:00:41. > :00:46.The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, two years and two days since the
:00:47. > :00:53.closing ceremony of the Paralympic games and now a living and breathing
:00:54. > :00:57.part of east London. The embers of 2012 glory still glow. Over the next
:00:58. > :01:03.few days the very first Invictus games will relight the fire. The
:01:04. > :01:11.endeavours of some remarkable men and women. I've been a Royal Marine
:01:12. > :01:20.commando and it's the greatest thing in the world. I convinced all my
:01:21. > :01:26.family that the job I'm doing is probably the safest job in the
:01:27. > :01:35.battlefield. I loved it. Yeah, I loved it.
:01:36. > :01:44.One in eight were getting killed or injured. But actually you still look
:01:45. > :01:49.at it and go, there is a 7 in eight chance I will be all right. I will
:01:50. > :02:00.take those odds. Bang, that was it. I thought, that's it they've got me.
:02:01. > :02:05.I'm a gone. For thousands of service men and women injury or illness is
:02:06. > :02:10.not the end of their story. It's the start of a new chapter in their
:02:11. > :02:13.lives and for many of them sport has been key to their rehabilitation.
:02:14. > :02:18.This week more than 400 military athletes from around the world will
:02:19. > :02:22.compete in the first Invictus Games. Everyone of them has been through a
:02:23. > :02:30.life changing event and overcome extraordinary opts. I was blown up
:02:31. > :02:36.by an IED. Severely injured my left arm and left leg. My right leg was
:02:37. > :02:43.blown apart. Left frontal lobe brain damage. I lost both legs above the
:02:44. > :02:54.knee. The bullet went in here and out here. I damaged my whole I eye
:02:55. > :02:59.socket. The idea came from Colorado Springs. The power of sport and
:03:00. > :03:04.rehabilitation is outstanding. The games has really hit her at home to
:03:05. > :03:11.me. I spoke to some of these guys -- really hit it home to me. It was
:03:12. > :03:14.like a clean slate. I thought, you know what, a multisport
:03:15. > :03:21.international event for these men and women is exactly what they need.
:03:22. > :03:28.When you are injured and you have to learn how to put your socks on,
:03:29. > :03:33.learning to cook food again, these are not things you chose to do. They
:03:34. > :03:39.have been forced upon you. Whereas cycling was something I chose to do.
:03:40. > :03:43.I rediscovered the chemical goodness of doing exercise, and the great
:03:44. > :03:47.stuff it releases around you, but also the great excitement and drive
:03:48. > :03:50.it gives you when you do it to a standard where you could compete.
:03:51. > :03:57.You have a reason to push yourself again. It is a fire that has been
:03:58. > :04:02.really it in my life. -- has been lit again in my life. Personally,
:04:03. > :04:06.the psychological side was the harder one for me. Injuries that
:04:07. > :04:12.people can't see our sometimes worse. The early days were pretty
:04:13. > :04:19.bad. You end up going down a spiral. The depression is dark and quite
:04:20. > :04:26.dangerous. Not good. You try to not make a big deal out of it when
:04:27. > :04:30.really it's tearing you up inside. Sport really played a massive part
:04:31. > :04:36.in getting me out of that rut and breaking the cycle and bringing me
:04:37. > :04:40.back up the spiral. I was not fully aware there was a huge part of me
:04:41. > :04:45.still missing, and that huge part was the part that the Marines gave
:04:46. > :04:51.me. It's the extraordinary experience you have with the people
:04:52. > :04:57.you share it with, that makes you sort of invincible to change. This
:04:58. > :05:00.is massive now. It's gone from a small bunch of guys to nations
:05:01. > :05:07.competing against each other. The Americans are the ones we want to
:05:08. > :05:11.beat. There is no such word as can't any more. I think disability proves
:05:12. > :05:15.that to you. It makes you do it. There's nothing worse than somebody
:05:16. > :05:18.saying you can't do something. Especially to a Marine, they will
:05:19. > :05:30.say "OK, watch this". A very good evening to you and
:05:31. > :05:35.welcome to coverage of the Invictus Games. An event that will take us
:05:36. > :05:41.through the full range of emotions over the next four days. The scene
:05:42. > :05:44.was set perfectly yesterday with the opening ceremony on South lawn.
:05:45. > :05:51.Plenty of military pomp and ceremony and the red arrows flew past as
:05:52. > :05:55.Harry of Wales looked on proudly with his family. The athletes
:05:56. > :05:59.completed their parade, and if you missed it yesterday it is on the red
:06:00. > :06:08.button from 8pm and then on the iPod. -- ie player. At the Lee
:06:09. > :06:13.Valley athletics venue a service was held to remember those who had been
:06:14. > :06:21.injured or killed in conflict. Particularly poignant because today
:06:22. > :06:27.is the 13th anniversary of 9/11. There were representatives from each
:06:28. > :06:30.of the armed services. A moving moment to sit alongside the
:06:31. > :06:36.celebration of yesterday. I'm delighted to say joining me in the
:06:37. > :06:42.studio, two distinguished paralympians. Tanni Grey-Thompson
:06:43. > :06:48.and Sean Rigg 's. The Invictus Games is taking us back to the beginning
:06:49. > :06:52.of the Paralympic movement. They were confronted with these war
:06:53. > :06:58.injured men, mostly, and they had to find a way to rehabilitate them.
