Day 10 BBC Two: 18.00-19.00 Olympics

Good evening. I know Carnival time takes some beating here in Rio de

Janeiro, but it was a wild weekend if you were a supporter of British

sport. Eight gold medals, five of them coming yesterday on sensational

Sunday at Britain's best awayday in Olympic history, and the medals

continue to come. There has been a 16 year in Rio, and it has come from

Charlotte Dujardin in dressage. But we are going straightaway to the

place where Max Whitlock won two gold medals in a couple of hours

yesterday. We have three more apparatus finals to enjoy, first of

all it the men 's rings, and Brazil expects, this really is a huge

moment for the home nation. Arthur Zanetti, the reigning champion on

this piece of apparatus, he has the hopes of a nation on his very broad

and a very strong shoulders. Matt Baker, take it away.

Thank you, Hazel. Zanetti has just left the arena, it is important for

these gymnasts to be fully warmed up before starting on the rings, but

the gymnast who is just chalking up ready to go, you Hao, a massive 15.8

scorer last year, so you are looking really for those 515s that are going

to be meddling. -- medaling. This will be a high-class final, and

looking for my new deductions here. Let's just talk our viewers through

what makes the perfect rings routine, Dan. You need to have a lot

of strength elements, you need to hold for a minimum of two seconds,

any less and there will be big deductions, you might not even have

the element counted. Moving from one element to another is also big

points for the start value. And sticking the dismount, and when you

are swinging, you are not allowed to have the rings moving, otherwise

there are more deductions. Timing is key. If you start to see the rings

swing, the gymnast will drop their body as soon as the rings drop into

the middle of the frame, and timing is everything here, so these are the

top eight gymnasts, the highest scores from qualification, they

really are the specialists. It's time for the strongman event, the

rings Olympic final. And You Hao in qualification posted

the top difficulty. You can see he starts with a fantastic strength

element, the rings are completely still, and there are another. We

expect to see another added an? Yes, we will, and he is making sure he is

holding all of these for the exact amount of time. Some even maybe a

little longer just to make sure. There he is showing he can swing as

well as holding the strength elements.

In the crucifix, your shoulders have to be exactly flat to make sure you

get it counted. Slight bent arms in the forward

swing. Big dismount. And didn't make the landing. This is the point where

you have gone through the full routine, and your body is screaming

at you to generate the force to get up into those complicated dismounts

and land them is a very big ask, especially when you are going all

out the difficulty. Well, the dismount is often what sets them

apart, his strength stuff is fantastic. He has to hold the body

as straight as possible, and he really does manage that. The

discipline on the rings is important. You turn them out. Yes,

you have to turn them out just to show that the rings are away from

your shoulders and away from your body, see you are not cheating in

any way. That looked like he was maybe slightly tired before the end,

he struggled up to the handstand, and the dismount was under rotated.

It is a browsing because you can see he is a very strong guy, but the

dismount is the big thing. That 0.3 deduction for the step is probably

bigger than any deduction he had in the routine. It is, and especially

in this final, there are really strong guys, and it will be about

who has the better dismount who will win this. He has left the door open

a little bit for the other competitors. Had he really been

perfect with the seven start value, he might have posted a score they

couldn't catch. You Hao's score is in, a difficulty of seven and an

execution score of 8.4, so add those together and you get 15.4. An

anxious wait, then, the You Hao. That is the benchmark that has been

set, and now it is the turn of the current world champion, LS Lowry is

Petronius, second highest in qualifying. Just look at this for a

body type, very light bottom half. -- Eleftherios Petrounias. He has a

light bottom half and massive shoulders and torso. He was looking

great in warm up just a few moments ago. European champion, world

champion. Can he add Olympic champion? It has been a long time

since he qualified on that first day of competition of the Olympics. 20

of time to recover his strength, and you can see there, massive control.

You can see when he is doing the strength elements, he opened his

hands to show there is no false grip, which is where you can also

have deductions, 0.1, so he is trying to save every single

. Almost making it look easy. Making sure the timing is perfect. He is

getting every element counted. And there's the dismount. Full

twisting double back somersault. You were saying the dismount was the

thing that usually sets the gymnast apart on rings, and that was an

impressive one, although maybe a leg fault? A little leg fault, obviously

a little easier because he did the double twist in the top position.

