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Day four, the flame burns brightly in the Olympic Stadium. 15 gold | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
medals were awarded today with more amazing stories etched into the | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
history books. There is live sport still being played here in London. | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
There is basketball, beach volleyball at Horse Guards Parade | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
and boxing at the ExCel arena. You can watch it all on the red button | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
or online on the BBC Sport website. Here tonight, we have medals, | :01:54. | :02:04. | |
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action and on the sofa, real-life Johnson by a yard and the world | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
record has gone. She has done it, Olga call but wins a gold medal on | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
the floor exercises. -- Olga called it. You can not be serious, that | :02:23. | :02:33. | |
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was on the line. They are two of the top 10 Olympians of all time | :02:33. | :02:42. | |
and Michael -- John McEnroe. What have you done with Olga? She is | :02:42. | :02:49. | |
around here somewhere. She will be with us in just a few moments. | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
triple somersault. Here is what is coming up tonight. | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
We are at the Greenwich arena as Team GB's team eventers were going | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
for gold. Michael Phelps is targeting history | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
aiming to become the greatest Olympic medallist of all time. | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
After the men yesterday, could Britain's women continue the | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
amazing feel-good factor in their team event? And we will catch up | :03:19. | :03:29. | |
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with our famous underdog who is causing a sensation down at Eton. | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
There was high drama down at Greenwich today. It was the final | :03:34. | :03:40. | |
day in the eventing. Great Britain were lying in silver-medal position | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
with Germany in gold and a clutch of countries hot on their hooves, I | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
mean heels. Matthew Pinsent followed the story for us. | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
After two days of the eventing in Greenwich, Team GB are actually | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
placed second. There is a sizable gap to the Germans who are leaving | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
-- leading but the differences between second, third and 4th are | :04:01. | :04:11. | |
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tiny. All the medals will be decided that here in the jumping. | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
If Team GB needed any more pressure, here it comes. This is the first | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
British rider to go, William Fox- Pitt on line Hart. The last jump is | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
the Downing Street one over there. Hear the roar from the British | :04:28. | :04:38. | |
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crowd if he goes Collette -- Lionheart. That was a great start. | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
Britain's second rider, Nicola Wilson. | :04:42. | :04:50. | |
Over the last, when inside the time. A here we go, now time was Zara | :04:50. | :04:58. | |
Phillips. Her mum and famous cousins are here to support her. | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
hardly need tell you, she does not want another. She will get a time | :05:02. | :05:12. | |
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A big cheer for Britain's 4th rider, it is Mary King. Really, really | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
close and pretty complicated with scoring but basically, if she goes | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
clear, it is good news. Mary King needs a clear to keep Great Britain | :05:32. | :05:41. | |
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Yes! It is within a fence of the lead of the individual golds. Right, | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
now the temperature suddenly rises. Listen to the crowd. A massive | :05:59. | :06:05. | |
result that, massive. The crowd love it. The results at the moment | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
are OK, Great Britain are in first, the Germans have got some great | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
riders to come. Michael Jung, the reigning world and European | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
champion. A clear round not only will win it for Germany with one | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
rider still to come, but it will also put him within touching | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
distance of all three titles. World, European and Olympic. That has | :06:29. | :06:39. | |
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retained their title. To be honest, they are out of sight. We have one | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
rider left in Kristina Cook. It is us against New Zealand for the | :07:00. | :07:10. | |
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silver medal. New Zealand have got Mark Todd. Time is tight. And that | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
set and means that Britain have got a little more breathing space now | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
for Tina Cook. This is the last British rider, a huge amount of | :07:19. | :07:28. | |
pressure on her. You can hear it in the crowd. Look at Team GB. Less | :07:28. | :07:38. | |
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than 11 faults will get the bronze, silver for Great Britain. Well done, | :07:55. | :08:05. | |
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How was it going out with the atmosphere and the pressure? It is | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
everything everyone talks about. You going there and hear the roar | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
before you had even done it. You focus, mind on the job and the | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
horse's coat so well. You are able to ride them going round there. I | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
knew that I had to go clear. They did not say the New Zealanders were | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
quite so close behind. I did not want to know. When I got a time | :08:26. | :08:34. | |
fault I was cursing it because it has put me individually in 4th. | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
very unprofessional congratulation case to begin with. How was that? | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
It was awesome. We thought we might be able to creep up on the Germans | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
but they did really superior jumping rounds than we did and they | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
deserve to win but fantastic to win the team silver. Before the | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
champagne could be opened, there was the small matter of the | :08:54. | :09:03. | |
individual medals. Tina Cook and Mary King were very handily placed. | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
