Day 11 BBC Two: 18.00-19.00 Olympics

Good evening. It is a beautiful afternoon with us here in Rio on day

11 of the 28th Olympic Games. There is a full programme of track and

field and in the velodrome, with more British medals definitely in

the pipeline on what is the last in the velodrome. It is hard to believe

it is almost over there, and in the artistic gymnastics, the final three

apparatus finals are about to get under way. Simone Biles' drive for

five is no longer going to be possible, she tripped up on the

balance beam, and she still has a chance for four gold medals, which

would be a wonderful achievement and would equal the most ever won in a

single Olympic Games by a gymnast, certainly a female gymnast. It is

the men's parallel bars first, Matt Baker is ready. China in the thick

of this to go three in a row. Absolutely. This is the penultimate

final for the men. We will have the women's floor at

6:45pm, and then the high bar at 7:30pm on BBC One. These are the top

eight gymnasts from qualification on the parallel bars. Danell Leyva is

the first to go. What a line-up we have got, five world medallists,

three of them have been world champions. 0.2 separating four of

them. Oleg Verniaiev is a top qualifier, in with a shout. He has

been consistently scoring over 16 this year. He is the favourite.

There are 80 guys in there with higher stock values, so it will be

interesting. It is one of your favourite pieces of apparatus. What

makes the perfect routine? A good combination of skills under the bar

and above the bar and a stuck dismount. Judges will be looking for

hand placement and any flicker of the legs. Hazel talked about the

Chinese on this piece of apparatus, they are renowned for this. They

are. Three qualified for the final today, but there are only two per

country, so one guy has had to drop out. But they are the strongest in

the Olympics. You Hao is world champion from 2015 and his team-mate

Deng Shudi got a bronze. But Danell Leyva is one of three gymnasts who

has a similar skill set. Often those who are good on parallel bars are

good on high bar, but you have to control it much more. It is a more

controlled piece of apparatus. Danell Leyva with his stepfather,

his coach, very charismatic. They are a great combination. Let begin

the parallel bar Olympic final with Danell Leyva, the world champion

back in 2011. Danell Leyva came into the American team as the reserve,

replacing the injured gymnast. A lovely full turn. He held that very

nicely on the one rail. Another beautiful full turn. The under swing

work there to be seen. Really nice, the only person in the world to be

doing that. He uses a lot of under bar work, which is why he is so good

on the high bar as well. The above bar element. A big double front to

stick. What a way to start the final. A little moment in the middle

where he went for a wonder, that he contained it. People but back with

the dismount. He has scored a 15.6 whilst here. It will be high 15th.

-- a high 15 that will medal. It is a high start value as well. He could

not have done it much better. What a way to get this final under way. In

some ways it is quite nice going at the beginning. The pressure has not

racked up through the apparatus. If you are nearer the end, when

everybody has gone clean and you know you have to be perfect... That

was efficient. Those who have been following the gymnastics here, you

will know to keep your eye on the difficulty score. Gymnasts can get

extra marks by doing harder routines. Keep your eye on that.

Watch it billed as we go through the competition. An enormous 15.9. That

will be a very strong benchmark. Definitely. There are three or four

other guys who can score near that mark. It will be a close call to see

who gets in the medals. The second gymnast, of the top eight

qualifiers, Andrei Muntean, one of two Romanians here on the men's

side. They did not qualify with the team, a great surprise. But the job

on parallel bars is down to this man, his team-mate just missed out.

He starts nice and smooth. The ability to show a good handstand is

so important. Yes, you need to keep your composure. Shows you have a

strong core. He held it for more than enough. It goes up a grade when

you do it from the one bar. Moving nicely to the end. Huge from one end

to the other. Really classy work. The double pike

backwards. A small jump. Two down, what a final. You can see he is

absolutely thrilled with that. These gymnasts have had to wait a long

time, we are day 11, they qualified on day one. You can imagine the

anticipation and anxiety that has built up. Waiting to perform today.

