Day 12 BBC One: 13.45-18.00 Olympics

Good afternoon. If you are turning into an Olympic zombie, we salute

you because it is dedication to the cause, watching day and night at the

Olympic Games, but it is hard to tear yourself away, so much is

happening and so much history being made. Great Britain's athletes have

smashed the medal target of 48, sitting at 50, with the promise of a

gold medal and possibly more coming today. Maybe there is a cast-iron

chance on the track very shortly. That is because Mo Farah is back in

action. It is the heats, men's 5000 metres. Goldman Harutyun -- Goldman

Mo Farah is back. And Caster Semenya is likely to get gold in the 800

metres. She was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Charley Hull

and Catriona Matthew get under way in their ambition to follow Justin

Rose as a golf champion. And Rajeev Youssef has already achieved his

ambition of reaching the quarterfinals. We will see if he can

go one step further -- Rajiv Ouseph. If you are watching on the other

side, you know this is the schedule and it is dominated by the athletics

over the next couple of hours. Lynsey Sharp in the 800 metres. An

early track final to enjoy. A safe bet to assume Kenyans will be in the

mix in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Rajiv Ouseph is playing a Danish

seed in the badminton and boxing at 6pm. No Katie Taylor this time, I am

afraid. Marking your card about the key moments. There are quite a few

for the Brazilian friends, not least in the beach volleyball final act

10pm here. They like it here -- 10pm here, 2am your time. If you are

staying up, the 200 metres women's final. Dina Asher-Smith, the first

British woman through in years. Followed at 2:30am by the women's

sprint hurdles. And Brazil in the semifinals of the men's football

against Honduras. The country is on tenterhooks after their women went

out on penalties to Sweden last night.

There is a moment Brazil will never forget. Certainly the tension of the

moment in the boxing arena when the boxer who grew up on the streets of

Salvador, who has had a tough life, came in trying to become Brazil's

first boxing gold medallist in the ring. He was up against his French

opponent in the final of the lightweight and having watched it

last night, Brazilian television were going absolutely bonkers.

Into the second round we go and the man wearing red, the fifth ranked

boxer in the world, the tournament number four seed. Beginning his

second round, Robson Conceicao. Good tactics from Robson Conceicao. Not

giving ground, Sharp. Started quickly. Oumiha trying to land the

left hook. Robson Conceicao is working better with the jab and the

right hook. Oumiha had a terrific run to the semifinal stage with a

series of performances, by the man in blue, eliminating Alberts.

He produced a fantastic display against the tournament number three

seed. Coping with the occasion, Oumiha, but struggling to find the

range consistently. Robson Conceicao appearing calm in the boxing ring,

helping himself to a good 1-2. Two quality performers. With this cat

and mouse boxing... Robson Conceicao is on the ball, 100% concentration,

beating Oumiha to the punch. The concentration levels are very high

from the man in red. Oumiha is in it. The better quality is coming

from the Brazilian. Oumiha with a sneaking glances to his corner.

Evidence of the eye injury Robson Conceicao picked up in his contest

against Alvarez. Both boxers working hard. I look at that left hand from

Robson Conceicao. The left jab causes Oumiha to touch down. Again,

a dominant display by the Brazilian. Straight punches. A sick work from

the Brazilian. It is working effectively for him. -- basic work

from the Brazilian. Concentration absolute throughout.

These men know their boxer is surely just three minutes away in terms of

action in the ring from being crowned Olympic gold medallist at

this home Olympics. Concentration is the name of the game in a contest

like this. It has been demonstrated in a bond and -- in abundance by

Robson Conceicao. Using the basic punches, the straight punches much

better. The jab, the straight right hand. Oumiha is having success. Look

at that longer left hook. I think he is being beaten to the punch. Again,

it is the judges who matter. Robson Conceicao has swept the board for

the second successive round. Into the third and final round we go. The

boxer wearing red, Robson Conceicao on the Brazilian team. An incredible

atmosphere here. His concentration has been absolute. He has

demonstrated a laser like focus to repel the advances of Oumiha, who is

having moments of success himself. The man in blue has a mountain to

climb because he has two overturned the two point deficit. He would need

a 10-8 round to get to parity. Oumiha needs the round of his life.

He has got to put his opponent on the floor and cause a 10-8 round.

Oumiha will have to take risks to land the power shot. He will have to

be in that zone, may be short range, to land the shot that could cause an

upset, but by doing that, he is in the zone there and in an area where

he can get caught, so he needs the round of his life. Facing an

educated and intelligent boxer in the former Robson Conceicao. This

man was a street vendor on the streets of Salvador as a charred.

Calls himself a survivor. Used to sell vegetables, knocking on car

windows at traffic lights. He said he was a quarrelsome child. He was a

fighter by personality. And he talked about someone he wanted to be

like, Robson Conceicao. He went to the gym and watched the older

fighters. He would fake injury, get treatment from a hospital, take the

same bandages the hospital would treat his fake injuries with and

turn them into hand wraps, and that is how much this young man from

Brazil wanted to grow up to be a boxer and now he is on the cusp of

being crowned Olympic champion, which would be historic in Brazil

because up to this point, no Brazilian had ever occupied top spot

on the medal podium in the boxing ring.

The hard work for Robson Conceicao has been done in the two rounds. He

is protecting the lead now, which is why he has taken the foot off the

gas. Watch this place erupted when this spell goes. The crowd are

counting down the final seconds. Robson Conceicao raises his arms as

he wanders back wearily to his corner because the crowd know and he

knows, he knows he is just about to be crowned Olympic gold medallist in

the 60 kilograms lightweight division. What an intelligent

display, to keep the talented Oumiha out of punching range. The French

know it will not be their night. The 21-year-old representing France

played his part in a terrific contest but Robson Conceicao would

not be denied. Terrific from Robson Conceicao. The first two rounds were

his best, he concentrated well. He started well. That was important.

The straight punches and speed were there. A real Rocky story you have

explained and tremendous for this young man. Ladies and gentlemen, the

winner by unanimous decision... Robson Conceicao!

A cacophony of noise and a carnival of colour. They have erupted into

celebration in an acknowledgement of the fact that Robson Conceicao, the

boy who grew up poor on the streets of Salvador has just been crowned

Olympic champion in the 60 kilograms lightweight division. He becomes

Brazil's first-ever Olympic champion in the boxing ring. He dealt with

the pressure of expectation and dealt with the reputation and talent

of the boxes in front of him. Never more so than in the final, when he

eliminated the talented young Frenchman Sofiane Oumiha. He is

drinking in the applause from the crowd, who are in rapture at what

this man has just accomplished. 27-year-old Robson Conceicao is the

Olympic champion of the 60 kilograms lightweight division. Usually it is

the Brazilian footballers who take the headlines in this neck of the

woods, as we say. But now they have a national hero, a boxer and Olympic

champion at 60 kilograms. That is something special and this crowd

will say, in years to come, I was there. For the first time in this

tournament, probably, it is a full arena and every Brazilian in this

arena today will feel very proud of that young man. He is now a national

hero. People are crying all-around us. Tremendous staff from this young

fella. It was electrifying, fantastic to

watch. The papers have gone ballistic about it. Brazil's third

gold medal and the first ever in a boxing ring. This is how they deal

with this. An interesting headline. This is the Brazilian word for boo.

This is the athlete who was booed, after his comments about being

inappropriately booed in the competition. He is represented on

the front page here and this one, the first one in the boxing ring.

Eyes closed and the utter adulation of everybody involved in that.

Once again, in this country, you will see sporting adulation is

tinged with political intrigue and despair because the supreme court

authorises an enquiry at last against President Dilma Rousseff. So

many contrast innovations in this country right now. Hard to

understate the presence of Usain Bolt. He will be in the semifinals

of the men's 200 metres. Gabby, it struck me the other night he might

pull it off in the 200, part two after three, much pressure will

there be on his Jamaican team-mates to get round if it happens on the

final night? Kumari Mao you'd think so, wouldn't

you, but the thing about Usain Bolt, I can't imagine the type of

personality we've seen would say to his team-mates, don't screw this up

for me, because he creates an aura of being very relaxed and confident.

You can imagine it would spread to his team. Omar McLeod won the first

110 meter hurdles last night. The first time America hadn't been on

the rostrum in 110 meter hurdles in Olympic history. They are really

doing well to make it here in the sprints. Let's hope that confidence

spreads for his sake if he wins 200. He is then nailed on favourite for

that. We've got a long way to go before we get to the 200 metres

semifinals tonight. At the moment the early stages of the decathlon

has happened, the sprint. And we're building up to the appearance of Mo

Farah on the track for the first of two 5000 metre heats. 25 runners and

riders, it'll be bumpy. It's going to be very bumpy, you kind of

question, could they have made it three heats to go through to the

final. It'll be a lot of pushing and shoving but we saw it in the ten K,

we saw how even when he goes down... We don't want that again. He's come

out of that unscathed. He did have to respond very quickly and come

back from that. Next day he was a little bit sore, I think, but OK. 30

degrees heat out there. He's more than capable, the field that

surround him, to come through. We should never take for granted easy

passage. No one is going to make it easy for him. Mo has to stay out of

trouble. I think you can afford to do that. He's got to watch his

opposition, keep to his tactics, which we see so well, he runs his

own race. Don't be surprised if we see him loitering in the back.

Absolutely, should be comfortable for him the qualifying conditions.

