:00:23. > :00:30.Evening all. It's the final Friday night of the Olympics so thanks for
:00:30. > :00:34.joining us. If you're new to all this, this is your one stop shop
:00:34. > :00:39.for every snippet of news from Day 14 of the London Games. If it
:00:39. > :00:43.happened today, you'll see it here on Olympic Sportsday. This is what
:00:43. > :00:47.we have coming up: The Americans don't just take the relay gold -
:00:47. > :00:50.they make history in the process. No golds for team GB today but
:00:50. > :00:53.there were a clutch of medals including two sailing silvers. And
:00:53. > :00:57.float like butterfly, dance like a goon. We'll bring you the best of
:00:57. > :01:00.the rest. You've only got two more nights to get your comments and
:01:00. > :01:07.questions included so send them in to @mrdanwalker on Twitter and
:01:07. > :01:10.tonight we are joined by Laura Williamson of the Daily Mail.
:01:10. > :01:15.Plenty of talking points today but we shall start with a world record
:01:15. > :01:19.on the track. The best women's 4 x 1 time in history - before tonight
:01:19. > :01:29.- came in 1985 by the East Germans. 27 years on it was finally beaten.
:01:29. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:42.rise but gets off to a good start. But so does Madison. The American
:01:42. > :01:46.is flying into the back straight. There goes Allyson Felix. They are
:01:46. > :01:51.being chased by the Jamaicans. Sherone Simpson has a lot of work
:01:51. > :01:57.to do. The Americans are really going well here. On the third leg
:01:57. > :02:03.for the USA, Bianca at night will hand over to Carmelita chatter.
:02:03. > :02:10.What can Kerron Stewart do? At the moment, nothing. The clock will
:02:10. > :02:13.stop at a marvellous time. Carmelita Jeter wins it for the USA,
:02:13. > :02:23.Jamaica in second to the Ukrainian in third and it is a new world
:02:23. > :02:26.
:02:26. > :02:30.We have had some great runs on the track, that was up there. Very much
:02:30. > :02:37.so. It was great to see an old record go because it comes from an
:02:37. > :02:40.era which was tainted. That record was set in 1985. And also with the
:02:40. > :02:47.American and Jamaican rivalry, to see the way the Americans went out
:02:47. > :02:51.there, built on Allyson Felix winning the 200m, half a second
:02:51. > :03:01.they knocked off that record. American men have been well beaten
:03:01. > :03:07.by the Jamaicans and may well be in the 4 x 100 as well. Allyson Felix
:03:07. > :03:13.won the 200m, it is a great rivalry to go forward into the
:03:13. > :03:17.championships. Definitely. The Allyson Felix Veronica Campbell
:03:18. > :03:22.Brown's dynamic was excellent. To come through with a wonderful
:03:22. > :03:25.running style she has got was brilliant to witness. There are
:03:25. > :03:32.still people coming through so this is something which will build and
:03:32. > :03:36.build and build. We have had some tweets on this one. Kylie says this
:03:36. > :03:46.is a twenty-seven-year-old record and what has happened tonight is
:03:46. > :03:52.
:03:52. > :03:57.something we will be talking about for a long time. That was seismic.
:03:57. > :04:01.The women's relay final was overshadowed because of the British
:04:01. > :04:05.success, it was almost an afterthought. It was wonderful see
:04:05. > :04:10.the Americans and Jamaicans get their just deserts tonight. Well
:04:10. > :04:13.the Americans showed how to do the relay there. In the men's
:04:13. > :04:17.qualifiers, Great Britain, once again, showed how NOT to do it.