:06:59. > :07:02.There weren't enough bed spaces so they used sport to get them fit and
:07:03. > :07:07.healthy and integrate them back into life. He wrote earlier about the
:07:08. > :07:11.shock and surprise of injured men and women still wanting to be
:07:12. > :07:15.competitive and doing sport. In 1948 there were the first games, 12
:07:16. > :07:20.countries and 200 people. It feels like we are back there again. Sean,
:07:21. > :07:27.you are an RAF veteran. How important was sport to your rehab? I
:07:28. > :07:34.was a physical education instructor in the RAF source port was or was
:07:35. > :07:37.important. After a skiing list I realised how important sport was. I
:07:38. > :07:42.wrote a bucket list after my accident and I'm still taking things
:07:43. > :07:46.off. In the early days it was a real focus, not just what I loved to do
:07:47. > :07:50.before, but it was therapy, it made me get up in the morning. I had
:07:51. > :07:55.something to do that day, something to achieve, because I had written it
:07:56. > :08:00.down and I wanted to make it happen. It is not just about rehab, it is
:08:01. > :08:05.about medals. The British team will be competitive. It is led by Captain
:08:06. > :08:19.Dave Henson. We can meet them now, quite a group of guys and girls.
:08:20. > :08:25.These men and women here have achieved so much already, but by
:08:26. > :08:26.being selected for this team, it's another significant milestone in
:08:27. > :08:39.their life beyond injury. The group of people that we have
:08:40. > :08:43.here are incredible individuals. The team is full of strong competitors
:08:44. > :08:46.in every single sport. There are too many to name check everyone but
:08:47. > :08:50.there are definitely some key individuals that I'm personally
:08:51. > :08:56.looking forward to seeing. Paul Vice will be one to watch for sure. The
:08:57. > :09:02.aquatics centre is going to make for a fantastic competition. Matt Webb
:09:03. > :09:07.will be exciting. We have a huge team for cycling. Josh, Steve
:09:08. > :09:12.Arnold. Of course I want gold, that's what's getting me up in the
:09:13. > :09:19.morning. Nothing else matters. I can't wait to see Jack on the
:09:20. > :09:24.cycling track. You will see people pushing themselves to the upper
:09:25. > :09:31.limits. The team sports will be fantastic to watch. Just get the job
:09:32. > :09:38.done, yeah. Charlie Walker. I like the aggression. He is a paralympian
:09:39. > :09:46.for Team GB volleyball. You get to hit people, I love that! Derek
:09:47. > :09:52.Derenalagi in the field. He's a massive individual. The change I've
:09:53. > :09:55.seen in the people selected for the team has been incredible. Every
:09:56. > :10:01.single individual he wants to prove they will not be broken. They don't
:10:02. > :10:03.give up. They are so used to pushing themselves that they get to a point
:10:04. > :10:07.where they think they are broken and they get up and they will push
:10:08. > :10:11.themselves some more. They are all proving that they are not just
:10:12. > :10:13.recovering, they are smashing targets they set for themselves.
:10:14. > :10:29.It's so exciting. And these are the nations the
:10:30. > :10:35.British team will be competing against. Another 12 in total and
:10:36. > :10:39.they are all countries who have fought alongside each other on the
:10:40. > :10:42.battlefield and they will now face off on the sporting field. These are
:10:43. > :10:46.the sports they will be competing in. Athletics day to day and we will
:10:47. > :11:06.catch up with that shortly. A great introduction to the British
:11:07. > :11:13.team and the sense of, rather a really comes across. Absolutely. The
:11:14. > :11:17.team spirit. Sports and the sports team attitude is very similar to
:11:18. > :11:22.being in the military, that will to win, succeed, overcome and adapt.
:11:23. > :11:26.All those sorts of things they are doing today. To be there with their
:11:27. > :11:30.friends, there is that sense of pride of where they come from to
:11:31. > :11:35.where they have come. And they want to perform for their team, their
:11:36. > :11:39.team-mates, and the country. They are back doing what they love.
:11:40. > :11:42.team-mates, and the country. They of them will have come through rehab
:11:43. > :11:49.together at Headley Court. They will. There is quite a mix between
:11:50. > :11:52.some freshly injured people from Afghanistan and some older veterans
:11:53. > :11:58.but they will have all come through at some time or other. These people
:11:59. > :12:08.tend to go back to these different rehab centres, they are recovery
:12:09. > :12:10.centres that Help For Heroes have. They are introduced to sport and
:12:11. > :12:16.they will know each other from all sorts of scenarios and they are now
:12:17. > :12:19.here competing at high levels. Disability sports, that means
:12:20. > :12:26.classification is. It is not your classic gasification system. This is
:12:27. > :12:30.a spoke to the Invictus Games. -- classic classification system. This
:12:31. > :12:51.is specific to the Invictus Games. What do you make of the
:12:52. > :12:57.classification system? I think it's sensible they have not used the
:12:58. > :13:02.International Paralympic Committee classification is. Not everyone
:13:03. > :13:05.would compete. We have guys on the team who have those international
:13:06. > :13:15.classifications. I think the IT 61 is the most interesting one. -- the
:13:16. > :13:19.IT six is the most interesting one. There are couple who might be on the
:13:20. > :13:23.edge of getting a Paralympic classification. I think across all
:13:24. > :13:27.the different divisions it has been really well done. Within the
:13:28. > :13:31.wheelchair racing, having everyone competing together, it is pretty
:13:32. > :13:37.fair. It means there is good quality competition. First of all we will
:13:38. > :13:42.focus on IT three, athletes with a limb impairment. And one of the
:13:43. > :13:47.British athletes going here is JJ Chalmers. I never thought about
