:00:49. > :00:56.Good evening. I know Carnival time takes some beating here in Rio de
:00:57. > :01:01.Janeiro, but it was a wild weekend if you were a supporter of British
:01:02. > :01:08.sport. Eight gold medals, five of them coming yesterday on sensational
:01:09. > :01:12.Sunday at Britain's best awayday in Olympic history, and the medals
:01:13. > :01:18.continue to come. There has been a 16 year in Rio, and it has come from
:01:19. > :01:23.Charlotte Dujardin in dressage. But we are going straightaway to the
:01:24. > :01:26.place where Max Whitlock won two gold medals in a couple of hours
:01:27. > :01:32.yesterday. We have three more apparatus finals to enjoy, first of
:01:33. > :01:37.all it the men 's rings, and Brazil expects, this really is a huge
:01:38. > :01:40.moment for the home nation. Arthur Zanetti, the reigning champion on
:01:41. > :01:44.this piece of apparatus, he has the hopes of a nation on his very broad
:01:45. > :01:49.and a very strong shoulders. Matt Baker, take it away.
:01:50. > :01:57.Thank you, Hazel. Zanetti has just left the arena, it is important for
:01:58. > :02:01.these gymnasts to be fully warmed up before starting on the rings, but
:02:02. > :02:13.the gymnast who is just chalking up ready to go, you Hao, a massive 15.8
:02:14. > :02:26.scorer last year, so you are looking really for those 515s that are going
:02:27. > :02:30.to be meddling. -- medaling. This will be a high-class final, and
:02:31. > :02:33.looking for my new deductions here. Let's just talk our viewers through
:02:34. > :02:40.what makes the perfect rings routine, Dan. You need to have a lot
:02:41. > :02:45.of strength elements, you need to hold for a minimum of two seconds,
:02:46. > :02:49.any less and there will be big deductions, you might not even have
:02:50. > :02:54.the element counted. Moving from one element to another is also big
:02:55. > :03:00.points for the start value. And sticking the dismount, and when you
:03:01. > :03:03.are swinging, you are not allowed to have the rings moving, otherwise
:03:04. > :03:08.there are more deductions. Timing is key. If you start to see the rings
:03:09. > :03:12.swing, the gymnast will drop their body as soon as the rings drop into
:03:13. > :03:17.the middle of the frame, and timing is everything here, so these are the
:03:18. > :03:20.top eight gymnasts, the highest scores from qualification, they
:03:21. > :03:23.really are the specialists. It's time for the strongman event, the
:03:24. > :03:38.rings Olympic final. And You Hao in qualification posted
:03:39. > :03:43.the top difficulty. You can see he starts with a fantastic strength
:03:44. > :03:50.element, the rings are completely still, and there are another. We
:03:51. > :03:54.expect to see another added an? Yes, we will, and he is making sure he is
:03:55. > :04:02.holding all of these for the exact amount of time. Some even maybe a
:04:03. > :04:05.little longer just to make sure. There he is showing he can swing as
:04:06. > :04:12.well as holding the strength elements.
:04:13. > :04:17.In the crucifix, your shoulders have to be exactly flat to make sure you
:04:18. > :04:37.get it counted. Slight bent arms in the forward
:04:38. > :04:41.swing. Big dismount. And didn't make the landing. This is the point where
:04:42. > :04:44.you have gone through the full routine, and your body is screaming
:04:45. > :04:49.at you to generate the force to get up into those complicated dismounts
:04:50. > :04:54.and land them is a very big ask, especially when you are going all
:04:55. > :04:57.out the difficulty. Well, the dismount is often what sets them
:04:58. > :05:03.apart, his strength stuff is fantastic. He has to hold the body
:05:04. > :05:06.as straight as possible, and he really does manage that. The
:05:07. > :05:12.discipline on the rings is important. You turn them out. Yes,
:05:13. > :05:15.you have to turn them out just to show that the rings are away from
:05:16. > :05:20.your shoulders and away from your body, see you are not cheating in
:05:21. > :05:24.any way. That looked like he was maybe slightly tired before the end,
:05:25. > :05:28.he struggled up to the handstand, and the dismount was under rotated.
