Day 13 BBC Four: 16.00-19.00 Olympics

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

all over the Irish newspapers and websites as they cross their fingers

and hope. Goodness me, what a hope it would be if Thomas Barr could

carry on what has been an amazing journey so far. A new Irish record

just to get to the final but he is up against famous faces and names.

Clement perhaps the most famous. Two Kenyan is on the outside. Anybody

could win this. Clement is the favourite but and it is a big butt.

This is the 400 hurdles and anything can happen. On the outside, the

brother of Nicklas who won the World Championships last year. He is not

fit this year. I think he hit a hurdle in qualifying. So it could

have been three canyons in the final, but only two. The Jamaican

champion Whyte having a good season. -- two Kenyans. Clement, we remember

when he burst onto the scene. Brilliant flat speed. Announced

himself to the world and moved on up to the hurdles. He is back in top

form. Thomas Barr, from ferry bank athletics club. If you support for

him here. Culson, Porto Rico -- Puerto Rico have never won a medal

in this. And the former Cuba now running for Turkey, Copello. The

last Irish medal, Sonia O'Sullivan in 2000 in the 5000 metres won a

silver medal. Robert Heffernan is still waiting to find out if he will

get a medal from 2012, suspensions and other issues hanging over that.

Thomas Barr, all of that history and tradition in an event in which he

has excelled so much. A new Irish record to qualify. Can he do it. A

false start. Culson holds his head in his hands. Thomas Barr's quest

gets a little easier in terms of hopes of winning a medal. I am not

sure he would have won because he has a horrible habit of finding ways

not to win. He has just found another one. That is a big name to

be raised from the final. The key thing for Thomas Barr -- he --

erased. The Irishman have to compose himself

and stick to his game plan because so far it has been a good one. Dear,

oh dear. All of the experience he has. This is not the 100, 200. That

can only be nervous. Thomas Barr, his first Olympic

Games. Going for a medal for Ireland. Now we are down to seven.

Thomas Barr will have Clement outside him, the favourite. The

American. Two times world champion. He can be erratic.

Away safely this time. Thomas Barr will have Clement to chase. Whyte

went off quickly. The two Kenyans going well. Thomas Barr trying to

stay in contact with the American. Thomas Barr will finish quickly, so

do not write him off yet. Copello coming through. Thomas Barr a long

way off but he will come charging down the home straight and clap --

Clement. Thomas Barr not quite getting there. 47.70 five. It was a

fitting final. He did not quite make it. He has run a brilliant race, you

have to say. He was charging at the end. Can you have a silver medal.

National records all over the place, not for Clement, but he will not

care about that, he has won the gold medal. Copello worked hard and

worked hard. They eat improvement for him. Thomas Barr has run under

48 seconds. He smashed the Irish record again. That will be

consolation for him. World-class 400 metres hurdling. Five hundredths of

a second from a medal, but well done to Clement. He held it together and

committed himself early and got the deserved victory. You know you have

to give a massive round of applause to Thomas Barr. Under 48 seconds, a

fourth place at the Olympics. Who would think when he came here that

would happen? A great performance and one he should be proud of. Yet

slightly tainted with the fact he did not manage to get the bronze

medal. His performance through these championships, I think it would have

been a lovely way to finish it. Clement in the middle of the field,

always well-controlled. Once he gets off the final barrier, it is

difficult for anybody to close him down. The Kenyan almost did that.

Boniface. A great race and a great final. Colin, with the exception of

Clement, because the American record... Everyone else has a

national record. This has moved things on. We have said all year,

the event is wide open. Four men running under 48 seconds in the

final and sadly not enough for Thomas Barr, but the quality finally

stepped up. We say with the 400 metres hurdler -- hurdles, we never

know who will be the victor. This is what takes our breath away. It is a

man killer of an event. The only thing close to it is the energy of

the 800 metres where they are virtually sprinting nowadays. All of

them do season's best, national records. It tells you how come

Pettit if it is. It may answer the question is, when we say a final is

great in the morning. When people produce their best, it seems to be

working. OK. I just meant... You are right. Athletes will lift their

game. What I love about Thomas Barr, when he qualified for the final, he

had to ask when it was. Nonetheless, what a performance. His head in his

hands. He knew he was so close. Until yesterday, the USA had not won

a gold medal on the track. They won one yesterday in the women's high

hurdles, and they have won another one with Kerron Clement. The winning

time, 47.70 three. A new national record for Kenya and Turkey. A

brilliant effort from Thomas Barr, smashing his own Irish record he

broke in the semifinals, fourth place.

