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:00:00. > :00:00.think she can. It is a golden hat-trick in Rio, sensational

:00:00. > :00:09.cycling, brilliant stuff. It genuinely

:00:10. > :00:21.You Most medals won, to Jason Kenny joining Chris Hoy at the top of the

:00:22. > :00:24.all-time medal list. To Laura Trott now, indeed now on that list of most

:00:25. > :00:32.successful Olympians. And these are the people who have to put up with

:00:33. > :00:35.it, week in, week out. I am now joined by Jameses, Kennies, and

:00:36. > :00:40.Trotts. Glenda, what you have to go through! Yes, it's nerve-racking,

:00:41. > :00:45.sitting on the site there, watching her. You shake, you sweat. As you

:00:46. > :00:50.can see by our clothes and our hair. But it's all worth it. It's

:00:51. > :00:54.absolutely amazing. And what sheds achieved, like, she's 24 years old

:00:55. > :01:00.and she's so young still. And you're the one that got her cycling? Yeah,

:01:01. > :01:07.I am. I lost 8.5 stone, but I took up exercising on a bike and on my

:01:08. > :01:11.wedding track, and, unknown to me, at the call of my eyes, them two

:01:12. > :01:16.were up on the track, riding around the top of the track, there we were,

:01:17. > :01:20.Adrian and me, on the ground, going around, toolingding around, because

:01:21. > :01:25.there's no brakes on there, no gears. That's how she got into it,

:01:26. > :01:28.bless her. Adrian, did you have any idea she could become this

:01:29. > :01:32.successful? Was she competitive from an early age? I think she was

:01:33. > :01:35.competitive, but no more than most children are. And then as we went

:01:36. > :01:41.on, people said she was good on a bike. She still amazes us, how easy

:01:42. > :01:47.she made it look today. And I know it's not easy. But she's just so

:01:48. > :01:49.comfortable, so natural. Yeah. She actually looked more distressed

:01:50. > :01:54.watching Jason than she was doing her own thing. I think we were all

:01:55. > :01:59.distressed watching Jason today! Because, as I'm sure Michael and

:02:00. > :02:03.Lorain will say, he never makes it easy for us. I will jump around to

:02:04. > :02:07.Jason Kenny's parents. The tension for you watching that? It's

:02:08. > :02:11.horrendous. I can't explain, especially not today with all the

:02:12. > :02:14.restarts. I mean, it was just horrendous. And as you can tell, my

:02:15. > :02:19.voice, I have been doing a little bit of shouting and things. Luckily,

:02:20. > :02:22.Michael, Jason remained very cool, even when it looked actually as if

:02:23. > :02:29.he might be dids qualified. Yeah, he did. I mean, we weren't. To get

:02:30. > :02:34.three starts at one race is pretty bad, to be fair. But once he got

:02:35. > :02:38.going, were you ever in doubt? Uh, maybe a little bit. You know, he's

:02:39. > :02:44.done lots of racing. So, you don't know what's left in the legs at the

:02:45. > :02:47.end of it. And how do you feel about him now joining Sir Chris Hoy at the

:02:48. > :02:52.very top of the tree in terms of British Olympians? His brother is

:02:53. > :02:56.shaking his head? It's amazing. Chris is great. They were great

:02:57. > :03:01.team-mates. I think he will be very proud. I think they're good friends.

:03:02. > :03:05.Yeah, brilliant. I know how proud Chris is. His brother-in-law to be,

:03:06. > :03:08.I should say. What about the James family? Becky James came into these

:03:09. > :03:12.Olympic Games having gone through real health and injury issues cious

:03:13. > :03:18.and all of the family are keen cyclists. Nan and graverps are here.

:03:19. > :03:22.Also Mum and Dad -- Gramps are here. Also Mum and Dad. The whole of Great

:03:23. > :03:26.Britain is proud. What about you? Yeah, incredibly proud. At one time

:03:27. > :03:30.we never thought she'd ride a bike again. What she's achieved, two

:03:31. > :03:34.silvers feels like four golds, really, because we didn't expect to

:03:35. > :03:37.be here. We only booked a fortnight ago, because you couldn't prepare.

:03:38. > :03:41.And she sort of begged us to come. And we're so glad we made the trip

:03:42. > :03:46.across. And it's not often that you get to watch her, is it? Very, very

:03:47. > :03:51.rarely. It's the first time myself, my wife and I, have been abroad

:03:52. > :03:57.together, really, isn't it, Kris? Since our disabled daughter has been

:03:58. > :04:01.born. So, we haven't seen Beck yes race. And only once or twice in the

:04:02. > :04:05.UK, really. So, I can't really describe what it feels like at the

:04:06. > :04:08.moment. It's not gonna sink in for a while yet. And in terms of the

:04:09. > :04:12.positive effects, Kris, of her being part of this extraordinary team -

:04:13. > :04:16.and I know you've got younger daughters as well who are champing

:04:17. > :04:20.at the bit to be a part of this - what do you say to other parents

:04:21. > :04:24.watching? What does being part of it mean to your kids? I think it's

:04:25. > :04:27.really special. Becky has always thrived in this situation and

:04:28. > :04:30.atmosphere and everything. The help, they're behind you all the way.

:04:31. > :04:35.Yeah, I think it's great. And Becky would say the same as well. And

:04:36. > :04:39.obviously this lot here have got a wedding to plan, because it's not

:04:40. > :04:43.very long now before Laura Trott and Jason Kenny get married. George

:04:44. > :04:45.North is here, supporting Becky. I suddenly realise, now I've put you

:04:46. > :04:48.in an awkward situation. LAUGHTER

:04:49. > :04:52.It has been an Olympics of proposals.

:04:53. > :04:58.LAUGHTER Um, yeah, well, you know, uh...

:04:59. > :05:01.Super proud and all that. No, I'm only joshing with you. I don't want

:05:02. > :05:08.to put you under pressure. Your reaction to what Becky has done

:05:09. > :05:11.today. Um, yeah, massively proud. As they said then, well, 18 months ago

:05:12. > :05:15.she didn't think she would ride a bike again. And to come here and

:05:16. > :05:19.take two silvers is huge. You know? And just very, very proud of her,

:05:20. > :05:23.what she's achieved, really. Well, it's just wonderful for all of you

:05:24. > :05:27.to be here to have seen what your kids have done, what your other

:05:28. > :05:30.harvs have done as well. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk

:05:31. > :05:34.to us. A great way to finish the action here at the velodrome. I'm

:05:35. > :05:37.going to sit somewhere and have a little cry now.

:05:38. > :05:40.I would move away from George North as well, if I was you, Claire. Thank

:05:41. > :05:45.you very much. We're just gonna put the medal table up for you, just to

:05:46. > :05:46.show how dominant the Great Britain the medal table up for you, just to

:05:47. > :05:50.show how dominant the Great Britain Team has been in the velodrome this

:05:51. > :05:56.week. Six gold, four silver, one bronze. 11 medals. Nine ahead of

:05:57. > :06:00.anybody else. So, the Dutch and the Germans. We spoke a couple much

:06:01. > :06:03.times, Chris, about them being there to be shot at. And although we're

:06:04. > :06:03.very positive and very happy, they will

:06:04. > :06:06.to be shot at. And although we're very positive and very happy, they

:06:07. > :06:12.will have to deal, won't they, with fingers being pointed at them? They

:06:13. > :06:15.say it has started a little bit? A little bit, yeah. But you've also

:06:16. > :06:19.gotta look at the teams that underperformed. The French didn't

:06:20. > :06:22.get a single medal. They were going slower than the World Championships.

:06:23. > :06:26.Why would you not expect the team to come to the Olympic Games with the

:06:27. > :06:30.form of their life. A lot of teams have been quite disappointing, and

:06:31. > :06:34.that has exaggerated the gap with Britain, who have timed it

:06:35. > :06:40.perfectly. They're going off for a drink now. You're gonna have a

:06:41. > :06:43.lie-down? It has been exhausting. A nerve-racking six days. Very proud

:06:44. > :06:46.to be part of the broadcasting team. We've enjoyed having you. Thank you

:06:47. > :06:50.very much, Sir Chris Hoy. We're gonna show you some action now,

:06:51. > :06:56.because we're getting to the semifinal stages of lots of the

:06:57. > :06:59.boxing, weight divisions. And one of them involves our very own Joshua.

:07:00. > :07:03.This is in the light heavyweight. He had a semifinal. This means you're

:07:04. > :07:07.guaranteed a bronze medal anyhow. This is basically to get through to

:07:08. > :07:13.the final, when he would fight for a gold or silver medal. He had a very

:07:14. > :07:19.difficult opponent from Kazakhstan. He actually won silver in London

:07:20. > :07:20.2012. And your commentary team here, Ron McIntosh and Richie Waddle from

:07:21. > :07:33.the start of the second round. So, into the second round, then. And

:07:34. > :07:39.Joshua, the man in red, representing Great Britain, has conceded the

:07:40. > :07:45.opening round across the board. 10-9 for all three judges against this

:07:46. > :07:46.accomplished Kazakhstan boxer. Two third-round stoppages in his opening

:07:47. > :08:02.two bouts. A fantastic display against a boxer

:08:03. > :08:08.from Algeria at the quarterfinal stage. Gave the man two standing

:08:09. > :08:13.counts. But the Algerian boxer, to his credit, took all of the heavy

:08:14. > :08:21.leather. Joshua Buatsi fought back in the final round.

:08:22. > :08:25.Buatsi just starting to find a range. They've said to their man,

:08:26. > :08:29."Don't stand and hold your feet against this guy. He is a big

:08:30. > :08:34.puncher." And they are concerned of the power. No question. That's why

:08:35. > :08:57.he decided to keep it long. He doesn't want to get involved. He's

:08:58. > :09:01.staying on the outside. Buatsi has gotta keep that poker face. He has

:09:02. > :09:05.been a relentless stalker of his opposition. When he's setting up

:09:06. > :09:09.with the jab, he's scored really well, particularly with the body.

:09:10. > :09:25.This is a fleet-footed Kazakh boxer he's facing. A terrific atmosphere

:09:26. > :09:29.here at Rio Central Pavilion 6. Buatsi just betraying a few signs of

:09:30. > :09:35.frustration here. Gotta keep his mind on the job and his focus on

:09:36. > :09:41.Niyazymbetov. That can slow down a fleet-footed boxer if you continue

:09:42. > :09:44.to target those body shots. Buatsi being spoken about voicing

:09:45. > :09:49.his frustration to the referee. Gotta keep his mind on the man in

:09:50. > :09:53.front of him here. The feet, he's gotta quicken up the feet here,

:09:54. > :09:56.Buatsi. Just a little bit too slow. He's waiting probably a little bit

:09:57. > :10:02.too long. He's gotta sustain a little bit of pressure, but he's

:10:03. > :10:04.gotta be sensible. Hands eye. The feet have definitely gotta be

:10:05. > :10:08.quicker here. Niyazymbetov, he seems to be controlling the pace better

:10:09. > :10:12.now, the man in blue. And this is a pace that suits the boxer in blue.

:10:13. > :10:18.Look at how he's able to work in the space of the ring, just using the

:10:19. > :10:23.ropes metropolitanarily, before he clumsy walks back out to centre

:10:24. > :10:27.ring. But it's been a round in which the man in blue has dictated the

:10:28. > :10:36.terms, and they are terms that suit him. Buatsi showed a few signs of

:10:37. > :10:39.frustration there. But he was all manned out in that second round, in

:10:40. > :10:43.many ways. All of this man's experience coming to the fore. And

:10:44. > :10:48.the scores again across the board for Niyazymbetov. So, a tough job

:10:49. > :10:52.for Buatsi now. But having said that, we know that this guy in red,

:10:53. > :10:53.Joshua Buatsi, has got the power to maybe, you know, cause an upset

:10:54. > :11:05.here. As we move into the third and final

:11:06. > :11:10.round, Great Britain's Joshua Buatsi, the man in red, is trailing

:11:11. > :11:13.by two points for all three judges. He scored two stoppage victories in

:11:14. > :11:17.his three contests so far, and he's going to need to produce some of

:11:18. > :11:21.that precise power punching to get himself back into this contest. But

:11:22. > :11:24.that's going to be a difficult proposition against this Kazakh, who

:11:25. > :11:28.glieds around the boxing ring as fluidly -- glides around the boxing

:11:29. > :11:33.ring as fluidly as mercury. Cracking right hand. And Niyazymbetov

:11:34. > :11:36.intelligently ties his man up to get himself out of the corner and back

:11:37. > :11:39.to the ring. Now, that's a stern talking-to in the direction of

:11:40. > :11:45.Niyazymbetov from the ref re. And then he walks Buatsi on to a

:11:46. > :11:50.cracking one-two combination. Just gotta stick to his left a little bit

:11:51. > :11:55.more as he's throwing the right hand, Buatsi. The odd one-two here.

:11:56. > :11:59.As he's going forward. Gotta try and slip to the left. Then he can come

:12:00. > :12:03.back maybe with a left up to the body or a left up to the head. He's

:12:04. > :12:06.gotta have a little more head movement, Buatsi, as he going

:12:07. > :12:10.forward. He's going forward too straight, Ron. A little bit static

:12:11. > :12:16.there. With his head. So, he's gotta move it to the left. And throw that

:12:17. > :12:22.right hand. And again the movement from the waist down with the feet

:12:23. > :12:25.from Niyazymbetov, he's making him a very difficult proposition to pin

:12:26. > :12:31.down. But Joshua Buatsi, at the midpoint of this third round, has

:12:32. > :12:35.got a minute and a half in which to find the finishing punch or the

:12:36. > :12:39.finishing salvo. Time is on the side of the man in blue. Now he's got him

:12:40. > :12:43.in the corner. But look at the matter in which Niyazymbetov is keen

:12:44. > :12:49.to initiate a clinch. Joshua Buatsi clearly frustrated. Come on,

:12:50. > :13:00.referee. Never mind the shoulder. What about the holding upon?! Josh

:13:01. > :13:03.Buatsi needs a massive round a. Buatsi can't afford to demonstrate

:13:04. > :13:12.this type of frustration. He's got to remain focused and go in search

:13:13. > :13:18.of that finishing shot. Inside the final minute. The clock is

:13:19. > :13:22.Niyazymbetov's friend. And despite being told no holding, Niyazymbetov

:13:23. > :13:27.initiates a clinch once again and walks his man back across the ring

:13:28. > :13:31.in a rather gruesome waltz. Niyazymbetov just on the outside

:13:32. > :13:34.now. He knows he's winning the contest, just protecting the lead.

:13:35. > :13:40.But he's also concerned. He knows that Buatsi has got a big punch

:13:41. > :13:44.about him. He's doing everything to stifle that, and just grab Buatsi on

:13:45. > :13:49.the inside. He's not gonna be, unless he can find it in these last

:13:50. > :13:54.ten seconds or so, Josh Buatsi. Well, he knows how to navigate his

:13:55. > :13:56.way around a ring wonderfully, does Adilbek Niyazymbetov. And that

:13:57. > :14:00.qualify came to the fore, particularly in this third and final

:14:01. > :14:01.round. But it was a feature throughout the contest, and going

:14:02. > :14:26.through to the gold medal bout. So, Adilbek Niyazymbetov goes

:14:27. > :14:30.through to the gold medal bout, where he will face off against his

:14:31. > :14:41.familiar rival, Julio La Cruz of Cuba. So, it is a bronze for Buatsi.

:14:42. > :14:46.We're gonna move you up now to the superheavyweight division, won by

:14:47. > :14:51.Antony Joshua four years ago in London. Joe Joyce our man in this

:14:52. > :14:55.division here in Rio. And this is a quarterfinal bout you're about to

:14:56. > :15:00.watch. And his opponent was from Uzbekistan. And he was a bronze

:15:01. > :15:06.medal winner at last year's worlds. So, if Joe Joyce was to get through

:15:07. > :15:16.this, he'd guarantee himself at least a bronze.

:15:17. > :15:18.So, we go into the second round of this 91kg-plus Superheavyweight

:15:19. > :15:22.quarterfinal. Joe Joyce begun the second session on the front foot

:15:23. > :15:26.with a marauding attack against a man who is now struggling to keep

:15:27. > :15:30.him off. That's what I told you, Ronald. Once you show this man

:15:31. > :15:34.you're hurt downstairs, he will keep coming. Joyce is just getting warmed

:15:35. > :15:39.up. He's got a terrific engine. Great sustained pressure. Most

:15:40. > :15:43.certainly. And the counters, as a good left hand goes through from

:15:44. > :15:47.Joyce, the count frrs his opponent becoming more pedestrian now, a

:15:48. > :15:52.little bit slower. He's running into big shots from the form of Joe

:15:53. > :15:56.Joyce. He has been hurt. This is gonna test his character, the man in

:15:57. > :16:03.blue. Joyce has just gotta steady himself. But just keep that work

:16:04. > :16:06.rate going. Looking to his corner, the man in blue, perhaps betraying

:16:07. > :16:12.sight of negative body language already. Driving the man back to his

:16:13. > :16:15.own corner. Joe Joyce is feasting on that long, slender torso of the

:16:16. > :16:18.22-year-old. In and out with the feet. Ceefting a bit of space for

:16:19. > :16:22.himself, getting through with quality shots. Again, switches

:16:23. > :16:35.downstairs, good performance up to now. Gotta keep it going.

:16:36. > :16:42.A furtherive glance to his corner. Looking for inspiration. Looking for

:16:43. > :16:49.encouragement. Hurt by a hard left hand. Shot to the body once again.

:16:50. > :16:57.And the opponent showing signs of desperation here. The referee is

:16:58. > :17:01.giving him every chance to recover in these exchanges here, the referee

:17:02. > :17:05.is. I think it's delaying the inevitable here. He's tiring by the

:17:06. > :17:10.second, the young fella from Uzbekistan. He still keeps coming,

:17:11. > :17:14.Mr Joyce. Doubled over by body shots from both the left and the right

:17:15. > :17:18.flank from Joe Joyce. And the opponent in real trouble, almost

:17:19. > :17:21.entering the survival mode. But his fighter's pride sees him poking out

:17:22. > :17:26.shots, trying to keep this man at bay. And a hard right hand to the

:17:27. > :17:29.body. He goes to the canvas for the second time. No count given by the

:17:30. > :17:33.referee. But Joyce will be encouraged by the fact that he can

:17:34. > :17:39.hurt this man, and he's got 30 seconds. Here in Round 2 to put him

:17:40. > :17:43.on the floor and possibly keep him there. The opponent in desperate

:17:44. > :17:46.trouble. He deserves immense credit for continuing to compete. But every

:17:47. > :17:53.shot that Joyce lands is affecting him more and more. Ronald, if ever I

:17:54. > :17:57.have seen a 10-8 round without a count, this is it. Clearly a 10-8

:17:58. > :18:01.round for Joyce, total domination here from the man in red. A great

:18:02. > :18:05.round of boxing. Front-foot pressure and he's hurt his opponent several

:18:06. > :18:09.times. And if this isn't a 10-8, I will be amazed.

:18:10. > :18:16.Joe Joyce with an utterly dominant three minutes of boxing. And his

:18:17. > :18:19.opponent, the 22-year-old from Uzbekistan, this man so highly

:18:20. > :18:26.regarded, but he appeared to have little left in his gas tank. And his

:18:27. > :18:32.corner trying to encourage and inspire him, but they've not been on

:18:33. > :18:37.the receiving end of the pumplegs from this 6'6" term -- punches from

:18:38. > :18:41.this 6'6" terminator. We have a saying back in GB, it's, "Go get

:18:42. > :18:49.him, Joe." He certainly did it there. Nazarov looking concerned for

:18:50. > :18:53.his team-mate. Well he might. 10-9. Make no mistake, it was a dominant

:18:54. > :19:04.round for Joe Joyce. A painful round for his opponent. He will do well to

:19:05. > :19:07.hear the final bell in this contest. Hands in prayer. Perhaps divine

:19:08. > :19:21.intervention the only thing that can help this man now. Third and final

:19:22. > :19:24.round. Joe Joyce begins to walk down his man. The opponent betraying

:19:25. > :19:28.signs that he's hurt. He's doubling up in the corner. He's holding his

:19:29. > :19:33.eye. He's caught a thumb. I don't think he wants much more of this.

:19:34. > :19:37.The referee doing the mandatory eight count. I think this is it.

:19:38. > :19:43.Well, he's stepping back into the bridge. He deserves immense kudos.

:19:44. > :19:51.But all he's doing is taking further punishment. But his fighter's pride

:19:52. > :19:53.won't allow him to concede. The man is increasingly becoming a

:19:54. > :19:58.stationary target. Joyce keeps coming. If I was in the Uzbeky

:19:59. > :20:03.corner, I would be thinking about throwing the towel in. This bloke is

:20:04. > :20:05.struggling, he has been hurt. And I know this is an Olympic

:20:06. > :20:10.quarterfinal, but this young man, he's in a bit of trouble here. He's

:20:11. > :20:15.gonna get hurt. Joe Joyce trying to cut off the ring

:20:16. > :20:26.and prevent, cut off the escape route that his opponent is trying to

:20:27. > :20:30.fashion. His opponent so highly thought of that he was Uzbekistan's

:20:31. > :20:34.flag-bearer at these Olympic Games, one of nine boxers to be bestowed

:20:35. > :20:38.with that honour. But it looks as though his Olympic Games is coming

:20:39. > :20:43.to an end before the medal stages. He's trailing by two points for all

:20:44. > :20:47.three judges. And a reigning World Championship bronze medallist, in

:20:48. > :20:51.blue, is being dominated by the other reigning World Championship

:20:52. > :20:54.bronze medallist, Joe Joyce, with his marauding attacks, has

:20:55. > :20:59.completely overwhelmed and dominated this man. But his opponent trying to

:21:00. > :21:04.find something with which to fight back. But he's weary. He's

:21:05. > :21:08.exhausted. This is a wiefl mission for him now. Again, Joe -- a

:21:09. > :21:12.survival mission for him now. Again, Joe Joyce goes with the upper cut,

:21:13. > :21:17.hurting his opponent. Hard left hand to the body with the man in the

:21:18. > :21:27.neutral corner. His opponent walking back to centre ring. But Joe Joyce

:21:28. > :21:30.continuing to stalk his man. The referee again, giving him plenty of

:21:31. > :21:34.time, isn't he? Which is gonna help him. But Joe Joyce just keeps

:21:35. > :21:39.coming. Nothing will deny him. He wants to get on that medal roster,

:21:40. > :21:42.Ronald. And he's just 30 seconds separating him from a place on

:21:43. > :21:48.thattile medal podium. And despite the best -- on that medal podium.

:21:49. > :21:52.And despite the best efforts of his opponent to escape the

:21:53. > :21:56.incountriesant pressure of this man -- incessant pressure of this man,

:21:57. > :22:04.there is no escape. Joe Joyce just keeps on coming and he issues a

:22:05. > :22:09.second eight-count. His opponent has been utterly dominated for the

:22:10. > :22:12.entire three three-minute rounds. Joe Joyce, Great Britain's

:22:13. > :22:17.superheavyweight, who will be going through to the final four. And a

:22:18. > :22:23.guaranteed Olympic bronze in the Superheavyweight division. And Great

:22:24. > :22:25.Britain's outstanding record in this, the biggest of all weight

:22:26. > :22:28.classes in the Olympic tournament continues. Every time a British

:22:29. > :22:36.boxer has entered, they come away with Olympic hardware. Starting with

:22:37. > :22:38.Robert Weld in 1984, the inaugural Superheavyweight tournament in Los

:22:39. > :22:44.Angeles. Tremendous stuff from Joyce there in

:22:45. > :22:58.that last round. ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, the

:22:59. > :23:04.winner by unanimous decision... Joe Joyce. Great Britain's Joe Joyce

:23:05. > :23:10.makes it through to the bronze medal podium at least in the 91kg-plus

:23:11. > :23:14.superheavyweight division with a terrific display of nonstop punching

:23:15. > :23:31.to eliminate the 22-year-old opponent. And how about that for

:23:32. > :23:36.some capoire? Joe Joyce demonstrating his supreme ath let

:23:37. > :23:38.six that serves him so well in the boxing ring.

:23:39. > :23:45.Great noise for Joe Joyce. But the biggest cheer of the night was

:23:46. > :23:48.reserved for Brazil's first-ever boxing gold in the men's light

:23:49. > :23:52.weight. And look at the Brazilian fans in the boxing arena. Brazil's

:23:53. > :24:07.first Olympic gold boxing medal. A couple of other stories from the

:24:08. > :24:12.boxing. Nicola Adams, a gold medallist at London 2012, made her

:24:13. > :24:15.Rio debut, and she is through to the semifinals. She beat Tatiana Cobb

:24:16. > :24:19.from the Ukraine. And that means that she's through, as I say, to the

:24:20. > :24:24.semifinals. So, that will be a bronze medal at the very least for

:24:25. > :24:32.her. And the most controversial story of

:24:33. > :24:36.the day concerned the Irish boxer, Michael Conlin, who was defeated by

:24:37. > :24:43.a Russian, and thought the judges had made a mistake. He gestured

:24:44. > :24:47.towards them as he left the ring. He made some furious comments as well

:24:48. > :24:54.in post-fight interviews against the governing body, which we can't

:24:55. > :24:57.repeat. He also tweeted, "Vladimir Putin, the Russian President," with

:24:58. > :25:02.some accusations as well. And you'ller be hearing a lot more of

:25:03. > :25:05.that over the coming days. Right, from boxing to gymnastics, the final

:25:06. > :25:08.day of competition there. Three gold medals up for grabs. It's been a

:25:09. > :25:27.great tournament for Britain, as you know. And they were in the hunt for

:25:28. > :25:30.medals again. Well, Great Britain, Amy Tinkler,

:25:31. > :25:35.youngest member of Team GB as a whole. She's the British floor

:25:36. > :25:38.champion. And watch out, some very big tumbles are gonna be coming up

:25:39. > :25:47.in this routine. Starts off very cleanly. And great music. The crowd

:25:48. > :25:54.are already clapping along to it. Here's the big first tumble.

