Day 6 Olympics Tonight

A good evening, Mr Bond. Good The Olympic flame burns brightly.

Date six has been one to remember, and it is not over yet. The live

sport goes on. Volleyball, Britain's men up in action on BBC

Three. There is beach volleyball and basketball on the Web -- on the

red button and the website. I have a stellar line-up of guests here

this evening. More superstars for COMMENTATOR: Johnson wins a second

gold and the world record has gone. COMMENTATOR: They are coming, they

are coming, they are there. They have beaten them and that is a

brilliant achievement. Oh, come on. Play that point again. John McEnroe

and Michael Johnson, slowly forging an Olympic broadcasting partnership

to rival tour well and Dean, and proud owner of a bronze medal from

yesterday's rolling, Greg Searle is here. You are very welcome. How are

the 40-year-old bones feeling of yesterday? The 40-year-old bones

are standing up well. I have done it for the old guys out there. I am

feeling in decent shape today. have probably seen this a million

times. I have not seen the finish. I have not watched the whole race

yet. I was in pain at the end. Agony and ecstasy. We will talk

more about the race later. There is plenty of the feel-good factor

today. I want you to sit back and enjoy a show where we will

celebrate a great many of our medals today. Gemma Gibbons is

coming on a bit later on and we will celebrate a fantastic day in

the canoe slalom as well. We will start with that. The women's

gymnastics was brilliant as well and you will see that. We will

start with the Kalou -- the canoe slalom. David Florence had a

disappointing competition in the individual see one on Tuesday.

Could things improved to date on his home course? -- it was the C1.

He teamed up with Richard Hounslow and Great Britain had Tim Baillie

and Etienne Stott taking part. The Slovakian twins, the Hochshorners,

were going for a consecutive electric. I love the odds of having

two British pairs in the top six. No medals for Great Britain on this

wonderful course, but who knows what could happen this afternoon.

The last day of slalom canoeing, the last session, and it is Tim

Baillie and Etienne Stott who getters under way. Their first

split in the semi-final was 26.63. We will get a good idea very soon

as to how this British pair are going. They are competing so well.

Over the last couple of years. Going very well indeed. The first

split will come up very soon. It was one of the fastest splits in

the semi-final in fact. 26.9, very much on a par with what they

achieved the first time. So, Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott, bronze

medallists of the European Championships a couple of years ago,

ranked 6th in the world, coming into the Olympic Games. They were

always going to challenge but this could be a medal run for Great

Britain. Just looking a bit slow there. Making it OK without

penalties. Helen Reeves joins me in the commentary box. This is an

encouraging run from Bale at Stott? It is looking solid. They need to

maintain their speed and composure. I tell you what, that is a much

faster split, the second split they have had as they spin away from 18.

This is one of the trickiest parts of the course. Upstream they go

through the 19th. Helen Reeves is nodding her approval. This is

looking good for Great Britain. upstream gate to go, typed in. They

turned, back down, one gate to go. Great Britain are flying here. No

penalties whatsoever. Bale and Stott, 106.41, the fastest time we

have seen on this Olympic course so far in the sea to competition. --

in the C2 competition. The Chinese are in second place for the time

being, but that will change. A reminder of the time, 106.41, set

by the British pair. They are outside that. This is all about

Great Britain hanging on in there. They have done it, Tim Baillie and

Stott are still in the lead. 106.41 is the leading time. It is going to

be close! Bale and Stott have a silver medal, that means there is

only one pair that can prevent Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott from

winning the gold metal and guess what, they are British! This could

be real British history. David Florence, already a silver

medallist from four years ago in Beijing, in the C1 event and

Richard Hounslow. They are chasing the time by their friends and

training partners, Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott, who currently lead

this see two final. Keeping it tight, they are leaning on gate

four. Setting up the ride from seven to eight. My goodness, they

are up over a second on the split but they will have to maintain this.

One of the most difficult parts of the course. Etienne Stott and Tim

Baillie went brilliantly from this time for and they have lost time as

they came out of ten. This is where Tim Baillie and Stott won it, I

think. They set the fastest time so far. Florence and Hounslow are

untidy, they have lost time. Not enough perhaps to push them below

the Hochshorners at the moment. What sort of shape are the British

pair in? Florence and Hounslow have to keep it together. Working hard,

they took 16 and 17, tight to the split and they are. 0.88 on the

split. This would be an incredible performance. They have shown

immense promise all year. That was brilliant, coming up to the

upstream gate. Everybody in this chirrup -- everybody in the stadium

is cheering. Everybody in the commentary airier is screaming, for

Florence and Hounslow. Two to go, no fault, this could be gold and

silver for Great Britain. Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott lead, oh

my goodness, they have a silver medal! There are the Olympic

champions. We don't just get one, That was a high octane event, a

brilliant finish. I am delighted to say that the guys, all four of them,

are in the building somewhere, on the way in. They will have a little

chat and we will get them in here in a few minutes. Did you see that

today? It is the first time I saw it, incredible. High adrenalin,

lots going on. How do you train for that? It looks like a very

expensive device. Do you go to the Grand Canyon and...? Most of the

guys live nearby. It is their home course. It has been built

especially for the Games and they have been practising as much as

they can, the home advantage. that the only one of the country?

No, no, there is a national centre near Nottingham. How have any other

countries been allowed to train? will have to ask the guys but they

move the market around so they never know where they will be.

Slovakian twins, who had won the last three Olympic Games, they said

they thought the course was easy ahead of the competition. Whether

that was an advantage to the British guys or not, we will ask

them later. I imagine a result like that, I want to, just spreads a

real optimism and belief amongst the rest of the athletes -- a 1-2.

