Day 13 BBC Four: 13.00-16.00 Olympics

Good afternoon, everybody. Some of Great Britain's most exciting

prospects are still to take the stage. We will see them in action on

day 13. Things are a bit quiet on the Olympic Park. We have the

cleaners still in here. That is not the Dutch Olympic team. They are the

cleaners, doing a fantastic job. Still seeing some golf carts taking

people across the pond. The military in action, thank you to these chaps.

And we have the rings. Things are still normal. Yesterday, no medals

for Team GB, what is that all about? We have not had that since day one.

That was what happened at London 2012 on day 12. But that was the

last fruitless day for Team GB in those games. I am sure it will be

the same case here. We will soon be reining in medals, but where will

they come? Here is what is on the way. The women's golf continues,

Charley Hull is just three off the lead. Diving has been pretty

successful for the Great Britain team so far, what can Tonia Couch do

in the ten metre platform? Great Britain's wait for a badminton medal

could end today. Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis in the men's doubles,

they are going for the bronze medal. Before we go to the athletics, Great

Britain's sprint team will be going. Can they come away with honours? We

will be down at the park, because Liam Phillips and Kyle Evans are

going in the BMX. And lot expected of those two today.

Usain Bolt's quest for the triple triple continues.

Liam Heath and Jon Schofield go in the 200 metres on BBC One. Can they

do better than the bronze they won in 2012? Later, it is set up for the

brothers to do exactly that and beat their record from 2012, they came

away with a gold and bronze, but could it be a British 1-2? We are

looking forward to that. What are the prospects in the women's golf?

In a few days, it will soon be time for American Margaret Abbott's 116

year reign as Olympic golf champion to come to an end. It has been quite

the weight, but who is well set to take the title from her? He is what

happened on day one. 116 years since the last Olympic

event, the stars of today arrived to challenge for Margaret Abbott's

title. Among the early starters on a fiercely hot morning, Catriona

Matthew. At 46, the oldest woman in the field. Level 32, she came

unstuck at the third, with a double bogey. She got back on track with a

trio of birdies. This to get to one under, and she does. Before another

drop shot gave her a level par round of 71. A bit disappointed, a lot of

chances along the back nine. I wanted to try and get in a couple

more birdies. I did not have the greatest start. It is good to come

back. The hot, dry conditions made for plenty of low scoring, more than

half of the field shooting level or better. Among them, the early

clubhouse leader from Denmark. Inbee Park is one of many marquee names.

The seven time major winner stated her intent by wrestling the lead by

a single shot. Another birdie opportunity. The last group to tee

off included Charley Hull. The 19-year-old world number one Lydia

Ko from New Zealand as well. As the sun beat down, Lydia Ko was feeling

the heat, with two bogeys and a birdie. She was one over at the

turn. Charley Hull the better to sit to under through the front nine. She

takes the chance. She battled it in. But for a little more luck, she

would have gone in four under. At three under, she is in the mix for

day two. I feel confident, I hit it well, I left so many chances there.

I am taking the positives towards tomorrow. Lydia Ko got a break at

the 15th, an incredible ego from 135 yards out her to a round of two

under. Get in! What a way to finish. It was the tile and player who took

the overnight lead. A colourful scorecard. Six under par, a 1-shot

advantage. Katherine Downes is well positioned

for the second round. Afternoon. Charley Hull, three shots off the

lead. Going back to the men's, Justin Rose was four shots off the

lead, so she is well placed. She is, the British players not out of it

yet, and another beautiful day here. The sun has just come through the

clouds, it is blazing down. Another hot one, no wind, so perfect

condition is for low scores. There were some low scores yesterday.

There is the leader, Ariya Jutanugarn. She is the British

women's open champion. She is the player on form. But to South Korean

golfers chasing her down. Inbee Park is a seven time major winner.

She is back from a thumb injury and looking back at her best.

Nicole Broch Larsen? and Candie Kung? led for much of yesterday.

Charley Hull not out of it let -- yet. We have had a queue early

movers from the early groups who have been out playing for the last

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

shots off the lead. This at the fourth would set her up for a

birdie, just a tap in. And Aditi Ashok is two under for the day, five

under for the whole round, after this birdie at the par three

quarters. Some early movement, but the leader Ariya Jutanugarn has just

teed off, she is off to extend her lead over the rest of the field. She

will head out down the first. Charley Hull tees off in a few

moments, she is tied for seventh on three under, alongside Lydia Ko. She

tees off in a few minutes. The 19-year-old world number one,

alongside Anna Nordqvist of Sweden, on level par, the same score as

Catriona Matthew. The Brits not out of it yet, they just have to keep up

with the leaders and they keep themselves in the chase, especially

since the conditions are set to change over the next couple of days,

a bit more wind and rain, and if anyone can perform in the wind and

rain, it is likely to be the Brits. I will hand you to the live action.

That is a good start. It is running away from the whole, but she is on

the putting surface. She can get it to seven under, start with a birdie.

She began with a birdie here yesterday.

A 250 metre Drive. She has the chance to get on in two.

Asking for it to turn. There will be no help from the wind. But that is

fine. She does not have a lot of green to work with, coming from the

right-hand side. She was flirting with the sandy

wasteland. You do not want to be anywhere near that. This is a great

shot from the Australian. We have seen some outstanding play today.

Edition is perfect. -- conditions perfect.

I like that golf swing. Nice. Flirting with a bit of danger there

down the left-hand side. Let's get back to the first hole.

Lydia Ko, Anna Nordqvist and Charley Hull standing by.

Please welcome the players in group ten. From New Zealand, Lydia Ko!

It seems all the countries have a different uniform for each day,

which is nice, Charley Hull was in white yesterday, as was Lydia Ko,

and now Lydia Ko in her national colours. And the guys as well,

changing it up. Lydia Ko had New Zealand's most famous spokesperson

Richie McCaw following her yesterday. His partner is a member

of the New Zealand hockey team that are playing here. Good knowledge. He

likes his golf. Lydia Ko, who had the lumpy start to her round

yesterday, where she bogeyed two of the first four holes, then played

the remaining in four under. She is not going with the driver. She knows

the value of putting this on the fairway. The youngest player to win

a major, to win two majors. The world number one, Lydia Ko. What we

saw yesterday, great humour to stay out of there. It might roll back.

She is always having a laugh. She has an equanimity that if I is

belief. Even when she made the eagle from 135 metres, she took it in her

stride, there were no high-fives. An interesting ritual, the crowd are

inclined to clap every tee shot. We wait to see it is a good shot until

we see that it finishes, rather than looking at the immediate reaction of

the crowd. The former British lady was my

camping, in only her first start as a professional. Richie McCaw, for

those unfamiliar, twice the captain of the team that won the World Cup,

so, in gallery following, it was a real coup for Lydia.

There is a great energy to her again. She is great to follow

because she is always doing something. As Paul McGinley said,

she plays a fast game, which is encouraging, because it was a five

and a half hour round yesterday. That must have been tough on her,

five and a half hours. Now check, so it has gone past about

12, 13 feet. The Greens, I think they have increased in speed. With

the wind we have been having. This is for eagle, for the leader. It is

OK. She should be able to start their birdie. Now, trouble for the

18-year-old. Just get it on the fairway. That is exactly what she

has done. Slightly better, even, I think. Just on the front edge of the

green. It all depends on the line you have. But it is sitting up, not

much sand around, get plenty of your club face on it... Even if it is

partially buried in sand, and other things going around it, you have

just got to take your medicine. Shaved the top of the hole. It would

have given her a temporary share of the lead. For birdie, on the eighth,

to get to 5-under, and a fourth birth date of the round, for the

player from Chinese Taipei... -- fourth birdie of the round. And she

has done that. Goes into a tie for second on 5-under. Stacy Lewis, for

birdie as well, here on one. She managed to hold it together, just,

yesterday, for a round of 70, it spoke volumes for her course

management. That is her father, Scott Thompson, she was world number

one in 2013 and 2014 after winning the LPGA classic. Stacy Lewis.

