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silver medal position. -- moves him up. Viviani is down. Cavendish is an

his own. He could get a warning, he swung down and that could be a real

problem for Mark Cavendish. With just a final sprint remaining,

Cavendish in the silver medal position, Viviani, is he going to

land a big Olympic title, it is getting closer, he is on the hunt,

we still have a Germany, France and Colombia in the lead. Mark Cavendish

at the back and he is marking the one man, Viviani has rolled off the

front and no one has gone after him. He might get to celebrate in style,

Mark Cavendish has made his one man. He is keeping close tabs on the

Dane, Lassie Hansen. 39-macro, Boudat, what a trio at the front --

Roger Kluge. None of them have the chance to become Olympic champion.

Viviani, four laps to go. I think it Cavendish has moved ahead of Hansen

but he will rush and try and attack, it is his only shot and Mark

Cavendish been watching him carefully. He has let Hansen get

behind him, I think he has the legs, two laps to go.

The long sprint is on. Cavendish is on his wheel now.

They take the bell. Gaviria is not contesting the win overall here.

Lasse Hansen is on the attack and Mark Cavendish is on his wheel. He

moves ahead. He's making sure he can get the final point on the line to

get the silver medal! Over the line comes Gaviria. The rest of the world

comes in to finish. Mark Cavendish takes up the final point on offer

which makes sure that he has the silver medal for Great Britain,

after all the effort and after all the Olympic heartache. Mark

Cavendish has an Olympic medal. It's a silver one and it is a richly

deserved one. But Elia Viviani of Italy has the

gold medal as Olympic Champion. To see you get the medal with the

family what does it mean to you? It's really nice, you know? I still

think gold would finish the collection but that's just me, you

know. Elia was the best guy there, actually. If if you take the points

I lost in that elimination, it would have put me right there with him.

It's usually my strongest event, the elimination, so I'll be ruing that.

But there was nothing I could do there. He was strong. Tokyo in four

years' time? I don't think so. I'm tired. I can't do that cycle thing

again, you know, that Olympic cycle. But I said that eight years ago. You

never know, you know? I say I'm going to retire at some point but

I'll have a month at home and people will get sick of me and tell me to

go back out on me bike. It's so funny, the look on his face when

Jill said, "Tokyo?" At the end of 160 laps. He's like, "You must be

kidding me!" There was criticism of Mark Cavendish even being selected

for the team out here. Some people thought it wasn't the right

decision. He's ended up with a silver medal. Back in February at

the World Championship. He was sixth. And there was questions of

bringing in John Dibben who performed so well in the scratch

race but he's justified his selection. A silver medal is

incredible. He was disappointed there. But I think he'll reflect on

that tomorrow and realise that was actually, you know, a frmdable

performance. So many people on social media talking about the

crash. How did you view it? Was it the right decision in the end that

he continued to race? All sorts of rumours were flying around about

what happened, warning, disqualification and all other

things. It's different if it happens in a sprint or a situation that was

going to directly affect the result. It was in the middle of the race.

There was no sprint on at the moment. I don't think it was on

purpose. It was careless, an error and he should have got a warning,

probably, for dangerous riding. He swung up to change and came back

assuming the rider wasn't there. He's taken him out. You've got to

feel sorry for the Korean rider who was looking backwards when Cav came

back down he should have been looking forward. Just one quick

thing. The other rider there, with Italy on his shorts, to come down

behind the Korean is the eventual winner, Viviani. He got up and

carried on. It happens quite often in the bunch races. That's Viviani

saying he was sorry for that. It wasn't intention. Things can get

physical and you can get aggressive in a race but that wasn't an

aggressive move. If he was being aggressive, he would have stuck the

shoulder or elbow in. It was careless and I'm sure he'll be in

touch with the Korean to say sorry. Is that a matter of course sometimes

that elbow comes out or the shoulder comes in. It's for safety. If you're

riding along and put your hands on the handlebars, if someone hits your

handlebars, you'll go down. If someone is coming in towards you,

you lean on them to stop them leaning on your bike. It happens in

the sprint and kierin where the riders are closely packed together.

It's just a hazard of the job. I thought you were going to do it too!

So did I. The Omnium is like the heptathlon of

cycling. Laura Trott leads at the halfway stage. She's done so well

today. She was, I think, most impressive in the pur sued. She won

the elimination race, which we expected. In the pursuit she did a

national record, personal best, only 1.5 seconds off the Olympic record

and that was Sarah Hammer's favourite and strongest event. That

might have broke en sayer ia's belief that she might win this gold

medal. Laura has three more events to go. She's in a fantastic

position. It rests on the points race. She looks to be enjoying it so

much. She celebrated as if she already had the gold medal. That's

the crowd-pleaser really. You'll see her gaining a bit of height before

the sprint, launching it here, the Belgian rider didn't have the looks

to attack from the bottom of the track and you'll see her when she

comes round the last corner and on to the straight, the hand comes up

and the celebration begins and it's great to see her enjoying herself,

you know. This is the Olympic Games but it's also a lot of fun. She

looks like she's absolutely loving it, which is one of the keys to it.

It is. It's about confidence in your ability but also about enjoying the

process and taking it one race at a time. We've got the flying lap

coming up tomorrow. There's the 500m and then the points race at the end

which will be the decider. Well, for the last two Olympics, cycling has

been the most successful sport of the lot for British athletes. It

could be going that way again. Four gold medals already, three silvers

and a definite chance of three gold medals tomorrow. Come to the

Velodrome. I am in the Velodrome tomorrow! I am in there tomorrow.

Just on that, are you surprised at Great Britain's success? I know that

might be a daft question but being at the top of the tree for so long,

Great Britain are there to be shot at by other nations who are

desperately trying to catch them up. Absolutely. In the last four years,

Britain have really been, you know, kind of under pressure from other

nations. They've not been dominating. They haven't won world

gold medals, you know, left, right and centre. People who may only see

track cycling every four years might assume we're dominating all the

time. It's been a tough four years but they've bounced back. I'm not

surprised, having seen the holding camp in Newport, with three weeks to

go, they from flying and I was confident for them. Six months ago,

a year ago, I don't think I'd have predicted four golds and three

silvers at this stage with the potential for three more golds

tomorrow. That would be quite incredible. It would match London,

or it would be better than London because we only got seven golds

plus, I think one or two minor medals - I can't remember. Beijing

eight gold medals. We never thought we'd even get close to that. It's

looking exciting. And it's on the back of a troubled build-up, let's

be honest, with everything revolving around Shane Sutton. Exactly. The

team, I think, in that particular instance, they just, you know,

knuckled down and focused on their job and they didn't comment in the

press. They stayed out of it and they're all going to contribute to

an independent review and let that take care of itself whilst focusing

on the job at hand and they've clearly done it very well. It's

just... You can almost see that the other nations' heads are dropping as

soon as the medals start to come in. They're thinking, "Oh, no. Not

again. The Brits are going to dominate." So far busy been a fer

effect week. The schedule for various sports at these Olympics has

changed from previous Olympics. Boxing is one with finals dotted

throughout the week. Athletics is another with some finals takes place

during the morning sessions. The women's hammer was one of those

competitions. And Britain's Sophie hitchen was right in the particular

of the contenders. She winds it up in the third round!

Oh, she's let rip here! It's enormous! Oh! It's a world

record! The yellow line, her lead, way beyond 80m. Highly anticipated,

a world record, 81.08m, that's at least two metres beyond 80m. That's

got to be a world record. And Anita Wlodarczyk, well, she said

she's unbeatable. I heard a rumour she had nine boiled eggs for

breakfast! That's what it does to you. Absolute perfection. Look at

this. Wonderful technique, power, balance, poise, rhythm, kept her

angles, hugely strong and powerful. And a throw in the four kilograms

ham Erfurt than any woman in the history of the sport at the Olympic

Games. 82.29m, a new world record. In four place, Sophie Hitchon, 11th

four years ago, that's the best ever a female hammer-thrower has done at

the Olympic Games so she's already set to make history here if it

stands as it is. But she won't settle for this. Winds it up. Last

roll of the dice for Sophie Hitchon. Oh, it's down the middle. The hand's

in the air. Is it big enough? It is! Sophie Hitchon has saved her best

for last! What an effort! That's close to 75m. It's a new lifetime

best. It's 74.54m in the last round, a British record for the 25-year-old

Brit. What a wonderful throw! She's guaranteed the bronze medal. Only

two throws remain and they've already gone past her. 74.54m for

Sophie Hitchon. Her coach can hardly believe it.

Here's her reaction to that distance. Absolutely brill iant.

Fourth a year ago in the World Championships. She's gone one

better. That... Well... What an effort as well. It was the last

round of the competition. There's the reaction from coach. We've seen

a world record and a medal for a Brit, the first time ever Britain

has taken a medal in the women's hammer. And it's Britain's Sophie

Hitchon who's done it in style, a competitive effort. It makes it all

the more impressive with a new national record. She's already

celebrating. The competition isn't over yet.

