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secondary opportunity. That is where they kill you, the United States,

with their secondary attempts. So, a minute left. Argentina with the

ball, and Campazzo out to Scola for three. It is a long-range attempt,

Scola giving the Argentinians some hope, but no one can really hear a

comeback coming, because the United States are really in control here,

they are up by 24 points. Paul George escaping the market from

Argentina, Butler with the 3-point attempt, Cousins getting the

rebound, and they are getting first to everything, they are stopping

Argentina, it is all the United States right now.

So, as Campazzo, he is just going to wind this down, heading towards

three quarters time. There have been plenty of highlights for the show

reel for the USA. Now Scola... Nips again. Durant on the break. Butler.

What a performance from the United States. And how important it is to

them after they won in their preliminaries by three over Serbia

and three over France and in the quarter-final they are just starting

to warm up. So it looks like the US are going

into the semifinals of the basketball. Earlier today in the

other men's quarter-finals Australia beat Lithuania 90- 64, and Spain

beat France 92- 67 this evening. Then it is creation -- Croatia

taking on Serbia. Lots of ways to keep up with what is going on at the

Olympics online. It is time to say good evening to Gabby Logan at the

Olympic Stadium with track and field coming up. First of all, Gabby, how

is off? No danger of another moth coming into the studio ever again

after the effort put in by Michael Johnson last night to take out that

moth, and that moths has relayed that story to all other moths and

they are not coming anywhere near us. Showing him who is boss. Let's

talk athletics, because we have an almost full house, it is getting

full, we have not seen as many as this earlier and there is only one

reason, Usain Bolt is back in the house with the 200 metres semifinals

for the men. Yes, I am looking at this race and starting to think it

might be more competitive than 200 metre races we seen Usain Bolt in

the past, because I am not sure, I don't know what his preparation has

been light between the injury and what we saw him do at the

Anniversary Games in London and here in Rio -- been like. Obviously, the

100 metres, he would have wanted to defend, and he was able to do that.

It takes a lot of technical work and pure speed work. I am not sure how

much speed and conditioning work he has been able to do, which would

allow you to sustain that speed over long distance, that is the 200

metres. You have Merit, he would be disappointed not to get a better

medal in the 400 metres, he got bronze, silver was the best that he

could get, but he will now turn his attention to the 200 metres, he has

the fastest time in the world. I don't think he can get down to 19 or

19.6. This will be his last opportunity to maybe get this guy at

one time -- 19.5 or 19.6. That racy shaping up to be a little bit more

competitive. In each of these areas a British representative -- that

race is shaping up. Of the three, who is in with the best chance?

Mitchell-Blake, running under 20 seconds already this year, he has

had that experience of running in championships with the US National

Collegiate championships. He has been in that competition. He looked

tired yesterday. He partly qualified in the round. Not as the fastest in

the heat. Hopefully he will have recovered well and he can come out

and display the same speed that he has earlier in the year. It has been

a long season for him, starting back in January. And the women final

tonight. The women's final will be a fantastic race. I think Dina will

have a difficult time. Elaine Thompson, all in the outside lane

is, six, seven and eight, it will be a fantastic race, they will all be

together and we will see a very tight race, as we saw in the women's

400 -- lanes. At the end of the evening, as well with the women's

final, the semifinals are at the beginning of the programme on the

track. And the men's to as well. And Great Britain has the sisters in the

semi-final of the hundred metre hurdles. So, another great evening

here in store, Jason, and it is still 30 degrees here as well. It is

so still there is actually no wind in the air, so it is perfect for

fast running. It is a good job Usain's coming later. Thank you very

much indeed, and I would not want to be on the end of a Michael Johnson

uppercut, with Atmos, as well, but we go back to the basketball and

United States are taking on Argentina -- Atmos. Let's go back to

our commentary team. Can we get things firing for the Argentines?

Looking for the 3-pointer and it is not dropping for Argentina. Durant

to Lowry, and they are winding down the shot clock, combining with

Cousins and then he draws space for Lowry and he draws the foul with six

left on the shot. It has been a physical encounter.

Both teams are pushing each other. But it is all smiles for the United

States right now because they are well on top here. Taking it out to

Garu for three. They are not making their shots, Argentina -- Garudo.

They are not looking lively. USA are completely dominating. Scola getting

the rebound for Argentina. Rosen is on. You look at the United States

banned, DeMarcus Cousins, Jimmy Butler contributing. What a

performance from Cousins. He has dominated. Scola, speaking of which,

puts it away and 26 is the margin here. I think the Argentina fans

have gone quiet. This is quiet by their standards. So, Lowry, a

piercing pass, Butler sets up the shot from Green that doesn't go.

Argentina. A foul against Lowry. Fourth successful rebound off the

board. He said they cry last time they lost in 2008. This one might

end in tears as well. It is a looping pass to Green. And it is

just too easy, the shot for Butler, and it rims out. Oh, snaffled away

from Scola. So, 6.5 minutes to go and, as we get towards the business

end of the tournament, silly as it sounds, it is certainly a confidence

booster for the United States after a couple of performances that might

be criticised. George charges in. Three-point play again. Well, before

the game they have a serious look. There was a little bit of singing

and dancing but not to the level we have seen previously for the United

States. Now, they have loose end up, now they are playing the basketball

everyone expected them to, they have dominated against a team that would

once have been a medal contender, excellent stuff, great hands from

George, and he has got a three-point play, and it almost was dropped in

by Green. Argentina come up with Laprovittola. It is just getting

difficult for him. What about the fans, getting in, down by 28, but

they don't mind, they are here, they are enjoying themselves. They are

indeed and the atmosphere has been unbelievable. This is what the

Olympics is all about. No doubt about that, and these scenes, you

don't see that often in a basketball arena like this, and Laprovittola

charging down, he goes himself for three. And, as they fly, whistle on

the play. So, we're out to a 28 point margin here. Green's first

foul. George with three as well. Well, the only blight so far is

Thomson hasn't fired for them as well, and getting into the final and

semi-final they need points from everywhere, and maybe bringing him

on to try to give him some confidence into the semi-final will

provide that hang on here that we would expect them to and a shortlist

from Argentina, in the thick of it, but they get a second show, kicked

out by Laprovittola... -- Thompson. It is on for Argentina now, and the

foul is called, it appears to be on Lowry. That will send Brussino to

the line. It is looking comfortable for Argentina... For the Argentines

as it might be looking comfortable, but it is looking comfortable for

the United States. So, they're in fine voice, no doubt about that, and

it is put away by Brussino. United States players look amazed, they've

never seen anything like this in the stands before, especially when the

team they're supporting is losing by so many. So, Lowry, he goes himself,

charges down, transfers slapped away from Green, and he will go for two.

These youngsters, against the best in the world, Irving and Anthony

can't take their eyes off the fans. You should watch an Argentine

football game while you are around. Green, never looked like going in on

that occasion. That time he puts it away and it is now back out to 27.

Just the look of the manager, it felt like Argentina really believe

they had a chance against the United States. The basket going to

Argentina but it is getting too far away from them, down at 25 points.

Lowry going for three, Mrs pulling up short, but they started so well,

Argentina, out by ten points, but the United States individuals and

more of a team as well kicking into gear with Kevin Durant, a brilliant

performance, and they're running away with this -- misses by three.

Garido, driving to the hoop. -- Garino. It is a shame that the way

things are going we won't see these Argentinian fans again. They have

provided a great spectacle, as well as their team, throughout, and it is

Green here for the United States. Partly under the arm, secondary

tap... Just unable with that deft touch to get it in -- Tucks it under

the arm. Charging down the court, the young man in Brussino, it

doesn't fall for him, and talking about young men, it is DeRozan for

the United States. They're getting louder as the game comes towards a

crescendo, so 94- 71, timeout for the United States, and it'll be

interesting to see if things are -- if they are going to get something

out of this as they progress towards the semi-final stage.

Four minutes left. The noise is unbelievable, it is like a rock

concert in here at the moment. Oh, almost snaffled away by the United

States. The blind pass was brilliant from Ginobili but the short doesn't

go. Quick transfer of the ball here for the United States, and off the

glass from Lowry. So, it's back to 25 as we wind it down here. Five

points to Lowry for the match. It would have to be some kind of

record, the final three and a half minutes for Argentina to get back

into this one. It is not impossible, almost, but... LAUGHTER.

You would need ten threes basically, which is very unlikely given what we

have seen so far. You would have to come out with Michael's famous line,

it is a miracle, and Scola's attempt for three doesn't go, and Lowry

decides to return serve, but he misses as well, and it comes off the

board. This time he brings it back with some help. It is difficult for

Argentina to get going by they're getting some inspiration from the

fans, look at them getting behind their team, trying to convince up in

the last couple of minutes, United States, Kevin Durant having a rest,

he has done his job and Ginobili brings it in for Scola with a

combination that works so well and they draw the foul with three

minutes left to go. . I think the fans are going to win

the fan award. The gold medal for support. Sensational stuff, your

team is down by 25 lines, it doesn't matter. Keep singing. They have

really added something. They have witnessed a terrific team, too. The

USA. We look forward to them progressing. Lewis: puts the extra

on the board. We are back to 24. -- loose scholar. -- Luis Scola.

