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

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cycling, brilliant stuff. It genuinely

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You Most medals won, to Jason Kenny joining Chris Hoy at the top of the

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all-time medal list. To Laura Trott now, indeed now on that list of most

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successful Olympians. And these are the people who have to put up with

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it, week in, week out. I am now joined by Jameses, Kennies, and

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Trotts. Glenda, what you have to go through! Yes, it's nerve-racking,

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sitting on the site there, watching her. You shake, you sweat. As you

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can see by our clothes and our hair. But it's all worth it. It's

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absolutely amazing. And what sheds achieved, like, she's 24 years old

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

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

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wedding track, and, unknown to me, at the call of my eyes, them two

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were up on the track, riding around the top of the track, there we were,

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Adrian and me, on the ground, going around, toolingding around, because

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there's no brakes on there, no gears. That's how she got into it,

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bless her. Adrian, did you have any idea she could become this

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successful? Was she competitive from an early age? I think she was

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competitive, but no more than most children are. And then as we went

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on, people said she was good on a bike. She still amazes us, how easy

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she made it look today. And I know it's not easy. But she's just so

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comfortable, so natural. Yeah. She actually looked more distressed

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watching Jason than she was doing her own thing. I think we were all

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distressed watching Jason today! Because, as I'm sure Michael and

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Lorain will say, he never makes it easy for us. I will jump around to

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Jason Kenny's parents. The tension for you watching that? It's

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horrendous. I can't explain, especially not today with all the

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restarts. I mean, it was just horrendous. And as you can tell, my

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voice, I have been doing a little bit of shouting and things. Luckily,

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Michael, Jason remained very cool, even when it looked actually as if

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he might be dids qualified. Yeah, he did. I mean, we weren't. To get

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three starts at one race is pretty bad, to be fair. But once he got

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going, were you ever in doubt? Uh, maybe a little bit. You know, he's

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done lots of racing. So, you don't know what's left in the legs at the

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end of it. And how do you feel about him now joining Sir Chris Hoy at the

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very top of the tree in terms of British Olympians? His brother is

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shaking his head? It's amazing. Chris is great. They were great

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team-mates. I think he will be very proud. I think they're good friends.

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Yeah, brilliant. I know how proud Chris is. His brother-in-law to be,

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I should say. What about the James family? Becky James came into these

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Olympic Games having gone through real health and injury issues cious

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and all of the family are keen cyclists. Nan and graverps are here.

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Also Mum and Dad -- Gramps are here. Also Mum and Dad. The whole of Great

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Britain is proud. What about you? Yeah, incredibly proud. At one time

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we never thought she'd ride a bike again. What she's achieved, two

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silvers feels like four golds, really, because we didn't expect to

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be here. We only booked a fortnight ago, because you couldn't prepare.

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And she sort of begged us to come. And we're so glad we made the trip

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across. And it's not often that you get to watch her, is it? Very, very

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rarely. It's the first time myself, my wife and I, have been abroad

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together, really, isn't it, Kris? Since our disabled daughter has been

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born. So, we haven't seen Beck yes race. And only once or twice in the

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UK, really. So, I can't really describe what it feels like at the

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moment. It's not gonna sink in for a while yet. And in terms of the

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positive effects, Kris, of her being part of this extraordinary team -

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and I know you've got younger daughters as well who are champing

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at the bit to be a part of this - what do you say to other parents

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watching? What does being part of it mean to your kids? I think it's

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really special. Becky has always thrived in this situation and

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atmosphere and everything. The help, they're behind you all the way.

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Yeah, I think it's great. And Becky would say the same as well. And

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obviously this lot here have got a wedding to plan, because it's not

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very long now before Laura Trott and Jason Kenny get married. George

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North is here, supporting Becky. I suddenly realise, now I've put you

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in an awkward situation. LAUGHTER

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It has been an Olympics of proposals.

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LAUGHTER Um, yeah, well, you know, uh...

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Super proud and all that. No, I'm only joshing with you. I don't want

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to put you under pressure. Your reaction to what Becky has done

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today. Um, yeah, massively proud. As they said then, well, 18 months ago

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she didn't think she would ride a bike again. And to come here and

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take two silvers is huge. You know? And just very, very proud of her,

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what she's achieved, really. Well, it's just wonderful for all of you

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to be here to have seen what your kids have done, what your other

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harvs have done as well. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk

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to us. A great way to finish the action here at the velodrome. I'm

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going to sit somewhere and have a little cry now.

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I would move away from George North as well, if I was you, Claire. Thank

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you very much. We're just gonna put the medal table up for you, just to

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show how dominant the Great Britain the medal table up for you, just to

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show how dominant the Great Britain Team has been in the velodrome this

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week. Six gold, four silver, one bronze. 11 medals. Nine ahead of

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anybody else. So, the Dutch and the Germans. We spoke a couple much

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times, Chris, about them being there to be shot at. And although we're

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very positive and very happy, they will

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

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will have to deal, won't they, with fingers being pointed at them? They

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say it has started a little bit? A little bit, yeah. But you've also

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gotta look at the teams that underperformed. The French didn't

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get a single medal. They were going slower than the World Championships.

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Why would you not expect the team to come to the Olympic Games with the

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form of their life. A lot of teams have been quite disappointing, and

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that has exaggerated the gap with Britain, who have timed it

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perfectly. They're going off for a drink now. You're gonna have a

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lie-down? It has been exhausting. A nerve-racking six days. Very proud

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to be part of the broadcasting team. We've enjoyed having you. Thank you

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very much, Sir Chris Hoy. We're gonna show you some action now,

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because we're getting to the semifinal stages of lots of the

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boxing, weight divisions. And one of them involves our very own Joshua.

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This is in the light heavyweight. He had a semifinal. This means you're

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guaranteed a bronze medal anyhow. This is basically to get through to

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the final, when he would fight for a gold or silver medal. He had a very

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difficult opponent from Kazakhstan. He actually won silver in London

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2012. And your commentary team here, Ron McIntosh and Richie Waddle from

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the start of the second round. So, into the second round, then. And

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Joshua, the man in red, representing Great Britain, has conceded the

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opening round across the board. 10-9 for all three judges against this

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accomplished Kazakhstan boxer. Two third-round stoppages in his opening

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two bouts. A fantastic display against a boxer

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from Algeria at the quarterfinal stage. Gave the man two standing

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counts. But the Algerian boxer, to his credit, took all of the heavy

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leather. Joshua Buatsi fought back in the final round.

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Buatsi just starting to find a range. They've said to their man,

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"Don't stand and hold your feet against this guy. He is a big

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puncher." And they are concerned of the power. No question. That's why

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he decided to keep it long. He doesn't want to get involved. He's

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staying on the outside. Buatsi has gotta keep that poker face. He has

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been a relentless stalker of his opposition. When he's setting up

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with the jab, he's scored really well, particularly with the body.

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This is a fleet-footed Kazakh boxer he's facing. A terrific atmosphere

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here at Rio Central Pavilion 6. Buatsi just betraying a few signs of

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frustration here. Gotta keep his mind on the job and his focus on

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Niyazymbetov. That can slow down a fleet-footed boxer if you continue

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to target those body shots. Buatsi being spoken about voicing

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his frustration to the referee. Gotta keep his mind on the man in

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front of him here. The feet, he's gotta quicken up the feet here,

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Buatsi. Just a little bit too slow. He's waiting probably a little bit

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too long. He's gotta sustain a little bit of pressure, but he's

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gotta be sensible. Hands eye. The feet have definitely gotta be

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quicker here. Niyazymbetov, he seems to be controlling the pace better

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now, the man in blue. And this is a pace that suits the boxer in blue.

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Look at how he's able to work in the space of the ring, just using the

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ropes metropolitanarily, before he clumsy walks back out to centre

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ring. But it's been a round in which the man in blue has dictated the

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terms, and they are terms that suit him. Buatsi showed a few signs of

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frustration there. But he was all manned out in that second round, in

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many ways. All of this man's experience coming to the fore. And

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the scores again across the board for Niyazymbetov. So, a tough job

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for Buatsi now. But having said that, we know that this guy in red,

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Joshua Buatsi, has got the power to maybe, you know, cause an upset

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here. As we move into the third and final

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round, Great Britain's Joshua Buatsi, the man in red, is trailing

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by two points for all three judges. He scored two stoppage victories in

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his three contests so far, and he's going to need to produce some of

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that precise power punching to get himself back into this contest. But

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that's going to be a difficult proposition against this Kazakh, who

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glieds around the boxing ring as fluidly -- glides around the boxing

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ring as fluidly as mercury. Cracking right hand. And Niyazymbetov

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intelligently ties his man up to get himself out of the corner and back

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to the ring. Now, that's a stern talking-to in the direction of

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Niyazymbetov from the ref re. And then he walks Buatsi on to a

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cracking one-two combination. Just gotta stick to his left a little bit

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more as he's throwing the right hand, Buatsi. The odd one-two here.

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As he's going forward. Gotta try and slip to the left. Then he can come

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back maybe with a left up to the body or a left up to the head. He's

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gotta have a little more head movement, Buatsi, as he going

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forward. He's going forward too straight, Ron. A little bit static

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there. With his head. So, he's gotta move it to the left. And throw that

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right hand. And again the movement from the waist down with the feet

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from Niyazymbetov, he's making him a very difficult proposition to pin

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down. But Joshua Buatsi, at the midpoint of this third round, has

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got a minute and a half in which to find the finishing punch or the

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finishing salvo. Time is on the side of the man in blue. Now he's got him

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in the corner. But look at the matter in which Niyazymbetov is keen

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to initiate a clinch. Joshua Buatsi clearly frustrated. Come on,

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referee. Never mind the shoulder. What about the holding upon?! Josh

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Buatsi needs a massive round a. Buatsi can't afford to demonstrate

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this type of frustration. He's got to remain focused and go in search

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of that finishing shot. Inside the final minute. The clock is

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Niyazymbetov's friend. And despite being told no holding, Niyazymbetov

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initiates a clinch once again and walks his man back across the ring

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in a rather gruesome waltz. Niyazymbetov just on the outside

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now. He knows he's winning the contest, just protecting the lead.

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But he's also concerned. He knows that Buatsi has got a big punch

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about him. He's doing everything to stifle that, and just grab Buatsi on

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the inside. He's not gonna be, unless he can find it in these last

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ten seconds or so, Josh Buatsi. Well, he knows how to navigate his

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way around a ring wonderfully, does Adilbek Niyazymbetov. And that

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qualify came to the fore, particularly in this third and final

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round. But it was a feature throughout the contest, and going

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through to the gold medal bout. So, Adilbek Niyazymbetov goes

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through to the gold medal bout, where he will face off against his

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familiar rival, Julio La Cruz of Cuba. So, it is a bronze for Buatsi.

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We're gonna move you up now to the superheavyweight division, won by

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Antony Joshua four years ago in London. Joe Joyce our man in this

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division here in Rio. And this is a quarterfinal bout you're about to

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watch. And his opponent was from Uzbekistan. And he was a bronze

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medal winner at last year's worlds. So, if Joe Joyce was to get through

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this, he'd guarantee himself at least a bronze.

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So, we go into the second round of this 91kg-plus Superheavyweight

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quarterfinal. Joe Joyce begun the second session on the front foot

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with a marauding attack against a man who is now struggling to keep

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him off. That's what I told you, Ronald. Once you show this man

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you're hurt downstairs, he will keep coming. Joyce is just getting warmed

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up. He's got a terrific engine. Great sustained pressure. Most

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certainly. And the counters, as a good left hand goes through from

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Joyce, the count frrs his opponent becoming more pedestrian now, a

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little bit slower. He's running into big shots from the form of Joe

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Joyce. He has been hurt. This is gonna test his character, the man in

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blue. Joyce has just gotta steady himself. But just keep that work

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rate going. Looking to his corner, the man in blue, perhaps betraying

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sight of negative body language already. Driving the man back to his

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own corner. Joe Joyce is feasting on that long, slender torso of the

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22-year-old. In and out with the feet. Ceefting a bit of space for

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himself, getting through with quality shots. Again, switches

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downstairs, good performance up to now. Gotta keep it going.

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A furtherive glance to his corner. Looking for inspiration. Looking for

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encouragement. Hurt by a hard left hand. Shot to the body once again.

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And the opponent showing signs of desperation here. The referee is

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giving him every chance to recover in these exchanges here, the referee

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is. I think it's delaying the inevitable here. He's tiring by the

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second, the young fella from Uzbekistan. He still keeps coming,

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Mr Joyce. Doubled over by body shots from both the left and the right

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flank from Joe Joyce. And the opponent in real trouble, almost

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entering the survival mode. But his fighter's pride sees him poking out

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shots, trying to keep this man at bay. And a hard right hand to the

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body. He goes to the canvas for the second time. No count given by the

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referee. But Joyce will be encouraged by the fact that he can

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hurt this man, and he's got 30 seconds. Here in Round 2 to put him

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on the floor and possibly keep him there. The opponent in desperate

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trouble. He deserves immense credit for continuing to compete. But every

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shot that Joyce lands is affecting him more and more. Ronald, if ever I

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have seen a 10-8 round without a count, this is it. Clearly a 10-8

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round for Joyce, total domination here from the man in red. A great

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round of boxing. Front-foot pressure and he's hurt his opponent several

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times. And if this isn't a 10-8, I will be amazed.

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Joe Joyce with an utterly dominant three minutes of boxing. And his

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opponent, the 22-year-old from Uzbekistan, this man so highly

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regarded, but he appeared to have little left in his gas tank. And his

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corner trying to encourage and inspire him, but they've not been on

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the receiving end of the pumplegs from this 6'6" term -- punches from

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this 6'6" terminator. We have a saying back in GB, it's, "Go get

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him, Joe." He certainly did it there. Nazarov looking concerned for

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his team-mate. Well he might. 10-9. Make no mistake, it was a dominant

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round for Joe Joyce. A painful round for his opponent. He will do well to

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hear the final bell in this contest. Hands in prayer. Perhaps divine

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intervention the only thing that can help this man now. Third and final

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round. Joe Joyce begins to walk down his man. The opponent betraying

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signs that he's hurt. He's doubling up in the corner. He's holding his

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eye. He's caught a thumb. I don't think he wants much more of this.

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The referee doing the mandatory eight count. I think this is it.

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Well, he's stepping back into the bridge. He deserves immense kudos.

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But all he's doing is taking further punishment. But his fighter's pride

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won't allow him to concede. The man is increasingly becoming a

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stationary target. Joyce keeps coming. If I was in the Uzbeky

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corner, I would be thinking about throwing the towel in. This bloke is

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struggling, he has been hurt. And I know this is an Olympic

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quarterfinal, but this young man, he's in a bit of trouble here. He's

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gonna get hurt. Joe Joyce trying to cut off the ring

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and prevent, cut off the escape route that his opponent is trying to

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fashion. His opponent so highly thought of that he was Uzbekistan's

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flag-bearer at these Olympic Games, one of nine boxers to be bestowed

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with that honour. But it looks as though his Olympic Games is coming

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to an end before the medal stages. He's trailing by two points for all

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three judges. And a reigning World Championship bronze medallist, in

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blue, is being dominated by the other reigning World Championship

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bronze medallist, Joe Joyce, with his marauding attacks, has

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completely overwhelmed and dominated this man. But his opponent trying to

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find something with which to fight back. But he's weary. He's

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exhausted. This is a wiefl mission for him now. Again, Joe -- a

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survival mission for him now. Again, Joe Joyce goes with the upper cut,

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hurting his opponent. Hard left hand to the body with the man in the

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neutral corner. His opponent walking back to centre ring. But Joe Joyce

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continuing to stalk his man. The referee again, giving him plenty of

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time, isn't he? Which is gonna help him. But Joe Joyce just keeps

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coming. Nothing will deny him. He wants to get on that medal roster,

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Ronald. And he's just 30 seconds separating him from a place on

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thattile medal podium. And despite the best -- on that medal podium.

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And despite the best efforts of his opponent to escape the

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incountriesant pressure of this man -- incessant pressure of this man,

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there is no escape. Joe Joyce just keeps on coming and he issues a

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second eight-count. His opponent has been utterly dominated for the

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entire three three-minute rounds. Joe Joyce, Great Britain's

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superheavyweight, who will be going through to the final four. And a

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guaranteed Olympic bronze in the Superheavyweight division. And Great

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Britain's outstanding record in this, the biggest of all weight

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classes in the Olympic tournament continues. Every time a British

:22:26.:22:28.

boxer has entered, they come away with Olympic hardware. Starting with

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Robert Weld in 1984, the inaugural Superheavyweight tournament in Los

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Angeles. Tremendous stuff from Joyce there in

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that last round. ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, the

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winner by unanimous decision... Joe Joyce. Great Britain's Joe Joyce

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makes it through to the bronze medal podium at least in the 91kg-plus

:23:05.:23:10.

superheavyweight division with a terrific display of nonstop punching

:23:11.:23:14.

to eliminate the 22-year-old opponent. And how about that for

:23:15.:23:31.

some capoire? Joe Joyce demonstrating his supreme ath let

:23:32.:23:36.

six that serves him so well in the boxing ring.

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Great noise for Joe Joyce. But the biggest cheer of the night was

:23:39.:23:45.

reserved for Brazil's first-ever boxing gold in the men's light

:23:46.:23:48.

weight. And look at the Brazilian fans in the boxing arena. Brazil's

:23:49.:23:52.

first Olympic gold boxing medal. A couple of other stories from the

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boxing. Nicola Adams, a gold medallist at London 2012, made her

:24:08.:24:12.

Rio debut, and she is through to the semifinals. She beat Tatiana Cobb

:24:13.:24:15.

from the Ukraine. And that means that she's through, as I say, to the

:24:16.:24:19.

semifinals. So, that will be a bronze medal at the very least for

:24:20.:24:24.

her. And the most controversial story of

:24:25.:24:32.

the day concerned the Irish boxer, Michael Conlin, who was defeated by

:24:33.:24:36.

a Russian, and thought the judges had made a mistake. He gestured

:24:37.:24:43.

towards them as he left the ring. He made some furious comments as well

:24:44.:24:47.

in post-fight interviews against the governing body, which we can't

:24:48.:24:54.

repeat. He also tweeted, "Vladimir Putin, the Russian President," with

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some accusations as well. And you'ller be hearing a lot more of

:24:58.:25:02.

that over the coming days. Right, from boxing to gymnastics, the final

:25:03.:25:05.

day of competition there. Three gold medals up for grabs. It's been a

:25:06.:25:08.

great tournament for Britain, as you know. And they were in the hunt for

:25:09.:25:27.

medals again. Well, Great Britain, Amy Tinkler,

:25:28.:25:30.

youngest member of Team GB as a whole. She's the British floor

:25:31.:25:35.

champion. And watch out, some very big tumbles are gonna be coming up

:25:36.:25:38.

in this routine. Starts off very cleanly. And great music. The crowd

:25:39.:25:47.

are already clapping along to it. Here's the big first tumble.

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Really sells this routine. Straight back down the diagonal with the

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double twisting, double back. Fantastic first two tumbles from

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Amy. And now has her chance to show that great choreography. There's the

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leap. Change leg. Into the 1.5 turning leap.

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And she's building up to her third tumble. She's uses a combination

:26:29.:26:35.

tumble. The 1.5 walk-out, into the double tuck. Very cleanly performed.

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And there's another big jump. And she's building up to the final

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tumble. A very short run. Such a powerful

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gymnast. There's the double pike, and a fantastic landing to finish

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off. A great routine. Amy Tinkler! Looking very at home in

:27:02.:27:08.

this quimp floor final. She could not that -- Olympic floor final. She

:27:09.:27:15.

could not have done that better. Well, the score is in, and it's

:27:16.:27:20.

enormous. Amy Tinkler is in with a very good shot. Simone Biles now

:27:21.:27:25.

going for her fourth gold medal. And a totally exceptional gymnast. Make

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sure you keep your eyes open. How high is that tumble?

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Effortless leaps. So, another big tumble on the way. And such an easy

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jump out of it. It's the height on everything she

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does that sets her apart. They've all done fantastic tumbling, but

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this is so high. So easy to land. The final move of her Olympic

:28:20.:28:46.

championships. Full twisting double back.

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How does she do it? It's 15.966. Well ahead of the rest of the world

:28:55.:29:05.

so far. Great Britain's Amy Tinkler takes the bronze in this women's

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Olympic floor final. Aly Raisman takes silver but the champion is

:29:14.:29:18.

Simone Biles. I used to compete in front of big crowds as well, it's

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just incredible. I'm just so shocked.

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So, a double twist. In the double straight somersault. The finish of a

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very secure routine. And that is certainly a tough, tough score to

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beat A 15.766. 30 years old. Olympic champion in London. Two times world

:29:46.:29:49.

champion. His routine is full of risk. And this is the heart-stopping

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moment, the routine starts. Builds up for this first important release.

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Let's go. Connected with another... Oh! He's off.

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He's up off the mat. Niall Wilson. Current European high bar champion.

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Commonwealth champion. What can he achieve here? In this men's Olympic

:30:22.:30:27.

high bar final. Winding up. Into a big release. He catches almost

:30:28.:30:37.

perfectly. And again. High. Full twisting. Now settle down. Really

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nice 1.5 turn. Just slightly offhand stand. Squat

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with half turn. Here's the big catch. And another release and

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catch. Big wind-up, just the dismount left.

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Double twisting, double straight. Good lad! Wow! What a routine! That

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is going to challenge! He was building the difficulty all the way

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through and that was a very, very strong bid for an Olympic medal.

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15.466 for Nile Wilson, in second at the moment.

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Well, keep your eye on the scoreboard. Nile Wilson is

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guaranteed at least a bronze. The last gymnast is high-bar final,

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Danell Leyva. Needs to land this on his feet.

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Popped back. Well, he got through without a fall. We already know Nile

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is guaranteed a medal. It's just whether it's silver or bronze. 15.5,

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so he does go into silver medal position. Nile Wilson, for Great

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Britain, will take the bronze medal. The Olympic Champion is Fabian

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Hambuechen, but Nile Wilson makes his dream for Great Britain as the

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first ever gymnast to medal at the Olympics on high bar.

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What an Olympics Great Britain have had! I was fortunate enough to have

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the opportunity to be an Olympic medallist and I took the

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opportunity. I'm so happy. I know everyone at home will be proud and I

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want to say to Joanna, mum and dad - we did it! British gymnastics has

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made such impressive improvements over the last eight to ten years and

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as you can see, thanks to Nile Wilson and Amy Tinkler, Britain end

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second on the artistic gymnastics medals table with a total of six and

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you see that one silver there - just to clarify the silver in the

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trampolining doesn't come under the artistic gymnastic category so that

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is not included on that medal table. Right, sailing wanted to join the

:33:30.:33:32.

British medal party and Shirley Robertson can round up everything

:33:33.:33:43.

that happened there. After the drama of yesterday's

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storms there are four medal races scheduled at the sailing venue and

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it promises to be a golden day for Team GB. Scott did enough to secure

:33:53.:33:57.

a gold medal two days ago on the oceans of Copacabana.

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It was an emotional moment here for -- shared for his coach.

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The start for the men's heavyweight gets under way. Today was a

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celebration of that moment, in front of the crowds on the shores. Scott

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showed what has made him great, competing and finishing the medal

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race second. Giles Scott of Great Britain -

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four-time finn World Champion. It's been an incredibly long road, an

:34:31.:34:36.

agonising wait, but now the 29-year-old world number one is

:34:37.:34:42.

confirmed as the gold medal-winner in Rio 2016.

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I mean it is just incredible. I'm just so happy with the way I sailed

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this week. Um... That and the campaign that my coach and I put

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together over the past three years is, um, you know, everything has

:34:55.:34:59.

been geared towards this... I suppose this one moment and to be

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successful and kind of put to rest all those crucial decisions we made

:35:03.:35:10.

early on is just fantastic. Job done tour Scott. The chance to

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do the same for Hannah Mills and Saskia Clarke in the 470

:35:16.:35:19.

double-handed women's dinghy. Mills and Clarke had three races to sail

:35:20.:35:24.

and if they could extend their lead to 20 points they could secure gold

:35:25.:35:28.

ahead of their medal race tomorrow. 20 points needed. 20 points the

:35:29.:35:32.

difference when they crossed the finish line of their last race of

:35:33.:35:37.

the day in third place. It took a quick check, with their coach, on

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the maths and then celebration. British gold number two in the

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sailing. 2016 gold medallists! I haven't

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stopped smiling! I feel like I'm grinning like an idiot!