:05:29. > :05:33.It is a browsing because you can see he is a very strong guy, but the
:05:34. > :05:38.dismount is the big thing. That 0.3 deduction for the step is probably
:05:39. > :05:42.bigger than any deduction he had in the routine. It is, and especially
:05:43. > :05:47.in this final, there are really strong guys, and it will be about
:05:48. > :05:52.who has the better dismount who will win this. He has left the door open
:05:53. > :05:58.a little bit for the other competitors. Had he really been
:05:59. > :06:04.perfect with the seven start value, he might have posted a score they
:06:05. > :06:09.couldn't catch. You Hao's score is in, a difficulty of seven and an
:06:10. > :06:17.execution score of 8.4, so add those together and you get 15.4. An
:06:18. > :06:20.anxious wait, then, the You Hao. That is the benchmark that has been
:06:21. > :06:28.set, and now it is the turn of the current world champion, LS Lowry is
:06:29. > :06:35.Petronius, second highest in qualifying. Just look at this for a
:06:36. > :06:40.body type, very light bottom half. -- Eleftherios Petrounias. He has a
:06:41. > :06:43.light bottom half and massive shoulders and torso. He was looking
:06:44. > :06:49.great in warm up just a few moments ago. European champion, world
:06:50. > :06:57.champion. Can he add Olympic champion? It has been a long time
:06:58. > :07:02.since he qualified on that first day of competition of the Olympics. 20
:07:03. > :07:10.of time to recover his strength, and you can see there, massive control.
:07:11. > :07:14.You can see when he is doing the strength elements, he opened his
:07:15. > :07:19.hands to show there is no false grip, which is where you can also
:07:20. > :07:30.have deductions, 0.1, so he is trying to save every single
:07:31. > :07:41.. Almost making it look easy. Making sure the timing is perfect. He is
:07:42. > :07:58.getting every element counted. And there's the dismount. Full
:07:59. > :08:03.twisting double back somersault. You were saying the dismount was the
:08:04. > :08:06.thing that usually sets the gymnast apart on rings, and that was an
:08:07. > :08:11.impressive one, although maybe a leg fault? A little leg fault, obviously
:08:12. > :08:16.a little easier because he did the double twist in the top position.
:08:17. > :08:19.You Hao did the double twist in the straight position, you rotate much
:08:20. > :08:24.slower when your body is long and when it is short, so he won't be
:08:25. > :08:29.given quite as many marks, but he certainly gave away a great deal
:08:30. > :08:39.less. He is really a rings specialist. I love watching him on
:08:40. > :08:43.rings. His position is perfect, and I enjoy seeing how easy he makes it
:08:44. > :08:52.look, when that is so difficult. He is just so stylish. He really is.
:08:53. > :08:57.This is great, I think. He swings on straight arms, kills the top of the
:08:58. > :09:00.swing. He wasn't too bad on leg form, actually, the knees were
:09:01. > :09:07.together, and you could see him fight for that stuck landing. He is
:09:08. > :09:14.obviously working it, you can tell, can't you? He used to have quite the
:09:15. > :09:21.deductions on the landing, and it is only a little difference in start
:09:22. > :09:25.value, so he has opted to double in the top position so that he can get
:09:26. > :09:30.the landing. You Hao has a difficulty score of seven, gymnasts
:09:31. > :09:34.get extra marks were doing harder routines, you add the difficulty to
:09:35. > :09:43.the execution to get the total, and it is a massive score. It is a
:09:44. > :09:47.massive score of 16! 6.8 in a difficulty, 9.2 in the execution,
:09:48. > :09:52.and that is the highest score we have seen on rings here in E O.
:09:53. > :09:57.Absolutely, and a massive 9.2 in execution, that means the judges
:09:58. > :10:01.only took 0.8 of that routine, it was as close to perfect as we have
:10:02. > :10:09.seen. One of the youngest gymnasts now, this is Dennis Goossens, 22
:10:10. > :10:16.years old. Made the final at the Europeans earlier this year. What
:10:17. > :10:26.company he is in here. It is a huge final. As you would expect of the
:10:27. > :10:31.Olympic Games. He is only young at 22, so could be gaining experience
:10:32. > :10:33.by being in this final. He will be hoping to put in a nice big score to
:10:34. > :11:01.try and challenge for the medals. Are showing his swing to handstand,
:11:02. > :11:09.slightly struggling there. Minor deduction. Here is the dismount. It
:11:10. > :11:16.isn't going to be as high a start value as the other guys, but it was
:11:17. > :11:25.fairly clean. 15.4 is the score that he is looking for to go ahead of You
:11:26. > :11:30.Hao. A little bit of a different style in 19 clue do it quite a bit
:11:31. > :11:35.more swing. It is in the last four, eight years, the last cycles, that
:11:36. > :11:39.the gymnasts include these multiple somersaults as well as the strength
:11:40. > :11:44.elements, isn't it, Dan? Yes, and to be the best on rings, you have to be
:11:45. > :11:50.really strong and have good swinging elements, and that shows you are the
:11:51. > :11:54.best on rings. He included quite a bit more swinging elements, and that
:11:55. > :11:58.was the full twisting double straight, a little bit pike Don
:11:59. > :12:01.landing, a step to the side, but as a young gymnast in his first Olympic
:12:02. > :12:18.Games, a very good effort. Zanetti has now come into the arena.
