Day 10 BBC One: 13.45-18.00 Olympics

Good afternoon. We have got a very busy afternoon for you here on BBC

One, on day ten of the Olympics here in Rio de Janeiro. We will be going

out to the water where Keri-Anne Payne is in the ten key marathon

swim. We will be catching up with her progress shortly. We will be

going to be equestrian where Charlotte Dujardin is aiming to

defend her individual dressage title. We will be going to the

velodrome. And we have business at the Olympic Stadium in the women's

200 metres heats. Gaby, I know you are watching this with interest. I

saw Andrew Cotter's headgear. It is that innovative ability to create

solutions out of not a lot. He has taken on board the lessons earlier.

It reminded me of my favourite moment of the opening ceremony. The

ability to recycle. That is what Andrew Cotter is doing but I cannot

say it will catch on in the BBC sport department. Elaine Thompson is

going up and she wants to recycle the form she showed in the 100

metres. Is the sprint double on for her? She needs to summon that and I

was impressed with Hazel. Elaine Thompson, this is an opportunity for

her. Who has done a 100 metre and 200 metre double, and it has not

been done as much as they think. Florence Griffith-Joyner did it back

in 1988 and Marion Jones did the double but obviously the doping

suspension and subsequent issues with her performances sort of

Millgate that. But Elaine Thompson has a good opportunity here. With

Allyson Felix not running the 200 metres, Daphne Scheepers, those two

are the class of the field. -- Dafne Schippers. It is a little bit open

and it is between those two at the top. It could be on. Let's go and

join this heat with Andrew Cotter. I have got rid of it now. That is

not me talking! It looks like Jeremy Corbyn. That doesn't. Everyone is

improvising. The shade has just reached us. There is Elaine

Thompson. Two Saturday's 100 metre finalists are in this heat. And two

go through automatically. There they are in the shade. Very, very warm,

getting into the mid-30s later today. The German champion goes in

lane three. Below 23 seconds will only get you sixth fastest loser at

the moment. Six go through as fastest losers as well as the two

automatic qualifiers. Elaine Thompson in four.

Marie-Josee Ta Lou in lane seven lead them in the home straight.

Elaine Thompson making sure she is doing enough. Marie-Josee Ta Lou

will take the victory. These times are pretty comfortable, pretty easy.

Perhaps didn't need to run that quickly. Elaine Thompson had that

attitude. Get out of the heat and move into the semifinals. It is

important you qualify well because we saw Elaine getting her gold medal

yesterday so no doubt it was late now celebrations in that sense --

late-night celebrations. She can unwind those legs of hers and get

back into the flow. But what a fantastic performance.

You cannot change a running style too much in 200 metres. She took it

relatively easy and saw where she was and made sure she did enough.

The 100 metres champion is safely through to the finals of the 200

metres. Thank you, Andrew. Was that clever

heat running. She was not going to chase Ta Lou. At the same time I

would have expected more from Elaine Thompson around the bend. And she

wasn't. It made sense at that point not to push. I think the next round

will gauge things better. Dina Asher-Smith is going in the next

heat. Because she can sacrifice going for both sprints, and maybe it

is sensible to let the younger athletes concentrate on one event,

she will be putting all her eggs in one basket and you would expect her

to come out quite quick and she will not want to risk not getting

through. You would expect to go as quick as she can. Absolutely. These

girls are moving this morning. There are some very quick times. We know

that she can pick her game up. She runs very sensibly. She is an

excellent race over the 200 metres. For someone so young, she shows

great majority in this event. Steve Cram will be commentating on this.

One of the things I Love is she got into athletics as a bribe. A friend

wanted to go and she said to Dina I will buy you an ice cream if you

come with me. I don't know where the friend is but that was a berry good

one hand 50 spent. That is usually the only way we can get Andrew

Cotter to come to the stadium by offering ice cream. Dina's mum

popped into the commentary box earlier. We have seen so much great

British support in the stands. A lot of them have travelled over. She is

a bit nervous. We tried to calm her down. I did think she needs to be

nervous because Dina is in such good form.

Dina Asher-Smith is in lane seven. One of the big names was blessing

Okagbare. She looks a little bit nervous. A nice smile as she was

introduced. Blessing Okagbare was a little disappointing in the 100

metres. Actually, more than a little. She has not been sprinting

that well for me this year. Dina has some danger.

Shawnee Miller is one of the favourites in the 400 metres. John

Black has done a great job with Dina Asher-Smith and her entire journey

on these Olympics. A very quick start from Dina

Asher-Smith. Blessing Okagbare going well as well.

Look at Dina Asher-Smith. Blessing Okagbare takes the victory. Dina

Asher-Smith had a great start. Very relaxed. I thought she looked a

little nervous on the start line, Colin. It is understandable but I am

sure once she got round that bend, all of those nerves had disappeared

because she knew she was a neighbourly interposition. If you

hear the interview is beforehand, she was so pleased to be an

Olympian. That is why she was anxious but also pleased to be here.

She is running on the outside, she cannot see what is going on on the

inside, so why take the risk? For me, it is a really good competent

run by Dina. I think she can only get stronger as she did last year in

Beijing. We were thinking, will she be tired but she improved every

single round and I expect the same thing to come from Dina Asher-Smith.

All in control. Fingers crossed she is enjoying this. That looked really

accomplished performance. Tell me about it from your perspective? I am

really happy. It is the first round, you do not know what you are running

like. Happy to get an automatic spot. I am really excited for the

semifinals. How nervous are you? I'm actually all right! I thought I

would be far worse! I have run 200 metres since I was 15 or something

so when it boils down to it, it is something I do day in, day out. You

have done this in the past, you love this, what you do. I was so excited

to get out here! And watching my friends do so well and make the

final. Everything was making me itching to compete. Great to see you

and we wish you well for the next round. Thank you!

Yes, very well done indeed. She has to contain that excitement, channel

those nerves and she is into the semifinal and that will be a lot to

offer than this first round where she has acquitted herself

brilliantly well. She has a chance of going through as a fastest loser.

She really eased up there. A great start. Was that sensible for you

that she did not exert herself too much? I would like to see more

strategy here. I would like to see her go around the bend and open it

up. She was coasting to much. Then she realises, I have coasted to

much. Blessing Okagbare is on me, someone else might be there. You

really do not want to do that in the early rounds in terms of conserving

energy. It will not take that much out of her. It is a lesson to learn.

You want to see some more relaxation here as well. Open up, breathe.

Nice. Bounce. That is what you want to see. Just make sure you don't

back off too soon. You don't want to play around with this. You want to

go out there, go ahead and get it done. I think it was you, Denise.

You have to put some insurance in there. Go and extended a little bit

more so you don't have to come back. It takes a bit out of you. If this

was a semifinal and she had to do that, it would be very tough. Once

you start posting at speed then you have to come back and muster up the

energy. You think she will be absolutely gun to tape. Absolutely.

She will have to be. Picking up on Michael's point, training partners

are really interesting. There is Blessing and Desiree Henry. I think

she will be fine for the semis now. I am not sure I would wear a tartan

shirt today, that is not the attire I would go for. It is about 30

degrees out there. She will be doing a lot of Fanning, that lady. Let's

get out of the race. It is the sixth heat. Andrew Cotter, no tartan

shirts today? COMMENTATOR: No, tartan shirts are

not to be worn! Two to go through automatically. This is the sixth of

nine heats. A bit of noise, just being to stand up. Asked Papaioannou

of Cyprus was out of the blocks quickly, maybe she was a bit

unsettled by the noise. There is Deajah Stevens.

A full line-up here. Yelyzaveta Bryzgina of Ukraine in lane one,

Jamile Samuel of the Netherlands in lane three. Najima Parveen, the

Pakistani champion over 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and 400

metres hurdles in lane three, Nercely Soto in four, Viktoriya

Zyabkina in six. Nigina Sharipova of Kazakhstan Open lane eight.

Away they go. Deajah Stevens out pretty sharply. Beyond her and

trying to keep pace is Viktoriya Zyabkina of Afghanistan. Two to go

through automatically and Stevens will surely take the win and a

pretty sharp battle behind her but Nercely Soto of Venezuela is going

to come through and take it, 22.40 six. -- 20 2.46.

Moving on to Tamara's semifinals, you've got to bear in mind you got

to be below 23 seconds. The last of the fastest qualifiers at the moment

22.96. We will seek Deajah Stevens, the 21-year-old, but I think the US

has found another great sprint talent here. She just strides away

on that stride. It's not a sprinting technique where you see pure

cadence, it's just a long, loping stride that just hold her down the

track. Great time, 22.45, looks comfortable. Well, there were 48

athletes starting this man treble -- men's triple jump qualification.

Christian Taylor of America a massive favourite. The Olympic

champion from 2012, the reigning world champion, the second best ever

in this event. This was his first jump, making it look very easy to go

beyond that automatic qualification of 16.95. The world indoor champion

also went clear earlier on but Taylor joined him with that effort.