This is Tina Cook for Great Britain, of the last four individual riders, | :09:08. | :09:18. | |
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two of them are Brits. That was a What a pity. Away that the crowd | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
but no penalty points. I do not think that will be good enough for | :09:36. | :09:46. | |
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a medal. Straight on to our next The same fence. Mary King will drop | :09:53. | :10:01. | |
down the leaderboard. Two gone for Mary. Jumped the last. Here he | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
comes, Michael Jung, quite relaxed. If he jumps clear, he would put | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
himself in with a chance of being the first man ever to hold the | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
world, the European and Olympic title at the same time. It has | :10:14. | :10:24. | |
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Brilliant. These days where he is. -- he stays where he is. He has | :10:32. | :10:42. | |
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Could Sara be the last lady rider to win an eventing title? She got | :10:53. | :11:03. | |
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close but now the last. Yes, it has It has -- it is not to be. It is | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
the first time anyone has held the world, the European and Olympic | :11:13. | :11:20. | |
title and that is Michael Jung. Sadly no medals in the individual | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
competition and I detect there is some disappointment for YouGov but | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
performance has to be proud of all round. Mary, in your sick the | :11:27. | :11:36. | |
Olympics? Yes, I was pleased to jump clear round. It has gone | :11:36. | :11:41. | |
really well but it is disappointment. You want to go in | :11:41. | :11:48. | |
their own job a clear-out. I will get over it. I am beating myself up. | :11:48. | :11:54. | |
-- you want to going there and do a clear round. I am thrilled for the | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
team. Gold would have been amazing but silver is great. | :11:59. | :12:05. | |
No individual eventing medals for Great Britain, but that group of | :12:05. | :12:15. | |
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five there are getting a team Team GB's only medal of the day. | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
You were there? It was awesome. I love that triathlon aspect of the | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
dressage. I am learning something new every day, cross country, | :12:30. | :12:38. | |
showjumping. When Zara jump, you could hear a pin drop. There was | :12:38. | :12:45. | |
one baby crying. The cameramen click. There are thousands of these | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
things. I thought Great Britain did really well to keep it together and | :12:49. | :12:56. | |
win the silver. I guess they let down a little bit. Great pressure | :12:56. | :13:00. | |
and then having your mum, Princess Anne as an Olympian herself, a | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
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lovely moment, she did not get any medals herself. Her dad has got one | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
from the 1972 Olympics. A very special moment. A tight-knit group, | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
they work well together as a team. Hearing Clare Balding talking about | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
them earlier in the day, they are really supportive of each other. | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
Your daughter is getting into the sport, it is very expensive. I am | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
not going to say it is a black hole totally but it is heading in that | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
direction! Thank God I am doing well. I tell you one thing, the | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
pressure was getting ramped up as time went on. I have got to give | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
these ladies and gentlemen credit because it was getting really tight | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
at the end. You are anticipating something possibly not so good | :13:51. | :13:58. | |
happening. Is it a sport you follow at all? I follow it a little bit. | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
It is a very difficult sport. It is difficult enough to get yourself | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
mentally right. You have a horse and rider. Mary was talking earlier | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
saying the horse was not quite right this morning. How do you know | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
and what do you do in that moment? It has got to be tough. She talked | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
about making an adjustment, she said the horse's head was a little | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
low and those sort of things. You have got to be in sync with the | :14:24. | :14:31. | |
horse. Zara Phillips' old horse she said was a horse of a lifetime. She | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
said they would look into each other's eyes and her new horse she | :14:34. | :14:39. | |
said they do not quite have that look yet. It is amazing. A some | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
people do not have a relationship like that with their partners, let | :14:43. | :14:53. | |
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alone a cause. It is pretty Before we moved to swimming, live | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
sport is continuing. We have basketball, beach volleyball at | :14:58. | :15:05. | |
Horseguards Parade. You can watch it on the red button. Swimming now | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
and in the pool, Michael Phelps was in action. He has no gold medals | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
after the first three days and just has a silver medal. He was looking | :15:18. | :15:25. | |
to beat the record of 18 medals. He started the night on 17 and was | :15:25. | :15:35. | |
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Michael Phelps with a black hat in lane six. Off to a clean start. The | :15:56. | :16:06. | |
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moment. He normally comes back on the second half of the 200 fly. | :16:19. | :16:27. | |
Adrian, he is first to turn? I am not sure this is enough for Michael | :16:27. | :16:37. | |
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Phelps. He is usually dominating a Japanese firm there is smelling | :17:00. | :17:10. | |
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blood, he has started to move. -- swimmer. Michael Phelps is looking | :17:10. | :17:20. | |
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left. He is looking around the field. If anyone can tough this out, | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
Michael Phelps can. But does he have the fitness and the energy to | :17:30. | :17:37. | |
close it out? They are coming back at him. But driving Michael Phelps | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
is going to win. Will recreate history by winning this race third | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
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time in a row. He did not get it. Chad le Clos won the gold. Look | :17:53. | :18:00. | |