:12:19. > :12:32.Goossens score is now in, 14 point 933. Now, the next gymnast in this
:12:33. > :12:37.men's rings Olympics final is Denis Ablyazin, he is capable of a very
:12:38. > :12:44.big score here. In the team final for Russia which help them achieve a
:12:45. > :12:49.silver medal, he got 15.7. European champion two years ago. And one of
:12:50. > :12:56.the Russian team that have really performed well here at these
:12:57. > :13:05.championships. Super-strength elements. Sets up the swimming
:13:06. > :13:10.section, Dan. He does, and back into the strength position. So hard to
:13:11. > :13:13.control that make sure he doesn't move all. A great crucifix with open
:13:14. > :13:39.wrists, and again. Now the big dismount coming up.
:13:40. > :13:46.Double twisting double straight to add colour to that difficulty score.
:13:47. > :13:52.I think that will be a good score. He dropped for that at exactly the
:13:53. > :13:55.right time. He is a very nice technician, very good, and the fact
:13:56. > :13:59.that the step on landing was a step back is better than a step forward.
:14:00. > :14:06.The step forward means you didn't quite have enough height and
:14:07. > :14:13.rotation, so the judges double deduct. He stepped back because he
:14:14. > :14:20.almost had to much rotation. He always looks to me like he performs
:14:21. > :14:30.very nicely within his capabilities. There is the big dismount. Slight
:14:31. > :14:38.step back. Just 0.1 when they take the step and then bring the foot
:14:39. > :14:57.back in to join. Petronius leads with a score of 16, Tabak -- You Hao
:14:58. > :15:05.and Goossens following. The step might not give him quite as higher
:15:06. > :15:16.score as Petronius. Will he beat You Hao? I think so.
:15:17. > :15:30.He has gone ahead of You Hao, so Denis Ablyazin in second at the
:15:31. > :15:37.moment with a score of 15.7, 16.8 the difficulty, 8.9 is execution.
:15:38. > :15:48.That score of 16 will be there for a while. That is a big ask for Arthur
:15:49. > :15:51.Zanetti to beat. The Brazilian gymnast, a lot of expectation on his
:15:52. > :15:55.shoulders. He has been a very big part of the Rio will and --
:15:56. > :16:10.Olympics. Well, a gymnast that will challenge
:16:11. > :16:17.Petrounias with the score of 16 is Yang Liu, the youngest gymnast in
:16:18. > :16:28.this final. He was world champion two years ago and has posted a score
:16:29. > :16:31.of 15.9 whilst here in Brazil. That is amazing to have been world
:16:32. > :16:38.champion at such a young age on such a piece of apparatus that needs of
:16:39. > :16:44.such strength and maturity. But he is enormously suited to this
:16:45. > :16:47.apparatus. His positions are almost perfect and I think he can
:16:48. > :16:53.definitely challenge for that first spot. That is the best inverted
:16:54. > :16:55.crucifix I have seen. He gets completely flat, which is what the
:16:56. > :17:10.judges are looking for. Perfectly flat, almost like he is
:17:11. > :17:19.laying on the floor. This is a long routine, this. It is huge style
:17:20. > :17:25.value. Coming up to the dismount. He will be deducted for that.
:17:26. > :17:34.A big dismount, it is not going to be enough for a top place. What a
:17:35. > :17:38.shame, what a shame for Yang Liu. I mean, it was going incredibly well,
:17:39. > :17:42.gets three quarters of the way through the routine. I don't know if
:17:43. > :17:46.it was just him getting tired or whatever but it dawned on me that it
:17:47. > :17:50.seemed to be going on for ever. It was as soon as you said this is an
:17:51. > :17:58.awfully long routine, it was as if he heard you and then stalled on the
:17:59. > :18:00.next two elements. That is the secret of constructing routines. You
:18:01. > :18:04.need your ten most difficult elements and if you can just do ten
:18:05. > :18:09.elements, you don't give the judges too much room to deduct. If you do a
:18:10. > :18:14.really long routine with 15 elements in, then you will get more tired and
:18:15. > :18:19.there is lots more for them to deduct. That was the stall, he has
:18:20. > :18:23.to block out into an absolute handstand and he struggled with it.
:18:24. > :18:32.His body language here said it all. Disappointed with himself. So
:18:33. > :18:37.Petrounias no doubt will continue to lead this men's final with a score
:18:38. > :18:51.of 16. Abliazin and with 15 points seven. -- with 15.7. I think with
:18:52. > :18:56.the stall for the handstand and the step backwards, I think the
:18:57. > :19:06.deductions were greater. It is the execution score we have seen from
:19:07. > :19:14.nine down to eight. There will be three gymnasts left to go after Yang
:19:15. > :19:25.Liu gets his score. Very close indeed, 15.6. 6.9 on a difficulty.