To pull it out in the last round like that, the performance of a

champion. Um... Yeah, I mean I've said before training's been going

really, really well so the distance wasn't really expected but, I mean,

to get a bronze medal, I'm just absolutely over the moon, yeah. You

took the tone early on with a really big throw and got in the medal

positions early so you're thinking it could be your day. Um... You

never know in hammer, you know, like, the girls are all throwing

really well and, you know, they can always produce their best in the

last round so I didn't expect that it would hold third. I just knew I

wanted to throw further and, yeah, just trying to execute my technique.

Missed it on a few but I knew it was going to go if I just, yeah, kept it

going, yeah. So you got the last round, dropped to fifth at that

point so what are you thinking going into the circle? Um, I'm thinking

just this is it, last chance, just do what I've done in training again

and again and again and just execute and, yeah, I did it. And I can't

believe it! Such amazing scenes of sell are

operation from Sophie. Let's talk to Denise Lewis, who is at the Olympic

Stadium. This could be a momentous moment for track and field,

particularly obviously the field part of it, Denise. Britain's first

ever medal in the hammer at an Olympics and our first Olympic

throwing medal since Fatima Whitbread in 1988. It is a momentous

time for athletics and particularly for... For Sophie. I mean I can't

begin to explain to you how outstanding her performance really

was. I mean to have that competitiveness, that competitive

brain to react the way she did on the final throw in the competition

was just, just remarkable and, yes, as you said, you know, no-one has

got a medal since Fatima, the heady days of Fatima and Tessa and how

great they were for the country and I'm just really hoping that this

will inspire a whole load of young girls at local clubs around the

country back home to say, "You know what? I could give that go." Because

often throwing, the long throws in particular for women, are just

neglected, you know? No-one really gets involved. No-one encourages

them, but that single performance from Sophie Hitchon might just do

the job. And one of the interesting things about her is that she was a

ballerina. So... Does, does that technique in some ways help with the

hammer? I mean she was a ballerina a long time ago but that posture and

the poise and the awareness of where the body is whilst you're in the

circle, I'm sure, has aided to her progression. Because you think back

to London and she was, you know, a finalist there. She finished 11th

and in those four years, she's managed to produce this sort of

performance. I mean it's just incredible. I mean she just... Betty

Heidler who has been World Champion on several occasions, she just put

her to bed. It's just wonderful. Really, really sensational.

The reaction of her coach, Thor Gustavsson as well when he sees the

distance she threw is just a great picture as well. So as we, as we

enjoy this final throw and the reactions as well, the future must

be very, very bite for her. She's only 25 and the other three in the

top four as this Olympic competition are all in their 30s. Yeah,

absolutely. I mean this is... There's Thor. I mean look at him!

He's just... You know, he's put in a lot of work and her post-competition

interview was just... Just said it all. That relationship has forged.

They've been working so hard together to try and just work that

technique, hone it, to make it a good one for these... This

competition and she said, you know, "I know I'm in good shape. I know I

can do it," but to be able to deliver it on this sort of stage is

just incredible. A great amount of self-confidence and self-belief.

Thank you very much, Denise, enjoy the evening session at the Olympic

Stadium. Do stay tuned in because Sophie

Hitchon will be receiving her medal tonight, her bronze medal and also

Usain Bolt's gold medal ceremony is tonight as well. Now, what about

badminton? We have a very exciting men's doubles pairing. They came in

not with high hopes but have been performing way above their rankings

so far. Today in the quarterfinals, they were up against Japan.

Yes! Super finish. The bulk of the work from he he but Langridge with

the finish. -- from Ellis but Langridge with the

finish. Ellis but Langridge with the finish.

-- from Ellis but Langridge with the finish.

And he's pulp eling it down on the right hip of Hayakawa.

And at the end of Langridge with the finish. And the lead back to two.

Yeah. He managed to get Langridge away from the net and the Japanese

are back level. Yeah, there was a raucous cry from them in the

penultimate point. At the sharp end of the game, they're putting

themselves very -- they're acquitting themselves very, very

well. And then the big finish.

They continue to amass points and that may turn out to be crucial.

Yeah. We've seen a couple of service faults from the Japanese team.

Another monster rally! CHEERING

Langridge again with the punishment. He was a blistering point from both

teams, wasn't it? Incredible. Spreading the court well, both of

them, and Ellis setting that up wonderfully and Langridge then

sticking the knife in here, closing the net down. Two points away.

Can they hold their nerve and keep that kind of form going?

CHEERING Well, a miss from Endo. Expensive.

So three points from the semifinal of the Olympic Games.

For Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge.

It's out! And the Brits are through! And they look so confident at the

end -- looked so confident at the end. What a result for British

badminton! I love that reaction! Falling on the floor and banging it

hard and also Chris Langridge said something good afterwards. He said,

"We're not the best team here. I'm not the best player but we work

together as a team," and he sort of said, "I hope everyone can believe

that if they put the work in and work together, they can pull off

surprises." They're into the semifinals. They are. You find that

with a lot of teams. The rowers said that as well. Individually, they

might not be great or individually they are very different

personalities but put them in the same boat and away they go. Let's

catch up on some of the other British headlines from today.

As you saw earlier, Great Britain won their sixth game on the spin in

Rio in hockey to sail into the semifinals, a 3-1 win over Spain

sets up a semifinal against New Zealand, the team they beat to win

bronze in London 2012. The canoe sprint got going today but

there was disappointment for the Brits in action. Neither Jess Walker

in the K1 or lany Belcher and Angela Hannah in the 500m progressed to the

final. A gold medallist in the three metres

springboard last week is through to the individual semifinal in a pool

that is definitely back to being blue. Over, his -- however, his

British team-mate, Freddie Woodward agonisingly missed out on a finals

spot finishing 19th. Only the top 18 went through. So let's look at the

medal table as it stands. Halfway through day ten and Great Britain

maintaining their position in second. 16 golds now with a dressage

gold added today. 41 medals in total.

And we began with a graph so let's end with a graph, comparing how

Great Britain are doing in Rio compared to London and Beijing on

the same day so, as you can see, after day ten, more British medals

than in London or in Beijing, as you saw with the total on the actual

medal table, up to 41. Can we go how? Yeah, please. Please. Jason

Mohammed is in a lovely studio. I know! There's no rain at all in the

studio, Jason. Thank you very much indeed. Lovely and warm in this

gorgeous studio. Well done, well handled. Thank you very much indeed

to Mark Chapman and Claire Balding. Good evening to you. Athletics

topping the bill once again. We'll go live to the Olympic Stadium

shortly. First, a reminder of all today's Rio top

stories: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro put

in a sublime display to retain their individual dressage be title, a

third Olympic gold, a 16th at these Games for GB and she becomes the

first British woman to successfully defend an individual Olympic title.

Mark Cavendish finally claimed his first Olympic medal with a silver in

the men's Omnium, despite an illustrious career which includes 30

Tour de France stage wins and a World Championship title on the

road. He arrived in Rio without an Olympic medal to his name. But no

longer. The Manxman claimed silver mind Italy's Elia Viviani. Laura

Trott well placed to go one better than him.

Biles was forced to settle for a bronze, her first defeat on the boom

since -- beam since 2013. Slight mix-up with the pictures.

Apologies for that. British badminton players Marcus Ellis and

Chris Langridge reached the semifinals of the men's doubles,

upsetting the world niece world number eights. A medal is now within

their grasp. So we have a lot of live sport for

you this evening. We will be heading to the Olympic Stadium very shortly

but on BBC Four, there's the fourth quarterfinal from the women's hockey

competition, the reigning Olympic and world champions Netherlands,

they are a terrific side, they are going for an unprecedented third

gold medal in a row. They are taking on Argentina. That is live on BBC

Four right now. That should be a cracking match. Meanwhile, on the

red button - this has been one of the most entertaining sports of Rio

2016, the weightlifting. We've had some incredible scenes in the arena.

There is the men's 105kg category taking place right now. Press your

red button if you want weightlifting drama. And don't forget there are up

to 24 live streams available online on the brilliant BBC Sport app and

depending on your satellite and cable provider, you can watch up to

eight channels on the red button. Do check your Freeview red button

service too. There are two streams available.

So we have lots of sport to catch up on. I shall see you later, but now

we head to our very special Olympic team at the stadium for a top night

of athletics. This lot can certainly go faster, higher, stronger.

I remember it well. Anybody want to open the show? Where did that come

from?! That is absolutely fantastic. Brilliant. The A-Team. Andrew

Cotter, apologies to you. Sophie hitch qulon is here. Let's start

with that. Hurrah! Well done, Sophie Hitchon. We're thrilled for you. It

was the most fantastic hammer competition and we're delighted that

you're here with us to share your brilliant bronze. Steve, you were

thrilled, weren't you and where it's taken the field events? No-one has

ever done what you did today. I thoroughly enjoyed it start to

finish. Congratulations. Thank you very much. It was incredible, wasn't

it? It captured everyone's... The dreams and all that stuff. Loads of

questions for you, throw. Um, but I don't want to steal your thunder,

Gabby, but that last throw, going into the last round, in fifth place.

Yeah. Talk us through what was going through your mind? Um, you know, my

coach was just, like, just keep it simple - because I've done it in

training so many times and just to bring it into a competition, we all

know, it's very difficult and, um, like I said, I've done it in

training and I've been in great shape and I knew if I could just put

my technique together, then, um, you know, I'd go far and, yeah, it did.