STUDIO: Congratulations to Kerron Clement of the USA. Agonising for

Thomas Barr in fourth place, but he did so well after an injury hit

season and getting to the final. He will go again in the 4 x 400 heat.

We are starting with the women and going in the first heat, Jamaica.

Not including Elaine Thompson. Great Britain are going in this. A

talented group. They say a national record there is the line-up. When

you have that, you do not want to chop and change. You practise the

hand over is time and again. It is a sense of comfort when you know what

the mark sunlight. And when you exchange, if somebody throws out

their arm, keep it close to the body. All of these things are

particular, but it can make a big difference.

Dean Asha Smith, fifth in the 200 metres last night. This Jamaican

quartet, as I mentioned, no Elaine Thompson. The double gold medallist

and Simone Facey. Veronica Campbell-Brown ran out of her lane

in the 200 in the first round. Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce. The

Netherlands top load their quartet. On the inside. Desiree Henry waiting

on the second leg. Look at the Great Britain. Obviously

Jamaica, the Netherlands. -- out for.

I they go and three to go through automatically. Asha Philip leads

Great Britain, running strongly at the moment. The hand over, it is a

little bit close to Desiree Henry. Not the best hand over. A very safe

hand over and Britain back in a good position at the moment. Dina

Asher-Smith. Britain in the top three. Alongside Jamaica at the

moment. The final change is good. Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce has it for

Jamaica. Ukraine looked like they may get third. To give you an

indicator of Jamaica's strength, that is 100th of a second inside the

record Great Britain ran at the anniversary games last month but

Great Britain safely through and everybody says that with a sigh of

relief. Some laboured changes could improve, but the job was to get

through to the final. Pair funny, it was a good run by all

the women. Dina Asher-Smith will have to have some fatigue in her

legs because of that 200. We will look at length seven and also

Jamaica in Lane 5. We those teams to get through very well. Good, slick

changing from the Jamaicans. Watch the Jamaicans. There is a little bit

of anxiety, how Veronicas was going to run this because she had a lot of

problems coming off it. She makes up a lot of ground. Looking at the

British quartet, the second two changes were pretty good changes. It

is a good, tidy run. I have no complaints whatsoever. Most

importantly, they qualify. Jamaica's changing was very good, pretty

strong and that is why they looked more comfortable. Let's have a look

at Britain. The Netherlands, it is interesting what happened to them

but look at the British run. Asher-Smith is controlled around

this bend. -- Asha Philip. It is a safe change, a little clumsy because

she pulls the baton into her. Desiree Henry. When something is

really familiar... She knows exactly where Dina Asher-Smith's arm is

going to be. This is when we keep a team together that is well oiled and

well drilled. Neita very confident on this last leg. Even though she is

young, she has gained experience and she has never let us down ever, with

a good, flawless technique and no tension, which is what you want to

do. Jamaica and the USA will be favourites but I think Britain have

a great chance of a medal. The Netherlands, Dafne Schippers went to

early and it all went wrong. Look at Schippers, she has gone far too

early and she is waiting, waiting, outside the box. She has gone to

early again, Dafne Schippers and that is what she did in the

anniversary games, she went far too early. She is still in the box there

but it is a stuttering changeover. I was watching them, she started and

then she almost stopped and started again and lost maybe half a second.

They are down in sixth place, the Netherlands. Jamaica and Great

Britain, a long way clear and Ukraine also going through.

You have been in such tremendous form, this team just clicks.

Definitely, Dina Asher-Smith came in after a hard run last night so good

job to her and the rest of the girls. Consistent with the times. We

are happy with that and that will give us confidence going into the

final. Asha Philip always gives the team a good start. What is it like

when you have already had a taste of the Olympic atmosphere, to come in

and you will not be fazed by it? It is exciting, after the 100, I

thought I will be on the relay for the next run and it is so exciting.

Just knowing we are on the track with a strong team. How was it with

you, the quick turnaround from last night? Great performance from last

night. The comeback out today and perform again... Thank you, it was

tough, I am running on about three hours sleep. Looking forward to

going back to bed but I know we have worked so hard as a relay team so

there was no way I wasn't going to be year. You have had a taste of

this atmosphere already and now you know you are going to be in the

final at the Olympics and probably contending for a medal. It is really

exciting. I was disappointed with my performance in the heat but I'm

confident in this, that we could get to the final and get a medal. Who

wants to be the medal spokesman? We have got to put ourselves in the

best position. We're not going to let ourselves or anyone else down.