:25:55. > :26:09.Really sells this routine. Straight back down the diagonal with the

:26:10. > :26:14.double twisting, double back. Fantastic first two tumbles from

:26:15. > :26:18.Amy. And now has her chance to show that great choreography. There's the

:26:19. > :26:28.leap. Change leg. Into the 1.5 turning leap.

:26:29. > :26:35.And she's building up to her third tumble. She's uses a combination

:26:36. > :26:45.tumble. The 1.5 walk-out, into the double tuck. Very cleanly performed.

:26:46. > :26:46.And there's another big jump. And she's building up to the final

:26:47. > :26:57.tumble. A very short run. Such a powerful

:26:58. > :27:01.gymnast. There's the double pike, and a fantastic landing to finish

:27:02. > :27:08.off. A great routine. Amy Tinkler! Looking very at home in

:27:09. > :27:15.this quimp floor final. She could not that -- Olympic floor final. She

:27:16. > :27:20.could not have done that better. Well, the score is in, and it's

:27:21. > :27:25.enormous. Amy Tinkler is in with a very good shot. Simone Biles now

:27:26. > :27:33.going for her fourth gold medal. And a totally exceptional gymnast. Make

:27:34. > :27:43.sure you keep your eyes open. How high is that tumble?

:27:44. > :27:52.Effortless leaps. So, another big tumble on the way. And such an easy

:27:53. > :28:18.jump out of it. It's the height on everything she

:28:19. > :28:19.does that sets her apart. They've all done fantastic tumbling, but

:28:20. > :28:46.this is so high. So easy to land. The final move of her Olympic

:28:47. > :28:54.championships. Full twisting double back.

:28:55. > :29:05.How does she do it? It's 15.966. Well ahead of the rest of the world

:29:06. > :29:13.so far. Great Britain's Amy Tinkler takes the bronze in this women's

:29:14. > :29:18.Olympic floor final. Aly Raisman takes silver but the champion is

:29:19. > :29:21.Simone Biles. I used to compete in front of big crowds as well, it's

:29:22. > :29:29.just incredible. I'm just so shocked.

:29:30. > :29:35.So, a double twist. In the double straight somersault. The finish of a

:29:36. > :29:45.very secure routine. And that is certainly a tough, tough score to

:29:46. > :29:49.beat A 15.766. 30 years old. Olympic champion in London. Two times world

:29:50. > :29:58.champion. His routine is full of risk. And this is the heart-stopping

:29:59. > :30:05.moment, the routine starts. Builds up for this first important release.

:30:06. > :30:16.Let's go. Connected with another... Oh! He's off.

:30:17. > :30:21.He's up off the mat. Niall Wilson. Current European high bar champion.

:30:22. > :30:27.Commonwealth champion. What can he achieve here? In this men's Olympic

:30:28. > :30:37.high bar final. Winding up. Into a big release. He catches almost

:30:38. > :30:43.perfectly. And again. High. Full twisting. Now settle down. Really

:30:44. > :30:59.nice 1.5 turn. Just slightly offhand stand. Squat

:31:00. > :31:03.with half turn. Here's the big catch. And another release and

:31:04. > :31:22.catch. Big wind-up, just the dismount left.

:31:23. > :31:27.Double twisting, double straight. Good lad! Wow! What a routine! That

:31:28. > :31:33.is going to challenge! He was building the difficulty all the way

:31:34. > :31:41.through and that was a very, very strong bid for an Olympic medal.

:31:42. > :31:49.15.466 for Nile Wilson, in second at the moment.

:31:50. > :31:57.Well, keep your eye on the scoreboard. Nile Wilson is

:31:58. > :32:04.guaranteed at least a bronze. The last gymnast is high-bar final,

:32:05. > :32:11.Danell Leyva. Needs to land this on his feet.

:32:12. > :32:16.Popped back. Well, he got through without a fall. We already know Nile

:32:17. > :32:22.is guaranteed a medal. It's just whether it's silver or bronze. 15.5,

:32:23. > :32:28.so he does go into silver medal position. Nile Wilson, for Great

:32:29. > :32:36.Britain, will take the bronze medal. The Olympic Champion is Fabian

:32:37. > :32:39.Hambuechen, but Nile Wilson makes his dream for Great Britain as the

:32:40. > :32:44.first ever gymnast to medal at the Olympics on high bar.

:32:45. > :32:50.What an Olympics Great Britain have had! I was fortunate enough to have

:32:51. > :32:54.the opportunity to be an Olympic medallist and I took the

:32:55. > :33:00.opportunity. I'm so happy. I know everyone at home will be proud and I

:33:01. > :33:04.want to say to Joanna, mum and dad - we did it! British gymnastics has

:33:05. > :33:09.made such impressive improvements over the last eight to ten years and

:33:10. > :33:14.as you can see, thanks to Nile Wilson and Amy Tinkler, Britain end

:33:15. > :33:20.second on the artistic gymnastics medals table with a total of six and

:33:21. > :33:24.you see that one silver there - just to clarify the silver in the

:33:25. > :33:29.trampolining doesn't come under the artistic gymnastic category so that

:33:30. > :33:32.is not included on that medal table. Right, sailing wanted to join the

:33:33. > :33:43.British medal party and Shirley Robertson can round up everything

:33:44. > :33:47.that happened there. After the drama of yesterday's

:33:48. > :33:52.storms there are four medal races scheduled at the sailing venue and

:33:53. > :33:57.it promises to be a golden day for Team GB. Scott did enough to secure

:33:58. > :34:03.a gold medal two days ago on the oceans of Copacabana.

:34:04. > :34:09.It was an emotional moment here for -- shared for his coach.

:34:10. > :34:13.The start for the men's heavyweight gets under way. Today was a

:34:14. > :34:19.celebration of that moment, in front of the crowds on the shores. Scott

:34:20. > :34:25.showed what has made him great, competing and finishing the medal

:34:26. > :34:30.race second. Giles Scott of Great Britain -

:34:31. > :34:36.four-time finn World Champion. It's been an incredibly long road, an

:34:37. > :34:42.agonising wait, but now the 29-year-old world number one is

:34:43. > :34:46.confirmed as the gold medal-winner in Rio 2016.

:34:47. > :34:51.I mean it is just incredible. I'm just so happy with the way I sailed

:34:52. > :34:54.this week. Um... That and the campaign that my coach and I put

:34:55. > :34:59.together over the past three years is, um, you know, everything has

:35:00. > :35:02.been geared towards this... I suppose this one moment and to be

:35:03. > :35:10.successful and kind of put to rest all those crucial decisions we made

:35:11. > :35:15.early on is just fantastic. Job done tour Scott. The chance to

:35:16. > :35:19.do the same for Hannah Mills and Saskia Clarke in the 470

:35:20. > :35:24.double-handed women's dinghy. Mills and Clarke had three races to sail

:35:25. > :35:28.and if they could extend their lead to 20 points they could secure gold

:35:29. > :35:32.ahead of their medal race tomorrow. 20 points needed. 20 points the

:35:33. > :35:37.difference when they crossed the finish line of their last race of

:35:38. > :35:41.the day in third place. It took a quick check, with their coach, on

:35:42. > :35:45.the maths and then celebration. British gold number two in the

:35:46. > :35:51.sailing. 2016 gold medallists! I haven't

:35:52. > :35:56.stopped smiling! I feel like I'm grinning like an idiot!

:35:57. > :36:01.I didn't cry. I whooped. I know the two of you are the best of friends.

:36:02. > :36:05.This has been five years in the making to share this moment before

:36:06. > :36:09.you head ashore together. What's that like. It's been amazing. We've

:36:10. > :36:13.had a hard few years. I've had two bits of surgery and at times I

:36:14. > :36:19.didn't think I'd make it back and Han waited for me, not to make me

:36:20. > :36:25.panic or anything, and she's been an amazing best friend and team-mate.

:36:26. > :36:29.That's a great cuddle. Hannah and Sas, 2016 gold medallists!

:36:30. > :36:34.Congratulations. Allyson Young won the laser raidial

:36:35. > :36:41.medal race to end up eighth and disappointed. Nick Thompson couldn't

:36:42. > :36:46.improve on sixth and the Ben sacks tonne and Nicola Groves rounded up

:36:47. > :36:51.an Olympics that began in great style back in ninth. Tomorrow is

:36:52. > :36:54.Ladies' Day. A gold medal final for Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark when

:36:55. > :36:57.they race in front of the beach before stepping on to the top step

:36:58. > :37:02.of the Olympic podium. And that gold medal for Mills and

:37:03. > :37:05.Clark will be added to the medal table tomorrow. There is so much to

:37:06. > :37:08.fit in on what has been another remarkable day for Britain. There is

:37:09. > :37:13.no time to talk to anybody or get any reaction whatsoever. We'll just

:37:14. > :37:16.keep bringing you the action. Next to the men's three metres sprint

:37:17. > :37:27.board final. We'll show you a couple of his dives in this.

:37:28. > :37:38.Just 0.1 down on his highest dive which we've got.

:37:39. > :37:42.Forward 4.5 for Jack Laugher. Yes! Outstanding! Again - just when he

:37:43. > :37:47.needed it, he digs to the bottom of his toy box, or wherever he needed

:37:48. > :37:52.to go to pick that one out. This is superb stuff from Jack. Jumping

:37:53. > :37:57.Jack. Look how high he goes, up into the air, disappearing into the

:37:58. > :38:00.water. This is way over 90 points and Jack is in the medals with a

:38:01. > :38:06.dive to go. Let's not get ahead of ourselves,

:38:07. > :38:08.but, my word, he's finally settled down after the prelims in the

:38:09. > :38:26.semifinals and look at those scores. Yes! That is an Olympic medal for

:38:27. > :38:34.Jack Laugher! He has put that out of reach, I'm pretty sure. This is good

:38:35. > :38:39.enough by Haugher. Hasuding can't catch him. He was all over the place

:38:40. > :38:42.in the prelims and the semis, but that doesn't matter. We don't care.

:38:43. > :38:47.He's come out here this evening and he delivers. He's a mailman. He

:38:48. > :38:53.always delivers. That's two medals. Yes! Well done, Jack Laugher. He has

:38:54. > :38:57.to wait ages for his marks. They haven't come up yet. Now they come

:38:58. > :39:01.up on our screen and that's the best he's done in three rounds, on that

:39:02. > :39:12.dive, his favourite dive, 88.20. Yuan Cao took gold in that event for

:39:13. > :39:18.China but a great Olympics for Jack Laugher with a gold and a silver,

:39:19. > :39:22.gold in the men's synchro pairs and silver in the event you've just

:39:23. > :39:26.seen. Britain is on 50 medals. So it's already beaten the target of 48

:39:27. > :39:30.that was set by UK Sport. And it's also ahead of the game as regards

:39:31. > :39:35.where Britain was in London at this stage. And also, with day 12 coming

:39:36. > :39:38.up, in London Britain didn't win a medal on that day. We will get a

:39:39. > :39:42.medal tomorrow thanks to the sailing. Jason, the action has been

:39:43. > :39:44.frenetic. I haven't had a chance to talk to anybody but you can't

:39:45. > :39:48.complain when you're watching what we have been watching today.

:39:49. > :39:51.Mark Chapman, another brilliant day for Team GB. Thank you very much

:39:52. > :39:58.indeed. Welcome back to the Copacabana. So it's been an amazing

:39:59. > :40:02.day in Brazil at the 2016 Rio Games. I'll see you shortly, where we'll

:40:03. > :40:05.round out what has been a magnificent day for boxing,

:40:06. > :40:09.weightlifting and a big story in the women's football competition. But it

:40:10. > :40:12.is time to head you straight to the Olympic Stadium. A very good

:40:13. > :40:16.evening, Gabby Logan. Good evening, Jason. The action has

:40:17. > :40:20.already started here and it's going to come thick and fast. Good evening

:40:21. > :40:24.to Denise and Michael but you'll appreciate that we're going to get

:40:25. > :40:29.straight out there. There he is. Andrew Pozzi is going in the first

:40:30. > :40:34.of the hurdles heats. He's alongside Ronnie Ash. Pozzi has the speed to

:40:35. > :40:40.make the final and perhaps even challenge for the medal.

:40:41. > :40:47.Only two go through automatically here. Orlando Ortega is in this

:40:48. > :40:49.first semifinal as well. This is the first of three semifinals. Here it

:40:50. > :41:16.is: Andrew Pozzi in between Deuce

:41:17. > :41:20.Carter, who suffered in the monsoon and was given a re-run and managed a

:41:21. > :41:26.quick enough time to move through. Ronnie Ash was second in the US

:41:27. > :41:32.trials behind Devon Allen and then Ortega in lane seven ran a 13.04

:41:33. > :41:34.this year to win at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco. There he

:41:35. > :41:53.is in the new colours of Spain. This needs a clean run with only two

:41:54. > :42:12.going through automatically and then the two fastest

:42:13. > :42:20.Pozzi hits the barrier and the second. A man down on the outside.

:42:21. > :42:24.Julmis. Pozzi is going backwards. He's all over the place. Instead

:42:25. > :42:28.coming through - the two men to go through are Ronnie Ash and Orlando

:42:29. > :42:32.Ortega. The race was there for Andrew Pozzi. He had the speed but

:42:33. > :42:41.he simply didn't clear the barriers well enough. Costly, costly. Andrew

:42:42. > :42:45.Pozzi, well, you can see it in his face. He knows what a wretched run

:42:46. > :42:49.by his standards he's put together there because he was still leading,

:42:50. > :42:52.despite clipping the earlier barriers. He was in front and in

:42:53. > :42:57.that position. Perhaps the rhythm was not. Colin will have a look at

:42:58. > :43:05.it in a moment. That's a horrible run for Andrew Pozzi. He'll be

:43:06. > :43:09.bitterly disappointed with that. That's probably the worst run I've

:43:10. > :43:13.seen him do all year. Got out of the blocks OK but he made a mistake

:43:14. > :43:15.early on. That's the time you don't want to make mistakes because, as

:43:16. > :43:20.you're accelerating, you haven't got the speed to hit the hurdles right

:43:21. > :43:23.so if you clip them, the top pulls you back and doesn't through you

:43:24. > :43:27.forward and every single time that Andrew Pozzi was trying to get into

:43:28. > :43:30.rhythm, he was clipping the barrier, which was just putting him back.

:43:31. > :43:36.He'll be really frustrated with that. Well, the barriers were flying

:43:37. > :43:46.from a few athletes. Jeffrey Julmis exploded into the first barrier

:43:47. > :43:49.there. He approached this first one OK. But he caught that hurdle and

:43:50. > :43:54.that was a problem. He hit it with his lead leg because he was too

:43:55. > :43:59.short. Now acceleration comes in, he can settle into rhythm but as he

:44:00. > :44:02.starts to pick up speed, he clatters a hurdle again and that knocked him

:44:03. > :44:06.back. From there on in, he was trying to catch up, trying to get

:44:07. > :44:10.his body in the right position, right posture to clear these hurdles

:44:11. > :44:14.well. Snake over them - that's the key thing and he was always short. I

:44:15. > :44:18.think we know what Andrew Pozzi's feelings will be. He's with Phil

:44:19. > :44:22.Jones now. Andrew, I think it's fair to say

:44:23. > :44:26.you've watched that replay back and it doesn't make pleasant viewing.

:44:27. > :44:32.No, it's just... It's just abysmal. Um... I know... There are no other

:44:33. > :44:39.words to describe it, really. Um... Yeah. I... Just absolutely awful.

:44:40. > :44:42.Um... Straight from the blocks, I mean, you saw - I started hammering

:44:43. > :44:47.the first couple of hurdles and there's not a lot of chance of that.

:44:48. > :44:51.I hit another one very heavily - for what reason I can't really describe.

:44:52. > :44:55.I can't put my finger on it. It just felt -- I just felt really out of

:44:56. > :45:00.sorts but this isn't the place for that to happen so, yeah, it's

:45:01. > :45:04.just... Just awful. It's an anomaly for you as well. We rarely see you

:45:05. > :45:12.do that kind of thing. Yeah, I think that's why I'm... I just don't quite

:45:13. > :45:16.understand that. I'll season I've been consistent. I've run terribly

:45:17. > :45:19.and still run better than that. It's terrible viewing. I can only

:45:20. > :45:25.apologise. We appreciate you stopping anyway. Thanks. Cheers.

:45:26. > :45:29.Thank you. There's never a need to apologise

:45:30. > :45:35.when you've given your best. It just wasn't enough tonight. Nobody knows

:45:36. > :45:38.that more than Andrew Pozzi. Orlando Ortega goes through with Ronnie Ash.

:45:39. > :45:46.So we're under way on the track. Two more of those 110m semifinal hurdles

:45:47. > :45:48.to come. The men's high jump competition promises to be very

:45:49. > :45:52.exciting. It's just about getting under way. We've got qualification

:45:53. > :45:55.for the javelin as well and the women's long jump qualification is

:45:56. > :46:02.going with three British women going in that. And then it's the one-lap

:46:03. > :46:05.hurdlers, both men's and women's semifinals, the 200m semifinals take

:46:06. > :46:10.place at 2.00 in the morning and then it's the women's 1,500m final

:46:11. > :46:15.with Lauras Muir and Weightman going in that one. Then the men have to

:46:16. > :46:19.get dusted down and back out here for the 110m hurdles final - not

:46:20. > :46:25.long to get ready for that after the semifinals, at 2:45am. So Steve

:46:26. > :46:30.Backley will be taking you through what promises what promises to be an

:46:31. > :46:41.exciting men's high jump competition.

:46:42. > :46:48.Robbie Grabarz finishes off his first attempt at 2.29m.

:46:49. > :46:50.Very, very good indeed from Robbie Grabarz. It is bronze for Britain

:46:51. > :47:16.and bronze for Grabarz. High-class final it has to be said.

:47:17. > :47:21.Look at that, the champion of the world in 2013, Erik Kynard, silver

:47:22. > :47:27.medallist in the worlds. Robbie Grabarz certainly capable of getting

:47:28. > :47:34.in it. Perfect conditions here in the Olympic Stadium, mid-20s, no

:47:35. > :47:35.wind. 2.20m, first attempt for Robbie Grabarz.

:47:36. > :47:39.Skied it. Great start.

:47:40. > :47:44.Exactly what he would have wanted. It's been a long road to recovery

:47:45. > :47:50.after knee problems between these two Olympic Games. And he's back. A

:47:51. > :47:54.world indoor silver earlier this year and a European outdoor silver.

:47:55. > :47:56.He has a championship temperament and he's just off to the perfect

:47:57. > :48:17.start. It's a nervous night all round.

:48:18. > :48:24.Andrew Pozzi already has succumbed to the Olympic atmosphere swhasmt

:48:25. > :48:29.rather bemused and Lawrence Clarke gets the chance to repeat what he

:48:30. > :48:32.did in London when he responded to the Olympic atmosphere, finishing

:48:33. > :48:36.fourth. Many people didn't give him much of a chance of getting to the

:48:37. > :48:39.final. You would look at that heat there and say the same thing. It has

:48:40. > :48:49.an unpleasant odour, or a stinker, if you like. Martinot-Lagarde, Devon

:48:50. > :48:53.Allen, Omar McLeod are three of the the big names in this one. He has a

:48:54. > :48:58.real challenge on his hands here, Lawrence Clarke, to advance. Top two

:48:59. > :49:04.to go through. McLeod 12.98 this year, Devon Allen, this big new find

:49:05. > :49:07.from the USA, he's 13.03 this year. Martinot-Lagarde is finally

:49:08. > :49:09.beginning to find some form. He almost didn't get selected for the

:49:10. > :49:16.French team. And then you can throw in Trabar of

:49:17. > :49:23.Germany as well who has also run much quicker than Clarke.

:49:24. > :49:29.Not forgeting de Oliveira of Brazil. He'll get a cheer. He's in three.

:49:30. > :49:33.Martinot-Lagarde gets a cracking start.

:49:34. > :49:36.Also Alkana of South Africa on the far side. Omar McLeod starting to

:49:37. > :49:41.come through. It's McLeod from Martinot-Lagarde, just the top two

:49:42. > :49:46.to go through. There they are. Devon Allen takes third! 13.16. That's

:49:47. > :49:50.more like it. It was a horrible first semifinal. That was a bit more

:49:51. > :49:54.like it. Lawrence Clarke did as well as he could have done really. Colin,

:49:55. > :49:58.this was a tough, tough semifinal and Martinot-Lagarde - you go back

:49:59. > :50:07.to the beginning of July, as we look at Devon Allen here, and they had

:50:08. > :50:10.four hurdlers, France. One of them was sent to the Europeans. And they

:50:11. > :50:13.said, no, we're taking Martinot-Lagarde and he's proved

:50:14. > :50:19.them right. Absolutely. He's got himself into the final. As you said,

:50:20. > :50:23.Steve, he has a goorksd solid start. He's a seven-strider, so he doesn't

:50:24. > :50:27.look explosive but those seven strides are powerful. Omar McLeod, a

:50:28. > :50:31.familiar Jamaican strip. He's always bouncy and his range over the

:50:32. > :50:36.barriers - the fastest on the flat, no doubt, because his personal best

:50:37. > :50:41.for 100m is under 10 seconds. We'd expect him to do that, especially

:50:42. > :50:45.with his background. 12.98 was the fastest in the world this year so

:50:46. > :50:48.you'd expect him to win that quite, quite comfortably, which he did.

:50:49. > :50:51.Lawrence Clarke - well, let's see how Lawrence is. He's really

:50:52. > :50:55.consistent with his technique. That's one of the best things about

:50:56. > :50:59.Lawrence. He always gets into a good position, good posture, so he can

:51:00. > :51:04.run off the barriers. If you watch his knee on this, it always comes

:51:05. > :51:07.nice and straight, which means his leg is following that knee, allows

:51:08. > :51:11.him to push down hard, put the pressure on and run well. Look at

:51:12. > :51:15.his lane, virtually clear - clips that one and it's a little bit of

:51:16. > :51:21.fatigue and tightness. He recovers well. He's got to charge off this

:51:22. > :51:26.barrier, running hard but not enough today, unfortunately.

:51:27. > :51:29.Well, Lawrence, you said yesterday you'd come with your game face on.

:51:30. > :51:34.You gave it everything there. You certainly did. I had a go for it. I

:51:35. > :51:38.was up there with the world number one. He got out. I was going well.

:51:39. > :51:43.But you have to get in the fastest-loser slot, so I pressed,

:51:44. > :51:48.took the risks, hit two hurdles and, you know it's not to be but it's

:51:49. > :51:51.been an amazing journey here and I can't thank people enough who have

:51:52. > :51:55.got me here, particularly British Athletics and all my sponsors. It's

:51:56. > :51:59.quite emotional because it's the last Olympics I'll come to. But,

:52:00. > :52:05.yeah, I've come fourth at one and semifinalist at the other. I can't

:52:06. > :52:10.complain. It's, it's obviously a difficult thing when you have

:52:11. > :52:15.something like this and you have to think about the future. Have you

:52:16. > :52:18.made any decision as soon as it's World Championships next year? You

:52:19. > :52:21.know, athletics has been my life for the last eight years and, you know,

:52:22. > :52:25.to represent my country is a real privilege and an honour and, yeah, I

:52:26. > :52:30.just... I love this place. I love the stage and, you know, I couldn't

:52:31. > :52:33.ask for any more. If I can go to London next year that would be great

:52:34. > :52:37.but right now, I'm going to enjoy the moment. Do that and we wish you

:52:38. > :52:47.all the best going forward. We'll see you next year. Thanks very much.

:52:48. > :52:52.Bondarenko, 2.25m. Comfortable. Well, a new champion will be crowned

:52:53. > :52:56.here in the men's high jump because the reigning Olympic Champion, a

:52:57. > :53:03.Russian, with a blanket ban across the Russians, they won't be

:53:04. > :53:08.involved, of course. Bondarenko is a contender and,

:53:09. > :53:12.judging by that clearance, set his stall out nicely. Eyes turn to

:53:13. > :53:16.Drouin of Canada, World Champion from last year. For me, he's one of

:53:17. > :53:20.the favourites. He's just so stable under pressure, slightly slower on

:53:21. > :53:27.the approach, but watch this double arm action.

:53:28. > :53:34.It's quite unique. Drouin stable under pressure and a perfect card so

:53:35. > :53:40.far. Robbie Grabarz is looking to join

:53:41. > :53:46.the clearances at 2.25m. Oh, that was... The closest of shaves across

:53:47. > :53:50.the bar. Oh, it looked well clear. I'd like

:53:51. > :53:55.to see this from the side. He's well clear. He came down on that.

:53:56. > :54:00.OK, something to think about, but Grabarz in the early stages is

:54:01. > :54:06.carrying at foul at 2.25m. His coach is looking on. He won't be

:54:07. > :54:12.pleased with that. It's all on countback, possibly.

:54:13. > :54:16.As I said, there'll be a few nervous moment throughout the evening.

:54:17. > :54:22.Lawrence Clarke, that last hurdle - look at that time there, he may have

:54:23. > :54:26.lost as much as five or six hundredths. 13.36 and 13.41 for

:54:27. > :54:29.third and fourth. At the minute, they're the fastest loser spots.