It always amazes me, you girls, you women, you know as soon as you

release that that - I said to Denise - "How do they know before you even

look?" You just know? You can deal the tension on the hammer and it

doesn't drop at any point. It feels good as soon as you let go and I

turned around and I see Thor screaming as well. So I knew it was

good. Tell us about your relationship with him. First of all,

I think he's winning best reaction for a coach in the Olympic Games. He

was fantastic and obviously what you said to Phil afterwards, your

relationship with him is so special. You've got a brilliant dynamic

between you. How has he helped you move from fourth in the world to the

rostrum in the last year? He's been with me for the last four years

after, um, 2012. And, um, you know, it's been a difficult time since

then but, you know, after my rough year in 2014, we came out and he's

always believed in me and I just appreciate that because there's been

times where I've not believed in myself and, you know, I've wanted to

give up and it's just been too much but he's been there and, and pushing

me as far as I can go and hopefully, you know, we'll be able to go even

further. He gives up so much to coach us. He just got married this

year and left straightaway to come to Europe and just follow me around

basically to competitions and, um, you know, he has three daughters at

home that he leaves for the summer and, you know, he gives up a lot to

coach us and I'm just very appreciative. Sophie, this is, you

know, a huge moment for field because obviously we have to go back

to Fatima and Tessa days and 1988 for the last field throwing gold for

a woman and a medal for a woman - of course last year in the worlds we

had a field medal - but this could be that moment where women in

Britain, girls in Britain at school think, "I'd like to give it a go."

How did you find the hammer? Everyone goes on about ballet and

netball but at what point did you Mick up and hammer a go "this is for

me". Well, my parents were involved in athletics. They took me to the

local club and I was doing different events like shot and sprints and my

granddad was a field official and that's basically how, um, he said,

"You know, I think you'd be good at this. Have a go." We never looked

back, really. Why do you think it is that girls gravitate to the long

jumps and sprints and the more, I guess the ones that get more air

time? What it is about hammer that you'd say is so great? Um... It's...

Very unique event. I mean it's the only, um, event here that you keep

one foot on the ground at the same time, um, except for walking.

It is just very different. Those events... It's amazing. You've got

to try it to believe it. How do you train for the hammer? You

can't just throw it all day long. Give us a breakdown of the kind of

stuff you do. We pretty much do throw all day

long. Basically during the winter, we'll have double sessions during

the morning and evening and we'll throw in every single session.

Hammer is unique in the aspect that it's not a high impact event so,

like, javelin is very, you know, stressful on the body where you

can't do it all the time but hammer you can, you can throw all the time

and work on your technique and, um, so we throw a lot and then obviously

biometric kind of things and we're only throwing for less than five

seconds so it's very explosive things that we do. Can I just in?

I'd love to know about last year. Obviously just the wrong side of the

medals and fourth in the World Championships. What gave you the

belief - because you could see it in your eyes that you wanted more than

anything in the world - you could see that you really believed that

you could do it. What gave thaw? You know, we've come a long way from

last year and training, like I've said, has gone better than ever this

last winter and I think I've just moved up a little bit of a step and,

um, you know that, that - to produce it on the day is obviously very

difficult but, um, yeah, like I said, I think I've just come up a

little bit of a level. You know what I love about you? You look like you

love competing, you can't wait to get in the cage and the arena. You

seem to thrive in that environment. Did you relish that today? Was there

time when you felt, oh, my God, the pressure is on? After the

qualification, yeah. Because I knew I could perform better than I did in

the qualification so I was quite disappointed in that. It was just

about getting through. Once you're through, anything can happen. And,

you know, after my first throw went in the cage, but it did feel... It

felt, good, though, technically it felt good and I knew if I could hone

it and put it together, it would go far. Where can you go, do you think,

with this? You're 25. Yeah. And the women today ahead of you were in

their 30s. It's a sport where you've got a bit of time to reach your

prime and move from fourth to third in a year where can you take this? I

hope to take it a long way. Um, you know, we've worked really hard and

hopefully, you know, we'll work even harder and, you know, hopefully I'll

have two more Olympics left and quite a few more World

Championships. So, um, it's just about putting the work in and not

getting ahead of myself, really. We've got a few steps to take. What

would you say to any girls who are watching this? I would think they're

up late but it will be on again tomorrow morning. What would you say

to them if they're thinking about - if this has inspired them and the

whole Olympics has inspired them, how would you sell your sport? It's

a unique event and it's amazing when you have that feeling, you let go

and you know it's going far. Um, yeah, and I think you've just got to

try it to see how amazing it does feel. Is it an adrenaline surge when

it leaves? Yeah, definitely. You're out there for, you know, over an

hour and you get maybe three, maybe six attempts and, yeah, every time

you step in, you want to produce your best. 2:35 is the medal

ceremony, is it? UK time 10:35. You looked panicked there. Yeah, 10:35.

I'm doing it for the UK audience so they stay up and watch you. How will

you be on the rostrum, do you think? I think once I step on there, I

think it will sink in a little bit more because obviously I haven't got

my medal yet so it's kind of like, "Have I really done it?" But, yeah,

once I step on there I'll be, yeah, really pleased. Steve wanted to ask

just one more question. I've got so many questions by Sophie. I want to

talk it through round by round. Of course, we've got to mention the

world record. It's never every day you compete in an event where

there's a world record and she threw 82m. How aware were you of the other

athletes and where they were? Betty Heidlor was just behind you. Were

you in your bubble? I try and stay in my bubble as much as possible.

Thor tells me off when I look at what other people do. I try to stay

blinkered. Even though I don't... Watch them throw I know what place

I'm in. You just... Kind of know and when she threw the world record it

was amazing but you've got to focus on your own performance. Huge

congratulations from all of us. We absolutely loved it, didn't we? I

know you're going to enjoy tonight, 10:35 local time, 2:35 in the UK for

those of you who want to stay up and watch Sophie. Well done,

outstanding. Well done. Thank you. Let's see where Sophie's medal

presentation fits into the rest of the

evening: well, at 12:30, it's the women's discus qualification, 12:35

- I think that's just about started. And the men's pole vault is just

about starting. On the track, it's the men's 110m hurdles going at

12:40 and the women's 400m hurdles at 1:30, the heats there. And then

the men's 800m final is at 2:25, the world record-holder from London,

Rudisha Rudd, going in a fairly loaded feel there -- David Rudisha,

going in a fairly loaded field there. He has his work cut out to

retain his title. The women's 400m final goes at 2:45m so in between

the men's 800m and the women's 400m it will be Sophie time as she gets

her gold medal in the Olympic Stadium.

The men's 110m hurdles are about to start, the heats and Andrew Cotter

is calling the first one. Omar McLeod there, the world indoor

champion in 2016 and the lead time in the world this year of 12.98. He

will certainly, Andrew, be one of the men to beat to be the Olympic

Champion in this unpredictable track event.

Exactly. It's unpredictable. He's the fastest in the world this year

but in his last two races before Rio he fell. He fell in the Monday

co-Diamond League and he fell in Hungary as well so that's not

exactly a confidence-booster. Things can go wrong in the hurdles but Omar

McLeod, 12:98 this season. He became world indoor champion, as you

mentioned, and was going so well. Heels not a big man but he has a

wonderful Hurdling technique. Conditions, well, it's not raining

very heavily but it's a sort of steady damp cloth being lowered on

the stadium. It's fairly still, just a hint of a

breeze whipping up occasionally. You can see it there, a smile through

the rain from Omar McLeod. Jeff Porter of the United States,

third at the trials. His wife goes in the women's 100m for Britain and

his sister-in-law as well. Four go through automatically here.

Jeff Porter and Omar McLeod would expect to be in those four.

As we look at the full start list, like for Yeison Rivas and Alexander

John. Antwon Hicks, who runs for Nigeria, goes in lane eight.

Omar McLeod, Ali Kame, Yeison Rivas, Alexander John, Wataru Yazawa, Jeff

Porter, Antwon Hicks and Jeffrey Julmis from Haiti in lane eight. The

first of five heats in the men's 110m hurdles, four

Cleanly away. Omar McLe, d and Rivas about to hit a couple of Porter

coming through for the United States. Omar McLeod and Porter.

That's a good run from Omar. 13.28. It was clean. It was safe and,

again, that's what you're looking for in the hurdles. Just get

through. Getting through quickly is a bonus but get through safely

because we've been talking about how things can go wrong. Alexander John,

we talked about him beforehand being one of the quicker men. No the a

good run from him. Omar was tidy, though.

Very tidy indeed from Omar. Basically, Andrew, every time he's

stayed on his feet this year, he's won his races. Don't worry about it.

If he's clean, he's smooth, he's the fastest man on the track. In every

single one of the Hurdles events, we have new sprint hurdle kings because

all the defending champions are not running. Omar has a big chance of

becoming a new Olympic Champion. He's very clean over these. He's

very bouncy. He's very nippy over these bars and he has the

sub-10-second 100m sprint which helps him. He's not a big man. A lot

of hurdlers are tall. Colin Jackson himself was not particularly tall.

But if you've got that bounce and that technique, then you're fine.