The first five and the next five fastest will qualify. You'll be in

the first five if they jog around and it is a last lap sprint. He's

comfortable with that. He's got Lagat, he's got Gebrhiwet, and he's

got Caleb Ndiku, who can finish last. It's a lot of running, 10,000

metres, come back, do another... Is looking to do an unprecedented

double double, this would be the final part of that. Bernard Lagat,

41 years old, I feel it's necessary to mention the plus 40-year-olds in

the games. 41 very youngest competitor in this field is 15,

Jacob. Could be his grandson, never mind his son. Let's had to our

youthful commentary team of Steve Cram and Brendan Foster.

COMMENTATOR: Here we go again with Mo, we want to make sure he gets

through here and he's got some familiar figures in this. In this

heat with him. Caleb Ndiku the Commonwealth champion. Rop who is

often there or thereabouts. Top five will go through and the five fastest

losers. Mo won't leave this one unless he wants a bit of fun. He

doesn't need to. Ring out can finish pretty quickly, former 1500 metre

runner. Hassan Mead running for the USA with Bernard Lagat.

Cheptegei ran a good race in the 10,000 metres. A few of these guys

ran in the ten K as well. There is his training partner, Abdi, next to

Bernard Lagat. 41, as the guys were saying. Gebrhiwet is a medallist at

the last two World Championships. Behind Mo Farah, of course. There

will be a big cheer from British fans when Mo is introduced. CHEERING

Great support in the stadium. Fifa of Spain. They are standing in the

shade. You can see in the sunshine it's pretty warm already. Just after

10pm here in Rio. It's already over 30 degrees down on the track.

Nobody's going to want to go to hard here, but it gives all the big cake

is a chance. Caleb Ndiku, Gebrhiwet, Mo Farah and others. Interesting to

see if anybody gives themselves a chance of advancing by ticking along

at a reasonable pace. I would have lost this bet, Mo Farah leading

after a couple of hundred metres. In the heat of the 5000 metres. This is

a hard-won commune open he's run ten, he's had the glory of a

fabulous 10,000 metres, he has to come back a couple of days later and

every step of this race is a reluctant step you don't really want

to be doing this, you just want to be getting ready to concentrate on

the final. But as we saw in the final of the 10,000 metres you have

to stay on your feet because if you fall over in the heats you get

knocked out, you can't be reinstated unless somebody pushes you over. Mo

Farah and wringer of Germany. Trying to run as easily as he possibly can.

Having been in this situation, I can tell you, in the heats of the 5000

metres, Mo will be tired. 30 degrees temperature is not conducive to good

distance running. I think I can remember you winning an Olympic

record in the heats, 13, 20, something like that. Ringer, if he

could run 13.20 this morning, he might definitely have a chance. He's

set out with real intent. Early stages. Of this 5000 metres. Still

got 11 laps to go. Mo Farah will be trying to make sure he stays out of

trouble. Another busy morning in the field. From one Brit to another, in

men's hammer qualification, automatic qualification for Friday's

final. A big screen from the Scotsman, just over 70 metres. His

best this year. That was 76.2 six. He can wind up harder on that, he's

pulling away, seemed to lean away. It means he can attack it harder,

get more force. It is a valid throw in the first round, over 70 metres,

just to set a marker. Free throws in qualification in the competition.

You'll need more than that open to progress to Friday's final.

Already reasonably well stretched out in this 5000 metre heat.

Murayama has taken over from Ringer. These two leading. Mo Farah happy to

stay where the big names are. Lagat in there. Gebrhiwet. Hassan Mead,

the tall American. Caleb Ndiku as well, the Commonwealth champion. The

5000 metres, Brendan, it's only the heats, we'll be concentrating on

people getting through, but they will be thinking ahead to the final

some of them. When you look at what's available, couldn't beat him

in the ten. Would anyone have got any encouragement from the 10,000

metres, the last lap of 55 not as fast as before for Mo. Anything to

give them a glimmer of hope? You would have to look at his last lap.

You could see he was tired, working hard, he was a bit shocked after the

fall, that's why afterwards he was emotional, he realised his dreams,

all of his efforts, were pointing towards an Olympic gold medal in the

10,000 metres. That fraction of the second he was down on the track, if

he'd fallen badly it could have been a different story but he fell in a

way he was able to get up very quickly, didn't damage himself too

much. I'm going to be looking today very closely at Caleb Ndiku. The

Kenyan athlete who hasn't had a great season. Looked good last year,

was very close to Mo Farah last year. He's just there tracking Mo

Farah. I know Mo is conscious of him, it was a close-run race in that

5000 in the World Championships. He would be one I'm wondering if he is

as fit as he should be, could be. Running next to Mo, you would be

thinking, is he going to be a danger to Mo in the final? We are looking

for clues on the assumption that both he and Mo Farah progressed

through to the final. Also in that group, Brendan, you can

see wearing the yellow, not Cheptegei who ran in the 10,000, but

behind him, the 15-year-old. He's run 13.19, apparently. Not bad for a

15-year-old. Third in the 10,000 metres. He wasn't born when Lagat

was winning medals. He was third in the 1500 metres in

Sydney. The experienced Bernard Lagat, 41, running on the outside,

from the USA. He was third in Sydney, second in the 1500 metres

running for Kenny. In Athens. There he is, eighth in the 5000 metres in

Beijing. Fourth in 2012 in the 5000 metres. Could have been a bit

closer. It's great to see him here, in his fifth Olympics. He's running

well at his age. He's a true inspiration in distance running and

a very good friend of Mo Farah. Real decent guy, a guy who spread the

word about distance running for older people all around the world.

Bernard Lagat, we expect him to progress. Mo has found himself

towards the back but he's got company, the runner-up in the World

Championship last year right next to him, Mo is just relaxing through

there, but I know for a fact this is a hard run, a very psychologically

difficult run. He is not geared up, you just want to go through the

motions, hope nobody will want to quickly, and there we are an example

of an athlete who really wants to go after it. The whole pack, there is

comfort in the pack, as long as Mo keeps clear of trouble, he'll be

getting ready to show what he can do. Still, there they go, 6:45 point

zero. They come into the home straight. Six laps to go. Well, Mo

Farah happy at the moment. He has just picked it up, Kiple. Winger and

Murayama started running at the front. Then it started to slow. --

wringer This seat in a morning, this kind of

pay is normally wouldn't bother them that much, but this is a bit quicker

perhaps. The up and down surging doesn't help, you would prefer a

nice smooth race, little bit of a pick-up on the last two laps. Mo

realising Gebrhiwet has gone to the front, he needs to get up there.

Just say, by the way, I know you have run faster than me in 5000

metres, and he has had medals in the championships, but I tell you what,

I'll let you know I'm here, I've been relaxing at the back, I'm here

for the 5000 metres qualifying, I'm pretty determined to do that and go

through, just in case you get any ideas, I'm fit, well, ready. I fell

down but it wasn't too much of a problem, and Gebrhiwet glanced over

his shoulder, noticed Mo Farah. Well, you wouldn't expect any

different. He was second behind Mo Farah in the championships. He's

quicker than Mo Farah. The only athlete in the field who has run

faster than Mo Farah. Interestingly, two medals in the last two World

Championships. He's here, his intention is clear, he didn't run

the 10,000, he's here to run the 5000. He's going to be a factor in

the 5000 metres, but we hope not too much of a factor as Mo Farah now

does his bit in the front. Another 65 second lap, it just settled down

to a decent pace. It's decent, certainly for a heat

it's decent. Mo happy to be in front. Had a few cuts and bruises

from his fall the other night, they are just going to lap somebody can

he could do with moving out. He's not going to move, to be fair. Here

we go. No coming round now into the last mile. Four laps to go. They are

all gathering. Gebrhiwet looking to watch Mo Farah. Kiple just upped on

the inside. Lagat is in the group. Caleb Ndiku much closer. Hassan

Mead, the tall figure in the blue of the USA. Cheptegei is also there.

The youngster is still there, the 15-year-old, Jacob Kiplimo?. They

are altogether. Looking over his shoulder there. I can tell you,

there is Gebrhiwet now, decides to pick up the pace. He didn't run the

10,000 metres. Mo sensibly giving him a push. Be careful here, Mo,

there are athletes around you, a bit too close, the pace going steadily

rather than quick. Mo Farah doing everything right. Psychologically,

the 5000 metre heats is a hard-won. Your body doesn't really wants to

work too hard, your body tells you I've already done 10,000 metres,

this is not an important race, this is a qualifying race. You always

have to dig deep and work hard. Three laps to go, just a few too

many for comfort, a few too many with speed, I'm looking at Caleb

Ndiku working his way. They are getting poised, getting ready,

someone's going to make a move pretty soon. Mo in a good place,

he's right there. Confidence oozing from Mo Farah. When Mo Farah comes

to the track he normally wins. He will be worried about winning today

but he will want to be the first five, first fight is enough. First

five in 30 degrees temperature in a race you don't really want to run

makes it tough. Ndiku is still reasonably happy to

be at the back of the group. Is he struggling a little bit? He does not

look too good to me. There is Ndiku, who is happy to be at the back of

the grid. It has too many people in it at Mo Farah realises that,

realises the danger. I almost get nervous when he does this, he moves

and he slows and that is when you can be clipped from behind. I know

he wants to control it. This is where I get nervous. He is conscious

of that. He has to be more conscious as Gebrhiwet goes. Mo Farah does not

have to respond because he does not have to win this. He has to finish

in the first five. Ndiku is boxed on the inside. He will now control

himself but there are four athletes ahead and he does not want any more

than that. He has to be in the first five. Mo has to dig himself out of

that boxed in position. He has a little bit of space. There is the

bell and he responds. Five athletes to go through and Mo is going the

long way around. He will get a bit closer. He has Ndiku in his sights

and he has Gebrhiwet in his sights. Down the back straight. No more

looking over his shoulder as Campbell drifts off the group. Now

it has to be a move and a move to finish in the first five. Once

again, Mo Farah is in trouble. That was an accident. Be careful, Mo.