Just inside, the shop for two doesn't go. On that occasion it was

from Barnes. Some extra court time for some of these players. Ginobili

comes in and draws the foul. Barnes has played the least amount for the

US. When he comes on you know that they are doing very well. He has

only played nine minutes so far per game. That is a symbol of what they

have achieved in this game after only a narrow victory over

Australia, a 3-point victory over Serbia and a 3-point victory over

France. The USA silencing their critics, but they are being silenced

by the Argentinian fans right now, because nothing can be heard apart

from them. Manu Ginobili with the extra. The intensity has gone out of

the workrate from the US, as you would expect, as well.

Carlos Delfino to Scola. Delphine again. Showing some nice skills, but

a rebound for Lowry. Back in the hands of the Rose, who is trying to

milk the experience as much as he can.

As they get to the century they lead by 27. Another 100 point game from

the United States. They were looking a bit shaky when they could not get

to 100 against Australia and Serbia, but they repeated the dose against

France. What a performance. What a tournament from Manu Ginobili, he

will be 43 in the next Olympics so this is probably his last one. A

fantastic basketballer, getting a standing ovation as a player of his

stature should. So well-known in Argentina. A bit of emotion coming

through from the great man himself. Gold-medallist in 2004, as well,

Manu Ginobili. Under the basket, doesn't go for the lot. -- for

Butler. Slamdunk! On the other side, DeRozan says, don't cry for me,

Argentina! And he puts it away. Extraordinary stuff from DeMar

DeRozan. There is no slamdunk contest here but if there was he

would win it. That was sensational. What a spectacle. I think Ginobili

enjoy that on the inside, a little bit. Terrific stuff. The US has made

the statements they wanted tonight. Rebound under the basket from the

journey brings it down. -- from wondrous journey. -- from Andres

Nocioni. Barnes, for three. He was never going to miss. Harrison Barnes

with the 3-pointer, his first of this Olympic Games. He is getting

minutes, he is getting baskets, Harrison Barnes.

The sting has gone out of it. I think that is the end of the game,

to be honest. So with the game clock now at 15, it has been a really

entertaining match, even though the score blew out and the US were home

and hose. Gee, we have seen some highlights. It is the United States

back, I wouldn't say bigger and I wouldn't say that, but they are

where they belong. Heading into the semifinals, and short priced

favourites for a gold medal again. The Argentina fans have been

remarkable. They have lacked their side this whole Olympic Games. --

backed. This might be Argentina's Manu Ginobili's last ever Olympic

appearance. You would not expect him to be around in another four years.

He knows so many of these NBA stars and coaches from the United States

team, they are saluting the legend. In the end, it is the United States

105, Argentina 78. The US safely through to the

semifinals, wondering if that victory is enough to silence some of

the critics that have emerged in the American press over the past few

days or so. Incredible noise from the Argentinian fans. They have

travelled in their numbers to watch all their heroes in various sports,

but what a noise inside the Carioca Arena one this evening. Argentina

out bubbly basketball, the US through. Let's bring you up-to-date

with what has been happening in the basketball all day today. In the

first man's quarter-final Australia took on Lithuania. Australia's

Boomers have never won a gold medal in men's basketball. But when you

has won several bronzes. Australia are through. Croatia take on Serbia

shortly. It will keep you up-to-date with that one when that starts.

Spain beat France by 92- 67. Spain, silver-medallists at the last two

Games. And as we have just seen, the US beating Argentina 105-78. Let's

bring you up-to-date with all of today's headlines.

No doubt the story of the day, Great Britain's women reach their first

ever hockey final with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over New

Zealand. Team GB guaranteed to improve on that 2012 bronze medal

when they go for gold in Friday's final against the Netherlands. We

had been hoping to celebrate Team GB's 20th gold medal earlier today,

but calm conditions in the sailing match that Saskia Clark and Hannah

Mills must wait another day to seal the Olympic title in the women's 470

class. The velodrome might have shut its doors, but the Team GB cycling

medal hunt is not over yet. Written's former world champion Liam

Phillips was the 10th fastest in the BMX Time trial today, an event which

determine seedings that Thursday's quarter-finals. In badminton, Rajib

Yousef, the first British man to reach analytic singles

quarter-final, lost his last eight contest against Denmark. Straight

sets loss. London 2012 runs medallist Liam Heath and Jon

Schofield Wombarra K to 200 metres Canoe Sprint semi-final to

comfortably progressed to Thursday's final. -- London 2012 bronze

medallists. Ten metre platform diver Tonia Couch also enjoyed a good day

at the office, qualifying for Thursday's semi-final. Teammate

Sarah Barrow was eliminated, however. And the women's Ulf got

under way today, with written's Charley Hull finishing with a three

under par 68 to lie three shots off the lead after day one. Teammate

Katrina Matthew had a level par round. So we will be going to the

track and field and Gaby shortly, but we will bring you up-to-date

with what has been happening in boxing. We are reaching the business

end of the competition. We will show you what has been happening in the

middleweight between Savannah Marshall of Team GB taking on the

Netherlands. We will pick this one up in the second four rounds.

COMMENTATOR: Into the second round, Savannah Marshall the two-time

Olympian starts the second round at terrific that by landing a right

hand. A terrific exchange to begin round number two. Hitting the

target, looking strong on the forward foot. Marshal, on that front

foot, that is a nice jab going forward. She needs to switch

downstairs occasionally, with the right hand to the body. That is

better. This is a much better start from Marshall. Got to keep it going.

Setting things up well with the jab before the boxers fall into a

clinch. Marshall entered London 2012 as her first Olympic Games, that was

some four years ago. Some had adjustment will be needed to be

strapped on the Red Hat guard of Savannah Marshall. Four years ago at

London she entered as the world reigning champion. She is still the

only woman in history to have inflicted defeat on Claressa

Shields. She steps back into the mix after that brief interlude,

Marshall. She is not a person who particularly enjoyed the spotlight.

She has been dubbed by the media as the" Silence Assassin". -- silent.

Nouchka Fontijn not panicking, but she is getting beaten in this round.

This is a much better around from Savannah Marshall. The double jab

coming into effect. Good work by the British boxer. She is responding

well in this first round, from losing that first. Let's see if we

can listen in to her coach inside the ropes. You have got to get hold

of her. Get some more space, throw her a little bit. Good girl.

(INAUDIBLE). She only gets one score. That is very unlucky, I

thought. I thought she had a good round there. Into the second half of

the contest. It is all square, one round apiece.

Nouchka Fontijn, the tournament number two seed, is leading by two

points, 18- 22. But Marshall is in in spy of mood here. -- in inspired

mood. She has got to switch to the body, Savannah Marshall. It is all

had work. She needs to nip downstairs with a right hand to the

body and finish up with the left hand to be had. She is positive

coming forward, but it is a bit predict the ball out. Nouchka

Fontijn is bringing her onto some shots. That is why she has to mix it

up and work downstairs better. We mentioned that going into London

2012 she was the reigning world champion. Savannah Marshall comes

into this as the reigning world champion bronze medallist, from her

second Olympic campaign. A little bit under the radar, because all of

the spotlight that was on Savannah Marshall before London has been

transferred to Claressa Shields. Plenty of talk about that long

winning streak she has been on. pace a little bit here. Marshall's

coming on strong. She is feeling the pace, most

definitely, so Marshall's. To keep it going. That is a classic 1-2. She

is breathing through an open mouth. It is the first bout of the

tournament after a bye in the opening round. Throughout the course

of the tournament, that can work against you coming in with ring rust

rather than being rested. Those scores are the most important.

Fontun... Into the fourth and final round and that is a jolting left jab

from Marshall, coming out in spirited fashion. He needs her to

three lots of shots, recognising this, and Marshall is throwing out

instructions, because she has come out blazing to begin this fourth and

final round. She needs a massive round here, Marshall, trailing by

three points for judges A and C. In all reality she needs to force a

stoppage. You have got to give her ten out of ten for effort here. She

keeps on coming. She has to find the quality shots. She needs somehow or

punches, Marshall, but I think she has been very unlucky with some of

the scores. Nevertheless, just less than a minute. Can she do it? She is

really going for it now, Marshall, all credit to her. Jolting left jab

again from Marshall. Fontun, fighting on courage and pride and

instinct, because she appears to be running out of energy. Look at the

way she is losing her energy when the athletes come together. And

still looking to work the way both up and down stairs, Marshall. Not

giving up despite the clock not on her side. Onto the front once more,

unrelenting, trying to walk down her opponent, with Fontun intelligently

tying up her opponent. A good hand from Marshall, and another, and

Fontun makes distance, before wrapping her up. And what a spirited

display. There can be little doubt that given the status of the

scorecards in the final round, it will be Fontun, the tournament

number two seed, reigning World Championship silver-medallist who

will go through to the final four, but Savannah Marshall gave it

everything, and when you consider the manner in which she has

acquitted herself, compared to her first Olympic appearance four years

ago when she was to spirited my deflated, and didn't perform at all,

well, this has been a road to redemption for Marshall. Not the

result she would have wanted but the manner in which she has acquitted

herself is very impressive indeed. So, Fontun, tournament number two

seed and reigning World Championship silver-medallist, gets the victory,

a split decision victory over her familiar rival, Marshall, and she

goes through to the middle stages in the final four but immense credit

should be put in the direction of Marshall, because she did very well

indeed, she fought with everything she had, she has conceded a split

decision but she has laid to rest the ghost of London 2012. STUDIO:

Yes, great stuff, and Shields has passed the Russian, the USA Marshall

not lost with Marshall who beat her before the 2012 Olympics, and she

faces the Kaz at Stony Shakimova in the semifinals -- Shakimova from

Kazakhstan. If you want some BBC for action right now, table tennis is

ongoing in the men's team final with China taking on Japan, Japan with

the lead. Red button free view. If you have that, live tae kwon do and

we will show you highlights of that later he on BBC One. Lots of

fantastic sport available for you right across the BBC, but right now

here on BBC One it is time to join our special forces at the Olympic

Stadium. Goodbye for now. LAUGHTER.