You're absolutely right. If you've got that real ballistic strength,

where you've got the elastic strength that you need for these

high hurdles, then high is not really a big issue for you.

And he certainly has got that. You can see the way he approaches, the

way he runs, he's full of that bounce, a natural runner, brilliant

to see. I'm happy that he's returned,

really, to good form this year because he suffered a couple of

injuries along the way so it's nice to see him do that and be here. To

me he's one of the favourites and he's with Phil downstairs.

Omar, well done. What's it like out there conditions wise with the rain

falling down? It was nothing. Um, I've been through this and I know

how to work through, um. : Sorry, I was watching the race. I'm sorry. I

know how to work through climates like this because I train in

Arkansas so the weather fluctuates. So, um, I just wanted to go out here

and get the first run in and just... Have a good set-up for tomorrow.

Obviously, it goes up a level tomorrow, semis and final. Yeah. But

you're coming in as as the world-leader. You must be full of

confidence? Oh, yes. The confidence is always high. It's good to have

confidence, especially in a hurdle race like this regardless of what

happens. I'm ready to go out and have fun. In terms of the overall

Olympics experience, what are you taking out of it? It's amazing.

First time at the Olympics, I'm trying to seize every moment and

embrace every opportunity and just have fun. You know, that's what I've

been doing. Um, you know, competing was long overdue. I was ready to go

out there and start competing. But, the time is now, so let's just go

out and have fun. That's a great start. Well done. We'll see you

tomorrow. Thank you so much, goodbye.

Well, it is chucking it down now. Omar McLeod safely through with Jeff

Porter, Jeffrey Jul mirks, s and Antwon Hicks. Alexander John was

disqualified. It is tipping it down which, of course, I think for the

pole vault is far more significant than it is for some of the other

events. Yeah, look, it's absolutely the

worst possible conditions for pole vaulting. The athletes huddled under

the shelter there. You can see Renaud Lavillenie who won't come in

at this height. If it worsens, I won't be surprised if this is

suspended because there comes a point where it's dangerous, quite

simply. It seems to have stalled the event.

This was Xue, the first jump of the competition. This is before the rain

really started to come down. You can just see it starting to come down

there but it's much stronger now and it seems as though the event has

been halted. Lavillenie third up. We got World Champion from last year,

Shawnacy Barber. It's a great final in the making but, of course, we

want to see it on a safe and level playing field. Balner kept his grip.

The grip is where the athletes are challenged. There's two ends, on the

floor with the spikes but more importantly the grip on the pole. If

you question there or doubt it in the slightest, you're in a bad place

and that's probably what was going on in the Czech-at-Leith's mind

there, an-at-lease who has jumped 5.82m at his best. It's difficult

conditions. As we see German Chiaraviglio of

Argentina and he bailed out so it's really... And it's not getting any

better. In fact, the track is beginning to flood.

Yeah, Steve and you can see one of the athletes, he's picked up...

That's in lane three, he's picked up his lane

marker, Baji of Hungary, and put it over his head. He's making a point,

I think. While it's coming down this heavy - next to the pole vault, this

might be the worst event to take part in under this deluge we're

experiencing just at the moment and there's Orlando Ortega, certainly a

medal contender. Recently, very recently given clearance to compete

for Spain, a former Cuban. I'm just wondering whether the starter might

just hold this a little bit. No, he's climbing up on to his

rostrum, I can sey from where I am. There he is.

So top four to go through if they can negotiate through these hurdles

here. Cabral Baji Anousone, Trajkovic, Buhler, Carter, Ortega

and Portilla out in nine. Ortega has run close to 13 seconds

this year. He won't do this here. It's treacherous conditions. These

tracks are slick at the best of times anyway and look at that, the

water is just running off. I can see where I am in front of me.

They're shaking their heads and why not? You come to the Olympics games

and in Rio it's not what you expect so you've got to focus. Ortega

trying to do that. And they're being held a little. Just as they go to

the blocks, Colin, tough conditions but they've got to get on with it?

Yeah, these are awful conditions for the hurdlers. Under the

circumstance, the track looks like a mirror to you because the light is

coming from all angles and it's difficult to spot the hurdles

properly. So Deuce Carter in lane seven next

to Orlando Ortega, the favourite to go through. Baji should go well. He

won silver at the European Championships recently in Amsterdam.

These in lane three in the green of Hungary.

They get out safely. Ortega not going too badly. Baji isn't going

well. They're already hitting hurdles. Carter going well. It's

damagy, Ortega. Deuce Carter is struggling. Cabral comes through for

third and right in the middle, Trajkovic, the Cypriot, top four to

go through. Ortega was OK. You got the feeling that somebody was going

to mess up then and this is who it was, Deuce Carter, 13.2, best this

year 13.20, second in the Jamaican Championships and, well, these

conditions might have put paid to - well, they have - there are some

fastest loser spots available and it's fairly generous qualification,

but he clattered, I think, about the seventh hurdle, Colin and that was

it for him. Yes. Ortega out of the blocks really well. He's a beautiful

technician. Obviously a former Cuban, now running for Spain. What

is impressive about him is that he keeps a cool head. You could see on

the start line that even with the rain pouring around him, he was not

going to get distracted. He knew he had a job to do. He had to qualify

well and get through the race. Baji has been running very well all

season. Good performance. Slick, smooth. Shame that the weather is

not matching his skills at this moment.

He's out of the blocks as well, as I -- as well -- out of the blocks

well, as I said. He didn't really hurdle that. He pushed it so hard

that he got a little bit close to it so when that happens, you throw

yourself up in the air to take a little bit of speed off your

performance and every time you see somebody go over a little bit high,

they're recovering from what's happened previously. In these

conditions, we will forgive him. He'll be much tighter come the next

two rounds, so watch out for Mr Ortega.

I've just seen Deuce Carter being consoled by Omar McLeod. The rain

continues to go down. We might have a delay here. Ortega won that one.

Baji goes through. Trajkovic finished quickly. Cabral hit a

couple of hurdles but hung on for fourth place. But, um, the officials

have walked off now, I can tell you. So the officials have picked up

their chairs and walked off. We've got no action currently going on.

And that's understandable. These are very treacherous conditions for

hurdler and, indeed, for the pole vault and it's not fair to athletes

who've had to come all this way to compete in these conditions. So a

little bit of a delay here, guys. Understandably, Steve. And there

couldn't be a worse mix, could there - it's kind of like the perfect

storm of events that's come together tonight, the pole vault - dangerous.

The hurdles, makes it almost impossible to see your hurdles and

obviously dangerous again as well. And, of course, the discus slipping

out of the hand. So suspension of those events at the moment. Carter

was shaking his head before the race, Colin. He clearly felt that

these weren't conditions to be Hurdling in. No. They're not

comfortable conditions whatsoever. And, you know, for the hurdlers

themselves, when you're trying to qualify for an Olympic Games

semifinal and you know it's a competitive race, you want

everything to be as good as you possibly can so you don't make any

mistakes. You're just relying on your ability to do that. And when

the climate goes against you, you have to add another dimension to how

you're going to approach the race. This becomes very complicated then

for hurdlers. I mentioned before about the mirror effect from the

track. Because lights are coming in from every single angle and when you

have half an inch of water on the track, it's very difficult to see,

so that could have been one of the things that caused a little bit of a

problem for Carter. We're nice and dry. Yeah!

Deuce Carter, if they decided now, would there be a situation where

they say they cannot go on with the hurdles competition, how is that far

for Deuce Carter because everybody from that heat onwards gets another

go. We were all saying up here that we need a decision quickly so the

hurdlers get off the track or they state out there and run. They made

the decision to go out there and run so unfortunately for him, the result

will stand. Well, here's deuce Carter's race beforehand. This is

him. Look at him. He's not happy with it. No. You can see he's

frustrated, Denise. Yeah, completely and in contrast to Ortega, he was

focused. You have to stay in the moment and, unfortunately, Carter

had already almost given up mentally that it was just not fair. Omar

McLeod had a different attitude to the weather. I don't think it was

raining quite as heavy for his race. It was still wet. But you make a

great point, Denise. Look at Ortega. He's approached it and says, "Hey,

it's raining but it's raining in everyone's lane and I know what I've

got to do." And like Colin said, he went high above the hurdles, being

careful, popping up and making sure he's got good clearance and, you

know, you have to, you have to get out there and just do T I was saying

earlier today when we were on our way out here that I hated warming up

in the rain but it was always, OK, it's raining, it's raining for

everyone and get on with it. It would take me a few minutes to sort

of get around the fact that it's raining and I don't like it but once

I got into it, it was, you know, you ignored it and did what you have to

do. You know what, Michael? One of the key things for all the

world-class athletes that take you up and beyond everything else is

your approach in these kinds of circumstances. It's to remain

focused in the job in hand. You summed it up nicely and said it's

even for everybody. Nobody has an advantage in the circumstances. It's

only about your mentality here that will put you. It is even in that

race but obviously the variables go through the evening, don't they? And

if you're unlucky enough to be in a heat that is in the absolute deluge

we have now, your times might be slower and if you look at slowest

losers, that's a problem. For slowest losers... Fastest losers.

