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The Olympics are are under way. 12 gold medals have already been won. | 0:00:01 | 0:00:06 | |
Over the next 90 minutes, we will have the best of the action. London | 0:00:06 | 0:00:16 | |
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2012 is under way, this is Olympics Tonight. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:28 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds | 0:00:28 | 0:01:08 | |
The Games are awarded to the city The Olympic flame burns brightly, | 0:01:08 | 0:01:15 | |
the Games are well under way. What an amazing image that is. Across | 0:01:15 | 0:01:22 | |
London, it is a hive of activity, with live sport still being played. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:28 | |
Competition began at 8:15am this morning. On the BBC, you can see | 0:01:28 | 0:01:36 | |
every event. It is all available to watch online via the BBC website. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:44 | |
So, at just after 10:30pm, what do we have left? Well, right now, the | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
British women are in action against Australia in the basketball. Boxing | 0:01:49 | 0:01:57 | |
is on at the ExCel Arena. And at Earls court, the volleyball is | 0:01:57 | 0:02:04 | |
going on. And this is the image at Horse Guards Parade, where the | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
beach volleyball is live, and we will be going there later in the | 0:02:08 | 0:02:14 | |
show. And this is the Olympic Park, our home for the whole of the 16 | 0:02:14 | 0:02:19 | |
days. And here on Olympics Tonight, we will be on air every night until | 0:02:19 | 0:02:25 | |
midnight. We will be reviewing all the day's big stories. Each night | 0:02:25 | 0:02:30 | |
we will be joined by medalists, as they celebrate success, and also by | 0:02:30 | 0:02:35 | |
some of the biggest names in sport. Tonight, it is a real pleasure to | 0:02:35 | 0:02:45 | |
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be in the company of three sporting Yes, four-time Olympic winner | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
Michael Johnson, double winner Dame Kelly Holmes, and tennis champion | 0:03:13 | 0:03:22 | |
John McEnroe. If tennis had gold medals, I think you would have nine. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:30 | |
First impressions, I guess, from the last 24 hours, Michael? It was | 0:03:30 | 0:03:34 | |
a fantastic Opening Ceremony, London did a great job of putting | 0:03:34 | 0:03:39 | |
its own stamp on the ceremony. The first thing people say is, how are | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
you going to try to top Beijing? It is important that they did not try | 0:03:43 | 0:03:48 | |
to do that. At times, I was a little lost, and I was concerned | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
that some of the viewers who are not British might have been a bit | 0:03:52 | 0:03:58 | |
lost. Time to guide them towards a history book! Yes! But there were | 0:03:58 | 0:04:05 | |
some fantastic moments. I think what most people will remember is | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
the lighting of the cauldron - that was fantastic. 1992 was the best | 0:04:10 | 0:04:16 | |
one I saw, with the archer, with the arrow. When that happened, it | 0:04:16 | 0:04:22 | |
was amazing. It was a similar moment last night. Is there | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
anything from today, the first day of sport, which has captured your | 0:04:26 | 0:04:33 | |
imagination? Taverner... Without giving away any results...! From a | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
British perspective, I think when you look at the road cycling, the | 0:04:37 | 0:04:44 | |
crowds were brilliant. It is difficult to measure, but | 0:04:44 | 0:04:50 | |
apparently, that road cycling is the most watched Olympic event ever. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:56 | |
To me, it is total chaos. Over woke up this morning and turned on the | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
BBC, there is so much to turn to, I do not know what to do with myself. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
I am used to covering the tennis, and now I have got about 50 | 0:05:05 | 0:05:11 | |
different options. This is my first Olympics, so I am very excited. It | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
is going to take a couple of days to figure it all out. We will go | 0:05:16 | 0:05:25 | |
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easy on you! I think the audience wants to know what channel the BBC | 0:05:29 | 0:05:39 | |
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is on! Thanks for the moment, guys. There's lots in store on the | 0:05:39 | 0:05:47 | |
programme tonight. Here's what's coming up... In a moment, Mark | 0:05:47 | 0:05:52 | |
Cavendish, six days after crossing the line first on the Champs- | 0:05:52 | 0:05:58 | |
Elysees, goes looking for gold on the streets of London. We're live | 0:05:58 | 0:06:05 | |
at Horse Guards Parade for the beach volleyball. The most | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
successful gold-medallist in Olympic history, Michael Phelps, | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
will be going in the swimming pool. And we have got the best of the | 0:06:13 | 0:06:19 | |
rest of the superb sport from the opening day, including boxing, and | 0:06:19 | 0:06:26 | |
a few other surprises along the way. But let's begin with that cycling, | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
the men's road race. Mark Cavendish, straight from the Tour de France, | 0:06:31 | 0:06:36 | |
was targeting another great achievement. The Sports Personality | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
of the Year was the hot favourite, and he had the weight of | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
expectation upon him. But the Olympics it is all about taking | 0:06:43 | 0:06:49 | |
that one chance. Could he do it? Matthew Pinsent has the story. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:53 | |
Turning up at a hugely unpredictable event, and with just | 0:06:53 | 0:06:59 | |
one card to play - is it really wise? Well, it depends on the card. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:07 | |
And here it is. Mark Cavendish, surrounded by four huge engines. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
Those include two stage winners from the Tour de France, and the | 0:07:10 | 0:07:20 | |
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winner of the Yellow Jersey. Go well, gents. One French newspaper | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
called Mark Cavendish the greatest sprinter in the history of the Tour | 0:07:25 | 0:07:33 | |
de France. He returned from Beijing the only member of the team not to | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
win a medal. Since then, he has become king of the road. The | 0:07:38 | 0:07:44 | |
tactics are quite simple - protect Mark Cavendish from nine climes of | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
Box Hill, chased down every break away for six and was, and then it | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
if Cavendish is in contention as they come up here, then he will be | 0:07:53 | 0:08:03 | |
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a very hard man to beat. Three, two, one... So, the British | 0:08:05 | 0:08:10 | |
team led off the start. They might have even jumped the start. But to | 0:08:10 | 0:08:17 | |
be honest, stealing a march on your opponents might be part of the plan. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
HUGH PORTER: We have got a bit of an attack on here. You can always | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
an attack on here. You can always tell, out of the saddle. This group | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
at the moment have established a slight advantage. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
CHRIS BOARDMAN: A lot of conversation going on between the | 0:08:33 | 0:08:38 | |
British team, trying to decide on tactics. They have said for some | 0:08:38 | 0:08:43 | |
time now that it is all-or-nothing for Mark Cavendish. The attacks | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
came early, as expected, so the British quartet were hard at work | 0:08:47 | 0:08:52 | |
immediately. The Obviously, they are people that have been together | 0:08:52 | 0:08:57 | |
for a long term, they have known each other. A lot of them ride on | 0:08:57 | 0:09:03 | |
the same team commercially anyway. But, yes, they are together, they | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
know what they have got to do. You have got some of the best bike | 0:09:07 | 0:09:12 | |
riders in the world, and they know riders in the world, and they know | 0:09:12 | 0:09:20 | |
what they have got to do. I started racing at 12, and although I do not | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
ride any more, apart from social riding, it is brilliant to be here | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
today, absolutely fantastic. We are in foreign exciting finish. Fingers | 0:09:27 | 0:09:32 | |
crossed, the boy will win. But if he doesn't, he is still magnificent, | 0:09:32 | 0:09:42 | |
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HUGH PORTER: this is the Pillaton, which is being led by Chris Froome. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
They are trailing a leading group which is now almost six minutes | 0:09:46 | 0:09:54 | |