Just get on the outside. All you have to do is run. You do not need

to worry about it any more. You did not fall, you were lucky. Go

forward, never mind looking over. Gebrhiwet will win it. Then Rop.

Ndiku and Hayle Ibrahimov and one or two others will have an anxious wait

until the next heat. Hassan Mead was the fall. I was getting nervous

about what was happening. Mo gave up the position he normally holds. He

looks a little tired. As ever, a lot of pushing and shoving, which meant

he had to go. At this point he should be OK. He went past Hassan

Mead. As the group gathers around him again, watch what happens. He

has a look around. The lap runner had stepped on the inside. The tall

figure behind him, the American. Joshua Cheptegei on the outside. It

might have been further than this. There he goes. Just caught from

behind. Mo was slowing. When he slows in the group, that will

happen. That is what he did, got himself in a position and instead of

driving forward, he relaxed, slowed down and got kicked from behind.

That is dangerous. You cannot do anything about it but he needs to be

more careful. He felt in the final of the 10,000, tripped with a lap to

go and if he had fallen there, his double dream would have been over

completely. I was worried, you were worried. There he is on the back

straight. He did so well to stay up. Stumbling forward, looking over his

shoulder to see what has happened behind. It does not matter, you did

well. His strength and balance served him well. He has qualified.

He has done it the hard way and given us shocks and scares. He has

done it in 30 degrees temperature. Now go away and think about the

incidents that have occurred. Have you been part of them? Have you got

to stay clear of. Well done, Mo. While done, safely

through in the end, but it shows how precarious the race can be when you

got clipped. Yes, I got clipped. I had to stay on my feet, stay strong.

I have to recover now. It is hard work, it is hot. I have to rest now.

Brendan Foster said in these races every step is a reluctant step, you

want to be in the final, but you have to run this round. That is what

I mean, you have to get through it and see how it goes. How well do you

feel you have recovered after the ten? Not as well as I wanted but I

have to have more rest, put my feet up, chill in my room. That is all I

have to do. Your place in history is assured, but you will take it up

another notch to win gold in the 5000. Have you thought about that

achievement? Not at all. Thanks for the support. I have been sent great

messages and thank you everybody back home, I love you all. Getting

great support from the team. You have been an inspiration to them. I

enjoy what I do. I was a little emotional after my final but now I

have recovered. I am taking it in, just enjoying it, just get through

it. We wish you well for the final. Thanks. STUDIO: An honest assessment

when he said he had not recovered as he would like. He wants to win the

5000 and he knows it is a tough race. He needs to recover as well as

possible. I think he is playing it a little bit. He knows he has

recovered OK. He reacted well. He just has too stay out of trouble. It

makes you nervous, the trips and stumbles when the pack is together.

We will have a look at it. This is coming up to the bell on the last

lap. He got himself a little bit boxed but he does not need to panic

because he has so much speed over the closing 100 metres that he can

get himself out of trouble. He is out of trouble there. I don't think

he got himself into trouble it is just he has a long stride, as does

Hassan Mead on his inside and Hassan Mead is blocked. Tries to step aside

and steps on again but at least he got himself out of the way as they

came through. Mo checks back because he does not want to go yet, he does

not need to go yet. He still owes a little and the stumble by Hassan

Mead. He probably was going to progress. But that is him out of it.

We will see through appeals he can get himself put through to the

final. They have been generous! All he is thinking is he needs to

conserve as much energy as possible. As he said, it is another 12.5 laps,

in the heat, taking a lot out of you. Ndiku, here, the fastest loser

at the moment. He will probably go through. Mo is very good at staying

on his feet. Trips forward that keeps the forward momentum going and

he managed to save himself. Another shot of adrenaline would not have

done him harm coming into the home straight. It is about keeping out on

trouble and let's hope he has not been spiked, or tweaked anything

because that is the danger, going forward and tweaking your hamstring.

Having to take that extended step. I imagine the adrenaline coming from

it, it takes up energy. It takes energy and you can suddenly burn

that energy quickly and find in the last 30 metres when you needed it,

it is not their will stop he is so experienced. It does not rattle him.

Even in the 10,000 metres, it did not rattle him in the race. It was

after was the emotion of it hitting but during the race he keeps his

cool. We have come to expect so much from him and we cannot imagine the

final without him so it was a nervy moment for all of us. These are

difficult heats to navigate as Tom Farrell will find out in a moment,

Paula. Paula is going to go down to the studio and commentate on this

one as well. She will do that alongside Andrew Cotter.

Two British athletes going here. The Border Harrier from just outside

Carlisle. But he trains in Oregon. A formal -- former steeplechaser and

Andrew Butchart, the man from Dunblane, who has been scattering of

old Scottish records that have stood for decades this season. Those two

have a tough task, which was probably not helped by the first

heat being won in 13.20 four. They will have to be under 13.30 to

have a chance if they are not in the top five. 31 degrees. Tom Farrell

and Andrew Butchart, tricky, even though they have done work in hot

conditions, such as Arizona. In the heat of competition it is very

different. Border Harrier is represented. Tom Farrell was running

quick times last season. Perhaps just off that pace this year. And

stiff competition. Steve is mentioning the fastest losers

because it will be difficult for the British athletes to get into the top

five. Ellroy Galant has a new South African record this season. The

Spaniard also is very quick. And Isiah Koech, 12.48 he has run.

Quicker than Mo Farah has ever run for the 5000. Muktar Edris, one of

the strong contingent of Ethiopians, leading the Diamond League

standings. Gebremeskel. And the Eritrean,

Osman. They all have times that of fast. Andrew Butchart, we talk about

him running so well and taking the old Scottish record, 13.13. It gives

you an idea. Tom Farrell was 13.10 last year but has not managed that

this year. An idea of the task that faces them. They have a huge task

ahead of them. Hopefully they get away OK with no bump and barges. Tom

Farrell, I think, he has been struggling a little to find his form

in racing. It has been there in training but not coming out in

racing. Andrew Butchart has taken huge steps forward this year and it

has been exciting to see will stop he made the decision to put his job

aside and concentrate on training. Came out and ran Matt 13.13. He lost

his shoe and managed to run the Scottish record, but what was

impressive was the run in London. He did not realise how good he can be

and he took a huge step forward psychologically as well as

physically. His last lap was the fastest of the race and to go past

the likes of Bernard Lagat, and he is no slouch, Andrew Butchart was

right there going past him and I think that did a lot for his

confidence. Strangely for someone from Scotland he loves the heat and

he will not be too uncomfortable running in these temperatures. We

are used to seeing him in cross country in the cold. But he is

adapting to the track and beginning to get the confidence. A couple of

years ago was still working as a lifeguard in the swimming pool at

Gleneagles, not too far from done blame, where he is from. He was

chatting to that other son of Dunblane, Andy Murray after his gold

medal performance and he does have contact with Andy Murray. He feels

he belongs here. He does not mind the heat. He bounces along on his

tiptoes. It can get dangerous. We saw what can happen in the first

heat. Everybody wants to avoid the falls and clips.

The he runs with a maturity and experience that's good to see. Is

only 24, his first major championship final, he's acquitted

himself well. He's keeping his base. He's like, that's where I'm putting

my foot, you are not going to put your foot there, stay out of my way.

Andrew Butchart has a much quicker cadence, and takes up much less

space, which openly means he gets into a little bit less trouble when

there's a pack around. He's also putting himself in the right

position. This is stringing out, we'll get an idea of the pace they

are moving out in comparison to the first heat when they go through the

first thousand metres, the first heat went through in 2:30 seven.

They are ahead of that. If the first ten run faster than the six person

Caleb Ndiku, in the first race, they will go through to the final. Gelant

the South African out in front at the moment with the young Ugandan as

well. Kipyeko. Tucked in behind the Australian Patrick Tiernan. As we

mentioned Tom Farrell again, he has a quicker time historically than

Andrew Butchart. Perhaps this season not quite finding that pace. The

suspicion of overtraining, you work so hard for something and it doesn't

quite pay off, it's counter-productive. How often does

it happen in an Olympic year when you want to come here, give your

best, keep pushing in training? What was impressive from Tom Farrell, he

went back from the London Diamond League anniversary games, realised

that's what it was, rested up, came back, his training did turn around.

What he needs to do here is concentrate on staying out of

trouble and moving up in the pack, watching as breaks open up, making

sure to cover those. The pace continues to move along

fairly briskly, just ahead of the pace of the first heat. And we'll

keep an eye on this but also keep an eye on the hammer which is underway.

It is Pavel Fadek, hasn't had a great start to this qualification.

-- Pawel Fajdek. He's going to need to improve on this. Three fouls four

years ago in London 2012, he went out there. Twice world champion,

he's under pressure here. It's a bit better. Not a lot better, though.

And Pawel Fajdek might be gone. This would be a massive upset. He's one

of the resounding favourites to take gold here. And Fajdek... He was

strongly favoured for gold. 72 metres exactly he has thrown in this

last round. He's seventh place. To remind you, 12 athletes progress to

the final tomorrow. Mark Dry also up in a couple of throws time, we'll

need to improve on his mark. Fajdek at the moment possibly not going

into the final. A big surprise there.

There is a little bit of bother for Tom Farrell, beginning to lose

contact with the group as it stretches out. Just four or five

paces from the back of it. Still being led out by Elroy Gelant, the

South African. At the back Gelant and Kipyeko out in front. And the

Eritrean athlete as well. Behind this pack we can just see Tom

Farrell. Just off the back. Andrew Butchart in the middle of it.