Nicely done. She made mention of her father after the round yesterday.

The important role he plays and getting her through the round, with

their discussions, and the fatherly advice. Already she has marked

herself. Marked herself as the player everyone has got to beat, I

suspect, if they want to get their hands on the Gold Medal. Now a

chance to extend the overnight lead to two shots. No problems. She goes

to 7-under. A too short -- two shot lead over the rest of the field.

Extraordinary form at the moment. Now, just off the front of the

green, deciding not to go for the putt, will run it up 24 metres to

the pin. Nice touch. Certainly had the right weight.

Birdie putt for Minjee Lee, that put her into a tie for seventh place. A

look at the 2nd hole. 435 yards, 390 metres. Yesterday it was the third

most difficult hole. That dogleg. It was into the wind yesterday, but the

wind is not a factor today, certainly not at this time of the

day. So we have seen three or four birdies today through the first

seven or eight groups. A little easier than it was yesterday. Tom in

fact, quite a lot easier. Any of the best players came up short with

their second, right into the teeth of the breeze. This young lady is

just 20, but she broke the record, she was 11 years old when she first

qualify for an LPGA event. The ladies classic, 2007. That does not

bear thinking about. Amazing. And you think of the transformation in

her form, she missed the cut ten times last year, very rare for the

top golfers to miss any, she missed ten. So she was not even on the

landscape. This year, four wins including the British women's open.

Are they still up there, do you think? Are they clear? Let's go to

six while there is a bit of a delay. Sweden's Lindberg, to get back to

3-over... Yes, she will take that. Two birdies on the card, but

unfortunately two bogeys. She really needs is to keep her momentum,

Ashok, and what a nice start to her around, 18 years old. She has hardly

put a foot wrong in a day and a half. Meanwhile, the group that teed

off at 7:30am yesterday morning. Please welcome the players in group

11. From Brazil, Miriam Nagal, from Ireland,

Leona Maguire,, from Malaysia, Kelly Tan. Two Brazilian golfers in the

field. This is Miriam Nagl, who opened with a 79, a dual citizen of

Brazil and Germany, she resides in Berlin.

Another in the bunker. To the applause of the fans around the tee!

Although to be fair they cannot see it, they just see it go off down the

fairway and start applauding. Leona Maguire, started with a 74. At

Duke University, North Carolina, she was the number one amateur in the

whole world for an entire year until May this year. Phenomenal amateur

record, a Curtis cup they are three times, twice a winner. Leona

Maguire, of Ireland. And there you go, Lisa, on the back. Their parents

must be so proud. -- on the bag. Identical twins.

Kelly Tan, of Malaysia. Just 22 years old. Stay out. Stay out.

That's OK. Second hole. Tournament leader,

Ariya Jutanugarn, 7-under. Not sure she is terribly happy with that. It

looks like it is to the left. And that is why she is not happy. That

spells potentially a lot of trouble. And speaking of trouble... A woman

who has had a terrible run today, including a quadruple bogey eight.

7-iron on the eighth. Great shot. She needs everything to go her way

from here on. Seiyoung Kim four. She has done

well. Seiyoung Kim, on that second hole. Charley Hull of Great Britain

has this birdie putt to start her second round in positive fashion.

Left to right swing. So Charley Hull, of Great Britain, is off to a

birdie start. 4-under par. Here is the front runner today. Charging up

the leaderboard, in a tie for second place now. She has a 6-iron, Aditi

Ashok, and that is a great shot, she really has peppered the pins today.

Aditi Ashok, of India, going well, as is this young lady, Teresa Lu,

Chinese Taipei, second to the ninth, 5-under, and can only see half the

flag because of that mountain front. And look at that excessive spin she

has achieved. -- that mount to the front. Birdie putt coming up. Lydia

was not able to sync these yesterday. That is another that has

just looked good when it left the blade, but ran out of place. A

little deviation in front of the whole. That was the thing watching

her yesterday, fantastic, tee to green, but the putting made all the

difference. The greens are so receptive today.

Almost a tap in birdie. A great putt. She is happy with the

greens. It is her first birdie today. She needed to make that after

dropping a shot at the second. This is the first group out today.

Excellent. She had a 69 yesterday. In good form today. The first group

had peed off on the first two hours and ten minutes ago, they played

their first nine holes in two hours and ten minutes, in contrast with

the five and a half hour round of the closing group.

It is all about the lie here. Where is she? She feels she can get club

onto ball. Not wasting any time. She is trying to turn it around, the

twist in the fairway. That is all she could do. These native areas,

with the rough bush , once you get in there, it is horrible. She has a

strong swing, the club in her hands. But she is out. It is painful, but

five is better than six. Nice/ from Teresa Lu, it is 5-star

golf from her today. We had a string of 31 is yesterday, but we did not

have a 30. She was the first golfer of this. Morning Now six under.

Just a bit tentative. You have to get the pace right. So that the putt

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

She is three over, that is ten back from the leader. It is a great shot.

We are seeing pin accuracy golf this morning. The early starters making

the most of the conditions, as should Stacy Lewis.

Running away to the right of the green. She is all right there. There

is no sound or scrub. She need every bit of help she can

to recover from the eight she had earlier in her round, on the second

hole, which he has won back, she will enjoy it. She went into the

same sand that Ariya Jutanugarn is in.

From Great Britain, Catriona Matthew!

It is the same group for the second round, Japan, Great Britain and

Israel. The Japanese turned professional 16 years ago. She won

the LPGA of Japan tour money list in 2006. 17 victories out of 20 that

she has on the Japan tour. She got into all sorts of trouble

here yesterday and finished with a six. She did well to recover. She

finished one under par. She has learned from that. She is trying to

not bite too much of, with a three wood. Or a free metal! When you hear

the sound, and it goes Ping... The most experienced player in the

field, Catriona Matthew MBE. From Edinburgh in Scotland. The 2009

women's British Open champion. At Royal Lytham St Annes. She won by

three from Karrie Webb. Her husband Graham is her caddie. She has two

daughters, Katie and Sophie. Eight appearances in the Solheim Cup,

three appearances in the World Cup. Catriona Matthew from great written

winning -- Great Britain beginning with a 71 from round one.

Catriona Matthew learned her golf on the North Berwick West links course,

so she should enjoy this layout. It has a links feel. Into the sand. She

is quite high up against the lip. The Israeli had a tough day

yesterday, she started with a 75, four over par. Born in Belgium.

Lives in Israel. The first Israeli player to play

golf professionally. She made her debut two years ago at the women's

British Open. And another in the sand.

Playing with her is Ariya Jutanugarn.

She clipped it out of the sandy scrub, she is trying to get up and

down. She will need that putt. Stacy Lewis went short and right

with her second on two. She has played a delightful shot here,

brilliant from the American. That will stand her in good stead for the

rest of the round, a nice touch like that early on. Ariya Jutanugarn had

only one bogey yesterday. She will not want to give back the shop she

picked up on the first hole. Lovely judgment of speed. Two bogies

yesterday. One on each nine. That is her third bogey from the tournament,

but she is back to where she started, six under.