what it means. He was there and he just glided in, Michael Phelps. And | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
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Chad le Clos is Olympic champion on and in winning that silver medal he | :18:23. | :18:32. | |
is tired with the record of 18. Don't start crying now, because you | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
will set me off. Is that your dad a up there? Yes. Tell us about that | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
wind. I know that is what you were hoping to do, did you think you're | :18:44. | :18:50. | |
going to do it? It has been my dream since I was a little buoy. | :18:50. | :18:55. | |
Michael Phelps has been my hero. I cannot believe it will start you | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
have just beaten greatest swimmer ever in history. Everyone will be | :19:00. | :19:08. | |
very proud. I cannot believe it. I'm really can't. I will let you go. | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
Well done. I think it was one of the most | :19:14. | :19:22. | |
emotional the evenings so far. He was visibly stunned in his post- | :19:22. | :19:28. | |
race interview, and then on the podium. He didn't expect to win it. | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
It was Michael Phelps all the way until the end. He was able to pull | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
it out at the very end. He said Michael Phelps was his hero, and he | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
has beaten his hero. Michael Phelps handed that -- handle that with a | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
lot of class. He embraced the situation and smiled, even though | :19:49. | :19:55. | |
he had won the silver. He was still notching the medals are up for the | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
record, but not the gold. And now doing something which appears | :20:00. | :20:09. | |
impossible to do it in swimming. The other night it was Kitty jammer | :20:09. | :20:16. | |
he went for three goals in a row. It is a sport which moves on. The | :20:16. | :20:21. | |
generation is passing the batten tonight. I suppose so. He was a | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
touch away. The same thing happened in reverse at Beijing. So maybe a | :20:26. | :20:32. | |
little bit of what goes around comes around. As if right on cue, | :20:32. | :20:42. | |
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we have that from Beijing. Isn't it weird it happened is way again. | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
That was a different situation in that the the other man did not get | :20:52. | :20:58. | |
it right and Michael Phelps did. But it looked as if Michael Phelps | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
had nothing left at the end tonight. He went out so fast, he didn't have | :21:04. | :21:14. | |
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anything left. Maybe there wasn't enough time to take another stroke. | :21:15. | :21:23. | |
It could be. Your arms have to be in the right position. The emotion | :21:23. | :21:32. | |
he showed. I don't know if you saw the interview, Chad le Clos's | :21:32. | :21:38. | |
father. He is a piece of work, he is unbelievable. Mickey is loving | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
every second. He is saying, there is my son! That is what you want to | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
see at the Olympics. With the silver medal, her second of the | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
Games Michael Phelps equalled the record. Will he be to tip the USA | :21:53. | :22:03. | |
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could make the podium and take a throughout. As they approached the | :22:13. | :22:23. | |
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Germany. A 4th is Australia and Great Britain in 7th. The final | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
swimmer the Great Britain just died Den and it is Ross Davenport. What | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
an honour to be here and watch for greater Michael Phelps a winning | :22:47. | :22:55. | |
his 19th Olympic medal. -- just dived in the. Yannick Agnel is | :22:55. | :23:03. | |
chasing him so hard. Yannick Agnel is having a go. The is trying | :23:03. | :23:11. | |
really hard. He won't catch him, there is no way Michael Phelps's | :23:11. | :23:19. | |
wheels will come off that badly. Just outside the world record. What | :23:19. | :23:26. | |
matters is team America and Michael Phelps. He is catching him up. But | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
I am sure it is still too far. Michael Phelps won't give this up. | :23:32. | :23:39. | |
He is unbelievable. 18 medals at the Olympic games. He has 14 gold | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
medals at the moment and will get another one in the second. The | :23:45. | :23:50. | |
crowd will stand up and salute the greatest Olympian in history. At | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
this is something to watch. 19 medals. He will have 15 gold medals, | :23:57. | :24:03. | |
two sold a, two bronze medals. He has declared this is his last | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
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Olympics, what a super hero. Two silver medals. Look at that. He is | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
having a tough time in London, but he has finally won a gold medal. | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
What a super hero. Right in the centre, Ryan Lochte, saluting the | :24:27. | :24:37. | |
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greatest Olympian in history. Great Britain finishing in six. He got | :24:38. | :24:45. | |
his gold medal and he got his record. It means he is the greatest | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
Olympian of all time, is that the way you measure it, Michael? He has | :24:49. | :24:56. | |
won the most medals of any one of all time. You cannot say he is the | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
greatest Olympian, because that will be left a to people's opinions. | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
But he is the most decorated her Olympian ever. I think it would | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
have to be a disappointment for him, coming here and not winning a gold | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
medal as an individual athlete. Certainly not in the ones he wanted. | :25:17. | :25:27. | |
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That is what it looks like at the top of the Trefor stop a lot of | :25:29. | :25:39. | |
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gymnasts on there. Quality or quantity, to it he is the best. It | :25:40. | :25:48. | |
is hard to call it quits. On Mike Mark Spitz, who won seven goals in | :25:48. | :25:58. | |
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1972 he had to go and get a job, he can afford to keep going. Swimming | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
will never be like athletics. decathlete will never win that many | :26:05. | :26:13. | |
medals. Jesse Owens only one at the Olympics and having done something | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
at the Olympics that no one has ever done, it is a hard to say that | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
Michael Phelps is a greater Olympian and Jesse Owens, in my | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
opinion because of the significance of the accomplishment. Your | :26:26. | :26:33. | |
greatest Olympian is Jesse Owens? Absolutely. When you talk about | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