Farrell hanging off the back a little bit. Only a couple of metres

at this stage, but it's a big pack and they are moving along well.

We're looking at ten, possibly, progressing through to the final.

That daylight is growing unfortunately through Tom Farrell.

Once he's running in no man's land, it's really tough. Farrell of the

back. We'll head to Mark Dry. His last throw to make this final, you

can see the number nine, that it is buzzing in this pool of 16 athletes.

32 in total. Mark Dry 70 metres and 26 in the first round, he's going to

need somewhere out towards 75 metres. It's not. He knows it.

Gustafson out of his feet to see how far it was going. He leaned on it

again, didn't he, the Scotsman, one of three hammer throwers competing

in qualification here. Two Scots and Mark Dry from the Borders. Part of

the legacy of Alan Bertram. In ninth place, unlikely to be enough. We'll

have to wait and see. The pace continues to move along fairly

swiftly. Tom Farrell is sadly out of shot at the moment, he's really lost

contact. Andrew Butchart at the heart of things, though, as they

come round. Elroy Gelant still taking them out. Tom Farrell is

about 30 minutes or so of the back. -- 30 metres. Butchart in sixth

position. It really is a hard graft for Farrell at the moment. Yeah,

it's going to be a tough run here for Tom. He said, we said he was

feeling tired, he was feeling fatigued, we thought he had turned

it around, but he also struggles when it's really hot, and it's

really hot out there. He's now detached, running on his own, it's

going to be hard work for him to finish of this race. Andrew Butchart

acquitting himself really well so far, keeping himself up there in the

top ten, out of trouble, on the inside. He is reacting to the surges

without overreacting, he's not panicking. He gets himself out of

trouble again. Got a little bit clipped. By the Eritrean runner on

his outside. He's kept his cool. It's bunching up again. The pace is

surging. Gelant pushing the pace on. Andrew Butchart decides it enough on

the inside them are getting into difficult positions, I'm going to

stretch out and keep this moving along. Four laps to go, Andrew

Butchart alongside the young Ugandan Kipyeko. The American, Osman. The

Eritrean athlete is there. Just a little bit of... Chelimo

having to steady himself, couple of elbows and a bit of jostling goes

on. Andrew Butchart is in a good position here. A very good position,

he is running at a very good pace as well, not too far off his personal

best. He's running within himself, it seems, controlling the race a

little bit, making sure he is in a position to react because a surge is

going to come, people are going to start testing each other out,

winding the pace up. He needs to keep his nerve and be able to react

to that. He does look good. Brett Robinson in that pack as well, the

Australian. Patrick Tiernan just behind. Two Australians involved.

Andrew Butchart, just a little look around to see where he stands, three

laps to go, five to go through automatically, the fastest losers

will go through as well. Pace wise it's good, I'm watching the danger

as they go through the first of those lap runners, danger can occur

when those lap runners get caught up and cause confusion in the pack.

There are too many people in that group for my liking, especially at

this pace, it's going to turn into a test of nerves and a gradual wind

up, I think, over the next two laps. It really is clustered at the

moment. Patrick Tiernan comes round, that all Australian to the front.

Butchart in third or fourth at the moment. Look how bunched it is with

just the latter stages of the race to go and only five to go through

automatically. Robinson the Australian coming around the outside

as well. Gebremeskel... Some high-quality athletes around Andrew

Butchart here. I think Robinson realised they lost four seconds of

their buffer that they had over the first heat in that kilometre because

people started to look around and look for each other. Now Andrew

Butchart sensibly decides, I'm going to keep this pace going, five

fastest losers is... Fired first qualifying, Surrey, is very tough,

and there are lots of guys in the pack behind that can also go first.

This is going to be tough for Andrew Butchart, look at them lining up,

six abreast, as they come down the back straight, another lap to run

about to cause a roadblock as well. How will they get round? Andrew

Butchart should... Sorry, the lap runner should move out, instead they

will creep around him. Andrew Butchart in good position at the

moment. You can send he's beginning to feel the pace because it is

quick. Butchart 13:13 this season, but this is hard, this is fast, he

tries to lift it again. Giving himself is best shot, staying out of

trouble, you can see how hard he's working, the sweat is dripping off

him. He's got a little bit of a gap there. He raises the pace again,

suddenly there are gaps starting to open up. He's starting to string

this out, give himself a very good fighting chance of qualifying out

right. He has a chance but look at the effort. Gebremeskel, silver

behind Mo Farah in the 5000 in London, look at the pace.

Gebremeskel can matching, alongside Tim Muktar Edris. Butchart with the

best in the world. Five to go through automatically, he's

stretching them out, looking around. Butchart, five places, and six

athletes still fighting in here. Butchart in a fine position coming

into the closing straight. Chelimo the American round. Butchart able to

do some arithmetic, counting. Butchart hanging on. A group of

five, they'll all go through. A great run from Andrew Butchart.

Chelimo takes the win but Andrew Butchart is safely through. He was

the pacemaker for the rest. He still had enough to respond and take his

place. He raises his arms. He is through to the final. What a run

from Andrew Butchart. We talked about what a great season he's had.

Very different conditions, different to racing in the Olympic Games here

in the heat in Rio. That was wonderful stuff. Very impressive

from him, that will have done his confidence the world of good. It was

working hard. Tom Farrell now coming into the home straight, it's been a

hard run from him. That's not the Tom Carroll we're used to seeing, he

needs to go away now, have a good rest, put everything back in the

tank, he took far too much out of it in training coming into this race.

It's been hard for him. That's 14:11 for Tom Farrell, about a minute

outside his best. Their's the contrast of sport between Farrell

and Butchart, on the day Butchart had more. As the elation of

qualifying. In such fine style as well. From the bell, a great run. He

was able to lift the pace again. It was the maturity he ran with, and

the confidence, it came from the race in London, he knows he can

finish hard on the last lap and knows he doesn't really want to do

that because he wants to come back and perform in the final in a couple

of days. He's running hard down the back straight, I was looking to see,

would he glanced at the screen and see he didn't need to keep pushing

quite so hard? He ran very hard over the middle 200 metres of the last

lap, 300 metres to go to 100 metres to go. Coming into the home

straight, he does look up, he looks back, checks, and he doesn't need to

get into a battle. He looks around, realises he's got to stop putting

his foot on the pedal, you won't save much energy in the last 50

metres, is looking around, he can just not push and qualify outright.

And walked off the track knowing he's in the shape of his life and he

really can live with these guys in an Olympic final. He is dragged a

few men around decent time, the fastest qualifiers will come from

this heat, doesn't look good for Caleb Ndiku. Both British athletes

are with Phil. Good news for Andrew Butchart, not for Tom Farrell.

Tom, how did you find it out there today? Tough. There wasn't anything

I didn't expect. Not happy with my performance but I've had a fairly

tough year, hasn't been clicking for me. I knew it was going to be a

fairly big ask to make the final. But I came in positive, gave

everything I had. I just didn't have it today. I know you've been putting

the work in, it goes without saying, having to step back from training

coming into the Olympics, is it fair to say? You probably had the nail on

the head, it's an Olympic year, everybody tries to get more out.

It's one of those things will have to go back and assess with my coach.

An urge to make the Olympics, it's a huge deal, but this is sport and I

want more out of what happened out there today. It was... Not my best

day, but at the end of the day it's an Olympics, it's invaluable

experience. We wish you well, one down. -- warm down.

Andrew, everything went to plan, a fantastic performance. I ran really

well. I am working hard and it is definitely working for me. Tell me

about your tactics today. It seems you were in supreme control, mixing

with the best. You have to make yourself known to these guys.

Hopefully after today, they will keep their eye on the final! I think

they might! We know the connection with Dunblane and Andy Murray. He

had a chat with you. I spoke to him after the final. He wished me good

luck. He is off to play in Cincinnati, so good luck, Andy. Some

recovery is needed before the final. What do you think you are capable

of? I don't know. I have never been in this situation. My aim was to

make the final, I have done that, I will see what I can do. Have you

surprised yourself this year? Definitely. I have been training

hard and if you put the work in it shows you can get the benefits. Well

done and we wish you well for the final. Thanks. That was a grand run.

Seconds outside his personal best, but he had the change of gear to go

through. Look at the names he is surrounded by. Chelimo, Gebremeskel,

names of the highest quality. And he will be in that final. That must be

hot. At the end of that race, it was 33 degrees. The man in front has the

right idea. Yes, but he is cool! Or he thinks he is! That puts it into

perspective, how good the run was from Andrew Butchart. But he likes

the heat. And he is from Dublin. Chelimo, Muktar Edris, Gebremeskel

also going through. Ndiku was the fastest loser from the first heat,

not going through. These are the men through to the final...

STUDIO: I think it is clear to say from Andrew Butchart's interview he

has tried very hard! I like him a lot. He has a lot of enthusiasm and

great energy considering what he has been through. Conditions here are

hot and to stay with that high-quality field the way he did

shows not just great promise but who knows, in a championship final what

can happen. This morning, early, not that early, but quite early

considering they have ten events to get through, the decathlon started.

Ashton aiming in to emulate Daley Thompson. He went into the event

that kicks things off. Some of the times have been a little

bit down. One or two contenders for medals have not put in particularly

fast races for the 100 metres. When you run a 10.15, do you think, but

it was not to be. What about Eaton? He got out not so flash. Warner

putting daylight between himself and the raiding champion Eaton. He will

be pleased with the victory. Great shot of Eaton. Great chance to see

what shape he is in. He went to a world record when he took the title

in Beijing. He ran 10.34 to take the US trials early this year. He is

outside of that. No wind to speak of in the stadium. It is very warm.

