Day 13 BBC Four: 13.00-16.00

:01:47. > :01:49.Good afternoon, everybody. Some of Great Britain's most exciting

:01:50. > :01:52.prospects are still to take the stage. We will see them in action on

:01:53. > :01:55.day 13. Things are a bit quiet on the Olympic Park. We have the

:01:56. > :02:01.cleaners still in here. That is not the Dutch Olympic team. They are the

:02:02. > :02:06.cleaners, doing a fantastic job. Still seeing some golf carts taking

:02:07. > :02:11.people across the pond. The military in action, thank you to these chaps.

:02:12. > :02:18.And we have the rings. Things are still normal. Yesterday, no medals

:02:19. > :02:23.for Team GB, what is that all about? We have not had that since day one.

:02:24. > :02:30.That was what happened at London 2012 on day 12. But that was the

:02:31. > :02:36.last fruitless day for Team GB in those games. I am sure it will be

:02:37. > :02:39.the same case here. We will soon be reining in medals, but where will

:02:40. > :02:49.they come? Here is what is on the way. The women's golf continues,

:02:50. > :02:58.Charley Hull is just three off the lead. Diving has been pretty

:02:59. > :03:06.successful for the Great Britain team so far, what can Tonia Couch do

:03:07. > :03:12.in the ten metre platform? Great Britain's wait for a badminton medal

:03:13. > :03:16.could end today. Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis in the men's doubles,

:03:17. > :03:23.they are going for the bronze medal. Before we go to the athletics, Great

:03:24. > :03:32.Britain's sprint team will be going. Can they come away with honours? We

:03:33. > :03:36.will be down at the park, because Liam Phillips and Kyle Evans are

:03:37. > :03:55.going in the BMX. And lot expected of those two today.

:03:56. > :04:15.Usain Bolt's quest for the triple triple continues.

:04:16. > :04:22.Liam Heath and Jon Schofield go in the 200 metres on BBC One. Can they

:04:23. > :04:28.do better than the bronze they won in 2012? Later, it is set up for the

:04:29. > :04:33.brothers to do exactly that and beat their record from 2012, they came

:04:34. > :04:41.away with a gold and bronze, but could it be a British 1-2? We are

:04:42. > :04:47.looking forward to that. What are the prospects in the women's golf?

:04:48. > :04:52.In a few days, it will soon be time for American Margaret Abbott's 116

:04:53. > :04:57.year reign as Olympic golf champion to come to an end. It has been quite

:04:58. > :04:58.the weight, but who is well set to take the title from her? He is what

:04:59. > :05:08.happened on day one. 116 years since the last Olympic

:05:09. > :05:15.event, the stars of today arrived to challenge for Margaret Abbott's

:05:16. > :05:19.title. Among the early starters on a fiercely hot morning, Catriona

:05:20. > :05:22.Matthew. At 46, the oldest woman in the field. Level 32, she came

:05:23. > :05:30.unstuck at the third, with a double bogey. She got back on track with a

:05:31. > :05:36.trio of birdies. This to get to one under, and she does. Before another

:05:37. > :05:44.drop shot gave her a level par round of 71. A bit disappointed, a lot of

:05:45. > :05:48.chances along the back nine. I wanted to try and get in a couple

:05:49. > :05:54.more birdies. I did not have the greatest start. It is good to come

:05:55. > :05:59.back. The hot, dry conditions made for plenty of low scoring, more than

:06:00. > :06:08.half of the field shooting level or better. Among them, the early

:06:09. > :06:14.clubhouse leader from Denmark. Inbee Park is one of many marquee names.

:06:15. > :06:19.The seven time major winner stated her intent by wrestling the lead by

:06:20. > :06:27.a single shot. Another birdie opportunity. The last group to tee

:06:28. > :06:32.off included Charley Hull. The 19-year-old world number one Lydia

:06:33. > :06:39.Ko from New Zealand as well. As the sun beat down, Lydia Ko was feeling

:06:40. > :06:43.the heat, with two bogeys and a birdie. She was one over at the

:06:44. > :06:50.turn. Charley Hull the better to sit to under through the front nine. She

:06:51. > :06:55.takes the chance. She battled it in. But for a little more luck, she

:06:56. > :07:01.would have gone in four under. At three under, she is in the mix for

:07:02. > :07:05.day two. I feel confident, I hit it well, I left so many chances there.

:07:06. > :07:11.I am taking the positives towards tomorrow. Lydia Ko got a break at

:07:12. > :07:24.the 15th, an incredible ego from 135 yards out her to a round of two

:07:25. > :07:27.under. Get in! What a way to finish. It was the tile and player who took

:07:28. > :07:32.the overnight lead. A colourful scorecard. Six under par, a 1-shot

:07:33. > :07:45.advantage. Katherine Downes is well positioned

:07:46. > :07:50.for the second round. Afternoon. Charley Hull, three shots off the

:07:51. > :07:56.lead. Going back to the men's, Justin Rose was four shots off the

:07:57. > :08:00.lead, so she is well placed. She is, the British players not out of it

:08:01. > :08:05.yet, and another beautiful day here. The sun has just come through the

:08:06. > :08:12.clouds, it is blazing down. Another hot one, no wind, so perfect

:08:13. > :08:16.condition is for low scores. There were some low scores yesterday.

:08:17. > :08:22.There is the leader, Ariya Jutanugarn. She is the British

:08:23. > :08:29.women's open champion. She is the player on form. But to South Korean

:08:30. > :08:33.golfers chasing her down. Inbee Park is a seven time major winner.

:08:34. > :08:47.She is back from a thumb injury and looking back at her best.

:08:48. > :08:53.Nicole Broch Larsen? and Candie Kung? led for much of yesterday.

:08:54. > :08:58.Charley Hull not out of it let -- yet. We have had a queue early

:08:59. > :09:08.movers from the early groups who have been out playing for the last

:09:09. > :09:13.couple of hours. This is Teresa Lu?, three birdies in five holes, two

:09:14. > :09:21.shots off the lead. This at the fourth would set her up for a

:09:22. > :09:26.birdie, just a tap in. And Aditi Ashok is two under for the day, five

:09:27. > :09:34.under for the whole round, after this birdie at the par three

:09:35. > :09:39.quarters. Some early movement, but the leader Ariya Jutanugarn has just

:09:40. > :09:45.teed off, she is off to extend her lead over the rest of the field. She

:09:46. > :09:50.will head out down the first. Charley Hull tees off in a few

:09:51. > :09:55.moments, she is tied for seventh on three under, alongside Lydia Ko. She

:09:56. > :10:00.tees off in a few minutes. The 19-year-old world number one,

:10:01. > :10:05.alongside Anna Nordqvist of Sweden, on level par, the same score as

:10:06. > :10:09.Catriona Matthew. The Brits not out of it yet, they just have to keep up

:10:10. > :10:11.with the leaders and they keep themselves in the chase, especially

:10:12. > :10:16.since the conditions are set to change over the next couple of days,

:10:17. > :10:20.a bit more wind and rain, and if anyone can perform in the wind and

:10:21. > :10:34.rain, it is likely to be the Brits. I will hand you to the live action.

:10:35. > :11:16.That is a good start. It is running away from the whole, but she is on

:11:17. > :11:25.the putting surface. She can get it to seven under, start with a birdie.

:11:26. > :11:42.She began with a birdie here yesterday.

:11:43. > :11:53.A 250 metre Drive. She has the chance to get on in two.

:11:54. > :12:03.Asking for it to turn. There will be no help from the wind. But that is

:12:04. > :12:05.fine. She does not have a lot of green to work with, coming from the

:12:06. > :12:21.right-hand side. She was flirting with the sandy

:12:22. > :12:27.wasteland. You do not want to be anywhere near that. This is a great

:12:28. > :12:34.shot from the Australian. We have seen some outstanding play today.

:12:35. > :12:44.Edition is perfect. -- conditions perfect.

:12:45. > :12:55.I like that golf swing. Nice. Flirting with a bit of danger there

:12:56. > :13:12.down the left-hand side. Let's get back to the first hole.

:13:13. > :13:17.Lydia Ko, Anna Nordqvist and Charley Hull standing by.

:13:18. > :13:29.Please welcome the players in group ten. From New Zealand, Lydia Ko!

:13:30. > :13:55.It seems all the countries have a different uniform for each day,

:13:56. > :13:58.which is nice, Charley Hull was in white yesterday, as was Lydia Ko,

:13:59. > :14:08.and now Lydia Ko in her national colours. And the guys as well,

:14:09. > :14:10.changing it up. Lydia Ko had New Zealand's most famous spokesperson

:14:11. > :14:16.Richie McCaw following her yesterday. His partner is a member

:14:17. > :14:25.of the New Zealand hockey team that are playing here. Good knowledge. He

:14:26. > :14:29.likes his golf. Lydia Ko, who had the lumpy start to her round

:14:30. > :14:33.yesterday, where she bogeyed two of the first four holes, then played

:14:34. > :14:40.the remaining in four under. She is not going with the driver. She knows

:14:41. > :14:46.the value of putting this on the fairway. The youngest player to win

:14:47. > :14:57.a major, to win two majors. The world number one, Lydia Ko. What we

:14:58. > :15:06.saw yesterday, great humour to stay out of there. It might roll back.

:15:07. > :15:13.She is always having a laugh. She has an equanimity that if I is

:15:14. > :15:18.belief. Even when she made the eagle from 135 metres, she took it in her

:15:19. > :15:27.stride, there were no high-fives. An interesting ritual, the crowd are

:15:28. > :15:31.inclined to clap every tee shot. We wait to see it is a good shot until

:15:32. > :15:33.we see that it finishes, rather than looking at the immediate reaction of

:15:34. > :16:00.the crowd. The former British lady was my

:16:01. > :16:09.camping, in only her first start as a professional. Richie McCaw, for

:16:10. > :16:16.those unfamiliar, twice the captain of the team that won the World Cup,

:16:17. > :16:29.so, in gallery following, it was a real coup for Lydia.

:16:30. > :16:37.There is a great energy to her again. She is great to follow

:16:38. > :16:44.because she is always doing something. As Paul McGinley said,

:16:45. > :16:50.she plays a fast game, which is encouraging, because it was a five

:16:51. > :16:56.and a half hour round yesterday. That must have been tough on her,

:16:57. > :17:14.five and a half hours. Now check, so it has gone past about

:17:15. > :17:20.12, 13 feet. The Greens, I think they have increased in speed. With

:17:21. > :17:30.the wind we have been having. This is for eagle, for the leader. It is

:17:31. > :17:38.OK. She should be able to start their birdie. Now, trouble for the

:17:39. > :17:46.18-year-old. Just get it on the fairway. That is exactly what she

:17:47. > :17:53.has done. Slightly better, even, I think. Just on the front edge of the

:17:54. > :18:00.green. It all depends on the line you have. But it is sitting up, not

:18:01. > :18:12.much sand around, get plenty of your club face on it... Even if it is

:18:13. > :18:13.partially buried in sand, and other things going around it, you have

:18:14. > :18:42.just got to take your medicine. Shaved the top of the hole. It would

:18:43. > :18:56.have given her a temporary share of the lead. For birdie, on the eighth,

:18:57. > :19:02.to get to 5-under, and a fourth birth date of the round, for the

:19:03. > :19:10.player from Chinese Taipei... -- fourth birdie of the round. And she

:19:11. > :19:20.has done that. Goes into a tie for second on 5-under. Stacy Lewis, for

:19:21. > :19:25.birdie as well, here on one. She managed to hold it together, just,

:19:26. > :19:30.yesterday, for a round of 70, it spoke volumes for her course

:19:31. > :19:40.management. That is her father, Scott Thompson, she was world number

:19:41. > :19:48.one in 2013 and 2014 after winning the LPGA classic. Stacy Lewis.