ahead. Italy are having a crack at the front. They are putting the | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
rest under pressure. There is a real chase on now. Great Britain | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
are applying the pressure, to try to limit the Games of that group | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
which has given the peloton the slip. The whole thing has been | 0:10:07 | 0:10:13 | |
condensed into the space of two minutes. It really is an impressive | 0:10:13 | 0:10:18 | |
thing, to have just four guys controlling the peloton. If they | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
can pull this off, it will be one of the most extraordinary things I | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
have seen in sport. But those early attacks were beginning to take | 0:10:26 | 0:10:36 | |
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their toll. The gap was not closing. We have got about 24 miles of | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
racing left, that is less than an hour before we are crowning the | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
Olympic gold-medallist in London. Bradley Wiggins at the front, he | 0:10:45 | 0:10:50 | |
has got to work, they wanted to save their effort for the Sprint, | 0:10:50 | 0:10:54 | |
but this group further up the road is just way too dangerous, they | 0:10:54 | 0:10:59 | |
need to get on top of it as quickly as possible. Alarm bells are | 0:10:59 | 0:11:04 | |
ringing, and they are ringing because this is very, very | 0:11:04 | 0:11:09 | |
dangerous for Great Britain. They know it, they could do with some | 0:11:09 | 0:11:14 | |
allies to come and help with the workload. Mark Cavendish's gold | 0:11:14 | 0:11:20 | |
medal chances are slipping away here. Oh, there's a crash! They | 0:11:21 | 0:11:26 | |
have gone into the barriers! Well, one of the big favourites has gone | 0:11:26 | 0:11:33 | |
out. Fabien Cancellara has gone out, one of the best bike riders in the | 0:11:33 | 0:11:38 | |
world. That's really going to change the course of the race. 56 | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
seconds to the leading group, and if that is correct, this race is | 0:11:42 | 0:11:49 | |
over. The winner will come from that front group. A downhill | 0:11:49 | 0:11:57 | |
attack! Bradley Wiggins has worked incredibly hard for his team, he is | 0:11:57 | 0:12:07 | |
spent. He looks across to Vinokourov, Uran Uran looks over | 0:12:07 | 0:12:14 | |
his shoulder, and Vinokourov has caught him napping! He comes up the | 0:12:14 | 0:12:24 | |
line, to take the gold medal! He is the Olympic champion! | 0:12:24 | 0:12:32 | |
A rather subdued atmosphere on the Mall. It is fair to say that there | 0:12:32 | 0:12:37 | |
could have been a more popular winner than Alexander Vinokourov, | 0:12:37 | 0:12:47 | |
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who has been largely unrepentant since his ban for doping in 2007. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:58 | |
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At the finish, it was confirmed that the man who crashed may well | 0:13:01 | 0:13:09 | |
have seen his Olympic Games come to an end. Let's be honest, it is not | 0:13:09 | 0:13:14 | |
often in the last six weeks, after a day's cycle racing, but you have | 0:13:14 | 0:13:19 | |
been able to say, that has been a really bad race for Great Britain. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:25 | |
It is disappointing. But we did everything. It is one of those | 0:13:25 | 0:13:32 | |
things, you cannot make excuses. The guys did everything, what they | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
did was incredible, to see the colour but they have got, riding | 0:13:36 | 0:13:43 | |
like that for me... The Olympics, and Mark Cavendish, it is just not | 0:13:43 | 0:13:52 | |
a Dream Team, is it? Obviously not. You just feel for him, because this | 0:13:52 | 0:13:57 | |
was the gaping hole on his CV. feel for him, but I think watching | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
the race, they let these guys so far ahead. I guess they are not | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
allowed to be told in the Olympics how far behind they are? No, they | 0:14:07 | 0:14:12 | |
are not. But they must have had some kind of sense that they were | 0:14:12 | 0:14:16 | |
five or six minutes behind. It was the tactics employed during the | 0:14:16 | 0:14:21 | |
whole race. I guess when you have that reputation, everybody else | 0:14:21 | 0:14:26 | |
wants to beat you. But if you know that's going to happen, isn't that | 0:14:26 | 0:14:30 | |
all the more reason to make sure you do not let people get away from | 0:14:30 | 0:14:38 | |
you? I guess they thought that they were unable to catch them. Yes, | 0:14:38 | 0:14:45 | |
they are a fantastic team, and you would expect that to be something | 0:14:45 | 0:14:52 | |
that they would already know. But I feel so sorry for somebody like | 0:14:52 | 0:14:56 | |
Mark Cavendish. He missed out in Beijing, the only cyclist not to | 0:14:56 | 0:15:01 | |
get a medal. Gold medal was expected this time. He has got to | 0:15:01 | 0:15:07 | |
take that now. He has said that he will probably not be racing in Rio, | 0:15:07 | 0:15:13 | |
because it will be too hilly for him. So, this is it. I am not a | 0:15:13 | 0:15:18 | |
cyclist, so I do not understand the tactics, but clearly, they did not | 0:15:18 | 0:15:23 | |
get it as right as they could of. Before the race, didn't they say | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
that on every climb, they were going to make sure that they stayed | 0:15:27 | 0:15:35 | |
close to them, and that didn't happen? I think there were quite a | 0:15:35 | 0:15:41 | |
few breaks which were unexpected. And after the Tour de France, when | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
you have had that communication, it is a different set of tactics, but | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
what about Vinokourov, who has served his time for doping, and he | 0:15:49 | 0:15:59 | |
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is allowed to compete again - does You can't say it is tarnished. He | 0:16:02 | 0:16:07 | |
won it. The fact that he has been unrepentant about it makes it a | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
muddle that I am not happy to see a guy like that winning, but rules | 0:16:11 | 0:16:18 | |
are rules. He is allowed, as long as he comes up King. David Millar | 0:16:18 | 0:16:24 | |
served his time as well, with a lot of repentance. We have the best | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
testing system there has ever been at these Games. Anyone hoping would | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
be caught. What about finishing your career with that niggling | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
doubt that there is something you should have won? You did not win a | 0:16:36 | 0:16:46 | |
French, John. "facts, Gabby"(!). Her you knew the French were coming. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:52 | |
I was actually up 2-0, so I was the one that got caught, which is even | 0:16:52 | 0:17:00 | |
worse. I know how it feels that I should have won. That is a tough | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
one to swallow. That is the one I think about all the time. Next | 0:17:04 | 0:17:13 | |
subject. No joy for Cavendish, but the wheels keep turning tomorrow. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:19 | |
Remember this four years ago? challenge is coming. Is she going | 0:17:19 | 0:17:29 | |
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to run out of power? Cooke takes it! Nicole Cooke is the Olympic | 0:17:30 | 0:17:40 | |
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champion. Nicole Cooke, storming to glory in | 0:17:45 | 0:17:55 | |
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Still to come tonight: we will be taking a dip in the pool for four | 0:18:05 | 0:18:11 | |
swimming finals. We are run parade for the beach | 0:18:11 | 0:18:18 | |
volleyball. And we are boxing clever as battle | 0:18:18 | 0:18:26 | |
commences in the ring. Live-action continues on the red | 0:18:26 | 0:18:31 | |
button and online. That is the place to be for volleyball, | 0:18:31 | 0:18:35 | |
badminton and boxing. Swimming now. One of the iconic | 0:18:36 | 0:18:45 | |
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Olympic sports that has produced Being able to have the opportunity | 0:18:58 | 0:19:06 | |
to go over to London and swim in the Stars and Stripes. Michael | 0:19:06 | 0:19:11 | |
Phelps is great. It is something that would be absolutely amazing. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:17 | |
Six golds, six world records in six days. The guy is invincible. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:25 | |
will be very emotional. It is an honour. Eight straight gold medals. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:32 | |
Michael Phelps is the greatest. is quite awesome, but he has a | 0:19:32 | 0:19:36 | |
pretender to the throne. I imagine that in the States, he has been on | 0:19:36 | 0:19:41 | |
the cover of Vogue magazine, Ryan Lochte, so Michael Phelps must feel | 0:19:41 | 0:19:46 | |
under pressure. That is part of what is inspiring him. There was a | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
question over whether he should even come back to near Olympics. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:54 | |
How do you top what he did? You have won eight golds. To try and do | 0:19:54 | 0:19:58 | |