She is in a share of the lead now. With Teresa Lu. Aditi Ashok trying

to get into a share of the lead. She is so consistent. All through

yesterday and again today. Did not have enough pace. Once they

start to die, they move. Would have given her a share of the

lead. She stays at five under, a birdie, past art. -- a birdie, par

start. Just short of 200 yards for Feng.

She has done well. A very good shot. She has that for an eagle.

A great shot. All of these pins on the early holes are getting a lot of

attention. For a share of the lead. Never

looked like missing. Never looked like going anywhere other than the

centre of the cup. Ashok out in 32. The Asian challenge

is significant. Three Americans as well. A great contest. Third hole.

That is a bit tight. Might be a bit wet, too. A little catchment area

there. It might be safe. We saw Henrik Stenson go in the water on

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

picking up a bit. She started the day for under. She

took three shots on one hole, four shots. But that is back-to-back

birdies. She has fought back bravely. A hop and a step now as

well, because she feels she is on a roll. Trying to erase the memory of

the quadruple bogey. Good putt. Just perfect condition,

these greens. Can we get our first eagle of the day?

From China Shanshan Feng, but she won't enjoy that, leaving it three

feet short. Had a tremendous outward nine, of 30, but is now in the sand,

at ten. This is a par-5. I assuming that is for three. Not a long par-5,

481 metres. Back on the first tee, the next group away. Please welcome

the players in group 13. From Denmark, Nicole Brock Larsson. From

Korea, In Gee Chun. From South Africa, Paula Reto.

Is your Portuguese improving, listening to these introductions? It

is beautiful when you hear it spoken, and we're going to see

McCall Brock Larsson from Denmark -- Nicole. She went out in 31

yesterday, all three of these golfers, incidentally, with a birdie

at the 1st yesterday. Larsson had a run of birdies over four of five

holes. A round of 67 leaving her in a tie for fourth place at the end of

the first day. 23 years old, a winner on the ladies European Tour,

the Helsing Borg Swedish open. Pretty good outing in the women's

British Open. Tied for 17th. Splitting the fairway with her tee

shot. On and on it rolls. Her first victory on the LPGA Tour

was last year, and it was the 2015 US women's open. In Gee Chun, 22

years old. Tied for second at this year's ana,

South Korea's In Gee Chun. One of South Koreans in -- one of four

South Koreans in the field. As we expected, a very strong showing from

the Republic of Korea, as they like to be called. This is Paula Reto,

born in Cape Town, now a Florida resident. She starts at 3-over. This

is terrible fate, because she actually played a very nice shot

which split the bunkers, but then got an unfortunate roll down the

slope into the rough and that is where she has finished. A wedge from

90 yards. And a bit of spin? No. Jumps onto the first cut and you

will not get any spin out of there. She will have to conjure up a birdie

from off the green. She got plenty of spin on that. But

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

She is just going to drop a shot here, on two. Another birdie

opportunity for Teresa Lu. She never had the right line. She will be

disappointed that on a hole that was playing under par yesterday, a

par-5... Now, Minjee Lee. It just gets on. A nice roll down the slope,

feeding its way toward the whole. That would have been perfect

yesterday, a tap in for eagle. It is tight at the top of the

woman's golf competition, the overnight leader, Ariya Jutanugarn,

just with a bogey there, so they charge from Teresa Lu and Aditi

Ashok means there is a 3-way tie. Charley Hull's bogey on the second

means she is three shots from the lead, but still close. Catriona

Matthew has just set off on her second run. That is where we are for

the woman's golf. Where are you? I have changed it up, thank you, we

will keep an eye on the golf for the afternoon but we have moved to the

glorious Aquatic Centre which looks great in the sunshine. There is

another busy day of diving to get through. Ten metres platform medals

to be handed out, and Helen Skelton is alongside me. How are you doing?

If you are in here, who is manning the ice cream van? Only joking

ex-Commissioner -- only joking! It is quite high. Have you ever jumped

from ten metres? No chance that will ever happen. But I am looking

forward to today. I am an absolute awe of these girls. Tonya Couch,

she's awesome. People are not dedicated diving viewers think about

Tom Daley, naturally, because he has done phenomenal things. But she has

done an immense amount. It is her third Olympics and she has achieved

great things in the World Series, the Commonwealth Games, the World

Championships, she has done a lot of it with her partner Sara Barrett,

but she will not be here today, though she is down there supporting.

Tom Daley though, it seems ages ago we saw him winning a medal alongside

an Goodfellow. Things have just motored on since then. Yes, it has

been eventful. We have had a proposal, a green pool, and a gold,

silver, bronze medal for Britain. Including in the three metres

synchronised. Here is what happened. The first of six round for Jack Law

and Chris Mears. Beautifully composed.

This is excellent synchronisation, they will be top of the leaderboard

after this. Tremendous. Our boys are still in the running. One, two,

three... Go. Yes, so good. Yes, yes, yes. Are we getting excited or what?

China are not giving up, they are putting up a fight. This is the

moment, here they go. Yes, come on. That is an Olympic medal for sure.

Just the Chinese to follow. 95 will win it for China. Anything less and

it is great Britain's old. -- gold. I don't think that is good enough.

They have done it. Oh, my word. It is pure gold. The boys are in tears.

The emotion has taken over. There they are. Jack Law, Chris

Mears, Britain's first ever Olympic diving champions. Has it sunk in?

How do you feel? It is weird. I only finished my seat a few days ago and

had to refocus, I never had time to process it. -- heat. Whereas Chris

is in a better situation to answer that. You enjoyed watching that

back. I had seen bits and pieces on Facebook, but to see our reaction

again was interesting. It was really cool. We both had a lot of fun. It

showed, at the end. You had to hang on and compete after the

individuals, I feel like I need to talk quietly, because you have had a

good night, having you? We went to the Team GB Helsing Copacabana. --

Team GB house in Copacabana. It was wicked, we had a great night. A lot

of celebrating happened. You have an army of fans on social media. How

does it feel to all of a sudden be projected into the spotlight? It is

really good, it is nice that other people are sharing a passion for

diving, something that we carry very close to ourselves, we love the

sport, we think it is a great spectator sport, it is nice that so

many people are getting into it. Life is not just about diving

though, how seriously is your music career? I take it as seriously as my

diving. I am excited to release loads of new music that is coming, I

am pretty excited. I saw you talking to Nicole Scherzinger on Twitter!

Blimey! Right, the harder the dives the more points you get, are heard

dives good enough? -- her. Yes, sure Tonia will do brilliantly. Obviously

Sarah did not make it through, she had a difficult day. It is always

tough, because Tonia and Sarah are really good friends, it is tough

when you see your team-mate not being successful, but Sarah will be

here, supporting her, Sarah has been through a lot of injuries, so many

setbacks, so just to be here is incredible in itself. She has had

awful problems with her shins for the past three years. So to be here

is incredible. Not before she wanted, but I am sure Tonia will

smash it today. How is the mood in the camp? This is the most

successful we have ever been and I think that shows in the mood. I

think Tonia we'll be really confident, throughout the World

Series she has got a few medals, and she has constantly been in the top

six, in the mix. So she should be in that final today, she is strong

enough to be there. And you guys can finally get stuck into the

celebrating, Tonia said she lost her voice cheering you on, I am sure you

will be just as loud and proud. We are ready and prepared, hopefully

the divers are as well, for the semifinal of the women's ten metre,

and eventful competition in the preliminaries, we lost the world

champion came from North Korea. There are two Kims, we lost the

champion from Kazan. Quite a few of those occasions this week, world

champion is not backing up what they did 12 months ago. She was a good

case in point. Tonia Couch returns. She will be diving as number 14.