There is a different feeling after winning the first gold yesterday in

the rowing lake. That is coming through the whole team now. There

is a sense of belief that people can do it. I remember it in past

Olympics, getting started, getting a foothold and everyone builds the

enthusiasm. You say, I saw that guy in the village this morning,

getting kitted out, and he has won a gold medal. I can do it. Can I

congratulate break. He was telling us it was 20 years to the date that

he won... We will celebrate him in his entirety later. I was over

eager. Keep your powder dry. I am not going to give too much away, in

case you have been at work. What do you get when Farmer's son from

Dorset and a Sheikh from Dubai team up? We went -- Peter Molson went

into the men's double trap today. Here is the incredible story of his

best chance of a shooting medal and there is the big British hope,

Peter Wilson. He starts this final three points clear of his nearest

He has missed them both! Incredible. His lead has been cut from four, 2-

2. It has been hard. -- it has been cut in half. This is the main

the final. He maintains the pressure on Wilson. Great Britain

stand on the edge of a gold medal these targets to win gold for Great

Britain. And he does it! Peter Wilson has done it! He has one gold.

He has won gold for Great Britain. He held his nerve brilliantly,

Peter Wilson and the crowd here rise to salute this 25-year-old

Olympic gold in the men's double I thought I would allow myself to

look back at the board, I missed the pair. I came in with the

leaders a possibility. What a feeling. I don't know what to say.

You are an Olympic gold medallist. I am, it is really weird to say

that. How strange. Fantastic. An incredible gold. While that was

going on, a few minutes later, another gold was being one. It was

an incredible five minutes. Tim Baillie, Etienne Scott, David

Florence and Richard Hounslow are here with their gold and silver

medals. Thank you for coming in and sharing this with us. It was just

an incredible, you did not know what was going on in the shooting,

it did -- you did go first and have to hang on to your time. You said

that is normal, to have that experience? Sometimes it is in some

races. Often there is ten boats in the final and a normal world

championships, so sometimes if you are off first and you have to wait

for ten cruised to come through, so it is a long time. Meanwhile, you

were the ones who could spoil the park for your training partners.

You knew their time, knowing what you had to do? Yes, it was tough. I

have never been in such a pressured situation, to go last in that final,

knowing it was a tough time to beat and it had been a fast final. I

think we were pretty pleased to get it together under that pressure and

put in a good run. Full credit to these guys for taking the gold,

absolutely. How much was home advantage a factor? You train on

that course, you know it. Does it make a big difference? Yes, in our

homes bought -- in our sport home advantage does make a difference.

It looks like it did, obviously. But I suppose so much on the day,

it is dynamic and so many variables you can't always tell. We are happy

the way it worked out. Hochshorners came with three gold

medals. When you looked at realistic targets, they had had a

good run in the World Cup, was called realistic for you? Without

at that -- without a doubt those guys were favourites. They triple

Olympic champions. They are the world number one. They dominate

most times. Like Tim said, it is and on the day sport. We beat them

in Cardiff, we have beaten them before. You have to believe in

yourselves. They went down before us and we knew from the noise that

the crowd made that they had not beaten Tim Baillie and Etienne

Stott that Britain were guaranteed a gold medal and possibly gold and

silver and as to which way round it was was down to myself and David.

The atmosphere at Lee Valley was incredible. The sound that was

coming from the grandstand. The same thing at Eton Dorney,

propelling you want. It is amazing. The crowd noise at Dorney, on both

sides of has coming here in both ears. There is nothing that can get

in, you have to think straight. I don't know how it is for these guys,

it is a real head game for you, to keep your focus and get around the

course properly. How does it work, the relationships between you? Do

you have to think like one as you are driving the course? Yes, we

train a lot together to make sure we have the same reactions. The

what is changing. You run never in the same place twice. You have to

react together, by practising a lot. You think with one mind and

navigate the boat as the unit, not Did you speak to these two guys to

tell them what to expect? We were in our place, we were held in the

finish line. If we had exactly the same plant, and unfortunately it

was not right, both of the crews would have bombed. We had an

independent approach. I did the course differently but it was good

for our country because we did not have all our eggs in the same

basket. You would have gone into this as the slightly higher ranked

team in the British context, your previous best was a bronze? Yes, it

was. This is a big jump up? There were rankings higher than ours. We

have been very consistent over the past eight years. No hard feelings?

We have been friends for years and if anyone was to beat us, we would

want it to be these guys. You did not qualify for the B one final --

you did not qualify for the C1 final. We were trying to win medals

and last night we had to sit down with our coach, and almost start

afresh. Make sure we didn't let the disappointment affects today's

racing. Can you hear the noise outside? Do you want to give them a

wave. I think I would like a wave from you as well, Michael! The home

crowd is pretty special. They can see my bald spot from there!

were delighted last night that we could get Big Ben going, this is

new to the show. Now we have a couple of gold medals.

If you would like to go up to Big Ben and move the arrow up two

Let's not cheat! Thank you so much for coming in, I know you must be

massively in demand, have you had time to see your families yet?

little bit, we kissed them on the cheek a couple of times and then on

to the next one! Where now? We go where we are told, where the press

wants us! You are in demand, you'll be all over the place tomorrow!

Thank you for coming in. The medals kept coming today and next up it is

judoka or Gemma Gibbons. She was born a few miles from the ExCeL

renown on her home turf, she rose medal in Romania, she is up against

a handy Portuguese. -- a World Cup silver medal. Oh, she has done it!