greatest Olympian, it is not about the medal count. Some events are | :26:38. | :26:44. | |
you won't have the opportunity. Carl Lewis for example, four | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
different Olympic teams and has done incredible, lots of medals and | :26:48. | :26:58. | |
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across different events. And four back-to-back long jump Olympic | :27:00. | :27:07. | |
championships, that is incredible. Eric Heiden was the equivalent he | :27:07. | :27:14. | |
did the 100m, the 1,500m and the marathon in the same Olympics. If | :27:14. | :27:20. | |
you are going to talk about the greatest Olympian, you have to put | :27:20. | :27:27. | |
him in the mix. In certain sports, your body will last a bit longer, | :27:27. | :27:33. | |
sports moves on technically, gymnastics is more difficult to | :27:33. | :27:38. | |
endure over three or four Olympics? Yes, I think Michael Phelps | :27:38. | :27:48. | |
recognises it is time to move on. In his perspective it will be seen | :27:48. | :27:56. | |
as a let down. Let us know who you think is the best Olympian. Loads | :27:56. | :28:06. | |
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more to come on Olympics tonight. Inspired by their male counterparts, | :28:07. | :28:12. | |
Great Britain's women were pushing to the limits in the gymnastics | :28:12. | :28:16. | |
final. How many events is it possible to cheer 18 GB on in one | :28:16. | :28:22. | |
day. We sense Armand to find out. David Florence was riding the | :28:22. | :28:31. | |
rapids. And the underdog straining at the leash, we are with our | :28:31. | :28:40. | |
favour man again. Live sport still going on. | :28:40. | :28:45. | |
Basketball, beach volleyball at the Horseguards Parade still going on. | :28:45. | :28:54. | |
You can watch that on the red The spirit of this Olympic games is | :28:54. | :29:01. | |
to inspire a generation and create a legacy. That is what these men in | :29:01. | :29:11. | |
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the North Greenwich arena did This is great stuff. A massive | :29:24. | :29:34. | |
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Bring it all home, young man. This is down to you. And that is just | :29:40. | :29:44. | |
what they needed, what an incredible performance. | :29:44. | :29:49. | |
And as if by magic, I have managed to whip up an amazing format | :29:49. | :29:54. | |
Olympic gymnastic champion. Olga Korbut is in the house. Thank you | :29:54. | :29:59. | |
so much for coming. I really appreciate it. We really appreciate | :29:59. | :30:08. | |
you being here. I remember that as if it was yesterday. You are | :30:08. | :30:12. | |
looking fine, the three of you. There were amazing scenes yesterday | :30:13. | :30:16. | |
when the men did the most almighty effort to get a bronze. Today it | :30:16. | :30:22. | |
was the turn of Britain's women's gymnasts. Could they take | :30:22. | :30:32. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :30:32. | :31:16. | |
cannot half the vault. She land perfectly. That was fantastic. The | :31:16. | :31:22. | |
best vaulting I have ever seen. Legs look together, rockets into | :31:22. | :31:32. | |
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the air. They are on fire. She scores 16.233. The standings after | :31:33. | :31:39. | |
the first piece of apparatus, the USA lead China by quite a hefty | :31:39. | :31:46. | |
margin. Great Britain at the moment are down in eighth. Victoria Komova | :31:46. | :31:51. | |
needs to do everything she can here. She Swinging wonderfully at the | :31:51. | :32:01. | |
:32:01. | :32:13. | ||
apparatus. That was a huge dismount. Very good work. It was a big | :32:13. | :32:17. | |
routine all the way through. Russia chasing the USA and that will inch | :32:17. | :32:25. | |
them closer. It is all very close at the top. Great Britain have now | :32:25. | :32:34. | |
moved up a place from 8th into 7th. Jennifer Pinches. A big push. That | :32:34. | :32:39. | |
was nicely done. A little adjustment at the end to disguise | :32:39. | :32:49. | |
:32:49. | :32:50. | ||
any hint of a post. A big vault for the journey. -- a big vault for | :32:50. | :33:00. | |
:33:00. | :33:19. | ||
This is her opening apparatus in United States lead Russia. Romania | :33:19. | :33:24. | |
are now in third. China are pushed out of the medals. Great Britain | :33:24. | :33:34. | |
:33:34. | :33:45. | ||
are still in 7th. Mrs Catalina deductions for that vault. She has | :33:45. | :33:52. | |
got 15.1, that is a big score. Russia are yet to get gold in | :33:52. | :34:00. | |
eight-team final. The tears are before -- are because one of the | :34:00. | :34:10. | |
:34:10. | :34:15. | ||
gymnasts had a disastrous pass in into the medals. They were in the | :34:15. | :34:25. | |
:34:25. | :34:26. | ||
silver medal spot. Have they done enough? They may well have done. | :34:26. | :34:36. | |
:34:36. | :35:00. | ||
That was really aggressively Dan. - team who has been to the Olympics | :35:00. | :35:10. | |
:35:10. | :35:38. | ||
before and she is showing them the at the very final bit, she falls | :35:38. | :35:44. | |
away. I AM amazed that that. She looked so confident, so determined | :35:44. | :35:51. | |
and just did not get off the floor. Now the tears are flowing. What has | :35:51. | :35:56. | |
happened for Russia on floor? really surprising because these | :35:56. | :36:04. | |
girls do these routines all the time. She could not get the | :36:04. | :36:11. | |
shoulders up quick enough. This is so upsetting to see. It may be | :36:11. | :36:21. | |
:36:21. | :36:21. | ||
enough, 14.333. Great Britain's Beth Tweddle. Can she work her | :36:21. | :36:31. | |
:36:31. | :36:31. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :36:31. | :37:51. | |
competition, you have got to finish she goes again. Acceleration, | :37:51. | :38:01. | |
:38:01. | :38:17. | ||
controlled, bounces out. The motion on her face, you can see it, she's | :38:17. | :38:23. | |
just about holding it together. Fantastic. It is not surprising | :38:23. | :38:33. | |
:38:33. | :38:59. | ||
when you think she has just sealed So redemption for the USA. Silver | :39:00. | :39:04. | |
for the team in Beijing, goal today. Great Britain ended up finishing | :39:04. | :39:08. | |
6th which was their best ever position. In 1928 a finish higher | :39:09. | :39:16. | |
but this is the modern era of gymnastics so well done, girls. | :39:16. | :39:21. | |
Canada finished 5th so well done to them as well. A new world order | :39:21. | :39:25. | |
because China were not in the medals, Russia almost got it at the | :39:25. | :39:33. | |
end. What happened to Russia, Olga? I am not Russian. She is | :39:33. | :39:43. | |
:39:43. | :39:45. | ||
Belorussian. I need a little insight. Was that a choke? No, they | :39:45. | :39:54. | |
are probably tired. First of all, just two days, I did not sleep yet. | :39:54. | :40:00. | |
You have to go from the United States, eight hours. Are you | :40:00. | :40:09. | |
talking about jet lag? Russia, probably 10 hours. There have been | :40:09. | :40:15. | |
here a month! I am not talking let you, I am talking about the team! | :40:15. | :40:21. | |
But she actually silence due for a moment. Chic stumped you. We should | :40:21. | :40:30. | |
have you more often. A what do you think happened to the Russians? | :40:30. | :40:35. | |
think one girl started, mainly pressure and they are tired. We | :40:35. | :40:41. | |
will never know what happened. have to say the USA nailed it. That | :40:41. | :40:46. | |
was a magnificent performance, Gabrielle Douglas looks like a | :40:46. | :40:49. | |
really strong contender. Do you enjoy it when you go to an event | :40:49. | :40:57. | |
like that? Do you watch it as a fan of gymnastics? I came here just to | :40:57. | :41:04. | |