That is brilliant. And there he is in his regular skivvies, not in his

combat clothes. There was a complaint from the Cotter family

that he hadn't been included, and we felt it was very unfair that he

wasn't in that first VT. I hope you are pleased with that, Andrew, and

we have worked out that everyone in the team apart from me hasn't aged,

which is unfair at all. We didn't quite say that, they remain

nameless. Under the name of Brendan, I was like, who was that? LAUGHTER.

He was a fine young runner. He was. Let's head on and show you what's

coming up in this feast of athletics here tonight. Well, it is all about

the women first up on the track, and the men's javelin decathlon, sorry,

the men's javelin qualification is going, the decathlon is ongoing, and

the 100 metre hurdles semifinals, featuring two British women and the

women's long jump also have two British women. And the decathlon,

the final event of the night. And the 45 second leader runner in the

lead at the moment, looking to carry that on the overnight. And then at

two o'clock the men's 200 metres semifinals, featuring Usain Bolt and

three Rikishi men, Danny Talbot and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake as well --

British. And the women's 200 metre final featuring Elaine Thompson at

2:30am. And then the women who qualify for that hundred metres

hurdle go again at 2:55am, but I imagine many of you will focus a lot

on just after two o'clock in the morning when all eyes will be on a

certain to hundred metres sprinter -- 200 metres sprinter. Usain Bolt

lives and breathes Olympic titles, gathering them up as though they

were daisies in a field. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

This is his arena, this is his stage. Attempting to become the

first athlete to achieve three gold medals in the same event, competing

at a level which no one has done before, look at the impact it has

here and look at the impact it has around the world. Getting ready to

rumble in Rio. The Olympic 100 metres final. And Gatlin gets away

well. It is Gatlin leading. Gatlin is charging. Here comes Usain Bolt

and Usain Bolt is going to take it. Usain Bolt gets it! 9.80. A

magnificent run! The Odyssey continues! Listen to the noise in

Rio de Janeiro! Listen to the adulation! Look at this man.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. The triple triple is on.

And it also helps explain why this stadium is about as full as it has

been midweek, certainly, because they absolutely adore him here and

the atmosphere has already begun to build. The temperatures is still 30

degrees, beautiful for sprinters, not so good if you are sitting under

the lights of a TV screen, but we shall not complain, and let's talk

about Usain Bolt, was he playing with the press after the 100 metres,

he said if the heat was far apart he said he could go for the world

record. He said to you earlier in the summer that he would not go for

it in the 200. There is a gap between the world record and sub 19

and he said he didn't think he could accomplish the sub 19 any more.

There is 19 hundreds of a second between that. Maybe he feels he can

do that and maybe it is because, here is the mystery, his training

has been going so well over the summer between that time that he got

the injury at the Jamaican championships and the Anniversary

Games and then from the Anniversary Games to now, so we don't know

what's been going on, so that is the mystery. Earlier, Michael said that

out of three British men, Nathaniel Blake has the best chance, and he is

six on the all-time list this year, he has run 19.95, so would you agree

with that? I think based on his Collegiate experience, yes, weekly

spoke about earlier in the week. I still feel that the edge for me is

to merely Jamely. That would be my call and I -- and don't forget we

have two British men coming on. Before we get to that, Steve has

some breaking news this evening. Yes, anyone who was with us earlier

on today would have enjoyed an enthralling steeplechase final. A

major title, finally, for this talent, and silver for the USA. The

defending champion as -- has crossed in third place. He announced

retirement from the sport. A fitting finale. However, the French

protested one hour after the race. After a lot of scrutiny, and you can

see Mekhissi-Benabbad, he puts one foot over the line between the cones

I think perhaps to hold his balance. Watch this, and Benabbad is behind

him, possibly sees this, one foot out, that is his left foot, his

right foot comes back in the line and that has been upheld by the jury

of appeal, so he has been disqualified and the bronze medal

goes to Mekhissi-Benabbad, and in my view, we are astonished at that

decision. And given how far Kemboi was ahead, and it was one foot that

has now meant that he is the -- disqualified. And as I said, I think

it was harsh from the jury of appeal.

So, the first semi-final of the women's 100 metres hurdles, and

Tiffany Porter for Great Britain. She has never made an Olympic final.

She has a bronze medal. Fourth and fifth at the World Championships

before that. And Beijing last year, just not quite in the kind of form

that took to those major championship finals. And that bronze

medal. And Williams, her sister, Danielle, won. She didn't finish in

the Jamaican trials. The Croatian, 31, with huge improvements last

year, taking half a second in her PBs. And Tiffany Porter to chants of

a second off her PB -- tenths of a second off. A surprise silver at the

World Championships, the new European champion and a very decent

heptathlete as well, but specialising in the hurdles. And

Talay, bronze in Beijing, former European champion, in a back dated

bronze following a drugs cheat. And I think favourite for the overall

gold in the absence of Harrison, she has pushed her close as all this

season, Rollins, and Harrison fell victim at the US trials. Gomis

France, with a personal best of 12.79, second to Cindy at the French

championships. And Seymour of the Bahamas, lowering the Bahamas record

four times this season. So, the first of three semifinals and it

will be the first two who go through automatically, and the next two

fastest losers only to the final, which takes place in just over two

hours' time. Tiffany Porter needs something,

because she is not running the times at the moment that are quite quick

enough to see her into the final, you suspect. So many variables, so

many things can happen in hurdles. It is humid and still, not a breath

of wind today in Rio. First semi-final in the women's 100 metres

hurdles. Porter raced to the first barrier,

she is running hard. Cindy Roleder trying to get alongside her. Alina

Talay has gone, but Porter fades as well. Pedrya Seymour coming through

late for the Bahamas, 12.4 rate, just an indicator of what Rowlands

can do. -- 12.40 eight. That is not really a surprise, she got out so

well but has been fading of late. Pedrya Seymour rock the Bahamas, we

talked about her lowering the bohemian record over and over again

this season -- Bahamian record. A great run for her. But for Tiffany

Porter, not quite good enough. Not this time, unfortunately, for

Tiffany. But Riana Rowlands -- Brianna Rollins takes hold of this

field. Once she gets that lead it is difficult for anybody to close her

down. It matches her name, she has this rolling technique. She loses

herself over these barriers. A unique technique for women, but so

effective. Tiffany did get out very well, just at the back end. She has

a basic hip problem, actually, which means that at the back end of the

race she fatigues more than necessary. Unfortunately for her,

this is what she suffers from. So when lots of times people criticise

her, saying that she does not do enough technical work or technical

endurance work, it is just the fact that it is just her, unfortunately.

She gets out well and when she is working she is really swift over

this part of the race. She has to work with trailing her leg through

all the time. It is this stage, when the technical fatigue sets in, and

her actual body lets her down slightly. It is nothing to do with

work at all. It is just her physiology, unfortunately. Worksite,

still keep striving, still keeps pushing to the end. -- works hard.

She is a fighter. But not this time. Those are the kinds of times that

she has been running all season, they are not good enough to get

through. A big national record again for Pedrya Seymour from the Bahamas.

A fifth national record this season for her, to see her through. Tiffany

Porter speaking to Philip. Well, these are always the most difficult

interviews to do, Vickers Tiffany wanted so much more and expected so

much more, but it was not to be? -- because Tiffany wanted. Yes,

obviously I did not plan for that to happen. I don't know what to say.

You had a fast reaction time. Was there something that did not work

for you? I think I just panicked. I needed to just relax. But, I mean,

it is over now. I do not know if that will be good enough to get me

to the final. What were you saying to yourself on the starting line? I

had to tell myself to relax, which I didn't do. Obviously I am

disappointed. I hope it is enough and I hope my sister makes it to the

final. Thank you for stopping on talking. We know you are

disappointed. Well, she had the faster start. She did. We have come

to expect that from Tiffany. But like she said, technically, towards

the end of the race, it is just not good enough, unfortunately. Whether

that is physiological or not, unfortunately for Tiffany, it was

not meant to be. It has not been a vintage year for her. That is fair

to say. I still would have expected her to get through. She has proved

time and time again that she is able to get into finals. She will be

bitterly, bitterly disappointed with that performance. Yes, that bronze

medal in the World Championships was a real indicator of way she could go

in the sport. Since then, things have not always come together. Last

year in Beijing did not come together either. Yes, in debating

Championships she literally clipped the final hurdles when she was

almost in a medal winning position. Schmidt in the ageing championships.

-- in the Beijing Championships. It doesn't matter what your form is

like, you hit a hurdle and things can change.

These semifinals are always nervous, even for the best. Nia Ali will be

hoping she can settle her nerves. She will be the standout here.

Plenty of others to look out for. A letter below by Moosomin, from

Nigeria. Nadine Hildebrand of Germany. She is in lane four.

Anybody could come second here, too Nia Ali. And I am saying that,

coming second, because she should win this. Definitely should win

this. A great year for her. Only third at the American trials. Such

talent they have in this event. And the one they have left, Kenny

Harrison, the new world record holder. Phylicia George of Canada in

lane six. And another 19-year-old running fault E -- running for the

E, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. -- Puerto Rico. Nooralotta Neziri of Finland,

in lane eight. And then the Keisha Wilson, the much more experienced

athlete, 30 years of age. -- Nick Esher Wilson. Everything tells us

that Nia Ali wins it. Here is a 19-year-old who will want to chase

it home, Camacho-Quinn. She competed in the American trials and reached

the semifinals, but as I said, she is now competing for Puerto Rico.

