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level to give it, and they give it a seven. That still allows him to have

quite a big total. It does. A lot of gymnasts will stand on their feet as

goal 14.9, 15, which was similar to what he scored earlier. Radivilov's

score is in and he gets an average of 15.0 33.

Now Kenzo Shirai, we have seen the rotating bolts, this one will all be

about twisting. And this is likely to be another first, the 6.4 is the

three and a half twists. That was very clean, the only did three in

qualification, we saw him training this, and that was a fantastic

effort. Huge disappointment on the floor for Kenzo Shirai, trying to

put that right here. What will be the story with his second vault?

That was mesmerising. I have seen do the itching to with quite a lot of

steps out of it, but the torque he gets there is a small step, that is

unbelievable. -- I have seen him do the Yurchenko. But that will be a

Shirai. Really has been a special championships, hasn't it? We have

had a real celebration, Chris. We have watched two vaulters push the

boundaries and produced their own new elements. We have talked about

the difficulty, and building the score, trying to achieve the highest

execution possible, but because of that the code book is open. 15.833

for his first vault. Needs to be different, Sue Bird two and a half

twists from the half turn, he is so clean. -- superb. Not the highest of

starred scores, 5.6, but it was clean, and he has a huge score for

the first vault, so the average will still be big, at there challenging.

This is his first Olympics, 19 years old, and he has never meddled in

vault at the World Championships. That was so clean, a small split on

the horse, the judges will deduct for that. Legs were crossed in the,

dead central, and a tiny hop on landing. He was spinning so fast,

the judges would never have seen that, surely, Chris. No, they

probably won't, that is very well performed. Two and a half twists,

really pleased to see him perform well, he was so disappointed with

himself on the floor. Shirai goes into the lead with an average of

15.4 99, that is a massive score. But two very good vaulters to come.

First up is Marian Dragulescu, four times world champion, this is his

fourth Olympics now, and he will be doing his trademark vault, the

handspring, two somersaults with a half turn on the end. Got an Olympic

medal in Athens 2004. He was second at the World Championships last

year. Back from retirement. Fifth highest qualifier. And when we first

saw this, we thought it was absolutely unbelievable. It is still

excellent, really good, he landed bolt upright, just that pace, very

impressive. Yeah, that is the Dragulescu. Just practising his

entry that they have to do for the second bolt, because they have to be

different. The high tea gets on that. It is amazing, he manages to

kick out and spot the landing. What is impressive about this vault, the

legs are hardly split. A lot of gymnasts will do the Dragulescu, but

their legs will be split, and that is why it is the Dragulescu, and he

performs it the best. Lovely style now over the years, we have seen him

struggle a bit with the second vault. Came in early and watch

training, and he did several of those, he obviously feels good. The

height the gymnasts can get off this platform is really quite amazing.

15.266, the second-highest score we have seen so far in this men's vault

final, so he is posting a 6.2 difficulty now, this one is slightly

harder the last. Well, he is being ambitious, he needs to control the

half turn, beautifully performed, two and a half twists Bath. That is

the best series of vaults I have ever seen him do. For a 6.2

difficulty, to put in that sort of execution, and this gymnasts just

loves competition, he loves to feel the crowd and react. He does. With

this vault, you can quite easily miss the turn, with the flip and the

handspring, but you will see at here, he gets so much height, I knew

he would make it around. Almost sticks the landing as well.

Quite tidy, not many deductions, not much for them to take off. This will

be a big challenge, I think. Can he get up into the medals? At this

stage there are still four gymnasts to go. What does the future hold for

Marian Dragulescu and his Olympic dreams? He is in second at the

moment, 15.449. 15.449 equals Shirai as an average, but because of the

execution, Shirai is in the lead at the moment. But for how long? The

two time world champion. Double fightback, massive vault. The speed

with which he rotates! He did the dragon rescue in the pike position.

The Pike gets a little bit more difficulty than the tuck. He split

his legs just before the half turn, quite a big step on landing, but a

6.4 difficulty score, so he has got room for the deductions. When you

are coming from such a huge height with so much rotation, the forces

going through the legs, no surprise they are having to take a step.

Well, Ri Se Gwan has another 6.4 in the locker. 15.616 for his first

vault. If you post another difficulty score of 6.4, which we

think he is going to do, he is going to have an advantage as far as the

difficulty is concerned. So this is all about execution, can Ri Se Gwan

from the peoples of career vault himself into the lead? And we have

seen him do this vault before, and I think it is amazing. Full twist off,

that was a great landing for the most complex vault you will ever

see. He has hardly any time to spot that landing, and somehow he

managed! I thought he had stuck it for a minute, I think the landing

shocked him, but I think that will be enough to move him into first

place. Let's just see the timing on this. The high tea gets allowed him

to actually perform it, there will be another in this final, and it

will come down to who landed best. -- the height he gets. The way he

drops his shoulder in midair to get the turn in, then the back

somersault over the top, and then there is the floor very quickly! The

ability to know where you are to perform like that, just unbelievable

awareness needed. So he is in the lead with 15.691, he leads Kenzo

Shirai, who is in second, Dragulescu is in third place. A 6.0 difficulty,

here we go, the double Tsukahara, and really these gymnasts are

performing these hugely difficult skills with nonchalance. It is mind

blowing how they are managing to achieve this, at this level, under

this pressure! And how quickly it is over, Dan. The vault final can go

either way, we see quite a lot of gymnasts going for the big vaults,

but today everyone is hitting them, it shows how well-prepared they are

for this final. And this is what you want, this is a final where

everybody is getting through, nobody is falling, so this gold medal is

going to be won properly. That is really what you want from every

final, and actually it is what we have had in this Olympics. All the

gymnasts have been in such good shape. So much so that it has taken

us by surprise, hasn't it? It has indeed. 15.375, fourth at the

Olympics in London. He has said he wants to retire after this Olympics,

so this could well be the last vault we see from Tomas Gonzalez. And with

a difficulty of only 5.6, he needs to be absolutely perfect in

execution. The step on landing, but it was lovely and tight through the

air. Bad is it, he gives a big wave, that is potentially his swansong,

and what a way to finish a wonderful career. -- that is it. 30 years old,

you don't blame him for sitting down, do you?! No! I think that

vault was really well performed. You see here his legs locked together,

toes pointed, opens out for the landing, it looks like the flaw

found them, rather than he found the flaw, which is why he took a step.

-- floor. In fact, his ankles buckled a little bit, didn't they?

He is old is in, 15.137 for Tomas Gonzalez. -- the result is in.

Execution of 9.3. We have enjoyed watching him vault over his career,

happy retirement! Oleg Verniaiev now, silver in the all-around

competition, seventh highest qualifier in vault, European

Championship this year. And he was just outside the medals at the World

Championships last year, starting off with a vault, as you concede, on

the right-hand side, a difficulty of 6.0. Quite a slight gymnasts to be a

specialist vaulter, but so powerful, and the times it beautifully. We

have seen that more than once, and he landed on the floor, it didn't

hit him, Dan. That was almost perfect, and we have seen him do

that time and again, he will soon have to upgraded to the pike

position, because he finds it too easy. He does a full somersault by

the time he is level. Asean opens into the half turn, he has got so

much time to spot the landing. -- as he opens. So where would you deduct,

cowboy? May be 0.3 there, and a slight wobble on landing, maybe 0.1,

but apart from that, not much else that I could see. Gymnasts often

bring their own chalk from their own gyms back home. Verniaiev, 15.400,

six on the difficulty, 9.4 on execution, up with the highest

scores on execution that we have had here. The penultimate gymnast.

And the less favoured vault. Needs to concentrate. Super triple twist.