We definitely won't give those girls are medal so they will have to try

to take it from us. Great Britain safely through and

they will have half an eye on this one because that medal chance will

be enhanced with a couple not making it through. The United States, the

standout team here. Trinidad and Tobago have a pretty good quartet.

The German team are a good, young team. Tatjana Pinto, very

experienced now, leading off. Luckenkemper and Rebecca Harz, two

young talents for them. They are in seventh. Nigeria as well, a pretty

good team, a mix of youth and experience. United States will have

to be on their mettle here. In London, they broke the world record

in the final but they have Bartoletta, Felix, Gardner. The run

on the last leg has never run in a major Championship, that will be

interesting. Semoy Hackett, the lead for Trinidad and Tobago. Lots of

experience all over the place. All hoping they can go through safely.

The United States in particular. Annakin Osan was fourth in their

trials, she is on the last leg. That is why she gets a chance to run in

the team. This quartet, I don't think would ever have run together

before, from the USA, Bartoletta leading them off.

Bartoletta will hand over the Allyson Felix. America started

quickly, Germany going well. Not a good change for Germany, they are

losing some ground on Nigeria. USA, well in this at the moment, Brazil

along way back. The USA have dropped it, it is gone. The USA have dropped

it. It is usually the men who messed it up with the Americans but it is

the women this time. Germany leading, Trinidad and Tobago on the

inside. Nigeria third. Germany going well, Brazil have come right through

into fourth place. Germany are going to win it. Nigeria and then Trinidad

and Tobago. The big news... America are going to finish, I've got no

idea why, unless they feel as if they were somehow inhibited by one

of the other teams, I didn't see anything to suggest that. I have no

idea why they are finishing. We will have a look on the replay. That is

the big news. The American women are normally so good. It is always the

men we think are going to mess up but this time, it was Allyson Felix

handing over the English Gardner. Let's see if we can have a look at

this and see what happened. I was thinking the US are so well drilled

and they come in and out of college teams all the time so baton

exchanging never came into the picture. I thought there would be a

couple of people with tired legs and that would be the cause. Very smooth

from Bartoletta to Felix. Allyson Felix looking very controlled, let's

have a look at what happened. The Brazilian came across and Allyson

Felix got the baton knocked out of hand. I think that is why it didn't

reach English Gardner. I think it was a very good idea they retrieved

the baton and do finish. Out she goes and you can see the Brazilian

was way too far over. I think that is the cause of the problem. Some

wise heads out there, Allyson Felix, after an initial, obviously been

distraught about what happened, then picked up the baton and went round

and they will protest this. I suspect, given everything that has

been going on with the protest, they have a very good case as you rightly

pointed out. The USA at the moment, they did finish, they ran 66.71,

which could be a new record! But they will obviously protest that.

There is Felix and English Gardner, it wasn't their fault, Allyson Felix

was definitely impeded by the arm of the Brazilian athlete who was in her

lane. Did this happen recently, will be involved one of these a couple of

Championships ago? I was trying to think but I think we certainly

suffered from like that. That would have been a great catch from English

Gardner Hadji court that. She would have been signed up, that is the

shore. We will keep on top of this obviously but drama already in the

relays. Lake has to go clear on this or she

is out. Morgan Lake, 19 years of age and it has gone clear. She has shown

real competitive temperament there. Third time. Guaranteed to progress

to Saturday's final and that is really, really classy.

Morgan Lake really got her run up right, she has been messed around

with the start of these relays. She shows she has what it takes, I

believe, 19 years of age. Your first Olympic final and you did

it in some of the most difficult circumstances with a relay runners

running in front of you and cameramen etc, how did you keep it

together? It was hard but it was kind of good because it distracted

me. I got it done, really happy to be in the final, it is what I came

here to do and I will see what I can do when I get there. At the start of

the day, coming into a competition where you know you have to equal

your personal best, just to guarantee a place in the final, what

thoughts go through your head? Training has been going well but it

is very different competition. So many nerves and I didn't get much

sleep so I came out here knowing I could jump 94, the equal my PB but

doing it in the competition is a different thing. And the Olympics,

of all competitions, but you showed you could and you played 1.92 on

your first attempt and then 1.94, showing what a great competitor you

are. You just have to get yourself in the zone and trust yourself and

your run-up. It wasn't the easiest way to qualify but I did it so I am

happy. You have and you should be happy, we will see when the final.

China had some quick men on the third and fourth legs.