Yeah, exactly. That is the issue but it's one of the things that is just

left to nature. I've been in situations where I was in a

semifinal heat where the wind was blowing against us and the heat when

the wind was not blowing against them so I was bottom of the pool and

ended up out in lane eight. It's what happens. It's part of it.

There's no sign at the moment of this rain going anywhere. It, um, it

started just as we from getting into the stadium a little bit earlier and

it was fairly light. It was nothing to trouble the hair do, was it,

Denise. We were all right! And then it was absolutely coming

down. And it's tropical because, you know, I'm sitting here without

jackets on. It's 22 degrees still, it's not cold but they get this kind

of weather. About four o'clock this afternoon, the winds got up, didn't

they, and it was like something had blown through Rio. Yeah, it was... I

mean I think this is what happens in the winter in Brazil. You get these

huge swings. We had a huge temperature swing. It was balmy this

morning. It was hot up here. 35 it got to in the in field. What's that?

35. Yeah. It was really hot, really warm and now it's cool but that wind

earlier today, you see such temperature swings throughout the

entire day and athletes don't know what they have to do and what to

expect in the evening. That makes it difficult but at the end of the day,

like we said, it's the same conditions for everyone. Well, last

night, conditions here were a lot warmer, a lot drier and a lot more

electric in the atmosphere because, of course, it was Bolt time. His

100m assault, his third gold Olympic medal for the 100m was on, so let's

go back a little bit shall shall we, and see where it all began?

Usain Bolt lives and breathes Olympic titles, gathering them up as

though they were daisies in a field. This is his arena. This is his

stage. He's attempting to become the first

athlete to win three consecutive gold medals in the same event,

competing at a level which nobody else has ever done before. Look at

the impact it has here and look at the impact it has around the world.

Getting ready to rumble in Rio! The Olympic 100m final.

Gatlin gets away well. Bolt left a little bit in the blocks. Gatlin is

charging but here comes Usain Bolt and Bolt is going to take it! Usain

Bolt gets it! 9.80, a magnificent seven snrsmt the odyssey continues!

-- seven! The odyssey continues! Listen to the noise in Rio de

Janeiro! Listen to the adulation! Look at the love for this man!

The triple-triple is on. His already massive legend was

extended further last night. He would have been fine in this. We saw

him run in the lightning bolt in Moscow for the World Championships

in 2013. This would be OK for 100m running. For sprinters, the rain

doesn't really matter. When you have to go over hurdles, it becomes

dangerous. For sprinters and distance runners, going out there

and running, it's just the splashing of the water and what's bothering is

warming up in it, making sure you're getting warm, trying to stay dry and

then eventually you decide, "I'm going to get wet, I'm going to be

wet. Just go with it." He would have been fine in this. I can't believe

it was 24 hours ago. What a crazy evening it was, Colin. It was

absolutely nuts, wasn't it? It was an incredible 24 hours for us. We

saw a world record. How many times in your life does a world record go

to somebody by just winning. That's fantastic. French are in the

house for Lavillenie, of course, who was supposed to be in the pole vault

competition. He still is in the pole vault competition. It's just not

happening but they're making their own herimity. We might have to get

them up in the studio if it carries on like this. That gip in the back

looks pretty good. We thought there would be some local

fans, and Shawn Barba of Canada will be competing. Shall we have a look

at the 400m from last night? We will have a look at the 100m, with Usain

Bolt. You have had a look at this one. Always fun to watch Bolt and

analyse him, versus Gatlin. This is Bolt just... Gatlin already has a

lead and this is what we are used to. The difference in this race is

it didn't immediately switch. Gatlin still had the lead at 60 and that is

odd. That is not what we normally see. Bolt left it late this time and

that is God. We haven't seen that before and he said that he was a

little bit tired. -- that is odd. That is what we saw on the 2013

championships, but this time it was a little bit later and it wasn't so

much because Gatlin was running so fast. He did get a good start but it

was because Bolt took a little bit longer this time to really get into

it. He said afterwards that that quick turnaround, he only had about

1.5 hours to prepare for this final and was unsure as to how he might

structure his warmup because he had never done that before. Normally

they have two hours and in that situation what you would do is you

would do a full cooldown and then you would do a modified warmup. With

only 1.5 hours, it makes it really difficult to figure out what to do.

You have to just basically maintain your warmup and keep trying to stay

warm the whole time and that is not the optimal situation and that is

why we saw the times were not as fast as what we would expect. And he

said in his post race press conference that he was looking to

bring down his 200-metre world record time but made a pointed

comment that he wants a bit more time between the semi and the final.

Hoping that they are going to help him out on that. A couple of weeks

ago when I talked with him about that he pretty much put that to bed,

that the whole... I think he was being a bit cheeky, then. The whole

sub 19 seconds, that was two weeks ago at the anniversary games when I

talk to him and he said due to the injury, the whole idea of running

sub 19 at this point is probably not going to happen. But I think that

when he went back after the anniversary games he felt really

confident coming in here after the work he did between the anniversary

games into here. So he may be back on that again, thinking I feel

pretty good. So if he is having some really good training sessions and

that could mean that he feels that he can lower it. That would be his

opinion. My opinion would be that that is not going to happen. Maybe

he has been inspired from what he saw earlier in the evening, he has

seen Barba and might be thinking he might get a world record here.

Depending on how you look at it, some people felt like old got

upstaged last night. Saying you know what? I want to get back on top and

I want to be the man again. I am not quite comfortable with this. Maybe I

need to throw down another world record so I can get back on top. We

would be quite happy if he got inspired like that. And so far the

world records have been amazing. I was going to ask about Justin

Gatlin. You said that Usain was slow to come through but we saw last year

that Gatlin started to over stride a little bit. Was there a touch of

that last night? Gatlin has been in the shape he was in last year. He

got out quickly last night what he doesn't have that speed once he gets

up and into his stride that he had last year. This time he ran the race

about as well as he possibly could. I couldn't see any mistakes that

Gatlin made in that race last night, it was just that it was not to be

because he is not the shape this year that he was last year. If you

remember last year he was running the fastest times it his entire

life. And I think that he knew, just as I had been saying all year long,

that the opportunity was last year and that opportunity was gone this

year because the issue with last year was that Bolt's training

throughout the entire winter had been interrupted, starting and

stopping and starting and stopping, with all those injuries, and he

didn't have the time to prepare and get into decent shape for that race.

Versus this year, Gatlin will have known that Bolt's training went well

all year long, with a one little injury, and he will have known it

was a very slight injury and so he knew that the opportunity wasn't

going to be here. So at this point I believe Gatlin was running for

silver or bronze, knowing that what is going to come through at some

point and he just runs his race, which is the smartest thing he could

have done. If he had focused at all on Bolt, he probably would have

performed worse and been out of the medals. Absolutely spot on. And to

add to that, it is the most confident I have seen Usain compared

with last year. Everybody was on the edge of their seats, but he actually

ran faster to win the world title last year that he ran to win the

Olympic title this year so you could see a lot of anxiety for us there.

But because Usain is so confident, and things have been so much

smoother, it is good to see. Makes it more exciting, that is for sure.

If you have just joined us, there has been a suspension to the pole

vault and the women's discus and the 100m hurdles because of torrential

rain. I thought it was stopping, but it is not, is it? And there are some

great shots they are playing out to the Stadium of what all the athletes

are doing at the moment to keep themselves busy and they look like

they are in St Pancras station and the trains had stopped. They are all

lying down on the floor as if they have a camp in there and they are

just waiting and chatting away to each other and getting their towels

out and sitting down. That must be incredibly frustrating for them,

because they don't know whether to keep moving, keep warmed up, how

quickly is this going to go, what do we do? This is the first time they

feel like you. When you are just waiting, because of circumstances.

What is that waiting like? Not quite like that, that is for sure. I am

not sure there is... For us, at least we knew what time we were due

to go out. These guys at the moment probably don't know at all and so

this is when the mind has to take it down a notch and try to relax until

you get a bit more information. Then they will start warming up again,

maybe they will do a little dance like this. I had to apologise for my

people! There is a bit of a Mexican wave going on as well, which is

ironic given the country we are in. Maybe they will make up their own.

It is time for some samba, surely. There is always a samba band just

around the corner. Get them in! In the meantime, an opportunity to take

a trip down memory lane and we also in the last few days have seen how

clean-shaven Bolt was looking. Looking more like the man who

emerged on the world stage in 2008. So why don't we go back and take a

bit of a look at Bolt the Younger. They get away for the first time, a

very good start from Powell, and Usain Bolt streaking away from the

field. It is going to be gold for Jamaica. That is superb. It is a new

world record. Bolt not very quickly out of the box, but Bolt is getting

into his stride alongside Gatlin, and he is pulling away. He is going

to win the gold. Nine point 64. -- 9.60 four. The champion becomes a

legend! Gatlin comes away well, and it is Gatlin leaving it at the

moment and Gatlin is charging but here comes Usain Bolt, and Usain

Bolt is going to take it. Usain Bolt gets it. A magnificent seven! The

Odyssey continues. As if you needed reminding, but

there they are, the magnificent seven as Steve Cobram last night and

there could be to make more as well these Olympic Games. He hasn't aged

much, has he -- as Steve called them. He has evidently had some very

different battles to get his gold medals. Which was your favourite and

why? There are two. You can only have one! Saw those medals there,

the favourite is 2008. I have never seen anyone run away from the field

the way he did. That was unbelievable. Over 100m he was

separated at 50 metres, 40 metres even, he started to separate and

then the gap just grew. We had never seen anything like that before. You

guys have seen me, but I had never seen that before. He has had more

time to reflect! The other thing we didn't talk about there was his

World Championships. Last year's World Championship was the most

impressive race of all for me because it showed that he was a true

competitor, not just the best athlete at a true competitor.