:19:49. > :19:52.Nicely done. She made mention of her father after the round yesterday.

:19:53. > :19:56.The important role he plays and getting her through the round, with

:19:57. > :20:08.their discussions, and the fatherly advice. Already she has marked

:20:09. > :20:13.herself. Marked herself as the player everyone has got to beat, I

:20:14. > :20:17.suspect, if they want to get their hands on the Gold Medal. Now a

:20:18. > :20:31.chance to extend the overnight lead to two shots. No problems. She goes

:20:32. > :20:42.to 7-under. A too short -- two shot lead over the rest of the field.

:20:43. > :20:48.Extraordinary form at the moment. Now, just off the front of the

:20:49. > :20:57.green, deciding not to go for the putt, will run it up 24 metres to

:20:58. > :21:09.the pin. Nice touch. Certainly had the right weight.

:21:10. > :21:25.Birdie putt for Minjee Lee, that put her into a tie for seventh place. A

:21:26. > :21:33.look at the 2nd hole. 435 yards, 390 metres. Yesterday it was the third

:21:34. > :21:37.most difficult hole. That dogleg. It was into the wind yesterday, but the

:21:38. > :21:44.wind is not a factor today, certainly not at this time of the

:21:45. > :21:48.day. So we have seen three or four birdies today through the first

:21:49. > :21:54.seven or eight groups. A little easier than it was yesterday. Tom in

:21:55. > :21:57.fact, quite a lot easier. Any of the best players came up short with

:21:58. > :22:03.their second, right into the teeth of the breeze. This young lady is

:22:04. > :22:10.just 20, but she broke the record, she was 11 years old when she first

:22:11. > :22:18.qualify for an LPGA event. The ladies classic, 2007. That does not

:22:19. > :22:22.bear thinking about. Amazing. And you think of the transformation in

:22:23. > :22:28.her form, she missed the cut ten times last year, very rare for the

:22:29. > :22:33.top golfers to miss any, she missed ten. So she was not even on the

:22:34. > :23:06.landscape. This year, four wins including the British women's open.

:23:07. > :23:20.Are they still up there, do you think? Are they clear? Let's go to

:23:21. > :23:28.six while there is a bit of a delay. Sweden's Lindberg, to get back to

:23:29. > :23:40.3-over... Yes, she will take that. Two birdies on the card, but

:23:41. > :23:49.unfortunately two bogeys. She really needs is to keep her momentum,

:23:50. > :23:55.Ashok, and what a nice start to her around, 18 years old. She has hardly

:23:56. > :24:00.put a foot wrong in a day and a half. Meanwhile, the group that teed

:24:01. > :24:13.off at 7:30am yesterday morning. Please welcome the players in group

:24:14. > :24:49.11. From Brazil, Miriam Nagal, from Ireland,

:24:50. > :25:15.Leona Maguire,, from Malaysia, Kelly Tan. Two Brazilian golfers in the

:25:16. > :25:19.field. This is Miriam Nagl, who opened with a 79, a dual citizen of

:25:20. > :26:05.Brazil and Germany, she resides in Berlin.

:26:06. > :26:25.Another in the bunker. To the applause of the fans around the tee!

:26:26. > :26:34.Although to be fair they cannot see it, they just see it go off down the

:26:35. > :26:43.fairway and start applauding. Leona Maguire, started with a 74. At

:26:44. > :26:47.Duke University, North Carolina, she was the number one amateur in the

:26:48. > :26:51.whole world for an entire year until May this year. Phenomenal amateur

:26:52. > :26:57.record, a Curtis cup they are three times, twice a winner. Leona

:26:58. > :27:10.Maguire, of Ireland. And there you go, Lisa, on the back. Their parents

:27:11. > :27:21.must be so proud. -- on the bag. Identical twins.

:27:22. > :27:34.Kelly Tan, of Malaysia. Just 22 years old. Stay out. Stay out.

:27:35. > :27:54.That's OK. Second hole. Tournament leader,

:27:55. > :28:00.Ariya Jutanugarn, 7-under. Not sure she is terribly happy with that. It

:28:01. > :28:06.looks like it is to the left. And that is why she is not happy. That

:28:07. > :28:12.spells potentially a lot of trouble. And speaking of trouble... A woman

:28:13. > :28:23.who has had a terrible run today, including a quadruple bogey eight.

:28:24. > :28:24.7-iron on the eighth. Great shot. She needs everything to go her way

:28:25. > :28:49.from here on. Seiyoung Kim four. She has done

:28:50. > :29:03.well. Seiyoung Kim, on that second hole. Charley Hull of Great Britain

:29:04. > :29:09.has this birdie putt to start her second round in positive fashion.

:29:10. > :29:16.Left to right swing. So Charley Hull, of Great Britain, is off to a

:29:17. > :29:21.birdie start. 4-under par. Here is the front runner today. Charging up

:29:22. > :29:32.the leaderboard, in a tie for second place now. She has a 6-iron, Aditi

:29:33. > :29:44.Ashok, and that is a great shot, she really has peppered the pins today.

:29:45. > :29:54.Aditi Ashok, of India, going well, as is this young lady, Teresa Lu,

:29:55. > :29:58.Chinese Taipei, second to the ninth, 5-under, and can only see half the

:29:59. > :30:03.flag because of that mountain front. And look at that excessive spin she

:30:04. > :30:11.has achieved. -- that mount to the front. Birdie putt coming up. Lydia

:30:12. > :30:17.was not able to sync these yesterday. That is another that has

:30:18. > :30:21.just looked good when it left the blade, but ran out of place. A

:30:22. > :30:27.little deviation in front of the whole. That was the thing watching

:30:28. > :30:28.her yesterday, fantastic, tee to green, but the putting made all the

:30:29. > :30:36.difference. The greens are so receptive today.

:30:37. > :31:02.Almost a tap in birdie. A great putt. She is happy with the

:31:03. > :31:06.greens. It is her first birdie today. She needed to make that after

:31:07. > :31:23.dropping a shot at the second. This is the first group out today.

:31:24. > :31:29.Excellent. She had a 69 yesterday. In good form today. The first group

:31:30. > :31:35.had peed off on the first two hours and ten minutes ago, they played

:31:36. > :31:39.their first nine holes in two hours and ten minutes, in contrast with

:31:40. > :31:58.the five and a half hour round of the closing group.

:31:59. > :32:15.It is all about the lie here. Where is she? She feels she can get club

:32:16. > :32:20.onto ball. Not wasting any time. She is trying to turn it around, the

:32:21. > :32:29.twist in the fairway. That is all she could do. These native areas,

:32:30. > :32:36.with the rough bush , once you get in there, it is horrible. She has a

:32:37. > :32:41.strong swing, the club in her hands. But she is out. It is painful, but

:32:42. > :33:02.five is better than six. Nice/ from Teresa Lu, it is 5-star

:33:03. > :33:07.golf from her today. We had a string of 31 is yesterday, but we did not

:33:08. > :33:20.have a 30. She was the first golfer of this. Morning Now six under.

:33:21. > :33:32.Just a bit tentative. You have to get the pace right. So that the putt

:33:33. > :33:43.does not die. That is a hallmark of Lu's putting, she does it boldly.

:33:44. > :33:53.She is three over, that is ten back from the leader. It is a great shot.

:33:54. > :33:59.We are seeing pin accuracy golf this morning. The early starters making

:34:00. > :34:13.the most of the conditions, as should Stacy Lewis.

:34:14. > :34:28.Running away to the right of the green. She is all right there. There

:34:29. > :35:01.is no sound or scrub. She need every bit of help she can

:35:02. > :35:05.to recover from the eight she had earlier in her round, on the second

:35:06. > :35:15.hole, which he has won back, she will enjoy it. She went into the

:35:16. > :35:32.same sand that Ariya Jutanugarn is in.

:35:33. > :35:53.From Great Britain, Catriona Matthew!

:35:54. > :36:02.It is the same group for the second round, Japan, Great Britain and

:36:03. > :36:10.Israel. The Japanese turned professional 16 years ago. She won

:36:11. > :36:12.the LPGA of Japan tour money list in 2006. 17 victories out of 20 that

:36:13. > :36:25.she has on the Japan tour. She got into all sorts of trouble

:36:26. > :36:32.here yesterday and finished with a six. She did well to recover. She

:36:33. > :36:37.finished one under par. She has learned from that. She is trying to

:36:38. > :36:48.not bite too much of, with a three wood. Or a free metal! When you hear

:36:49. > :36:52.the sound, and it goes Ping... The most experienced player in the

:36:53. > :36:59.field, Catriona Matthew MBE. From Edinburgh in Scotland. The 2009

:37:00. > :37:10.women's British Open champion. At Royal Lytham St Annes. She won by

:37:11. > :37:14.three from Karrie Webb. Her husband Graham is her caddie. She has two

:37:15. > :37:18.daughters, Katie and Sophie. Eight appearances in the Solheim Cup,

:37:19. > :37:34.three appearances in the World Cup. Catriona Matthew from great written

:37:35. > :37:44.winning -- Great Britain beginning with a 71 from round one.

:37:45. > :37:51.Catriona Matthew learned her golf on the North Berwick West links course,

:37:52. > :37:58.so she should enjoy this layout. It has a links feel. Into the sand. She

:37:59. > :38:10.is quite high up against the lip. The Israeli had a tough day

:38:11. > :38:16.yesterday, she started with a 75, four over par. Born in Belgium.

:38:17. > :38:29.Lives in Israel. The first Israeli player to play

:38:30. > :38:33.golf professionally. She made her debut two years ago at the women's

:38:34. > :38:59.British Open. And another in the sand.

:39:00. > :39:10.Playing with her is Ariya Jutanugarn.

:39:11. > :39:14.She clipped it out of the sandy scrub, she is trying to get up and

:39:15. > :39:32.down. She will need that putt. Stacy Lewis went short and right

:39:33. > :39:36.with her second on two. She has played a delightful shot here,

:39:37. > :39:40.brilliant from the American. That will stand her in good stead for the

:39:41. > :39:50.rest of the round, a nice touch like that early on. Ariya Jutanugarn had

:39:51. > :39:52.only one bogey yesterday. She will not want to give back the shop she

:39:53. > :40:10.picked up on the first hole. Lovely judgment of speed. Two bogies

:40:11. > :40:14.yesterday. One on each nine. That is her third bogey from the tournament,

:40:15. > :40:28.but she is back to where she started, six under.