:35:52.:35:56.

I didn't cry. I whooped. I know the two of you are the best of friends.

:35:57.:36:01.

This has been five years in the making to share this moment before

:36:02.:36:05.

you head ashore together. What's that like. It's been amazing. We've

:36:06.:36:09.

had a hard few years. I've had two bits of surgery and at times I

:36:10.:36:13.

didn't think I'd make it back and Han waited for me, not to make me

:36:14.:36:19.

panic or anything, and she's been an amazing best friend and team-mate.

:36:20.:36:25.

That's a great cuddle. Hannah and Sas, 2016 gold medallists!

:36:26.:36:29.

Congratulations. Allyson Young won the laser raidial

:36:30.:36:34.

medal race to end up eighth and disappointed. Nick Thompson couldn't

:36:35.:36:41.

improve on sixth and the Ben sacks tonne and Nicola Groves rounded up

:36:42.:36:46.

an Olympics that began in great style back in ninth. Tomorrow is

:36:47.:36:51.

Ladies' Day. A gold medal final for Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark when

:36:52.:36:54.

they race in front of the beach before stepping on to the top step

:36:55.:36:57.

of the Olympic podium. And that gold medal for Mills and

:36:58.:37:02.

Clark will be added to the medal table tomorrow. There is so much to

:37:03.:37:05.

fit in on what has been another remarkable day for Britain. There is

:37:06.:37:08.

no time to talk to anybody or get any reaction whatsoever. We'll just

:37:09.:37:13.

keep bringing you the action. Next to the men's three metres sprint

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board final. We'll show you a couple of his dives in this.

:37:17.:37:27.

Just 0.1 down on his highest dive which we've got.

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Forward 4.5 for Jack Laugher. Yes! Outstanding! Again - just when he

:37:39.:37:42.

needed it, he digs to the bottom of his toy box, or wherever he needed

:37:43.:37:47.

to go to pick that one out. This is superb stuff from Jack. Jumping

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Jack. Look how high he goes, up into the air, disappearing into the

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water. This is way over 90 points and Jack is in the medals with a

:37:58.:38:00.

dive to go. Let's not get ahead of ourselves,

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but, my word, he's finally settled down after the prelims in the

:38:07.:38:08.

semifinals and look at those scores. Yes! That is an Olympic medal for

:38:09.:38:26.

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

:38:27.:38:34.

enough by Haugher. Hasuding can't catch him. He was all over the place

:38:35.:38:39.

in the prelims and the semis, but that doesn't matter. We don't care.

:38:40.:38:42.

He's come out here this evening and he delivers. He's a mailman. He

:38:43.:38:47.

always delivers. That's two medals. Yes! Well done, Jack Laugher. He has

:38:48.:38:53.

to wait ages for his marks. They haven't come up yet. Now they come

:38:54.:38:57.

up on our screen and that's the best he's done in three rounds, on that

:38:58.:39:01.

dive, his favourite dive, 88.20. Yuan Cao took gold in that event for

:39:02.:39:12.

China but a great Olympics for Jack Laugher with a gold and a silver,

:39:13.:39:18.

gold in the men's synchro pairs and silver in the event you've just

:39:19.:39:22.

seen. Britain is on 50 medals. So it's already beaten the target of 48

:39:23.:39:26.

that was set by UK Sport. And it's also ahead of the game as regards

:39:27.:39:30.

where Britain was in London at this stage. And also, with day 12 coming

:39:31.:39:35.

up, in London Britain didn't win a medal on that day. We will get a

:39:36.:39:38.

medal tomorrow thanks to the sailing. Jason, the action has been

:39:39.:39:42.

frenetic. I haven't had a chance to talk to anybody but you can't

:39:43.:39:44.

complain when you're watching what we have been watching today.

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Mark Chapman, another brilliant day for Team GB. Thank you very much

:39:49.:39:51.

indeed. Welcome back to the Copacabana. So it's been an amazing

:39:52.:39:58.

day in Brazil at the 2016 Rio Games. I'll see you shortly, where we'll

:39:59.:40:02.

round out what has been a magnificent day for boxing,

:40:03.:40:05.

weightlifting and a big story in the women's football competition. But it

:40:06.:40:09.

is time to head you straight to the Olympic Stadium. A very good

:40:10.:40:12.

evening, Gabby Logan. Good evening, Jason. The action has

:40:13.:40:16.

already started here and it's going to come thick and fast. Good evening

:40:17.:40:20.

to Denise and Michael but you'll appreciate that we're going to get

:40:21.:40:24.

straight out there. There he is. Andrew Pozzi is going in the first

:40:25.:40:29.

of the hurdles heats. He's alongside Ronnie Ash. Pozzi has the speed to

:40:30.:40:34.

make the final and perhaps even challenge for the medal.

:40:35.:40:40.

Only two go through automatically here. Orlando Ortega is in this

:40:41.:40:47.

first semifinal as well. This is the first of three semifinals. Here it

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is: Andrew Pozzi in between Deuce

:40:50.:41:16.

Carter, who suffered in the monsoon and was given a re-run and managed a

:41:17.:41:20.

quick enough time to move through. Ronnie Ash was second in the US

:41:21.:41:26.

trials behind Devon Allen and then Ortega in lane seven ran a 13.04

:41:27.:41:32.

this year to win at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco. There he

:41:33.:41:34.

is in the new colours of Spain. This needs a clean run with only two

:41:35.:41:53.

going through automatically and then the two fastest

:41:54.:42:12.

Pozzi hits the barrier and the second. A man down on the outside.

:42:13.:42:20.

Julmis. Pozzi is going backwards. He's all over the place. Instead

:42:21.:42:24.

coming through - the two men to go through are Ronnie Ash and Orlando

:42:25.:42:28.

Ortega. The race was there for Andrew Pozzi. He had the speed but

:42:29.:42:32.

he simply didn't clear the barriers well enough. Costly, costly. Andrew

:42:33.:42:41.

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

:42:42.:42:45.

by his standards he's put together there because he was still leading,

:42:46.:42:49.

despite clipping the earlier barriers. He was in front and in

:42:50.:42:52.

that position. Perhaps the rhythm was not. Colin will have a look at

:42:53.:42:57.

it in a moment. That's a horrible run for Andrew Pozzi. He'll be

:42:58.:43:05.

bitterly disappointed with that. That's probably the worst run I've

:43:06.:43:09.

seen him do all year. Got out of the blocks OK but he made a mistake

:43:10.:43:13.

early on. That's the time you don't want to make mistakes because, as

:43:14.:43:15.

you're accelerating, you haven't got the speed to hit the hurdles right

:43:16.:43:20.

so if you clip them, the top pulls you back and doesn't through you

:43:21.:43:23.

forward and every single time that Andrew Pozzi was trying to get into

:43:24.:43:27.

rhythm, he was clipping the barrier, which was just putting him back.

:43:28.:43:30.

He'll be really frustrated with that. Well, the barriers were flying

:43:31.:43:36.

from a few athletes. Jeffrey Julmis exploded into the first barrier

:43:37.:43:46.

there. He approached this first one OK. But he caught that hurdle and

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that was a problem. He hit it with his lead leg because he was too

:43:50.:43:54.

short. Now acceleration comes in, he can settle into rhythm but as he

:43:55.:43:59.

starts to pick up speed, he clatters a hurdle again and that knocked him

:44:00.:44:02.

back. From there on in, he was trying to catch up, trying to get

:44:03.:44:06.

his body in the right position, right posture to clear these hurdles

:44:07.:44:10.

well. Snake over them - that's the key thing and he was always short. I

:44:11.:44:14.

think we know what Andrew Pozzi's feelings will be. He's with Phil

:44:15.:44:18.

Jones now. Andrew, I think it's fair to say

:44:19.:44:22.

you've watched that replay back and it doesn't make pleasant viewing.

:44:23.:44:26.

No, it's just... It's just abysmal. Um... I know... There are no other

:44:27.:44:32.

words to describe it, really. Um... Yeah. I... Just absolutely awful.

:44:33.:44:39.

Um... Straight from the blocks, I mean, you saw - I started hammering

:44:40.:44:42.

the first couple of hurdles and there's not a lot of chance of that.

:44:43.:44:47.

I hit another one very heavily - for what reason I can't really describe.

:44:48.:44:51.

I can't put my finger on it. It just felt -- I just felt really out of

:44:52.:44:55.

sorts but this isn't the place for that to happen so, yeah, it's

:44:56.:45:00.

just... Just awful. It's an anomaly for you as well. We rarely see you

:45:01.:45:04.

do that kind of thing. Yeah, I think that's why I'm... I just don't quite

:45:05.:45:12.

understand that. I'll season I've been consistent. I've run terribly

:45:13.:45:16.

and still run better than that. It's terrible viewing. I can only

:45:17.:45:19.

apologise. We appreciate you stopping anyway. Thanks. Cheers.

:45:20.:45:25.

Thank you. There's never a need to apologise

:45:26.:45:29.

when you've given your best. It just wasn't enough tonight. Nobody knows

:45:30.:45:35.

that more than Andrew Pozzi. Orlando Ortega goes through with Ronnie Ash.

:45:36.:45:38.

So we're under way on the track. Two more of those 110m semifinal hurdles

:45:39.:45:46.

to come. The men's high jump competition promises to be very

:45:47.:45:48.

exciting. It's just about getting under way. We've got qualification

:45:49.:45:52.

for the javelin as well and the women's long jump qualification is

:45:53.:45:55.

going with three British women going in that. And then it's the one-lap

:45:56.:46:02.

hurdlers, both men's and women's semifinals, the 200m semifinals take

:46:03.:46:05.

place at 2.00 in the morning and then it's the women's 1,500m final

:46:06.:46:10.

with Lauras Muir and Weightman going in that one. Then the men have to

:46:11.:46:15.

get dusted down and back out here for the 110m hurdles final - not

:46:16.:46:19.

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

:46:20.:46:25.

Backley will be taking you through what promises what promises to be an

:46:26.:46:30.

exciting men's high jump competition.

:46:31.:46:41.

Robbie Grabarz finishes off his first attempt at 2.29m.

:46:42.:46:48.

Very, very good indeed from Robbie Grabarz. It is bronze for Britain

:46:49.:46:50.

and bronze for Grabarz. High-class final it has to be said.

:46:51.:47:16.

Look at that, the champion of the world in 2013, Erik Kynard, silver

:47:17.:47:21.

medallist in the worlds. Robbie Grabarz certainly capable of getting

:47:22.:47:27.

in it. Perfect conditions here in the Olympic Stadium, mid-20s, no

:47:28.:47:34.

wind. 2.20m, first attempt for Robbie Grabarz.

:47:35.:47:35.

Skied it. Great start.

:47:36.:47:39.

Exactly what he would have wanted. It's been a long road to recovery

:47:40.:47:44.

after knee problems between these two Olympic Games. And he's back. A

:47:45.:47:50.

world indoor silver earlier this year and a European outdoor silver.

:47:51.:47:54.

He has a championship temperament and he's just off to the perfect

:47:55.:47:56.

start. It's a nervous night all round.

:47:57.:48:17.

Andrew Pozzi already has succumbed to the Olympic atmosphere swhasmt

:48:18.:48:24.

rather bemused and Lawrence Clarke gets the chance to repeat what he

:48:25.:48:29.

did in London when he responded to the Olympic atmosphere, finishing

:48:30.:48:32.

fourth. Many people didn't give him much of a chance of getting to the

:48:33.:48:36.

final. You would look at that heat there and say the same thing. It has

:48:37.:48:39.

an unpleasant odour, or a stinker, if you like. Martinot-Lagarde, Devon

:48:40.:48:49.

Allen, Omar McLeod are three of the the big names in this one. He has a

:48:50.:48:53.

real challenge on his hands here, Lawrence Clarke, to advance. Top two

:48:54.:48:58.

to go through. McLeod 12.98 this year, Devon Allen, this big new find

:48:59.:49:04.

from the USA, he's 13.03 this year. Martinot-Lagarde is finally

:49:05.:49:07.

beginning to find some form. He almost didn't get selected for the

:49:08.:49:09.

French team. And then you can throw in Trabar of

:49:10.:49:16.

Germany as well who has also run much quicker than Clarke.

:49:17.:49:23.

Not forgeting de Oliveira of Brazil. He'll get a cheer. He's in three.

:49:24.:49:29.

Martinot-Lagarde gets a cracking start.

:49:30.:49:33.

Also Alkana of South Africa on the far side. Omar McLeod starting to

:49:34.:49:36.

come through. It's McLeod from Martinot-Lagarde, just the top two

:49:37.:49:41.

to go through. There they are. Devon Allen takes third! 13.16. That's

:49:42.:49:46.

more like it. It was a horrible first semifinal. That was a bit more

:49:47.:49:50.

like it. Lawrence Clarke did as well as he could have done really. Colin,

:49:51.:49:54.

this was a tough, tough semifinal and Martinot-Lagarde - you go back

:49:55.:49:58.

to the beginning of July, as we look at Devon Allen here, and they had

:49:59.:50:07.

four hurdlers, France. One of them was sent to the Europeans. And they

:50:08.:50:10.

said, no, we're taking Martinot-Lagarde and he's proved

:50:11.:50:13.

them right. Absolutely. He's got himself into the final. As you said,

:50:14.:50:19.

Steve, he has a goorksd solid start. He's a seven-strider, so he doesn't

:50:20.:50:23.

look explosive but those seven strides are powerful. Omar McLeod, a

:50:24.:50:27.

familiar Jamaican strip. He's always bouncy and his range over the

:50:28.:50:31.

barriers - the fastest on the flat, no doubt, because his personal best

:50:32.:50:36.

for 100m is under 10 seconds. We'd expect him to do that, especially

:50:37.:50:41.

with his background. 12.98 was the fastest in the world this year so

:50:42.:50:45.

you'd expect him to win that quite, quite comfortably, which he did.

:50:46.:50:48.

Lawrence Clarke - well, let's see how Lawrence is. He's really

:50:49.:50:51.

consistent with his technique. That's one of the best things about

:50:52.:50:55.

Lawrence. He always gets into a good position, good posture, so he can

:50:56.:50:59.

run off the barriers. If you watch his knee on this, it always comes

:51:00.:51:04.

nice and straight, which means his leg is following that knee, allows

:51:05.:51:07.

him to push down hard, put the pressure on and run well. Look at

:51:08.:51:11.

his lane, virtually clear - clips that one and it's a little bit of

:51:12.:51:15.

fatigue and tightness. He recovers well. He's got to charge off this

:51:16.:51:21.

barrier, running hard but not enough today, unfortunately.

:51:22.:51:26.

Well, Lawrence, you said yesterday you'd come with your game face on.

:51:27.:51:29.

You gave it everything there. You certainly did. I had a go for it. I

:51:30.:51:34.

was up there with the world number one. He got out. I was going well.

:51:35.:51:38.

But you have to get in the fastest-loser slot, so I pressed,

:51:39.:51:43.

took the risks, hit two hurdles and, you know it's not to be but it's

:51:44.:51:48.

been an amazing journey here and I can't thank people enough who have

:51:49.:51:51.

got me here, particularly British Athletics and all my sponsors. It's

:51:52.:51:55.

quite emotional because it's the last Olympics I'll come to. But,

:51:56.:51:59.

yeah, I've come fourth at one and semifinalist at the other. I can't

:52:00.:52:05.

complain. It's, it's obviously a difficult thing when you have

:52:06.:52:10.

something like this and you have to think about the future. Have you

:52:11.:52:15.

made any decision as soon as it's World Championships next year? You

:52:16.:52:18.

know, athletics has been my life for the last eight years and, you know,

:52:19.:52:21.

to represent my country is a real privilege and an honour and, yeah, I

:52:22.:52:25.

just... I love this place. I love the stage and, you know, I couldn't

:52:26.:52:30.

ask for any more. If I can go to London next year that would be great

:52:31.:52:33.

but right now, I'm going to enjoy the moment. Do that and we wish you

:52:34.:52:37.

all the best going forward. We'll see you next year. Thanks very much.

:52:38.:52:47.

Bondarenko, 2.25m. Comfortable. Well, a new champion will be crowned

:52:48.:52:52.

here in the men's high jump because the reigning Olympic Champion, a

:52:53.:52:56.

Russian, with a blanket ban across the Russians, they won't be

:52:57.:53:03.

involved, of course. Bondarenko is a contender and,

:53:04.:53:08.

judging by that clearance, set his stall out nicely. Eyes turn to

:53:09.:53:12.

Drouin of Canada, World Champion from last year. For me, he's one of

:53:13.:53:16.

the favourites. He's just so stable under pressure, slightly slower on

:53:17.:53:20.

the approach, but watch this double arm action.

:53:21.:53:27.

It's quite unique. Drouin stable under pressure and a perfect card so

:53:28.:53:34.

far. Robbie Grabarz is looking to join

:53:35.:53:40.

the clearances at 2.25m. Oh, that was... The closest of shaves across

:53:41.:53:46.

the bar. Oh, it looked well clear. I'd like

:53:47.:53:50.

to see this from the side. He's well clear. He came down on that.

:53:51.:53:55.

OK, something to think about, but Grabarz in the early stages is

:53:56.:54:00.

carrying at foul at 2.25m. His coach is looking on. He won't be

:54:01.:54:06.

pleased with that. It's all on countback, possibly.

:54:07.:54:12.

As I said, there'll be a few nervous moment throughout the evening.

:54:13.:54:16.

Lawrence Clarke, that last hurdle - look at that time there, he may have

:54:17.:54:22.

lost as much as five or six hundredths. 13.36 and 13.41 for

:54:23.:54:26.

third and fourth. At the minute, they're the fastest loser spots.

:54:27.:54:29.

There's one more semi to come but that was the more difficult of the

:54:30.:54:34.

three semifinals. So, sadly, no joy for Lawrence

:54:35.:54:37.

Clarke or Andrew Pozzi from Great Britain but there was no joy for

:54:38.:54:44.

Jeffrey July miss of -- Julmis of Haiti. He was on the far left, there

:54:45.:54:47.

he is. He had a terrible, terrible fall. But how about this for Olympic

:54:48.:54:53.

spirit. He gets himself up and he decides he was going to crawl

:54:54.:54:58.

through that one but he finished the race if it was the last thing he

:54:59.:55:02.

did. He came over in 25.56. I mean, we've

:55:03.:55:08.

seen some nasty falls but that was pretty horrendous, but fair play to

:55:09.:55:12.

the man to finish! I mean he's on the Olympic track, you know. He's

:55:13.:55:17.

representing his country, you know, that's... It's painful, painful.

:55:18.:55:22.

Yeah. Ebbingose of Derek Redmond in 1992 and that kind of, you know,

:55:23.:55:27.

desire to complete the journey. He got here and he got himself across

:55:28.:55:32.

the line. It's symbolic as well and your coach always tells you finish

:55:33.:55:35.

no matter what, you finish. And it's something that every athlete knows

:55:36.:55:38.

and they understand that and I'm sure that that had to be painful

:55:39.:55:42.

but, as he's lying there on the ground, you remember that. Finish.

:55:43.:55:45.

No matter what you do, you finish. Absolutely. OK. Well, we have a

:55:46.:55:50.

third and final semifinal heat and Andrew Cotter is calling this one

:55:51.:55:53.

and Andrew, the significance of this one - we were discussing it with

:55:54.:55:59.

Colin earlier - is that obviously if you run in the third heat, you have

:56:00.:56:03.

a lot less time to get ready for the final. Although you want to get in

:56:04.:56:06.

the final first. Yes, the final in a couple of hours. Perhaps less than

:56:07.:56:10.

that now. News from the first semifinal - it doesn't really matter

:56:11.:56:15.

in the end of things, but Andrew Pozzi has actually been disqualified

:56:16.:56:19.

as well. So we'll find out what that was for. Here's Jeff Porter.

:56:20.:56:33.

Dmitri Bascou - France has a rich seam of hurdling talent at the

:56:34.:56:35.

moment. Martinot-Lagarde is already safely through. Andrew Riley, won

:56:36.:56:41.

the Commonwealth title in Glasgow. A PB in the 100m of 10.02.

:56:42.:57:05.

Milan Trajkovic was just outside the medals in Amsterdam three weeks ago.

:57:06.:57:14.

And some noise inside the Olympic Stadium for Eder Antonio Souza. He

:57:15.:57:19.

ran a season's best time of 13.61 in his heat to earn a place in the

:57:20.:57:22.

semifinal. On the inside as well, you have Antwon Hicks.

:57:23.:57:31.

Hicks runs for Nigeria, a former American.

:57:32.:57:39.

Like Ortega, a transferee from Cuba to Spain. It's a running theme at

:57:40.:57:49.

the moment. So Hicks and Contreras, Porter and Bascou alongside Andrew

:57:50.:57:53.

Riley, Douvalidis, Trajkovic and Souza. The last of the semifinals in

:57:54.:57:56.

the men's 110m hurdles. Bascou explodes away but it's Porter

:57:57.:58:16.

to the first barrier in front of him. Porter and Bascou alongside

:58:17.:58:21.

each other and Riley has to get up. Bascou moving so well. Porter

:58:22.:58:25.

heading backwards. Bascou and Douvalidis coming through to take

:58:26.:58:28.

second place. So Riley and Porter run out of it. They were not quite

:58:29.:58:33.

as quick as the second semifinal but Dimitri Bascou moves through as

:58:34.:58:35.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde did before him so France will have a couple of

:58:36.:58:41.

representatives in the final in a couple of hours' time and Dimitri

:58:42.:58:44.

Bascou looked very good. Jeff Porter just began to recede in the latter

:58:45.:58:48.

stages of the race and he will not go through.

:58:49.:58:54.

We're going to have a real change of the guard, aren't we? The World

:58:55.:58:57.

Champion can't be here, because he's Russian.

:58:58.:59:00.

Parchment of Jamaica was runner-up at the World Championships. He's not

:59:01.:59:05.

starting here. So the French are looking pretty strong. Omar McLeod

:59:06.:59:09.

from Jamaica is looking pretty good. So this is really going to be an

:59:10.:59:13.

exciting event which will only happen in a couple of hours. That's

:59:14.:59:16.

good to see. Let's look at Bascou. Why has he won this race? Well,

:59:17.:59:20.

watch how he's concentrating. Look how he's focusing. Drives in hard

:59:21.:59:25.

with every single barrier, runs off them strongly. He swings his trail

:59:26.:59:29.

leg nice and wide and that gives him more time to sight the barriers.

:59:30.:59:34.

It's not a tight one. It's a really tight trail leg. That's absolutely

:59:35.:59:38.

fine. Jeff Porter is struggling, wandering all over the place but

:59:39.:59:45.

Bascou is looking good. In a case of mistaken identity I said Douvalidis

:59:46.:59:47.

went through. It was Milan Trajkovic beside him from Cyprus - I don't

:59:48.:59:54.

know if it's Greek or Turkish Cyprus - but he's through in a Cypriot

:59:55.:59:57.

record. Well, there's a medal ceremony

:59:58.:00:01.

coming up in a few moments' time and I'm sure we're in for one of the

:00:02.:00:04.

biggest cheers this stadium has heard to date because of what

:00:05.:00:06.

happened in here late last night. Absolutely thrilling pole vault

:00:07.:00:17.

final. Just two athletes remain. The expectation of a nation, a

:00:18.:00:23.

lifetime best for da Silva. The Frenchman in first place... The

:00:24.:00:27.

whole of Brazil will be egging this man, da Silva, to go clear. Oh, he's

:00:28.:00:36.

got it! No way! In your life! Have you ever seen drama such as this!

:00:37.:00:41.

Thiago Braz da Silva takes it to Renaud Lavillenie, the reigning

:00:42.:00:47.

champion - a new Olympic record! The jump of his life and the place has

:00:48.:00:53.

gone wild! Home crowd! Home boy! Higher than ever! Better than ever!

:00:54.:00:58.

