.