Five from the end. A sparse crowd on this Thursday morning, hopefully it

will buck up a bit before we finish. It did yesterday. We looked up

midway through and lows of people appeared from nowhere. The sun is in

an interesting position. It is moving around. What are your

thoughts on the Sun? It is on the water. It is shining directly on the

opposite side from where we normally experience it, but we are in the

morning, so that is to be expected. The athletes would have chained --

trained in all conditions. But when the sun is on the water, it is in

your eyes. You come off the ten metre, slightly shaded... There is

big Kim, the older, Paula Kim, hence my description. We will see whether

these like conditions affect them. 18 into 12 is where we are hiding,

semifinal into final. We will see a lot of these. Very nice opening

dive. We saw her a bit inconsistent in the preliminaries, not quite as

inconsistent as her team-mate, who exited in dramatic fashion. She is

24, from North Korea. She wraps around the board a bit, does not get

enough momentum as she comes in. She stays a bit tight. But the marks are

awarded for a vertical splash less entry, and she was very close. 69 to

start, 64 yesterday, so already a sizeable improvement. This young

lady did not think she would be on the Australian team, she was not

named. But here she is, Brittany O'Brien, a late replacement because

of injury. A reverse two and half somersaults. This is one of the

dives where you can only see where you have been. Reverse and backward

movement. Jump away from the diving board. You pick the point at which

you want to point your toes. Brittany O'Brien making a mistake on

the exit, rotating over from vertical and splash being thrown

back. She knows she cannot afford to make any errors if she was to make

it through to the final. Not a good start for the 18-year-old. A bit of

work to do. Only five rounds for the women, six for the men. Her opening

dive does not bring her great rewards. Now, one of the youngest

competitors, 15 years of age, 16 in November. Maybe that have a good

female diver here, Elena Wassen. A back to win a half somersaults with

one half twists. It is a game of tactics, starting with one of her

most complicated dives. If it goes well, it can be a huge advantage,

because it puts you high up on the rankings. Every single diver will be

performing this diet today. The twister group carries a degree of

difficulty of 3.2. But that is only any good if you get reasonably good

execution marks, and that is poor. She hit the water in the shape of a

kite wage. Do you use that involve? I think so. I have not heard that

expression before. I have made it up, I don't think it is an

expression! She hit the water in a wage shape. I fancy potatoes now!

Chips for breakfast! The first of the two Ukrainian divers. A forward

three and a half again. Nice from Yulia Prokopchuk. She has a unique

way of getting into the pike shape. She looks a bit like a deck chair as

she spins around. She holds onto the back of her calves, keeps her legs

straight, she looks like a well folded deckchair, at her chest

should be flat on her thighs, squeezing into the pike shape.

Slightly loose in the shape, but she gets a very good entry. The judges

Pina lies slightly for the looseness of the pike shape. The marks with

lines through them do not count. 63. The degree of difficulty multiplied

by those scores. Nobody lighting things up as yet. Onto the other

Ukraine diver. Ganna Krasnoshlyk. A low degree of difficulty, 2.8. It is

a safe distance from the diving board. We saw at least two athletes

yesterday hit their toes on the platform, which is quite easy to do,

because of the nature of this dive. She puts her boots on and she goes

by the diving board. Better to have your feet flat in order to miss the

board than have your toes pointed and hit the board.

Marginally over rotating. The marks will reflect that. A low degree of

difficulty, so not as many available marks. Exactly the same mark as

Yulia Prokopchuk. Very experienced, the oldest competitor at 30, Paola

Espinosa, her fourth Olympics. Much better. Surprised to see her

languishing down in the lower end of the field. She did some OK stuff

yesterday and some really out of sorts stuff by her standards. This

is much better, this will get eight. She is such an exciting diver. She

has decided to let the rest of the world know that she is not to be

written off. She has picked her favourite costume. She is looking

right in her composure. That is a great first round dive. She has done

three and ten metre boards and has represented Mexico since 2001. The

best mark we have seen so far, the first one to go into the 70s, 70.5.

You will get a chance to compare like with like here. That is even

better than Paola Espinosa's. She started like this yesterday, Katrina

Young. She was very solid on a few of her dives. She let a feud go

astray. This one was solid as a rock. Eight coming her way also.

Matching Paola Espinosa. The same dive, the same marks. Maybe slightly

better. They are. No waves! Going into the lead ahead of Paola

Espinosa. Onto the Russian, the only remaining Russian. The other had a

nightmare. 212 points from five rounds yesterday. Ekaterina

Petukhova hoping for better things. That is an underwhelming start for

the only Russian. Not completing the dive when you are that low on the

water. It is difficult to hold tight. Heavily strapped on the right

triceps, elbow. Hitting the water at these speeds rips the body in two.

She knows she has four more dives to do. No magic rewind button. Not good

from her point of view, but it is only around one. We have seen some

reparation jobs done by quite a few divers in all of the competitions

this week will stop --. This is the future of Japanese diving, at the

age of 16. Minami Itahashi. Minami Itahashi is such an exciting diver

to watch. She spins so quickly. She has almost done double by the time

she passes the board. Her feet pointing to the sky. She has to do

that because she is spinning so quickly. She does not quite get it

round in the end, marginally shorter vertical. A bit of splash. She looks

gymnast like in her body and the way she moves and pops into the dives.

She will be a start. In four years in Tokyo, there will be a huge roar,

provided she gets onto the team. A lot can happen in four years.

Roseline Filion. Out of the Canadians coming from Montreal. She

is going for something slightly lower in tariff terms. Inward to do

half somersaults. She got after that. A really strong take-off. The

toes can come close to the platform on this. Just far enough away. She

had to keep tight, lots of tension through the body to stop herself

from over rotating. She does get loose in her back, but keep the

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

Couch go for her lowest tariff died at the end. Roseline Filion opens

with hers, and 70 is a good return, she goes into third place.

This young lady had to start the proceedings yesterday. Today, she is

the 11th diver of 18, Nur Dhabitah Sabri of Malaysia. Nur Dhabitah

Sabri was the surprise for me yesterday. Opening up the

competition. She died very consistently. I love her diving, she

is very explosive. She completes the dives with plenty of hang time. She

has the opportunity to make the entry count. She does not quite get

it correct on the bottom. The marks will reflect that.

A lot of Canadians are bought in the crowd, Maple Leaf flag being waved,

to welcome the arrival to the board of Meaghan Benfeito. She made the

final in London four years ago, only 11th. She will look to improve on

that today. Two and a half somersaults, one under half twists,

3.2 degrees of difficulty, one of the highest parrots we will see in

this round. Meaghan Benfeito opting for one of

her highest degree of difficulty dives. This is the game of tactics.

She will get about 70 points on this. Probably only sevens. Seven,

seven point five. I have seen it better. When she scores nines, she

puts herself ten points up on her competitors, the cause of the higher

degree of difficulty. She led after round one yesterday. Not as good

today. Down a little bit, but still in the

top three as things stand. She represented Malaysia at the age of

15, her third Olympic Games, Pandelela Rinong. Nice. Olympic

silver medallist in the third day after diving. Second day, the day.