Look at the joy on that little boy's face! He is on fire! It ain't over

:00:59.:01:03.

till it's over... We have been making football analogies but not

:01:04.:01:06.

booing in athletics for the competitors.

:01:07.:01:10.

Renaud Lavillenie - no. He's knocked it off. Which means Thiago Braz da

:01:11.:01:15.

Silva is confirmed as the new Olympic Champion.

:01:16.:01:20.

That's life and, um... You know, it's always a lot of things in it

:01:21.:01:25.

but, you know, when it's one of the biggest competitions of your... Of

:01:26.:01:29.

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

:01:30.:01:33.

amazing day for me. I don't believe before that I can win a medal and

:01:34.:01:39.

today I think it's my dream, like I dream in my bed, I sleep and I dream

:01:40.:01:45.

of my medal but the gold... It's incredible!

:01:46.:01:58.

Toptop Listen to that a he was magnificent under pressure last

:01:59.:02:07.

night. There was a slight discrepancy, let's say that, with

:02:08.:02:10.

the crowd. They were booing Lavillenie. They almost had football

:02:11.:02:16.

chants and things going on. Maybe they didn't get that right, the

:02:17.:02:22.

crowd. Right. I was talking to one of my friends, a Brazilian lawyer,

:02:23.:02:25.

he was saying that that is what they do at football games. But he said

:02:26.:02:29.

he's seen that as tennis events as well, where they tried to do that

:02:30.:02:33.

and they had to be shooshed and taught that you don't do that at

:02:34.:02:37.

events outside of football. Yeah. It obviously caused Lavillenie to feel

:02:38.:02:40.

victimised. He didn't quite know how to handle it. It's not normal. He

:02:41.:02:44.

goes around the world and he's revered. He's been a great champion.

:02:45.:02:50.

He was very upset. You could see he was very distressed last night. It

:02:51.:02:53.

will be interesting to see how he reacts on the podium. Hopefully the

:02:54.:02:59.

crowd will give him the adulation he deserves. A great ambassador for the

:03:00.:03:03.

sport. And Steve will be calling this medal presentation for you. I

:03:04.:03:06.

know you loved this last night, didn't you, Steve? It was great fun.

:03:07.:03:12.

As we see the medals presented in what was an unforgettable pole vault

:03:13.:03:19.

competition. You heard his name there, Sam Kendricks of the USA. Has

:03:20.:03:24.

to be said, a bit of a bait-part player in what was a great drama.

:03:25.:03:32.

Receives his -- a bit-part player in what was a great drama. US champion,

:03:33.:03:38.

Kennedy restriction, Olympic bronze. -- Kendricks, Olympic bronze.

:03:39.:03:55.

Well e boos around the Olympic Stadium. It's a partisan crowd.

:03:56.:04:06.

Boisterous last night. The look on Lavillenie's face tells the story.

:04:07.:04:10.

He jumped superbly well. He put all the pressure on to the Brazilian.

:04:11.:04:14.

And that's not a great response for a wonderful champion. The previous

:04:15.:04:17.

Olympic and world record holder, of course. A silver medal for Renault

:04:18.:04:21.

Lavillenie. But what a cheer we're about to hear for the man taking

:04:22.:04:24.

gold. ANNOUNCER: Gold medallist and

:04:25.:04:26.

Olympic champion, representing Brazil.

:04:27.:04:31.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Tiago da Silva!

:04:32.:04:52.

Well, champions over the years, every gold medallist, of course, are

:04:53.:05:01.

memorable. But when you think Cathy Freeman in Australia, month Farah,

:05:02.:05:08.

Jessica ens-Hill in London 2012 -- Ennis-Hill in London 2012, and Tiago

:05:09.:05:11.

da Silva previous the ultimate prize in sport - Olympic champion.

:05:12.:05:19.

Well, a massive cheer for Tiago da Silva. Tears for Renault Lavillenie.

:05:20.:07:24.

He looks heartbroken, with that silver medal. Well, we had Super

:07:25.:07:33.

Saturday four years ago. And Tiago da Silva takes his gold on what may

:07:34.:07:35.

be coined as Magic Monday. Well, that was a very emotional

:07:36.:07:51.

medal ceremony there. And to see Renault Lavillenie so distraught,

:07:52.:07:55.

with so many tears falling from his eyes there in that very long version

:07:56.:08:00.

of the Brazilian anthem. I'm sure we only got half a verse of God Save

:08:01.:08:06.

The Queen when Mo Farah was up there the other day. All kinds much stuff

:08:07.:08:09.

going on there, with the boos at the beginning? That has very much to do

:08:10.:08:14.

with the tears. I think all of us who know Renault, he's not like

:08:15.:08:18.

that. It looked like sour grapes there. But that's not his penalty. I

:08:19.:08:22.

think he was really taken aback by the level of the boos, which as

:08:23.:08:28.

you've said, is pantomime. The tears are not for losing to an Olympic

:08:29.:08:31.

crowd? I don't think so. I really I don't think so. I think booing at

:08:32.:08:36.

the start of his final attempt at 6.03, I think it's really shocking.

:08:37.:08:42.

And I think it's taken him to this moment to just get it out of his

:08:43.:08:47.

system. And that was hard to see. It also is, though, the end of, you

:08:48.:08:51.

know, an era of dominance for him, I guess in his mind. To win a silver,

:08:52.:08:55.

it's not the gold he came here for. Would he be looking ahead thinking,

:08:56.:09:00.

"Have I got another Olympic cycle in me?" I agree completely with Denise.

:09:01.:09:04.

Those tears were tears of disappointment in this crowd. And

:09:05.:09:08.

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

:09:09.:09:10.

that's not what competition is about. The fans, you know e support

:09:11.:09:15.

the person that you want to support, but you don't boo someone else

:09:16.:09:18.

simply because they're competing against a person you support. And

:09:19.:09:23.

they have done that. They started that last night during the

:09:24.:09:25.

competition. There wasn't proper etiquette. We've seen that in other

:09:26.:09:30.

situations here, with the crowds not being quiet when they should be

:09:31.:09:33.

quiet. It's really a shame. I think he was really hurt. And for them to

:09:34.:09:37.

then boo as he's getting on the medal stand, for having not learned

:09:38.:09:40.

from the lesson to begin with... I'm so surprised that the press today,

:09:41.:09:44.

the Brazilian news didn't say, "Look, this is not what we do, this

:09:45.:09:47.

is not how we behave in this situation." There was not some kind

:09:48.:09:51.

of national debate and conversation about it. I can imagine it would be

:09:52.:09:55.

in the UK, if something like that happened. They don't know any

:09:56.:09:57.

better, do they? I think you're right. I think some don't know

:09:58.:10:02.

better. But some that I talked to, they knew. They're like they're

:10:03.:10:07.

saying, "That's not what you do." And these are Brazilians who have

:10:08.:10:11.

said, "We've seen it before where we're at events where we don't do

:10:12.:10:15.

that, and some of our people just don't know to not do that." Strange,

:10:16.:10:19.

because it's such a global event. I'm pretty sure they've seen medal

:10:20.:10:21.

presentations and Olympic Games before. Maybe it's passed them by.

:10:22.:10:25.

But that's not the way to treat a great champion, like Renault

:10:26.:10:28.

Lavillenie. Let's talk about the 110m hurdles. Sadly not really with

:10:29.:10:33.

positivity, because Britain have lost both their athletes there in

:10:34.:10:37.

Lawrence Clarke and Andrew Pozzi. Andrew Pozzi disqualified? Yeah. I'm

:10:38.:10:43.

still trying to work out why. Some people said he could have

:10:44.:10:46.

deliberately hit hurdles, but he was always getting short. He was getting

:10:47.:10:50.

pulled back all the time. You get a groove, a rhythm, and he was never

:10:51.:10:54.

making the distance. That was the reason he was hitting it with his

:10:55.:10:58.

lead leg. He will have nightmares over this race until he gets to next

:10:59.:11:02.

season and gets on that track at a major championships again. It will

:11:03.:11:06.

haunt him for a long time. And we've discussed it a lot, though, that

:11:07.:11:10.

it's not the victories that can improve you, it's defeats. And

:11:11.:11:14.

that's what he's got to draw on, he's got to draw on today and his

:11:15.:11:18.

disappointment from today. But he's arriving at these championships with

:11:19.:11:21.

a healthy body. For Andrew, it's been rare thus far. You're right.

:11:22.:11:26.

So, for him, he may not have a great winter. This was a golden

:11:27.:11:29.

opportunity that is going to pain him for a long time. Let's hope he

:11:30.:11:35.

can dig himself out. Doyle has had a positive season. We are expecting

:11:36.:11:39.

her to make it through to the final of the 400m hurdles. She has to

:11:40.:11:44.

navigate the semifinals, going off very soon for the women and men.

:11:45.:11:48.

Let's have a look at her heat. It wasn't

:11:49.:11:48.

very soon for the women and men. Let's have a look at her heat. It

:11:49.:11:50.

wasn't perfect, was it? It was actually far from effort, actually.

:11:51.:11:55.

They had a decision that they were going to just change the pattern a

:11:56.:12:01.

little bit, to make it more comfortable for her 678915 strides

:12:02.:12:06.

--: 15 strides. She managed to do that. Athletes always try to

:12:07.:12:09.

conserve a little bit of energy this these circumstances. And when you're

:12:10.:12:13.

working on your new stride pattern, you should really work on that

:12:14.:12:16.

stride pattern. It doesn't matter what is around or available to you.

:12:17.:12:19.

So, everything is going really well now. But what happens, she adds an

:12:20.:12:25.

stra stride here which wasn't in the plan -- an extra stride here which

:12:26.:12:30.

wasn't in the plan at all. It may be uncomfortable taking these barriers

:12:31.:12:33.

now. Every single time she's on the wrong foot, going around the bend.

:12:34.:12:36.

No, sir what you want to do. Coming down the home straight, she has to

:12:37.:12:40.

work a little bit. She sticks to the same plan that she's put herself in,

:12:41.:12:44.

which is not the right one. So, she throws in an extra stride here again

:12:45.:12:49.

to put her on her strong leg so she can run off the barrier well. Let's

:12:50.:12:52.

hope she only managed to do that, just because she's trying to

:12:53.:12:56.

conserve energy. If that's the reason, we should see her go back to

:12:57.:13:01.

her normal stride pattern and be close to that 54-second mark to see

:13:02.:13:05.

her in the final. I was thinking about this. You think so much of

:13:06.:13:09.

what you do is muscle memory and you try and make things as automatic as

:13:10.:13:11.

possible, why does stride pattern get distorted through a race?

:13:12.:13:15.

Something you've worked so hard on? Is it adrenaline? Because presume

:13:16.:13:20.

yaebl you're trying to get the same -- presumably you're trying to get

:13:21.:13:24.

the same speed in every race? You can literally stride out. You can go

:13:25.:13:28.

a little bit too far with one stride and that throws you completely, or

:13:29.:13:31.

you can land a little bit quicker, which shortens your landing off a

:13:32.:13:35.

barrier, which makes a difference. So, that's what can be the cause.

:13:36.:13:40.

It's a very precise art, getting this right. Best of luck to Doyle,

:13:41.:13:44.

who's going in the next heat. This is the first one up now.

:13:45.:13:57.

Signs that the double world champion was maybe showing some sort of form.

:13:58.:14:05.

All sorts of injury problems. She ran her 300 hurdle race in the Czech

:14:06.:14:08.

Republic just before this Olympic Games. She's done that each of the

:14:09.:14:11.

last three seasons. It wasn't one of her fastest but it just gave an

:14:12.:14:16.

indication, as she did in the heats, that she might, still could be

:14:17.:14:20.

somebody to be reckoned with. She's got a fairly - I wouldn't say any of

:14:21.:14:25.

these semis are obviously easy - but she's in lane four. You just saw

:14:26.:14:30.

Tracey of Jamaica, who's in 5, outside of her. And then inside,

:14:31.:14:44.

she's got in lane 3, Noelle Montcalm of Canada. And Sydney McLaughlin can

:14:45.:14:50.

put herself in that category. The 17-year-old. Yes, 17-year-old, and

:14:51.:14:57.

that was just only a week ago, she turned 17. 54.15 this year. Stina

:14:58.:15:07.

Troest, great talent. Still only 22. And then the others on the outside.

:15:08.:15:15.

Linkiewicz from Poland. Folorunso of Italy. And Kolesnychenko of Ukraine.

:15:16.:15:24.

So, I'm really curious here to see whether Hejnova can keep improving.

:15:25.:15:30.

If she goes under 55 here, then we might start thinking about watching

:15:31.:15:35.

out come the final. But she hasn't come here in the best of form. Only

:15:36.:15:40.

two races this year over 400 hurdles.

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So, Hejnova is in lane 4. Tracey of Jamaica, who should be going better,

:15:50.:15:55.

is in lane 5. And also the young American, Sydney McLaughlin in lane

:15:56.:16:02.

2. And going well through the first two flights is Montcalm of Canada.

:16:03.:16:07.

Hejnova in touch. And these three moving away a little bit from the

:16:08.:16:11.

American youngster, McLaughlin. Look at Hejnova starting to come back

:16:12.:16:17.

into this now, at Montcalm checks down and watches Hejnova move on and

:16:18.:16:20.

up to Tracey. Hejnova perhaps leading this one at the moment. And

:16:21.:16:23.

the world champion is starting to show some form. But if you've lost

:16:24.:16:26.

fitness, this is where you're gonna lose it. Last two places, well

:16:27.:16:29.

clear. And Hejnova continues to go away! The world champion beginning

:16:30.:16:37.

to look good again. And this is a very impressive performance from

:16:38.:16:40.

Hejnova. I said she's only done two races, one of them was in the heats.

:16:41.:16:44.

And that, Colin, is a massive season's best. Well, I was just

:16:45.:16:51.

thought, you know, I was coming to this tonight on the bus and thinking

:16:52.:16:54.

about Hejnova and I was just looking at that race that she ran, the 300

:16:55.:16:59.

hurdle race two weeks ago, I looked at the time and I thought, "Uh-oh."

:17:00.:17:02.

And that's just proven it, hasn't it? Yeah, that's exactly right. And

:17:03.:17:06.

I think yesterday, Steve, in the heats, I think she went off a little

:17:07.:17:10.

bit too hard, a little bit too committed. And I think now she's

:17:11.:17:13.

honed herself back and she's reined in the performance just slightly.

:17:14.:17:18.

And you know in the 400m hurdles you only need to take your foot perhaps

:17:19.:17:21.

half a percent off the gas and that will be enough for you to get the

:17:22.:17:25.

correct stride pattern and have the right energy system working that you

:17:26.:17:28.

can tap on when it's necessary. And I think Hejnova, the fact that she's

:17:29.:17:32.

a world champion, she's been at these big competitions before and

:17:33.:17:36.

she's won them. Knows what she needs to get her to the magic, isn't it?

:17:37.:17:42.

That real opportunity of climbing on that rostrum again. It's gonna be

:17:43.:17:46.

good. It's gonna be exciting. And I think she may even go quite quick.

:17:47.:17:51.

Yeah, that's gotta be a worry for everybody, to be honest. And she

:17:52.:17:56.

looks very, very good, indeed. So, Hejnova, the two-time world

:17:57.:17:59.

champion, looking very close to getting back to the sort of form

:18:00.:18:04.

where we could see her become a medal contender. Tracey the other

:18:05.:18:13.

qualifier. A little while ago we saw this

:18:14.:18:19.

second attempt after that failure at the first feament of Grabarz. The

:18:20.:18:25.

first was a foul, in what can be described as an unforced error. This

:18:26.:18:29.

looked much better. So, that's how he should have done it the first

:18:30.:18:32.

time, carry the foul. But his event continues. So, now we've caught up,

:18:33.:18:43.

it's 2.29, the bar is at. This is Drouin of Canada. Drouin jumping

:18:44.:18:47.

from the opposite side at 29. Oh, look at that. Well, he's the world

:18:48.:18:54.

champion from last year. And I know many fabsy him to take the title

:18:55.:18:58.

here -- fancy him to take the title here. Double-arm shift. We've

:18:59.:19:01.

mentioned that before. It is unique. It's slightly slower, and a perfect

:19:02.:19:10.

card so far for Drouin. Grabarz, then, looking to match the Canadian.

:19:11.:19:20.

2.29. Yes! Better. Well, that's a much better effort. That's the

:19:21.:19:24.

height he cleared in qualification. It's also the height that took him

:19:25.:19:28.

to a bronze medal four years ago. Great stuff from Grabarz. As we see

:19:29.:19:42.

the back, a familiar sight of Barshim of Qatar. 2.29. Well, made

:19:43.:19:48.

that look fairly comfortable. So, all the main contenders are involved

:19:49.:19:52.

in what is set up to be a real tussle for theile medals. Barshim

:19:53.:19:58.

shared bronze with Grabarz four years ago.

:19:59.:20:04.

Next up on the track, it's the second of the 400m hurdle semifinal

:20:05.:20:15.

heats. Eilidh Doyle going in this one. She's had a great season. She

:20:16.:20:20.

has been running really, really well. Colin's had a look at her

:20:21.:20:26.

heat. He stressed on areas she could improve, Michael. She will need to.

:20:27.:20:30.

It's a strong field? That's what I was looking at the other day. She

:20:31.:20:34.

will need to. This is the toughest field of the three semifinal heats.

:20:35.:20:38.

She finds herself in there with Russell from Jamaica and Ashley

:20:39.:20:43.

Spencer. Both of those athletes have run faster than her this year. But

:20:44.:20:47.

Doyle is coming around faster. She's a fierce competitor. Reminds me a

:20:48.:20:54.

lot of Jess Ennis. She's methodical about what she does. Gets it done.

:20:55.:20:58.

No drama, no extra. Just gets out there and runs the race. Those

:20:59.:21:03.

adjustments that Colin talked about, she's probably already aware of.

:21:04.:21:07.

Absolutely. What she lacks in flat speed, compared to the other two

:21:08.:21:10.

athletes that Michael just spoke about, she gives in heart. If she

:21:11.:21:15.

can just nail that technique, do enough, fingers crossed she will

:21:16.:21:18.

make it through. She's looking for a place in the final. Andrew Kowter.

:21:19.:21:23.

Plenty of other strong contenders in this semifinal, though P Doyle has

:21:24.:21:27.

two women outside her who have run quicker times this season. We'll get

:21:28.:21:33.

a chance to show you them. There's Doyle being introduced to the crowd.

:21:34.:21:38.

It's the women outside her who are the major factors, the major

:21:39.:21:40.

competition for Doyle. This is the start list for this semifinal.

:21:41.:21:51.

Russell has a quicker time this season.

:21:52.:22:04.

There's Janieve Russell. Noz anywhere close to her best at the

:22:05.:22:11.

moment. That was before June. She hasn't run or hadn't run coming into

:22:12.:22:15.

Rio since June because of an injury, a foot injury. So, might be able to

:22:16.:22:18.

take her out of the equation, unless she finds something here. Wasn't too

:22:19.:22:22.

impressive in her first round. Has worked so hard on her stride

:22:23.:22:46.

pattern. It's that strength that enables you to keep that stride

:22:47.:22:50.

pattern. Doyle moving steadily at the moment. Russell, I mentioned her

:22:51.:22:57.

injury problems. Then Nel, the South African, has gone out quickly. A

:22:58.:23:01.

more steady pace from Ashley Spencer, the American world indoor

:23:02.:23:04.

silver. Raw speed between the barriers. Doyle moving nicely and

:23:05.:23:09.

strongly. So too Nel, the South African. Eilidh Doyle in a very good

:23:10.:23:14.

position at the moment. Two to go through automatically. Doyle should

:23:15.:23:17.

just about lead them around the bend.

:23:18.:23:20.

And Russell there, oh, there's a stumble from the Jamaican. Didn't

:23:21.:23:24.

look comfortable at all. What ground Ashley Spencer has made up. And

:23:25.:23:27.

suddenly Spencer is all over the place. Two to go through

:23:28.:23:30.

automatically. Doyle over the final barrier. Eilidh Doyle towards the

:23:31.:23:33.

line. Fast-finishing Spencer, though! Oh, she's run out of it!

:23:34.:23:38.

She's run out of it on the line. Spencer, we talked about her raw

:23:39.:23:42.

speed. Even with that mistake she came through at the end. Spencer was

:23:43.:23:46.

there, Russell finds something, despite her injury problems. And

:23:47.:23:49.

Eilidh Doyle was caught on the line, so she will look, and we will look,

:23:50.:23:53.

for her time. It might well be quick enough. But still, but still a sign

:23:54.:24:00.

of what she's up against even if she were to go through to the final,

:24:01.:24:03.

which she might well do with that time. There is plenty of competition

:24:04.:24:07.

for her. That was a bit of a shock on the line for Eilidh Doyle. A

:24:08.:24:12.

massive shock. When someone makes a mistake like that, you very rarely

:24:13.:24:16.

see them come back, because there's so much fatigue that's in your legs.

:24:17.:24:20.

But she managed to do that, didn't she? Ashley. But what was good for

:24:21.:24:28.

me, Andrew, is that Eilidh absolutely nailed her stride pattern

:24:29.:24:31.

at that time. It was good to see she committed herself and made it happen

:24:32.:24:35.

in a major championship, which will fill her with a little bit of

:24:36.:24:39.

confidence. An amazing run down the home straight. She has that great

:24:40.:24:42.

speed over the flat. She has won titles over the flat. Incredible

:24:43.:24:46.

effort, as you said, when you lose that momentum. I don't know if you

:24:47.:24:50.

remember me saying yesterday, she always scrapes over the barrier,

:24:51.:24:53.

Ashley. And I always worry that if she catches it with her toe, as she

:24:54.:24:57.

does there, it will throw her off. It will make it a really difficult

:24:58.:25:02.

thing. So, every single time, as fatigue sets in, throw these rounds,

:25:03.:25:06.

especially, just be more and more kaix. Because she just literally

:25:07.:25:11.

sneaks over the -- careful. Because she just literally sneaks over the

:25:12.:25:18.

barriers. When you've got the foot speed that she demonstrated coming

:25:19.:25:21.

into the end, you can get over those issues. Doyle out of the automatic

:25:22.:25:25.

places. But that time is in the fastest losers at the moment. One

:25:26.:25:29.

more semifinal to come. How about this for a finish? Spencer and

:25:30.:25:34.

Janieve Russell taking the automatic places. And Doyle will wait.

:25:35.:25:41.

That was pretty close on the line. There we are. But certainly Eilidh

:25:42.:25:47.

Doyle in third place. Fastest loser at the moment.

:25:48.:25:55.

Here she is. You can see she really focuses. She comits herself to this

:25:56.:26:04.

stride pattern now. She has to work hard into this barrier. She has to

:26:05.:26:08.

do the stride, manages to do that. Most probably pats herself on the

:26:09.:26:12.

back and now she can work off it well. Two of the previously injured

:26:13.:26:19.

and struggling athletes, Russell and another, have shown they're

:26:20.:26:22.

contenders here. And Eilidh Doyle, well, she may still be in that

:26:23.:26:26.

final. With that time, I think she might be all right. Just below 55

:26:27.:26:30.

seconds. She's with Phil. Well, we're all fairly confident that time

:26:31.:26:33.

is gonna get you through. How about you? I hope so. I really do.

:26:34.:26:38.

Obviously I would have liked to have got the automatic qualification, to

:26:39.:26:42.

not be in this position. But I'm actually really happy with the way

:26:43.:26:45.

the race went. There were no errors like yesterday. I felt I gave it

:26:46.:26:49.

everything there, so I just hope it's enough to get to the final. A

:26:50.:26:54.

certain amount of kudos to Ashley Spencer to respond from clattering

:26:55.:26:57.

that hurdle. She showed her raw speed? Absolutely. I was aware

:26:58.:27:00.

something happened. I was just trying to focus on my own race and

:27:01.:27:04.

try to get to the finish line as soon as possible. Fingers crossed

:27:05.:27:07.

it's enough. It just shows you nothing is easy on the Olympic

:27:08.:27:10.

stage. We talk of you as a contender. There are so many out

:27:11.:27:13.

there, you're all in the mix. Anything could happen come the

:27:14.:27:17.

final, should you make it? It's wide open this year. There's a lot of us

:27:18.:27:22.

very close together. So, yeah, I'm just hoping that's enough. But I

:27:23.:27:25.

feel like I gave it a really good shot there. So, yeah, fingers

:27:26.:27:29.

crossed now. Everything crossed. We wish you all the best. Thanks very

:27:30.:27:33.

much. Cheers. Hmm. That's a face that says it all. But 54.99 her

:27:34.:27:41.

time. Confirmation of that here, behind the automatic qualifiers.

