14/10/2011 Gymnastics: World Championships

are on their feet. Denise Lewis, the Olympic champion! Rebecca

Kelly Holmes for Great Britain. What a performance. You absolutely

for the World Championships. So far it is proving to be their turn of

the unexpected, especially where the British men are concerned. -- a

tale of the unexpected. We still have some chances to make our mark,

including with Daniel Purvis, who can keep calm. He is the kind of

man that can keep his head when all-around of losing theirs and

blaming it on you. If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

but make allowance for their doubting, too. If you can dream,

and not make dreams your master. If you can think, and not make

thoughts your aim. If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and

treat those two impostors just the same. If you can fill the

unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance runner, yours is

the Earth and everything that's in it. And what more, you'll be a man,

my son. -- what is more. Poetry in motion. He has already

had a good go when qualification but none of that matters. It is all

about the final. Daniel Purvis for Great Britain. Come on, Daniel.

Lovely height. Daniel Purvis! He is brilliant in the air. Very well

controlled. A really strong performance from Daniel Purvis.

are these emotions were flying around during a qualification round,

you managed to keep your head and qualifier with the 6th highest

score for the all-around competition. Was that quite a

challenge, knowing the pressures going on in qualification? Yes, it

was challenging. There were a few mistakes, but I try to think about

what I have been doing in training and calm myself down. There were

some pieces, like vault, Wi-Fi had overstepped, I could have fallen. I

overcooked it, and I took the step. I still got a decent score. That

added to it. He finished 5th at the World Championships last year. Can

you don't hire? With the training I have been doing, I have increased

my start values. I am confident that I can compete with the best in

the world. You are starting on the floor. Is that order of events good

for you? Yes, and I am with the top six gymnasts in the world so it is

great to watch them. I did the same last year and I was in over my head.

It was my first World Championships. Now I am more confident and I feel

like I belong with the top in the world. What has gone through your

mind in that year? It was a shock for you to be there with these guys,

and now you have had the preparation and you know how it

will feel. How different do you feel this year compared to last

year? I feel more ready. I know what is expected. Last year I was

really nervous. I did a clean competition but it was difficult. I

hope to go more steady and do better this time, if everything

goes well. Do you approach it with a tap? Do you try and feel it as

you go? -- with attack. I just want to go and enjoy it. You do not know

how many World Championships you will dude. I keep trying to do each

routine as it comes. I do not want to worry about what other people

are doing. If I go clean, I will be up there. Thinking ahead to the

Olympics, what does this competition mean as far as the

Olympics are concerned? If I can do well now, that puts it in the

Judges' heads. And it is good running for the Olympic medal. I

tried to do what I can. So the secret is to spend as much time as

you can medicating in Japanese temples. But how will the immovable

object compete with the unstoppable force of Kohei Uchimura of Japan?

He is proving to be one of the around gymnast that there has ever

The great Kohei Uchimura goes for his third consecutive all-around

title. It has never been done before. He is in the same group as

Daniel Purvis. He will be the first gymnast up to kick off this all-

around final. We are very excited indeed. We have British hope.

Daniel Purvis is currently ranked in 5th. Six pieces of apparatus and

that is the man that everybody is bronze medallist Daniel Purvis.

has got to be doing. He cannot long as they are nice and smooth. -

with no hand touch. Wonderful Daniel Purvis. One of the hardest

routines that you will see in this final. Really impressive start from

home. Every other gymnast knows that they have to be better than

pommel horse. He was just outside the medals at the last World

Championships and the one before feet are glued together. These are

all of the things that the judges are looking to deduct four and he

but that was a very good start on a tough piece of apparatus. He made

it look easy! Just a small glitch at the end. Daniel Purvis, 15.033.

Very good. Kohei -- Koji Yamamuro. Great on the reins and dynamic on

the floor. Very solid at the start. you rolled out instead of rolling

forward. He did. That will be an error and the judges will pick it

up. Koji Yamamuro has given the tiny margin to deduct. The Tamblyn

was strong and solid, but there was that Enron. -- at the tumbling was

strong and solid but there was that but it has to be performed well. He

does it. Double front somersault. But a shame that he allowed himself

one pays for words. He landed well. -- one pace for words. I think he

is the youngest gymnast in the competition. His shoulders were

just too far in front of his feet on landing. Yes, but lovely height.