:04:17. > :04:20.Team GB have an awful record with baton changes and the curse struck
:04:21. > :04:24.again here. Daniel Talbot was on leg three, but he and Adam Gemili
:04:24. > :04:27.made a right hash of the handover, only completeing it when Gemili was
:04:27. > :04:34.outside the zone. It means Great Britain were disqualified, just as
:04:34. > :04:38.they were in Beijing four years ago. I don't know what happened there. I
:04:38. > :04:42.felt so bad for the team because they have tried so hard with the
:04:42. > :04:47.training. I'm gutted that we have been disqualified, it is
:04:47. > :04:53.devastating. I went off, I have got to see the video, maybe I went
:04:53. > :04:57.early or too hard, I do not know. It is disappointing because we ran
:04:57. > :05:02.37.9, that last changeover will supply. I thought we could have
:05:02. > :05:05.been in contention in the finals. Jamaica went on to win that race,
:05:05. > :05:08.despite resting double sprint champion Usain Bolt. It sets up
:05:08. > :05:12.another highly anticipated clash in the final with the Americans, who
:05:12. > :05:15.also won their heat. Justin Gatlin led them home in a time of 37.38
:05:15. > :05:24.seconds, with the Jamaicans just a 10th of a second slower - the third
:05:24. > :05:30.and fourth fastest times in history. When it comes to relays, we have to
:05:30. > :05:33.say the same things. Lots of comments on this. One says: Team GB
:05:33. > :05:42.are shambles, they have a 100% failure rate in championship sprint
:05:42. > :05:47.relays this year. They always seem to get it wrong, don't they? I know,
:05:47. > :05:51.it is shocking. We have dropped the baton in four of the five Olympic
:05:51. > :06:00.Games and we won the one we got around. That is how good we are and
:06:00. > :06:04.can be. Somebody has said they need a designated coach. This sounds
:06:04. > :06:10.ridiculous but it is practise, practise, practise. My view
:06:10. > :06:16.personally on this is his anyone as an individual going to win a medal
:06:16. > :06:20.in the 100 metres or 200m? No, they are not but as a team this is
:06:20. > :06:25.somewhere we could pick up medals. Why we had Gemili on the last leg
:06:25. > :06:30.who only started training and general, I do not know. Fred says
:06:30. > :06:34.there was a mess. Mahmood says in the interviews they said they were
:06:34. > :06:39.proud to be here but that was the wrong attitude. They're not showing
:06:39. > :06:43.their talent, they should be on the podium. Can you imagine Dave
:06:43. > :06:47.Brailsford in the cycling saying well done, you had a good run.
:06:47. > :06:50.you look at the history, it is catastrophic. In Helsinki, the men
:06:50. > :06:55.did not finish, the women were disqualified. At the World Juniors,
:06:55. > :07:03.the women did not finish and the men were disqualified. And now they
:07:03. > :07:07.were disqualified. Now the final of the men's 4x4 relay always tends to
:07:07. > :07:10.be an exciting one, and tonight was no different. Team GB selected Dai
:07:10. > :07:14.Greene for the race, hoping that he could put the disappointment of
:07:14. > :07:24.missing out on a medal in the 400 hurdles on Monday. We join the race
:07:24. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:33.as Greene takes the baton for the fantastic 400m here. He has been
:07:33. > :07:39.brought in. What is his flat speed like? Cuba have pulled up. There is
:07:39. > :07:44.a big, big gap. Look at the ground which has been eaten up by Jonathan
:07:44. > :07:54.Borlee, past Dai Greene. Can he hang on here to give Martin really
:07:54. > :07:54.
:07:54. > :08:01.a chance in the last leg. -- Martin Rooney. Belgium have got a
:08:01. > :08:08.fantastic run on the last leg. The USA changed over first, then the
:08:08. > :08:16.Bahamas, then Trinidad and Tobago. Martyn Rooney is in 5th place at
:08:16. > :08:26.the moment. The USA are going for title number 17. Angelo Taylor has
:08:26. > :08:26.
:08:26. > :08:34.a huge amount of experience. Martyn Rooney is done with a chance of a
:08:34. > :08:41.medal. He has Trinidad and Tobago and Russia ahead of him. The
:08:41. > :08:48.Bahamas are challenging the United States. Martyn Grimley is into 4th,
:08:48. > :08:58.can he make third? The Bahamas will be the champions, USA second. Great
:08:58. > :08:59.
:08:59. > :09:02.Britain are just run out of it for What a run from the Bahamas.
:09:02. > :09:06.Let's round up the rest of the night's athletics for you, starting
:09:06. > :09:09.with the final of the women's 1500 metres. Lisa Dobriskey was the best
:09:09. > :09:12.medal shout for Team GB, while Laura Weightman made the final as
:09:12. > :09:15.one of the fastest losers. But neither featured in the chase for
:09:15. > :09:20.medals in an incredibly slow race as Turkey's Asli Cakir Alptekin won
:09:20. > :09:21.Turkey's first gold medal on the track. She finished ahead of
:09:21. > :09:25.compatriot Gamze Bulut, with Bahrain's Ethiopian-born Maryam
:09:25. > :09:29.Jamal claiming bronze. Dobriskey came in 10th with Weightman,
:09:29. > :09:32.coached by Steve Cram, 11th. The women's 5000 metres provided a
:09:32. > :09:36.big shock when Ethiopia's Meseret Defar overtook compatriot Tirunesh
:09:36. > :09:39.Dibaba in the closing stages and held on to take the title. Dibaba
:09:39. > :09:43.won gold in the 10,000 metres a week ago and was the defending
:09:43. > :09:46.champion in both disciplines from Beijing. Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot
:09:46. > :09:53.was second with Dibaba getting the bronze. Britain's Jo Pavey finished
:09:53. > :09:57.7th with Julia Bleasdale 8th. A strong final leg from Christine
:09:57. > :10:00.Ohuruogu ensured Great Britain came third in their heat for the 4 x 400
:10:00. > :10:03.relay which put them through to tomorrow's final. Ohuruogu, along
:10:03. > :10:11.with Eilidh Child, Lee McConnell and Shana Cox, set a season's best
:10:11. > :10:14.time in the process. The hammer was won by Russia's Tatyana Lysenko who
:10:14. > :10:18.threw a whopping 78 metres 18 - setting a new Olympic record in the
:10:18. > :10:23.process. She adds the gold medal to the world championship she won last
:10:23. > :10:26.year Britain's Sophie Hitchon finished in last place. Her best
:10:26. > :10:29.throw was 69 metres 33, but just getting to the final was an
:10:29. > :10:33.achievement in itself, as she only picked up a hammer four years ago
:10:33. > :10:35.and was the youngest competitor in the field.