She snatches the East -- Portuguese -- she snapped at the Portuguese to

the floor with an ippon and she has bought the ExCeL Centre to life.

All she has ever wanted to be was an Olympian, she never dreamt she

would market debut with an ippon against one of the better players

in the world. The mountain has just got a little bit steeper. The

Mongolian mountain might be a tougher one, we will see.

twitches it back and she has got it! She gets the score, she is in

the lead. Oh, she has done it! She has only gone and booked her place

in the semi-final. She is nearly mother was her inspiration, she

died eight years ago, maybe somewhere she is watching her

daughter fight at the London Olympics. He oh, yes! She has done

bridge has been crossed in glorious fashion. Gemma Gibbons will win a

Kayla Harrison and the Londoner, point. Gemma has to get and the

pawn and then she has a split- second to attack. -- has to get an

ippon. This is it. Gemma Gibbons has got to do something now. It is

not going to be gold. That will go to the USA. For the first time in

the history of their women's judo It hasn't sunk in, it feels a bit

like a dream, but amazing at the same time. I am delighted to say,

Gemma Gibbons is here. You provided the most dramatic, emotional story

of the day, it was spectacular. You have wanted to be an Olympians

since you were a kid, did you ever dream this far ahead? It has always

been my dream to be Olympic champion from when I was eight

years old. Then it wasn't really it very realistic. It has always been

my dream, I can't believe I have achieved that dream today. Her you

wake up in the morning and you see the day panning out, how do you

take it? One fight at a time? Your coach has been there, Kate Howey,

she had been to a final. She gave me all the advice she could and I

think that really help. For me today, I took it one fight at a

time and that really helped. I wasn't overwhelmed with needing to

win the next three fights. I took each one individually and that

seemed to really work. atmosphere looked spectacular. How

much could you feed off that? think I fed off it loads! A lot of

the matches were tight, close matches and the crowd were amazing,

getting behind me, they really spurred me on and it made a real

difference today. That semi-final, that ippon in golden time, it was

so dramatic. Yes, it was amazing. It meant I was in the final, a

guaranteed medal. I wanted to go for gold, I went for gold,

unfortunately it wasn't to be. The semi-final was amazing. The moment

when the fight was over and you looked up and you said, I love you

mum, I think everyone wanted to put their arms around you and give you

the biggest hug. It was so emotional. So raw. The story, you

have not had your mum in your life for so many years, is she a son --

constant source of inspiration? she died eight years ago and she

was my biggest supporter. She took me everywhere, she took me to

training, she came to every competition. I just want to say

thank you, but I don't get the opportunity to do that. It was nice

to be able to say that. The image of you bent over at the end, the

exhaustion, it is incredible. These bouts, they seem so short but the

exertion, and seeing the birth lying on the floor at various

points, it comes through the screen how exhausting, and you have to get

yourself back up again. It is pretty tough, two pretty heavy

women going to blow for blow to get each other on your back, it is

pretty exhausting. The outfits seem awfully warm. He and cumbersome.

Tell us about why you wear that outfit. It is just the traditional

outfit. I think it means you can get the sleeve, you can get the

lapel on the collar, to use those as levers to do the throes.

don't you tie up your belt? She will be able to hold you. If it

comes undone and you are seen to be trying it without the referee

saying, you can get a penalty. You do not touch it unless you are told

to do so by the referee. Is there a different strategy based on the

opponent or do you have the same preparation, mind SEP-? It is very

different. -- mindset. You might have a left-hander, right hander,

somebody who is fast, somebody who is slow or heavy. Depending on what

I noticed your opponent was American. She was very quick?

is a world champion from two years ago and I was not able to get

pastor, but maybe next time. There is not much time between the semi-

final. At the beginning of the day there is quite a lot of time

because there are lot of competitors in. But as the day goes

on, the rest time gets shorter. was one of the images of the day.

You are one of the heroines of this Olympics, thank you so much for

sharing the story, and your medal with us. Lots to talk about and to

hear about, here is what is still The Velodrome sprang into life

tonight, but there is no such thing as an easy ride in this sport.

Grace, power, elegance and a steely determination, but who wanted it

out -- wanted it most in the overall women's gymnastics? And we

walk bring you the latest Olympian to be celebrated in our underdog of

the day -- we will bring you the latest.

Quite a bit still going on, basketball, volleyball and beach

volleyball continuing. You can The architecturally magnificent

Velodrome came to life today. Track cycling was pretty good for us four

# Keep rolling, rolling, rolling. # Keeps rolling, rolling, rolling.

# Keep rolling, rolling, rolling. Team GB won 13 medals including

seven gold medals in the Beijing Velodrome, so good that global

dominance continue on home soil? First up, the men's team sprint,

this one the first of two possible men's teams Breage, Germany in the

home straight -- and the men team's They have slipped out at the back.

My goodness. A problem with the steering. I am not sure what has

happened. Dear, oh dear. STUDIO: After the drama, Philip

Hindes got back on the bike and along with Chris Foy and Kenny they

posted the fastest time -- along with Hoy and Kenny. They would face

France again, who they beat four it is going to be a thriller, a way

we go. This is the final of the men's team sprint. Philip Hindes

leads off. Her look at Bauge, and France are behind already and

Hindes is rising to the challenge. Great Britain are leading. Now it

is Jason Kenny. He is storming around the track, on the second lap.

France are on the back foot. Coming up to the final take over, it is

going to be Hindes. Here comes Chris Hoy, down to the final turn.

Coming up to the line, the crowd are going mad! Gold medal for Great

Britain, a new world record! 42.6, I don't believe what I have seen.