The first attempt exactly what he would have hoped for and expected,

17.20 four. On his way out of the stadium he very kindly stopped and

spoke to Phil Jones. Christian, that is what you would

call a good morning's work, I suppose? Through to the final and a

tremendous performance. Absolutely. The wait has been the hardest part

for me so to be able to relate this energy, as I said, the track is on

fire and this could be my moment. Put a nice safe one out there, got

over the qualifying standard, hopefully we can get two more

Americans, but just so blessed and an honour to be here. Our own Greg

Rutherford just squeaked into the final, showing how difficult

qualifying can be. You don't want to set your sights on the final until

you've negotiated that tricky part. Absolutely. Unless you're in the

final, you can't defend it. Now the stars have aligned and I've kept my

composure, I watched the long jump and I saw how they were running and

I changed my approach a bit to be on the safe side and now I can relax

and get a good night's sleep and be ready for tomorrow. The think maybe

there is some magic in the air with a world record? Absolutely, I never

thought I would witness a 400 world record go down but hopefully

tomorrow the stars align! We wish you all the best. Thank you, thank

you. Yes, watch out, Jonathan Edwards. The result of the last hit

in the women's 200 metres, perhaps a little surprise before but here

Deajah Stevens goes well and for Jamile Samuel, that time won't be

quick enough to go through. Well, sometimes you take your shirt

off and show what you've got, and sometimes maybe that's just a good

way of keeping cool. In the shade thankfully on the far side, Jody

Williams knows she's going to have to go some here. We've seen some

very quick times already in qualification and if Jody doesn't

finish in the top two, with two more heats to come, she certainly needs

under 23 seconds, as far under as she can. This is Eleanor Nelson --

Ella Nelson, who has had a very good year this year. Jodie Williams's

best performance... She didn't turn up for the semifinal

in the 100 metres so would have had to give a medical reason to be

allowed into the 200 metres. Everywhere you look here, challenges

for Jodie Williams. The crowd are excited about Rosa in

lane two, the Brazilian. Jodie Williams has got to start well.

Jodie Williams right in the mix, in the middle. Nelson, the Australian,

looking good. Jodie Williams has got a battle on here. Lalova-Collio

looks across and Jodie Williams third but that could be quick

enough. 22.63 is the winning time. Anywhere around 22.89 would be good

for Jodie. I think she's got a strong chance here. I think about

22.7 we are waiting for it to come up. She ran a good race and put

herself in with a good chance. One of her better races this year,

definitely. If you're ever going to do -- choose to do the better race

of the year, an Olympic heat is not a bad time to do it! You know,

Steve, I think her time, which is 22.69, that should be enough for her

to get through. It is a season's best, so definitely the best we've

seen of Jodie but I still think plenty more for her to come. She

needed to relax, she would have been hungry to get on the track and

perform and she's seen some great sprinting already and she wants to

be part of this. For Jodie it was really get to -- to get those

cobwebs blown out and race it and that's exactly what she's done and

she's been rewarded with her season's best, 22.69. A bit more to

come from her. Go Jodie, you will be there. Let's just confirm where her

position is in the overall summary, because after seven heats although

she finished third that 22.69 confirmed as a season's West, good

time to do it and it means she is fastest of the fastest losers with

just two heats to come. Let's find out her thoughts on it.

Jodie, well done, what a time to deliver a season's best! I know,

I've been struggling all year, so I'm really happy with that. Should

be more than good enough to get through, so looking forward to it.

Tell me about the season, you could have been lost to the sport

altogether? Kind of after Beijing last year and not making the team

individually I was ready to start again. I moved to Phoenix and

they've changed everything, my mentality is so much better. I'm

just happy again really, I'm just actually enjoying track, so it's

great. What was it like to be out there as an Olympic athlete wearing

the GB vest! I'm finally an Olympian! I couldn't wait to cross

that line and call myself an Olympian. I've wanted it definitely

for the last four years after missing out on 2012. I'm so happy.

Well done on that tremendous performance, wish you well for the

next round. A junior athlete who was a world

champion at the 100 and has struggled to make that transition up

to the senior stage and gone through a tube injury problems and things

haven't always worked out for her. What do due make of her performance

today? I thought it was good. To come through and run a season's best

that the right time should give her confidence going into the next

round. I think Jodie has had so much attention on her and all these

people around, they brought her to our place to have her assessed and

now she's back and all of the different coaching and the changes,

I think there was just far too much pressure and far too much attention.

She said she's enjoying it now and she would definitely have enjoyed

this race first time as an Olympian and delivering her season's best in

the preliminaries. In some of the other heats, she may have won it. So

that's a good performance, don't be full by the fact that she finished

third. What will be interesting is to see when it heats up in the next

round, is she able to put in another season's best. Why good to see her

enjoying her athletics and we will discuss it when we find out who are

the fastest qualifiers, but looking good for Jodie Williams at the

moment. Andrew Cotter, take us through heat eight and heat has

never been such an apt word! Very warm but very good conditions for

sprinting. We've seen some good times. Nadeem Gonska goes in lane

one. The woman to beat is the US champion, Tori Bowie. She took

silver in the 100 Budgie said this is her best event and this is the

one she really looks forward to. Once she gets going, she has

tremendous lead and all the others, you think of Dafne Scippers as one

of the strongest of the rest but they will all be very wary of what

Tori Bowie can do in this event. 21.99 this season.

Quickly away with no one outside her, she might not see anyone until

the end of the race, although Murielle Ahoure is alongside her.

Tori Bowie coming alongside Murielle Ahoure and she will take the

victory, head of Murielle Ahoure, with Mujinga Kambundji in third. She

made sure of the victory and go through in 22.47 but she can

definitely go through quicker than that. It's a good time. It's a

really good time for her especially the way that she stumbled out of the

blocks. She didn't really drive out of the blocks. You couldn't really

see it at full pace but from that angle you could see it, she didn't

drive out of the blocks, she really staggered. Once she caught hold of

Murielle Ahoure, you can see how easy and relaxed she is and better

top end speed, so she can glide past her beautifully and get that time of

22.47. There was a stumble just there on the second and third

strides. Right at a time when it crucial, you don't want to waste any

energy getting out of the blocks. But when you are as talented as she

is, she can afford that, especially in the heats. She was obviously

aware of Murielle Ahoure but she was also aware of Mujinga Kambundji.

Once she went past the Swiss athlete, she was able to relax a bit

more. We saw what she did in the hundred metres, we know she's

capable here in the 200 metres and you can do that. She can relax and

enjoy being out there. When you run an Olympic Games in great shape,

it's the best way to be. Relaxed in the end from Tori Bowie, the

favourite, perhaps, going through, with Murielle Ahoure and Mujinga

Kambundji, that 22.78 will surely be quick enough for her to go through

as well. Second in the hundred metres, Tori

Bowie. Someone else who will get medals in both probably and that is

what she will be looking at. She has run 21.99 this year. All season she

has been able to maintain that speed. She has come into these

championships with a single goal that she wants to take a gold medal

here. She's been to World Championships, she's a great long

jumper as well, a 6.90 plus jumper. I just think it's her time and I

would love to be able to see her deliver on that talent. Michael

committee did stumble a bit? Yes, but it was a good recovery. She

overcame to get back into position that you also have to be very

patient. As Colin said, with the sort of speed she has, she knows she

can get back into this race, probably running a little bit harder

than she would have wanted to but as Denise said, she is in amazing

shape. There was the stumble. You have to over exaggerate the arm

movement coming out of the blocks to overcome gravity to get yourself up

into running position but you don't want to pop up too quick. What she

is trying to do is strike the right balance and if you get it wrong, it

can be devastating. She gave us a complete display of the sort of

speed she has by blowing past the field. Certainly one to content the

gold medal and that is her opportunity after the silver in the

100 metres. She knows who she has against, Elaine Thompson and Daphne

skippers who was probably the race favourite. -- Dafne Schippers. So

much can happen. You can see the transition and a less experienced

athlete may have panicked at that moment. She is in great shape and

she has beaten Dafne Schippers this year. Those psychological advantages

come into play. The final heat then of these 200 metres. It is looking

good for Jodie Williams so let's see hopefully the whole field will not

dip under 22.69, Steve Cram? Jodie Williams can rest assured she is

through. Veronica Campbell Brown becomes the latest woman to attempt

to win three consecutive gold medals. I have to say, she is

probably the one here has the least chance of doing that. Tirunesh

Dibaba began about me had Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Valerie Adams is the

one everyone thought would manage it in the shot put. She was beaten by

Michelle Carter. Campbell Brown sets off here in this 200 metres, the

second in the 200 metres from Jamaica. Watch out from the world

junior champion in lane three. The final heat. Semoy Hackett had

one leg in the sunshine and one in the shade on the starting blocks.

Safronova from Kazakhstan has gone hard. Veronica Campbell Brown is not

in her own lane. She ran right across there. The one and two,

Odiong and Semoy Hackett, they were confusing me completely. We had two

athletes in one lane coming down. I have no idea what went on there from

from the Campbell Brown. All over the place. Odiong the world junior

champion ran very well. Let's watch this. What on earth was going on

here? We have seen her do this before. The problem can be when you

come from the shade and into the sunlight it slightly throws you and

she thinks, where do I have to be an she throws herself completely over

instead of going inside. Luckily for her, she did not impede anyone to

start she has run the further. But her speed means she will definitely

be out. For someone who is 34, and Olympic champion twice, you think

she would be a little bit more disciplined. She will be frustrated,

no doubt with that. She did not run a particularly good bend anyway. She

should have got through here fairly comfortably. I think it is a good

spot, Colin, coming out of the dark and into the bright light, but

goodness me. Maybe we should get her explanation. She is with film now.