:13:48. > :13:51.joining the Army. I wanted to be a Royal Marine commando. It was that
:13:52. > :13:55.or nothing else. I did not want to join the air force, I just wanted to
:13:56. > :14:00.join the Marines. The proudest day of your life when you get given that
:14:01. > :14:04.green lead. We spent so long getting ready for Afghanistan, six months
:14:05. > :14:08.training nonstop, and by that stage who wanted to get out there and get
:14:09. > :14:12.on with it. Our mission was to go into a compound to find out what it
:14:13. > :14:17.was used for. We were in there, walking around and chatting, doing
:14:18. > :14:22.what seems so normal in Afghanistan. Then I was lying on my back, staring
:14:23. > :14:26.at the sky and was in more pain than I've experienced in my life. Our
:14:27. > :14:39.patrol commander stepped on a pressure plate. That triggered the
:14:40. > :14:44.IED. This is how this happened. They told us that his legs were badly
:14:45. > :14:48.wounded. Infection might kill him and he might lose his right arm. He
:14:49. > :14:51.lost a couple of fingers, he broke his neck, and they did not know how
:14:52. > :14:58.bad it was. That was the worst day of my life. My face was caved in, I
:14:59. > :15:02.was hit by something around the size of half a house brick that damaged
:15:03. > :15:08.all my eye socket, flattened my face. It was like somebody battered
:15:09. > :15:13.me with rocks. They were all going several hundred miles an hour and in
:15:14. > :15:17.the space of a split second. I was bludgeoned. That is when I brought
:15:18. > :15:23.my hand up and looked and all my fingers were hanging off. As a Royal
:15:24. > :15:26.Marine you do everything for yourself. That is the kind of person
:15:27. > :15:30.you are and then you have to accept that you are not going to be able to
:15:31. > :15:36.do this on your own and you will need people to not just do stuff for
:15:37. > :15:40.you, but to support two. You are digging so deep in yourself you
:15:41. > :15:45.might get dangerously low on morale. -- but to support you. You
:15:46. > :16:03.need to start borrowing other people's to get through it.
:16:04. > :16:10.It is a constant reminder, I did want to forget what happened to me.
:16:11. > :16:15.I've therefore visible uniform of an injured servicemen for the rest of
:16:16. > :16:19.my life, that is why I never cover this stuff up, I am more than happy,
:16:20. > :16:28.I'm not ashamed or embarrassed about this at all. I guess I heard these.
:16:29. > :16:32.I'm going to do everything that I possibly can and when it comes to
:16:33. > :16:40.the day, I need to make sure that I grit my teeth and do feel sorry for
:16:41. > :16:45.myself, for one second, taking part. That can be really special. The
:16:46. > :16:48.athletic Stadium is still under construction which meant that we
:16:49. > :17:02.went up the road for the athletics competitions. The line-up, for the
:17:03. > :17:17.100 metres, JJ charmers, Daniel Crane for the USA is in three. What
:17:18. > :17:27.an interesting race we have in prospect here. John James, or JJ to
:17:28. > :17:31.his friends. From head I think he's going to have a tough race because
:17:32. > :17:39.one or two of the Americans are day to find it pretty tough indeed. He
:17:40. > :17:57.is a man who very much is hoping to qualify all in red. Charmers is not
:17:58. > :18:02.making a block start. Away cleanly, charmers, left away, and it is going
:18:03. > :18:17.to be the Frenchman, who is storming away. It is gold for France, 11.34.
:18:18. > :18:23.No doubt about the winner. Cracking start. He has not started running,
:18:24. > :18:33.they are going to have two keep going to chase him. What a race,
:18:34. > :18:55.from the French runner. The result of that race is a very clear winner.
:18:56. > :19:02.Alain Aakpo Of France. This is the line-up for the men's 200 metres, JJ
:19:03. > :19:13.charmers, fifth in the 100 metres has an outside chance -- JJ
:19:14. > :19:19.Chalmers. From a standing start he is being closed down by the 100
:19:20. > :19:27.metres gold-medallist, Alain Akakpo, from France. At this stage, JJ
:19:28. > :19:32.Chalmers is in fourth, down the home straight they come out and powering
:19:33. > :19:43.away is the very impressive French sprinter Alain Akakpo, and in the
:19:44. > :19:54.end, JJ Chalmers I think, took fifth or sixth place. It is a sprint 44
:19:55. > :20:15.Alain . STUDIO: Nice performance from the
:20:16. > :20:19.French, we have met the British team, here is a familiar face who
:20:20. > :20:23.can balance the team up a little bit. I would like to extend the
:20:24. > :20:28.warmest welcome to all competitors taking part in the Invictus Games, I
:20:29. > :20:34.know how hard you have been working, and the British public and
:20:35. > :20:39.indeed the world cannot wait to see you compete. The Invictus Games is
:20:40. > :20:45.an amazing opportunity, to wear a new uniform and compete for our
:20:46. > :20:48.country against the world. It is proud for us to take part in such an
:20:49. > :21:35.amazing game among other nations. It is an honour to be not only
:21:36. > :21:42.representing my country but also representing injured servicemembers
:21:43. > :21:46.out here. It is an honour to be here and have an opportunity to measure
:21:47. > :21:55.up against other soldiers. Early in the morning I was getting ready, for
:21:56. > :22:05.a jog, and I went for a jog and there was a prison break, and I
:22:06. > :22:08.ended up in a firefight with 15 prisoners, and seven months
:22:09. > :22:13.afterwards we decided to amputate my lake to be able to continue to
:22:14. > :22:17.serve. Sport is very important, you are having fun, competing with other
:22:18. > :22:23.nations, it really adds to your positives. It means that I can meet
:22:24. > :22:28.a lot of guys who are in the same situation as me, when we see each
:22:29. > :22:32.other we do not need to explain how injuries. It is a great opportunity
:22:33. > :22:36.for me to meet other soldiers that are going through the same thing as
:22:37. > :23:24.me, and I look forward to meeting them.