go to gymnastics and feel this how I felt 40 years ago. This is my 40 | :41:04. | :41:09. | |
years anniversary after 1972. shall we just remind you of what it | :41:09. | :41:16. | |
was really like 40 years ago? always loved the public and I never | :41:17. | :41:23. | |
compete for the medals. I was competing for the public. | :41:23. | :41:27. | |
you're the first to do that which is why you revolutionised | :41:27. | :41:31. | |
gymnastics. You were the first to give personality to the routines. | :41:31. | :41:36. | |
Because I smiled from the heart. How old were you? Are not supposed | :41:36. | :41:45. | |
to ask, forget I brought that up! So the pure joy of performing came | :41:45. | :41:51. | |
through, did you feel any pressure when you went to that Olympics? | :41:51. | :42:00. | |
I enjoyed it. Competition takes minutes but practising takes years. | :42:00. | :42:08. | |
I prepared for the 1972 Olympics for ten years. And I had been under | :42:08. | :42:12. | |
a lot of pressure, a lot of everything but at the same time you | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
have to enjoy what you're doing. You have bad days, you have good | :42:16. | :42:22. | |
days but you have to go through that. This is what being a | :42:22. | :42:30. | |
sportsman is doing. They were on the beam. You were the first to do | :42:30. | :42:34. | |
a backward somersault on the beam. So many firsts. That particular | :42:35. | :42:41. | |
move, how long did it take to perfect? I was first and it takes a | :42:41. | :42:47. | |
lot of time to prepare yourself. Nobody did it before. You do not | :42:47. | :42:52. | |
know what happened. And always, when you do something back it is | :42:52. | :42:57. | |
scary. If you do it front you see something. Of course, I started on | :42:57. | :43:04. | |
the floor, then on the bench, then on the Little Bean. -- then on the | :43:04. | :43:12. | |
little beam. Every day are workout for eight to 10 hours. Basically, | :43:12. | :43:18. | |
if you love what you do, you will do it. And you can see from the | :43:18. | :43:22. | |
performances you loved doing it. Michael, you can appreciate, you | :43:22. | :43:27. | |
changed your sport. You break world records and you change it. All that | :43:27. | :43:32. | |
changed her sport. But I did feel pressure! Do you feel the gilts | :43:32. | :43:36. | |
today, do you think they enjoy it or are they more feeling the | :43:36. | :43:44. | |
pressure? -- of the girls. I think if you are not enjoying it, you | :43:44. | :43:54. | |
:43:54. | :43:54. | ||
cannot compete. They are scared, of course. For the men, the pommel | :43:54. | :43:59. | |
horse, if you go through, piece of cake but this is the most scary | :43:59. | :44:05. | |
event. Do you think this era now for gymnastics is a golden era? Is | :44:05. | :44:11. | |
it a good era, are they good champions coming through? No, this | :44:11. | :44:21. | |
:44:21. | :44:22. | ||
era is going down. We need to have you come back. We need to find a | :44:22. | :44:28. | |
new Olga a to change the grace of more beautiful gymnasts, more | :44:28. | :44:38. | |
:44:38. | :44:38. | ||
passion, more smile, more enjoy it. Personality? Yes. Do you think the | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
smiles are masking fear? Yes, this is why the world fell in love with | :44:42. | :44:47. | |
me because I smiled from the heart and they loved me. I am feeling it | :44:47. | :44:54. | |
now! When I was a tennis player we have four Grand Slams and, not this | :44:54. | :44:57. | |
once every four years and it feels like an unbelievable amount of | :44:57. | :45:00. | |
pressure. I was that the gymnastics yesterday and I cannot believe you | :45:01. | :45:05. | |
are saying you did not feel any pressure. Now you're saying that it | :45:05. | :45:08. | |
has all changed but it seems like it has always been a lot of | :45:08. | :45:18. | |
:45:18. | :45:22. | ||
pressure. And use mud away and When I met to come out what year? | :45:22. | :45:30. | |
It was a few years ago. I am glad you have been reacquainted. Silver | :45:30. | :45:35. | |
medal-winner from Beijing, David Florence was going in the Kanu | :45:35. | :45:39. | |
slalom and he knows the course like the back of his hand because he | :45:39. | :45:44. | |
lives only a few miles from the Lee Valley course and trains twice a | :45:44. | :45:50. | |
day. We were hoping it would give him some home advantage. Helen | :45:50. | :45:59. | |
Skelton went to found right. I think I have spotted the fan club. | :45:59. | :46:07. | |
Who are you here to support? Team GB! Your little buoy is an Olympian | :46:07. | :46:13. | |
what ever happens today? He is fantastic. He has done really well. | :46:13. | :46:19. | |
A gold medal would be nice, but we will wait to see what happens. | :46:19. | :46:26. | |
do you think he must be feeling? is very calm. I don't know why. | :46:26. | :46:35. | |
are more nervous than he is. David Florence barmy Army. | :46:35. | :46:45. | |
:46:45. | :46:50. | ||
medal in Beijing. The man who wanted to be an astronaut when he | :46:50. | :46:56. | |
was younger. He was turned down by the European Space Agency so put | :46:56. | :47:03. | |
all of his energy and passion into this. A David Florence gets his | :47:03. | :47:13. | |
:47:13. | :47:18. | ||
campaign under way. He is looking confident at the moment. Powers | :47:18. | :47:23. | |
himself a cross the course. Needs to keep tight inside to make sure | :47:23. | :47:32. | |
he doesn't give away any time. Now it is all about setting up nicely | :47:32. | :47:40. | |
into gate a nine. He is ahead of the Frenchman. Looking good. David | :47:40. | :47:46. | |
Florence a would love to go one better than he did in China. There | :47:46. | :47:54. | |
so far it is all going according to plan. He looks like he is in a | :47:55. | :48:04. | |
:48:05. | :48:13. | ||
entry. He has time to play with four start he needs to get a | :48:13. | :48:18. | |
running smoothly and get the rhythm back together. He is a couple of | :48:18. | :48:25. | |
seconds down on the Frenchman. That is two seconds at the David | :48:25. | :48:31. | |
Florence, he lost all of his momentum. We know how tricky 19 can | :48:31. | :48:41. | |
:48:41. | :48:43. | ||
be. Come on David, keep it together. He needs to keep his cool. He can | :48:43. | :48:49. | |
drive hard through 23 and to the finish. Come on David Florence. | :48:49. | :48:55. | |
Driving, head down for start he is in 6th place. He will be absolutely | :48:55. | :49:02. | |
gutted. This was the race I wanted to perform at and haven't. The huge | :49:02. | :49:11. | |
disappointment. I am sorry for the people who supported me. I gave it | :49:11. | :49:21. | |
:49:21. | :49:21. | ||
my best today. I just have to refocus. I have a couple of days. | :49:21. | :49:28. | |
It wasn't the result most people wanted, a lot of Union flags, but | :49:28. | :49:35. | |
are you are still smiling? At so lewdly. He is still a medal winner. | :49:35. | :49:41. | |
-- absolutely. Move on, draw are line under it and look forward to | :49:41. | :49:51. | |
:49:51. | :49:51. | ||
Thursday. The winner was the Frenchman, taking his third gold | :49:51. | :49:58. | |
medal in that events. We might have picked Paris to the race to host | :49:58. | :50:08. | |
these Games, but they are storming I know none of you really care | :50:08. | :50:16. | |
where Great Britain is in the medal table. We are not quite as | :50:16. | :50:23. | |
concerned as the US, but a we want to know how they are doing. There | :50:23. | :50:31. | |
will be so many Mark as the days go on. And the good sitting down spots | :50:31. | :50:35. | |
that we a good that there are coming up. A question silver a side, | :50:36. | :50:40. | |
it was under a brilliant day. We also had a day to forget in fencing | :50:40. | :50:46. | |