The judges will be docked for the knees being pulled apart. That is

why it will not be a perfect score. qualifier. We are used to seeing

him on the high bar. He is a very his hands is very difficult. There

laid down the gauntlet there. impressive work. He is such a

dynamic gymnast. You almost expect him not to be able to control his

power but he has obviously worked really hard at it. Just one little

mistake on for London with all of those tumbles. -- on the landing.

Fabulous technique. The first tumble, two twists, one somersault

straight. He grabbed the floor with his toes. A tiny bit of direction.

The final tumble. The beautiful shape in this double straight

somersault. He just absorbs all of did not quite get round clearly

enough. It was feet-first but the you are totally committed. You just

pull and hope... That was very close but he worked so hard.

Squeezed it tight. Kept his head a foot off the floor. That will be

a score of 16. But don't be too fooled by those vaulters. It is

such a high-scoring piece of apparatus. Leyva in 8th. His score

is down. John Orozco was the second highest

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qualifier in the all-around That's a feature of his work. He

works clean rather than with great his legs at the end. That will be

quite expensive. Everyone is having a little wriggle on the floor but

he seems to be the calmest of the American gymnasts.

John Orozco is lying in 12th. Well, the Arena is absolutely

packed and this is the man that the majority of people have come to see,

the current world champion going for his third consecutive all-

around title. being hit, and so far he is proving

that. Picked up really well from the flick to the double Arabian. He

really is looking good tonight. Once again that's a solid landing

you don't waste any deductions for landing.

Triple twist and that's the sort of landing he can do! That was amazing.

Wow! He's got the glue on his feet tonight. What a routine. He really

did not give a tenth away. Where on earth are the judges going to

deduct in that routine? What a start to his competition! He

had such a wonderful routine. He never waited. Just went through one

after another, and just incredible. Respect from everybody here.

Everyone knows how difficult it is to handle the pressure to execute

everything perfectly. That's just what he did. The full twist into

the double twist, absolutely met the floor perfectly. Timed

everything so well. Half turn in, double front-piked and when he sees

the floor, makes the half turn out and lands just as if he had jumped

off a bench. Perfect precision. He's only got

inchs to spare. He had a big think about the final

tumble. Flared the arms out to decelerate and finish that triple

hasn't let anybody down. 15.566. I can't wait for pommel horse.

Philipp Boy from Germany took silver at last year's all-around

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dynamic power, two-and-a-half twists into front somi with full

twist. Each landing has had a little bounce on. Probably a 0.3

deduction off east. Maybe a 0.1 if it is little. Now he has to

concentrate. A triple twist. A very good routine but there were little

deductions. He didn't have much none in the team final but he seems

to be thriving on this energy created by the previous competitor.

Mykola Kuksenov, he could threaten disappointed with that start.

was a good start. Philipp Boy 14.866.

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Mykola Kuksenov, 1500 on pommel. A The world medal continues on pommel

into the dismount. That was a very good opening challenge. Like a

Bullet Train wasn't he, going around there. Wonderful posture,

super hips driving it forwards. Unbeliever n.

This is Rafael Martinez of Spain. 27 years old.

to rescue that. One-and-a-half twists in the double-tuck

somersault. He did so well. Using all of his experience.

Yamamuro. He awaits his fate. Rafael Martinez 13.891. He's

disappointed. 14.666 for Koji Yamamuro. He even

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stepdad bouncing around. You will see him on high bar later on trying

to get some extra points! Marcel Nguyen. Such a slight figure

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the double straight. He was perfectly times. The swing on that

was so well done. 14.333. Pommel horse for Leyva. Quite a heavy

routine, that one. In the team final there is such a buzz around

the American team. There seems to be something missing from the

Americans this this individual all- Up to that handstand. Very good.

He's been very impressive on the support pieces.

Look at the lovely lift and body shape as he comes round on all of

these circles. Travels well. Has to keep the hands

in line as he travels. Oh, my goodness me, and that will

be very costly at the end. He went out the other side door

really, didn't he, Mitch? Going back to that dismount he will

probably lose the bell over it, because he will get the C for the

first bit but you need to finish with a da.. He might lose the whole

thing. -- finish with a D. He might lose the whole thing. Everyone has

ranks. Amazing. He can twist. They have named it after the guy that

did it first. Lopez. This is just unbelievable. Unbelievable to come

out of it and spot the landing and stop the twisting. I was going to

say that. It took a lot of force to stop. It is a massive score! He is

This competition has had more twists and turns than a gymnastics

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finish. 6.3 or 6.4. That man is on form. So secure. He has qualified

for the pommel horse individual apparatus final, he is that good.