:23:25. > :23:31.For me these games will be very emotional and very demanding
:23:32. > :23:35.competing aced all of these are the superhuman effort. I feel honoured
:23:36. > :23:39.and proud to be part of these Invictus Games and to be part of the
:23:40. > :23:42.United States team. It is important for me to see the Afghan wounded
:23:43. > :23:51.warriors among all nations of the world. Soak it is a real mix of
:23:52. > :23:55.nations and in terms of their preparation, different armed forces
:23:56. > :24:02.are in different stages of using it for rehabilitation. Yes you look at
:24:03. > :24:07.USA, they have had warriors games, and they have had a Paralympic
:24:08. > :24:11.lobby, in Britain we are very lucky of the support, if you look at the
:24:12. > :24:16.Afghan team, they are still struggling through maybe getting the
:24:17. > :24:20.right equipment, sport, coaching, facilities, maybe being here might
:24:21. > :24:26.be quite an incentive for them. Also one of the things we can do is offer
:24:27. > :24:30.more help, especially in the sports where the equipment like wheelchair
:24:31. > :24:35.racing is very important. The thing is, this is not cheap to do and I
:24:36. > :24:41.guess for a lot of countries the recent losses are an issue? It is,
:24:42. > :24:47.that is one of the things, no matter what sport you get into, from
:24:48. > :24:51.competing together, we have competed against other nationalities but I
:24:52. > :24:54.think what is different, we are seeing, they fought together on the
:24:55. > :24:58.battlefield and I think that is really important, they will be a
:24:59. > :25:02.totally different sentiment from what we are used to, to what they
:25:03. > :25:07.are feeling out there and it will all be about pride, and the respect,
:25:08. > :25:11.that everyone will have for each one of them out there. It will be so
:25:12. > :25:15.different to what we are used to. A real legacy to come from the games,
:25:16. > :25:19.there is one thing that the military know about, it is leadership and
:25:20. > :25:23.when they chose the captain of the British team, they chose quite well.
:25:24. > :25:28.As I was getting closer to my deployment date I was much
:25:29. > :25:36.more excited than nervous, I was trained for the job, ready for the
:25:37. > :25:40.job, I was very excited. Warfare is a very exciting business until it
:25:41. > :25:45.all goes wrong. You see it in a Hollywood movie, someone stands on a
:25:46. > :25:47.mine, they hear the click, and then the camera pans back to their face,
:25:48. > :25:52.and they realise that they the camera pans back to their face,
:25:53. > :25:56.a mine and every now and then, one of the guys will jump out of the way
:25:57. > :26:01.before it goes. In reality, there is no click for me, there is no
:26:02. > :26:06.warning, no chance to run out of the way, I was walking back, then I was
:26:07. > :26:09.on the floor and my legs were in pieces. I remember looking down at
:26:10. > :26:19.them and they were mangled, attached but mangled, you know instantly that
:26:20. > :26:23.life has changed. His mother and father came around with a couple
:26:24. > :26:30.of officers delivering the news, I felt so sad for him that he would
:26:31. > :26:35.not be able to swim and run, I probably cried nonstop, for that
:26:36. > :26:40.entire 24 hours, but then after that, when he came back, reality
:26:41. > :26:52.does hit you, but it was in a good way. He is still here, we can still
:26:53. > :26:57.have a life together. When I saw him in hospital he was just himself, he
:26:58. > :27:04.had not changed at all, he was just a bit shorter. He has made it easy,
:27:05. > :27:15.he is just himself and he has got on with life. I get on with life with
:27:16. > :27:21.him. This is the legroom. I keep all of my bits and pieces. I have got my
:27:22. > :27:25.day leg, these are the ones that I wear day to day, hydraulically
:27:26. > :27:31.controlled, microprocessor legs. Then I have got the legs that I am
:27:32. > :27:35.wearing, my stubbies. They are still not real legs, real legs are all
:27:36. > :27:40.some. I get frustrated when I see people not using their legs
:27:41. > :27:44.properly. I still dream as if I have legs, in my dreams I am running
:27:45. > :27:53.around and jumping and all sorts of stuff. Yes, I am missing them every
:27:54. > :27:57.single day. I am so lucky to be alive, to look at me with pity all
:27:58. > :28:02.sorrow for these injuries when the alternative is not to be here at all
:28:03. > :28:07.is ridiculous. I think that we are blessed as a group of guys, that we
:28:08. > :28:11.pretty much dead death in the face and we came back from it, we can
:28:12. > :28:16.look around and see the world with fresh eyes and realise just how
:28:17. > :28:19.beautiful it is, what is going on. You can look at me with pity all you
:28:20. > :28:26.want but I feel that I am the lucky one. I think that he would challenge
:28:27. > :28:30.Richard Gere, for an Officer and a gentleman, it is lovely in real
:28:31. > :28:42.life. We will see the two metres but first the 100 metres. Featuring
:28:43. > :28:46.Derek Derenelagi. And they are underway, Philip Roberts of France,
:28:47. > :28:52.he has got a decisive advantage in the early stages. Representing
:28:53. > :28:56.Britain in the discus in the Paralympics, is in second place, but
:28:57. > :29:07.this is about Robert of France and he punches the air and he wins
:29:08. > :29:11.comfortably in a time of 16.65. With Derek Derenelagi in second place for
:29:12. > :29:14.Britain. He sat out the Hundred to make sure that he got it right for
:29:15. > :29:26.the 200 metres. All eyes were on Captain Dave Henson for this one.
:29:27. > :29:33.The starters, three British athletes in this. On the inside of lane two.