:40:29. > :40:43.She is in a share of the lead now. With Teresa Lu. Aditi Ashok trying

:40:44. > :40:48.to get into a share of the lead. She is so consistent. All through

:40:49. > :40:58.yesterday and again today. Did not have enough pace. Once they

:40:59. > :41:21.start to die, they move. Would have given her a share of the

:41:22. > :41:30.lead. She stays at five under, a birdie, past art. -- a birdie, par

:41:31. > :41:51.start. Just short of 200 yards for Feng.

:41:52. > :41:58.She has done well. A very good shot. She has that for an eagle.

:41:59. > :42:43.A great shot. All of these pins on the early holes are getting a lot of

:42:44. > :42:58.attention. For a share of the lead. Never

:42:59. > :43:00.looked like missing. Never looked like going anywhere other than the

:43:01. > :43:24.centre of the cup. Ashok out in 32. The Asian challenge

:43:25. > :43:38.is significant. Three Americans as well. A great contest. Third hole.

:43:39. > :43:51.That is a bit tight. Might be a bit wet, too. A little catchment area

:43:52. > :43:59.there. It might be safe. We saw Henrik Stenson go in the water on

:44:00. > :44:00.one of the days. Remember? But that might be all right, not sure. The is

:44:01. > :44:38.picking up a bit. She started the day for under. She

:44:39. > :44:42.took three shots on one hole, four shots. But that is back-to-back

:44:43. > :44:49.birdies. She has fought back bravely. A hop and a step now as

:44:50. > :44:51.well, because she feels she is on a roll. Trying to erase the memory of

:44:52. > :45:32.the quadruple bogey. Good putt. Just perfect condition,

:45:33. > :45:43.these greens. Can we get our first eagle of the day?

:45:44. > :45:55.From China Shanshan Feng, but she won't enjoy that, leaving it three

:45:56. > :46:02.feet short. Had a tremendous outward nine, of 30, but is now in the sand,

:46:03. > :46:12.at ten. This is a par-5. I assuming that is for three. Not a long par-5,

:46:13. > :46:26.481 metres. Back on the first tee, the next group away. Please welcome

:46:27. > :46:44.the players in group 13. From Denmark, Nicole Brock Larsson. From

:46:45. > :46:55.Korea, In Gee Chun. From South Africa, Paula Reto.

:46:56. > :47:00.Is your Portuguese improving, listening to these introductions? It

:47:01. > :47:11.is beautiful when you hear it spoken, and we're going to see

:47:12. > :47:19.McCall Brock Larsson from Denmark -- Nicole. She went out in 31

:47:20. > :47:22.yesterday, all three of these golfers, incidentally, with a birdie

:47:23. > :47:30.at the 1st yesterday. Larsson had a run of birdies over four of five

:47:31. > :47:37.holes. A round of 67 leaving her in a tie for fourth place at the end of

:47:38. > :47:48.the first day. 23 years old, a winner on the ladies European Tour,

:47:49. > :47:57.the Helsing Borg Swedish open. Pretty good outing in the women's

:47:58. > :47:58.British Open. Tied for 17th. Splitting the fairway with her tee

:47:59. > :48:17.shot. On and on it rolls. Her first victory on the LPGA Tour

:48:18. > :48:21.was last year, and it was the 2015 US women's open. In Gee Chun, 22

:48:22. > :48:49.years old. Tied for second at this year's ana,

:48:50. > :49:04.South Korea's In Gee Chun. One of South Koreans in -- one of four

:49:05. > :49:07.South Koreans in the field. As we expected, a very strong showing from

:49:08. > :49:17.the Republic of Korea, as they like to be called. This is Paula Reto,

:49:18. > :49:32.born in Cape Town, now a Florida resident. She starts at 3-over. This

:49:33. > :49:36.is terrible fate, because she actually played a very nice shot

:49:37. > :49:39.which split the bunkers, but then got an unfortunate roll down the

:49:40. > :49:50.slope into the rough and that is where she has finished. A wedge from

:49:51. > :49:59.90 yards. And a bit of spin? No. Jumps onto the first cut and you

:50:00. > :50:01.will not get any spin out of there. She will have to conjure up a birdie

:50:02. > :50:35.from off the green. She got plenty of spin on that. But

:50:36. > :50:50.it needed to land on the other side of the pin. Charley Hull, for par.

:50:51. > :51:05.She is just going to drop a shot here, on two. Another birdie

:51:06. > :51:13.opportunity for Teresa Lu. She never had the right line. She will be

:51:14. > :51:27.disappointed that on a hole that was playing under par yesterday, a

:51:28. > :51:35.par-5... Now, Minjee Lee. It just gets on. A nice roll down the slope,

:51:36. > :51:37.feeding its way toward the whole. That would have been perfect

:51:38. > :51:50.yesterday, a tap in for eagle. It is tight at the top of the

:51:51. > :51:56.woman's golf competition, the overnight leader, Ariya Jutanugarn,

:51:57. > :52:10.just with a bogey there, so they charge from Teresa Lu and Aditi

:52:11. > :52:16.Ashok means there is a 3-way tie. Charley Hull's bogey on the second

:52:17. > :52:21.means she is three shots from the lead, but still close. Catriona

:52:22. > :52:24.Matthew has just set off on her second run. That is where we are for

:52:25. > :52:35.the woman's golf. Where are you? I have changed it up, thank you, we

:52:36. > :52:38.will keep an eye on the golf for the afternoon but we have moved to the

:52:39. > :52:43.glorious Aquatic Centre which looks great in the sunshine. There is

:52:44. > :52:49.another busy day of diving to get through. Ten metres platform medals

:52:50. > :52:56.to be handed out, and Helen Skelton is alongside me. How are you doing?

:52:57. > :53:07.If you are in here, who is manning the ice cream van? Only joking

:53:08. > :53:16.ex-Commissioner -- only joking! It is quite high. Have you ever jumped

:53:17. > :53:21.from ten metres? No chance that will ever happen. But I am looking

:53:22. > :53:32.forward to today. I am an absolute awe of these girls. Tonya Couch,

:53:33. > :53:35.she's awesome. People are not dedicated diving viewers think about

:53:36. > :53:42.Tom Daley, naturally, because he has done phenomenal things. But she has

:53:43. > :53:45.done an immense amount. It is her third Olympics and she has achieved

:53:46. > :53:51.great things in the World Series, the Commonwealth Games, the World

:53:52. > :53:55.Championships, she has done a lot of it with her partner Sara Barrett,

:53:56. > :54:03.but she will not be here today, though she is down there supporting.

:54:04. > :54:08.Tom Daley though, it seems ages ago we saw him winning a medal alongside

:54:09. > :54:16.an Goodfellow. Things have just motored on since then. Yes, it has

:54:17. > :54:25.been eventful. We have had a proposal, a green pool, and a gold,

:54:26. > :54:26.silver, bronze medal for Britain. Including in the three metres

:54:27. > :54:37.synchronised. Here is what happened. The first of six round for Jack Law

:54:38. > :54:46.and Chris Mears. Beautifully composed.

:54:47. > :54:56.This is excellent synchronisation, they will be top of the leaderboard

:54:57. > :55:12.after this. Tremendous. Our boys are still in the running. One, two,

:55:13. > :55:21.three... Go. Yes, so good. Yes, yes, yes. Are we getting excited or what?

:55:22. > :55:31.China are not giving up, they are putting up a fight. This is the

:55:32. > :55:38.moment, here they go. Yes, come on. That is an Olympic medal for sure.

:55:39. > :55:47.Just the Chinese to follow. 95 will win it for China. Anything less and

:55:48. > :55:54.it is great Britain's old. -- gold. I don't think that is good enough.

:55:55. > :56:00.They have done it. Oh, my word. It is pure gold. The boys are in tears.

:56:01. > :56:14.The emotion has taken over. There they are. Jack Law, Chris

:56:15. > :56:21.Mears, Britain's first ever Olympic diving champions. Has it sunk in?

:56:22. > :56:27.How do you feel? It is weird. I only finished my seat a few days ago and

:56:28. > :56:34.had to refocus, I never had time to process it. -- heat. Whereas Chris

:56:35. > :56:42.is in a better situation to answer that. You enjoyed watching that

:56:43. > :56:46.back. I had seen bits and pieces on Facebook, but to see our reaction

:56:47. > :56:55.again was interesting. It was really cool. We both had a lot of fun. It

:56:56. > :56:58.showed, at the end. You had to hang on and compete after the

:56:59. > :57:05.individuals, I feel like I need to talk quietly, because you have had a

:57:06. > :57:15.good night, having you? We went to the Team GB Helsing Copacabana. --

:57:16. > :57:22.Team GB house in Copacabana. It was wicked, we had a great night. A lot

:57:23. > :57:27.of celebrating happened. You have an army of fans on social media. How

:57:28. > :57:34.does it feel to all of a sudden be projected into the spotlight? It is

:57:35. > :57:39.really good, it is nice that other people are sharing a passion for

:57:40. > :57:43.diving, something that we carry very close to ourselves, we love the

:57:44. > :57:46.sport, we think it is a great spectator sport, it is nice that so

:57:47. > :57:51.many people are getting into it. Life is not just about diving

:57:52. > :57:58.though, how seriously is your music career? I take it as seriously as my

:57:59. > :58:04.diving. I am excited to release loads of new music that is coming, I

:58:05. > :58:22.am pretty excited. I saw you talking to Nicole Scherzinger on Twitter!

:58:23. > :58:37.Blimey! Right, the harder the dives the more points you get, are heard

:58:38. > :58:43.dives good enough? -- her. Yes, sure Tonia will do brilliantly. Obviously

:58:44. > :58:52.Sarah did not make it through, she had a difficult day. It is always

:58:53. > :58:56.tough, because Tonia and Sarah are really good friends, it is tough

:58:57. > :59:00.when you see your team-mate not being successful, but Sarah will be

:59:01. > :59:04.here, supporting her, Sarah has been through a lot of injuries, so many

:59:05. > :59:11.setbacks, so just to be here is incredible in itself. She has had

:59:12. > :59:15.awful problems with her shins for the past three years. So to be here

:59:16. > :59:23.is incredible. Not before she wanted, but I am sure Tonia will

:59:24. > :59:28.smash it today. How is the mood in the camp? This is the most

:59:29. > :59:36.successful we have ever been and I think that shows in the mood. I

:59:37. > :59:40.think Tonia we'll be really confident, throughout the World

:59:41. > :59:45.Series she has got a few medals, and she has constantly been in the top

:59:46. > :59:51.six, in the mix. So she should be in that final today, she is strong

:59:52. > :59:57.enough to be there. And you guys can finally get stuck into the

:59:58. > :59:58.celebrating, Tonia said she lost her voice cheering you on, I am sure you

:59:59. > :00:11.will be just as loud and proud. We are ready and prepared, hopefully

:00:12. > :00:16.the divers are as well, for the semifinal of the women's ten metre,

:00:17. > :00:20.and eventful competition in the preliminaries, we lost the world

:00:21. > :00:31.champion came from North Korea. There are two Kims, we lost the

:00:32. > :00:35.champion from Kazan. Quite a few of those occasions this week, world

:00:36. > :00:41.champion is not backing up what they did 12 months ago. She was a good

:00:42. > :01:00.case in point. Tonia Couch returns. She will be diving as number 14.