Veronica, how tricky was there, you are coming from the shade into the

light and you seemed to switch lanes? I don't know. I seem to be

having a problem there. Last year I was a bit confused coming off the

curve, and it seems it is a hurdle I have to get over. I really don't

know what happened. I have never transition is funny in training. It

is so weird. I really don't understand it. I didn't know if I

advance or... Sadly, the tie means you are not one of the fastest

losers so you will not be advancing. Excuse me? Norm tie means you cannot

advance as a fastest loser -- your time means you cannot advance. It is

what it is. I have had some excellent races over the years and I

have had some setbacks. I have had highs and lows. I think I move on

for the next one. Thank you for talking to us.

Thank you. For such an experienced athlete, I did take the point that

Colin said about coming into the bright light, but she said that

happened last year. It is unbelievable. It obviously through

her. She missed out by 100th of a second. So Veronica Campbell Brown

is out. Odiong and Semoy Hackett going through. I don't think

Campbell Brown impeded anybody but nonetheless, that is the end of her

journey with individually. But you would not put her around the top

bend in the relay, would you? Absolutely not. She is out,

unfortunately. There were some pretty fast races in those rounds.

The heats have completed, nine of them. Some of them were tougher than

others. It is only the first round. Stevens was a revelation. Jodie

Williams through as a fastest loser. Dina Asher-Smith looking comfortable

as well. But the semifinals are much tougher. They will be on Wednesday.

The rest of the names ask rolling through there.

Veronica Campbell Brown, she has seven Olympic medals and in terms of

muscle memory, you think that would be cemented by now? Explain!

Discuss! I am at a loss. That makes absolutely no sense to me at all.

She did this last year. As soon as I saw that I was thinking, didn't we

see this last year? How does an athlete with that sort of

experience, Olympic champion twice, and having done this last year, it

boggles the mind. I would disagree with the point that she did not

impede someone. If I am running and I see someone running in the lane in

front of me, it will affect the way that I compete. This is amazing. I

don't understand it. She did not know what was going on. We talk

about the athletes having the opportunity to create the --

complete the triple and Braun occur Campbell Brown was one of those, but

I think in all honesty, it is probably time to move onto the next

race of life. -- Veronica Campbell Brown was one of those. I do get it.

And less Phil for having that awkward job of telling her she did

not have the time. She did not seem to know where she was -- less than

macro. Had she stayed in her lane she probably would have qualified

because she has run more distance by drifting. Well done to Jodie

Williams who is through as a fastest loser and well done to Dina

Asher-Smith as well. On a morning like this which is 30 degrees, you

really want to run 3000 metres. It is the men's stable chase heats

coming up. But the Blessing I guess is that you get the water on the

way. But now we are going back to Hazel who is by some glorious cold

surface there on Copacabana. It looks very enticing.

I must say, I am looking very enviously at those out on the beach

at the moment. We are in here but maybe a cold beer by the beach would

be nice or maybe an ice cream if the boss is listening! It would be

reasonably cool in the women's ten key swimming and we have reports of

Keri-Anne Payne. She was in sixth place. That race got underway about

an hour and a quarter ago but she has drifted down to 15th place we

understand. Aurelie Muller, the world champion from France, the

leader in this one and they have got about 35 minutes to race. That is

how it looks right now out in the bay. We will be heading to the

velodrome shortly. Down at Lagoa, we will stay on the water, if not in it

at this point, because we have swapped or is for paddles. It is the

canoe sprinting. This event has been dogged by doping controversies in

the last few months. The governing body has banned a large number of

remaining and Belarussian competitors from taking part in Rio.

That is because of claims of doping. All of that has been grist to the

mill and has benefited a couple of British competitors, Laney Belcher

and Hannah going in the K2 event. Ed McKeever won the gold in London

2012. You have the 500 metres and the thousands and this is the middle

distance event. Let's get into the first heat.

Away they go. Not a brilliant start from the British boat. This is going

to be interesting to see how they fight it out. Hungary and Poland are

two of the big paddling nations. Hungary and Poland are really taking

it out well at the moment. The stroke rate is much higher in the K2

compared with what we saw in the singles discipline. It is all about

timing. It will be a real push to see who can get the direct through

to the final. Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Australia, Belarus, the

leading five going through. Remember, just the winner goes

through. We are seeing a major fight. They do not want to do the

semifinal but the British boat dropping a long way back. I suspect

this will be a technical thing, Belcher and hammer. Why expend any

energy? These two, this is such an interesting situation. What will

they have left for the finals? The Hungarian crew looked like they have

got it. The Hungarian paddlers, two of the best we have ever seen, they

take the wind. Now they will have to recover for the semifinals. The

British boat coming in in last position. I think that is the way

they decided they wanted it right from the outset.

Helen Reeves and Patrick Winterton sounded like the commentators to me

in that one. We are going to go straight to the velodrome now and it

is a big day for Mr Mark Cavendish who is yet to add an Olympic medal

to his burgeoning collection from other disciplines in other events

across the world of cycling. This is day two in the Omnium competition.

He is the only British competitor. Let's see how things went on day one

for Mark. Four escaped the bunch and of that

quartet, the Danish rider was the first to finish, taking maximum

points. Cavendish finished in sixth place. In the individual pursuit,

these events have been Cav's Achilles he Linda passed but he was

nearly 11 seconds that he rode in the World Championships. The Dane

looked the dominant force going into the third event, the elimination

race. COMMENTATOR: Cavendish boxed in...

That's a problem. The judges might have a problem with that. He

overtook off the track and sure enough they have called him out.

They have called Cavendish off the race for going off the track. He

bangs his handlebars in frustration. He has missed an opportunity to gain

more points on his rivals, there. That was a real shame, frustrating.

Although he was boxed in and you can't do that, it's clear in the

rules. Monteiro, I think the Brazilian is the latest rider out.

Yes, Monteiro gets wild applause from the crowd, a decent effort to

last this long in the 11 nation race.

Disappointments for Cavendish but there are others that have been

worse than him tonight. He will still be angry because he hasn't

taken full advantage of the situation. I think Zakharov... At

rational sprinting, a relentless every 32nd sprint and there is a

snow let all, is there?. Down to four, three of the people we thought

would be contenders overall are involved in this race right at the

business end. Is out, it leaves us with three. The world champion, a

former world champion and Viviani. Three classy riders, one more out.

He makes a move down the inside, they all nodded off for a moment and

Viviani took advantage and slid in on the inside. They are closing in

quickly! Viviani is the second rider, trying to come over the top,

but Gaviria goes. Fatigue is playing a part now but Gaviria will be

fairly happy with that. Who will take the win now and the

all-important points? BELL

Viviani should be the better sprinter of the two, but it's all

about who has got the legs left now and we are about to find out. Boudah

of France, the 2014 world champion, or will it be Viviani? Viviani beats

him to the line! He showed his class and wins the elimination race in the

men's omnium. It means that Boudah is in the lead overall, Elia Viviani

in second place and Mark Cavendish stays in third, but the biggest

loser was Lasse Hansen. Jill and Chris down in the mix zone

in the velodrome today. Their place overnight ford Mark Cavendish and

how will date to play to his strengths? Good afternoon, by the

way. Good afternoon. Good morning here at the velodrome. Beautiful

crowd in here today to look at the elimination, Surrey, the omnium. We

have the women's race coming up as well but we're going to take off in

the kilometre. Not necessarily one of his strongest events in this

omnium but he has worked really hard in these times events and looks

really good in the individual pursuit. Traditionally it's been his

weakest element in the omnium but he has been working very hard. His time

in the individual event was world-class, let alone in an omnium.

For the kilo, probably a short one or two and that will be close to the

sharp end of things. The aim is for him to be coming into the points

race within striking distance. It's all heavily weighted towards the

final event and it is one of his strongest events. The kilometre is

your event, you won your first Olympic medal in that therefore it

was taken out of the Olympic programme and he probably hasn't

been putting in a lot of specific training for the kilometre?

Traditionally he hasn't barred from speaking to the coaches, he's been

focusing on the pursuit and a flying lap with the kilometre in the

middle, but it is a very tactic -- technical event, about lactic acid

tolerance. You need a lot of torque to get the bike going in the big

gear. He made a very small mistake in the elimination. Had he not done

that I would have expected him to be up there in the last two or three.

He is a racer, he loves the competition. He is rising to the

occasion. We will get our first glimpse of Laura Trott in the omnium

today. She starts her defence of her Olympic title, she will ride the

scratch race. The scratch race is quite an unpredictable one in

general but she is very canny and knows how to ride the event well.