They are going quicker and quicker, and Great Britain have won the gold

for the team sprint, Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy, and that

is the 5th gold medal won in the Olympics by Sir Chris Hoy, it to

cause the record held by Sir Steve It is that loud, the applause, you

can't hear the announcement. The Olympic champions are the team of

Great Britain. Young Philip Hindes, one of -- what an occasion for him.

19 years of age. He is an Olympic Jason Kenny gets his second Olympic

medal, he won in Beijing. Sir Chris Hoy gets his 5th Olympic gold medal.

His ferocious appetite for winning Well, massive congratulations. What

an amazing moment here in at the Velodrome. Philip, your first

Olympics. You have been on this British team for a couple of years.

What a time to smash your personal best. It is unbelievable. I can't

believe I am Olympic champion. It is a dream come true. Especially

after what happened in qualifying, the first ride. I just did it to

get the restart. My first start was not the greatest. I thought, get a

restart, play the Save card. were trying to pull a fast one

there? Yes, I was trying to get the fast time and get everything

perfect. Double Olympic champion. know, it is frightening. This one

was unbelievable. I cannot believe how we have gone today. Philip has

gone out of the blocks like a rocket. We have been swinging all

over the back of him, trying to keep up. It was unbelievable. He

found half a second in the space of the year and delivered as perfectly.

Sir Chris Hoy, I am not sure what they will do you now, your 5th gold

medal, the most successful British Olympian. There was emotion on the

podium? I dug deeper than I have before. I knew the importance. I

did not want to let the boys down. It is immense pride to do it here,

in the UK, in front of this crowd who have been phenomenal. They have

been amazing. It is often over-used, the they agent, isn't it? But he is

a legend of his sport. -- the legend. He is immense. He is

amazing. They got rid of his event, his original event in the Olympics.

It no longer exists. He had to go to a new event. He has thrived on

that. He is an incredible athlete. He is always talking about training

and looking for ways to improve and that is what makes him so great.

is perennially cheerful as well. It is not the only way to achieve

greatness in a sport! Are we looking at you?! That talk about

controversy. Philip Hindes? When he said he fell... He is a Gemmell --

German national, maybe it was lost a restart if there is a mechanical

problem with the bike. It did look like he had never ridden a bike in

his life before. If it is in the rules, I guess it is what you do.

It does look funny, throwing They got the start they needed in

the end. Chris Hoy has had to adapt himself, come back fresh after

winning gold in Beijing. A lot of people would think three gold, I

have my knighthood, I have another gold as well from the previous

Olympics, I will take it easy. that is why you do not use the

legend easily. It is special to come back and now, to win his 5th.

With the pressure of carrying the flag in the opening ceremony,

everyone expected him to perform Wiggins was the most successfully

decorated Olympian but Chris Hoy is moving up on him. He could go level

with him. It is interesting, the It it's more than a nominal job?

For me, it is a special thing. In 19 added to, Steve Redgrave carried

the flag and to me, as a rower, I wanted to step out behind him -- in

19 they did you. He studied the tunnel, we chanted his name. Having

that pressure on one person, leading the team. Not just the

cycling team, the whole team. was a moment I realised I was not

just part of a rowing team, I was part of the Great Britain team. You

are not part of the Great Britain Olympic team, it is the nation. He

would have felt that at the opening ceremony. And yet come out and

perform. Did you do it? I never carried it, no. Sorry I asked!

have almost been in the Royal Box, once, at Wimbledon. Are we doing

bragging? I will lose this came, you know that. It is time for more

Tony Hadley. # Gold #.

Who wants to do the honours? Take it up one more notch. That takes us

up to five, one less from the You have slightly moved it above

five, made it at five 1/2 or five 3/4. I know you are always looking

for the extra inch. There? There it goes. You know your way around the

gold medal. OK, a little earlier in the evening Victoria Pendleton and

Jessica Varnish went to the women's team sprint, the first time the

event has been raced at an Olympics. They got off to a fantastic start

in qualifying, posting the second fastest time behind China, who set

a new world record. Victoria and does Cadman raced in the next round,

trying to get in the final. They were racing alongside Ukraine. I

will at the commentators describe Jessica Varnish and Victoria

to replicate the right they did in the first round. A quick start,

come on, Jess Varnish is on fire. She is going to release Victoria

Pendleton. They are beating Ukraine. Lookout Pendleton, storming around

the track. This is Victoria Pendleton back to her imperious

best. 32.567 for Great Britain, only a small amount slower than

they ride slower in the first round. It does show that Great Britain are

backing it up. It is looking very much like it could be China versus

Great Britain in the fight for gold. What is happening here? They are

looking at the window of change, Chris? I was watching the British

pair and the changeover. Victoria Pendleton was coming through very

fast. They are not allowed to overtake before the first rider has

completed the lap. Well, they're having a strong discussion in the

centre there. Dave Brailsford not looking particularly happy there.

It means that Great Britain are relegated, when they were clearly

in for a ride for the gold and Well, Victoria, one minute, elation,

the next, despair. What happened? We did not changeover in the right

loan on the track. It is really hard when you are going that speed.