You Hao did the double twist in the straight position, you rotate much

slower when your body is long and when it is short, so he won't be

given quite as many marks, but he certainly gave away a great deal

less. He is really a rings specialist. I love watching him on

rings. His position is perfect, and I enjoy seeing how easy he makes it

look, when that is so difficult. He is just so stylish. He really is.

This is great, I think. He swings on straight arms, kills the top of the

swing. He wasn't too bad on leg form, actually, the knees were

together, and you could see him fight for that stuck landing. He is

obviously working it, you can tell, can't you? He used to have quite the

deductions on the landing, and it is only a little difference in start

value, so he has opted to double in the top position so that he can get

the landing. You Hao has a difficulty score of seven, gymnasts

get extra marks were doing harder routines, you add the difficulty to

the execution to get the total, and it is a massive score. It is a

massive score of 16! 6.8 in a difficulty, 9.2 in the execution,

and that is the highest score we have seen on rings here in E O.

Absolutely, and a massive 9.2 in execution, that means the judges

only took 0.8 of that routine, it was as close to perfect as we have

seen. One of the youngest gymnasts now, this is Dennis Goossens, 22

years old. Made the final at the Europeans earlier this year. What

company he is in here. It is a huge final. As you would expect of the

Olympic Games. He is only young at 22, so could be gaining experience

by being in this final. He will be hoping to put in a nice big score to

try and challenge for the medals. Are showing his swing to handstand,

slightly struggling there. Minor deduction. Here is the dismount. It

isn't going to be as high a start value as the other guys, but it was

fairly clean. 15.4 is the score that he is looking for to go ahead of You

Hao. A little bit of a different style in 19 clue do it quite a bit

more swing. It is in the last four, eight years, the last cycles, that

the gymnasts include these multiple somersaults as well as the strength

elements, isn't it, Dan? Yes, and to be the best on rings, you have to be

really strong and have good swinging elements, and that shows you are the

best on rings. He included quite a bit more swinging elements, and that

was the full twisting double straight, a little bit pike Don

landing, a step to the side, but as a young gymnast in his first Olympic

Games, a very good effort. Zanetti has now come into the arena.

Goossens score is now in, 14 point 933. Now, the next gymnast in this

men's rings Olympics final is Denis Ablyazin, he is capable of a very

big score here. In the team final for Russia which help them achieve a

silver medal, he got 15.7. European champion two years ago. And one of

the Russian team that have really performed well here at these

championships. Super-strength elements. Sets up the swimming

section, Dan. He does, and back into the strength position. So hard to

control that make sure he doesn't move all. A great crucifix with open

wrists, and again. Now the big dismount coming up.

Double twisting double straight to add colour to that difficulty score.

I think that will be a good score. He dropped for that at exactly the

right time. He is a very nice technician, very good, and the fact

that the step on landing was a step back is better than a step forward.

The step forward means you didn't quite have enough height and

rotation, so the judges double deduct. He stepped back because he

almost had to much rotation. He always looks to me like he performs

very nicely within his capabilities. There is the big dismount. Slight

step back. Just 0.1 when they take the step and then bring the foot

back in to join. Petronius leads with a score of 16, Tabak -- You Hao

and Goossens following. The step might not give him quite as higher

score as Petronius. Will he beat You Hao? I think so.

He has gone ahead of You Hao, so Denis Ablyazin in second at the

moment with a score of 15.7, 16.8 the difficulty, 8.9 is execution.

That score of 16 will be there for a while. That is a big ask for Arthur

Zanetti to beat. The Brazilian gymnast, a lot of expectation on his

shoulders. He has been a very big part of the Rio will and --

Olympics. Well, a gymnast that will challenge

Petrounias with the score of 16 is Yang Liu, the youngest gymnast in

this final. He was world champion two years ago and has posted a score

of 15.9 whilst here in Brazil. That is amazing to have been world

champion at such a young age on such a piece of apparatus that needs of

such strength and maturity. But he is enormously suited to this

apparatus. His positions are almost perfect and I think he can

definitely challenge for that first spot. That is the best inverted

crucifix I have seen. He gets completely flat, which is what the

judges are looking for. Perfectly flat, almost like he is

laying on the floor. This is a long routine, this. It is huge style

value. Coming up to the dismount. He will be deducted for that.

