Day 4 Invictus Games

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LAUGHTER. Hello, and welcome to Orlando

and the 2016 Invictus Games, It's the penultimate day

of our coverage of the 2016 Invictus Games, and in a moment

we'll see our UK doubles team take on stiffer competition

than Tim Henman and Pat Cash Most games in wheelchair rugby end

up being crunch matches - And we'll be finding out how this

man's been enjoying his week. Prince Harry will be here,

live in the studio. Plus we'll be finding out

the history of this. As ever, you can find out more

about the Invictus Games and follow more in depth action

on our live web page. Wheelchair tennis is celebrating

its 40th birthday this year, and one of its stars,

with over 68 titles, is Welcome to the show. This is a new

sport for Invictus of course buzz it's a sport that is growing in

popularity all over the world It is. There is over 140 tournaments

through the world. It is integrated into Grand Slam events and now it is

here. The rules similar to conventional tennis. Have a look a

at this. Like ten this with an extra bounce. It is better to hit it on

the first bounce. Serving is just the same. Good for

manoeuvrability and speed. In terms of playing at the highest

level what is needed? Hand eye co-ordination, moving of the chair,

the biggest thing is being able to move with the racket in your hand,

but once you get used to it, it the same as tennis, you get used to the

top-spins the slices and your serve. So many different chair, we see a

different one in the rug by, to the basketball, is the tennis children

especially adapted? Slightly differents with the rugby and the

basketball children they have protection round the front because

people bump into you, in tennis not so much. They sit slightly higher

you can get better reinvestigation. How difficult is it to wheel with

one hand? That is why you hold the racket in your hand to hold and push

at the aim time. It is an art form in itself. Excellent. Like watching

it. Thank you so much. I know the big smile on his face is not just

because he is having a good time. He is a Leicester City fan. I knew I

would spot one out here, he was up there today, I thought there he is.

Very important to mention that. Jayant was courtside earlier

with commentator Mike Sewell It is a final day of the wheelchair

tennis. The UK team duo Andy McErlean and his partner fought hard

to win the semi, they go in the final against New Zealand. Let us

get straight to the action. Sherriff serving to Krol.

It is long from Sherriff and another break point for the UK.

That was a fantastic return by Alex, good depth on the return, pinning

him back. Excellent play from Glenn Barnes, he

almost saw that second shot before it hit the fist one. It was pure

tactic, he knew that Andrew was copping in so he lobbed him to get

the position at the net. What a beautiful put away though.

Manufacture We are at deuce. Sherriff with the winner. He is

starting to read those deep shots by Andy and getting the confidence to

swing his racket at the ball rather than just trying to push it.

Good. Sherriff struggling to get to that. Takes it back to deuce.

The tactics from both teams seems to be hit the first one deep, to keep

them back, then hit that little second one shorter.

Just signed the baseline from Krol. And it gives the UK another break

point for a 3-0 lead. Think it is with the... Again, it is

the depth keeping them back the whole time.

Absolutely key in wheelchair tennis. Oh! Not the best executed lobby Dave

Sherriff an it was put away, rather convincingly by Andy McErlean for a

3-0 lead in this final. New Zealand did pull one game back,

we join the action again with the UK pair leading 4-1.

Krol receiving, winning the first point, 4-1 to 2 UK.

This would really pile the pressure on if they could make it 5-1.

That is the pressure that Glenn Barnes puts on you, when you serve

to him you need to get your first serve in here, but... 15-15.

Lots of top-spin on that from Andy McErlean He saw Glenn moving towards

the centre, to cut off the pass from Dave Sherriff and hit it by Glenn

Barnes, past his backhand side. That is a lovely top-spin.

Another point as well, to the UK. Big serve by Alex there.

40-10. Point to make it 5-1 and they are one game grey the gold medal.

-- game away from the gold medal. And it is 5-1 to the UK.