it against a guy who is hungrier and has changed his game and is | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
trying to get inside his head, Phelps admitted he had not trained | 0:20:02 | 0:20:07 | |
hard for two or three years, so it is a tall order. He may not have it | 0:20:07 | 0:20:11 | |
all his own way in London, as he faces a battle for supremacy with | 0:20:11 | 0:20:17 | |
one of his own team-mates. Phelps is going toe-to-toe and head | 0:20:17 | 0:20:21 | |
to head with fellow American Ryan Lochte, and this should prove to be | 0:20:21 | 0:20:27 | |
one of the battles of the Games. It he their Olympic trophy cabinet, | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
Lochte has three gold medals. Phelps has an incredible 14. In | 0:20:31 | 0:20:35 | |
London, they will race each other twice, but both expect to swim in | 0:20:35 | 0:20:41 | |
seven events. At the world championships last year, Lochte won | 0:20:41 | 0:20:47 | |
five goals. The question is, who will be king of the swim? | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
Tonight, the lean, mean swimming machine was determined to start off | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
in style and win the 400m individual medley cry record- | 0:20:54 | 0:21:00 | |
breaking third time. But Phelps only just qualified. He went in | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
lane eight. World champion Lochte, who took bronze in Beijing, was | 0:21:03 | 0:21:10 | |
third fastest and was in lane three. But Kosuke Hagino of Japan was the | 0:21:10 | 0:21:16 | |
fastest qualifiers and was in lane four. The commentators are Andy | 0:21:16 | 0:21:26 | |
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in the final of the men's 400m individual medley. A decent start | 0:21:32 | 0:21:42 | |
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Lochte got a fantastic start as well. He is taking it by the scruff | 0:21:50 | 0:21:56 | |
of the neck. Not much separating them, 0.1 of a second. Lochte has | 0:21:56 | 0:22:06 | |
got the best of the kicks under water. Lochte taking the lead would | 0:22:06 | 0:22:16 | |
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be very interesting. The backstroke is Lochte's best race. He is the | 0:22:17 | 0:22:23 | |
200 backstroke world champion. The first to turn was Ryan Lochte of | 0:22:23 | 0:22:28 | |
the USA, followed by Michael Phelps of the USA. As expected, it has | 0:22:28 | 0:22:33 | |
started already. It is a head to head. This is where Ryan Lochte | 0:22:33 | 0:22:37 | |
will try and make a move. His breaststroke is also better than | 0:22:37 | 0:22:44 | |
Phelps'. At the moment, you would think Lochte looks the strongest. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
Phelps will not like this. He is a big racer, and he will not like | 0:22:48 | 0:22:53 | |
being away from Lochte. Lochte will try and make a move on this | 0:22:53 | 0:22:58 | |
backstroke. He has to take advantage. What a great turn from | 0:22:58 | 0:23:04 | |
Lochte. Are we seeing a new king? Ryan Lochte is looking pretty | 0:23:04 | 0:23:10 | |
dominant. Phelps looks a bit ropey at the bottom. Lochte is the world | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
champion on this event. A beautiful backstroke. He does have that | 0:23:14 | 0:23:24 | |
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little wriggle, but very smooth. He has worked hard. So, the halfway | 0:23:26 | 0:23:35 | |
mark in this men's 400 final. Ryan Lochte has a big league now. Phelps | 0:23:35 | 0:23:45 | |
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is in third place. He looks in trouble here. Kisik Lee Aquino, the | 0:23:45 | 0:23:55 | |
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17-year-old, is battling it out for that silver medal -- Kosuke Hagino. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:06 | |
Ryan Lochte is having the swim of his life it. He has just taken six | 0:24:06 | 0:24:11 | |
tenths of a second of the world record. He is really working. He | 0:24:11 | 0:24:19 | |
has a great freestyle, two. This is going to be fascinating. Could we | 0:24:19 | 0:24:24 | |
see Michael Phelps lose the world record? Is he going to lose the 400 | 0:24:24 | 0:24:33 | |
to this guy? He is leading by miles. Ryan Lochte in lane three. Second | 0:24:34 | 0:24:43 | |
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is the Brazilian. Michael Phelps is only 4th. Lochte is absolutely | 0:24:46 | 0:24:56 | |
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superb. A maestro here, on world- record pace. They are the same age. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
Lochte is still 27. He has dominated from start to finish. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
Nobody will catch him now. It is all about the world record. I hope | 0:25:05 | 0:25:14 | |
the crowd lifts the roof of this. The crowd is going nuts, not only | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
because this gentleman is going to become the new Olympic champion on | 0:25:18 | 0:25:23 | |
the 400 medley. This is brilliant to see. Michelle Obama is cheering | 0:25:23 | 0:25:29 | |
on Ryan Lochte. Look at this gold medal. Who would have thought it? | 0:25:29 | 0:25:37 | |
Ryan Lochte wins the 400 medley. Second was the Brazilian. Third | 0:25:37 | 0:25:42 | |
from Japan, and look at that - Michael Phelps is fourth! I think | 0:25:42 | 0:25:49 | |
we knew Phelps was in trouble. It was only going to go one way on the | 0:25:49 | 0:25:54 | |
backstroke. But I didn't expect him to go that slow. He did look crabby | 0:25:54 | 0:26:04 | |
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on the backstroke. And what an Four years, what a long time. I put | 0:26:19 | 0:26:24 | |
the work in. I know it is my time, and I am ready. Is this the start | 0:26:25 | 0:26:29 | |
of a serious quest? It was the Michael four -- the Michael showed | 0:26:29 | 0:26:34 | |
four years ago. Is it going to be the Ryan show? I sure hope so. I am | 0:26:34 | 0:26:41 | |
just having fun and doing what I do best. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:47 | |
He annihilated the field. It is first blood to Ryan Lochte on his | 0:26:47 | 0:26:55 | |
quest to become the King of the pool in 2012. And he's so cool as | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
well, so affable. I do remember Phelps jumping out of the pool and | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
offering himself up for interviews four years ago. He does some | 0:27:03 | 0:27:08 | |
unusual things, but it is good for the sport, because you don't see a | 0:27:08 | 0:27:14 | |
lot of them in the pool. It was awesome to be there. That was my | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
first official event that I was that other than the opening | 0:27:18 | 0:27:28 | |
ceremony. The intensity was there. It was the first race of the | 0:27:28 | 0:27:34 | |
evening. The First Lady was there as well. She was close by. I did a | 0:27:34 | 0:27:39 | |
piece for NBC with Ryan, and there was an intensity to him and a look | 0:27:39 | 0:27:46 | |
in his eye that this time, it was going to be his time. But I am more | 0:27:46 | 0:27:51 | |
surprised at Phelps than about why and when it. There were rumours | 0:27:51 | 0:27:54 | |
that his training had not been quite up to it. I wonder how he | 0:27:54 | 0:27:58 | |
could train after his wins in Beijing. What motivation do you | 0:27:58 | 0:28:07 | |
have? What about having a new nemesis? Isn't that motivation? | 0:28:07 | 0:28:12 | |
necessarily. You have to establish some new goals, and it can't be | 0:28:12 | 0:28:17 | |
just to do the same thing you did before. You have to establish new | 0:28:17 | 0:28:21 | |
goals that will prompt you to get out there every day and train as | 0:28:21 | 0:28:28 | |
hard as you can. I heard him say the other side were better prepared, | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
but why? As John said, his training was not what it should have been, | 0:28:32 | 0:28:39 | |
and that was because of a light -- lack of motivation, have probably. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:45 | |
It is difficult. You have to establish new goals, whether it is | 0:28:45 | 0:28:48 | |
breaking records or making history again. But once you get to that | 0:28:48 | 0:28:53 | |
level, it is much more difficult. And Lochte has got that mountain to | 0:28:53 | 0:28:59 | |
climb. He has been inspired by what is possible. That is how we change | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
sport. Someone is inspired by someone else's achievement, and | 0:29:02 | 0:29:07 | |
they then have the hunger to replicate it or do it better. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:14 | |
was also the race where fault was not sure he was going to be in it. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:18 | |
They will go again in the 200m individual medley next. The since | 0:29:18 | 0:29:24 | |
the toughest of the swimming races. You will really see how great at | 0:29:25 | 0:29:29 | |
these guys are Athletics Cliff. But he was not sure. I think he got a | 0:29:29 | 0:29:35 | |
bit like "I will show this Ryan Lochte", and all of a sudden, he | 0:29:35 | 0:29:44 | |
didn't have it. It is not his most loved event. Watching his | 0:29:44 | 0:29:49 | |
interviews going into this race, I did not feel the "I will show that | 0:29:49 | 0:29:55 | |
Lochte". I did not get that sense from him. How useful was your | 0:29:55 | 0:30:01 | |
nemesis, John? You had a great rivalries over the years. A, as is | 0:30:01 | 0:30:08 | |