He looks so in control of everything, doesn't he? He changed

the tempo during the routine. Sometimes fast, sometimes slower.

He could control each of the elements that he was performing. He

really looks in superb shape. And in fantastic control. Like you said,

real swinger. No strength. He looks like he is enjoying himself. You

come to the arena in front of your home crowd and there will be

pressure, but his smiles are getting bigger as the apparatus

is what Kohei Uchimura is after. He will be over 16, sin. -- soon.

will be on for 91 if he keeps this up and his best pieces are still to

come. Philipp Boy has a little word to himself. Can he lay to rest the

ghosts that haunted him in the team final? Every team has got their

problem. And for the German team it was the pommel horse. That is

This is more like the man that was European champion and silver

medallist. The rhythm here will be very important. Can he keep going?

Well done indeed. Look at the relief on his face. I am relieved

for him! Absolutely. We saw him struggle so much in team

qualification. They started on pommel horse in qualification and

they were all over the place, and again in team finals. It is so good

to see the gymnast pull themselves together. A couple of areas that

were deductible. That was not one, it was very good. Psychologically

he will be in a good place. He had one problem, but he got over it and

he is getting through his routine. That makes you think that Lady Luck

could be on your side. You can just see the relief on his face. If you

are going to come good, now is the time to do it. Soo Myun Kim is up

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element. That is a good position. And a solid handstand. Now he is

regaining a bit. He controlled it well. Into the front somersault

which is very difficult and quite unusual. That was an efficient

routine. That is the word that I think epitomises this guy,

efficiency. He was in 9th after the first rotation. Another one that

you cannot write off. He was impressive. He will be in the top

10, comfortably. His 4th all round. He will get better as the

competition goes on. -- 4th all- around. His weakness of the

strength positions. He is an elegant swinger. That double pike,

this particular rotation and the gymnasts will be moving on. First

group will go to rings, the second to vault, the third to parallel

bars, and the 4th group should be Lots of height. He has done such a

good job for the Chinese team. Since 2003 he has been there,

reliable always. The only gymnast from China to qualify for the all-

around. They went for the team title, successful of course. Lovely

style. He is proving his worth. That is a great vault. Two-and-a-

half twists. 15.6334 Teng Haibin. Kohei Uchimura is living up to

on the pommel horse meant he had a long way to go. John Orozco did

some damage on the pommel horse as well. What are your thoughts so

far? Kohei Uchimura is just amazing. He is incredible, isn't he?

Fantastic. I think that Japan are back with a vengeance after

slipping in the team final. Kohei Uchimura smashed the floor, and did

his routine beautifully. What we your thoughts on the pommel horse?

You will be up against that. think he is just tried to put in

good scores because if he goes through safely, he will get the

title. Nice to see Philipp Boy clinging on. He had a nightmare in

the team final but individually things are going all right for him.

A few people had some estate in the team final, but they have sharpened

up in the all-around. Philipp Boy has got his routine. I think it is

tough to start in the top group with the best gymnasts. He is

keeping his nerve well. He got through the pommel horse routine

and he will be happy with that. Another gymnast in that top group,

Dan Purvis. He stayed on the pommel horse and got through. Consistency

is the key with six pieces. He is keeping the men's spirit alive in

this competition. He did fantastically well. He paced his

floor routine. He is nervous to start with the big boys. There was

a slight split on his pommel horse routine but he got a 14 at the

score. Really good. What do you think about his spirit? I think he

is really good. After his floor routine, he clapped his hands, and

after the pommel, he looked at me and his coach was clapping away. I

think he has got a good ride. In the third rotation he has relaxed a

bit and got into bed swing of things. I think that he can contend

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for a medal. Watch this space, Dan feet first, that is very well done

indeed. He has killed the swing, absolutely brilliant. Full twist,

double straight. Not the best of routines, but controlled and

focused and he brought it back. That was great. I think he shows

one of the best handstand shapes on rings. Really good style in that

situation. That is quite typical of the younger gymnasts. They have a

really strong handstand shape in double straight. He whips around.

He just wants the feet as high as the hits on that. And the hips as

low as the shoulders to get before Mark for that position. -- all of

the marks for that position. He did bent arms.