Sherriff. Serving to Krol. Bit of fortune off the net call for

Barnes. You have to love those, there is no apology given by Glenn

either. When you are 5-1 down in a gold medal match you are not

necessarily going to apologise. Sherriff serving to McErlean from

the advantage court. It is long from McErlean.

It into the net from Sherriff. Again, Alex to me, most dominant

player out there, he is taking the ball early, putting the pressure on

for saying, OK, hit it by me then. Right into the body of Sherriff from

McErlean. Takes it to 30-30. It is worst shot, trying to get yourself

out of the way. You have no space for your arm to swing, this return,

it is directly at you, what can you do? Sherriff serving to Krol.

The UK have a break point but more importantly, match point.

Gold medal point. Wow. Sherriff serving to McErlean, to

save the match. Just trying to drop that one short, Barnes was already

on the way to get it. He was steaming in there, Andy, I

don't know whether it was because of his arm but he chopped under the

ball rather than hitting it with top-spin there. Deuce.

So one gold medal point saved. Lifted high by Barnes to the back of

the court, which McErlean couldn't deal with. Now a chance for New

Zealand. It is interesting that Glenn is trying to take over, from

the back of the court. Calling a lot of the shots now, and saying mine,

and moving it round, a lot than he has been doing so far.

Sherriff not happy with that. We might have to have a challenge

there. That is the great thing about clay,

you can see where the ball land, if there was a real discrepancy they

could ask the umpire to come down and check the mark. McEnroe would

say there was chalk dust. What would they say? His would probably scream.

It is long from Barnes, just a glance towards the umpire, and we

are back to another gold medal point for the UK. He hit him on the head

as well. He knew that was an opportunity to get back and save it,

but, gold medal point number two. Sherriff and Barnes looking to save

the match. Save the medal. Otherwise it is silver for them.

First serve is long. And a second serve is wide. And the

UK have won gold in the wheelchair tennis at the Invictus Games. You

can see how delighted they were. Congratulations gentlemen, a gold

medal at the games. How does that mean to you? It means the word. We

worked really hard behind the sceneness and we didn't leave

anything out. You are dancing, is that part of your celebration?

Definitely, there is a lot of training sessions on court but at

night-time we like to have a beer, a bit of a dance and it is all part

and part of winning. Dancing Andy is off at the basketball so Alex is

here to hold it up for the team, and your gold medal round your neck as

well. Huge congratulations. Thanks. A great crowd out there. Magnificent

atmosphere Centre Court, with the crowds cheering up, for the game.

For you there was no tennis at the 2014 Invictus Games, now there is,

how much personally does it mean to you to get to perform here? It is

huge, I love tennis, big ambassador of it. I went to the 2014 Games as a

spectator and wished the tennis was there. Lucky enough, 2016, we are

here and doing it. Are you going to keep doing it? Yes, You think they

should? . Yes four players out there, but, Alex was the best out

there. You are not just saying that because he is beside you. I told him

that after the game. One bounce, superb. HS2.

It is massive, to play well you need that confidence and it has to rub

off in everyday life. I am feeling good. It is a good thing. I know you

are a winter sport aficionado, will you push Prince Harry to get a

winter Invictus Games? Wood I would love that. If we keep pushing him,

he can do it for us. Enjoy the closing ceremony. Wheelchair tennis

is just one of the sports that Luke Sinnott is turning his hand to after

a double amputation and yesterday he won another gold on the track. He

and his wife Sophie gave us an insight into what for them is an

average day. It is a bit late, are you ready?

There is no doubt that getting blown up will turn your life upside down.

At first I was trying to turn the clock back, I thought it was a

horrible nightmare and that I would wake up and it would not be true.