-- the right place on the track. I was focusing on Jessica's wheel. If

she moves up slightly, I go. That is what happened. We have never had

any legal change before so we have not been too concerned about it but

it is one of those things that happens. It is not Jessica's fault,

it is not my fault, we are both partly to blame really. We were a

bit too overwhelmed and excited and a bit too eager. We should have

kept a lid on it a bit more, I think. So great disappointment for

Victoria and Jessica and it was the Chinese pair who stormed to victory,

beating the Germans. But in a day of high drama at the Velodrome,

China were relegated for a takeover offence, handing the gold to

Germany in return will stop Germany, who by rights could have expected a

bronze with two teams above them, Great Britain and China, going

quicker earlier and the day, they'd get a gold medal. Desperately

disappointing for Jessica Varnish. This is her Olympics over. Victoria

has a couple more opportunities, so that is disappointing. He reminds

me of the whole relay exchange in athletics. You know where that zone

is and it is difficult to make sure you stay in it. Like Victoria was

saying, they have not have the problem before so they were not

concerned about it. She talked about being overwhelmed and excited

at that is one of the things you don't hear about the home advantage

to stop we have the home crowd, so exciting, all the cheering, but you

have to stay focused on exactly what you are supposed to be doing

and executing. That is one of the dangers. Greg said adrenalin.

interesting, looking at judo, then the crowd, you feel like you are

going to war and you have the adrenalin and power you need added

is explosive. This has to be controlled aggression. Peter Wilson,

we did not get a lot of time to talk about him, but that is the

sport, shooting, you can't have any excess adrenalin or energy coming

out. That is what makes the Olympics so amazing to me. I am

turning every which way and everywhere you go you see people

that have to deal with totally different circumstances and it

seems like, OK, when they are cycling they should have erred on

the side of safety but when you are so pumped up and you're talking

about a split second time it is really hard to do that, it seems.

It seems like a harsh way to lose. Victoria was in the immediate

aftermath of what happened but later she said that she was so

quick and Dave Brailsford wasn't earlier and he said she was immense,

her time was incredible. It bodes well for her individual event but

it is not the day that they would have planned and I imagine

ritualised for a long, long time. It is so tough. It comes down to

that event once every four years. It is a long way to wait for Jess

Varnish. Yesterday at dawn it was an emotional day has Britain's

women won an historic gold and this man won a medal after winning a

gold in Barcelona in 1992 -- at now. We are under way with the

men's Olympic final, seven minutes away from history. We have had the

Glover and Helen Stannage. -- we have Helen Glover and Heather

Stanning. It is simply stunning. This is the Olympic final and there

is nothing in it. It is a bronze medal today. Helen Glover and

Heather Stanning, we stand up and salute you, for the British rowing

That was an amazing day. You have had 24 hours to assimilate that.

The immediate aftermath when you got out of the boat looked like

disappointment. Do you feel some joy in your bronze now? I feel

immense pride in picking up a medal at my home Olympics. And at 40

years old? And at 40 years old. It is a fantastic feeling. I know the

feeling of coming 4th, because I came 4th at the Olympic Games in

Sydney and this is wildly different to that feeling, the feeling now

that I was able to look my wife in the eye and tell her it had been a

good use of three years, there was on end product. That is a good

feeling to have. Was it a few beers too many, a bet on a wager, I could

get back in the Olympics? Or was it considered? There was some of that

involved because it is an emotional thing, to commit yourself. It has

to be an emotional drive as well as a logical decision. If you were

rational, you would not do it. It is 20 years to the day today that I

won my gold medal and when London was bidding for the Games I looked

at the paperwork and I thought, they will be gold medals given out

20 years to the day. I was 20 when I won it, I could be a 40-year-old

doing it. A very romantic man. That has great bromance to it. Your

brother, Johnny, was with you in the boat. Did he try to talk you

out of it? He was fantastically supportive. I am the younger

brother. He took up the sport first. He was successful before me. It was

perfect Wendy could do it together. I think now, as a parent, there is

nothing better than seeing both of them succeed together. My parents

saw both of us on the Olympic podium together and nothing is more

perfect than that. Now I have carried on. I am sure it is tough

but he has been brilliant, supportive. Your kids get to

appreciate it as well. You were a young man, in the prime of his life,

20 years ago, out and about, enjoying it, you could go out and

train the next day. It is different now. Has this been an enjoyable way

of doing it? I am a smart athlete now, I look after myself better, I

have trained better, in a professional system, but I hope I

still have passion. It is that combination of passion that you

feel in a man, like I have sitting to my right, but to have that

passion and professionalism as well and I have brought them together.

Is there every time, Michael, when you think I wish I had smelt the

coffee a bit more and taken stuff in because I am wiser now and no

I was extremely fortunate that I was able to do all the things and I

was able to join it -- enjoy it. My son was born at my last Olympics, I

only ran in one race. I have never had that regret. You said 20, I had

some pretty good day's tennis at 20, but I feel like I'm in the prime of

my life now. I feel good now. I This is an unbelievable 40, but 60

might be a little tough! The brain of a 40-year-old and the body of a

20-year-old, that is what you really want! It was a day of two

medal races at Eton and Britain had a great chance of gold in the

a green light, we are way first time in the final of the Olympic

Games 2012 men's lightweight coxless fours. The Netherlands in 1,

Switzerland in two, Great Britain driving out in lane three. As

expected, Denmark have flown like a rocket in the first 150. What do

you do in the British boat? You churn them out, 100, out, and the

next 10 strokes, keeping it long and keeping it relaxed. The British

crew are looking good. We get to the last timing market. Looking

very fast, very calm and relaxed. They are relying that they have the

speed at the end. 500 metres remaining in the final, this is

going to the wire. 50 strokes remain. Denmark, Australia and

Great Britain. This is getting into the danger zone. Great Britain are

right up on to the boil, here come the British lightweight fours and

they will be met by a roar from the British crowd. South Africa are

coming up, this is tough. They have now got to turn it up, they have a

big ask here. Can they make it? British crew, 25 strokes remaining,

surely they are now looking their stronger. One big push, the crowd

got on their feet on the far side. They are just into second place,

they have a quarter of a length on the Danes, they are moving.