a great example of where I worked hard to do better than him. And I | 0:30:08 | 0:30:14 | |
think Lochte saw that in Beijing. He was happy-go-lucky and eating in | 0:30:14 | 0:30:17 | |
McDonald's and maybe he would skateboard and fall off and had | 0:30:17 | 0:30:20 | |
himself, and then he realised he had to be more serious about his | 0:30:20 | 0:30:30 | |
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It changed every race, my main rival. There was always someone. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:44 | |
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They just kept coming. I think I was my own biggest rival. It is 11 | 0:30:49 | 0:30:55 | |
o'clock, and the day is far from over. This is the scene in Olympic | 0:30:55 | 0:31:01 | |
Park. Here's what's still to come tonight. We will be catching up | 0:31:01 | 0:31:09 | |
with Team GB's men's gymnasts, who had an emotional day. We will be | 0:31:09 | 0:31:18 | |
saluting the will sell heroes. -- saluting the unsung heroes. And we | 0:31:18 | 0:31:28 | |
0:31:28 | 0:31:31 | ||
will be back at the pool for some more action. But before all of that, | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
let's goal-kicking to Horse Guards Parade for some beach volleyball. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:41 | |
Colin Jackson is common in one of the more historic venues of these | 0:31:41 | 0:31:46 | |
Games. You have had a great day, I believe - how is it going? It is | 0:31:46 | 0:31:51 | |
absolutely wonderful down here. Horse Guards Parade is a beautiful | 0:31:52 | 0:31:57 | |
location for a very exciting sport, and I urge you, if you have got a | 0:31:57 | 0:32:01 | |
spare sub-in the day, get yourself a ticket and get down here, because | 0:32:01 | 0:32:11 | |
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you will be in for a real treat. The crowds are starting to build up, | 0:32:31 | 0:32:37 | |
but I am looking for the DJ right now. That guide chooses all the | 0:32:37 | 0:32:43 | |
music, to get everybody enthusiastic. Whatever happens out | 0:32:43 | 0:32:53 | |
0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | ||
there, this guy chooses the music to react to the action. Can you | 0:32:56 | 0:33:02 | |
imagine this between the heats in the 100m? I don't think so. This is | 0:33:02 | 0:33:07 | |
amazing. Beach volleyball has a really big history of being | 0:33:07 | 0:33:11 | |
entertaining. Obviously, we want to show that it is not just about | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
beautiful girls. We want to show that the dancers are as athletic as | 0:33:15 | 0:33:25 | |
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the accretes. And guess what? That's Team GB! The atmosphere in | 0:33:27 | 0:33:31 | |
the crowd is just amazing. They are loving it, they are getting behind | 0:33:31 | 0:33:41 | |
it, the music, the dancing and the fanfares, it works a treat. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:49 | |
Canadians on your right... Looped over the top of Reader, their first | 0:33:49 | 0:33:59 | |
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point. And when we get a point, the crowd goes wild. Grotowski sets it | 0:34:03 | 0:34:12 | |
up... Great deflection from Grotowski. That counts as a touch. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:16 | |
Reader unleashes, but Garcia- Thompson is there. Fantastic work | 0:34:16 | 0:34:21 | |
by the British team! Back again to the Canadians. Binstock just | 0:34:21 | 0:34:28 | |
warming himself up... Great block! Garcia-Thompson could not direct | 0:34:28 | 0:34:35 | |
that. Bad luck that time, but the boys are doing all right. We're | 0:34:35 | 0:34:45 | |
0:34:45 | 0:34:51 | ||
having a bit of a technical Grotowski has a very powerful jump | 0:34:51 | 0:35:00 | |
serve. Reader gets under it... And he finds space! The Canadians have | 0:35:00 | 0:35:06 | |
won against Great Britain. A can feel a sense of disappointment, but | 0:35:06 | 0:35:10 | |
the atmosphere is totally incredible. Tell us, how does it | 0:35:10 | 0:35:16 | |
feel? It was a wonderful atmosphere, you can really feel it. It is one | 0:35:16 | 0:35:21 | |
of the most exciting moments in my sporting life. I would like to say | 0:35:21 | 0:35:31 | |
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thank you to everybody. No, they were right behind us. The whole | 0:35:32 | 0:35:38 | |
crowd was getting into it. There was nothing we wanted more than to | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
win that match, but we have two more, so, we have got a lot of work | 0:35:42 | 0:35:50 | |
to do. You can do it. I'm sure our British boys can do it. What chance | 0:35:50 | 0:35:57 | |
have they got? I took a lot of positives from today. They had some | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
fantastic points which they were battling for. In their group, they | 0:36:00 | 0:36:05 | |
have got a Brazilian team, also, the Norwegians. I think if they get | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
a result against the Norwegians, they have got a chance of taking | 0:36:08 | 0:36:14 | |
that third spot, which could get them into the knockout. You're | 0:36:14 | 0:36:17 | |
warned other commentators, so you know some things about this game. I | 0:36:17 | 0:36:23 | |
have been watching some of the hand signals, what is it all about? | 0:36:23 | 0:36:28 | |
of the key strategies that you can control, as a player, is the | 0:36:28 | 0:36:32 | |
blocking at the net. One player sits at the net, the other one sits | 0:36:32 | 0:36:42 | |
0:36:42 | 0:36:46 | ||
back. Two fingers like that means, a line block. This means you're | 0:36:46 | 0:36:52 | |
going to block the shot across. They have been showing the signals | 0:36:52 | 0:36:56 | |
on the big screen, and the players have been up in arms about it. So, | 0:36:56 | 0:37:01 | |
there is a bit of work to be done on that. But it is a fantastically | 0:37:01 | 0:37:06 | |
tactical game. You say that, there have been lots of stories about the | 0:37:06 | 0:37:11 | |
fact that it is not really an Olympic sport, it seems like | 0:37:11 | 0:37:15 | |
something that's done for pleasure - tell us about the background to | 0:37:15 | 0:37:21 | |
the sport. Think about it, they are playing on sand, which is like a | 0:37:21 | 0:37:26 | |
massive sponge, it takes so much energy to jump like they are doing, | 0:37:26 | 0:37:30 | |
to change direction. They have got to have perfect footwork, that's | 0:37:30 | 0:37:36 | |
the real key to this. Changing direction, making sure that your | 0:37:36 | 0:37:40 | |
feet are moving. You have to be able to explode upwards at the net. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:44 | |
You see the way these guys are breeding when they come off the | 0:37:44 | 0:37:48 | |
court, and I dare you to say it is not physical. There is a lot of | 0:37:48 | 0:37:54 | |
noise, who are the favourites? reigning Olympic champions from | 0:37:54 | 0:37:59 | |
Beijing, the United States, up against Australia, it is a | 0:37:59 | 0:38:04 | |
fantastic game, and this lot are going crazy. Let's and send you | 0:38:04 | 0:38:14 | |
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straight over to our commentator in Gary Walsh and Misty May -- Kerri | 0:38:29 | 0:38:35 | |
Walsh and Misty May-Treanor, they became the first team ever to | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
successfully defend the Olympic title, and this year, they are | 0:38:38 | 0:38:43 | |
going for the hat-trick. They are up against the Australians, who, as | 0:38:43 | 0:38:49 | |
you can see, are fully committed to this. Nat Cook, on the right, has | 0:38:49 | 0:38:59 | |
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become the first player ever to play in five Olympic Games. Her | 0:39:02 | 0:39:06 | |
second one was Bondi Beach, that was truly beach volleyball, right | 0:39:06 | 0:39:13 | |
on the beach. This is her new partner. It really is rocking | 0:39:13 | 0:39:18 | |
tonight at Horse Guards Parade. It is the hottest ticket in town. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:28 | |
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Kerri Walsh drills it down into the sand. The service from Misty May- | 0:39:38 | 0:39:48 | |
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Treanor was perfect, allowing Kerri Cook a loads with that, a beautiful | 0:39:53 | 0:40:03 | |
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spike. They are all in their 30s, these players. Kerri Walsh is 33, | 0:40:06 | 0:40:16 | |
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Nothing between them in the first set. Nat Cook has done well. This | 0:40:30 | 0:40:34 | |
is a good opportunity. Can Misty May-Treanor finish it? She can | 0:40:34 | 0:40:44 | |
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indeed. Wonderful positional play Just too a hot to handle for Nat | 0:40:52 | 0:41:00 | |
Cook. Time-out called by the Australians. That was a good | 0:41:00 | 0:41:04 | |
decision, because you could just sense that Kerri Walsh was on a bit | 0:41:04 | 0:41:08 | |
of a roll, eager to go. They waited until the last possible minute, and | 0:41:08 | 0:41:18 | |
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There is all sorts going on around the stadium. The Benny Hill music | 0:41:25 | 0:41:32 | |
comes on, and a place goes wild. On the top of the museum is an artist, | 0:41:32 | 0:41:37 | |
who has been commissioned by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, to | 0:41:37 | 0:41:47 | |
0:41:47 | 0:41:53 | ||
paint the scene. He has been busy The Americans, the defending | 0:41:53 | 0:42:03 | |