The minute I heard, I was first hoping he would survive the journey

home and then hoping he would wake up from the coma and then about him

keeping his arm. That is all we had. We were engaged at the time, we were

supposed to be getting married in the summer. We had a honeymoon

planned where we would go to China and he was going to be a helicopter

pilot and none of that happened. We both wish we had had more time. We

should have gone on more walks, more mountains to climb, places we wanted

to go. We used to walk arm in arm or hand in hand and we don't do that

any more, if he put his arm around me, he would chip, if we held hands,

he would almost certainly stumble. Sometimes in a relationship that is

important, it may sound crazy. It is incredibly hard to admit you are

disabled when you are such a young and active person but you realise

early on that you happy accept it and move on. You have to be the one

to see what you can do next in your life from now. Sport is really

important to him, it was a big part before he was injured. It is a

bigger part now. I think it is more of a lifeline now. It is something

that enables him to be the man he was. A lot of people might

underestimate how capable they are overcoming something like this and

getting on with life and finding new things in life that will make you

want to get up and go. When I think back five years when I

first got injured and how everyone was looking at me and didn't know

what to say but now they see me running and think it is fantastic

and they are proud that I am getting on with my life. That is so

important. As long as you keep that positive attitude, there is not much

you can't achieve. The way he healed was very much to do with the

positive people around him. I was worried that becoming a dad would

suddenly disable him again and maybe set him back because there would be

a lot of things he couldn't do but it has been a huge part of

motivating him. They are a bit older now and they have ways to do stuff

together. Luke does more daring things with him than I do, they go

off and fall of things and climb things. He always has them out on

the surfboard or out on the water, that is the amazing thing. There is

always a danger that a disability can dominate your life. It is so

important for us we don't let it defines who we are and that we don't

stop ourselves from having fun and we live life. Thanks so much again

to Luke and Sophie. All week we have seen athletes competing with a

righty of prosthetics and there have been advances in their design and

construction so here to tell us more is Sheila Clemens, who specialises

in amputee rehabilitation, Ben Steele is here with a medal around

his neck and a prosthetics engineer, Albert Manero. We see the egg leg

here, things have changed massively since then but they were very slow

to change with technology? Absolutely, during the American

Civil War, there were 70,000 injured men and they went through amputation

surgery. Many of them did not have access to leg makers and they were

difficult to make. Many of them went home to farms and they would fashion

something like this for themselves out of wood or if they were skilled,

out of leather. There was not a lot of progress in prosthetics until

World War II when we saw the government put a lot of funding into

Rosseti development and allowing America to catch up to where Europe

was at the time. Between then and the modern day, they have used

pneumatics, hydraulics, fluids and the microchips that have been

incorporated into the prosthetics themselves. What has always been the

engine foot change in this, has been war. You are the use of the

prosthetic, with your leg on, tell us about the limitations of this

modern leg? I am sure you will be glad you don't have this one on. The

limitations of this leg that I am wearing now, there is not a lot of

limitation to be honest. There is no ankle movement, which you obviously

need and it helps going up and down slopes and it is also not fully

waterproof so I can't just jump in the swimming pool. What about where

it attaches to your leg, often we hear people say that it chafes or

quite a sweaty experience, how do you counter that? You counter that

with changing stump socks regularly and that sort of thing. When we are

out here in Florida, it makes it, it can get a little difficult but you

grin and bear it really. I know a prosthetics wearer as well and I

know what it is like in this heat but for the athletes, does it make

it much tougher? Yes, the sport I have been doing is wheelchair rugby

so most of us don't have them for that but it gives you a chance. Let

us look at what Albert has been working on, you are the designer,

tell us about it and how it is working? Our laboratory has been

trying to do this forward using 3-D printing on the industrial side.

Developing the EMG driven arm for children and the benefit of the low

cost of $350,000 is that we can give them away to every child we can.