:29:34. > :29:38.Derek Derenelagi in five, and David Henson in lane seven. Up against
:29:39. > :29:43.them, is the man who won the 100 metres in this category, Philip
:29:44. > :30:00.Robert. He is one lane outside of this man, the team captain, David
:30:01. > :30:06.Henson. Look at David Henson, he has had a very, very good bend. He is
:30:07. > :30:13.stretching away from the field. In the lead up to these Invictus Games,
:30:14. > :30:15.he has been having problems with those prospective limbs. Smooth as
:30:16. > :30:44.you like, that is a great win. David Hanson will compete in the
:30:45. > :30:50.same classification as Phillip Whitehead. He has a lovely movement,
:30:51. > :30:54.driving towards the line. That's a fast time for somebody at this level
:30:55. > :30:58.of competition. As captain of the team there is some pressure for you
:30:59. > :31:07.to deliver but what a performance. Yeah, my coach, Rob Roger Keller
:31:08. > :31:11.taught me well. We have seen you on the documentary in the build-up to
:31:12. > :31:14.this. You have been one of the faces of the Invictus Games but now you
:31:15. > :31:20.are here and part of it, describe your emotions today? Tears,
:31:21. > :31:25.ecstatic, nervous, tears. But it's over and I'm happy. Now you have the
:31:26. > :31:34.gold medal to celebrate. Yeah, very proud. Congratulations.
:31:35. > :31:47.Well done also to Derek Derenalagi. Tee gold medals for him. A lot of
:31:48. > :31:50.pressure and ultimately relief for Dave Henson. There is the pressure
:31:51. > :31:54.when everybody knows who you are and you are the captain and you want to
:31:55. > :31:59.guide people through. He wanted to do well. In terms of his running
:32:00. > :32:03.style, he's very young in his sprinting career. It is different to
:32:04. > :32:08.how he would run when he had legs. I think there's more to come from
:32:09. > :32:11.him. Looking at the smile on his face, he is experiencing the relief
:32:12. > :32:16.as well because he was under pressure. There was only one person
:32:17. > :32:20.who was going to give him a medal given how prominent he has been in
:32:21. > :32:30.the build-up to these Invictus Games. He came up to these games
:32:31. > :32:33.with a need to deliver. We have seen his back story along with a lot of
:32:34. > :32:37.other athletes out there. There was pressure on him but he had the
:32:38. > :32:40.focus, he wanted to perform. Seeing the rest of his mates doing well
:32:41. > :32:46.today must have spurred him on so much. We saw the documentary on
:32:47. > :32:58.Sunday and he has had problems with his prosthetic six-pack thing. --
:32:59. > :33:03.his prosthetics snapping. You are snapping your foot down hard and he
:33:04. > :33:05.would not want to fail just because his boss that it for Mac were not
:33:06. > :33:14.working. I would like to see him running more
:33:15. > :33:22.because we have not had that many double leg above the knee amputees.
:33:23. > :33:27.I could see him being on the periphery of Rio. He's also trying
:33:28. > :33:34.to do a masters in engineering. He could do both. Wheelchair racing,
:33:35. > :33:38.Susan Cook was inspired by Tanni Grey-Thompson. Part of the David
:33:39. > :33:42.Weir Academy. We can see her in the 100 metres.
:33:43. > :33:52.COMMENTATOR: The women's 100-metre wheelchair race sees Susan Cook
:33:53. > :34:00.drawn between two American competitors. Susan Cook, 26 years of
:34:01. > :34:07.age, spurred on by Tanni Grey-Thompson and now settled on
:34:08. > :34:17.athletics. Susan Cook, drawn between two Americans here and a fairly
:34:18. > :34:22.level start. To her left, Kelly Elmlinger as a an advantage. Susan
:34:23. > :34:26.Cook trying to close in second Elmlinger as a an advantage. Susan
:34:27. > :34:30.place. Kelly Elmlinger wins for the United States would Susan Cook in
:34:31. > :34:40.second place. And then Chand Agape is a fair way back in third. Victory
:34:41. > :34:43.for Kelly Elmlinger. She got the best start and capitalised on it.
:34:44. > :34:50.Susan Cook was always chasing thereafter.
:34:51. > :35:00.Cook really keen to put in a first half push. But every time the first
:35:01. > :35:08.wheel comes after she has two make an adjustment and she loses top
:35:09. > :35:13.speed. But Kelly Elmlinger has a very smooth style. She could lift
:35:14. > :35:18.her arms higher to increase speed but she has a good style. Plenty
:35:19. > :35:21.more to come from Susan Cook. A lot to learn for Susan Cook but a
:35:22. > :35:28.creditable second place all the same.
:35:29. > :35:35.It was a similar story in the 400 metres with Kelly Elmlinger taking
:35:36. > :35:44.gold and Susan Cook taking silver. Afterwards Susan spoke to fill.
:35:45. > :35:48.It has been a successful day for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
:35:49. > :35:55.What has it been like to be part of it? It has been amazing, from when I
:35:56. > :35:59.woke up this morning, everybody is behind me. Supporting the entire
:36:00. > :36:05.team. I have two personal bests and two medals. I could not be happier.
:36:06. > :36:10.You say that even know your body has struggled, sport has recovered your
:36:11. > :36:15.mind. I literally have to live on morphine just get up in the morning.
:36:16. > :36:21.I live in pain otherwise. Usually the pain can stop me eating as well.