:19:26. > :19:35.For now, he is incurred, but for how long? Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues,
:19:36. > :19:42.actually a reserve for this rings final, in four and the SAE, who
:19:43. > :19:48.injured his leg on vault. -- in the side.
:19:49. > :19:59.The French team had a very varied competition, losing gymnasts to
:20:00. > :20:04.injury. But that is a super-strength element. It is and, again, that's
:20:05. > :20:05.his own move and he does it so well. There is no one else in the world
:20:06. > :20:22.who can do it quite so well as him. Really taken his chance, put into
:20:23. > :20:30.this final act of being the reserve, making sure he is not giving
:20:31. > :20:39.anything away. Slight loss of form in handstand. Big wind up into the
:20:40. > :20:46.dismount. Good effort. Great effort, I think. He took his chance, to
:20:47. > :20:53.start with, he was the first reserve and he has been put in and he just
:20:54. > :21:01.wanted to give it his all and show the world he can do it in this file.
:21:02. > :21:08.Nice style, a little bit taller than some of the other gymnasts. So this,
:21:09. > :21:11.when we say his own move, the first person to have performed it, you
:21:12. > :21:16.have do submitted to the International committee and as long
:21:17. > :21:20.as you perform it in competition in a world championship or the Olympics
:21:21. > :21:27.successfully, they will credit it and call it after you, so it is a
:21:28. > :21:37.Rodrigues. The step on dismount, though. After all that effort, just
:21:38. > :21:50.to absorb the landing. Such a difficulty. He has been around for a
:21:51. > :21:57.while, 31 years old. His best finish in an Olympics brings final was
:21:58. > :22:03.fifth in Beijing. Abliazin pacing, as he will do, before going for his
:22:04. > :22:18.vault. Hugely powerful gymnast. The score is in and it is 15 Pinheiro
:22:19. > :22:22.Rodrigues. -- 15 .233. And we have another gymnast now who wasn't
:22:23. > :22:32.expecting to be in this final, second reserve, Igor Radivilov, a
:22:33. > :22:34.gymnast looking to make history on vault in a while, he's going to
:22:35. > :22:40.produce something that has never been seen in competition, triple
:22:41. > :22:45.front. But for now, he has to concentrate on rings.
:22:46. > :22:49.Best result on rings is seventh at the European Championships, that was
:22:50. > :23:23.two years ago. Radivilov, then, 23 years old, from
:23:24. > :23:30.Ukraine. Lovely top position, the planche has to be an absolutely
:23:31. > :23:36.straight position. That is how the difficulty rises. He loves showing
:23:37. > :23:38.off his swinging work. Double somersault into a Maltese. Then the
:23:39. > :23:59.crucifix. Now preparing himself for his
:24:00. > :24:05.dismount. Can he get this right? Winding up. Double double. Wow,
:24:06. > :24:12.dismounts do not come much better than that. He is delighted, you can
:24:13. > :24:16.see the relief there. When you said winding up, you could see that the
:24:17. > :24:22.next big swing really gave him the lift to be able to elevate the
:24:23. > :24:26.dismount at the time for the to us. He has come into this final and used
:24:27. > :24:32.every opportunity. He could be in with a chance here, Dan. He could,
:24:33. > :24:38.he needs 15 points six to get into the medals and I think it will be
:24:39. > :24:44.close. In the team final, who scored 15.566 the Ukraine. I think it will
:24:45. > :24:52.be close, I think that was a better routine. His difficulty was 6-point
:24:53. > :24:58.date, we have had a range of the top being seven, down to six points six.
:24:59. > :25:03.It is in the middle, but that was a really good swing. When you talk
:25:04. > :25:10.about style in the twisting and the Turk, knees were locked together,
:25:11. > :25:14.that was really clean. -- the tuck. What a moment this could be for
:25:15. > :25:26.Radivilov if he can see his name in the top three. It is 15.466. It is
:25:27. > :25:33.forth at the moment for Radivilov. Well, I am a little surprised at
:25:34. > :25:37.that. Yes, I thought it would be a couple higher. But we are a lot
:25:38. > :25:42.higher than the judges, the judges are level with the rings and you can
:25:43. > :25:46.see everything down there. I don't know if you can hear the chanting
:25:47. > :25:51.that is going around the Olympic Arena, it is for this man, Arthur
:25:52. > :25:56.Zanetti, the reigning Olympic champion from Brazil. But let me
:25:57. > :26:09.tell you, he has to do the routine of his life just to get into the
:26:10. > :26:10.medals. The score for a medal at the moment is 15.6. The latter gymnast
:26:11. > :26:27.to go, Arthur Zanetti. -- the last. Silence in the arena. Every person
:26:28. > :26:36.in this arena willing the great performance and that is a fantastic
:26:37. > :26:40.start. Great show of strength. Those from a static position and moved up
:26:41. > :26:50.to Maltese -- he goes from. This is a gymnast that has struggled
:26:51. > :26:53.slightly in the serene elements but is so, so strong, he makes the
:26:54. > :27:01.strength of look really easy throughout.