Beautiful entry. This is the super slow motion. Folding into the pike

shape. Her head is almost touching the ankles, incredible looks

ability. Allowing her to make it look so beautiful. Excellent entry

into the water. We will see a few more of these. The rest of the six

athletes will be performing this dive, including our girl, Tonia

Couch. Into the lead. Aesthetically she is the most impressive diver.

So, Tonia Couch we'll have some work to do now. They take off was OK.

Everything looked OK until this point when she let go in little bit

early. And noticed that she had little early. And has to wait in an

in between position to hit the water. She will get heavily

penalised for the judges, might only come away with five.

Yes, two judges gave it six but they will not count toward the total. 5.5

and 4.5, big damage early on for Tonia Couch, there are only two

below her in the standings as it stands right now. Onto the second of

the Australians, the very experienced Wu, fourth in London. No

mistakes from Melissa Wu. Leaping for joy, her coach. After watching

Tonia Couch make a mistake on this dive. Melissa Wu does everything

right, weights, weights, lines up, gets a vertical entry on the water.

If she gets eight it will be 72 or thereabouts. I was not sure if she

would get 7.5 or an 8.5 that counted. Don't kid a kid. 72 for

Melissa Wu. I am a poet and didn't know it.

Here is Benfeito, I like her style of driving. Provided she makes it

safely through the semifinals she will be a danger woman in the final.

For the bronze medal, I would say. Just allowing this to get away from

her ever so slightly. She did the funky movement at the water which

all divers do to get in without any splashing, arms and legs out as

quickly as you can to cause a suction and keep the splashdown.

Jessica over rotated a little bit too much to do better than seven. 63

is the mark she gets, along with four others on that mark at the

moment. On to the Chinese. Who will emerge at the top of the standings

today. It is Ren Qian. Just 15 years old and when she was diving well...

She did not do so well yesterday. Compared to what I have observed

previously and in training. This is a bag full of nines. Look at this.

She is a vertical. And not enough splash to fill a teacup. Very good.

Oh yes. 81. Ren Qian, I still fancy her over Si Yajie, though I don't

know why, because Si Yajie was world champion in Barcelona. She will go

with exactly the same dive. 81 to beat. Can she beat the 81 of Ren

Qian? Not quite. Just a bit of over rotation. Fantastic take-off. She is

even higher. She is as high as Espinosa, who has got rockets for

leg muscles. Popping up into the air, just not quite holding down the

dive, over rotation, marginally causing

dive, over rotation, marginally Eights instead of nines. Ren Qian,

with the outstanding dive of the round. Si Yajie, not quite matching

her. So the standings at the end of the round, and sadly we cannot see

Tonia Couch on that front page, because she is a long way down the

standings. Let's see where she is. 16th place. She needs to be in the

top 12 to make it through to the final.

Some work for time to do. How will she react? -- summer work for Tonia

to do. She is very confident with her other dives. You push that to

the side, move on, doing her normal process. She is only 18 points from

12th place, so she should be OK. She seems a smiley person, she will take

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

take it on the shin and shrug it off. Hopefully she will come into

the next four rounds very positive, nice and safe, she will still be in

with a shout. Let's look one more time because as soon as she reached

the end of the board you both held your breath about where she took off

from. It was very far from the end, which means she will not give very

good somersaults speed and trajectory off the board. We both

winced. You see her going short. Mental strength is so important for

you guys. You know what everybody else is capable of. It is like Usain

Bolt handing out his times, this is what I can do, guys! Mentality is

the biggest part, realistically. The ability to have a bad dive than five

minutes later be back on the same board having to finish off your

other dives, just like Tonia is about to do. It takes mental

strength and it is very hard to replicate in training. But this is

her third Olympics and I think she will do it back and be fine. Let's

rejoin for round two. The first two marks of the second

round, 62.4, Tim, and now, O Brien, and we're just waiting for those to

be confirmed on screen. 66 the Australian. Was not expected to be

here but is a late replacement. A better showing that in the first

round, 44.8. For those who have watched diving on the BBC over the

years they will now but this is a little bit... You are not doing it!

I get nervous watching. There is no wind so that will not have an

effect. No peaceable wind. -- appreciable.

Arms down, back, double somersault... Yes, nice steady

balance. You just need to show the judges you are steady and in control

of the arms stand balance. It is a handstand but in diving it is known

as an arms stand. A close up of her winking. Interesting. She gets the

right position into the take-off, double somersault, she opened up

very poorly, she would need at least 7.5, eight, two core something back,

and will not get it on this dive. Adjusting her wrist straps as she

walks off to wait for her third-round dive. 57.60, so she only

just crawls over the 100 mark, meaning she will be playing catch up

in round three. Not out of range yet, not a disaster. From Ukraine,

Yulia Prokopchuk, up next. She is always a little bit too close to the

diving board for my liking. This is not dangerous but her technique does

not give her a chance. She does not throw her arms far enough forward

and stick her backside in, she does not really move for an off away from

the board, and she botches it at the end. Not straightening out. At all.

On the super slow motion... Yes, the judges have really caned her. 40,

for Yulia Prokopchuk in round two. ORE: The diving will continue on the

Red Button, our website, and at. -- app. We have relocated back to the

park because there is business to sort out in the badminton. Is all

taking place just on the other side of the Olympic rings. In Pavilion

four. Home to Phillips and Langridge, who have been playing

some inspired badminton. They have been building an army of fans over

the last week and have reached the bronze medal match. Whatever the

result that really has been a tournament to remember.

Group stages of the badminton event, it becomes a knockout event in a few

days' time... It was an all engrossing, entirely captivating

game. It is Denmark who are saluting their fans. This is a must win match

for Great Britain. What a performance to oust the third seeds.

Well played. They are plugging away well. They are through to the

knockout stages! Two wins in a very tough group. Marcus Ellis, Chris

Langridge, taking on Japan. They have done so well to get this far,

quarterfinals, can they go one further? Probing for an opening. How

about that? Langridge with it when she finish. They take the opening

game. Mistake after mistake now from the Japanese. Another monster rally.

Langridge again with the punishment. Three points for the semifinal of

the Olympic Games. It is out! But are through. What they result for

British badminton. I am not the best player but I work

hard. This is insane. The Olympic semifinals. I will opt for a medal.

A huge moment. A little edgy at the start. This is super form from the

British. Fu, he is absolutely devastating. Zhang, with the killer.

It was not to be. A valiant effort from Langridge and Ellis. Still a

chance of a medal. It is frustrating but we have one more match. We can

still get a medal. We need to focus, have a rest, and come back and give

it absolutely everything for the bronze medal.

And so the time has come. Ellis and Langridge go against Chai and Hong

for the bronze medal. Playing the best badminton of their careers, can

be end of the British wait for a medal? We will find out shortly in

the company of Peter Blackburn and Gillian Park.

Chris Langridge the more experienced of the two players.

The Olympic runs Middlemarch. -- bronze medal match. The British

combination in the blue kit. Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis have

played so well throughout this Olympic campaign. Can they overcome

the number five ranked pair in the world, Chai Biao and Hong Wei?