He has such a repertoire. Multiple somersaulting, multiple twists in

the second one. Third place at the moment. There was quite a big hop on

his landing. It is a really nice triple twist in the air. He could

have moved into the medals, but I think he is just going to be

outside. He doesn't quite bring his arms out with authority. You have to

see the gymnast come out of the twist. As we say, your arms are

liked your parachute to come out and kill the twist, ready from landing.

He didn't do it with authority. He's such a fabulous all-round gymnast,

though. And he has still more finals to come here. Tomorrow, we have Nile

Wilson for Great Britain and Amy Tinkler on floor. Verniaiev is equal

fourth. 15.316 is the average. The last gymnast to go is the

second-highest qualifier, the gymnast that has just taken a bronze

medal on rings. Got a silver in London. Two times champion in

Europe, Denis Ablyazin. This could be very impressive. This lad is the

definition of power. Can he contain it?

A step forwards, which means he was slightly under rotating. But

unbelievable vaulting from these guys. It was the same fault that Ri

Se-gwang performed. I don't think it was quite as good. It comes down to

the landing. There was a big step forward, so everything is now on

this next vault. To make sure he lands and pushes into the medals. He

is looking for a score over 15.449. Quite a deep landing. His chest was

low. So I think the execution will be lower than Ri Se-gwang. 15.6,

down a tent on Ri Se-gwang's. -- down a tent.

A big step, but I am so impressed with these gymnasts' vaulting. They

are not doing the same type of fault. Ablyazin is not holding back.

Does he have another medal to go with the bronze he just got on

rings? I think he is going to scrape into the medals. I don't think he

will be in first. A step backwards here on the landing. That will keep

him away from first. It will be close, but he might just sneak in.

He might sneak in on start difficulty. Can Marian Dragulescu

hold on? Well-nigh Ri Se-gwang script a metal? Ri Se-gwang wins!

Here's your Olympic vault champion. Two times world champion and now

Olympic champion. The 31-year-old from the People's Republic of Korea.

And Kenzo Shirai finally gets a medal in the individual apparatus

finals. After his upset on floor, he takes the bronze. Marian Dragulescu

will finish in fourth. We knew it was going to be big, Dan. We did. I

was really impressed with Kenzo's three and a half twists. If he can

up his second vault to a triple twist, he could be challenging for

the gold. Well, we have seen two vaults being named here at the

Olympics. Impressive stuff from Abliazin as well. Two finals, two

medals. Not quite as impressive as two finals, two gold medals! Not

quite! Ri Se-gwang. Two incredible vaults. Highest qualifier, and

victorious yet again. The next final in store for you will

be the women's bin. That will be after the men's medal ceremony. --

the women's beam. Denis Ablyazin had a celebration and a half. We had

traditional Greek dancing going on. The Brazilians were going crazy, and

this place was just dumping. At that point, Abliazin legs it out of the

arena and then refocuses for vault. And he certainly did a good job

getting that silver medal. The floor area today makes way for the medal

podium. We were saying what a celebration it has been for

gymnastics here. There was a really good feeling in the Rio Olympic

Arena around gymnastics. I think everybody is mesmerised, so

impressed by how people are pushing themselves to the limit. Absolutely.

It seems obvious to say that everyone is going to peak for the

Olympics, but the gymnasts have had two long days of competition, and it

was really competitive. Very difficult to make the top eight on

any apparatus. And every gymnast really looked in tremendous shape.

So if you made the top eight, for a lot of gymnasts, that is the big

challenge, never mind if you medal or whatever. You come here to make

the final. And the finals are showing just that. Everyone is at

the top of their game. They are, and the consistency I am seeing at such

a high level is what is impressing me the most. We are not seeing many

falls at all. This was the vault you were so impressed with. Yes, to fit

in three and a half twists is incredible. We know he is renowned

for twisting from this vault work, but that is incredible. And it is a

blind landing. He drops his shoulder. It is not as if the floor

is coming to him. A very challenging vault to land. It is, because there

is hardly any time to spot the landing. You are literally twisting

and then the floor is there. That is probably one of the best he has ever

landed. Abliazin was just a bit short on this. You wonder whether

that was a result of having won a medal on rings and being rushed into

this final. Well, he gets himself a silver medal. Ri Se-gwang picks the

gold, Denis Ablyazin silver and Kenzo Shirai twists his way to

bronze. It takes four years of hard work to

be an Olympian, and it is great to say the hard work is paying off for

the British athletes. 40 medals already at Rio 2016 and still a few

days to come. As you can see at the Olympic Park, the breeze has picked

up. We have wind here. If you don't mind showing them the trees swaying

in the evening sunlight here, actually, that spindly thing is not

the greatest demonstration, but you can see that the wind has picked up.

That would have been much more helpful at the sailing like, whether

sailing has been postponed for the day -- the sailing like. We will

talk about that later, but Great Britain are guaranteed a sailing

gold medal for Giles Scott. But he has to finish is run in the Finn

tomorrow before he is awarded the medal. He is obviously feeling good

about it and earlier he caught up with Shirley Robertson.

Giles, you are always level-headed, no emotion. But I saw emotion today.

Yeah, you did. You're right, I do try and stay level-headed. There was

no way I could have done that after that race. It got the better of me.

It really did dawn on me what my coach have put together over the

last four years. It was an amazingly special moment. Four years ago, you

watched Ben Ainslie win his gold medal, knowing you were world-class

and were just short of gold. Four years later, it's yours. Yeah, it

is. Four years ago, I have said it time and time again, it was a pretty

dark place. But what we have managed to do from building on that

disappointment is put a great campaign together and come here to

Rio and win in the way I have, it is just amazing. We have had such

amazing history in the Finn. To be able to put my name alongside the

others is very special to me. You're about to hit the shore. This is a

lovely moment before you hit the shore and the media are there in

your life will change forever. Yeah, I'm not sure my life will change for

ever! I hope it won't. But the Olympic Games has been such a huge

part of my life ever since I was a teenager. It's been ten years of

solid work to get here. I am just really proud. Everybody assumed you

would win this gold. Summarise how hard it has been? Yeah, it's a funny

thing to come to a regatta as big as the Olympic Games and have everyone

telling you it's a sure thing. It's not just the media, but its people

around you and people in your team who just assume you're going to

deliver. Actually delivering is not as simple as people think. It's

incredibly stressful, hard work. But once you manage it, it's incredible.

Well, you won it in style. You have to compete in the medal race, but no

one can beat you. Giles Scott, Olympic champion of 2016,

congratulations. That smile will be even more huge

when he takes to the water for his gold medal. No sailing so far today,

we will bring you up to date on whether they can get out later, we

will cease of the British guys in action. It is gusty down here at the

park! We will talk about the diving now, where things are going down at

the Aquatics Centre, the first opportunity for us to see Jack

Laugher, who you will be won the three metres springboard alongside

Chris Meares a few days ago, who was going in the individual

preliminaries. Before that, let's see Freddie Woodward going.

Freddie Woodward of the city of Sheffield, his opening dive.

Fantastic dive from Freddie, really nice, Tom Owen is at home, the city

of Sheffield, they will be glued to the TV. Freddie is doing a great

job, let's hope we can continue. Vertical entry, hardly any splash,

good work. The arrival of Jack Laugher on the

board, his opening dive will be coming up, a forward two and a half

somersaults with two twists. I was wondering how he was going to get

on, his first dive back from the amazing scenes in the pool where he

and Chris Meares became Olympic champions, the first-ever Team GB

diving Olympic champions, and that is very pool by his standards. --

poor. Very short vertical, a tentative start from Jack Laugher,

he will have to shake off what happened a few days ago and get into

his diving, and I am sure he will, but that is not a good start. That

was Jack Laugher taking to the springboard earlier, now we can go

to the Aquatics Centre to see if the Olympic champion from the synchro

event can better that score, back to the commentary team.