and judo. This was Euan Burton in and judo. This was Euan Burton in | :50:46. | :50:53. | |
his first fight. He is a former world Championship bronze-medallist | :50:53. | :50:58. | |
last to the Canadian. His home Games it was an emotional day and | :50:58. | :51:07. | |
All that hard work ended like that, can you take any positives from | :51:07. | :51:13. | |
this experience? No, I feel like I have left myself down, let it might | :51:13. | :51:19. | |
coaches down, let everybody I have ever trained with down. I have let | :51:19. | :51:28. | |
my mum and dad and my brother down. I have been working for this for | :51:28. | :51:34. | |
over a quarter of a century. I am pretty sure you won't see me in Rio. | :51:34. | :51:43. | |
So, no positives. 25 years he has been working towards it. And Chad | :51:43. | :51:49. | |
le Clos, thinking about the emotion, it is heartbreaking. It is the | :51:49. | :51:55. | |
Olympics. The last thing any Olympian ones is to feel like they | :51:55. | :52:01. | |
did not get their best. But at the same time, you have to balance that | :52:01. | :52:05. | |
with, it is a game. At the end of the day it is not the end of | :52:05. | :52:14. | |
everything. He will have a great memory of this training for the | :52:14. | :52:18. | |
Olympics, the excitement and anticipation. He did not get the | :52:18. | :52:23. | |
performance he wanted. Be might take him a few years before he sees | :52:23. | :52:33. | |
:52:33. | :52:34. | ||
that. He will get past it. Now, at the Oumar are the headlines. -- a | :52:34. | :52:39. | |
few more of the headlines. Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin were | :52:40. | :52:44. | |
beaten in the beach volleyball by Italy. They will go through if they | :52:44. | :52:49. | |
beat Russia on Thursday. Tennis and Andy Murray advanced to | :52:50. | :52:56. | |
the third round thanks to a straight sets win. He plays Marcos | :52:56. | :53:01. | |
Baghdatis in a repeat of their match at Wimbledon this year in | :53:01. | :53:08. | |
which Andy Murray won in three sets. In front of about 75,000 people at | :53:08. | :53:14. | |
Wembley, but British women and rose to the occasion and beat Brazil 1-0, | :53:14. | :53:21. | |
Stephanie Hatton scored the goal. The British Joel of Sarah bow and | :53:21. | :53:28. | |
Tonia Couch finished 5th in the synchro diving. They were behind | :53:28. | :53:36. | |
the Chinese pair who took the gold. In hockey, Great Britain's women | :53:36. | :53:43. | |
had a great win. They were leading South Korea 3-1 but the Koreans | :53:43. | :53:50. | |
pulled it back. News that Alex Danson was stretchered off. In the | :53:50. | :53:55. | |
basketball, Britain's men were beaten by Brazil. They had a | :53:55. | :54:01. | |
promising start but a disappointing finish. The two defeats the from | :54:01. | :54:04. | |
two. British interest in the Badminton | :54:04. | :54:14. | |
:54:14. | :54:25. | ||
Yesterday we had the Japanese appealing in the gymnastics. The | :54:25. | :54:31. | |
South Korean sat in at the fencing and today Spain won a happy at the | :54:31. | :54:39. | |
water polo. There was controversy with Croatia leading Spain and the | :54:39. | :54:41. | |
with Croatia leading Spain and the ball appeared to cross the goal | :54:41. | :54:49. | |
line far in the equaliser. But the goal was not given. Replays proved | :54:49. | :54:53. | |
it did cross the line but it came to nothing. Spain have launched an | :54:53. | :55:00. | |
appeal. Maybe time for Hawk-Eye? appeal. Maybe time for Hawk-Eye? | :55:00. | :55:05. | |
Did England play Germany in the World Cup and they scored a goal. | :55:05. | :55:09. | |
McMahon's they have learnt by now with the system that is available | :55:09. | :55:13. | |
not to use it in the Olympics? is being brought into football | :55:13. | :55:18. | |
finally. It has taken a long time and a lot of controversial | :55:18. | :55:27. | |
decisions. Somebody said a long time ago, you cannot be serious?! | :55:27. | :55:37. | |
:55:37. | :55:49. | ||
If it is not signed for it, I don't no previous swimming form. He went | :55:49. | :55:59. | |
:55:59. | :56:06. | ||
in the heat and knocked time of his previous time. | :56:06. | :56:12. | |
This rookie rower received another huge occasion from the crowd at | :56:12. | :56:18. | |
Eton Dorney. Me is the most popular down there. He is 2012's Eriks the | :56:18. | :56:28. | |
:56:28. | :56:37. | ||
There will always be somebody who turns up who are not quite as good | :56:37. | :56:42. | |
as the rest. Is there a place for them at the Olympics? Underdogs, | :56:42. | :56:49. | |
those people who are not up there with the champions? You get the | :56:49. | :56:57. | |
worst athlete in the Olympics award. Should we have those? A bit like | :56:57. | :57:07. | |
the Oscars. Quite similar. Most boards want to see themselves as | :57:07. | :57:13. | |
global. That to give themselves that the validity day like the idea | :57:13. | :57:16. | |
their sport is played around the world. If you want to expand your | :57:16. | :57:26. | |
:57:26. | :57:28. | ||
sport, in the case of rowing it is one of those narrow sports. The | :57:28. | :57:36. | |
that guy almost swam out of his lane. He is a danger? To being the | :57:36. | :57:42. | |
Olympic games is one thing, whether you win or not, it you competed. | :57:42. | :57:48. | |
You did your best what you have been practising clears. Now to two | :57:48. | :57:52. | |
been practising clears. Now to two great images and stories of the day. | :57:52. | :57:59. | |
This is the shooter from messiah. He won bronze in this heat. He | :57:59. | :58:04. | |
abandoned the Defence of his that car rally after his car broke down. | :58:04. | :58:11. | |
He dashed to the Asian shooting championships in Qatar so he would | :58:11. | :58:16. | |
qualify for the Olympics. He slept between sessions so he could do | :58:16. | :58:25. | |
just to the time-zones. Look at this a motion. From South Korea's | :58:25. | :58:35. | |
judo player. He had a comprehensive -- comprehensive victory. Meaning | :58:35. | :58:41. | |
there is nothing like a gold medal. Who won that, the German other | :58:41. | :58:48. | |
Korean? The Korean. It is not cool to beat the guy and then keep | :58:48. | :58:51. | |
hugging him and not let him go for start because of the etiquette, you | :58:51. | :59:00. | |
have to wait for him to compose Something, which on the surface | :59:00. | :59:04. | |
might seem against the Olympic spirit. It is the women's doubles | :59:04. | :59:11. | |
in Badminton. The Chinese pair up against career. Both wanted to lose | :59:11. | :59:17. | |
to avoid the other Chinese pair. The other Chinese per are on the | :59:17. | :59:20. | |
other side of the draw. Both serving out of the court | :59:20. | :59:26. | |
deliberately. It is the first time in badminton it has been arranged | :59:26. | :59:29. | |
this way. Are they playing the system or just going against | :59:29. | :59:36. | |
Olympic spirit? It is both. The badminton Federation will have to | :59:36. | :59:40. | |
make some adjustment. People will do whatever they need to do to get | :59:41. | :59:45. | |
the best opportunity for themselves to win a medal. If you give them an | :59:45. | :59:51. | |
inch, they will take a mile. They will have to adjust for that in the | :59:51. | :59:58. | |
rules. If they can, they should change it tomorrow. Otherwise | :59:58. | :00:01. | |
people watching Badminton right now will be turning off. An audience do | :00:01. | :00:07. | |
not want to see that. They did not pay for tickets to see two two | :00:07. | :00:17. | |
:00:17. | :00:21. | ||
sides trying to lose. It happened If money and the arbitrary nature | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
:00:31. | :00:31. | ||
of the website was no obstacle, how many tickets would you get? No at | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