He holds the handstands well. Pirouettes cut a little movement

there, a shuffle of the hands. Very nice full pirouette on the

upward swing. A difficult dismount, the double front. More difficult

than the double back. He didn't really make a mark on last year's

World Championships. Danell Leyva, 14.341.

Belyavskiy didn't really make a mark last year but this year he's

leading after two pieces of apparatus.

This is Nguyen's third piece. lovely, stylish gymnast. But that

is very costly. Although he landed on the mat, the deduction won't be

as big as if he landed off it. But the big step to the side, at least

foot right. That will really cost him.

15.133 says he is up in second place. But don't take that for

lovely two-and-a-half twist. The flip-on allows the gymnasts to lift

purely and straight into the air. It makes direction easier for them

than from the half turn on. The Ukrainian qualifyed with a

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score of 15.8166. there is that fantastic landing

again. He's halfway round and I will tell you what, I said the

smile's getting bigger after every piece! I can't imagine what he's

going to be like after the high bar. I will tell you what, that is

phenomenal. He's an all-around gymnast. Look at the line there,

Chris. So in control of everything. Now you can see the feet as high as

the hips. That's a good angle to see. Holding that body out straight.

So difficult. And this, the somersault, straight and killed

into the strength position. Really impressive work. Swinging on

beautifully straight arms. Turning the rings, but this is what

impresses me most. He just doesn't flicker on landing. Even that

tucked position, it is straight with bent legs. It's wonderful

positioning. 15.166. He's up above that golden

He will feel he's got a fair bit to prove to the crowd tonight after a

disappointing performance in the team final. 16.033 for Mykola

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so a tiny deduction. A super dismount. He was fifth after two

pieces of apparatus. He's a great gynnast. Very modest. -- gymnast.

Very modest. Works hard. Good technique here but you can see

knees and feet croced again. Wrinklings his toes up for the

handstand. Gets up sharply in the piece. He will move on to high bar.

He's popped down into sixth. Philipp Boy now on the rings.

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done. Not as smooth as he would like, but he's battling through it.

Three for three, a lot better than twisting vaults so well. Really

lobbed that into the air. Wrapped the twists in. The use of this

platform in this last cycle has become so impressive on vault.

Philipp Boy 14.5. Going back to that thought on the

vault, from the long box that we saw. Then it became the horse, then

this table, which is a metre square. It is a lot safer. Safer and much

more block, so if he hit the right point and work with the table, they

can get enormous lift. Rafael Martinez 16.1. He'll be

delighted with that. Such a brilliant twister and turner

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on floor and vault. Hopefully we'll vault. No, he slapped the floor,

didn't he? That's his next piece, now, so he will be focusing on the

runway. He's watching his team-mate, the

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last gymnast in the top group to go him working to try and straighten

it out. That must have been a huge strain

to binge that back on-line. -- bring.

He did well. Just overtipped him at the end. Once you start swinging,

unless you get in charge of it, it bring that back. Not only did he

have a forward and back southward swing, but a side to side as well.

To try and stop yourself swinging in that position... You can see the

power in his shoulders and arms. This really is the event that tests

your upper body strength to its limit.

Every muscle straining. That is lovely. Shoulders well down.

He has to show the swing as well as the strength. You can see how he is

just swaying a little bit from side to side. Dismount, all important.

He's probably a little bit disappointed. He's been waiting to

show his skill on that apparatus. He will have to wait for the

individual apparatus finals. Hing he's a very dynamic -- I think

he's a very dynamic gymnast. Koji Yamamuro 15.125. He's into ninth.

Vault is their next piece of apparatus. Everything should sort

itself out after that. Daniel Purvis qualifyed with the

sixth-highest score. He was ranked fifth because gymnasts can't

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compete if there is more than two see his score go over 16. He tried

in vault with seven in qualification. Will he hold back

here, one wonders? -- worth seven. There is his number. 6.6. He is

holding back. The reserved character of Kohei Uchimura.

shows you how much he wants the gold medal. Do you blame him?

Look at his wonderful set-up. Seeing that line. Focus the vault

on that line. Two-and-a-half twists. Fabulous landing. We need to close

up to see if he was dead in line but it looked it from our angle.