:54:30. > :54:34.There's one more semi to come but that was the more difficult of the

:54:35. > :54:37.three semifinals. So, sadly, no joy for Lawrence

:54:38. > :54:44.Clarke or Andrew Pozzi from Great Britain but there was no joy for

:54:45. > :54:47.Jeffrey July miss of -- Julmis of Haiti. He was on the far left, there

:54:48. > :54:53.he is. He had a terrible, terrible fall. But how about this for Olympic

:54:54. > :54:58.spirit. He gets himself up and he decides he was going to crawl

:54:59. > :55:02.through that one but he finished the race if it was the last thing he

:55:03. > :55:08.did. He came over in 25.56. I mean, we've

:55:09. > :55:12.seen some nasty falls but that was pretty horrendous, but fair play to

:55:13. > :55:17.the man to finish! I mean he's on the Olympic track, you know. He's

:55:18. > :55:22.representing his country, you know, that's... It's painful, painful.

:55:23. > :55:27.Yeah. Ebbingose of Derek Redmond in 1992 and that kind of, you know,

:55:28. > :55:32.desire to complete the journey. He got here and he got himself across

:55:33. > :55:35.the line. It's symbolic as well and your coach always tells you finish

:55:36. > :55:38.no matter what, you finish. And it's something that every athlete knows

:55:39. > :55:42.and they understand that and I'm sure that that had to be painful

:55:43. > :55:45.but, as he's lying there on the ground, you remember that. Finish.

:55:46. > :55:50.No matter what you do, you finish. Absolutely. OK. Well, we have a

:55:51. > :55:53.third and final semifinal heat and Andrew Cotter is calling this one

:55:54. > :55:59.and Andrew, the significance of this one - we were discussing it with

:56:00. > :56:03.Colin earlier - is that obviously if you run in the third heat, you have

:56:04. > :56:06.a lot less time to get ready for the final. Although you want to get in

:56:07. > :56:10.the final first. Yes, the final in a couple of hours. Perhaps less than

:56:11. > :56:15.that now. News from the first semifinal - it doesn't really matter

:56:16. > :56:19.in the end of things, but Andrew Pozzi has actually been disqualified

:56:20. > :56:33.as well. So we'll find out what that was for. Here's Jeff Porter.

:56:34. > :56:35.Dmitri Bascou - France has a rich seam of hurdling talent at the

:56:36. > :56:41.moment. Martinot-Lagarde is already safely through. Andrew Riley, won

:56:42. > :57:05.the Commonwealth title in Glasgow. A PB in the 100m of 10.02.

:57:06. > :57:14.Milan Trajkovic was just outside the medals in Amsterdam three weeks ago.

:57:15. > :57:19.And some noise inside the Olympic Stadium for Eder Antonio Souza. He

:57:20. > :57:22.ran a season's best time of 13.61 in his heat to earn a place in the

:57:23. > :57:31.semifinal. On the inside as well, you have Antwon Hicks.

:57:32. > :57:39.Hicks runs for Nigeria, a former American.

:57:40. > :57:49.Like Ortega, a transferee from Cuba to Spain. It's a running theme at

:57:50. > :57:53.the moment. So Hicks and Contreras, Porter and Bascou alongside Andrew

:57:54. > :57:56.Riley, Douvalidis, Trajkovic and Souza. The last of the semifinals in

:57:57. > :58:16.the men's 110m hurdles. Bascou explodes away but it's Porter

:58:17. > :58:21.to the first barrier in front of him. Porter and Bascou alongside

:58:22. > :58:25.each other and Riley has to get up. Bascou moving so well. Porter

:58:26. > :58:28.heading backwards. Bascou and Douvalidis coming through to take

:58:29. > :58:33.second place. So Riley and Porter run out of it. They were not quite

:58:34. > :58:35.as quick as the second semifinal but Dimitri Bascou moves through as

:58:36. > :58:41.Pascal Martinot-Lagarde did before him so France will have a couple of

:58:42. > :58:44.representatives in the final in a couple of hours' time and Dimitri

:58:45. > :58:48.Bascou looked very good. Jeff Porter just began to recede in the latter

:58:49. > :58:54.stages of the race and he will not go through.

:58:55. > :58:57.We're going to have a real change of the guard, aren't we? The World

:58:58. > :59:00.Champion can't be here, because he's Russian.

:59:01. > :59:05.Parchment of Jamaica was runner-up at the World Championships. He's not

:59:06. > :59:09.starting here. So the French are looking pretty strong. Omar McLeod

:59:10. > :59:13.from Jamaica is looking pretty good. So this is really going to be an

:59:14. > :59:16.exciting event which will only happen in a couple of hours. That's

:59:17. > :59:20.good to see. Let's look at Bascou. Why has he won this race? Well,

:59:21. > :59:25.watch how he's concentrating. Look how he's focusing. Drives in hard

:59:26. > :59:29.with every single barrier, runs off them strongly. He swings his trail

:59:30. > :59:34.leg nice and wide and that gives him more time to sight the barriers.

:59:35. > :59:38.It's not a tight one. It's a really tight trail leg. That's absolutely

:59:39. > :59:45.fine. Jeff Porter is struggling, wandering all over the place but

:59:46. > :59:47.Bascou is looking good. In a case of mistaken identity I said Douvalidis

:59:48. > :59:54.went through. It was Milan Trajkovic beside him from Cyprus - I don't

:59:55. > :59:57.know if it's Greek or Turkish Cyprus - but he's through in a Cypriot

:59:58. > :00:01.record. Well, there's a medal ceremony

:00:02. > :00:04.coming up in a few moments' time and I'm sure we're in for one of the

:00:05. > :00:06.biggest cheers this stadium has heard to date because of what

:00:07. > :00:17.happened in here late last night. Absolutely thrilling pole vault

:00:18. > :00:23.final. Just two athletes remain. The expectation of a nation, a

:00:24. > :00:27.lifetime best for da Silva. The Frenchman in first place... The

:00:28. > :00:36.whole of Brazil will be egging this man, da Silva, to go clear. Oh, he's

:00:37. > :00:41.got it! No way! In your life! Have you ever seen drama such as this!

:00:42. > :00:47.Thiago Braz da Silva takes it to Renaud Lavillenie, the reigning

:00:48. > :00:53.champion - a new Olympic record! The jump of his life and the place has

:00:54. > :00:58.gone wild! Home crowd! Home boy! Higher than ever! Better than ever!

:00:59. > :01:03.Look at the joy on that little boy's face! He is on fire! It ain't over

:01:04. > :01:06.till it's over... We have been making football analogies but not

:01:07. > :01:10.booing in athletics for the competitors.

:01:11. > :01:15.Renaud Lavillenie - no. He's knocked it off. Which means Thiago Braz da

:01:16. > :01:20.Silva is confirmed as the new Olympic Champion.

:01:21. > :01:25.That's life and, um... You know, it's always a lot of things in it

:01:26. > :01:29.but, you know, when it's one of the biggest competitions of your... Of

:01:30. > :01:33.your life, you're not:ment you can't be very happy about that. It's an

:01:34. > :01:39.amazing day for me. I don't believe before that I can win a medal and

:01:40. > :01:45.today I think it's my dream, like I dream in my bed, I sleep and I dream

:01:46. > :01:58.of my medal but the gold... It's incredible!

:01:59. > :02:07.Toptop Listen to that a he was magnificent under pressure last

:02:08. > :02:10.night. There was a slight discrepancy, let's say that, with

:02:11. > :02:16.the crowd. They were booing Lavillenie. They almost had football

:02:17. > :02:22.chants and things going on. Maybe they didn't get that right, the

:02:23. > :02:25.crowd. Right. I was talking to one of my friends, a Brazilian lawyer,

:02:26. > :02:29.he was saying that that is what they do at football games. But he said

:02:30. > :02:33.he's seen that as tennis events as well, where they tried to do that

:02:34. > :02:37.and they had to be shooshed and taught that you don't do that at

:02:38. > :02:40.events outside of football. Yeah. It obviously caused Lavillenie to feel

:02:41. > :02:44.victimised. He didn't quite know how to handle it. It's not normal. He

:02:45. > :02:50.goes around the world and he's revered. He's been a great champion.

:02:51. > :02:53.He was very upset. You could see he was very distressed last night. It

:02:54. > :02:59.will be interesting to see how he reacts on the podium. Hopefully the

:03:00. > :03:03.crowd will give him the adulation he deserves. A great ambassador for the

:03:04. > :03:06.sport. And Steve will be calling this medal presentation for you. I

:03:07. > :03:12.know you loved this last night, didn't you, Steve? It was great fun.

:03:13. > :03:19.As we see the medals presented in what was an unforgettable pole vault

:03:20. > :03:24.competition. You heard his name there, Sam Kendricks of the USA. Has

:03:25. > :03:32.to be said, a bit of a bait-part player in what was a great drama.

:03:33. > :03:38.Receives his -- a bit-part player in what was a great drama. US champion,

:03:39. > :03:55.Kennedy restriction, Olympic bronze. -- Kendricks, Olympic bronze.

:03:56. > :04:06.Well e boos around the Olympic Stadium. It's a partisan crowd.

:04:07. > :04:10.Boisterous last night. The look on Lavillenie's face tells the story.

:04:11. > :04:14.He jumped superbly well. He put all the pressure on to the Brazilian.

:04:15. > :04:17.And that's not a great response for a wonderful champion. The previous

:04:18. > :04:21.Olympic and world record holder, of course. A silver medal for Renault

:04:22. > :04:24.Lavillenie. But what a cheer we're about to hear for the man taking

:04:25. > :04:26.gold. ANNOUNCER: Gold medallist and

:04:27. > :04:31.Olympic champion, representing Brazil.

:04:32. > :04:52.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Tiago da Silva!

:04:53. > :05:01.Well, champions over the years, every gold medallist, of course, are

:05:02. > :05:08.memorable. But when you think Cathy Freeman in Australia, month Farah,

:05:09. > :05:11.Jessica ens-Hill in London 2012 -- Ennis-Hill in London 2012, and Tiago

:05:12. > :05:19.da Silva previous the ultimate prize in sport - Olympic champion.

:05:20. > :07:24.Well, a massive cheer for Tiago da Silva. Tears for Renault Lavillenie.

:07:25. > :07:33.He looks heartbroken, with that silver medal. Well, we had Super

:07:34. > :07:35.Saturday four years ago. And Tiago da Silva takes his gold on what may

:07:36. > :07:51.be coined as Magic Monday. Well, that was a very emotional

:07:52. > :07:55.medal ceremony there. And to see Renault Lavillenie so distraught,

:07:56. > :08:00.with so many tears falling from his eyes there in that very long version

:08:01. > :08:06.of the Brazilian anthem. I'm sure we only got half a verse of God Save

:08:07. > :08:09.The Queen when Mo Farah was up there the other day. All kinds much stuff

:08:10. > :08:14.going on there, with the boos at the beginning? That has very much to do

:08:15. > :08:18.with the tears. I think all of us who know Renault, he's not like

:08:19. > :08:22.that. It looked like sour grapes there. But that's not his penalty. I

:08:23. > :08:28.think he was really taken aback by the level of the boos, which as

:08:29. > :08:31.you've said, is pantomime. The tears are not for losing to an Olympic

:08:32. > :08:36.crowd? I don't think so. I really I don't think so. I think booing at

:08:37. > :08:42.the start of his final attempt at 6.03, I think it's really shocking.

:08:43. > :08:47.And I think it's taken him to this moment to just get it out of his

:08:48. > :08:51.system. And that was hard to see. It also is, though, the end of, you

:08:52. > :08:55.know, an era of dominance for him, I guess in his mind. To win a silver,

:08:56. > :09:00.it's not the gold he came here for. Would he be looking ahead thinking,

:09:01. > :09:04."Have I got another Olympic cycle in me?" I agree completely with Denise.

:09:05. > :09:08.Those tears were tears of disappointment in this crowd. And

:09:09. > :09:10.they should be ashamed. I can't let that go. That's just not how -

:09:11. > :09:15.that's not what competition is about. The fans, you know e support

:09:16. > :09:18.the person that you want to support, but you don't boo someone else

:09:19. > :09:23.simply because they're competing against a person you support. And

:09:24. > :09:25.they have done that. They started that last night during the

:09:26. > :09:30.competition. There wasn't proper etiquette. We've seen that in other

:09:31. > :09:33.situations here, with the crowds not being quiet when they should be

:09:34. > :09:37.quiet. It's really a shame. I think he was really hurt. And for them to

:09:38. > :09:40.then boo as he's getting on the medal stand, for having not learned

:09:41. > :09:44.from the lesson to begin with... I'm so surprised that the press today,

:09:45. > :09:47.the Brazilian news didn't say, "Look, this is not what we do, this

:09:48. > :09:51.is not how we behave in this situation." There was not some kind

:09:52. > :09:55.of national debate and conversation about it. I can imagine it would be

:09:56. > :09:57.in the UK, if something like that happened. They don't know any

:09:58. > :10:02.better, do they? I think you're right. I think some don't know

:10:03. > :10:07.better. But some that I talked to, they knew. They're like they're

:10:08. > :10:11.saying, "That's not what you do." And these are Brazilians who have

:10:12. > :10:15.said, "We've seen it before where we're at events where we don't do

:10:16. > :10:19.that, and some of our people just don't know to not do that." Strange,

:10:20. > :10:21.because it's such a global event. I'm pretty sure they've seen medal

:10:22. > :10:25.presentations and Olympic Games before. Maybe it's passed them by.

:10:26. > :10:28.But that's not the way to treat a great champion, like Renault

:10:29. > :10:33.Lavillenie. Let's talk about the 110m hurdles. Sadly not really with

:10:34. > :10:37.positivity, because Britain have lost both their athletes there in

:10:38. > :10:43.Lawrence Clarke and Andrew Pozzi. Andrew Pozzi disqualified? Yeah. I'm

:10:44. > :10:46.still trying to work out why. Some people said he could have

:10:47. > :10:50.deliberately hit hurdles, but he was always getting short. He was getting

:10:51. > :10:54.pulled back all the time. You get a groove, a rhythm, and he was never

:10:55. > :10:58.making the distance. That was the reason he was hitting it with his

:10:59. > :11:02.lead leg. He will have nightmares over this race until he gets to next

:11:03. > :11:06.season and gets on that track at a major championships again. It will

:11:07. > :11:10.haunt him for a long time. And we've discussed it a lot, though, that

:11:11. > :11:14.it's not the victories that can improve you, it's defeats. And

:11:15. > :11:18.that's what he's got to draw on, he's got to draw on today and his

:11:19. > :11:21.disappointment from today. But he's arriving at these championships with

:11:22. > :11:26.a healthy body. For Andrew, it's been rare thus far. You're right.

:11:27. > :11:29.So, for him, he may not have a great winter. This was a golden

:11:30. > :11:35.opportunity that is going to pain him for a long time. Let's hope he

:11:36. > :11:39.can dig himself out. Doyle has had a positive season. We are expecting

:11:40. > :11:44.her to make it through to the final of the 400m hurdles. She has to

:11:45. > :11:48.navigate the semifinals, going off very soon for the women and men.

:11:49. > :11:48.Let's have a look at her heat. It wasn't

:11:49. > :11:50.very soon for the women and men. Let's have a look at her heat. It

:11:51. > :11:55.wasn't perfect, was it? It was actually far from effort, actually.

:11:56. > :12:01.They had a decision that they were going to just change the pattern a

:12:02. > :12:06.little bit, to make it more comfortable for her 678915 strides

:12:07. > :12:09.--: 15 strides. She managed to do that. Athletes always try to

:12:10. > :12:13.conserve a little bit of energy this these circumstances. And when you're

:12:14. > :12:16.working on your new stride pattern, you should really work on that

:12:17. > :12:19.stride pattern. It doesn't matter what is around or available to you.

:12:20. > :12:25.So, everything is going really well now. But what happens, she adds an

:12:26. > :12:30.stra stride here which wasn't in the plan -- an extra stride here which

:12:31. > :12:33.wasn't in the plan at all. It may be uncomfortable taking these barriers

:12:34. > :12:36.now. Every single time she's on the wrong foot, going around the bend.

:12:37. > :12:40.No, sir what you want to do. Coming down the home straight, she has to

:12:41. > :12:44.work a little bit. She sticks to the same plan that she's put herself in,

:12:45. > :12:49.which is not the right one. So, she throws in an extra stride here again

:12:50. > :12:52.to put her on her strong leg so she can run off the barrier well. Let's

:12:53. > :12:56.hope she only managed to do that, just because she's trying to

:12:57. > :13:01.conserve energy. If that's the reason, we should see her go back to

:13:02. > :13:05.her normal stride pattern and be close to that 54-second mark to see

:13:06. > :13:09.her in the final. I was thinking about this. You think so much of

:13:10. > :13:11.what you do is muscle memory and you try and make things as automatic as

:13:12. > :13:15.possible, why does stride pattern get distorted through a race?

:13:16. > :13:20.Something you've worked so hard on? Is it adrenaline? Because presume

:13:21. > :13:24.yaebl you're trying to get the same -- presumably you're trying to get

:13:25. > :13:28.the same speed in every race? You can literally stride out. You can go

:13:29. > :13:31.a little bit too far with one stride and that throws you completely, or

:13:32. > :13:35.you can land a little bit quicker, which shortens your landing off a

:13:36. > :13:40.barrier, which makes a difference. So, that's what can be the cause.

:13:41. > :13:44.It's a very precise art, getting this right. Best of luck to Doyle,

:13:45. > :13:57.who's going in the next heat. This is the first one up now.

:13:58. > :14:05.Signs that the double world champion was maybe showing some sort of form.

:14:06. > :14:08.All sorts of injury problems. She ran her 300 hurdle race in the Czech

:14:09. > :14:11.Republic just before this Olympic Games. She's done that each of the

:14:12. > :14:16.last three seasons. It wasn't one of her fastest but it just gave an

:14:17. > :14:20.indication, as she did in the heats, that she might, still could be

:14:21. > :14:25.somebody to be reckoned with. She's got a fairly - I wouldn't say any of

:14:26. > :14:30.these semis are obviously easy - but she's in lane four. You just saw

:14:31. > :14:44.Tracey of Jamaica, who's in 5, outside of her. And then inside,

:14:45. > :14:50.she's got in lane 3, Noelle Montcalm of Canada. And Sydney McLaughlin can

:14:51. > :14:57.put herself in that category. The 17-year-old. Yes, 17-year-old, and

:14:58. > :15:07.that was just only a week ago, she turned 17. 54.15 this year. Stina

:15:08. > :15:15.Troest, great talent. Still only 22. And then the others on the outside.

:15:16. > :15:24.Linkiewicz from Poland. Folorunso of Italy. And Kolesnychenko of Ukraine.

:15:25. > :15:30.So, I'm really curious here to see whether Hejnova can keep improving.

:15:31. > :15:35.If she goes under 55 here, then we might start thinking about watching

:15:36. > :15:40.out come the final. But she hasn't come here in the best of form. Only

:15:41. > :15:49.two races this year over 400 hurdles.

:15:50. > :15:55.So, Hejnova is in lane 4. Tracey of Jamaica, who should be going better,

:15:56. > :16:02.is in lane 5. And also the young American, Sydney McLaughlin in lane

:16:03. > :16:07.2. And going well through the first two flights is Montcalm of Canada.

:16:08. > :16:11.Hejnova in touch. And these three moving away a little bit from the

:16:12. > :16:17.American youngster, McLaughlin. Look at Hejnova starting to come back

:16:18. > :16:20.into this now, at Montcalm checks down and watches Hejnova move on and

:16:21. > :16:23.up to Tracey. Hejnova perhaps leading this one at the moment. And

:16:24. > :16:26.the world champion is starting to show some form. But if you've lost

:16:27. > :16:29.fitness, this is where you're gonna lose it. Last two places, well

:16:30. > :16:37.clear. And Hejnova continues to go away! The world champion beginning

:16:38. > :16:40.to look good again. And this is a very impressive performance from

:16:41. > :16:44.Hejnova. I said she's only done two races, one of them was in the heats.

:16:45. > :16:51.And that, Colin, is a massive season's best. Well, I was just

:16:52. > :16:54.thought, you know, I was coming to this tonight on the bus and thinking

:16:55. > :16:59.about Hejnova and I was just looking at that race that she ran, the 300

:17:00. > :17:02.hurdle race two weeks ago, I looked at the time and I thought, "Uh-oh."

:17:03. > :17:06.And that's just proven it, hasn't it? Yeah, that's exactly right. And

:17:07. > :17:10.I think yesterday, Steve, in the heats, I think she went off a little

:17:11. > :17:13.bit too hard, a little bit too committed. And I think now she's

:17:14. > :17:18.honed herself back and she's reined in the performance just slightly.

:17:19. > :17:21.And you know in the 400m hurdles you only need to take your foot perhaps

:17:22. > :17:25.half a percent off the gas and that will be enough for you to get the

:17:26. > :17:28.correct stride pattern and have the right energy system working that you

:17:29. > :17:32.can tap on when it's necessary. And I think Hejnova, the fact that she's

:17:33. > :17:36.a world champion, she's been at these big competitions before and

:17:37. > :17:42.she's won them. Knows what she needs to get her to the magic, isn't it?

:17:43. > :17:46.That real opportunity of climbing on that rostrum again. It's gonna be

:17:47. > :17:51.good. It's gonna be exciting. And I think she may even go quite quick.

:17:52. > :17:56.Yeah, that's gotta be a worry for everybody, to be honest. And she

:17:57. > :17:59.looks very, very good, indeed. So, Hejnova, the two-time world

:18:00. > :18:04.champion, looking very close to getting back to the sort of form

:18:05. > :18:13.where we could see her become a medal contender. Tracey the other

:18:14. > :18:19.qualifier. A little while ago we saw this

:18:20. > :18:25.second attempt after that failure at the first feament of Grabarz. The

:18:26. > :18:29.first was a foul, in what can be described as an unforced error. This

:18:30. > :18:32.looked much better. So, that's how he should have done it the first

:18:33. > :18:43.time, carry the foul. But his event continues. So, now we've caught up,

:18:44. > :18:47.it's 2.29, the bar is at. This is Drouin of Canada. Drouin jumping

:18:48. > :18:54.from the opposite side at 29. Oh, look at that. Well, he's the world

:18:55. > :18:58.champion from last year. And I know many fabsy him to take the title

:18:59. > :19:01.here -- fancy him to take the title here. Double-arm shift. We've

:19:02. > :19:10.mentioned that before. It is unique. It's slightly slower, and a perfect

:19:11. > :19:20.card so far for Drouin. Grabarz, then, looking to match the Canadian.

:19:21. > :19:24.2.29. Yes! Better. Well, that's a much better effort. That's the

:19:25. > :19:28.height he cleared in qualification. It's also the height that took him

:19:29. > :19:42.to a bronze medal four years ago. Great stuff from Grabarz. As we see

:19:43. > :19:48.the back, a familiar sight of Barshim of Qatar. 2.29. Well, made

:19:49. > :19:52.that look fairly comfortable. So, all the main contenders are involved

:19:53. > :19:58.in what is set up to be a real tussle for theile medals. Barshim

:19:59. > :20:04.shared bronze with Grabarz four years ago.

:20:05. > :20:15.Next up on the track, it's the second of the 400m hurdle semifinal

:20:16. > :20:20.heats. Eilidh Doyle going in this one. She's had a great season. She

:20:21. > :20:26.has been running really, really well. Colin's had a look at her

:20:27. > :20:30.heat. He stressed on areas she could improve, Michael. She will need to.

:20:31. > :20:34.It's a strong field? That's what I was looking at the other day. She

:20:35. > :20:38.will need to. This is the toughest field of the three semifinal heats.

:20:39. > :20:43.She finds herself in there with Russell from Jamaica and Ashley

:20:44. > :20:47.Spencer. Both of those athletes have run faster than her this year. But

:20:48. > :20:54.Doyle is coming around faster. She's a fierce competitor. Reminds me a

:20:55. > :20:58.lot of Jess Ennis. She's methodical about what she does. Gets it done.

:20:59. > :21:03.No drama, no extra. Just gets out there and runs the race. Those

:21:04. > :21:07.adjustments that Colin talked about, she's probably already aware of.

:21:08. > :21:10.Absolutely. What she lacks in flat speed, compared to the other two

:21:11. > :21:15.athletes that Michael just spoke about, she gives in heart. If she

:21:16. > :21:18.can just nail that technique, do enough, fingers crossed she will

:21:19. > :21:23.make it through. She's looking for a place in the final. Andrew Kowter.

:21:24. > :21:27.Plenty of other strong contenders in this semifinal, though P Doyle has

:21:28. > :21:33.two women outside her who have run quicker times this season. We'll get

:21:34. > :21:38.a chance to show you them. There's Doyle being introduced to the crowd.

:21:39. > :21:40.It's the women outside her who are the major factors, the major

:21:41. > :21:51.competition for Doyle. This is the start list for this semifinal.

:21:52. > :22:04.Russell has a quicker time this season.

:22:05. > :22:11.There's Janieve Russell. Noz anywhere close to her best at the

:22:12. > :22:15.moment. That was before June. She hasn't run or hadn't run coming into

:22:16. > :22:18.Rio since June because of an injury, a foot injury. So, might be able to

:22:19. > :22:22.take her out of the equation, unless she finds something here. Wasn't too

:22:23. > :22:46.impressive in her first round. Has worked so hard on her stride

:22:47. > :22:50.pattern. It's that strength that enables you to keep that stride

:22:51. > :22:57.pattern. Doyle moving steadily at the moment. Russell, I mentioned her

:22:58. > :23:01.injury problems. Then Nel, the South African, has gone out quickly. A

:23:02. > :23:04.more steady pace from Ashley Spencer, the American world indoor

:23:05. > :23:09.silver. Raw speed between the barriers. Doyle moving nicely and

:23:10. > :23:14.strongly. So too Nel, the South African. Eilidh Doyle in a very good

:23:15. > :23:17.position at the moment. Two to go through automatically. Doyle should

:23:18. > :23:20.just about lead them around the bend.