:10:35. > :10:43.France's Renaud Lavillenie, the world indoor champion, took gold in
:10:43. > :10:46.the pole vault in an Olympic record 5 metres 97. He finished ahead of
:10:46. > :10:50.German pair Bjorn Otto and Raphael Holzdeppe who took silver and
:10:50. > :11:00.bronze. Britain's Steve Lewis had to settle for joint fifth place
:11:00. > :11:02.
:11:02. > :11:07.with a best of 5.75 metres. The crowd went wild for that.
:11:07. > :11:16.Lot of people on mentioning the fact that there are a few medalists
:11:16. > :11:23.who Wyatt tinged with a drug past. Two of them tonight, Lysenko and
:11:23. > :11:28.Alptekin - have both served two year bans for doping. It is like
:11:28. > :11:33.people feel like booing them in the medal ceremony. The reception
:11:33. > :11:37.tonight was muted. Lisa Dobriskey, who has always had a strong stance
:11:37. > :11:41.against drug cheats came out and said, I do not think I was
:11:41. > :11:47.competing on a level playing field. That is quite something to say, I
:11:47. > :11:52.would suggest. That are strong words from Dobriskey. Very. What is
:11:52. > :11:55.the answer? Two-year bans are not long enough. The reason Olympics
:11:55. > :12:00.work and are so special is because they are four years and you have
:12:00. > :12:04.one chance and that is it. To have a two-year ban, you could compete
:12:04. > :12:11.in these games, server ban and be back for Rio. That does not make
:12:11. > :12:14.sense to me. We have all spoken about how great Saturday night was
:12:14. > :12:18.and the three medals in the Olympic Stadium but there are some serious
:12:18. > :12:23.questions about British athletics and some big areas where there is
:12:23. > :12:26.massive room for improvement. field events is the obvious one.
:12:26. > :12:32.Sophie Hitchon did brilliantly to throw a national record to get the
:12:32. > :12:35.final but she finished 12th. Our discus thrower got to the final but
:12:35. > :12:39.finished 12th. This is not good enough. There are areas which need
:12:39. > :12:43.to be looked at. Do you think that is what Charles van Commenee
:12:43. > :12:48.targets between now and the next Olympic Games or championships?
:12:48. > :12:52.think so. It is about being a bit savvy. If you look at some of the
:12:52. > :12:56.other sports like rowing with the talent I D programme by getting
:12:57. > :13:06.tall people, or good county standard athletes in games, perhaps
:13:07. > :13:07.
:13:07. > :13:10.athletics should look at something like that. We received a message
:13:10. > :13:13.from Ben today who said he was forced to miss last night's show
:13:13. > :13:15.and his life has felt incomplete ever since without the knowledge
:13:15. > :13:18.gained from the global round-up. Well Ben, tonight prepare for golds
:13:18. > :13:20.in swimming, synchronised swimming, taekwondo, wrestling and the best
:13:20. > :13:29.volleyball rally you're likely to see. Patrick Gearey has tonight's
:13:29. > :13:36.global round up. For Oussama Mellouli, it is water.
:13:36. > :13:43.He does battle with it outside and in the pool. He becomes the first
:13:43. > :13:48.athlete to take her part in the pool and the open-water swimming.
:13:48. > :13:56.He had to battle illness before jumping into a swim which took him
:13:56. > :14:02.to hell and back. So Benjamin shelter from Gram was in that race
:14:02. > :14:07.with two laps to go. He conquered it but 14 minutes after Oussama
:14:07. > :14:11.Mellouli. This may well be the team is in's
:14:11. > :14:16.last games as he says himself nothing can top this achievement.