:27:42.:27:45.

Ashley Spencer - that was impressive from the American. And Russell,

:27:46.:27:52.

54ant 99 is the fastest of the losers. One more semifinal to come,

:27:53.:27:53.

just a few moments away. Women's long jump qualifying under

:27:54.:28:13.

way. This is Darra. A Russian competing, a Court of Arbitration

:28:14.:28:16.

appeal that she successfully went through. A good jump in that first

:28:17.:28:21.

round. She lives in the United States and is drug-tested in the

:28:22.:28:24.

United States, and therefore proves she wasn't part of what's been going

:28:25.:28:28.

on in Russia. And has been allowed to compete under appeal. And it

:28:29.:28:32.

looks as though she may have just got herself into the final based on

:28:33.:28:37.

what's happening in this first round of women's long jump qualifications.

:28:38.:28:42.

Three Brits involved. 6.75 sl automatic qualification. Maybe not

:28:43.:28:46.

quite that. 6.64. Third place overall.

:28:47.:28:52.

Well, we've seen two good stories, comeback stories. Hejnova and

:28:53.:28:59.

Russell. Big surprises. And then we come to the third semifinal. Some

:29:00.:29:19.

real threats here. Muhammad. Belille in two. We've seen Muhammad, in lane

:29:20.:29:27.

3, who has had her own injury problems over the years as well.

:29:28.:29:36.

And the other athletes in this, Watson, the Canadian, who's

:29:37.:29:38.

improving quickly as well. She's right in the middle, in lane four,

:29:39.:29:43.

between Muhammad and Petersen. Petersen has got faster in her races

:29:44.:29:48.

leading into Rio. I think she's a threat as well. So, that one there

:29:49.:29:58.

is Sage Watson. Nugent from Jamaica, disqualified this morning, has been

:29:59.:30:03.

reinstated. Grace Claxton in lane 7. Tkachuk on the outside. Muhammad,

:30:04.:30:09.

then, the American champion, coached by Lawrence Johnson, same coach as

:30:10.:30:15.

Brianna Rollins, the high hurdler. A good technique, Muhammad, and 52.88

:30:16.:30:21.

this year. Leads the world. Petersen, the European champion, is

:30:22.:30:28.

in five. Only two to go through, and that time we're looking at. 54.99,

:30:29.:30:36.

run by Child. As long as two people don't go quicker than that. If three

:30:37.:30:41.

and four dorks then she will be out. So, Muhammad started quickly, as

:30:42.:30:45.

expected. Already up on Watson. Petersen going well. There's

:30:46.:30:50.

Muhammad looking serene down through 200m. Hurdles well and going quick.

:30:51.:30:57.

So is Petersen, she's chasing the European champion around the top

:30:58.:31:00.

bend. A lot of daylight between them and the rest of the field. Only good

:31:01.:31:06.

news for Eilidh Doyle. So, Muhammad, then, watch how she takes these last

:31:07.:31:11.

two hurdles. Left leg lead, and Petersen under some pressure now

:31:12.:31:16.

from Nugent. She rallies off the last hurdle. It's gonna be the

:31:17.:31:21.

expecteded one-two. Watch the clock here. 53. 09. I definitely think

:31:22.:31:25.

Nugent has a chance of fastest loser. But fingers crossed the

:31:26.:31:30.

fourtsd-placed athlete, I don't think -- fourth-placed athlete I

:31:31.:31:35.

don't think is quicker than 54.99. That's my best look at that. Colin,

:31:36.:31:39.

would you agree? I think you're right. See Eilidh watching that

:31:40.:31:44.

clock, like us all. And I think she will be all right. Because I've just

:31:45.:31:50.

seen what third place is, which is 54.98, which means that Eilidh is

:31:51.:31:52.

definitely gonna be in that final. Wonderful news. But you can really

:31:53.:31:57.

tell, can't you, Steve, why Muhammad is the world leader. She's so

:31:58.:32:01.

aggressive off these barriers. A good runner, snappy over them all

:32:02.:32:07.

the time. She's got a really nice, level, even paced stride pattern,

:32:08.:32:11.

which allows her to use her biggest strength, which is her running

:32:12.:32:15.

speed, well. And she hurdles quite nicely off both legs as well. She

:32:16.:32:19.

seems very comfortable. That's why she's very aggressive into them all

:32:20.:32:23.

the time. She feels, I think, that any hurdle that comes to her

:32:24.:32:27.

whatever leg she reaches, is good enough and skilful enough to take

:32:28.:32:31.

the barrier. If you're gonna have that type of confidence, wowee.

:32:32.:32:35.

Let's have a look. As she runs in, she's gonna take a little glance.

:32:36.:32:39.

See what's happening. Nothing's happening behind you. Completely

:32:40.:32:44.

free there. And what a great, great, great race there. For me, Steve, she

:32:45.:32:46.

starts in the clear favourite. There's Eilidh's reaction. She's

:32:47.:33:04.

big-smiling. She's there, hopefully, having a chat with Phil.

:33:05.:33:11.

Can we get a quick reaction from you? That's fantastic. You're

:33:12.:33:16.

through. That was very close. I thought phew. I've got into the

:33:17.:33:20.

final and I apologise to my coach and my family and my poor husband

:33:21.:33:23.

for putting them through that but I'm delighted I've got there now and

:33:24.:33:28.

now that I'm in there, hopefully I can go there and do something. I

:33:29.:33:31.

hope so. All the very best for tomorrow. Or a couple of days. Yeah.

:33:32.:33:35.

Thanks very much, cheers. Thank you. Well done, Eilidh. And this is how

:33:36.:33:40.

she did it. There was not a lot wrong in terms of her execution,

:33:41.:33:44.

Denise. Absolutely. I mean, like she said, "I didn't put a foot wrong

:33:45.:33:48.

here," you know. She took the barriers really well. This is the

:33:49.:33:52.

kind of hurdling that we have come to expect from Eilidh this season.

:33:53.:33:57.

She's smooth. She's relaxed. And she's making up good ground there

:33:58.:34:01.

and, you know, personally, I think she really deserved to get through

:34:02.:34:05.

at this stage because she's worked so hard, um, and, as I said, just a

:34:06.:34:12.

little bit of error in those final stages nearly cost her getting

:34:13.:34:15.

through to the final. Yeah, the execution was flawless and

:34:16.:34:20.

it looks like she made those... Those adjustments that Colin talked

:34:21.:34:23.

about. This is where Eilidh comes into her own, like... Denise you

:34:24.:34:28.

were talking about it earlier, what she lax in speed, she's able to

:34:29.:34:32.

maintain that sort of strength and with that strength she's able to

:34:33.:34:35.

maintain pace. Nobody is really going to catch her in the last 100m

:34:36.:34:41.

or so other than Ashley Spencer. That was just unbelievable. It must

:34:42.:34:46.

be disconcerting for the rest of the field to see her stumble and recover

:34:47.:34:51.

the way she does. Even with when she makes a mistake... What can they do?

:34:52.:34:54.

The good thing about Eilidh is she focuses on her own race, which is

:34:55.:34:59.

what you need to do in this sort of setting. Tunnel vision. OK. Let's

:35:00.:35:03.

see how the high jump is going with Steve Backley.

:35:04.:35:09.

The event is progressing nicely. Bondarenko chose to pass at 2.29.

:35:10.:35:23.

First attempt at 2.33m. Easily. Well, Bondarenko, the third best

:35:24.:35:31.

ever. He is on the world list equal with Patrick Schoberg, arguably the

:35:32.:35:34.

greatest, or most successful in terms of Olympics points and medals.

:35:35.:35:39.

Bondarenko - a perfect card. Just two clearances. 2.33m, looking

:35:40.:35:47.

really good. So, then, Grabarz looking to join

:35:48.:35:52.

Bondarenko, a height that he has cleared in the past, not this year.

:35:53.:35:59.

He's... Got it. Has he? Yes, he gave it a big rattle but... Oh, no! Well,

:36:00.:36:09.

I was just celebrating for him. The white flag went up is what he's

:36:10.:36:13.

saying. So let's have a look if we can see the official just to the

:36:14.:36:17.

left-hand side of the mat here in the chair. The white flag goes up,

:36:18.:36:25.

which means it's a successful jump. He's celebrating and that's his

:36:26.:36:29.

reaction to the bar falling off but... Well... He's arguing with

:36:30.:36:35.

this. He's saying the white flag went up. It's come up as a cross on

:36:36.:36:39.

the system. I don't think he's got much to argue

:36:40.:36:42.

about, unfortunately. It was a mistake to raise that flag.

:36:43.:36:50.

It's a failure at the first time of asking at 2.33m from Robbie Grabarz.

:36:51.:36:54.

He's in good shape, though. He's got to go away and compose himself here

:36:55.:36:59.

because he's capable of getting back in it if he can stay calm.

:37:00.:37:05.

On to the men's 400m hurdles and the first of three semifinals, one which

:37:06.:37:09.

contains Jack Green. Here's the start list for

:37:10.:37:10.

you: Jack Green is trying out a new

:37:11.:37:31.

stride pattern we he tried in the Anniversary Games last month. He

:37:32.:37:34.

said he didn't quite nail it but he finished quickly. He says there is

:37:35.:37:40.

more to come. What a great run Nozawa had in the first round, a new

:37:41.:37:46.

personal best. Jaheel Hyde, just 19 and twice world junior champion,

:37:47.:37:56.

enormous talent. Sergio Fernandez has gone close to an age-old Spanish

:37:57.:38:03.

record from 1987 this year. Outside Green you've got Lahoulou of

:38:04.:38:10.

Algeria, Bonn fast Mucheru of Kenya, Eric Cray of the Philippines and

:38:11.:38:14.

Kerron Clement of the United States. The quickest man in the world came

:38:15.:38:18.

unstuck at the US trials. So this is a very open event and it's an open

:38:19.:38:23.

semifinal here. Two go through automatically and two fastest

:38:24.:38:33.

losers. All behind Clement are pretty evenly matched.

:38:34.:38:44.

Green in lane four with Lahoulou of Algeria outside him and Clement on

:38:45.:38:48.

the far outside. It's a quick, quick start by Jaheel Hyde and Jack Green

:38:49.:38:50.

gets knocked back already. He's got a lot to do as Nozawa comes

:38:51.:38:55.

alongside and passes him. He's got great strength, Jack Green and he

:38:56.:38:59.

finishes strongly but he's left himself an enormous amount to do

:39:00.:39:04.

with Nozawa out so quickly. Clement now beginning to assert his

:39:05.:39:09.

authority alongside Eric Cray of the Philippines. Jack Green trying to

:39:10.:39:12.

work his way through into this. Only two go through automatically. No

:39:13.:39:17.

ask, awa looking good. Clement, of course, strong out in lane eight.

:39:18.:39:29.

Nozawa is tying up a bit. Bonn fast Mucheru takes is just on the line

:39:30.:39:34.

from Sergio Fernandez. The two go through, Clement, a distant winner

:39:35.:39:38.

and, well, Jack Green didn't have a fast finish this time but it really

:39:39.:39:43.

went wrong. Much earlier in the race for Green. Didn't work... And he

:39:44.:39:47.

will not be going through to the final. He's got better than that. He

:39:48.:39:52.

didn't deliver tonight. Yeah. He'll be really frustrated with that. I

:39:53.:39:57.

know Jack well and he'll be quite irritated with the way his

:39:58.:40:00.

performance has panned out because he was a little bit sketchy at the

:40:01.:40:04.

beginning of the race as well. He didn't really set himself up to get

:40:05.:40:08.

into this back straight well. And I think, from there on in, he was...

:40:09.:40:12.

He was caught in the middle because he was thinking, "Well, do I chase,

:40:13.:40:17.

race them and chase them? Or do I settle into the groove of my

:40:18.:40:21.

rhythm?" I think he lost his way a little bit in what he was going to

:40:22.:40:24.

do. I thought he'd brought himself back into it but, of course,

:40:25.:40:28.

clattering that barrier when you're exhausted makes a huge difference,

:40:29.:40:32.

saps your energy and all he can see is bodies all around him and that

:40:33.:40:36.

makes tension happen for you. He'll be really furious with that.

:40:37.:40:42.

Let's look at it from the start. It wasn't a good start over the first

:40:43.:40:46.

barrier. Yeah. He was aggressive out of the blocks, which is what you

:40:47.:40:52.

want to see. He sights his barrier well, takes it cleanly, sits back

:40:53.:40:55.

off it. Now he's going to start about thinking that he's got over it

:40:56.:40:58.

well and he needs to get into this pattern. He was very nice around

:40:59.:41:02.

there and he comes into this home straight and this is where he starts

:41:03.:41:06.

to get a little bit... Unaware of what's going to go on and he's tried

:41:07.:41:12.

to go a little bit... Astray is the word I want to use. But he's a

:41:13.:41:16.

strong athlete and Jack knows that the best part of his race is the

:41:17.:41:20.

back end. He's really strong usually coming down the home straight.

:41:21.:41:23.

Unfortunately for him, he makes the mistake as he comes off this turn.

:41:24.:41:28.

Clatters this barrier - watch this now - bang and that sends him out of

:41:29.:41:33.

the way and that is so much... You want to talk about how

:41:34.:41:36.

strength-sapping it is. It's incredible and you land heavily off

:41:37.:41:40.

the next hurdle. I think he'll still have a part to play in this Olympic

:41:41.:41:44.

Games. He's an outstanding relay runner but individually, in the

:41:45.:41:48.

hurdles, he's not going through to Thursday's final and so, so

:41:49.:41:51.

frustrating for Jack Green. He's talking to Phil now.

:41:52.:41:55.

Well, Jack's just watched the race back with me down here. You could

:41:56.:41:59.

see the mistakes you made. It seemed like when you clipped the hurdle you

:42:00.:42:02.

were still in contention and didn't quite get it right near the end.

:42:03.:42:07.

Definitely the best I've run in seven but I missed a stride going

:42:08.:42:12.

into hurdle eight and I lost everything. What a wasted

:42:13.:42:17.

opportunity. It was only 48.8 to go through. It's such a waste. It's a

:42:18.:42:20.

shame but welcome to sport. That's it exactly isn't it? You're never

:42:21.:42:24.

sure what will happen on any given night. Yesterday you said you would

:42:25.:42:26.

give it everything. You certainly did that. You attack it. Yeah, I

:42:27.:42:30.

really committed. Definitely the best I've committed to a race and I

:42:31.:42:34.

missed that hurdle eight by half a stride and at this level, you can't

:42:35.:42:38.

do that and, unfortunately, I did. But... It's just part of it and

:42:39.:42:43.

obviously I'm going to be a bit disappointed but what can I do?

:42:44.:42:46.

Thanks for talking to us, Jack. Thank you.

:42:47.:42:51.

Well, eventually, he might play a part. He's run 44.4 in legs in 4 X

:42:52.:42:57.

400m so he may play a part in that but down in eighth place in the

:42:58.:42:59.

semifinal. Well, good news for Robbie Grabarz

:43:00.:43:08.

because we saw him being given a foul for that jump across 2.33m that

:43:09.:43:15.

rattled and fell off, but it's been reversed and it's a first-time

:43:16.:43:22.

clearance. There's his coach. That's great news for Robbie. He's

:43:23.:43:33.

in it and the next height, 2.36m. Before that height, there's a bit of

:43:34.:43:38.

tidying up to do, Barshim, 2.33m, first attempt. He's the world-leader

:43:39.:43:43.

with 2.40m. There's Bondarenko looking on. It was billed as a

:43:44.:43:49.

showdown between those two athletes. I suspect there may be others who

:43:50.:43:54.

fancy their chances of getting in it as well.

:43:55.:44:07.

Barshim of Qatar, perfect so far. Fuzz Ahmed is offering advice to

:44:08.:44:12.

Grabarz there. He's looking good. You'd never know that Fuzz has done

:44:13.:44:19.

a bit of acting in his time! Very deprons traitive instructions. Good

:44:20.:44:23.

news in the high jump and now we're -- de-Mondays trative instructions.

:44:24.:44:28.

Good news in the -- demonstrative instructions. Good news in the men's

:44:29.:44:32.

high jump. Now we're in the second semifinal.

:44:33.:44:44.

Annsert Whyte in lane four. Van Zyl, a familiar figure, as is

:44:45.:44:53.

this man here, Javier Culson. I wonder if it could be his time,

:44:54.:44:58.

finally, to win a big global title. So wide open, the men's 400m

:44:59.:45:03.

hurdles. First two will go through. Watch out for Capello as well.

:45:04.:45:10.

Copello is in lane six. Magi of Estonia had a great qualification

:45:11.:45:14.

run. He's in lane seven. We're looking to Whyte, to Culson, to van

:45:15.:45:20.

Zy, will, the familiar names if you like but the Brazilians are also

:45:21.:45:26.

cheering Suguimati in lane nine. Magi finished fast in qualification.

:45:27.:45:31.

Although Culson and Whyte are moving up, as is van Zyl, they may come

:45:32.:45:36.

into it, particularly Copello who has skill in hanging in there.

:45:37.:45:39.

Former Cuban, now running for Turkey. There are four with chances

:45:40.:45:44.

as they come into the home straight. Whyte holding van Zyl. Look at Magi.

:45:45.:45:49.

I said he would finish fast. Can he get into the top two? He won't be

:45:50.:45:57.

far away. It's Whyte, Culson, Copellos Magi. #7 -- Copello, Magi.

:45:58.:46:03.

He was really rewarded by running the best kind of planned race, if

:46:04.:46:08.

you know what I mean, Colin. Culson, as ever - we never quite know what

:46:09.:46:12.

we're going to get from him at times. He's got so much experience.

:46:13.:46:16.

But Whyte didn't panic, judged it well. Magi finishing quickly and

:46:17.:46:21.

Copello surprising one or two as well. Do you know - I was looking at

:46:22.:46:26.

this whole line-up before the start tonight and I couldn't have called

:46:27.:46:29.

who would qualify from this, it was going to be that tight. But in the

:46:30.:46:34.

end, Whyte was dominant, wasn't he? He got away well, kept a cool head,

:46:35.:46:38.

as you said. A lot going on around him but he didn't worry, whatsoever.

:46:39.:46:42.

Worked hard into the line and made sure - he guaranteed himself a good

:46:43.:46:45.

lane in that final. Good run, Mr Whyte.

:46:46.:46:53.

Well, women's long jump qualification. 6.75m is automatic.

:46:54.:47:00.

Lorraine. Gen of Great Britain, 6.44 in the first round.

:47:01.:47:11.

Fast on the approach. Good height off that. Difficult to see into the

:47:12.:47:17.

pit on those angles there. Ugen, 24 years of age. Two parallel

:47:18.:47:27.

runways, loads of athletes involved, 19 in each, 38 in total, whittled

:47:28.:47:33.

down to 12 in the next 30 minutes or so to come back for tomorrow's

:47:34.:47:37.

final. Ugen, 6.44m in the first round. Waiting for the measurement.

:47:38.:47:44.

96.55m, an improvement for Lorraine Ugen in sixth place in the pool on

:47:45.:47:49.

the cusp of making it into the final.

:47:50.:48:03.

Procter won silver at the worlds last year. Slight deceleration there

:48:04.:48:18.

for me, ever so subtle. Good height off that, way behind the

:48:19.:48:23.

board. Maybe that's what it was that didn't give it the zest.

:48:24.:48:36.

Shara Proctor, 6.34m - she's going to need more.

:48:37.:48:54.

Not far away from the last of the semifinals of the men's 400m

:48:55.:48:57.

hurdles. As Steve was saying, it's a very open event. We're not too far

:48:58.:49:01.

away from the start here. Just general milling around and getting

:49:02.:49:03.

ready but the long jump continues. So here's a look back at a jump from

:49:04.:49:17.

earlier, the first round for Jazmin Sawyers.

:49:18.:49:25.

Well, it was a jump of 6.49m. And I'm just looking at the summary as

:49:26.:49:32.

we get towards the end of this qualification and at the moment,

:49:33.:49:36.

Jazmin Sawyers is in 12th place. 12 to qualify, remember.

:49:37.:49:43.

Ugen in eighth place. And Proctor needing more. So the Brits at the

:49:44.:49:48.

moment, two to qualify, and Jazmin Sawyers, right on the cusp. That's

:49:49.:49:54.

her best at this point. We're in the third round.

:49:55.:49:58.

So to the last semifinal in the men's 400m hurdles. Thomas Barr goes

:49:59.:50:04.

here, the 24-year-old from Waterford, World Student Games

:50:05.:50:07.

champion last year. A season blighted by a hip and then a groin

:50:08.:50:11.

injury. So a great effort to get to the semifinal. Ran well in the first

:50:12.:50:20.

round. Andres Silva, from Uruguay, goes in lane eight. He's served a

:50:21.:50:27.

drug ban in his recent past. Inside him, Byron Robinson,

:50:28.:50:31.

something of a surprise qualifier for the US trials. Hadn't broken 50

:50:32.:50:36.

seconds before this year. He is still just 21. A different name, but

:50:37.:50:41.

he's the older brother of Nicholas Bett who won the world title this

:50:42.:50:46.

year but has disappointed this season.

:50:47.:50:52.

Karsten Warholm, former decathlete, has now found his event, it seems.

:50:53.:50:59.

And there is Thomas Barr, 48.93, a season's best time in the first

:51:00.:51:03.

round. He's struggled with hip and groin problems, as I mentioned.

:51:04.:51:09.

Eric Alejandro of Puerto Rico. A cheeky wink. He goes in lane

:51:10.:51:15.

three. Roxroy Cato in lane two, third at

:51:16.:51:18.

the Jamaican Championships. All three made it to the semifinals.

:51:19.:51:23.

Jaheel Hyde has gone out this evening. Whyte looked good a few

:51:24.:51:32.

moments ago, though. And Michael Bultheel, a doctor from just east of

:51:33.:51:37.

Brussels. Five times the Belgian champion and Dr Bultheel goes in

:51:38.:51:44.

lane one. Bultheel, Cato, Alejandro, Thomas Barr in four, Karsten

:51:45.:51:48.

Warholm, 21-year-old Norwegian - he really is one to watch for tonight

:51:49.:51:55.

and future - in five. Haron Koech of Kenya in six, Byron Robinson of the

:51:56.:51:59.

United States in seven and Andres Silva in lane eight.

:52:00.:52:06.

Magi, the Estonian is hanging on as the second-fastest loser at the

:52:07.:52:07.

moment at 48.64. Can Thomas Barr make it to the

:52:08.:52:20.

final? That would be quite an achievement.

:52:21.:52:24.

Warho will, m outside him is quickly away. Haron Koech, the Kenyan and

:52:25.:52:30.

Warholm has the power of a decathlete. He's now committed to

:52:31.:52:34.

the hurdles and looking good here leading them out. Koech trying to

:52:35.:52:38.

keep pace and he's responded well, the Kenyan. Thomas Barr in a decent

:52:39.:52:42.

position but there's a gap between him and Warholm on the inside.

:52:43.:52:49.

Bultheel, the Belgian, is running strongly alongside Roxroy Cato.

:52:50.:52:53.

Koech brings them into the home straight. Two go through

:52:54.:52:56.

automatically. Thomas Barr is in a good position. Byron Robinson is

:52:57.:53:02.

finishing strongly. Thomas Barr, if he can win this barrier. He takes

:53:03.:53:08.

the victory ahead of Koech. That's a great run.

:53:09.:53:11.

The smile of disbelief and celebration and celebration says it

:53:12.:53:13.

all! Owe has been! Blighted by injury

:53:14.:53:27.

this season! He is in Thursday's final now.

:53:28.:53:35.

He timed it. He judged it. He had the strength coming down the final

:53:36.:53:39.

stretch to keep it cool. Keep the cool head and rely on the stride

:53:40.:53:42.

pattern. All the things you've worked on. You know it. You feel

:53:43.:53:48.

comfortable. You're in a gruf and you've already got, of course, your

:53:49.:53:52.

speed, your endurance, you know the work you've put together. It's just

:53:53.:53:55.

a brilliant run for him. It is a brilliant run!