:23:21. > :23:24.And Russell there, oh, there's a stumble from the Jamaican. Didn't

:23:25. > :23:27.look comfortable at all. What ground Ashley Spencer has made up. And

:23:28. > :23:30.suddenly Spencer is all over the place. Two to go through

:23:31. > :23:33.automatically. Doyle over the final barrier. Eilidh Doyle towards the

:23:34. > :23:38.line. Fast-finishing Spencer, though! Oh, she's run out of it!

:23:39. > :23:42.She's run out of it on the line. Spencer, we talked about her raw

:23:43. > :23:46.speed. Even with that mistake she came through at the end. Spencer was

:23:47. > :23:49.there, Russell finds something, despite her injury problems. And

:23:50. > :23:53.Eilidh Doyle was caught on the line, so she will look, and we will look,

:23:54. > :24:00.for her time. It might well be quick enough. But still, but still a sign

:24:01. > :24:03.of what she's up against even if she were to go through to the final,

:24:04. > :24:07.which she might well do with that time. There is plenty of competition

:24:08. > :24:12.for her. That was a bit of a shock on the line for Eilidh Doyle. A

:24:13. > :24:16.massive shock. When someone makes a mistake like that, you very rarely

:24:17. > :24:20.see them come back, because there's so much fatigue that's in your legs.

:24:21. > :24:28.But she managed to do that, didn't she? Ashley. But what was good for

:24:29. > :24:31.me, Andrew, is that Eilidh absolutely nailed her stride pattern

:24:32. > :24:35.at that time. It was good to see she committed herself and made it happen

:24:36. > :24:39.in a major championship, which will fill her with a little bit of

:24:40. > :24:42.confidence. An amazing run down the home straight. She has that great

:24:43. > :24:46.speed over the flat. She has won titles over the flat. Incredible

:24:47. > :24:50.effort, as you said, when you lose that momentum. I don't know if you

:24:51. > :24:53.remember me saying yesterday, she always scrapes over the barrier,

:24:54. > :24:57.Ashley. And I always worry that if she catches it with her toe, as she

:24:58. > :25:02.does there, it will throw her off. It will make it a really difficult

:25:03. > :25:06.thing. So, every single time, as fatigue sets in, throw these rounds,

:25:07. > :25:11.especially, just be more and more kaix. Because she just literally

:25:12. > :25:18.sneaks over the -- careful. Because she just literally sneaks over the

:25:19. > :25:21.barriers. When you've got the foot speed that she demonstrated coming

:25:22. > :25:25.into the end, you can get over those issues. Doyle out of the automatic

:25:26. > :25:29.places. But that time is in the fastest losers at the moment. One

:25:30. > :25:34.more semifinal to come. How about this for a finish? Spencer and

:25:35. > :25:41.Janieve Russell taking the automatic places. And Doyle will wait.

:25:42. > :25:47.That was pretty close on the line. There we are. But certainly Eilidh

:25:48. > :25:55.Doyle in third place. Fastest loser at the moment.

:25:56. > :26:04.Here she is. You can see she really focuses. She comits herself to this

:26:05. > :26:08.stride pattern now. She has to work hard into this barrier. She has to

:26:09. > :26:12.do the stride, manages to do that. Most probably pats herself on the

:26:13. > :26:19.back and now she can work off it well. Two of the previously injured

:26:20. > :26:22.and struggling athletes, Russell and another, have shown they're

:26:23. > :26:26.contenders here. And Eilidh Doyle, well, she may still be in that

:26:27. > :26:30.final. With that time, I think she might be all right. Just below 55

:26:31. > :26:33.seconds. She's with Phil. Well, we're all fairly confident that time

:26:34. > :26:38.is gonna get you through. How about you? I hope so. I really do.

:26:39. > :26:42.Obviously I would have liked to have got the automatic qualification, to

:26:43. > :26:45.not be in this position. But I'm actually really happy with the way

:26:46. > :26:49.the race went. There were no errors like yesterday. I felt I gave it

:26:50. > :26:54.everything there, so I just hope it's enough to get to the final. A

:26:55. > :26:57.certain amount of kudos to Ashley Spencer to respond from clattering

:26:58. > :27:00.that hurdle. She showed her raw speed? Absolutely. I was aware

:27:01. > :27:04.something happened. I was just trying to focus on my own race and

:27:05. > :27:07.try to get to the finish line as soon as possible. Fingers crossed

:27:08. > :27:10.it's enough. It just shows you nothing is easy on the Olympic

:27:11. > :27:13.stage. We talk of you as a contender. There are so many out

:27:14. > :27:17.there, you're all in the mix. Anything could happen come the

:27:18. > :27:22.final, should you make it? It's wide open this year. There's a lot of us

:27:23. > :27:25.very close together. So, yeah, I'm just hoping that's enough. But I

:27:26. > :27:29.feel like I gave it a really good shot there. So, yeah, fingers

:27:30. > :27:33.crossed now. Everything crossed. We wish you all the best. Thanks very

:27:34. > :27:41.much. Cheers. Hmm. That's a face that says it all. But 54.99 her

:27:42. > :27:45.time. Confirmation of that here, behind the automatic qualifiers.

:27:46. > :27:52.Ashley Spencer - that was impressive from the American. And Russell,

:27:53. > :27:53.54ant 99 is the fastest of the losers. One more semifinal to come,

:27:54. > :28:13.just a few moments away. Women's long jump qualifying under

:28:14. > :28:16.way. This is Darra. A Russian competing, a Court of Arbitration

:28:17. > :28:21.appeal that she successfully went through. A good jump in that first

:28:22. > :28:24.round. She lives in the United States and is drug-tested in the

:28:25. > :28:28.United States, and therefore proves she wasn't part of what's been going

:28:29. > :28:32.on in Russia. And has been allowed to compete under appeal. And it

:28:33. > :28:37.looks as though she may have just got herself into the final based on

:28:38. > :28:42.what's happening in this first round of women's long jump qualifications.

:28:43. > :28:46.Three Brits involved. 6.75 sl automatic qualification. Maybe not

:28:47. > :28:52.quite that. 6.64. Third place overall.

:28:53. > :28:59.Well, we've seen two good stories, comeback stories. Hejnova and

:29:00. > :29:19.Russell. Big surprises. And then we come to the third semifinal. Some

:29:20. > :29:27.real threats here. Muhammad. Belille in two. We've seen Muhammad, in lane

:29:28. > :29:36.3, who has had her own injury problems over the years as well.

:29:37. > :29:38.And the other athletes in this, Watson, the Canadian, who's

:29:39. > :29:43.improving quickly as well. She's right in the middle, in lane four,

:29:44. > :29:48.between Muhammad and Petersen. Petersen has got faster in her races

:29:49. > :29:58.leading into Rio. I think she's a threat as well. So, that one there

:29:59. > :30:03.is Sage Watson. Nugent from Jamaica, disqualified this morning, has been

:30:04. > :30:09.reinstated. Grace Claxton in lane 7. Tkachuk on the outside. Muhammad,

:30:10. > :30:15.then, the American champion, coached by Lawrence Johnson, same coach as

:30:16. > :30:21.Brianna Rollins, the high hurdler. A good technique, Muhammad, and 52.88

:30:22. > :30:28.this year. Leads the world. Petersen, the European champion, is

:30:29. > :30:36.in five. Only two to go through, and that time we're looking at. 54.99,

:30:37. > :30:41.run by Child. As long as two people don't go quicker than that. If three

:30:42. > :30:45.and four dorks then she will be out. So, Muhammad started quickly, as

:30:46. > :30:50.expected. Already up on Watson. Petersen going well. There's

:30:51. > :30:57.Muhammad looking serene down through 200m. Hurdles well and going quick.

:30:58. > :31:00.So is Petersen, she's chasing the European champion around the top

:31:01. > :31:06.bend. A lot of daylight between them and the rest of the field. Only good

:31:07. > :31:11.news for Eilidh Doyle. So, Muhammad, then, watch how she takes these last

:31:12. > :31:16.two hurdles. Left leg lead, and Petersen under some pressure now

:31:17. > :31:21.from Nugent. She rallies off the last hurdle. It's gonna be the

:31:22. > :31:25.expecteded one-two. Watch the clock here. 53. 09. I definitely think

:31:26. > :31:30.Nugent has a chance of fastest loser. But fingers crossed the

:31:31. > :31:35.fourtsd-placed athlete, I don't think -- fourth-placed athlete I

:31:36. > :31:39.don't think is quicker than 54.99. That's my best look at that. Colin,

:31:40. > :31:44.would you agree? I think you're right. See Eilidh watching that

:31:45. > :31:50.clock, like us all. And I think she will be all right. Because I've just

:31:51. > :31:52.seen what third place is, which is 54.98, which means that Eilidh is

:31:53. > :31:57.definitely gonna be in that final. Wonderful news. But you can really

:31:58. > :32:01.tell, can't you, Steve, why Muhammad is the world leader. She's so

:32:02. > :32:07.aggressive off these barriers. A good runner, snappy over them all

:32:08. > :32:11.the time. She's got a really nice, level, even paced stride pattern,

:32:12. > :32:15.which allows her to use her biggest strength, which is her running

:32:16. > :32:19.speed, well. And she hurdles quite nicely off both legs as well. She

:32:20. > :32:23.seems very comfortable. That's why she's very aggressive into them all

:32:24. > :32:27.the time. She feels, I think, that any hurdle that comes to her

:32:28. > :32:31.whatever leg she reaches, is good enough and skilful enough to take

:32:32. > :32:35.the barrier. If you're gonna have that type of confidence, wowee.

:32:36. > :32:39.Let's have a look. As she runs in, she's gonna take a little glance.

:32:40. > :32:44.See what's happening. Nothing's happening behind you. Completely

:32:45. > :32:46.free there. And what a great, great, great race there. For me, Steve, she

:32:47. > :33:04.starts in the clear favourite. There's Eilidh's reaction. She's

:33:05. > :33:11.big-smiling. She's there, hopefully, having a chat with Phil.

:33:12. > :33:16.Can we get a quick reaction from you? That's fantastic. You're

:33:17. > :33:20.through. That was very close. I thought phew. I've got into the

:33:21. > :33:23.final and I apologise to my coach and my family and my poor husband

:33:24. > :33:28.for putting them through that but I'm delighted I've got there now and

:33:29. > :33:31.now that I'm in there, hopefully I can go there and do something. I

:33:32. > :33:35.hope so. All the very best for tomorrow. Or a couple of days. Yeah.

:33:36. > :33:40.Thanks very much, cheers. Thank you. Well done, Eilidh. And this is how

:33:41. > :33:44.she did it. There was not a lot wrong in terms of her execution,

:33:45. > :33:48.Denise. Absolutely. I mean, like she said, "I didn't put a foot wrong

:33:49. > :33:52.here," you know. She took the barriers really well. This is the

:33:53. > :33:57.kind of hurdling that we have come to expect from Eilidh this season.

:33:58. > :34:01.She's smooth. She's relaxed. And she's making up good ground there

:34:02. > :34:05.and, you know, personally, I think she really deserved to get through

:34:06. > :34:12.at this stage because she's worked so hard, um, and, as I said, just a

:34:13. > :34:15.little bit of error in those final stages nearly cost her getting

:34:16. > :34:20.through to the final. Yeah, the execution was flawless and

:34:21. > :34:23.it looks like she made those... Those adjustments that Colin talked

:34:24. > :34:28.about. This is where Eilidh comes into her own, like... Denise you

:34:29. > :34:32.were talking about it earlier, what she lax in speed, she's able to

:34:33. > :34:35.maintain that sort of strength and with that strength she's able to

:34:36. > :34:41.maintain pace. Nobody is really going to catch her in the last 100m

:34:42. > :34:46.or so other than Ashley Spencer. That was just unbelievable. It must

:34:47. > :34:51.be disconcerting for the rest of the field to see her stumble and recover

:34:52. > :34:54.the way she does. Even with when she makes a mistake... What can they do?

:34:55. > :34:59.The good thing about Eilidh is she focuses on her own race, which is

:35:00. > :35:03.what you need to do in this sort of setting. Tunnel vision. OK. Let's

:35:04. > :35:09.see how the high jump is going with Steve Backley.

:35:10. > :35:23.The event is progressing nicely. Bondarenko chose to pass at 2.29.

:35:24. > :35:31.First attempt at 2.33m. Easily. Well, Bondarenko, the third best

:35:32. > :35:34.ever. He is on the world list equal with Patrick Schoberg, arguably the

:35:35. > :35:39.greatest, or most successful in terms of Olympics points and medals.

:35:40. > :35:47.Bondarenko - a perfect card. Just two clearances. 2.33m, looking

:35:48. > :35:52.really good. So, then, Grabarz looking to join

:35:53. > :35:59.Bondarenko, a height that he has cleared in the past, not this year.

:36:00. > :36:09.He's... Got it. Has he? Yes, he gave it a big rattle but... Oh, no! Well,

:36:10. > :36:13.I was just celebrating for him. The white flag went up is what he's

:36:14. > :36:17.saying. So let's have a look if we can see the official just to the

:36:18. > :36:25.left-hand side of the mat here in the chair. The white flag goes up,

:36:26. > :36:29.which means it's a successful jump. He's celebrating and that's his

:36:30. > :36:35.reaction to the bar falling off but... Well... He's arguing with

:36:36. > :36:39.this. He's saying the white flag went up. It's come up as a cross on

:36:40. > :36:42.the system. I don't think he's got much to argue

:36:43. > :36:50.about, unfortunately. It was a mistake to raise that flag.

:36:51. > :36:54.It's a failure at the first time of asking at 2.33m from Robbie Grabarz.

:36:55. > :36:59.He's in good shape, though. He's got to go away and compose himself here

:37:00. > :37:05.because he's capable of getting back in it if he can stay calm.

:37:06. > :37:09.On to the men's 400m hurdles and the first of three semifinals, one which

:37:10. > :37:10.contains Jack Green. Here's the start list for

:37:11. > :37:31.you: Jack Green is trying out a new

:37:32. > :37:34.stride pattern we he tried in the Anniversary Games last month. He

:37:35. > :37:40.said he didn't quite nail it but he finished quickly. He says there is

:37:41. > :37:46.more to come. What a great run Nozawa had in the first round, a new

:37:47. > :37:56.personal best. Jaheel Hyde, just 19 and twice world junior champion,

:37:57. > :38:03.enormous talent. Sergio Fernandez has gone close to an age-old Spanish

:38:04. > :38:10.record from 1987 this year. Outside Green you've got Lahoulou of

:38:11. > :38:14.Algeria, Bonn fast Mucheru of Kenya, Eric Cray of the Philippines and

:38:15. > :38:18.Kerron Clement of the United States. The quickest man in the world came

:38:19. > :38:23.unstuck at the US trials. So this is a very open event and it's an open

:38:24. > :38:33.semifinal here. Two go through automatically and two fastest

:38:34. > :38:44.losers. All behind Clement are pretty evenly matched.

:38:45. > :38:48.Green in lane four with Lahoulou of Algeria outside him and Clement on

:38:49. > :38:50.the far outside. It's a quick, quick start by Jaheel Hyde and Jack Green

:38:51. > :38:55.gets knocked back already. He's got a lot to do as Nozawa comes

:38:56. > :38:59.alongside and passes him. He's got great strength, Jack Green and he

:39:00. > :39:04.finishes strongly but he's left himself an enormous amount to do

:39:05. > :39:09.with Nozawa out so quickly. Clement now beginning to assert his

:39:10. > :39:12.authority alongside Eric Cray of the Philippines. Jack Green trying to

:39:13. > :39:17.work his way through into this. Only two go through automatically. No

:39:18. > :39:29.ask, awa looking good. Clement, of course, strong out in lane eight.

:39:30. > :39:34.Nozawa is tying up a bit. Bonn fast Mucheru takes is just on the line

:39:35. > :39:38.from Sergio Fernandez. The two go through, Clement, a distant winner

:39:39. > :39:43.and, well, Jack Green didn't have a fast finish this time but it really

:39:44. > :39:47.went wrong. Much earlier in the race for Green. Didn't work... And he

:39:48. > :39:52.will not be going through to the final. He's got better than that. He

:39:53. > :39:57.didn't deliver tonight. Yeah. He'll be really frustrated with that. I

:39:58. > :40:00.know Jack well and he'll be quite irritated with the way his

:40:01. > :40:04.performance has panned out because he was a little bit sketchy at the

:40:05. > :40:08.beginning of the race as well. He didn't really set himself up to get

:40:09. > :40:12.into this back straight well. And I think, from there on in, he was...

:40:13. > :40:17.He was caught in the middle because he was thinking, "Well, do I chase,

:40:18. > :40:21.race them and chase them? Or do I settle into the groove of my

:40:22. > :40:24.rhythm?" I think he lost his way a little bit in what he was going to

:40:25. > :40:28.do. I thought he'd brought himself back into it but, of course,

:40:29. > :40:32.clattering that barrier when you're exhausted makes a huge difference,

:40:33. > :40:36.saps your energy and all he can see is bodies all around him and that

:40:37. > :40:42.makes tension happen for you. He'll be really furious with that.

:40:43. > :40:46.Let's look at it from the start. It wasn't a good start over the first

:40:47. > :40:52.barrier. Yeah. He was aggressive out of the blocks, which is what you

:40:53. > :40:55.want to see. He sights his barrier well, takes it cleanly, sits back

:40:56. > :40:58.off it. Now he's going to start about thinking that he's got over it

:40:59. > :41:02.well and he needs to get into this pattern. He was very nice around

:41:03. > :41:06.there and he comes into this home straight and this is where he starts

:41:07. > :41:12.to get a little bit... Unaware of what's going to go on and he's tried

:41:13. > :41:16.to go a little bit... Astray is the word I want to use. But he's a

:41:17. > :41:20.strong athlete and Jack knows that the best part of his race is the

:41:21. > :41:23.back end. He's really strong usually coming down the home straight.

:41:24. > :41:28.Unfortunately for him, he makes the mistake as he comes off this turn.

:41:29. > :41:33.Clatters this barrier - watch this now - bang and that sends him out of

:41:34. > :41:36.the way and that is so much... You want to talk about how

:41:37. > :41:40.strength-sapping it is. It's incredible and you land heavily off

:41:41. > :41:44.the next hurdle. I think he'll still have a part to play in this Olympic

:41:45. > :41:48.Games. He's an outstanding relay runner but individually, in the

:41:49. > :41:51.hurdles, he's not going through to Thursday's final and so, so

:41:52. > :41:55.frustrating for Jack Green. He's talking to Phil now.

:41:56. > :41:59.Well, Jack's just watched the race back with me down here. You could

:42:00. > :42:02.see the mistakes you made. It seemed like when you clipped the hurdle you

:42:03. > :42:07.were still in contention and didn't quite get it right near the end.

:42:08. > :42:12.Definitely the best I've run in seven but I missed a stride going

:42:13. > :42:17.into hurdle eight and I lost everything. What a wasted

:42:18. > :42:20.opportunity. It was only 48.8 to go through. It's such a waste. It's a

:42:21. > :42:24.shame but welcome to sport. That's it exactly isn't it? You're never

:42:25. > :42:26.sure what will happen on any given night. Yesterday you said you would

:42:27. > :42:30.give it everything. You certainly did that. You attack it. Yeah, I

:42:31. > :42:34.really committed. Definitely the best I've committed to a race and I

:42:35. > :42:38.missed that hurdle eight by half a stride and at this level, you can't

:42:39. > :42:43.do that and, unfortunately, I did. But... It's just part of it and

:42:44. > :42:46.obviously I'm going to be a bit disappointed but what can I do?

:42:47. > :42:51.Thanks for talking to us, Jack. Thank you.

:42:52. > :42:57.Well, eventually, he might play a part. He's run 44.4 in legs in 4 X

:42:58. > :42:59.400m so he may play a part in that but down in eighth place in the

:43:00. > :43:08.semifinal. Well, good news for Robbie Grabarz

:43:09. > :43:15.because we saw him being given a foul for that jump across 2.33m that

:43:16. > :43:22.rattled and fell off, but it's been reversed and it's a first-time

:43:23. > :43:33.clearance. There's his coach. That's great news for Robbie. He's

:43:34. > :43:38.in it and the next height, 2.36m. Before that height, there's a bit of

:43:39. > :43:43.tidying up to do, Barshim, 2.33m, first attempt. He's the world-leader

:43:44. > :43:49.with 2.40m. There's Bondarenko looking on. It was billed as a

:43:50. > :43:54.showdown between those two athletes. I suspect there may be others who

:43:55. > :44:07.fancy their chances of getting in it as well.

:44:08. > :44:12.Barshim of Qatar, perfect so far. Fuzz Ahmed is offering advice to

:44:13. > :44:19.Grabarz there. He's looking good. You'd never know that Fuzz has done

:44:20. > :44:23.a bit of acting in his time! Very deprons traitive instructions. Good

:44:24. > :44:28.news in the high jump and now we're -- de-Mondays trative instructions.

:44:29. > :44:32.Good news in the -- demonstrative instructions. Good news in the men's

:44:33. > :44:44.high jump. Now we're in the second semifinal.

:44:45. > :44:53.Annsert Whyte in lane four. Van Zyl, a familiar figure, as is

:44:54. > :44:58.this man here, Javier Culson. I wonder if it could be his time,

:44:59. > :45:03.finally, to win a big global title. So wide open, the men's 400m

:45:04. > :45:10.hurdles. First two will go through. Watch out for Capello as well.

:45:11. > :45:14.Copello is in lane six. Magi of Estonia had a great qualification

:45:15. > :45:20.run. He's in lane seven. We're looking to Whyte, to Culson, to van

:45:21. > :45:26.Zy, will, the familiar names if you like but the Brazilians are also

:45:27. > :45:31.cheering Suguimati in lane nine. Magi finished fast in qualification.

:45:32. > :45:36.Although Culson and Whyte are moving up, as is van Zyl, they may come

:45:37. > :45:39.into it, particularly Copello who has skill in hanging in there.

:45:40. > :45:44.Former Cuban, now running for Turkey. There are four with chances

:45:45. > :45:49.as they come into the home straight. Whyte holding van Zyl. Look at Magi.

:45:50. > :45:57.I said he would finish fast. Can he get into the top two? He won't be

:45:58. > :46:03.far away. It's Whyte, Culson, Copellos Magi. #7 -- Copello, Magi.

:46:04. > :46:08.He was really rewarded by running the best kind of planned race, if

:46:09. > :46:12.you know what I mean, Colin. Culson, as ever - we never quite know what

:46:13. > :46:16.we're going to get from him at times. He's got so much experience.

:46:17. > :46:21.But Whyte didn't panic, judged it well. Magi finishing quickly and

:46:22. > :46:26.Copello surprising one or two as well. Do you know - I was looking at

:46:27. > :46:29.this whole line-up before the start tonight and I couldn't have called

:46:30. > :46:34.who would qualify from this, it was going to be that tight. But in the

:46:35. > :46:38.end, Whyte was dominant, wasn't he? He got away well, kept a cool head,

:46:39. > :46:42.as you said. A lot going on around him but he didn't worry, whatsoever.

:46:43. > :46:45.Worked hard into the line and made sure - he guaranteed himself a good

:46:46. > :46:53.lane in that final. Good run, Mr Whyte.

:46:54. > :47:00.Well, women's long jump qualification. 6.75m is automatic.

:47:01. > :47:11.Lorraine. Gen of Great Britain, 6.44 in the first round.

:47:12. > :47:17.Fast on the approach. Good height off that. Difficult to see into the

:47:18. > :47:27.pit on those angles there. Ugen, 24 years of age. Two parallel

:47:28. > :47:33.runways, loads of athletes involved, 19 in each, 38 in total, whittled

:47:34. > :47:37.down to 12 in the next 30 minutes or so to come back for tomorrow's

:47:38. > :47:44.final. Ugen, 6.44m in the first round. Waiting for the measurement.

:47:45. > :47:49.96.55m, an improvement for Lorraine Ugen in sixth place in the pool on

:47:50. > :48:03.the cusp of making it into the final.

:48:04. > :48:18.Procter won silver at the worlds last year. Slight deceleration there

:48:19. > :48:23.for me, ever so subtle. Good height off that, way behind the

:48:24. > :48:36.board. Maybe that's what it was that didn't give it the zest.

:48:37. > :48:54.Shara Proctor, 6.34m - she's going to need more.

:48:55. > :48:57.Not far away from the last of the semifinals of the men's 400m

:48:58. > :49:01.hurdles. As Steve was saying, it's a very open event. We're not too far

:49:02. > :49:03.away from the start here. Just general milling around and getting

:49:04. > :49:17.ready but the long jump continues. So here's a look back at a jump from

:49:18. > :49:25.earlier, the first round for Jazmin Sawyers.

:49:26. > :49:32.Well, it was a jump of 6.49m. And I'm just looking at the summary as

:49:33. > :49:36.we get towards the end of this qualification and at the moment,

:49:37. > :49:43.Jazmin Sawyers is in 12th place. 12 to qualify, remember.

:49:44. > :49:48.Ugen in eighth place. And Proctor needing more. So the Brits at the

:49:49. > :49:54.moment, two to qualify, and Jazmin Sawyers, right on the cusp. That's

:49:55. > :49:58.her best at this point. We're in the third round.