A big dismount, it is not going to be enough for a top place. What a

shame, what a shame for Yang Liu. I mean, it was going incredibly well,

gets three quarters of the way through the routine. I don't know if

it was just him getting tired or whatever but it dawned on me that it

seemed to be going on for ever. It was as soon as you said this is an

awfully long routine, it was as if he heard you and then stalled on the

next two elements. That is the secret of constructing routines. You

need your ten most difficult elements and if you can just do ten

elements, you don't give the judges too much room to deduct. If you do a

really long routine with 15 elements in, then you will get more tired and

there is lots more for them to deduct. That was the stall, he has

to block out into an absolute handstand and he struggled with it.

His body language here said it all. Disappointed with himself. So

Petrounias no doubt will continue to lead this men's final with a score

of 16. Abliazin and with 15 points seven. -- with 15.7. I think with

the stall for the handstand and the step backwards, I think the

deductions were greater. It is the execution score we have seen from

nine down to eight. There will be three gymnasts left to go after Yang

Liu gets his score. Very close indeed, 15.6. 6.9 on a difficulty.

For now, he is incurred, but for how long? Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues,

actually a reserve for this rings final, in four and the SAE, who

injured his leg on vault. -- in the side.

The French team had a very varied competition, losing gymnasts to

injury. But that is a super-strength element. It is and, again, that's

his own move and he does it so well. There is no one else in the world

who can do it quite so well as him. Really taken his chance, put into

this final act of being the reserve, making sure he is not giving

anything away. Slight loss of form in handstand. Big wind up into the

dismount. Good effort. Great effort, I think. He took his chance, to

start with, he was the first reserve and he has been put in and he just

wanted to give it his all and show the world he can do it in this file.

Nice style, a little bit taller than some of the other gymnasts. So this,

when we say his own move, the first person to have performed it, you

have do submitted to the International committee and as long

as you perform it in competition in a world championship or the Olympics

successfully, they will credit it and call it after you, so it is a

Rodrigues. The step on dismount, though. After all that effort, just

to absorb the landing. Such a difficulty. He has been around for a

while, 31 years old. His best finish in an Olympics brings final was

fifth in Beijing. Abliazin pacing, as he will do, before going for his

vault. Hugely powerful gymnast. The score is in and it is 15 Pinheiro

Rodrigues. -- 15 .233. And we have another gymnast now who wasn't

expecting to be in this final, second reserve, Igor Radivilov, a

gymnast looking to make history on vault in a while, he's going to

produce something that has never been seen in competition, triple

front. But for now, he has to concentrate on rings.

Best result on rings is seventh at the European Championships, that was

two years ago. Radivilov, then, 23 years old, from

Ukraine. Lovely top position, the planche has to be an absolutely

straight position. That is how the difficulty rises. He loves showing

off his swinging work. Double somersault into a Maltese. Then the

crucifix. Now preparing himself for his

dismount. Can he get this right? Winding up. Double double. Wow,

dismounts do not come much better than that. He is delighted, you can

see the relief there. When you said winding up, you could see that the

next big swing really gave him the lift to be able to elevate the

dismount at the time for the to us. He has come into this final and used

every opportunity. He could be in with a chance here, Dan. He could,

he needs 15 points six to get into the medals and I think it will be

close. In the team final, who scored 15.566 the Ukraine. I think it will

be close, I think that was a better routine. His difficulty was 6-point

date, we have had a range of the top being seven, down to six points six.

It is in the middle, but that was a really good swing. When you talk

about style in the twisting and the Turk, knees were locked together,

that was really clean. -- the tuck. What a moment this could be for

Radivilov if he can see his name in the top three. It is 15.466. It is

forth at the moment for Radivilov. Well, I am a little surprised at

that. Yes, I thought it would be a couple higher. But we are a lot

higher than the judges, the judges are level with the rings and you can

see everything down there. I don't know if you can hear the chanting

that is going around the Olympic Arena, it is for this man, Arthur

Zanetti, the reigning Olympic champion from Brazil. But let me

tell you, he has to do the routine of his life just to get into the

medals. The score for a medal at the moment is 15.6. The latter gymnast

to go, Arthur Zanetti. -- the last. Silence in the arena. Every person

in this arena willing the great performance and that is a fantastic

start. Great show of strength. Those from a static position and moved up

to Maltese -- he goes from. This is a gymnast that has struggled

slightly in the serene elements but is so, so strong, he makes the

strength of look really easy throughout.