:36:22. > :36:28.Sport gets me up in the morning and gives me a reason to live and eat. A
:36:29. > :36:33.fantastic performance for you today. Keep it going. STUDIO: Kelly
:36:34. > :36:37.Elmlinger also taking gold in the shot put. Tanni Grey-Thompson missed
:36:38. > :36:41.a trick! Tomorrow we will focus on wheelchair rugby. Not for the
:36:42. > :36:48.faint-hearted but perfect for rugby. There is an expression, "to walk
:36:49. > :36:54.together, when life is hard people depend on and help each other so
:36:55. > :36:55.that man-made prayed together to praise the same moral principles and
:36:56. > :37:19.together reaffirm those quote. --" the game is known as murder ball
:37:20. > :37:24.because people like the game. It is fast, furious, and that's how it
:37:25. > :37:29.should be. It is very physical. These guys can pick up speed so when
:37:30. > :37:40.they hit you used a hit. It's the game to watch. I would describe real
:37:41. > :37:45.wheelchair rugby as a full contact real sport. It is four per side, a
:37:46. > :37:49.four second shot clock, and we have to get over the halfway line within
:37:50. > :37:53.12 seconds. Players have to do bounce or pass the ball within ten
:37:54. > :37:59.seconds. The game is suited to the military because it is a team sport.
:38:00. > :38:00.We have had problems getting away from the physical contact, but I
:38:01. > :38:16.think we have got around that. Today we have been looking at the
:38:17. > :38:28.tactics, strategy. The coaches are working very hard on our tactical
:38:29. > :38:32.plays. We are teaching the players a four team plan as a tactic to break
:38:33. > :38:35.through an opposition defence. We will walk through it and then become
:38:36. > :38:43.more dynamic and get the defenders to start defending. What we do, we
:38:44. > :38:50.go back and revisit tactics. It's going well. Charlie Walker is one of
:38:51. > :38:58.our primary ball-handler is. He's competing in a number of events in
:38:59. > :39:03.the Invictus Games. Wheelchair rugby is a different event for me. I
:39:04. > :39:10.played basketball before. It can be quite violent, part of the reason I
:39:11. > :39:18.enjoyed it? Then steal, he's very aggressive on court and very driven.
:39:19. > :39:25.I'm working hard, giving it 110%. Ben Harvey and Carol Duffy. Baz
:39:26. > :39:30.Whittingham is a great communicator. He's picked up the tactics really
:39:31. > :39:34.well. But we are a team sport and we rely on all of the players to make
:39:35. > :39:39.the team. No matter what injury anybody has always we are from
:39:40. > :39:44.around the country, we come together and gel. People see what our style
:39:45. > :39:48.is when we turn up on the day. Wheelchair rugby has become very
:39:49. > :39:54.important to me. I can show people, like my family and friends, who
:39:55. > :39:57.always see you when you are miserable. It is recovery, life
:39:58. > :40:03.beyond injury, coming at the other side, and it is good.
:40:04. > :40:10.Wheelchair rugby all the way tomorrow. Starting on the one show
:40:11. > :40:17.from 7pm. The special Invitational match will feature Prince Harry and
:40:18. > :40:21.Zara Phillips. They will lead some famous faces. I think it will be a
:40:22. > :40:31.bit more soft touch than what will follow afterwards.
:40:32. > :40:39.That is for tomorrow but we can now focus back on athletics. The Open
:40:40. > :40:44.category, ie T6 for athletes with psychological injuries and
:40:45. > :40:45.illnesses. We start with the 1500 metres and rejoin it at the closing
:40:46. > :41:10.stages. COMMENTATOR: Whitman with the gap.
:41:11. > :41:23.There is no doubt, a British 1-to hear. -- a British 1-2-mac here.
:41:24. > :41:32.Chris Shaughnessy, representing Denmark will take the bronze medal.
:41:33. > :41:44.Confirmation of the dominant win for the victor. Tom Sharpe running well
:41:45. > :41:52.for the silver medal for Great Britain.
:41:53. > :41:58.There were high hopes for sound stocks who took 200 metres in the
:41:59. > :42:07.two had a metres before lining up in the 400 metres in lane four.
:42:08. > :42:19.COMMENTATOR: Sound stocks, he was second fastest in the morning heats.
:42:20. > :42:23.-- Sam stocks. Anderson has gone off a very slowly in the early stages.
:42:24. > :42:27.The Canadian is towards the outside in lane seven and is buying for the
:42:28. > :42:42.lead at this stage. Now starting to make ground, the man
:42:43. > :42:48.fastest in the morning heats, Anderson of the United States.
:42:49. > :43:01.The biggest challenge is being laid down by the Frenchman on the
:43:02. > :43:08.outside. 60 metres to go. It is too late to catch Sam who gets there,
:43:09. > :43:13.taking gold. The Frenchman in second and Anderson of America in third.
:43:14. > :43:20.That was much quicker than he ran in the morning heats. After winning
:43:21. > :43:28.bronze in the 200 metres, now it is gold over 400 metres for the
:43:29. > :43:34.21-year-old. What a way to finish what has been a great day for Sam.
:43:35. > :43:39.He had a little bit to spare over the Frenchman in lane one. The
:43:40. > :43:45.American had to settle for the bronze. Sam has been a busy man
:43:46. > :43:49.today but you timed it to perfection at the end with a tremendous run
:43:50. > :43:53.following up from the tremendous home straight run in the 200 metres.