:14:16. > :14:21.The one form of swimming he has not conquered yet is the synchronised
:14:21. > :14:25.variety where supremacy is guarded fiercely by Russia. Queens of the
:14:25. > :14:31.chlorine since Sydney, they have won every gold going since then.
:14:31. > :14:36.They were not going to throw this one away. Throwing away is the name
:14:36. > :14:40.of the game in wrestling. Russia when narrowly ahead in the final of
:14:40. > :14:50.the under 55 kilogram three-star so George or desperately tried to
:14:50. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:09.-- the move was not completed in time. The Iranian against the
:15:09. > :15:15.American. His Twitter name - all I see is gold. Burroughs was the easy
:15:15. > :15:21.winner. Some of his university friends were among the crowd. Maybe
:15:21. > :15:27.the best road trip ever. All the more tactical in taekwondo. This
:15:27. > :15:37.kick enough to give gold to the kick enough to give gold to the
:15:37. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:52.Taekwondo is coming home as South Korea get the gold.
:15:52. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :16:01.And in this football match, Grace is married to the grunt.
:16:01. > :16:04.In basketball, the USA are finally beat. But France are not quite so
:16:04. > :16:09.exulted in the world of handball, there are pretty tough to beat.
:16:09. > :16:15.They are into the final at the expense of Croatia. Their opponents
:16:15. > :16:18.will be Sweden, who snatched victory by a single point from
:16:18. > :16:26.Hungary and litter out some of that pent-up tension.
:16:26. > :16:36.Not quite so close in the volleyball. How did he do that?
:16:36. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:53.Still, surely Italy would finish them off now? There can be few more
:16:53. > :16:58.That was brilliant. Well worth waiting for. Let's head off to
:16:58. > :17:06.Weymouth. The men and women's crews were growth in action after
:17:06. > :17:10.problems with a lack of wind yesterday. The men competed for
:17:10. > :17:16.gold with the Australian crew. They have their work cut out to eat into
:17:16. > :17:20.the Australian lead. In the end, there had to settle for what was a
:17:20. > :17:28.very respectable silver. The pair were chuffed and will be hoping to
:17:28. > :17:31.go one better in Rio in four years time. We got the better of them at
:17:31. > :17:37.the start and managed to sneak ahead but unfortunately we snuck
:17:37. > :17:44.ahead of the rest of the fleet and we were hoping they would be there!
:17:44. > :17:53.But they sailed a fantastic race. We tried to tie them. They held
:17:53. > :17:59.their nerve. They are the champions. We are happy with second! First
:17:59. > :18:07.Games, silver medal... It is fantastic! Great, isn't it? It has
:18:07. > :18:10.been three, four years hard work together and 15 years out there,
:18:10. > :18:16.and will here standing on the Olympic podium and it is not gold
:18:16. > :18:22.but we have plenty of time. We are young boys and we mean business. We
:18:22. > :18:30.will be coming back. Stuart is an absolute legend and we are happy,
:18:30. > :18:36.happy boys. Impossible not to like those two, isn't it?! The women
:18:36. > :18:42.were facing the New Zealanders. The Kiwis won the race to claim the
:18:42. > :18:47.title, leaving Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills to climb the 4th
:18:47. > :18:51.silver-medal of this regatta. -- to claim. Feeling a bit gutted, really.
:18:51. > :18:58.We had them on the start line and we let them go to the right. We
:18:58. > :19:08.were wedged in with a few boats and did not follow them out there.
:19:08. > :19:09.
:19:09. > :19:13.Halfway up the beach, we knew the race was gone from us. Courtesy of
:19:13. > :19:20.his great partnership, you are on the podium and you must take so
:19:20. > :19:25.much pride from that? -- this great partnership. Hannah is such a great
:19:25. > :19:29.partner. When we started sailing 18 months ago, we tried to qualify for
:19:29. > :19:34.the team, so to come away... At that time, I don't think we were
:19:34. > :19:40.even thinking about qualifying. So to come away with a medal. It has
:19:40. > :19:46.been up and down all the way but we have had a wicked time. Always good
:19:46. > :19:50.to finish with a power hug. If the semi-finals and finals today of the
:19:50. > :19:53.BMX. Phillips cannot believe he is
:19:53. > :20:03.competing after breaking his collarbone a few months ago. And
:20:03. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:15.Shanaze Reade was trying to get rid of the demons of the last Olympics.
:20:15. > :20:22.I think Beijing made me... Oh, she has crashed! She has touched the
:20:22. > :20:32.wail and she has gone down. Great disappointment for Shanaze Reade.
:20:32. > :20:33.
:20:33. > :20:43.just want to be Olympic champion so Floating very nicely over both of
:20:43. > :20:53.those jobs. Having an absolutely dream start and a dream finish.