Absolutely thrilled. He just worked so hard to control it. The full turn

out. These are the bits that have made parallel bars so exciting over

the last few years, the swinging elements. It is moving from one end

to the other and they are graded really high. You will see gymnasts

doing this to increase the difficulty score. You would not

believe the momentum and the downward force you experience as you

dropping from handstand down and through. It is quite easy in the

early stages to come off. Yes, a lot of the gymnasts will coat the bars

in sugar water or honey to add a bit of extra grip to make sure they

don't fly off. The top score is still Danell Leyva, 15.9. This

gymnast has scored a 15.966 whilst here. 7.2 difficulty in the

all-around competition. It is Deng Shudi. He got a bronze of the World

Championships two years ago. One of your favourite gymnasts. Yes,

especially on parallel bars. So much to write a and difficulty within

this routine. It is unbelievable, he can cram it all into one routine.

Deng Shudi, the first of the two Chinese gymnasts in the men's

parallel bars Olympic final, 24 years old, the third highest

qualifier. China so dominant on this apparatus in the team competition.

But they have not had a happy finals. A beautiful somersault. He

needs to hit every element here. Explain that. That was a double

somersault from the long swing, with a half turn. Very unique. It is

worth so much to add to the difficulty score. Slightly

off-balance, managed to save it. With not much deduction, actually.

Another huge double pike between the bars. Again, a big movement from one

end to the other. Double pike kick out. He tried to

stick it, just a bit unlucky. Beautiful flow through the routine,

the rhythm was just sublime. Just the unfortunate error in the middle,

off to one side. He pulled it back in, but there will be some

deductions. The highest difficulty score so far was Danell Leyva with

6.9. In qualification he went 47.2. Is that likely to be up? It was

relatively similar. It is hard to go much higher than 7.2, only one

gymnast in this final has a higher start value. These somersaults, the

kicks out so well. Look at the dismount. Could have lifted the

chest a bit higher so he did not need the hop backwards, but there is

no keeping hold of the legs and squeezing it in until you meet the

floor. Beautiful work. Tenth of a mark will separate the medallists in

this Olympic final. Not enough to go ahead of Danell

Leyva. That was a costly wobble on the bar. I think it was around 0.3,

so he could have been into the 16th there, which would have taken him

into the lead. His team-mate, You Hao, is next to

go. Some of them have different liquids they like to put on the

bars. To make sure it is absolutely to their liking. Some bring

sandpaper, a bit of honey and water. You Hao just preparing the bars

exactly as he would like them. They are quite springy. They have some

movement, so you can get the bounce and height. Interestingly, at the

start of qualification a cute gymnasts were having problems with

the bars, but over time, they are to their liking now. You Hao, fifth

highest qualifier, but he has scored 16.166. He is the gymnast with the

highest difficulty score. So tidy and tight. 7.4, his difficulty in

qualifying. If he can be clean, he should be able to score the most.

Really nice start. A really unique skill that both Chinese gymnasts

have performed. Adding to the start value. Really nice combination of

under bar work. Long swing, double pike. Just settling in the

handstand. Moving from one into the other. Having a little rest,

preparing for the last third of the routine. His legs might have touched

the bars then. There will be a deduction. Not sure how much.

Maybe his mind was on the fact that his feet had touched the bars, and

put too much into the dismount. Yes, that would have been on his mind and

maybe lost concentration. That has been a big story of the Chinese in

these finals, especially the men, because they have come in with the

big difficulty scores, but have not seemed to be able to hold their

nerve to perform. We were saying that on the rings yesterday. A

really big surprise, because this is so much work. In qualification he

had room for some errors. But he has fallen at the end, so it will be too

costly. And that is one hallmark deduction. So when you see the

execution score, he was law. You heard people gasping. I don't think

anyone could believe it. 14.833. The current world champion. What a huge

disappointment. Danell Leyva leads the final on a score of 15.9. David

Belyavskiy is next to go. Belyavskiy has become another of the

favourites at the European Championships, and is the current

European champion. His highest score here is 59.33, and he has done it

twice. So he has the potential to challenge for the top spot. Nice

control on the opening. That was an unusual combination. Yes, really

decorative. I tried to learn it, and I couldn't get it in training. He is

such a tidy gymnast on the parallel bars.

It was a completely different pace. Surely he has landed on a medal? I

think so. He has consistently had 59 and 60, and that was a brilliant

performance. It was indeed, and we showed how to perform the dismount

properly. He also landed deeply. I think it is difficult to get the

height of the parallel bars for this dismount. Like you say it was very

zippy. A little hesitation but he swings like on the high buyer. He

has been an impressive gymnast. We saw Hamas and youngster to be

consistent, but this year he found his feet. And his landings. I hope

that he can get into the medals. The score to beat is 59. Three gymnasts

left to go. It is amazing how going early like

Danell Leyva did, and giving a really confident performance...