champions. Cook decides to take the serve, it might have dropped out. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:12 | |
Kerri Walsh goes over the top, but Cook was ready for it. Kerri Walsh | 0:42:12 | 0:42:17 | |
decided to go solo and play the point in two hits, when three are | 0:42:17 | 0:42:27 | |
permitted. That, after seeing that her partner was down in the dust. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:37 | |
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Great dive from Nat Cook! Here we go again... Kerri Walsh, over the | 0:42:46 | 0:42:56 | |
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top, perfect placement. And the The last match of the day in Horse | 0:43:01 | 0:43:11 | |
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Tamsin Hinchley cleverly guides the ball across the angle, to draw | 0:43:16 | 0:43:26 | |
0:43:26 | 0:43:34 | ||
The signal goes out to the server. Misty May-Treanor now scurries | 0:43:34 | 0:43:42 | |
forward, and drifts the ball over the head of Nat Cook. That was a | 0:43:42 | 0:43:52 | |
0:43:52 | 0:44:03 | ||
perfect play by the Americans, who Nat Cook, slightly out of -- out of | 0:44:03 | 0:44:11 | |
position, but no manner, -- no matter, she managed to improvise. | 0:44:11 | 0:44:17 | |
The Australians are here in force as well. They have got their | 0:44:17 | 0:44:27 | |
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That was simply too hot to handle for Nat Cook. She got her body in | 0:44:35 | 0:44:45 | |
0:44:45 | 0:44:46 | ||
the way but could not direct the ball towards her partner. Kerri | 0:44:46 | 0:44:53 | |
Walsh checks the signals with Misty May-Treanor. Cook has missed the | 0:44:53 | 0:45:03 | |
0:45:03 | 0:45:04 | ||
target. And a two-point advantage has opened up for Misty May-Treanor | 0:45:04 | 0:45:14 | |
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All Misty May could do was get a hand to the ball. The gap has | 0:45:20 | 0:45:30 | |
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closed. This match is being played in a pool C. Four teams in each | 0:45:32 | 0:45:38 | |
pool. Each of the 24 teams will play three preliminary matches. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:48 | |
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This is good for the Americans. That could be a key block. 17-17. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:11 | |
Good ploy. Excellent tactic to take the Australians by surprise and re- | 0:46:11 | 0:46:21 | |
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establish the lead. A change of ends. Kerri Walsh with the serving | 0:46:25 | 0:46:35 | |
0:46:35 | 0:46:36 | ||
duties. Natalie Cook drilled that one down into the sand. There | 0:46:36 | 0:46:46 | |
0:46:46 | 0:46:47 | ||
earlier enjoyed it as well. A finger waved towards her opponent. | 0:46:47 | 0:46:57 | |
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It is 18 points each in the first set. A despairing dive from Natalie | 0:46:58 | 0:47:04 | |
Cook was not enough to pick it up after Misty May took the | 0:47:04 | 0:47:10 | |
opportunity to go solo. The Americans need two points for the | 0:47:10 | 0:47:20 | |
0:47:20 | 0:47:24 | ||
opening set. It is a scramble for the Australians. And they die of it | 0:47:24 | 0:47:33 | |
from Misty May sends the ball into an open court. Spotted the | 0:47:33 | 0:47:39 | |
opportunity, and had no hesitation in finishing off this point in | 0:47:39 | 0:47:49 | |
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spectacular style. Can the Australians keep the set alive? The | 0:48:00 | 0:48:06 | |
defending champions, the USA com are on top, taking the first set by | 0:48:06 | 0:48:13 | |
21-18. First blood to the US. You can | 0:48:13 | 0:48:17 | |
carry on watching that very tight game live online or on the red | 0:48:18 | 0:48:21 | |
button. It truly is spectacular there. You can't quite believe that | 0:48:21 | 0:48:28 | |
is being played in this country. You can't. It is normally probably | 0:48:28 | 0:48:38 | |
0:48:38 | 0:48:38 | ||
played in some lovely, hot days In Beijing, it was a great match, | 0:48:38 | 0:48:47 | |
but it was raining. Imagine rain! What a great setting. They are | 0:48:47 | 0:48:54 | |
going for their straight -- third straight gold, Kerri Walsh and | 0:48:54 | 0:48:57 | |
Misty May. Spectacular scenes last night of course at the opening | 0:48:57 | 0:49:01 | |
ceremony. We were discussing it earlier. You alluded to the fact | 0:49:01 | 0:49:08 | |
that the torch was lit in such a beautiful, simple way, passing the | 0:49:08 | 0:49:12 | |
torch on to the next generation. Tell us about the girl you chose. | 0:49:12 | 0:49:19 | |
Adelle Tracey is one of the people on my camp before I won my two | 0:49:19 | 0:49:28 | |
dolts. She is up and coming. She has won various championships. The | 0:49:28 | 0:49:32 | |
day I told her was after the diamond lead at Crystal Palace. I | 0:49:32 | 0:49:36 | |
said, I can't tell you anything other than that you will get a call | 0:49:36 | 0:49:43 | |
the 2012. Keep your diary free. And when she got the call...! It was so | 0:49:43 | 0:49:47 | |
nice. I love that we can pass things on to the next generation. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:51 | |
It is something I have always done, my whole career, and I feel | 0:49:51 | 0:49:55 | |
passionate about it. This moment, look at that cauldron. For those | 0:49:55 | 0:50:00 | |
young people to be part of this really get the message of what the | 0:50:00 | 0:50:06 | |
games were about. This is beautiful. I assume it came over on telly, but | 0:50:06 | 0:50:16 | |
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each of these pieces were carried in by the team. It was a beautiful | 0:50:18 | 0:50:24 | |
cauldron, no doubt about it. Let me express mild disappointment that it | 0:50:24 | 0:50:28 | |
was not Sir Steve Redgrave, because he seems to be the greatest of all | 0:50:28 | 0:50:32 | |
Olympians. Hold your fire, we will have a greatest of all Olympians | 0:50:32 | 0:50:38 | |
chat later. But it was like they did not want him to decide who that | 0:50:38 | 0:50:42 | |
was. The Olympics from the beginning has been different. It is | 0:50:42 | 0:50:48 | |
about legacy. That is always the big thing - who will light the | 0:50:48 | 0:50:51 | |
torch? There is betting on it, and I thought it was great that London | 0:50:52 | 0:51:01 | |
0:51:02 | 0:51:03 | ||
stayed true to the idea of legacy. Steve did health -- have a big role. | 0:51:03 | 0:51:09 | |
What was so good was the twist. No one knew. You add all the Olympians. | 0:51:09 | 0:51:13 | |
They did not know we were part of this whole process. Then Steve | 0:51:13 | 0:51:21 | |
Redgrave comes in, everyone thinking he is going to get it. | 0:51:21 | 0:51:25 | |
Roger Bannister was up on the betting list. I thought it was such | 0:51:25 | 0:51:29 | |
a great twist. Did you have a moment, either of you, that really | 0:51:29 | 0:51:39 | |
0:51:39 | 0:51:40 | ||
stood out? It was that moment, and the Queen. Mr Bean. Rowan Atkinson | 0:51:40 | 0:51:46 | |
hitting that one note. That was pretty solid. I think it was | 0:51:46 | 0:51:50 | |
universally appreciated. We have loads more to come. Here is a quick | 0:51:50 | 0:51:58 | |
check on some of the news from day one. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:03 | |
It was a good day for Great Britain down at Dorney in the rowing. The | 0:52:03 | 0:52:07 | |
highlight of the morning's action was carried Glover and Heather | 0:52:07 | 0:52:11 | |
Stanning making it through to the final with a new Olympic record. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:14 | |
The final is on Wednesday and history could be made, as Britain | 0:52:15 | 0:52:19 | |
has never won a gold in women's rowing before. | 0:52:19 | 0:52:22 | |
The of football, the women put in another impressive performance, | 0:52:22 | 0:52:29 | |
this time beating Cameroon. Goals came from Casey Stoney and just got, | 0:52:29 | 0:52:34 | |
and Steph Houghton got her second. They go to the quarter-finals with | 0:52:34 | 0:52:38 | |
a game to spare. They face Brazil at Wembley. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:45 | |
The first gold for the Games went to China's Yi Siling. The | 0:52:45 | 0:52:55 | |
sharpshooter lived up to her favourites tag. | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
Keeping the girl power theme going, judo will's first gold went to | 0:52:58 | 0:53:03 | |
Sarah Menezes of Brazil in the 48 kg class. There were amazing scenes | 0:53:03 | 0:53:09 | |
down at the ExCel, because this 22- year-old grew up in one of the | 0:53:09 | 0:53:12 | |
poorest estates in North Brazil. She lied to their parents about | 0:53:12 | 0:53:16 | |
taking judo classes at school because they did not approve. And | 0:53:16 | 0:53:21 | |
just look - this is what it is about. This is the Olympic dream. | 0:53:21 | 0:53:26 | |
This girl will be huge in four years' time. She is only the second | 0:53:26 | 0:53:30 | |
Brazilian girl about to win an individual gold. She will be huge | 0:53:30 | 0:53:34 | |
and she could be in for a lot of pressure, but also a lot of support | 0:53:34 | 0:53:39 | |
over the next four years. That is an incredible story. When you hear | 0:53:39 | 0:53:42 | |
that type of story and then come through and win it, with the | 0:53:43 | 0:53:46 | |
Olympics coming to Rio at the next Games, it will be phenomenal for | 0:53:46 | 0:53:49 | |
her. It was great to see the emotion and her reaction after | 0:53:49 | 0:53:55 | |
winning. We can all become a bit cynical, John, in life. The way | 0:53:55 | 0:54:04 | |
these questions are being presented...! I think she was | 0:54:04 | 0:54:10 | |