:49:59. > :50:04.So to the last semifinal in the men's 400m hurdles. Thomas Barr goes

:50:05. > :50:07.here, the 24-year-old from Waterford, World Student Games

:50:08. > :50:11.champion last year. A season blighted by a hip and then a groin

:50:12. > :50:20.injury. So a great effort to get to the semifinal. Ran well in the first

:50:21. > :50:27.round. Andres Silva, from Uruguay, goes in lane eight. He's served a

:50:28. > :50:31.drug ban in his recent past. Inside him, Byron Robinson,

:50:32. > :50:36.something of a surprise qualifier for the US trials. Hadn't broken 50

:50:37. > :50:41.seconds before this year. He is still just 21. A different name, but

:50:42. > :50:46.he's the older brother of Nicholas Bett who won the world title this

:50:47. > :50:52.year but has disappointed this season.

:50:53. > :50:59.Karsten Warholm, former decathlete, has now found his event, it seems.

:51:00. > :51:03.And there is Thomas Barr, 48.93, a season's best time in the first

:51:04. > :51:09.round. He's struggled with hip and groin problems, as I mentioned.

:51:10. > :51:15.Eric Alejandro of Puerto Rico. A cheeky wink. He goes in lane

:51:16. > :51:18.three. Roxroy Cato in lane two, third at

:51:19. > :51:23.the Jamaican Championships. All three made it to the semifinals.

:51:24. > :51:32.Jaheel Hyde has gone out this evening. Whyte looked good a few

:51:33. > :51:37.moments ago, though. And Michael Bultheel, a doctor from just east of

:51:38. > :51:44.Brussels. Five times the Belgian champion and Dr Bultheel goes in

:51:45. > :51:48.lane one. Bultheel, Cato, Alejandro, Thomas Barr in four, Karsten

:51:49. > :51:55.Warholm, 21-year-old Norwegian - he really is one to watch for tonight

:51:56. > :51:59.and future - in five. Haron Koech of Kenya in six, Byron Robinson of the

:52:00. > :52:06.United States in seven and Andres Silva in lane eight.

:52:07. > :52:07.Magi, the Estonian is hanging on as the second-fastest loser at the

:52:08. > :52:20.moment at 48.64. Can Thomas Barr make it to the

:52:21. > :52:24.final? That would be quite an achievement.

:52:25. > :52:30.Warho will, m outside him is quickly away. Haron Koech, the Kenyan and

:52:31. > :52:34.Warholm has the power of a decathlete. He's now committed to

:52:35. > :52:38.the hurdles and looking good here leading them out. Koech trying to

:52:39. > :52:42.keep pace and he's responded well, the Kenyan. Thomas Barr in a decent

:52:43. > :52:49.position but there's a gap between him and Warholm on the inside.

:52:50. > :52:53.Bultheel, the Belgian, is running strongly alongside Roxroy Cato.

:52:54. > :52:56.Koech brings them into the home straight. Two go through

:52:57. > :53:02.automatically. Thomas Barr is in a good position. Byron Robinson is

:53:03. > :53:08.finishing strongly. Thomas Barr, if he can win this barrier. He takes

:53:09. > :53:11.the victory ahead of Koech. That's a great run.

:53:12. > :53:13.The smile of disbelief and celebration and celebration says it

:53:14. > :53:27.all! Owe has been! Blighted by injury

:53:28. > :53:35.this season! He is in Thursday's final now.

:53:36. > :53:39.He timed it. He judged it. He had the strength coming down the final

:53:40. > :53:42.stretch to keep it cool. Keep the cool head and rely on the stride

:53:43. > :53:48.pattern. All the things you've worked on. You know it. You feel

:53:49. > :53:52.comfortable. You're in a gruf and you've already got, of course, your

:53:53. > :53:55.speed, your endurance, you know the work you've put together. It's just

:53:56. > :53:59.a brilliant run for him. It is a brilliant run!

:54:00. > :54:03.I said it was a season's best time and it's a big Irish record as well,

:54:04. > :54:08.his own Irish record. That's an amazing run from Thomas Barr. 48.39!

:54:09. > :54:13.Through to the final. Face says it all!

:54:14. > :54:20.We have a visitor in the studio, none other than Thiago Braz da

:54:21. > :54:32.Silva, the womener of the gold medal for the pole vault.

:54:33. > :54:48.What's today been likes for you today? I just sleep one hour and a

:54:49. > :54:53.half and many interviews today. What it was like for you yesterday?

:54:54. > :55:02.It seemed incredible? For me it was an incredible night. I tried to

:55:03. > :55:14.prove my best and... We had difficult situations, rain, wind and

:55:15. > :55:18.this work. Six metres was my drim and I'm

:55:19. > :55:23.really happy. What were you thinking - obviously

:55:24. > :55:26.I'm sure you knew all year long that the Olympics were coming to your

:55:27. > :55:33.home country. What did you think your chances were? What was your

:55:34. > :55:36.goal? For the gold. For the Olympics - what was your goal? What were you

:55:37. > :55:43.hoping for prior to the Olympics? Before the Olympics? Ah, before the

:55:44. > :55:47.Olympics. Um... Thinking before just to come to the competition, do our

:55:48. > :55:51.best, OK and then try to get one medal. I don't know which colour.

:55:52. > :56:01.But one medal for Brazil. It's enough.

:56:02. > :56:06.And then it becomes gold! I say just thank God because this

:56:07. > :56:09.for me is a surprise, best result, Olympic record. Amazing night. Well,

:56:10. > :56:15.congratulationless. Huge congratulations. Hopefully we'll see

:56:16. > :56:18.you in London next year for the World Championships. Enjoy your

:56:19. > :56:20.success. Thanks for coming to see us.

:56:21. > :56:26.We've got to get back outside because there is a very, very hot

:56:27. > :56:29.men's high jump competition and the women's long jump, qualification,

:56:30. > :56:36.going on. Steve Backley, what are you across? The event is coming to a

:56:37. > :56:39.head, Gabi. Derek Drouin of Canada gets first dibs at clearing this

:56:40. > :56:49.height. He hasn't failed anything yet so far in this Olympic final.

:56:50. > :56:56.Oh, look at that! Derek Drouin, as anticipated, solid under pressure.

:56:57. > :57:00.Yet again. He's amassing an impressive series

:57:01. > :57:04.of medals - gold last year at the World Championships. Gold at the

:57:05. > :57:12.Commonwealth Games. A good clearance at 2.36m that is. Made it look easy,

:57:13. > :57:15.didn't he? Grabarz then after that reinstated previous jump.

:57:16. > :57:21.2.36m, first attempt. Oh, no. He gave that one a proper

:57:22. > :57:26.whack. I don't think he's going to get that one reinstated, is he? That

:57:27. > :57:32.wasn't quite the rhythm that we'd seen on previous attempts.

:57:33. > :57:35.Just cut the corner off there. For me, he just needed to trust the

:57:36. > :57:43.curve. And a failure at the first time of asking at this height of

:57:44. > :57:48.2.36m. Barshim, world leader, he's seen Drouin go clear. Can he match

:57:49. > :57:53.him? Yes, question. CHEERING

:57:54. > :58:00.Well, there's legs left in this competition.

:58:01. > :58:04.Barshim, fourth last year in the World Championships, third four

:58:05. > :58:11.years ago, shared that bronze medal with Robbie Grabarz. Boy, has he

:58:12. > :58:18.moved on since then. Second best ever to, 2. -- 2.43 is his lifetime

:58:19. > :58:22.best from two years ago. Barshim, perfect sheet and a clearance at

:58:23. > :58:28.2.36m. So Jazmin Sawyers in 12th spot as it stands. She will progress

:58:29. > :58:32.to tomorrow's final but she will maybe think she needs more because

:58:33. > :58:37.some athletes can follow and improve their situation. Sawyers, well, that

:58:38. > :58:44.green line is the automatic qualification of 6.75m. It's

:58:45. > :58:49.probably a jump of around a similar distance for Sawyers. She's such a

:58:50. > :58:54.great Champs competitor. She loves the pressure and thrives when it

:58:55. > :58:58.matters most. Squeezed everything out of that, as

:58:59. > :59:05.she always does. It felt flat. It felt flat. She says

:59:06. > :59:08.it felt flat. She's up to tenth. That maybe gives her the breathing

:59:09. > :59:12.space. So, then, great field event action,

:59:13. > :59:18.Brits involved at either side of this Olympic Stadium. Robbie

:59:19. > :59:24.Grabarz, second attempt, 2.36m. Oh, no. He got stuck on that. His

:59:25. > :59:33.take-off foot spent longer on the floor than it should have done.

:59:34. > :59:36.If right. He'll have one more try. We've seen two athletes go clear and

:59:37. > :59:44.it's a failure the second time. He'll have one more attempt at

:59:45. > :59:52.2.36m. Next up on the track, it's the women's semifinals for the 200m,

:59:53. > :00:01.three heats and Smith goes in the first and, Denise, it is absolutely

:00:02. > :00:09.loaded. Schippers, Asher-Smith. It's the

:00:10. > :00:14.race of her life. She'll have to come into her own in this semi and I

:00:15. > :00:19.think that she's able. There's one thing, Steve Cram, if

:00:20. > :00:23.there's so much talent in there, it will be quick and it comes down to a

:00:24. > :00:34.fastest loser, there's more chance of this heat being the quickest. She

:00:35. > :00:39.has to run her own race here. Obviously when she saw the draw,

:00:40. > :00:42.it's a long, hard swallow. It's the Olympic Games and Dina, no matter

:00:43. > :00:47.who is in your semifinal, it's tough. Olympic semifinals are really

:00:48. > :00:52.hard. You never get an easy one. Some are easier than others but you

:00:53. > :00:56.still have to run flat-out. If she runs her personal best, which is

:00:57. > :01:00.obviously what she's capable of, she won't be far away. So Elaine

:01:01. > :01:05.Thompson and Dafne Schippers, the two big names here. The fact that

:01:06. > :01:10.Okagbare beat Asher-Smith in that heat means she's in this one. They

:01:11. > :01:15.were both together in heat five. So she has not only Okagbare, she nows

:01:16. > :01:22.that Thompson and Schippars to deal with. Kambundji is in lane two.

:01:23. > :01:26.Gaither of Bahamas inside her and the other is Mayer of Germany on the

:01:27. > :01:32.outside. Another 20-year-old, full of talent as well. Did you Dina

:01:33. > :01:36.Asher-Smith... Just has to... Get out as well as she did on the bend

:01:37. > :01:40.in the heats. She ran a great bend and then seemed to kind of relax

:01:41. > :01:47.just a tad too much and then tried to come back again.

:01:48. > :01:49.So this time, it's the same bend and keep going, keep going, doesn't

:01:50. > :02:19.matter who comes by. Schippers, the world champion. 21

:02:20. > :02:25.three. -- 21.63. The new Olympic champion in Lane four. Dina

:02:26. > :02:35.Asher-Smith gets out of the blocks quickly. Elaine Thompson and

:02:36. > :02:39.Schippers are giving chase. Level with Schippers. Elaine Thompson

:02:40. > :02:49.needs to maintain. Stevens of the United States is coming up. Thompson

:02:50. > :02:54.is second then Dina Asher-Smith. Well, she just may have all but

:02:55. > :02:58.overcooked the bend a little bit but that is what she needed to do. She

:02:59. > :03:05.had to go out hard and she had no choice. She looks at the clock and

:03:06. > :03:20.she sees 22 point 13 for Thompson in second place. There was some tied

:03:21. > :03:24.legs there. -- tired. If you get it perfect to finish strong but if you

:03:25. > :03:30.go a little bit too hard and that is what happens. You only need to crank

:03:31. > :03:34.it up a couple of% and the amount of fatigue that is created in your legs

:03:35. > :03:39.is something you cannot turn around and I think that is what happened to

:03:40. > :03:45.Dina. But the quality of that meant that she had to commit. She would

:03:46. > :03:51.not be able to chase them down. When you look at the mark, perhaps she

:03:52. > :04:00.did not overcooked it. Let us have a look. Out of the blocks. Quickly

:04:01. > :04:08.indeed. Who will come from the inside? She will see in her career

:04:09. > :04:15.vision, Dafne Schippers. -- peripheral vision. She is low in the

:04:16. > :04:23.hips. You can see she sways from side to side which is not unusual at

:04:24. > :04:35.sorry, that is not usual for Dina Asher-Smith. But, you know what? It

:04:36. > :04:39.is experience, an Olympic experience, and let us keep our

:04:40. > :04:51.fingers crossed that she is healthy and will learn from this.

:04:52. > :04:59.Dina we know it is not over until it is over but for now you are

:05:00. > :05:03.obviously a little bit disappointed. I am not happy with that. I know I

:05:04. > :05:09.can do better than what I did right there. The bend was good but then I

:05:10. > :05:12.got into the wrong body position and it is difficult to correct and that

:05:13. > :05:18.makes you slow down quicker than everybody else. I am quite

:05:19. > :05:22.disappointed. I don't know if it is good enough to be in the final which

:05:23. > :05:27.is very disappointing because I feel like I am in good shape. Stephen

:05:28. > :05:35.said at the beginning of the race in the commentary that there are no

:05:36. > :05:40.easy Olympic finals. Yes, it was difficult. I saw the list of names

:05:41. > :05:47.and I thought it was more like a final than a semifinal. But I did my

:05:48. > :05:52.best. We will have to wait and see. We wish you well. And we will keep

:05:53. > :06:04.our fingers crossed. Thank you very much. You just think much you

:06:05. > :06:15.something around 22.1... She is capable of that. And she pointed out

:06:16. > :06:24.that the last 50 metres cost her time and a place. Robbie Grabarz his

:06:25. > :06:36.final attempt he must now clear to stay in the competition. Ooh, no.

:06:37. > :06:44.That is the end of Robert Grabarz's bid to get back on the podium. A

:06:45. > :06:58.credible performance. He looks disappointed, doesn't he? Time to

:06:59. > :07:04.reflect. Two was good. 2.33 was good.

:07:05. > :07:15.That does not look like any sort of improvement either. Proctor, she has

:07:16. > :07:28.had her problems this year, but that does not look as if she is able to

:07:29. > :07:37.reach the final. She needs 6.53. I think it is less than that. Indeed,

:07:38. > :07:49.her best was at the start. 20 First Place and disappointment for her. --

:07:50. > :08:21.mac three place. -- mac Stevens is one of the two fastest

:08:22. > :08:30.loser positions. The Ukrainian runner goes in lane five. There is

:08:31. > :08:57.Lalova-Collio. She pulled out of the semifinal and she needed a valid

:08:58. > :09:02.medical reason. Angela Tenorio of Ecuador, 22.94 this season. An

:09:03. > :09:08.outstanding junior who was unbeaten for five years. As a 20-year-old she

:09:09. > :09:18.took silver in the Commonwealth Games. But also has a few hamstring

:09:19. > :09:33.injuries which almost cost her two leave the sport. Williams on the

:09:34. > :09:39.inside. Tenorio, Ta Lou... Hackett was the one athlete we didn't see in

:09:40. > :09:59.lane eight. Two will go through automatically to tomorrow's final.

:10:00. > :10:15.Away they go. Look out for Ta Lou and the Americans. Lalova-Collio is

:10:16. > :10:22.already past. Jodie Williams has a bit to do. It is Lalova-Collio and

:10:23. > :10:31.they are being run out by the Australian as well. Lalova-Collio

:10:32. > :10:41.and Ta Lou will go through. And those times mean that Dina

:10:42. > :10:48.Asher-Smith, unfortunately, will be out before the semifinal has even

:10:49. > :10:56.been run. At the moment I am looking at the times. At the moment, we have

:10:57. > :11:03.changed our minds and the times have come in. Let us have a look at Jodie

:11:04. > :11:07.Williams here. She is in the inside lane and she works hard around the

:11:08. > :11:16.term but she will always be under a lot of pressure. Look at Dominici

:11:17. > :11:24.years. She is quite short and a little bit of a pocket rocket. Good

:11:25. > :11:32.maintenance of speed which is always paramount for the 200 metres. A

:11:33. > :11:37.personal best for her. Let us have a look now at Jodie. She struggled

:11:38. > :11:42.getting her fitness levels up and getting her speed work and power

:11:43. > :11:47.work in. These are the things you need to be a good 200 metre runner.

:11:48. > :11:51.You do not want to spend time recovering, you want to work on the

:11:52. > :11:56.bits and pieces of the race that you think will improve it. Because,

:11:57. > :12:01.remember, just because you are injured and you cannot put the work

:12:02. > :12:05.in does not mean you are a bad athlete. She will get healthy and

:12:06. > :12:12.she will return, back to the top of her sprinting best soon enough.

:12:13. > :12:21.You cannot hide from a lack of training. Ta Lou, not too far from

:12:22. > :12:36.the Ivory Coast record. Very quickly from her. Those times as you see

:12:37. > :12:45.there, Ella Nelson is 22.50, not that far from Asher-Smith. One

:12:46. > :12:49.semifinal to go. As we heard and an interview with Dina, no semifinals

:12:50. > :12:53.are easy on the Olympic stage. How would you assess the way that you

:12:54. > :13:00.went? I am quite disappointed with that. That is not what I wanted to

:13:01. > :13:07.come out and do bite, you know, it is a semifinal and they will not be

:13:08. > :13:11.easy. I am disappointed in really. What will you take forward from the

:13:12. > :13:18.experience? You have been through quite a lot to return to this point.

:13:19. > :13:23.To be honest I feel quite lucky to even be here. My coach told me

:13:24. > :13:29.before to remember that I have done it and I have accomplished what I

:13:30. > :13:35.wanted to. Only 24 people in the world every four years make a

:13:36. > :13:39.semifinal so in hindsight I will be OK with it but right now I am

:13:40. > :14:00.disappointed. All the best going forward. Thank you. Derek Drouin

:14:01. > :14:10.here. Look at that! Derek Drouin Of Canada, look at the face stop the

:14:11. > :14:21.Canadians are celebrating already. That may be a gold-medal chump.

:14:22. > :14:33.Quite superb. -- gold-medal jump. The way he goes over this bar has

:14:34. > :14:47.been a pleasure to watch. Derek Drouin goes in to first place. Long

:14:48. > :14:57.jump qualifying is done and dusted. Dougan is seventh place overall.

:14:58. > :15:11.Jazmin Sawyers also in 12th place and progressing to tomorrow's final.

:15:12. > :15:25.Proctor unable to join her. Well, we saw this a little while ago. This

:15:26. > :15:37.was the Qatari jumpers response. His third attempt and it was a foul.

:15:38. > :15:42.Bondarenko took his Ukrainian flag of his head. It looks as if he has

:15:43. > :15:50.got away with a silver medal for Qatar at the moment. An improvement

:15:51. > :16:01.on four years ago. Bondarenko, however, it can push him because he

:16:02. > :16:09.has won jump left. -- one mac jump left.

:16:10. > :16:25.Bondarenko... Ooh, he has aborted. The bar is set two metres and 40. He

:16:26. > :16:32.needs to go with the time allotted and he needs to start his run-up. He

:16:33. > :16:36.has 26 seconds. Derek Drouin is in gold-medal spot at the moment and it

:16:37. > :16:46.is only Bondarenko who can stop this man. Bondarenko will be under

:16:47. > :16:54.pressure from the clock. Pressure mounting upon capable shoulders,

:16:55. > :17:02.however. No. Not even close. The smile on the face of Derek Drouin,

:17:03. > :17:10.the realisation of a dream. He has not failed across any hide.

:17:11. > :17:28.Bondarenko is out. -- failed across any height.

:17:29. > :17:33.celebrating yet. He may be thinking about more jumps. I think that means

:17:34. > :17:41.he doesn't want them. It's gold for Canada and Derek Drouin.

:17:42. > :17:49.Gold for Canada then. And, um, that will be a popular win,

:17:50. > :17:55.Bondarenko with siller verthere. Sadly for Robbie Grabarz, joint

:17:56. > :18:02.fourth place. So we move to the last semifinal of this 200m. Facey and

:18:03. > :18:08.then the big names inside. These are the ones you expect to

:18:09. > :18:11.contend - of course we do - Michelle-Lee Ahye from Trinidad and

:18:12. > :18:16.Tobago, better at the 100m really but is still very good at 200m.

:18:17. > :18:24.Murielle Ahoure, again best event is the 100m but, of course, can run a

:18:25. > :18:29.good 200m, but can they run quick enough - 22.49 - Dina Ashwood

:18:30. > :18:32.hanging on to the fastest loser fast. I expect Tori Bowie to win

:18:33. > :18:39.this one, the American champion this year. Er-Smith hanging on to the

:18:40. > :18:42.fastest loser fast. I expect Tori Bowie to win this one, the American

:18:43. > :18:47.champion this year. Scipione, Elaine Thompson and this young lady,

:18:48. > :18:53.Odiong, are expected to be the medals.

:18:54. > :18:56.Germany got another young sprinter, Gina Lueckenkemper, 19-year-old.

:18:57. > :19:02.Again, she would have to run a personal best here to go faster than

:19:03. > :19:09.Dina Asher-Smith. And then Crystal Emmanuel on the inside.

:19:10. > :19:13.So I think this is going to be about whether whoever comes third - it's a

:19:14. > :19:20.massive assumption of course trying to give a result before they've even

:19:21. > :19:27.run - but Bowie in lane four should be the winner here, such a good 200m

:19:28. > :19:32.runner, and then Ahoure, Ahye - have they got it in their legs here?

:19:33. > :19:41.Times haven't been super quick in the 200m tonight.

:19:42. > :19:49.So the final semifinal, last one, first two... And then the so

:19:50. > :19:53.important two fastest loser spots are available.

:19:54. > :19:58.Bowie gets out really well. Ahoure starts quickly, as she always does.

:19:59. > :20:02.Ahye outside her as well. Ahoure leading, Bowie out the top bend but

:20:03. > :20:06.the American coming through and into the lead. Ahye is trying to go with

:20:07. > :20:09.her and Ahoure trying to stay. If these move away, the gap to the

:20:10. > :20:14.third one is important. Facey finishing quickly nearest us, Bowie

:20:15. > :20:21.wins it, Ahye, let's look at the clock. Oh, well! I think Facey got

:20:22. > :20:27.third, 22.13 is the winning time. This is going to be so tight! Watch

:20:28. > :20:32.with us. 22.25 is second. We're waiting for it to come up. It's

:20:33. > :20:38.22.57. Dina Asher-Smith will be in the final! Sadly, she'll be in lane

:20:39. > :20:40.one or two because of the fastest-loser spot. They get the

:20:41. > :20:46.inside two lanes, but she does make the final, Colin, so a little bit of

:20:47. > :20:52.good news to come out of what was not a good run for her. No doubt

:20:53. > :20:58.about our winners, they are the big names, the big contenders are safely

:20:59. > :21:05.through, Bowie, Schippers and Thompson. That will be an epic final

:21:06. > :21:09.with quality athletes. It wouldn't surprise me if three of those ladies

:21:10. > :21:15.ran at 22. Ahye sets a national record in second place in 22.25. So

:21:16. > :21:19.this will be a red-hot 200m. Still, though, Steve, I was thinking that

:21:20. > :21:23.these times are nowhere near as quick as we expected after what we

:21:24. > :21:28.saw yesterday. But never mind. We've got an epic final in prospect.

:21:29. > :21:32.And Dina Asher-Smith is going to be part of it.

:21:33. > :21:44.Well, let's confirm all of that. The winning time there had a slight

:21:45. > :21:49.following wind. They have everything in their favour, really.

:21:50. > :21:53.It's a new national record for Michelle-Lee Ahye.

:21:54. > :21:58.A season's best for Simone Facey, but sadly it wasn't quite understood

:21:59. > :22:02.enough, but that is good news for Dina Asher-Smith, because she will

:22:03. > :22:07.be in an Olympic final, albeit it in one of the tough inside lanes when

:22:08. > :22:13.the draw is eventually made. That's the fate that befalls the two

:22:14. > :22:20.fastest losers. Michelle-Lee Ahye might pick up the

:22:21. > :22:23.pieces if the top three falters. Only Schippers was under 22 seconds.

:22:24. > :22:28.Well done to Dina Asher-Smith getting in by the skin of her teeth.

:22:29. > :22:33.We saw the same thing for Eilidh Doyle in her 400m hurdles and Jazmin

:22:34. > :22:36.Sawyers qualifying in 12th for the long jump final. There is something

:22:37. > :22:43.in the air today but they get to live and fight another day.

:22:44. > :22:48.Up next is the two Lauras, Weightman and Muir, lining up. For Laura Muir,

:22:49. > :22:56.it's been an interesting few years for her. Earlier this summer at the

:22:57. > :22:58.Anniversary Games, she broke Kelly Holmes's long-standing record.

:22:59. > :23:13.Let's find out more about her. Somebody clipped my heel and I

:23:14. > :23:20.couldn't get in my stride... Probably one of the toughest moments

:23:21. > :23:24.of my year but I think it will be a feature. I'm more mentally strong

:23:25. > :23:28.now. As much as I wish it didn't happen, the fact that it did happen

:23:29. > :23:32.toughened me up a bit and, um, yeah, I'm ready to attack every race now.

:23:33. > :23:40.This really is punishing running from Laura Muir. Look at her grit. I

:23:41. > :23:45.knew I would go for it. I knew I had to push the third lap.

:23:46. > :23:49.That's where it tends to slow down and dig in for the last little bit

:23:50. > :23:54.and, yeah... And that is a new British record! I

:23:55. > :23:58.was so shocked when I crossed the line. It's not just any British

:23:59. > :24:02.record. It's Kelly's British record. I'm honoured to have broken that.

