Day 4

:00:43. > :00:50.Over the past eight years, I have witnessed the holes I have witnessed

:00:51. > :00:53.the wholesome. Evacuating soldiers, and local Afghans to hospital,

:00:54. > :00:58.flying home from Afghanistan with some of those critically injured.

:00:59. > :01:02.Meeting soldiers in hospital coming to terms with life changing

:01:03. > :01:06.injuries. I can only begin to imagine how challenging the journey

:01:07. > :01:10.of recovery is, but the admiration I have for these men and women to move

:01:11. > :01:14.beyond their injuries is limitless. Each of them have come such a long

:01:15. > :01:19.way. Even making it to the start line is a huge achievement. Their

:01:20. > :01:29.stories are amazing as they are unique. However, they all share one

:01:30. > :01:33.thing. Sport. Sport has been the vehicle for their recovery, allowing

:01:34. > :01:38.them to channel their passion into what can be achieved rather than

:01:39. > :01:42.what can't. Your stories move, inspire and humble us. You prove

:01:43. > :01:50.that anything is possible if you have the will. Welcome to the Games,

:01:51. > :01:54.welcome to Invictus. Welcome back to the Olympic Park.

:01:55. > :02:02.The final day of the Invictus Games. If you cast your minds back to the

:02:03. > :02:06.first day, we said we would take -- be taken through the full range of

:02:07. > :02:12.emotions and that has certainly happened, especially with that

:02:13. > :02:17.opening speech from Prince Harry. The atmosphere in the copper box has

:02:18. > :02:21.been simply amazing and has lifted the British Armed Forces team in

:02:22. > :02:25.both wheelchair rugby and will chair basketball to stunning victories

:02:26. > :02:30.over the United States. -- wheelchair basketball. A couple of

:02:31. > :02:33.medals there. The organisers want to emphasise participation over medal

:02:34. > :02:37.winning, so they are not promoting a medal table as you would routinely

:02:38. > :02:42.see at a Paralympic or in a bit games, but if there were one, it

:02:43. > :02:48.would look like this. Quite pleasant for the British Armed Forces.

:02:49. > :02:52.Perhaps less so for the Americans! Let me also make you aware of the

:02:53. > :02:55.Invictus Games section on the BBC website. It really is outstanding.

:02:56. > :03:03.All the information you would ever want, so please do take a look.

:03:04. > :03:07.Some stunning victories in wheelchair rugby and wheelchair

:03:08. > :03:13.basketball at the Copper Box Into An Spot But Can They Make It Three In A

:03:14. > :03:27.Row? Let's Meet Some Of The Boys And Girls Hoping To Make It So.

:03:28. > :03:34.When I serve, I tend to look at the people on the other side of the

:03:35. > :03:39.court who you might think would be vulnerable. You are trying to angle

:03:40. > :03:41.your body and get the ball as high as you can so you can set it up for

:03:42. > :03:56.a great shot. Sitting volleyball is similar to

:03:57. > :04:01.standing volleyball but everybody is sitting down. A very fast game, big

:04:02. > :04:04.hits, big movement. I like the aggression. There are not so many

:04:05. > :04:12.sports when you spend time face-to-face and you can hit balls

:04:13. > :04:16.at people. I love that! The high ball passes off the net. Gives you

:04:17. > :04:20.something to work with. Once you go onto the court, there's not a lot

:04:21. > :04:23.you can do. You can make small adjustments and give people advice

:04:24. > :04:28.but if you try to give too much information, it is just overload.

:04:29. > :04:31.Concentration at the back. Be ready for it and anticipate things. Don't

:04:32. > :04:37.want any excuses. Just get the job done. My style is generally

:04:38. > :04:43.good-natured. Other people might differ. They shout at you at times.

:04:44. > :04:50.Stop hitting things in the net! Just a lovable head -- teddy bear! We

:04:51. > :04:55.have people who have done it before, those who have done nothing before.

:04:56. > :04:58.So they get to know the speed of the game. It is coming along nicely and

:04:59. > :05:07.I think we will be ready to go from September.

:05:08. > :05:11.Got to get the transfers right, the rotations. The highball. Let's do

:05:12. > :05:22.it! The team spirit is Willie good at

:05:23. > :05:27.the minute. We're still learning together so every day we train. --

:05:28. > :05:30.really good. So the spirit just gets stronger and stronger. Even if you

:05:31. > :05:34.haven't maximally before, you click with them straightaway and it is

:05:35. > :05:43.like you have known them for ever. -- haven't met them before. I have

:05:44. > :05:49.focused my energy into the sport. I got hit by an IED, which was in

:05:50. > :06:00.2010. I lost two fingers from my right hand and my legs above the

:06:01. > :06:07.knee. I am now quite used to it. At the end of 2008, I went over an IED,

:06:08. > :06:11.smashed up both legs. I still had my legs but they got infected. It took

:06:12. > :06:15.me about a year to walk on my prosthetics without sticks. Playing

:06:16. > :06:22.sitting volleyball refreshes your mind and I feel all the energy with

:06:23. > :06:29.the players. And it involves lots of fitness. It helps progress your

:06:30. > :06:32.recovery as well. Prince Harry has had a go at sitting volleyball a

:06:33. > :06:39.couple of times. The first time was out at the Warrior Games in Colorado

:06:40. > :06:43.in 2013. He is pretty handy. If he loses a leg, we might get hold of

:06:44. > :06:51.him! Everybody wants that gold medal. You know, to have the flag

:06:52. > :06:55.there and to know that you are represented and representing the

:06:56. > :06:59.onslaught -- Armed Forces as a whole is a privilege. I am looking forward

:07:00. > :07:04.to it. JONATHAN EDWARDS: So, the organisers

:07:05. > :07:10.emphasising participation, but the team certainly know what is

:07:11. > :07:18.involved. Martine, you are very welcome. Is it good to be back and

:07:19. > :07:22.getting the Olympic -- to be back in the Olympic Park again? I don't

:07:23. > :07:27.think there is a view that can beat that. The last time I was here, it

:07:28. > :07:32.was part of the Paralympics in 2012, so I just count myself lucky that I

:07:33. > :07:38.am back here. And your story is inextricably linked with the 2012

:07:39. > :07:43.story, isn't it? Yeah, in my mind and maybe thousands of people's

:07:44. > :07:49.minds out there, the 6th of July 2005 was the day that London had

:07:50. > :07:52.announced it won the Olympic and Paralympic bid. And the 7th of

:07:53. > :07:56.July, that morning was the fateful morning that the bombs went off.

:07:57. > :08:01.And, yeah, that was the whole reason I was late that morning. Because I

:08:02. > :08:06.was celebrating the night before. And I remember that morning. On the

:08:07. > :08:11.Tube. Just before the explosions happened, I was reading the paper.

:08:12. > :08:15.And obviously you could not turn the paper... Every single inch of it was

:08:16. > :08:19.covered with how and at -- London had won the bid. And now in what I

:08:20. > :08:24.feel was a very weird twist of fate, and I believe a journey I was always

:08:25. > :08:30.meant to make, that, firstly, I competed here, and secondly, I keep

:08:31. > :08:34.coming back again and again! It was obviously horrific but you have

:08:35. > :08:40.turned it into something very positive? Well, I am a true believer

:08:41. > :08:43.in the power of sport. And this is what is so fantastic about the

:08:44. > :08:51.Invictus Games. All of these guys and women are products. They are an

:08:52. > :08:56.important part... An important part of their rehabilitation was sport.

:08:57. > :09:00.Just from their expressions or their families in the crowds and things

:09:01. > :09:04.like that, and the crowd as well, because this is where we have this

:09:05. > :09:09.national identity again. We have people dusting off their union

:09:10. > :09:13.Jacks, just ready in support. I am a true believer in the power of sport

:09:14. > :09:18.and you just have to look at the girls and guys on court, in the

:09:19. > :09:22.pool, where ever they are. And believe that has given them

:09:23. > :09:25.something they would never have had. We're going to catch up with the

:09:26. > :09:31.semifinals which happened just a while ago. Give us an insight into

:09:32. > :09:34.sitting volleyball. What are the tactics? Sitting volleyball as a

:09:35. > :09:40.game is similar to standing volleyball, so six players on court.

:09:41. > :09:45.The main difference is with sitting volleyball is, as you would think,

:09:46. > :09:49.is that you sit on the floor. Ironically, you are never still. You

:09:50. > :09:52.are always moving. Movement is a big part of the game. The main

:09:53. > :10:00.difference is, the court is smaller, the net is lower, so the women's

:10:01. > :10:08.height is 110 and the men's height is 115. And it is a faster game as a

:10:09. > :10:14.result of the net being low and the players being on the floor. It is a

:10:15. > :10:23.very fast, dynamic game. It is basically a 3 touch game. Hopefully

:10:24. > :10:26.defend, set, hit. And in terms of the classifications, some people

:10:27. > :10:30.watching might be surprised to see players will stand up at the end of

:10:31. > :10:35.the match. So what is the mix of classification? That is right! It is

:10:36. > :10:39.quite rare in a Paralympic sport! Ireland by mum at the Paralympics,

:10:40. > :10:43.the first thing she saw us playing at the ExCeL Centre, and she came up

:10:44. > :10:51.to me afterwards and said, but that is not fair! -- I remember. There

:10:52. > :10:55.were four players walking off court. I said, look, we'll have different

:10:56. > :11:01.disabilities, but some of them, there are only two different

:11:02. > :11:06.classifications. -- we all have. One is D, so that is disabled, somebody

:11:07. > :11:09.who has lost a limb. Somebody that might have paralysis of a certain

:11:10. > :11:20.limb or something like that. And then you have MD, which is some sort

:11:21. > :11:25.of foot problem, people who have a club foot or something like that.

:11:26. > :11:30.But on court, out of the six players on, you are only allowed one in D.

:11:31. > :11:34.So the classification is slightly different in the Invictus Games.

:11:35. > :11:36.There are three categories. But obviously they have done that

:11:37. > :11:42.because a lot of these guys have not been playing for that long. But they

:11:43. > :11:46.are brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! The pool stage happened early on.

:11:47. > :11:51.Semifinals today and we can look at the line-up there. The British Armed

:11:52. > :11:55.Forces up against Georgia and the Netherlands up against USA. The

:11:56. > :11:58.British Armed Forces, they won the first set and we are going to join

:11:59. > :12:11.the second. They are serving leading 10-3.

:12:12. > :12:19.Good call. They could see what was happening. George just needs to make

:12:20. > :12:25.that very small adjustment to get the serve. And get the ball in

:12:26. > :12:32.court. A lack of communication there from GB. One of the key elements of

:12:33. > :12:39.sitting volleyball. As much as movement, communication. Definitely.

:12:40. > :12:43.So, a rare point for Georgia. Their fourth of this set. The captain to

:12:44. > :13:06.serve. A good, deep serve as well. Great Britain win it! First time

:13:07. > :13:11.they have been pushed back a little bit there, and challenged. Georgia

:13:12. > :13:22.coming back off the ropes, as you might say. Tony Harris... A good,

:13:23. > :13:28.deep serve. As soon as you are reaching over your head, you are in

:13:29. > :13:34.trouble, aren't you? You are. The idea is that if it goes over your

:13:35. > :13:39.head and you about six foot, it is going out, and also you have the

:13:40. > :13:43.block is at the front and then the back row, you do have a space there,

:13:44. > :13:51.so if it goes over your head once you are at the net, it is the

:13:52. > :13:56.ownership of the back line. Lovely touch. That is great three-touch

:13:57. > :14:00.play. And that is what comes from playing together all the time.

:14:01. > :14:11.Charlie has a high ball up and over to the sector and then the spike was

:14:12. > :14:16.made. -- setter. Perfect save. Again, just a bit of communication

:14:17. > :14:25.there. This is where you have to shout as loud as you can when you

:14:26. > :14:35.say "mine, mine"! Tony Harris now goes off.

:14:36. > :14:44.Just waiting for the spike. Good block and good point. The back road

:14:45. > :14:51.need to make sure that they cover the balls coming over from the

:14:52. > :15:01.block. -- the back row. It just fell short of Charlie Bear. -- of

:15:02. > :15:09.Charlie. A good change of tactics by Georgia, moving it swiftly down the

:15:10. > :15:12.middle. But to no avail. Great Britain ten points clear, needing

:15:13. > :15:35.nine more for the set and the match. Good serve. They have been playing

:15:36. > :15:36.for three months and already knows what he's doing, he has really taken

:15:37. > :15:40.it. A good block, but that is a point

:15:41. > :16:17.for Georgia. That was well up from Georgia.

:16:18. > :16:21.Little touch of the fingertips. Georgia did well there, they were at

:16:22. > :16:27.the net, they were being defensive, they just need to come into together

:16:28. > :16:38.with that block, you know? Just supporting each other at the front

:16:39. > :16:43.of the net. Perfect. Lovely judge serve. He is on a high from that

:16:44. > :16:49.gold in the sprint, serve. He is on a high from that

:16:50. > :16:55.gold in sitting volleyball. Seven more points needed. He is going for

:16:56. > :17:01.the ace. Just wide. Great idea, but literally millimetres offers he

:17:02. > :17:11.dragged the Georgian team away from that side, but could not quite

:17:12. > :17:16.measure it inside the line. Great rescue.

:17:17. > :17:29.And that is a touch for Great Britain. Yes. Great Britain 19-8. On

:17:30. > :17:49.comes Tony Harris to the front part of the court. Another good serve,

:17:50. > :18:02.five points needed for Great Britain to get past Georgia. It is another

:18:03. > :18:11.time-out for Georgia. A Great Britain serve. A point to Georgia,

:18:12. > :18:16.they now have nine in the match, which is one more than they got in

:18:17. > :18:22.the first set, which Great Britain took 25-8. Best of three. If it does

:18:23. > :18:32.go to a third set, it will be the first to 15. That is going out. With

:18:33. > :18:36.the experience that this player has, you would not expect him to go for

:18:37. > :19:00.those balls, he knows where the boundaries are. The captain. I set.

:19:01. > :19:07.-- high set. Cross court. Brilliant. He meant that one, didn't he was

:19:08. > :19:13.Gemma absolutely fantastic. Again, an example of free touch play. Ball

:19:14. > :19:21.is high, he sets it up, boom! No one is going to get that. Little touch,

:19:22. > :19:38.but it is a Georgia point, reaching over the net. It is a serve for

:19:39. > :19:48.Georgia, they are into double figures. And they have another

:19:49. > :19:51.point. Good try, that is good movement, that is a team that works

:19:52. > :19:59.well together, they are all supporting each other. Just a little

:20:00. > :20:04.bit far away from the ball there. They will not be happy with that

:20:05. > :20:09.serve. The serve has to go in, that is obvious, but that is

:20:10. > :20:13.frustrating. It does have to go in within the white lines. It is not

:20:14. > :20:18.only the point conceded, it is the initiative conceded. Here is Charlie

:20:19. > :20:27.Walker. He has set himself up for match point. 24-11. The player-coach

:20:28. > :20:28.is about to serve for the match, which will send Great Britain

:20:29. > :20:42.through to the final. That is out. And Great Britain have

:20:43. > :20:51.won 25-11, a job done expertly with minimal fuss, maximum efficiency.

:20:52. > :20:57.Georgia played their part in only their fourth ever match in this

:20:58. > :21:00.competitive arena. But Charlie Walker, player- coach for Great

:21:01. > :21:05.Britain will now be playing for gold in his third final at the Copper

:21:06. > :21:09.Box. Wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball and now sitting

:21:10. > :21:10.volleyball. The finals coming up against either the Netherlands or

:21:11. > :21:18.the USA. Charlie, 2-0 against Georgia, how

:21:19. > :21:23.please where you buy the performance? We were trying to knock

:21:24. > :21:27.the nerves out first game out. It is like a box of emotion in here, we

:21:28. > :21:32.were trying to get our nerves out, play our game and get ready for

:21:33. > :21:35.tonight, really. How confident are you feeling Westermark you have done

:21:36. > :21:38.well so far, gone through the next hurdle, one more to go before you

:21:39. > :21:42.could be putting the gold medal around your neck. We knew it was

:21:43. > :21:46.going to be hard to night, whoever we play in the final it will be a

:21:47. > :21:53.tough game, but we will bring out a game and hopefully get gold. --

:21:54. > :21:57.bring our A game. What about a third gold medal on Sunday? That is the

:21:58. > :22:05.plan. We have the whole team to do it. It is going to be good. This is

:22:06. > :22:09.match point in the other semifinal, USA against the Netherlands, it

:22:10. > :22:13.meant the USA will go through to face the British Armed Forces in

:22:14. > :22:18.that final. Great anticipation in the Copper Box and afterwards

:22:19. > :22:21.Jonathan Ledgard spoke to America's star player.

:22:22. > :22:27.The thought about the final against Great Britain, a top team against

:22:28. > :22:32.the home crowd, what have you got in your locker to trouble them? I am

:22:33. > :22:36.going to be the trouble for them, I will make sure I give good passes,

:22:37. > :22:41.they will do their job and make sure we come up with the victory. They

:22:42. > :22:46.will not get three in a row today. To confirm, the medal matches for

:22:47. > :22:50.bronze medal, Georgia against the Netherlands, for the gold medal

:22:51. > :22:57.match, the British Armed Forces against the USA.