:20:53. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:04.Shanaze's dream was going all the way to make the final. She was
:21:04. > :21:10.ready for redemption. So close to weigh medal in Beijing before rip
:21:10. > :21:16.all went wrong, this time she just wasn't in the race. -- before it
:21:16. > :21:22.all went wrong. Bitter, bitter disappointment for Shanaze Reade.
:21:22. > :21:26.at the moment, I am pretty much without emotion. I don't have any
:21:26. > :21:32.emotion in me yet. But the Olympic Games is the biggest platform you
:21:32. > :21:39.can raise that and you have to give it your best. So, an anti-climax
:21:39. > :21:49.for Reade. But Liam Phillips, still a favourite even after breaking his
:21:49. > :21:56.
:21:56. > :22:01.line, Phillips began the final, making up for lost time.
:22:01. > :22:11.fantastic start for Liam Phillips... Unfortunately, all his good work
:22:11. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:18.came undone. Phillips is down! weeks ago, I was having surgery on
:22:18. > :22:24.my shoulder, broken ribs, collarbone. I have defied all
:22:24. > :22:29.expectation, really, just to be here, Littleham be a contender.
:22:29. > :22:39.Sport has a nasty habit of not reading the script. Now another
:22:39. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:48.four years of hurt before they can A disappointing day. Somebody here
:22:48. > :22:55.things she has just been spooked by Beijing. It did not happen in that
:22:55. > :23:01.final. -- somebody thinks. She had a good gate and she was on the
:23:01. > :23:06.inside on the first bend. She had a sluggish start. At the end, she
:23:06. > :23:11.said she felt a bit of fatigue but I think mentally she was gone.
:23:11. > :23:16.good news is BMX has been a huge hit at the Olympics. Huge crowds
:23:16. > :23:21.down there on the track and most people talking about it and saying
:23:21. > :23:28.what a fantastic sport it is. You never know where the Big off is
:23:28. > :23:33.coming from. Absolutely! Seven of the big riders went. You were just
:23:33. > :23:39.counting who would get to the finish line. So exciting. I just
:23:39. > :23:44.don't understand why the final is not a best of three and just a
:23:44. > :23:53.straight one. And it is not down to talent. It is very much a lottery.
:23:53. > :23:59.Mostly it is to produce is their best in -- it is who produces their
:23:59. > :24:03.best in the moment. Yes. I do not know why you don't have the best of
:24:03. > :24:07.three, because then you have a chance to even it up. But then I
:24:07. > :24:13.suppose if you are going to crash right some of them did, you don't
:24:13. > :24:17.want to ride again! A disappointing Games for the men and women's
:24:17. > :24:23.hockey teams. Both were beaten in the semi-finals and had a chance to
:24:23. > :24:27.make amends. Today, it was all about the ladies. New Zealand were
:24:27. > :24:37.the opponents and the winner would take the bronze. The losers would
:24:37. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :25:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:25:26. > :25:31.medal. We were heartbroken after that semi-final and we promised we
:25:31. > :25:36.would not go home empty-handed, and we went out and played our best
:25:36. > :25:42.game of the tournament by miles and swept the New Zealand team aside. I
:25:42. > :25:49.am so proud of them. The whole 20 his squad. We did it for all of
:25:49. > :25:53.them. I don't think it will hit me for several weeks. -- the 28 squad.
:25:53. > :26:02.And think in a few weeks' time it will hit me and then I will realise
:26:02. > :26:07.what a crazy two weeks it has been. -- I think. And then the Dutch
:26:07. > :26:13.retained their title after beating the Argentinians. The victory was
:26:13. > :26:19.secured by the Dutch skipper. A superb penalty corner into the roof
:26:19. > :26:29.of the Net making it 2-0. It is the third time the Netherlands have won
:26:29. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:41.Hold onto your helmets - it is taekwondo time! Our squad has been
:26:41. > :26:58.
:26:58. > :27:08.Lutalo Muhammad's selection was a rather controversial one. Chosen
:27:08. > :27:21.
:27:21. > :27:26.ahead of our Aaron Cook. But a 3- point head kick led him to a 7-3
:27:26. > :27:31.final score. I just want to say thank you to the home crowd. They
:27:31. > :27:36.made the atmosphere terrific. I did try but I guess it wasn't enough
:27:36. > :27:42.today. If he could drag himself up from that disappointment we still
:27:42. > :27:47.had the chance of a bronze medal. This time, he's started
:27:47. > :27:54.aggressively and explosively, Upper against the Iranian with the big
:27:54. > :28:01.reputation. He was screened on by the crowd to an 11-7 victory. Then
:28:01. > :28:08.he was fighting for a medal against the Armenian but the Londoner was
:28:08. > :28:13.flying. This is why they picked him. A comfortable win in the end - 9-3.