Prosthetics are so expensive for the average person. We hope these new

manufacturing methods can lower the cost and we can help children along

the way. There has been progress on this, there is an ankle, an

opportunity to take a closer look at that, ?30,000, that ankle? I think

it is dollars. This filters down to general use am hopefully, the

technology. Absolutely, these things are covered by insurance in the

United States as long as we as physical therapists can prove that

the user needs it and it gives them a better quality of life. Ankles are

one of those things, a lot of money put into knees but for those below

the knee amputees, they struggle with slopes and services and a lot

of people would love to see these coming into the mainstream

prosthetic clinics with Chamakh they are available, it is a matter having

the user try one out with what they are used to. They are not for

everybody but they provide benefits to people, especially on uneven to

rain. It is user specific. You talk about changing the sock around and

making it more comfortable workers of the rubbing but this is something

you have been working on as well for the hot climates? Being in Florida

all year round it is very hot and humid. We found the best success

pockets is sports equipment, compression sleeves, things like

that that are designed for sweat and keep it as everything as possible.

What about the water in the future? We have been working on

waterproofing, with the electronics but we are making progress. Most

amputees will be delighted that you are going to make improvements in

those areas. What a rewarding field to work in as well, and you guys are

on the cutting edge of it. Well done in that match, I was there last

night, and incredible atmosphere and I know you are disappointed not to

go for the Gold but congratulations. There is always a next time. Bring

on Toronto. More sporting action now and the wheelchair rugby team have

been looking to repeat their gold success in 2014. Fighting spirit is

needed in the sport that is also known as murder ball. Exhilarating,

hard-hitting, rugby and basketball combined. Good at it. My name is

Paul Jenkins and I am tactical coach, fitness coach and everything

under the sun coach. He has good reach and stamina. It is a sport

where you smash people as hard as you can and use brute force, the

best thing I have done in ages. Charlie Walker is one of our best

players, top all handler and he controls the game. Chris Middleton.

His potential was second to none. I am like a little terrier. Ben Steele

is the dump truck, he hits somebody and both their wheels came off their

chair which was amazing. Handsome Harvey knows where to be on the

court and causes a lot of problems. I am the ball-handler. He started

thinking it was proper rugby. Now he has progressed into a really good

player. He is good at kicking and has good speed and he knows the

court. Stu Robinson, Captain. A good mobile player, good ball-handler and

knows the place. The camaraderie is like they have that in the regiment.

Four players on the court at any one time. You have 40 seconds to score

from when you gain possession. You have 12 seconds to get out of your

own half with the ball. The rest of the time is what you have two score

a goal. You score a goal by crossing the goal-line with two wheels. You

have two types of playing chair, and offensive chair and a defensive

chair. Full on contact sport where hitting the wheelchair allowed. Very

fast, end to end. We have the tea press, the shape of a T. The idea is

to keep the opposition away from the ball. You have corner play where you

isolate the corner to allow an easy goal. It is a good play if everyone

is on the same page. There is nothing that compares to wheelchair

rugby. I want to win. It is definitely worth a watch. The

Fieldhouse bind us was ready to host some high octane action. In the

first semifinal, USA were quick out of the blocks, racing to a 7-0 lead,

Australia did hit back but the tone had been set and the hosts eased

into the final. The second semifinal saw the defending champions UK face

Denmark in a tighter affair. The difference was one man, Mark Peters,

the speedy Dane proved too much for the UK, scoring 21 points with

Denmark winning 31-26. No repeat of the gold from two years ago for the

UK but there was still a bronze up for grabs. We join the match with

the UK leading, Eddie Butler and Steve Brown are your commentators.

COMMENTATOR: The shot clock counts down, they have 40 seconds to score

a goal. Some power pushing their, Walker

back into position. A thunderous attempt. You can see the difference

here between the two teams approaches. Australia did not have

much time to shape up and train and it is only their first second time

playing together. Team UK have been training constantly in Birmingham

for the last six months and that is starting to show. He cannot get the

ball, Stuart Robinson can get it, a weaving run.

Tanner looks up and nothing but red shirts in front of him. Struggled to

get out of their own half. Tanner though, gets into the UK half.

Try for Australia. Australia managed to put another

point on the board before half-time but still trailed 22-3 at the break.