Getting into the competition, albeit slightly slowly, we will see some

bigger and more impressive stuff from this man as we go on. Here

comes the marks for Hausding, they are a little bit slow sometimes. For

those of you who have just joined us on BBC Four, Jack Laugher is 14th at

the moment, Freddie Woodward is sixth, still quite a few to go in

round one, and also we have Knight-Wisdom taking part. Morales

looked OK on the take-off, and then he makes a bit of a botched job on

the end. So all looking good, slightly cramped in the pike shape,

misses his entry, misses his hands, does not get his grab, and the marks

will reflect that. The first male Jamaican dive ever, night wisdom

from the city of Leeds. -- Knight-Wisdom. Morales, who has just

gone, 17. You can hear the wind whistling around the commentary box,

it was sedate when we started, but it has got up. Andrea Chiarabini,

back two and a half somersaults with pike. The best school so far is from

the Chinese. This is a second Olympic Games, he's only 21, he did

not make it through the preliminaries four years ago. He is

four years more experienced now, beat a little close to the diving

board, and it is a fine line between getting far enough away not being so

far that you call yourself a lack of control. The dive to the middle of

the pool is very difficult to control, so we are seeing some

faltering, some mixed stuff. I mean, it is really windy, as you can here.

Look at him leaning into it a little bit, Ipsen, it is pretty windy on

the boards as well. We have seen someone hit the board, we move on to

Ipsen of the USA. Nice stuff from Ipsen, what the judges are looking

for is vertical entry with hardly any splash or no splash for maximum

points. Seven judges, the two highest and lowest are deleted to

leave three scores which are then totalled, multiplied by the degree

of difficulty to give you the dive total. Every single one of these

counts, and Ipsen's scores are as follows. Remember, the ones with the

lines through do not count. The total is multiplied by the degree of

difficulty, hence we arrived at 72 for Christian Ipsen. Now the

Canadian, Gagne, back two and a half somersaults with pike. It is a nice

dive, we have had three on the trot now, back two and they have in the

pike position. Good board work, into the pike shape, just Bananaman a

little bit, arching through his lower back excessively. And over he

goes. Yes, the marks for Gagne, then, 63, another easy computation.

That is not sharp with the upper echelon, Jack Laugher, he had a

disappointing opening. Oliver Dingley, formally of England, now of

Ireland, 66. Anyone got a parachute? The wind is really getting up, look

at that! Yes, a punchy start from Rosset, it

coming out with this dive, which is 3.4 degrees of difficulty, but it is

actually a tough dive, you do not have the step like you do on the

reverse, so it is a tough dive. He likes to open with it, throwing down

his marker, many of his fellow competitors started with easier

dives, a game of tactics, 74.8 FOI him. That puts into fifth place at

the moment. Now, my colleagues from Tunnel 7 are not very confident

about the Australians going through the final. -- Channel 7. Not even

confident about getting to the competition at the moment! They do

not believe Grant Nel will make it into the top 12. Nice work, well, I

am going to back him if his fellow countrymen do not think he has got

what it takes, 28 years old, he will be putting in as much effort as

humanly possible to get six goods dives in. That is one out of one for

now, he is going to get eights on this, even though he could tidy up

that pike shape, he is a little bit cramped. 74.40, at the moment there

is no power in Sydney, so they are not going anywhere! They may well be

taking the BBC coverage, which is probably illegal, but they will be

doing it anyway. And to Kvasha of the Ukraine, inward three and a half

somersaults with tuck. Jack Laugher has disappeared off my screen, he is

that far down at the moment, with another four to go.

It is super windy. Yeah, OK, that wind is really picking up, in fact

there is paperwork flying around the place, packets of crisps being blown

off the media things! It is all pretty heavy. In fact, this is going

to make this competition really, really interesting. So the referee

will, well, I presume the referee will be OK with what has happened,

which means Kvasha has said the wind is picking up, I need to step

forward because I am balancing on my tip toes. He is taking his time. He

does not want the wind to blow him over the board, because he might

edit like Zakharov did at the beginning of the round.

Has done a good job on that dive under the circumstances, shakes his

head, you did not see it, but I did, watching ever live. The wind pushing

him back on the board, OK, hang on a second. Anyway, this is his attempt,

the dive is good, aerial work is excellent, marginal over rotation.

Well, actually, it is a bit more than marginal. That is windy! So

71.40, not as much damage as it could have been. Considering he had

to go for a second time, that is OK. Now onto Benedetti of Italy, really

tough at the moment to get yourself composed. Certainly to execute dives

of this complexity, a lower degree of difficulty, 3.0. Very neat and

tidy, very precise, beautiful rip entry, just a tad over vertical. A

good take-off, maybe he could wait for the board a bit more to get even

more height. See the ankles washing over, but he keeps the splashdown.

He might sneak a few eights from the judges. Oh, then again, he might

not. You got one, but it didn't count. Now, the Mexicans are in,

making some noise, not anywhere near the noise we will get when the

Brazilian goes in a couple of divers. This is Pacheco, we saw him

in the sink row, this is in the individual. Inward three and a half

somersaults with tuck, 3.4. Hanging onto my papers, sorry! My

God, it is incredible at here! I am having more difficulty with the wind

than he is. Beautiful take-off. He is going to get eight from the

judges on this. Very neat and tidy, always has been, even up on the

platform in the early part of his career, now on the springboard. He

can be a little bit inconsistent sometimes. But he looks as though he

is in good shape, eight is exactly what he will be wanting to open up

his campaign. Certainly in good shape score wise, that is the

second-best mark we have had behind Yuan Cao. Here comes Chavez Banda of

Australia. Yeah, the former Mexican, who made the switch to Australia in

2015, and finally enough that his is Mexican coach, who is an Australian

resident. Using the board, he is a one metre specialist, I have seen

him compete well at that result, but it is not an Olympic event. So here

he is, starting his three metres campaign, a bit of a grimace as he

waits for the scores. It can be a tortuous process, but that would

give him 64.6, and that is not widely raw is going around the

Aquatics Centre, as we go to the man who was about to take to the board,

the only Brazilian in the final, Cesar Castro. Whatever the judges

say will not go down well with the crowd, they are never happy! The

rounds off the first round of 29 divers, six rounds in total,

remember. It is like being in a wind tunnel, so difficult for the divers.

Very, very nicely executed dive, so easy, though, 3.0 degrees of

difficulty, his fourth Olympic Games. He has always done this dive,

33 years old, must be amazing to dive here right at the end of your

career in front of your home crowd, and open up with 8.0, 8.5. This is a

beauty, it is a low degree of difficulty, as are pretty much all

of his dives compare to the movers and shakers in this contest.

It is the first time the crowd have been happy with the judges' scoring,

as they have already seen it. The wind is whipping up again. You

can hear it, can't you? No home representation on the first page.

Freddie Woodward qualified in tenth place. We are looking for Jack

Laugher on page number three. But do not despair, because we have some

big tariff dives from Jack Laugher still to come. Anybody got a kite?

Perfect, I did a bit of kite surfing when I was in the Caribbean a few

weeks ago. These are perfect conditions for it! In fact, can we

pause this competition and let's all go kite surfing this afternoon. The

problem is, as we knew it was going to be, with this being the first

outdoor Olympic diving competition in Atlanta, Knowle, Barcelona. It

got a bit windy in Atlanta, but Barcelona had an amazing pool. Says

in Sydney, it has all been indoors. This is the first outdoor pool we

have had for diving since 1996, kind of. That is why we have what we

have, whistling into our microphones at the moment. But we will move on

swiftly into Round 2. A good start for armoured and is ER

Azman -- for Azman. He is such a dynamic athlete. They

are like springs in his legs. He makes that dive so easily. If I was

his coach, I would be encouraging him to do a back three and a half.