15.783. The jump and the landing is where he has lost it to Danell

Leyva. There is the confirmation as it stands. 15.9 leads.

Deng Shudi holding onto the bronze medal position at the moment. Here

comes the World champion. He is also two time European champion. A silver

medal in the all-round competition on the first day in the individual

finals. Here's the highest qualifier, with a score of 16.166.

He pushed so hard in the all-around competition. He would dearly love to

make this his gold. Just a little softness in his back, very

uncharacteristic. A big arch, looks like he is

nervous. Huge flight above the bar is moving

to the other end. He might have just pulled it back.

Very uncharacteristic with the back arches. Really. He is usually so

tight and controlled. He has been the best in the world parallel bars

for the last three or for years. He has looked supremely confident but

it just shows you that there is nothing like the pressure in the

Olympic final. He posted a 7.2 difficulty in qualification. He

needs all the difficulty he can get here. He does. When he goes through

perfectly scores 16.1 or 16 to, but he has lost a few tenths with the

hand placements. It will be a close call that he get to -- to see

whether he can get above Danell Leyva. What do you reckon? 15.8 or

15.9. Well, the scores are in, and it is 16.041. It is huge. He leads

ahead of Danell Leyva. Belyavskiy is at the moment in third position.

Well. A few more tenths than you were expecting. Yes, with the back

arches, you can give 1p or three tenths, and they have decided on one

tenth. They probably would only be one tenth, but under the scrutiny of

this perfect work, you think it is a big mistake. That is the decision of

judge. -- one tenth. They decided 0.1 of those little arch positions.

I have to say, firmly he is the best parallel bar worker in the world.

And when you have given performance like that consistently, that is what

is expected. 16.041 is now the score to beat for gold. No three from

Cuba. Usually capable of this. We have seen him fight for position in

the all-round. He had to withdraw because of a foot injury. This is

very good work indeed. Looked like a slightly misplaced his hand with a

half turn. He managed to save it, but not without breaking form.

A big mistake in the middle. But a demonstration of the power he has

got. Years in the high bar final very shortly, coming up at 7:30pm on

BBC One. But what a shame. I love the dismount. It is difficult to

generate the height on the parallel bars, but he was high. Yes, he is a

powerful gymnast so he can get so much hyped. There is the mistake,

quite costly. That may be enough to put him out of the medals. That will

probably be 0.3 at least. Maybe even 0.5. That is deducted from the ten

marks the execution. But won't match off for the dismount. -- there will

not be much of for the dismount. The scores are in.

So, the last gymnast to go, Ryohei Kato, he got a bronze medal at the

Championships -- World Championships in 2015. He has had two 15.5 scores,

one of them was in the team final, that got Japan the gold. It is

interesting how many different countries are in these team finals.

JoAnn won the team gold, but have not dominated at all. In fact, they

have had just one medal. It is interesting that other countries are

penetrating. -- Japan won the team gold. When the difficulty is there,

you cannot ignore that, you have to add it to the execution, which is

how you get these scores, which has helped Great Britain. Yes, and I

think with the Japanese men, the start scores are low compared to the

other gymnasts. Ryohei Kato performed a 6.6 in qualifications,

which is a lot lower than some in this final. But his work is clean. A

little tiny arch of the back. Super on the somersaults. But he leaves

himself having to perform almost faultlessly to compete. Because his

start score is lower, he has two performance will clean. A little bit

shaky. It will not be as high as in qualifications.

Nice struggle front somersault. -- straddle.

He's trying to push Belyavskiy out of the medals. He does not hit the

dead straight handstand lying like the other gymnasts. It was amazing

how many of them felt the pressure on the easy elements. I'm sure he

did a double pike dismount... Of course we are talking about star

Value. That is your ten most difficult moods added together,

including the dismount, to give you the amount of difficulty in the

routine. -- difficult moves. The difficulty in qualification was 6.6.