:22:58. > :23:03.Martine, the final we all wanted. Starting with Georgia, seven in

:23:04. > :23:11.their team altogether. The whole squad. They had hardly played it.

:23:12. > :23:16.Apparently not, they say they had played it about four days earlier,

:23:17. > :23:21.they admitted... Four days! They had been on you Tube and watched lots of

:23:22. > :23:27.footage of the apparently, they just had a few days of training. Your

:23:28. > :23:31.mate in Portsmouth has been helping. Richard, yes, he turned up to the

:23:32. > :23:37.heat this week to have a look around. -- to the heats. He saw team

:23:38. > :23:40.Georgia player and went up to them, he said if there is anything you

:23:41. > :23:45.need explaining, I am here to help, they said can you do more than that,

:23:46. > :23:52.we need to know everything. He is the step in coach for them. He has a

:23:53. > :23:56.wealth of knowledge, I am sure Georgia... You can see the way they

:23:57. > :24:00.play, it is quite unbelievable what they have achieved over the past few

:24:01. > :24:04.days. You might get a change of address from him soon, I have moved

:24:05. > :24:09.to Georgia to coach the side. In terms of the final, what we hoped

:24:10. > :24:12.for and expected, how do you see the relative strengths and weaknesses of

:24:13. > :24:20.the teams? It will definitely be a good final, they are equally

:24:21. > :24:24.matched. Obviously, within GB we have players who have been to the

:24:25. > :24:31.Paralympics, they were there at 2012. The experience they have got,

:24:32. > :24:38.Charlie Walker, Rana, they will hold the team together. But the USA, I

:24:39. > :24:44.mean... The quality of their ball touch I think is amazing. I think

:24:45. > :24:47.that comes from folly ball being taught a lot more in schools when

:24:48. > :24:53.they were younger over in the US, compared to over here. Monica, you

:24:54. > :25:00.know, her setting is absolutely fantastic. She was such a valuable

:25:01. > :25:04.player in that last game. I think they are pretty much well matched.

:25:05. > :25:09.One of the things we have talked about is the crowd, it has worked

:25:10. > :25:13.well in rugby and in basketball last night they performed well above

:25:14. > :25:17.expectations... This group of players, do you think they will

:25:18. > :25:22.respond well to what will be an electric atmosphere? Definitely,

:25:23. > :25:26.anybody who plays sports, when you have got the crowd, a home crowd for

:25:27. > :25:32.a lot of those people, in front of you, the support you get spurs you

:25:33. > :25:38.on. Whether it is that one extra point, being able to reach for that

:25:39. > :25:43.ball, it spurs you on. That is what I think is amazing about these

:25:44. > :25:46.games. Obviously it is about the participants, but it is about the

:25:47. > :25:52.nation, it is about everyone joining in and realising what the power of

:25:53. > :25:55.sport is about, it is a great showcase. You need to shoot after

:25:56. > :26:00.the commentary box. The final is in about 20 minutes time, we will be

:26:01. > :26:05.focusing on that. This is what is coming up over the next few hours.

:26:06. > :26:07.We will be swimming, the first time we have been to the aquatic centre,

:26:08. > :26:14.we have some wheelchair basketball highlights. We will focus on sitting

:26:15. > :26:17.volleyball final, Great Britain against USA. Rocking and rolling in

:26:18. > :26:22.and out of that, swimming, rowing highlights, indoor rowing.

:26:23. > :26:26.Powerlifting as well, we could see Joe Townsend who already has four

:26:27. > :26:35.medals in athletics. And a few relays at the end of the day. So

:26:36. > :26:44.swimming, narcotics centre, you can see it on that shot. -- aquatic

:26:45. > :26:45.centre. Kate Grey and Mark Woods, two retired Paralympians, and give

:26:46. > :26:53.us a guide to the centre. It was an early start for the

:26:54. > :26:57.swimmers with the first heat kicking off at 7:30am as the athletes

:26:58. > :27:02.battled it out for a place in the final. I am joined by our expert

:27:03. > :27:05.commentator and five-time Paralympian, Mark Woods. Looks like

:27:06. > :27:08.Great Britain has a lot of success here to come in the pool.

:27:09. > :27:13.Absolutely, we have fantastic swimmers across all of the events,

:27:14. > :27:16.the three I look forward to, Mike Goody, he looked good this morning,

:27:17. > :27:21.looked like he was taking it easy. David Wiseman looked strong. The

:27:22. > :27:22.best technician was Lewis Edwards. We have great swimmers from other

:27:23. > :27:34.countries. Regarding the classification system,

:27:35. > :27:39.they have kept it simple, they have separated the athletes over four

:27:40. > :27:48.categories. I S A, the guys with the most severe disabilities. A, guys

:27:49. > :27:51.with high-level spine injuries and multiple amputations. ISP, less

:27:52. > :27:57.severe impairment. They could still have a spinal injury, one or two

:27:58. > :28:04.amputations. I S C, the guys with a single leg amputation, an amputees.

:28:05. > :28:08.And the guys with the less severe physical and also psychological

:28:09. > :28:12.impairments. It is the fourth day of the Invictus Games, it is a really

:28:13. > :28:17.unique atmosphere. Absolutely, I commented earlier this morning, the

:28:18. > :28:22.thing that stood out for me was the fact that the athletes were not just

:28:23. > :28:24.cheering for the people from their country, they were cheering for all

:28:25. > :28:29.of the athletes from all the countries. There is lots to look

:28:30. > :28:33.forward to hear, the crowds are expected to turn out. You do not

:28:34. > :28:38.want to miss it here at swimming. STUDIO: The classification system

:28:39. > :28:42.here is designed to be as inclusive as possible. It is not without

:28:43. > :28:46.challenges, though. Not least because the competitors self

:28:47. > :28:55.classify. There was a problem in the ISA 50 metres. Germany's winner was

:28:56. > :28:59.dominant, but it was decided he was not an ISA swimmer, so he was

:29:00. > :29:06.disqualified and the gold went to Matthew Webb of Great Britain.

:29:07. > :29:10.Incidentally, another Matthew Webb was the first person to swim the

:29:11. > :29:16.channel, must be something to do with the name. We spoke to Matthew

:29:17. > :29:19.before he heard of his promotion. Congratulations, you have won Great

:29:20. > :29:23.Britain's first medal in the aquatic Centre, what is it like? Amazing

:29:24. > :29:28.feeling, the crowd, it is superb being here. You have been competing

:29:29. > :29:35.at the Warrior Games, how does this compare? It is great the way... The

:29:36. > :29:37.general public can go to all of these events and taking the whole

:29:38. > :29:44.atmosphere and it is similar to how it was in Olympics, amazing, amazing

:29:45. > :29:48.centre. It is your only race here, you will be cheering on the rest of

:29:49. > :29:49.the team? Definitely, we have got some good lads here. I expect them

:29:50. > :30:05.to do well today. So, a nice performance for Matthew

:30:06. > :30:15.Webb but disappointment that he did not come first across the line. A

:30:16. > :30:21.very, very moving story in the documentary on Sunday. I decided to

:30:22. > :30:27.join the royal Air Force after losing my way a bit when I was

:30:28. > :30:31.younger. It was a couple of weeks short of 12 months from me joining

:30:32. > :30:34.and to being out in Afghanistan. There was was that risk and fear in

:30:35. > :30:40.the back of your mind but also, it won't happen to me. One minute, we

:30:41. > :30:44.were driving along, and the next thing I know, everything sort of

:30:45. > :30:50.slowed down. There was this almighty bang and I remember seeing the sky,

:30:51. > :30:54.a bit of sand, the vehicle, and I realised I had a whacking great

:30:55. > :30:58.vehicle on top of me and I was being crushed by it and I couldn't move at

:30:59. > :31:03.all. I was a long time under there. Three and a half hours of not being

:31:04. > :31:07.able to move. And I think it was about the two-hour point that I

:31:08. > :31:12.really started thinking, you know, I am produced so many people in danger

:31:13. > :31:16.here. Maybe it is just better if I just let go, really. The next thing

:31:17. > :31:22.you know, you are in a recovery room with other guys that have been

:31:23. > :31:25.injured. And the doctor is there going, you are probably going to

:31:26. > :31:33.lose your leg. It is pretty smashed up. But in some respects, the

:31:34. > :31:36.psychological injuries that people can't see sometimes worse. You try

:31:37. > :31:43.to not make a big deal out of it when really it is just tearing you

:31:44. > :31:45.up inside. You end up going down a spiral of depression. It is dark and

:31:46. > :31:59.quite dangerous. Not good. Whilst you are swimming, you get

:32:00. > :32:04.this rush of water going over your ears and it is like being in a

:32:05. > :32:16.waterfall or a fountain or something. I just love it.

:32:17. > :32:25.I just feel with the water, this is me, my thoughts... I can be myself.

:32:26. > :32:30.If I'm angry I can use swimming to help me get over it. If I am down or

:32:31. > :32:36.upset, I can use it to pick myself up. Invictus Games are brilliant.

:32:37. > :32:40.Just to be back with the guys. You know, we have all been through

:32:41. > :32:44.something physically, psychologically, and it is going to

:32:45. > :32:48.be great. The camaraderie we have got. But the fact that it's not only

:32:49. > :32:55.Great Britain, but we are going to be able to have that camaraderie

:32:56. > :32:59.across all these countries and, you know, just so looking forward to it.

:33:00. > :33:03.Whether I win or not, it is just the fact of being there, to be honest,

:33:04. > :33:10.and representing Great Britain I think is the biggest buzz. Here's a

:33:11. > :33:18.top lad. The whole of the documentary is still on iPlayer till

:33:19. > :33:20.Wednesday. Also feet -- featuring charmers as well as Paul Vice. Now

:33:21. > :33:27.over to your commentators. Could we get a clean sweep for the

:33:28. > :33:46.Brits? These are our five finalists. So, the men's 50 metres freestyle.

:33:47. > :33:56.In the ISC category. Single amputees. Certainly the favourite is

:33:57. > :34:04.the Royal Marines in lane four. A very, very tight start. That is the

:34:05. > :34:11.best start we have had so far. Mike Goody, very close. Michael Goody

:34:12. > :34:20.looked like he was saving some stuff in the heat but has he got anything

:34:21. > :34:27.else to give? It is a clean sweep! Brilliant swim from the Brits!

:34:28. > :34:30.Silver, Michael Goody, and it looks like the bronze has gone to Luke

:34:31. > :34:37.Riesen of Great Britain. Look at that! -- Luke Reeson. Wonderful

:34:38. > :34:48.stuff! Well, Mark, fabulous, fabulous

:34:49. > :34:56.stuff, and look how much it means to them! Yeah, he had a fantastic start

:34:57. > :35:02.and maintained it all through the race there. Powering through to the

:35:03. > :35:11.end. As he hit the finish, he absolutely looks like a fantastic

:35:12. > :35:26.swimmer. Great looking athlete. It is won by that point. One two, three

:35:27. > :35:31.for Great Britain. So, Fergus wins gold. He has got bronze in the

:35:32. > :35:33.archery and now it is gold in the 50 metres freestyle. A clean sweep for

:35:34. > :35:46.the Brits. Guys, you absolutely set this place

:35:47. > :35:50.alight. You were the gold medallist but you were pushed all the way by

:35:51. > :35:56.your team-mate? We have been training so well together and he has

:35:57. > :36:01.always set the bench, Mike. He is my inspiration to train harder and I

:36:02. > :36:05.got the result, obviously! Mike, you will have been an inspiration. You

:36:06. > :36:10.have been captain of the team. What has it meant you to be here finally

:36:11. > :36:14.competing? Absolutely brilliant. The support, everyone has been doing so

:36:15. > :36:19.well. I came down to training and saw him do so well. And even in the

:36:20. > :36:24.heat this morning, pulling out a personal best. I just couldn't even

:36:25. > :36:29.catch! But I am just so glad we have the gold, silver and bronze, to be

:36:30. > :36:38.honest. You are also competing in the relay later on, Luke? I had a

:36:39. > :36:43.2.5 seconds PB there. Bring on the relay and bring on the USA! Listen

:36:44. > :36:49.to that fighting talk! Well done, guys.

:36:50. > :36:55.What was all that about it is not about the medal table and

:36:56. > :36:58.participation? I don't know! A reminder now that it is not just

:36:59. > :37:04.battlefield incidents that service men and women have to deal with.

:37:05. > :37:13.I was in the Army for 20 years. I was a psychiatric nurse. And

:37:14. > :37:18.unfortunately I got injured in a military horse riding accident and

:37:19. > :37:26.got my bicep muscle pulls off. That was in 2000. -- pulled off. And I

:37:27. > :37:30.was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004, so it was like a

:37:31. > :37:35.double whammy. Which was quite hard to come back from. You know, being

:37:36. > :37:39.told you have MS, and you feel like your whole world has just collapsed

:37:40. > :37:44.at that point. I cried a lot to begin with. And

:37:45. > :37:49.then came to terms with it and then thought, you know, it could be a lot

:37:50. > :37:55.worse. And my partner and my family supported me greatly. And then Help

:37:56. > :37:59.for Heroes as well, they got in touch, and since then, it has been

:38:00. > :38:04.on the up. I'm a different person to what I would be, I think. I think

:38:05. > :38:11.I'm a nicer person. I think I'm more flexible and perhaps understand

:38:12. > :38:18.people's feelings better. I try to be as fit and healthy as I

:38:19. > :38:22.can be but good and bad days, and you never know what it is going to

:38:23. > :38:27.be like from day-to-day with MS. So on a good day I could climb

:38:28. > :38:32.mountains. On a bad day I can lie down on the floor and sleep. It just

:38:33. > :38:37.depends. But then on a good day I do as much as I possibly can because I

:38:38. > :38:41.just love life! Sport is such a rehabilitation and from a mental

:38:42. > :38:47.health perspective, it gives you back self belief, identity and just

:38:48. > :38:53.empowers you. In ways you would never have thought possible. I never

:38:54. > :38:58.thought I would be here at this. And I am just buzzing! Buzzing with it!

:38:59. > :39:03.It is almost like Christmas morning for the British team because we are

:39:04. > :39:07.just so excited. You can feel the buzz! And most of us don't know each

:39:08. > :39:12.other or didn't until we came here. It is like the unspoken rule of the

:39:13. > :39:16.military. You just help each other out. Everybody's proud to be there

:39:17. > :39:21.and we have respect for each other and we have gelled together.

:39:22. > :39:28.Especially the swimming team. We are Liege force to be reckoned with! We

:39:29. > :39:34.are going to do so well! -- we are really a force to be reckoned with!

:39:35. > :39:51.Mary Wilson is in Lane four in this women's 50 metres freestyle.

:39:52. > :39:59.So, Mary Wilson starts this women's 50 metres freestyle up against the

:40:00. > :40:08.USA, and what a great start for Mary. Beautiful stroke there. You

:40:09. > :40:13.wouldn't think she had lost her bicep in a riding accident.

:40:14. > :40:17.Beautiful, beautiful freestyle. She was the captain of the British

:40:18. > :40:21.athletics team. She is certainly going to win the gold here in the

:40:22. > :40:29.women's 50 metres freestyle! A natural swimmer. Wonderful stuff!

:40:30. > :40:40.The gold winner, Mary Wilson of Great Britain. And coming in second,

:40:41. > :40:49.the USA. A huge, huge cheer for both of these athletes. Orient, brilliant

:40:50. > :40:56.stuff! -- brilliant. Gold medallist in the women's 50 metres in the ISP

:40:57. > :41:06.category, it is the team athletics captain Mary Wilson. What a swim it

:41:07. > :41:11.was! So, the final of the men's 50 metres freestyle for the ISP

:41:12. > :41:12.category. And a big favourite in four, Lewis Edwards from South

:41:13. > :41:29.Wales. And there is Lewis. Now a gas

:41:30. > :41:34.fitter. Actually built a flume in his back garden with a mini digger!

:41:35. > :41:37.15 feet by seven. He has been swimming for two years but, my

:41:38. > :41:47.goodness me, he has an excellent stroke.

:41:48. > :41:53.So, it took a bit of time for the crowd to get quiet but a great start

:41:54. > :41:58.there. Very good through the water and what a fantastic start for the

:41:59. > :42:03.Briton, Lewis Edwards. A beautiful start for him. Doing the best he can

:42:04. > :42:09.do with one arm. He is powering away. Beautiful, even stroke from

:42:10. > :42:13.Edwards. He is letting that longer on Willie Power through the water,

:42:14. > :42:18.and look at this! This is a wonderful swim for gold Britain. --

:42:19. > :42:28.and really power through the water. An emphatic victory. The silver goes

:42:29. > :42:35.to Italy. What a swim that was! But, my goodness me, Mark, you won by six

:42:36. > :42:41.or seven metres. Yes he did a brilliant job. You just saw his

:42:42. > :42:48.parents there. There he is. Lovely stroke from Lewis Edwards. Great

:42:49. > :42:53.power. Beautifully strong stroke. Just finishing on his short arm,

:42:54. > :42:58.really. He will improve on that if he carries on swimming. And just

:42:59. > :43:05.looking over to congratulate one of the other swimmers. But a fantastic

:43:06. > :43:10.effort there from Lewis Edwards. And Lewis Edwards has got four races

:43:11. > :43:14.here and the first one, straight in, and it is gold! Gold in the men's 50

:43:15. > :43:20.metres freestyle. A super swim, it was!