:01:01. > :01:03.Five from the end. A sparse crowd on this Thursday morning, hopefully it

:01:04. > :01:08.will buck up a bit before we finish. It did yesterday. We looked up

:01:09. > :01:13.midway through and lows of people appeared from nowhere. The sun is in

:01:14. > :01:19.an interesting position. It is moving around. What are your

:01:20. > :01:28.thoughts on the Sun? It is on the water. It is shining directly on the

:01:29. > :01:33.opposite side from where we normally experience it, but we are in the

:01:34. > :01:40.morning, so that is to be expected. The athletes would have chained --

:01:41. > :01:44.trained in all conditions. But when the sun is on the water, it is in

:01:45. > :01:52.your eyes. You come off the ten metre, slightly shaded... There is

:01:53. > :02:08.big Kim, the older, Paula Kim, hence my description. We will see whether

:02:09. > :02:13.these like conditions affect them. 18 into 12 is where we are hiding,

:02:14. > :02:21.semifinal into final. We will see a lot of these. Very nice opening

:02:22. > :02:28.dive. We saw her a bit inconsistent in the preliminaries, not quite as

:02:29. > :02:33.inconsistent as her team-mate, who exited in dramatic fashion. She is

:02:34. > :02:37.24, from North Korea. She wraps around the board a bit, does not get

:02:38. > :02:46.enough momentum as she comes in. She stays a bit tight. But the marks are

:02:47. > :02:55.awarded for a vertical splash less entry, and she was very close. 69 to

:02:56. > :03:00.start, 64 yesterday, so already a sizeable improvement. This young

:03:01. > :03:06.lady did not think she would be on the Australian team, she was not

:03:07. > :03:09.named. But here she is, Brittany O'Brien, a late replacement because

:03:10. > :03:17.of injury. A reverse two and half somersaults. This is one of the

:03:18. > :03:22.dives where you can only see where you have been. Reverse and backward

:03:23. > :03:26.movement. Jump away from the diving board. You pick the point at which

:03:27. > :03:41.you want to point your toes. Brittany O'Brien making a mistake on

:03:42. > :03:47.the exit, rotating over from vertical and splash being thrown

:03:48. > :03:50.back. She knows she cannot afford to make any errors if she was to make

:03:51. > :03:56.it through to the final. Not a good start for the 18-year-old. A bit of

:03:57. > :04:01.work to do. Only five rounds for the women, six for the men. Her opening

:04:02. > :04:09.dive does not bring her great rewards. Now, one of the youngest

:04:10. > :04:18.competitors, 15 years of age, 16 in November. Maybe that have a good

:04:19. > :04:25.female diver here, Elena Wassen. A back to win a half somersaults with

:04:26. > :04:32.one half twists. It is a game of tactics, starting with one of her

:04:33. > :04:36.most complicated dives. If it goes well, it can be a huge advantage,

:04:37. > :04:45.because it puts you high up on the rankings. Every single diver will be

:04:46. > :04:50.performing this diet today. The twister group carries a degree of

:04:51. > :04:56.difficulty of 3.2. But that is only any good if you get reasonably good

:04:57. > :05:01.execution marks, and that is poor. She hit the water in the shape of a

:05:02. > :05:10.kite wage. Do you use that involve? I think so. I have not heard that

:05:11. > :05:16.expression before. I have made it up, I don't think it is an

:05:17. > :05:25.expression! She hit the water in a wage shape. I fancy potatoes now!

:05:26. > :05:32.Chips for breakfast! The first of the two Ukrainian divers. A forward

:05:33. > :05:39.three and a half again. Nice from Yulia Prokopchuk. She has a unique

:05:40. > :05:45.way of getting into the pike shape. She looks a bit like a deck chair as

:05:46. > :05:48.she spins around. She holds onto the back of her calves, keeps her legs

:05:49. > :05:53.straight, she looks like a well folded deckchair, at her chest

:05:54. > :05:58.should be flat on her thighs, squeezing into the pike shape.

:05:59. > :06:04.Slightly loose in the shape, but she gets a very good entry. The judges

:06:05. > :06:14.Pina lies slightly for the looseness of the pike shape. The marks with

:06:15. > :06:21.lines through them do not count. 63. The degree of difficulty multiplied

:06:22. > :06:34.by those scores. Nobody lighting things up as yet. Onto the other

:06:35. > :06:42.Ukraine diver. Ganna Krasnoshlyk. A low degree of difficulty, 2.8. It is

:06:43. > :06:48.a safe distance from the diving board. We saw at least two athletes

:06:49. > :06:52.yesterday hit their toes on the platform, which is quite easy to do,

:06:53. > :06:57.because of the nature of this dive. She puts her boots on and she goes

:06:58. > :07:01.by the diving board. Better to have your feet flat in order to miss the

:07:02. > :07:08.board than have your toes pointed and hit the board.

:07:09. > :07:16.Marginally over rotating. The marks will reflect that. A low degree of

:07:17. > :07:27.difficulty, so not as many available marks. Exactly the same mark as

:07:28. > :07:37.Yulia Prokopchuk. Very experienced, the oldest competitor at 30, Paola

:07:38. > :07:42.Espinosa, her fourth Olympics. Much better. Surprised to see her

:07:43. > :07:49.languishing down in the lower end of the field. She did some OK stuff

:07:50. > :07:54.yesterday and some really out of sorts stuff by her standards. This

:07:55. > :08:01.is much better, this will get eight. She is such an exciting diver. She

:08:02. > :08:05.has decided to let the rest of the world know that she is not to be

:08:06. > :08:13.written off. She has picked her favourite costume. She is looking

:08:14. > :08:19.right in her composure. That is a great first round dive. She has done

:08:20. > :08:26.three and ten metre boards and has represented Mexico since 2001. The

:08:27. > :08:34.best mark we have seen so far, the first one to go into the 70s, 70.5.

:08:35. > :08:40.You will get a chance to compare like with like here. That is even

:08:41. > :08:46.better than Paola Espinosa's. She started like this yesterday, Katrina

:08:47. > :08:52.Young. She was very solid on a few of her dives. She let a feud go

:08:53. > :09:00.astray. This one was solid as a rock. Eight coming her way also.

:09:01. > :09:10.Matching Paola Espinosa. The same dive, the same marks. Maybe slightly

:09:11. > :09:18.better. They are. No waves! Going into the lead ahead of Paola

:09:19. > :09:27.Espinosa. Onto the Russian, the only remaining Russian. The other had a

:09:28. > :09:35.nightmare. 212 points from five rounds yesterday. Ekaterina

:09:36. > :09:55.Petukhova hoping for better things. That is an underwhelming start for

:09:56. > :10:00.the only Russian. Not completing the dive when you are that low on the

:10:01. > :10:07.water. It is difficult to hold tight. Heavily strapped on the right

:10:08. > :10:11.triceps, elbow. Hitting the water at these speeds rips the body in two.

:10:12. > :10:19.She knows she has four more dives to do. No magic rewind button. Not good

:10:20. > :10:24.from her point of view, but it is only around one. We have seen some

:10:25. > :10:32.reparation jobs done by quite a few divers in all of the competitions

:10:33. > :10:44.this week will stop --. This is the future of Japanese diving, at the

:10:45. > :10:49.age of 16. Minami Itahashi. Minami Itahashi is such an exciting diver

:10:50. > :10:54.to watch. She spins so quickly. She has almost done double by the time

:10:55. > :11:00.she passes the board. Her feet pointing to the sky. She has to do

:11:01. > :11:05.that because she is spinning so quickly. She does not quite get it

:11:06. > :11:10.round in the end, marginally shorter vertical. A bit of splash. She looks

:11:11. > :11:16.gymnast like in her body and the way she moves and pops into the dives.

:11:17. > :11:23.She will be a start. In four years in Tokyo, there will be a huge roar,

:11:24. > :11:31.provided she gets onto the team. A lot can happen in four years.

:11:32. > :11:34.Roseline Filion. Out of the Canadians coming from Montreal. She

:11:35. > :11:44.is going for something slightly lower in tariff terms. Inward to do

:11:45. > :11:49.half somersaults. She got after that. A really strong take-off. The

:11:50. > :11:56.toes can come close to the platform on this. Just far enough away. She

:11:57. > :11:59.had to keep tight, lots of tension through the body to stop herself

:12:00. > :12:05.from over rotating. She does get loose in her back, but keep the

:12:06. > :12:12.splashdown. It is a game of tactics, and well played. You will see Tonia

:12:13. > :12:19.Couch go for her lowest tariff died at the end. Roseline Filion opens

:12:20. > :12:27.with hers, and 70 is a good return, she goes into third place.

:12:28. > :12:36.This young lady had to start the proceedings yesterday. Today, she is

:12:37. > :12:41.the 11th diver of 18, Nur Dhabitah Sabri of Malaysia. Nur Dhabitah

:12:42. > :12:48.Sabri was the surprise for me yesterday. Opening up the

:12:49. > :12:54.competition. She died very consistently. I love her diving, she

:12:55. > :13:00.is very explosive. She completes the dives with plenty of hang time. She

:13:01. > :13:07.has the opportunity to make the entry count. She does not quite get

:13:08. > :13:15.it correct on the bottom. The marks will reflect that.

:13:16. > :13:26.A lot of Canadians are bought in the crowd, Maple Leaf flag being waved,

:13:27. > :13:30.to welcome the arrival to the board of Meaghan Benfeito. She made the

:13:31. > :13:36.final in London four years ago, only 11th. She will look to improve on

:13:37. > :13:39.that today. Two and a half somersaults, one under half twists,

:13:40. > :13:40.3.2 degrees of difficulty, one of the highest parrots we will see in

:13:41. > :13:56.this round. Meaghan Benfeito opting for one of

:13:57. > :14:02.her highest degree of difficulty dives. This is the game of tactics.

:14:03. > :14:09.She will get about 70 points on this. Probably only sevens. Seven,

:14:10. > :14:15.seven point five. I have seen it better. When she scores nines, she

:14:16. > :14:20.puts herself ten points up on her competitors, the cause of the higher

:14:21. > :14:21.degree of difficulty. She led after round one yesterday. Not as good

:14:22. > :14:39.today. Down a little bit, but still in the

:14:40. > :14:43.top three as things stand. She represented Malaysia at the age of

:14:44. > :14:49.15, her third Olympic Games, Pandelela Rinong. Nice. Olympic

:14:50. > :15:01.silver medallist in the third day after diving. Second day, the day.

:15:02. > :15:05.Beautiful entry. This is the super slow motion. Folding into the pike

:15:06. > :15:11.shape. Her head is almost touching the ankles, incredible looks

:15:12. > :15:18.ability. Allowing her to make it look so beautiful. Excellent entry

:15:19. > :15:22.into the water. We will see a few more of these. The rest of the six

:15:23. > :15:29.athletes will be performing this dive, including our girl, Tonia

:15:30. > :15:50.Couch. Into the lead. Aesthetically she is the most impressive diver.