That is a new Olympic decathlon best. Eaton have the previous

quickest time. 1023 points, Warner. No surprise he got the win because

that is his strongest event. We can head back out because it's long jump

time. We can see how Ashton eaten gets on there. Steve Backley. A

beautiful day here. Great day to spend time in the sand. Ashton

eaten, reasonable over the 100 metres. Long jump is decent this

year. That was close to eight metres. He almost took the official

out! 100 metres, it was not blisteringly quick. He ran 10.23

last year when he set the world record. Today, two tenths down. A

couple of metres down in that 100 metres. That is the basic insight of

the speed he is carrying into the decathlon final. But that is better

than he did last year in the World Championships. Good start for Eaton.

STUDIO: There is already a medal in their household as Brianne

Theisen-Eaton won a medal at the other day. An incredible family.

Ashton eaten out here with nobody pushing him massively. It is up to

him to get his A game together. There was talk he was carrying a

slight niggle in the US trials and it was a case of managing his body

through those days to qualify but still 150 points better, even at his

worst, than anybody else in the world and that is the measure of the

man, he is fantastic. Does he have any weaknesses? Tough to find one.

His throwing is not that strong. You can see fragility in his high jump.

He can be inconsistent when he is jumping. But he is so devastatingly

quick stop 100 metres, 400 metres, 8.23 metres long jump at best. His

400 would have got him close to the title last year in Beijing.

Incredible speed. 45 flat is sensational. Should he be in the

lead after the first day? It will be tough for anyone to catch him. We

are heading into an abundance of 800 metres heats eight I think in total.

Lynsey Sharp of Great Britain is going in the first of those. And we

said it before with the 1500 metres and middle distances, these are

tough. To get it right. Very tough. First two in each heat to qualify

and eight fastest losers. That is probably a heads up in that they

have not done a brilliant job in seeding the heats and there are

tough heats. Lynsey Sharp goes first. As is not too bad. Shelayna

Oskan-Clarke has Caster Semenya and Wilson in her heat, which is tough.

But there are three who can run under two minutes, or who have this

year, but in the whole field there are five, six of them who can run

under two minutes. That is like a Diamond League race. The benchmark,

the qualifying time to get here, there will be a lot of within

running together and when you have qualifying competitions it is an

incentive to go out and run hard. You cannot afford you can just come

past in the last hundred metres unless you are very good. You expect

her to navigate this OK? I think so. She has taken a big step

up in maturity and tactics in racing as well. Let's see if she can do it

as well as her fellow Scot Andrew Butchart.

Andrew Cotter. Thanks. I would like to take an overview. Behind Caster

Semenya it is quite evenly matched. Plenty in contention for medals and

Lynsey Sharp might be one of those. To get to the final would be a great

achievement. Up against Sahily Diago of Cuba. And just Tina Fey Tronic of

France. Just two go through automatically soap Lynsey Sharp well

have her work cut out. -- Fedronic. We can look at the start list in the

first of these eight heats. Everard also going for island. -- for

Ireland. The first heat under way. Lynsey Sharp is the fastest Brit

although she lost the UK title to Shelayna Oskan-Clarke who goes in

the next heat. Eight fastest losers. Angela Petty on the outside.

Lyakhova, the Ukrainian athlete as well. Taking the pace. Lynsey Sharp

opened quickly over the first 50 metres but relaxed around the bend

and down the back straight so she is gauging her effort sensibly. She

looked relaxed before the race. She has a great chance of running

through but she has to be the first two. Coming through the home

straight, Lynsey Sharp, looking powerful and strong. This is day six

of the athletics and it has all been happening and Lynsey Sharp, one of

the athletes looking forward to having a journey to the final, she

is keen to get on with the action and running perfectly. Pierdevara of

Romania in front and Lynsey Sharp in second. And then the Cuban, Sahily

Diago. Angela Petty is in fourth place. Lynsey Sharp is well-placed

but here comes the French athlete Fedronic. Lynsey Sharp on the

shoulder of the Romania now, who is starting to wilt. The Cuban athlete

Sahily Diago. And Fedronic. Lynsey Sharp is in a good position. Angela

Petty is trying to get back. Lynsey Sharp looking at the screen and to

her right. Sahily Diago is there. These two beginning to separate

themselves. Lynsey Sharp will not be caught. A good finish. Terzic takes

place. A good run by Lynsey Sharp. She did control it. She gauged her

effort, judged it so well. Right from the start, the whole race, she

was in the right place. She had good competition around her. She was

always doing enough to be in the right place. Coming around the bend,

Lynsey Sharp finds herself in the lead way she wants to be. Sahily

Diago is a threat from Cuba. Terzic coming back. If you look at the

speed and acceleration. She kicks into the straight, pulling away

immediately from Sahily Diago. Terzic closing down but doesn't

Lynsey Sharp look fantastic in full flow? She has been keen to get on

with the action and that was an impressive start from Lynsey Sharp.

The race plan was carried out. Looking up the screen as well as

controlling the running will stop Sahily Diago fading and Terzic

coming through. An accomplished piece of running. Looking up at the

screen and now she is down with Phil Jones.

STUDIO: That was a competent and confident run. It was really

impressive. She basically controlled the race and got herself in the

right position and held it and held it and then she had the extra gear

and probably had more. Terzic of Serbia finished strongly. She is a

1500 metres runner and has the strength to come stronger in the

closing stages but at this stage it looked like Sahily Diago of Cuba

would be qualifying behind Lynsey Sharp. Lynsey Sharp never really

troubled. She was able to control it. That is what I talked about, she

has taken a step forward in maturity in the race as she puts herself in

the correct position. What is impressive is how patient she was in

the race because she could have kicked earlier at 200, which would

have been a mistake. She was waiting for her time to strike. Not exerting

too much energy at this stage, so disappointed last year in Beijing,

did not race as smart. I am sure she wanted to learn from that. She has

worked on it and will have sat down with her coach, who coaches Chris

O'Hare, another person who gets it right tactically, and they would

have looked at that, what should we have done differently in order to be

able to be in the final, because she belongs in the final and she has to

hold it together through the rounds. in the next heat, the second of

eight, Caster Semenya is back. After a period of time she was away from

the sport, while her hyperandrogenism was under

investigation, really, in terms of working out whether or not she had

to take hormones to balance hormones. She's back in the doing

very well. She stayed in the sport the whole time, the difference was

she was, allegedly, forced to take hormones to suppress her

testosterone levels, which put her at a disadvantage to the other

women. That wasn't fair either. It's unfair we talk about it because it's

not just Semenya, it's the issue of the elevated testosterone levels,

how much of a difference it makes in female athletics, particularly 800

metres. She's back winning races, back at the forefront of the sport,

absolutely expected here to win and dominate the whole event. Let's see

how she gets on in this heat. Steve Cram and Brendan Foster will

commentate. COMMENTATOR: It's a debate obviously raging through the

sport and in a wider context throughout sport. The Court of

arbitration decision, which has impacted on the IAAF, the policy,

which was trying to create a level playing field, it's a performance

issue for the IAAF versus a human rights issue. Those two things

haven't yet been reconciled, it'll continue through to next year. For

now, Semenya will be hoping to negotiate safely through. I'm sure

she will. Shelayna Oskan-Clarke had a brilliant year last year in a

tough semifinal. Won the Monaco Diamond League, Semenya, in a quick

time. A lot of people think she can go much quicker. Not only medication

that was suppressing her testosterone levels, not able to run

freely in that sense. For Oskan-Clark, what a great year she

had last year. Sadly, her former coach is no longer with us. He did a

great job of turning this young lady into a real championship contender.

She's shown again in the UK trials... Lets hope she can show

again here at the Olympic Games. She had a great year last year, got

quicker and quicker through the rounds. It'll be tough for her here.

Wilson has gone to the front. Caster Semenya happy to sit. Oskan-Clark

will hopefully be able to get through here, top two. It is a

qualifying quite difficult with the athletes in there. AJ Wilson is a

good athlete from the United States but Oskan-Clark is gauged her

effort. As we look at them together. Semenya's going to pick her time.

Looking at qualification here, first two, then eight fastest losers, so

Oskan-Clark needs to see, 58 for the opening lap for the leader.

Oskan-Clark in a much cleverer position, a much better place.

Semenya coming wide on the outside. Every inch is going to count here.

Semenya getting ready to move past the two of them. She knows what

she's got to do. Oskan-Clark is running well there. These are the

three you would have said were contending. Mukasheva really took it

to them, I'm sure she's going to pay for it in the last lap. The Chinese

athlete, Wang, still in contention, she's run very close to two minutes

and looks stronger there. Oskan-Clark needs to be careful.

Wilson isn't running as well as she ran in 2015. Oskan-Clark needs to

get ahead of Wilson. She's not able to do it. They will have to be very

helpful in terms of fastest losers bots here. Just outside, perhaps.

Just inside two minutes for Oskan-Clark. It might be good

enough. With eight fastest losers bots, we've got eight heats. If you

come third, conferred fast. She's done that. It was a hard race. Some

of the heat aren't as tough as this one. That is a pretty good

performance. Knew it would be hard, that may be quick enough. She'll

have to be patient and wait and see. I think it was a hard run, a hard

race. Mukasheva of Kazakhstan, going so quickly, too quickly, then Caster

Semenya striding past them. Oskan-Clark running stronger,

looking good. Working so hard, but she knows she's got to stick to the

task. There she is doing so. Wilson running better than we've seen

recently. It's a battle here, a real work-out. Fast time for the winner.

A good time for Oskan-Clark. I'm sure she's in the mix now. Two to

qualify. Third for Oskan-Clark, close to two minutes. That was a

good run, impressive as we expected from Caster Semenya. Better from

Wilson. And a seriously good run from Oskan-Clark.