:28:13. > :28:20.There will still be arguments that Aaron Cook could have done better.
:28:20. > :28:25.But Muhammad got a bronze medal and overcame his own test of character.
:28:25. > :28:30.Oh really wanted to deliver and bring a gold medal home. -- I
:28:30. > :28:35.really wanted. A tyre and happy to get a bronze. Earlier in the day,
:28:36. > :28:42.so much emotion for Sarah Stevenson, competing for her deceased parents.
:28:42. > :28:52.She had also defeated a knee injury. She could do little against page up
:28:52. > :28:54.
:28:54. > :29:01.fears and here. -- against Paige McPherson here. My dad wanted me to
:29:01. > :29:07.be here, so I am really proud. Sarah Stevenson had won her
:29:07. > :29:11.supporters simply by being here. Muhammad said he did not feel he
:29:12. > :29:15.had a point to prove, but do you think it was tough because of all
:29:15. > :29:21.that talk about this election? It must have been difficult to focus
:29:21. > :29:27.on his job? Absolutely. If he hadn't gone for the bronze, it
:29:27. > :29:33.would have been a matter of, it has been a flop. And then he gets a
:29:33. > :29:41.bronze and it would have been, it would Aaron got a gold? He has been
:29:41. > :29:51.left to take the heat. So unfair. They were asked, what would Aaron
:29:51. > :29:55.
:29:55. > :29:59.Cook have thought about that It is what IFS and he did not win
:29:59. > :30:04.medals on that. He would have said I would have done that differently,
:30:04. > :30:09.I would have done that differently. The way it was handled by the
:30:09. > :30:14.selectors seemed to be a disaster. It is great their Lutalo Muhammad
:30:14. > :30:17.won the bronze medal. Sarah Stevenson was in the stadium on the
:30:17. > :30:21.opening night doing the reading and I think the nation wanted her to
:30:21. > :30:26.achieve more than others because what she went through with her
:30:26. > :30:30.family. It is what sport is about sometimes, you build someone up and
:30:30. > :30:35.she is deflated and the people of Great Britain feel for her, just
:30:36. > :30:40.watching the interview afterwards. It breaks your heart. She stopped
:30:40. > :30:44.training to look after her parents who both died of cancer. How you
:30:44. > :30:48.even have the strength to go one after that, never mind the Olympics,
:30:48. > :30:52.she was injured as well. In this case, it was an achievement to get
:30:53. > :30:56.there and it was the taking part which counted and we should not say
:30:56. > :31:01.she failed at all because she succeeded in getting there. It was
:31:02. > :31:05.great to see her. Tom Daley was certainly one of the
:31:05. > :31:08.faces of the Games and tonight he did qualify for the semi final of
:31:08. > :31:12.the 10 metre platform diving but it's a long way off the smooth
:31:12. > :31:16.progress he would have wanted. He was far from his best and after a
:31:16. > :31:19.terrible fifth dive needed to nail his last one to be sure of the top
:31:19. > :31:23.18 finish he needed to go through. Thankfully he did it, but it was
:31:23. > :31:30.still only good enough for 15th and he'll need to improve tomorrow when
:31:30. > :31:35.only the top 12 will go on to contest the final. It was a tough
:31:35. > :31:40.competition. I wanted to get through it and qualify. It is tough
:31:40. > :31:45.to compete at this time of night with 32 competitors. It is the
:31:45. > :31:50.biggest ever event. Normally it has the least number of competitors. It
:31:50. > :31:54.was really long, really tiring and my legs were failing towards the
:31:54. > :31:59.end. The home crowd got me through. It was bad news for Pete Waterfield
:31:59. > :32:02.though - he won't be diving tomorrow. His second dive was
:32:02. > :32:05.particularly bad and left him with too much to do. He eventually
:32:05. > :32:08.finished in 23rd place. Waterfield won silver in Athens eight years
:32:08. > :32:11.ago. After an epic night of boxing
:32:11. > :32:16.yesterday there were another four British boxers going for gongs in
:32:16. > :32:19.the ExCel Arena today. Anthony Joshua, Luke Campbell, Fred Evans
:32:19. > :32:22.and Antony Agogo were all assured of at least a bronze. All four were
:32:22. > :32:32.desperate seal the big one. Jonathan Sutherland was watching
:32:32. > :32:32.