saying, I told you so. To her parents. And she has moved right up | 0:54:10 | 0:54:17 | |
from Beijing. She was way down the field. Well done, Sarah. | 0:54:17 | 0:54:20 | |
Gymnastics now. In London, the British team assembled its | 0:54:20 | 0:54:24 | |
strongest ever live up to compete in an Olympics, so hopes of home | 0:54:24 | 0:54:27 | |
success are high. Today the men's team were in action, as not only | 0:54:27 | 0:54:31 | |
were they aiming to qualify for the team final, but also for the | 0:54:31 | 0:54:41 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds | 0:54:41 | 0:55:24 | |
That really was classy work. That Control, good, low position of the | 0:55:24 | 0:55:34 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds | 0:55:34 | 0:56:20 | |
the vault runway and nailed his battling performance, but he never | 0:56:20 | 0:56:30 | |
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just got Great Britain into the What a team performance this is | 0:57:51 | 0:57:56 | |
proving to be. The last time Great Britain got into the top eight was | 0:57:56 | 0:58:06 | |
in 1924. Here we go, ladies and gentlemen, | 0:58:06 | 0:58:12 | |
this is Great Britain's Louis Smith. Come on. There are no medals in | 0:58:12 | 0:58:22 | |
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this round, but this is where it can all be lost. Very smooth. And | 0:58:24 | 0:58:34 | |
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consummate performance from Louis Smith. That well deserves a final | 0:59:05 | 0:59:15 | |
place. Louis Smith is in the Olympic Podmore Horse Final. | 0:59:15 | 0:59:25 | |
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Greg Britain's men qualified an excellent third for Monday's final. | 0:59:27 | 0:59:32 | |
The USA and Russia are in front of them. They have not qualified for a | 0:59:32 | 0:59:36 | |
final since 1924. To qualify in third place shows you how brilliant | 0:59:36 | 0:59:40 | |
the performance coaching has been. They have moved write-up the world | 0:59:40 | 0:59:45 | |
rankings. It has made a huge difference for the whole of Team GB, | 0:59:45 | 0:59:48 | |
with the investment in sport and the structures they have put in | 0:59:48 | 0:59:53 | |
place. More of the team have been able to train full-time. When they | 0:59:53 | 0:59:57 | |
come into a team event like that, it is important for each of them to | 0:59:57 | 1:00:02 | |
do their best under pressure. Smith, who got that bronze medal in | 1:00:02 | 1:00:07 | |
Beijing, is looking for gold. This was just the qualifying, but look | 1:00:07 | 1:00:11 | |
at their reaction. The poor man was on the podium for five minutes | 1:00:11 | 1:00:16 | |
beforehand, chalking his hands. Is that pure relief? Seeing Andy | 1:00:16 | 1:00:20 | |
Murray at Wimbledon, I assume the same thing will take place at the | 1:00:20 | 1:00:23 | |
Olympics. The pressure has to be unbelievable on athletes in their | 1:00:23 | 1:00:30 | |
home country. You have got to get past that relief, though, and start | 1:00:30 | 1:00:35 | |
to focus. Now he is in the final, and there is a great opportunity. | 1:00:35 | 1:00:43 | |
He has to focus on that. That is the great advantage. The advantage | 1:00:43 | 1:00:46 | |
is the investment in homes bought leading up to the Games. You would | 1:00:47 | 1:00:51 | |
hope that, talking about a legacy, the investment will come to new. | 1:00:51 | 1:01:00 | |
The hero for me today was this man, Kieran Behan from Ireland. He was | 1:01:00 | 1:01:03 | |
twice told he would never walk again. He suffered complications | 1:01:03 | 1:01:08 | |
after a tumour was removed. -- from his leg when he was 10. He was in a | 1:01:08 | 1:01:12 | |
wheelchair. Then he had an accident that left him with brain damage. He | 1:01:12 | 1:01:16 | |
fought his way back into the gym, battled with knee injuries. He has | 1:01:16 | 1:01:20 | |
finance issues as well. He was holding raffles and washing cars, | 1:01:20 | 1:01:30 | |
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but he made the games and he is I think only the second gymnast | 1:01:35 | 1:01:40 | |
from Ireland. This is the stuff of dreams. Absolutely. This is what | 1:01:40 | 1:01:44 | |
the Olympics is all about. The emotion that goes into it, the | 1:01:44 | 1:01:49 | |
journey that it takes. These stories are what makes the drama of | 1:01:49 | 1:01:54 | |
the Olympic Games. I really hope he can do well, because this will in | 1:01:54 | 1:02:00 | |
the world to him. Just to be here. Briefly, your all-time Olympic | 1:02:00 | 1:02:05 | |
heroes? Jesse Owens, without a doubt. Unbelievable, the greatest | 1:02:05 | 1:02:10 | |
sprinter of all time, to compete in Hitler's Olympics, under that kind | 1:02:10 | 1:02:14 | |
of pressure, and wing four gold medals, it was an incredible | 1:02:14 | 1:02:20 | |
performance. A great, great athlete. I would say Sebastian Coe, first of | 1:02:20 | 1:02:25 | |
all, he was my hero when I was young. But keeping it up for the | 1:02:25 | 1:02:29 | |
Brits, I would have to say Sir Steve Redgrave, with his five gold | 1:02:29 | 1:02:36 | |
medals, and he is a such a great guy as well. I have an obvious | 1:02:36 | 1:02:43 | |
choice, Mohamed Ali, just for what he represented, but for me, besides | 1:02:43 | 1:02:48 | |
these two, of course, Nadia Comaneci, she got me much more into | 1:02:48 | 1:02:54 | |
the Olympics, and when we saw those highlights of the gymnastics, it | 1:02:54 | 1:02:58 | |
reminded me of her. There was a brilliant documentary a few weeks | 1:02:58 | 1:03:03 | |
ago, and shared -- she said she did not think her perfect 10 was | 1:03:03 | 1:03:13 | |
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perfect. We're going to go back to the pool now. There were three more | 1:03:15 | 1:03:22 | |
finals tonight. Hannah Miley was the big hope for Great Britain in | 1:03:22 | 1:03:25 | |
the Women's 400m Individual Medley. She qualified sixth quickest. She | 1:03:25 | 1:03:31 | |
was going with the favourite Elizabeth Beisel in lane for. We | 1:03:31 | 1:03:41 | |
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join the race with just over 200 This could be very interesting. | 1:03:42 | 1:03:52 | |
Steph Rice in second place, in the yellow cap, a very good backstroke. | 1:03:52 | 1:04:02 | |
Hannah, this could have played into her hands. It certainly could. You | 1:04:02 | 1:04:09 | |
can see the Hungarian athlete, Katinka Hosszu, in the pink. Going | 1:04:09 | 1:04:14 | |
pretty well at the moment is Hannah Miley. You can see her at the | 1:04:14 | 1:04:21 | |
bottom. Big kick under water, and she is in sixth position, but this | 1:04:21 | 1:04:23 | |
she is in sixth position, but this leg should be very good for her. | 1:04:23 | 1:04:30 | |
Come on, Hannah Miley. At the moment, Elizabeth Beisel is leading, | 1:04:30 | 1:04:35 | |
with Katinka Hosszu going with her. In third place at the moment, the | 1:04:36 | 1:04:45 | |
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16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen. Elizabeth Beisel, after a | 1:04:47 | 1:04:52 | |
very sluggish butterfly, it is almost as if she decided to play | 1:04:52 | 1:04:55 | |
around with the first hundred, save some energy and then push it | 1:04:55 | 1:05:02 | |
through. She is checking on the Chinese, and also seeing where | 1:05:02 | 1:05:09 | |
Hannah was. Elizabeth Beisel has got this one sewn up, if the rest | 1:05:09 | 1:05:15 | |
of the field are not careful. is starting to look really good. It | 1:05:15 | 1:05:21 | |
has been a decent freestylers well. But the Chinese also have very good | 1:05:21 | 1:05:31 | |
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freestylers. But really, the League is quite clear. 100 metres to go in | 1:05:32 | 1:05:40 | |
this final of the Women's 400m Individual Medley. Hannah Miley | 1:05:40 | 1:05:44 | |
turns in fifth position. There is a bronze medal in here somewhere, I | 1:05:44 | 1:05:52 | |
think. It is very, very close. Well, this is interesting. Elizabeth | 1:05:52 | 1:05:57 | |
Beisel is now being challenged. Look at that Freestyle from Ye | 1:05:57 | 1:06:03 | |
Shiwen. She has been killed on that first 50. Oh, my goodness, what | 1:06:03 | 1:06:10 | |
happened? She did that in about 15 metres, utterly extraordinary! Look | 1:06:10 | 1:06:14 | |
how she is swimming away! Utterly extraordinary. She is still | 1:06:14 | 1:06:19 | |
swimming away. This is absolutely amazing. The 16-year-old Chinese | 1:06:19 | 1:06:24 | |
woman, Ye Shiwen. It is Stephanie Rice's world record which is under | 1:06:24 | 1:06:34 | |
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threat. Utterly extraordinary! Unbelievable! The second race of | 1:06:37 | 1:06:40 | |
the Women's 400m Individual Medley hero at the Olympic Games, and it | 1:06:40 | 1:06:50 | |
as a gold medal to China and a new Olympic record. A new world record | 1:06:50 | 1:06:55 | |
as well. The bronze medal has gone to Li Xuanxu, and Hannah Miley | 1:06:55 | 1:07:01 | |
to Li Xuanxu, and Hannah Miley finishes in fifth position. I gave | 1:07:01 | 1:07:06 | |
it absolutely everything I had. It was a real bun fight just trying to | 1:07:06 | 1:07:11 | |
get into the final. It was who was able to recover the quickest. I am | 1:07:11 | 1:07:14 | |
gutted that I did not get a medal, but I could not have given it any | 1:07:14 | 1:07:21 | |
more. That was everything I had. At the end of the day, it is one place | 1:07:21 | 1:07:29 | |
better than what they did in Beijing. Well, they said the | 1:07:29 | 1:07:35 | |
Chinese were coming in the pool, and Ye Shiwen proving that that | 1:07:35 | 1:07:40 | |
could just be right. Well done to Hannah Miley. There were two more | 1:07:40 | 1:07:48 | |