This result is going to be crucial from her. A much better performance

than we might have expected from Ajee Wilson. A season best for the

Ajee Wilson. -- for American Ajee Wilson. STUDIO: Would you say that

would be good enough for her, that time? I'm also hoping that as well.

She did everything she could, she thought she was going to get second

place, she was battling with Ajee Wilson down the home straight,

didn't overreact when Mukasheva took it out so fast on the first lap.

When Semenya came round she was always going to do that, the girls

have to be ready for that this year, the last 150 metres. Caster Semenya

takes off, they can't compete with that. It was a battle between

Oskan-Clark and Ajee Wilson for second qualifying position. It

looked like maybe thrown went too fast in the home straight. -- it

looked like Oskan-Clark went too fast. Fingers crossed it should be

enough to qualify, there are eight fastest losers bots. She took 20

seconds off her PB, made the final in Beijing where she ran really

smart, she's a big tournament performer, a big competition

performer. It was new territory for her last year. She hadn't been two

major championships before. This is really a maturity that we're finding

from Shelayna that she can deal with these situations, she has had

Diamond League experience, to get used to running with these girls. I

have hope for her but these 800 metres are really tough. She has a

strong mind. We had an interesting night last night with Amy Doyle and

Dina Asher-Smith getting through as fastest losers in their races. It

doesn't matter how you get there, just get there. Shelayna would have

known she would have to do that, that is why Mukasheva took it out in

the first lap, look at that heat, it's really tough, it looks more

like a semifinal than first-round heat, she knew she would have to run

fast, she did that, she put herself up there, leading the fastest

losers, she can't do any more. We'll have our eye on the time, Steve

Cram, as we approach the third heat featuring Melissa Bishop.

More importantly, one bully of Kenya is one of the most important

contenders for the medals. -- Wambui. A moth attacked a moment

ago. I think the moth is getting the better of her. She has poured water

over herself. She was devastated, finished fifth in the 1500. She is a

very good 800 runner, a good bit of pace. But this woman, Margaret

Wambui, just 20. Behind Semenya and the Frenchwoman, Margaret Wambui has

been most impressive this season. Nataliya Pryshchepa, surprise in

Amsterdam when she won the 803 weeks ago. Hassan ran sub two minutes

within the 1800 last night. -- 800 last night. It shows the pace she

has, but shows how fatigued you must be.

The Indian record goes in three. Two to go through automatically. The

last team was pretty tough. Wambui the tall, powerful Kenyan. She ran

made 1:56s in Monaco. She was disqualified for a lane

infringement. The Indian really going out hard

here. Wambui moves on to the outside in third place. Hassan's going to

find this tough after last night. Run hard, run into fifth place,

which we expected higher from her. Giving herself a bit to do here. I'm

not surprised, this is going to be really difficult. Buchel following

the leader. Buchel in just behind. The European indoor champion last

year, the Swiss athlete. Wambui hunting them down alongside the

Ethiopian. It would be remarkable if she could go through as one of the

two fastest losers, looking for the time as Buchel tries to take it on.

Wambui getting close and close alongside Tsegay and the Ukrainian

athlete Nataliya Pryshchepa. A good run by the Swiss athlete. The

Ethiopian trying to keep pace. A in there but has to produce something

special in the last 100. Hassan is finishing quickly. Wambui now on the

shoulder of Buchel. It should be these two to go through. Hassan just

looking for fastest loser. Buchel, very good run by Selina Buchel.

Wambui slowing down, taking her foot of the accelerator. Very quick from

Selina Buchel. The first time she's been below two minutes this year.

And Hassan, a race to far and too soon after her efforts in the 1500.

Both those things, you are absolutely right. She found that

hard. It really was hard. Wambui looked impressive, powerful and

strong, did absolutely everything she needed to do. They are all going

to be running around two minutes. We'll be waiting for Oskan-Clark to

compare that. There they come, Buchel of Switzerland. Running one

of the finer races I've seen her do so far. Wambui looks in control,

good, powerful, ready to run faster if she needs to. In the chasing

group, Lukka of India fading away. Wambui has done enough, looks over

her shoulder. Here comes Hassan working hard in fifth place. Her

legs tiring, she's running out of steam, looks as though she's going

to find it very difficult to qualify from that position. Buchel looked

good, Wambui looks threatening. We're going to look at the lower

places to see how they progress. Those two through automatically.

Selina Buchel and Margaret Wambui. The time of Pryshchepa isn't quicker

than Oskan-Clark. She's still in one of the fastest loser positions. Not

a factor to bother Lynsey Sharp as she went through as winner of the

first heat, safely through to the semifinal tomorrow. She gave her

thoughts to fill. An accomplished performance, so

difficult to negotiate the heat, but you did it in style. It was all a

bit difficult because I've not run against any of those girls before. I

didn't know how they ran, I didn't know how to go, I was really happy.

When you think back to your first Olympic experience four years ago,

all you've been through, the medals you've won, must be great to bring

that experience to bear in a heat like this today. Absolutely, I'm

really grateful to British athletics for selecting me for 2012. It

definitely helped in 2014, to hear, I'm feeling in a much better place.

Is it almost... With the likes of Caster Semenya... You feel their

medals up for grabs? You are in there contending? Absolutely. I feel

in the shape of my life and it'll take that to get in amongst the

medals, but I'm confident I can get close to the times the girls are

running. Looking forward to the next few runs. Well done, Lynsey Thank

you. Back to the decathlon, hot conditions, test of logistics, of

energy, cross two days. Ashton Eaton, second attempt in the second

event. The long jump. Bang on the board. 7.90 in the first round.

They've improved slightly. He is behind by just 38 points going into

this second event. Expect to see him improve that. His lifetime best

8.23. 7.84 he jumped earlier this year at the US trials. Not quite in

the shape he was last year. It was almost a foul, wasn't it?

Zero adds nothing to spare. A white flag is given as he waits. Slight

improvement. I mentioned Damian Warner. He led in the opening round.

Silver-medallist last year. Behind Eaton in the World Championships.

That's look close -- looking close to a foul. Warner, the Commonwealth

champion in the past. He has to keep the pressure on Eaton if he is going

to give him something to think about. Eaton expected to run away

with it, Warner is expected to be the closest challenger. He is in the

lead after the first event. A slight improvement at 7.67, but down on

Eaton. STUDIO: This time, Steve Cram,

Arzamasava in there as well. Medallists in the same heat.

They look at the season's best times and because Arzamasava has not run

that quick and Melissa Bishop ran the fastest in the world this year,

that is probably why that has happened. It is what you have done

in the year in terms of qualifying our macro the Olympics. It is an

objective way of seeding these heats and then you get anomalies, such as

having those two in the same heat. Arzamasava and Bishop of the gold

and silver from last year. Christina Hering is on the inside. The

21-year-old Nakaayi. Alemu Will be a danger here. And we

have a front running Anita Hinriksdottir. People will recognise

her action. In her young career, she was a talent. Melissa Bishop is in

great shape. Really running well at the right time. I think if you look

at who people are saying will be medallists, I think that Melissa

Bishop has a great chance. Arzamasava started quickly. And the

youngster from Ethiopia. Watching the previous heat, the Ethiopian

struggle with this event. They put Tsegay, who are thinkers gone out in

the previous race. Alemu is a better runner. It tells you the Ethiopian

selectors do that very thing, putting people in the wrong events,

and costing their medals. Arzamasava?, the world champion,

settling on the shoulder. A quick opening lap. 57. They will run fast

times on this one. Melissa Bishop on the inside is in a good place. You

have to to respond to the pace around. The champion and runner-up

in the same heat, it makes it even more difficult for everyone else

because we expect those two to qualify. The front running Anita

Hinriksdottir is running at the back and is trying to get involved.

Melissa Bishop looks so comfortable to me. I think she is in the shape

of her life coming into these games. Halima Nakaayi is rallying again.

The other is treading water. Melissa Bishop wins. There are a couple of

fastest losers spots. That might have sneaked in oxen Clark's time.

We will -- Oskan-Clarke's time. Third and fourth here might have an

impact. A fast opening lap helped and they did not slow down. The ship

moving sweetly on the outside. Arzamasava running strongly, as we

expect her to do but I think you are right, she has come here in great

shape. She realises they are qualifying comfortably and are

beginning to slow down. When she crosses the line, I bet she has

never found 1.58 as easy as that. An impressive performance by Melissa

Bishop. Arzamasava doing the same. Alemu coming through and I would not

be surprised if she qualified as a fastest loser but Arzamasava the

champion, Melissa Bishop the runner-up progressing to the

semifinal. That is the official results.

1.58... Just checking, 1.67, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke is in a

fastest loser spot at the moment. A tremendous run. We know what you

are capable of. You feel at home on this stage? Yes. I am not sure what

I did wrong. I wanted to be in the top two. I like it on the big stage.

So I can get more into my zone. I hope I have qualified in one of the

fastest losers spots. Finishing third in a decent time, we are

hopeful of that. It was a tough draw. Wilson, Caster Semenya is the

world leader. I thought I was capable of getting in the top two.

It is a class field. I hope I made it. As for the Olympic experience so

far, how does it compare to the World Championships last year? A

different atmosphere? It is more heightened, not the expectation, it

is just the big deal. But I treat it like any other race and try to block

out everything and I am really enjoying it. Round 3

of the long jump. Ashton eaten. He accelerated nicely into that but did

not cut the sand cleanly. I am not sure what happened on his landing.