She looked in good form in the team pursuit. Anette Edmonson of

Australia is also up there. But I think that Laura has a really good

chance of winning her fourth Olympic medal. It's a level playing field,

they are all coming into this with a bit of fatigue and time to get over

that huge effort, she has had a couple of days to get over the huge

effort it took to win the gold medal. But now she's coming here and

the coaches are saying she's really fresh. She is and they train for

this race and they will have a lot in their legs but they won't let it

affect them. She's a big event rider, she rises to the occasion and

she's been so consistent as well, probably the most consistent

performer in the British team in the past few years, consistently winning

events at World Championship and World Cup level and it's hard to

look beyond Laura for the omnium. Talking about people who deliver on

the big stage, no better than Mark Cavendish. This Olympic medal means

an awful lot to him. If he can take any kind of Olympic medal home from

here it will be a huge success for him. It will and coming into this it

was all about and -- a medal of any colour. His mind will be turned

towards, if I can get any medal, why can't it be a gold one. He will be

doing everything he can. Still very much in striking distance. Let's see

what he can do in the kilometre committee will be up on the track

very quickly. We're looking at Glen O'Shea from Australia, the world

champion four years ago and a member of that team now and he is on the

track at the same time as the rider from New Zealand Dylan Kennett, for

this one kilometre time trial. It's not just about the time, it's about

the position that that time gives you within the field. Kennett moved

up the leaderboard yesterday by having his place rectified from the

scratch race. He's got his work cut out here. It took the officials a

long time to sort that out but better late than never. Four laps of

the track from the riders here. This is hit number six, Mark Cavendish in

hit number eight of nine. Coming up in a few moments,... A few -- new

fastest quarter time for Kennett of New Zealand. He will be buoyed by

the results yesterday. O'Shea is strong in this, the track running a

little bit slow today we think but he should, despite the slow start,

be the better kilometre ride. Kennett is flying here. He was part

of the New Zealand quartet in the team pursuit. Beaten for the bronze

medal in the end. Enormous ride from him here, Street the head of O'Shea.

That is amazingly fast! That is absolutely incredible. That is only

just outside Chris Hoy's Olympic record! It is about two is -- two

tenths of a second behind that Olympic record from Chris Hoy in asp

ends in 2004, the last time this was a stand allowed -- stand-alone event

in these Olympic Games. Now as part of a big event, Kennett has come

very close to breaking that record! We saw it in the injury and events

yesterday when we saw Times posted faster than Sir Bradley Wiggins when

he won the Olympic pursuit as a stand-alone discipline. I did not

expect to see the injury and is riders here in the middle of an

omnium event, so that is incredible by Kennett. Next on the track is

Fernando Gavaria from Colombia. I don't think he's shown quite the

same level of form so find this condition, and Lasse Hansen, who

started like a house on fire in the first two races and then suddenly

chucked it all away by being the first man eliminated in that race

last night. He gave away 40 points, which was absolutely terrible for

his chances. One of the favourites, if not the favourite. That result

last night in event number three has put him all the way down from first

into fifth place. He needs to turn that into fuel now. He's a solid

rider in this event, 1.24 at the Worlds, and he will have to go a

novel at first that -- faster if you want to win this event. -- have to

go an awful lot faster. It's a very tough event that can leave you in

bits at the end of it. Gavaria was second, only hundredths behind him.

It should be an evenly matched race. Hansen smarting from yesterday, you

can see it in his expression. Such a tight balance between speed and

injury and is, this. -- and endurance. The first lap is the most

difficult for them, on par with the Worlds over that opening lap. Hansen

trying to put himself back into medal contention with a strong ride

here as they take the bell with just 250 metres to go. The third and

fastest time for Gavaria, fourth quickest for Hansen. Whatever it is

they have left they are laying it down there on the track now. Gavaria

not going to be second this time. They stay third and fourth fastest

so far, with four riders still to go out on the track. That time of Dylan

Kennett is quite remarkable, isn't it? If you've just joined our

coverage, earlier on, one of the riders wasn't able to start this

morning, the Belgian suffering from stomach problems overnight, Jasper

De Buyst. We think about food poisoning has put paid to his

Olympic omnium challenge. He's really got to tidy up from his place

at the worldy -- at the Worlds. He needs a personal best and the

rumours are that's what he's been doing in training. Roger Kluge,

silver-medallist at the World Championship in London earlier this

year. Mark Cavendish was out running at the individual pursuit yesterday.

Cavendish not a specialist in this event, not too keen on it. Down in

11th in London. This is a different Mark Cavendish, ten seconds passed

in the pursuit than his World Championships time, even two

kilometres per hour better than he was at the start of this year. A lot

of support for Cavendish inside the velodrome here in Rio. Second is to

go for heat eight, event four, in the men's omnium. Four laps of the

track. And away they go! Very good

technique. I'm sure they will have been working on this. Only 20.4 for

the first lap. Look at him gritting his teeth. Cavendish settling down

on the saddle now, getting on top of the gear, getting into his rhythm,

20.2 the time for that opening lap. Cavendish will be winding it up now.

Looking to improve on his performance in this event in the

World Championship. This is where it really counts. It

is where the endurance from the Tour de France will start to pay

dividends. Can he keep it going? Halfway round his last lap. Around

the banking for the last time. He comes into the finishing straight

now. Mark Cavendish, fifth fastest. He has got to be pleased with that.

It is an enormous improvement over his performance at the World

Championships. That is all you can ask for, a very quick rise. -- ride.

It puts him in first place at the moment. But we still have the top

two in the standings to go. That is not the correct reflection of where

things will be at the end. Cavendish much improved in the timed

events here. He hasn't just been specifically preparing for this

either. Elia Viviani races for Team Sky. He

is a team-mate of Chris Froome. And Thomas Boudat from France. He is

just 22 years of age. We saw Boudat on the roads of Yorkshire earlier

this year. He finished fourth on the tour of Yorkshire. It is all about

the track today. Tenacious in the elimination race. This is where Mark

Cavendish might steal some more points over his rivals. Viviani in

the white jersey. These two were sprinting it out at

the end of the elimination race last night. We are with Viviani now.

Seventh and eighth place respectively. Six now for Viviani.

He is moving forwards. Boudat is moving backwards. It would be good

news for Cavendish if you stayed there. Viviani is going well.

Viviani third quickest. Boudat not really gaining ground. Just one

place better than he was. Neither of them are stylish but they are

putting the power down. A really good ride. Boudat improved a little

bit towards the end. 11th quickest. That means an officially that

Viviani was the leader on 140 points. Boudat France is second. And

down in third Mark Cavendish. Cavendish stays in third place but

he is very much in contention here with the defending champion who

threw away all those points last night in the elimination race up to

four. A very good opening ride this morning. Let's go down to Chris and

Jill. Yes, still in third place but a very solid kilo from Mark

Cavendish. How happy will he be with that? He was shaking his head. To

stay in striking distance of the leaders now, I think he 14 points

behind Viviani, he is where he needs to be. With a good performance in

the flying lap, that is where he wanted it. This is exactly what he

needs. The flying lap coming up later on, the fifth event of the

Omnium and then the six event which is the points race where the medals

will be decided, it will be absolutely fascinating, isn't it? It

is a tactical battle. Hanson is battling his way back up thereafter

the elimination race. There are probably five or six guys who could

win this. Here he is! I was beginning you up at! How was that?

It was horrible. He would catch me in four laps. Where will you go in

the flying lap? Wreath-macro 12.7. I will try and break 13. You will be

up there. You were looking great. That pursuit was amazing. With chalk

on the hands, you are a proper specialist now. I love it. What did

you think of the kiwi? He is like a big non-ginger Ed Clancy! He is good

at that sort of stuff. Everyone was in the scratch. People think he is a

jack of all trades. It is not a habitat along, it is modern

pentathlon style, except six events. You do your first five and then a

handicap. You will know once you get to the points race what you will

have to do. I know anyway. It is difficult. It is how Viviani goes.

He is not an attacking rider. He rides very defensively. He likes to

put himself first and follow everything. The worst thing that

could happen was him being first. He will follow me. He will follow

second and third place. You have to remember that 20 points is the

difference between, it is tenth position in one event but it is only

one lap in the points. If he gets a lap back, if he is down, people will

let him go. It is all down two points. You will be all right! You

look fitter than most riders here! I will let you go and get ready for

the flying lap, thank you very much. He thinks you look fit, Chris! It is

great to see him in good form. He looks relaxed. He is right, it is

all about the points race at the end. Let's go back to Hazel. Thank

you. I think that was the interview of the Games. Thank you, guys. We

will be back to the Bella dreamed to see Laura Trott just before three

o'clock your time. I am in a nether world between British time and

Brazilian time but it is still morning here -- we will be back to

the velodrome. We have been following the fortunes of the open

water swimmers. We have been following the fortunes of the 26

women in the water. Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain is amongst them.

What is the story, Andy and Adrian? So, with about 12 minutes or so to

go in this open water 10,000 metre swim, just off Copacabana beach,

news is that Sharon Van Rouwendaal the Netherlands has made a lead.

With the Sprint, Keri-Anne Payne is not in it. You have the Brazilian

and the Italian stop and you have the Chinese swimmer and are Lee

Miller. Van Rouwendaal, I cannot imagine she will lose this. You have

the Italian now in shot with the Black cap, that is Bruni. And I

think it is Okimoto being chased by the Chinese swimmer Xin Xin. Aurelie

Muller is a brilliant sprinter. There is a big red boy that you can

see and they will go, you can just see the, they will do a sprinter.

Van Rouwendaal has done it really well. She started really pushing the

pace. Absolutely. A brilliant swim by. In fact, Keri-Anne Payne is in

sixth or seventh place. She has not been able to get onto the feet of

this pack which broke away. We will finish out of the medals, I am

pretty sure about that. There is a boat with a line that she needs to

take. I am surprised they don't get out of the way. Get out of the way!