:32:32. > :32:41.the lot. It has been another good necked for British boxing. -- good
:32:41. > :32:47.night. Anthony Joshua's semi-final against Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan,
:32:47. > :32:52.was hugeness personified, standing at 6 ft 9. Joshua did what he had
:32:52. > :33:00.to do. By the end, the giant cows that's nose was bleeding. Joshua
:33:00. > :33:09.could start dreaming of a medal. Four Welshmen Fred Evans, a chance
:33:09. > :33:13.to win the Olympic final. He boxed against Ukraine's Taras Shelestyuk.
:33:13. > :33:22.The Crown -- crowd roared them on. Come the end, he thought he had
:33:22. > :33:28.done enough. He had, a momentous win for Fred Evans. Evans is now
:33:28. > :33:32.guaranteed at least silver. So, too, is Great Britain's Luke
:33:32. > :33:40.Campbell who earlier earned his place in tomorrow's bantamweight
:33:41. > :33:49.final. Campbell always had his opponent on the back foot, winning
:33:49. > :33:56.by 20 points to 11. A Olympic final for Campbell without a single
:33:56. > :34:01.shadow of a doubt! And in that final, Campbell will face Ireland's
:34:01. > :34:07.Jonjo Nevin who caused an upset over the defending champion Alvarez
:34:07. > :34:13.of Cuba. The final between Nevin and Campbell, one boxing fans will
:34:13. > :34:19.be keen to embrace. Nevin next, you know him, and narrow victory last
:34:19. > :34:28.year? Yes, in the championships. A top fighter. It will be a great
:34:28. > :34:37.find a - a final. No final for Anthony Ogogo. The power of the
:34:37. > :34:41.Brazilian opponent was too much. Ukrainian showed his best foot work
:34:41. > :34:46.after he beat the Mongolian opponent to reach the light
:34:46. > :34:55.welterweight final. That was like a Cossack shaking
:34:55. > :34:57.Stevens thing going on there. Boxing could end up being one of
:34:57. > :35:06.Great Britain's most successful sports at these olympics if things
:35:06. > :35:10.go according to plan in the finals? It is just phenomenal. It has been
:35:10. > :35:14.going on at the ExCel arena but you just keep hearing about British
:35:14. > :35:18.success. Nicola Adams, for me, was one of the highlights of the Games
:35:18. > :35:23.but the men are doing it as well. They are paying back all the
:35:23. > :35:28.investment which has been put into them. You were only the second
:35:28. > :35:32.female journalist we have had on this programme, we have asked them
:35:32. > :35:37.about the women, what have you made of not just Nicola Adams but the
:35:37. > :35:47.rowers and so much female success across the board? It has been
:35:47. > :35:53.wonderful to write about it and feel part of it. I think in 1996 we
:35:53. > :35:57.won won bronze, Denise Lewis won that. But now with Victoria
:35:57. > :36:01.Pendleton and the rollers, these women are brilliant role models.
:36:01. > :36:06.Where you look there are role models across sports. No excuse not
:36:06. > :36:10.get involved, you ladies. Right let's whizz you through some of the
:36:10. > :36:13.British competitors in action today. We'll start with canoeing the 200
:36:13. > :36:17.metre sprint made its Olympic debut, replacing the old 500 metre races
:36:17. > :36:20.in a bid to make the sport more exciting. And it's proved a fairly
:36:20. > :36:24.successful move for team GB with three of the four boats making the
:36:24. > :36:29.finals. Ed McKeever stormed through his heat and semi final in the
:36:29. > :36:32.single kayak, setting the fastest time. McKeever is being heavily
:36:32. > :36:35.tipped for gold in tomorrow's final, especially as his arch rival, world
:36:35. > :36:38.champion Piotr Siemionofski from Poland, was knocked out at the semi
:36:38. > :36:41.final stage. Jess Walker also qualified for the final of the
:36:41. > :36:45.women's single kayak as she put in a late burst to rise from 4th to
:36:45. > :36:50.2nd over the closing stages in her semi. She was fairly pleased too as
:36:50. > :36:52.she's admitted to having "a rubbish year" so far. And in the Kayak
:36:52. > :36:55.Double, Liam Heath and Jon Schofield, European champions and
:36:55. > :36:58.world silver medallists, came 2nd in their semi final. They finished
:36:58. > :37:03.behind the Russian boat, which is expected to be their main
:37:03. > :37:09.challenger tomorrow. Daniel Fogg was the madman who
:37:09. > :37:12.leapt into the Serpentine for the mammoth 10k swim. Kerri-Anne Payne
:37:12. > :37:22.narrowly missed out on a medal yesterday, but the chances of Fogg
:37:22. > :37:27.
:37:27. > :37:30.coming so close were fairly remote. He's already competed in the pool,
:37:30. > :37:33.coming eighth in the 1500 metres final at the Aquatics Centre, and
:37:33. > :37:35.although he was well off the pace after the fifth lap, he hauled
:37:35. > :37:39.himself back to eventually finish a creditable fifth.