:15:51. > :16:00.So, Tonia Couch we'll have some work to do now. They take off was OK.

:16:01. > :16:04.Everything looked OK until this point when she let go in little bit

:16:05. > :16:09.early. And noticed that she had little early. And has to wait in an

:16:10. > :16:13.in between position to hit the water. She will get heavily

:16:14. > :16:21.penalised for the judges, might only come away with five.

:16:22. > :16:27.Yes, two judges gave it six but they will not count toward the total. 5.5

:16:28. > :16:33.and 4.5, big damage early on for Tonia Couch, there are only two

:16:34. > :16:41.below her in the standings as it stands right now. Onto the second of

:16:42. > :16:49.the Australians, the very experienced Wu, fourth in London. No

:16:50. > :16:56.mistakes from Melissa Wu. Leaping for joy, her coach. After watching

:16:57. > :17:03.Tonia Couch make a mistake on this dive. Melissa Wu does everything

:17:04. > :17:13.right, weights, weights, lines up, gets a vertical entry on the water.

:17:14. > :17:20.If she gets eight it will be 72 or thereabouts. I was not sure if she

:17:21. > :17:31.would get 7.5 or an 8.5 that counted. Don't kid a kid. 72 for

:17:32. > :17:49.Melissa Wu. I am a poet and didn't know it.

:17:50. > :17:58.Here is Benfeito, I like her style of driving. Provided she makes it

:17:59. > :18:04.safely through the semifinals she will be a danger woman in the final.

:18:05. > :18:09.For the bronze medal, I would say. Just allowing this to get away from

:18:10. > :18:13.her ever so slightly. She did the funky movement at the water which

:18:14. > :18:18.all divers do to get in without any splashing, arms and legs out as

:18:19. > :18:22.quickly as you can to cause a suction and keep the splashdown.

:18:23. > :18:29.Jessica over rotated a little bit too much to do better than seven. 63

:18:30. > :18:34.is the mark she gets, along with four others on that mark at the

:18:35. > :18:47.moment. On to the Chinese. Who will emerge at the top of the standings

:18:48. > :18:53.today. It is Ren Qian. Just 15 years old and when she was diving well...

:18:54. > :18:58.She did not do so well yesterday. Compared to what I have observed

:18:59. > :19:04.previously and in training. This is a bag full of nines. Look at this.

:19:05. > :19:16.She is a vertical. And not enough splash to fill a teacup. Very good.

:19:17. > :19:28.Oh yes. 81. Ren Qian, I still fancy her over Si Yajie, though I don't

:19:29. > :19:32.know why, because Si Yajie was world champion in Barcelona. She will go

:19:33. > :19:41.with exactly the same dive. 81 to beat. Can she beat the 81 of Ren

:19:42. > :19:51.Qian? Not quite. Just a bit of over rotation. Fantastic take-off. She is

:19:52. > :19:56.even higher. She is as high as Espinosa, who has got rockets for

:19:57. > :20:04.leg muscles. Popping up into the air, just not quite holding down the

:20:05. > :20:08.dive, over rotation, marginally causing

:20:09. > :20:16.dive, over rotation, marginally Eights instead of nines. Ren Qian,

:20:17. > :20:23.with the outstanding dive of the round. Si Yajie, not quite matching

:20:24. > :20:32.her. So the standings at the end of the round, and sadly we cannot see

:20:33. > :20:38.Tonia Couch on that front page, because she is a long way down the

:20:39. > :20:42.standings. Let's see where she is. 16th place. She needs to be in the

:20:43. > :20:47.top 12 to make it through to the final.

:20:48. > :21:00.Some work for time to do. How will she react? -- summer work for Tonia

:21:01. > :21:04.to do. She is very confident with her other dives. You push that to

:21:05. > :21:13.the side, move on, doing her normal process. She is only 18 points from

:21:14. > :21:16.12th place, so she should be OK. She seems a smiley person, she will take

:21:17. > :21:21.that as well as you can do, so to speak. She is a lovely girl and will

:21:22. > :21:29.take it on the shin and shrug it off. Hopefully she will come into

:21:30. > :21:34.the next four rounds very positive, nice and safe, she will still be in

:21:35. > :21:38.with a shout. Let's look one more time because as soon as she reached

:21:39. > :21:43.the end of the board you both held your breath about where she took off

:21:44. > :21:47.from. It was very far from the end, which means she will not give very

:21:48. > :21:55.good somersaults speed and trajectory off the board. We both

:21:56. > :22:00.winced. You see her going short. Mental strength is so important for

:22:01. > :22:10.you guys. You know what everybody else is capable of. It is like Usain

:22:11. > :22:18.Bolt handing out his times, this is what I can do, guys! Mentality is

:22:19. > :22:22.the biggest part, realistically. The ability to have a bad dive than five

:22:23. > :22:29.minutes later be back on the same board having to finish off your

:22:30. > :22:33.other dives, just like Tonia is about to do. It takes mental

:22:34. > :22:36.strength and it is very hard to replicate in training. But this is

:22:37. > :22:40.her third Olympics and I think she will do it back and be fine. Let's

:22:41. > :22:59.rejoin for round two. The first two marks of the second

:23:00. > :23:04.round, 62.4, Tim, and now, O Brien, and we're just waiting for those to

:23:05. > :23:09.be confirmed on screen. 66 the Australian. Was not expected to be

:23:10. > :23:16.here but is a late replacement. A better showing that in the first

:23:17. > :23:21.round, 44.8. For those who have watched diving on the BBC over the

:23:22. > :23:32.years they will now but this is a little bit... You are not doing it!

:23:33. > :23:38.I get nervous watching. There is no wind so that will not have an

:23:39. > :23:48.effect. No peaceable wind. -- appreciable.

:23:49. > :23:55.Arms down, back, double somersault... Yes, nice steady

:23:56. > :24:01.balance. You just need to show the judges you are steady and in control

:24:02. > :24:08.of the arms stand balance. It is a handstand but in diving it is known

:24:09. > :24:11.as an arms stand. A close up of her winking. Interesting. She gets the

:24:12. > :24:19.right position into the take-off, double somersault, she opened up

:24:20. > :24:24.very poorly, she would need at least 7.5, eight, two core something back,

:24:25. > :24:27.and will not get it on this dive. Adjusting her wrist straps as she

:24:28. > :24:36.walks off to wait for her third-round dive. 57.60, so she only

:24:37. > :24:40.just crawls over the 100 mark, meaning she will be playing catch up

:24:41. > :24:57.in round three. Not out of range yet, not a disaster. From Ukraine,

:24:58. > :25:02.Yulia Prokopchuk, up next. She is always a little bit too close to the

:25:03. > :25:07.diving board for my liking. This is not dangerous but her technique does

:25:08. > :25:11.not give her a chance. She does not throw her arms far enough forward

:25:12. > :25:16.and stick her backside in, she does not really move for an off away from

:25:17. > :25:25.the board, and she botches it at the end. Not straightening out. At all.

:25:26. > :25:35.On the super slow motion... Yes, the judges have really caned her. 40,

:25:36. > :25:58.for Yulia Prokopchuk in round two. ORE: The diving will continue on the

:25:59. > :26:02.Red Button, our website, and at. -- app. We have relocated back to the

:26:03. > :26:07.park because there is business to sort out in the badminton. Is all

:26:08. > :26:15.taking place just on the other side of the Olympic rings. In Pavilion

:26:16. > :26:20.four. Home to Phillips and Langridge, who have been playing

:26:21. > :26:24.some inspired badminton. They have been building an army of fans over

:26:25. > :26:28.the last week and have reached the bronze medal match. Whatever the

:26:29. > :26:33.result that really has been a tournament to remember.

:26:34. > :26:45.Group stages of the badminton event, it becomes a knockout event in a few

:26:46. > :26:49.days' time... It was an all engrossing, entirely captivating

:26:50. > :26:58.game. It is Denmark who are saluting their fans. This is a must win match

:26:59. > :27:07.for Great Britain. What a performance to oust the third seeds.

:27:08. > :27:17.Well played. They are plugging away well. They are through to the

:27:18. > :27:24.knockout stages! Two wins in a very tough group. Marcus Ellis, Chris

:27:25. > :27:28.Langridge, taking on Japan. They have done so well to get this far,

:27:29. > :27:38.quarterfinals, can they go one further? Probing for an opening. How

:27:39. > :27:44.about that? Langridge with it when she finish. They take the opening

:27:45. > :27:52.game. Mistake after mistake now from the Japanese. Another monster rally.

:27:53. > :27:59.Langridge again with the punishment. Three points for the semifinal of

:28:00. > :28:03.the Olympic Games. It is out! But are through. What they result for

:28:04. > :28:15.British badminton. I am not the best player but I work

:28:16. > :28:23.hard. This is insane. The Olympic semifinals. I will opt for a medal.

:28:24. > :28:37.A huge moment. A little edgy at the start. This is super form from the

:28:38. > :28:47.British. Fu, he is absolutely devastating. Zhang, with the killer.

:28:48. > :28:54.It was not to be. A valiant effort from Langridge and Ellis. Still a

:28:55. > :28:59.chance of a medal. It is frustrating but we have one more match. We can

:29:00. > :29:03.still get a medal. We need to focus, have a rest, and come back and give

:29:04. > :29:08.it absolutely everything for the bronze medal.

:29:09. > :29:23.And so the time has come. Ellis and Langridge go against Chai and Hong

:29:24. > :29:27.for the bronze medal. Playing the best badminton of their careers, can

:29:28. > :29:32.be end of the British wait for a medal? We will find out shortly in

:29:33. > :30:00.the company of Peter Blackburn and Gillian Park.

:30:01. > :30:34.Chris Langridge the more experienced of the two players.

:30:35. > :30:44.The Olympic runs Middlemarch. -- bronze medal match. The British

:30:45. > :30:48.combination in the blue kit. Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis have

:30:49. > :30:59.played so well throughout this Olympic campaign. Can they overcome

:31:00. > :31:09.the number five ranked pair in the world, Chai Biao and Hong Wei?

:31:10. > :31:21.With attacking play like that, I am sure the answer is yes. That it is

:31:22. > :31:23.vital that they get on the attack. Both the Chinese players are very

:31:24. > :31:47.tall athletes. 1.8 DA and 1.92. Somebody is using a flash on their

:31:48. > :31:51.camera or phone. The first ever meeting between these pairs. They

:31:52. > :32:30.have no previous form between them. It is all attack by the British

:32:31. > :32:34.pair. That is exactly right. Because the Chinese combination, the taller

:32:35. > :32:40.you are, the more difficult it is to get to the low shots. If your

:32:41. > :32:41.opponents are smashing at you, the shuttle will be low by the time it

:32:42. > :32:52.reaches you. It is the Chinese who are looking

:32:53. > :33:33.the more nervous. Obviously, with the Chinese pair

:33:34. > :33:42.being tall, their attacking play will be devastating. This control on

:33:43. > :33:52.the onset of the rally, serve, return and third shot, critical in

:33:53. > :34:24.men's doubles. Well played from Chai Biao.