:24:03. > :24:07.Hopefully I'll do it justice. In a last race, to win like that on home

:24:08. > :24:12.soil with a record, it's the best prep I could ask for really.

:24:13. > :24:17.-- for Rio. Before, people knew I was fast but not that I was a

:24:18. > :24:22.contender. Now they'll watch it and look out for me.

:24:23. > :24:27.The races will be slower and there'll be more bunched because

:24:28. > :24:29.there's no pacer. It's a matter of positioning well so you're not

:24:30. > :24:34.running wide and further the whole way. Make sure you're in the top

:24:35. > :24:36.group at the front to qualify for the next run. It's about saving

:24:37. > :24:39.energy and getting through the rounds. Running the Olympics is

:24:40. > :24:43.something but to come away with proof, as it were, would be very,

:24:44. > :24:46.very special. I don't think you could really put into words what

:24:47. > :24:50.that means for an athlete to get an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of

:24:51. > :24:54.what you train for every day for years and years. So, yeah, fingers

:24:55. > :24:58.crossed. She's come a long way in the last

:24:59. > :25:01.couple of years and looks impressive, Paula. She talked about

:25:02. > :25:05.navigating the heats and semifinals. She's got to the final but, as she

:25:06. > :25:09.mentioned there, there's no pacemaker. She likes to run

:25:10. > :25:14.aggressively, how will she approach this? It's being to be difficult.

:25:15. > :25:17.She'll need to decide does she, basically, gamble everything and go

:25:18. > :25:22.to try and win the race? Or does she go to try and get a medal, which

:25:23. > :25:25.she's extremely capable of. She knows she's very capable of that,

:25:26. > :25:29.and then try and win it from there? Or does she risk it all? To lead an

:25:30. > :25:33.Olympic final from gun to tape is pretty much impossible in a 1,500m

:25:34. > :25:38.race. So she really needs one of the other girls to decide to take it out

:25:39. > :25:41.hard and then she could take it on after the first 600m but she needs

:25:42. > :25:45.somebody to set that up for her. You've looked at a few of her races

:25:46. > :25:50.this season for us and you've spotted some things. I think the

:25:51. > :25:54.biggest thing is - she said herself how much she's matured over the last

:25:55. > :25:59.couple of years, how much stronger she is mentally and physically. This

:26:00. > :26:02.is a race in Stockholm early in the season. She'd come down from

:26:03. > :26:06.altitude, put in hard block of training and you could see, how

:26:07. > :26:09.she's running, she looks heavy on her feet. She's not bouncy. She's

:26:10. > :26:12.carrying a lot of hard work into that and this wasn't a particularly

:26:13. > :26:23.good run from her. She's still battling in the home straight. You

:26:24. > :26:26.see there that the athlete who wasn't hasn't qualified for the

:26:27. > :26:33.final today. She didn't worry about that race, Laura. She went away, put

:26:34. > :26:36.her head down, trained hard and did outstanding raining -- training, ran

:26:37. > :26:40.personal bests in training for this race in London. She was brimming

:26:41. > :26:44.with confidence. The race was set up perfectly. She was right behind the

:26:45. > :26:48.pacemaker, almost urging her on during the race and what was so

:26:49. > :26:54.impressive was the way she took it on after the pacemaker stepped aside

:26:55. > :27:01.and maintained her form, made Hassan look like she was struggling and

:27:02. > :27:04.Sifan Hassan is one of the main contenders tonight. She's also moved

:27:05. > :27:07.on since London so don't underestimate her. Laura went back

:27:08. > :27:11.up and beat that personal best again so she knows that she's in shape

:27:12. > :27:15.coming here today. She's in incredible shape. She's

:27:16. > :27:18.confident. She's a gutsy, brave runner. Steve Cram and Brendan

:27:19. > :27:23.Foster will call this one. Well, this really is a

:27:24. > :27:36.mouth-watering 1,500m final. Laura Muir with a great chance. Her coach,

:27:37. > :27:39.Andy Young, is just along here he's in the Radio 5 Live seats to get a

:27:40. > :27:43.better view down the home straight. Laura Weightman, of course, making

:27:44. > :27:48.the final as well. And Laura, her second Olympic final. You can see

:27:49. > :27:53.her plaster on her leg. She had five stitches in her leg after the

:27:54. > :28:03.semifinal, um, but her leg is OK I'm pleased to say. So she's looking

:28:04. > :28:05.forward to this as well. This might be one of the best final fields

:28:06. > :28:06.we've ever seen. be one of the best final fields

:28:07. > :28:31.we've ever seen. Eight of these women were

:28:32. > :28:36.After this season finishes, Laura Muir has to do her placement in the

:28:37. > :28:42.Dog Trust in Darlington. She's studying to be a vet. That can wait

:28:43. > :28:46.for now because she has a chance to make a bit of history here. Can she

:28:47. > :28:49.win a medal in this race? It's going to be really tough.

:28:50. > :28:54.Sado and Arafi are delighted to be in this final, I'm sure, as we go

:28:55. > :28:58.down the line here. Jenny Simpson, won the world title in 2011, a

:28:59. > :29:08.silver medal at the World Championships in 2013, doesn't have

:29:09. > :29:13.an Olympic medal. A lot of these women have run well under four

:29:14. > :29:17.minutes. I like Faith Kipyegon, a great little runner, Commonwealth

:29:18. > :29:23.champion, still just 22 years of age. The Kenyan national

:29:24. > :29:28.record-holder. Bahta chose to run the 1,500m rather than the 5,000m.

:29:29. > :29:33.She's European champion he longer distance. Former Ethiopian, running

:29:34. > :29:37.for Sweden. Laura Weightman, European bronze

:29:38. > :29:42.medallist, Commonwealth silver medallist. There's her sister and

:29:43. > :29:49.younger brother. He should stop picking his nose! They're here to

:29:50. > :29:54.support. Sifan Hassan - there's no love lost between Sifan Hassan and

:29:55. > :29:58.Genzebe Dibaba. She would love to beat this young lady here. Dibaba,

:29:59. > :30:03.in many ways, a bit of a controversial figure. Certainly some

:30:04. > :30:08.of the other 1,500m runners. Her coach recently involved in a doping

:30:09. > :30:12.controversy. Ennaoui of Poland - done very well

:30:13. > :30:17.to make it through to the final. Probably her team-mate was more

:30:18. > :30:24.fancied to do that, the European champion. #7 Shannon Rowbury, former

:30:25. > :30:30.world bronze medallist. And a world indoor bronze medallist at 3,000m.

:30:31. > :30:33.That tells you how strong she is. World junior champion, world indoor

:30:34. > :30:36.silver medallist, Seyaum, as if there wasn't enough quality already

:30:37. > :30:41.in this. Quick word, Brendan, before the go?

:30:42. > :30:45.It certainly is a field of champions. The first five from the

:30:46. > :30:48.World Championships this year and an interesting tactical approach. Let's

:30:49. > :30:52.see how this works out. Because it's all about tactics today.

:30:53. > :30:56.The Olympic 1,500m final gets under way.

:30:57. > :31:00.And the nerves, which I'm sure are being felt as much by those

:31:01. > :31:04.watching, as though out there, can now disappear for the runners at the

:31:05. > :31:08.very least. The one thing you can sure of - it won't be that quick

:31:09. > :31:12.early on. The question, I think, is when will this catch fire? At the

:31:13. > :31:16.World Championships last year, Dibaba, who was in world-record

:31:17. > :31:21.shape, attacked with 800m to go, destroyed the field prey much,

:31:22. > :31:24.caught Hassan unawares, ran 1:57 for the last 800m and nobody really

:31:25. > :31:29.caught them. Laura Muir was in the second group, if you like, and scale

:31:30. > :31:33.through for a very good and a very credible fifth. But they're jogging,

:31:34. > :31:37.Rowbury, Weightman, Simpson but the big names - Kipyegon is just in the

:31:38. > :31:41.pack there. This is a saunter, a real jog and, of course, 1,500m

:31:42. > :31:44.running is not just about fast times. A lot of these women have

:31:45. > :31:49.fast times. It's tactics and knowing what to do and when to do it and

:31:50. > :31:53.executing it in a way which you hope will take you to the medals. It's a

:31:54. > :31:56.1,200m race and less now because they literally are jogging and,

:31:57. > :32:00.quite sensibly and wisely, Laura Weightman goes to the front. But she

:32:01. > :32:03.hasn't done anything about her pace. She's jogging from the front. But

:32:04. > :32:09.look at the back. Three of the favourites are in last, second last

:32:10. > :32:12.and third last place. Laura Muir, Hassan, and Genzebe Dibaba and

:32:13. > :32:17.they're going down the back straight with a very slow opening lap. I said

:32:18. > :32:20.at the start this is about tactics. Well, these athletes have run it as

:32:21. > :32:24.a distance race. They're making it a short distance race and somebody -

:32:25. > :32:29.is it Dibaba? Is it Hassan? Maybe it's Laura Muir? - maybe Laura Muir

:32:30. > :32:32.has got something in her mind about going out there and being brave.

:32:33. > :32:36.We've seen her do that -- seen her do that before in Oslo in the

:32:37. > :32:40.Anniversary Games. She's going to think about making a run for home.

:32:41. > :32:44.But Laura Weightman, Steve, in the lead, a reluctant leader I must say,

:32:45. > :32:49.looking anxiously around, looking up at the screen. None of them are

:32:50. > :32:53.relaxed at this point and here comes Laura Muir on the outside as they

:32:54. > :32:56.see the lap scorer, it will say two laps to go. She's positioning

:32:57. > :32:58.herself. She knows it will be a move from this far out and she knows

:32:59. > :33:23.she's going to be it when they move. this. This is what she did last

:33:24. > :33:28.year. Is she as good as last year? Can she go as hard as she did last

:33:29. > :33:31.year? She does not have the shock element that she achieved at the

:33:32. > :33:43.World Championships. This is not as fast nor as hard that it but it will

:33:44. > :33:49.be a long run home. She needs to get closer and Seyaum is trying to get

:33:50. > :33:54.around. But it is Dibaba and Seyaum. That was a fast 200 metres and I am

:33:55. > :34:03.not sure if Dibaba is as good as she was last year. Now Laura Mewar is a

:34:04. > :34:07.chance. -- Laura Muir is a chance. She needs to aim for higher than a

:34:08. > :34:12.bronze medal because that could help her through. Down the back straight

:34:13. > :34:18.goes the world record holder. Is she on her way to the BA champion full?

:34:19. > :34:26.Laura Muir needs to stick to her task. She is going to chase down

:34:27. > :34:34.Laura Muir. She burned hard to try and stay with Kipyegon. Dibaba has

:34:35. > :34:38.been caught up from behind. Laura Muir's race looks run and at the

:34:39. > :34:44.front it is Kipyegon who has gotten away. Dibaba has broken as well.

:34:45. > :34:50.Kipyegon of Kenya is streaking away down the home straight. This is a

:34:51. > :34:54.brilliant piece of running from the Commonwealth champion. She will

:34:55. > :35:04.become the Olympic champion. There is a fight on for the silver. Dibaba

:35:05. > :35:10.hangs on. And Simpson takes the bronze. As scrap after that for the

:35:11. > :35:17.lower places. Poor Laura Muir. She went with it. These two are so good,

:35:18. > :35:24.they make you go so hard. Kipyegon was so good they are. Poor Laura

:35:25. > :35:29.Muir gave everything and in so doing, her chances of winning a

:35:30. > :35:32.medal disappeared with those of two and others who sat off a little bit

:35:33. > :35:48.were able to come through much quicker. Simpson being congratulated

:35:49. > :35:53.by Laura Muir. And, you know, sometimes in going for gold, she

:35:54. > :35:59.went for gold. She went for something she believed she could get

:36:00. > :36:04.but in so doing she probably gave up her chance of hanging around and

:36:05. > :36:09.picking up a medal. Laura Muir has given it everything and put herself

:36:10. > :36:21.in the right place. Kipyegon is chasing down Dibaba. They have run

:36:22. > :36:37.an exceptional last 800 metres. 58.9 for the last lap. They have run 1.57

:36:38. > :36:44.for the last 400 metres. The world record holder not as good as she was

:36:45. > :36:49.last year. She has attacked, Laura Muir, given herself every chance.

:36:50. > :36:56.Hassan, not as good as she was last year. The fading champion and world

:36:57. > :37:09.record holder coming in second place. But there, a champion from

:37:10. > :37:16.Kenya. Looking down the field, Jenny Simpson of the United States chasing

:37:17. > :37:24.down the world record holder. Kipyegon looked controlled. She was

:37:25. > :37:30.happy that Dibaba tried to win it. Kipyegon just working at it while

:37:31. > :37:38.Dibaba looking up at the screen. A gold-medal for Kenya. A silver medal

:37:39. > :37:46.and then a bronze medal for the United States. Laura Muir ran a

:37:47. > :37:52.great race there. She tried to win it and sometimes if you go for gold

:37:53. > :37:56.you end up with nothing at all. You said at the start that you liked

:37:57. > :38:01.Kipyegon. She has been running well and you were absolutely correct. I

:38:02. > :38:07.think that would be a popular win. We were talking in the bus on the

:38:08. > :38:14.way down that sometimes you go for gold and I said... And you said that

:38:15. > :38:18.is how you run, you go for it. And sometimes when you do that you give

:38:19. > :38:23.up your chance for a medal. But just to sit back, that is what Simpson

:38:24. > :38:28.did. She knew this push would come and she came through for the bronze.

:38:29. > :38:38.Laura Muir are definitely went for it. Hassan just gave up her chance

:38:39. > :38:44.of a medal Cauchy was not close enough. Laura Muir gave it

:38:45. > :38:53.absolutely everything and she tried to stay with Kipyegon and Dibaba.

:38:54. > :38:57.That is really difficult. Jenny Simpson may have had a little bit

:38:58. > :39:06.more material see just to sit back in the semifinal and save a bit of

:39:07. > :39:13.energy. Maybe that is what she had left in her tank. Laura Muir, that

:39:14. > :39:27.is how tired she is because she gambled everything. Laura, it was

:39:28. > :39:34.interesting listening link to Paula in commentary. I knew I was in great

:39:35. > :39:42.shape to do everything. It just was not quite in me. I gave absolutely

:39:43. > :39:47.everything. You began at a pedestrian pace. But you were

:39:48. > :39:52.tracking two of the favourites. What were you thinking at the time? I was

:39:53. > :39:57.expecting it to be slow and then for them to come around. I was waiting

:39:58. > :40:01.for them and when they did I was on the straightaway and I follow them

:40:02. > :40:07.around but I could not hold on. Thank you to everybody at home for

:40:08. > :40:16.your support. I know it is emotional for you. You need to be proud of

:40:17. > :40:19.what you achieved this season. You are in contention and that shows how

:40:20. > :40:28.far you have come and how much there is to come. Thank you to my school

:40:29. > :40:40.and my club who provide me with training and support. The London

:40:41. > :40:48.marathon as well who funded my trips abroad. And my partner who has in

:40:49. > :40:55.with me through thick and thin. This is just a start for you, surely? It

:40:56. > :40:59.is my first Olympics and I gave it everything I could but that was just

:41:00. > :41:03.not enough there on the day. She should be quite proud. What a year

:41:04. > :41:11.she has had on there will be more to come. I now he will be feeling it a

:41:12. > :41:15.little bit more than Laura because they obviously knew they had an

:41:16. > :41:19.opportunity here and she could not have done anything more in terms of

:41:20. > :41:27.chasing the medal. But Kipyegon, hats off to her. She ran so hard for

:41:28. > :41:32.the last 800 metres. Well under two minutes. And that is the difference.

:41:33. > :41:38.Dibaba not as good as last year, tried to do the same thing but had

:41:39. > :41:44.to concede to the Kenyan. And a brilliant bronze medal for Jenny

:41:45. > :41:53.Simpson. Laura Weightmann in 11th place. But we salute both of them

:41:54. > :42:01.for flying the flag for Great Britain in 1500 metre running. It

:42:02. > :42:05.was a fascinating race. So slow when pedestrian in the early stages and

:42:06. > :42:09.for somebody with such an aggressive runner that was quite frustrating.

:42:10. > :42:15.She wanted to take it on and she should be commended for that because

:42:16. > :42:20.she definitely put it all out there. Definitely. She can hold her head

:42:21. > :42:25.high full she has the speed for a slow race and she could have reacted

:42:26. > :42:37.to that she could have run a race like Jenny Simpson and won bronze.

:42:38. > :42:43.But there is nothing you can do, no matter how much you want to keep

:42:44. > :42:48.going, she could not will herself down the home straight. She could

:42:49. > :42:52.not get back in there. She is very young and she has learnt from this.

:42:53. > :42:58.She will move on and she gave it her best shot full of I am just

:42:59. > :43:06.wondering if that is the right approach to go for gold if you have

:43:07. > :43:10.the opportunity? If you have not won a World Championship medal, if the

:43:11. > :43:16.opportunity is there if you take the opportunity to grab a medal will

:43:17. > :43:22.build confidence and there is always a possibility that that opportunity

:43:23. > :43:31.may never come again. Not that she will never make a World Championship

:43:32. > :43:38.or Olympic team again, but there was a door open there for a moment. It

:43:39. > :43:43.was an emotional performance. She ran from the heart. And that was a

:43:44. > :43:46.decision where she sat down with her coach and that is what they decided

:43:47. > :43:53.to do. They decided to run this race no matter what. And when Dibaba

:43:54. > :44:00.went, you had to decide like that. It is not easy. I am not an expert

:44:01. > :44:04.at distance margin, but that is the margin in sport. You make a decision

:44:05. > :44:10.and once you are committed, you must go for it. I think she has had a

:44:11. > :44:16.phenomenal seas what she has shown over the last two seasons, her

:44:17. > :44:22.growth, it has been massive I remember sitting outside, she was

:44:23. > :44:29.crying her eyes out. She can be very proud. The person who should be

:44:30. > :44:36.kicking themselves is Hassan. Right at the back there. She can see what

:44:37. > :44:40.is going on a head that she is shadowing Dibaba because Dibaba is

:44:41. > :44:47.the main danger. Kipyegon has been the world leader this year and has

:44:48. > :44:52.what it possesses to defeat Dibaba when Dibaba is not fully on. She has

:44:53. > :44:58.been struggling with fatal injury and other things around her and keep

:44:59. > :45:04.guided her time, Laura Muir covered the move. Already she is working

:45:05. > :45:10.hard. She looks good. She looks as if she is comfortable and is feeling

:45:11. > :45:15.good. She can feel Kipyegon on her shoulder. Hassan is not even in the

:45:16. > :45:19.picture at this minute. And by not reacting sooner or moving up quickly

:45:20. > :45:27.enough she probably gave away the chance to go away with that as well.

:45:28. > :45:30.The difference between running on the diamond league circuit or places

:45:31. > :45:36.where there are pacemakers and competition element like this, it is

:45:37. > :45:40.tactics and it is difficult to practise tactics if you are running

:45:41. > :45:47.in a race with a pacemaker. You can only practised tactics in a World

:45:48. > :45:53.Championship or Olympic final. And that is what Laura Muir tried to do.

:45:54. > :46:00.She knew she was up against Dibaba's time of last year. She did not think

:46:01. > :46:06.Dibaba was capable of that, but Kipyegon was. If she could have kept

:46:07. > :46:13.going, but she cannot because she has gone so hard. And burned so much

:46:14. > :46:19.of her pace and speed to get to that point. She really is treading water

:46:20. > :46:21.and hanging on. You can feel athletes coming past you and you

:46:22. > :46:27.just desperately want to reach the finish line. What does that feel

:46:28. > :46:35.like physically? Pain in the legs? It hurts a lot. Everywhere. Down

:46:36. > :46:42.your back, in your arms, you just really feel it. You cannot move.

:46:43. > :46:46.That is why you see her for towards the line and why she had an

:46:47. > :47:19.emotional interview afterwards because she is so exhausted.

:47:20. > :47:25.Pascal Martinot-Lagarde is here. Two Americans are here as well. Ronnie

:47:26. > :47:33.Ash, second at the US trials behind Devon Allen, who is already out.

:47:34. > :47:39.And Dimitri Bascou, the second of the French athletes. And France have

:47:40. > :47:43.high hopes here. Montreal, 1976, the only French

:47:44. > :47:53.winner of this title. They have two chances here. Orlando Ortega, a

:47:54. > :47:57.Cuban who now runs for Spain - there's a great Cuban history at

:47:58. > :48:07.this event. But Omar McLeod may well be the man to beat, the only man to

:48:08. > :48:12.go below 13 seconds this year. He's had such a good season. A couple of

:48:13. > :48:16.falls in the build-up to Rio, a sign of what can go wrong in the

:48:17. > :48:33.hurledles, but we'll give you a full look at the line-up for the final

:48:34. > :48:39.here. It's still very warm here. Cabral of Canada in two, then Devon

:48:40. > :48:48.Allen, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Omar McLeod, Dimitri Bascou, Ortega,

:48:49. > :48:50.Trajkovic of Cyprus and Ronnie Ash. Colin Jackson alongside me for this

:48:51. > :48:57.one. He's a man who tried - and you know

:48:58. > :49:00.what can happen in the hurdles. You were a World Champion who was a

:49:01. > :49:04.chance in the Olympics. It's an open field in this one. We don't have the

:49:05. > :49:12.defending champion. He has health issues. David Oliver, the World

:49:13. > :49:16.Champion, suffered an injury at the US trials with a hamstring. It's

:49:17. > :49:20.open for somebody to step up. You're looking at five or six who could win

:49:21. > :49:24.here. I was looking at your notes and you've got so many things lined

:49:25. > :49:27.up because so many different things-and-could happen but I think

:49:28. > :49:34.the favourite is there, Omar McLeod. He's qualified very well. As long as

:49:35. > :49:37.he keeps his head - this is the most important thing, because he's the

:49:38. > :49:41.fastest in his field. He doesn't have to stress. He can absolutely

:49:42. > :49:45.run anybody down off that last hurdle. He only needs to be even

:49:46. > :49:49.with the whole pack and with his general leg speed, it will take him

:49:50. > :49:52.clear of the field. Bascou from France, I think he's coming of age.

:49:53. > :49:57.He's won a couple of championships now and he's getting more and more

:49:58. > :50:00.confident in what he can do in these circumstances and I think here at

:50:01. > :50:04.the Olympic Games, that will put him in good stead.

:50:05. > :50:07.He's gone for a racy sawn-off sleeve number, Dimitri Bascou. He's the

:50:08. > :50:12.French champion. He's the European champion and, again, both he and

:50:13. > :50:22.Pascal Martinot-Lagarde will present a serious threat for France. A

:50:23. > :50:26.handshake and arm round the shoulder from Martinot-Lagarde to Omar

:50:27. > :50:30.McLeod. McLeod won in Doha in the Diamond League, in Shanghai, and

:50:31. > :50:34.then fell in Monaco in the Diamond League meeting there and then fell

:50:35. > :50:39.in Hungary. His last two races into Rio were not confidence-boos terse.

:50:40. > :50:43.No, they weren't but, you know, for him, the most important thing is not

:50:44. > :50:46.to make those mistakes in the training. That's where you get your

:50:47. > :50:51.confidence. The young Spaniard, Ortega, is one to watch too. Over to

:50:52. > :50:55.Andrew. Johnathan Cabral took advantage when Lawrence Clarke hit

:50:56. > :51:01.the final barrier in the semifinal. There's Devon Allen, 21-year-old US

:51:02. > :51:04.champion. His first international meeting, the Olympic Games. Pascal

:51:05. > :51:09.Martinot-Lagarde, a history of not managing to live up to his huge

:51:10. > :51:12.talent in major choims. A smile from Omar McLeod. Dimitri Bascou.

:51:13. > :51:18.Ampionships. A smile from Omar McLeod. Dimitri Bascou. So McLeod

:51:19. > :51:23.flanked by the two French athletes and Orlando Ortega wearing the vest

:51:24. > :51:31.of spab - he fell out with the Cuban Federation three years ago. Milan

:51:32. > :51:39.Trajkovic, sip Ron -- from Cyprus. Think of all the American hurdlers

:51:40. > :51:47.who have won this in Roger Kingdom and Alan Johnson, Merritt in London.

:51:48. > :51:54.But the favourite is Omar McLeod. He's

:51:55. > :52:05.We will have a new Olympic Champion with Merritt not here.

:52:06. > :52:10.We have Cabral and we have Devon Allen, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Omar

:52:11. > :52:15.McLeod, Dimitri Bascou, there in lane six, Orlando Ortega, Milan

:52:16. > :52:19.Trajkovic and Ronnie Ash. And we are ready for the final of the men's

:52:20. > :52:33.110m hurdles. Cleanly away, Omar McLeod out so

:52:34. > :52:36.quickly. Bascou alongside and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde trying to get those

:52:37. > :52:39.long legs moving, clipping a barrier. Omar McLeod rocked back but

:52:40. > :52:44.McLeod coming through now. He has that speed and McLeod to the line

:52:45. > :52:46.and to the title ahead of Ortega and Bascou! Omar McLeod, 13.05!

:52:47. > :52:52.CHEERING But it's not about the time, it is

:52:53. > :53:01.about the gold medal that belongs to Omar McLeod! Ortega came through so

:53:02. > :53:07.quickly for the silver as well. And Dimitri Bascou gets the bronze.

:53:08. > :53:11.But the gold for that man... He seems reasonably happy.