:43:21. > :43:28.Just flat-out! And you have only been swimming for two years. How

:43:29. > :43:32.have you got yourself to displace? Hard work. Putting the hard work

:43:33. > :43:38.in, you have to get results in the pool then, so... And you have lots

:43:39. > :43:42.of support here. I can see your family. What does it mean to you to

:43:43. > :43:48.show them what you can do? Brilliant. It means everything. I

:43:49. > :43:49.want my kids to see something positive so they know nothing can

:43:50. > :44:01.stop anyone. David Weisman starts in this men's

:44:02. > :44:08.50 metres freestyle but the Australians have him surrounded! --

:44:09. > :44:12.David Wiseman. From the Yorkshire Regiment. The fastest seed for this

:44:13. > :44:26.men's 50 metres freestyle link. So, Wiseman in four but he has the

:44:27. > :44:30.Australians all around him. One of the biggest, tallest guys, David

:44:31. > :44:40.Wiseman. He has some work to do now. Adrian Taub of Australia is now

:44:41. > :44:45.pulling away. It looks like it is Adrian at the moment. Just five

:44:46. > :44:48.metres to go! It looks like it will be the Australian. Australia win

:44:49. > :44:56.their first gold. I think the bronze has gone to Webb of Australia. What

:44:57. > :45:11.a great swim that was! Right from the gun!

:45:12. > :45:18.Coming into that last five metres, Adrian Tolbert, very strong.

:45:19. > :45:24.Sporting a beard, he would probably go quicker if he lost that. A good

:45:25. > :45:27.swim from all three of those guys, a tight race. Adrian Tolbert looking

:45:28. > :45:31.very pleased with himself as he should.

:45:32. > :45:41.The ex-Australian Royal Marine wins the 50 metres freestyle. Brahms also

:45:42. > :45:55.went to Australia. -- bronze. They are the big favourite for this

:45:56. > :46:00.final, the women's 50 metres freestyle. Watch out for the four

:46:01. > :46:15.time gold medallist from the USA. Kimberly Stirling of Great Britain

:46:16. > :46:18.right in the centre with the Red Hat, she has a decent start. Next to

:46:19. > :46:34.her, Sarah Webster of Australia. Kimberly Stirling going along very,

:46:35. > :46:40.very nicely indeed. She has four races here, Kimberly Stirling, what

:46:41. > :46:43.a way to start. She has clear water, look at this, wonderful swimming

:46:44. > :46:46.from Kimberly Stirling exhalation mug she is a private in the Royal

:46:47. > :46:53.Army medical Corps. She wins gold for Great Britain in the women's 50

:46:54. > :46:56.metres freestyle. Silva goes to Australia's Sarah Webster. Very

:46:57. > :47:02.tight for bronze, we will have to look at the replay to determine it.

:47:03. > :47:05.What a gold. Kimberly Stirling, first 15 metres she was a little bit

:47:06. > :47:16.careful, then she really motored. There she is coming out of that

:47:17. > :47:21.final five metres. Holding her breath. She takes another breath.

:47:22. > :47:25.Something that she can work on. If she carries on swimming, which I

:47:26. > :47:32.hope she does. Beautiful to see her swim. Great gold medal.

:47:33. > :47:37.There we can see silver medal is fairly obvious, but the two

:47:38. > :47:38.Americans battle it out for the bronze, very difficult to tell from

:47:39. > :47:46.that shot. Kimberly Stirling with the gold.

:47:47. > :47:49.Sarah Webster Silva, very tight for bronze, but it has gone to Patricia

:47:50. > :48:00.Collins of the USA. The final of the women's 50 metres

:48:01. > :48:15.freestyle for the IST category. This is unseeded, the winner could come

:48:16. > :48:22.from anywhere. -- I S D. They are away cleanly in this 50 metre race.

:48:23. > :48:26.In the middle lane, the two British girls going very well, neck and neck

:48:27. > :48:35.down the first 35 metres, nothing to split them. In lane five, just

:48:36. > :48:43.pulling away... Catherine Thompson is in lane five. A major in the

:48:44. > :48:47.Royal Army medical Corps, she has won a super 53, it is gold to

:48:48. > :48:52.Katherine Thomson, Silver has gone to Angela Mason Matthews also of

:48:53. > :48:59.Great Britain. Gold and silver to the Brits. Some very strong swimming

:49:00. > :49:04.indeed. After that start, really powered down that 53. Katherine

:49:05. > :49:08.Thomson winning gold in the 50 metre freestyle.

:49:09. > :49:15.Katherine Thomson pulling away in the final 15 metres or so. Nice and

:49:16. > :49:20.strong all the way through. These swimmers still breathing in the last

:49:21. > :49:23.five metres. As they continue to train and prepare. If they take

:49:24. > :49:27.their swimming forward, we will hopefully see them doing that less.

:49:28. > :49:39.Great swimming nonetheless. In the battle for bronze, in lane three,

:49:40. > :49:44.the swimmer from the USA. Thompson, what a great gold that was for Great

:49:45. > :49:50.Britain. Angela Mason Matthews gets the silver.

:49:51. > :49:57.It was just amazing, absolutely amazing. It was just... Just get my

:49:58. > :50:01.head down and go. It has been an amazing experience all the way

:50:02. > :50:06.through, the team... It has been so special, the support we have had

:50:07. > :50:10.from everyone, it is great. More from the pool later on, now we've

:50:11. > :50:13.got back to last night and the wheelchair basketball. A gold medal

:50:14. > :50:20.for Britain. It is in the studio around the neck of captain, Alan

:50:21. > :50:28.Nixon. You broke your finger in the first three minutes. What happened?

:50:29. > :50:32.I caught the ball on the end of my finger, I did not notice it until

:50:33. > :50:38.this morning went was the side of a balloon. -- size of a balloon. We

:50:39. > :50:39.will talk about the match in a minute. Let's relive those great

:50:40. > :51:03.moments. MUSIC. COMMENTATOR: Great Britain

:51:04. > :51:29.are the Invictus Games champions. You did a little guide to wheelchair

:51:30. > :51:36.basketball, you said it was noncontact sport, explained. It is

:51:37. > :51:38.supposed to be noncontact. It looks more accentuated because in

:51:39. > :51:43.able-bodied basketball it is bodies against bodies, but for us it is

:51:44. > :51:50.detainee chairs against titanium chairs. People are normally more

:51:51. > :51:54.shocked at the contact. -- it is titanium chairs against titanium

:51:55. > :52:00.chairs. You thought the USA might have the edge and you smashed them,

:52:01. > :52:05.literally, you did. Yes, it all came together in the end. It was a tough

:52:06. > :52:12.match against Denmark, then an inspirational speech by our coach.

:52:13. > :52:16.And captain. I saw in the lead up to the game the coach doing the

:52:17. > :52:20.speech, he was so animated, I thought the veins were going to pop

:52:21. > :52:25.out of his head. Can you tell us what he said? To be honest it was a

:52:26. > :52:28.blur. The noise was just incredible. We could not hear him on court, even

:52:29. > :52:36.in the tunnel the noise was horrendous. Yes. Scott was going for

:52:37. > :52:42.it, wasn't he? To say the least, he was very excited. But it certainly

:52:43. > :52:46.cheered us all up. And the crowd. We were chatting in the studio, saying

:52:47. > :52:50.it could go one of two ways, you might ring under the pressure, but

:52:51. > :52:54.it was completely opposite. The noisier it got, the better we

:52:55. > :52:57.played, it really did help, especially when it started getting

:52:58. > :53:04.bonkers loud, bring it on, the more the merrier. There is one more who

:53:05. > :53:10.had a pretty decent game, Chris. He came through, his shooting was on

:53:11. > :53:13.fire, absolutely fantastic. I could not ask for any more as a captain,

:53:14. > :53:19.fantastic. The whole team did fantastic. Ronald McIntosh who was

:53:20. > :53:22.commentating said that in the semifinals you were creating all the

:53:23. > :53:26.chapters, but not finishing them off, but that is what Chris did. He

:53:27. > :53:33.stepped up to the mark and put them in the group. He did not seem to

:53:34. > :53:37.want to drop. It is always the way, it happens in football as well,

:53:38. > :53:46.focus goes on the guys that put the ball in the net, but the defence was

:53:47. > :53:51.solid. It is a huge team effort, it takes four of you to get one guy

:53:52. > :53:53.into the workplace to get the shot. What was impressive during the

:53:54. > :53:58.tournament is that you created a foundation and an identity as a

:53:59. > :54:02.strong defensive team. Every team that came up against you knew what

:54:03. > :54:07.to expect, they knew it would be sheer hell for 20 minutes. That

:54:08. > :54:11.created the foundation for Chris to be able to have that type of game,

:54:12. > :54:20.it could have been anyone you guys on the day. It happened to be Chris

:54:21. > :54:24.on that day. Got pushed us extremely hard, especially in defence, the

:54:25. > :54:31.fitness. The final 20 minutes it was pure pressuring, we pressed and

:54:32. > :54:37.depressed. Talking about building foundations, foundations grumbling

:54:38. > :54:43.in the American side. Marston, who we thought would be the man, did not

:54:44. > :54:48.have an answer. We picked him up in his own half. Did not give him an

:54:49. > :54:59.inch. Did you have a game plan for beforehand? No, we did not seem a --

:55:00. > :55:06.see him as a particular threat will stop what is interesting

:55:07. > :55:14.when I came to watch you train, this weekend, the improvement has been

:55:15. > :55:19.huge. What have you done in that period to get yourself to that

:55:20. > :55:24.stage? We have only had 17 days of training in court together as a

:55:25. > :55:30.team. The lads have done their own training in their own time, shooting

:55:31. > :55:35.skills and things. It has just been very intense. Not having much

:55:36. > :55:40.preparation, I have some information, you only started

:55:41. > :55:43.playing just over a year ago when your wife and sister encouraged you

:55:44. > :55:48.to get out of the house and enjoy life again. It sounds like it has

:55:49. > :55:52.been a bit of a lifeline. Yes, basketball as a whole has been a

:55:53. > :55:56.huge lifeline, my wife and sister gave me a kick up the proverbial

:55:57. > :56:01.backside that I needed and then this came about. It has snowballed. Life

:56:02. > :56:07.for the last four months has just been a blur, up until last night and

:56:08. > :56:12.it all came together. Here you are with the gold medal. It would be

:56:13. > :56:16.great to see you in the league. Whether there is an opportunity to

:56:17. > :56:22.develop it more so you do not just play together for weddings and bar

:56:23. > :56:26.mitzvahs. It would be lovely to be able to do that. With the points

:56:27. > :56:29.system in place for wheelchair basketball it becomes quite

:56:30. > :56:32.difficult to get a level of disability that we have on to the

:56:33. > :56:37.court at the same time, almost impossible. You need to negotiate

:56:38. > :56:42.and get some other players from a lower classification into the team.

:56:43. > :56:47.The way you guys played, it would be a waste for you to stop now and not

:56:48. > :56:51.continue, because... You guys could easily progress towards the

:56:52. > :56:56.premiership if you stuck together for a few years. After seeing what

:56:57. > :57:03.we can do in 17 days, 18, whatever it is, give us a year, see what

:57:04. > :57:08.happens then. One of the guys we will see in action in sitting

:57:09. > :57:15.volleyball, Charlie Walker, he has been everywhere in that Copper Box.

:57:16. > :57:20.He loves the limelight. He is on everything, he loves it, he is crazy

:57:21. > :57:25.for it. Yes, he is an asset to every team he plays with. He has got a

:57:26. > :57:29.presence, hasn't he? He is a huge lad, put him in a chair and he is a

:57:30. > :57:37.foot above most. Great lad, great lad. He was epic, particularly in

:57:38. > :57:42.wheelchair rugby. Yes, fantastic. We will see him in sitting volleyball

:57:43. > :57:46.shortly. Congratulations, always a pleasure. We will go to the Copper

:57:47. > :57:49.Box shortly, first we will catch up with a bronze medal match to see

:57:50. > :57:56.what happened there. The Netherlands took its 2-0, Georgia just have

:57:57. > :58:02.seven athletes here in total and only started playing four days ago.

:58:03. > :58:07.Mostly train from videos on you Tube. The Netherlands took the

:58:08. > :58:12.bronze medal. Let's look at the teams for the big final as the

:58:13. > :58:22.British Armed Forces face the USA. Charlie Walker there, number 21. We

:58:23. > :58:25.saw Limbu on the track sprinting. Jonathan Ledgard and Martine Wright

:58:26. > :58:38.are standing by. COMMENTATOR: Great Britain are

:58:39. > :58:42.leading by 16 -7, you can tell they are turning the screw and doing well

:58:43. > :58:47.because America have just called their second and final time-out,

:58:48. > :58:52.they are allowed two per set. This is up to 25 points and Great Britain

:58:53. > :58:58.are well in charge. USA coach is worried by this squad of players.

:58:59. > :59:04.Led by that man, the player-coach 21, Charlie Walker, who has been

:59:05. > :59:10.immense. Not just on court, but also of it, cajoling, planning the

:59:11. > :59:16.strategy, the tactics. We have seen him already win gold medals in the

:59:17. > :59:23.wheelchair rugby and basketball. This could be a memorable hat-trick.

:59:24. > :59:30.Friday, Saturday and now Sunday. Serving to extend this need. That is

:59:31. > :59:37.too far, another point. To Great Britain. Just too long there. We

:59:38. > :59:43.have got to remember this is a game, it is the final and it is the best

:59:44. > :59:45.of five sets, not three. Even though GB are leading, we have a long way

:59:46. > :59:54.to go. But well this man has the initiative

:59:55. > :00:00.and that ball to serve, anything is possible. -- while this man. Another

:00:01. > :00:04.point to Great Britain. A fumble at the net. British smiles are much in

:00:05. > :00:16.evidence. Six more points and they will be home.

:00:17. > :00:25.That's another British point. A little touch. Lovely. I mean, what

:00:26. > :00:28.they are doing at the moment is working fantastically well. We have

:00:29. > :00:35.Charlie... There you go, straight over. Quick to it and two touches on

:00:36. > :00:41.his side of the net. It is another point. I can't believe the Americans

:00:42. > :00:46.would have been thinking they would be this far behind at this stage in

:00:47. > :00:53.the match. It is the nerves as well. There is a big home crowd here

:00:54. > :01:06.supporting at the moment. That is an American point. We've yet to see

:01:07. > :01:15.from the referee exactly why. Here comes confirmation. Yeah, touch.

:01:16. > :01:25.Good block! And it works! Tony Harris met that and there was no way

:01:26. > :01:33.that was coming back over! Up go the hands, bang! Textbook! Absolutely

:01:34. > :01:44.textbook! And that is one block so important. So, well done there,

:01:45. > :01:45.Tony. So, you have the serve under control. Three points for the set

:01:46. > :02:03.and a massive lead. Doesn't quite get the spike. Yes

:02:04. > :02:07.that is slightly unfortunate. Just needed to be away from the net. But,

:02:08. > :02:23.again, good teamwork. High ball. Looking for holes there in the

:02:24. > :02:28.middle. Cramer keeps it in. Or he tries to! But it's not going to be

:02:29. > :02:40.good enough. The US skipper looking a bit puzzled

:02:41. > :02:44.at the moment, and quiet, and that's not like him at all. He needs

:02:45. > :02:55.to rouse his troops as much as possible.

:02:56. > :03:03.Two-touch. Again. Charlie Walker having another quick word there.

:03:04. > :03:11.Another newcomer to this sport. Really impressed on a recent GB

:03:12. > :03:19.talent programme. He has been really effective so far. There you go! And

:03:20. > :03:24.that is why! What a block! Just a little tip, and that takes them to

:03:25. > :03:29.within a point of the first set. Brilliant. Brilliant is pitting the

:03:30. > :03:51.game very well. As you can see there, his hands were ready to block

:03:52. > :04:00.that spike. -- as you can see, brilliantly played.

:04:01. > :04:12.There is the touch and the block! And Charlie Walker has done it! They

:04:13. > :04:16.take the first set 25-11. Now, that has to be a statement! There is no

:04:17. > :04:23.way the Americans were expecting this! Great Britain has started how

:04:24. > :04:30.they expected to finish. 11 is the most they have conceded in any set

:04:31. > :04:34.so far. The benchmark has been set. Absolutely brilliant. I think both

:04:35. > :04:39.sides did well there, but the difference of points there, 11-25,

:04:40. > :04:44.you know, it is the way they have been blocking, the way they have

:04:45. > :04:51.been hitting. Charlie Walker there, one-handed block. And I think it's

:04:52. > :05:00.that communication as well that has improved in this final. They know

:05:01. > :05:05.that the USA were not going to be easy because of the experience they

:05:06. > :05:10.have got. This is the first time this team has come together. They

:05:11. > :05:16.had their first practice on Monday. It is tough at first, particularly

:05:17. > :05:19.with Army members, but they are ready to perform and ready to show

:05:20. > :05:23.what they are made of. But it is also the first on the US has put

:05:24. > :05:31.together a combined services team. The Marines, the Navy and the army.