:43:54. > :43:59.I am a glutton for punishment. I love it. My legs cramping up! My
:44:00. > :44:04.physio has kept me together all week, massively. You have an ongoing
:44:05. > :44:10.condition you are dealing with. How does this keep you inspired? It
:44:11. > :44:17.keeps my mind on track. If I have nothing to aim for otherwise. It is
:44:18. > :44:21.something I enjoy and will keep up. How will you celebrate the medals? I
:44:22. > :44:31.have a kidney condition but I might just have one beer. Well done to
:44:32. > :44:33.Sam. Joe Townsend was going for four medals before he began his campaign
:44:34. > :45:05.in the 100 metres. Here is the man who is favourite to
:45:06. > :45:12.win this, Joe Townsend. He joined the Marines aged 17. On his first
:45:13. > :45:21.tour of Afghanistan, he lost both legs at the age of 19 and now he is
:45:22. > :45:23.one of Britain's top paralympians. Townsend being cheered on by a big
:45:24. > :45:47.crowd here. Joe Townsend takes his first gold
:45:48. > :45:53.medal. A lovely start from Joe Townsend. You can see that he put
:45:54. > :45:58.the slip on the left-hand side. It was hard to get the start going but
:45:59. > :46:04.he lifts his arms well. Looking down at the front of his chair, he's not
:46:05. > :46:06.used to racing on this track. 100 metres is new to him but he might do
:46:07. > :46:33.it again in the future. start, next for him is the 1500
:46:34. > :46:36.metres, he was completely dominating, he lapped half of the
:46:37. > :46:45.field, is halfway to his target. Joe Townsend, attempting to make it
:46:46. > :46:51.three gold medals in as many races this afternoon, having been
:46:52. > :47:00.successful in the 100 and the 150 metres. Strong push at the start for
:47:01. > :47:05.Joe Townsend, the captain of the British athletics team, leading by
:47:06. > :47:12.example, he was fastest in the heats today, he is repeating that form,
:47:13. > :47:23.justifying it, into second place, is the Dutch athlete, but a long way
:47:24. > :47:32.adrift of Joe Townsend. Debris and performance again. Mark Urquhart,
:47:33. > :47:39.who trailed behind him in the 1500 metres, takes the bronze, and Joe
:47:40. > :47:45.Townsend takes the gold medal. No doubt, he has preserved some energy
:47:46. > :47:49.for the 400 metres still to come. It is a golden hat-trick for the man
:47:50. > :47:55.who is quickly becoming the star of the athletics in the Invictus Games.
:47:56. > :48:00.It is turning into a wonderful afternoon for Joe Townsend. His
:48:01. > :48:11.third gold medal. Townsend is in lane four. He starts
:48:12. > :48:15.very quickly. You have two say there is no doubt he will win this,
:48:16. > :48:22.barring any disqualification because he has been so dominant, it was only
:48:23. > :48:31.30 minutes ago, the final of the 200 metres. There he is, down on the
:48:32. > :48:37.back straight. He was at the World Series triathlon, showing his
:48:38. > :48:43.prowess, on the track to great effect today. Totally dominant all
:48:44. > :48:48.of the way through the day. Coming into the home straight, you cannot
:48:49. > :48:58.see any of the athletes, it is all about Townsend. He has been the star
:48:59. > :49:06.of these Invictus Games, they are coming down to take his fourth gold
:49:07. > :49:10.medal, 56.8, and then coming to take another medal in what has been a
:49:11. > :49:11.pretty successful day for the Australian Mark Urquhart, in lane
:49:12. > :49:24.hate. Lane eight. Then in lane five, it
:49:25. > :49:34.will be Jacob Richards, taking the bronze. STUDIO: The star performer
:49:35. > :49:39.of today is Joe Townsend, a tremendous performance, former gold
:49:40. > :49:45.medals, sum up your day? It has been incredible, the crowd have been
:49:46. > :49:53.amazing, the whole stadium has been a rotting, I have been pushing it to
:49:54. > :49:57.hope that these people get entertained and thank you for
:49:58. > :50:01.helping me to do that. It is great, that you are inspired by this, I see
:50:02. > :50:09.a future where there will be huge crowds, Rio is on your radar? Yes, I
:50:10. > :50:12.currently compete with Great Britain, as long as I stay injury
:50:13. > :50:18.free, hopefully Rio is the next goal. Congratulations, former gold
:50:19. > :50:23.medals, go and enjoy them. Thank you. STUDIO: That was Sunday, we
:50:24. > :50:29.talk about the different abilities, he is a bit of a star? He is
:50:30. > :50:33.fantastic, triathlon, is a difficult sport and he is not a natural
:50:34. > :50:38.sprinter, he has trained on the track only a handful of times, the
:50:39. > :50:41.race I was most impressed with was 200, his timing and his technique
:50:42. > :50:45.looked amazing, with just a few months more training on the track, I
:50:46. > :50:50.would like to see what he could do that way. He's used to being on the
:50:51. > :50:54.road, the curves are the hardest part, on the wheelchair commie is
:50:55. > :51:00.not used to hitting the compensator so he did very well. Tell us about
:51:01. > :51:04.the compensator? That is the thing that you see the athletes hitting,
:51:05. > :51:08.the Spring bar, it is quite difficult to hit it at just the
:51:09. > :51:15.right moment otherwise you drift out of your lane. It is not about talent
:51:16. > :51:21.ID but it is great when you see somebody come through? It is, a lot
:51:22. > :51:25.of these competitors have been on talent camps, with Paralympics GB,
:51:26. > :51:30.you can see the difference between an athlete that has had so much more
:51:31. > :51:36.support, maybe he is a bit more into the later part of his recovery. He
:51:37. > :51:41.has just proved it today, that is where you are capable of getting
:51:42. > :51:47.too. It is such an inspiration, saying you want to be like that one
:51:48. > :51:52.day. Yes, as you mentioned, very inspiring, if you have been inspired
:51:53. > :51:57.by this thing, go to the BBC website. Lots of information about
:51:58. > :52:03.how you can get involved. Lots about the Invictus Games as well. It was
:52:04. > :52:08.also a very good day for Britain in the IT one classification. We saw
:52:09. > :52:17.Andy Grant is taking the gold medal, Bruce Ekman taking the bronze. Grant
:52:18. > :52:21.was in lane four. COMMENTATOR: One lap of the track, Grant has shown
:52:22. > :52:28.that he has got good pace, he is going off quickly, he has got
:52:29. > :52:36.Maurice Lindegaard Manuel of Denmark next to him. Really flying away, the
:52:37. > :52:42.British runner is in third place at the moment in lane two, Grant has
:52:43. > :52:47.gone quickly, is he going to be able to maintain this sort of pace? It
:52:48. > :52:52.looks like he has got all of the capabilities to do this, his gold in
:52:53. > :53:00.the 1500 metres could well help out, he has got a lot of daylight, his
:53:01. > :53:08.team-mate, is now moving into the silver medal position. From
:53:09. > :53:15.Liverpool, coming down the home straight, it has been a great day
:53:16. > :53:25.for him so. Grant eased up in the 1500, he uses up again, in the 400
:53:26. > :53:26.metres. Right on the inside, it is Ram Moss that gets the bronze for
:53:27. > :53:36.the USA. Two, to medals apiece. It has been
:53:37. > :53:46.amazing, when I was lying here, recovering,
:53:47. > :53:52.if somebody said that I would be cheered on, this event, I would not
:53:53. > :53:57.have believed them. I just want to thank members of the British public,
:53:58. > :54:03.my own friends and family, I have got my surgeon who amputated my leg.