Because Gatlin was winning that race for 98 metres and Bolt just stayed

in it and his training had been horrible all year. No real

consistency. He was still able to win that race. He put himself out

there, and he didn't sit out because he was injured, which he could well

have done. He decided to come out and still won it. Anything to add to

that? Definitely, looking outside the Olympics, that World

Championships 100m. Within the Olympics? You can't argue with the

fastest, can you? That Beijing performance was stunning, and when

he won the 200 back in Atlanta that was mind blowing. But Usain over the

100 was sensational. As fast as was London, nine -- 9.60 three. His

expectations were pretty strong in that particular moment. But I am

with you. That 9.69, we had never witnessed anything like that before,

and that does include you, sorry! I think the rain is stopping, we are

getting some movement going on, I saw some sweeping brushes to get rid

of the water that has built up in various places around the track. The

officials have come back out, so they mean business. Maybe they are

coming out to gauge where we are. And the good thing about this kind

of weather, she says like she has some kind of meteorological

background, is that it seems to move through. It doesn't just come back,

it is not like being in the north-east of England where it stays

all day. What are they doing? They are protecting the disk is. Keeping

them dry, because obviously... Well, you can tell what it is like,

throwing. I can say I have never thrown disk is... I have, actually,

that is not true. -- discus. And this man has had a really blighted

career with injury. Can he expect to go through? His shape is very good

at this moment. Luckily, he sent me his last trading session so I have

seen it on video. He is very swift at this moment in time which is

great to see. Here he is at the anniversary games. He ran a very

good stride, setting his personal best at what has been great about

Andrew this year is he has started to run towards every single barrier

well. That comes from confidence. He absolutely destroyed the field.

Let's have a look at it again from this angle. Landing and pushing. We

see every single hurdle, he is just taking millimetres of every single

one of the other athletes, because they are going a little bit softer.

That includes the champion, he is just taking a little bit from them.

That is what is great to see about him this year. It wouldn't surprise

me if he runs a whole metre faster than that which would take him into

the zero mark and that means he could be up for grabs for one of the

medals. Not here to defend his title, his opponent, and it is not

raining right now but it is wet on the track. You will need to bear

that in mind as he is setting himself there and working out his

strides. He will do, but he trains in Bath. I have trained in Bath on

many occasions and we do get wet weather. His coach will insist he

goes outside. He doesn't like the softness of staying indoors. So for

me I would tell him to go out there and do exactly what he knows he can

do. Do not change anything, there is no need to change anything. You know

the height of the barriers, just do it. And in the blocks, presumably

you can get rid of surface water, does it affect the pressure from the

blocks? Not when it is wet. Remember, you are pushing forward.

The only thing which is uncomfortable as you don't want your

hand slipping. People tend to wipe their legs, their clothes, just so

they can get some purchase and feel good. We talk about the weather, and

it is fine at the moment. It is just about the mind. The mind has to be

strong. When there are distractions around you, you rely on that inner

strength and the focus. It is so important, and Andrew was robbed,

basically, due to injury, in 2012. And so now, this is his big

opportunity. Now that his body is healthy, to experience this

experience. It is fantastic for him. You really hope that he gets a

little bit of luck when it comes to the injuries that he has been

blighted by. And obviously that cramp at the anniversary games was a

great shame as well. But he is here, he is fit and strong and it is dry

at the moment. So unfortunately for his opponent you didn't have the

right frame of mind in the torrential rain. That is the luck of

the gods, that is the worst of it. Let's see if our commentary team are

back. They also went off to get dry. They are giving me really dirty

looks, they didn't really. Our Scottish correspondent.

Andrew Pozzi, it was London four years ago that he was injured just

before the Olympics in London, and tried to compete, had a hamstring

problem, had to pull up in his heat, and then followed so many foot

injuries and operations, but now running faster than ever. So this is

his latest chance, he is chance at an Olympic Games. Stiff competition

in this heat, for going through automatically, Dimitri Bascou is

there, Andrew Riley, the South African as well, and Andrew Riley,

the Jamaican, he should be quick. Joao De Oliviera is there, the

Brazilian, popular with the home crowd. There is the French champion,

the European champion, Dimitri Bascou. Eddie Lovett, who runs for

the US Virgin Islands, Andrew Riley Jamaica, Thomas of Trinidad

Tobago, Andrew Pozzi in late number nine. -- Lane. First of five hits in

the 110 metre hurdles. Away cleanly, and Pozzi is cleanly over the first

barrier. Pozzi going nicely, Bascou and Pozzi, leading them out. And

Riley in a bit of trouble now, but comes through. Survivors are scare,

no more than that, that is the knife edge that the hurdlers walk on.

There was aghast from the British fans, and I am sure from Pozzi as

well, but he kept his composure and his shape, and kept going for the

line and one of the automatic qualifying places. He was wanting

quite well -- running quite well up until that stage. Everything was in

the right place, out of the blocks well, looks very focused, I wonder

if this stage, he decides to get into a race with Bascou, and he

caught that hurdle, he smashed it, but managed to haul himself in to

get that automatic position. Let's have a look at this again. Head on,

this will tell us the story. Out hard, driving seven strides into

this first hurdle, he is focused on the barrier. Linz in well. Brings in

that trailing leg. -- leans in. Just the hurdles in front of him, as he

starts to move away, you start to see a couple of leading legs, and he

would be wondering to himself, "Am I in the right position? He comes of

this hurdle badly. He stands on that one, that is what causes him to be

pulled all the way back, and he manages to just keep himself upright

to get into the automatic qualifying position. Something wanted to have a

look at, he used to stoop low to try and get across the line, but when I

watch the finish here from the Brazilian, you can see Bascou is out

in front, but four go through automatically, and you see him in

the shot here, Superman style, this is the way to make it. This gets in

fourth place, because his upper body is somewhere across the line. He

timed that so well. If he was half a metre back, he would not have made

it. Andrew Pozzi made it, safely through. Congratulations. I went

into recovery mode. I made a stupid mistake and you cannot afford to do

that here. I just gave everything they could to make sure a qualified.

Fully I did, so we can do more tomorrow. How was it with the rain

and the delay you had, the conditions were awful just a few

minutes ago. We were waiting to come up onto the track, we were told we

would be delayed, but it is no bother, it is only 15 minutes, so we

just keep warm in just keep ticking over. You look in great shape, you

hit a couple near the end, but you are looking in fantastic form,

compared to four years ago when you came in injured. This must be a

great opportunity to be in the shape. I have come into the Olympics

in the best shape in my life, it is just at this cannot afford to make

those mistake tomorrow. All the best for tomorrow.

Great relief here by us here, because he was running so well. He

just hit that hurdle which caused him to crash through the next few

barriers, but he is so much in shape and he was running really quickly,

so he managed to recover and not do too much damage. We see Bascou

looking so smooth, and one of the favourites here, hopefully,

hopefully you will see those cricket times, but you see that Superman,

Bascou literally, both feet off the floor, is he allowed to do that? He

did not seem to hit the hurdle there, or did he. I don't think he

hit the hurdle, but he can say that he was actually just leaning for the

tape, that is what he could say. I mean, it is objective in the end,

they would have to make a decision. I don't know if there is any rule

that says that you cannot relieve, your feet cannot leave the track as

you cross the line. It has to be quicker to keep running, it can't be

a new trick that comes in. I learned that early on. Sometimes if you do

not time your lean right, it can take away from your time. You are

better off to shore staying upright. -- to shore. -- for sure.

He is a star of hurdling, he is not in the NFL yet, but he is a star of

American football, University of Warwick on, -- Oracle on. --

University of Oregon. Devon Allen, he comes here as one of the medal

favourites, are very confident young man. He goes in Lane nine. And he is

so inexperienced at this level and indeed in terms of international

competition, he will not know too much about any of these athletes,

I'm not sure he has even raced against many of them. It is not the

easiest of heats, although the top four should be OK to him. Belocian

in lane three from France, there he is. He had a big knee injury playing

American foot or last year he was actually playing in the Rose Bowl

are the big college game, he blew his knee at when returning the

kick-off, and no track season last year to speak of, really. Managing

somehow to play both sports to a very high level. He says he would

like to do that for the rest of his career. I wonder if he won a gold

medal, whether that would change that. His cousin won a silver medal

in boxing in 1988, a real sporting family. Allen in Lane nine. Belocian

of France right over far side in lane three, he won a bronze medal in

the recent European Championships. Traber from Germany in lane five, he

is in good form as well. That was the Frenchman. Belocian

very clearly, he held his hands as well, he had his hands to his head.