:05:32. > :05:35.The Great Britain team... There is Charlie walk again. Five of them

:05:36. > :05:41.were at the British Grand Prix in June. They know each other. That is

:05:42. > :05:45.right. And they have won it for the last couple of years, so they used a

:05:46. > :05:50.plane together and communicating. Obviously, where we are today as

:05:51. > :05:51.well, it is a different kind of arena. -- they are to playing

:05:52. > :06:05.together. Much quieter, much more listening to

:06:06. > :06:10.be done. And much more work to be done. Because it wasn't just 25 -

:06:11. > :06:16.22. If you were on the end of 11 or that scoreline... I would be

:06:17. > :06:23.listening very hard to my coach at that point! But, yeah, it was just

:06:24. > :06:28.those points of blocking and heating, just that accuracy in

:06:29. > :06:42.play, I believe, but then those points. There he is, just talking to

:06:43. > :06:51.the team on his haunches. Head of the naval sitting volleyball team. A

:06:52. > :06:55.man who believes that all players, be they stand up or sitting

:06:56. > :07:00.volleyball players, should all work on sitting volleyball sessions. So,

:07:01. > :07:07.for example, he has at his club in San Antonio sitting and standing

:07:08. > :07:13.up, because it improves movement. Completely. Both men and women play

:07:14. > :07:20.with standing volleyball players because in the UK, aren't that many

:07:21. > :07:24.professional sitting volleyball players, so we work at them because

:07:25. > :07:28.they can teach us about ball skills. Their ball skills are amazing but

:07:29. > :07:33.where the movement is is with us, and that is what we teach them. So

:07:34. > :07:37.it is a great way of coaching. Well, he needs a bit of that magic dust

:07:38. > :07:40.sprinkled on his team now because they are up against it. That is

:07:41. > :07:45.Charlie walk in the glasses there, in the middle of the front, who has

:07:46. > :07:59.set the standard. -- Charlie Walker. This man, 35 years old, originally

:08:00. > :08:05.from Fiji. Went into Afghanistan. Only started a couple of months ago,

:08:06. > :08:11.and here he is, possibly within half an hour or so, maybe a bit longer,

:08:12. > :08:15.of a gold medal at the Invictus 2014 Games, and he has played his part in

:08:16. > :08:22.every match so far. Hugely popular within the GB squad. Lively,

:08:23. > :08:28.voluble. Some might say loud! But he bonds the team. Communication is

:08:29. > :08:31.absolutely crucial. Absolutely. And if you can't be lively and loud in

:08:32. > :08:41.this environment, I don't know when you can be! Chris Livesey is on for

:08:42. > :08:46.the Americans. And there's a first point for Great Britain. That's a

:08:47. > :09:01.down a downer straightaway for the US. Yes, a psychological advantage

:09:02. > :09:06.there 14 gigabytes. -- for Team GB. A fantastic three-touch play.

:09:07. > :09:12.That's more like it. That aggression. There you go. Straight

:09:13. > :09:19.off the top of the hands. And out. Ooh! Into the net. She was very much

:09:20. > :09:23.the heartbeat of the team in the semifinal. When she was off the

:09:24. > :09:29.court, they struggled. When she was back on, they lifted and came

:09:30. > :09:33.through against the Netherlands. She was also part of the wheelchair

:09:34. > :09:40.rugby team. Looking for revenge against Charlie Walker but they are

:09:41. > :09:52.down at the moment. Looking for that spike.

:09:53. > :10:05.That's one way to enjoy the game! Not impressed by the noise, because

:10:06. > :10:12.it is a racket here! Almost 8000 people here enjoying the scoreline.

:10:13. > :10:22.Great Britain leading by a set to zero. The Household Cavalry taking

:10:23. > :10:27.that first serve. And another point. It is just the quality of that

:10:28. > :10:40.receive. They need to get a bit more in order to put the ball hi. Ooh! Is

:10:41. > :10:47.that out? Just too far. It was the right idea. Needed to die quicker.

:10:48. > :10:51.Slightly long there. They tried to place it but marginal. Obviously

:10:52. > :11:15.that all counts in a game like this. Good block, good return. Just too

:11:16. > :11:17.much. But they've taken the point. A serve out for Corrie. He Bruce Lee

:11:18. > :11:29.went for the angle but slightly out. -- he obviously went for the

:11:30. > :11:36.angle. There's going to be a change. Chad Lucas comes on for Sean Hook. A

:11:37. > :11:42.man who will be retiring from the forces and a man who pretty much

:11:43. > :11:46.says sitting volleyball saved his life, certainly changed it. Was

:11:47. > :11:53.encouraged by friends to come out and try the sport and now here he is

:11:54. > :12:02.in a final. There is an infringement. A touch of the net.

:12:03. > :12:15.Yeah, you can see him leaning against. Ah! Perfect placement! It

:12:16. > :12:17.is those angles and shots that get you the points that you need,

:12:18. > :12:41.basically. Going big! Slightly too big. GB

:12:42. > :12:43.fingers on them. I think Charlie Walker is questioning that one but

:12:44. > :12:56.this is the name of the game, isn't it? Kelvin says this is the toughest

:12:57. > :12:59.sport he now plays, and he was involved in the wheelchair

:13:00. > :13:07.basketball site. The most experienced player. Good play by

:13:08. > :13:13.Harris. Lovely shot, that. Just took it in his stride. No panic. There

:13:14. > :13:20.you go, it is set up and he just places it to the right of that

:13:21. > :13:35.block. Beautiful. This is going to be a scramble but Walker move so

:13:36. > :13:44.fast. -- moves. That looked like... Number 13 penalised there.

:13:45. > :13:56.Great recovery. But just too much. A good serve. For Rana not to be able

:13:57. > :14:01.to get that ball up... That was brilliant. Well, this is where

:14:02. > :14:05.inspiration will come from if anywhere for the States. He has been

:14:06. > :14:13.playing the game for two years and loves it. He will drive his

:14:14. > :14:20.team-mates. A mistake there. Completely out of character.

:14:21. > :14:24.Frustrating. It is building that momentum. They have never really

:14:25. > :14:29.done that. That is what it is. And it just gives you that psychological

:14:30. > :14:32.advantage as well as a point lead. It gives you that psychological

:14:33. > :14:43.advantage that you get edging closer and closer to winning the game. Dave

:14:44. > :14:49.Henson in the middle of your screen there. The number 17. In the team

:14:50. > :14:55.manager at the end. Not in team kit. All going well so far. Already to be

:14:56. > :15:04.called upon if needed. -- full ready.

:15:05. > :15:13.Delicate play, just too long, though. Yes, yes, again just too

:15:14. > :15:19.long. Trying to find the space. I think GB at the moment are covering

:15:20. > :15:27.the court very well. Wonderful block. Despairing rescue does not

:15:28. > :15:35.quite make it. Recovery was there in the mind, if not in the achievement.

:15:36. > :15:46.Seven points in it, Great Britain leading by one set-0 that is going

:15:47. > :15:51.to take too much. Now 11-8. It is when the ball is low, Rana did not

:15:52. > :15:55.have a lot of choice to do anything because the ball in was quite low,

:15:56. > :16:00.you have to make sure if the ball is high that you have plenty of time to

:16:01. > :16:14.move and make that shot, like that. Perfect, perfect, Corey -- Corie

:16:15. > :16:32.Mapp. Timeout for the Americans yet again.

:16:33. > :16:37.Great Britain in today's games have yet to call a time-out, that is a

:16:38. > :16:42.measure of confidence. The United States need all the help they can

:16:43. > :16:46.get. I think so, a lot of the time you call a time-out because you are

:16:47. > :16:50.either in trouble or something needs to be amended, some part of the

:16:51. > :16:55.strategy needs to be changed. It says a lot for the coaching as well.

:16:56. > :17:02.For Charlie not to call any time-outs. Yes, so far so good for

:17:03. > :17:10.the British team inside the Copper Box, I am just outside BBC

:17:11. > :17:15.disability correspondent Nikki Fox. Here we are in the Olympic Park

:17:16. > :17:20.eight multisport disability event, a real legacy of 2012. Absolutely,

:17:21. > :17:24.disability sport has come such a long way and the Paralympics of 2012

:17:25. > :17:30.was definitely a game change and it has been proved by the coverage we

:17:31. > :17:36.have had of the Invictus Games. Four days, amazing TV. All of the

:17:37. > :17:39.competitors have some sort of physical or mental disability, which

:17:40. > :17:45.is great, we are seeing these amazing, capable people competing.

:17:46. > :17:47.Just the power of those images on television to change people 's

:17:48. > :17:54.perception is really important, isn't it? The more that we see

:17:55. > :17:58.difference the better it can be. It is very important for the

:17:59. > :18:03.competitors themselves also, the ones I spoke to when I made a

:18:04. > :18:08.profile piece for BBC breakfast, two of them were different. One was

:18:09. > :18:14.pragmatic, accepted disability and moved on. He said the most difficult

:18:15. > :18:17.thing for him was chopping onions. Then Marina really struggled to come

:18:18. > :18:22.to terms with it. But they shared the fact that the Invictus Games had

:18:23. > :18:27.kept them going, they had been important in keeping focus. It is

:18:28. > :18:31.going incredibly well. Out and about in the country, how much difference

:18:32. > :18:36.has 2012 made to the lives of people with disability? It was one of

:18:37. > :18:41.Prince Harry's Digital media champions that said it best, she was

:18:42. > :18:44.most excited about showing the world disability and adversity do not

:18:45. > :18:50.always mean vulnerability and inability. That is important when

:18:51. > :18:52.you are putting on something like the Invictus Games and the

:18:53. > :18:58.Paralympics, it is the sort of thing I feel is important. I think a lot

:18:59. > :19:02.of charities and groups I speak to on a daily basis hope that filters

:19:03. > :19:07.down into the everyday lives of the people who might be a bit like me,

:19:08. > :19:13.the most unsporting person in the country. You mentioned Prince Harry,

:19:14. > :19:18.to have his support for this, you cannot even begin to put a price on

:19:19. > :19:21.how valuable that is. It has been very valuable fall of the

:19:22. > :19:30.competitors I spoke to when I was making the pieces, profile pieces.

:19:31. > :19:38.It is exciting, it is capturing the audience's pension. -- attention. He

:19:39. > :19:43.has done a very good job, I do not think anybody would deny he has done

:19:44. > :19:46.a brilliant job. Hopefully it will keep the energy and excitement and

:19:47. > :19:50.filter down to the lives of other disabled people. We showed his

:19:51. > :19:55.speech in the opening ceremony, what he said was, what this does is put a

:19:56. > :20:00.focus on what you can do, rather than what you cannot do. Absolutely,

:20:01. > :20:04.all of these men and women we are seeing are highly capable

:20:05. > :20:12.individuals, just like disabled people across the board. That is

:20:13. > :20:16.important, you cannot beat that, can you? Thank you very much indeed, go

:20:17. > :20:21.and get warm. We will head into the Copper Box. Britain going really

:20:22. > :20:30.well in the sitting volleyball final. Great Britain have moved on

:20:31. > :20:34.from that time-out, 17-12 now. The Americans promised recovery, but

:20:35. > :20:39.Great Britain with some smart work at the net, really starting to

:20:40. > :20:47.ahead. This is such a tight-knit group, they are working so well. The

:20:48. > :20:52.Americans, for all of their time-outs, they are not able to

:20:53. > :20:58.really start to hurt Great Britain. That is right, we have had quite a

:20:59. > :21:02.few good shots on the floor. I think Corie Mapp has been the top scorer

:21:03. > :21:09.in the second set with six point oh stop that is obviously making a

:21:10. > :21:15.difference. They are quite close as teens, the USA are getting those

:21:16. > :21:20.balls up. It is good, the height of the ball, they just need to finish

:21:21. > :21:26.it off. First little error therefrom Charlie Walker. Probably the first

:21:27. > :21:33.of the whole Invictus Games. Don't let him hear that. It is all good so

:21:34. > :21:44.far, two gold medals, he is going for a third. Monica Southall to

:21:45. > :21:58.serve for the United States. Go for the hit. Two touch. Brilliant up by

:21:59. > :22:02.the Americans. Charlie, he has got a very quick, fast middle hit, to be

:22:03. > :22:09.able to get that up. I can see a bit of moisture to the left of Monica

:22:10. > :22:16.Southall, that is what needs to be cleared by those with mop and clubs.

:22:17. > :22:30.It has gone to Great Britain. Great Britain move within six points of

:22:31. > :22:36.the second set. Corie Mapp serving. Sean Hook. He was number four, but

:22:37. > :22:43.pushes it out. It seems with the US it is just that finishing. They are

:22:44. > :22:49.receiving well, setting well, it is just the finishing. Cue another

:22:50. > :22:54.time-out. Rick can see this match slipping away, once you go two set

:22:55. > :22:59.down, that is a very, very long way back. Psychologically, the GB

:23:00. > :23:07.women's team have done it quite a few times, comeback.

:23:08. > :23:15.Psychologically, it is 2-0. It is a long way forward. I think what the

:23:16. > :23:21.coach is saying is, basically, what he is staying is stay close to the

:23:22. > :23:25.net. But do not forget to come off as you are ready for the hit, you

:23:26. > :23:28.cannot just stay static on the net, you need to come off in order to

:23:29. > :23:32.find those angles and find that empty floor that the USA are just

:23:33. > :23:37.not doing at the moment. He has arrived at the right time, another

:23:38. > :23:40.huge cheer as Prince Harry's face comes up on the big screens all

:23:41. > :23:44.around the Copper Box. He was here this morning talking to a lot of the

:23:45. > :23:51.crowd, talking to some of the British team. The inspiration

:23:52. > :24:02.continues. It is looking like another gold medal for Great Britain

:24:03. > :24:06.here. Not so quick. Not if the American captain can help it. They

:24:07. > :24:10.have hit the floor, that is what they need to do, more of that

:24:11. > :24:15.finishing off the net. Spike it down and it will find the court. Three

:24:16. > :24:20.touches before it has to go over the other side of the net, don't let it

:24:21. > :24:26.touch the ground. Down it goes. Rate block. This is where the backline

:24:27. > :24:35.needs to cover for the front. They are weak blocks on the American side

:24:36. > :24:41.as well. Sean Hook. Ace. You can't get better than that. With the ball

:24:42. > :24:43.placement. Absolutely brilliant. He had four of those in the semifinal

:24:44. > :25:05.against the Netherlands. Great blog. Max Rowan, number 12.

:25:06. > :25:08.The USA are coming. They are predicting play now, they are

:25:09. > :25:20.predicting where the ball is going to and who is going to hit it. A

:25:21. > :25:31.good, low serve there. Into the net. Frank Aveh. It is a time-out called

:25:32. > :25:41.by Great Britain. Charlie Walker has got some serious words to pass on

:25:42. > :25:45.here. Look at this, I mean, absolutely brilliant, but what tends

:25:46. > :25:49.to happen sometimes is as the pressure builds you get tighter in

:25:50. > :25:57.your shoulders. And the reach was not there in order to get that spike

:25:58. > :26:02.over the net. Perfect set up, just bad execution in the end. It is not

:26:03. > :26:07.surprising with the crowds here and the pressures as well. You have two

:26:08. > :26:12.really concentrate on the game. For Charlie Walker and Arana, number

:26:13. > :26:18.eight, who is in that different coloured jersey, he has experienced

:26:19. > :26:22.the Paralympics. The crowd, big crowd. 8000, it will be bigger than

:26:23. > :26:36.far many of his team-mates have played in front of. That could help.

:26:37. > :26:46.Good recovery by Aveh. Little touch. Taken. How important good that point

:26:47. > :26:49.be just to break the Americans with? Great Britain to serve with Charlie

:26:50. > :26:55.Walker. They will make a substitution. Sean Hook goes off and

:26:56. > :27:01.Lucas returns. Takes his place to the right of Monica Southall in the

:27:02. > :27:11.back court. Charlie Walker to serve for Great Britain. Four point away

:27:12. > :27:16.from the second set. -- four point ex-. That is the beauty of a good

:27:17. > :27:21.serve. He knew where he was going to put that, that was a very difficult

:27:22. > :27:26.serve to do. The USA tried to get it up, they did well to get it up.