With attacking play like that, I am sure the answer is yes. That it is

vital that they get on the attack. Both the Chinese players are very

tall athletes. 1.8 DA and 1.92. Somebody is using a flash on their

camera or phone. The first ever meeting between these pairs. They

have no previous form between them. It is all attack by the British

pair. That is exactly right. Because the Chinese combination, the taller

you are, the more difficult it is to get to the low shots. If your

opponents are smashing at you, the shuttle will be low by the time it

reaches you. It is the Chinese who are looking

the more nervous. Obviously, with the Chinese pair

being tall, their attacking play will be devastating. This control on

the onset of the rally, serve, return and third shot, critical in

men's doubles. Well played from Chai Biao.

One of the Chinese coaches one a bronze medal in Badminton's first

Olympics, in Barcelona in 1992. Managed to maintain the attack, the

British pair. The drive flat over the net by Marcus Ellis. They were

quarterfinalists at the World Championships in Jakarta last year.

They lost out to the eventual gold medallist. At super series

tournaments they have never been past the second round, so this

campaign they have been playing unbelievably well, all credit to

them. It is just wide. They have always been a pair that

have got the talent and have been waiting for the breakthrough

tournament. That happened in Jakarta. It has given them the

inability that they deserve to be at the top of world badminton and still

competing during the last days of the tournament, when it comes to the

latter rounds. He calmly lets the shuttle dropped

long, Marcus Ellis. They are only the fourth European pair ever to

reach a semifinal stage and contest for a medal. The only European pair

to win a medal was four years ago. The silver medallist in London in

the men's doubles. We quite often see very short

rallies in men's doubles, occurs there is so much pressure and

emphasis on the serve, return and third shot.

He was moved from side to side at the back. They are encroaching

forward even on their defensive play. No wonder they were able to

put the British player under pressure.

Nicely done. The gap in between the Chinese players.

That is where they are so good. Chai Biao and Hong Wei. Look at the

height the first smash is coming down from. Hong Wei leaping in the

air. I like the fact that Chris Langridge

was standing his ground, he refused to be forced back deep of his

defensive play. There is a sideways drift. The set push back the shuttle

perhaps being taken by it. As we are looking down on the court, the

sideways drift. It is from left to right. Smashes to

the body of tall athletes, very difficult for them, with long

believers, to defend when the shuttle is coming straight at the

body. Clever play by the British pair.

Well worked, and very good play. Patient variation on the attack from

Marcus Ellis. Just watch Chris Langridge's movement of the shuttle.

Look how he is always adjusting his positioning. He steps back from the

net a little bit as his partner is about to smash. He is moving forward

so he can try and intercept. This is lovely movement. It is all level.

This rally will decide who has the advantage at the mid-game interval.

It is wide. The advantage is with Chai Biao and Hong Wei.

I am not sure if you could hear what he was saying there. Very

encouraging to the British players. He said, to be honest, the Chinese

pair are not doing much to harm you. He was urging his players to step

forward when there is the flat exchanges, don't stay back, move

your position further forward. That will intimidate the opponents. He

was also talking about the angle of shop on the attack, rather than

power. The angle will do the damage. Good coaching.

Doing exactly what the coach asked. Flat, fast exchanges. And both stood

their ground. Ellis moving forward to the net.

That is well taken. A dilemma for the British players when they are

forced to defend, because you don't want to just lift it to the back

again, then more attacking will come. But trying to steer the

shuttle with a drive past the front court player, and both of the

Chinese players are so tall, and of such a long reach, it is desperately

difficult. Fast exchanges. This is where the

Chinese pair are so good. You see that reach from Hong, intercepting

at the net, that is exactly what I was talking about. How do you get it

past him? You definitely don't want to lift. That is a super shot.

The Chinese pair want the shuttle changed. The British say no.

What a rally. That is so well worked. From Langridge and Ellis. I

do think the British pair's favoured formation is Ellis at the back of

the court and Langridge looking for the interception at the front. But

that previous rally, that last rally, just proving that they have

the capability to play anywhere in court. It doesn't really matter what

their formation is. That is very, very quickly back from

Chai Biao, to thunder down the smash. A flicked serve. Half a step,

and a leap, and he was back to that to play the smash.

He is obviously the commander of the partnership. Talking tactics,

telling his partner what he thinks they should be doing. He was a

quarterfinalist at the last Olympic Games with a different partner.

Although the younger of the two men, he is more experienced, Chai Biao.

This has been a very, very tight opening game, hasn't it?

It was a good serve. And it was a very good return. Rather than pushed

down to the mid-court area toward the tramlines, it was too fast, the

return of serve, for the net player to intercept. But the shuttle still

learns way in front of the Rio court player, and therefore the Rio court

player is forced to lift the shuttle, and on that occasion, Ellis

lifted white. -- lifted wide. Yes. That is, what I believe to be

the favoured formation. Ellis, so clever with his attacking play. But

look how quick Chris Langridge was to be in the right place at the

right time to intercept and play the winner. Straight into the body of

the taller man, Hong Wei. Tactically, very clever play from

the British pair. What a good rally. And well finished

off by Langridge once again. The front of the court. Look at his

movement forward. He was anticipating. He was looking for it.

And the Chinese pair just simply are not being allowed to play their

favourite game. Which is getting on the attack. Two point advantage. For

the British combination. Oh, yes. That is what they do so

well, when they do get on the attack, the Chinese pair.

What was that? You have got to speed up a little bit? In between rallies.

I am not terribly sure. Unbelievable defence initially from

Chai Biao. But the attacking play and the finish from the front, once

again, lethal from Langridge. There he is again. And again. And

again. All out attack pays dividends for

the British pair. Three game point opportunities. This bronze medal

match. Well, how good was that from Hong

Wei? And return of serve, when you are game point down.

One of the three game points has come and gone.

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

the shuttle just going over the back line, one of the rare occasions that

the Chinese pair have been on the attack. The opening game, 21-18, in

20 minutes, the British pair with all out attacking play.

Just look at the determination is the British pair return to court.

History in the making, perhaps. Must not get ahead of themselves, but the

tactics that they used in the opening game were superb. The

variation in attack, the variation in both ankle and pace of shot, I am

quite certain the Chinese pair will have been told to get on the attack

more themselves. -- angle and pace. Like that.

Yes. It is all about which of the two pairs can get on the attack, is

Nick? The British successful in that department in the opening game. Only

two points in the second, but both points, the Chinese pair heating in

a downward direction, involving the frontcourt player.

Yes. There is the variation in attack from Marcus Ellis. A softer

smash. Going for basement rather than power. Involving Chris

Langridge at the front of the court. It is very rare, even in men's

doubles, that you can hit winners from the back. Therefore the rally

is geared around trying to force a weak reply, or to get your partner

involved at the front. That is an ideal way to turn defensive play

into attack, that block from the British pair. The Chinese

combination to look very nervous. -- do look. When you consider they have

spent eight weeks at number three in the world rankings, currently number

five. Yes. They do look good. The Chinese pair, when they are on the

attack themselves. I have not seen much variation in

service so far in this match. We have seen one flick serve. How about

serving out wide? No, to the T again.

Yes, that is very good from Chai Biao on will -- Chai Biao,

anticipating. They are really looking for these

flat pushes, the Chinese pair. What should the British players do?

Should they be blocking or occasionally lifting? I wonder. Or

to persevere with the drives, perhaps. And to adjust their

positioning. Yes. A long way, -- Hong Wei especially

has a tendency to get nervous. If it gets tight, he might be a target.

That was a nice variation in service. Serving out wide. They did

not win the rally, but I like the thought process.