He has tonnes of time. Very flamboyant. Hello, mother, can you

hear me? It is like Istanbul. Yes, it is all like the European

Championships from 1999. Woo Ha-ram is holding his head, because it is

blowing about all over the place, as is the board. This is one of the

problems and one of the side-effects of having an outdoor facility. It

looks good when the weather is good, and now the pool is back to its

original blue colour as well. You may have noticed that it is not

green any more. Aquamarine. I told you, there is loads of stuff flying

about. Well, the conditions are affecting

the diving here. Woo Ha-ram had to stand down and deal with the wind.

And he makes a bit of a shamble of the exit of his dive. The take-off

is OK. But he has been put off by the wind. He comes out too early,

Lance Short. His backside is sticking out, and the judges will

not give him extra marks for that. Helen Skelton has nicked my pen!

Give it back, thank you. That will be in the Daily Mail tomorrow!

Now to the first of the two Chinese. Cao Yuan was our fifth placed diver

after Round 1. That is a fantastic effort. His coat is saying he got

blown back on the board. He is way back from the end. What a talent

this young man is. Most people would have been turning into a frog in a

blender, but he manages to hold it together. No faltering from Cao

Yuan. They are not enjoying this competition. They are all shaking

their heads when they come off the board and go into the Jacuzzi. It is

turning into a bit of a hodgepodge. You have got all

sorts happening. Landing right over the end, overcompensating. He leans

into the wind a bit too much and ends up landing very short of

vertical. There is all sorts going on here, trying to nail down TVs and

all sorts. One commentator has lost his papers, among other things. The

pen I have now retrieved from Hal -- Helen Skelton just went flying as

well. But we are coping manfully here. It is hard in the trenches,

you know. Now, here is a man who hit his feet on the board in the opening

dive, and that gave him an awful mark. So he is playing a massive

amount of catch up already. We are seeing the defending Olympic

champion in all sorts of bother. He had a very unfortunate start when he

hit the board. And this is another botched dive. Doesn't get the

take-off he needs, lands flat on his back. Will this be the shock of the

preliminary rounds? Feet so close again. You would think he would have

learned from the first time. He ain't going through. Unless everyone

else falters as badly as that. He has four dives remaining, but he

would have to step up. Onto the Irishman, formerly of England,

Oliver Dingley. Low degree of difficulty compared to some of his

fellow competitors. But if you have a low degree of difficulty in these

windy conditions, that is perfect. You don't have to run the risk of

being blown around by the wind and making those dives even more

difficult. The Olympic champion diving before him was way off the

pace. 74.40 four Oliver Dingley. Very

good. Now the other Russian. That is good. One of his easier dives. It is

staggering to say a 3.4 is one of his easier dives. It is one of the

lowest degrees of difficulty. Still very complicated. He is having a

much better competition than his counterpart. He is right up there,

just behind Cao Yuan. The second of the Chinese is coming up now, the

current leader from Round 1, Chao. He will wait as long as he can

before he takes this dive. He is a very experienced diver. It is so

tough. Like walking the plank at the moment, isn't it? Not many athletes

will be used to these conditions. It is difficult to find venues around

the world that you can train outdoors. You can't just snap your

fingers and get a gale force wind. It is not gale force, but it is

windy. Some people take it a bit seriously. Or literally.

And he fluffs it completely. These conditions are making it tough work.

Ciao, world champion, finds it too windy to go -- Chao. He leaves too

late, and over he goes. It is rare that we see mistakes of that

magnitude from this young man. So, everyone is faltering. The leader

after Round 1 will not be the leader after Round 2. Goodness gracious.

Now to Knight-Wisdom. The tallest diver in this event. I don't know if

that has a more adverse effect on him than on others. You mentioned

his height. It is very difficult to spin around when there is a lot of

you in height. Yona Knight-Wisdom would look more at home on a

basketball court with his height and stature, and he is rocking and

rolling here in the Olympic pool. He's listed at six foot but I think

he is taller. Now, the first of the Brits, Freddie Woodward. He had a

good first dive. Yes, he can back it up. That is superb diving. He has a

lower degree of difficulty again. This is 3.1. He has a good take-off,

lands right on the end. Uber-consistent. Washing slightly

over vertical as he goes in. The two very steady dives from Freddie.

Steady Freddie. At the moment, he is slotting into third place as we move

on to a man who had problems at London 2012. No problems yet for

Stephan Feck. He was close to the diving board. There is enough wind

not to blow a diver back onto a diving board, but there is enough to

tip you off balance. So Stephan Feck was leaning back a bit on his

take-off, then uses his shoulders to move that diver. He is OK! Wow. You

did a bit of Carmen Miranda there for us. Dangerous. He is shaking his

head. The judges are not impressed either. So he moves in behind

Dingley and Woodward. Now Jack Laugher. Not the greatest of starts

for him. He has some big dives to come, but he wants the wind to

slightly die down before he goes for his reverse three and a half

somersaults with Tucker. Nice work, Jack. Just let the dive

overrotates. It was a good take-off. He attacks the dive. He's just a

little close to the diving board. Which is back with a little too much

washing over. That is a better second diver from Jack. Lots of

other divers are faltering, so there is no cause for concern yet. He's

very much in the mix and will continue to be over the next few

rounds. Jack is in sixth place at the moment.

Take their advice that Jack and Freddie will be all right, we'll be

back here later on, it is all happening down there. The lights are

on, help Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow they said they did mind

if it was wet, but this wind is something to content with and we

will see if Jack and Freddie can get into the next round later on. It is

so windy! That is affecting the beach volleyball, we will see the

Brazilian number one pair in action and they are taking on the

Americans, Dalhausser and Luchino, Dalhausser won gold in 2008 so it

could be titled the Brazilian from crowd will no doubt cheer for the

whole nation. We watch of the -- will watch the quarterfinal with

Charlie Broome. Here's the opening server from

Dalhausser. Again, they go across court. Much to the delight of the

crowd. They keep their nose in front.

Nice work from Dalhausser. His first contribution to the match.

Of rogue shot from Bruno. That makes it 3-2 Brazil.

For a moment I thought the set was too close but Lucena comes up with

the play. This is the fifth meeting between the players in the last 12

months. The previous format have been split 2-2.

Here comes the first side switch, the first meeting came in August

last year at the Longbridge grand slam. Dalhausser and Bruno won it

and then at the world tour finals they met twice, the US came up with

the win. -- Brazil won the first time. At the gold-medal match the

Brazilians came through in straight sets and last meeting in Hamburg in

June it was won by the Americans in straight sets.

And the Brazilian pair left in the draw -- the only Brazilian pair left

in the draw. Against the only American pair left in the draw. Good

work from Lucy now again does -- good work from Lucena once again.

Defensive play has not clicked in for either side. That is straight as

Lucena, who takes it on the chest. He just depends him pins him -- he

just pins Lucena. Brazil are getting lucky with the next call because

it's one the advantage in the rally there direction.

A fantastic deck, can they finish it off? They can't. This seen out with

his own deck and get top of the net and it rolls out. -- dig.

Dalhausser climbing into that one and the second side switch comes at

a 8-6 to Brazil. Crosscourt was the only way to go

but it has been kept alive. Dalhausser. Schmidt puts it away.

Good work from Dalhausser to keep it alive, but it was allowing Cerruti

to pounce. Good blocking. It is the Brazilian defence that clicks first.

Set to close to the net. Cerruti cannot take advantage of it. Teams

are able to challenge a decision if they don't like the call from the

officials, but not taken on that occasion. Bruno perhaps suggesting

the net had been touched by the opponent. Good serve. First ace of

the match. Beautiful shot from Bruno. It means

Brazil will have the lead at the technical time-out in two points,

told the points currently 19. Nice disguise from Lucena. Shaped to go

down the line and Bruno Webster is left and Lucena cut it back across

the court. -- Bruno went to his. It is another ace and they make it a

1-point game with a technical time-out. They had some success when

serving at the Brazilian number one. He just gets it all wrong. It is as

tight as it could be in a technical time-out. The Brazil team lead by

one point four. The American pair first played together on the EBP.