:34:25. > :34:31.One of the Chinese coaches one a bronze medal in Badminton's first

:34:32. > :35:31.Olympics, in Barcelona in 1992. Managed to maintain the attack, the

:35:32. > :35:38.British pair. The drive flat over the net by Marcus Ellis. They were

:35:39. > :35:42.quarterfinalists at the World Championships in Jakarta last year.

:35:43. > :35:50.They lost out to the eventual gold medallist. At super series

:35:51. > :35:58.tournaments they have never been past the second round, so this

:35:59. > :35:59.campaign they have been playing unbelievably well, all credit to

:36:00. > :36:11.them. It is just wide. They have always been a pair that

:36:12. > :36:14.have got the talent and have been waiting for the breakthrough

:36:15. > :36:25.tournament. That happened in Jakarta. It has given them the

:36:26. > :36:29.inability that they deserve to be at the top of world badminton and still

:36:30. > :36:31.competing during the last days of the tournament, when it comes to the

:36:32. > :37:29.latter rounds. He calmly lets the shuttle dropped

:37:30. > :37:43.long, Marcus Ellis. They are only the fourth European pair ever to

:37:44. > :37:55.reach a semifinal stage and contest for a medal. The only European pair

:37:56. > :37:58.to win a medal was four years ago. The silver medallist in London in

:37:59. > :38:32.the men's doubles. We quite often see very short

:38:33. > :38:37.rallies in men's doubles, occurs there is so much pressure and

:38:38. > :38:58.emphasis on the serve, return and third shot.

:38:59. > :39:09.He was moved from side to side at the back. They are encroaching

:39:10. > :39:12.forward even on their defensive play. No wonder they were able to

:39:13. > :39:31.put the British player under pressure.

:39:32. > :40:06.Nicely done. The gap in between the Chinese players.

:40:07. > :40:18.That is where they are so good. Chai Biao and Hong Wei. Look at the

:40:19. > :40:22.height the first smash is coming down from. Hong Wei leaping in the

:40:23. > :40:55.air. I like the fact that Chris Langridge

:40:56. > :41:05.was standing his ground, he refused to be forced back deep of his

:41:06. > :41:14.defensive play. There is a sideways drift. The set push back the shuttle

:41:15. > :41:15.perhaps being taken by it. As we are looking down on the court, the

:41:16. > :41:35.sideways drift. It is from left to right. Smashes to

:41:36. > :41:39.the body of tall athletes, very difficult for them, with long

:41:40. > :41:41.believers, to defend when the shuttle is coming straight at the

:41:42. > :42:23.body. Clever play by the British pair.

:42:24. > :42:34.Well worked, and very good play. Patient variation on the attack from

:42:35. > :42:39.Marcus Ellis. Just watch Chris Langridge's movement of the shuttle.

:42:40. > :42:47.Look how he is always adjusting his positioning. He steps back from the

:42:48. > :42:51.net a little bit as his partner is about to smash. He is moving forward

:42:52. > :43:01.so he can try and intercept. This is lovely movement. It is all level.

:43:02. > :43:12.This rally will decide who has the advantage at the mid-game interval.

:43:13. > :43:26.It is wide. The advantage is with Chai Biao and Hong Wei.

:43:27. > :44:12.I am not sure if you could hear what he was saying there. Very

:44:13. > :44:18.encouraging to the British players. He said, to be honest, the Chinese

:44:19. > :44:23.pair are not doing much to harm you. He was urging his players to step

:44:24. > :44:26.forward when there is the flat exchanges, don't stay back, move

:44:27. > :44:31.your position further forward. That will intimidate the opponents. He

:44:32. > :44:36.was also talking about the angle of shop on the attack, rather than

:44:37. > :45:14.power. The angle will do the damage. Good coaching.

:45:15. > :45:26.Doing exactly what the coach asked. Flat, fast exchanges. And both stood

:45:27. > :45:45.their ground. Ellis moving forward to the net.

:45:46. > :46:02.That is well taken. A dilemma for the British players when they are

:46:03. > :46:05.forced to defend, because you don't want to just lift it to the back

:46:06. > :46:14.again, then more attacking will come. But trying to steer the

:46:15. > :46:19.shuttle with a drive past the front court player, and both of the

:46:20. > :46:22.Chinese players are so tall, and of such a long reach, it is desperately

:46:23. > :46:57.difficult. Fast exchanges. This is where the

:46:58. > :47:05.Chinese pair are so good. You see that reach from Hong, intercepting

:47:06. > :47:09.at the net, that is exactly what I was talking about. How do you get it

:47:10. > :47:29.past him? You definitely don't want to lift. That is a super shot.

:47:30. > :48:08.The Chinese pair want the shuttle changed. The British say no.

:48:09. > :48:25.What a rally. That is so well worked. From Langridge and Ellis. I

:48:26. > :48:30.do think the British pair's favoured formation is Ellis at the back of

:48:31. > :48:35.the court and Langridge looking for the interception at the front. But

:48:36. > :48:39.that previous rally, that last rally, just proving that they have

:48:40. > :48:42.the capability to play anywhere in court. It doesn't really matter what

:48:43. > :48:55.their formation is. That is very, very quickly back from

:48:56. > :49:05.Chai Biao, to thunder down the smash. A flicked serve. Half a step,

:49:06. > :49:15.and a leap, and he was back to that to play the smash.

:49:16. > :49:21.He is obviously the commander of the partnership. Talking tactics,

:49:22. > :49:32.telling his partner what he thinks they should be doing. He was a

:49:33. > :49:42.quarterfinalist at the last Olympic Games with a different partner.

:49:43. > :49:54.Although the younger of the two men, he is more experienced, Chai Biao.

:49:55. > :50:19.This has been a very, very tight opening game, hasn't it?

:50:20. > :50:49.It was a good serve. And it was a very good return. Rather than pushed

:50:50. > :50:53.down to the mid-court area toward the tramlines, it was too fast, the

:50:54. > :51:00.return of serve, for the net player to intercept. But the shuttle still

:51:01. > :51:04.learns way in front of the Rio court player, and therefore the Rio court

:51:05. > :51:06.player is forced to lift the shuttle, and on that occasion, Ellis

:51:07. > :51:59.lifted white. -- lifted wide. Yes. That is, what I believe to be

:52:00. > :52:02.the favoured formation. Ellis, so clever with his attacking play. But

:52:03. > :52:08.look how quick Chris Langridge was to be in the right place at the

:52:09. > :52:16.right time to intercept and play the winner. Straight into the body of

:52:17. > :52:17.the taller man, Hong Wei. Tactically, very clever play from

:52:18. > :52:55.the British pair. What a good rally. And well finished

:52:56. > :53:05.off by Langridge once again. The front of the court. Look at his

:53:06. > :53:15.movement forward. He was anticipating. He was looking for it.

:53:16. > :53:20.And the Chinese pair just simply are not being allowed to play their

:53:21. > :53:29.favourite game. Which is getting on the attack. Two point advantage. For

:53:30. > :53:53.the British combination. Oh, yes. That is what they do so

:53:54. > :54:24.well, when they do get on the attack, the Chinese pair.

:54:25. > :54:30.What was that? You have got to speed up a little bit? In between rallies.

:54:31. > :54:56.I am not terribly sure. Unbelievable defence initially from

:54:57. > :54:59.Chai Biao. But the attacking play and the finish from the front, once

:55:00. > :55:26.again, lethal from Langridge. There he is again. And again. And

:55:27. > :55:52.again. All out attack pays dividends for

:55:53. > :55:59.the British pair. Three game point opportunities. This bronze medal

:56:00. > :56:30.match. Well, how good was that from Hong

:56:31. > :56:42.Wei? And return of serve, when you are game point down.

:56:43. > :57:17.One of the three game points has come and gone.

:57:18. > :57:56.It has gone long. Game to Langridge and Ellis. 21-18. That final point,

:57:57. > :57:59.the shuttle just going over the back line, one of the rare occasions that

:58:00. > :58:08.the Chinese pair have been on the attack. The opening game, 21-18, in

:58:09. > :59:41.20 minutes, the British pair with all out attacking play.

:59:42. > :59:53.Just look at the determination is the British pair return to court.

:59:54. > :59:57.History in the making, perhaps. Must not get ahead of themselves, but the

:59:58. > :00:06.tactics that they used in the opening game were superb. The

:00:07. > :00:14.variation in attack, the variation in both ankle and pace of shot, I am

:00:15. > :00:21.quite certain the Chinese pair will have been told to get on the attack

:00:22. > :00:55.more themselves. -- angle and pace. Like that.

:00:56. > :01:08.Yes. It is all about which of the two pairs can get on the attack, is

:01:09. > :01:15.Nick? The British successful in that department in the opening game. Only

:01:16. > :01:21.two points in the second, but both points, the Chinese pair heating in

:01:22. > :01:27.a downward direction, involving the frontcourt player.

:01:28. > :02:33.Yes. There is the variation in attack from Marcus Ellis. A softer

:02:34. > :02:40.smash. Going for basement rather than power. Involving Chris

:02:41. > :02:45.Langridge at the front of the court. It is very rare, even in men's

:02:46. > :02:49.doubles, that you can hit winners from the back. Therefore the rally

:02:50. > :02:59.is geared around trying to force a weak reply, or to get your partner

:03:00. > :03:02.involved at the front. That is an ideal way to turn defensive play

:03:03. > :03:10.into attack, that block from the British pair. The Chinese

:03:11. > :03:20.combination to look very nervous. -- do look. When you consider they have

:03:21. > :03:32.spent eight weeks at number three in the world rankings, currently number

:03:33. > :03:35.five. Yes. They do look good. The Chinese pair, when they are on the

:03:36. > :04:22.attack themselves. I have not seen much variation in

:04:23. > :04:35.service so far in this match. We have seen one flick serve. How about

:04:36. > :05:00.serving out wide? No, to the T again.

:05:01. > :05:12.Yes, that is very good from Chai Biao on will -- Chai Biao,

:05:13. > :05:36.anticipating. They are really looking for these

:05:37. > :05:50.flat pushes, the Chinese pair. What should the British players do?

:05:51. > :05:56.Should they be blocking or occasionally lifting? I wonder. Or

:05:57. > :06:04.to persevere with the drives, perhaps. And to adjust their

:06:05. > :06:20.positioning. Yes. A long way, -- Hong Wei especially

:06:21. > :06:35.has a tendency to get nervous. If it gets tight, he might be a target.

:06:36. > :06:46.That was a nice variation in service. Serving out wide. They did

:06:47. > :07:24.not win the rally, but I like the thought process.

:07:25. > :07:35.He missed it. Clear indication of how steeply can hit the shuttle,

:07:36. > :08:09.Hong Wei. Yes, that is a lovely third shot

:08:10. > :08:15.from Langridge. I have said this before, the serve, the return and

:08:16. > :08:35.the third shot are critical in setting up the tone of the rally.