Still learning her craft, Camacho-Quinn. Watch out for Toby

and a son of Nigeria in lane three. -- watch out for Amusan of Nigeria.

Phylicia George of Canada as well. Nia Ali gets a good start, so does

Hildebrand alongside her. Camacho-Quinn has a chance here.

Camacho-Quinn coming through. Hits the hurdle! Nia Ali and Phylicia

George. What a shame, what a real shame. That was going to be the race

of her life. The 19-year-old was pushing all the way. Maybe that is

why she hit the hurdle. Near Arlie got out well. She looked so calm,

really calm. Well, she is 19. She will have more opportunities. But

goodness me, she was right amongst it. She was absolutely rolling,

Steve. But she is devastated. Look out about. This is what the Olympic

Games means to her. And as well, when you are in great shape, your

training partner is in wonderful shape, it was a bit of a signal.

Watch this. She captures that trail leg and then goes into it with her

lead, and it is all over. Once you have all of your force going forward

that way there is not much you can do. It was the hurdle before that

that caused her to be short of that barrier, and then to stand on it.

Devastating for her. She is still learning her craft. She didn't

compete at all last year. She only started this seriously in 2013 and

2014. She is only 19. Somebody should say to her, that was

brilliant, up to that point. She has got to believe in herself. No doubt,

remember, you mentioned that she is training with the world record

holder in this event. She will definitely be able to consult her.

Where she is going to get that improvement is from getting a faster

start. It is that hurdle but she clips with her trail leg, which

causes the problem with the lead leg. The race then goes completely

away from her. Nia Ali moves away to take the victory comfortably. Look

at that expression. You have to feel for the young woman. Nia Ali, nice,

cool and calm, focusing on the barrier. The cashier 's aggressive

off the barrier all the time. She pulls that trail leg through

actively, the most important thing. Runs off the barrier well. Yes, very

good stuff from Nia Ali. But all of that drama means at the moment,

Tiffany Porter is still in a provocation position, hanging on to

that second fastest spot of 12.82. Well, I bet Tiffany Porter did not

expect that. 12 point 91 was the third place in that race. She has to

take some deep breaths and hope that her sister will go through

automatically, because I am sure she will want her sister to go through,

and that the third fastest in this race is not as fast as her. There is

Cindy Ofili. She has run quicker than Tiffany this season. Arguably

in better shape, would you say? Definitely. 12 point 66 is her best

at the moment. She has just come into her own. I am not sure whether

they actually train together, but I have seen some pictures on social

media. You can see Tiffany pacing up and down there. Tiffany is a very

religious person, she will be praying right now. She will have to

pray hard. It is agony, I can't begin to tell you what that feels

like. Last night we had Dina Asher-Smith scraped through as the

fastest loser, we had a lead oil as well. It is not impossible. No, and

I don't know if this next heat will be the fastest of the three, either.

The faster athletes were in the last two hits. We will see. Obviously you

have to get in there and finish top two, and hope that those other two

times will be slower, for Tiffany to get in. It is a little bit of a bad

situation, that Cindy and Tiffany could both the competing for the

final spot. You could have that sort of scenario which could be

interesting to see. It could be, but you know what, Tiffany will be so

delighted if her sister gets through. They are so close, such a

strong bond. They train together sometimes, they are so tight. We

have talked about that family atmosphere this year with her

husband also competing in the 110 hurdles. She is pacing like an

expectant father, waiting and waiting to see what could be

delivered in this, the final of the semi-final heats. Andrew Cotter?

As Michael said, it is not the strongest of the three semifinals. A

decent lineup here for Cindy Ofili. While Tiffany Porter continues to

place, we will bring you the result from the last semi-final. Yes, just

to confirm that, Oluwatobiloba Amusan was not quick enough in third

place, the other 19 you rolled. That would have been so different if

Camacho-Quinn had stayed on her feet. Here is the starting lineup

for the last of the semifinals. Kristi Castlin is the in form

athlete here. Cindy Ofili is in lane six.

The younger sister, who deliberately never attempted to run for the US.

Her mother Lillian was born in London. Runner-up to her older

sister at the UK Championships by a fraction, but as we have been

talking about, she has slightly quicker times this season. Wearing

out a groove on the top level of the stands. Whoever finishes first, when

they do race together, they always stay to watch. Cindy below, the

French champion and recordholder. Not running the kinds of times she

was a year ago. She is in lane two. Always wears tape on her fingers,

she is actually allergic to the surface of the track. Nikkita Holder

smack into the semi-final. 12 point 92 in the first round for the

Canadian. Made the world final back in 2011 in South Korea. There is

Kristi Castlin. What a great strength the US has always had in

this event. It actually has the top seven times in the world this year,

we have talked about that at great length. Kenny Harrison is not here,

the new world record holder, she missed out on the trials. Anne

Zagre, the Belgian recordholder. She is in lane five. And there is Cindy

Ofili. The US Collegiate champion. Running

here at the Olympics for Great Britain. And Megan Simmonds, 12.79,

personal best this year. Speaking of which, personal best this season,

12.85 four Dutkiewicz. And in Lane nine, Pederson of Norway with her

personal best in the first round of 12.8 six. None of them, Kristi

Castlin is 4.6, but there are not many blistering times. -- 12.6. It

is certainly a heat that Ofili can go through from, and maybe her

sister, Tiffany Porter, pacing and muttering and watching her younger

sister. She goes in lane six here, the last of the semifinals. The

final takes place in just under two hours' time now. So, Ofili,

Simmonds, Dutkiewicz and Pederson. Set. It was a good, clean start from

Ofili. The Jamaican, Simmonds, going well. Ofili is coming back. It is

the American, Castlin, and Ofili. I think Nikkita Holder took a fall.

4.6 four. There was a gap back to third. We are watching the time is

coming in -- 12.64. Her younger sister is through with 12.71, and I

think she might be all right. Famous last words, of course, and Tiffany

Porter is through to the final. All is well and right with the world.

She and her younger sister are both through to the final of the women's

hundred metre hurdles. What was the worry about? I don't know. I was

watching Steve's phase. But no, there was a lot of mess going on --

face. Look at the clashes and collisions. People falling over.

People drop. Look. You miss all of that because everything else was

happening out front. And I think a lot of the athletes are having

problems with the track, because it is a very hard track, which makes it

fast indeed, and that is why they are struggling, because you get

thrown onto the hurdle and if you make a mistake it seems catastrophic

and we have seen this in the men's and women's events. That is what

happened to the Jamaican, Megan Simmonds, she was out of short but

she was in prime position and then she was knocked back by the

barriers. And that is the reason why we have not seen some of the fastest

times. We have certainly seen an active race, that is for sure.

Castlin, of course, we expect to go through, but what a run by Cindy and

12.71 is good. Reaction from Ofili at she goes through, and looking for

the time, yes, I have worked to do, leave me alone, I am busy. She is

off to go and warm down and then walk up again because of the final

in a couple of hours, and then boats it sisters will be in the final --

and then both sisters. And Cindy Ofili is talking to fill. Well,

Cindy, well done, through to the semi-final. Tell me about the race.

I didn't have the best start but I am excited for the final. You must

have been pleased that you lived up to the pressure. Yes, for sure. I am

happy with it. And your sister has made it as well. You are both

through. I am so happy. Can you tell us what it means for the family,

both of you in the final in a couple of hours? It is amazing. Enjoy the

occasion. I wish you all the best. Thank you so much. STUDIO: That was

never a foregone conclusion. It was a very competitive field. Lots can

go wrong. Fantastic to have both sisters in the final. It will take

place at the end of the session this evening. I am delighted for them

both. And the job is that she has to go and resettle. That nervous energy

she has expended to prepare for that final. She have to go and sit down,

calm down and think about the race, where things went wrong, she got out

really well, just holding the form. Let's look at her race and what she

have to do to to correct the things that might improve a couple of

hundreds or the second. We know that Tiffany is a really good start at --

a couple of hundredths of a second. It was about keeping the technique

together. We know the end of a race is not her strength, but when she

does connect it and when it does come together she is able to take

medals because we have seen that from her. So, Cindy looks stronger

at the moment, she has been strong all year. Would you tip her for a

medal? It will be tough. The Americans have been running so well,

and all three are through, which is rare, but Cindy is good at starting

and she has run a solid race. The Jamaican was really rolling and then

unfortunately tumbled. It was fortunate for Cindy. She gets in.

And Kristi Castlin, one of the best in the world, so that will boost

confidence. She has been really solid. She will certainly go in with

confidence. She has been running really fast consistently this year.

She could be in a medal position. Once you are in the final you have a

chance of a medal. This must be one of the Americans' strongest events.