:27:02. > :27:16.Wrists open on the crucifix, saving every tenth.
:27:17. > :27:30.Up into the handstand. He scored 15.533 and qualifications. He needs
:27:31. > :27:38.to make the landing can. Well, I think he could well have done it. He
:27:39. > :27:42.gave it his absolute all. We are talking about maybe silver,
:27:43. > :27:48.potentially bronze, but 16 is a big, big ask. I don't think he's going to
:27:49. > :27:55.score 16 but I think it has potential to go into the bronze
:27:56. > :28:01.medal place. 15. Is that silver medal position, 15.6 is bronze
:28:02. > :28:09.medal. Petrounias leads with a score of 16. Well, it is all about the
:28:10. > :28:16.execution. Whenever judges can find little fractions of tenths to take
:28:17. > :28:21.away. I think the strength positions are almost perfect. There were a few
:28:22. > :28:29.wobbles in handstand. We will have to see how much the judges are going
:28:30. > :28:39.to deduct. Tiniest hope on landing. He is obviously delighted -- tiniest
:28:40. > :28:46.hop. Judges always go for execution, so if it is a tie, he will end up
:28:47. > :28:51.winning on execution. So let's just keep our eye on the scoreboard and
:28:52. > :28:56.what comes in. If his score matches, he will end up with that silver
:28:57. > :29:05.medal position. Let's have a look and see. He is applauding, the score
:29:06. > :29:12.is in, it is 15.766. Arthur Zanetti gets a silver medal for Brazil in
:29:13. > :29:18.the man's Olympic rings final. Petrounias takes gold. He is now
:29:19. > :29:25.European champion, world champion and Olympic champion. Zanetti, for
:29:26. > :29:35.Brazil, takes the silver and Dennis Abliazin and, for Russia, takes
:29:36. > :29:39.bronze. Well, I think it is fair to say that Zanetti came here expecting
:29:40. > :29:43.not to be able to retain that Olympic title, because Petrounias on
:29:44. > :29:51.the world stage in the last four years has just been unstoppable.
:29:52. > :29:58.Yes, he has been up in the highly 15.9s and 16s for the last year and
:29:59. > :30:01.only despite can get close to him. Unfortunately, he made a small
:30:02. > :30:06.mistake in the rings final and Zanetti has really capitalised that.
:30:07. > :30:11.Surprising, really, for the Chinese gymnast, because in those first two
:30:12. > :30:15.days of competition, team qualification and team final, they
:30:16. > :30:22.had looked so dominant on rings, but they weren't able to raise their
:30:23. > :30:27.game again. How often would you be -- expecting to be able to do your
:30:28. > :30:32.whole rings routine? It is hard, because some days when your body is
:30:33. > :30:35.naturally tired and you can't do all of your strength elements, it is not
:30:36. > :30:42.like pommel horse or floor, where you can do routines most days, you
:30:43. > :30:45.will have to do routines, half routines or with support from the
:30:46. > :30:49.coaches to just try and keep the position going.
:30:50. > :30:58.Well, these gymnasts, including Denis Ablyazin, will go up for their
:30:59. > :31:02.medals now, Denis Ablyazin will receive his bronze medal and then
:31:03. > :31:03.have to refocus very quickly for the men's vault final which is next
:31:04. > :31:27.here. Eleftherios HAZEL IRVINE: Ever popular here,
:31:28. > :31:31.Arthur Zanetti, it is another medal for Brazil, Lord of the Rings, he
:31:32. > :31:38.has been user at this time around. If you are just joining us, hello
:31:39. > :31:42.and welcome to day ten. We have been watching a lot of great sport here
:31:43. > :31:48.at the Olympic Games, and it was made even better by a 16th gold
:31:49. > :31:51.medal for Charlotte Dujardin a short while ago in the individual
:31:52. > :31:55.dressage. She has retained her title, the 40th middle of these
:31:56. > :31:59.games so far for the Great Britain team, and it came after a brilliant
:32:00. > :32:04.bronze from Sophie Hitchon in the women's hammer, a new British
:32:05. > :32:09.record. It means it is a first medal for a British woman in a field event
:32:10. > :32:15.in athletics since Fatima Whitbread in 1988. That is how significant
:32:16. > :32:18.that achievement is. It has been tremendous today. Also going well
:32:19. > :32:24.have been Great Britain's badminton players. Mark as Ellis and Chris
:32:25. > :32:28.Langridge are through in the Men's Doubles, they have played well above
:32:29. > :32:32.their world ranking of 22 in this competition so far to make it into
:32:33. > :32:37.the knockout stages, and they are in their quarterfinal today where they
:32:38. > :32:45.face the Japanese duo of endo and Hayakawa. It is best of three games,
:32:46. > :32:49.first 21 in will do it. The British pair have already won the first
:32:50. > :32:51.game, we will join them in the second, and commentary comes from
:32:52. > :33:09.Paul Hand and Simon Reed. COMMENTATOR: Ellis in so quickly. He
:33:10. > :33:21.has been a real powerhouse from the back. Chris is very tidy with the
:33:22. > :33:25.tight shots, and they have a terrific communication, you can see
:33:26. > :33:36.Chris Langridge shouting at, come on! And they were in a really tough
:33:37. > :33:40.group, which they did so well to get out of, Langridge and Ellis.