He can jump up and down, Colin, you are a great start, there are nerves

out there, but this is top four, it is not a difficult qualification,

you understand it in a semi-final or something. And he is a champion. In

big races we have seen him do well. He will be devastated. He is a

potential finalist, and he does that. He will be absolutely furious

with himself. He is now just going to have to wait because I think

there will be no excuse, the card is going to come. That is not fair to

everybody else. We know he would be distraught, and he is upset, but he

just needs to move away and deal with his emotions away from the rest

of the guys, and he is doing that now. A lot of French supporters, we

saw earlier on in the crowd, he has gone from being distraught to being

furious with himself, I am sure. I don't think he is really

listening, honestly. He just needs to keep away from the start, to be

honest. He does not know where to go. All right, we have got Traber,,

the rest of the field, and Devon Allen at the American sensation.

There he is. Away cleanly this time. Allen gets a

good start, so does Traber. Allen is just about leading this one. It is

the Greek athlete just taking it from the American, Douvalidis, has

an awful lot of experience, and despite the empty lane either side

of him, he was fine. Just assess this young man. Not somebody we know

that well, a lot of things being said about him, he is a very

confident young man, and the new American champion, but we have not

releasing in much on the as well. Certainly my first proper look at

him, apart from what I have seen, the first have seen him live. The

first I have seen him live as well. I like him straightaway. Just to get

into the rhythm, you need to get your cadence going, you can see how

he takes the hurdle there, his hips completely dropped. He is not as

tall as some of the other athletes, his body composition and his legs it

in very short in comparison to his upper body. -- his legs seem very

short. Out of the blocks, he is a bit taller then Andrew Pozzi, you

can see when he hits that barrier, his whole hip struck, and that

caused him to hit the next hurdle, now he has to pop up a little bit

and give himself someone to recover. Otherwise you will keep hitting the

barriers and pulling yourself back. This is just the learning curve, it

is getting those cobwebs out, he has not raced for sometime now. I think

he will polish that up by the next round. But he looks pretty good.

We are in the second round of the women's discus qualification. The

Croatian, a fowl in the first round, water qualification is 62 metres. --

it has nearly hit one of the officials, on the edge of the centre

they are. It is another foul for Perkovic. She is under real pressure

then, she has only one more chance, huge odds-on favourite to take the

title here at the Olympics. Look at this. Only just misses this

official. It was a long throw, but two crosses, two fouls. One more

chance. Here is the world champion from last year, also on a fowl. The

discus throwers destructed by the rain -- disrupted by the rain, as

have all the Olympians this evening. The warmup was disrupted, by a good

20 minutes. Caballero Wines herself up, a big shout, Wines herself up.

She has hit the cage and it is also a red flag and a fowl. -- foul. To

resounding favourites, Caballero and Perkovic, both on fouls. Another

final that has been disrupted about to get under way to as the men's

pole vaulting. There's Renaud Lavillenie. I spoke

to Steve Hooker, from the Australian commentary team next to us, and he

said this will go down to whoever is best at waiting. And Lavillenie is

well used to doing that. Yes. You have to be patient on a

night like this. Lawrence Clarke goes in the final

heat in this round. He finished fourth in London but that would be a

-- was a surprise. It's a tough heat he's got to make

it through the first round. Lawrence Clarke is certainly capable

of the speed that would get him through. He's a consistent and tidy

runner. As I mentioned, it's a tough heat because there are five men in

this line-up who have run quicker times this season than Lawrence

Clarke and only four go through automatically. Czykier has done so,

Martinot-Lagarde has done so, and Ronnie Ash there. There is Ash,

second in the US trials behind Devon Allen, who we've just seen.

The French look as if they're all carrying rucksacks.

I'm sure they're not. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde doesn't like

the start, he says. He prefers the middle of the rice when he's in

autopilot as he calls it. But his team-mate has gone out. Can

Lawrence Clarke get into the semifinals here?

The final heat in the first round of the men's 110m hurdles.

You can see Martinot-Lagarde bounds and strides to the first barrier and

Lawrence Clarke is going nicely at the moment. And also going well is

Ronnie Ash on the inside here. And Martinot-Lagarde and Ronnie Ash

and Lawrence Clarke is there and takes third place! Some way behind

Martinot-Lagarde and Ronnie Ash. I think Czykier was finishing quickly

for Poland in fourth. But Ash and Martinot-Lagarde take the first two,

Lawrence Clarke is safely through in third place. A round of applause for

fans and for himself. Job well done. Yes. Very competent bit of Hurdling

from Lawrence. He's one of these athletes who is good technically and

he gets into what I call a Hurdling groove. So he gets a great rhythm

that he just establishes very early and he keeps in that. That's always

good to see. Hurdling groove. So he gets a great rhythm that he just

establishes very early and he keeps in that. That's always good to see.

That's one of the strengths that helped him make the final in 2012

because he had good speed coupled with real confidence. So for me it

was a good run by Lawrence and I'm happy to see him through. Actually,

I'm noticing that the Brazilian, Souza got through in instead of

Szykier. Brazilians are performing above their level. That's what you

want to see. We've always talked about home crowd advantage and what

can happen when you've get everybody in a stadium cheering for you,

really. It's a good performance from him. You can see Martinot-Lagarde to

the right of our screen, Lawrence Clarke to the left. Pascal always

looks tense over the barriers, doesn't he? Really focused there.

Lawrence just relies on a little bit more finesse.

Lawrence, safely through. How was it for you? It was good. I got out

remarkably well. I didn't want to take any risks. I had the same thing

in London. The first round has to be clean. Someone got a false start in

the race before me and it reminds you can't make mistakes. In the

semifinal, anything can happen. Obviously last time I made it

through as the fastest loser to the Olympic final so tomorrow night I'm

coming back with my game face on and it's a die race. On paper, there are

some guys who go faster than you there. It so -- it's a do-or-die

race. On paper, there are guys who go faster than you there. I was

outside the semifinal slot and came four. I'm 31st here, I think. It's

the same really. When people get out on a semifinal startline, it's like

you can't breathe. People will choke. So, you know, fingers

crossed. I'm in great shape. So... It seems like you relish it. I love

it. No other race matters apart from this. The Olympic semifinal, my

whole family is hereafter. I couldn't be happier. Fantastic.

Enjoy tomorrow. See you then. Thank you very much. See you tomorrow.

There's an appreciation from Lawrence Clarke himself that he's

not the quickest but if he's in the semifinals and perhaps makes the

final, if he's there and he's a clean, tidy hurdler so other things

can happen and he's got to be there to have a chance. He's certainly

through to the semifinal. Ronnie Ash, Martinot-Lagarde, Souza going

through and fastest loser from that heat in Czykier and Ristic. These

are all the qualifiers for the semifinals, which are tomorrow, with

the final just a few hours later. Omar McLeod was the quickest

qualifier. Two Frenchmen through and two Britons through as well.

A couple of Brazilians made it as well.

So a good-looking event from an international point of view and from

a home point of view from the Brazilian crowd, it will be a good

evening for the semifinals and the final tomorrow.

Well, we got there in the end, didn't we? We had a delay of 25

minutes or so with the rain and the weather. The rain is definitely gone

and the heats carried on and well done to the British boys Andrew

Pozzi is through and Lawrence Clarke.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was best in the world in 2014 and we're just

observing his style of hurdling. It looks a bit awkward because of his

height. I was saying to you that it looks

like between the hurdles he doesn't lift his legs up high.

What's going on with him. Because he's so tall, he has to make

allowances for the hurdles. He doesn't stride out in the same way

as the other guys. He has to get his feet down really quickly in order to

make room for those barriers. You know, he's a world-class hurdler but

what was more concerning was those, um, things on his urges. Yeah, it's

not because he's cycling home in the dark. You were explaining the

science behind them, Michael and perhaps we'll come back to them in a

moment because Usain Bolt is in the house and you can see that look

there is because the crowd have started booing again because Justin

Gatlin is also in the house ready for his medal presentation, his

silver medal and Seb Coe looks bemused. Usain Bolt said post-race

yesterday he had never heard it before and he found it very

disconcerting. Yeah. Usain Bolt said, you know, this is something

he's never heard before and he kind of chuckled that it was weird and

bizarre and then you saw Seb Coe there as well just kind of looking

like what's going on here. It's an interesting situation when you've

got a crowd booing the athletes that have tested positive and we've heard

about the swimming athletes pointing fingers at athletes who have tested

positive and pointing them out. It's disappointing that athletes feel

that they have to do this and the fans feel that they have to start,

you know, highlighting these situations and maybe that's because

they feel like the governing bodies are not doing it and they have to

take matters in into their own hands. They have not booed any

other. It's disappointing because I think that it's not what the

competition and competitive environment is supposed to be about.

They seem to be selective in who they're booing. But let's go down to

Steve Cram because this is a moment to enjoy, the legend that is Usain

Bolt, Steve. Yes. A couple of legends presenting

the medals, Seb Coe and the 1972 Olympic Champion.