They have three girls. They were supposed to take the clean sweep in

the last World Championships. They might do it this time around. We

don't have Kenny Harrison, the world recordholder, which she got at the

Anniversary Games in London, and it is a shame she can't mix with the

field. And as you say, they asked so unpredictable, which might explain

why the USA didn't win a medal for the first time in history in the 110

metre hurdles last night. So much can go right and so much can go

wrong and that proved of course in the second heat. And they have had a

really good season, this young girl, she is new to the event, and this

was just a horrible fall. She was going really well, she was about to

take the lead and then she just clashes into the second to last

hurdle and the reaction says it all. Just devastated. This was her

opportunity. She came to the US trials, try to make the team and

didn't, which was tough for her at 19, but she made the porter Ricoh

team -- porter -- Porto Rican team. That was an amazing opportunity. She

will take that disappointment and hopefully use it positively and use

it stronger. It was a brave 1500 metres. And these are the medallists

-- Puerto Rican team. Some amazing stats about this race. Low 157 for

Debaba. Take this race and last year's World Championship final, it

would have made eight runners who have run under 159 for the 800 at

the end of the 1500 -- Dibaba. They could have all turned up probably

and given them a run for their money, but anyway they were superb,

Laura Muir did everything she could to keep up and in so doing she tired

in the last 200 metres. This is a great young athlete, she was so

disappointed last year to have been beaten by Dibaba, but this time she

was too good at she was not going to let Dibaba run away from her. They

ran 56.8 from the 700 to go to the 300 to go, yes, 56.8 and kept going

almost at that pace over the last 300. Strength, speed and a very

competitive nature, Kipyegon, the Olympic champion from Kenya.

KENYAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS. APPLAUSE. A brilliant gold medal for

Kipyegon, and well done Jenny Simpson for the USA, now a bronze at

the Olympic Games, she is an excellent athlete and such a role

model for many of the non- African 1500 metre runners. Well done to

her. Laura Muir holding up the great tradition for Britain in the

distance event of the women's 1500, which was so difficult is year, and

they came seventh and 11th, the British women respectively. STUDIO:

Well, Great Britain has two met women in the long jump final, and

that lady, Jazmin Sawyers, five foot three, silver-medallist in the

junior Olympic bobsled team, in the Winter Olympics, a silver-medallist

in the long jump and the European Championships, she has wide ranging

interests, so she is not your average long jumper, let's say.

Jazmin Sawyers is having a good season so far, jumping in excess of

6.6 in summer, 6.42 was her best until now at an look at that, well,

that will get her a place in the team for the Olympic Games. To

guarantee my sport here I needed to jump over 6.7 and come in the top

two and I did both, so I made it happened when it counted, and that

was amazing, the whole experience, knowing that I was coming here and,

again, pulling out the performance when it was important, and nothing

is more important than the Olympics. Five foot three. I am really not

fall. People are like, aren't you meant to be tall? And I am like,

yeah, and I have to be fast, and I have to be springy. They talk about

you as a fashion icon? I don't know how that happened. I read that.

Instantly I scrawled to the top of the article to see he had written

it, because there is no way they would have chosen me, so I don't

know where it has come from, but apparently someone at Vogue thinks I

am fashionable. LAUGHTER. Sawyers progressing to tomorrow's

final. What would you be happy to go home with? If I don't John Meis

personal best I am not doing my personal best, because being

competitive when it matters is a trait I am proud of -- if I don't

jump my personal best. This is the bigger stage, the greatest show on

earth and if I don't produce my best, I won't be happy, so I want to

get further than I have and I can say, coat, once we have done that,

then I can play. I like to get the crowd involved. I enjoy myself and

that is when the best performances come. I want to be able to take off

the pressure and enjoy it for what it is. At the moment she is bouncing

around, enjoying the announcement for the long jumpers, that is what

they do for all events, they get out the samba band and she is a delight

to look at with that big beaming smile, she loves being here, and she

is so bouncy that, Michael Johnson, you could forgive her for thinking

she was a gymnast, but as you get close you realise it is Sawyers, but

she could be a gymnast. She has broad shoulders and hopefully she

can pull it out today. Let's go to Steve and assess the field. She is

by no means the jumper in the field with the longest distance, but she

is a great competitor. She has said it in her interview. She wants to do

her best when it matters. She loves competing and has such an endearing

personality. She talked about her personal best, 6.75 metres. You

can't help think she will need all of that and some more to get in

amongst the medals potentially. successive seasons of silver medals.

Look at her warming up, she is bouncing around, smiling, she is

thriving. That is great to see. Just hoping she can transfer all of that

bounce and energy and optimism onto the runway. I am looking forward to

it. Britain's other representative is Lorraine Dougan. She qualified at

six metres, 65 centimetres. She is getting into it as well, enjoying

the Samba. Yes, the world indoor bronze medallist. Entertaining the

crowd. It is warm tonight, no wind to speak of. Perfect long jumping

conditions. Two Brits involved. To have to British athletes in an

Olympic final will be great to watch. Brittney Reese is the athlete

with the biggest lifetime best, seven metres in 31 centimetres. Is

she the one they will all be chasing, the one with gold in her

sights? Without a shadow of a doubt. Brittney Reese has jumped a jump

that was the longest in 14 years, winning the US trials. There was

talk of a clean sweep for the Americans. I think Brittney Reese is

the best of them, absolutely. But the two British athletes, we have

seen it tonight in the hurdles, anything can happen. If you are in

the final, you are in the mix. Thank you, Steve. We will check in with

you across the evening. I wonder if I can hire that samba band to bring

us into the studio of an evening. You would like that, Michael. I

think we had enough with the all 18 introduction. -- all A-Team

introduction. Let's just stay focused. Well, no killing moths

them. Let's review what went on this morning. It was dominated by

distance on the track. The heat was sweltering. Not comfortable for lots

of the athletes. Jess Creighton has rounded it up for us.

With three Olympic titles already under his belt Mo Farah began his

quest to defend his 5000 metres crown. COMMENTATOR: Here we go again

with Mo Farah, he has got some familiar figures in this heat. The

top five will go through. He is going the long way around, he wants

to be a bit close. Once again, Mo Farah is in trouble! Be careful, Mo,

get on the outside! All you have to do is run. That is dangerous. He

cannot do anything about it but he needs to be a bit more careful. He

fell in the final of the ten, he was tripped with one lap to go, and if

he had fallen there his Olympic double dream would have the nerve

completely. -- would have been over completely. He has qualified, he has

done it the hard way, now just go away, Mo, and relax a little bit. I

have just got to recover now. It is hard work, it is hot. Just tough to

rest up. Next to the starting line was Britain's Lynsey Sharp in the

800 metres heats. COMMENTATOR: Sharp in a good position, two to go

through automatically. She looks up to the screen, looks to her right.

Diego is there. They are separating themselves. Lynsey Sharp is not

going to be caught, she is going to take this with a good finish. She

takes second place, behind Lynsey Sharp. A good run, just outside two

minutes. Lynsey Sharp controlled that race. I feel in the shape of my

life, and I know it will take that to get in amongst the medals. I am

really looking forward to the next round. The second heat was won by a

woman who has come under intense scrutiny in the run-up to these

Games, Caster Semenya. Her return to her unbeatable best this year has

reignited the debate about hyper androgynous, a condition which

causes higher than average testosterone levels. Clarke also

made it through to the semifinals on Friday after finishing third. After

the success of Sophie Hitchon in the hammer they will be no British

competitors in the man's final. Nick Miller, Mark dry and Chris Bennett

all fell short. Not even the favourite and reigning world

champion Powell Frederic could make his mark.

The ever impressive Ashton Eaton, reigning world and Olympic champion,

is used to being the man to beat in the decathlon. COMMENTATOR: He is up

against Damian Warner, who has run at 10.15 recently. Warner gets away

well, but Ashton Eaton is right there with him. What is going to get

there first, as expected, 10.30. -- Warner is going. Ashton Eaton

trailing him in the 100 metres, but the long jump ... Slight

improvement. Well, he is well on his way now. Looking to defend his title

and emulate the great man Daley Thompson, defending his title,

double Olympic champion Ashton Eaton looking good. Back on the track,

fans were in for a treat as the man's 3000 metres Steeplechase got

under way. Can you stormed to victory, breaking a 28 record.

COMMENTATOR: Jacob trying to hang on, but he is looking around to see

if he is safe of the bronze medal. Picking up the pace, he is looking

around and waving to the crowd. There is something of the showman

around him, but Evan Jaeger on the shoulder of Ezequiel Campbell at the

silver medal. Campbell does not seem to have anything left. Another gold

medal in this event tenure. Jacob finishing so quickly. A new Olympic

record. The tradition goes on, since 1968, every time be canyons have

come to the Olympic game, they have won the gold medal. -- the Kenyans.

The one day they make sure they pack the Kenyan flag is on Steeplechase

day. Well, not long after the race, the

French protested because they said that Kim Boyd stepped off the track,

which is an infringement. You can see his left foot does indeed just

step off the track. Possibly he is doing that to protect himself, we

have seen lots of falls in this distance races. That protest was

upheld and Kemboi has now had his gold medal taken away. The bronze

medal ceremony is at 11pm tonight. It is worth noting, you cannot see

it on the end there, Casey came in a good 70 seconds behind. It is not as

though he was on his shoulder. I know it was an infringement but it

does seem particularly harsh. Yes, I don't agree with that at all. I

don't think they should have made that call. But I think it is

consistent with lots of what we have seen here in terms of the officials

and how they have handled different situations, whether it is whether or

rerunning heats. It has not been very good. Somebody said to me that

the officiating here does not seem like it has been very good, and I

agreed. I think that is just another example. The officiating has not

been great and it affects the athletes. That is ridiculous. You

have officials, and you have a jury that listens to the appeals, and

they make a judgement call. That is what they are supposed to do. It is

about the rules, yes, but their purpose is to look and see if the

athlete gained any advantage. And was there something that was done

that was unfair to the other athletes? And in that case, the

answer is no. So they should not have allowed the appeal, in my

opinion. We will catch up on all the other things that happened this

morning and your take on that a bit later, but we really need to get

down to the field, because the long jump competition has started, and it

has started ferociously, Steve? It has, Gabby. First up it is men

like Hanbo. -- Malaika Mihambo. She did this in the first round, a

lifetime best of six metres in 19 centimetres. The 22-year-old German

getting very close to it. The very first jump of the competition.