:54:04. > :54:09.Everyone, who has played a part in my recovery. Without the sport, and
:54:10. > :54:17.Prince Harry this would not have been possible. Your sentiment? Thank
:54:18. > :54:21.you so much, too Prince Harry for organising this wonderful event, and
:54:22. > :54:26.what Help For Heroes have given house, sorting this out with
:54:27. > :54:30.wheelchairs, and again to the public and media, thank you very much for
:54:31. > :54:35.supporting us, really appreciating it. Thank you for letting us be a
:54:36. > :54:44.part of it and we appreciated. STUDIO:
:54:45. > :54:56.It has certainly been quite a first date in these Invictus Games,
:54:57. > :55:03.humbling to watch and to be part of as well. It is such an amazing
:55:04. > :55:09.opportunity, I cannot believe that people have done this for us. It is
:55:10. > :55:16.more than I could have ever hoped for, or deserved. Thank you, really.
:55:17. > :55:21.Thank you for taking part. It has been such a pleasure, this is just
:55:22. > :55:26.the beginning. Who knows what the future holds. Who knows what the
:55:27. > :55:36.games will go on to become. Why would this ever go away? Thank you
:55:37. > :55:40.for talking to us. STUDIO: It has been nigh think a very special day,
:55:41. > :55:46.something that was only conceived less than a year ago, it is
:55:47. > :55:50.remarkable to see what it is like? It has been amazing, when I look at
:55:51. > :55:54.the athlete biographies, and the journeys, what we see
:55:55. > :56:03.in Paralympics, we have the amazing racing, but the Paralympic 's 2012
:56:04. > :56:06.has opened up people 's mind to watching disabled Olympics. I think
:56:07. > :56:10.it is a way that the British public and say thank you and can celebrate
:56:11. > :56:16.and celebrate the positive stories, rather than the difficult things we
:56:17. > :56:22.might have heard of. A veteran, how much do you think this means to the
:56:23. > :56:26.Armed Forces here? It is a platform, they have mentioned Prince Harry a
:56:27. > :56:30.lot and I will get onto him in a second, it is a platform for them to
:56:31. > :56:34.showcase their talent and to give them a focus, it is part of that
:56:35. > :56:39.rehabilitation journey, that will take them to a different stage of
:56:40. > :56:43.their life, whether it be sporting, into a business. These athletes are
:56:44. > :56:48.showing that they have so many athletes and within themselves to be
:56:49. > :56:53.an asset to businesses. It is that transition into a sporting life, the
:56:54. > :56:56.business world, the mainstream world. Just to reiterate some of the
:56:57. > :57:01.things that have been said about Prince Harry. I sat on the first
:57:02. > :57:06.steering committee in a room, in a military base, over a year ago, we
:57:07. > :57:11.all sat around this table, Prince Harry walked in, his enthusiasm was
:57:12. > :57:15.just infectious. He wanted from that moment to make this happened and it
:57:16. > :57:20.has and it would not have happened without him, so total respect as to
:57:21. > :57:24.go out to Prince Harry for this and he has put on a incredible show. As
:57:25. > :57:27.have the athlete. Prince Harry has done a remarkable job and I think
:57:28. > :57:32.the gratitude of all of the athlete has been very clear to see. We are
:57:33. > :57:36.just about done on BBC Two, let me tell you, what is coming up
:57:37. > :57:46.tomorrow, lots to look forward to, more athletics, Kushal Limbu, will
:57:47. > :57:52.be there, and Richardson. Then we have got the wheelchair rugby
:57:53. > :57:58.competition, USA and British teams, I wonder if they will end up in the
:57:59. > :58:01.final together? He has tried his hand at sitting volleyball, Prince
:58:02. > :58:07.Harry will be doing wheelchair rugby. Up against his cousin, Zara
:58:08. > :58:13.Phillips. That should be quite something. We are back again
:58:14. > :58:19.tomorrow at 7:30pm on BBC Two. Don't forget, the one show from 7pm, with
:58:20. > :58:25.the celebrity rugby match. It also includes celebrity captains, you
:58:26. > :58:29.have got Clive Woodward and you have also got Jonny Wilkinson in that. We
:58:30. > :58:41.will be back again tomorrow but what a game it has been what a day it has
:58:42. > :58:46.been, four goals, for Joe Townsend. Andy goals for the captain. David
:58:47. > :58:49.Henson.