Danes are responding. South Africa in lane five. It is 10 strokes to

the wire, it is going to the wire. It looks like Denmark have moved

out again. Here comes South Africa, sticking her head of the Danes, one

last push, here come the British, the crowd want to lift you over the

line. South Africa are Olympic champions. Great Britain get the

silver. Denmark get bronze. It was a valiant effort to from the

British four, a worthy silver medal. They gave absolutely everything for

themselves, the team and Great themselves, the team and Great

Britain. That was brutal. Really brutal. We wanted to win. A silver

isn't fantastic but it is a medal at the Olympics. You have seen the

event, you can't walk into it and expect to get anything. To get a

silver was impressive from where we came from. What a team they have

been, the custom return, they salute the crowd, an emotional

moment -- customary turn. We dug our heels in and we fought really

hard. We did everything we could. These things happen.

Did they get the tactics right? think they did. I feel really sorry

for those guys. They have laid it on the line, they can look

themselves in the mirror and say they did everything that they

possibly could. The conditions were tough, they had a poor lane draw,

they were on the outside lane in windier conditions than the guys on

the near side. Not to take anything away from South Africa, fantastic

for them to win a gold medal. British crew can be proud of

themselves. They should be. Are you grateful that you don't have to

diet to 11 stone? They are exactly the same size, it comes to

technique and toughness. Our guys won on that. An incredible race, so

tight and thrilling to watch. Incredible to watch. Great to see

the reaction of South Africa. They did not know they had won. Once

they found out, the guy at the back, his face was classic. Good stuff.

Greg Searle was a bronze medallist here, 20 years after gold, you are

just a baby compared to our Here is a wonderful man who has

already created a record in his own right. It is the Japanese rider. At

71, he is the oldest competitor. He has ridden for Japan in Tokyo in

1964. STUDIO: He competed on his horse

Was by in the dressage. He was a respectable 17th finishing ahead of

people quite literally half his age. What were you saying about not

going on for another 20 years? take that back! Great Britain's

Carl Hester finished top. Laura was disappointed with first call,

saying it was her lowest in a few years. -- disappointed with her

score. Nothing is decided until next week. 5th incredible stuff

from the 71-year-old Japanese man. Britain are underdogs when it comes

to basketball and they almost pulled off a sensational win

against Spain, the current European against Spain, the current European

champions who are full of NBA stars. They lost by just one point and the

atmosphere was incredible. In the Someone has got to teach them to

foul! It is going on throughout the That is the scene at the Olympic

Park right now. Over at the Aquatics Centre on Saturday, but

Brian Oktay caused a minor sensation by dethroning the King --

Ryan Lochte caused a minor Ryan Lochte caused a minor

is going to try to dethrone the King of the pool, Ryan Lochte. A

nice clean start. Look at this, who would have thought it? It doesn't

look like he is going to get a Tonight it was part two in the 200

individual medley, but Ryan had the small matter of his 200 metres

backstroke title to defend before that. Like so many swimmers, he

could not win back-to-back titles and he ended up third. Gold went to

his countryman, Clary. 20 minutes after that, the mighty Ryan Lochte

was getting back into the pool again. He qualified fastest and was

looking to deliver the medley Phelps, aiming to win this event

for a record-breaking third time, went in lane three. For Britain,

James Goddard was there in lane one. Andrew Jameson and Adrian Moorhouse

described the action in a ram men's 200 metres individual medley,

a good start from Phelps. Tactics are going to be interesting. Phelps

has the fastest fly but after that it is interesting. Lochte has the

best backstroke. Goddard is doing quite well. He has a blue cap, the

Brits have been wearing red caps, I think it is because he is a

Manchester City fan. Lochte needs to make a move. A lot of analysis

of their switching in the media. Lochte looking to make a move, but

he is not. Phelps is right on world record and very determined. Big,

backstroke leg massively hard. Phelps was first to turn, second

was Parreira of Brazil. If Lochte is going to get this, he has got to

go now and make a really big move. Goddard is right at the top, in

about 4th or 5th. The rest of the field is coming back at Phelps, but

look at Phelps go. I can't see him link -- losing theirs. Phelps is

really determined -- I can't see him losing this. I wonder if Lochte

has enough energy, enough commitment to make this. Surely he

will go for the gold. Phelps has to hang on. Lochte looks like he's

coming back. Phelps is right on what record, this is an awesome

final. Michael Phelps might get this. Lochte is coming back but I

think it is going to be Phelps. It is Lochte's world record and it is

still, but it is gold to Phelps. Three in a row. We spent a long

time talking about it but Michael Phelps has just won his 20th

Olympic medal. Finally he has won an individual gold medal here. The

relief after he won the 19 and became the greatest Olympian was

massive and finally he has won an individual one, and three titles in

He wanted to achieve a number of things, I know you have not, but it

-- not set them, but you achieved the triple. Yes, that is cool. I

knew Ryan would be tough. It is a hard double coming of the 200 back.