Mihambo has a history of jumping well in the first round and she has

done it again in the final. So, that was 6.83 first up, first dibs. She

has laid down a marker for the rest of the field to chase. That was a

key moments ago. Darya Klishina looking to respond, the Russian

cleared to compete after a loophole. She lives outside of Russia. Another

long jump, and it has started with a bang. Mihambo 6.83 in that league,

in the early stages. Three jumps and then the top eight will get another

three. 14 centimetres to spare for the Russian, I believe the only

Russian competing in the athletics. There was a blanket ban on the team,

of course. Jazmin Sawyers, all the smiles have turned to a much more

determined look. The 22 your old brick, round one, that is big! Did

her left leg just cut the sand there? The white flag is raised.

Just keen to see how she has cut the sand. I think her left foot has let

her down. Good on the run up, accelerating onto the board. Good

height. But look at her left foot there, chopping back. Nine

centimetres to spare. Instinctive style. Her left foot just came back

on her and cost are valuable centimetres. 6.55 in the opening

round. Reigning Olympic champion and huge favourite, Brittney Reese.

World leader, with 7.31. Brittney Reese can put this condition to that

right here and right now. Has she? Red flag! A foul, a big foul. That

was around seven point 20, that would have put out of reach of

everybody, but it is a foul. It will not count and it is not measured. It

is a big foul, ten centimetres. Foul for Brittney Reese. Lorraine Dougan,

after that competitive effort indoors. Round one, she hits the

board well. It sounded good. Indeed, it was. It has started thick and

fast here. That right foot of hers cost her centimetres. It's so often

does, but it pulls her forward. That is kind of how she does it. One

centimetre ahead of Jazmin Sawyers, in fifth place. Eyeliner spun

Ivanovic, then, the Serbian. -- Ivana Spanovic. What can she do?

That is big! She had medals at the last two World Championships,

indoors and out. Bronze medallist last year, behind Charlotte Cotter,

if you remember. She jump date national record then, of seven

centimetres Jurak seven metres and one centimetre. -- seven centimetres

and one centimetre. Ivana Spanovic takes the lead at the end of round

one. Jazmin Sawyers chilling between jumps, and Lorraine Dougan. --

Lorraine Ugen. They will have to jump more they want to get near the

top of the heat because there are some seriously talented women in

that completion. It is lovely to see one of these competitions, were the

lead changes back and forth. It is really tight at the top. Obviously

there are some girls in their who have jumped over seven metres.

Obviously Brittney Reese is one of those, and Ivana Spanovic is in that

class at the moment. She has been really consistent season. The second

heat of the 400 metres to cut long. It is the men who are the slower of

the decathletes. amazing. I wish they could be like

that for every event. It shows the noise can raise. It doesn't always

hit that height. They have been good at supporting their athletes. And

certainly da Silva benefited from that. We would like to see a little

bit more. It is well documented that not all the seats have sold. I have

been in other stadiums that have not been as loud. And they can shout.

They must have some big vocal chords. Let's have look at the

highlights from this morning. First of all the 800 metres. A

professional passage through four Lynsey Sharp. She raced well. She

looks good. She looks fantastic. She has done the work. She is confident

and prepared to take races on if it means qualifying. She is brave

enough to do that. That was excellent. And she also features

clerk. She had a PB through that competition. She was in the heat

today. Against the favourite. It was a tough heat. She had to wait

nervously to see if her speed would be one of the qualifying as a

fastest loser. I think she was the second fastest loser. She was quite

sanguine afterwards when she spoke with Phil. She said there were

things she would do differently. Are you confident they can go through

the semifinals? We have seen with the men and women that it is so

tough. Qualification is so tough. It is tight in the top four of the 800

metres. She has a lot of confidence. That World Championship really

boosted her confidence and what she is able to do in training. She

really believes in herself. She just has to run out her heart. And Mo was

on the track this morning. He had a little bump. He didn't hit the deck,

as many seem to be doing. He did have a slight wobble. It was a hard

enough moment. I would say! Let alone for Mo. It looks worse

whenever you see it. I really thought he was going to go down. He

had accelerated in the race to get into a good position. And then he

took it down a notch. The athlete just behind him hit the deck. He

just caught the back of his heel. There have been a lot of falls.

Luckily Mo was unscathed. There have been a lot. Not just in the distance

races. There have also been a lot of tumbles in the hurdles. We have seen

them around the last couple of days. There seem to be more athletes than

normal hitting the deck. I think that, I was thinking it earlier in

the day, I don't know why it would be in the distance races but I think

with the quick track, which we alluded to earlier, that fast track

that it is, it is a very hard surface, that makes it quick and it

causes lots of problems for hurdlers, which we saw in the 400

metres, the 100 metre hurdles, the 110 metre hurdles for the men, and

we have seen a world record. That might be what is going on. Keep safe

everybody. Let's go back to Steve in the field. This long jump, the

second round. Bartoletta, a foul in the first round. That might have

taken the lead. The American world champion last year. And ten years

ago she first was world champion. She retains that... Regained that

world title. She is a contender for the Olympic title as well. One of

two very confident Americans. Boom! Bartoletta, one centimetre behind.

Jazmin Sawyers. 6.55 in the first round.

Oh, it is high again. There is good height off the board. And she has

watched athletes jump out towards seven metres. Jazmin Sawyers took to

her lifetime best of 6.75. That is really well drilled. Good on the

board. She is so good at getting everything out of herself. It is

better, 6.69, she goes into sixth place. Well, Rigney KENYAN NATIONAL

ANTHEM PLAYS.. She needs to get one in. She is attacking hard. I think

she tried to make sure that her foot was behind the board -- Brittney

Reese. Otherwise she would have been under immense pressure. Look at

this. She just chopped very slightly. Dips and lifts. Her

shoulders have come down. Look at that, 27 centimetres of extra space.

No one has ever defended a women's long jump title at the Olympic

Games. Reese, 6.79, fourth place, to confirm she will have four more

efforts. Moguenara of Germany. Her teammate has taken the lead early

on. Moguenara, 6.61 in the first round. That was a big stutter and

that has to be a foul. I think she put in a couple of extra strides.

Athletes have marks and almost hit the same spot. And that is what

Lorraine is going to want to do as she prepares herself. Asking the

crowd to join in, as they do. Well then, Ugen. 6.9 to her best from

last year and oh, she would like to do that again now. She accelerates

hard, but no. Not quite sure what happened there. It just seemed to

fall apart. It is, of course, -2, it is a foul. So, Ugen's 6.56 in the

first round, 10th place, she will have to improve on that because only

the top eight get the final three jumps. So at the moment it is

Sopanovic who is first up, in the lead by one centimetre. She led the

World Championships last year for a while but then saw Bartoletta

go-ahead of her -- Spanovic. She knows she will to extend this.

Spanovic... Hugely capable. 7.1 metres her lifetime best. Big

strides, turning to sprinting strides on the runway, huge

acceleration, that is big! That is a long way but it is a red flag. That

is a shame. Interesting to see how far. Well, it is significant. I

suppose if you are in the lead, you are given the chance to really go

for it and take the risk to get a big jump out, Spanovic foul. And

here is Lorraine Ugen. Lorraine Ugen, she will be a little bit

disappointed with that, she has to get herself together. She knows that

she can jump 6.9 three. On the track, you have the early heats of

the men's 400 metres decathlon, the last of the day for them. And in the

final heat, it goes in order of speed and personal best, Ashton

Eaton leading the way in the competition, the Olympic champion of

course and world champion hoping to retain his Olympic title, so to

bring you through the story of the day so far, Steve Batley. It has

been a warm day for the decathlon and they started first thing this

morning in the sunshine. Damian Warner from Canada was leading

Ashton Eaton in the first event. As expected, Ashton Eaton went to the

long jump for his second round attempt, after 7.9 in the first

round, and he improved it with that in the second round, 7.94, further

than last year when he broke his own world record. So he was looking good

after two events. This was his third attempt and his best of that

competition. Second of ten. 6.7 that was. He is trying to give Ashton

Eaton something to sing -- think about. And in the shotput, 14.73,

better last year. And water in round three did this. -- Warner. 13.6 six.