He missed it. Clear indication of how steeply can hit the shuttle,

Hong Wei. Yes, that is a lovely third shot

from Langridge. I have said this before, the serve, the return and

the third shot are critical in setting up the tone of the rally.

Well, it was too good from the Chinese. Too tight from the net for

Langridge to deal with that. Look at that, brilliant from Hong Wei.

He did well to control that. The strings of the racket broken.

The players will have about 12 rackets. An army of people to

restring the rackets for the players.

Oh, what a return of serve. I did not think it a particularly loose

serve from Marcus Ellis. It was just an incredible return.

No pace to feed off. If your opponent smashes hard at you, you

can use some of the pace of the shot and play your block, or guide the

shuttle back. If there is no pace, it makes it more difficult.

A 2-point advantage at the mid-game interval. Ciao and Hong Wei only had

a 1-point advantage before, but they could not convert. 11-9, the British

combination winning the first. -- Chai Biao. The coach, a two-time

Olympic mixed doubles champion. 2000 and 2004.

With only two points in it, it is a gap that can easily be closed.

I could not hear any of the coaching instructions to the British pair. If

you are in Mandarin speaker you will know exactly what was said to the

Chinese combination. He is hitting it in a downward

direction but there is only half power on that smash from Marcus

Ellis and that is exactly the sort of shot he should be playing,

because the Chinese players are superb at very fast badminton. When

someone smashes hard at them, they are in the groove of being able to

deal with that. What they are not able to deal with is this variation

in pace. Nice. And again, you see

variation... Oh, my goodness, both left it for the other. They have

been in command of the rally, the British pair with the wonderful

disguised drop shots. They both left a shuttle for the other. That

hesitation cost them dear. There is no doubt the British pair

are pumped and ready for this bronze medal play-off match.

Stepped in to the defensive shot. Chris Langridge got himself forward.

Watch this. There is the drive and look, he is already forward to the

net. That is great positioning on court. And a real lesson in how to

turn defensive play in the attack. -- into attack. The British pair are

back level, 12-12. Fault receiver called on Hong. Would

you believe it? Moving before the serve was struck. I think that is

just about the first time, we won't see it from that because it is not

the service that is at fault but the receiver. Not allowed to move as a

receiver, before the serve has been struck.

What an angle, my goodness. When you are one metre 92 and you jump in the

air, it is no wonder you can find an acute angle the smash. -- the smash.

Day Andy return of serve. -- very are on the return of serve. Our

Again, there is no pace on the return. Just tapped in a downward

direction towards the tramline, it is very, very clever.

And the tighter that this match is and the nearer we get to the end of

this second game, I suspect the more nervous the Chinese will become.

It would be awfully surprising if the British players didn't have

nerves as well. This matches for an Olympic bronze medal.

Clever play from Chai Biao. He guided that defensive shot across

court. Well, so much for my theory! The

Chinese pay it did seem to have nerves. They are playing these

rallies quite brilliantly. -- the Chinese pay don't seem to have

nerves. It is not helping their cause, the

error on the return of serve. Four straight points now the Chai Biao

and Hong Wei. Are brilliant. My goodness me, what

clever play. Wonderful play from both payers but this final shot from

Chai Biao, the vicious slice on the shuttle bringing it down with such

an acute angle across court, absolutely magnificent. Five

straight points and just two points away now from taking this second

game and forcing a third and decider.

Well, did he think it was going out or did he expect his partner to

intercept that one? Real hesitation from Hong Wei.

And then he just stood and watched it.

This is where the nerves of the Chinese will get tested.

What a crucial, crucial point coming up right now.

The net cord on the return of serve, I think it was awfully difficult to

lift at the back of court so two game point opportunities. The

Chinese were lining up for that. Is there a challenge here? There is

a challenge here. That is ridiculous. LAUGHTER

I can't believe that. I suppose they have just used it as a tactical time

out. Well, the previous rally was the net

cord on the return of serve. And I can assure you, the players do

practice to be able to get these net cords. This is just luck, that is

what they aim to try to achieve. Both with net play and with return

of Serbs. -- serves. Only one game point has been saved by the British

pair. Another game point remains. For Chai Biao and Hong Wei.

And they convert on their second opportunity. Chai Biao and Hong Wei

take the second game and we will be treated to a third and deciding game

to decide the bronze medal in the men's doubles discipline.

It was never going to be easy for Ellis and Langridge, we have got a

bronze medal match on our hands. Ollie Williams has joined me

watching this game unfold and Gillian was saying towards the end

of the game, talking about nerves. This is such a test of nerves now.

It already is from the start of course, you are playing for an

Olympic medal but we see the British guys keep hauling themselves back

into this and keep working and plugging away and this is an

opportunity that maybe they didn't expect at the start. They have gone

on a great run and you are so close to getting an Olympic medal at the

nerves will start to come in. From a Chinese point of view, very

different. You are expected to be winning medals. 30 gold medals in

badminton for china coming into this Olympic Games. If you wear Chinese

colours in the Olympic Games in badminton, you are expected to bring

something back. Losing her is almost unthinkable from a Chinese

perspective so both teams have a lot of pressure to deal with. They are

making their way back out of this third and final deciding game. Have

you been impressed with the British couple back to the defence into

attack? They know how to talk to each other, they are great at

positioning and getting from the defensive on to the attack. They

have only been together for two years so that has come along really

fast and it needs to happen for another 20 or so minutes. We will

see. They said they are up for a medal. It is definitely not the case

they have nothing to lose because a bronze medal is at stake right now.

We have talked about it enough, 12 years, Great Britain have been

waiting for a badminton Olympic medal. Ellis and language wanted to

be them to break the wait. Let's get back to the Riocentro 4.

There is a bronze medal and state. -- at stake.

Yes. That worked to get Chris Langridge to the net. He really is

devastating in the frontcourt area. Marcus Ellis is so good with his

variation from the back. That is, in my opinion, their favoured

formation. But there is no panic and no worry, even if they get pulled

out of that favoured formation. Yes. For the tall Chinese players,

having to get down low to the disguised drop shots, it is

desperately difficult. All credit to the British players,

because, normally, I think how wonderful the attacking play is of

this Chinese pair, but they haven't really been allowed to attack. And

when they have hit the shuttle in a downward direction the defensive

play of both British players has been equal to it.

There are lots and lots of shots being played into the body of either

Chai Biao, as it was on that occasion, or Hong Wei. It is

desperately difficult if the shuttle comes fast at you and you are tall,

how do you get your body out of the way with your long levers to give

yourself freedom to play the defensive shot? That was a nervous

looking shot from Chai Biao. The Chinese pair, to me, look as if

they are running out of ideas on how to break down the defence of the

British combination. What a start to this deciding game.

If you are a British fan, you will be delighted.

I wonder if the Chinese pair have been guilty of thinking, we have won

that second game, and just relaxed a little and not kept their intensity.

That said, I do not think the British pair have really put a foot

wrong in this deciding game, not so far.

Yes, well played by the Chinese pair.

The return of serve just guided in a downward direction. He has taken it

when it is well below net height, which means he has to hit it in an

upward direction, but he does not want to lift it so he is blocking

back to the net, but Langridge is there, ready and waiting.

I said the British pair, their defensive play had been equal to

dealing with the attack from the Chinese combination. And that rally

just proving my point. Absolutely magnificent.

He has gone to the net at exactly the right moment, once again. Chris

Langridge. And he makes it count. His partner defence, he moves

forward. What can the Chinese pair do in

response? They have not found the answer so far.