finals in the pool tonight. This was another Olympic record, just | 1:07:49 | 1:07:54 | |
missing out on the world record. Britain's David Carry was seventh | 1:07:54 | 1:08:04 | |
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in this one. It was won by Yang Sun. And the women's 4x100m bidet was | 1:08:04 | 1:08:12 | |
won by Australia. -- relay. Do not worry, we did not get any medals on | 1:08:12 | 1:08:18 | |
the first day in Beijing, either. Four years ago, a girl from | 1:08:18 | 1:08:22 | |
Mansfield lit up the pool in Beijing, and made history, by | 1:08:22 | 1:08:27 | |
winning a first gold for Britain in half a century. Tomorrow, all eyes | 1:08:27 | 1:08:37 | |
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will be on Rebecca Adlington once COMMENTATOR: Great Britain have won | 1:08:42 | 1:08:48 | |
a gold medal in the swimming pool! I am standing up to salute Rebecca | 1:08:48 | 1:08:57 | |
Adlington! Rebecca Adlington, you are absolutely brilliant. | 1:08:57 | 1:09:05 | |
She goes just after 12 o'clock tomorrow. That's the 400m. If there | 1:09:05 | 1:09:09 | |
was a weaker of and for her, that would be it. But the pressure is | 1:09:09 | 1:09:15 | |
totally different to Beijing. -- a weaker event. You could see the | 1:09:15 | 1:09:19 | |
naivety back in Beijing, the whole thing was just magical. Absolutely. | 1:09:19 | 1:09:23 | |
To have somebody that was under the radar, who came out completely on | 1:09:23 | 1:09:28 | |
top, this is a different story, of course, being on home turf, with | 1:09:29 | 1:09:35 | |
high expectations. But I think the 400m will be a really close race. | 1:09:35 | 1:09:41 | |
She can definitely get a medal, I would say. I would say the 800m | 1:09:41 | 1:09:46 | |
would be an even better bet for her. It takes you into new territory, | 1:09:46 | 1:09:50 | |
doesn't it, when you come with that reputation, with the gold medals? | 1:09:51 | 1:09:57 | |
We were talking about it earlier on with Phelps. I interviewed Rebecca | 1:09:57 | 1:10:01 | |
for my book, and we talk about the pressure of expectation, and how | 1:10:01 | 1:10:05 | |
you can duplicate it, and she said that basic the, she trains at the | 1:10:06 | 1:10:11 | |
same club she has always trained at, with all the amateur swimmers, and | 1:10:11 | 1:10:15 | |
she gets her kicks from motivating those other athletes, and then | 1:10:15 | 1:10:19 | |
looking up to her. She sees herself as a true role model, and she says | 1:10:19 | 1:10:27 | |
that is what really drives her. For an athlete like her, not as well | 1:10:27 | 1:10:29 | |
known around the world as Phelps, there is that sufficient motivation, | 1:10:29 | 1:10:36 | |
I would say. And certainly, on home soil. And as a champion, you like | 1:10:36 | 1:10:40 | |
winning, I guess. I would certainly hope so. It is all about the | 1:10:40 | 1:10:47 | |
intensity of the moment, it is every four years. It felt like the | 1:10:47 | 1:10:51 | |
athletes were barely breathing, I can only imagine what it must be | 1:10:51 | 1:11:01 | |
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like. The other possibility is that you get the adrenalin which | 1:11:03 | 1:11:07 | |
actually inspires you, and Rebecca could be even better than she was | 1:11:07 | 1:11:17 | |
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four years ago. Remember this man from the Sydney Games? Here we have | 1:11:22 | 1:11:26 | |
this swimmer from equatorial Guinea. I have never seen anything like | 1:11:26 | 1:11:34 | |
this at the Olympic Games before. Adrian, I'm not sure he is going to | 1:11:34 | 1:11:38 | |
make it. No, he is, this is the Olympics, he has got 17,000 people | 1:11:38 | 1:11:47 | |
cheering for him. Well, I thought I had seen everything in the Olympic | 1:11:47 | 1:11:51 | |
swimming pool. Well, there were rumours that Eric | 1:11:51 | 1:11:55 | |
was in town as coach of the equatorial Guinea's winning team, | 1:11:55 | 1:11:59 | |
but we have discovered that they do not have any swimmers this time | 1:11:59 | 1:12:07 | |
around. But he inspired for us, we think, one of the greatest underdog | 1:12:07 | 1:12:17 | |
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First up tonight, the men's 400m individual medley. Hats off to the | 1:12:22 | 1:12:26 | |
man from Qatar. He kept going in this brutal event, but eventually | 1:12:26 | 1:12:36 | |
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finished a minute behind the winner. This was the single men's scull. He | 1:12:43 | 1:12:48 | |
got rapturous applause. During the men's road race, his dog wanted a | 1:12:48 | 1:12:58 | |
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piece of the action. -- of this dog. All in good spirits, of course. | 1:12:59 | 1:13:03 | |
thought you were going to show some footage of me swimming! Legs | 1:13:03 | 1:13:11 | |
everywhere! It has been a glorious night at the Olympics. The capital | 1:13:11 | 1:13:17 | |
has been buzzing, the Games has finally begun. Reggie Yates has | 1:13:17 | 1:13:23 | |
been experiencing the atmosphere down in Hyde Park. For the whole | 1:13:23 | 1:13:27 | |
day, people have been coming down, putting their feet up, having the | 1:13:27 | 1:13:33 | |
time of their lives. In the evening, it all kicks off over there on a | 1:13:33 | 1:13:43 | |
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huge stage. And there is plenty of sport on the big screens. You not | 1:13:44 | 1:13:51 | |
seem to have the right idea, with your picnic blanket. Are you | 1:13:51 | 1:13:56 | |
actually taking in some of the sport? I am going to go and see the | 1:13:56 | 1:14:02 | |
beach volleyball tomorrow. It will be awesome. How many beers have we | 1:14:02 | 1:14:11 | |
had so far tonight? Too many! enough! You're not getting in the | 1:14:11 | 1:14:16 | |
spirit. You have got to, haven't you? Did you wear this to work | 1:14:16 | 1:14:26 | |
today? I did not go to work today. We were here last night as well. | 1:14:26 | 1:14:29 | |
it going to be Will Young for you tonight, or is it all about the | 1:14:29 | 1:14:39 | |
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sport? It feels as if London is in an amazing mood at the moment, | 1:14:40 | 1:14:44 | |
everybody coming together to watch the Games - the do you see the | 1:14:44 | 1:14:49 | |
Opening Ceremony? I saw it down in Cornwall. It is interesting to come | 1:14:49 | 1:14:54 | |
back into London after that event, and there is a tangible difference. | 1:14:54 | 1:14:59 | |
Everyone is far more unified. I think it was needed. What's | 1:14:59 | 1:15:03 | |
brilliant about being British is that we are quite sarcastic. We are | 1:15:03 | 1:15:07 | |
not easy to impress, but when we are impressed, we get together and | 1:15:07 | 1:15:12 | |
become really patriotic. Our sense of you were as well. The Queen, Mr | 1:15:12 | 1:15:19 | |
Bean, and I thought Emily Sande sang like a dream, it was so moving. | 1:15:19 | 1:15:23 | |
There was real intimacy. It was a massive event, but it was very, | 1:15:23 | 1:15:29 | |
very moving. I felt like a big kid watching it. One of my favourite | 1:15:29 | 1:15:32 | |
things about the Olympics is getting into a sport which I knew | 1:15:32 | 1:15:35 | |
absolutely nothing about before - is that anything which you are | 1:15:35 | 1:15:41 | |
planning on becoming a massive Fan of? It has to be judo. Or table | 1:15:41 | 1:15:51 | |
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It is a bit early for the athletes to be thinking about partying. In | 1:16:02 | 1:16:06 | |
the village, notoriously, the swimmers finished first. So they | 1:16:06 | 1:16:12 | |
aggravate other athletes because their partying goes on quite late. | 1:16:12 | 1:16:15 | |
I stay away from the village altogether until after I have | 1:16:15 | 1:16:25 | |
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finished it competing. It is not a nice place to focus. The married | 1:16:26 | 1:16:30 | |
brothers will not be putting tonight, of course. -- the Murray | 1:16:30 | 1:16:34 | |
brothers were knocked out. Jamie can go out tonight. But Andy has | 1:16:34 | 1:16:44 | |
got the singles tomorrow. He starts with the Austrians -- they were | 1:16:44 | 1:16:48 | |
knocked out of the doubles today by Austria. The they were not big | 1:16:48 | 1:16:56 | |
favourites, to be honest. It was a tall order. I was surprised that he | 1:16:56 | 1:17:02 | |
entered the doubles, given that the singles are so important and his | 1:17:02 | 1:17:06 | |
brother could have gone with somebody else. Believe it or not, | 1:17:06 | 1:17:10 | |
there was a British player, Jonathan Marray, who did well at | 1:17:10 | 1:17:18 | |
Wimbledon. Demotion was so well when Andy lost that final, we | 1:17:18 | 1:17:28 | |
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surprised that he would be ready to Her that was the toughest loss of | 1:17:31 | 1:17:35 | |
his career. It was arguably the best that she played, and he still | 1:17:35 | 1:17:40 | |
did not win. But the good news is that this is a shorter format. You | 1:17:40 | 1:17:44 | |
are playing best-of-three instead of best-of-five, so that could help | 1:17:44 | 1:17:49 | |
him. Let's move on to boxing. The games have always unearthed some | 1:17:49 | 1:17:59 | |
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fantastic stars. Let's see how many In London, Britain has 10 boxers in | 1:18:23 | 1:18:26 | |
action, with women making history by entering Olympic competition for | 1:18:26 | 1:18:31 | |
the first time. But they begin on day nine, so until then, we will | 1:18:31 | 1:18:36 | |
focus on the seven men who will be aiming to be king of the men. So, | 1:18:36 | 1:18:46 | |