:33:41. > :33:51.And now, here they are, up against a pair who have been number two in the
:33:52. > :33:55.world. And they are frontrunners, and they are holding on really well.
:33:56. > :34:05.A 5-point cushion at the mid-game break. Back to that group, they beat
:34:06. > :34:27.Callington and that as well, so I really strong showing in that group.
:34:28. > :34:35.They have achieved so much in their two years together, have these two.
:34:36. > :34:38.That support tightened up, but this really out of all recognition, if
:34:39. > :35:25.they could get through to the semifinal of the Olympic Games.
:35:26. > :35:33.Again, miraculous defence, but Ellis will not be denied. He is taking
:35:34. > :35:39.over this match. Yes, bullying his way through, every point is just so
:35:40. > :35:40.gripping. I can't take my eyes off the screen, it is such a compelling
:35:41. > :36:05.watch. Oh, that is out. He can't make it
:36:06. > :36:12.every time! It just seems as if he can.
:36:13. > :36:20.A lovely blend of soft handed touch around the forecourt, and then
:36:21. > :36:41.bullying, menacing presence from the backcourt with Ellis.
:36:42. > :37:18.Well left. That was a tough shot to control.
:37:19. > :37:26.They have been a little careless on serve. There is a disturbing sense
:37:27. > :37:27.of calm and focused on the Japanese camp, but they have missed by
:37:28. > :37:57.increments every now and then. Yes, so quick, Langridge, to see the
:37:58. > :37:59.open court, just tuck sitting beautifully. Look how quick he was,
:38:00. > :38:08.he had to pounce, wonderful finish. Once again, the lead stretches to
:38:09. > :38:55.six. They are very nearly there. Good try from behind the back! It
:38:56. > :39:03.has been breathtaking, badminton at its best. I think this last one was
:39:04. > :39:07.a shout from the net, Chris couldn't quite get a read on it. Kind of had
:39:08. > :39:30.a double take at that one. They have spent more time on the
:39:31. > :39:31.grandest of stages, twice all England open finalists, super series
:39:32. > :39:38.event, of course. Used to turning matches like this
:39:39. > :40:10.around. So, hope springing again for the
:40:11. > :40:17.Japanese, just beginning to eat into the lead. Can the Brits stop them?
:40:18. > :40:30.The lead was six points, it is down to four.
:40:31. > :40:35.It is so wasteful. A clever idea, the execution not, just spilling
:40:36. > :40:46.over the back line. Just when they were starting to get
:40:47. > :41:31.things going. Then that happens. It's in. Again, super rally, great
:41:32. > :41:42.defence from both Ellis and Langridge.
:41:43. > :41:59.Court drenched in sweat. It is 34 degrees outside, it must be nearly
:42:00. > :42:04.that inside. It will certainly feel that we have the players. They don't
:42:05. > :42:08.want to turn the air conditioning up too much unless it creates drift in
:42:09. > :42:11.the hall. They were concerned about that before this badminton event
:42:12. > :42:14.started, about the drift in the hall. But we haven't heard too many
:42:15. > :42:37.complaints. Still the lead narrows. It has been
:42:38. > :43:41.halved now. Can they hang on? No, just missed! Another superhuman
:43:42. > :43:49.effort from the Brits, and it was from the racket of Ellis there. He
:43:50. > :43:52.had to change the direction, he has had such great results with that,
:43:53. > :43:55.but just spinning wide of the doubles line. So it is down to two
:43:56. > :44:16.now. Utterly focused, these two.
:44:17. > :44:20.Deep-seated belief well, they had a dreadful start to this second game,
:44:21. > :44:25.when they did seem all at sea, but just in the last couple of minutes,
:44:26. > :44:29.they look a different proposition. And it is going to be mighty tough
:44:30. > :44:33.for language and Ellis to hang on here.