:27:27. > :27:34.Unfortunately lost the point. Good block into the net. Charlie Walker

:27:35. > :27:39.is working his magic. Obviously when you do have a very good server like

:27:40. > :27:42.Charlie, you need to back that server, no point sending Charlie to

:27:43. > :27:47.the back of the line if you are going to lose the point. Delicate by

:27:48. > :27:57.Tony Harris. Again, blocking, can he get it up? It is too much, John

:27:58. > :28:01.creamer has forced an error. -- John Cramer. The most point Great Britain

:28:02. > :28:07.have conceded in this tournament so far. 20. The USA still in touch,

:28:08. > :28:18.looking for this second set to take it 1-1. Well played. He was playing

:28:19. > :28:23.for that and he got it. That is the decisiveness. In sitting volleyball

:28:24. > :28:27.you do not have a lot of time to think about the shot you are going

:28:28. > :28:33.to make. That was decisive, hence why he won the point. Harris coming

:28:34. > :28:45.in for a little tip over. Going long, but it is too long. Test of

:28:46. > :28:48.nerve for Great Britain. At one stage they thought they had the

:28:49. > :28:55.second set comfortably in the bag, now it is all to play for. That is

:28:56. > :29:01.just out. Set point for Great Britain. Absolutely brilliant,

:29:02. > :29:11.trying to find the back of the court. Slightly too long. Tony

:29:12. > :29:22.Harris can close it out. Going long. Well read.

:29:23. > :29:33.Goes for the touch! He has put it into the net and Great Britain have

:29:34. > :29:38.a 2 -0 set advantage! Just when it looked as if the United States were

:29:39. > :29:43.coming back, the Great Britain team battle back. Completely! Charlie

:29:44. > :29:48.there, I can see him going, well done, guys. We have to keep this up.

:29:49. > :29:55.That was a close call but the other team are just edging slightly in

:29:56. > :29:59.front. Look how much closer it was in the second. But for Great Britain

:30:00. > :30:04.and their army of fans here at the Copper Box Arena, it might be five

:30:05. > :30:16.sets, but they are trying to finish it off in the third. For the next

:30:17. > :30:29.set, it is going to be important to keep this momentum going. Look at

:30:30. > :30:33.the Americans as well. Their ball control is absolutely amazing. It is

:30:34. > :30:36.just finishing it off, that is what they need to do. It seems like they

:30:37. > :30:52.do the hard work, they keep the ball up, they set it in... He is a busy

:30:53. > :30:56.man, Charlie Walker. Rugby, sitting volleyball, and he is determined to

:30:57. > :31:02.close this one out. Everything, apart from that last set, possibly.

:31:03. > :31:06.The Americans came as close to anyone to disrupting his flow. And

:31:07. > :31:18.now success is within his grasp. We will be staying with this sitting

:31:19. > :31:24.volleyball on BBC One and The Sweeney will follow later, as Great

:31:25. > :31:30.Britain close in on another gold medal here at the Copper Box Arena

:31:31. > :31:39.Invictus 2014 Games in London. -- and the swimming will follow. Rick,

:31:40. > :31:44.the American coach, echoing what Martine has been saying about

:31:45. > :31:49.finishing and being decisive and making it count. Yeah, it must be

:31:50. > :31:55.more than frustrating for the USA team that they seem to be doing all

:31:56. > :31:59.the hard work, so the serve-receive is very good. Whoever gets the ball,

:32:00. > :32:03.the ball goes higher, so it gives the hit are plenty of time to come

:32:04. > :32:07.off the net, positioned themselves and spike that ball. But I think

:32:08. > :32:14.that is slightly lacking at the moment on the net. -- position

:32:15. > :32:21.themselves. Team GB, they are working fantastically as a team.

:32:22. > :32:27.Great serving from Charlie Walker. They just need to keep that the

:32:28. > :32:34.meant going, really. Well, there's no sign of Prince Harry going. He

:32:35. > :32:41.has been here regularly, going around all the venues, and as soon

:32:42. > :32:50.as he is spotted, there is a huge roar! The American version of

:32:51. > :32:53.Invictus, the Warrior Games, they provided the inspiration, and so

:32:54. > :32:59.many of these players will know each other from previous competitions.

:33:00. > :33:07.They are familiar but when they come to either side of this net, 110

:33:08. > :33:14.metres between the two, it is eight from matter. But America know they

:33:15. > :33:22.have to win this set. -- it is a different matter.

:33:23. > :33:52.Rana comes off... Rather Rana comes on and around goes off. -- Rav. He

:33:53. > :34:00.saw the space between the 2 players and went straight for it. -- two.

:34:01. > :34:20.Into the net. Uncharacteristic mistake. Not one of his strongest

:34:21. > :34:27.gains so far. -- games. Good recovery. But Great Britain more in

:34:28. > :34:32.control. What happened there?! A little bit of confusion on the USA

:34:33. > :34:37.team there. I think Monica went to set it but she had a fellow player

:34:38. > :34:45.behind her. Just keeping that communication up when things get

:34:46. > :34:52.tight out there. He is the key, number four, for America. Preparing

:34:53. > :35:03.himself now, in the middle, waiting. A touch of the net. So,

:35:04. > :35:09.3-1. First point for the Americans in this set. And, remember, best of

:35:10. > :35:15.three they have to win, otherwise the match is over and Great Britain

:35:16. > :35:23.gold medal winners. -- Great Britain gold medal winners. Sean Hook to

:35:24. > :35:33.serve the United States. He needs some cases now. -- aces now. He is

:35:34. > :35:36.so good at spotting the space. That was perfect. Especially at the back

:35:37. > :35:46.of the court. The defensive line was quite up. Take two. Again, a very

:35:47. > :35:50.low ball. It is having that confidence and variety in your serve

:35:51. > :36:03.which serves you well in games like this. That is another point. This is

:36:04. > :36:07.what it means, the momentum. It almost seems like in volleyball

:36:08. > :36:11.sitting volleyball, there is no other sport like it, so when you get

:36:12. > :36:20.into the groove, points just racket up. Exactly. The Americans are doing

:36:21. > :36:35.really well with their serve advantage. Ah. That was not the set

:36:36. > :36:43.that was needed. For-4. What can Charlie Walker manage for Great

:36:44. > :36:47.Britain? -- 4-4. Hands getting slippery and it is getting more and

:36:48. > :37:07.more competitive out there. Things are getting sleepy. -- slippery.

:37:08. > :37:14.Yes, it is there! And they all count! And that is what you need in

:37:15. > :37:21.sitting volleyball. Uni to say, that's my ball, that's my ball! I

:37:22. > :37:28.think it might be a rotational fault there. The USA are quite advanced,

:37:29. > :37:37.actually, in where they position on court. I think that was a rotational

:37:38. > :37:41.fort of the backline. They have to move one place around clockwise,

:37:42. > :37:46.each of them. They didn't do that. So they lost a point. And then

:37:47. > :37:52.another. And, again, something like that gets into your head at this

:37:53. > :37:56.part of the game. It is another thing going wrong and they need

:37:57. > :38:03.everything to go right. Oh! Now that is class! One of the star performers

:38:04. > :38:24.for them at the net. Good block and they take the point.

:38:25. > :38:30.And these two teams now getting used to each other. They are predicting

:38:31. > :38:32.what the other player is doing. Good movement by Charlie Walker. Straight

:38:33. > :38:51.back. No waiting. Oh! Finishes! Number Ten! A big Man

:38:52. > :38:58.United fan. Robin Van Persie might have been proud in another context.

:38:59. > :39:04.He was there to finish. Just breaks up that American rhythm. 9-6 with

:39:05. > :39:16.Tony Harris to serve. America will take that. In the thick of it once

:39:17. > :39:21.more. Just a bit short again. Just a reminder that the swimming will

:39:22. > :39:24.follow the conclusion of this game. Not necessarily taking too much for

:39:25. > :39:33.granted for Great Britain. Even with a shot like that. The best of five

:39:34. > :39:36.sets. America trading by 2-0 -- trailing by 2-0, and this set is the

:39:37. > :39:52.decider, the third, potentially. Ooh! Great recovery. Well up. That

:39:53. > :39:59.was unlucky there. That is what you call "pancake", when you bounce it

:40:00. > :40:09.down like that. The Americans are moving really quite well to get that

:40:10. > :40:11.ball up. Well worked by America. Good return and they win the point.

:40:12. > :40:33.10-9. Punched through the air. But it is

:40:34. > :40:42.10-10. There you go. The ball was going over but the block is there.

:40:43. > :40:46.Looking for that opening and they have found it. Back in the lead! The

:40:47. > :41:07.Americans have the advantage. Much better passing by the Americans

:41:08. > :41:27.but they just left a hole there. And they sensed it.

:41:28. > :41:34.Well judged! Close, yes. Very close. But, again, that is experience and

:41:35. > :41:38.it shows the experience. You could see that going out. And they take

:41:39. > :41:51.another point. He wants another gold medal at these

:41:52. > :41:56.Invictus Games 2014. And it is a time-out called by the United

:41:57. > :42:00.States. They can see this game moving away from them. They've led

:42:01. > :42:06.only once but it's the Great Britain team who have struck back again.

:42:07. > :42:13.Completely. I think the score is reflective of how well both teams

:42:14. > :42:15.are doing. Again, the USA very good in their ball-handling. Just

:42:16. > :42:20.finishing off. But where they have got a few points in this set is

:42:21. > :42:26.there better blocking. They are blocking GB out a lot more. I think

:42:27. > :42:42.that's making or having an effect on the game.

:42:43. > :42:54.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That was going out.

:42:55. > :43:00.But it has been kept in. The USA lose a point in a bit of confusion

:43:01. > :43:10.right at the net. Yeah, I think the first point back, they must switch

:43:11. > :43:15.on. It is now 14-11. And he is racking up the points with his

:43:16. > :43:21.serve. And again, great recovery. Still the ball continues and it is

:43:22. > :43:33.too long. That was unfortunate there. Five points in a row with him

:43:34. > :43:41.serving. Could be decisive in this set. Just making maybe a little bit

:43:42. > :43:58.of an attempt to break up the rhythm. A force Staff Sergeant, and

:43:59. > :44:07.a good setter. Looking for the spike. Oh, he was praying for that

:44:08. > :44:11.shot before it even landed. The defence is very good for the

:44:12. > :44:21.Americans. They have the ball up and as you can see, the set is there.

:44:22. > :44:26.Slightly mishandling of the ball. -- slight mishandling. That is seven

:44:27. > :44:40.points in a row. Timeout for America. This could be over in three

:44:41. > :44:43.sets. This could be another gold medal for Great Britain in the

:44:44. > :44:51.Copper Box Arena what do they have to do now? I just think it is

:44:52. > :44:55.breaking that momentum with GB, and they have that serve, which makes a

:44:56. > :44:58.huge difference within the game of sitting volleyball. They are doing

:44:59. > :45:01.everything well defensively. I think the Americans are moving very well,

:45:02. > :45:09.therefore they are getting to the ball earlier. It is just the third

:45:10. > :45:12.touch. They need to make sure that that hits the red plastic on the

:45:13. > :45:16.floor. Otherwise it is not their point.

:45:17. > :45:23.The USA have used both of their time-outs, they have no other

:45:24. > :45:38.excuses, reasons, causes, to disrupt Great Britain. This man has inspired

:45:39. > :45:43.with those hands. Lynn 32 years old. Limbu. A veteran in the Gurkhas. He

:45:44. > :45:50.was in the Warrior Games in 2013. Gold in the 200 metre sprint two

:45:51. > :45:56.days ago. You setting Great Britain up for another gold now. There is

:45:57. > :46:02.another point for Great Britain. Corie Mapp, cool as you like. Just

:46:03. > :46:17.tipped it over. There is Limbu again. A good testing

:46:18. > :46:28.serve, made the Americans play. Very good, again, this run of service is

:46:29. > :46:34.absolutely huge. Nine in a row. That is crucial in a third set. Just

:46:35. > :46:41.moving the play, moving the game, the match, the whole momentum, away

:46:42. > :46:45.from the Americans. The longer he stays there in the backline and the

:46:46. > :46:52.more and more nervous the USA will be. Slightly apprehensive about that

:46:53. > :47:02.receive. Got to go over. That is too long. They are cornered, trying to

:47:03. > :47:19.fight their way out. Ten in a row. From 11-10 down to 2011 in the lead.

:47:20. > :47:24.That has gone. He knew where he wanted to put it. Got his foot

:47:25. > :47:30.nearer. Slightly too near the net. Could not do a lot with that one.

:47:31. > :47:45.There is an air of resignation from coach and captain.

:47:46. > :47:51.Marston has gone off and there has been another change with Dell

:47:52. > :48:03.Santos. The older player on the American side, 44 years old. -- De

:48:04. > :48:12.Los Santos. The delay is caused by the referee talking to the American

:48:13. > :48:21.coach. Fairly stern words by the look of it.

:48:22. > :48:27.He is not happy, I am wondering if he is going to send him back on. He

:48:28. > :48:30.is, he wants them to reverse that substitution because they did not do

:48:31. > :48:39.it correctly possibly. When you come on and off in sitting volleyball,

:48:40. > :48:46.you need to go in front of the line. The two metre line, the front line.

:48:47. > :48:52.I don't know whether they did not do that. Either way, it is as you were.

:48:53. > :49:01.Limbu to serve, but you could have guessed that. That is an American

:49:02. > :49:07.point. The run is over. Fantastic. Fantastic for the USA. The game,

:49:08. > :49:08.having Charlie in front of you with the block, he did well to get that

:49:09. > :49:18.point. He needs a miracle if they are going

:49:19. > :49:23.to come back in this set. Walker goes for the spike. Of the fingers.

:49:24. > :49:26.That is Great Britain's point. Talent, pride and determination, it

:49:27. > :49:32.is in evidence through the Invictus Games. Particular talent at the

:49:33. > :49:37.moment within the Great Britain sitting volleyball team. They are

:49:38. > :49:49.three points away from a gold medal. Great recovery. Limbu. Blocked by

:49:50. > :50:00.Walker. Two more point will stop -- two more points. There you go, it

:50:01. > :50:06.goes in, but Charlie Walker is there screening with his hands, nothing

:50:07. > :50:11.getting through those. Little flip by Walker, there could be problems,

:50:12. > :50:22.it is, set point, match for Great Britain.

:50:23. > :50:29.They have just been too good, too strong. And the Great Britain player

:50:30. > :50:34.who said Great Britain could wrap this up in three sets was not

:50:35. > :50:40.joking. It is all over. They have done it. Great Britain have won

:50:41. > :50:48.gold, they have beaten the United States by 3-0 set. It has been

:50:49. > :50:53.comprehensive. It is joy unconfined, it is another gold medal for Charlie

:50:54. > :50:58.Walker. It is another gold medal for the Great Britain team at the Copper

:50:59. > :51:03.Box. From wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball and sitting

:51:04. > :51:07.volleyball, at the heart it has been Charlie Walker. What a performance

:51:08. > :51:13.by the team and by the player-coach. Absolutely brilliant. There were

:51:14. > :51:18.times in that game especially in the first couple of sets it looked like

:51:19. > :51:23.it would be close, but the GB boys and girls came out on top. You

:51:24. > :51:26.cannot fault their play. The amount of times they have been playing

:51:27. > :51:31.together and the experience they got. They have done absolutely

:51:32. > :51:38.fantastically well and, obviously, Charlie Walker winning his third

:51:39. > :51:42.gold medal. He is going to be a very, very happy man. Here is the

:51:43. > :51:49.match point, serving from the back of the court. Waiting, waiting, too

:51:50. > :51:56.long. And the release you could see on Corie Mapp, for all these

:51:57. > :52:02.players, these ex-service men, this is what the Invictus Games is about.

:52:03. > :52:05.This is what playing sitting volleyball is all about. The

:52:06. > :52:09.isolation, the loneliness, was banished, they are part of a team

:52:10. > :52:14.and, above all, part of a winning team. Absolutely, you summed it up.

:52:15. > :52:21.Sport is what has given these guys... It is absolutely fantastic.

:52:22. > :52:22.I am obviously very much more biased towards sitting volleyball than any

:52:23. > :52:32.other sport. Congratulations on another wonderful

:52:33. > :52:37.performance, Charlie, three gold medals in a row, how did this

:52:38. > :52:40.compare to the previous two? We made it hard work for ourselves at times,

:52:41. > :52:46.we can play better than that, it was the nerves and atmosphere, when the

:52:47. > :52:51.noise is like this it encourages you to play faster than we want to. In

:52:52. > :52:55.the second set the Americans came back, in this game when you win the

:52:56. > :53:02.meant and get a row, you get on a roll. Once you get a few points

:53:03. > :53:06.together, you relax, play into it. Once we started playing, it is easy

:53:07. > :53:10.to get the next point. When they were getting closer, you had a

:53:11. > :53:13.time-out, then things clicked. You could turn the tables and they were

:53:14. > :53:18.never had a view after that. Relax, take a deep breath, carry on. We

:53:19. > :53:22.know we can play, we just need to do it. Tell me about the whole

:53:23. > :53:26.experience for you, three gold medals is a fantastic achievement in

:53:27. > :53:30.three different sports. You have been a star in each one. It is three

:53:31. > :53:35.team sports, it is a team, you cannot do it on your own. We have

:53:36. > :53:39.trained hard together, RB, sitting volleyball. Down here as well. These

:53:40. > :53:45.guys have been fantastic, nobody has worked harder than us. -- rugby,

:53:46. > :53:49.sitting volleyball. Would you like to see this continue? If we can get

:53:50. > :53:53.crowds like this. It is not, isn't it? It has been a Notts performance

:53:54. > :53:56.all round for the British team. Well done.