Goodness me. She did not swim particularly well in the pool but I

am sure now... She is going off to the right. The boat at the top of

the picture is the line for the finish. This lady Van Rouwendaal is

being taken off to the beach. The finishing final will be way left of

where she is. The question is whether she has enough of a gap to

make up for what has been a loop. She will swim an arc to the finish.

That boat is not helpful. She's off to the right. She has gone a good

ten metres to the right. That boat needs to get out of her way because

they are blocking what she will see now, the red boy to the right. The

finishing pack, the Brazilian could be in a medal. Keri-Anne Payne is in

that chasing pack. She's fourth or fifth in that chasing pack. Still

she is a little bit wide. I would like Van Rouwendaal to come in a

little bit. That chasing pack are quick sprinters. It is getting

choppy now. I don't think Van Rouwendaal will let this one go now.

She was a silver-medallist at the World Championships last year, and

she has about what, maybe 150 metres to go? Absolutely. As she comes

around the boats and sites it properly, you can see that is the

lapping arch. Van Rouwendaal having a great swim towards the end. She

will come from the far right and the chasing pack. There are three

chasing for two medals. There are some Dutch fans on the beach. They

will be looking forward to this because that will be a gold medal

for Sharon Van Rouwendaal. She has maybe got 120 metres to go. Sharon

Van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands will be Olympic champion on this

10,000 metre open water swim. She has picked up the pack. It was

relatively pedestrian to halfway and look at this. She will have knocked

about ten minutes of the second lap. We can see some of the swell taking

swimmers along the beach which might have helped. Van Rouwendaal now

coming to the finish. What a great swim. The 22-year-old from the

Netherlands, Sharon Van Rouwendaal is going to be Olympic champion on

the women's women's 10,000 metre open water. She has two touch that

panel and she has. She is Olympic medallist. And look at this scrap

for second, third and fourth. The Brazilian Okimoto was in there and

also the Italian, Bruni. Goodness me!

It was Muller who got in! That's interesting, she nearly got squeezed

out by the blue buoy. There is van Rouwendaal, obviously overjoyed.

Here is Keri-Anne Payne finishing now. A good swim for her. She was

second in Beijing, fourth in London in 2012 and now she is eight I think

you said? Difficult to see. But that silver and bronze is so close.

Sharon van Rouwendaal is Olympic champion in the women's open water

here at the Copacabana in Rio. The silver-medallist only just ahead of

the bronze-medallist. Congratulations to the Dutch woman,

who swam in the 400 and 800 here without success but 10k is her

distance. We're going straight back to the Velodrome, as Laura Trott

start the defence of her tidal in the omnium and first it is the

scratch race. I laughed Cav's -- I loved Cav's description of this

omnium, not so much a ebbed and flowed but a modern pentathlon, five

very different events! Laura Trott is the defending champion here in

the women's omnium, going for a fourth Olympic medal in total. As

you would expect, a very impressive field. And it Edmondson was the

world champion last year. Kirsten Field won the Ride London Classique

a couple of weeks ago. Sarah Hammer from the United States and other

rider to keep an ion. She was world champion twice in the last Olympic

cycle and she was the leading rider for the USA in that team pursuit

final and really pushed the British quartet to that world record time,

which was required in order to take the gold medal. She pushed her own

team, Sarah Hammer, doing one that terms like everyone else but kept

injecting pace. She will be' looking to go well. Leading off this race as

they get under way, a neutralised start, they are all together.

Already on the front, from the Netherlands, world champion on the

track four years ago, Kerstin Wilde. The favourites near the back at the

moment, nobody wants to open it up. -- Kirsten Wild. Different to the

points race because there are no prizes for anything other than that

last time over the line. If you're trying to pick out Laura Trott,

she's just behind the rider from Australia at the moment, hopefully

we will see a shot of the peloton. She is in the white skin suit with

white helmet and white gloves. The German riding at the front, Anna

Knauer the bike camp is on the front of Gonzalez from Venezuela. A good

range of countries here in the women's omnium, all four corners of

the world fairly represented. And it Edmondson will fancy her chances of

being on the podium at the end of the two days of competition. She was

the only rider from the women's team pursuit squad from Australia not to

hit the deck in that training accident shortly before their

competition which ruined their chances. Sarah Hammer just keeping

an eye on the opposition, they are all just rolling through, the best

way to keep a good position at the front committee just keep tapping

through. In these early stages they are happy to roll all the way to the

back when they've done their turn, and later on they will start to drop

in in 8-10th position. If you're not a cycling follower per se, it is a

straightforward race, no elimination, just the first to cover

the -- to get over the line. They will get 40 points for first place,

38 points for second place etc. Just bumped out of the way by the larger

figure of Kirsten Wild from the Netherlands. These cameras really

give you a sense of what going on, what it's like to ride on this

track, about 45 kilometres per hour at the moment. While it's going

around the bottom at a reasonable pace, it's very difficult for anyone

to attack, they have to go the long way round. All the riders know that,

so they are happy to do very short terms and keep peeling off. Laura

Trott following the wheel of Sarah Hammer. 31 laps to go. Still no real

acceleration off the front. The first sighting of the drinks and

from Denmark, a very exciting talent, 22 years of age. A former

road race champion, Amalie Dideriksen. Already the favourites

starting to watch each other. Given that she is a marked rider, Laura

Trott, her consistency of performance in this event is all the

more remarkable, isn't it, Chris? It certainly is. Tactically she is

excellent but also bike craft is incredible. She managed to make gaps

in the field and it's almost like magic when we watch her in the in a

nation race, isn't it? Laura won this title four years ago in London

and she was the world champion four years ago and she won the title

again this year. Twice the world champion in the women's omnium. The

Belgian rider at the front, Jolien D'Hoore, also a champion but a few

years ago now. This is the first time there have been opportunities

for someone... Not everyone here can sprint and not everyone will want it

to come down to that final dash for the line, so we will see some

attacking and sure enough, the first bit of pace being injected. The site

is from Chinese Taipei very near the front. Sarah Hammer, five times

world individual pursuit champion and clearly in very good form coming

in, given by the way she went in the team pursuit of yellow and she can

sprint as well. Certainly worth noting. Not afraid of a bit of

bumping and shoving. She will be gutted after losing out in the world

team pursuit because the Americans are the world champions, just edged

out by Great Britain. The British quartet smashed the world record to

win that gold medal but Sarah Hammer still looking for her first Olympic

title. Three silver medals to her name so far, as Kirsten Wild from

the Netherlands takes the peloton around. All still happy to keep

rolling through and doing their share of the work with just 23 laps

remaining. KG so far in the opening event in this women's omnium. All

together on the track. Laura Trott halfway back in the field. Riders in

turn hit the front and peel off, allowing the next rider through.

Trott happy to stay with Edmondson all the time, she may have

identified her as a rider on form to watch, she certainly has a pedigree

in this competition. Laura leading the way. Just rolling through. You

see those very narrow handlebars she has on this bike and those are one

of the things that helps her get through those smaller gaps. Looking

down on the field, choosing where to slot back in, she's gone all the way

to the back on this one. Nobody putting in a real burst of

acceleration. The first person to accelerate generally loses out, so

if someone is going to sacrifice themselves, the next attacker may

have a chance of succeeding. Sarah Hammer peels off, as does the Cuban

rider coming through on the inside. Already we are back with Lauren

Ellis of New Zealand and now Annette Edmondson of Australia, a goal, a

silver and two bronze medals in the World Championship. She finally won

the title last year. We are approaching a really interesting

point in the race now because if you want to get a move away, now is

where you've got to go. And that's exactly what's happening here, with

the athlete from Belarus having a go here and with her is Gonzalez of

Venezuela. With ten laps to go they start to think about the sprint so

right now is the time to attack. Was She the world champion in the points

race in 2011. Gonzalez with a lot of experience as well. Those two have

got about a quarter of a lap on the rest of the field. The pace is

lifting behind, they sensed the danger and no one is letting this

go. Everyone happy to do a bit of chasing. I don't think they're going

to make it but this could be the catalyst seeing this as successful

move. This has really sparked into life now, Sharakova at the front.

Almost the length of the back straight the difference between the

two at the front and the chasing pack. Once they come to ten laps,

that's the critical point where they change over because you've only got

one effort, you have to choose is it sprint or break away? That is when

we see their hesitation and they are rapidly approaching that point now.