-- Eaton. He is well on his way. Looking to defend his title. Look at

the gap between him and the plasticine looking to defend his

title and emulate what the great man Daley Thompson did defending his

title. The best of the long jumpers. Ashton eaten looking good.

Eunice Sum, a former world champion and winner in Moscow. She goes here.

Kate Grace, the US champion Lupu has made it to the final of the last two

World Championships. Eunice Sum, fourth fastest in the world this

year but in the Diamond League circuit she has been a little bit

disappointing. Everybody taking the chance of the last bit of water.

Scorchio. Two go through automatically. Here,

certainly Eunice Sum. And the aforementioned Nataliia Lupu?. Kate

Grace. That last heat through up a few fastest losers. You have to to

run below two minutes to have a chance of making it through as a

loser. Kate Grace. Beat Ajee Wilson at the US trials.

Eunice Sum was the Diamond League winner in 2013 and 2014. A little

bit disappointing on the circuit this season. But still fourth

quickest in the world. Nataliia Lupu?. Has finished sixth and

seventh in World Championships and another who tested positive for

drugs of late and she served a nine-month suspension. The fifth of

eight heats. Keep an eye on the pace and look out for Eunice Sum and see

what shape she is in, also Kate Grace. There are great performances

at US trials that do not quite translate to the major

championships. Kate Grace has run personal-bests over pretty much

every distance. She did miss 2014 and 2015 with a toe injury but has

come back. Winning the competitive US trials when the biggest channel

was staying on your feet and out of trouble in that race. A good idea

this shape she is in. She has talked about she is in the shape of her

life, Eunice Sum. She has hat to juggle a few things. Her coaches in

prison in Kenya at the moment. Look out for quinine Anyon -- for Winnie

Nanyondo. Lupu moving up ahead of Kate Grace, the American. Winnie

Nanyondo struggling. Kate Grace trying to make a move on the inside.

Ready Eakins holds -- Renee Eykens. Kate Grace

has a lot of work to do. Eunice Sum and Winnie Nanyondo. Eunice Sum

holding the mob. Here comes Kate Grace with a late charge. Two go

through automatically. Kate Grace cannot quite get them. Lupu got

second place. Not as quick as previous heats and it will only be

the top two automatic qualifiers. Kate Grace, US champion, will not go

through to the semifinals. She did not put herself in the right

positions in that race, Kate Grace and I think when she looks back at

it she will kick herself. She got badly boxed down the back straight

and tried to follow Renee Eykens, but did not swing out wide enough.

We will have another look. She tries to follow Renee Eykens. She needed

to get up on the shoulder of Assefa at that point and was not really

able to do that. Eunice Sum looked very good controlling that race.

Lupu again trying to come through on the inside and at this point they

were pretty much in a line and if Kate Grace had a little bit more she

could've got up into the positions. Eunice Sum, away and qualified. The

next will come from that batch and the others will have to cross their

fingers to go through as qualifying fastest losers. 1.5996, Kate Grace's

time. She finished third but behind oxen -- Oskan-Clarke.

Three heats to go it will be touch and go. We will tie that up. I said

he had to be inside two minutes to make it as a fastest loser. She is

just there. The second group of hammer throwers

are out and Britain's Chris Bennett takes to the hammock age in his

first attempt in his bid to make the final. He tipped the cage slightly

with a handle. The wire just clipping would have taken distance

of that and it is down on 70 metres. He will definitely need more than

that to progress to Friday's final. Pawel Fajdek in that first pool. 12

in total overall will make the final. Chris Bennett at the moment

in 19th. The Nick Miller Fanclub from the Borders from Carlisle.

Looking on as one of two Brits, Bennett below 70, and Nick Miller

will need to go over 70, over 73.5 metres, we suspect, it is what is

needed to progress to the final. It is on 70 metres. If you go outside

that circle, shake of the head. Have a look at this. Can't touch the edge

of that circle. Completely stepped out in the end. Nerves, maybe. Tense

stuff, this Olympics, as ever, Miller's first time here. Kevin

Meyer of France, silver medallist in the European Championships, ran a PB

in the 100 metres, can he transferred the speed to the

Longchamp? -- Mayer. Decent jump. He likes it a lot. I was asking who is

going to be the Nafi Thiam, the champion, in the deck heptathlon for

the women, who will jump out of the pack and surprise us all? Ashton

Eaton is the favourite. Maybe it's this man, Kevin Mayer of France.

Personal best in the first event, long jump. 7.60 is best of the three

jumps. In fifth place. We move onto heat six in the 800 metres. Shelayna

Oskan-Clarke still third fastest of the losers. Eight spots available.

With just three heats to go she'll be hoping they don't go too quick.

The previous one was right on the mark. They've all been reasonably

quick. Because qualification is tough.

Almanza is an 800 metres specialist. Cichocka Poland having another go,

didn't make the final in the 1500, having a go at 800. Akkaoui another

1500 metre runner. Then we've got Campbell of Jamaica in yellow.

Santiusti of Italy on the inside. This is perhaps one of the easier

heat on paper, it's a case of whether anybody tries to take

advantage. The Norwegian in there, header Hynne, looks laboured off the

start line. -- Hedda. If you run a PB, you have a chance. They set off

quickly, Campbell setting a good pace through the first 200. I think

when your personal best is around two minutes and you look at the

qualifying conditions of these heats, you have to go out hard and

try to get close to your PB. The Polish girl, Cichocka, looked so

good at the start of the season, winning the 1500 metre title at the

Europeans, but to me looked tired and flat in the semifinal of the

1500 metres here. To turn it around and come back... She's had more race

than the girls who raced the final last night, but she's got to get

things turned around quickly. She checked inside just that the bell,

really slow second 200. They started quickly, slowed it down from the

front, Campbell. Almanza on her shoulder, Santiusti on the inside.

Cichocka looking for room on the outside, finding it. The Norwegians

terribly boxed. In a bad position in sixth place, looking to get out of

there. This isn't going to be quick, they've slowed down considerably

through 600. Unless they have a big negative split to the last 600 and

it'll be better for Shelayna Oskan-Clarke. Almanza with Cichocka

on the inside. Akkaoui trying to get into this. The Norwegian has dropped

the pace. Cichocka looking for room. Akkaoui on the outside. Look at

Almanza treading water. This will be tight, four in contention. Watch the

clock. Cichocka finds room, somehow. To be fair to her, think back to the

1500 metres, the young Norwegian, when he was coming strong, he pushed

people out of the way. She kind of eased her way through the smallest

of gaps, came away with the win. She was 45 metres out, then won. Very

tight. Santiusti getting second. So close. Just watch her. They are all

looking at because they know fastest losers are not going to advance.

Cichocka when she came into the home straight, a little grimace, as if

she thought, I don't have enough to come through, then the tiniest of

gaps opened up. She didn't impede anyone, she just did kind of shimmy

through, but one shoulder through, then the other, and ended up winning

it. It will have given her confidence a huge boost going

through into the semifinal. She's been struggling to find form. She

was lucky. It was only because Almanza was tidying up, she sensed

that, was able to squeeze through the gap. Santiusti would have been

relaxing. She was probably as surprised as Almanza to see Cichocka

squeezed through the gap. Akkaoui is working hard but she couldn't find

enough to get herself a crossed the line quick enough.

She eased Almanza out of the way. Almanza was running in lane two, she

put her arm out and eased into lame one. I don't think they'll protest

that, I think that was fine. The others are too slow. Good news

for Oskan-Clark. Fajdek of Poland has confirmed he is

not in the final of the hammer. It's a big surprise. He's 14th overall.

He threw 72 metres in the first pool. It would be enough. Already

we've had 13 go past him and Fajdek, the champion, of the last two World

Championships, is out. So Pars, maybe paves the way for him to

defend his title. Champion four years ago with over 80 metres. Pars

unleashing a decent... One of the better qualification throws. Fajdek

going out can only be described as a joke, nothing else. When you throw

in ten of your 12 competitions over 80 metres, and threw 72 in an

Olympic Games, three fouls four years ago, seems to have some sort

of Olympic curse. Pars of Hungary. Thumbs up. 75.4 nine. Comfortably

second place. -- 70 5.40 nine. Is going to have to rally everything

he has got to make the final, Christopher Bennett. He is capable.

The penultimate heat, seven of eight of the women's 800 metres. This is

how they line up. Perhaps not the strongest heat. Keep an eye out for

Lamote of France. There is the 22-year-old Cuban, ran a new

personal best this season. One of three athletes in this heat who has

gone below two minutes this season. There is Lamote. Silver earlier in

the season. A new personal best for her this season. 1:50 8.0 one. She

will come storming through towards the end.

Sinclair, the 36-year-old Jamaican in seven. Guerrero from Spain on the

outside. Kate Grace the US champion is just inside. We keep an eye on

the fastest losers times. The crowd noise grows for the Brazilian. She's

only 12 for this season, she'll have to produce something very special to

make her way through. Guerrero the Spaniard goes out ahead. A nervous

wait for the girls in the fastest loser positions as they stay in the

tunnel and watch the races unfold. They'll be glad to see Carrera go to

the front and start pushing the pace. They would be glad, they'll be

upset to see that! They'll be happy, then sad when they have a think.

Guerrero. Had a new personal best this season. Lamote giving herself a

chance. Lima will have a huge roar from the crowd here. It's a big lead

she has at the moment, Guerrero. Lima beginning to tire out a little

bit, moving around the outside. Look at the pane on the face of Guerrero,

doing everything she can, but I think she may pay for this in the

lass 50 metres or so. Her arms flailing, her head is rocking, but

she's digging in, she still has that gap of a few paces. Back to Chebet

and Lamote. Two will be going through automatically, not sure

there will be fastest losers from this. Jozwik the Polish athlete

looks quite comfortable. Guerrero hitting hard again. And the Cuban

athlete Veitia. Coming forward. Guerrero, is she going to be one

out? Here comes Jozwik. Jozwik and Chebet get it. Then Guerrero. Just

two go through from this one. For all her hard work, that's cruel for

Guerrero. It's cruel, but her personal best is only to: one 2020.