Andre De Grasse has shared a bronze medal and he gets one himself. Now

let's listen to the crowd reaction to Justin Gatlin.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Well, a little more mixed, I would

say, this time. Well, Gatlin - you heard Michael

Johnson saying there - was never really on the cards. It didn't look

as though he believed he could beat Bolt. After the semifinal, we

thought, "That's it." For about 30 or 40 metres when Gatlin had gone

out hard, as he always does, and Bolt was 1.5m behind and then... The

inevitable happened. ANNOUNCER: The Olympic Champion,

representing Jamaica... Usain Bolt! CHEERING

Well, it's almost as though he's waiting for the cheer! Usain Bolt

steps up to take his seventh Olympic gold medal, his third, an

unprecedented third gold medal in the 100m. And just to add another

statistic, it was the 50th time he's run under 10 seconds.

And he stayed an awful long time afterwards, did all of the things he

normally does with the world's media, signing autographs and

keeping everybody happy. The fans, as well.

And this, a very familiar sight and a very familiar tune.

JAMAICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

Well, he could stop now, if he wanted to, and his place in history

has been cemented, of course it has. He probably could have stopped after

2008 to be honest or 2009 or 2012 or 2015 but we're all delighted he's

still going in 2016 and more to come from him here in Rio. For now, he

can enjoy his seventh Olympic gold medal.

Not an overall tactile rostrum, that one, is it? But well done, huge

congratulations, of course, to Usain Bolt. An incredible achievement,

incredible getting through that bizarre medals ceremony. That was

one of the strangest things I've witnessed for a while. It was and,

you know, we saw Usain Bolt sitting there looking around going, "What's

going on?" And he shook his head like "I'm not going to try and

figure it out any more". It was bizarre. It was bizarre. There was a

booing and then a cheer in a most inappropriate place. You know, um, I

don't like booing. I don't like it at all. Whatever you feel about

someone, don't clap. But please don't boo. Yeah, I completely agree.

Completely agree. Let's head out into the field. It

was delayed but the women's discus is well and truly under way and

Sandra Perkovic has not had a very good expedition so far, Steve

Backley. The reigning Olympic Champion will

be tested in this very department with this throw because she needs to

get the discus out. This is the first of two pulls so it's difficult

to know exactly how far but it's on its way. There's nothing more she

can do. I think she likes it. Oh, look at that. Look at that. That's

why she's the champion. The pressure was on and she delivered.

Probably the longest throw we've seen in this first of two pulls. The

British thrower is going in the second pool. We're looking forward

to seeing how she gets on. It doesn't matter how far it is. The

gold line is the autoqualifying of 62m. Any athlete who goes beyond

that will advance to tomorrow's final. That was modest by her own

standards. The longest throw, saved it to the last round and she's in

the final. But another athlete of note, Denia

Caballero, also on two feels, beat Perkovic last year at the World

Championships and is highly expected to qualify for the final but in

exactly the same position as Perkovic was before that throw. How

does Caballero deal with that pressure? Oh, like that.

Well, isn't that amazing? Both athletes in that round, where it

could have gone oh, so wrong, produced their best. It has dried

off, mind, and it was very wet indeed. I'm sure that was part of

the problem. Lots on that. Lots of forward. I think Caballero will be

one to watch, possibly, to take this title.

It was Perkovic four years ago, though, looking to defend. Caballero

will challenge her. It's enough to advance to tomorrow's final.

Well, I would say the stadium is a little over half full tonight. We

slightly worried that the Monday evening session, you know, after the

weekend's incredible nights, might not be as busy but I think the rain

also has not helped, has it? But they're out there and they've got an

interest, of course, in the pole vault to come as well, with

Brasilia. So hopefully the crowds will stay for the rest of the

evening. They've seen Usain Bolt take his gold medal in that

presentation just there. But let's relive another incredible moment

from last night. We all thought we were here building up to Usain

Bolt's third Olympic gold in the 100m. We knew there was going to be

a fantastic 400m final. We weren't quite sure just how electric it

would be. I way they go.

LaShawn Merritt will hunt them down. Kirani James will hunt them down too

and Wayde van Niekerk on the far extremes. No-one outside him except

for the roar of the crowd and LaShawn Merritt, LaShawn Merritt so

close to Kirani James already. It's surely between these three! Matthew

Hudson-Smith a long way back with the rest. Macel Cedenio will try to

get there. It's these three men. Wayde van Niekerk has gone out very

quickly. Can he hold on? Three men and the gold medal is waiting for

one but van Niekerk is going further clear. Kirani James and LaShawn

Merritt tied up. Van Niekerk takes it and it is a new world record,

43.03, extraordinary, inside the Olympic Stadium in region mayor-io!

And Michael Johnson's record has gone! Olympic gold! And the fastest

400m of all time! An incredible race, an incredible

new world record for Wayde van Niekerk, who, um, who really blew

this event epart, anyway, last year, running in the first 400m final in a

major championship with three runners under 44 seconds and then

last night he went one better and that was him getting his medal a

little bit earlier on this evening. And has the phone stopped ringing

now, Michael? Still a little bit of ringing and texting and all of that

sort of thing but, um, you know, more and more people are wanting to

hear more and more about how did he do it, which is what I'm more

interested in talking about. Because it was such an impressive race. He

did it by running through the first 200m in 20.5, I mean just

unbelievable pace and what was most important, as someone said, he broke

the world record by running so fast through the first 200m. He run the

world record by running faster in the first 200m and then being able

to sustain that. Because what you do on the front end, takes its pace on

the back end. We're going to get back down to the track because it's

the women's 400m hurdles heat which will be under way for you and Andrew

Cotter and Colin Jackson are calling the first one.

I'm interesting to see how she runs. The real medal contenders will

probably come in later heats but I'm interesting to see how this prodigy

goes. This was the first woman to retain a

world title in this event, having also won in this event. But Sydney

McLaughlin, as I say, an extraordinary talent.

Youngest US Olympic athlete since Munich in 1972. And if she's nervous

at this stage, she's not showing it. Another youngster inside her in the

Italian, 19, finished fourth in the recent World Championships,

Folorunso. And we have Tracey from Jamaica in

seven. We have Fontanive of Switzerland in three. Hejnova of the

can Czech Republic in four. Maiyo of Kenya in lane five. Troest from

Denmark in six, Tracy from Jamaica in seven and Hechavarria of Cuba in

eight. Three will go through automatically to the semifinals.

Hejnova has been hampered by Achilles injuries and is not the

force she was. Sydney McLaughlin, a steady start,

looking towards Petra Fontanive of Switzerland outside her.

We look now at Sydney McLaughlin, the 17-year-old, just turned 17, and

now she's trying to trace down Hejnova, who has picked up pace and

is looking strong. Folorunso is trying to get on terms with

McLaughlin and Folorunso passes her, the 19-year-old and 17-year-old. A

good finish too but it's the Jamaican, Ristananna Tracey, who

takes it, Hejnova over the line, Folorunso third and McLaughlin was

run out of it there. She promised so much after her efforts at the US

trials, but she didn't quite deliver. Sometimes that does happen

for the American athletes on a world stage who have delivered so much

domestically and a quizzical look on her face. It just wasn't happening

for her in the final 100m. Look at this, Colin. She's 17. Remember just

getting here was a huge challenge for her and she managed to do that.

Once she's arrived, lots of things will change around you, of course,

from the conditions to the circumstances you live in so you've

got to get used to it and that comes with maturity. As a 17-year-old,

she's done very well to be part of this US team and no doubt she'll

gain so much experience from it. Hejnova is returning to form. She

ran a fast 300m hurdles recently and now she's got to reassess her

fitness levels and what she's comfortable in doing.

And of course, the Jamaican taking the victory there in quite a

comfortable performance of 54.88. You look at McLaughlin on the

outside. She ran 54.15 this season. She was outstanding in the trials

but it's a different thing coming to a major championships. You've really

got to learn how things work in the Olympic Games, in the Olympic

Village. It's very different. Queueing up for basic stuff like

your food, etc, etc, going to the warm-up track. All these things can

upset your rhythm, especially if you don't have the experience. It's

going to come. We already clearly know she's talented. I'm impressed

by Zuzana Hejnova, she has some experience and coming back to form

with injuries behind her perhaps. Ristananna Tracey took the win and

Folorunso came through to take the third automatic place.

The pole vault was a restart in the end, dry conditions now.

Xue Changrui of China. Oh, came down on that, didn't he? Oh, dear.

Is he OK? Oh, they didn't really keep the mat very dry, I think,

during... The athletes were allowed to go indoors but the mat was left

out in the elements as the Chinese athlete has just found out.

Yeah, but, unfortunately he came down on that. But his troubles are

only just beginning as he landed in, um, a bit of a slap in the face when

you've just knocked the bar off, when you're just thinking it can't

get any worse... He'll not try that one again.

Hopefully the pole has been cleared. The Chinese athlete has done that.

Shawn Barber is expecting to make light work of this but no. Well,

Barber, first-time failure. The athletes are just finding their feet

again with the disruptions and everything. I spoke to Steve Hooker

earlier and he said the athlete who is best at waiting around - and

there's only one guy who does that week in week out and that's Renaud

Lavillenie, because he comes in so high - he's opted to pass at this

height - and that's very wise indeed. Barber goes back ready to

take a second attempt in a while. Well, we said that one of the events

which is going to be hampered most by the weather is the pole vault

and, um, Xue there had a different kind of problem. It wasn't that the

pole slipped at either end, but that's harsh, Denise. You said you

know what this feels like. I do know what this feels like. I took part in