Stick or twist, and Laura Trott at the front of the main field. Then

Sarah Hammer from the United States and the gap staying pretty much the

same but Sharakova looks stronger than Gonzalez, who cannot stay on

her wheel. Sharakova with 12 laps to go has actually opened up her lead a

little here. They've just got to that point we've been talking about

and now behind they are starting to think if I start chasing, I'm not

going to be good for the sprint. They've managed to get themselves to

the safe zone and they've got about four or five laps to make this

stick, otherwise they will be caught up in the sprint. It's looking very

good at the moment. It's looking very good for Sharakova, it looks as

if she'd find it particularly well. Once they really start to wind it up

for the sprint in the main field, that gap will close, but Sharakova

just has too hope she's far enough in front. It's half a lap and I

don't know how much she's got left, but there is still a fair chunk of

racing to go but less than three minutes remaining. An awful long way

for a rider in an event like this but they are starting to look at

each other behind and they've almost given up on this one. They've swept

up Gonzalez, she's now back in the main field and just the one rider at

the front, there she is, the crowd are loving this, great stuff from

Sharakova in this opening event. We're going to see two races here,

one for the win and perhaps they dash to see who gets that second

placed. A big crash! A sizeable percentage of the field down but

Laura Trott is OK. She was towards the back of the field and she is

still in this race. We have Alison Beveridge down on the ground and

Anna Knauer is also down. Sharakova about to make the junction. She is

tantalisingly close to making the main field. They've got to get back

into this race quickly because once it gets to the last kilometre,

you're not allowed to re-enter. Laura Trott trying to stay out of

trouble at the front, for laps to go in this opening race as Lauren Ellis

goes around the outside. The Cuban in third place and there are the two

riders who fell, thankfully OK and back in the action here on the

track. Laura Trott nicely placed, second position but she looks

comfortable. Hannah is coming down the outside and they have to be

careful not to get boxed in. Moving up onto the shoulder of Kirsten

Wild, going around the outside. Laura Trott holding her own there

and just pushing to the front with two laps to go, she's going to take

it on. Two laps to go and the sprint is almost on between these riders

now, Laura Trott, Lauren Sharakova was the winner of that

spread but overall it was Laura Trott. Sarah Hammer showed fantastic

form but got herself caught up in some traffic. By the time she got to

the front, the Sprint had started. Brilliant start for Laura Trott.

Fairplay to Sharakova, timing her move. Laura Trott off to a very

strong start for the defence of her Olympic title. Hazel Irvine macro

great start for her. Normally, it is about heat in the

morning session of athletics, but it is very refreshing to have finals as

well. This is one of them, the women's 3000 metres steeplechase.

Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe, over to you.

May be all of the talk was a little bit tremor chore. -- a bit

premature. Welcome to everyone on BBC One. This semifinal was billed

as being one where we could have another world record. We had Wade

van Niekerk in the 400 metres last night. They have started a bit

slowly here, Paula. It is slow through this first lap. Hull it is

very slow. That may cost them with a little bit of a stumble there. I

think we all expected her to run hard. We have the world record last

night with the women -- we had the world record last night and with the

women's 10,000 metres. It is the women's hammer final here

in the stadium. She has let rip here. It is enormous. It is a world

record. That is way beyond 80 metres. Highly anticipated.

I heard a rumour that she had nine boiled eggs for breakfast. That is

what it does for you. Absolute perfection. Wonderful technique.

Powerful, boys, river. She has thrown the hammer further than

anyone in in the history of this bought at the Olympic Games. A new

world record. Let's look back at what happened in the second round.

Sophie Hitchon, she had a foul. She hit the right-hand post in the first

round. But she really got onto this throw in the second round. It is a

big season's best for Sophie. And a celebration for her coach. He loved

it. She has got herself in amongst it. That throw of Sophie Hitchon,

73.29, a big season's best. She is in bronze medal position at the

halfway stage. She produced a big throw. And three throws remaining.

There is confirmation of a third-place.

Well, a world record already set this morning in the hammer and all

of a sudden, this people trace final has come alive. There was talk of a

world record attempt in the steeplechase. A very slow first lap

but now it has picked up. The world record is eight .58,

Jebet is on it. She took off so fast and she nearly caught the defending

champion napping and she is right back there in sixth place now,

Habiba Ghribi. She has struggled. She has tried to get back towards

the line but she has not been able to do that. Jebet is making it look

very easy. When she takes these barriers, sometimes she comes off

balance. She is looking about the big screen.

Next time they come round will be the 2000 metre mark. A long way

round. A lot of them have been caught out. It is the two Kenyans at

the moment with Emma Cockburn trying to run them down. She might have a

chance. She might have a chance. The last kilometre was ahead of

world-record place. Incredible running here from Ruth Jebet. She

has done this all season long and certainly, the tent with which she

is attacking this shows she is capable of it. She has always been

worried about her finish and she does not hurdle as well as some of

the others but she has the ability and confidence. She is running so

strongly here and we could be heading for something very special.

She has a big lead and it is all about her and the clock. The

technique is not great. I think the women can get away with it more than

the men because the barrier is lower than in the men's steeplechase. She

knows if she loses time and starters coming into it, but that is better

than when I saw her run-in America earlier this year. She seems to have

improved a little bit. She will have gained confidence from seeing how

big the gap is behind her but she will know she is on track for a

world record. Bahrain have not won a gold medal in women's athletics on

the track. Just watch this from Jebet now. She is running very

strong, she has a huge lead. Emma Coburn in the bronze medal position.

She has got to run a 72 and the water jump as well. She has got to

go here. Little bit less of 400 metres to go because of the inside

water jump. She is capable of doing this. She takes the water jump the

best. If she can get through this 200-metre mark and maintain her form

over the last couple of barriers, she can do this. She has 200 metres

to go. She needs to run 33 or 34 seconds. She has to find something a

little bit extra. She has to carry momentum through the water jump. She

has one more barrier to take. She is going to win the gold medal for

Bahrain. The question is, can she break the world record? She stutters

into it. She has a great chance here. She is almost jogging. She is

looking at the clock, she is not bothered about the world record, it

will slip by. It is the gold medal for Bahrain! She runs under nine

minutes. I cannot understand that! A brilliant performance from Emma

Coburn to take the bronze behind Beatrice Chepkoech. It is as if

Jebet said I have come to win the gold medal. She sauntered off the

last barrier, enjoyed the moment, and joy winning the gold medal and

becoming Olympic champion. She was not bothered about the world record.

She had no clue she was on track the world record and she was just

enjoying it, she almost started her victory lap lap earlier. She had

over ten seconds to get off the barrier and break the world record

and she just dropped in. She will regret that when she looks back and

sees the replays but that was an amazing run from Emma Coburn as

well. She was challenging for the silver medal. She just could not

quite get there in the straight. A look at Jebet now coming down these

great. She did stutter. She's looking up at the screen and she is

looking to see the she has won ended she has enough time to ease off and

celebrate taking that Olympic gold back to Bahrain. Now she will think

I did run quite fast. She did not give the clock a single look. I

don't think she knew. We were told she would go out at hard record

pace. Maybe she just thought I will one hard which is what she did. She

is just checking where everybody is, I will enjoy my moment, not one

glance to a clock. She missed it by less than a second. She will break

it. She definitely will break it. A gold medal for Bahrain. A brilliant

run from Ruth Jebet. And what about Emma Coburn? A great bronze medal

for the American. A great bronze medal and an American record.

Emma Coburn just could not quite get the silver medal but is rewarded

with a three second personal best and another American record.

Ruth, congratulations on a wonderful gold medal. Give me your reaction

first of all? The race was fine. It is my first Olympics but I manage

it. I was ahead and winning it and I win. I congratulate myself!

Congratulations! Did you realise you were so close to the world record? I

miss it twice. We saw as you came over the last barrier that if you

had sprinted for the line you would have had the world record. I was

considering the medal. Today it was a medal. It is an amazing

performance, congratulations. I am sure the world record will come.

Thank you, thank you. I am convinced that world record

will come. The time has come down. It is a national record. And almost

a world record. The most important thing is it is the gold medal for

Bahrain. Jepkemoi got the silver. And Emma Coburn gets the bronze.

She is in fifth place so far. That is beyond 70 metres. It looks as if

it has gone beyond Heathrow throw of Sophie Hitchon. I have to share that

she is a previously convicted drug cheat. It leaves a bit of a bad

taste in your mouth. Sophie Hitchon looking on can respond to that.

Just beyond that line for the Moldovan, 28 years of age, national

record-holder. We are in round four and 73.50 does go into third place.

Sophie Hitchon, then. She will need to find a little bit more if she

can. Down the left centre, is it? Just in the sector. She didn't quite

get that right and it was close to her best, so, like I say, that's

something she can take heart from. She knows she didn't quite get onto

that. Just slightly off-balance. It's all about getting the low point

in the right position, that is where the throwers get their power from.

Pushed down from that throw. Sophie in the same place as she was last

year, as Weise the Zhang of China. -- as we see Zhang of China. A

massive world record, 82.29 surely no one can do anything about that,

even Zhang, the next best in the world, her throat just shy of 75.

World silver-medallist last year. Bronze-medallist in 2013 also. So,

Zhang, good at picking up the minor medals. I don't suppose you have

much choice when you have the likes of Anita Wlodarczyk throwing world

records. Well, where do you go from a world record. 82.20 nine, two

throws over 20 metres. Six metres in the lead. -- Anita Wlodarczyk.

That's pretty impressive. A commanding performance, a brilliant

effort. Can she improve on it? Oh! Just clipped the right-hand side.

It's another massive throw. Red flag, foul, two throws remaining.

Sophie, fairly fair skinned Sophie, she will do everything she can to

stay out of the heat, 34 degrees. The sun pretty high in the sky now

and Sophie is in third place after round four.

COMMENTATOR: Sophie Hitchon, the ballet dancer from Burnley, that's

how she started out. She just missed out on a medal last time and how

cruel it would be if she missed out again. She would probably have to

throw another British record to maybe snatch that bronze medal, but

what an incredible competition. Great athletics for everyone to

witness. She's going to have to dig deep, big heart, and she has got

that. It's 35 degrees out there, so for Jebet to miss out on that world

record by about a second, it is boiling, that is an extraordinary

race to witness. The first lap she didn't appear to know this was a

final and then she starts upping the pace and missed out on a world

record by one second LEXI was like, I've got something to do here, and

she just picked it up. I don't think she knew she was on full world

record pace at the end because she could have easily broken it. She is

19, she's got plenty of time! OK, it's the one lap hurdles now, 400

metre hurdles heats for men about to get under way, so let's join the

first one and your commentator is Andrew Cotter.