:53:56.:53:59.

I said it was a season's best time and it's a big Irish record as well,

:54:00.:54:03.

his own Irish record. That's an amazing run from Thomas Barr. 48.39!

:54:04.:54:08.

Through to the final. Face says it all!

:54:09.:54:13.

We have a visitor in the studio, none other than Thiago Braz da

:54:14.:54:20.

Silva, the womener of the gold medal for the pole vault.

:54:21.:54:32.

What's today been likes for you today? I just sleep one hour and a

:54:33.:54:48.

half and many interviews today. What it was like for you yesterday?

:54:49.:54:53.

It seemed incredible? For me it was an incredible night. I tried to

:54:54.:55:02.

prove my best and... We had difficult situations, rain, wind and

:55:03.:55:14.

this work. Six metres was my drim and I'm

:55:15.:55:18.

really happy. What were you thinking - obviously

:55:19.:55:23.

I'm sure you knew all year long that the Olympics were coming to your

:55:24.:55:26.

home country. What did you think your chances were? What was your

:55:27.:55:33.

goal? For the gold. For the Olympics - what was your goal? What were you

:55:34.:55:36.

hoping for prior to the Olympics? Before the Olympics? Ah, before the

:55:37.:55:43.

Olympics. Um... Thinking before just to come to the competition, do our

:55:44.:55:47.

best, OK and then try to get one medal. I don't know which colour.

:55:48.:55:51.

But one medal for Brazil. It's enough.

:55:52.:56:01.

And then it becomes gold! I say just thank God because this

:56:02.:56:06.

for me is a surprise, best result, Olympic record. Amazing night. Well,

:56:07.:56:09.

congratulationless. Huge congratulations. Hopefully we'll see

:56:10.:56:15.

you in London next year for the World Championships. Enjoy your

:56:16.:56:18.

success. Thanks for coming to see us.

:56:19.:56:20.

We've got to get back outside because there is a very, very hot

:56:21.:56:26.

men's high jump competition and the women's long jump, qualification,

:56:27.:56:29.

going on. Steve Backley, what are you across? The event is coming to a

:56:30.:56:36.

head, Gabi. Derek Drouin of Canada gets first dibs at clearing this

:56:37.:56:39.

height. He hasn't failed anything yet so far in this Olympic final.

:56:40.:56:49.

Oh, look at that! Derek Drouin, as anticipated, solid under pressure.

:56:50.:56:56.

Yet again. He's amassing an impressive series

:56:57.:57:00.

of medals - gold last year at the World Championships. Gold at the

:57:01.:57:04.

Commonwealth Games. A good clearance at 2.36m that is. Made it look easy,

:57:05.:57:12.

didn't he? Grabarz then after that reinstated previous jump.

:57:13.:57:15.

2.36m, first attempt. Oh, no. He gave that one a proper

:57:16.:57:21.

whack. I don't think he's going to get that one reinstated, is he? That

:57:22.:57:26.

wasn't quite the rhythm that we'd seen on previous attempts.

:57:27.:57:32.

Just cut the corner off there. For me, he just needed to trust the

:57:33.:57:35.

curve. And a failure at the first time of asking at this height of

:57:36.:57:43.

2.36m. Barshim, world leader, he's seen Drouin go clear. Can he match

:57:44.:57:48.

him? Yes, question. CHEERING

:57:49.:57:53.

Well, there's legs left in this competition.

:57:54.:58:00.

Barshim, fourth last year in the World Championships, third four

:58:01.:58:04.

years ago, shared that bronze medal with Robbie Grabarz. Boy, has he

:58:05.:58:11.

moved on since then. Second best ever to, 2. -- 2.43 is his lifetime

:58:12.:58:18.

best from two years ago. Barshim, perfect sheet and a clearance at

:58:19.:58:22.

2.36m. So Jazmin Sawyers in 12th spot as it stands. She will progress

:58:23.:58:28.

to tomorrow's final but she will maybe think she needs more because

:58:29.:58:32.

some athletes can follow and improve their situation. Sawyers, well, that

:58:33.:58:37.

green line is the automatic qualification of 6.75m. It's

:58:38.:58:44.

probably a jump of around a similar distance for Sawyers. She's such a

:58:45.:58:49.

great Champs competitor. She loves the pressure and thrives when it

:58:50.:58:54.

matters most. Squeezed everything out of that, as

:58:55.:58:58.

she always does. It felt flat. It felt flat. She says

:58:59.:59:05.

it felt flat. She's up to tenth. That maybe gives her the breathing

:59:06.:59:08.

space. So, then, great field event action,

:59:09.:59:12.

Brits involved at either side of this Olympic Stadium. Robbie

:59:13.:59:18.

Grabarz, second attempt, 2.36m. Oh, no. He got stuck on that. His

:59:19.:59:24.

take-off foot spent longer on the floor than it should have done.

:59:25.:59:33.

If right. He'll have one more try. We've seen two athletes go clear and

:59:34.:59:36.

it's a failure the second time. He'll have one more attempt at

:59:37.:59:44.

2.36m. Next up on the track, it's the women's semifinals for the 200m,

:59:45.:59:52.

three heats and Smith goes in the first and, Denise, it is absolutely

:59:53.:00:01.

loaded. Schippers, Asher-Smith. It's the

:00:02.:00:09.

race of her life. She'll have to come into her own in this semi and I

:00:10.:00:14.

think that she's able. There's one thing, Steve Cram, if

:00:15.:00:19.

there's so much talent in there, it will be quick and it comes down to a

:00:20.:00:23.

fastest loser, there's more chance of this heat being the quickest. She

:00:24.:00:34.

has to run her own race here. Obviously when she saw the draw,

:00:35.:00:39.

it's a long, hard swallow. It's the Olympic Games and Dina, no matter

:00:40.:00:42.

who is in your semifinal, it's tough. Olympic semifinals are really

:00:43.:00:47.

hard. You never get an easy one. Some are easier than others but you

:00:48.:00:52.

still have to run flat-out. If she runs her personal best, which is

:00:53.:00:56.

obviously what she's capable of, she won't be far away. So Elaine

:00:57.:01:00.

Thompson and Dafne Schippers, the two big names here. The fact that

:01:01.:01:05.

Okagbare beat Asher-Smith in that heat means she's in this one. They

:01:06.:01:10.

were both together in heat five. So she has not only Okagbare, she nows

:01:11.:01:15.

that Thompson and Schippars to deal with. Kambundji is in lane two.

:01:16.:01:22.

Gaither of Bahamas inside her and the other is Mayer of Germany on the

:01:23.:01:26.

outside. Another 20-year-old, full of talent as well. Did you Dina

:01:27.:01:32.

Asher-Smith... Just has to... Get out as well as she did on the bend

:01:33.:01:36.

in the heats. She ran a great bend and then seemed to kind of relax

:01:37.:01:40.

just a tad too much and then tried to come back again.

:01:41.:01:47.

So this time, it's the same bend and keep going, keep going, doesn't

:01:48.:01:49.

matter who comes by. Schippers, the world champion. 21

:01:50.:02:19.

three. -- 21.63. The new Olympic champion in Lane four. Dina

:02:20.:02:25.

Asher-Smith gets out of the blocks quickly. Elaine Thompson and

:02:26.:02:35.

Schippers are giving chase. Level with Schippers. Elaine Thompson

:02:36.:02:39.

needs to maintain. Stevens of the United States is coming up. Thompson

:02:40.:02:49.

is second then Dina Asher-Smith. Well, she just may have all but

:02:50.:02:54.

overcooked the bend a little bit but that is what she needed to do. She

:02:55.:02:58.

had to go out hard and she had no choice. She looks at the clock and

:02:59.:03:05.

she sees 22 point 13 for Thompson in second place. There was some tied

:03:06.:03:20.

legs there. -- tired. If you get it perfect to finish strong but if you

:03:21.:03:24.

go a little bit too hard and that is what happens. You only need to crank

:03:25.:03:30.

it up a couple of% and the amount of fatigue that is created in your legs

:03:31.:03:34.

is something you cannot turn around and I think that is what happened to

:03:35.:03:39.

Dina. But the quality of that meant that she had to commit. She would

:03:40.:03:45.

not be able to chase them down. When you look at the mark, perhaps she

:03:46.:03:51.

did not overcooked it. Let us have a look. Out of the blocks. Quickly

:03:52.:04:00.

indeed. Who will come from the inside? She will see in her career

:04:01.:04:08.

vision, Dafne Schippers. -- peripheral vision. She is low in the

:04:09.:04:15.

hips. You can see she sways from side to side which is not unusual at

:04:16.:04:23.

sorry, that is not usual for Dina Asher-Smith. But, you know what? It

:04:24.:04:35.

is experience, an Olympic experience, and let us keep our

:04:36.:04:39.

fingers crossed that she is healthy and will learn from this.

:04:40.:04:51.

Dina we know it is not over until it is over but for now you are

:04:52.:04:59.

obviously a little bit disappointed. I am not happy with that. I know I

:05:00.:05:03.

can do better than what I did right there. The bend was good but then I

:05:04.:05:09.

got into the wrong body position and it is difficult to correct and that

:05:10.:05:12.

makes you slow down quicker than everybody else. I am quite

:05:13.:05:18.

disappointed. I don't know if it is good enough to be in the final which

:05:19.:05:22.

is very disappointing because I feel like I am in good shape. Stephen

:05:23.:05:27.

said at the beginning of the race in the commentary that there are no

:05:28.:05:35.

easy Olympic finals. Yes, it was difficult. I saw the list of names

:05:36.:05:40.

and I thought it was more like a final than a semifinal. But I did my

:05:41.:05:47.

best. We will have to wait and see. We wish you well. And we will keep

:05:48.:05:52.

our fingers crossed. Thank you very much. You just think much you

:05:53.:06:04.

something around 22.1... She is capable of that. And she pointed out

:06:05.:06:15.

that the last 50 metres cost her time and a place. Robbie Grabarz his

:06:16.:06:24.

final attempt he must now clear to stay in the competition. Ooh, no.

:06:25.:06:36.

That is the end of Robert Grabarz's bid to get back on the podium. A

:06:37.:06:44.

credible performance. He looks disappointed, doesn't he? Time to

:06:45.:06:58.

reflect. Two was good. 2.33 was good.

:06:59.:07:04.

That does not look like any sort of improvement either. Proctor, she has

:07:05.:07:15.

had her problems this year, but that does not look as if she is able to

:07:16.:07:28.

reach the final. She needs 6.53. I think it is less than that. Indeed,

:07:29.:07:37.

her best was at the start. 20 First Place and disappointment for her. --

:07:38.:07:49.

mac three place. -- mac Stevens is one of the two fastest

:07:50.:08:21.

loser positions. The Ukrainian runner goes in lane five. There is

:08:22.:08:30.

Lalova-Collio. She pulled out of the semifinal and she needed a valid

:08:31.:08:57.

medical reason. Angela Tenorio of Ecuador, 22.94 this season. An

:08:58.:09:02.

outstanding junior who was unbeaten for five years. As a 20-year-old she

:09:03.:09:08.

took silver in the Commonwealth Games. But also has a few hamstring

:09:09.:09:18.

injuries which almost cost her two leave the sport. Williams on the

:09:19.:09:33.

inside. Tenorio, Ta Lou... Hackett was the one athlete we didn't see in

:09:34.:09:39.

lane eight. Two will go through automatically to tomorrow's final.

:09:40.:09:59.

Away they go. Look out for Ta Lou and the Americans. Lalova-Collio is

:10:00.:10:15.

already past. Jodie Williams has a bit to do. It is Lalova-Collio and

:10:16.:10:22.

they are being run out by the Australian as well. Lalova-Collio

:10:23.:10:31.

and Ta Lou will go through. And those times mean that Dina

:10:32.:10:41.

Asher-Smith, unfortunately, will be out before the semifinal has even

:10:42.:10:48.

been run. At the moment I am looking at the times. At the moment, we have

:10:49.:10:56.

changed our minds and the times have come in. Let us have a look at Jodie

:10:57.:11:03.

Williams here. She is in the inside lane and she works hard around the

:11:04.:11:07.

term but she will always be under a lot of pressure. Look at Dominici

:11:08.:11:16.

years. She is quite short and a little bit of a pocket rocket. Good

:11:17.:11:24.

maintenance of speed which is always paramount for the 200 metres. A

:11:25.:11:32.

personal best for her. Let us have a look now at Jodie. She struggled

:11:33.:11:37.

getting her fitness levels up and getting her speed work and power

:11:38.:11:42.

work in. These are the things you need to be a good 200 metre runner.

:11:43.:11:47.

You do not want to spend time recovering, you want to work on the

:11:48.:11:51.

bits and pieces of the race that you think will improve it. Because,

:11:52.:11:56.

remember, just because you are injured and you cannot put the work

:11:57.:12:01.

in does not mean you are a bad athlete. She will get healthy and

:12:02.:12:05.

she will return, back to the top of her sprinting best soon enough.

:12:06.:12:12.

You cannot hide from a lack of training. Ta Lou, not too far from

:12:13.:12:21.

the Ivory Coast record. Very quickly from her. Those times as you see

:12:22.:12:36.

there, Ella Nelson is 22.50, not that far from Asher-Smith. One

:12:37.:12:45.

semifinal to go. As we heard and an interview with Dina, no semifinals

:12:46.:12:49.

are easy on the Olympic stage. How would you assess the way that you

:12:50.:12:53.

went? I am quite disappointed with that. That is not what I wanted to

:12:54.:13:00.

come out and do bite, you know, it is a semifinal and they will not be

:13:01.:13:07.

easy. I am disappointed in really. What will you take forward from the

:13:08.:13:11.

experience? You have been through quite a lot to return to this point.

:13:12.:13:18.

To be honest I feel quite lucky to even be here. My coach told me

:13:19.:13:23.

before to remember that I have done it and I have accomplished what I

:13:24.:13:29.

wanted to. Only 24 people in the world every four years make a

:13:30.:13:35.

semifinal so in hindsight I will be OK with it but right now I am

:13:36.:13:39.

disappointed. All the best going forward. Thank you. Derek Drouin

:13:40.:14:00.

here. Look at that! Derek Drouin Of Canada, look at the face stop the

:14:01.:14:10.

Canadians are celebrating already. That may be a gold-medal chump.

:14:11.:14:21.

Quite superb. -- gold-medal jump. The way he goes over this bar has

:14:22.:14:33.

been a pleasure to watch. Derek Drouin goes in to first place. Long

:14:34.:14:47.

jump qualifying is done and dusted. Dougan is seventh place overall.

:14:48.:14:57.

Jazmin Sawyers also in 12th place and progressing to tomorrow's final.

:14:58.:15:11.

Proctor unable to join her. Well, we saw this a little while ago. This

:15:12.:15:25.

was the Qatari jumpers response. His third attempt and it was a foul.

:15:26.:15:37.

Bondarenko took his Ukrainian flag of his head. It looks as if he has

:15:38.:15:42.

got away with a silver medal for Qatar at the moment. An improvement

:15:43.:15:50.

on four years ago. Bondarenko, however, it can push him because he

:15:51.:16:01.

has won jump left. -- one mac jump left.

:16:02.:16:09.

Bondarenko... Ooh, he has aborted. The bar is set two metres and 40. He

:16:10.:16:25.

needs to go with the time allotted and he needs to start his run-up. He

:16:26.:16:32.

has 26 seconds. Derek Drouin is in gold-medal spot at the moment and it

:16:33.:16:36.

is only Bondarenko who can stop this man. Bondarenko will be under

:16:37.:16:46.

pressure from the clock. Pressure mounting upon capable shoulders,

:16:47.:16:54.

however. No. Not even close. The smile on the face of Derek Drouin,

:16:55.:17:02.

the realisation of a dream. He has not failed across any hide.

:17:03.:17:10.

Bondarenko is out. -- failed across any height.

:17:11.:17:28.

celebrating yet. He may be thinking about more jumps. I think that means

:17:29.:17:33.

he doesn't want them. It's gold for Canada and Derek Drouin.

:17:34.:17:41.

Gold for Canada then. And, um, that will be a popular win,

:17:42.:17:49.

Bondarenko with siller verthere. Sadly for Robbie Grabarz, joint

:17:50.:17:55.

fourth place. So we move to the last semifinal of this 200m. Facey and

:17:56.:18:02.

then the big names inside. These are the ones you expect to

:18:03.:18:08.

contend - of course we do - Michelle-Lee Ahye from Trinidad and

:18:09.:18:11.

Tobago, better at the 100m really but is still very good at 200m.

:18:12.:18:16.

Murielle Ahoure, again best event is the 100m but, of course, can run a

:18:17.:18:24.

good 200m, but can they run quick enough - 22.49 - Dina Ashwood

:18:25.:18:29.

hanging on to the fastest loser fast. I expect Tori Bowie to win

:18:30.:18:32.

this one, the American champion this year. Er-Smith hanging on to the

:18:33.:18:39.

fastest loser fast. I expect Tori Bowie to win this one, the American

:18:40.:18:42.

champion this year. Scipione, Elaine Thompson and this young lady,

:18:43.:18:47.

Odiong, are expected to be the medals.

:18:48.:18:53.

Germany got another young sprinter, Gina Lueckenkemper, 19-year-old.

:18:54.:18:56.

Again, she would have to run a personal best here to go faster than

:18:57.:19:02.

Dina Asher-Smith. And then Crystal Emmanuel on the inside.

:19:03.:19:09.

So I think this is going to be about whether whoever comes third - it's a

:19:10.:19:13.

massive assumption of course trying to give a result before they've even

:19:14.:19:20.

run - but Bowie in lane four should be the winner here, such a good 200m

:19:21.:19:27.

runner, and then Ahoure, Ahye - have they got it in their legs here?

:19:28.:19:32.

Times haven't been super quick in the 200m tonight.

:19:33.:19:41.

So the final semifinal, last one, first two... And then the so

:19:42.:19:49.

important two fastest loser spots are available.

:19:50.:19:53.

Bowie gets out really well. Ahoure starts quickly, as she always does.

:19:54.:19:58.

Ahye outside her as well. Ahoure leading, Bowie out the top bend but

:19:59.:20:02.

the American coming through and into the lead. Ahye is trying to go with

:20:03.:20:06.

her and Ahoure trying to stay. If these move away, the gap to the

:20:07.:20:09.

third one is important. Facey finishing quickly nearest us, Bowie

:20:10.:20:14.

wins it, Ahye, let's look at the clock. Oh, well! I think Facey got

:20:15.:20:21.

third, 22.13 is the winning time. This is going to be so tight! Watch

:20:22.:20:27.

with us. 22.25 is second. We're waiting for it to come up. It's

:20:28.:20:32.

22.57. Dina Asher-Smith will be in the final! Sadly, she'll be in lane

:20:33.:20:38.

one or two because of the fastest-loser spot. They get the

:20:39.:20:40.

inside two lanes, but she does make the final, Colin, so a little bit of

:20:41.:20:46.

good news to come out of what was not a good run for her. No doubt

:20:47.:20:52.

about our winners, they are the big names, the big contenders are safely

:20:53.:20:58.

through, Bowie, Schippers and Thompson. That will be an epic final

:20:59.:21:05.

with quality athletes. It wouldn't surprise me if three of those ladies

:21:06.:21:09.

ran at 22. Ahye sets a national record in second place in 22.25. So

:21:10.:21:15.

this will be a red-hot 200m. Still, though, Steve, I was thinking that

:21:16.:21:19.

these times are nowhere near as quick as we expected after what we

:21:20.:21:23.

saw yesterday. But never mind. We've got an epic final in prospect.

:21:24.:21:28.

And Dina Asher-Smith is going to be part of it.

:21:29.:21:32.

Well, let's confirm all of that. The winning time there had a slight

:21:33.:21:44.

following wind. They have everything in their favour, really.

:21:45.:21:49.

It's a new national record for Michelle-Lee Ahye.

:21:50.:21:53.

A season's best for Simone Facey, but sadly it wasn't quite understood

:21:54.:21:58.

enough, but that is good news for Dina Asher-Smith, because she will

:21:59.:22:02.

be in an Olympic final, albeit it in one of the tough inside lanes when

:22:03.:22:07.

the draw is eventually made. That's the fate that befalls the two

:22:08.:22:13.

fastest losers. Michelle-Lee Ahye might pick up the

:22:14.:22:20.

pieces if the top three falters. Only Schippers was under 22 seconds.

:22:21.:22:23.

Well done to Dina Asher-Smith getting in by the skin of her teeth.

:22:24.:22:28.

We saw the same thing for Eilidh Doyle in her 400m hurdles and Jazmin

:22:29.:22:33.

Sawyers qualifying in 12th for the long jump final. There is something

:22:34.:22:36.

in the air today but they get to live and fight another day.

:22:37.:22:43.

Up next is the two Lauras, Weightman and Muir, lining up. For Laura Muir,

:22:44.:22:48.

it's been an interesting few years for her. Earlier this summer at the

:22:49.:22:56.

Anniversary Games, she broke Kelly Holmes's long-standing record.

:22:57.:22:58.

Let's find out more about her. Somebody clipped my heel and I

:22:59.:23:13.

couldn't get in my stride... Probably one of the toughest moments

:23:14.:23:20.

of my year but I think it will be a feature. I'm more mentally strong

:23:21.:23:24.

now. As much as I wish it didn't happen, the fact that it did happen

:23:25.:23:28.

toughened me up a bit and, um, yeah, I'm ready to attack every race now.

:23:29.:23:32.

This really is punishing running from Laura Muir. Look at her grit. I

:23:33.:23:40.

knew I would go for it. I knew I had to push the third lap.

:23:41.:23:45.

That's where it tends to slow down and dig in for the last little bit

:23:46.:23:49.

and, yeah... And that is a new British record! I

:23:50.:23:54.

was so shocked when I crossed the line. It's not just any British

:23:55.:23:58.

record. It's Kelly's British record. I'm honoured to have broken that.

:23:59.:24:02.

Hopefully I'll do it justice. In a last race, to win like that on home

:24:03.:24:07.

soil with a record, it's the best prep I could ask for really.

:24:08.:24:12.

-- for Rio. Before, people knew I was fast but not that I was a

:24:13.:24:17.

contender. Now they'll watch it and look out for me.

:24:18.:24:22.

The races will be slower and there'll be more bunched because

:24:23.:24:27.

there's no pacer. It's a matter of positioning well so you're not

:24:28.:24:29.

running wide and further the whole way. Make sure you're in the top

:24:30.:24:34.

group at the front to qualify for the next run. It's about saving

:24:35.:24:36.

energy and getting through the rounds. Running the Olympics is

:24:37.:24:39.

something but to come away with proof, as it were, would be very,

:24:40.:24:43.

very special. I don't think you could really put into words what

:24:44.:24:46.

that means for an athlete to get an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of

:24:47.:24:50.

what you train for every day for years and years. So, yeah, fingers

:24:51.:24:54.

crossed. She's come a long way in the last

:24:55.:24:58.

couple of years and looks impressive, Paula. She talked about

:24:59.:25:01.

navigating the heats and semifinals. She's got to the final but, as she

:25:02.:25:05.

mentioned there, there's no pacemaker. She likes to run

:25:06.:25:09.

aggressively, how will she approach this? It's being to be difficult.

:25:10.:25:14.

She'll need to decide does she, basically, gamble everything and go

:25:15.:25:17.

to try and win the race? Or does she go to try and get a medal, which

:25:18.:25:22.

she's extremely capable of. She knows she's very capable of that,

:25:23.:25:25.

and then try and win it from there? Or does she risk it all? To lead an

:25:26.:25:29.