Absolutely extraordinary. Number four. This is just the ultimate,

ultimate performance. Absolutely. So cool under pressure. The huge

weight of expectation on him. He ambles down at the runway and

harnesses it beautifully. Central Armando. Two-and-a-half twists to

make it 6.6. -- central on landing. Look at the height. We can call

these landings the natural landings. I have never seen anything like it

in my life. Not a natural! If the judge thought it was perfect, he

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will score 16.6. I defy them to and then the control at the top of

many times that consistency is the key. He was going well. Two more to

go. To change groups can be difficult, but he seems to be doing

it very easily. He lost the shape, but ferry clean half-turn, which

can be difficult. -- very clean. Soggy at the back, but he tidied it

up nicely. He is in third. He is having such a good competition.

never looks phased. He always looks like he is performing well within

his capabilities and grasp. Very much the measure of the well-

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skip and jump forward at the end. That was his best piece of

apparatus. Good lift out of that back-flip. The half-turn into the

double front somersault. Very nice and clean work. The gymnast has to

be well above the floor there. The round-off where he changes

direction. It is very difficult, the 2 and a half twists, it to land.

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That is why so many do a somersault the middle. He got the silver at

the World Championships on parallel bars. But that was a super dismount.

He is a good gymnast. Many years ago he saved the Chinese gold medal

by producing a very good high bar. That is doing no favours at all. He

was a little bit short on most of his pirouettes. He did not really

lock out on straight arms enough either. The only Chinese gymnast in

the all-around final, surprisingly. I think they were saving the team.

I think he was possibly the only one who worked all pieces. Pascal

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Bucher is up into the top 10 with His knees buckled a bit, but he

controlled it well. He is very efficient when he hits the platform,

his shoulders are open and he rockets of the top. He is so

focused. Very sharp off the top. Deep on the landing. The conversion

up words was so efficient. And look at the liner, through hips and feet

and toes. -- line. A very good vault all round. Daniel Purvis

scores 16 and that put CERN into third! In the words of the great

Japanese legend, go on, my son! -- that puts him into third. You have

been waiting two hours to say that! You are like an excited little boy.

I cannot believe you did not say it two years ago. He has been waiting

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third after the last rotation. He got 14.6 in the team final. Cyril

has had ups and downs tonight, but so much energy on that vault. He

really wrapped it round. He went to decide to compensate, which was a

pity. -- to the side. He went for a really difficult vault. The

direction was good, but he lifted one shoulder a little bit more than

the other. Eventually it went wrong, on the landing. These are such

impressive vaults. They are just so high, they accelerate into the

ceiling. He wraps his arms in tight and brings them out to control the

landing but he did not bring the left arm out quickly enough to kill

the spin of the twist. 16.066. That little step to the side was a shame,

but it is the bar of 16 and that will keep him ahead of Dan Purvis.

out. Not having a night to remember. The way he attacked the run was

amazing. He just took it all up. You have to marry height and

rotation. It was all up into the air. He did not get his heels over

fast enough. It all went up, and there was not enough to take him to

his feet. He landed with his shoulders behind his feet and there

is nothing that you can do about that, really, however determined

that you are. That sparked is just not there. -- spark. 14.8. That is

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champion on the parallel bars, twisting double. You don't get many

of those to the pound. That's improved a lot since we last saw

him on the world stage. But I don't think the content of the routine

has improved that much. A little bit untidy, Mitch. That's a shame,

because she a good parallel worker. There are too manyer overs here.

He's a -- There are too many errors here.

And there is the dismount. Fabulous. Nguyen 15.2 for the European

parallel bars champion. He's up Uchimura is 1.942 ahead of his

team-mate, Yamamuro. Daniel Purvis is in bronze medal

position, ahead of Philipp Boy in fourth. The cushion is 0.034.

Two pieces to go. Daniel Purvis in third. Can he hold on? We are

thinking P bars, with the high bar to come. I think the best thing

about Dan is he's a cool-headed guy. He doesn't buckle under the

pressure, we saw that in qualification. And the routines, he

is comfortable with. What we can hope is that someone else will make

a mistake and Daniel will go through. What do you make of Kohei

Uchimura? The atmosphere in this place is incredible. He must be

under enormous pressure. He's doing fantastically well. He's got great

expectations on him. Everyone looks at him as the top guy. We are in

his back yard. He looks like it is a walk in the park for him. He

makes gymnastics look easey. It is a joy to watch and he deserves to

win. He's got the high bar last, which he fell off from in the team

final. Do you think that will be on his mind? It will be preying on his

mind somewhere, but when you are a top gymnast you have to wipe the

slate clean in each competition. He's comfortable with his routines.