Wrists open on the crucifix, saving every tenth.

Up into the handstand. He scored 15.533 and qualifications. He needs

to make the landing can. Well, I think he could well have done it. He

gave it his absolute all. We are talking about maybe silver,

potentially bronze, but 16 is a big, big ask. I don't think he's going to

score 16 but I think it has potential to go into the bronze

medal place. 15. Is that silver medal position, 15.6 is bronze

medal. Petrounias leads with a score of 16. Well, it is all about the

execution. Whenever judges can find little fractions of tenths to take

away. I think the strength positions are almost perfect. There were a few

wobbles in handstand. We will have to see how much the judges are going

to deduct. Tiniest hope on landing. He is obviously delighted -- tiniest

hop. Judges always go for execution, so if it is a tie, he will end up

winning on execution. So let's just keep our eye on the scoreboard and

what comes in. If his score matches, he will end up with that silver

medal position. Let's have a look and see. He is applauding, the score

is in, it is 15.766. Arthur Zanetti gets a silver medal for Brazil in

the man's Olympic rings final. Petrounias takes gold. He is now

European champion, world champion and Olympic champion. Zanetti, for

Brazil, takes the silver and Dennis Abliazin and, for Russia, takes

bronze. Well, I think it is fair to say that Zanetti came here expecting

not to be able to retain that Olympic title, because Petrounias on

the world stage in the last four years has just been unstoppable.

Yes, he has been up in the highly 15.9s and 16s for the last year and

only despite can get close to him. Unfortunately, he made a small

mistake in the rings final and Zanetti has really capitalised that.

Surprising, really, for the Chinese gymnast, because in those first two

days of competition, team qualification and team final, they

had looked so dominant on rings, but they weren't able to raise their

game again. How often would you be -- expecting to be able to do your

whole rings routine? It is hard, because some days when your body is

naturally tired and you can't do all of your strength elements, it is not

like pommel horse or floor, where you can do routines most days, you

will have to do routines, half routines or with support from the

coaches to just try and keep the position going.

Well, these gymnasts, including Denis Ablyazin, will go up for their

medals now, Denis Ablyazin will receive his bronze medal and then

have to refocus very quickly for the men's vault final which is next

here. Eleftherios HAZEL IRVINE: Ever popular here,

Arthur Zanetti, it is another medal for Brazil, Lord of the Rings, he

has been user at this time around. If you are just joining us, hello

and welcome to day ten. We have been watching a lot of great sport here

at the Olympic Games, and it was made even better by a 16th gold

medal for Charlotte Dujardin a short while ago in the individual

dressage. She has retained her title, the 40th middle of these

games so far for the Great Britain team, and it came after a brilliant

bronze from Sophie Hitchon in the women's hammer, a new British

record. It means it is a first medal for a British woman in a field event

in athletics since Fatima Whitbread in 1988. That is how significant

that achievement is. It has been tremendous today. Also going well

have been Great Britain's badminton players. Mark as Ellis and Chris

Langridge are through in the Men's Doubles, they have played well above

their world ranking of 22 in this competition so far to make it into

the knockout stages, and they are in their quarterfinal today where they

face the Japanese duo of endo and Hayakawa. It is best of three games,

first 21 in will do it. The British pair have already won the first

game, we will join them in the second, and commentary comes from

Paul Hand and Simon Reed. COMMENTATOR: Ellis in so quickly. He

has been a real powerhouse from the back. Chris is very tidy with the

tight shots, and they have a terrific communication, you can see

Chris Langridge shouting at, come on! And they were in a really tough

group, which they did so well to get out of, Langridge and Ellis.

And now, here they are, up against a pair who have been number two in the

world. And they are frontrunners, and they are holding on really well.