Olympic final from gun to tape is pretty much impossible in a 1,500m

:25:30.:25:33.

race. So she really needs one of the other girls to decide to take it out

:25:34.:25:38.

hard and then she could take it on after the first 600m but she needs

:25:39.:25:41.

somebody to set that up for her. You've looked at a few of her races

:25:42.:25:45.

this season for us and you've spotted some things. I think the

:25:46.:25:50.

biggest thing is - she said herself how much she's matured over the last

:25:51.:25:54.

couple of years, how much stronger she is mentally and physically. This

:25:55.:25:59.

is a race in Stockholm early in the season. She'd come down from

:26:00.:26:02.

altitude, put in hard block of training and you could see, how

:26:03.:26:06.

she's running, she looks heavy on her feet. She's not bouncy. She's

:26:07.:26:09.

carrying a lot of hard work into that and this wasn't a particularly

:26:10.:26:12.

good run from her. She's still battling in the home straight. You

:26:13.:26:23.

see there that the athlete who wasn't hasn't qualified for the

:26:24.:26:26.

final today. She didn't worry about that race, Laura. She went away, put

:26:27.:26:33.

her head down, trained hard and did outstanding raining -- training, ran

:26:34.:26:36.

personal bests in training for this race in London. She was brimming

:26:37.:26:40.

with confidence. The race was set up perfectly. She was right behind the

:26:41.:26:44.

pacemaker, almost urging her on during the race and what was so

:26:45.:26:48.

impressive was the way she took it on after the pacemaker stepped aside

:26:49.:26:54.

and maintained her form, made Hassan look like she was struggling and

:26:55.:27:01.

Sifan Hassan is one of the main contenders tonight. She's also moved

:27:02.:27:04.

on since London so don't underestimate her. Laura went back

:27:05.:27:07.

up and beat that personal best again so she knows that she's in shape

:27:08.:27:11.

coming here today. She's in incredible shape. She's

:27:12.:27:15.

confident. She's a gutsy, brave runner. Steve Cram and Brendan

:27:16.:27:18.

Foster will call this one. Well, this really is a

:27:19.:27:23.

mouth-watering 1,500m final. Laura Muir with a great chance. Her coach,

:27:24.:27:36.

Andy Young, is just along here he's in the Radio 5 Live seats to get a

:27:37.:27:39.

better view down the home straight. Laura Weightman, of course, making

:27:40.:27:43.

the final as well. And Laura, her second Olympic final. You can see

:27:44.:27:48.

her plaster on her leg. She had five stitches in her leg after the

:27:49.:27:53.

semifinal, um, but her leg is OK I'm pleased to say. So she's looking

:27:54.:28:03.

forward to this as well. This might be one of the best final fields

:28:04.:28:05.

we've ever seen. be one of the best final fields

:28:06.:28:06.

we've ever seen. Eight of these women were

:28:07.:28:31.

After this season finishes, Laura Muir has to do her placement in the

:28:32.:28:36.

Dog Trust in Darlington. She's studying to be a vet. That can wait

:28:37.:28:42.

for now because she has a chance to make a bit of history here. Can she

:28:43.:28:46.

win a medal in this race? It's going to be really tough.

:28:47.:28:49.

Sado and Arafi are delighted to be in this final, I'm sure, as we go

:28:50.:28:54.

down the line here. Jenny Simpson, won the world title in 2011, a

:28:55.:28:58.

silver medal at the World Championships in 2013, doesn't have

:28:59.:29:08.

an Olympic medal. A lot of these women have run well under four

:29:09.:29:13.

minutes. I like Faith Kipyegon, a great little runner, Commonwealth

:29:14.:29:17.

champion, still just 22 years of age. The Kenyan national

:29:18.:29:23.

record-holder. Bahta chose to run the 1,500m rather than the 5,000m.

:29:24.:29:28.

She's European champion he longer distance. Former Ethiopian, running

:29:29.:29:33.

for Sweden. Laura Weightman, European bronze

:29:34.:29:37.

medallist, Commonwealth silver medallist. There's her sister and

:29:38.:29:42.

younger brother. He should stop picking his nose! They're here to

:29:43.:29:49.

support. Sifan Hassan - there's no love lost between Sifan Hassan and

:29:50.:29:54.

Genzebe Dibaba. She would love to beat this young lady here. Dibaba,

:29:55.:29:58.

in many ways, a bit of a controversial figure. Certainly some

:29:59.:30:03.

of the other 1,500m runners. Her coach recently involved in a doping

:30:04.:30:08.

controversy. Ennaoui of Poland - done very well

:30:09.:30:12.

to make it through to the final. Probably her team-mate was more

:30:13.:30:17.

fancied to do that, the European champion. #7 Shannon Rowbury, former

:30:18.:30:24.

world bronze medallist. And a world indoor bronze medallist at 3,000m.

:30:25.:30:30.

That tells you how strong she is. World junior champion, world indoor

:30:31.:30:33.

silver medallist, Seyaum, as if there wasn't enough quality already

:30:34.:30:36.

in this. Quick word, Brendan, before the go?

:30:37.:30:41.

It certainly is a field of champions. The first five from the

:30:42.:30:45.

World Championships this year and an interesting tactical approach. Let's

:30:46.:30:48.

see how this works out. Because it's all about tactics today.

:30:49.:30:52.

The Olympic 1,500m final gets under way.

:30:53.:30:56.

And the nerves, which I'm sure are being felt as much by those

:30:57.:31:00.

watching, as though out there, can now disappear for the runners at the

:31:01.:31:04.

very least. The one thing you can sure of - it won't be that quick

:31:05.:31:08.

early on. The question, I think, is when will this catch fire? At the

:31:09.:31:12.

World Championships last year, Dibaba, who was in world-record

:31:13.:31:16.

shape, attacked with 800m to go, destroyed the field prey much,

:31:17.:31:21.

caught Hassan unawares, ran 1:57 for the last 800m and nobody really

:31:22.:31:24.

caught them. Laura Muir was in the second group, if you like, and scale

:31:25.:31:29.

through for a very good and a very credible fifth. But they're jogging,

:31:30.:31:33.

Rowbury, Weightman, Simpson but the big names - Kipyegon is just in the

:31:34.:31:37.

pack there. This is a saunter, a real jog and, of course, 1,500m

:31:38.:31:41.

running is not just about fast times. A lot of these women have

:31:42.:31:44.

fast times. It's tactics and knowing what to do and when to do it and

:31:45.:31:49.

executing it in a way which you hope will take you to the medals. It's a

:31:50.:31:53.

1,200m race and less now because they literally are jogging and,

:31:54.:31:56.

quite sensibly and wisely, Laura Weightman goes to the front. But she

:31:57.:32:00.

hasn't done anything about her pace. She's jogging from the front. But

:32:01.:32:03.

look at the back. Three of the favourites are in last, second last

:32:04.:32:09.

and third last place. Laura Muir, Hassan, and Genzebe Dibaba and

:32:10.:32:12.

they're going down the back straight with a very slow opening lap. I said

:32:13.:32:17.

at the start this is about tactics. Well, these athletes have run it as

:32:18.:32:20.

a distance race. They're making it a short distance race and somebody -

:32:21.:32:24.

is it Dibaba? Is it Hassan? Maybe it's Laura Muir? - maybe Laura Muir

:32:25.:32:29.

has got something in her mind about going out there and being brave.

:32:30.:32:32.

We've seen her do that -- seen her do that before in Oslo in the

:32:33.:32:36.

Anniversary Games. She's going to think about making a run for home.

:32:37.:32:40.

But Laura Weightman, Steve, in the lead, a reluctant leader I must say,

:32:41.:32:44.

looking anxiously around, looking up at the screen. None of them are

:32:45.:32:49.

relaxed at this point and here comes Laura Muir on the outside as they

:32:50.:32:53.

see the lap scorer, it will say two laps to go. She's positioning

:32:54.:32:56.

herself. She knows it will be a move from this far out and she knows

:32:57.:32:58.

she's going to be it when they move. this. This is what she did last

:32:59.:33:23.

year. Is she as good as last year? Can she go as hard as she did last

:33:24.:33:28.

year? She does not have the shock element that she achieved at the

:33:29.:33:31.

World Championships. This is not as fast nor as hard that it but it will

:33:32.:33:43.

be a long run home. She needs to get closer and Seyaum is trying to get

:33:44.:33:49.

around. But it is Dibaba and Seyaum. That was a fast 200 metres and I am

:33:50.:33:54.

not sure if Dibaba is as good as she was last year. Now Laura Mewar is a

:33:55.:34:03.

chance. -- Laura Muir is a chance. She needs to aim for higher than a

:34:04.:34:07.

bronze medal because that could help her through. Down the back straight

:34:08.:34:12.

goes the world record holder. Is she on her way to the BA champion full?

:34:13.:34:18.

Laura Muir needs to stick to her task. She is going to chase down

:34:19.:34:26.

Laura Muir. She burned hard to try and stay with Kipyegon. Dibaba has

:34:27.:34:34.

been caught up from behind. Laura Muir's race looks run and at the

:34:35.:34:38.

front it is Kipyegon who has gotten away. Dibaba has broken as well.

:34:39.:34:44.

Kipyegon of Kenya is streaking away down the home straight. This is a

:34:45.:34:50.

brilliant piece of running from the Commonwealth champion. She will

:34:51.:34:54.

become the Olympic champion. There is a fight on for the silver. Dibaba

:34:55.:35:04.

hangs on. And Simpson takes the bronze. As scrap after that for the

:35:05.:35:10.

lower places. Poor Laura Muir. She went with it. These two are so good,

:35:11.:35:17.

they make you go so hard. Kipyegon was so good they are. Poor Laura

:35:18.:35:24.

Muir gave everything and in so doing, her chances of winning a

:35:25.:35:29.

medal disappeared with those of two and others who sat off a little bit

:35:30.:35:32.

were able to come through much quicker. Simpson being congratulated

:35:33.:35:48.

by Laura Muir. And, you know, sometimes in going for gold, she

:35:49.:35:53.

went for gold. She went for something she believed she could get

:35:54.:35:59.

but in so doing she probably gave up her chance of hanging around and

:36:00.:36:04.

picking up a medal. Laura Muir has given it everything and put herself

:36:05.:36:09.

in the right place. Kipyegon is chasing down Dibaba. They have run

:36:10.:36:21.

an exceptional last 800 metres. 58.9 for the last lap. They have run 1.57

:36:22.:36:37.

for the last 400 metres. The world record holder not as good as she was

:36:38.:36:44.

last year. She has attacked, Laura Muir, given herself every chance.

:36:45.:36:49.

Hassan, not as good as she was last year. The fading champion and world

:36:50.:36:56.

record holder coming in second place. But there, a champion from

:36:57.:37:09.

Kenya. Looking down the field, Jenny Simpson of the United States chasing

:37:10.:37:16.

down the world record holder. Kipyegon looked controlled. She was

:37:17.:37:24.

happy that Dibaba tried to win it. Kipyegon just working at it while

:37:25.:37:30.

Dibaba looking up at the screen. A gold-medal for Kenya. A silver medal

:37:31.:37:38.

and then a bronze medal for the United States. Laura Muir ran a

:37:39.:37:46.

great race there. She tried to win it and sometimes if you go for gold

:37:47.:37:52.

you end up with nothing at all. You said at the start that you liked

:37:53.:37:56.

Kipyegon. She has been running well and you were absolutely correct. I

:37:57.:38:01.

think that would be a popular win. We were talking in the bus on the

:38:02.:38:07.

way down that sometimes you go for gold and I said... And you said that

:38:08.:38:14.

is how you run, you go for it. And sometimes when you do that you give

:38:15.:38:18.

up your chance for a medal. But just to sit back, that is what Simpson

:38:19.:38:23.

did. She knew this push would come and she came through for the bronze.

:38:24.:38:28.

Laura Muir are definitely went for it. Hassan just gave up her chance

:38:29.:38:38.

of a medal Cauchy was not close enough. Laura Muir gave it

:38:39.:38:44.

absolutely everything and she tried to stay with Kipyegon and Dibaba.

:38:45.:38:53.

That is really difficult. Jenny Simpson may have had a little bit

:38:54.:38:57.

more material see just to sit back in the semifinal and save a bit of

:38:58.:39:06.

energy. Maybe that is what she had left in her tank. Laura Muir, that

:39:07.:39:13.

is how tired she is because she gambled everything. Laura, it was

:39:14.:39:27.

interesting listening link to Paula in commentary. I knew I was in great

:39:28.:39:34.

shape to do everything. It just was not quite in me. I gave absolutely

:39:35.:39:42.

everything. You began at a pedestrian pace. But you were

:39:43.:39:47.

tracking two of the favourites. What were you thinking at the time? I was

:39:48.:39:52.

expecting it to be slow and then for them to come around. I was waiting

:39:53.:39:57.

for them and when they did I was on the straightaway and I follow them

:39:58.:40:01.

around but I could not hold on. Thank you to everybody at home for

:40:02.:40:07.

your support. I know it is emotional for you. You need to be proud of

:40:08.:40:16.

what you achieved this season. You are in contention and that shows how

:40:17.:40:19.

far you have come and how much there is to come. Thank you to my school

:40:20.:40:28.

and my club who provide me with training and support. The London

:40:29.:40:40.

marathon as well who funded my trips abroad. And my partner who has in

:40:41.:40:48.

with me through thick and thin. This is just a start for you, surely? It

:40:49.:40:55.

is my first Olympics and I gave it everything I could but that was just

:40:56.:40:59.

not enough there on the day. She should be quite proud. What a year

:41:00.:41:03.

she has had on there will be more to come. I now he will be feeling it a

:41:04.:41:11.

little bit more than Laura because they obviously knew they had an

:41:12.:41:15.

opportunity here and she could not have done anything more in terms of

:41:16.:41:19.

chasing the medal. But Kipyegon, hats off to her. She ran so hard for

:41:20.:41:27.

the last 800 metres. Well under two minutes. And that is the difference.

:41:28.:41:32.

Dibaba not as good as last year, tried to do the same thing but had

:41:33.:41:38.

to concede to the Kenyan. And a brilliant bronze medal for Jenny

:41:39.:41:44.

Simpson. Laura Weightmann in 11th place. But we salute both of them

:41:45.:41:53.

for flying the flag for Great Britain in 1500 metre running. It

:41:54.:42:01.

was a fascinating race. So slow when pedestrian in the early stages and

:42:02.:42:05.

for somebody with such an aggressive runner that was quite frustrating.

:42:06.:42:09.

She wanted to take it on and she should be commended for that because

:42:10.:42:15.

she definitely put it all out there. Definitely. She can hold her head

:42:16.:42:20.

high full she has the speed for a slow race and she could have reacted

:42:21.:42:25.

to that she could have run a race like Jenny Simpson and won bronze.

:42:26.:42:37.

But there is nothing you can do, no matter how much you want to keep

:42:38.:42:43.

going, she could not will herself down the home straight. She could

:42:44.:42:48.

not get back in there. She is very young and she has learnt from this.

:42:49.:42:52.

She will move on and she gave it her best shot full of I am just

:42:53.:42:58.

wondering if that is the right approach to go for gold if you have

:42:59.:43:06.

the opportunity? If you have not won a World Championship medal, if the

:43:07.:43:10.

opportunity is there if you take the opportunity to grab a medal will

:43:11.:43:16.

build confidence and there is always a possibility that that opportunity

:43:17.:43:22.

may never come again. Not that she will never make a World Championship

:43:23.:43:31.

or Olympic team again, but there was a door open there for a moment. It

:43:32.:43:38.

was an emotional performance. She ran from the heart. And that was a

:43:39.:43:43.

decision where she sat down with her coach and that is what they decided

:43:44.:43:46.

to do. They decided to run this race no matter what. And when Dibaba

:43:47.:43:53.

went, you had to decide like that. It is not easy. I am not an expert

:43:54.:44:00.

at distance margin, but that is the margin in sport. You make a decision

:44:01.:44:04.

and once you are committed, you must go for it. I think she has had a

:44:05.:44:10.

phenomenal seas what she has shown over the last two seasons, her

:44:11.:44:16.

growth, it has been massive I remember sitting outside, she was

:44:17.:44:22.

crying her eyes out. She can be very proud. The person who should be

:44:23.:44:29.

kicking themselves is Hassan. Right at the back there. She can see what

:44:30.:44:36.

is going on a head that she is shadowing Dibaba because Dibaba is

:44:37.:44:40.

the main danger. Kipyegon has been the world leader this year and has

:44:41.:44:47.

what it possesses to defeat Dibaba when Dibaba is not fully on. She has

:44:48.:44:52.

been struggling with fatal injury and other things around her and keep

:44:53.:44:58.

guided her time, Laura Muir covered the move. Already she is working

:44:59.:45:04.

hard. She looks good. She looks as if she is comfortable and is feeling

:45:05.:45:10.

good. She can feel Kipyegon on her shoulder. Hassan is not even in the

:45:11.:45:15.

picture at this minute. And by not reacting sooner or moving up quickly

:45:16.:45:19.

enough she probably gave away the chance to go away with that as well.

:45:20.:45:27.

The difference between running on the diamond league circuit or places

:45:28.:45:30.

where there are pacemakers and competition element like this, it is

:45:31.:45:36.

tactics and it is difficult to practise tactics if you are running

:45:37.:45:40.

in a race with a pacemaker. You can only practised tactics in a World

:45:41.:45:47.

Championship or Olympic final. And that is what Laura Muir tried to do.

:45:48.:45:53.

She knew she was up against Dibaba's time of last year. She did not think

:45:54.:46:00.

Dibaba was capable of that, but Kipyegon was. If she could have kept

:46:01.:46:06.

going, but she cannot because she has gone so hard. And burned so much

:46:07.:46:13.

of her pace and speed to get to that point. She really is treading water

:46:14.:46:19.

and hanging on. You can feel athletes coming past you and you

:46:20.:46:21.

just desperately want to reach the finish line. What does that feel

:46:22.:46:27.

like physically? Pain in the legs? It hurts a lot. Everywhere. Down

:46:28.:46:35.

your back, in your arms, you just really feel it. You cannot move.

:46:36.:46:42.

That is why you see her for towards the line and why she had an

:46:43.:46:46.

emotional interview afterwards because she is so exhausted.

:46:47.:47:19.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde is here. Two Americans are here as well. Ronnie

:47:20.:47:25.

Ash, second at the US trials behind Devon Allen, who is already out.

:47:26.:47:33.

And Dimitri Bascou, the second of the French athletes. And France have

:47:34.:47:39.

high hopes here. Montreal, 1976, the only French

:47:40.:47:43.

winner of this title. They have two chances here. Orlando Ortega, a

:47:44.:47:53.

Cuban who now runs for Spain - there's a great Cuban history at

:47:54.:47:57.

this event. But Omar McLeod may well be the man to beat, the only man to

:47:58.:48:07.

go below 13 seconds this year. He's had such a good season. A couple of

:48:08.:48:12.

falls in the build-up to Rio, a sign of what can go wrong in the

:48:13.:48:16.

hurledles, but we'll give you a full look at the line-up for the final

:48:17.:48:33.

here. It's still very warm here. Cabral of Canada in two, then Devon

:48:34.:48:39.

Allen, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Omar McLeod, Dimitri Bascou, Ortega,

:48:40.:48:48.

Trajkovic of Cyprus and Ronnie Ash. Colin Jackson alongside me for this

:48:49.:48:50.

one. He's a man who tried - and you know

:48:51.:48:57.

what can happen in the hurdles. You were a World Champion who was a

:48:58.:49:00.

chance in the Olympics. It's an open field in this one. We don't have the

:49:01.:49:04.

defending champion. He has health issues. David Oliver, the World

:49:05.:49:12.

Champion, suffered an injury at the US trials with a hamstring. It's

:49:13.:49:16.

open for somebody to step up. You're looking at five or six who could win

:49:17.:49:20.

here. I was looking at your notes and you've got so many things lined

:49:21.:49:24.

up because so many different things-and-could happen but I think

:49:25.:49:27.

the favourite is there, Omar McLeod. He's qualified very well. As long as

:49:28.:49:34.

he keeps his head - this is the most important thing, because he's the

:49:35.:49:37.

fastest in his field. He doesn't have to stress. He can absolutely

:49:38.:49:41.

run anybody down off that last hurdle. He only needs to be even

:49:42.:49:45.

with the whole pack and with his general leg speed, it will take him

:49:46.:49:49.

clear of the field. Bascou from France, I think he's coming of age.

:49:50.:49:52.

He's won a couple of championships now and he's getting more and more

:49:53.:49:57.

confident in what he can do in these circumstances and I think here at

:49:58.:50:00.

the Olympic Games, that will put him in good stead.

:50:01.:50:04.

He's gone for a racy sawn-off sleeve number, Dimitri Bascou. He's the

:50:05.:50:07.

French champion. He's the European champion and, again, both he and

:50:08.:50:12.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde will present a serious threat for France. A

:50:13.:50:22.

handshake and arm round the shoulder from Martinot-Lagarde to Omar

:50:23.:50:26.

McLeod. McLeod won in Doha in the Diamond League, in Shanghai, and

:50:27.:50:30.

then fell in Monaco in the Diamond League meeting there and then fell

:50:31.:50:34.

in Hungary. His last two races into Rio were not confidence-boos terse.

:50:35.:50:39.

No, they weren't but, you know, for him, the most important thing is not

:50:40.:50:43.

to make those mistakes in the training. That's where you get your

:50:44.:50:46.

confidence. The young Spaniard, Ortega, is one to watch too. Over to

:50:47.:50:51.

Andrew. Johnathan Cabral took advantage when Lawrence Clarke hit

:50:52.:50:55.

the final barrier in the semifinal. There's Devon Allen, 21-year-old US

:50:56.:51:01.

champion. His first international meeting, the Olympic Games. Pascal

:51:02.:51:04.

Martinot-Lagarde, a history of not managing to live up to his huge

:51:05.:51:09.

talent in major choims. A smile from Omar McLeod. Dimitri Bascou.

:51:10.:51:12.

Ampionships. A smile from Omar McLeod. Dimitri Bascou. So McLeod

:51:13.:51:18.

flanked by the two French athletes and Orlando Ortega wearing the vest

:51:19.:51:23.

of spab - he fell out with the Cuban Federation three years ago. Milan

:51:24.:51:31.

Trajkovic, sip Ron -- from Cyprus. Think of all the American hurdlers

:51:32.:51:39.

who have won this in Roger Kingdom and Alan Johnson, Merritt in London.

:51:40.:51:47.

But the favourite is Omar McLeod. He's

:51:48.:51:54.

We will have a new Olympic Champion with Merritt not here.

:51:55.:52:05.

We have Cabral and we have Devon Allen, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Omar

:52:06.:52:10.

McLeod, Dimitri Bascou, there in lane six, Orlando Ortega, Milan

:52:11.:52:15.

Trajkovic and Ronnie Ash. And we are ready for the final of the men's

:52:16.:52:19.

110m hurdles. Cleanly away, Omar McLeod out so

:52:20.:52:33.

quickly. Bascou alongside and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde trying to get those

:52:34.:52:36.

long legs moving, clipping a barrier. Omar McLeod rocked back but

:52:37.:52:39.

McLeod coming through now. He has that speed and McLeod to the line

:52:40.:52:44.

and to the title ahead of Ortega and Bascou! Omar McLeod, 13.05!

:52:45.:52:46.

CHEERING But it's not about the time, it is

:52:47.:52:52.

about the gold medal that belongs to Omar McLeod! Ortega came through so

:52:53.:53:01.

quickly for the silver as well. And Dimitri Bascou gets the bronze.

:53:02.:53:07.

But the gold for that man... He seems reasonably happy.

:53:08.:53:11.

Winner of the 110m hurdles. Omar McLeod the favourite and when the

:53:12.:53:14.

favourite delivers you have to applaud because all the pressure,

:53:15.:53:17.

all the things that can go wrong in the hurdles... Not so for Omar

:53:18.:53:21.

McLeod. The gold medal is his. It's great to see him do that really.

:53:22.:53:27.

He's been in the shadows of the runner-up last year at the World

:53:28.:53:35.

Championships. After all the injury problems he's

:53:36.:53:40.

had because he's had countless injury troubles for years. It's one

:53:41.:53:43.

of these things. We always talk about this. When you get a season

:53:44.:53:47.

behind you of a good winter where you can prepare properly with no

:53:48.:53:51.

real major issues... And that's what happened to Omar this year and he's

:53:52.:53:56.

managed to take this title. Personal best in the sprint with that

:53:57.:54:03.

sub-10-second run, the only sprint hurdlers to have done that,

:54:04.:54:06.

actually. And now the Olympic title. Great run. Huge relief for him. But

:54:07.:54:11.

for me, I'm kind of thinking I'm pleased that I see two Europeans on

:54:12.:54:17.

the rostrum. That is a real good sign for

:54:18.:54:21.