:53:57. > :54:05.STUDIO: That Copper Box has been some venue for the British team,

:54:06. > :54:08.three finals in the team competitions, three victories, all

:54:09. > :54:13.of them against the US. I am delighted to say that joining me in

:54:14. > :54:19.the studio is an American. LAUGHTER Renowned ABC journalist and

:54:20. > :54:23.correspondent Bob Woodruff. Sorry about the basketball, we took you

:54:24. > :54:28.out last night. That is our sport, isn't it? It would be like beating

:54:29. > :54:32.you guys at soccer. To beat us in basketball, we invented that sport.

:54:33. > :54:38.We did not just beat you in that. Rugby, volleyball I know that is

:54:39. > :54:44.torn, but... You are a cruel country. We talked to lots of

:54:45. > :54:48.injured servicemen and women, we have seen them being taken off the

:54:49. > :54:52.battlefield. You had your own experience, you were reporting in

:54:53. > :54:59.Iraq in 2006. This is you, isn't it? That is me, that was part of my

:55:00. > :55:03.skull, it was removed, and IED explosion blasted us from the side.

:55:04. > :55:07.That is my wife and kids. I was happy when I woke up but I was out

:55:08. > :55:13.for 36 days in a coma. Because of this blast that wiped me out.

:55:14. > :55:18.Everything was shattered, my skull, scapula at the back. I went blind

:55:19. > :55:26.because of this impact. I should never have lived. That is what most

:55:27. > :55:29.of them thought out there. The medical care skyrocketed, if there

:55:30. > :55:35.is anything good about these wars, it is that. Is it the military

:55:36. > :55:40.personnel out there in Iraq that looks after you initially?

:55:41. > :55:44.Initially. In the tank we were in it was with US and Iraqi military, they

:55:45. > :55:50.jumped out of the tanks and stop the bleeding and got us out, in a

:55:51. > :55:53.helicopter to Baghdad. I was stabilised, then went to the main

:55:54. > :56:02.medical Centre in Iraq. Then all the way back to the US in 72 hours. They

:56:03. > :56:05.somehow kept me alive and when I got back there was that recovery will

:56:06. > :56:10.stop you see all of the same stories at this event. This has become your

:56:11. > :56:13.heartland, the Invictus Games, wounded warriors, with your

:56:14. > :56:21.foundation you work closely on with your wife. When I was out and I was

:56:22. > :56:27.still in a coma, they had no idea if I would wake up and, if I did, would

:56:28. > :56:31.idea for to speak, walk? What was upsetting when I finally did wake up

:56:32. > :56:35.was that my family and friends had come in that room with me,

:56:36. > :56:40.surrounded me, whispered in my ears, out of great love, but there was one

:56:41. > :56:44.guy that my wife saw, a Marine, in one of the rooms down the hall. He

:56:45. > :56:48.was unconscious but did not have many people come to see him. She

:56:49. > :56:51.said, you know what, this is never going to happen. We saw so many of

:56:52. > :56:55.them when they came out of hospital back to the community, they were not

:56:56. > :57:01.getting the same kind of camaraderie. That kind of love and

:57:02. > :57:04.friendship. We decided to start foundation, we are never going to

:57:05. > :57:07.let this happen, we have not let go since. What kind of things are you

:57:08. > :57:13.doing with those injured servicemen and women? Initially it was medical

:57:14. > :57:18.care. Then when they went back to the community, to get them a kind of

:57:19. > :57:26.care of their it might be for depression, divorce, all sorts of

:57:27. > :57:30.PDS deep issues. -- post-traumatic stress disorder issues. We are

:57:31. > :57:35.trying to get them back in regular world jobs, just opportunities that

:57:36. > :57:38.they have. We are funding more than 54 different local organisations,

:57:39. > :57:45.even nationwide ones, to try to help. We might move to the other

:57:46. > :57:50.countries where our allies were struck as well. This event, the

:57:51. > :57:54.possibility of becoming maybe biannual, going back to the States,

:57:55. > :57:58.have you got a view on how important an event like this is? We have the

:57:59. > :58:03.Warrior Games in the US, we have had it for years, that has been a force,

:58:04. > :58:07.marines against the army against the air force, against the Navy. This is

:58:08. > :58:12.like the Olympics, it is country against country, which makes it more

:58:13. > :58:19.unique. There are so many around the world, spread the world Tadhg word.

:58:20. > :58:22.-- spread the word. Should we do this again in England next year, put

:58:23. > :58:26.it in a different country? Prince Harry would like to do it around the

:58:27. > :58:33.world in other countries as well, just as Olympics are. What is the

:58:34. > :58:37.profile like of injured servicemen and women in the States? You are

:58:38. > :58:41.very proud of the military, perhaps more so than we are in this country,

:58:42. > :58:42.but in terms of the focus on them being looked after, what is that

:58:43. > :59:18.like? are making some progress on it, but

:59:19. > :59:22.it is going to be a long time. In terms of disability sport on

:59:23. > :59:26.television in America, what is that like? It was not great for the

:59:27. > :59:30.Paralympics in London, it seems to have improved for 2014 in Socino.

:59:31. > :59:35.Whether we should cover it more? Yes, without question. Sometimes

:59:36. > :59:39.when the Paralympics happen right after the index and people had

:59:40. > :59:44.Olympics for a long period of time, maybe it is more difficult that way.

:59:45. > :59:52.You cannot find a bigger advocate for covering the two this.

:59:53. > :59:57.And maybe those veterans who have helped the country and serve the

:59:58. > :00:01.country will find it easier to get on. But one of the great things

:00:02. > :00:06.about the Invictus Games is that you have proven that this is moving and

:00:07. > :00:11.successful. I think a lot of the sponsors will come back again.

:00:12. > :00:16.Because this was put together so fast. And hadn't been done before

:00:17. > :00:21.here. There is always this nervousness. Yes, basically Keith

:00:22. > :00:25.Mills got the call from Harry and it went from there. Thank you so much

:00:26. > :00:34.for speaking to us and for your support. Thank you. We are going to

:00:35. > :00:37.go swimming now! First, let's hear from somebody with a Willie

:00:38. > :00:40.interesting insight into how difficult life can be once you leave

:00:41. > :00:50.the services. -- really interesting. I joined the Royal Navy as an

:00:51. > :00:55.officer. My injury meant I had to be medically discharged. I was serving

:00:56. > :01:02.on HMS Ocean, and unfortunately, I had an accident on board which

:01:03. > :01:05.smashed up my knees and led to severe femoral failure and in my

:01:06. > :01:10.joints collapsed. My knee joints collapsed a lot of the time, which

:01:11. > :01:15.obviously is not completely compatible with being at sea, so

:01:16. > :01:22.sadly I could not stay any more. It was a huge shock I did not want to

:01:23. > :01:26.go. -- and I did not. It was trying to make the best of that job and

:01:27. > :01:30.sport made the difference for me. Taking out the frustration of not

:01:31. > :01:35.being able to do the job I wanted to do any more, getting in the pool and

:01:36. > :01:39.taking it out in the water. With sport, you have that same

:01:40. > :01:42.camaraderie, and I think that is the biggest thing you miss when you

:01:43. > :01:47.leave. But with things like this, you still have it there, you still

:01:48. > :01:51.have a team around you. I'm never going to be fully recovered. My

:01:52. > :01:56.joints will never get better. And it is frustrating and it does take a

:01:57. > :02:01.long time to get over it. It is not an overnight thing. It takes months

:02:02. > :02:06.and years to come to the realisation that you are not the same person and

:02:07. > :02:10.you can't take on the world any more. But you slowly get to the

:02:11. > :02:14.point where you think you can do it in a different way. When I was asked

:02:15. > :02:17.if I would consider trying out for it, I didn't think I would be

:02:18. > :02:22.anywhere near good enough to try out for it, let alone get onto the team!

:02:23. > :02:27.So it is pretty amazing. There are so many more opportunities out there

:02:28. > :02:34.for us. Things like Invictus Games, para polo. And I think our amazing

:02:35. > :02:36.success in 2012 meant that sports for less able to people are out

:02:37. > :02:46.there in the mainstream. They certainly are, and the BBC

:02:47. > :02:51.website has the Get Inspired section. There is lots of

:02:52. > :02:56.information as to how you can get involved in also lots of disability

:02:57. > :03:04.sport. Time to go over to the Aquatic Centre and some backstroke.

:03:05. > :03:08.There were no heats in this so it is unseeded. So the winner could come

:03:09. > :03:39.from anywhere. Watch the main six. There in lane two, a fantastic

:03:40. > :03:45.start. It is not the surly the big power waters that win. It is

:03:46. > :03:55.technique that wins every time. -- Power horses. The clear leader, and

:03:56. > :04:05.the gold medal... Whoa! Look at that! Six metres also! A major in

:04:06. > :04:12.the Royal Army medical Corps takes the gold. The silver goes to Angela

:04:13. > :04:19.Mason-Matthews of Great Britain. What a huge they are having here! A

:04:20. > :04:33.fabulous swim there by Katherine Thompson. Didn't take her fit of the

:04:34. > :04:41.gas at any point. There she is. -- foot off the gas. Her head is nice

:04:42. > :04:47.and still. Looking at the ceiling. She is starting to look for the

:04:48. > :04:52.wall. She can work on that and start to time those strokes a bit better

:04:53. > :04:58.to hit that wall on a perfect stroke, but no pressure to do that

:04:59. > :05:05.today. A great win there for Thomson. This is the result in the

:05:06. > :05:17.IST category. Angela Mason-Matthews gets the silver. And the American

:05:18. > :05:21.gets the bronze. Lewis Edwards, the gold medallist on that men's 50

:05:22. > :05:25.metres freestyle, starts of the favourite in this, the 50 metres

:05:26. > :05:32.backstroke. -- starts as the favourite.

:05:33. > :05:47.In lane four, the fastest qualifier for this event. A good three or four

:05:48. > :06:01.metres in the lead. Beautiful technique. Absolutely streets ahead.

:06:02. > :06:11.It looks to me like the 50 metres is well in the bag. You wonder whether

:06:12. > :06:16.he could make the Paralympic team for Rio in 2016. Two gold medals

:06:17. > :06:23.already! It looks like the silver may well go to Curtis of Australia.

:06:24. > :06:31.He is the canoes sprint world champion. Very close on the bronze.

:06:32. > :06:39.Possibly going to Alex Brooker of Great Britain. But the clear winner,

:06:40. > :06:48.Lewis Edwards. Way, way out in front. So, there we go. Pulling

:06:49. > :06:54.away, three or four metres, and an example to any young swimmer

:06:55. > :06:57.watching now. Quite close to the lane rope by the time he got to the

:06:58. > :07:00.finish but it didn't really matter because he was such a long way in

:07:01. > :07:03.the lead. Four races here and it is gold.

:07:04. > :07:19.Super swim. And the final of the men's 50 metres

:07:20. > :07:20.backstroke for the ISCs. The fastest three qualifiers and the favourite

:07:21. > :07:32.is Mike Goody in four. The 50 metres freestyle was gold,

:07:33. > :07:38.silver and bronze in lane three, four and five. I am sure Goody will

:07:39. > :07:49.want to do something even better here.

:07:50. > :07:58.Looking at perhaps the best reaction time. And it is Goody getting that

:07:59. > :08:15.first ten metres. Beginning to pull away. So, Mike Goody has a slightly

:08:16. > :08:23.longer stroke. Reeson looking good in five but it is going to be gold

:08:24. > :08:32.to Goody! Silver to Reeson and bronze to Gus Hirst. I have to say,

:08:33. > :08:36.utterly delighted for Michael Goody. Winning is one along the 50 metres

:08:37. > :08:52.freestyle but stepped up to gold on the 50 back. Super stuff! Ha-ha!

:08:53. > :08:53.Kisses as well! So, Goody for Great Britain. The goal to Goody, the

:08:54. > :08:59.silver to Reeson and the bronze to focus.

:09:00. > :09:09.That was the one where you were rarely going for gold? Yes. I would

:09:10. > :09:13.love it to be 100 but, yes, got to the end and had a cheeky look

:09:14. > :09:17.around. My coach probably going to kill me for that but absolutely

:09:18. > :09:43.fantastic! Loved it! David Wiseman with a gold-medal in

:09:44. > :09:43.the 50 freestyle. Can he go one better? He got away with a fantastic

:09:44. > :09:50.underwater start and it is David better? He got away with a fantastic

:09:51. > :10:04.Wiseman. They are neck and neck. Can David

:10:05. > :10:05.Wiseman. They are neck and neck. Can longer and more efficient strokes

:10:06. > :10:12.next to him. Just our team to take it down. In the white and yellow

:10:13. > :10:27.hat. Webb of Australia is going to take the gold. It looks like it's

:10:28. > :10:31.the bronze going to the Dane. But very easy down that first 25 and

:10:32. > :10:34.then it was just really slightly more efficient strokes of the

:10:35. > :10:42.Australian. Slightly surprised looking at that! That can't hurt him

:10:43. > :10:47.much at all! A serious speed bump there. Shave that beard off and it

:10:48. > :10:54.will take about four or five seconds off! So, Webb wins for Australia.

:10:55. > :10:56.David Wiseman of Great Britain in second and then the Dane getting

:10:57. > :11:10.their first medal of bronze. The enormously versatile kelly of

:11:11. > :11:20.the USA goes in five. The women's 50 backstroke.

:11:21. > :11:31.Good start there. It is worth pointing out that we have some

:11:32. > :11:39.swimmers who haven't necessarily got their injuries through action. One

:11:40. > :11:52.had bone cancer, which left her as an amputee. Very sharp. Kimberly has

:11:53. > :11:55.a ready won the gold medal in the women's 50 metres freestyle. And it

:11:56. > :12:02.looks like she will get the backstroke as well. Look at this!

:12:03. > :12:07.Such powerful legs! She is going to win her second gold medal of these

:12:08. > :12:16.Invictus Games. And she wins by a full four metres! The bronze is Mary

:12:17. > :12:25.Wilson for Great Britain. Super swimming! But, my word, the power in

:12:26. > :12:33.the legs, that is what was so impressive for Sterling of Great

:12:34. > :12:39.Britain. Well, she won the women's 50 metres freestyle by three seconds

:12:40. > :12:46.and she now wins the women's 50 metres backstroke by four.

:12:47. > :12:52.That is your first medal of the summing Championships, Kelly, what

:12:53. > :12:57.you already won the goal that the athletics and cycling? You have had

:12:58. > :13:08.an extremely busy week? -- but you already won the gold. This has been

:13:09. > :13:12.awesome. It is so great to hear the stories, have the courage to share

:13:13. > :13:15.your story, and those are the things I am definitely going to take away.

:13:16. > :13:20.To share all of the awesome experiences and people I have met. I

:13:21. > :13:22.just can't say thanks enough to Great Britain and Prince Harry for

:13:23. > :13:28.this. JONATHAN EDWARDS: There are very

:13:29. > :13:33.good back to camera, the Americans, they? Liz's recovery is still an

:13:34. > :13:42.ongoing process. I started off in the Royal military

:13:43. > :13:50.police and then transferred over to the Royal horse artillery. I was

:13:51. > :13:54.injured on tour in Afghanistan. I had real trouble with my right leg.

:13:55. > :13:58.They are still not sure if there is anything they can do with the leg or

:13:59. > :14:02.not, and until you know if there is anything they can do for you, it is

:14:03. > :14:07.quite frustrating, and it changes from the life you had before and

:14:08. > :14:18.what you are now. You start to lose a lot of your life. A lot of my

:14:19. > :14:22.inspiration and development now changing my life is coming to the

:14:23. > :14:28.Invictus Games and being able to do maybe what I could never do before,

:14:29. > :14:34.and also it has given me a chance of life. Everybody is in a similar

:14:35. > :14:39.situation and everybody has worked together. If you are feeling down or

:14:40. > :14:43.if somebody else's feeling down, we are close together. We are not just

:14:44. > :14:48.a swimming team, we are a team that looks after each other. You are

:14:49. > :14:52.striving again to be the best, like we are taught to be the best. But

:14:53. > :14:56.when you come to a competition, you want to be the best. It does give

:14:57. > :15:00.you that bit of flair of competition in your life and that drive. We are

:15:01. > :15:03.going to have a bitter rivalry but we'll hope everybody is going to do

:15:04. > :15:07.their best at the end of the day. We want to do our best but we want to

:15:08. > :15:09.support each other and assembly gets a medal, that is fantastic. We are

:15:10. > :15:19.here for each other. It is amazing. If it was not for the Invictus Games

:15:20. > :15:27.and people I have met and my family I would probably not be here today.