Oche she gave it a go. She knew she was hanging on. Her personal

-- her personal best was 02:01:20. Lamote didn't look good at the bell

but got herself back into position she could have challenge romcom on

the shoulder of Chebet. The actual challenge came from Jozwik of

Poland, moving through. She finishes first. She relies on that. She can

rely on that because she can do that, grab it at the line from

Chebet who probably thought she was comfortable at qualifying as winner

of the heat until Jozwik comes through. It shows perfectly the

different ways of winning the 800 metres. Guerrero time it badly.

Jozwik running a more even pace, decelerating less than the others

around her. Chebet thought she had it. Lamote went out, a high-quality

athlete gone, paying the price for the race not being quick. Jozwik

looked comfortable. Very comfortable. We saw Cichocka

squeezing through to qualify, Jozwik qualified with much more ease. So

did Chebet. In the second round of the second

pool of athlete in the men's hammer qualification. This is Mexico's

Diego Del Real. 73.20 in the first round. That is a better throw. It's

over 75 metres. That takes him into some of the best qualifiers across

the two pools. Fourth overall currently. There is only one

automatic qualifier. Four athletes beyond 75 metres. No one setting the

world alight. We saw a world record in the women's version of this

event. A good start for the Mexican. Right then, Chris Bennett. 68 metres

44 in the first round. He knows what the target is. 73 and a half metres

or more. Big shout, but only a throw of just over 70 metres. A slight

improvement. That's something positive he can take from it. That

he's growing through the competition. You'll only have one

more throw. There is a gap of around three metres between this throw, his

best, and what will take him to the final. Something to that. That next

line of the field, that 75 metre line, that's what's needed. 20 First

Place overall, so work to do. -- 21st place overall. Jozwik coming

through, always finishes so strongly. Taking an autumn -- and

automatic qualifying place. The good news is that Shelayna Oskan-Clarke,

as third fastest loser, all eight of these women would have to go quicker

than 1:59.67 for her to get through. Given that Mandaba, unless she

knocks 16 seconds off her personal best, I think Shelayna is through. I

think we can say that fairly confidently.

Francine Niyonsaba will definitely be in medal contention, the former

champion. Natoya Goule of Jamaica. Plenty of people in here, including

Chrishuna Williams, Lovisa Lindh of Sweden, Fabienne Kohlmann or think

they have a chance. Francine Niyonsaba, coached by Mark Rowland

in Oregon, should content for medals in the final and can afford to get

herself in a position. Natoya Goule, 1.59, she will have to run close to

that if she does not finish in the top two. Taking the decision to lead

it out at a reasonable place. The Swede, Lovisa Lindh in fourth place.

Chrishuna Williams is trying to move out. Klocova on the inside of the

curve. Going through at 1.29 will stop they have a chance of getting

under two minutes. It will be a big last 200. It will not affect

Oskan-Clarke. She will be in the semifinals. Niyonsaba is coming away

with Lovisa Lindh. Natoya Goule will have to hope it's going to be quick

enough. Third spot I think, sadly, will probably be not quick enough.

Lovisa Lindh might have been rewarded with a personal best. We

will wait for that time to come up. It is always good of an 800 metres

winner when you come into it with a personal best. Indeed she has run a

personal best. She missed going under the magical mark by four

hundredths of a second. Natoya Goule, sadly I do not think that

will be quick about. Unfortunately I think the Natoya Goule paid the

price for making the front running earlier and not then being fast

enough and it was about the race behind her. Lovisa Lindh set herself

up perfectly, when you run a personal best over a distance

slightly longer, it gives you confidence as she used that strength

to bring herself through into the second automatic qualifying position

and Natoya Goule, did she finished third? She did, I think. She just

will not be quick enough to advance. I think it means Kate Grace might go

through as a fastest loser. Niyonsaba winning. Lindh with a new

personal best. Just missing out on going under two minutes. Paula is

right, Kate Grace will go through as one of the fastest losers and so

will Shelayna Oskan-Clarke. The British athletes going through to

the semifinals, but, my goodness me, they are going to be tough. The

semifinals, you're bound to get good athletes. It will be top two there.

Two fastest losers. A hugely competitive event this year. The

fastest losers spots under two minutes gives an indication of how

much quicker they might have to go in the semifinals to make it

through. Nick Miller, second round after a

foul in the first, he needs to get a throw in to find a rhythm. No. He

has hit the left-hand cage, the door that is pulled in for the

right-handed throwers. Another foul. A very tight gap they have to guide

this seven kilograms hammer through. You could see that heading off left.

Miller has put himself under a lot of pressure for the last round. One

more throw remaining to get through to the final.

The minis of London replaced here by some kind of cheap, I am not quite

sure. Some kind of utility vehicle. Doing a good job. 800 metres, we got

through eight of them in the end. She Li Na -- Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

got through. Pretty comfortably in the end. She would have seen the

heat last night and thought I will have to run quick to rely on being a

fastest loser because it was tough. In the end qualifying as the third

fastest loser. It would be a nervous wait watching the rest of the heats

but she gave herself the best chance of advancing. Lynsey Sharp looked

great. Really good. Not too many shocks. Hassan, too much to come

back. If it had gone were last night, to come back and qualify the

next morning in the 800 metres, it would be tough. She was in pieces

last night. Crying her eyes out to have not done herself justice in the

final. It is tough to double up on the 1500 and 800, to be at your peak

in the evening and come back and navigate the tough heats. Dame Kelly

Holmes did it, but very few do. It is tough and even more so in these

championships because we have very late evening sessions and back again

for the morning session. Winning a medal in the hundred metres and

qualifying for the 1500 metres, there is juggling and attention has

to go to the right recovery strategy to be able to come through it OK.

Denise and I have had a chat about the schedule this evening. There are

some slight vagaries. Who will feed back on things like that? It cannot

read to the benefit of the athletes in moving the schedule forwards for

Tokyo to make sure it works better? I am not sure. On athletics we

should probably feedback through the commission to be passed through to

the competitions department but I am not sure how much say the IAAF has.

It should have some in terms of the balance of the programme. The

women's hurdles goes off at 10:55pm, which is a long day. It is hard to

contain the nerves, to ensure you are hydrated properly, you have had

enough rest. What you want is the championships to be led by the

athletes, they are concerned that the welfare of the athletes but they

might a little bit have overcooked it. The 3000 metres steeplechase is

about to go off and Andrew Cotter and Brendan Foster will tell you

about that. If you think about the men's 3000 metres steeplechase you

think about Kenya. They have dominated. I wonder if Evan Jager

can get among them? This is the other man who in recent times has

been able to in the last two Olympics. But he is not in as good

form. They are the athletes who will dominate. Brimin Kipruto, world

champion and Olympic champion in the past. There is the European champion

Kowal. Kemboi had he can last year and he has gone for the inverted

Mohegan this year. Twice Olympic champion. De Silva, as we skirt past

Tim takes the roar of the crowd. Kipruto has been in imperious form

and is the man to beat. Mekhissi will challenge them. Kemboi is a

contrary character. We will see something special today both during

and after the race. An astonishing change of gear if it is in anyway

slow. Kipruto will be the man they will try to beat. Jager wants to get

involved. He looked so good in qualifying. Immediately, the

favourite, Kipruto, has gone to the front. Already the race has begun in

earnest. Less than 200 metres and they are coming down there. Seven

laps to go. The favourite, Kipruto, World Championship silver-medallist

white. Jager moving up towards the lead. When I look at the field, the

best runner in the field, if you took the barriers away, the

favourite would be EJager. He is better at 1500 metres at 5000. If it

came down to pure running, he would be the favourite. But the barriers

get in the way, they interrupt the flow. Technique is important and the

Kenyans' effort in this event is second to none stop Evan Jager has

that long stride and is sitting behind at the moment. If anybody

else out in front, they would not be concerned. They have no choice. If

you want to beat him, you will have to go alongside him. Evan Jager is

getting down to business. Getting close. He would love a gold medal.

He cannot get a gold medal. We have seen the Kenyans have a sweep on two

occasions, 1-2- three. Kipruto is leading. In this race two other

Kenyans who are Olympic champions and world champions. Every time the

Kenyans have come to the Olympic Games since 1968 when they first won

a gold medal at the steeplechase, they have won a gold medal in this

steeplechase and sometimes they have won two and sometimes three. This is

a phenomenal domination may have of the event. We expect a Kenyan to

win. Evan Jager really, he will say I will challenge that theory, I want

to be in amongst it. There is a lot of noise for De Silva, who ran a

personal best to make it to the final.

-- Da Silva. Mekhissi try to look comfortable in his heat. I think the

Ugandan is down. That was a nasty fall. I am not sure he will be

getting up and continuing after that. He is still down on the

ground. Trying to get up but if he has not had the wind knocked out of

him, he might be concussed. That was awful.

That was a heavy fall. As the race gets going, Conseslus Kipruto does

not touch the barrier when he goes over the water jump, he just clears

it. Evan Jager is a competitive animal. He takes over the lead. This

is a rare sight in the Olympic Games. To see an American athlete to

take over and try to disturb the rhythm of the Kenyans. Kipruto

follows. Kim -- Evan Jager follows. This is a

renewed enthusiasm and concentration of power the Americans have over

distance running. This is an impressive performance by Evan