COMMENTATOR: Thank you. Very warm in here, very still. A sunny day in

Millport, quite a niche comment for you there. One absentee from the

men's 400 metre hurdles is the quickest in the world this year, who

fell victim to the very harsh US trials, Johnny Dutch. Clement did

make it come he has the inside lane, although the inside lane here is

lane two, not quite as snug as it might otherwise be. There is the

full line-up for this first six heats.

Some very good one lap hurdlers. There is Geoffrey Gibson, won the

Pan title last year. -- Jeffrey Gibson. Kerron Clement. He was

behind Angelo Taylor in Beijing. Without Johnny Dutch, he is the

quickest in the world this year. Johnny Dutch has retired, 27, and

gone into film-making. He just said he couldn't make it financially in

athletics. Compared with other sports and the financial rewards

that are, it's not necessarily that way in athletics. The Brazilian

champion is in lane three, Marcio Teles, there will be a good deal of

noise for him. Matsushita on the outside as well.

They are all quick but surely if Clement avoids any pitfalls over the

barriers he will have plenty enough to go through here as one of the

three automatic qualifiers. Jeffrey Gibson is in also some trouble

already. He's made a dreadful, dreadful start. Unless he produces

something miraculous, he's not going to go through here. Matsushita of

Japan in lane four. Three to go through automatically and it will be

these three, surely, unless the Nigerian, Ukaoma, can go through.

Jeffrey Gibson see that he can still go through as one of the top three.

Clement in third, but it was an untidy race certainly from Jeffrey

Gibson and Kerron Clement as well. It went horribly wrong over the

first couple of barriers for Gibson, so he is out, and Kerron Clement

makes it but looking for a slightly tidier stride pattern. Which is

always what you're looking for in hurdles. Already by this stage,

Jeffrey Gibson is gone. Yes, the 400 metre hurdles, it's vital to have a

good, fluent stride pattern. It's unfortunate for these guys because

there's no real respite for them. You're trying to get that stride

pattern in but you tend to have to work all the time until you come off

the final barrier and that's the only stage you can slow down. A

fantastic performance from the month Nigerian, Ukaoma. He set a national

record there and he cruised through, didn't he? We are seeing some very

quick times, national records. We've seen some world records.

They are the qualifiers. Back to this compelling women's hammer

final. Betty Heidler, The German team captain winds it up in round

five. A strange reaction there but that is a better throw for the

German. World champion in 2007 by just two centimetres, and it's going

to come down to centimetres here for the bronze medal. That looked as

though it may have gone beyond the throw and may now go down into fifth

as a result of his -- this throw. You can see the need for balance.

73.71, it is enough to go into third place. Fractions separating

positions three, four and five. Sophie, then, 73.29 in the second

round. Very quick. She needs to be. She's not quite as strong as many of

the other throwers but she's very good technically. Slightly down

around 72 metres, is it? Her best putting her in fifth place. In third

place, 73.70 one. Half a metre down on what she needs, to get back into

bronze medal position, with one throw remaining. No improvement in

round five Sophie Hitchon. Here is the event leader. 82.29, a world

record in round three, has she done even more, maybe? Look at that! What

a series, the best ever. She has broken her own world record here in

the Olympic final. She has got one hand on the gold here in Rio,

silver-medallist four years ago behind the Russian, one of the

athletes who have been subsequently banned. But not confirm that Anita

Wlodarczyk will take the gold from 2012, so this may be a second gold

medal eventually, but almost assured here in Rio, another throw beyond

her previous world record, and a series that is the best in history.

Well, a brilliant hammer competition going on there, into the final

round. Can Sophie Hitchon sneak a medal there? You can see the new

European champion, there will be a huge cheer for Suguimati of Brazil

in lane one. The top three to advance, Alejandro Pozuelo as well.

There is her -- Hussein. There is Suguimati, the former South American

champion. Brazilian mother, Japanese father. Getting a great reception

here from the locals. A decent crowd here this morning, certainly not

full by any standards but a decent crowd, which is good to see. A great

morning's athletics. So, Capella, running for Turkey, in lane five. A

new Turkish national record. The former Cuban.

Hussein got away very quickly, in lane two. Already up on the, Ross

Islands athlete. Copello, in lane five leading it at the moment.

Hussein just falters off that hurdle down the back straight. Copello

going well and on the outside, Jagor from Estonia. Just the top three in

this and it is the Brazilian, Sugimati, coming into contention on

the inside. Copello taking it a bit easy the last and then Callejon dry

will get back on, who will get third? It's tight on the line. He

may have just taken it on the far side, Jagor of Estonia finished

strongly again. Hussein was nowhere, bad performance from him, all over

the shop. Copello, no problems for him. We will try to clear up who got

third. Copello looked pretty comfortable. Yes, I watched him at

the European Championships when he won that title and he was very

smooth there. I think he was just cruising down the back straight. He

made 13 strides and looked very relaxed. You may have heard a big

cheer go up and Brazil are happy because they got the third place in

that heat. Can Sophie Hitchon get a third place in this hammer? You can

throw your hat over the distances in positions three, four and five.

Unfortunately for Sophie, she is in the fifth place, but within reach of

a medal here. She's keen to get into the cage.

There is a bit of a hold-up here. No improvement for Betty Heidler in

this final round. She is in the bronze medal position, the German,

32-year-old. In fourth place, Sophie Hitchon, 11th four years ago, that

is the best ever a female hammer thrower has done at an Olympic

Games. She is already set to make history here. She winds it up. Last

role of the dice for Sophie Hitchon. Is it big enough? It is! Sophie

Hitchon has saved her best for last! What an effort. That is close to 75

metres. It is a new lifetime best in 74.54. In the last round, a British

record for the 25-year-old. What a wonderful throw. She is guaranteed

the bronze medal. Her coach can hardly believe it.

Here is he reaction to that distance. Absolutely brilliant! For

a year ago in the World Championships. She has gone one

better. What an effort as well. It is the last round of the

competition. There is the reaction from her coach. We have seen a world

record and a medal for a Brit, the first time ever in Britain has taken

a medal in the winning's hammer. And it is Britain's Sophie Hitchon who

has done it in style. A competitive effort. She makes it all the more

impressive with a new national record. She is already celebrating.

The competition isn't over yet. But she is guaranteed a bronze.

Brilliant stuff for Sophie. I say it is not over, the medals have been

placed and we are 100% certain it is Anita Wlodarczyk now. We can say she

is the Olympic gold-medallist. She had a world record on her third

attempt. Can she go even further? Bank on 80. Made that look really

easy. Incredible stuff. Anita easy. Incredible stuff. Anita

Wlodarczyk, well, she has absolutely cemented her legacy. The greatest

ever female hammer thrower without a shadow of the doubt. A world record

in Alan Olympic final. -- in an Olympic final. That is the stuff

dreams are made of. Sophie Hitchon, she cannot believe it. An emotional

moment. Throwing in Britain has seen medals in the past, mainly in the

javelin with Tessa Sanderson and Fatima Whitbread but never in

hammer. But she has now because Sophie Hitchon has done just that.

And Olympic bronze medal. Steve, this is an incredible moment, look

at the smile on her face. She has so much potential, to come into the

arena on a morning like this, Anita Wlodarczyk throws the world record,

save the best sea -- save the best till last. Classy. Look at her

coach, what it means to him. Fifth place going into that and hours and

hours and hours. Steve, just a word for someone I know who will be

watching this, Paul Dickenson who has sat in this commentary box for

years and would have loved to have watched Sophie Hitchon here live.

I'm sure he will be watching, best wishes to you, Paul. What a moment

for British hammer throwing. Look at this. There is the result.

Zhang of China takes silver as she did in the World Championships. And

for Sophie Hitchon, a new British record.

Onto heat three of the men's 400 metre hurdles. Six seats in this

first round. Three automatic qualifiers go through. Here we will

be looking at Javier Culson. The young talent from Norway goes in

lane two. There is Javier Culson. He got bronze in London behind Sanchez

and Michael Tinsley. Culson ran very well when he was in

the Olympic Stadium last month for the Anniversary Games. Moving along

well at the moment. Karsten Warholm, the 20-year-old Norwegian is going

very quickly as well. He was a very talented junior decathlon athlete.

The rhythm is there, the same stride pattern and this is a very strong

run from Karsten Warholm. Three to go through automatically. Cool from

beginning to pick up the pace a little bit. A battle between Cato

and Magi. I think Cato might have got third place. A good race. We

have talked about his talent, Karsten Warholm, and he really is.

Another chunk has come off the Norwegian record. What a wonderful

run from Karsten Warholm. Javier Culson looking up at the screen

quizzically. That was a wonderful run from the young Norwegian. A

brilliant run. He certainly has found his best. This is an event

that he will grow into. He will learn how to keep his energy system

working far more efficiently when he is working through this stride

pattern. Because he is quite new to it it will take time to etch it in.