Let's look at the previous results. The surprise loss of the Austrian

pair in their second match. Runners-up in their pool. The

Americans had an incredible match against the Italian pair in their

last pool C match. The third set, remembered his first 15 or two clear

points, it went 24-22. Just saying the American pair first

played together on AVP in 2003. They played together for a couple of

years. Put it away nicely. Great serve down the middle. No

communication. The American pair teamed up one year

ago and while they've been in very good form since August last year.

Good blocking. That is a very good block from

Cerruti. The American pair won three of their first four events together.

In long beach, Paul and -- Poland. Our time-out has been called. Brazil

lead by four. It was just the two left side once, the other one was

all right. I thought that was like a 70 feet off. No, I'm just talking

about this one, one time. A lovely painting. The weather has

completely changed since this morning. It is still very humid.

Here we go. Schmidt serving 14-10. Great dig. And he goes crosscourt.

To make it a 5-point game. Look at that, full-length to his left. And

then comes up with the winner. In their previous match it was all

about the routine, he was the matchwinner. -- Alison Cerutti.

Bruno has played his part in this first set.

Another superb effort for Bruno Oskar Schmidt but it doesn't come

off. Since last year the Americans are second in their first tournament

in long beach and second in a Sochi open on five occasions they have

one. hospital in the The American pair

are getting it back, back within three.

That was just on the line. The Brazilian pair with an equally

impressive record. Just on the line. Four second places, won finish. They

go deep into competitions. Good play from Lucena.

Brazil have got the decision and I think there would've been a

challenge if they had got it. You can see Lucena touching the net with

his rate hand. He touches it with his face on the way down as well.

It is still alive. Alison at the net. Brings up six set points.

Good work from Dalhausser to keep it alive and then tried to find the

spike, treat -- straight into Alison.

Six set points, the first on the serve. Lucena is there again.

Monster block. Monster block from Alison and the first set goes the

way of the Brazilian number one seeds. 21-14.

Alison with four blocks in that first set and become at a crucial

time. The first set 21-14 to Alison and Bruno Schmidt.

Here is the view of Copacabana from the helicopter as this second set

gets underway. The Americans are under the cosh having lost that

opener. That was by seven points. They need to get the QuickStart in

this second set. They are doing just that. Good block

from Dalhausser. His first successful block of the match.

Alison goes across court and Lucena judges it well and gets out of the

way. The lob shot is out. Ideal start for

the American beer. And at the Brazilians have had enough, they are

taking an early time-out to take the Americans sales.

Dalhausser and Lucena will be delighted with how this has started

for them. That is the first set in statistics. It was very even until

6-5 for Brazil. Technical time-out at 11-10 for Brazil. After the

technical time-out, the Brazilian pair going on a couple of runs.

15-10. And then 17-14. Until 21-14. It is Lucena serving from the

right-hand side. Good dig from Lucena. Can he finish it off?

Straight at Bruno. Fantastic from Dalhausser. Some great defence from

both sides. In the end, it was the American pair that take the point

with the little lob shot over the block.

Alison with the delicate touch. He gets his team on the board in this

second set. It has touched off Alison. 6-1 to

the USA. Just on the line, wasn't it?

Catching the outside of it. Alison with a fantastic serve. The

Americans dealt with it. Lucena could not put the spike away. Good

work from Dalhausser. Lovely spike down the line. Making

it 7-3. Heavy touch from Lucena. The

Brazilian pair are back with two. Bruno Schmidt will be serving.

We are still hanging onto this early advantage, the Americans.

That was one that Dalhausser knew he had a chance to block. Alison could

only go crosscourt. When he made the block he could not control it.

No mistake that I'm on the crosscourt spike.

Four more points until the technical time-out. Good disguise from Lucena.

Good angle across court. The wind is playing some havoc with

the line. The server is white. From Dalhausser.

Good shot that means that the American pair will have the

advantage at the technical time-out. Can they be establish the five-point

lead that they had early on in this set. One couple of points to play

for before the time-out. That was long. From Alison.

It is going to be a three-point lead because Alison finds the spike. The

peers would return to their benches. The technical time-out is a chance

to assess how the match going. The world champions come to be

taking the first set. Just been made to work in this second set. These

are blocks from the first set from Alison. Four of them. He has not

found the defensive game in this second set just yet.

The wind is starting to pick up once again. They are doing a good job,

the American beer, they are keeping the crowd quiet. Once the code gets

going at the Coliseum on the Copacabana, it plays a huge part for

the Brazilian athlete. It is an incredible atmosphere.

Fantastic work from first Bruno and then Alison.

That is what their kids will love. -- they are capable of. Chasing down

the lost cause just to keep the ball alive, almost in the bench and then

comes up and you can see, Lucena Leaning right back, cannot control

the Spike. Having said the American pair were doing well at keeping the

crowd diet, it is the sort of points that keeps them going. Service

fault. Great block. Second blog of the match, Dalhausser but he had the

crosscourt, gets a left onto it. The start they had to this set will

stand them in good stead. They still have four points.

Lucena desperately trying to prevent his team-mate playing the ball.

The crowd trying to get on Dalhausser, he comes up with the

service to move the scoreboard on. This is the biggest need they've had

so far, they are in total control of this second set. It looks like we

will go to three. Lucena find the line as the American

fans and team are enjoying that point, great dig from Lucena. This

time he controls the adrenaline to find the back of the court.

Straight at Lucena but cannot control the dig, it is wide. Eight

set points for the USA. We will go to three sets in this first men's

quarterfinal of the beach volleyball event.

Just on the line. Dalhausser is having a look. You can see from the

replay. It will be a challenge. A challenge by the USA to see if that

ball was in. It was very close. That looks wide. I'm sure this angle

will help us. It's definitely looks wide. The challenge was successful.

And they have levelled this one up. 21-12. What turnaround in this

match, having been totally outplayed in the first set they have raced

through this second set to level it up. We have a touring costs -- coin

toss. To see who will receive. Here is the second set in numbers.

You can see the errors on the Brazilian pair, who get this third

set underway and they start with an ace.

In terms of sets between these two, Alison and Oskar Schmidt won the

first one in long beach in August last year and the other true one a

month later at the FI BP world tour finals. You don't want your

opponents to get off to a flyer. Sites which every five points now in

the third set. Good block. No technical time-out.

Alison totally pumped for this third set. They just need to get the

scoreboard ticking. There might be a time-out with a loose a lot of

points. -- if they lose a lot. There is a challenge coming.

The challenge is for the line call. Surely that was out. It looks very

out from here. Lucena came across to try and double

up down the line. There is too much on the Spike from Alison.

Welcomer Bruno Oskar Schmidt has no right to get this first one back

when he is miles out of court. That is the last point. It is the third

touch to get it over the net and he is off the bottom of our screen. It

was a phenomenal piece of skill. Again, he improvises because he is

reaching for that ball, it is behind him. Somehow Bruno Oskar Schmidt

controls it, look, he has to adjust and reach, he cannot put his full

force behind the shot. Lucena needed to make sure of that

because his team-mate was on his He finds the line. Nick Lucena with

a wonderful piece of play. That is some angle he finds going on outside

of the line. Dalhausser finds the Spike, I think

it will be another challenge. No. No challenge by the looks of things.

Back to another points now, the original set that went too close to

the net allowed the Americans to get the upper hand.

From Bruno and Lucena cannot keep it alive.

Lucena cannot find there quiet touch -- the required. Lucena trying to be

too cute. There they go again. No way! My

word, what point! You just wonder if that is the point that will see

Brazil over the line. That is a phenomenal dig from Bruno Oskar

Schmidt. Alison does not give up on a lost cause, Bruno is at it again,

and Alison sends the crowd here into delirium. Time-out called by the

USA. They trail by four. That is the draw but the view is far

more spectacular. We look towards Sugarloaf Mountain.