I am really pleased, it is a gold medal. The someone special Revenue,

yesterday? Yes, or the President called me. -- someone special rang

you. Somebody called and asked for me, they said it was the President

of the United States, I said oh, OK. You would be so gutted if you got

to your phone and it was a mystical! It would be kind of cool

because you can keep playing it -- This man has proven his has -- his

supremacy, if he ever needed too. feel for Ryan Lochte. At the

beginning of the Games, he beat Phelps and it looks like it would

be his Olympics. By it is not really the case. It is easy to be a

back-seat driver, but first of all, the scheduling, I don't get. Why

would you have a race like the 200 backstroker, and 20 minutes later,

have to raise the medley? That is how you become the malty medallist,

you have do -- it is your choice to swim in those races. The thing is

to beat folds, that is what it is all about. He had already won that,

save himself -- the thing is to beat Phelps. You have to make your

decision, what do you want to do in terms of your career, and if it is

to beat Phelps, you pull out of the other one. Your chances of winning

those races that close together, I would think are not very good.

every sport, there are periods where somebody has this dominance

and he has had that. He has this gold medal, this is his last

Olympics, that there might not be another of his kind for two or

three Olympic Games, we should treasure what he has done for the

sport. It has been incredible. It is not easy to stay on top and come

back after an Olympics and won another gold medal. The only man

ever to win three back-to-back. That speaks to his greatness as a

swimmer. Not to mention his determination. It has been a bit of

a struggle. Especially after Beijing, now back to where he

belongs, that was pretty impressive Let's have a look at the all-time

With 16 gold, he is head and shoulders above the rest its. --

above the rest. He will never be caught. Never say never. That is

impressive, no doubt about it. red two for more finals to look at

in the pool. Rebecca Soni beat Suzuki of Japan and Ilya -- and

Lilia Efimova of Russia in a world record time. The hundred metres

freestyle was won by Ranomi Kromowidjojo, of the Netherlands,

Aliaksandra Herasimenia was second. Yi Tang was third. Britain's fan

Hansel finished in 6th place -- fan Now it is time to catch up with...

After a rest day Ben Ainslie and the rest of the sailors were back

on the water. Rob Walker has the the best race of all. An incredible

comeback. Frustrating for Ainslie. Six races, Ainslie beaten in every

single one. Race seven and finally Ben Ainslie had his chance. Into

the lead, he forced to Great Dane to attack. Ainslie is out to beat

the Danish sailor for the first time at these Olympic Games.

Ainslie stands up, someone has capsized. Busied the Danish? Yes,

it is! -- is it the Danish? Yes, it is. Ben Ainslie seized his

opportunity and beat the Dane for the first time in the regatta.

there it is, Ben Ainslie has beaten the Danish. Come on, come on.

the Dane is a fierce competitor and in the second race of the day,

Ainslie was forced to change -- to chase him once again. Ben Ainslie

has rounded the mark chasing the Danish sailors. There was an

exchange between Ainslie and another sailor. All I can imagine,

the sale is saying to Ainslie, you hit the mark. Explain about the

altercation, the conversation, from the Dutch sailor. Was he saying you

had hit the market you did not Him and the Danish guide teamed up

on me. I am seriously unhappy with that. He did not want to make me

angry, I am angry. From where I was sailing, it looked like he hit the

mark. If he did not, he should not have done his penalty turn. I had

no choice, if it is two against one, over his rival in one day. With

three races left, there is nothing in it. The battle has reached new

intensity. Beware, Great Dane, Ainsley's in animal is awakened.

is really bad. I am a pig with that. It has happened a lot in the

Olympics. I am older and wiser enough not to fall for it but those

What a competitor. He is a great competitor, so determined. He has

two more races and then the medal race. He could have gone into first

place. He is relentless. He knows that water. He rides the waves well,

in those conditions I would back him. I love the way he talks. You

don't want to make me angry! They had better watch out. That kind of

stuff. He has confident. He could almost be American! Is that a

compliment? It was, backhanded compliment. I kind of felt that,

writer on my head. I was going to ask about the winning mentality.

Check the overall medal count. winning mentality seems to be

prevailing now we have got going with the golds. Funding lottery,

lottery funding coming UK Sport funding, that all helps, but have

you noticed in the 20 years expectation increasing within

British athletes, that we can do it, we are the best? The lottery

funding has been fantastic. I was there in 1996. We won one gold

medal for Great Britain to stop now we are hoping to get into the teens,

who knows. It has changed so much. The mindset? The mindset, the

belief, the expectation. We saw girls like the two rollers from

yesterday, they have been brought through from a talent programme to

win Olympic medals. We can expect that. We will catch up with them.

The women's gymnastics competition is a blue ribband event. Who will

etch their name in history? Have a Arena for the individual all-round

final. My best bet would be Gabrielle Douglas. Super height,

Super flight. The pressure is on Viktoria Komova. I am afraid that

is not what gets you a gold medal. 15.466, she is third. Such a clean

perform on this apparatus. Lovely flight, look at that in the back

transfer. This is going beautifully. For Viktoria Komova. A great

above the bar. A really good retrieval stopped Viktoria Komova

is looking on. She has gone into the lead. 15.733, ahead of the

Viktoria Komova. Viktoria Komova was second in the already

championships. Can she go one better? That was a touch. So far,

so very good. That was super from Viktoria Komova. Viktoria Komova,

15.441. A big test, when you are out in front. Rock steady so far.

Composure is the for this performance. -- composure is how I

would describe this performance. That was tremendous. Gabrielle

Douglas has to go into the lead after that. She just seemed to be

glued to the beam. Gabrielle Douglas is leading, going into this

final rotation. It all boils down Full twisting double back, Super

difficulty. I will be surprised that smile is not gold. 15.033, it

is going to be interesting. Usher still has to do it. An extremely

tall over -- an extremely tall order. Now that was controlled.