:08:36. > :08:43.Well, it was too good from the Chinese. Too tight from the net for

:08:44. > :09:09.Langridge to deal with that. Look at that, brilliant from Hong Wei.

:09:10. > :09:34.He did well to control that. The strings of the racket broken.

:09:35. > :09:45.The players will have about 12 rackets. An army of people to

:09:46. > :10:37.restring the rackets for the players.

:10:38. > :10:47.Oh, what a return of serve. I did not think it a particularly loose

:10:48. > :11:05.serve from Marcus Ellis. It was just an incredible return.

:11:06. > :11:18.No pace to feed off. If your opponent smashes hard at you, you

:11:19. > :11:24.can use some of the pace of the shot and play your block, or guide the

:11:25. > :11:59.shuttle back. If there is no pace, it makes it more difficult.

:12:00. > :12:17.A 2-point advantage at the mid-game interval. Ciao and Hong Wei only had

:12:18. > :12:22.a 1-point advantage before, but they could not convert. 11-9, the British

:12:23. > :12:52.combination winning the first. -- Chai Biao. The coach, a two-time

:12:53. > :13:23.Olympic mixed doubles champion. 2000 and 2004.

:13:24. > :13:37.With only two points in it, it is a gap that can easily be closed.

:13:38. > :13:46.I could not hear any of the coaching instructions to the British pair. If

:13:47. > :13:47.you are in Mandarin speaker you will know exactly what was said to the

:13:48. > :14:04.Chinese combination. He is hitting it in a downward

:14:05. > :14:08.direction but there is only half power on that smash from Marcus

:14:09. > :14:16.Ellis and that is exactly the sort of shot he should be playing,

:14:17. > :14:21.because the Chinese players are superb at very fast badminton. When

:14:22. > :14:25.someone smashes hard at them, they are in the groove of being able to

:14:26. > :14:28.deal with that. What they are not able to deal with is this variation

:14:29. > :15:09.in pace. Nice. And again, you see

:15:10. > :15:14.variation... Oh, my goodness, both left it for the other. They have

:15:15. > :15:23.been in command of the rally, the British pair with the wonderful

:15:24. > :15:25.disguised drop shots. They both left a shuttle for the other. That

:15:26. > :16:07.hesitation cost them dear. There is no doubt the British pair

:16:08. > :16:38.are pumped and ready for this bronze medal play-off match.

:16:39. > :16:48.Stepped in to the defensive shot. Chris Langridge got himself forward.

:16:49. > :16:52.Watch this. There is the drive and look, he is already forward to the

:16:53. > :17:03.net. That is great positioning on court. And a real lesson in how to

:17:04. > :17:06.turn defensive play in the attack. -- into attack. The British pair are

:17:07. > :17:23.back level, 12-12. Fault receiver called on Hong. Would

:17:24. > :17:36.you believe it? Moving before the serve was struck. I think that is

:17:37. > :17:39.just about the first time, we won't see it from that because it is not

:17:40. > :17:46.the service that is at fault but the receiver. Not allowed to move as a

:17:47. > :17:54.receiver, before the serve has been struck.

:17:55. > :18:07.What an angle, my goodness. When you are one metre 92 and you jump in the

:18:08. > :18:38.air, it is no wonder you can find an acute angle the smash. -- the smash.

:18:39. > :18:51.Day Andy return of serve. -- very are on the return of serve. Our

:18:52. > :19:05.Again, there is no pace on the return. Just tapped in a downward

:19:06. > :19:14.direction towards the tramline, it is very, very clever.

:19:15. > :19:21.And the tighter that this match is and the nearer we get to the end of

:19:22. > :19:37.this second game, I suspect the more nervous the Chinese will become.

:19:38. > :19:46.It would be awfully surprising if the British players didn't have

:19:47. > :20:08.nerves as well. This matches for an Olympic bronze medal.

:20:09. > :20:18.Clever play from Chai Biao. He guided that defensive shot across

:20:19. > :20:57.court. Well, so much for my theory! The

:20:58. > :21:02.Chinese pay it did seem to have nerves. They are playing these

:21:03. > :21:03.rallies quite brilliantly. -- the Chinese pay don't seem to have

:21:04. > :21:24.nerves. It is not helping their cause, the

:21:25. > :21:29.error on the return of serve. Four straight points now the Chai Biao

:21:30. > :22:05.and Hong Wei. Are brilliant. My goodness me, what

:22:06. > :22:12.clever play. Wonderful play from both payers but this final shot from

:22:13. > :22:18.Chai Biao, the vicious slice on the shuttle bringing it down with such

:22:19. > :22:28.an acute angle across court, absolutely magnificent. Five

:22:29. > :22:31.straight points and just two points away now from taking this second

:22:32. > :22:39.game and forcing a third and decider.

:22:40. > :23:29.Well, did he think it was going out or did he expect his partner to

:23:30. > :23:36.intercept that one? Real hesitation from Hong Wei.

:23:37. > :24:15.And then he just stood and watched it.

:24:16. > :24:40.This is where the nerves of the Chinese will get tested.

:24:41. > :25:17.What a crucial, crucial point coming up right now.

:25:18. > :25:24.The net cord on the return of serve, I think it was awfully difficult to

:25:25. > :25:27.lift at the back of court so two game point opportunities. The

:25:28. > :25:51.Chinese were lining up for that. Is there a challenge here? There is

:25:52. > :25:57.a challenge here. That is ridiculous. LAUGHTER

:25:58. > :26:04.I can't believe that. I suppose they have just used it as a tactical time

:26:05. > :26:55.out. Well, the previous rally was the net

:26:56. > :26:59.cord on the return of serve. And I can assure you, the players do

:27:00. > :27:08.practice to be able to get these net cords. This is just luck, that is

:27:09. > :27:19.what they aim to try to achieve. Both with net play and with return

:27:20. > :27:27.of Serbs. -- serves. Only one game point has been saved by the British

:27:28. > :27:44.pair. Another game point remains. For Chai Biao and Hong Wei.

:27:45. > :27:56.And they convert on their second opportunity. Chai Biao and Hong Wei

:27:57. > :28:03.take the second game and we will be treated to a third and deciding game

:28:04. > :28:09.to decide the bronze medal in the men's doubles discipline.

:28:10. > :28:13.It was never going to be easy for Ellis and Langridge, we have got a

:28:14. > :28:16.bronze medal match on our hands. Ollie Williams has joined me

:28:17. > :28:22.watching this game unfold and Gillian was saying towards the end

:28:23. > :28:27.of the game, talking about nerves. This is such a test of nerves now.

:28:28. > :28:31.It already is from the start of course, you are playing for an

:28:32. > :28:34.Olympic medal but we see the British guys keep hauling themselves back

:28:35. > :28:37.into this and keep working and plugging away and this is an

:28:38. > :28:42.opportunity that maybe they didn't expect at the start. They have gone

:28:43. > :28:46.on a great run and you are so close to getting an Olympic medal at the

:28:47. > :28:52.nerves will start to come in. From a Chinese point of view, very

:28:53. > :28:56.different. You are expected to be winning medals. 30 gold medals in

:28:57. > :29:03.badminton for china coming into this Olympic Games. If you wear Chinese

:29:04. > :29:07.colours in the Olympic Games in badminton, you are expected to bring

:29:08. > :29:11.something back. Losing her is almost unthinkable from a Chinese

:29:12. > :29:15.perspective so both teams have a lot of pressure to deal with. They are

:29:16. > :29:20.making their way back out of this third and final deciding game. Have

:29:21. > :29:25.you been impressed with the British couple back to the defence into

:29:26. > :29:28.attack? They know how to talk to each other, they are great at

:29:29. > :29:31.positioning and getting from the defensive on to the attack. They

:29:32. > :29:36.have only been together for two years so that has come along really

:29:37. > :29:41.fast and it needs to happen for another 20 or so minutes. We will

:29:42. > :29:44.see. They said they are up for a medal. It is definitely not the case

:29:45. > :29:49.they have nothing to lose because a bronze medal is at stake right now.

:29:50. > :29:53.We have talked about it enough, 12 years, Great Britain have been

:29:54. > :29:59.waiting for a badminton Olympic medal. Ellis and language wanted to

:30:00. > :30:08.be them to break the wait. Let's get back to the Riocentro 4.

:30:09. > :30:22.There is a bronze medal and state. -- at stake.

:30:23. > :30:40.Yes. That worked to get Chris Langridge to the net. He really is

:30:41. > :30:46.devastating in the frontcourt area. Marcus Ellis is so good with his

:30:47. > :30:52.variation from the back. That is, in my opinion, their favoured

:30:53. > :30:54.formation. But there is no panic and no worry, even if they get pulled

:30:55. > :31:23.out of that favoured formation. Yes. For the tall Chinese players,

:31:24. > :31:25.having to get down low to the disguised drop shots, it is

:31:26. > :32:15.desperately difficult. All credit to the British players,

:32:16. > :32:19.because, normally, I think how wonderful the attacking play is of

:32:20. > :32:24.this Chinese pair, but they haven't really been allowed to attack. And

:32:25. > :32:28.when they have hit the shuttle in a downward direction the defensive

:32:29. > :33:02.play of both British players has been equal to it.

:33:03. > :33:15.There are lots and lots of shots being played into the body of either

:33:16. > :33:19.Chai Biao, as it was on that occasion, or Hong Wei. It is

:33:20. > :33:24.desperately difficult if the shuttle comes fast at you and you are tall,

:33:25. > :33:27.how do you get your body out of the way with your long levers to give

:33:28. > :33:31.yourself freedom to play the defensive shot? That was a nervous

:33:32. > :34:32.looking shot from Chai Biao. The Chinese pair, to me, look as if

:34:33. > :34:33.they are running out of ideas on how to break down the defence of the

:34:34. > :34:46.British combination. What a start to this deciding game.

:34:47. > :35:18.If you are a British fan, you will be delighted.

:35:19. > :35:27.I wonder if the Chinese pair have been guilty of thinking, we have won

:35:28. > :35:34.that second game, and just relaxed a little and not kept their intensity.

:35:35. > :35:37.That said, I do not think the British pair have really put a foot

:35:38. > :35:47.wrong in this deciding game, not so far.

:35:48. > :36:21.Yes, well played by the Chinese pair.

:36:22. > :36:33.The return of serve just guided in a downward direction. He has taken it

:36:34. > :36:37.when it is well below net height, which means he has to hit it in an

:36:38. > :36:42.upward direction, but he does not want to lift it so he is blocking

:36:43. > :37:02.back to the net, but Langridge is there, ready and waiting.

:37:03. > :37:13.I said the British pair, their defensive play had been equal to

:37:14. > :37:21.dealing with the attack from the Chinese combination. And that rally

:37:22. > :37:33.just proving my point. Absolutely magnificent.

:37:34. > :38:08.He has gone to the net at exactly the right moment, once again. Chris

:38:09. > :38:09.Langridge. And he makes it count. His partner defence, he moves

:38:10. > :38:55.forward. What can the Chinese pair do in

:38:56. > :39:11.response? They have not found the answer so far.