the adventure begin. First up, the shooting. The sun is shining at the | :00:36. | :00:46. | |
Royal Artillery Barracks. Cannot hang around to find out how Rory | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
got on, time to test the public transport as I moved to Mike next | :00:51. | :00:58. | |
venue. It is Paul Drinkhall. This time, on the move again. We are | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
trying to find the fencing. No idea? Thank you. I cannot find | :01:06. | :01:13. | |
fencing. Women's weight lifting it is them and a star in the making. | :01:13. | :01:21. | |
This is very. Here she goes. Listen to the crowd. -- This is Zoe Smith. | :01:21. | :01:26. | |
Well done. One for the future. Let's try and find fencing again. | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
We have got to find the fencing. Do you think we are going the wrong | :01:30. | :01:38. | |
way? I do. There is an army of Dutch fans here. Can anyone help me | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
find fencing? I have got to be there in a few minutes. I fight | :01:41. | :01:47. | |
through the crowds only to turn up at the fencing arena only to find | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
out that Corinna Lawrence has lost to the European champion. Still, no | :01:51. | :01:57. | |
worries, we often the Olympic Park. We have had buses and trains and | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
now on the Road Again. Just made it into the Aquatics Centre for the | :02:00. | :02:09. | |
main event of the day, Tom Daley. I started at 8 o'clock this morning, | :02:09. | :02:17. | |
I am pushing until midnight. In is it a trick question. How many think | :02:17. | :02:27. | |
:02:27. | :02:28. | ||
I have done? 3. Four. It is the Prime Minister. I had better go. | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
Good to see you, Chris. I would love to watch Tom Daley but I have | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
got to do my job. I am on my way to handball. I wonder if the Prime | :02:37. | :02:47. | |
:02:47. | :02:47. | ||
Minister is any good at handball? This is the first time Team GB had | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
rented an Olympic handball competition. There have been beaten | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
37-16 by the Russians but with 14 squad members, that takes my total | :02:58. | :03:06. | |
up to 18. It is here I had a moment of clarity, a Eureka moment. I had | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
seen 19, not 18 athletes. In all the Tom Daley mania, I forgot about | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
Pete Waterfield. So sorry. But that should be thank you because I am up | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
to 19 athletes. It is GB v Russia in the swimming pool and it is a | :03:23. | :03:31. | |
classic. Another team sport which means I am up to 32. A short hop to | :03:31. | :03:38. | |
the riverbank Arena and the men's hockey. Team GB are leading 1-0 but | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
we are going to get behind the boys by starting a chant up here. Are | :03:42. | :03:52. | |
you ready, GB, G B! Let's see if my Mexican wave spreads to the | :03:52. | :04:02. | |
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Cracking game, cracking atmosphere but it is heartbreak for Team GB at | :04:06. | :04:12. | |
the final buzzer. One day, seven venues, eight sports, 55 athletes, | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
it has been busy but Team GB's athletes have provided me with a | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
very special day. That is what you call making good | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
use of your accreditation. Sadly, Jason did not get to the volleyball | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
arena where the women beat Algeria three secs to two, our first ever | :04:31. | :04:37. | |
win in an Olympic volleyball competition. Well done. I know you | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
said Olga you came here just for the gymnastics, but if you could | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
get your hands on any other ticket, what would you see? Basketball | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
would be right after gymnastics. Then I would like to see a track | :04:52. | :04:58. | |
and field. And I would like to see rhythmic gymnastics, diving, | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
swimming. So you only came for the gymnastics! Would you say you were | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
a woman of contradictions? I think you can get tickets for those. It | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
is day three of one man's quest to win a 4th gold in a row so it is | :05:15. | :05:25. | |
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Before today, after four races, Ben Ainslie was lying third after | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
Denmark's Jonas Hogh-Christiansen in race five. Our treble Olympic | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
gold medallist was 4th but Christiansen won it in race six. | :05:39. | :05:48. | |
Big Ben came third. With four races and then the final metal waste left, | :05:48. | :05:55. | |
Ainslie is up to second but 10 points behind the Dane. There was | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
mixed news from Weymouth because Beijing gold medallist Paul | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
Goodison may have to pull out of the Laser class with back problems. | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
But good news, Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson have moved top of | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
the Star class and they are looking to defend their gold which they won | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
in China. What we are hoping to do every evening and it will happen | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
very soon was have another big Ben here in the studio. It is just over | :06:19. | :06:26. | |
here. I would like to present you with our very own big met -- Big | :06:26. | :06:36. | |
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Ben gold medal on at the. These point to the landmarks. We had that | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
magnificent haul of 19 in Beijing in 2008. This is the array which | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
will go on every evening and hopefully that will start tomorrow | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
night, this is the arrow. Just gold? Yes, we have the other medals. | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
I have something to show you later on. Something has happened since | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
you were last on. We have won a medal. Staying in the water, let's | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
look back at a couple of other finals from the swimming pool last | :07:07. | :07:14. | |
night. Caitlin McClatchey lined up in line seven for the freestyle | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
final. Teenage sensation Missy Franklin was swimming for the USA. | :07:21. | :07:31. | |
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Bronte Barrett for Australia was in freestyle and a good start from | :07:47. | :07:55. | |
Alison Schmidt of the USA. One lane down his Bronte Barrett, the | :07:55. | :08:05. | |
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Caitlin McClatchey is not with this trains with Michael Phelps. -- | :08:31. | :08:41. | |