European sprint hurdling which means we're in the mix now again. Do you

:54:22.:54:25.

want to read through some of the results there. Let's have a look at

:54:26.:54:29.

the race itself. Omar McLeod is such a great starter. He blasted out to

:54:30.:54:33.

the blocks. I was slightly anxious because he came off the first Hurd

:54:34.:54:39.

well a bit of imbalance but he settled quickly.

:54:40.:54:54.

That was the key - don't press. He sinks down and then goes just

:54:55.:54:57.

stay there, no pressure. Take my time.

:54:58.:55:04.

I'll move through the field. There's no rush, no urgency with the

:55:05.:55:08.

hurdling and that's what you want to do when you want to try and win a

:55:09.:55:18.

major title. Bascou good enough for a bronze

:55:19.:55:22.

medal. Poor old Ronnie Ash. This is now the traditional way to finish a

:55:23.:55:28.

sprint. The hurl across the line didn't

:55:29.:55:33.

quite work for Ronnie Ash there. Have a look here. Three medallists.

:55:34.:55:40.

Gold going to Jamaica. Oh, you see there - Omar skied that barrier but

:55:41.:55:45.

he settles back into the rhythm quite quickly.

:55:46.:55:50.

Because he's been unchallenged most of the year, he didn't have to test

:55:51.:56:01.

himself or push himself. Early on he had to decide what to

:56:02.:56:05.

do. He got over the barriers nice and clean and won the gold.

:56:06.:56:09.

It was the fifth barrier which did for Bascou actually. That rocked him

:56:10.:56:12.

back and lost him a bit of momentum for the second half of the race.

:56:13.:56:21.

Celebrations there for Omar McLeod. So it's McLeod with a victory,

:56:22.:56:25.

Ortega - you saw what it meant to him to get the silver medal for

:56:26.:56:30.

Spain. And Dimitri Bascou held on for the bronze but that is the face,

:56:31.:56:35.

the dance, the celebration of a man who has a gold medal.

:56:36.:56:39.

A good race, a great win for Omar McLeod. Ortega, silver, Bascou the

:56:40.:56:47.

bronze, just edging out his fellow countryman, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde,

:56:48.:56:49.

he finished just outside the medals again. Not to be for the Americans,

:56:50.:56:54.

Allen and Ronnie Ash down in fifth and eighth.

:56:55.:56:58.

They're calling it lane eight there but it's lane nine that seems to

:56:59.:57:02.

have become the demon lane that seems to be ruining a lot of

:57:03.:57:06.

people's Olympic Games. Yeah, Ronnie Ash. That was tough. He was in it.

:57:07.:57:17.

He was running well and then it just Omar McLeod what had the huge gap

:57:18.:57:21.

between him and the rest of the field. Short, stocky but quick. It

:57:22.:57:26.

just goes like that. The hurdles has been wide open all season and, you

:57:27.:57:34.

know, he just needed to get out there and run his race and it's

:57:35.:57:41.

great for Jamaica. It's fantastic for the country.

:57:42.:57:51.

It's been a mixed night for British athletes this evening. Bronze

:57:52.:57:54.

medallist from London, Robbie Grabarz, was going in the high jump

:57:55.:58:17.

final. He was pointing to say, hold on, the

:58:18.:58:22.

official put the white flag up and the bar fell off. And so what we

:58:23.:58:26.

understand is that the reason why he was allowed to negate that jump was

:58:27.:58:30.

because it was the official's fault because the rules say you've got to

:58:31.:58:35.

get off the mat and that's the time when you measure the jump so it was

:58:36.:58:39.

the organisers going, OK, our fault, our fault.

:58:40.:58:42.

I think it was because Robbie sold it and said, "It's your fault, it's

:58:43.:58:50.

your fault." Good on him. He said, "YOU put the flag up." He would

:58:51.:58:55.

clearly make a good barrister. He targd his case very well there.

:58:56.:58:58.

Here he is with Phil. It's the cruellest place to finish,

:58:59.:59:02.

fourth, obviously in an Olympic Games and you know a medal was so,

:59:03.:59:07.

so close. Yeah, I made one fatal error at 2.25m and it cost me a

:59:08.:59:11.

medal. I'm really proud of that, fourth place in an Olympic Games is

:59:12.:59:16.

something to be so proud of, yeah. It's a punishing place to finish.

:59:17.:59:20.

It's the cruellest place to finish. I just want to know at 2.33m what

:59:21.:59:26.

was going on. You cleared the height, the bar fell off... It was a

:59:27.:59:30.

technicality that they held up the white flag which means that's the

:59:31.:59:33.

end of your go and the bar was cleared. It did fall off but

:59:34.:59:36.

technically they'd given me the clearance. Um, and then I explained

:59:37.:59:41.

the rules to them and then they had to double-check, double-check. It

:59:42.:59:44.

was a little bit stressful there but, um, yeah, you don't want to

:59:45.:59:48.

clear a bar by a technicality but they made a mistake or they ended

:59:49.:59:52.

the jump too soon and I got the clearance. With that, you'd equalled

:59:53.:59:56.

your season's best. Are you then thinking you could go on and grab

:59:57.:00:00.

that medal that you hold from London? That was it, yeah, I just

:00:01.:00:04.

regrouped. If they didn't give me the pass, I was going to, you know,

:00:05.:00:10.

pass the next bar and go for broke at 2.35m but unfortunately it wasn't

:00:11.:00:13.

to be there. What about the man that did take it in the end, Derek

:00:14.:00:19.

Drouin? I saw you hug him. There's great camaraderie you all? He's one

:00:20.:00:23.

of the greatest guys to jump against and I'm happy and proud of him to do

:00:24.:00:28.

that. It was an amazing performance. Well done to you as well. Cheers.

:00:29.:00:32.

Thanks. Cheers. Derek Drouin of Canada won that in

:00:33.:00:41.

2.38m and here comes Thomas Barr of Ireland in the 400m semifinal and he

:00:42.:00:44.

came through with a new national record and has sent himself and, no

:00:45.:00:49.

doubt, a delighted Ireland at this result here, Paula, into that final.

:00:50.:00:55.

Yeah, I mean it's just... Textbook racing when you come to the

:00:56.:00:58.

Olympics. You need to get into the final so you run a personal best out

:00:59.:01:02.

there. And he should be very, very proud of himself. He just ran really

:01:03.:01:07.

well. Phil caught up with him afterwards.

:01:08.:01:12.

Thomas, congratulations. What a time for to set a national record and win

:01:13.:01:16.

a place in an Olympic final? Literally couldn't have been any

:01:17.:01:21.

more perfectly timed. Um, genuinely, I cannot believe this because I've

:01:22.:01:26.

had a very mishap year with injuries so, I mean, this is amazing, to come

:01:27.:01:31.

- winning not only a place in the final, winning my semifinal and also

:01:32.:01:35.

a national record, like. I mean it's incredible. I'm absolutely

:01:36.:01:38.

delighted. So on the block, seriously, what did you hope to

:01:39.:01:42.

achieve? To be honest, actually, I felt really good today, a lot better

:01:43.:01:46.

than I did yesterday, so I was hoping, you know, secretly hoping to

:01:47.:01:50.

make it to a final, but I... When I saw the... I was coming through the

:01:51.:01:53.

tunnel to come down to the track, I saw that the times were in around

:01:54.:01:57.

48-mid-to get through so I thought it was manageable if I could pull

:01:58.:02:01.

out a PB and I did just that. You actually nailed the race, didn't

:02:02.:02:06.

you? Yeah, I just felt really comfortable, yeah. It was - I

:02:07.:02:10.

absolutely got my stride pattern spot on. I may have had to reach a

:02:11.:02:14.

little bit for hurdle six but that's the only thing that sticks out in my

:02:15.:02:18.

mind that I didn't do right. In a final, who knows what can happen?

:02:19.:02:21.

Anything can happen, yeah, yeah. Cheers, thank you.

:02:22.:02:30.

A quick look at the table after five days:

:02:31.:02:50.

But there is plenty more to come for Great Britain, and it was a day of

:02:51.:02:55.

just getting through things by the skin of your teeth. We saw diner

:02:56.:03:02.

Asha Smith hanging on, praying nervously... Welcome metaphorically.

:03:03.:03:06.

She made it through as fast as loser in that 200 metre final. And in the

:03:07.:03:14.

long jump, well, they both qualified automatically, but Jasmine Sawyers

:03:15.:03:17.

was in 12th place, so again, by the skin of her teeth. I'm so used to

:03:18.:03:22.

seeing Jasmine doing that. She manages to just raise her game every

:03:23.:03:28.

time she competes. We saw it in the trials, getting that qualification

:03:29.:03:31.

to be actually here, and the person for me that's most disappointing was

:03:32.:03:37.

Proctor. It's the second time her Olympics have gone to tatters with

:03:38.:03:41.

that wonderful silver medal last year at the World Championships. I

:03:42.:03:45.

was expecting her to take that forward, and unfortunately she

:03:46.:03:47.

didn't do that. I really disappointing series, and on the

:03:48.:03:55.

third and final jump, all she needed was 6.60, which she is more than

:03:56.:03:59.

capable of doing. She can do that in her sleep. She got the whitefly but

:04:00.:04:03.

the distance did not appear, and you can tell by her face she is very

:04:04.:04:12.

disappointed. The Soviet athlete did compete as the only Russian athlete

:04:13.:04:15.

here in this athletics meet in Rio and did qualify. There was a bit of

:04:16.:04:20.

controversy about the fact that she was the only one, and by virtue of

:04:21.:04:25.

the fact that she was the only Russian, she trains and gets her

:04:26.:04:28.

drug testing done in America, so therefore she is classed as being an

:04:29.:04:35.

American almost. Yeah, she brought her case to the Court of arbitration

:04:36.:04:40.

for sport and the IAAF, and was able to substantiate her situation, that

:04:41.:04:45.

she trains in the US, she has trained in the US with a group of

:04:46.:04:50.

other athletes. Others like LaShawn Merritt down in Florida. Those

:04:51.:04:53.

athletes are testing on a regular basis in the US, and so they bought

:04:54.:04:58.

her case and decided that she hadn't been in Russia subject to that

:04:59.:05:03.

situation where athletes were being allowed to cheat the system. She had

:05:04.:05:09.

to appeal at the last minute to take part because the IAAF tried to

:05:10.:05:14.

revoke that. They got extra information from McLaren, who

:05:15.:05:17.

carried out the McLaren report and investigation, which they felt

:05:18.:05:23.

stopped her competing. Under the IOC rules, she could come and compete,

:05:24.:05:28.

so she is here competing. And within the competitive community here,

:05:29.:05:32.

would she be welcomed? Is there any sense that it's a slight anomaly, or

:05:33.:05:37.

is it business as usual? I think everyone - at least when they step

:05:38.:05:42.

back, everyone has put all the Russians into one box, because of

:05:43.:05:46.

the system, not necessarily because of the athletes themselves. The

:05:47.:05:54.

system allowed them to do that, so I think everyone puts them in one box.

:05:55.:05:58.

Once the athletes start competing, they are not thinking about, that's

:05:59.:06:02.

the Russian athlete, they are just competing. I think they recognise as

:06:03.:06:06.

well, once you are outside of the system, no one wanted to see an

:06:07.:06:10.

innocent athlete get punished. Russia needed to be punished as a

:06:11.:06:13.

country but there are innocent athletes who have suffered and

:06:14.:06:17.

haven't been able to come to an Olympic Games, and, when you satisfy

:06:18.:06:22.

the criteria and you are outside, and I think she has probably been

:06:23.:06:25.

tested more than some athletes from other countries that don't have that

:06:26.:06:28.

testing, and it's not a level playing field on that front, so they

:06:29.:06:33.

probably do recognise, if you are based outside, you have a right to

:06:34.:06:35.

come here and compete because you have complied with the system. She

:06:36.:06:40.

has got through to that final anyway. Just another word on Laura

:06:41.:06:46.

as well, Laura Muir, and Laura Weightman in that 1500 metres. The

:06:47.:06:50.

brutality, we talked about it in terms of qualifying, but those races

:06:51.:06:55.

are so difficult to navigate. Yeah. I was looking at a comment from

:06:56.:07:03.

Kelly Holmes saying she forgot how hard it was out there, and sometimes

:07:04.:07:07.

you are on and can do it, but sometimes the response is unfair,

:07:08.:07:10.

and you don't have the response to be able to come back and fight, and

:07:11.:07:13.

Laura didn't quite have what you thought she had in the tank on the

:07:14.:07:18.

last lap. We are going to hear now from the new Olympic high jump

:07:19.:07:22.

champion, described as one of the good guys. Derek, Olympic champion -

:07:23.:07:29.

it's got to sound so sweet right now. Obviously this is something

:07:30.:07:35.

I've been dreaming about for the last few weeks specifically. I've

:07:36.:07:38.

been thinking it's a possibility, but for it to come true, I don't

:07:39.:07:44.

think it's sunk in yet. I remember reading that you value your bronze

:07:45.:07:47.

medal from London above your World Championships gold medal. That's how

:07:48.:07:51.

much deal and fix means to you. Now you have that prized gold medal and

:07:52.:07:58.

no one can take it away from you. It's something I've been dreaming of

:07:59.:08:03.

my entire life, and it's going to be really, really tough to top this. I

:08:04.:08:06.

guess I'll try to match it in four years. Also did take in right now

:08:07.:08:14.

what you've achieved. I feel like I don't even have the emotions to

:08:15.:08:17.

properly deal with this right now. How will it be received back at home

:08:18.:08:23.

by family and friends? Have you got family here tonight? I was upset I

:08:24.:08:29.

wasn't able to get up in the crowd to hug my family but they were right

:08:30.:08:33.

there, right in the front row, so I'm happy they were here to watch

:08:34.:08:37.

it. Enjoy the celebrations tonight. Thank you so much. Well done to

:08:38.:08:43.

Derek Drouin because there was disappointment for Shawn Barber last

:08:44.:08:47.

night in the polevault, the world champion. He didn't make it to the

:08:48.:08:54.

rostrum. They've had the bronze medals from Degrasse and Tyson

:08:55.:09:02.

Eaton. Great to get the gold tonight. Thank you so much. It's

:09:03.:09:07.

been great. Before we go, though, we just have one little extra piece of

:09:08.:09:10.

analysis which we think you might like to see. Oh, you didn't... That

:09:11.:09:25.

is hilarious! Look at that skill! Did you get it? What you didn't see

:09:26.:09:34.

was when I finally got it, and Denise goes... Teamwork! Denise is

:09:35.:09:42.

oblivious to it. I'm not staring at you but I look like I'm demonically

:09:43.:09:48.

staring at you. It's the scoreboard! Left, Right, left, right... Yeah.

:09:49.:09:55.

When I chase something, I chase it to the end! I don't know what the

:09:56.:10:06.

last part was... It's the... I think Denise gave you a well done. That's

:10:07.:10:12.

right, that's me. Probably not one of my better moment... I don't know.

:10:13.:10:18.

You were successful in the end. It's all about the small victories, and

:10:19.:10:21.

you had a big victory over that tiny moth. Show it who's boss! OK, it's

:10:22.:10:29.

heading into the witching hour now, the silly hour. The athletics is

:10:30.:10:33.

over but there's so much more to come tomorrow. Mo Farah is back on

:10:34.:10:37.

the track in the morning for the 5000 metre heats, which of course

:10:38.:10:40.

will be around two o'clock your time, so make sure you are with us

:10:41.:10:44.

for that one, but I'm going to hand you back now to Jason Mohammad.

:10:45.:10:49.

Good evening. Thank you very much indeed. We could have done with

:10:50.:10:52.

Michael Johnson in the Stade de France on the eve of the Euro 2016

:10:53.:10:58.

final when it was invaded by moths. That's the moment of the games so

:10:59.:11:03.

far for me. Fabulous work. Another cracking day in track and field,

:11:04.:11:07.

another great day for Team GB. These are tonight's headlines. Britain's

:11:08.:11:14.

Laura Trott becomes the first British woman to win four Olympic

:11:15.:11:18.

gold medals after retaining her title. Two gold in London, two more

:11:19.:11:27.

in Rio, and she's only 24. Not to be outdone, Jason Kenny followed his

:11:28.:11:30.

fiancee on to the top step of the velodrome podium for the third time

:11:31.:11:34.

in Brazil. Another gold means Kenny joins former teammate Sir Chris Hoyt

:11:35.:11:38.

is a six time Olympic gold-medallist, also a great British

:11:39.:11:40.

record. Great scenes. The cycling medals didn't stop

:11:41.:11:50.

there. Becky James and Katie Marchand took silver and bronze

:11:51.:11:53.

respectively in the women's individual sprint. Four medals on

:11:54.:11:56.

the final day capping off a dominant display in the velodrome, 11 medals

:11:57.:12:03.

in total, nine more than their nearest rivals. Confirmation today

:12:04.:12:14.

that Giles Scott has secured gold in sailing's Finn class. Hannah Mills

:12:15.:12:19.

and Saskia Clark also all but guaranteed gold, although that will

:12:20.:12:22.

not be confirmed until after Wednesday's medal race. It doesn't

:12:23.:12:29.

stop there. Gymnast a meeting club won a brilliant bronze on the floor.

:12:30.:12:33.

The 16-year-old is Team GB's youngest athlete and has had to

:12:34.:12:39.

combine training with her GCSEs. Definitely an a star performance

:12:40.:12:46.

today. Well done. And there was another GB gymnastics bronze in the

:12:47.:12:49.

men's horizontal bar for Nigel Wilson. That saw the team round out

:12:50.:13:01.

an amazing campaign with seven medals in total. These headlines

:13:02.:13:05.

keep coming and coming. Diving now, and Jack Laugher claimed the second

:13:06.:13:10.

medal of the games after gold in the synchronised three metre springboard

:13:11.:13:12.

last week. He took individual silver today.

:13:13.:13:23.

The final middle of the day was bronze for Joshua Buatsi in the

:13:24.:13:31.

light heavyweight category, while Joe Joyce and Nicola Adams both

:13:32.:13:34.

guaranteed themselves a bronze at least with wins today. All in all,

:13:35.:13:39.

nine medals mean in Great Britain exceeded their UK sport medal target

:13:40.:13:45.

of 48 with five days to spare. They now have 50 - that's a Great Britain

:13:46.:13:49.

record for an overseas games. The United States lead the way with 28

:13:50.:13:54.

golds, 28 silvers, 28 bronze, a total of 84, but Great Britain, how

:13:55.:13:58.

good does that look? We've got lots of sport going on

:13:59.:14:11.

right now. If you fancy a little bit of beach volleyball, this is a

:14:12.:14:14.

cracking game, Italy against Russia in the men's semi-final, the iconic

:14:15.:14:26.

venue of Copacabana Beach. A good crowd considering it is 11:13 p.m..

:14:27.:14:30.

Also on the red button, the women's quarter-final in the basketball,

:14:31.:14:32.

France taking on Canada. Lots of great sport, but Brazil has

:14:33.:14:48.

been waiting a long time for a gold-medal in boxing. Could it come

:14:49.:14:51.

to light in the light heavyweight? All eyes on Ronald Conceicao.

:14:52.:15:06.

And we are under way. The 60 kg lightweight gold-medal bout

:15:07.:15:14.

contested between boxers from France and Brazil. The man in red is Robson

:15:15.:15:20.

Conceicao. 27 years of age, competing in his third Olympic Games

:15:21.:15:24.

here, and inspired by the home support, he has booked his place in

:15:25.:15:29.

this gold-medal contest with some terrific performances. The man

:15:30.:15:31.

wearing blue has been razor sharp all tournament long, the 21-year-old

:15:32.:15:39.

from France, ranked number six in the world, the tournament number

:15:40.:15:43.

seven seed, the man trying to spoil the Brazilian party. Fantastic

:15:44.:15:49.

atmosphere. Who is going to get their tactics right? Both good

:15:50.:15:54.

long-range men but Conceicao on the front foot, very dominant indeed,

:15:55.:16:02.

and he has the crowd behind him. But make no mistake, this Frenchman is a

:16:03.:16:09.

class act as well. These men were scheduled to meet at a tournament in

:16:10.:16:14.

Cuba just before the Olympics. The record will show Robson Conceicao

:16:15.:16:19.

won, but that was a walkover as the Frenchman was unable to take his

:16:20.:16:27.

place in the semi-final stage. The atmosphere here is really

:16:28.:16:34.

incredible. Conceicao used this atmosphere to produce a win over

:16:35.:16:40.

Alvarez, the reigning gold-medallist, to book his place.

:16:41.:16:50.

Just made a mistake, landing shots and going back to try to get back to

:16:51.:16:55.

safety with the safety distance, but he is dropping his hands. Conceicao

:16:56.:17:00.

for me, this jab of his has been brilliant in this round. Good timing

:17:01.:17:03.

and accurate. This is a good start from the Brazilian here. Look at

:17:04.:17:13.

that single jab, in and out with the feet, good timing, measuring the

:17:14.:17:19.

distance, Conceicao. Conceicao picked up a cut in that semi-final

:17:20.:17:27.

win. Good movement from the waist to avoid that punishment. He is boxing

:17:28.:17:33.

very well indeed, hitting without being hit in reply. Sofiane Oumiha

:17:34.:17:50.

gets caught going out. Funny, the Brazilian is slightly better.

:17:51.:17:57.

Good movement on the retreat once again from Conceicao.

:17:58.:18:05.

An opening round full of thought and concentration between the two boxes.

:18:06.:18:13.

In stark contrast to the party that's happening up in the stands

:18:14.:18:22.

here. Both parties deciding to stand and not set. This fellow for me had

:18:23.:18:25.

the better start here on the front foot. Catches up as he is moving

:18:26.:18:33.

away. Tension in the air. The crowd really playing their part here.

:18:34.:18:37.

Look, just making your opponent missed by inches and going back and

:18:38.:18:43.

scoring. That's what Conceicao did there. But will he get the scores?

:18:44.:18:52.

Let's have a look. And it's 10- nine across the board in favour of the

:18:53.:18:56.

men in red. Good scoring, good judging.

:18:57.:19:06.

So into the second round we go, and the man wearing red, Robson

:19:07.:19:13.

Conceicao, the fifth-ranked boxer in the world, the number four seed, has

:19:14.:19:22.

worked his way wonderfully behind that educated left hand. Good

:19:23.:19:27.

tactics from Conceicao here, on the front foot. He's not giving ground,

:19:28.:19:32.

is he? Very sharp. He started quickly, but again Oumiha trying to

:19:33.:19:39.

land that left hook. It's just not getting home, and that right hand of

:19:40.:19:45.

his comedy accuracy is not there compared his opponent. Conceicao

:19:46.:19:50.

working better with the jab and the right hand. Oumiha had a terrific

:19:51.:19:57.

run through to this semi-final stage in a series of seed slaying

:19:58.:20:02.

performances by the man in blue, eliminating the only man to defeat

:20:03.:20:18.

Lomichenko. He produced a fantastic display against the tournament

:20:19.:20:21.

number three seed to book his place here in this gold-medal bout. He is

:20:22.:20:27.

coping with the occasion well, Oumiha, but struggling to find the

:20:28.:20:31.

range consistently for his own shots, and Conceicao appearing

:20:32.:20:34.

preternaturally calm, helping himself to a good one too. Two

:20:35.:20:40.

quality performers here, but in this cat and mouse type of boxing... Look

:20:41.:20:47.

at Conceicao, on the ball, 100% concentration, and beating Oumiha to

:20:48.:20:53.

the punch. The concentration levels are very high for the man in red.

:20:54.:20:57.

Oumiha is definitely in it. There's not a lot in this contest. But

:20:58.:21:01.

better quality is coming from the Brazilian. Oumiha with a sneaking

:21:02.:21:10.

glance to his forehead. Evidence of that eye injury that Conceicao

:21:11.:21:15.

picked up in his contest against Alvarez. Both boxers having to work

:21:16.:21:23.

so hard for their openings, but look at that left hand from Conceicao

:21:24.:21:29.

once again, and a left jab causes Oumiha to touch down. The referee

:21:30.:21:33.

ruled it a slip but for my money the most fundamental of all boxing

:21:34.:21:37.

punches got through and aided him on his way to the canvas. They saw

:21:38.:21:42.

that, and also the judges, so again a dominant display by the Brazilian.