He hasn't got the risk of making a mistake for the rest of the team.

He's out for him. I think the bar will be a big piece, in terms of

where Purvis will finish and the other guys. Do you think Dan will

be able to remain calm? He must be excited now with two pieces to go,

knowing he will be in with a chance. He will do his routines. We've got

some big high bar routines before the final. If Dan can make the

others nervous, something should happen. If he betters fifth place

that will be something. He will be happy doing the six pieces clean. I

wish him all the best. Thank you. Cheers.

Flavius Koczi from Romania. His the top of the handstand. That

spoils the line. Three-and-a-half twists into a

front somersault with another full twist. It is those hugely difficult

moves, three-and-a-half twists, he will be the only person that

performs that here. Linked to another full twist. That really

gives him big, bonus scores. This will knock his star value

right up but he has to land, just a triple twist. He has a little

wrestle but that is very impressive. What more would you expect from the

his palms. If you are wondering what his pedigree on parallel bars

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is like, he's got a bronze at the work. Look at the line! And that's

the first time he skipped his feet back, but that was a wonderful

performance. Goodness me! The pressure must be building.

Wow! Surely... He's looking a bit stressed now. He's got the high bar

to go. But the pleasure is evident. He didn't seem quite so thrilled

with that performance as the others. He just had to work a little bit

harder. The thing I like about him so much

is he's got such wonderful rhythm to his work. Nothing looks strained.

Look at the height of that dismount. Difficult work done well is

unbeatable. 15.366 for Flavius Koczi. He's in

the lead. But for how long? Uchimura's score hasn't come in yet.

He has to be the finest all-around gymnast there's ever been, has to

be. If he does three in a row it proves it. 15.56. A massive

parallel bar score. One to go. He wasn't totally sure about that.

The smile came when he saw the score. He wanted it confirmed by is

the judges. Philipp Boy just behind Daniel Purvis.

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disappointed with that, but the work on the apparatus was very good.

This is the competition we are looking at, Boy versus Purvis.

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competition. The pride of France. Very nice work there.

Boy keeps checking that scoreboard. There's a tenth in it between him

and Daniel Purvis. Dan is on P bars next.

It's a score of 14.566. Boy can't believe it. He scored in qualifying

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15.133. Sorry, 15.233. That was he does that! He needed that. My

word, to stay ahead of Philipp Boy he needs a score of 14.533. He's

got to get that. He was so clean. There was a tiny hesitation when he

did the little hop to the top, locking under in one of the semy,

to get the score. He needs every tenth he can get here, because Boy

has a highly difficult routine on high bar. That's the first time

I've ever seen Daniel Purvis look pressurised. Purvis looking for

14.533. And it's a 15.2! It's good news for

Daniel Purvis. Just high bar to come.

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Koji Yamamuro prepares to swing his back. He really did zip off the bar

there is. This is getting really exciting.

He's got such a zippy energy about him. And we are so used to gymnasts

really lifting off the bar. He lifted off the bar beautyly there

for the straddle-front somersault. Lots of energy in that. But the

dismount, he just sort of dropped off the parallel bars and descended

to the floor. David Belyavskiy on the floor.

And the double-backed somersault. He really lift.

The judges can deduct for lack of height. They certainly wouldn't

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Purvis. I think he will be lucky. Koji Yamamuro is in second. Two-

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and-a-half marks behind his team- with that. He was in 7th after the

last rotation. That should have gone out right in turn. This was

the earlier move when he was loose. You can see the bent legs when he

kicks. The move itself is very good, the full twist, but the catch was

uncomfortable. The one and a half turn. He keeps his eyes on his

hands. He just loses body form when he kicks into the dismount. The

judges will deduct for that, even though it was a very high it

is growing! -- he is behind Daniel Purvis. David Belyavskiy is also

behind Dan Purvis. He is clinging recovery. He was a long way back

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and is looking for a top 10 does not hesitate between moves.