The serve is wide of the centre line. That is a gift. It means the

British pair have an 8-point advantage, as they change ends in

this deciding game. Who would have thought when the badminton

tournament got under way that we would be in this situation? 11-3 up,

the deciding game, Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge.

The body language of the Chinese players of concern, if you are a

Chinese fan. What a contrast to the British players.

They are just ten points away from a first ever medal in the men's

doubles discipline for British badminton.

Two medals in mixed doubles for British players, in the past.

That was a good flick serve. A look from Hong Wei to the service judge,

but there was no call. Was that desperation? Very rarely

does a trick shot like that between the legs. Very rarely does it work.

Well, both of the British players are playing better, I think, than I

have ever seen them play before. That is magnificent. A crutch

defence from Marcus Ellis. -- crouching defence.

Just an indication from Chris Langridge, we have to keep it calm.

We have got ourselves in this sort of lead, we have to keep playing the

way we have played to build a lead. As far as the Chinese pair are

concerned, they have to focus on getting on the attack. Unable to do

it at the moment. They deserve the point, they deserve

the rally, the British pair, because they are taking the game to their

opponents. My word, what a terrible return of

serve. A big gulp of air, the big breath

from Chai Biao. It is a good serve and a good return as well. It has

gone long. And another point nearer the dream, become -- the dream

becoming reality. For the British players.

Chris Langridge has been superb at the front of court today, that had

just enough pace on it to tempt Chai Biao into trying to intercept it.

If you are a Chinese fan, you will be recognising that unless the

Chinese duo have a little run of points now, and start closing the

gap and put some psychological pressure on the British pair, their

chances of coming through this are slim. That certainly helped their

cause. The body language of Chai Biao,

after that block into the net, tells its own story.

All of a sudden, I think the enormity of what could be achieved

is perhaps hitting the British pair. They are suddenly looking nervous

and tentative. That will help settle the nerves.

Three points away from a bronze medal at the Olympic Games.

That is an unbelievable smash. Ten opportunities to secure the bronze

medal. It was called out. The British pair

have challenged. They are asking for the instant review and if the line

call is overturned, the bronze medal goes to the British pair of Chris

Langridge and Marcus Ellis. It is in. The bronze medal for the

British pair, a first ever medal in men's doubles for British players.

Marcus Ellis overcome with emotion. They were quite simply superb today.

Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis. They are currently ranked outside

the top 20 in the world and they have beaten eight pair that has been

as high as three in the world rankings. My goodness, didn't they

deserve it? 21-18, 19-21, 20 1-10 in the deciding game. One hour and 22

minutes. -- 21-10. Some of the best badminton you will

see, one hour and 22 minutes of it and the best news, after all of

that, Great Britain come away with their first badminton medal for 12

years. They couldn't believe it, they probably still can't. Gillian

said in commentary, they were ranked 22 in the world coming into this

competition but they were outstanding throughout this match,

they had the touch and the guile and eight have got a bronze medal. Ollie

Williams is here, it was sensational badminton and we talked between

games two and three when came out of their traps in game three. They were

not away from Rio without a medal. They showed no sign of nervousness

really. Sometimes, you can get so close in these things, particularly

when you maybe came here not expecting to win a medal.

Particularly when it is 10-2, as it was there and you think, we are

there. But you have to keep your focus and look at that focus, all

the way through. I can tell you the reaction already, the last person to

win a medal for GB has said, I salute you, Olympic

bronze-medallists. Chris Adcock says, unreal from these two.

Congratulations and enjoy. Gay lens I think arrived approximately nine

seconds after they had been confirmed as bronze-medallists.

She was ready to welcome them. What a way to do it, on review and that

shows some composure that Chris Langridge was that confident that

they were going to do it. Despite the ten match points they had, he is

happy to do it on review. They want to win it and they want to win it

now. I am pretty sure that is bronze, varied his. It is an

incredible performance and it speaks to this wider contest that we have.

We talked about the fact Great Britain and China are not really

badminton... They are not on a level with each other but they delivered

today. They did and then some. Jess Creighton is standing by to stand --

standing by to talk to the history boys. We're live on the BBC. You

have rewritten some statistics today, first ever badminton medal in

the men's doubles and the first medal for Great Britain in 12 years.

What does this mean? I just can't believe it. I don't believe it has

happened yet. When we saw that review on the final point, I can't

describe my feelings. I am completely lost for words. Give us

some words, Chris. It is mental. I can't say anything because it is

the most incredible feeling. We have worked so hard, so hard. To achieve

this... I literally can't say anything, sorry! I am so, so happy.

It is a brilliant bronze medal but also fantastic victory over

badminton Titans, China. They were ranked five in the world, you are

number 22. I guess they can rip up those rankings list now. I think at

the Olympics, Yukon Territory straightaway because there are not

many top seeds that win, it is just the way the Olympics is. We knew

coming here we could compete with everybody. We had a tough semifinal.

I think they were better than the other day. We knew we had a chance

if we played well and I think today, we are so happy we have managed to

do it for ourselves and for badminton which is massive, it is

mass if our sport and I am so proud we can be part of it. How worried

were you in the last few points? Because it was tight. You build up a

big lead in the deciding game but did you start to feel the nerves?

Definitely. We had such a big lead, in a weird way, it is worse because

you are thinking more about each point and I think it got to about

14-7 and I thought, we might win this, we are going to win this. Then

I got a lot more nervous but luckily Marcus was quite calm. It is great

for badminton because we have to compete with the other sports and I

said it a few times before, not enough people play badminton, so

hopefully people are watching this today and there is no reason why the

lots of people can't do what we did. You might have a point because I

don't know if you have been following on social media but it has

been ablaze with messages of support and people saying, I think it is my

new favourite sport. When you see it at this level, I don't think many

people see it at the top level, but I think when you see it at the top

level, it is an amazing sport, a beautiful sport. I think people are

realising and watching us do it, I hope we have inspired some people to

start playing because it is an amazing sport. How are you going to

celebrate? You are in Brazil! I think we shouldn't say that because

we are professional, Olympic bronze-medallist badminton players

(!) brilliant answer! Congratulations. Jess Creighton

eking out some lovely words out of those boys, despite the raw emotion,

I think we will allow them some sort of celebration and we will hopefully

bring you the medal ceremony in the coming days. They have probably done

more for British badminton than they can even fathom rhino. They have

been talking about that all the way through, saying, we want to get the

medal to lift this sport. You have seen what has happened with hockey,

gymnastics, they want that for badminton. It has been more than a

decade and this is a sport where Britain are nowhere near tradition

Lee as successful as China. Only four countries have ever won

badminton titles. Denmark are easily the best badminton nation and they

have only ever managed to scrape one in history. You don't start down

that journey without picking up medals and performances like that.

It is a huge step. They may have missed out on the final but that

bronze will definitely feel like gold.

The medal table, Great Britain fitting pretty in second. That was

an hour and a half. It will do. We are bringing new medals on BBC Four.

There is no rest for the wicked, because it is time for the

athletics. Relays to come at the Olympic Stadium, but first, the

men's 400 metres final. 400 metres hurdles and keep an eye out for

Ireland's Thomas Barr in name for. Steve Cram.

The athletes out on the track and a very big crowds -- Lane number four.

A lot of support for Thomas Barr of Waterford. Ireland have history in

this event. Going way back, 1932, an awful long time ago. That has been