Perhaps two or three years before he is in that group. If he is producing

these type of performances already, 48, 49, at the Olympic Games, he

will get under the 48 seconds mark very soon. Absolutely.

Sophie Hitchon, bronze medal in the women's hammer, a national record

for her. She had been in third, she got down to fifth and that is the

mark of a true champ, when you absolutely produce your very best at

the end there, Denise, to salvage a bronze which she last year missed

out on in Beijing. I think she would have felt devastated to come so

close again. I absolutely remember the interview she gave to Phil Jones

having finished fourth. She was so disappointed, even though it was a

great achievement then. Imagine taking that through the winter,

through the season. She has been grafting, trying to iron out the

chinks in the armour to make sure she was ready for this competition.

It is simply fantastic what she has managed to achieve here. Aid its

similar to the long jump. The nuances, it was a few centimetres,

at a few centimetres, a bit like Greg pulling out that last throw,

that is what we love to see, Michael. It is. With all due respect

to Usain Bolt, you want to see competition between the athletes,

athletes responding to great competitions. Wlodarczyk goes out,

breaks the world record, Sophie Hitchon does what she needs to do to

get back into the competition and the medal position. Lots of movement

back and forth. It is really entertaining for fans to see that as

opposed the exhibition. I think that is what sport should be about, it is

what athletics be about. When you have eight athletes in a final and

you don't know which one will win, anyone's race to win or anyone's

competition to take. It is fantastic. And the absolute contrast

of her coach with the implacable face of Tenormin in Jell-o was

brilliant to see as well. -- Tony miniature low. It is brilliant. It

is just about that relationship. They have worked so hard. The

coaches feel it as well. It is as much his bronze medal as it is

Sophie's. It is a great relationship. We love the big stars

of the sport. I love it when someone surprises us and delivers on the big

occasion. It is wonderful. Steve Backley, British women have not won

a medal for throwing since Tessa Sanderson and Fatima Whitbread, and

for Sophie with a background in ballet netball, it is wonderful to

find that. How do people find hammer? And she went round the

houses, you could say by trying different sports and a ballet

dancer. She is not that strong. She is nowhere near as strong as the

other competitors and I want to stress that. She has to squeeze

every ounce out of what she has got physically to do what she has done

today. I think that almost makes the medal even more sweet to do it in

the last round as well to show that competitive instinct. She is the

all-round ultimate thrower in many ways. We have seen a world record

out to 80 metres, but Sophie, really impressive. It takes time to build

in hammer. I want to stress that a little bit in commentary but it does

take time to build in what she has done today. Great stuff for Sophie

Hitchon. Yes, brilliant moments for her and

for the British team. I wonder if Sebastian Rodger has had a chance to

look at that. He has a tough heat here. He is in lane five. Rodger had

to have a bunch of attempts after winning the trials, to get the

qualifying time. He managed to do it at the 11th hour and he needs to go

well here. The top three will go through. There are fastest loser

spots. He started well. I think, one of the questions is about how good

Gordon is. Nozawa has gone out crazily fast.

How on earth did he steal such a march?

Sebastian Rodger will be a little bit disappointed with that, I think.

I love your response to the Japanese hurtling off there. He really was on

a storming pace. I was watching Sebastien. How his technique was

going and how he was gelling everything together. I love the way

how he is running off his training leg. This is a field. When some

people her to laugh, it upsets your rhythm a little bit because you are

not sure where you are. His time there is not a bad time at all.

People can sometimes make a mess of this event as we seen on many

occasions. I can't say that all of them ran under 50 seconds but he

finished strongly enough and he fought for his position, which is

really good. He has run 49.6 four. Sorry, 45.64, so at the moment he is

a fastest loser. Well, Sophie has been celebrating

around the stadium here, the smile hasn't left her face after that

wonderful performance for a bronze medal in the last round of the

women's hammer. She can't believe it, can she? She's now with Phil

Jones to tell us all about it. Well, what a performance it was from

Sophie. To pull it out in the last round, the performance of a

champion! I said before, training has been going really well, the

distance wasn't really expected but to get a bronze medal, I'm just

absolutely over the moon. You set the tone really early on with a big

fire and got in the medal positions early, were you thinking this could

be your day? You never know in hammer, the girls are throwing

really well and they can always produce their best in the last

round, so I didn't expect that third place would hold at all, I knew I

wanted to go further. Just try and execute my technique. I missed it on

a view but I thought it was going to go if I kept it going. You dropped

to fifth place in the last round, what are you thinking going into the

last one? I'm just thinking this is it, last chance, do what I've done

in training again and again and again and just execute and I did it!

I can't believe it. When the distance went up on the board, what

was your reaction? Just, like, I had to, like, double take a bit! It was

just incredible! To see the number three and a national record, I

couldn't be happier. My coach, Tor, has stuck with me through the bad

times and the good times and thank you to everyone for helping me and

everyone at home, my mum, my family, the National Lottery and all the

players, we couldn't do it without you and I can't believe it, it's

been a busy day. An amazing day for you and also an amazing day for

women's throwing, we've won medals in javelin before but never in

Olympic history anything like this, so a big step forward. You've

probably inspired a lot of people! I definitely hope so. I don't even

think about it when I step in the circle, I just try and do what I can

do best. But hopefully if I can inspire a view people to take up

hammer, it will be brilliant. I know your coach was as animated as you, I

think you can see his reaction down here, just have a look! He is the

best ever! He's like the best coach ever, I could never do this without

him. He has stuck by me through times when I was ready to just not

do it any more and we both knew that I had it in me and for him to be

there, it's just amazing and I'm glad I can do it for him as well as

me at this point tabular I know it's emotional for you, celebrate with

all the team tonight, well done! I will do, thank you very much. I love

you mum and dad! Well, that is a bronze that feels

like gold, as it should. An outstanding achievement from Sophie

Hitchon. Ron Sophie Hitchon we moved to a heat involving Jack Green in

the 400 metres hurdles, the penultimate heat here. Not an easy

heat with Annsert Whyte, the American, and Nicholas Bett as well.

He struggled with injury and had a dreadful time with depression as

well, which he has been quite open about, but back running very well.

He is one of the three in this heat who will go through if he delivers.

Well, A false start in a 400 hurdles.

Trigger-happy, there. Not the sound of the normal false start recall but

we haven't had too many false starts in this Championships. I didn't see

anyone obviously, but just looking at reaction times, they are all over

the 0.1, so it might just be a faulty start. The pricing gun,

there. Much milling around and discussing. My fault, it just went

off in my hand... I think everyone is going to be OK here. The line-up

again, Annsert Whyte, Michael Bultheel of Belgian, Kurt Couto in

lane three. Where is he off to here? Just watch yourself, Robinson!

Oskari Moro, Lindsay Hanekom, Jack Green goes in seven and Nicholas

Bett on the outside in seven. The official is displaying a green card.

Explaining multiple gunshots from the start. There is Nicholas Bett,

he has downplayed his recent mediocre form, Nicholas Bett, and

said that he will do wonders in Rio. He has two, he's only run 49.31 this

season. The 19-year-old who became Olympic champion, -- world champion,

extraordinary achievement. Annsert Whyte defended his title last month.

Away very, very quickly, Jack Green, although Nicholas Bett outside him

moving very smoothly as well and Jack Green is now going backwards

already, it seems, with Lindsay Hanekom of South Africa moving very

quickly. Jack Green with ground already to make up. Annsert Whyte

going well in lane one. Jack Green with much to do here. Three to go

through automatically come a fastest loser places up for grabs. 49.72

will get you through. Jack Green some way down the field at the

moment. Nicholas Bett going strongly anti-American, Byron Robinson,

coming through. Jack Green now, Jack Green finishing like a train to get

third place! So he does qualify automatically. He came from the

other side of to get that. He was helped a little bit by real stumbles

for Lindsay Hanekom and Nicholas Bett, the Kenyan in lane eight, had

a shocker a couple of barriers from home. Green was finishing very

quickly anyway. It was a good competent piece of hurdling by Jack.

He didn't care he knew what he was capable of and kept within it. I was

hoping he went under 45 seconds -- 49 seconds because that would be a

real signifier that he has returned and yes, he has done that. I was

watching Bett the whole way, he's the Kenyan, the world champion. He

started the race atrociously. The middle part was pretty slick. It was

nice, competent hurdling. In the home straight he goes all over the

place. He is closest to the camera. He's already stumbling into that

barrier. It is not focusing on what he needs to do. He's not citing the

barrier and hit walks straight into it! Never going to recover from

that. In contrast, Jack Green keeps his head and holds his way through

to automatic qualifying. He is through and talking to Phil. Well

done. You've taken your place in the semifinals. Tell me about your

performance. It was coming together but it's a little too slow at the

moment in terms of the actual execution. I need to commit a bit

more and hopefully be up there at 300 instead of last as usual. You

never know, seasons best, second time ever. You had this kind of

experience four years ago in London and got through to the semifinals.

What have you learned from that experience that you can bring into

this one? Try and enjoy it. Approach it like a journey. It's hard to make

an Olympics let alone a semifinal or a final. You suffered a lot from

depression and may have been lost from the sport altogether. Can you

put that into perspective? That's the thing, I have a lot of gratitude

now. I really appreciate this journey. I didn't last time, just

seeing it as another step up the ladder, thinking I could win this