Each move is meaningful. That is just what I mean. Straight into the

dismount. A good piece of apparatus difficult skill. And then a lovely

double pike. Flying, clean, stylish routine. This is the last gymnast

on parallel bars, and he scores 15.366. All of the gymnasts will

now rotate to their last piece of apparatus. Kohei Uchimura has a

score of 77.931 and is leading the field by over 2.5 marks. Koji

Yamamuro, his team-mate, in second. Daniel Purvis from Great Britain

with one piece of apparatus to go, in third. Philipp Boy has dropped

being prepared for the first gymnast, Philipp Boy. Dan Purvis is

gymnast and everything will have finished and all eyes will be on

him. Hopefully we can see him a lift that trophy and hold that

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highest high bar score of the whole everything. That really is a

challenge. Well done, Philipp Boy. He could not have done much more

than he did. He fought his way through. He had some bad luck, but

that was all about skill. He did not hold back for one minute. He

really went for everything. Look at that fantastic body shape. Legs

together in the full twist. Straight back somersault over the

bar. Same move again with the legs tucked. Really impressive work. He

went for 100%, knowing that was the only way he could possibly

challenge for a medal, by giving it everything. He just showed us the

tough competitor that he is. There is a high five. It is 16.066!

It is massive. He got himself silver at the last World

Championships. Dan Purvis has quite at the World Championships. -- to

really good job. Has he given away too much? That was a great

performance from Dan Purvis. He could not have done any more. If it

is not difficult enough, he just goes home and worked harder to make

it more difficult. That was wonderful style. He did not hold

back. He gave the routine every bit of determination. Wonderful

pirouette skills. Linking them together. He lifts high, it super

full twist in the double straight. What a competition from Daniel

Purvis. Will the judges be kind? Come on, come on, come on. They

have been very strict. It is not enough to stay ahead of Philipp Boy.

14.8. He may not have shown the difficulty but he has certainly

shown at the effort. Fantastic performance from Dan Purvis on all

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that enough? Koji Yamamuro is happy. What a time he has had in this

arena. Huge appreciation in the crowd. Philipp Boy, talk about

saving the best till last. This young man can do more difficult

work. He left out some. He is determined to get into those medals

on style. Playing it safe. Nice. He was late with their head. He did

very well to catch up. -- with the head. One little hop backwards but

he played safe. Was that the right tactic? We will find out. Well!

14.866. He has not gone ahead of Philipp Boy. You do have to say

that the high bar routine that Philipp Boy it did was so full of

difficulty and so exciting, that it really does deserve to be rewarded

the way that it has been. Looking at the gymnasts to follow, there is

nobody that can threaten that. Amazing performance from Philipp

Boy. He has come from that other apparatus to finish on. You are

well indeed. A very brave effort from David Belyavskiy. He's had a

good competition. He's had a good Championships actually all in all.

I think we are going to see a lot of this kid in the future.

thoughts exactly. He would like it to be better. Although he's done

his best, he would like to be up there fighting for the medals. I'm

sure he will come back with the difficulty needed to do that next

year. Zips along the pommel horse. Strong technique. Just a little bit

wild there at the finish. He's one to watch, for sure.

He has youth on his side. What a job he's done, good gosh.

It's terrific., "You can't come this way!" Well, that's Japan for

you. Lovely people, but if your name's not down, you're not coming

in. But rules are rules, Matt. Yamamuro I think is still quite

dumbfounded by that. It didn't have the difficulty. He did play safe,

and that's the gamble you take isn't it. Look at him.

I bet Philipp Boy didn't think he was going to be in this position at

the start of this competition, because he had an awful competition

so far. 14.733. A good pommel score qualifier. We could see some

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Danell Leyva take a nasty fall of double straight to finish. A big,

big smile from a very impressive young man. Indeed. If only the

first half of this competition would match the second half, he

would be up in the medals. He would indeed. Very unassuming in his

demeanor but his work is superb. A full twist in the Tkachev.

Beautiful work. Two goes at getting his hand on but he was absolutely

firm. Really nice work. Full twist in the double. It is only a 6 -4,

6-5 difficult. Wait until he puts the hard stuff in.

Can he get up into the top ten? So many of these gymnasts on the

floor are coached by former Soviets. 15.366. He's into fourth, behind

Daniel Purvis. It's worth noting that Purvis is only 0.323 behind

Yamamuro. APPLAUSE Listen to the crowd. Kohei

Uchimura is the highest on floor, the highest on pommel, on rings and

parallel bars. What has he got in Superb. Do not hold back, young man.

Keep it going. You're the best in the world, just

prove it now, go out with a real flourish.

Superb work, this. A big wind-up. Go on. Yes! That was fantastic!

What a routine and what a way to win the World Championship? He is a

superstar. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE He could have

played it safe. He wore his heart on his sleeve, and look at this

place. Everyone is on their feet, including us. Come on, get up,

Mitch. I can't stand after that. Absolutely unbelievable.