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think so. She is a strong girl. Camille Moffatt does not know how | :08:58. | :09:06. | |
to react to this. This is an amazing swim. A big fly kick. That | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
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Alison Schmidt of the USA. The Silver has gone to France and the | :09:42. | :09:48. | |
bronze has gone to Bronte Barrett of Australia. Caitlin McClatchey | :09:48. | :09:58. | |
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has finished in 7th but a good time women's 200m medley. The fastest | :10:11. | :10:19. | |
qualifier was 16-year-old she when year of China. -- she whinny of | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
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medley and a good start for Alicia Coutts. Lane five, Stephanie Rice. | :10:46. | :10:56. | |
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You cannot doubt her commitment to should be up there a -- the halfway | :11:06. | :11:16. | |
stage. A slow stroke of Ye Shiwen building through the field. She | :11:16. | :11:24. | |
came through strongly on the semi- final. Leverenz in lane three. Just | :11:24. | :11:34. | |
look out for her because she is an awesome breaststroke. Ye Shiwen of | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
China is first. She had a good breaststroke leg on the 400. | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
Caitlin Leverenz is looking good. She was the American collegiate | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
national champion. Let's see how well she can beat the field. She is | :11:48. | :11:55. | |
not getting away. This is great from Leverenz. Steph rice is still | :11:55. | :12:03. | |
hanging there. We thought Ye Shiwen would be more ahead. Will come down | :12:03. | :12:13. | |
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to the three-star. -- the freestyle. A great turn from Alicia Coutts. | :12:17. | :12:21. | |
Shiwen and Alicia Coutts are really fighting it out. Coupes is still | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
looking good. -- Alicia Coutts of Australia is beginning very hard | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
indeed. It looks like it may be Ye Shiwen. 16-year-old will be too | :12:33. | :12:43. | |
good. It is another Olympic record. That is interesting, very | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
interesting indeed. It is gold to China and her second gold of the | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
championships. Another impressive medley swimmer. That was an | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
impressive swim from Alicia Coutts. The bronze medal for Caitlin | :12:58. | :13:08. | |
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I want to talk to about Ye Shiwen's progress. She has got a lot of | :13:10. | :13:15. | |
people talking because she was knocking seconds off her P B. | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
People start casting aspersions and asking questions. Adrian Moorhouse | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
was saying that when he was 17 years old he knocked four seconds | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
of his time because at that age you make a lot of progress, I imagine | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
it is the same in track and field? It is not exactly the same but very | :13:35. | :13:38. | |
similar in that you are going to have those big improvements when | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
you're younger because you are so raw as an athlete. Track and field | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
athletes, it takes a lot longer before you reach world-class levels. | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
We do not see these athletes with huge improvements. As soon as I got | :13:53. | :14:01. | |
into a training programme I ultimately became a 20.2 runner and | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
then down to 19 seconds. It happens. I heard him for saying he knocked | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
five seconds of his time over a year so it happens. We are in a | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
situation with sport because of all that has happened with doping in | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
sport. People cannot sit down and enjoy a performance like this | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
because as soon as someone does something incredible, there will be | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
questions. The problem is, I did something incredible, in thought | :14:25. | :14:31. | |
did something incredible. Bolt, or what is to incredible? Wake you | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
draw the line and that is the problem. Basically, what you need | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
to do is until someone is proving to be guilty, they are innocent. | :14:39. | :14:49. | |
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Improving guilty, and I remembered Boris Becker was 17. He was amazing. | :14:55. | :15:04. | |
Another tennis player who won a major at 17. Gymnastics, 17-21 is | :15:04. | :15:11. | |
kind of the peak of your career? Gymnastics is a very hard sport. | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
Track and field, they can rest a little bit. In gymnastics you | :15:15. | :15:23. | |
cannot rest. Because of the equipment, the concentration you | :15:23. | :15:31. | |
are losing your muscles. It can be very dangerous. Michael, you had it | :15:31. | :15:38. | |
easy. Now I know. The objective in the sport, what is the objective in | :15:38. | :15:44. | |
swimming, track-and-field - to go fast. That is what athletes are | :15:44. | :15:53. | |
training for. As soon as someone goes too fast, it is a problem. | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
There was Ruta Meilutyte, from at the way near, 15 years old. She | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
knocked two seconds off her time in this tournament. Young swimmers do | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
that. That is when the crowd helps. The adrenalin, immediately take a | :16:10. | :16:16. | |
couple of seconds off. Swimming is a sport where there is a tremendous | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
amount of focus on records. Then they are training for those records. | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
We have one more job for you to do. We have one more job for you to do. | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
You will follow us through to a BBC Three studio. While we do that, I | :16:32. | :16:42. | |
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You will notice these are British athletes so far who have medals. It | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
was a silver medal today. William Fox-Pitt. Were you put his face on | :17:06. | :17:13. | |
the medal. Would you like to do Nicola Wilson. They are all silver | :17:13. | :17:23. | |
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medals. I will do Zara Phillips. Mary King completes the line-up. | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
Hopefully you will be back the sun gold medalists. Olga Korbut, it has | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
been fabulous having you. We you teach has some tricks go when we go | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
off? These guys are very keen. You are like a pocket rocket, it has | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
been fantastic. Hope you have had a great time with | :17:45. | :17:50. | |
the coverage. Another day is over. That 15 more gold medals have been | :17:50. | :17:57. |