:53:12. > :53:14.Winner of the 110m hurdles. Omar McLeod the favourite and when the

:53:15. > :53:17.favourite delivers you have to applaud because all the pressure,

:53:18. > :53:21.all the things that can go wrong in the hurdles... Not so for Omar

:53:22. > :53:27.McLeod. The gold medal is his. It's great to see him do that really.

:53:28. > :53:35.He's been in the shadows of the runner-up last year at the World

:53:36. > :53:40.Championships. After all the injury problems he's

:53:41. > :53:43.had because he's had countless injury troubles for years. It's one

:53:44. > :53:47.of these things. We always talk about this. When you get a season

:53:48. > :53:51.behind you of a good winter where you can prepare properly with no

:53:52. > :53:56.real major issues... And that's what happened to Omar this year and he's

:53:57. > :54:03.managed to take this title. Personal best in the sprint with that

:54:04. > :54:06.sub-10-second run, the only sprint hurdlers to have done that,

:54:07. > :54:11.actually. And now the Olympic title. Great run. Huge relief for him. But

:54:12. > :54:17.for me, I'm kind of thinking I'm pleased that I see two Europeans on

:54:18. > :54:21.the rostrum. That is a real good sign for

:54:22. > :54:25.European sprint hurdling which means we're in the mix now again. Do you

:54:26. > :54:29.want to read through some of the results there. Let's have a look at

:54:30. > :54:33.the race itself. Omar McLeod is such a great starter. He blasted out to

:54:34. > :54:39.the blocks. I was slightly anxious because he came off the first Hurd

:54:40. > :54:54.well a bit of imbalance but he settled quickly.

:54:55. > :54:57.That was the key - don't press. He sinks down and then goes just

:54:58. > :55:04.stay there, no pressure. Take my time.

:55:05. > :55:08.I'll move through the field. There's no rush, no urgency with the

:55:09. > :55:18.hurdling and that's what you want to do when you want to try and win a

:55:19. > :55:22.major title. Bascou good enough for a bronze

:55:23. > :55:28.medal. Poor old Ronnie Ash. This is now the traditional way to finish a

:55:29. > :55:33.sprint. The hurl across the line didn't

:55:34. > :55:40.quite work for Ronnie Ash there. Have a look here. Three medallists.

:55:41. > :55:45.Gold going to Jamaica. Oh, you see there - Omar skied that barrier but

:55:46. > :55:50.he settles back into the rhythm quite quickly.

:55:51. > :56:01.Because he's been unchallenged most of the year, he didn't have to test

:56:02. > :56:05.himself or push himself. Early on he had to decide what to

:56:06. > :56:09.do. He got over the barriers nice and clean and won the gold.

:56:10. > :56:12.It was the fifth barrier which did for Bascou actually. That rocked him

:56:13. > :56:21.back and lost him a bit of momentum for the second half of the race.

:56:22. > :56:25.Celebrations there for Omar McLeod. So it's McLeod with a victory,

:56:26. > :56:30.Ortega - you saw what it meant to him to get the silver medal for

:56:31. > :56:35.Spain. And Dimitri Bascou held on for the bronze but that is the face,

:56:36. > :56:39.the dance, the celebration of a man who has a gold medal.

:56:40. > :56:47.A good race, a great win for Omar McLeod. Ortega, silver, Bascou the

:56:48. > :56:49.bronze, just edging out his fellow countryman, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde,

:56:50. > :56:54.he finished just outside the medals again. Not to be for the Americans,

:56:55. > :56:58.Allen and Ronnie Ash down in fifth and eighth.

:56:59. > :57:02.They're calling it lane eight there but it's lane nine that seems to

:57:03. > :57:06.have become the demon lane that seems to be ruining a lot of

:57:07. > :57:17.people's Olympic Games. Yeah, Ronnie Ash. That was tough. He was in it.

:57:18. > :57:21.He was running well and then it just Omar McLeod what had the huge gap

:57:22. > :57:26.between him and the rest of the field. Short, stocky but quick. It

:57:27. > :57:34.just goes like that. The hurdles has been wide open all season and, you

:57:35. > :57:41.know, he just needed to get out there and run his race and it's

:57:42. > :57:51.great for Jamaica. It's fantastic for the country.

:57:52. > :57:54.It's been a mixed night for British athletes this evening. Bronze

:57:55. > :58:17.medallist from London, Robbie Grabarz, was going in the high jump

:58:18. > :58:22.final. He was pointing to say, hold on, the

:58:23. > :58:26.official put the white flag up and the bar fell off. And so what we

:58:27. > :58:30.understand is that the reason why he was allowed to negate that jump was

:58:31. > :58:35.because it was the official's fault because the rules say you've got to

:58:36. > :58:39.get off the mat and that's the time when you measure the jump so it was

:58:40. > :58:42.the organisers going, OK, our fault, our fault.

:58:43. > :58:50.I think it was because Robbie sold it and said, "It's your fault, it's

:58:51. > :58:55.your fault." Good on him. He said, "YOU put the flag up." He would

:58:56. > :58:58.clearly make a good barrister. He targd his case very well there.

:58:59. > :59:02.Here he is with Phil. It's the cruellest place to finish,

:59:03. > :59:07.fourth, obviously in an Olympic Games and you know a medal was so,

:59:08. > :59:11.so close. Yeah, I made one fatal error at 2.25m and it cost me a

:59:12. > :59:16.medal. I'm really proud of that, fourth place in an Olympic Games is

:59:17. > :59:20.something to be so proud of, yeah. It's a punishing place to finish.

:59:21. > :59:26.It's the cruellest place to finish. I just want to know at 2.33m what

:59:27. > :59:30.was going on. You cleared the height, the bar fell off... It was a

:59:31. > :59:33.technicality that they held up the white flag which means that's the

:59:34. > :59:36.end of your go and the bar was cleared. It did fall off but

:59:37. > :59:41.technically they'd given me the clearance. Um, and then I explained

:59:42. > :59:44.the rules to them and then they had to double-check, double-check. It

:59:45. > :59:48.was a little bit stressful there but, um, yeah, you don't want to

:59:49. > :59:52.clear a bar by a technicality but they made a mistake or they ended

:59:53. > :59:56.the jump too soon and I got the clearance. With that, you'd equalled

:59:57. > :00:00.your season's best. Are you then thinking you could go on and grab

:00:01. > :00:04.that medal that you hold from London? That was it, yeah, I just

:00:05. > :00:10.regrouped. If they didn't give me the pass, I was going to, you know,

:00:11. > :00:13.pass the next bar and go for broke at 2.35m but unfortunately it wasn't

:00:14. > :00:19.to be there. What about the man that did take it in the end, Derek

:00:20. > :00:23.Drouin? I saw you hug him. There's great camaraderie you all? He's one

:00:24. > :00:28.of the greatest guys to jump against and I'm happy and proud of him to do

:00:29. > :00:32.that. It was an amazing performance. Well done to you as well. Cheers.

:00:33. > :00:41.Thanks. Cheers. Derek Drouin of Canada won that in

:00:42. > :00:44.2.38m and here comes Thomas Barr of Ireland in the 400m semifinal and he

:00:45. > :00:49.came through with a new national record and has sent himself and, no

:00:50. > :00:55.doubt, a delighted Ireland at this result here, Paula, into that final.

:00:56. > :00:58.Yeah, I mean it's just... Textbook racing when you come to the

:00:59. > :01:02.Olympics. You need to get into the final so you run a personal best out

:01:03. > :01:07.there. And he should be very, very proud of himself. He just ran really

:01:08. > :01:12.well. Phil caught up with him afterwards.

:01:13. > :01:16.Thomas, congratulations. What a time for to set a national record and win

:01:17. > :01:21.a place in an Olympic final? Literally couldn't have been any

:01:22. > :01:26.more perfectly timed. Um, genuinely, I cannot believe this because I've

:01:27. > :01:31.had a very mishap year with injuries so, I mean, this is amazing, to come

:01:32. > :01:35.- winning not only a place in the final, winning my semifinal and also

:01:36. > :01:38.a national record, like. I mean it's incredible. I'm absolutely

:01:39. > :01:42.delighted. So on the block, seriously, what did you hope to

:01:43. > :01:46.achieve? To be honest, actually, I felt really good today, a lot better

:01:47. > :01:50.than I did yesterday, so I was hoping, you know, secretly hoping to

:01:51. > :01:53.make it to a final, but I... When I saw the... I was coming through the

:01:54. > :01:57.tunnel to come down to the track, I saw that the times were in around

:01:58. > :02:01.48-mid-to get through so I thought it was manageable if I could pull

:02:02. > :02:06.out a PB and I did just that. You actually nailed the race, didn't

:02:07. > :02:10.you? Yeah, I just felt really comfortable, yeah. It was - I

:02:11. > :02:14.absolutely got my stride pattern spot on. I may have had to reach a

:02:15. > :02:18.little bit for hurdle six but that's the only thing that sticks out in my

:02:19. > :02:21.mind that I didn't do right. In a final, who knows what can happen?

:02:22. > :02:30.Anything can happen, yeah, yeah. Cheers, thank you.

:02:31. > :02:50.A quick look at the table after five days:

:02:51. > :02:55.But there is plenty more to come for Great Britain, and it was a day of

:02:56. > :03:02.just getting through things by the skin of your teeth. We saw diner

:03:03. > :03:06.Asha Smith hanging on, praying nervously... Welcome metaphorically.

:03:07. > :03:14.She made it through as fast as loser in that 200 metre final. And in the

:03:15. > :03:17.long jump, well, they both qualified automatically, but Jasmine Sawyers

:03:18. > :03:22.was in 12th place, so again, by the skin of her teeth. I'm so used to

:03:23. > :03:28.seeing Jasmine doing that. She manages to just raise her game every

:03:29. > :03:31.time she competes. We saw it in the trials, getting that qualification

:03:32. > :03:37.to be actually here, and the person for me that's most disappointing was

:03:38. > :03:41.Proctor. It's the second time her Olympics have gone to tatters with

:03:42. > :03:45.that wonderful silver medal last year at the World Championships. I

:03:46. > :03:47.was expecting her to take that forward, and unfortunately she

:03:48. > :03:55.didn't do that. I really disappointing series, and on the

:03:56. > :03:59.third and final jump, all she needed was 6.60, which she is more than

:04:00. > :04:03.capable of doing. She can do that in her sleep. She got the whitefly but

:04:04. > :04:12.the distance did not appear, and you can tell by her face she is very

:04:13. > :04:15.disappointed. The Soviet athlete did compete as the only Russian athlete

:04:16. > :04:20.here in this athletics meet in Rio and did qualify. There was a bit of

:04:21. > :04:25.controversy about the fact that she was the only one, and by virtue of

:04:26. > :04:28.the fact that she was the only Russian, she trains and gets her

:04:29. > :04:35.drug testing done in America, so therefore she is classed as being an

:04:36. > :04:40.American almost. Yeah, she brought her case to the Court of arbitration

:04:41. > :04:45.for sport and the IAAF, and was able to substantiate her situation, that

:04:46. > :04:50.she trains in the US, she has trained in the US with a group of

:04:51. > :04:53.other athletes. Others like LaShawn Merritt down in Florida. Those

:04:54. > :04:58.athletes are testing on a regular basis in the US, and so they bought

:04:59. > :05:03.her case and decided that she hadn't been in Russia subject to that

:05:04. > :05:09.situation where athletes were being allowed to cheat the system. She had

:05:10. > :05:14.to appeal at the last minute to take part because the IAAF tried to

:05:15. > :05:17.revoke that. They got extra information from McLaren, who

:05:18. > :05:23.carried out the McLaren report and investigation, which they felt

:05:24. > :05:28.stopped her competing. Under the IOC rules, she could come and compete,

:05:29. > :05:32.so she is here competing. And within the competitive community here,

:05:33. > :05:37.would she be welcomed? Is there any sense that it's a slight anomaly, or

:05:38. > :05:42.is it business as usual? I think everyone - at least when they step

:05:43. > :05:46.back, everyone has put all the Russians into one box, because of

:05:47. > :05:54.the system, not necessarily because of the athletes themselves. The

:05:55. > :05:58.system allowed them to do that, so I think everyone puts them in one box.

:05:59. > :06:02.Once the athletes start competing, they are not thinking about, that's

:06:03. > :06:06.the Russian athlete, they are just competing. I think they recognise as

:06:07. > :06:10.well, once you are outside of the system, no one wanted to see an

:06:11. > :06:13.innocent athlete get punished. Russia needed to be punished as a

:06:14. > :06:17.country but there are innocent athletes who have suffered and

:06:18. > :06:22.haven't been able to come to an Olympic Games, and, when you satisfy

:06:23. > :06:25.the criteria and you are outside, and I think she has probably been

:06:26. > :06:28.tested more than some athletes from other countries that don't have that

:06:29. > :06:33.testing, and it's not a level playing field on that front, so they

:06:34. > :06:35.probably do recognise, if you are based outside, you have a right to

:06:36. > :06:40.come here and compete because you have complied with the system. She

:06:41. > :06:46.has got through to that final anyway. Just another word on Laura

:06:47. > :06:50.as well, Laura Muir, and Laura Weightman in that 1500 metres. The

:06:51. > :06:55.brutality, we talked about it in terms of qualifying, but those races

:06:56. > :07:03.are so difficult to navigate. Yeah. I was looking at a comment from

:07:04. > :07:07.Kelly Holmes saying she forgot how hard it was out there, and sometimes

:07:08. > :07:10.you are on and can do it, but sometimes the response is unfair,

:07:11. > :07:13.and you don't have the response to be able to come back and fight, and

:07:14. > :07:18.Laura didn't quite have what you thought she had in the tank on the

:07:19. > :07:22.last lap. We are going to hear now from the new Olympic high jump

:07:23. > :07:29.champion, described as one of the good guys. Derek, Olympic champion -

:07:30. > :07:35.it's got to sound so sweet right now. Obviously this is something

:07:36. > :07:38.I've been dreaming about for the last few weeks specifically. I've

:07:39. > :07:44.been thinking it's a possibility, but for it to come true, I don't

:07:45. > :07:47.think it's sunk in yet. I remember reading that you value your bronze

:07:48. > :07:51.medal from London above your World Championships gold medal. That's how

:07:52. > :07:58.much deal and fix means to you. Now you have that prized gold medal and

:07:59. > :08:03.no one can take it away from you. It's something I've been dreaming of

:08:04. > :08:06.my entire life, and it's going to be really, really tough to top this. I

:08:07. > :08:14.guess I'll try to match it in four years. Also did take in right now

:08:15. > :08:17.what you've achieved. I feel like I don't even have the emotions to

:08:18. > :08:23.properly deal with this right now. How will it be received back at home

:08:24. > :08:29.by family and friends? Have you got family here tonight? I was upset I

:08:30. > :08:33.wasn't able to get up in the crowd to hug my family but they were right

:08:34. > :08:37.there, right in the front row, so I'm happy they were here to watch

:08:38. > :08:43.it. Enjoy the celebrations tonight. Thank you so much. Well done to

:08:44. > :08:47.Derek Drouin because there was disappointment for Shawn Barber last

:08:48. > :08:54.night in the polevault, the world champion. He didn't make it to the

:08:55. > :09:02.rostrum. They've had the bronze medals from Degrasse and Tyson

:09:03. > :09:07.Eaton. Great to get the gold tonight. Thank you so much. It's

:09:08. > :09:10.been great. Before we go, though, we just have one little extra piece of

:09:11. > :09:25.analysis which we think you might like to see. Oh, you didn't... That

:09:26. > :09:34.is hilarious! Look at that skill! Did you get it? What you didn't see

:09:35. > :09:42.was when I finally got it, and Denise goes... Teamwork! Denise is

:09:43. > :09:48.oblivious to it. I'm not staring at you but I look like I'm demonically

:09:49. > :09:55.staring at you. It's the scoreboard! Left, Right, left, right... Yeah.

:09:56. > :10:06.When I chase something, I chase it to the end! I don't know what the

:10:07. > :10:12.last part was... It's the... I think Denise gave you a well done. That's

:10:13. > :10:18.right, that's me. Probably not one of my better moment... I don't know.

:10:19. > :10:21.You were successful in the end. It's all about the small victories, and

:10:22. > :10:29.you had a big victory over that tiny moth. Show it who's boss! OK, it's

:10:30. > :10:33.heading into the witching hour now, the silly hour. The athletics is

:10:34. > :10:37.over but there's so much more to come tomorrow. Mo Farah is back on

:10:38. > :10:40.the track in the morning for the 5000 metre heats, which of course

:10:41. > :10:44.will be around two o'clock your time, so make sure you are with us

:10:45. > :10:49.for that one, but I'm going to hand you back now to Jason Mohammad.

:10:50. > :10:52.Good evening. Thank you very much indeed. We could have done with

:10:53. > :10:58.Michael Johnson in the Stade de France on the eve of the Euro 2016

:10:59. > :11:03.final when it was invaded by moths. That's the moment of the games so

:11:04. > :11:07.far for me. Fabulous work. Another cracking day in track and field,

:11:08. > :11:14.another great day for Team GB. These are tonight's headlines. Britain's

:11:15. > :11:18.Laura Trott becomes the first British woman to win four Olympic

:11:19. > :11:27.gold medals after retaining her title. Two gold in London, two more

:11:28. > :11:30.in Rio, and she's only 24. Not to be outdone, Jason Kenny followed his

:11:31. > :11:34.fiancee on to the top step of the velodrome podium for the third time

:11:35. > :11:38.in Brazil. Another gold means Kenny joins former teammate Sir Chris Hoyt

:11:39. > :11:40.is a six time Olympic gold-medallist, also a great British

:11:41. > :11:50.record. Great scenes. The cycling medals didn't stop

:11:51. > :11:53.there. Becky James and Katie Marchand took silver and bronze

:11:54. > :11:56.respectively in the women's individual sprint. Four medals on

:11:57. > :12:03.the final day capping off a dominant display in the velodrome, 11 medals

:12:04. > :12:14.in total, nine more than their nearest rivals. Confirmation today

:12:15. > :12:19.that Giles Scott has secured gold in sailing's Finn class. Hannah Mills

:12:20. > :12:22.and Saskia Clark also all but guaranteed gold, although that will

:12:23. > :12:29.not be confirmed until after Wednesday's medal race. It doesn't

:12:30. > :12:33.stop there. Gymnast a meeting club won a brilliant bronze on the floor.

:12:34. > :12:39.The 16-year-old is Team GB's youngest athlete and has had to

:12:40. > :12:46.combine training with her GCSEs. Definitely an a star performance

:12:47. > :12:49.today. Well done. And there was another GB gymnastics bronze in the

:12:50. > :13:01.men's horizontal bar for Nigel Wilson. That saw the team round out

:13:02. > :13:05.an amazing campaign with seven medals in total. These headlines

:13:06. > :13:10.keep coming and coming. Diving now, and Jack Laugher claimed the second

:13:11. > :13:12.medal of the games after gold in the synchronised three metre springboard

:13:13. > :13:23.last week. He took individual silver today.

:13:24. > :13:31.The final middle of the day was bronze for Joshua Buatsi in the

:13:32. > :13:34.light heavyweight category, while Joe Joyce and Nicola Adams both

:13:35. > :13:39.guaranteed themselves a bronze at least with wins today. All in all,

:13:40. > :13:45.nine medals mean in Great Britain exceeded their UK sport medal target

:13:46. > :13:49.of 48 with five days to spare. They now have 50 - that's a Great Britain

:13:50. > :13:54.record for an overseas games. The United States lead the way with 28

:13:55. > :13:58.golds, 28 silvers, 28 bronze, a total of 84, but Great Britain, how

:13:59. > :14:11.good does that look? We've got lots of sport going on

:14:12. > :14:14.right now. If you fancy a little bit of beach volleyball, this is a

:14:15. > :14:26.cracking game, Italy against Russia in the men's semi-final, the iconic

:14:27. > :14:30.venue of Copacabana Beach. A good crowd considering it is 11:13 p.m..

:14:31. > :14:32.Also on the red button, the women's quarter-final in the basketball,

:14:33. > :14:48.France taking on Canada. Lots of great sport, but Brazil has

:14:49. > :14:51.been waiting a long time for a gold-medal in boxing. Could it come

:14:52. > :15:06.to light in the light heavyweight? All eyes on Ronald Conceicao.

:15:07. > :15:14.And we are under way. The 60 kg lightweight gold-medal bout

:15:15. > :15:20.contested between boxers from France and Brazil. The man in red is Robson

:15:21. > :15:24.Conceicao. 27 years of age, competing in his third Olympic Games

:15:25. > :15:29.here, and inspired by the home support, he has booked his place in

:15:30. > :15:31.this gold-medal contest with some terrific performances. The man

:15:32. > :15:39.wearing blue has been razor sharp all tournament long, the 21-year-old

:15:40. > :15:43.from France, ranked number six in the world, the tournament number

:15:44. > :15:49.seven seed, the man trying to spoil the Brazilian party. Fantastic

:15:50. > :15:54.atmosphere. Who is going to get their tactics right? Both good

:15:55. > :16:02.long-range men but Conceicao on the front foot, very dominant indeed,

:16:03. > :16:09.and he has the crowd behind him. But make no mistake, this Frenchman is a

:16:10. > :16:14.class act as well. These men were scheduled to meet at a tournament in

:16:15. > :16:19.Cuba just before the Olympics. The record will show Robson Conceicao

:16:20. > :16:27.won, but that was a walkover as the Frenchman was unable to take his

:16:28. > :16:34.place in the semi-final stage. The atmosphere here is really

:16:35. > :16:40.incredible. Conceicao used this atmosphere to produce a win over

:16:41. > :16:50.Alvarez, the reigning gold-medallist, to book his place.

:16:51. > :16:55.Just made a mistake, landing shots and going back to try to get back to

:16:56. > :17:00.safety with the safety distance, but he is dropping his hands. Conceicao

:17:01. > :17:03.for me, this jab of his has been brilliant in this round. Good timing

:17:04. > :17:13.and accurate. This is a good start from the Brazilian here. Look at

:17:14. > :17:19.that single jab, in and out with the feet, good timing, measuring the

:17:20. > :17:27.distance, Conceicao. Conceicao picked up a cut in that semi-final

:17:28. > :17:33.win. Good movement from the waist to avoid that punishment. He is boxing

:17:34. > :17:50.very well indeed, hitting without being hit in reply. Sofiane Oumiha

:17:51. > :17:57.gets caught going out. Funny, the Brazilian is slightly better.

:17:58. > :18:05.Good movement on the retreat once again from Conceicao.

:18:06. > :18:13.An opening round full of thought and concentration between the two boxes.

:18:14. > :18:22.In stark contrast to the party that's happening up in the stands

:18:23. > :18:25.here. Both parties deciding to stand and not set. This fellow for me had

:18:26. > :18:33.the better start here on the front foot. Catches up as he is moving

:18:34. > :18:37.away. Tension in the air. The crowd really playing their part here.

:18:38. > :18:43.Look, just making your opponent missed by inches and going back and

:18:44. > :18:52.scoring. That's what Conceicao did there. But will he get the scores?

:18:53. > :18:56.Let's have a look. And it's 10- nine across the board in favour of the

:18:57. > :19:06.men in red. Good scoring, good judging.

:19:07. > :19:13.So into the second round we go, and the man wearing red, Robson

:19:14. > :19:22.Conceicao, the fifth-ranked boxer in the world, the number four seed, has

:19:23. > :19:27.worked his way wonderfully behind that educated left hand. Good

:19:28. > :19:32.tactics from Conceicao here, on the front foot. He's not giving ground,

:19:33. > :19:39.is he? Very sharp. He started quickly, but again Oumiha trying to

:19:40. > :19:45.land that left hook. It's just not getting home, and that right hand of

:19:46. > :19:50.his comedy accuracy is not there compared his opponent. Conceicao

:19:51. > :19:57.working better with the jab and the right hand. Oumiha had a terrific

:19:58. > :20:02.run through to this semi-final stage in a series of seed slaying

:20:03. > :20:18.performances by the man in blue, eliminating the only man to defeat

:20:19. > :20:21.Lomichenko. He produced a fantastic display against the tournament

:20:22. > :20:27.number three seed to book his place here in this gold-medal bout. He is

:20:28. > :20:31.coping with the occasion well, Oumiha, but struggling to find the

:20:32. > :20:34.range consistently for his own shots, and Conceicao appearing

:20:35. > :20:40.preternaturally calm, helping himself to a good one too. Two

:20:41. > :20:47.quality performers here, but in this cat and mouse type of boxing... Look

:20:48. > :20:53.at Conceicao, on the ball, 100% concentration, and beating Oumiha to

:20:54. > :20:57.the punch. The concentration levels are very high for the man in red.

:20:58. > :21:01.Oumiha is definitely in it. There's not a lot in this contest. But

:21:02. > :21:10.better quality is coming from the Brazilian. Oumiha with a sneaking

:21:11. > :21:15.glance to his forehead. Evidence of that eye injury that Conceicao

:21:16. > :21:23.picked up in his contest against Alvarez. Both boxers having to work

:21:24. > :21:29.so hard for their openings, but look at that left hand from Conceicao

:21:30. > :21:33.once again, and a left jab causes Oumiha to touch down. The referee

:21:34. > :21:37.ruled it a slip but for my money the most fundamental of all boxing

:21:38. > :21:42.punches got through and aided him on his way to the canvas. They saw

:21:43. > :21:46.that, and also the judges, so again a dominant display by the Brazilian.

:21:47. > :21:49.Lovely punch picking, straight punches, basic work by the

:21:50. > :22:07.Brazilian, but it's working very effectively for him.

:22:08. > :22:15.Concentration absolute throughout. And these men know that their boxer

:22:16. > :22:18.is surely just three minutes away in terms of action in a ring from being

:22:19. > :22:24.crowned Olympic gold-medallist at this, his home Olympics.