What a champion's performance. Fantastic, and Matt is correct. The

greatest gymnast we've ever seen. CHEERING That is wonderful to do

that in front of this packed house. Come on, Matt. You've run out of

words. I am gob smacked with that. We've watched him go around piece

after piece and just look at the style and the grace which he works

that bar. So good to see him do the whole

routine. Not hold back. He only needed to score a 12 to win. He

could have done just half a routine, but he went out with fantastic

style. Really showing us the great champion he is. Just unbelievable.

What a final landing. It is like he press as button somewhere. It is

15.7. It's by far enough and my word. It is remarkable. Philipp Boy

is on the phone. Everybody's over the Moon.

Boy oh boy what a performance from him. That is truly remarkable for

Philipp Boy, whose Championship has been so dismal so far, but he

turned it on at the right time. Thrilling. The men's all-around

final, Kohei Uchimura absolutely world class.

93.631. Philipp Boy takes silver for the

second year running. Koji Yamamuro, bronze. Daniel Purvis settled

row, Kohei Uchimura. Yamamuro, bronze.

This golden moment belongs to that man.

Philipp Boy unsurprisingly is emotional. The medal was at his

fingertips for the majority of his competition. He got his hands on it

for the national anthem of Japan. The representing country of Kohei

Uchimura, the gold medallist of the 4 3rd gymnastics World

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Championships, the men's all-around APPLAUSE

A fourth place for Great Britain's Daniel Purvis. Dan, how are you

feeling after that, man? feeling really good. I went out

there and hit my routine. I'm really happy. Talk us through from

the beginning? I was first up on floor. I was pretty shaky but I

managed to do my routine. I was pleased with that. From there it

went pretty good. He to keep my focus. It went more than pretty

good, let's be honest. I don't think kite have asked for much

better. It was a great feeling at the end. When you were feeling

shaky on the floor, what did you do to keep calm? I tried to slow

myself down. In my head I thought, keep yourself calm. And the pommel

horse, you stayed on, that's the main goal. That's everyone's

nemesis in gymnastics. To stay on, it was going in the right direction.

How did you cope from the pressure of Uchimura's side of things? He

was pretty impressive. Everybody here, the atmosphere was phenomenal.

It was awesome. It's probably been the best competition I've been to

atmosphere-wise. Uchimura is in a league of his own. Second or third,

it was for the taking. I tried to hit my routines. I was hoping for a

medal, but it wasn't far off. were things when moving from P bar

to high bar. You knew Philipp Boy had the difficulty and was going to

go for it? I've competed with Philipp Boy a few times. His

routine, he either hits it or he doesn't. Fair play to him. I

focused on my routine. It's a bittersweet feeling coming fourth

but it is still great to be fourth in the world. You were fifth last

year, fourth this year, what's happening they can year? I'm not

sure. The Olympics coming up. The team is looking good. We are going

to be training through Christmas for the test event. Be very good.

You've got to take a massive amount of confidence from. This just for

you, for the experience, going forward for 2012. It is great to be

up there with the best. It is great, a dream come true. Thanks to my

coach, Jeff Brookes, and the national coach. They've worked so

hard. British gymnastics have been behind me as well. The leap from

the juniors to the seniors, Mitch. I watched this young man in Glasgow.

He had the better of Boy there, a great performance there, got over

90 points in an international against France the other week. You

are up from now. It is fantastic to see it. And to get almost 90 in

this Arena tonight, how did you feel about that? It is an amazing

performance. It is great. Anyone hitting 90 will be looking at the

best in the world. And that's you! Yes. I'm made up. I think it will

sink in tomorrow morning. Speaking of tomorrow morning we've got Louis

Smith to talk about, another medal hope for the pommel horse final.

Great Britain's Lewis Smith. This is so under control.

Lovely confidence. Keep the rhythm, Lewis. This is

fabulous. That is superb. You can see

highlights of that competition on BBC Two at 4730, but if you want to

join live commentary you can on- line and and the Red Button at 5.20.

Trust me, it is worth getting up for. Porridge and pommel horse, a

great combination. In training he's been looking good. He is defending

his silver medal. Do you reckon he will go for the hardest routine in

competition? I think it will depend a lot on his warm-up. He will be

exciting to watch. Mitch, your predictions? If he hits that full

routine, a couple of handstands, staying longer on one handle, he