So, then the athletes moved across to the high jump. -- 13.66. This is

2.01. The third time of asking. He matched what he did last year.

Damian Warner was better, though, with 2.04. The Canadian managed to

go clear. So it is not all going Eaton that's way. What about this,

the United States, Jeremy with this clearance in the high jump, a

massive clearance of 2.19, with a best of 2.25, so we knew he would be

good but he has shot up into the bronze medal position after that

jump. Fourth event with just the 400 metres to come, so here is the

standings. Ashton Eaton just 27 points shy where he was in his world

record attempt, his successful world record last year, 50 points ahead

and it is 77 point, in fact, cleared the first four. The Frenchman had an

excellent first day. Here is Eaton getting ready for his 400 metres to

conclude the first day of the decathlon. STUDIO: Ashton Eaton is

fairly consistent through the ten, maybe as you saw a little off the

pace in the high jump, but if he has an outstanding event, this will

bobbly be it. This is it, this is amazing, he has been amazing in the

400 metres, running almost 44 seconds, and I believe he believes

he can run 44 seconds, and he has been working on that in the last

year, and he is one of those people who is very meticulous, he is sort

of a nerd, always studying the sport, and so he, you know, feels

like this is his opportunity. I think what is interesting is I think

he is an amazing competitor and he rarely comes under pressure from

other competitors, which might be happening here. It is starting to

look like that is happening. It will be interesting to see what he can

bring when he is really pushed. Unless you have anything to add,

shall we go to commentary? I think, as Michael has said, he is so

intensely... Such a perfectionist with this event, and he is rarely

challenged. He has to be strong to keep pushing himself, pushing his

own personal barriers to get the best out of himself. Just an amazing

performer. And while he is so pre-eminent, is it the case that

everyone is then against the decathlon rather than being

intimidated by him? Yes, they will help each other in pole vault and

high jump, you know, they get on really well, but there is a huge

amount of respect. He is not the tallest athlete there has ever been

in the decathlon but he is the fastest, the most consistent, and he

is mentally tough. He is just a supreme athlete. He rarely makes

mistakes. And when the comeback after the race, I want to know why

we don't have any men at the moment in the decathlon. We had such a rich

period with Thompson, but no one at the moment representing Great

Britain. We will watch this one man, Andrew Cotter. There are a couple of

decathletes for Britain, but not at the highest standing. And David

Thompson before that, of course. Damian Warner in the second lane. 45

seconds is the PB of Ashton Eaton. And he has run 45.63 this season in

Houston. He Olympic decathlon best was set in 1960. The altitude of

Mexico City might well mean that goes here. And Damian Warner, he is

quick over 400, 40 6.54 with a new personal best this season. They are

first and second at the moment -- 46.54. So, the Estonian, the

Canadian, Lindon Victor from Granada in lane three. Nakimura in lane five

for Japan. Ashton Eaton, he is just 27 points down on his world record

pace at this stage after four events. He was a little bit off his

best in the hundred metres if that gives you some indication, but 400

is his real strength. Look out for Eaton, look out for Warner and

Kazmarec. 45 the best for Aston Eaton. Ashton Eaton is a class

apart. You can see him moving along. He is a sprinter, a runner, and he

is up against some heavier men. -- Kazmirek. They have the quickest

times. Ashton Eaton is leaving them behind.

are in first and second and fifth place in Ashton Eaton. Kazmirek, the

German going strongly in lane eight. Watch the clock, watch the time.

Ashton Eaton has gone on hard, he is going to be down a little bit. 46.

By his standards, a little bit disappointing. He will extend his

lead over Damian Warner before we head into tomorrow's events, the 110

metre hurdles, the discus, the pole vault, the javelin, the 1500 metres.

Good run by Kazmirek, who says, leave me alone, I'm dying here. That

is what the 400 metres does. Ashton Eaton is so comfortable in this

event, but you can see how took it out of him. As we see him coming

down the home straight, insight on the left of screen, Damian Warner

could do nothing about what Ashton Eaton was pouring on. Not quite as

brilliant as last year when he ran 45 flat over this event in the

decathlon. But it is a significant performance on what has been a very

hot day. The athletes have been out here all day managing there energy.

It has been 35 degrees and humid even into the evening. Ashton Eaton

trying to squeeze everything out of that. 4647 points for Ashton Eaton.

A solid first day. Damian Warner was down on his best. It was a good run.

And equalling run from Kai Kazmirek. He can be proud. But Ashton Eaton

stretches his lead at the top, overall. So, that was the leaders in

the decathlon. This is another look at those leaders' points scores

across those events. Ashton Eaton is one of only two madmen who has ever

gone beyond 9000 points. -- two men. Kazmirek improving his chances of a

medal. Warner stays in second place. Tianna Bartoletta in round three of

the long jump. She is in second place by just one centimetre.

Well... It looks a lot. A smile on the face of Tianna Bartoletta. She

ran in 11 seconds flat and didn't make the final of the 100 metres.

Good running into acceleration there. She's seemed to really run

into herself, with 16 centimetres to add to this, to show her potential.

A slightly awkward landing. 6.95, taking the lead courtesy of count

back. Better then Spanovic. Jazmin Sawyers, 6.60 nine. -- six point 69.

-- 6.69. Just ever so slight deceleration,

when you compare that to the speed on the runway of Bartoletta. Jazmin

Sawyers currently in seventh place. Going reasonably well. She will make

the cut. Just to remind you, the top eight get the final three jumps,

pulling herself into the sand. Eking out every millimetre she can. It is

6.50 seven. No improvement. There he is, is seen by comic

getting ready for his 200 metres semi-final. -- Usain Bolt. You have

stayed up this late, you may as well stay for this. Put the kettle on. We

have three British athletes in those semifinals, Danny Talbot and

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake. And in Bolt's heat of the semifinals, we

also have Adam Jimmy, a man who always runs with a smile on his

face. -- Adam Gemili. It is a crazy feeling to be going into my second

Olympic Games. I'm only 22 and it is exciting. I feel very different to

how I felt in London. London, I was only 18. I was very new to the

sport. I was just feeling my way through. I didn't really expect to

do anything. Now I am coming in and I want to go out and compete and be

a contender and be in the mixture a medal. I am coming into this one

with a different mentality and mindset.

9.85, third in an Olympic semi-final at the age of 18. What an

experience. What London predominantly taught me was to

believe in myself. Now I come into the sport and I go into every race

thinking I can win it, no matter who is in the race, no matter what they

have run beforehand. I go into every race believing in my own ability,

and I didn't really do that in London. That is what it taught me. I

only missed out on the final by four hundredths of a second, which was

not a massive amount, but if I had had more belief, maybe I could have

made that final. I tore my hamstring pretty nasty Lee last year. --

masterly. -- nastily. I was gutted because it put me out from the whole

season. I have been bouncing back and hopefully I continue to do so.

And it is coming back on him! I was happy to run my season's rest. I was

happy to get under 20 seconds. I was quite disappointed afterwards

because I thought I could execute better. I didn't execute how I

wanted to. But it was a good field, guys who had been running very fast.

Lots of those guys had run 19 seconds and I did actually go on and

beat them. It gives me good confidence to come back out to

training come out here in the sun, and get some good work in. I know

that when Rio comes I will be on my best shape and will hopefully run

one of my fastest times. Well, he made a global final in

Moscow, and the progression seems to be moving nicely. Do you feel that

that injury last year, and missing out on the World Championships, took

him back a little bit? Yes, as it would. That is what happens when you

have an injury like that. That is a pretty significant injury. But it

was only one year. I mean, he ran under 20 seconds in 2013, matched it

again in 2014. That is what you want to do. If you take the injury out he

has been very consistent, which is exactly what you want. Glasgow was a

year where he went back significantly, you know, and it was

not due to injury. Many would say, OK, what is going on here? Has it

bled into this season a bit? Because he is not as happy with his times. I

think this season it has taken him a while to get back, as it would for

anyone, but I think he is coming around at the right time. You know,

we will see here. It is tough to say. Because after you come off an

injury like that, especially a hamstring injury, it is tough to get

the confidence back. How did the training go back in the fall, who

knows. It is tough to say that this year we should expect more. You have

had a close look at the phases of his race for us. Yes, and one of the

things about Adam is that he is just technically very, very sound. He has

a natural ability to be very symmetrical, very efficient as a

runner. He has got the right size and build for the 200 metres.

Everything is just extremely symmetrical here. He runs very well,

he is very balanced. The main thing is how you execute the race when you

are in it. They are, he was on the outside of the lane and he didn't

get the best start yesterday in deeper the merry hits. -- there, he

was. He is not out of position at this point because he is not running

the same sorts of times he was running at 13 and 14. He cannot make

mistakes. He has to go out there and execute to perfection. To give

himself a chance of getting into the finals. Exactly. Out in the warmup

area, well, I am not sure anybody needs a warmup area because it is

boiling, I think they are in the shaded area. We can see Yohan Blake

and Usain Bolt, just chewing the fat, as you do. Looking very

relaxed. Why wouldn't he be? You have been looking at Usain Bolt and

Justin Gatlin. Let's begin with Justin Gatlin. Justin Gatlin, he has

an unorthodox style. He bends at the waist, which is not what you

normally do. But it is very effective for him. It allows him to

create a tremendous amount of power and downforce. As he is stepping on

the track, he is putting more force. If we could measure the force of

each athlete and what they are putting into the ground, he is

putting significantly more force into the ground. Now he is relaxing

because of the very quick start that he got around the bend. We talk

about him a lot as a 100 metre runner, but he is a fantastic 200

metre runner. Very efficient. I believe he may be thinking, is this

my opportunity? It is certainly his last opportunity against this man,

is seen bulk, in order for him to possibly take away a championship

title. -- this man, Usain Bolt. In contrast to Adam Gemili and Justin

Gatlin, Usain Bolt rocks back and forth a lot. It doesn't matter. That

is the point with Usain Bolt. He is so much better than everybody else

because of what happens with his legs and his speed. He is so quick

and he has such a big stride. What he is doing up top, which is very

inefficient, doesn't really matter. He can afford to do that. The other

guys can't afford to do that. That is the contrast and the difference

between the three. Sean Merrett, of course, he was not very happy with

his medal for the 100 metres. He really thought that he would have a

shot at glory. Before 100 metres, sorry. He will be wanting to get

himself in the mix. He has got a significant opportunity here, and he

knows it. To come away from a career standpoint being a 400 metre Olympic

gold-medallist, a 400 metre bronze medallist, which got the other day,

and then to bring home any sort of medal in the 200 metres, he has been

a 400 metre run-up role of his career, which dates back to 2005,

that will be significant and he will be aware of that. He is a good

position, a dangerous position the others. Nobody is going to say, old,

it is Sean Merrett, I can't believe you let those 200 metre guys beat

you. That will never happen. It is all greedy for him. -- all gravy.