What a joy to see her fight for a medal like this. That was the

disappointment for Viktoria Komova. She has got herself a silver, but

there is your Olympic champion. In her first year of senior

competition. Viktoria Komova in Agony and ecstasy of the Olympics,

right there for you. Rebecca Tunney finished in 13th place, the

youngest member of the Great Britain squad. Hannah Whelan had us

disappointing competition. She did not land on her vault, so she got

no-score and finished 24th. From the grace and elegance of

gymnastics to the physicality of boxing, it is time to catch up with

our magnificent seven. They are the men who are fighting in London 2012

and they are all still standing at this stage. Fighting first today

DeGale. He won a gold at the Youth Olympics eight years ago and silver

at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. Today, he Finn it -- he faced

Ievgen Khytrov from the Ukraine. Anthony made an impressive start,

5-3. Ievgen Khytrov won the second, in the third round, it is tight,

tense and Richi Woodall and Jim are hoping to get it to you. I do

not want to spoil the result and tell you what happens. We have got

it, here you go. I build up the suspense for you. Richie Woodhall

Anthony Ogogo at camp he withstand what is going to be the most torrid

three minutes of his boxing career? As the Beast from the Ukraine comes

barrelling forward. He is a point up and if he can keep that

differential, what an upset this would be. Yes, he has to keep his

opponent off balance with the odd single jab now and again, to

counter attack, to try to put him He has been first with the punch-up

will stop how is his stamina going to last? He has had a minute's

break. A good right hand from Ogogo. If he keeps this up, he could nick

it. A little stabbing right hand. He has to do two or three shots and

then move. Lovely. The judges could not have missed that one. Ogogo is

still bouncing. Ievgen Khytrov is chasing him, catching him. Two and

three shops, -- shots, bring him on. A little switch, covers up well.

Ievgen Khytrov will be getting a bit frustrated. The gumshield has

come out. That will give Ogogo a few seconds' rest. He needs it, to

be honest. I did not see any punch that would have dislodged that.

Maybe he got rid of it himself to buy a bit of time. Would you blame

him? I think not. A pulsating contest, one of the best contests

we have seen so far. Ievgen Khytrov gets him again, Ogogo must run.

Ievgen Khytrov will not let him off the hook. He has to start working

harder, two or three shots. There is a bit of trouble. Just keep the

head up from the referee took Ogogo. One minute to go. Come on, don't

let this slip. Get off those ropes, Anthony Ogogo. He is getting caught,

tiring. This machine from the Ukraine is coming storming forward.

Keep him at bay. Long range, keep him at bay and then move. Beat him

to the shot, counter attack him. What a racket, what a performance

from Ogogo. Target the right hand over the top. He has a slow left

will stop what a sensation this would be if he can hang on and win

it. It is so close. Very close, it could be the most important 30

seconds of Anthony Ogogo's career. He has to work, come on. He needs

to score a couple more shot. That is better from Ogogo. There was not

much in it but it did land. Ievgen Khytrov is coming forward. He has a

punch, he has got to punch of stock good footwork by Ogogo, he got

himself caught on the turn. last 15 seconds. A good left hook

as that... Ogogo is tiring. Ievgen Khytrov is coming forward. The

world champion might have done enough but there is not very much

in this and what a task for the five judges. What a performance

from Ogogo. They have punched themselves to a standstill.

Whatever happens, he has raised to his status in world amateur boxing

We go to come back, where we are level again at 52-52. He has got it,

Ogogo! He has beat the world number one! It was 18-18, they went to

come back, the total scores went to 52-52. -- they went to count back.

Then the fight judges asked to press a red or a blue button and

they have come out in favour of a Ogogo. What an upset. That is the

upset of this tournament so far. He did that for his mother. His mother

was poorly coming into this tournament, but was for his dear

mum. He has beaten the world champion. Anthony Ogogo, I am proud

He will now face a German in the final. He said the best part of his

day was giving his mum a hug and he loves so very much. Joshua Taylor

was also in action. He was going against the Valentino of Italy in

his second round fight. The Italian proved sadly too strong, beating

Josh in a tough encounter. It was too close to call until the third

round but Josh took several blows and it means he is the first of our

magnificent seven to be knocked out. Plenty of medals to put on our

medal sport. Let's get through there, I will show you the table as

we go. China are leading the way, we go. China are leading the way,

Great Britain are doing a lot of catching up. The USA are way ahead

on 18, it has been a big day for you. Great Britain are moving right

up the table. Will be up there I am sure in the next couple of days, if

we keep having a wonderful days like today. Shall we do the silver

medals first? The can you save one gold medal for me? You can do the

one. Greg Searle, it seems only appropriate that you do the rowers.

Peter, Richard, Chris, Rob. Then we have got the canoeists. Michael,

the silver canoeists. Then we have the silver canoeists. Then we have

got Peter Wilson, the shooting. He had a fantastic day. And then the

gold and canoeists. Etienne and Tim. I would love to do one shot at a

gold, even touch a guy's face! There we go, there is Philip. Jason

Kenny is yours. And Sir Chris Hoy, long may he reigned. Look, this has

filled up a bit since the last time. Look at that. We have had a great

few days. I wouldn't like to see the USA boards, they would be

vulgar, way too big! Great to have you here. Just brilliant. An

inspiration to all 40-year-old, I think. That is it, the end of

basics, it has been a pretty good day for Great Britain and day seven

or being a Prunty more silver and gold -- the end of basics and day

seven will bring plenty more silvers and gold, I am sure. See

Here come the British, Great The tears that earlier Gemma

Gibbons will win a medal. -- the tears that tell you. They are the

Olympic champions and we get two medals. We have got silver but we