He may have increased that a bit. I do not think it is going to

challenge for first place. No, it doesn't. He finishes seventh, with a

score of 15.233. So warlike than I ever is the Olympic champion. --

Verniaiev. HAZEL IRVINE:. I think we are all

delighted for Verniaiev. It is gold. It was called four years ago, at

Greenwich Park. Do you remember the quartet who took the equestrian gold

in that dramatic jump off against the Netherlands? The first

show-jumping gold for Great Britain in 60 years, and it was celebrated

hard after that. Well, two of that team, Ben Maher and Nick Skelton are

back for the team. Nick Skelton brings back the only returning horse

from London 2012. He got the Whitaker brothers this time, John,

61 and Michael, 56. They have got experience on their side. Let us see

if it counts. A very big day in defence of their team title.

This the first of two legs of team show-jumping. The top teams from

this round go forward to the second and medal winning ground tomorrow.

The man and horse who help Britain to team gold in London, now 58,

Nick, with Big Star, the first to go to Great Britain.

Big Star showing his class down the combination, the ultimate athlete.

13 years old now. Nick moving around the corner, he does not want to get

time faults. Big Star moving around these

corners, he is well on target to be inside the time.

You can do it. He is inside the time. What a round. They have given

him four. I think it was for the water. Did he just dropped one back?

That is desperately close, I cannot believe he has been given that. It

looks a bit controversial. Now, the Americans. A strong team. One of the

best in the world, to get them under way, Kent Farrington. One of those

incredibly scooped the forces that likes to gallop around big arenas.

Effortless down the combination. So far we have not seen any rider that

has jumped clear from the first leg that has gone clear in this leg.

Maybe he will be the first one. He is attacking this cause, we saw Nick

Skelton flying around, well inside the time.

An interesting time check, coming round to fence 11. Well under 70

seconds here. Coming in on quite a steep angle. A lot of confidence, he

is well inside the time. A great round. The Americans get off to a

flyer. They are one of the fancied teams for a gold medal. The

Brazilian needs to get around, his score will count, he does not want a

big one, because then the Brazilians would not get through.

He jumped clear with his gorgeous stallion in the first leg.

Interestingly, it is a Dutch stallion, but extensively used in

France. This is a pressure round. In front

of his home crowd. He drops the shoulders, cuts and

tight round the corner. Does not want a time fault. What he does not

want is three fences down. It is not going to happen. It would put them

out, which would be so disappointing. He has done a great

job. Based in Europe, great on the international circuit, and he has

put all of that skill to the test. He has done it well. Brazil finish

on a zero score. He has said the Stadium of Light. But now a crucial

round for Great Britain. Could not be a better man as anchor than John

Whitaker. One of the senior citizens as -- at 61, but Britain's chances

of anything here very much in his great hands. I've, no. It is all

over. That will be a handful of time faults, even if he can get down this

combination. It looks as though she does not want to go. Extraordinary,

after jumping clear yesterday. It means that he will have to try to

get going, but we are going to be counting the other schools that we

already have. Britain can do no better than 13th. John trying to get

the horse going again. We have seen one or two horses have a funny look

at that combination, it is not the biggest. But there is a filler in

the middle. It is unlike Ornellaia to pull up. As you can see from

John's reaction, he was not expecting it. The time faults will,

as well. He will be at least eight seconds over the time. Another poll

has gone, and another. He has won 21 other medals, but it

does not look as though he is to win one here. Disappointment today for

Great Britain. They do not qualify for the second round of the team

medals. The eight that do, four on clear rounds after today's round,

Germany, America, the Netherlands and Brazil. It will ensure a great

atmosphere tomorrow. Canada go through with four, France with one.

They are on details of the clear rounds. The others that get through,

Switzerland and Sweden. Disappointing, no successful defence

or medal in the team competition, but Nick Skelton, Ben Maher and

Michael Whitaker go through to the individual contest. They will jump

again tomorrow, to decide who goes through to the final medal round of

jumping on Friday. Still chances for three of the four. If you were

watching earlier, you will have seen Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge in

the badminton, they have beaten the world number three and eight to get

into the semifinal, but it was not to be against the fourth seeds today

from China. But Chris said there wanted to do a Leicester City and

win the gold medal. They still Premier League, get their reaction.

Not the result you would have wanted, but you gave it your all. At

some points you were playing points while you were laying on the ground.