:15:28. > :15:32.In sterling trying to emulate what Lewis Edwards has already done,

:15:33. > :15:41.which is when each of the gold-medal 's in the strokes. -- Kimberly

:15:42. > :15:52.Stirling. Steadying herself on the blocks. Final of the women's 50

:15:53. > :15:59.metres breaststroke. Very quick start indeed from Mary Wilken 2-0

:16:00. > :16:03.Wilson of Great Britain, but Kimberly Sterling looks very good. A

:16:04. > :16:10.variety of reaction times of the block, but Sterling got away very

:16:11. > :16:19.well. Nice strong breaststroke. And Mary Wilson also coming through to

:16:20. > :16:24.try and get past. Kimberly Sterling in the lead. Sterling starting to

:16:25. > :16:28.pull away, had a comfortable first 25 metres, but the second 25 she is

:16:29. > :16:32.starting to power away from the rest of the field. At the moment it looks

:16:33. > :16:35.like Danielle Parry in the silver medal, but still Mary Wilson is

:16:36. > :16:42.going well for Great Britain. It could be a British 1-2. Kimberly

:16:43. > :16:48.Stirling gets the gold. The silver is mighty tight. Goodness me, that

:16:49. > :16:53.was so close. Not sure of silver or bronze, but definitely gold, her

:16:54. > :16:58.third gold medal, Kimberly Sterling of Great Britain. Good luck,

:16:59. > :17:10.Kimberly, does she needed? Gold in back, breast and free. The crowd

:17:11. > :17:14.giving generous applause. For the USA swimmer as she comes in to

:17:15. > :17:19.complete her 50. Wonderful applause from the spectators and other

:17:20. > :17:25.competitors. Strong right the way through that 50 metres. Finishes

:17:26. > :17:36.well. But it was so tight for the silver and bronze medal. Watching it

:17:37. > :17:40.carefully here. Hold on a second, in lane three there is a front crawl

:17:41. > :17:44.finish at the very end, we all know they cannot do that, I am sure lane

:17:45. > :17:50.three will get disqualified. Very tight between Mary Wilson and

:17:51. > :17:51.Danielle Perry as well. We will have to wait and see what the judges come

:17:52. > :18:03.up with. Those are the preliminary results.

:18:04. > :18:07.Sterling certainly winning goal for Great Britain, no doubt about that,

:18:08. > :18:14.we will have to wait and see whether Bertrand remains in silver medal

:18:15. > :18:19.position with Mary Wilson in bronze. We are waiting with everybody. It is

:18:20. > :18:23.phenomenal really. You are involved with athletics, you have a taste of

:18:24. > :18:29.the whole games, did you expect to be this successful at these games? I

:18:30. > :18:33.did not, I am 50, I am pretty old. I am one of the oldest competitors, I

:18:34. > :18:37.cannot believe it, really, fantastic. Catherine Thompson of

:18:38. > :18:43.Great Britain trying to win her three individual strokes as well.

:18:44. > :18:50.Back, breast and free. Already has two in the bag, can she get a third?

:18:51. > :18:59.Very slow to get down. Leaving them to stand there for a while. We can

:19:00. > :19:04.see Katherine Thompson. She has already swum so well today. Just

:19:05. > :19:09.pulling away from the other swimmers. The only person really

:19:10. > :19:18.going with her is Angela Mason Matthews of Great Britain. What a

:19:19. > :19:24.swim this is, ISC suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder,

:19:25. > :19:33.still serving as the Royal Army medical Corps. -- serving in. Very

:19:34. > :19:38.close in lanes five and six. The gold, a game, the third time at this

:19:39. > :19:48.Invictus Games, goes to Catherine Thompson of great Britain. Bronze

:19:49. > :19:53.goes to Angela Mason Matthews. What a week Catherine Thompson is having,

:19:54. > :20:00.Catherine Thomson of Great Britain, gold medallist in the women's 50

:20:01. > :20:03.breaststroke. Once again it was her ability to maintain that quality of

:20:04. > :20:09.technique and power through the whole 50 metres. The first 25 it was

:20:10. > :20:17.pretty close, but kept pulling away more and more every singles rogue as

:20:18. > :20:22.she came in. -- every single stroke. Head down as she dives towards the

:20:23. > :20:29.finish. Nicely done, another gold medal for Catherine Thompson. Really

:20:30. > :20:32.dominating her pedigree so far, M3 macro Thompson of Great Britain

:20:33. > :20:43.winning gold in the women's 50 metres breast stroke. -- Catherine

:20:44. > :20:48.Thompson of Great Britain. Can Lewis Edwards win gold in the backstroke,

:20:49. > :20:53.breaststroke and freestyle. This is the breaststroke. He has already won

:20:54. > :20:59.two. The vice captain of Australia, Jeff Evans, goes in five. His

:21:00. > :21:07.biggest threat. He has won backstroke, can he win breaststroke?

:21:08. > :21:15.Some started in the water, some of the block. Lewis Edwards, fantastic

:21:16. > :21:18.underwater. For me this is his breast two breaststroke,

:21:19. > :21:24.technically, very even. Getting good lift out of the water. Very even

:21:25. > :21:29.with both his arms. Despite only pulling with his left arm. He has

:21:30. > :21:36.taken a look to either side, not sure he needs to do that. Remarkable

:21:37. > :21:41.as he has only done two years of swimming. He put a flume in his back

:21:42. > :21:47.garden to practice, my goodness it has paid off. He has won the

:21:48. > :21:51.freestyle, backstroke and now the breaststroke, three gold medals for

:21:52. > :21:58.Great Britain's Lewis Edwards. What a swim that was. Brilliant stuff.

:21:59. > :22:03.Silver goes to Geoffrey medal Elli Evans of Australia -- Geoffrey

:22:04. > :22:06.Evans. What a victory. Three gold medals already and still another

:22:07. > :22:09.race to come. What a meet he is having. Lewis Edwards of Great

:22:10. > :22:23.Britain wins his third gold-medal. Even in that stroke, a lot of power

:22:24. > :22:27.generated from the legs, but also from his left arm. His body went out

:22:28. > :22:38.of the water, diving forward. Beautiful swimming. Looks like he is

:22:39. > :22:42.not quite going to hit his finish. In other events of history has not

:22:43. > :22:46.quite landed his finish. He did not need to do any more than he has done

:22:47. > :22:52.today, three gold medals out of three for Lewis Edwards. Varies his

:22:53. > :23:01.mum and his girlfriend. Christine and Alan, his mum and dad,

:23:02. > :23:05.wonderful. Lewis Edwards of Britain winning his third gold medal, he has

:23:06. > :23:10.one more chance to get four. Geoffrey Evans of Australia gets

:23:11. > :23:15.silver, Curtis McGrath of Australia gets bronze.

:23:16. > :23:22.This is going to be mighty tight, I am sure. Galloway is the fastest

:23:23. > :23:24.qualifier for this final for the USA, at Michael Goody is only half a

:23:25. > :23:42.second behind him for Great Britain. I miss my friend, his left leg,

:23:43. > :23:53.which he lost when his vehicle hit an IED. A very good start from

:23:54. > :23:57.Galloway of the USA, good underwater. Plays into his stroke

:23:58. > :24:05.well. Michael Goody already has silver and gold so far. I am

:24:06. > :24:12.distracted by the fact there is a guy doing freestyle, a little bit

:24:13. > :24:16.confused about what race he is in. But it is breaststroke we are

:24:17. > :24:21.watching. It looks like Mike Goody in the lead. This will be tied down

:24:22. > :24:25.the last 35 metres. Can Goody win it? Goodness me, it will be very

:24:26. > :24:29.close, it looks like Goody will get it on the touch, Goody gets the

:24:30. > :24:34.gold. Goodness gracious, that was close, maybe the silver medal has

:24:35. > :24:38.gone to Galloway of the USA. I wonder if the bronze has also gone

:24:39. > :24:44.to Great Britain? What a super start it was from Michael Goody. There is

:24:45. > :24:48.the Italian... What a shocker he had. Unfortunately, he did freestyle

:24:49. > :24:57.down the first link and turned. It was a 50 breaststroke. -- first

:24:58. > :25:01.length. Poor chap. No doubts about the winner. Michael Goody did a

:25:02. > :25:05.great job, not distracted by the Italian swimmer doing freestyle.

:25:06. > :25:10.Obviously very disappointed, the Italian swimmer, but I imagine he

:25:11. > :25:20.had the freestyle to come. Michael Goody has won it. Really, that first

:25:21. > :25:24.25 is where he won it. Yes, beautiful swim, very strong, not

:25:25. > :25:28.getting distracted by what was going on around him. We thought Galloway

:25:29. > :25:32.would be the person to beat and it was so close, great finish. Probably

:25:33. > :25:42.the best finish we have seen by Michael Goody. Very tight. And a

:25:43. > :25:43.bronze medal. So tight. Great swimming for Michael Goody and Great

:25:44. > :26:00.Britain. Lewis Edwards does one better than

:26:01. > :26:07.Michael Phelps here in the Olympics winning pool. He has won his third

:26:08. > :26:11.individual gold medal. Lewis Edwards of Great Britain, what a meet he is

:26:12. > :26:15.having, he has now won the backstroke and breaststroke as well

:26:16. > :26:20.as the freestyle. It certainly does not matter how tall you are, does

:26:21. > :26:28.it? Three gold medals he has won. Great shot, look at that.

:26:29. > :26:34.The Australian Royal Marine veteran, his fastest qualifying time. David

:26:35. > :26:42.Weisman of Britain going in six. Pulled away very evenly there. Great

:26:43. > :27:02.underwater shot of Adrian Talbot. Adrian Talbot of Australia in the

:27:03. > :27:06.lead, pulling away. Talbot very reminiscent of camp and though, the

:27:07. > :27:18.holder of the able-bodied record. Adam Peters of Great Britain has

:27:19. > :27:23.just broken that record. Australia get the gold, silver goes to John

:27:24. > :27:29.Edmonston from the USA. Very tight for the bronze. Very tight indeed,

:27:30. > :27:34.we will have to check who won the bronze medal. Certainly the gold, no

:27:35. > :27:42.doubt about it, Adrian Talbot from Australia. He suffered

:27:43. > :27:47.post-traumatic stress disorder. And osteoarthritis in his hip. It has

:27:48. > :27:52.not stopped him winning the gold on this 50 breaststroke. Wonderful,

:27:53. > :28:04.generating fantastic power, back end of the stroke. Here we go. Beautiful

:28:05. > :28:08.technique, keeping very low in the water, he will generate a lot of

:28:09. > :28:15.power from his legs and arms there. Great finish all the way to the end.

:28:16. > :28:20.Silver medal going to John Edmonston of the USA. Very tight, the bronze,

:28:21. > :28:39.going to Denmark. It clearly means so much to these

:28:40. > :28:43.guys. Adrian Talbot winning gold in the men's 50 metres breast wrote,

:28:44. > :28:44.adding to the gold he won in freestyle. John Edmonston getting

:28:45. > :28:54.silver. Your second gold here at these

:28:55. > :28:59.games, very dominant swim, where you prepared for this kind of

:29:00. > :29:03.performance? Yes and no. Obviously this is beyond all my expectations.

:29:04. > :29:08.I just came here for the whole Invictus experience, but winning

:29:09. > :29:13.medals, that is just, it has blown me away to be honest. It is a long

:29:14. > :29:17.way for Australians to come, you feel it has been worth the trip?

:29:18. > :29:20.Most certainly, thank you to Prince Harry for organising this. All of

:29:21. > :29:28.the support staff that has made it happen. It is mind blowing. Great to

:29:29. > :29:30.see Michael Goody doing well. From swimming to indoor rowing, Matt

:29:31. > :29:41.Pinsent has the story. This is the second day of

:29:42. > :29:46.competition and today is indoor rowing. You can see the machines.

:29:47. > :29:51.They are the same machines as you might find in your local gym. Nobody

:29:52. > :29:55.likes them at all! These, equipped with their very own bucket. These

:29:56. > :30:04.guys push themselves so hard... OK, enough of that! But two different

:30:05. > :30:09.events, a 4 minute in Turin 's event and a sprint. And it is as far as

:30:10. > :30:14.you can go in the time allowed. -- endurance event. It is that simple.

:30:15. > :30:19.But each of the athletes here, just getting to the Invictus Games has

:30:20. > :30:24.been far from simple. I was just out on a routine patrol on the 5th of

:30:25. > :30:28.October 2009 and I trod on an IED and broke my pelvis and lost both my

:30:29. > :30:33.legs, really, so I guess that is the start of the journey to this point.

:30:34. > :30:38.Presumably your recovery in the opening months was physical, of

:30:39. > :30:43.course, but a huge mental adjustment as well? Yes, it is, and that is the

:30:44. > :30:48.hardest battle. It takes many, many months. Years, even. The mix on the

:30:49. > :30:54.ground and the doctors do an incredible job to save your life. --

:30:55. > :30:59.the medics. You are almost a spectator. They do an amazing job.

:31:00. > :31:02.It is that real battle to find your identity again afterwards that is

:31:03. > :31:09.the hopping. And rowing was a discovery for you at that point? I

:31:10. > :31:15.had never do thought of rowing in my life. It was almost a spur of the

:31:16. > :31:19.moment decision. This was probably 18 months before London. A very,

:31:20. > :31:26.very outside chance... I have never wrote before, so learning to stile

:31:27. > :31:34.and competing, it was incredible to have the opportunity to represent my

:31:35. > :31:39.country. I came fourth in London. It was 0.2 of a second. An agonising

:31:40. > :31:44.amount! And it is pretty hard to take. It took a long time to realise

:31:45. > :31:48.it was about the process. Where I started that process was in a

:31:49. > :31:51.hospital bed nearly dead and where I finished it was fourth in the world

:31:52. > :31:56.in a Paralympic final, but it took so much out of me emotionally as

:31:57. > :32:00.well as physically and I had a real crash afterwards. So I wanted to

:32:01. > :32:06.just step away from it and sort my life out. I had a few operations

:32:07. > :32:10.still to have on my injuries. I started a family. I have a double

:32:11. > :32:14.boy now. It puts everything into perspective. Only in the last! Have

:32:15. > :32:18.I found that energy are going to be want to push myself and Rio is on

:32:19. > :32:22.the horizon, and, you know, when you are a junkie for competition and

:32:23. > :32:42.sport, you really can't resist, can you?

:32:43. > :32:53.COMMENTATOR: What a display the competitors are putting on down

:32:54. > :33:02.there! Great Britain has gone off really quickly. He is going to set

:33:03. > :33:07.the time! That is it! What an opening race! Ladies and gentlemen!

:33:08. > :33:11.That is the end of the four minute in during to racing and the British

:33:12. > :33:17.team has done really, with three golds. All are going to be standing

:33:18. > :33:25.on top of the podium for the medal ceremonies. Now, though, resetting

:33:26. > :33:27.the machines for the one minute sprint event. This is 60 seconds of

:33:28. > :33:49.raw power. COMMENTATOR: We are away and racing!

:33:50. > :33:50.A 12 metre lead for Great Britain! It was the British team with the

:33:51. > :34:14.clean sweep. They proved unbeatable again in the

:34:15. > :34:20.IRin Iraq four. I was rather tired in that first one. You had a

:34:21. > :34:25.gold-medal performance was morning and then... ? Yes, pretty tight. An

:34:26. > :34:32.hour to cool down and then warming up again. But it was brilliant.

:34:33. > :34:37.JONATHAN EDWARDS: Really compelling, that. You just see people in the gym

:34:38. > :34:41.looking miserable doing that! Great performance from the British team.

:34:42. > :34:43.The last visit to the swimming pool now and it is the 100 metres

:34:44. > :34:52.freestyle. Lewis Edwards going for his fourth

:34:53. > :34:57.individual gold medal in these Invictus Games. Great Britain, the

:34:58. > :35:06.fastest four lanes right in the centre. Look at that.

:35:07. > :35:13.The final men's 100 metres freestyle, and what a start we have

:35:14. > :35:18.again from Lewis Edwards. His technical abilities are just superb.

:35:19. > :35:24.Surely the gold-medal is already lives with 25 metres already gone.

:35:25. > :35:27.To do this in two years of swimming is quite exceptional, really.