:39:12. > :39:56.The serve is wide of the centre line. That is a gift. It means the

:39:57. > :40:03.British pair have an 8-point advantage, as they change ends in

:40:04. > :40:08.this deciding game. Who would have thought when the badminton

:40:09. > :40:16.tournament got under way that we would be in this situation? 11-3 up,

:40:17. > :40:24.the deciding game, Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge.

:40:25. > :40:37.The body language of the Chinese players of concern, if you are a

:40:38. > :40:54.Chinese fan. What a contrast to the British players.

:40:55. > :41:06.They are just ten points away from a first ever medal in the men's

:41:07. > :41:14.doubles discipline for British badminton.

:41:15. > :41:23.Two medals in mixed doubles for British players, in the past.

:41:24. > :41:32.That was a good flick serve. A look from Hong Wei to the service judge,

:41:33. > :42:11.but there was no call. Was that desperation? Very rarely

:42:12. > :42:30.does a trick shot like that between the legs. Very rarely does it work.

:42:31. > :42:39.Well, both of the British players are playing better, I think, than I

:42:40. > :42:46.have ever seen them play before. That is magnificent. A crutch

:42:47. > :43:03.defence from Marcus Ellis. -- crouching defence.

:43:04. > :43:11.Just an indication from Chris Langridge, we have to keep it calm.

:43:12. > :43:16.We have got ourselves in this sort of lead, we have to keep playing the

:43:17. > :43:21.way we have played to build a lead. As far as the Chinese pair are

:43:22. > :43:22.concerned, they have to focus on getting on the attack. Unable to do

:43:23. > :43:48.it at the moment. They deserve the point, they deserve

:43:49. > :43:57.the rally, the British pair, because they are taking the game to their

:43:58. > :44:26.opponents. My word, what a terrible return of

:44:27. > :45:25.serve. A big gulp of air, the big breath

:45:26. > :45:43.from Chai Biao. It is a good serve and a good return as well. It has

:45:44. > :45:49.gone long. And another point nearer the dream, become -- the dream

:45:50. > :46:27.becoming reality. For the British players.

:46:28. > :46:34.Chris Langridge has been superb at the front of court today, that had

:46:35. > :47:01.just enough pace on it to tempt Chai Biao into trying to intercept it.

:47:02. > :47:10.If you are a Chinese fan, you will be recognising that unless the

:47:11. > :47:13.Chinese duo have a little run of points now, and start closing the

:47:14. > :47:21.gap and put some psychological pressure on the British pair, their

:47:22. > :47:22.chances of coming through this are slim. That certainly helped their

:47:23. > :48:02.cause. The body language of Chai Biao,

:48:03. > :48:25.after that block into the net, tells its own story.

:48:26. > :48:36.All of a sudden, I think the enormity of what could be achieved

:48:37. > :48:37.is perhaps hitting the British pair. They are suddenly looking nervous

:48:38. > :49:08.and tentative. That will help settle the nerves.

:49:09. > :49:43.Three points away from a bronze medal at the Olympic Games.

:49:44. > :50:22.That is an unbelievable smash. Ten opportunities to secure the bronze

:50:23. > :51:04.medal. It was called out. The British pair

:51:05. > :51:11.have challenged. They are asking for the instant review and if the line

:51:12. > :51:13.call is overturned, the bronze medal goes to the British pair of Chris

:51:14. > :51:29.Langridge and Marcus Ellis. It is in. The bronze medal for the

:51:30. > :51:41.British pair, a first ever medal in men's doubles for British players.

:51:42. > :51:50.Marcus Ellis overcome with emotion. They were quite simply superb today.

:51:51. > :51:54.Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis. They are currently ranked outside

:51:55. > :51:59.the top 20 in the world and they have beaten eight pair that has been

:52:00. > :52:12.as high as three in the world rankings. My goodness, didn't they

:52:13. > :52:25.deserve it? 21-18, 19-21, 20 1-10 in the deciding game. One hour and 22

:52:26. > :52:30.minutes. -- 21-10. Some of the best badminton you will

:52:31. > :52:34.see, one hour and 22 minutes of it and the best news, after all of

:52:35. > :52:37.that, Great Britain come away with their first badminton medal for 12

:52:38. > :52:42.years. They couldn't believe it, they probably still can't. Gillian

:52:43. > :52:46.said in commentary, they were ranked 22 in the world coming into this

:52:47. > :52:50.competition but they were outstanding throughout this match,

:52:51. > :52:58.they had the touch and the guile and eight have got a bronze medal. Ollie

:52:59. > :53:02.Williams is here, it was sensational badminton and we talked between

:53:03. > :53:07.games two and three when came out of their traps in game three. They were

:53:08. > :53:12.not away from Rio without a medal. They showed no sign of nervousness

:53:13. > :53:16.really. Sometimes, you can get so close in these things, particularly

:53:17. > :53:22.when you maybe came here not expecting to win a medal.

:53:23. > :53:26.Particularly when it is 10-2, as it was there and you think, we are

:53:27. > :53:31.there. But you have to keep your focus and look at that focus, all

:53:32. > :53:38.the way through. I can tell you the reaction already, the last person to

:53:39. > :53:45.win a medal for GB has said, I salute you, Olympic

:53:46. > :53:53.bronze-medallists. Chris Adcock says, unreal from these two.

:53:54. > :53:55.Congratulations and enjoy. Gay lens I think arrived approximately nine

:53:56. > :54:02.seconds after they had been confirmed as bronze-medallists.

:54:03. > :54:09.She was ready to welcome them. What a way to do it, on review and that

:54:10. > :54:12.shows some composure that Chris Langridge was that confident that

:54:13. > :54:17.they were going to do it. Despite the ten match points they had, he is

:54:18. > :54:24.happy to do it on review. They want to win it and they want to win it

:54:25. > :54:27.now. I am pretty sure that is bronze, varied his. It is an

:54:28. > :54:31.incredible performance and it speaks to this wider contest that we have.

:54:32. > :54:37.We talked about the fact Great Britain and China are not really

:54:38. > :54:43.badminton... They are not on a level with each other but they delivered

:54:44. > :54:48.today. They did and then some. Jess Creighton is standing by to stand --

:54:49. > :54:54.standing by to talk to the history boys. We're live on the BBC. You

:54:55. > :55:00.have rewritten some statistics today, first ever badminton medal in

:55:01. > :55:04.the men's doubles and the first medal for Great Britain in 12 years.

:55:05. > :55:09.What does this mean? I just can't believe it. I don't believe it has

:55:10. > :55:14.happened yet. When we saw that review on the final point, I can't

:55:15. > :55:18.describe my feelings. I am completely lost for words. Give us

:55:19. > :55:28.some words, Chris. It is mental. I can't say anything because it is

:55:29. > :55:38.the most incredible feeling. We have worked so hard, so hard. To achieve

:55:39. > :55:44.this... I literally can't say anything, sorry! I am so, so happy.

:55:45. > :55:47.It is a brilliant bronze medal but also fantastic victory over

:55:48. > :55:53.badminton Titans, China. They were ranked five in the world, you are

:55:54. > :55:57.number 22. I guess they can rip up those rankings list now. I think at

:55:58. > :56:01.the Olympics, Yukon Territory straightaway because there are not

:56:02. > :56:08.many top seeds that win, it is just the way the Olympics is. We knew

:56:09. > :56:13.coming here we could compete with everybody. We had a tough semifinal.

:56:14. > :56:20.I think they were better than the other day. We knew we had a chance

:56:21. > :56:23.if we played well and I think today, we are so happy we have managed to

:56:24. > :56:28.do it for ourselves and for badminton which is massive, it is

:56:29. > :56:33.mass if our sport and I am so proud we can be part of it. How worried

:56:34. > :56:38.were you in the last few points? Because it was tight. You build up a

:56:39. > :56:45.big lead in the deciding game but did you start to feel the nerves?

:56:46. > :56:49.Definitely. We had such a big lead, in a weird way, it is worse because

:56:50. > :56:53.you are thinking more about each point and I think it got to about

:56:54. > :56:59.14-7 and I thought, we might win this, we are going to win this. Then

:57:00. > :57:02.I got a lot more nervous but luckily Marcus was quite calm. It is great

:57:03. > :57:06.for badminton because we have to compete with the other sports and I

:57:07. > :57:10.said it a few times before, not enough people play badminton, so

:57:11. > :57:14.hopefully people are watching this today and there is no reason why the

:57:15. > :57:18.lots of people can't do what we did. You might have a point because I

:57:19. > :57:22.don't know if you have been following on social media but it has

:57:23. > :57:26.been ablaze with messages of support and people saying, I think it is my

:57:27. > :57:32.new favourite sport. When you see it at this level, I don't think many

:57:33. > :57:36.people see it at the top level, but I think when you see it at the top

:57:37. > :57:42.level, it is an amazing sport, a beautiful sport. I think people are

:57:43. > :57:45.realising and watching us do it, I hope we have inspired some people to

:57:46. > :57:53.start playing because it is an amazing sport. How are you going to

:57:54. > :57:58.celebrate? You are in Brazil! I think we shouldn't say that because

:57:59. > :58:02.we are professional, Olympic bronze-medallist badminton players

:58:03. > :58:07.(!) brilliant answer! Congratulations. Jess Creighton

:58:08. > :58:12.eking out some lovely words out of those boys, despite the raw emotion,

:58:13. > :58:16.I think we will allow them some sort of celebration and we will hopefully

:58:17. > :58:20.bring you the medal ceremony in the coming days. They have probably done

:58:21. > :58:24.more for British badminton than they can even fathom rhino. They have

:58:25. > :58:30.been talking about that all the way through, saying, we want to get the

:58:31. > :58:33.medal to lift this sport. You have seen what has happened with hockey,

:58:34. > :58:38.gymnastics, they want that for badminton. It has been more than a

:58:39. > :58:42.decade and this is a sport where Britain are nowhere near tradition

:58:43. > :58:47.Lee as successful as China. Only four countries have ever won

:58:48. > :58:50.badminton titles. Denmark are easily the best badminton nation and they

:58:51. > :58:55.have only ever managed to scrape one in history. You don't start down

:58:56. > :58:59.that journey without picking up medals and performances like that.

:59:00. > :59:01.It is a huge step. They may have missed out on the final but that

:59:02. > :59:08.bronze will definitely feel like gold.

:59:09. > :59:16.The medal table, Great Britain fitting pretty in second. That was

:59:17. > :59:22.an hour and a half. It will do. We are bringing new medals on BBC Four.

:59:23. > :59:26.There is no rest for the wicked, because it is time for the

:59:27. > :59:35.athletics. Relays to come at the Olympic Stadium, but first, the

:59:36. > :59:44.men's 400 metres final. 400 metres hurdles and keep an eye out for

:59:45. > :59:51.Ireland's Thomas Barr in name for. Steve Cram.

:59:52. > :59:57.The athletes out on the track and a very big crowds -- Lane number four.

:59:58. > :00:15.A lot of support for Thomas Barr of Waterford. Ireland have history in

:00:16. > :00:16.this event. Going way back, 1932, an awful long time ago. That has been