And the second half had a similar feel to it as Team UK extended their

lead to 26 points. It has been a strategically sound by

UK, they have pinned Australia in this half. And in possession,

Charlie Walker has done the complementary work, stop Australia

and ciaoly walker scores. Oh boy. There he is again. Very very quick

and rushed inbound. You have 20 seconds to inbound the ball and

Australia seem to be rushing that a little.

Fairly gripping semifinal against Denmark, but this is very one-sided.

It is one way traffic. Aaron Dimble. Seraphina. Chris Middleton making

himself a handful for Australia. He is in the way of everything. Very

fast player. Middleton, to Walker and Middleton

gets back involved. Staying with walker, making sure

nobody gets in his way. The work ethic you can see of Chris

Middleton is huge, he works very very hard for everything. Chasing it

down, using that to his advantage. Tony, his pass, picked off by

Tindall. And again Middleton, Middleton just,

the heavy dueter work up in front of him.

-- duty work up in front of him. Last minute of the game now.

It is a ruthless performance by UK, they haven't sort of eased off at

all. James Tanner. Finds Connolly. Back to Tanner.

Are they going to get through here? I really hope they can get out of

this half. Nav picks it off. But travels into his own half of the

court, meaning he has gone backwards in play. Australia retain the ball.

17 seconds left, see what they can do with it.

And Australia are going to score the last try of the bronze final. They

go up to four points. UK 42 in front.

13 seconds to go. That is their time. Oh, yes, there

is. I am sure he was going to slow down now, slow down, see the game

out. Australia's wasn't the last try. And back to defend. Make sure

the ball can't get back in. 47-4 UK lead.

Connolly, launches it. Out it goes. Time is up. UK have won

the bronze medal. Gold in London in 2014, bronze here at the Invictus

Games, of 2016. We were frustrated with our

performance against Denmark, we didn't do what we knee we could do.

Australia were out there. Somebody was going to get a hiding. Someone

was going to get taken out on them. You talk about your loss to Denmark

in the semifinal, how hard was it to pick yourselves up for this game?

Yes, we were angry with ourselves we were frustrated. With know we can

play better. All credit to Denmark, they were a bet farmer. We could

have pushed them closer, so we were angry and frustrated and wanted to

prove a point to ourselves more than anything.

And with us now, we have our wheelchair rugby experts Steve Brown

and two of the UK team, with their bronze medal, congratulations to

Stewart and Steve. I know you both wanted those medals for gold. We

will come on to that in a moment. If you are going to get a bronze medal,

you have an emphatic victory, it looks like you get rid of your

frustration. Four tries that is unheard of: That doesn't happen. For

you guys to go out there, put 48 past them, and let them score four

was unreal. That is a record margin of victory, I think, isn't it.

Absolutely. Which USA had managed to get. Now you have taken that off

them. We had to get one thing over the Americans. Luckily we did. After

being beaten by the Danes how determined were you to come back and

get the medal? I think the game, the way we played against Denmark, it

wasn't a true reflection of how we can play, and we kind of had to go

back and pick ourselves up, and luckily we managed to put things

right. Steven, in a way, you know, this shows how big the sport is

getting, this is not just a two horse race here between the UK and

the USA. This is growing in popularity, the Danes are getting

stronger, I imagine Australia will go away feeling bruised after this

and want to get better. Next year it will be even harder. I think we sort

of underestimated the Danish in the semifinals but we thought we have to

take them to town in the bronze medal match, which we did, so next

time in Toronto is going to be a big time. You are angry, I can tell! How

did the atmosphere compare out here in Florida to London a few years

ago? Well, in London, against the Danish, when we were here, the

atmosphere was subdued because we didn't perform as well as we should

do. We put that right against the Australians. The support was, got

back up there and helped us perform. It was good. And the Danes,

impressive of course, against the bit, how good to you think -- Brits,

how good do you think they are. I was surprised. Maybe a bit of

underestimation. The difference is between the two teams was the

technical and tactical side from Team UK, very disciplined. They had

lots of ideas, worked well together but there was no competition against

the speed of the Danes, they had so much intensity, when they got the

ball they pushed. They were unstoppable. It was two different

types of play and I don't think had played against anybody with that

sort of speed. Something to work on. Thank you for coming in. And enjoy

the closing ceremony. The big was having beaten the UK to get to the

final, could the Danes be great and find way to defeat the Americans?