It was up and down. Some parts were very good, but cheap mistakes,

against a world-class paid you cannot give them easy points. Full

credit to them, they played brilliantly. There is a big drift.

When they were on the slow end, they moved us around well, and when we

had the wind with us, they did not lift or give us the attack. It is

fresh rating. But we have one more match, we can get a medal, so we

have to put this behind us have a rest, and come back the day after

and give it everything for the bronze medal. How will you let

yourself now? We still have so much to play for. If we finish with a

bronze medal, I will still be very happy. Like Chris said, we did not

quite perform how we wanted to today. I don't think if we had lost

and we did not play our best we would have minded, but we had more

in the tank to give today. We are looking forward to the bronze medal

match, it will be nice to have a day off, come back, and try again, and

it'll be nice to get the bronze medal. The first British pair to

make it through to a semifinal for 12 years, what does mean? I hope it

does a lot. The hardest thing we have to compete against... China, it

is their second national sport behind table tennis. You think how

many people are playing in China. In England or written, there are not

enough people playing. They don't know what badminton is, they don't

understand. I hope they get to watch it. In every small town in Great

Britain, if 20 people start playing because of us, that is amazing. The

more people that play, the better chance they have of being here one

day. There is no reason why we can't be as good as China, we just need

more people to play, and one day they could be where we are. But

hopefully not losing in a semifinal. Go and get ready for your bronze

medal match, people will be interested to see that on Thursday.

I was reading some comments from Chris, he said he got started in

badminton, his teacher was a county coach, and 20 years later he got to

a semifinal at the Olympic Games and is playing for a bronze medal. He is

passionate about trying to grow the sport. You have all the details

online that you want to give it a go, and why not. We are going back

for more gymnastics. It is the last couple of finals in the individual

apparatus. Simone Biles had the drive for five, but she will settle

the four on the floor. Representing the United States of

America, Simone Biles! A true champion and a leader of a

great team. There is gold number 24 Simone Biles. Third Olympic medal

four Simone Biles. Simone Biles gets the bronze medal.

She is up shortly in the final of the floor. It is her signature move.

The parallel bars is the signature event of this man, Oleg Verniaiev,

and what a moment, after coming second in the individual all-around.

Special for him and Ukraine. Oleg Verniaiev takes gold in the

men's parallel bars final, Danell Leyva get the silver. Oleg Verniaiev

and Danell Leyva are in the high bar final at 7:30pm. They don't have

time to get back into the training gym and get themselves warmed up for

that. It could have the Max Whitlock

effect for Oleg Verniaiev. He is the seventh highest qualifier, but

Danell Leyva is in with a chance. He could do something. He has one of

the biggest start values. After picking up a medal on the parallel

bars, it could be similar to what happened with Max. He might go for

it. He is finishing the competition, so there might be pressure on him.

We have a wonderful session of gymnastics here. It has been a

celebration of gymnastics here. We are finishing with the blue ribbon

and events, the women's floor, which is just about to take place, with

Amy Tinkler and Simone Biles, and then we have Nile Wilson for Great

Britain in the high bar final. Also, a man hoping to retain the Olympic

title that he won in London. We have got his routine from London. Took

about a crowd pleaser, here we go. This routine is such a crowd

pleaser. There are some any release and catch combinations. You will see

it as he is winding up. Here comes the first one, and another, and then

another! I have seen him in training with four in a row. That increases

the difficulty again. This is the point, he has been training for four

years, will he do four? I think it will be how he feels on the bar,

because you have to catch them releasing patches at full stretch to

get the momentum to lift you enter that. If he catches one quite close,

he will not have that swing to put him into another release and catch.

We were watching him in warm up, and he was having a few issues, but no

doubt he has gone into the training gym and has tried to boot a great.