A 5-point cushion at the mid-game break. Back to that group, they beat

Callington and that as well, so I really strong showing in that group.

They have achieved so much in their two years together, have these two.

That support tightened up, but this really out of all recognition, if

they could get through to the semifinal of the Olympic Games.

Again, miraculous defence, but Ellis will not be denied. He is taking

over this match. Yes, bullying his way through, every point is just so

gripping. I can't take my eyes off the screen, it is such a compelling

watch. Oh, that is out. He can't make it

every time! It just seems as if he can.

A lovely blend of soft handed touch around the forecourt, and then

bullying, menacing presence from the backcourt with Ellis.

Well left. That was a tough shot to control.

They have been a little careless on serve. There is a disturbing sense

of calm and focused on the Japanese camp, but they have missed by

increments every now and then. Yes, so quick, Langridge, to see the

open court, just tuck sitting beautifully. Look how quick he was,

he had to pounce, wonderful finish. Once again, the lead stretches to

six. They are very nearly there. Good try from behind the back! It

has been breathtaking, badminton at its best. I think this last one was

a shout from the net, Chris couldn't quite get a read on it. Kind of had

a double take at that one. They have spent more time on the

grandest of stages, twice all England open finalists, super series

event, of course. Used to turning matches like this

around. So, hope springing again for the

Japanese, just beginning to eat into the lead. Can the Brits stop them?

The lead was six points, it is down to four.

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

over the back line. Just when they were starting to get

things going. Then that happens. It's in. Again, super rally, great

defence from both Ellis and Langridge.

Court drenched in sweat. It is 34 degrees outside, it must be nearly

that inside. It will certainly feel that we have the players. They don't

want to turn the air conditioning up too much unless it creates drift in

the hall. They were concerned about that before this badminton event

started, about the drift in the hall. But we haven't heard too many

complaints. Still the lead narrows. It has been

halved now. Can they hang on? No, just missed! Another superhuman

effort from the Brits, and it was from the racket of Ellis there. He

had to change the direction, he has had such great results with that,

but just spinning wide of the doubles line. So it is down to two

now. Utterly focused, these two.

Deep-seated belief well, they had a dreadful start to this second game,

when they did seem all at sea, but just in the last couple of minutes,

they look a different proposition. And it is going to be mighty tough

for language and Ellis to hang on here.

It is all Endo and Hayakawa. They were 15-10 up, and the lead

evaporated so quickly. Perhaps they just need to take the time and

somehow regroup, because these two, they are two men on a mission, in

blue. How can they stop the momentum which is so firmly with the Japanese

now? Yes. Great choice, great execution

from Langridge. Yes, it was a straight net shot from the top

drawer here by Chris Langridge. Wonderful hands.

And of course, what it does for the Japanese, when you are playing soft

shots like that, they don't know where to base themselves. Deep in

the court, shorten the court? They have been bullied by the Ellis smash

and with the soft skills, they are combining so well Langridge with the

soft skills. Now can they put a few points back-to-back?

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

the finish. Just pummelling down on the right

hip of Hayaka. In the end, Langridge with the finish and the league is

back to two. -- the lead. And they have put a stop to the

momentum. They managed to get Langridge away

from the net and the Japanese are back level. There was a raucous cry

from them in the penultimate point. The sharp end of the game, they are

acquitting themselves very, very well. Endo with the big finish.

They continue to waste points. And that may turn out to be crucial. We

have seen a couple of service. The Japanese team. -- service mistakes

from the Japanese team. Another monster rally. Langridge

again with the punishment. It was a blistering point from both teams,

wasn't it? Incredible, spreading the court well, both of them. Ellis

setting it up wonderfully and Langridge sticking the knife in,

closing the net down. Two points away.

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

What a mess from Endo. Expensive. So three points for the semifinal of

the Olympic Games for Marcus Elliott and Chris Langridge. -- Marcus

Ellis. It is out! And the Brits are

through! And they look so confident at the end. What a result for

British badminton. Such an emotive moment, wasn't it? A breathtaking

performance from the world ranked 22nd couple, as Sting the eighth

best team in the world. -- as Sting. Marcus, once you got to the

quarterfinals, you said you had to pinch yourself in amazement. When

you won the final point, you on your knees. What is your reaction today?