Mark Peters may have been the difference for Denmark, but the USA

have their own star turn in Antony mechanic Daniel and the battle of

the captains was going Stateside as we join with the USA leading 9-5.

With a game like this and the speed and intensity, what it does it is

the thinking that needs to speed up as well. Mc-Daniels away again.

Gets round. And the pass. A prize point cushion -- five point cushion.

The coach has a massive pedigree. He has been coaching the Paralympic

rugby team for year, you can see the same style coming into play here.

Good one handed catch by Peters. Rare space for the Denmark captain.

? Denmark try to press high but mechanic Daniel is away.

McDaniel is away. -- McDaniels, Playing under Denmark,

forcing the ball where they want it to go.

Man well comes away with it. The solo run of Manuel.

Taken out as he tried to go back. Manuel is down. Fantastic example of

team work out there everybody is going inwith the ball but it is all

about the blocking and the picking, making that available. The coach has

made a change to the press, he has called everybody back. That is to

give them time to breathe. Peters twist, turn, fences.

Great defence. And it has worked. Again, those Lang arms getting in

the way, and causing another turn over.

With Peters being kept under wraps and McDaniel pulling the strings it

was party time in the field house arena at the break but could the

Danes pull it back in the second half?

Familiar pattern. The bashing starts ahead of him. And

then they try to do the pincer movement on him. Manuel is

available. Oh, great work by McDaniel. They

won't catch him. Not even Peters. Oh, beg your pardon, was that behind

the rear action. No, in front of the chair, fantastic hit, fantastic

challenge and a fantastic turn over. Denmark's ball.

This is why I love this game. The idea of being in a wheelchair and

the opinion is you need to be wrapped up in cotton wool with

disability or injury, and these guys, they make it apparent you

don't. That is a great shot. McDaniel appreciating the tackle.

Here goes McDaniel again. And Peters this time can't catch him.

No. No. McDaniel good at using his team and the space on the court to

make it look easy, however fast you go, if you don't know where you are

going you are going in the wrong direction. Here is a chance of

defence, the States stay up. Looking for the half court press, trying to

keep them in their half for 12. Manuel.

Gets the pass away, well worked, Manuel and peters. Time out.

Unfortunately, they are going to be given a foul. That is a technical

foul. He will be put in the bin for hitting after the try. Once the try

is scored, you are not allowed to hit the man. It is very unsporting,

but that was very much an accident. There was no malice in that.

Manuel. Huge crunch from Rodriguez. Manuel rides the storm and scores.

Salazar, Rodriguez. Absolutely brilliant link up. Five passes in 12

seconds. Excellent reversing by McDaniel. And

by Salazar and Peters. He still manages to score. Squeezes through.

Stolen by Peters. Picked up by McDaniel. Passes to Rodriguez, well

taken on the stretch. Ros guess -- Rodriguez seems to have a magnetic

hand. He is comfortable with the ball.

Peters briefly loses the ball. Has it again.

And scores. The reef re-gave it. Is very close.

-- referee gave it. Approaching the last minute of play.

It is all over bar the celebrating. Denmark substitution.

The man who has been there throughout their campaign, Mark

Peters, just looking to give everybody some game time. The game

clock and the shot lock almost mirroring each other. Peters is

still tracking the American captain, who scores in the end but what a

contest it has been, the states are worthy champions. 20 seconds left on

the clock, back they go for their last key defence of the game.

Peters passes and Manuel scores. USA have it for the last two seconds,

will they just let it fall in. They just run down the clock and the

United States have won the gold medal in wheelchair rugby. Their

star performers, Anthony McDaniel, captain, and Mark Peters, the

captain of Denmark. They shake hands and share a smile. I am glad we were

able to do it on our home turf. We were around a bunch of good guys and

finishing it off the way we needed to, started strong and ended strong.