It is party time on the Copacabana. The crowd are right into this one

now. Heavy touch makes it a five point

came in the race to 15 and it is definitely advantage Brazil now.

Lucena finds the spike. They need a run of points do the USA.

Alison is totally fired up for this one. He has absolutely launched

himself into this crosscourt spike. It was overplayed by Lucena and

Alison pounces to make it a six-point game. That could be the

wind. You can see how heavy the wind as with the flags.

The difference in this match has been the sets. The American pair

raced out into a five-point lead in the second set. This third set in

the race to 15, it becomes harder. Dalhausser get it at the second

attempt. It is long. Two points away for a

place in the semifinal. The Americans are up against it now.

Alison hangs from an eternity to make the block and it is six match

points. The American game has not collect in this third set.

Dalhausser has to go backwards to make the shot.

Just on the line. Just on the line. It is a second match point.

Alison was enquiring with the referee. This is the second match

point. And Brazil are through to the

semifinals. 2-1 victory over the United States of America. Dalhausser

and Lucena, the number three seeds are

out. Alison and Bruno Schmidt walk-through.

Lucena and Dalhausser wishing the Brazilians luck for the rest of the

tournament. It is not to be for the Americans here in Rio in the men's

competition. The number one seeds survive that second set falter to

proceed in truth fairly comfortably in that third set. Some memorable

rallies as there always are in Beach Volleyball Arena. The majority of

them going the way of the Brazilians. They both face a Dutch

payer in the semifinal. The winning payer will sign a

volleyball and they have been giving them to children in the crowd.

Alison taking the applause of the Brazilian fans here in the Colosimo

on the Copacabana. ODE: You can almost hear the result

in celebrating from where we're at the Copacabana. It is time to bring

you up-to-date with the headlines from today. Charlotte Dujardin dust

away to the gold medal in the individual dressage. -- danced

herself. Sophie Hitchon is broke the British

record with a final throw in the women's hammer. The former ballet

dancer becomes the first British woman to win an Olympic medal in the

discipline. North Korea wonder first Olympic vault title in gymnastics

and is only the second man from North Korea to win an Olympic medal

in the sport. There was a rare lap from someone by Ls who won the

bronze. Here is a look at what is coming up

on BBC four shortly. We have got badminton, action from the Men's

Doubles quarterfinals. Great Britain versus Spain at hockey live at MPM

in the quarterfinal match. Badminton at 1045. Men's singles including via

Tsipras of going in that competition. Athletics at 2:25am,

the men's 800 metre final. And the women's 400 metre final at 2:45am on

BBC One. Right now on BBC One we have got track cycling going on.

Mark Cavendish taking part in the men's omnium. Hopefully he is

getting closer to that elusive medal having missed out in Beijing and in

London. Laura Trott also going in the women's omnium. If you want to

follow all the action in the tax cooling in the next hour, join the

team on BBC One. -- in the track cycling. Here at the Copacabana the

wind has picked up. It does not look as windy as it was a few minutes

ago. What that wind does mean is that it has affected the ceiling.

Unfortunately, the ceiling has been called off. There was no wind

earlier on. We were hoping to bring you some action from the ceiling.

Because of the conditions, all this action was brought to a standstill.

Those medal races that were planned have been cancelled. We will bring

you news when they will be scheduled again. Badminton for us now. Action

in the Men's Doubles. We have class Langridge and Marcus LH -- Chris

Langridge and Marcus Ellis. Taking on opponents from Japan. The first

game went to the Brits. We will join at the start of the second.

He got it done in there Endo and Hayakawa do defend splendidly but

Chris Langridge was persistent. In the background is the two

Russians that one at the all England tournament earlier in the year.

Surprise winners of that one. Nobody saw that coming.

It is a very hot day outside and the sweat is pouring off the players. It

is a 10,000 seater pavilion. It is very warm inside.

There is a real turnaround now. It is like they have found their rhythm

against the Japanese and are up to that temple now. Fully alerted to

their patterns of play. It seems as if they are looking a

little bit forlorn at the moment after dropping that opening game

after that seemed they had nailed it on as a win. There is an air of

despondency about the blue team. I am sure they will be back. Can the

Brits keep striking? Ever after rarer from Endo and Hayakawa. --

ever after error. Four success of points. They

finished off the first game in style as well.

They have got a long way to come back now. It is a start.

Psychologically that was really good from the Japanese. It was a shout,

trying to kick-start their campaign. They had been muffled by these two.

It is the first Olympics of Endo and Hayakawa since they have achieved so

much. Again, terrific communication and

once more it is Ellis that fires it down. Brilliant play, absolutely

brilliant. On the front foot throughout and did not let up.

The four point game, how good are they at front running?

They have got to keep it going. There is only one player in it at

the moment. The Brits are racing away with this. Muscling their way

through nicely, spreading the play, keeping the Japanese guessing. They

can get the rhythm against this British player right now. They are

in a rich vein of form. The Japanese patiently weathering

the storm, the newer their window of opportunity would arrive.

Now it is the Japanese struggling on serve, they've not got a point in

the second game on serve. Only one a couple against them. Robertson and

Hoy must be delighted. It is a matter of such magnitude,

and they've been in the quarterfinals of the World

Championships before, but no further. An enormous moment here,

can they somehow get across the finish line the right side?

Langridge quick to get across, was key to quick? -- was key to quick.

They were always on top in the rally and in the end the power of with

this brings it home. They are mixing the lines of attack really nicely

into changing the directions. -- and just changing. Still, the four point

cushion. An apology from LS. It is a game of

milliseconds and millimetres. So little between victory and defeat.

The margin is so minimal. The leader back to four, the

Japanese just cannot make inroads. It is rather like the reverse role

in the opening game with the British play catch up but now Endo still up

against it. You can feel them keeping the menacing presence in the

game, highly decorated having been ranked to in the world a couple of

years ago in June. They are ever dangerous.

More and more spectators are being drawn to this court because they

sensed an upset. What are rally. Earlier on, and real

defence from Rendell and Hayakawa and they get their reward. And a

smile from higher calibre, he knew this was a pivotal time, probably

the longest rally of the match and Ellis Shang kings last shot. That it

was the longest rally, 73 shots. In under one minutes.

Ellis is in so quickly. He has been a real powerhouse. This is always

what we see, Chris is very tidy with the tight-knit shots and excellent

and Ellis comes in and believes the point and it is the contrast in the

way that they play that is the reason why they Juhl so well, they

have fantastic communication and you can see Langridge shouting, come on

Marcus and forcing him on, to reflect. They were in a really

difficult group, they did so well to get out of it, Langridge and Ellis,

the key win against the number C three -- number three seed, the

Koreans. Now here they are against number two in the world. And their

front runners and holding on really well. Five point cushion at the

mid-game break. That that group, is a great chronic and Fach and took

the game for ball and Morgenstern, saw a really strong showing in that

group. They have achieved so much in their

two years together, these two. Back support tightened up, this would be

out of all recognition if they could get through to the semifinal of the

Olympic Games. Again, miraculous defence but Ellis

will not be denied. He is taking over this match. Bullying his way

through every point is so gripping, I cannot take my eyes off the

screen, it is such a compelling watch.

Well he cannot make it every time, it just seems like he can.

It is a lovely blend of soft and touch around the forecourt and

bullying, menacing presence from the backcourt.

Well left. It was a difficult shot control.

They've been a little careless on serve. Yes, there is a disturbing

sense of calm focus in the Japanese camp but they've missed by

increments every now and then. So quick to see the" and just put it

in their beautifully. The cross is sublime, look how quick he was ?2.