I honestly can't believe it. Literally, five days ago, the

competition started and we have had such hard matches and to come out on

top today, oh, my God, I really am lost words. It is beyond what we

could have expected. Chris, where does this rank in terms of career

highlights? It's definitely the best. It is unbelievable. Without

sounding too cheesy, it does show, you put in hard work, you graphed

away and we are not the most gifted, the quickest, but we work hard, we

work really well together, the way we flowed together as a team, it

shows when two people put their mind to something and I will hold my hand

up, I am not the best player but I work hard and this is insane, the

semifinal of the Olympics. The way we are playing, there is no reason

why we can't push the other guys. I am well up for a medal.

And we are very glad to hear it! Ellis and Langridge through to the

semifinals, fantastic performance and they have the Chinese bought

seeds tomorrow. If you have just come in, let me tell you about a

significant happening in women's sport. Sophie Hitchon breaking the

record in the hammer with the last throw of the competition to take the

bronze medal and the love Brad Thrower, Burnley born, fourth at the

World Championships last year, she has struck a blow here, the first

field event medal for a British woman for 28 years. I have said

before, training is going really, really well, so the distance really

wasn't expected but to get a bronze medal, I'm just over the moon. You

set the tone of early on with a really big throw, you got in a medal

positions early, so we thinking, this could be my day? You never know

in hammer. The girls are all throwing really well and they can

always produce their best in the last round so I didn't expect that

all it would hold third, I just knew I wanted to throw further and try to

execute my technique. Missed it on a few but I knew it was going to go if

I kept it going. The last round, you had dropped into fifth by that

point, what were you thinking of going into the circle? Just that

this is it, last chance, do what I have done in training again and

again and again and just execute. I did it and I can't believe it. When

the distance went up on the board, what was your reaction? I had to

double take a little bit because, you know, it was just incredible and

to see the number three there and a national record, I couldn't be

happier. And by coach has stuck with me through the bad times and

obviously the good times, but thank you for everyone at Moffett Field

for helping me, everyone at home, my mum, my family, the national lottery

and all of the players, we couldn't do it without you and I can't

believe it, it has been an amazing day. It is also an amazing day for

women's throwing, we have won medals in javelin before but never in

Olympic history anything like this, so it is a big step forward and you

will probably inspire a lot of people, do you think? 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 few

people to take up hammer, it will be brilliant. I know your coach was as

animated as you, you can have a look at his reaction just down here. He

is the best ever! And Polly behind him, my goodness. He is 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 is just amazing. I am

glad I can do it for him as well as me at this point. I know it is

emotional for you, congratulations again. Celebrate with all the team

tonight, well done. I will, thank you very much. I love you, Mum And

Dad! It is official, she loves you and we love Sophie two, finishing in

a medal place, the winner finishing over 80 minutes, sensational stop.

Let me remind you of some of the other headlines on day ten.

Great Britain's gold rush has continued with Charlotte Dujardin

and successfully defending her individual dressage title. She takes

her tally to three Olympic gold medals.

And as we have seen, Sophie Hitchon saving her best till last in the

hammer final, breaking the British record. An historic bronze, the

first British women to -- woman to win a medal in that event.

Mark Cavendish remains on course to win his first Olympic medal, lying

third after four events of the men's on the with the final two to come

this evening in the velodrome. In the women's on the, Laura Trott

is bidding to become the first British woman to win four gold

medals. She is first out of the opening scratch race.

And with giblet blew away the others in the steeplechase -- Jebet. But

she agonisingly missed out on the world record by less than a second.

And in case you were wondering, has Charlotte Dujardin cause for a

double celebration? Yes, she has, she has just been speaking

afterwards and this is her other half, Dean Golding, who put the sign

on the chest, "Can we get married now?" And in the press conference,

she said, "He just wants me to say yes. He has already asked me to

marry him, I have a ring on my finger. He is such a banana, he has

made it so public, I have to do it now." So double celebrations,

Charlotte, are not just the gold medal but on your engagement and I

am sure champagne corks will be popping all over the Olympic

Village. From the afternoon team, goodbye for now.