Danny Talbot, gravy is the last thing I would want in the world

right now. Does anybody have any ice lollies?

COMMENTATOR: Well, we have got jellybeans. Salted nuts. Yawner

Radcliffe is in the stadium tonight and is providing refreshments if

anybody wants any. I am going to ask a rhetorical question. What you

think it took to get into the final as the fastest loser in 2012?

Bearing in mind in the final, four men ran under 20 seconds. Duncan

Blackley ran 19 point 94. You have the answer, I can tell. No, I don't.

I will give you a guess. 20 point 35. 20.30 seven. Which is not that

fast. Christian Malcolm was third in his semi-final, and didn't get

through. It doesn't have to be crazy fast. The big guys, you would

imagine, would be. What about Danny Talbot? Or Adam Gemili? Or

Mitchell-Blake, to get through? If they are not in the top two, that

mate be all that is required. -- that might be. Danny Talbot is in

lane seven. Christophe Lemaitre had his best the other year, 19.8 zero.

A brilliant run in the heats the Daniel Talbot. He looked very good.

He has obviously got a chance to excel, to try to break his personal

best. That is all he can really do against Sean Merrett, who is inside

him in lane six. A world record race a few days ago,

it seems so long ago now. How about this from Mexico? Herrera, the new

Mexican recordholder. A huge experience, don't forget Jamaica had

a one to three in London. Quakers back, to make up the threesome this

time. Brenner 's of Costa Rica been going very well, a new national

record qualifying for this semifinal yet to break the 20s. In very good

form. Sorrillo, from Trinidad Tobago.

The Trinidad man who won a medal in this event. So, Merrit, the quickest

in the field, but it might not necessarily be how this pans out.

Danny Talbot in laying seven. Not the quickest starter, not in his

current form, Le Metre. The tall Aaron Brown in lane two of Canada.

So, the top two, and the two fastest losers from the three semifinals as

ever. Cleanly away. Danny Talbot gets a very good start. He has taken

a good two metres out of Merrit. Sorrillo has run a killer bent but

Merrit is leading. Le Metre is trying to get in. And look at this,

Le Metre, well, there is a surprise! The Frenchman gets through and the

rest were a little bit Distin. Christophe where did you get that

from? Really good performance from the Frenchman and look what it means

to him. -- distance. We expected Merrit to do well. I can tell you,

Danny Talbot did what he had to do, just, with third spot and a new

personal best. He has a chance. Do you think it was an omen? Let's hope

so. He is in the third placed position. The new personal best and

that was a great run from him. He challenged the Frenchman. He said

you have to pass me again. He was not intimidated by anyone in the

field. And Merrit looks so balanced, bouncing down the track, full of

energy. We have seen this on numerous occasions, when he is at

his best, he seems to haul people in, and he has managed to do that

again. Well, it was a great start there from Danny Talbot, taking a

little bit out of Merrit early, up on Christophe Lemaitre, and LaShawn

Merritt looks so relaxed. Very surprising, Christophe LeMay after

that personal best -- Lemaitre. Very nice speed endurance. A little bit

of rocking back and forth in contrast to Lemaitre with Danny

Talbot, but the speed injury and that he allows him to get through to

the finish and qualified, hopefully, and that was impressive. Well, you

said yesterday you wanted APB. You have a great chance of making the

final -- you wanted a PB. Last year and in Beijing I had a PB. Tell me

about the race from your perspective, because you had

Lemaitre on the outside, surprisingly doing better than

recently, try the new through as well. Definitely. To be honest, I

had a really good start and then I almost relaxed around the bend too

much. Looking at the replay, I was very cautious around the bend,

trying to leave something for the home straight, and maybe a should

have gone harder, but I did run a personal best. So you are telling me

there is more to come off that PB if you are spot on? Every athlete

thinks they have more in the locker, that is true for me, but we will

have to wait and see. Hopefully I get into the final and then tomorrow

maybe I will go faster. You have done so well tonight, well done.

Thanks very much, thank you. STUDIO: Yeah, excellent run from Danny

Talbot, 20.25. Plenty of athletes to come in the semifinals. Merritt is

through and, surprisingly, Lemaitre, a return to form for the tall

Frenchman. Well, you might have heard the slight increase in volume

in the stadium and that was when Usain Bolt walked onto the track. He

looks like he means business tonight. He is not doing quite as

much playful banter with the crowd. He wants to get through this. We

have seen this a little bit, he has been a little bit more serious and I

was wondering if, it you know, how his approach was gonna BNS, and he

wasn't thrilled with the 100 metre time, so I think he knows he might

be under a little more pressure here -- you know. May be taking a

different approach. Thank you, Michael. Andrew Cotter is your

commentator. Yes, part of a very strong semi-final here. You see

Andre De Grasse outside him, and just outside him is Adam Gemili.

There is a smile but we have talked about it, I think he is a different

animal now, it is a smile that is combined with the steel as well, he

is serious when he gets going. And Andre De Grasse, bronze in the 100,

a season best of 20.09 in the first round. So, with Gemili and De

Grasse, the fastest loser will certainly be under threat, but the

welcome, again, to we all know who. I don't even need to say his name,

it doesn't need to be mentioned. Yaqoob from Bahrain with a very

surprising 20.19 to take a big chunk off the record. And Webb, he didn't

look very impressive in the first round. And the Cuban, Skyers, in the

first lane. So, a full look at the lineup, because the two meant

outside the lineup with Gemili who we didn't see, the Turkish athlete.

So, Bolt once again, asks for silence. Gemili was only two lanes

inside of him the Anniversary Games when he ran quickly. And he said

after his first-round heat, Gemili, that he felt uncomfortable around

the bend. On the inside he was in the second lane, here he is in the

six lane, two will go through automatically and Danny Talbot

hanging on, the first of the fastest losers were 20.2 five. -- with

20.25. Gemili is looking good, but Bolt is moving around. A good run on

the inside from Webb. Bolt is clean. Gemili is in a clean position. It is

Bolt and he might have got him on the line. 19.79 to Usain Bolt. The

quickest time for him this season in the 200 metres. And there was more

to come. A sheet of the head replaces the smile from Gemili. He

feels he had more there as well -- a shake of the head. He has run 20.0

eight. He has third place as well. The fastest losers are Gemili and

the other but they are in a good position with one semi-final to go

-- 20.08. He has an excellent chance of hanging on. The next semi-final

is loaded with talent. Out of the blocks, we were all watching Usain

Bolt. My eyes were fixed on De Grasse from Canada and his battle

with Gemili because I think they will be battling for this automatic

position. You can see when they come to the home straight, De Grasse just

has it over Adam. He has faster basic speed, lots of injuries as you

can see, as it is demonstrated, easily away from Adam and Eve and

laughing and joking with Usain Bolt as he approaches the line in a new

Canadian world record -- Adam and even laughing. Well, it was a great

start from Bolt. Very nice around the bend, Gemili, and a good

transition, but then he got really tight right here, and just look at

Gemili in contrast to De Grasse and Bolt and he just got really, really

tight at the end. The shoulders up high and that makes it very tough.

The more you tighten up at the end of this, the less efficient you

become, and it just tightens up and it gets tougher and tougher and

tougher. This was an interesting run from Bolt, he was out fast and

quick, he let off the gas a little and De Grasse decided to come up and

get him, so a little banter between them, having a little fun, Gemili

had a quick time. There is more for him if he runs that race. If he gets

into the finals and he can relax on the home stretch. So, Adam, advice

from Michael Johnson to relax on the home straight and you will go faster

and you will be, hopefully, in the final in the first place. I hope so.

I am disappointed with that run. I am in a lot better shape than 20.08.

We will wait and see. This guy, yeah... , and have a word with the

BBC, just quickly. -- Usain Bolt, come and have a quick word. You

stormed through and played a couple of games with De Grasse as well. He

was supposed to slow down but he didn't. I was saying, what are you

doing, it is the semifinals. He said he had to push me, so whatever. You

said you were tight after the 100 but you are not showing it on the

track. I was a little bit lazy. I don't know why. I executed it well

so that is key. Steve call you a legend when you did the 44 years ago

-- called. What if you end up doing the sprint double tomorrow? I don't

know. What will they call you? When I crossed the line, he said I am

immortal now, so I love that. Thank you. Into talk. And Adam, thank you

for being patient -- thank you for stopping into talk. He is the man

and we have to grab them when we can. Your performance, you are

clearly not very happy, and yet 20.08, there is much more to come.

It is good but I expect better from myself. And I know I am in good

shape, I am in better shape than that, and it wasn't a very well

executed run, like I said, it was very tight, and I didn't run my own

race, but 20.08, I might make the final and hopefully if it does I

will get it right tomorrow. With all of the people that are waiting up it

is not amazing so I apologise for that. So I did make my best shot.

Thank you for being patient. Apologising for 20.08. De Grasse had

something important to say to Usain Bolt but he had to catch him up.

Usain Bolt pushed. Stop running so hard, I don't want to have to do

this to you. He took the win. Bold and De Grasse into the final. Gemili