:37:39. > :37:43.Frankie Jones has missed out on a place in the final of the
:37:43. > :37:46.individual rhythmic gymnastics. She went into today's ribbon and club
:37:46. > :37:49.routines in 21st place but dropped down to 24th, and last, after
:37:49. > :37:54.losing control of one of her clubs in her final routine. The top 10
:37:54. > :37:57.will now compete in the final. And it was a similar story for the
:37:57. > :38:01.group all-around competition. They were ninth overnight and needed a
:38:01. > :38:07.top eight finish to make the final. But they slipped back after today's
:38:07. > :38:10.ribbons and hoops routines to finish 12th out of 12. There was a
:38:10. > :38:13.more encouraging performance from the synchronised swimming team in
:38:13. > :38:17.their first ever Olympics. They finished the final in 6th place,
:38:17. > :38:20.reaching the target set by their coach. They performed a Peter Pan
:38:20. > :38:29.themed routine today and hope to reach Neverland - or Rio - in 4
:38:29. > :38:32.we near the end of things. Four more medals today for Team GB, two
:38:32. > :38:37.silvers, two bronzes - no golds but still safely in third behind the
:38:37. > :38:47.big two, China and the USA. Right, paper time this is what
:38:47. > :38:54.
:38:54. > :39:04.you'll see on your front and back Owens. He said he would love to win
:39:04. > :39:06.
:39:06. > :39:11.a long jump gold as well. The Times have gone for Faruk aims
:39:11. > :39:21.for perfect finish to the Greatest Show on Earth and a picture of
:39:21. > :39:28.
:39:28. > :39:33.You have had some grief tonight having a go at British athletics,
:39:33. > :39:37.that would be a wonderful finish to the games? Too did the double, that
:39:37. > :39:41.would be extraordinary. I hope people do not think I am being
:39:41. > :39:45.negative. There is so much young talent out there and it is
:39:45. > :39:51.frustrating that it has not kicked on. There have been highlights,
:39:51. > :39:54.Andrew Osagie getting to the final of the 800m. Our sprinters, there
:39:54. > :39:58.is promised there. It is just frustrating sometimes to watch them
:39:58. > :40:03.when it does not quite come off. have always had questions about
:40:03. > :40:06.what you highlights of the Games would be so far. We have banned
:40:06. > :40:13.people from talking about Saturday night. What is the story that you
:40:13. > :40:16.will remember from these games? me it was the British gymnasts in
:40:16. > :40:22.the all-round team event, the men who won bronze. It was bronze,
:40:22. > :40:27.silver and bronze. It was such a wonderful, and expected brilliant
:40:27. > :40:32.bronze, being there and seeing the roller-coaster of emotions. And the
:40:32. > :40:36.fact it had not happened for a century? It was history being made.
:40:36. > :40:41.And watching the first female boxers come out as well was quite a
:40:41. > :40:45.moment, I thought. No one quite knew what to expect because it was
:40:45. > :40:50.a new sport and how you feel about women being punched, but the
:40:50. > :40:59.atmosphere was incredible and then we won. What is your take on the
:40:59. > :41:03.legacy she? In a year time -- a year's time, we will not be talking
:41:03. > :41:07.about it because football is king and it will take over but how do we
:41:07. > :41:12.make sure that there is a legacy from these gains in terms of
:41:12. > :41:16.equipment, stadia and bringing people through the next generation?
:41:17. > :41:21.I think the ultimate legacy will be, hopefully, people sitting at home
:41:21. > :41:26.and thinking, that could be me. It feels so immediate, because it is
:41:26. > :41:31.on home turf and because we have done so well. You will never be
:41:31. > :41:38.able to measure it but we will only know in so many years, that would
:41:39. > :41:47.be it. I was on the Duke and there was a girl trying to recreate Steph
:41:47. > :41:52.Paulton's Gold. On the Tube. It was quiet, I was coming back from Wales.
:41:52. > :41:58.What sports will you be taking up after the Olympics? Handball.
:41:58. > :42:02.Dani wants to know who put the pole vault bar on where it falls off. I
:42:02. > :42:09.would like it to be a man on stilts but they wind it down and back up
:42:09. > :42:14.again. Breakfast kicks off at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. We shall
:42:14. > :42:18.return for our final show, one final global round-up, one final
:42:18. > :42:28.guest, one final chance for you to send in your comments and hopefully
:42:28. > :42:28.
:42:28. > :43:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:43:51. > :43:55.a few more golds to talk about as Anthony Joshua has just booked his