:22:25. > :22:30.Concentration is the name of the game in a contest like this, and

:22:31. > :22:37.it's been demonstrated in abundance here by Conceicao. He is in and out

:22:38. > :22:40.with the work, using the basic punches, the straight punches, much

:22:41. > :22:46.better. The jab, the straight right hand. Oumiha is having some success.

:22:47. > :22:50.It's not all 1-way traffic. Look at that for a long left hook. But I

:22:51. > :22:56.just think he's been beaten to the punch, and again it's the judges

:22:57. > :23:00.that matter, so let's take a look. And Robson Conceicao has swept the

:23:01. > :23:07.board for the second successive round. He leads by two points from

:23:08. > :23:13.all three judges. So into the third and final round we go. The boxer

:23:14. > :23:17.wearing red, Robson Conceicao of Brazil, a man who has been a poster

:23:18. > :23:21.boy not just for the boxing tournament but for the entire

:23:22. > :23:33.Olympic Games, has the two points advantage from judges A, B and C.

:23:34. > :23:37.His concentration has been absolute, he has demonstrated a laserlike

:23:38. > :23:41.focus to repel the advances of Oumiha, who has had moments of

:23:42. > :23:44.success of his own. The reigning European games silver-medallist, but

:23:45. > :23:50.now the man in blue has a mountain to climb to overcome that 2-point

:23:51. > :23:54.deficit. He needs a 10- eight round just get back to parity. Oumiha

:23:55. > :24:00.needs the round of his life because he has to his opponent on the floor.

:24:01. > :24:04.He just has to go for it. It's an all or nothing approach from Oumiha.

:24:05. > :24:09.He will have to take risks to land that power shot. He will have to be

:24:10. > :24:14.in that zone to land that bedtime shot that could cause an upset here,

:24:15. > :24:18.but by doing that he is in a zone and an area where he could get

:24:19. > :24:24.caught himself. But he needs the punch of his life. Oumiha has to go

:24:25. > :24:29.for broke that he is facing an educated, intelligent boxer in the

:24:30. > :24:35.form of Robson Conceicao. Former World Championship silver-medallist

:24:36. > :24:40.in 2013. And this man, who was a street vendor on the streets of

:24:41. > :24:43.Salvador as a child, calls himself a survivor. Used to hawk vegetables,

:24:44. > :24:46.knocking on car windows when they came to traffic lights, and he said

:24:47. > :24:55.his personality, what he euphemistically called

:24:56. > :24:58.quarrelsome... He had an uncle who was quarrelsome to, a fighter by

:24:59. > :25:02.personality, and Robson Conceicao wanted to be just like him, so he

:25:03. > :25:08.used to sneak down to the gym, watch his uncle ply his trade, watch the

:25:09. > :25:12.older fighters. Couldn't afford hand wraps, used a fake injury, get

:25:13. > :25:17.treatment from the hospital, sectors -- take the same bandages the

:25:18. > :25:21.hospital would give him and turned them into hand wraps. That's how

:25:22. > :25:25.much this young man who grew up poor in Brazil wanted to be a boxer, and

:25:26. > :25:33.now, here at his home Olympics, he is on the cusp of being crowned

:25:34. > :25:37.Olympic champion, which would be an historic title for a Brazilian

:25:38. > :25:43.boxer, because to this point no Brazilian has occupied top spot on

:25:44. > :25:47.the podium in the boxing ring. The hard work for Conceicao has been

:25:48. > :25:52.done in those two rounds. He knows he's just protecting his lead now.

:25:53. > :25:57.That's why he has taken his foot off the gas. Just 12 seconds away from

:25:58. > :26:02.being Olympic champion. Watch this place erupt as the bell goes. The

:26:03. > :26:10.crowd counting down the final seconds. And Robson Conceicao raises

:26:11. > :26:19.his arms as he wanders his way back we to his red corner. Because the

:26:20. > :26:22.crowd knows, and he knows, he is just about to be crowned Olympic

:26:23. > :26:30.gold-medallist in the 60 kg lightweight division. What an

:26:31. > :26:33.intelligent display to keep the talented Sofiane Oumiha at bay and

:26:34. > :26:42.out of punching range. The French corner know that it's not going to

:26:43. > :26:45.be their night, but Sofiane Oumiha, the 23-year-old representing France,

:26:46. > :26:50.playing his part in a terrific contest, but Robson Conceicao would

:26:51. > :26:54.not be denied. Tremendous stuff. The first two rounds where his best

:26:55. > :26:59.rounds. He concentrated very, very well, started very quickly. That was

:27:00. > :27:04.important. The straight punches, the speed was there. It's a real Rocky

:27:05. > :27:11.story that you've explained, Ronald, and again, tremendous stuff for this

:27:12. > :27:13.young man. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner by

:27:14. > :27:46.unanimous decision... A cacophony of noise and a carnival

:27:47. > :27:49.of colour. It's just erupted into celebration in acknowledgement of

:27:50. > :27:53.the fact that Robson Conceicao, the boy who grew up poor on the streets

:27:54. > :28:01.of Salvador, has just been crowned Olympic champion in the 60 kg

:28:02. > :28:04.lightweight division. To become Brazil's first-ever Olympic champion

:28:05. > :28:09.inside the boxing ring. He dealt with the pressure of expectation, he

:28:10. > :28:12.dealt with the reputation and the talents of all of the boxers who

:28:13. > :28:18.were in front of him, never more so than in the final when he eliminated

:28:19. > :28:23.the talented young Frenchman, Sofiane Oumiha, and he is drinking

:28:24. > :28:29.in the applause from the crowd here, who are in absolute rapture at what

:28:30. > :28:34.this man has just accomplished. 27-year-old Robson Conceicao is the

:28:35. > :28:52.Olympic champion of the 60 kg lightweight division.

:28:53. > :29:02.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. In his third Olympic Games, Robson

:29:03. > :29:10.Conceicao has just claimed his first Olympic medal, and it is pure gold.

:29:11. > :29:19.The first-ever gold medal for Brazil in the boxing ring has been won by a

:29:20. > :29:20.man inspired to top spot on the podium by these passionate

:29:21. > :29:34.supporters. What a wonderful evening for Robson

:29:35. > :29:38.Conceicao. He led from start to finish. Terrific evening in the

:29:39. > :29:42.boxing. But the day started with Brazil's women hoping to book their

:29:43. > :29:46.place in the final of the women's football tournament. They took on

:29:47. > :29:49.Sweden earlier today. Goalless after 90 minutes, goalless after extra

:29:50. > :29:56.time. That meant the dreaded penalties.

:29:57. > :29:58.Brazil and Sweden will both face a penalty shootout to decide who goes

:29:59. > :30:08.through to the gold-medal game. The first penalty, and Marta just about

:30:09. > :30:20.scores. You can see what it means. That's a terrific penalty to silence

:30:21. > :30:33.the Maracena. You can sense the noise being sucked out of the

:30:34. > :30:42.Maracena. So it's as you were. Alvez of Barcelona. Terrific penalty.

:30:43. > :30:46.Seger, another rough Sweden's really big players, epitomised by the way

:30:47. > :30:51.she took that penalty. And here is Raphael, and another very good

:30:52. > :30:58.penalty. Fischer is being sent forward. Well, this is effectively

:30:59. > :31:06.sudden death, and it's the youngster. And Sweden one penalty

:31:07. > :31:21.away. The cheers have already started. Dahlkvist... And she's done

:31:22. > :31:22.it! Sweden are into the final. Brazil's quest for Olympic gold is

:31:23. > :31:38.over. Braziliant football and semifinals?

:31:39. > :31:40.So Sweden cause a massive upset but who would they play in the final?

:31:41. > :32:02.Germany? Or Canada? This time the penalty is given.

:32:03. > :32:08.It's the right decision. A yellow card is flourished as well.

:32:09. > :32:18.I don't think she can have too many complaints.

:32:19. > :32:29.She knew straightaway. Melanie Behringer looking to score for her

:32:30. > :32:34.third successive game. Decisive penalty and Germany lead.

:32:35. > :32:41.What a penalty that was. She showed all her experience, didn't let the

:32:42. > :32:43.occasion get to her. What a strike! The goalkeeper had absolutely no

:32:44. > :33:13.chance. The shot's gone in and that could be

:33:14. > :33:17.the clinching goal! Sara Dabritz may have sent Germany into the gold

:33:18. > :33:21.medal game. Such a shame for Canada because this was their best spell of

:33:22. > :33:24.the game but that's what Germany do. They're clinical and when they get

:33:25. > :33:28.the chance, when they get the opportunity, they score. Germany can

:33:29. > :33:35.celebrate. They are into the final and they will face Sweden in the

:33:36. > :33:39.gold medal game on Friday. Yes, Germany bronze medallists in

:33:40. > :33:45.2000, 2004 and 2008. Into the final for the first time. The decider will

:33:46. > :33:50.be the coach's last game at the helm after 11 years in charge. Utter

:33:51. > :33:55.devastation for can ga da. And for Sweden, their boss is looking for a

:33:56. > :34:01.third consecutive Olympic triumph having guided the United States to

:34:02. > :34:03.gold in 2008 and 2012. Germany reach the final of yet another football

:34:04. > :34:14.tournament. Oh, utter tears.

:34:15. > :34:18.Well, one of the sports we've absolutely loved covering here at

:34:19. > :34:20.Rio to 16, especially on the late-night show, is the

:34:21. > :34:28.weightlifting and tonight the unofficial coronation of the world's

:34:29. > :34:39.strongest man, the 105kg category. Let's enjoy

:34:40. > :34:44.. He held the world record in the snatch for barely a minute. He's

:34:45. > :34:53.beginning his clean and jerk at 262ing. Well, he makes it look easy.

:34:54. > :35:01.He does make it look easy. 242kg, the record, the Olympic record.

:35:02. > :35:05.The Olympic record stands at 2.63kg. Are we going to get close to that? I

:35:06. > :35:09.don't know. I think right about now the focus needs to be on winning

:35:10. > :35:19.gold medals. Look at the position under the bar, so straight.

:35:20. > :35:30.That line down vertically from the bar spot on.

:35:31. > :35:38.This will be a new PB for him of one kilogram.

:35:39. > :35:44.No. Well, he's been a thriller on the

:35:45. > :35:49.scene for a long time, Velagic. You've got to wonder if this might

:35:50. > :35:54.just be his last competition. At the age of 34, he's been around for a

:35:55. > :36:02.long, long time. He gave it everything he had, just

:36:03. > :36:10.not enough on the day. So Velagic, his best lift in this

:36:11. > :36:18.competition was 232kg. His combined total - 420kg.

:36:19. > :36:24.Now our first look in the clean and jark at Mart Seim, down a fraction

:36:25. > :36:31.in the snatch at 187kg. He's starting off with 243kg.

:36:32. > :36:51.He's lifted 248kg in competition before.

:36:52. > :37:02.Very fast. And I think that's OK. A bit soft in

:37:03. > :37:05.the arms but it looked all right to me.

:37:06. > :37:08.Just to put this in perspective, he placed third at the European

:37:09. > :37:15.Championships earlier this year but he only managed 239kg there so

:37:16. > :37:21.clearly in better shape here in Rio. 243kg on the board. He's got to be

:37:22. > :37:25.happy with that. Well, Seim - he's an interesting lifter, this fellow.

:37:26. > :37:28.He seems to have a better clean and jerk record compared with his

:37:29. > :37:35.snatch. Why do you think that would be? The clean and jerk is a little

:37:36. > :37:40.more forgiving but he's more compact than most lifters. Some of these

:37:41. > :37:46.guys in comparison have got a lot further to shift the bar.

:37:47. > :37:50.Each lifter has their own preference. For me, I used to prefer

:37:51. > :37:58.the snatch. It was over quicker. It didn't hurt as much. Here's Jiri

:37:59. > :38:00.Orsag of the Czech Republic again. This is his last lift in the clean

:38:01. > :38:30.and jerk. He's going for 243kg here. He'll want to get the bar off his

:38:31. > :38:38.airways. No. Gone. Just didn't have the legs after that

:38:39. > :38:45.heavy clean. Well, Jiri Orsag has been a joy to

:38:46. > :38:57.watch in this competition. He's going to lock away 240kg, his

:38:58. > :39:00.combined total will be 425kg. We're waiting for Aleksanyan of

:39:01. > :39:05.Armenia and now we're going to get our first look at this man. Just

:39:06. > :39:22.look at Orsag just one more time. Over the back it goes. Not quite to

:39:23. > :39:26.arm's length, was it? He's gone for the shirt over the shoulders this

:39:27. > :39:28.time. We saw some serious taping over his shoulders during the

:39:29. > :39:44.snatch. 245kg.

:39:45. > :40:03.The it's just one off the Armenian's personal best.

:40:04. > :40:13.It's good. Mmm. Well, you see the bar whipping on his shoulders, that

:40:14. > :40:16.was natural whip, by the looks of it, not deliberate oscillation. No

:40:17. > :40:32.messing around, though. As soon as he was on the bar, he was off.

:40:33. > :40:36.Really solid opening attempt. 245kg. Catches the bar on his shoulders.

:40:37. > :40:40.These weights are far too heavy to place it on your shoulders. It

:40:41. > :40:46.literally lands, the elbows need to be fairly high so it stays on top of

:40:47. > :40:56.your shoulders. And now our first look at our last

:40:57. > :41:02.lifter. It is the Olympic Champion entering

:41:03. > :41:13.the competition in the clean and jerk at 245kg.

:41:14. > :41:17.This will put him in first place if he succeeds. Oh, he drifted forward.

:41:18. > :41:21.What are the referees going to make of that? Well, you've picked it

:41:22. > :41:23.again. Two #red lights. Soft in the elbows. It's not good enough. He

:41:24. > :41:36.knew it swlt. #red tab red. That's That's opened up the competition. He

:41:37. > :41:40.was the leader and world record-holder after the snatch but

:41:41. > :41:44.he's under pressure. Watch the elbows. Both of them. Red

:41:45. > :41:47.That's opened up the competition. He was the leader and world

:41:48. > :41:49.record-holder after the snatch but he's under pressure.

:41:50. > :41:53.Watch the elbows. Both of them. The noise in the stadium means only one

:41:54. > :42:06.thing... Yes. We do wonder who's on the stage? Oh, it's the Brazilian,

:42:07. > :42:12.Fernando Reis. Who else could it be? This would put him into fifth place

:42:13. > :42:33.if he completes this. He's right up with the leaders. He was 25kg behind

:42:34. > :42:38.the leader after the snatch. Can he recover? No. Split really

:42:39. > :42:43.wide, gave everything, dropped as low as he could underneath the bar.

:42:44. > :42:57.That was an attempt at a 15kg personal best.

:42:58. > :43:13.Unbelievable. Fernando Reis fails at 245kg with

:43:14. > :43:19.one more lift to come. We're back now with the Iranian,

:43:20. > :43:24.Behdad, Kordasiabi. He stayed at 245kg. Watching in the warm-up area

:43:25. > :43:28.will be the Georgian, Talakhadze. The clean is OK. It's harder than

:43:29. > :43:34.the first attempt. Drip... No, I don't think he's going

:43:35. > :43:42.to get that. My word. Goodness me. Let's have a look. Oh, he's got it.

:43:43. > :43:46.I think he held that on bent arms. We've got movement of the jury -- at

:43:47. > :43:55.the jury table. One of the jury members... Is very,

:43:56. > :43:58.very interested about that. They're asking to stop the clock,

:43:59. > :44:08.stop the competition and this means only one thing. Well, I thought

:44:09. > :44:14.those elbows were super soft again. I think this could be overturned by

:44:15. > :44:19.the jury. I stand by what I said. Well, the referees have just had the

:44:20. > :44:22.discussion with the jury. Now, if this is overturned, this really does

:44:23. > :44:27.put him under some ridiculous pressure now. Does he come out for

:44:28. > :44:31.the same weight again? And probably, what, guarantee maybe, maybe only

:44:32. > :44:36.just a medal. We don't know what colour? Or does he try and put the

:44:37. > :44:43.weight up and go for it and gamble everything? Well, we've just heard

:44:44. > :44:50.word that that 245kg lift has been overturned by the jury.

:44:51. > :44:56.Wow! What drama we've got here in the men's plus-105kg category. The

:44:57. > :45:01.reigning Olympic Champion now under severe pressure to retain his title.

:45:02. > :45:12.He would have known what it felt like. He would have known that it

:45:13. > :45:16.was soft. Now we've got arguments between lifter and coach. We've got

:45:17. > :45:20.the crowd booing. The trouble is... I guess they have seen what we've

:45:21. > :45:26.seen. Nobody gets the luck of the replay. There's no video analysis in

:45:27. > :45:30.weightlifting yet. That is soft as. He's going to have to come out,

:45:31. > :45:35.surely, for the same weight again. This would be enough to put him into

:45:36. > :45:41.the lead but how long can he stay there for? Only time will tell.

:45:42. > :45:45.Well, this is do or die. Let's emphasise this next lift. He if he

:45:46. > :45:51.fails, he doesn't get a medal. Correct. He could be the world

:45:52. > :45:57.record helicopterer with no medal - how -- world record helicopterer

:45:58. > :46:03.with no medal. How disa -- world record-holder with no medal. How

:46:04. > :46:07.disappointing would that be? There is unbelievable pressure here.

:46:08. > :46:10.Talakhadze, the Georgian, is just sitting back and watching with

:46:11. > :46:16.interest. He could virtually walk into the

:46:17. > :46:18.gold medal if he... If Salimikordasiabi here fails at this

:46:19. > :46:23.wait. My word. What a twist in this

:46:24. > :46:26.competition that we have been witnessing here. Remember half an

:46:27. > :46:36.hour ago, this man set a world record in the snatch and now he

:46:37. > :46:41.faces do-or-die with one lift. He's still blowing hard after that

:46:42. > :46:54.previous attempt. Two minutes is not long to recover.

:46:55. > :47:17.Last chance. Come on. Everybody in here wants to see this.

:47:18. > :47:24.word. A world record not that long ago and now he is going home without

:47:25. > :47:28.a medal. A staggering fall from grace for the Olympic champion. He

:47:29. > :47:34.is clearly not happy with the decision of the jury. I believe the

:47:35. > :47:41.decision of the jury was correct. They will agree once they see the

:47:42. > :47:50.replay at a later date. That is not the way to do it. It is not what we

:47:51. > :48:00.expected. The competition is still on and it is all to play for now. We

:48:01. > :48:07.have got more confusion here. On the stage is Fernando Reis of Brazil but

:48:08. > :48:13.he has been called off the stage because Talakhadze is back on. Let

:48:14. > :48:24.us free cap. At the moment, Talakhadze is the leader. He has a

:48:25. > :48:37.six kilogram lead over Minasyan. Talakhadze still has two lifts to

:48:38. > :48:50.come. Up here goes to 200 kilograms. The gold-medal -- 247 kilograms. The

:48:51. > :48:56.gold medal should be for this man, a specially if he succeeds with this

:48:57. > :49:05.lift in the clean and jerk. Superb lifting. I tell you what, it is

:49:06. > :49:12.disappointing to see or to hear the booing from the crowd as he emerges.

:49:13. > :49:17.It is not his problem. He is coming out here and doing his job. We need

:49:18. > :49:23.a little more respect from the crowd. That has drawn a line in the

:49:24. > :49:26.sand for the rest of the weightlifters. Started out so

:49:27. > :49:54.strong. Lost a little support. So rife with his third and final

:49:55. > :49:55.attempt. -- Reis. He is asking the crowd for quiet and they respect

:49:56. > :50:15.that. Ooh, that is a failure. That is a

:50:16. > :50:19.failure. Even if he had stood up, I believe the referees would have

:50:20. > :50:23.asked him to put it down. It is called an adjustment. It must go to

:50:24. > :50:31.the top of your shoulders and stayed there. 240 kilograms is what he

:50:32. > :50:48.lifted. He is now in fifth place. From there, watch the adjustment

:50:49. > :51:01.there. That is not allowed. And would have been flagged.

:51:02. > :51:11.And Mart Seim will be looking to move up the rankings with this lift.

:51:12. > :51:39.If he succeeds, he will move into fifth position.

:51:40. > :51:56.That was a strong clean. No, I don't know what... Will he hold it? What

:51:57. > :52:03.do the referees think? He was so close, wasn't he? Once again, soft

:52:04. > :52:09.elbows. You need to be more convincing than this. That would

:52:10. > :52:21.have been a new personal best for him.

:52:22. > :52:36.Mart Seim stands up quite well, just in front. Ooh, I don't know. I still

:52:37. > :52:41.think... Was it elbows, shoulders, was the unlucky? Difficult

:52:42. > :52:46.refereeing here tonight but great decisions have been made. This is

:52:47. > :52:55.becoming more and more controversial. We just had the

:52:56. > :53:00.Iranian officials... Well, we have just seen one lift a walkout and

:53:01. > :53:06.question the officials. Extraordinary scenes here. As a

:53:07. > :53:11.weightlifter in need to accept the decision of the referees. It is

:53:12. > :53:15.difficult and he is distraught but there are other weightlifters coming

:53:16. > :53:20.out to the platform and he needs to take his argument outside and allow

:53:21. > :53:30.the competition to continue. That allows this man, Aleksanyan of

:53:31. > :53:37.Armenia. This lift could be for a bronze medal. He is not happy with

:53:38. > :53:40.the noise that has been generated by the crowd here. I am not surprised.

:53:41. > :53:55.It is quite a negative atmosphere. Once he is on the bar he will be

:53:56. > :54:21.quick. He manages to get underneath. No.

:54:22. > :54:27.Well. We still have Talakhadze in the lead with one attempt still

:54:28. > :54:41.remaining. He does have a healthy lead. Here's the 11 kg clear of

:54:42. > :54:46.Minasyan of Armenia and the Georgian is in third place. An aggressive

:54:47. > :54:53.effort and he pushes himself away from the bar. You need to drive with

:54:54. > :55:02.the legs and drop to catch the weight overhead. You cannot do that

:55:03. > :55:07.kind of weight with your arms. I think there are a few weightlifters

:55:08. > :55:11.in the warmup room watching anxiously. We still have three

:55:12. > :55:22.weightlifters left in the competition. Mart Seim, here, is the

:55:23. > :55:37.only one who will need to lift... I don't think anyone in -- can catch

:55:38. > :55:44.Talakhadze. The Armenian camp is calling for quiet. So Aleksanyan

:55:45. > :56:36.comes out at 254 kilograms again. That is beyond him. He has been a

:56:37. > :56:41.popular competitor here. Ooh, a very angry man on stage at the moment and

:56:42. > :56:49.he is angry because of the lack of respect from some of the supporters.

:56:50. > :56:55.Let us give these guys a chance. They have worked so hard for this

:56:56. > :57:06.moment but at the same time they need to learn to focus and shut out

:57:07. > :57:26.everything else that is going on. He drops his chest. We have an

:57:27. > :57:35.announcement... (Laughs). That confirms the medallists. An

:57:36. > :57:41.announcement to ask the crowd for quiet and to respect the

:57:42. > :57:51.weightlifters. About time. Mart Seim is lifting for fourth place. 255

:57:52. > :58:04.kilograms. Despite some good lifting in the clean and jerk he is too file

:58:05. > :58:14.back after the snatch -- too far back after the snatch for medal

:58:15. > :58:18.contention. That is good. Does he have the legs? No, not today. That

:58:19. > :58:27.would have been good enough for fourth. He gave it everything he

:58:28. > :58:31.had. When you think about the snatch competition, think of how exciting

:58:32. > :58:38.and competitive bout was. The clean and jerk has been different. It is

:58:39. > :58:50.still competitive but we have gone from consistency in the snatch to

:58:51. > :58:56.inconsistency in the clean and jerk. And Talakhadze at the moment has

:58:57. > :59:01.gotten five out of five lifts. He has not allowed anything to affect

:59:02. > :59:05.him he has just focused on himself. Right now he is antagonising the

:59:06. > :59:14.crowd. He is already the Olympic champion. It does not matter if this

:59:15. > :59:24.lift those off or not he has won. He is lifting an extraordinary weight.

:59:25. > :59:35.258 kilograms. This will be a world record in the combined. A world

:59:36. > :59:45.record attempt here. Oh, you are joking! Look at that! Fantastic

:59:46. > :59:54.lifting and you can thank the crowd for winding him up.

:59:55. > :00:13.That is some lifting from Talakhadze of George. -- Georgia. He has added

:00:14. > :00:27.one kilogram to the world record. An extraordinary night of lifting here

:00:28. > :00:35.at Rio 2016. That bar was sagging because of the weight on either end.

:00:36. > :00:42.Brilliant and well done to Talakhadze for setting a new world

:00:43. > :00:51.record. We enjoyed that. The champion Christian Taylor retained

:00:52. > :01:00.his title. They top the table with 28 gold-medal however Great Britain

:01:01. > :01:05.have 19. Many of you are tweeting as this evening, thank you for staying

:01:06. > :01:10.up with us this evening. On the red button you can see the volleyball at

:01:11. > :01:18.the moment. Good stuff and thank you for sticking with us. This is the

:01:19. > :01:26.volleyball right now, available for you on the red button and on the BBC

:01:27. > :01:30.sport website and on our app. We cannot leave you without showing you

:01:31. > :01:39.this again, many of you are loving this. Michael Johnson this evening,

:01:40. > :01:45.the legend taking on a fly. There is only one winner when Michael Johnson

:01:46. > :01:58.takes on a fly. Look at that smile. Absolutely brilliant. Another

:01:59. > :02:02.wonderful game for Team GB.