Much respect to the USA and to Denmark for giving us a good match.

On Monday we spoke to Prince Harry about expectations for the week

ahead and he has kindly come back for a catch up with UK team member,

very successful,, show us your medals. As well as a very serious

side to these games, have you started a trend? This was the

American sitting volleyball team on Tuesday. And for all of the view

was, including me, that is apparently the throwing of the Mike

which was started by yourselves. Started by President Obama and his

wife. How excited are you buy that global viral success? It is a bit of

fun and we have got going, we have not had as much chance as we have

had to do it to them as they have done to us but it was our queen that

delivered the icing on the cake. Paul, you have all of these medals

but it is not quite over yet, what is your stand out from the week? For

me it has been my family being here because I have been fortunate to go

all the way round the world for this, they have not been a part of

it so to have them in the arena with me and the rest of the team and

sharing the whole experience has been second to none for me. We saw a

Elizabeth Marks, the US were met handing her medal over to Papworth

Hospital which embodied the spirit of the Invictus Games. If I can

briefly touched on that, it is not about the medals but that gesture is

going to go so far. She won a string of gold medals and she wants to give

that one back to Papworth Hospital and we will make sure of that. As

far as she is concerned, she has been given a second chance in life.

She should have died and it was only because she was in London that she

had a second chance and being able to compete with these other

individuals with her family around, that is what this is about. We have

individuals who will get next train from so many medals but that is not

what this has been about, it is about taking part. Wearing the team

strip and having a good time with friends and family and create an

atmosphere and send out that message to people across the world that any

adversity you come up against in your life, just smash it and go for

it. I know it is not all about the medals and I am get -- getting that

message loud and clear but we have a grudge match moments away, US

against the UK in the basketball, disappointing not to retain the gold

in the rugby, have you been giving a team talk on last-minute tips? For

the rugby? For the basketball? No, I am going to have a chat before they

start but it is very important that they focus, they have their coach

and they know what they are up against. Would be nice to have a

boom. It will be if we win. This is a huge match and we need to win.

They know how much they want this, some of the guys have and one any

medals yet and they want that. It was 3-0 to us in all the team sports

in London and they have thrown everything at it. The most exciting

thing for the whole games is that Denmark knocked us out and got in

the final, that is what this is about. The two biggest teams

fighting it out at the top is fun but it is these smaller teams coming

through and showing what they have been able to achieve in a small

space of time. We have seen you all supporting each other, how important

has it been to have your fellow athletes alongside you cheering you

on? It is amazing, the general public or all here for Team USA so

our athletes are the main support we have along with family and friends.

They have been so loud and amazing throughout the whole experience on

the track, the pool or in the arena behind us. The loudest out there,

awesome. For those who have been watching it this week, what would

you like them to take away from the Invictus Games? There are so many

things. Every single person that watches this must be incredibly

proud. The specially back in, of these guys, the individuals that

have done amazing things in their lives. But also throughout their

military careers. Things that they do without any praise and thanks, it

is your job, you sign up and you do it because you are with your mates.

This is an opportunity for members of the public to thank them and an

opportunity for them to thank them back. I don't feel as though I need

to lay out any hopes or wishes, I think everybody gets it. The brand

itself is growing and it means so much to so many different kinds of

people and that is all we can ask for. People to respect these

individuals for who they are inside, don't judge them by their injuries,

and take whatever energy or passion lessons you have learned in life,

take it from these guys. Not only do they look after their families over

this time, they have played top-class sport, sometimes in

disciplines they have not ever tried before in a tight space of time.

They are exhausted. We all are too. It has been fantastic for you to be

here a couple of times this week and we have loved every second of it.