:44:34. > :45:38.It is all Endo and Hayakawa. They were 15-10 up, and the lead
:45:39. > :45:43.evaporated so quickly. Perhaps they just need to take the time and
:45:44. > :45:47.somehow regroup, because these two, they are two men on a mission, in
:45:48. > :45:48.blue. How can they stop the momentum which is so firmly with the Japanese
:45:49. > :46:06.now? Yes. Great choice, great execution
:46:07. > :46:09.from Langridge. Yes, it was a straight net shot from the top
:46:10. > :46:21.drawer here by Chris Langridge. Wonderful hands.
:46:22. > :46:26.And of course, what it does for the Japanese, when you are playing soft
:46:27. > :46:30.shots like that, they don't know where to base themselves. Deep in
:46:31. > :46:34.the court, shorten the court? They have been bullied by the Ellis smash
:46:35. > :46:42.and with the soft skills, they are combining so well Langridge with the
:46:43. > :47:00.soft skills. Now can they put a few points back-to-back?
:47:01. > :47:10.Yes. Super finish. The bulk of the work from Ellis but Langridge with
:47:11. > :47:24.the finish. Just pummelling down on the right
:47:25. > :47:25.hip of Hayaka. In the end, Langridge with the finish and the league is
:47:26. > :47:34.back to two. -- the lead. And they have put a stop to the
:47:35. > :48:31.momentum. They managed to get Langridge away
:48:32. > :48:37.from the net and the Japanese are back level. There was a raucous cry
:48:38. > :48:41.from them in the penultimate point. The sharp end of the game, they are
:48:42. > :49:06.acquitting themselves very, very well. Endo with the big finish.
:49:07. > :49:14.They continue to waste points. And that may turn out to be crucial. We
:49:15. > :49:19.have seen a couple of service. The Japanese team. -- service mistakes
:49:20. > :50:13.from the Japanese team. Another monster rally. Langridge
:50:14. > :50:18.again with the punishment. It was a blistering point from both teams,
:50:19. > :50:23.wasn't it? Incredible, spreading the court well, both of them. Ellis
:50:24. > :50:29.setting it up wonderfully and Langridge sticking the knife in,
:50:30. > :50:33.closing the net down. Two points away.
:50:34. > :50:45.Can they hold their nerve, keep that kind of form going?
:50:46. > :51:11.What a mess from Endo. Expensive. So three points for the semifinal of
:51:12. > :51:15.the Olympic Games for Marcus Elliott and Chris Langridge. -- Marcus
:51:16. > :52:20.Ellis. It is out! And the Brits are
:52:21. > :52:27.through! And they look so confident at the end. What a result for
:52:28. > :52:35.British badminton. Such an emotive moment, wasn't it? A breathtaking
:52:36. > :52:42.performance from the world ranked 22nd couple, as Sting the eighth
:52:43. > :52:46.best team in the world. -- as Sting. Marcus, once you got to the
:52:47. > :52:51.quarterfinals, you said you had to pinch yourself in amazement. When
:52:52. > :52:57.you won the final point, you on your knees. What is your reaction today?
:52:58. > :53:00.I honestly can't believe it. Literally, five days ago, the
:53:01. > :53:04.competition started and we have had such hard matches and to come out on
:53:05. > :53:11.top today, oh, my God, I really am lost words. It is beyond what we
:53:12. > :53:15.could have expected. Chris, where does this rank in terms of career
:53:16. > :53:20.highlights? It's definitely the best. It is unbelievable. Without
:53:21. > :53:25.sounding too cheesy, it does show, you put in hard work, you graphed
:53:26. > :53:30.away and we are not the most gifted, the quickest, but we work hard, we
:53:31. > :53:34.work really well together, the way we flowed together as a team, it
:53:35. > :53:38.shows when two people put their mind to something and I will hold my hand
:53:39. > :53:43.up, I am not the best player but I work hard and this is insane, the
:53:44. > :53:46.semifinal of the Olympics. The way we are playing, there is no reason
:53:47. > :53:51.why we can't push the other guys. I am well up for a medal.