Wonderful finish. -- he was to punce. The lead stretches to six.

They are very nearly there. -- pounce.

Good try from behind the back. It has been breathtaking badminton at

its best. I think this last one was a bit of a shank, so Chris could not

quite get a read on it. There had a double take at that one.

They have spent more time on the grandest of stages twice, super

series event, of course. There used to turning matches like this around.

Hope springing again for the Japanese, just beginning to eat into

the lead. From six points it is down to four.

It is so wasteful. A clever idea, the execution not, just spilling

over the backline. Just when they started to get things

going, that happened. It is in, again, super rally. Kate

-- great defence from Ellis and Chris Langridge.

The lead is still four points. The court is drenched in sweat, 34

degrees outside and it must be nearly that inside. It must feel

that way for the players. They do not want to turn up the air

conditioning in case it causes too much drift. They were concerned

about this, they drift in the hall, before the badminton started but

there has not been too many complaints.

Still the lead narrows. Can they hang on?

He just missed. Another superhuman effort from the Brits. It was on the

racket. And they had to change the direction. He has had great results

from that but just went wide of the doubles line. It is down to two now.

Utterly focused, these two. Deep-seated belief. They had a

dreadful start to this second game when they did seem to be all at sea.

In the last couple of minutes, they look to be a different proposition.

It is going to be mighty tough. For Ellis and Chris Langridge to hang

on. This is the key point right now. It is all Endo and Hayakawa. They

were 15-10 up and the lead has evaporated so quickly. They need to

take the time and somehow regroup as it is two men on a mission in blue.

How can they stop the momentum that is firmly with the Japanese now?

Great choice and great execution from Chris Langridge. It was a

straight net shot from the top draw from Chris Langridge. Wonderful

hands. What it does for the Japanese when

you play soft shots like that, they do not know where to base

themselves, the poor short on the course. -- deep or short on the

court. They have been bullied by the Chris Langridge smash. Can the run

was something here and put together some points back-to-back?

Super finish. The bulk of the work from Ellis but Chris Langridge with

the finish. That came down on the right type of

Hayakawa and in the end, Chris Langridge with the Finnish Andy Reid

is back to two. They have put a stop to the

momentum. He managed to get Chris Langridge

away from the net and the Japanese are back on level. There was a loud

cry from them on the penultimate point. At the sharp end of the game,

they are acquitting themselves very well.

They continued to West point. It may turn out to be crucial. We have seen

some service faults from the Japanese team.

Another monster rally. Chris Langridge again with the punishment.

It was a blistering point from both teams. Incredible, spreading the

court well. Chris Langridge sticking the knife in, closing the net down.

Two points away. Can they hold their nerve and keep that kind of form

going? One at a time, gestures Chris

Langridge. That was expensive. Three points for

the semifinal of the Olympic Games for Marcus Ellis and Chris

Langridge. It is out. And the Brits are

through. And they look so confident at the end. What a result.

That was unbelievable from Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge. They will

now play the Chinese pair in the next round, the semifinals. Fu got

gold in London in 2012. The other already gone above the world ranking

and they could go further. I should expand why I am late. Apologies to

our loyal BBC four friends, I did not oversleep. I have been too

British house today which is 20 minutes that way to interview two

medal winners from the games, Justin Rose who talked about what event to

win the golf Gold Medal and he also said, he had some text from Iraq or

Roy. He said that the British Open he would not watch the golf. -- Rory

McIlroy. He did watch the golf and sent He Kexin he did a fantastic

job. And I also had a chat with Jessica Ennis-Hill about how Silver

Medal in the heptathlon. We will bring you the interviews on the BBC.

It was less windy there than it is here. The wind has picked up. It was

here on the Copacabana that a beautiful Maria wondered into our

lives. The hen party magic that has gone around the world. Somebody told

me today it has been watched 11 million times which is ridiculous.

She was a lovely lady and has invited us to the wedding which is

taking place behind us. Such is the demand we will play you that

interview with Maria once again. It should be good fun. We have got some

sport to get to. Earlier on we saw the top seeds in the Beach

Volleyball Arena from Purcell, Allison and Bruno Schmidt. We will

bring you the next game. It is double Dutch for everybody. Should

we do the headlines? Hold fire on the Beach Volleyball Arena to re

will tell you about what is going on in the ten in Rio.

Gold for Charlotte Dujardin in the individual dressage, herself and The

leg yield did the business. There was a surprise bronze medal

for Sophie Hitchon. Her last will and the competition and look at the

delight on her face, she broke her own British record, simply poorer

for it 54 metres. -- 70 4.54 metres. The athlete from North Korea won the

men's vault in the gymnastics. That was a wonderful salute from the

North Korean. And also on the women's beam, the USA athlete was

the winner -- was the favourite body when I was from the Netherlands. She

was the lady who took the gold medal.

On BBC One right now is, some more track cycling. Mark Cavendish in the

only, points race so the final event in the omnium, Cavendish was a good

chance of a medal, and also he silver medal position just now and

Laura Trott is going in the women's omnium but that doesn't finish today

and you can continue to see her doing business with Mark Cavendish

picking up two points in the next section of that points race. It is

all very congregated if you haven't followed it before. It takes about

20 minutes but if you go to BBC One you can see the continuation of

points race and you can see Mark Cavendish has one Tom Eaves Jurjus

of the Tour de France, not telling left disappointed not to be the team

pursuit which is why he said he had come home early from the Tour de

France but he could win his first Olympic medal. I went early on in

each volleyball but now we're going to the volleyball, we will see the

Netherlands take on the Netherlands. That's called the beach volleyball

arena. That is down the other end of the beach. This is the Dutch taking

on the Dutch. Charlie Broome is the man. First set went to Muirsen.

Good dig from new middle -- Numedor. Sites which number three. -- side

switch. Perhaps the difference between the

players, Nummedor 16 attacks, seven successful and Brouwers 16 attacks

and 12 successful. It is an ace, comes in from

Brouwers. They are level at 5-5. Heavy touch. From Varenhorst.

Good luck doesn't work from Nummerdor and again Nummerdor with

another excellent date, but it cannot be a third. Meeuwsen puts the

spike down the middle. Nummerdor is finally beaten.

Good dig from Meeuwsen with the ball behind him.

Varenhorst at 6-6 in the second set. Onto the antenna and that is

Varenhorst's point? It will be a challenge. First the block and then

the antenna is the call. That's have another look. No, think

that is under the antenna first, isn't it? You cannot tell from that

angle. Look. Maybe he is right. That angle

allowing us the chance to see the touch, and it is a successful

challenge. It is 7-6 to Meeuwsen. Although it will be Meeuwsen

serving. Serves to Varenhorst, who draws the Evra. -- the error.

Has just got to get the full touch behind it.

Side switch, so Meeuwsen now serving left-to-right. In the blue cap,

Brouwer in the White and blue cap. They have got lucky again. Meeuwsen

of the net cord, they got the first set of heavy net cord. -- from a.

A wild shot from Meeuwsen. And the lead by three now.

A time-out called and Nummerdor and Varenhorst need to come up with an

answer for these two. Some really interesting points.

So, they come out on a 3-point lead, the first place together in 2008 in

the Dutch masters in the Hague. It was another three years before the

combined to compete as a recognised by the ship on the 2011 world tour.

-- partnership. It is art work in progress for Meeuwsen, a slow burner

for them. The number 13 seed is when they won

the World Championship in 2013. You can see the wind. Taking the flag of

the flagpole. World Championship, not the first major title for them

but also their first World Championship medal -- not only the

first major. dig from Meeuwsen. At the technical

time-out Varenhorst and Nummerdor have dragged it up to a 1-point

game. They thought they would give themselves a shot, they trailed by

three in the first set, so close attendance this time around.