:35:28. > :35:33.Technically brilliant. Very, very smooth freestyle. It will be

:35:34. > :35:38.interesting to see what kind of time he can do. He has talked about

:35:39. > :35:43.looking at the triathlon and he was a very strong cyclists as a young

:35:44. > :35:47.man. He is a good runner and he can clearly swim, so triathlon is an

:35:48. > :35:57.option for him when it comes to Rio. A brilliant, brilliant swim. In this

:35:58. > :36:01.pool, two years ago, the great Michael Phelps won four gold medals,

:36:02. > :36:08.but only two of them were individuals. Lewis Edwards is going

:36:09. > :36:11.to win four gold medals himself but they are all individual, and Great

:36:12. > :36:19.Britain's Lewis Edwards is going to take the gold! He has won the 50

:36:20. > :36:24.back, the 50 breast, and now he has won this by a good 50 metres. Look

:36:25. > :36:37.at this battle for silver and bronze! Goodness me! So close! I

:36:38. > :36:41.think you possibly just got it this side in lane five but that is such a

:36:42. > :36:47.close finish mark. That was fantastic, wasn't it? What a race

:36:48. > :36:54.for silver and a bronze medals! Wonderful to see! And the crowd

:36:55. > :37:04.absolutely loved that. Here we have the parents of Lewis Edwards and his

:37:05. > :37:10.girlfriend. What a day he has had! COMMENTATOR: The wonderful

:37:11. > :37:17.performance of Lewis Edwards! Into the turn, nicely done. Through and

:37:18. > :37:21.beyond five metres, any young sauna watches that, you want to try to get

:37:22. > :37:29.beyond five metres. -- any young swimmers watching that. Again, such

:37:30. > :37:37.a long way in the lead. He lands his finish much better that he has done

:37:38. > :37:42.some of his other finishes. Very, very tight between silver and

:37:43. > :37:53.bronze. I think it is laying three that gets it. Well, mighty tight it

:37:54. > :37:58.was. No doubt the gold goes to Lewis Edwards, but the silver and bronze,

:37:59. > :38:06.I can tell you, Alexander Brewer wins it by a hundredth of a second.

:38:07. > :38:10.And then Le Galloudec of Great Britain gets bronze. A clean sweep

:38:11. > :38:15.for the Brits. What a race for Great Britain!

:38:16. > :38:23.You are so far ahead of the rest of the field, you must have Rio 2016,

:38:24. > :38:30.the Paralympics, as an option now? Yes, that is where I want to get. I

:38:31. > :38:34.do have it as an option. This has been fantastic. And is there a plan

:38:35. > :38:38.of action? Is it going to be swimming you will choose? Probably

:38:39. > :38:45.swimming. Drifting about but probably swimming. Well, we can't

:38:46. > :38:48.wait to see your progress and you are a full-time Invictus Games

:38:49. > :38:54.champion. Well done, Lewis. Thank you.

:38:55. > :39:10.The British team captain Mike Goody goes in this men's 100 metres

:39:11. > :39:15.freestyle ISC. Galloway in five. The British team captain, Michael

:39:16. > :39:24.Goody, for Great Britain goes in lane four, and a good start he has

:39:25. > :39:27.had. Yes, a great start for Mike. Some of the mistakenly took off on

:39:28. > :39:31.the freestyle during the 50 breast rope. He is hoping to redeem himself

:39:32. > :39:37.and is gradually coming back into the picture in fourth place, but it

:39:38. > :39:43.is Mike Goody followed by Luke Reeson, looking to go a bit better

:39:44. > :39:51.than he has done today. But Mike Goody now gradually pulling away.

:39:52. > :39:55.Mike Goody may be a bit of a senior but he is certainly the captain of

:39:56. > :40:00.the swimming pool here. I tell you what, though. It looks like Luke

:40:01. > :40:04.Reeson is not letting him go there in three! Mike Goody for Great

:40:05. > :40:10.Britain! Coming up again! Goody of Great Britain leading! Reeson just

:40:11. > :40:13.about in the silver-medal position! What a close race that was! Mike

:40:14. > :40:21.Goody wins the gold and Reeson of Great Britain. Galloway of the USA

:40:22. > :40:27.gets the bronze. What a start from the Brits! Very, very strong first

:40:28. > :40:32.25 and never really looked back. No, a fantastic swim by both men

:40:33. > :40:35.there. Luke Reeson was looking towards Mike Goody and Mike Goody

:40:36. > :40:43.was looking the other way, didn't realise how close it was, I am

:40:44. > :40:49.sure. A wonderful, wonderful race. So, here we go. Coming into the

:40:50. > :40:54.turn, Mike Goody lands his foot well. A bit loose there and could

:40:55. > :40:58.tighten that up. But, there you go, Mike Goody breathing the other way,

:40:59. > :41:07.not realising Reeson was right on his shoulder! Making him look around

:41:08. > :41:16.all the time. A little cheeky look over as well! He wasn't sure about

:41:17. > :41:21.it! Gold! In the British men in gold and silver. Michael Goody and Luke

:41:22. > :41:31.Reeson. Both in the relay as well. Galloway, the bronze.

:41:32. > :41:39.The final of the men's 100 metres freestyle ISC category. And, yet

:41:40. > :41:48.again, Great Britain in the fastest lane. David Wiseman, can he win

:41:49. > :42:09.gold? Two silvers so far. Two links freestyle. The ISD category. -- two

:42:10. > :42:12.lengths. Also coming back to them now is Thomas Mick. He was shot and

:42:13. > :42:17.unbelievable 11 times in Afghanistan. Very, very strong

:42:18. > :42:22.freestyle swimmer and it is these three, really, who are going to take

:42:23. > :42:29.the lead. First turn, David Wiseman, who is desperate to go one better

:42:30. > :42:36.than his two silvers. Already this afternoon. He wore one better than

:42:37. > :42:45.the gold -- he will want one better, the gold. Can he keep it up?

:42:46. > :42:53.He got a silver on the 50 metres backstroke and is trying desperately

:42:54. > :43:02.to keep up. David Wiseman it is! Old to Wiseman! The bronze medal goes to

:43:03. > :43:14.the Estonian. Their first medal of the games. -- gold to Wiseman! David

:43:15. > :43:19.Wiseman finally gets his gold. Super! I was reading his Twitter

:43:20. > :43:20.yesterday and he said he was going to smash it and he certainly smashed

:43:21. > :43:35.it there. At this point here, he had it won.

:43:36. > :43:39.Such a big guy. If he can carry on developing his technique, his

:43:40. > :43:42.strength is superb. Build that technique, though that stamina, and

:43:43. > :43:51.we could see a lot more from this young man. -- build that stamina. We

:43:52. > :43:55.can see him punching the water as he has won gold. That was Lewis Edwards

:43:56. > :44:05.and David Wiseman does the same. David, you saved your best

:44:06. > :44:10.individual performance for last. You got the gold and it looked like it

:44:11. > :44:14.meant the world to you. Absolutely! It was crazy getting in that pool

:44:15. > :44:19.and doing that! This morning, in that he is, I didn't realise I would

:44:20. > :44:24.be doing the breaststroke as well as the freestyle and backstroke. So the

:44:25. > :44:29.body is pretty tired. There was no wait, no way I was going to let that

:44:30. > :44:31.Australian beat me in that one! I have been beaten twice by

:44:32. > :44:48.Australians in my previous two! Can Sterling win all four races in

:44:49. > :44:50.the Invictus Games? In the ISC category? This is the last one. The

:44:51. > :45:02.100 metres Very quick start indeed from Mary

:45:03. > :45:12.Wilson in Lane seven. A decent start in the centre. It is Kimberly

:45:13. > :45:18.Sterling of Great Britain. Quite a variety of starting methods, some of

:45:19. > :45:24.those women slightly unstable on the block, but not the case for Kimberly

:45:25. > :45:28.Sterling, she has proved herself a very competent athlete this

:45:29. > :45:36.afternoon, she is pulling away from the field. Let's watch her turn.

:45:37. > :45:40.Nicely done, slightly open again. Some of these swimmers can work on

:45:41. > :45:47.that. Coming up the wall strong, continuing to pull away from the

:45:48. > :45:54.rest of the field. Private Sterling has had a very good first 30 metres

:45:55. > :45:59.of this second 50, she is looking very good indeed. Still stretching

:46:00. > :46:03.out. Fourth gold medal in a row, no doubt about it at all. Silver looks

:46:04. > :46:10.like it may well be going to purchase your Collins of the USA in

:46:11. > :46:18.Lane five, look at the margin of victory. Kimberly Sterling, her

:46:19. > :46:19.fourth gold medal. Goodness me. Brilliant swim, the crowd absolutely

:46:20. > :46:32.going crazy. The symbol medal -- could it be Sarah Webster for

:46:33. > :46:36.Australia? That was tight, it may well have gone to the Australian,

:46:37. > :46:42.Sarah Webster, in three. No doubt about the champion, a clean sweep,

:46:43. > :46:46.the 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle and now 100 metres

:46:47. > :46:51.freestyle, it is Kim Billy Stirling of Great Britain. Beginning to look

:46:52. > :46:55.very tired now, it has been a long day, that is the fourth race

:46:56. > :47:01.Kimberly has been in. We have had heats, then finals, they started at

:47:02. > :47:08.7:30am, some of them look very tired, but not so for Kimberly

:47:09. > :47:13.Sterling. It was never in doubt, Private Kimberly Sterling wins the

:47:14. > :47:17.100 metres freestyle, Patricia Collins of the USA gets the silver

:47:18. > :47:22.and several Webster just get the bronze.

:47:23. > :47:29.Kimberly, four golds, you must be absolutely exhausted. I am actually

:47:30. > :47:35.not, I am just ecstatic, I can't believe I got four golds. I guess

:47:36. > :47:41.the environment has really littered your spirits. Definitely, you can

:47:42. > :47:46.hear your name, the crowd today is amazing, great support. Did you ever

:47:47. > :47:49.imagine there would be this kind of turnout and support for the Invictus

:47:50. > :47:53.Games as Jamal never did I expected. Before we found out we had made the

:47:54. > :47:59.team we knew swimming tickets were sold out, we had an idea it would be

:48:00. > :48:02.quite a big games. I am pleased the public, the national public, have

:48:03. > :48:22.got behind us. The women's 100 metres freestyle ISC.

:48:23. > :48:30.The final of the women's 100 metres freestyle and Catherine Thompson has

:48:31. > :48:36.won three individual gold medals already. What a start she has had in

:48:37. > :48:42.this 100 metres freestyle. Her initial start was fantastic, lifted

:48:43. > :48:45.her head as she broke out of the underwater swim. She is definitely

:48:46. > :48:49.pulling away from the field. Difficult to beat. At the bottom of

:48:50. > :48:56.your picture there, Davies also of Great Britain, my mistake, Angela

:48:57. > :49:08.Mason Matthews in Lane seven, in second place. Great terms from the

:49:09. > :49:11.women there. -- turns. These two girls from Great Britain pulling

:49:12. > :49:21.away. Over on the far side we have Eric Stewart. They are battling out

:49:22. > :49:24.for the bronze medal, but it is two Brits in the lead. Major Catherine

:49:25. > :49:28.Thompson going for her fourth straight gold medal, trying to keep

:49:29. > :49:33.up with her is Angela Mason Matthews, closer to us. It is going

:49:34. > :49:38.to be four in a row. Major Catherine Thomson Winter fourth gold medal.

:49:39. > :49:46.Brilliant swim from her. -- wins her fourth. Right at the top, it is the

:49:47. > :49:54.swimmer from Honolulu taking the bronze. And saluting the crowd.

:49:55. > :49:58.Taking that bronze medal. Some super swimming, but no one can get

:49:59. > :50:07.anywhere near Major Catherine Thompson, four golds. She has really

:50:08. > :50:11.dominated the swimming pool, ISC of Great Britain wins her fourth goal.

:50:12. > :50:15.Angela Mason Matthews has on really well to get silver in this 100

:50:16. > :50:19.metres women's freestyle. In aggregate have been awesome, the

:50:20. > :50:25.whole week has been amazing, I have been here with everyone else, the

:50:26. > :50:29.whole team. How much does it inspire you watching the rest of your

:50:30. > :50:33.team-mates doing so well, the team effort? It is definitely about Team

:50:34. > :50:38.GB, getting medals as a group rather than an individual. It has been

:50:39. > :50:42.really good, amazing the whole week. Angela, another medal for you, when

:50:43. > :50:47.you go back home, how will things change, will you consider taking

:50:48. > :50:51.swimming more seriously? If I can get rid of the horses, maybe, but I

:50:52. > :50:55.don't think that is going to happen any time soon. I will carry on

:50:56. > :50:58.training as an when I camp, but would love to come back next time it

:50:59. > :51:05.is on, because it has been amazing, fantastic. I could not have come

:51:06. > :51:10.second to a better person. The final sporting action of these Invictus

:51:11. > :51:14.Games was the men's four x 50 metres relay, another dominant performance

:51:15. > :51:19.from Britain, David Wiseman, Michael Goody, Fergus Hirst and Luke were

:51:20. > :51:29.the quartet. Fergus Hirst brought them home.

:51:30. > :51:39.It certainly has been some performance, hasn't it, by the

:51:40. > :51:42.British swimming team? The BBC Invictus website, you can get all of

:51:43. > :51:45.the information there, we have not had time to catch up with

:51:46. > :51:53.powerlifting. There were three gold medals in the men's lightweight, it

:51:54. > :51:56.was the team captain who won. James Wilkie -- Wilson got gold in the

:51:57. > :52:04.men's heavyweight. There is a full report on the website. Joining me in

:52:05. > :52:09.the studio are a couple of gold medallist. Fresh from your medal

:52:10. > :52:18.ceremony in the sitting volleyball. This game as a whole as we get on to

:52:19. > :52:21.volleyball, it must have exceeded expectations. I could never have

:52:22. > :52:26.expected anything like this, it has been an absolute roller-coaster of

:52:27. > :52:31.emotions. Ups, not many downs, all the way through. I did not expect it

:52:32. > :52:33.to be anything this size, did not expect the support we have had. It

:52:34. > :52:39.has been absolutely phenomenal. I feel like now I have seen everything

:52:40. > :52:48.and it is pretty good. Charlie is the poster boy of the studio. Three

:52:49. > :52:53.amazing events in the Copper Box. Wheelchair rugby stands out for me,

:52:54. > :52:58.you lead that team head and shoulders, so close at the end, what

:52:59. > :53:03.are your memories? Not a lot, it was just hard work. We left nothing out

:53:04. > :53:07.there. It is a team effort, rugby is one of those games you cannot do on

:53:08. > :53:12.your own, you should probably not watch the ball, but what the other

:53:13. > :53:16.three are doing to create space. Ryan McIntosh was your counterpart

:53:17. > :53:21.in the US team. You put one over on him, he was sin binned for five

:53:22. > :53:27.times. I felt bad for him in the end. You have to play the game. The

:53:28. > :53:34.referee was calling him out for a lot of things. Look at yourself in

:53:35. > :53:38.action. It was tight all the way to the end, unlike sitting volleyball,

:53:39. > :53:43.and wheelchair basketball, where you got a bit of a buffer early on,

:53:44. > :53:47.there was pressure right to the end. Denise Lewis was enjoying it, I

:53:48. > :53:50.spoke to her afterwards, she said it was wonderful. How did you cope with

:53:51. > :53:56.that? You just remember your training. Mike and Jenkins have

:53:57. > :53:59.taken us through, from not being able to do the game at all to

:54:00. > :54:05.winning gold. Thanks to them and the guys on the team for getting us

:54:06. > :54:11.there. You got your first gold on day one, it was the one you wanted,

:54:12. > :54:18.200 metres? Yes, 200 metres is what I have been working harder for a

:54:19. > :54:22.long time. -- working hard at. I had played a lot of volleyball

:54:23. > :54:28.beforehand, but this was the one I wanted. You pulled out of the

:54:29. > :54:32.hundreds deliberately to focus? I prefer to run two rather than one,

:54:33. > :54:36.most doubles do, because of the acceleration phase, over 200 you get

:54:37. > :54:42.more opportunity to express the top speed, I think. The performances you

:54:43. > :54:46.have put in here and recently, does it make you think about Rio

:54:47. > :54:50.possibly? It certainly makes me want to take it further, I will spend a

:54:51. > :54:54.lot more time with my coach and we will see, next summer, there is some

:54:55. > :55:01.big competition going on. Perhaps I can get involved. Let's look at the

:55:02. > :55:04.medal table. Emphasis is on participation rather than medal

:55:05. > :55:13.tables. As team captain, what do you make of that? Pretty spectacular.

:55:14. > :55:17.Pretty special. Over the last six monthly have seen the effort the

:55:18. > :55:21.boys and girls have put in to be here, this is so important for their

:55:22. > :55:25.recovery, all they have had to do is focus on their sport, but it is they

:55:26. > :55:31.are doing, and it is reflected in that table, it shows the passion the

:55:32. > :55:36.guys have got. Great stuff from Jaguar Land Rover, sponsoring it,

:55:37. > :55:41.really important. Jaguar Land Rover has been particularly key, just

:55:42. > :55:45.fantastic. We are back again this evening at 8pm, it is the closing

:55:46. > :55:50.ceremony, the closing concert, we will have the foo fighters, Ellie

:55:51. > :55:56.Goulding, Kaiser Chiefs. Looking forward? Yes, boys and girls are

:55:57. > :55:59.buzzing for a few drinks, perhaps. You can relax, the build-up to this

:56:00. > :56:04.has been huge, you got gold medals, it has been a huge success. I just

:56:05. > :56:09.want to get my head down. Have a bit of a rest. Thanks very much guys,

:56:10. > :56:12.everybody in the country is incredibly proud of what you do. We

:56:13. > :56:17.have a better insight into the sacrifices you make. And now Prince

:56:18. > :56:21.Harry. Well, I don't know if you can give a knighthood to a prince, it

:56:22. > :56:23.would be a jolly good idea. Can we do this again? It would be rude not

:56:24. > :56:27.to. Until next time, goodbye.