:53:52. > :53:56.And we are very glad to hear it! Ellis and Langridge through to the
:53:57. > :54:01.semifinals, fantastic performance and they have the Chinese bought
:54:02. > :54:07.seeds tomorrow. If you have just come in, let me tell you about a
:54:08. > :54:12.significant happening in women's sport. Sophie Hitchon breaking the
:54:13. > :54:16.record in the hammer with the last throw of the competition to take the
:54:17. > :54:21.bronze medal and the love Brad Thrower, Burnley born, fourth at the
:54:22. > :54:25.World Championships last year, she has struck a blow here, the first
:54:26. > :54:32.field event medal for a British woman for 28 years. I have said
:54:33. > :54:37.before, training is going really, really well, so the distance really
:54:38. > :54:42.wasn't expected but to get a bronze medal, I'm just over the moon. You
:54:43. > :54:46.set the tone of early on with a really big throw, you got in a medal
:54:47. > :54:51.positions early, so we thinking, this could be my day? You never know
:54:52. > :54:54.in hammer. The girls are all throwing really well and they can
:54:55. > :54:58.always produce their best in the last round so I didn't expect that
:54:59. > :55:03.all it would hold third, I just knew I wanted to throw further and try to
:55:04. > :55:07.execute my technique. Missed it on a few but I knew it was going to go if
:55:08. > :55:11.I kept it going. The last round, you had dropped into fifth by that
:55:12. > :55:16.point, what were you thinking of going into the circle? Just that
:55:17. > :55:19.this is it, last chance, do what I have done in training again and
:55:20. > :55:25.again and again and just execute. I did it and I can't believe it. When
:55:26. > :55:31.the distance went up on the board, what was your reaction? I had to
:55:32. > :55:35.double take a little bit because, you know, it was just incredible and
:55:36. > :55:39.to see the number three there and a national record, I couldn't be
:55:40. > :55:43.happier. And by coach has stuck with me through the bad times and
:55:44. > :55:50.obviously the good times, but thank you for everyone at Moffett Field
:55:51. > :55:53.for helping me, everyone at home, my mum, my family, the national lottery
:55:54. > :55:57.and all of the players, we couldn't do it without you and I can't
:55:58. > :56:02.believe it, it has been an amazing day. It is also an amazing day for
:56:03. > :56:05.women's throwing, we have won medals in javelin before but never in
:56:06. > :56:08.Olympic history anything like this, so it is a big step forward and you
:56:09. > :56:14.will probably inspire a lot of people, do you think? I definitely
:56:15. > :56:18.hope so. I don't even think about it when I step in the circle, I just
:56:19. > :56:22.try and do what I can do best but hopefully if I can inspire a few
:56:23. > :56:27.people to take up hammer, it will be brilliant. I know your coach was as
:56:28. > :56:33.animated as you, you can have a look at his reaction just down here. He
:56:34. > :56:37.is the best ever! And Polly behind him, my goodness. He is the best
:56:38. > :56:41.coach ever, I could never do this without him. He has stuck by me
:56:42. > :56:47.through times when I was ready to just not do it any more and we both
:56:48. > :56:52.knew that I had it in me and for him to be there is just amazing. I am
:56:53. > :56:57.glad I can do it for him as well as me at this point. I know it is
:56:58. > :57:01.emotional for you, congratulations again. Celebrate with all the team
:57:02. > :57:07.tonight, well done. I will, thank you very much. I love you, Mum And
:57:08. > :57:15.Dad! It is official, she loves you and we love Sophie two, finishing in
:57:16. > :57:18.a medal place, the winner finishing over 80 minutes, sensational stop.
:57:19. > :57:25.Let me remind you of some of the other headlines on day ten.
:57:26. > :57:29.Great Britain's gold rush has continued with Charlotte Dujardin
:57:30. > :57:33.and successfully defending her individual dressage title. She takes
:57:34. > :57:36.her tally to three Olympic gold medals.
:57:37. > :57:40.And as we have seen, Sophie Hitchon saving her best till last in the
:57:41. > :57:44.hammer final, breaking the British record. An historic bronze, the
:57:45. > :57:48.first British women to -- woman to win a medal in that event.
:57:49. > :57:52.Mark Cavendish remains on course to win his first Olympic medal, lying
:57:53. > :57:56.third after four events of the men's on the with the final two to come
:57:57. > :58:00.this evening in the velodrome. In the women's on the, Laura Trott
:58:01. > :58:05.is bidding to become the first British woman to win four gold
:58:06. > :58:11.medals. She is first out of the opening scratch race.
:58:12. > :58:16.And with giblet blew away the others in the steeplechase -- Jebet. But
:58:17. > :58:21.she agonisingly missed out on the world record by less than a second.
:58:22. > :58:26.And in case you were wondering, has Charlotte Dujardin cause for a
:58:27. > :58:28.double celebration? Yes, she has, she has just been speaking
:58:29. > :58:33.afterwards and this is her other half, Dean Golding, who put the sign
:58:34. > :58:38.on the chest, "Can we get married now?" And in the press conference,
:58:39. > :58:43.she said, "He just wants me to say yes. He has already asked me to
:58:44. > :58:48.marry him, I have a ring on my finger. He is such a banana, he has
:58:49. > :58:52.made it so public, I have to do it now." So double celebrations,
:58:53. > :58:56.Charlotte, are not just the gold medal but on your engagement and I
:58:57. > :59:00.am sure champagne corks will be popping all over the Olympic
:59:01. > :59:02.Village. From the afternoon team, goodbye for now.