You have to go and work on your closing speech. At the Invictus

Games in 2014, the biggest upset was the visiting American team was

losing the wheelchair basketball final in an intense match. The UK

team are expecting an even tougher task this time around. We have come

a long way since starting this, we know they are coming for us, we will

make them sweat and bleed on that court if they want to take that

championship from us. It is our championship, we will go out there

and claim it back. Not just for yourselves or your team-mates but

every member of the nation that is behind us shouting for you when you

represent the United Kingdom. We are going to get stronger, harder,

better. Definitely a grudge match. When we won it in London, we have

the advantage of the home court. Rolling out on the court was such an

amazing experience. Hearing the cheer when the ball went in the net

was amazing, we will not have that in America. It will be a big thing,

we were the underdogs last time but now we are holding the title and we

intend to keep hold of it. We don't want to let ourselves down or the

2014 team by losing their title, it is an extra pressure. We are up

against it, it is not going to be easy at all. This time around on

American soil playing their game, it will be much more difficult. We have

done tonnes of training to make sure we are the best team we can be. They

have put in blood, sweat and tears and they want gold. We are enjoying

it, it is fun playing together and a good team of friends and that is

only going to work out well on court. Everyone here has been on a

journey, some have started through recovery and social interaction, as

they have gone further down that journey, we have seen them blossom

into what I consider to be true athletes. With that comes a desire

to win and nothing short of gold will do. We are ready to go out

there, I'm tough or not, we have the upper hand, reigning champions in

the Invictus Games, we hope they are ready. Taking part in sport, is that

the idea? No, we are going to win and beat the Americans in their

backyard, job done. Impressive place to train, that. The final is on

tomorrow's show. You'd might be that rehearsals are underway for the

opening ceremony in the stadium behind us. One of the performers

will be Rachel Platten, whose fight song has become one of the anthems

of this game. JJ caught up with her earlier today.

Thanks for joining us, how our preparations for the closing

ceremony coming along? They have been so amazing and easy, shockingly

easy, the spirit of the games has infused my team and there are no

nerves, we are excited and honoured. The macro fight song has been

playing all week, everyone going wild for it, how does it feel to

have that song and the Invictus Games partnered? It is really

incredible, such an honour. I wrote this song when I needed hope and not

to give up myself and now that it is used by millions of people

especially people who have made sacrifices to us means a lot to me.

What can we expect to see from the show? It is going to be so great,

and incredible light show, I have my band with me, revealing three songs

of my album, and then of course, fight song and hopefully the stadium

will sing along with me. I am sure they will, can't wait to see you on

stage tonight. It has been sounding incredible all day, thanks to JJ and

Rachel and we will have highlights of that closing ceremony tomorrow

night. It is about time we welcomed more winners. Welcome. Get

yourselves a seat here. Elizabeth Marks, welcome to the show. You are

from Team USA of course. We will start with you and your jangling

gold medals. Prince Harry was on and he told us about you handing your

medal to Papworth and how that is the spirit of the Invictus Games,

tell everybody if they don't know the story of what happened to you in

2014? I fell very ill in 2014. As soon as I landed, I went into the

rest bridge a failure and I had to go on life support, -- respiratory

failure, I was transported out of London, taken to Germany but it was

the support at Papworth that saved my life. And now you have all these

medals, fantastic. You competed in a number of events but what was your

outstanding moment? The 1500 is my main event, I did the 400 and that

was a bonus. Taking the 1500 again, I did that in 2014 and I took 21

seconds off that time. And you are a bit of a swimmer. That is very kind,

it is a real honour to be swimming at the age of my late 50s and I am

very thankful to be here, it is wonderful. I think you are all going

to have a great time tonight, you have made a friend with Prince Harry

so you will party the night away, thanks for coming in and all of our

guests, coming up is the second part of a Gareth's in Victor Squire

documentary and tomorrow we will be back with the wheelchair basketball

and highlights of the closing ceremony. I am listening. I am

honoured. I am recording. I am astonished. I am inspired. I am

fascinated. I am excited. I am ready. I am amazed.