Another gymnast trying to get it right is the German. Yes, he has so

much determination and willpower to get back up there. He has had some

disappointments. In 2009 he had to withdraw from the World

Championships and high bar has always been his speciality. They

have two score over 16. Nile Wilson is in with a shout from Great

Britain. Some of the gymnasts we expect to up their difficulty, but

if he sticks, he could do but Max Whitlock did on the flawed and post

a very substantial score, go all out for execution and leave it to the

rest of them to try to match. Yes, and if you look at his execution, it

is probably the best in the final. You know that he is going to be the

cleanest and tidiest on that piece of apparatus, if not the most

difficult. It will be a high score, and he will put pressure on a lot of

the gymnasts. Zonderland is performing secondly,

then Nile Wilson. Danell Leyva will wrap it up. We will turn their

attentions to the women's floor final. Everyone is waiting

to see Simone Biles. Yes, she literally flies. It is incredible to

see how much spring she gets. And her facial awareness for the

landings. She came away with an Olympic bronze, and she will want to

fight back and show people that yesterday was a bad day at the

office and she is going for four Olympic titles. That will match the

best ever in history. The gymnasts are coming out, led by Zonderland,

then Wang Yan, who finished fifth on the vault. You can see Great

Britain's Amy Tinkler in the white top. And then Simone Biles. Really,

you have to keep your eye on the gymnasts in this second half of the

competition, starting with Amy Tinkler. You also have Steingruber.

Vanessa Ferrari was all-round champion and has never got an

Olympic medal. Yes, back in London I think she might have picked up a

medal on the floor actually, so we will have to see. Going up last, she

has a lot to boot in, but one thing we know with her is that she can do

the landings so well. That will be the difference between the medals.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman will be fighting it out for the top to.

The Italian is 20 years old, just outside the medals at the European

Championships. And then Great Britain's Amy Tinkler.

She is the youngest athlete in Team GB.

CHEERING Simone Biles is hoping for a gold medal number four. The

highest qualifier. -- number four in real macro.

Steingruber is the world champion. 22.

The second gymnast from America in the final. Beer is the two-time

European champion. All-around champion in 2006, Vanessa Ferrari.

She has the third highest score as far as qualification is concerned.

Beth, give us an idea of the ultimate floor routine, that will

win this. What do they have to do? They have to have a maximum of five

acrobatic elements, so you will be looking for the big tumbles, double

somersaults with a twisting element, and they have to show at least three

jumps and turns. Simone Biles will be all about the big powerful

tumbles, as is Aly Raisman, and the others will not have the difficulty

on the tumbles but they will make up for it with the jumps and Lex. How

do you think Amy Tinkler will fit? She is in great company. In training

she has been doing some jumps out of the tumbles. If they do those, it

takes the deductions away from the landings, and gives it come

connection value. It will be interesting to see what she can

produce. -- some connection value. Now, over to the commentators.

Keep your eyes open for these first couple of tumbles.

And now, a completely different double straight. Full twist. Just a

little step forward. That was worth a lot. A four spin. You have to have

three big spins and jumps. This is very clean.

This has been very efficient. We have not seen any real steps on

landing. Another great finish. You can see the delight on her face.

That was a very strong opening routine.

Not only did she tumble tremendously, she did that unusual

spin in the middle. This is the 2.5 front somersault with full turn on.

Two difficult tumbles gets bonuses. Out of that spin, it was

choreographed, I'm sure, but could look a little unsteady. That was the

only time the routine even faltered. STUDIO: her best score here is

14.566. She did try a difficulty of 6.4 in the all-round competition.

These are this button is. That will increase difficulty level. This is

the big challenge, to perform not the tumbles, which most of them do

quite often in training, but to do the other bits really consistently

as well. Simone Biles is keeping limbered up.

Japan are looking strong, already investing a lot in the team that

will take them to their home Olympics in 2020. Especially the

women, they have hugely improved. The crowd are getting impatient.

Wang Yan has had a long wait. This button on the floor looked as if she

had fallen a little bit out of it. She was given a 6.3 per difficulty,

so let's get on with the second gymnast, Wang Yan. Her best score so

far is 14.9. 14.533 is the score to beat.

She cleverly disguises the landing. She shows the full turn that has to

be in this routine. Third tumble, using a 2.5 twist.

Genaro has time to sell the team to the judges. -- she now has time.

Deletes are just as important as the tumbles, building up the difficulty.

Two jumps have to be shown connected together. This is the final tumble.

A great routine. Wang Yan with a strong bid for a medal.

HAZEL IRVINE: good evening if you're joining us on BBC One. This the

final of the women's floor, the last event in the women's gymnastics

programme. We have just been watching Wang Yan, the second

gymnast of six. For viewers on BBC Two, it is again time to switch over

to BBC One for continued Hello there.

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