These two have no Olympic Games experience, but they did win a

bronze medal here, Meeuwsen, in a real mac event at the beginning of

this year -- Brooke Rio event. Add a bronze medal in Victoria the week

after. Darkness descends upon Rio in day

ten. Varenhorst serving. Just too long.

This time they don't get the net cord luck.

The attempted block, they've realised -- re-established the two

point lead. The crosscourt cut short from

Nummerdor. And a four point lead at this stage.

Not good news for Nummerdor and Varenhorst, they have work to do,

having lost the first set. This time it is Varenhorst who comes up with

the block. The ball sitting on the net cord before siding to --

deciding to go. The side of Meeuwsen, there it drops.

Varenhorst enjoying that one, now he has to serve.

Nummerdor, brilliant. Everyone is out of position. Meeuwsen makes the

block and it is 16-12 now. To the number two seeds, Alexander Brown

and Robert Meeuwsen. They've got to start making inroads into this

league, Varenhorst and Nummerdor. -- lead.

The Dutch fans are enjoying themselves. I wonder if they care

who wins. Lovely crosscourt from years. Nummerdor and Varenhorst are

starting to stare down a barrel. They have that heartbreaking loss in

the final of the World Championships in The Hague in 2015. Nummerdor and

Varenhorst were desperate to have a chance to reverse that result. Not

only to get one over for losing that World Championship final, but also

losing on homes and, a chance for the Dutch team to beat the

Brazilians on their home patch. But that is a long way off right now.

Too close to the net, and as a result, the momentum of the points

swings the other way. Instead of being within two points, they are

four behind. Meeuwsen's enjoying himself. That

was wide of the mark. They have to win points on the serve now,

Nummerdor and Varenhorst. That doesn't help matters. Nummerdor, the

most experienced of the pack, came up with that service error.

Crosscourt from Brouwer. Nummerdor went the wrong way, and it is four

match points. Just finds the line. There is going

to be a challenge. Why not? The call was that it hit the line.

It was very close. I think that hits the line.

Nummerdor needed to find three points on his serve, and he couldn't

find any. It's all over. It is Alexander Brouwer and Robert

Meeuwsen, the number two seeds from the Netherlands, that get the better

of their compatriots, Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst.

So, the second seeds are through. We told you earlier about the top seeds

from Brazil also making it through. That has ended perfectly on time for

us on BBC Four because we take you to some live hockey. The Team GB

women who were perfect in the pool phase, winning five out of five, are

taking on Spain in the quarterfinal. First, let's hear from the Team GB

captain, Kate Richardson-Walsh. I

have been in the senior programme for 17 years. I have changed, the

game has changed. In the lead up to Sydney, we were wearing men's polo

shirts and massive baggy skirts. It was a real trial to get us all

together because we weren't on a full-time programme then. Now, we

are full-time. It is night and day, completely different, and to see the

transition has been amazing. London 2012 broke a jaw, tears. Reminders

of those experiences? When I look back to the London Olympics, it

feels like I am watching a movie with someone else in it. It is the

real. To fracture my jaw, that is the worst injury I have sustained,

touch wood. To have done it in the first game of a home Olympics was

the most important thing ever. I watched my team play Korea from a

hospital bed. I had had my operation, and I was so calm and so

proud, because all the work we had done was there on the pitch. As soon

as I was told I was allowed to rejoin the team, we were going for

this with our lives. It was an amazing two weeks. You are seen as

money for the team. I am a mother hen. I just care, as we all do. We

spend so much time with each other. You become so involved with each

other's lives that you really care about the person on the pitch and

off the pitch and what goes on around her life and their

relationships. It is all part and parcel of caring for each other,

which makes as tight as a group. Do you consider yourself an ambassador

not just for Great Britain hockey, but hockey in general? Absolutely.

We know the Olympics is a massive shop window and for hockey, it is a

minority sport, so we have to take this opportunity. We are 31 women,

all different ages, different backgrounds, different likes and

dislikes. We have a range of role models to say, look, it doesn't

matter if you're small or tour big or whatever, you can play hockey.

That is what we represent. The fourth Olympics. Is it possible this

might be the last one for you? Yes. I think it's time. I think people

have had enough of me now! I just feel like it's come to a natural

end. I am 36. My body still feels good and I love it, but there are

challenges ahead for me, but not on the international stage. I am just

taking one day at a time and just focusing on that. After that, what

will be, will be. That is the insight from the captain. Let's show

you the quarterfinal draw. Too much of them have already taken place. If

Great Britain do beat Spain, they will face New Zealand in the

semifinal. Let's get straight across to Team GB taking on Spain.

Katherine Downes is there alongside Mel Clewlow. They face a Spanish

side who just made it through into the knockout stages. That's right.

If they could hand-pick their opponents, Spain would be who they

would have chosen. But we are concerned about the conditions down

here, because a vast swathe of hillside to my right on the other

side of the road from the Olympic Hockey Centre is a light. We have a

massive forest fire not far away. It seems to be blowing closer to the

location here. There is an enormous cloud of black smoke billowing

across the end of the pitch. I don't know if you can see it. It is a bit

hazy in the far corner, and the pitch itself is scattered with black

ash that is falling from the sky. Mel, we have seen really bad

conditions when we arrived. You were concerned that the match should not

go ahead, but it has improved. It is probably worse in the media centre.

We spoke to Danny Carey on the way over, and he wasn't concerned. So

I'm pleased that the game is going to happen. We will have to see if we

can get it finished before the flames reached the Hockey Centre!

Dan was saying Spain just managed to squeeze through the group to

qualify, but Great Britain have been going great guns. They have had

mixed season. Their form has been all over the place, but something

has kicked for them at this Olympic Games. They have got it spot on. I

covered them before and I came here concerned, but they have picked at

the right time and I got five from five, looking like six from six

tonight. But Spain have done their homework. They knew which games they

were going to lose. They beat Germany in the pool stages, so they

will not be a pushover. Let's get over to the game.

DAN WALKER: we were here the anthems in a moment. Before we get to the

game, let's show you how good Team GB have been in the build-up to

tonight's quarterfinal. Here is what they have done so far, five wins

from five. Over, backhand goal, an absolute beauty! Great Britain have

got there Olympic hockey tournament off to the dream start. Bundle

through into the goal by Alex Danson. That will be that. This

tournament is starting to hot up. Great Britain have won it! They

remain unbeaten in the Olympic tournament so far. Great Britain

versus Japan, scored! Great Britain have notched another win. Whoever

wins this will go into the quarterfinals. It is a goal for Alex

Danson! Maximum points, five wins out of five. Great Britain are the

top team in the Olympic tournament at the moment.

And now the aunt of Spain. -- the anthem of Spain.

Those are the anthems, let's get on with the match. This is a women's

hockey quarterfinal, Team GB taking on Spain. Mel Clewlow is alongside

Matt Chilton. COMMENTATOR: Good evening,

everybody. Smoky atmosphere at Deodoro, with a raging forest fire

less than a mile from the pitch tonight. Thankfully, the wind is

helping us and keeping the atmosphere clear, but the officials

are keeping a close eye on the fire, which is approaching the BMX Centre,

I'm told. Great Britain are in white tonight. They will be attacking the

goal to our left. Spain are in red, hence the change colours for the GB

team. Great Britain are unbeaten so far in the tournament. Five matches

played, five wins secured. Australia 2-1, India 3-0. They beat Argentina

3-2, 2-0 against Japan. They were expecting more. And then United

States went a goal up before Great Britain pegged them back to win 2-1.

Now they find themselves in the quarterfinals of the Olympic hockey

tournament, facing Spain. Decent crowd in tonight. We have yet to

have a full house at Deodoro, but with Argentina playing later, there

are plenty of enthusiastic supporters on either side of the

field. Kelly Hudson is umpiring this one.

She will be joined by another Australian umpire. Under

quarterfinal is under