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cue the cliche. Yes, these are the magnificent | 1:18:46 | 1:18:50 | |
seven men who are all aiming to strike gold. The competition is | 1:18:50 | 1:18:54 | |
fierce and a winning any medal will be a huge achievement. Just one | 1:18:54 | 1:18:59 | |
Brit was in action today, Anthony Ogogo. The 23-year-old will be | 1:18:59 | 1:19:03 | |
trying to emulate the feat of James DeGale, who won gold for Britain in | 1:19:03 | 1:19:08 | |
Beijing. He won goal that the Youth Olympics eight years ago and won a | 1:19:08 | 1:19:12 | |
silver at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. Today in the first round, he | 1:19:12 | 1:19:16 | |
faced Junior Castillo of the Dominican Republic. He made a good | 1:19:16 | 1:19:23 | |
start and had a strong first round. We join the action at the start of | 1:19:23 | 1:19:27 | |
the third round. Commentary comes from Richie Woodhall and run | 1:19:27 | 1:19:37 | |
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lifting his hands, getting the crowd behind him. How the crowd | 1:19:38 | 1:19:46 | |
have responded in this opening bout. Anthony Ogogo of Great Britain is | 1:19:46 | 1:19:53 | |
in the red kit. He is leading by five after two completed rounds. | 1:19:53 | 1:19:57 | |
Now there will be a change of tactics, especially from Junior | 1:19:57 | 1:20:05 | |
Castillo. That may suit Anthony better. He now has to sit back and | 1:20:05 | 1:20:09 | |
get the timing right. As his opponent comes to him, he has to | 1:20:09 | 1:20:14 | |
land those shots. He will look to maintain the tight guard he has | 1:20:14 | 1:20:19 | |
demonstrated throughout this opening bout at the ExCel Arena. | 1:20:19 | 1:20:25 | |
Ogogo looks more relaxed now, keeping those hands around his | 1:20:25 | 1:20:29 | |
waist band. He is out of range at the moment, so no harm have | 1:20:29 | 1:20:35 | |
anything coming back. Ogogo tasted world success before in 2005. How | 1:20:35 | 1:20:39 | |
he would love to replicate that success in the biggest amateur | 1:20:39 | 1:20:43 | |
boxing tournament of them all, the Olympic Games. Does he need to be | 1:20:43 | 1:20:49 | |
taking any risks here? Nothing is getting through those shops. Just | 1:20:49 | 1:20:52 | |
needs to stay on the outside and wait for his opponent to come in. | 1:20:52 | 1:20:57 | |
He has five points ahead, doesn't need to do anything silly. Don't | 1:20:57 | 1:21:05 | |
take any risks. Just box sensibly and wait for your man to come. | 1:21:05 | 1:21:13 | |
crowd are really beginning to rouse. Fantastic account a left hook as | 1:21:13 | 1:21:20 | |
Junior Castillo looked to land his own shot. That was a well-timed | 1:21:20 | 1:21:25 | |
shot from Anthony Ogogo. Waiting for his opponent to come in. Just | 1:21:25 | 1:21:35 | |
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Junior Castillo's work now. We are approaching the final 30 seconds of | 1:21:53 | 1:22:03 | |
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hand, leaving him open for a left hook. That is why Ogogo has caught | 1:22:09 | 1:22:14 | |
him a couple of times. Anthony Ogogo really warming to his task | 1:22:14 | 1:22:22 | |
now. Junior Castillo knows he has to chase this contest. The openings | 1:22:22 | 1:22:28 | |
are being exploited ruthlessly by Ogogo. Ogogo clearly has secured | 1:22:28 | 1:22:32 | |
his passage through to the second round. We await confirmation, but | 1:22:32 | 1:22:37 | |
he has boxed beautifully in this contest against the man from the | 1:22:37 | 1:22:44 | |
Dominican Republic, Junior Castillo. Andy Bell has sanded to bring about | 1:22:44 | 1:22:49 | |
an end to that contest. Junior Castillo raised his arms, but I | 1:22:49 | 1:22:53 | |
suspect it was hope rather than expectation, because the man in red, | 1:22:53 | 1:22:59 | |
Anthony Ogogo, breaks out into a smile, because he and his coaching | 1:22:59 | 1:23:02 | |
team feel he has done enough to earn his first win at the London | 1:23:02 | 1:23:12 | |
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2012 Olympics. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner, by a score of 13 points | 1:23:13 | 1:23:18 | |
to six, in the red corner, representing Great Britain, Anthony | 1:23:18 | 1:23:27 | |
And watching were three of his sisters and his girlfriend. It has | 1:23:27 | 1:23:31 | |
been a tough week for his family. His mum had a brain aneurysm six | 1:23:31 | 1:23:35 | |
weeks ago and has been recovering in hospital after surgery. And this | 1:23:35 | 1:23:39 | |
morning at 5am, one of Anthony's sisters went into hospital after | 1:23:39 | 1:23:43 | |
going into early labour. After all you have been through, | 1:23:43 | 1:23:47 | |
what was it like to be the first British boxer out here today? | 1:23:47 | 1:23:53 | |
was great. I took the pressure of the whole team on myself and I am a | 1:23:53 | 1:24:01 | |
bit of a showman. It was exactly what I was hoping it would be, and | 1:24:01 | 1:24:05 | |
better. Do you fill extra responsibility, being the first box | 1:24:05 | 1:24:10 | |
of them are old team? A bit. But I thrive under pressure, and I really | 1:24:10 | 1:24:15 | |
enjoyed it. If I could have chosen it anyway, it would have been that | 1:24:15 | 1:24:20 | |
way. And what about the support from family and friends? My family | 1:24:20 | 1:24:25 | |
are going through the mill at the minute. My sister -- my mother is | 1:24:25 | 1:24:28 | |
recovering from a serious injury in hospital. My sister is having a | 1:24:28 | 1:24:33 | |
baby. But I had support from the rest of my friends, family and | 1:24:33 | 1:24:39 | |
girlfriend. We are proud. How far can you go in this competition? | 1:24:39 | 1:24:45 | |
have a tough draw. I have got the world champion next. If I will do | 1:24:45 | 1:24:52 | |
my best to beat him. If I can get him, I can go all the way. | 1:24:52 | 1:24:59 | |
In the men's bantamweight, Ireland's John Joe Nevin impressed | 1:24:59 | 1:25:05 | |
and won easily, beating Denmark's Dennis Ceyland 21-6. Fellow | 1:25:05 | 1:25:10 | |
countryman Darren O'Dea deal won pretty easily also in the men's 75 | 1:25:10 | 1:25:14 | |
kg middle-class, her head against the Nigerian. | 1:25:14 | 1:25:18 | |
Almost 24 hours since half the world and 26 million of us in the | 1:25:18 | 1:25:22 | |
UK witnessed the lighting of the Olympic flame, it burns brightly | 1:25:22 | 1:25:26 | |
and looks magnificent. The scenes at Tower Bridge are pretty | 1:25:26 | 1:25:29 | |
impressive, too. David Beckham was sailing along there yesterday, | 1:25:29 | 1:25:35 | |
happily. And it still looks fantastic now, with the city in the | 1:25:35 | 1:25:37 | |
background. I am the volleyball finished with a | 1:25:38 | 1:25:43 | |
victory to the reigning Olympic champions, USA. That will please at | 1:25:43 | 1:25:48 | |
least two of the icons on the sofa. You are on your way to another gold, | 1:25:48 | 1:25:56 | |
guys. I did two features for NBC, Ryan Lochte and those two. So this | 1:25:56 | 1:26:04 | |
is an awesome day. You need to work more. Go do some more interviews. | 1:26:04 | 1:26:11 | |
Was that one of your moments of the day? It was, but the biggest one - | 1:26:11 | 1:26:16 | |
a, you mean Ryan and Michael Phelps. That was the moment, because I was | 1:26:16 | 1:26:19 | |
right there and the anticipation was awesome. It was your first time | 1:26:19 | 1:26:23 | |
at Olympic swimming? Its was my first time at any event. Each day, | 1:26:23 | 1:26:27 | |
I am going to a different one. Aren't you back at the swimming | 1:26:28 | 1:26:36 | |
tomorrow? Just watching. Because you love it so much. My daughter | 1:26:36 | 1:26:40 | |
loves equestrian. Rather hot tickets in town. You could go and | 1:26:40 | 1:26:46 | |
see Mitt Romney's horse. For me, it was Lochte. He wants this to be his | 1:26:46 | 1:26:52 | |
moment. It was great to see him. It was a phenomenal race. He destroyed | 1:26:52 | 1:27:01 | |
the field. Don't say the same race? It was the men's gymnastics. The | 1:27:01 | 1:27:05 | |
British team have done themselves proud. Not to put a dampener on | 1:27:05 | 1:27:09 | |
things, but there is a bit of disappointing news for UK Athletics, | 1:27:09 | 1:27:13 | |
because this speculation growing about Paula Radcliffe's Olympic | 1:27:13 | 1:27:16 | |
jinx and whether that will continue. A national newspapers reporting | 1:27:16 | 1:27:19 | |
that she is going to pull out and that an announcement will be made | 1:27:19 | 1:27:24 | |
that she will pull out if the marathon due to an old injury that | 1:27:24 | 1:27:30 | |
has flared up again with her foot. The head of Team GB said he could | 1:27:30 | 1:27:35 | |
not confirm that, but it would be disappointing. Let's look at the | 1:27:35 | 1:27:41 | |
medal table. Don't worry, we didn't get a medal at the end of the first | 1:27:41 | 1:27:51 | |
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Guys, it has been wonderful having you here. Will you come again? | 1:28:13 | 1:28:18 | |
Absolutely. See you next time. Safe journey home. Enjoy that hotel with | 1:28:18 | 1:28:22 | |
all those channels. That if your company and thank you at home for | 1:28:23 | 1:28:27 | |
watching. Join us tomorrow. London has witnessed the wonder of the | 1:28:27 | 1:28:30 | |
Olympics today dashed off gold medallists go to bed with a huge | 1:28:30 | 1:28:34 | |
smile on their face. Others will wonder and wish for what could have | 1:28:34 | 1:28:38 | |
been one moment, one time, one chance. That is the Olympic Games. | 1:28:39 | 1:28:48 | |
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A new sporting star in Brazil is born. A wonderful moment for Great | 1:29:07 | 1:29:17 | |
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