:21:43.:21:46.

Lovely punch picking, straight punches, basic work by the

:21:47.:21:49.

Brazilian, but it's working very effectively for him.

:21:50.:22:07.

Concentration absolute throughout. And these men know that their boxer

:22:08.:22:15.

is surely just three minutes away in terms of action in a ring from being

:22:16.:22:18.

crowned Olympic gold-medallist at this, his home Olympics.

:22:19.:22:24.

Concentration is the name of the game in a contest like this, and

:22:25.:22:30.

it's been demonstrated in abundance here by Conceicao. He is in and out

:22:31.:22:37.

with the work, using the basic punches, the straight punches, much

:22:38.:22:40.

better. The jab, the straight right hand. Oumiha is having some success.

:22:41.:22:46.

It's not all 1-way traffic. Look at that for a long left hook. But I

:22:47.:22:50.

just think he's been beaten to the punch, and again it's the judges

:22:51.:22:56.

that matter, so let's take a look. And Robson Conceicao has swept the

:22:57.:23:00.

board for the second successive round. He leads by two points from

:23:01.:23:07.

all three judges. So into the third and final round we go. The boxer

:23:08.:23:13.

wearing red, Robson Conceicao of Brazil, a man who has been a poster

:23:14.:23:17.

boy not just for the boxing tournament but for the entire

:23:18.:23:21.

Olympic Games, has the two points advantage from judges A, B and C.

:23:22.:23:33.

His concentration has been absolute, he has demonstrated a laserlike

:23:34.:23:37.

focus to repel the advances of Oumiha, who has had moments of

:23:38.:23:41.

success of his own. The reigning European games silver-medallist, but

:23:42.:23:44.

now the man in blue has a mountain to climb to overcome that 2-point

:23:45.:23:50.

deficit. He needs a 10- eight round just get back to parity. Oumiha

:23:51.:23:54.

needs the round of his life because he has to his opponent on the floor.

:23:55.:24:00.

He just has to go for it. It's an all or nothing approach from Oumiha.

:24:01.:24:04.

He will have to take risks to land that power shot. He will have to be

:24:05.:24:09.

in that zone to land that bedtime shot that could cause an upset here,

:24:10.:24:14.

but by doing that he is in a zone and an area where he could get

:24:15.:24:18.

caught himself. But he needs the punch of his life. Oumiha has to go

:24:19.:24:24.

for broke that he is facing an educated, intelligent boxer in the

:24:25.:24:29.

form of Robson Conceicao. Former World Championship silver-medallist

:24:30.:24:35.

in 2013. And this man, who was a street vendor on the streets of

:24:36.:24:40.

Salvador as a child, calls himself a survivor. Used to hawk vegetables,

:24:41.:24:43.

knocking on car windows when they came to traffic lights, and he said

:24:44.:24:46.

his personality, what he euphemistically called

:24:47.:24:55.

quarrelsome... He had an uncle who was quarrelsome to, a fighter by

:24:56.:24:58.

personality, and Robson Conceicao wanted to be just like him, so he

:24:59.:25:02.

used to sneak down to the gym, watch his uncle ply his trade, watch the

:25:03.:25:08.

older fighters. Couldn't afford hand wraps, used a fake injury, get

:25:09.:25:12.

treatment from the hospital, sectors -- take the same bandages the

:25:13.:25:17.

hospital would give him and turned them into hand wraps. That's how

:25:18.:25:21.

much this young man who grew up poor in Brazil wanted to be a boxer, and

:25:22.:25:25.

now, here at his home Olympics, he is on the cusp of being crowned

:25:26.:25:33.

Olympic champion, which would be an historic title for a Brazilian

:25:34.:25:37.

boxer, because to this point no Brazilian has occupied top spot on

:25:38.:25:43.

the podium in the boxing ring. The hard work for Conceicao has been

:25:44.:25:47.

done in those two rounds. He knows he's just protecting his lead now.

:25:48.:25:52.

That's why he has taken his foot off the gas. Just 12 seconds away from

:25:53.:25:57.

being Olympic champion. Watch this place erupt as the bell goes. The

:25:58.:26:02.

crowd counting down the final seconds. And Robson Conceicao raises

:26:03.:26:10.

his arms as he wanders his way back we to his red corner. Because the

:26:11.:26:19.

crowd knows, and he knows, he is just about to be crowned Olympic

:26:20.:26:22.

gold-medallist in the 60 kg lightweight division. What an

:26:23.:26:30.

intelligent display to keep the talented Sofiane Oumiha at bay and

:26:31.:26:33.

out of punching range. The French corner know that it's not going to

:26:34.:26:42.

be their night, but Sofiane Oumiha, the 23-year-old representing France,

:26:43.:26:45.

playing his part in a terrific contest, but Robson Conceicao would

:26:46.:26:50.

not be denied. Tremendous stuff. The first two rounds where his best

:26:51.:26:54.

rounds. He concentrated very, very well, started very quickly. That was

:26:55.:26:59.

important. The straight punches, the speed was there. It's a real Rocky

:27:00.:27:04.

story that you've explained, Ronald, and again, tremendous stuff for this

:27:05.:27:11.

young man. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner by

:27:12.:27:13.

unanimous decision... A cacophony of noise and a carnival

:27:14.:27:46.

of colour. It's just erupted into celebration in acknowledgement of

:27:47.:27:49.

the fact that Robson Conceicao, the boy who grew up poor on the streets

:27:50.:27:53.

of Salvador, has just been crowned Olympic champion in the 60 kg

:27:54.:28:01.

lightweight division. To become Brazil's first-ever Olympic champion

:28:02.:28:04.

inside the boxing ring. He dealt with the pressure of expectation, he

:28:05.:28:09.

dealt with the reputation and the talents of all of the boxers who

:28:10.:28:12.

were in front of him, never more so than in the final when he eliminated

:28:13.:28:18.

the talented young Frenchman, Sofiane Oumiha, and he is drinking

:28:19.:28:23.

in the applause from the crowd here, who are in absolute rapture at what

:28:24.:28:29.

this man has just accomplished. 27-year-old Robson Conceicao is the

:28:30.:28:34.

Olympic champion of the 60 kg lightweight division.

:28:35.:28:52.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. In his third Olympic Games, Robson

:28:53.:29:02.

Conceicao has just claimed his first Olympic medal, and it is pure gold.

:29:03.:29:10.

The first-ever gold medal for Brazil in the boxing ring has been won by a

:29:11.:29:19.

man inspired to top spot on the podium by these passionate

:29:20.:29:20.

supporters. What a wonderful evening for Robson

:29:21.:29:34.

Conceicao. He led from start to finish. Terrific evening in the

:29:35.:29:38.

boxing. But the day started with Brazil's women hoping to book their

:29:39.:29:42.

place in the final of the women's football tournament. They took on

:29:43.:29:46.

Sweden earlier today. Goalless after 90 minutes, goalless after extra

:29:47.:29:49.

time. That meant the dreaded penalties.

:29:50.:29:56.

Brazil and Sweden will both face a penalty shootout to decide who goes

:29:57.:29:58.

through to the gold-medal game. The first penalty, and Marta just about

:29:59.:30:08.

scores. You can see what it means. That's a terrific penalty to silence

:30:09.:30:20.

the Maracena. You can sense the noise being sucked out of the

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Maracena. So it's as you were. Alvez of Barcelona. Terrific penalty.

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Seger, another rough Sweden's really big players, epitomised by the way

:30:43.:30:46.

she took that penalty. And here is Raphael, and another very good

:30:47.:30:51.

penalty. Fischer is being sent forward. Well, this is effectively

:30:52.:30:58.

sudden death, and it's the youngster. And Sweden one penalty

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away. The cheers have already started. Dahlkvist... And she's done

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it! Sweden are into the final. Brazil's quest for Olympic gold is

:31:22.:31:22.

over. Braziliant football and semifinals?

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So Sweden cause a massive upset but who would they play in the final?

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Germany? Or Canada? This time the penalty is given.

:31:41.:32:02.

It's the right decision. A yellow card is flourished as well.

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I don't think she can have too many complaints.

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She knew straightaway. Melanie Behringer looking to score for her

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third successive game. Decisive penalty and Germany lead.

:32:30.:32:34.

What a penalty that was. She showed all her experience, didn't let the

:32:35.:32:41.

occasion get to her. What a strike! The goalkeeper had absolutely no

:32:42.:32:43.

chance. The shot's gone in and that could be

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the clinching goal! Sara Dabritz may have sent Germany into the gold

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medal game. Such a shame for Canada because this was their best spell of

:33:18.:33:21.

the game but that's what Germany do. They're clinical and when they get

:33:22.:33:24.

the chance, when they get the opportunity, they score. Germany can

:33:25.:33:28.

celebrate. They are into the final and they will face Sweden in the

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gold medal game on Friday. Yes, Germany bronze medallists in

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2000, 2004 and 2008. Into the final for the first time. The decider will

:33:40.:33:45.

be the coach's last game at the helm after 11 years in charge. Utter

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devastation for can ga da. And for Sweden, their boss is looking for a

:33:51.:33:55.

third consecutive Olympic triumph having guided the United States to

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gold in 2008 and 2012. Germany reach the final of yet another football

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tournament. Oh, utter tears.

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Well, one of the sports we've absolutely loved covering here at

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Rio to 16, especially on the late-night show, is the

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weightlifting and tonight the unofficial coronation of the world's

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strongest man, the 105kg category. Let's enjoy

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. He held the world record in the snatch for barely a minute. He's

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beginning his clean and jerk at 262ing. Well, he makes it look easy.

:34:45.:34:53.

He does make it look easy. 242kg, the record, the Olympic record.

:34:54.:35:01.

The Olympic record stands at 2.63kg. Are we going to get close to that? I

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don't know. I think right about now the focus needs to be on winning

:35:06.:35:09.

gold medals. Look at the position under the bar, so straight.

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That line down vertically from the bar spot on.

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This will be a new PB for him of one kilogram.

:35:31.:35:38.

No. Well, he's been a thriller on the

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scene for a long time, Velagic. You've got to wonder if this might

:35:45.:35:49.

just be his last competition. At the age of 34, he's been around for a

:35:50.:35:54.

long, long time. He gave it everything he had, just

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not enough on the day. So Velagic, his best lift in this

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competition was 232kg. His combined total - 420kg.

:36:11.:36:18.

Now our first look in the clean and jark at Mart Seim, down a fraction

:36:19.:36:24.

in the snatch at 187kg. He's starting off with 243kg.

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He's lifted 248kg in competition before.

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Very fast. And I think that's OK. A bit soft in

:36:52.:37:02.

the arms but it looked all right to me.

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Just to put this in perspective, he placed third at the European

:37:06.:37:08.

Championships earlier this year but he only managed 239kg there so

:37:09.:37:15.

clearly in better shape here in Rio. 243kg on the board. He's got to be

:37:16.:37:21.

happy with that. Well, Seim - he's an interesting lifter, this fellow.

:37:22.:37:25.

He seems to have a better clean and jerk record compared with his

:37:26.:37:28.

snatch. Why do you think that would be? The clean and jerk is a little

:37:29.:37:35.

more forgiving but he's more compact than most lifters. Some of these

:37:36.:37:40.

guys in comparison have got a lot further to shift the bar.

:37:41.:37:46.

Each lifter has their own preference. For me, I used to prefer

:37:47.:37:50.

the snatch. It was over quicker. It didn't hurt as much. Here's Jiri

:37:51.:37:58.

Orsag of the Czech Republic again. This is his last lift in the clean

:37:59.:38:00.

and jerk. He's going for 243kg here. He'll want to get the bar off his

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airways. No. Gone. Just didn't have the legs after that

:38:31.:38:38.

heavy clean. Well, Jiri Orsag has been a joy to

:38:39.:38:45.

watch in this competition. He's going to lock away 240kg, his

:38:46.:38:57.

combined total will be 425kg. We're waiting for Aleksanyan of

:38:58.:39:00.

Armenia and now we're going to get our first look at this man. Just

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look at Orsag just one more time. Over the back it goes. Not quite to

:39:06.:39:22.

arm's length, was it? He's gone for the shirt over the shoulders this

:39:23.:39:26.

time. We saw some serious taping over his shoulders during the

:39:27.:39:28.

snatch. 245kg.

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The it's just one off the Armenian's personal best.

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It's good. Mmm. Well, you see the bar whipping on his shoulders, that

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was natural whip, by the looks of it, not deliberate oscillation. No

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messing around, though. As soon as he was on the bar, he was off.

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Really solid opening attempt. 245kg. Catches the bar on his shoulders.

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These weights are far too heavy to place it on your shoulders. It

:40:37.:40:40.

literally lands, the elbows need to be fairly high so it stays on top of

:40:41.:40:46.

your shoulders. And now our first look at our last

:40:47.:40:56.

lifter. It is the Olympic Champion entering

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the competition in the clean and jerk at 245kg.

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This will put him in first place if he succeeds. Oh, he drifted forward.

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What are the referees going to make of that? Well, you've picked it

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again. Two #red lights. Soft in the elbows. It's not good enough. He

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knew it swlt. #red tab red. That's That's opened up the competition. He

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was the leader and world record-holder after the snatch but

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he's under pressure. Watch the elbows. Both of them. Red

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That's opened up the competition. He was the leader and world

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record-holder after the snatch but he's under pressure.

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Watch the elbows. Both of them. The noise in the stadium means only one

:41:50.:41:53.

thing... Yes. We do wonder who's on the stage? Oh, it's the Brazilian,

:41:54.:42:06.

Fernando Reis. Who else could it be? This would put him into fifth place

:42:07.:42:12.

if he completes this. He's right up with the leaders. He was 25kg behind

:42:13.:42:33.

the leader after the snatch. Can he recover? No. Split really

:42:34.:42:38.

wide, gave everything, dropped as low as he could underneath the bar.

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That was an attempt at a 15kg personal best.

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Unbelievable. Fernando Reis fails at 245kg with

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one more lift to come. We're back now with the Iranian,

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Behdad, Kordasiabi. He stayed at 245kg. Watching in the warm-up area

:43:20.:43:24.

will be the Georgian, Talakhadze. The clean is OK. It's harder than

:43:25.:43:28.

the first attempt. Drip... No, I don't think he's going

:43:29.:43:34.

to get that. My word. Goodness me. Let's have a look. Oh, he's got it.

:43:35.:43:42.

I think he held that on bent arms. We've got movement of the jury -- at

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the jury table. One of the jury members... Is very,

:43:47.:43:55.

very interested about that. They're asking to stop the clock,

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stop the competition and this means only one thing. Well, I thought

:43:59.:44:08.

those elbows were super soft again. I think this could be overturned by

:44:09.:44:14.

the jury. I stand by what I said. Well, the referees have just had the

:44:15.:44:19.

discussion with the jury. Now, if this is overturned, this really does

:44:20.:44:22.

put him under some ridiculous pressure now. Does he come out for

:44:23.:44:27.

the same weight again? And probably, what, guarantee maybe, maybe only

:44:28.:44:31.

just a medal. We don't know what colour? Or does he try and put the

:44:32.:44:36.

weight up and go for it and gamble everything? Well, we've just heard

:44:37.:44:43.

word that that 245kg lift has been overturned by the jury.

:44:44.:44:50.

Wow! What drama we've got here in the men's plus-105kg category. The

:44:51.:44:56.

reigning Olympic Champion now under severe pressure to retain his title.

:44:57.:45:01.

He would have known what it felt like. He would have known that it

:45:02.:45:12.

was soft. Now we've got arguments between lifter and coach. We've got

:45:13.:45:16.

the crowd booing. The trouble is... I guess they have seen what we've

:45:17.:45:20.

seen. Nobody gets the luck of the replay. There's no video analysis in

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weightlifting yet. That is soft as. He's going to have to come out,

:45:27.:45:30.

surely, for the same weight again. This would be enough to put him into

:45:31.:45:35.

the lead but how long can he stay there for? Only time will tell.

:45:36.:45:41.

Well, this is do or die. Let's emphasise this next lift. He if he

:45:42.:45:45.

fails, he doesn't get a medal. Correct. He could be the world

:45:46.:45:51.

record helicopterer with no medal - how -- world record helicopterer

:45:52.:45:57.

with no medal. How disa -- world record-holder with no medal. How

:45:58.:46:03.

disappointing would that be? There is unbelievable pressure here.

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Talakhadze, the Georgian, is just sitting back and watching with

:46:08.:46:10.

interest. He could virtually walk into the

:46:11.:46:16.

gold medal if he... If Salimikordasiabi here fails at this

:46:17.:46:18.

wait. My word. What a twist in this

:46:19.:46:23.

competition that we have been witnessing here. Remember half an

:46:24.:46:26.

hour ago, this man set a world record in the snatch and now he

:46:27.:46:36.

faces do-or-die with one lift. He's still blowing hard after that

:46:37.:46:41.

previous attempt. Two minutes is not long to recover.

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Last chance. Come on. Everybody in here wants to see this.

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word. A world record not that long ago and now he is going home without

:47:18.:47:24.

a medal. A staggering fall from grace for the Olympic champion. He

:47:25.:47:28.

is clearly not happy with the decision of the jury. I believe the

:47:29.:47:34.

decision of the jury was correct. They will agree once they see the

:47:35.:47:41.

replay at a later date. That is not the way to do it. It is not what we

:47:42.:47:50.

expected. The competition is still on and it is all to play for now. We

:47:51.:48:00.

have got more confusion here. On the stage is Fernando Reis of Brazil but

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he has been called off the stage because Talakhadze is back on. Let

:48:08.:48:13.

us free cap. At the moment, Talakhadze is the leader. He has a

:48:14.:48:24.

six kilogram lead over Minasyan. Talakhadze still has two lifts to

:48:25.:48:37.

come. Up here goes to 200 kilograms. The gold-medal -- 247 kilograms. The

:48:38.:48:50.

gold medal should be for this man, a specially if he succeeds with this

:48:51.:48:56.

lift in the clean and jerk. Superb lifting. I tell you what, it is

:48:57.:49:05.

disappointing to see or to hear the booing from the crowd as he emerges.

:49:06.:49:12.

It is not his problem. He is coming out here and doing his job. We need

:49:13.:49:17.

a little more respect from the crowd. That has drawn a line in the

:49:18.:49:23.

sand for the rest of the weightlifters. Started out so

:49:24.:49:26.

strong. Lost a little support. So rife with his third and final

:49:27.:49:54.

attempt. -- Reis. He is asking the crowd for quiet and they respect

:49:55.:49:55.

that. Ooh, that is a failure. That is a

:49:56.:50:15.

failure. Even if he had stood up, I believe the referees would have

:50:16.:50:19.

asked him to put it down. It is called an adjustment. It must go to

:50:20.:50:23.

the top of your shoulders and stayed there. 240 kilograms is what he

:50:24.:50:31.

lifted. He is now in fifth place. From there, watch the adjustment

:50:32.:50:48.

there. That is not allowed. And would have been flagged.

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And Mart Seim will be looking to move up the rankings with this lift.

:51:02.:51:11.

If he succeeds, he will move into fifth position.

:51:12.:51:39.

That was a strong clean. No, I don't know what... Will he hold it? What

:51:40.:51:56.

do the referees think? He was so close, wasn't he? Once again, soft

:51:57.:52:03.

elbows. You need to be more convincing than this. That would

:52:04.:52:09.

have been a new personal best for him.

:52:10.:52:21.

Mart Seim stands up quite well, just in front. Ooh, I don't know. I still

:52:22.:52:36.

think... Was it elbows, shoulders, was the unlucky? Difficult

:52:37.:52:41.

refereeing here tonight but great decisions have been made. This is

:52:42.:52:46.

becoming more and more controversial. We just had the

:52:47.:52:55.

Iranian officials... Well, we have just seen one lift a walkout and

:52:56.:53:00.

question the officials. Extraordinary scenes here. As a

:53:01.:53:06.

weightlifter in need to accept the decision of the referees. It is

:53:07.:53:11.

difficult and he is distraught but there are other weightlifters coming

:53:12.:53:15.

out to the platform and he needs to take his argument outside and allow

:53:16.:53:20.

the competition to continue. That allows this man, Aleksanyan of

:53:21.:53:30.

Armenia. This lift could be for a bronze medal. He is not happy with

:53:31.:53:37.

the noise that has been generated by the crowd here. I am not surprised.

:53:38.:53:40.

It is quite a negative atmosphere. Once he is on the bar he will be

:53:41.:53:55.

quick. He manages to get underneath. No.

:53:56.:54:21.

Well. We still have Talakhadze in the lead with one attempt still

:54:22.:54:27.

remaining. He does have a healthy lead. Here's the 11 kg clear of

:54:28.:54:41.

Minasyan of Armenia and the Georgian is in third place. An aggressive

:54:42.:54:46.

effort and he pushes himself away from the bar. You need to drive with

:54:47.:54:53.

the legs and drop to catch the weight overhead. You cannot do that

:54:54.:55:02.

kind of weight with your arms. I think there are a few weightlifters

:55:03.:55:07.

in the warmup room watching anxiously. We still have three

:55:08.:55:11.

weightlifters left in the competition. Mart Seim, here, is the

:55:12.:55:22.

only one who will need to lift... I don't think anyone in -- can catch

:55:23.:55:37.

Talakhadze. The Armenian camp is calling for quiet. So Aleksanyan

:55:38.:55:44.

comes out at 254 kilograms again. That is beyond him. He has been a

:55:45.:56:36.

popular competitor here. Ooh, a very angry man on stage at the moment and

:56:37.:56:41.

he is angry because of the lack of respect from some of the supporters.

:56:42.:56:49.

Let us give these guys a chance. They have worked so hard for this

:56:50.:56:55.

moment but at the same time they need to learn to focus and shut out

:56:56.:57:06.

everything else that is going on. He drops his chest. We have an

:57:07.:57:26.

announcement... (Laughs). That confirms the medallists. An

:57:27.:57:35.

announcement to ask the crowd for quiet and to respect the

:57:36.:57:41.

weightlifters. About time. Mart Seim is lifting for fourth place. 255

:57:42.:57:51.

kilograms. Despite some good lifting in the clean and jerk he is too file

:57:52.:58:04.

back after the snatch -- too far back after the snatch for medal

:58:05.:58:14.

contention. That is good. Does he have the legs? No, not today. That

:58:15.:58:18.

would have been good enough for fourth. He gave it everything he

:58:19.:58:27.

had. When you think about the snatch competition, think of how exciting

:58:28.:58:31.

and competitive bout was. The clean and jerk has been different. It is

:58:32.:58:38.

still competitive but we have gone from consistency in the snatch to

:58:39.:58:50.

inconsistency in the clean and jerk. And Talakhadze at the moment has

:58:51.:58:56.

gotten five out of five lifts. He has not allowed anything to affect

:58:57.:59:01.

him he has just focused on himself. Right now he is antagonising the

:59:02.:59:05.

crowd. He is already the Olympic champion. It does not matter if this

:59:06.:59:14.

lift those off or not he has won. He is lifting an extraordinary weight.

:59:15.:59:24.

258 kilograms. This will be a world record in the combined. A world

:59:25.:59:35.

record attempt here. Oh, you are joking! Look at that! Fantastic

:59:36.:59:45.

lifting and you can thank the crowd for winding him up.

:59:46.:59:54.

That is some lifting from Talakhadze of George. -- Georgia. He has added

:59:55.:00:13.

one kilogram to the world record. An extraordinary night of lifting here

:00:14.:00:27.

at Rio 2016. That bar was sagging because of the weight on either end.

:00:28.:00:35.

Brilliant and well done to Talakhadze for setting a new world

:00:36.:00:42.

record. We enjoyed that. The champion Christian Taylor retained

:00:43.:00:51.

his title. They top the table with 28 gold-medal however Great Britain

:00:52.:01:00.

have 19. Many of you are tweeting as this evening, thank you for staying

:01:01.:01:05.

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the legend taking on a fly. There is only one winner when Michael Johnson

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wonderful game for Team GB.

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