Away they go cleanly this time, Mike Rodgers in that familiar headband

out very quickly. Rodgers beginning to make some ground. Collins has the

baton though. It is USA and China. France trying to hang in there. USA,

decent enough change and they are beginning to take the lead but China

goes strongly again. Three to go through automatically. It is in the

hands of Jarrion Lawson, the youngster from USA and Canada going

strongly and the USA come through Lawson and they take the lead,

followed by China. That is a quick time, all these

sprinting talent of the USA over the years, 37.66, with quicker men to

come in as well with Brunel and Gatlin. They are very quick, great

strength and depth. They always have that looked and that strength in

depth. There was a lot of mess going on.

Hamstrings were being pulled on the turn, I think maybe some missed

baton changing. Let's have a look if we can pick up some of these things

that seem to happen. USA as expected always going to be strong. Good,

slick changes, some very quick men out there on the track which will be

important. Let's look at these baton changes for the USA. It is a bit of

a close change for the US, China, a little more extended. But France I

think was the team I expected to go a little better and that didn't

happen for them. It all went wrong for St Kitts and

Nevis and I ain't the change from Collins and Clark. The top three,

that is a Chinese record. We talked about their strength and they will

be a factor. It was a good run from them. I said early in the race, we

will look at the USA. St Kitts and Nevis were in a good position. This

is the run from USA and China. USA starting well. Mike Rodgers, a great

60 metres runner. I think when Collins comes storming in the out

runner does not move. He has not moved. That is the cause of the

problem. Tyson Gay snatches the baton. He is a great bend runner. St

Kitts and Nevis, the out runner is not prepared, he was not waiting. He

was giving himself a clap to get ready, Alistair Clark. It has all

gone wrong for them. STEVE CRAM: Britain have Jamaica in

Lane 3 to worry about. Germany are well drilled. A solid quartet. Japan

have a good quartet and rumours they have broken their national record in

training, going under 38 seconds, even. Brazil have won medals in this

before in Sydney. Silver medal. Atlanta 96 it was a bronze medal. I

do not think this quartet is up to that but they will hope they can

make it through here. What about pressure on this young man. Minzie

has been brought in, never been to an Olympics or World Championships

and has the responsibility of leading off an experienced Jamaican

team and if he messes up, the whole world will not forgive him because

we want Usain Bolt in the final, of course we do. They have lots of

experience after Minzie. And now he concentrates. He was third in the

Jamaican championships. Richard Kilty has done this so many times

for Great Britain. Almost breaking the British record this year, 37.70

eight. Five hundredths off the British best. Jamaica are in lane

number three. Trinidad, let's not forget them. Not the best team they

have ever had. Away they go. Richard Kilty will

hand to Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. A good change for Great Britain and

Jamaica are safely through but going well on the outside, Japan are

flying and Germany are trying to get back into it. Look at Japan flying.

Great Britain have to get into the top three. We are in third or fourth

at the moment. Jamaica will come through. Japan. Will he make third?

No. Trinidad do make it. It was not such a good first change. The second

one, the first change was not bad, the second was not very good, we

lost time. It was meant to be a safe and easy progression, but these

other teams are flying. I warned you Japan have just smashed their

national record. The rumours were definitely true. They have run

37.68, which is quicker than the British national record, and that is

why that was a tough qualification. 38.06 is their time. That will mean

Great Britain... I am just checking. I think we will be all right as

fastest losers. I think we are. You don't like that, you want automatic

qualification. Richard Kilty has a tough job because the inside lane is

tight. People have mentioned it. They had a slip change to Harry.

Let's watch what happens, spot-on. Harry comes in very quickly and I

think James was caught unawares. He could afford to drive harder and

extend that baton change. Again, no problem. I think already, we can see

from this that CJ had a lot of work to do and that to gain on talented

athletes. Great for us to see. Usain Bolt will have to hurtle down the

home straight, for Jamaica, which is what everybody would like to see.

Richard Kilty is strong. The change no problems. Harry does that, which

he does all the time. Never be afraid, he is used to it. But that,

he catches James Irving. James had to readjust. He was tight to the

inside line. He could've almost stepped on a barrier. That was time

wasted. The guys working hard. That could be extended, but it is moved.

We are in lane one and he was so close to the curb. Whether that

affected him. You cannot step on the line either, but step on the kerb.

You think the lane had an effect? Hugely. That is one of the big

things. They will get that out of their mind but it could happen in

the final. The fastest losers will get lane one or two, which is not

good for the medal chances. Look at this quartet. Kiryu, the great

junior talent. Let's find out about the British. It was always going to

be tough from Lane 1. I have not seen any other team run back quickly

from Lane 1. We can take positives and hopefully get an outside lane in

the final. We could not do more. We ran great legs. I am proud we got

the job done from a tight lane. The danger is as a fastest loser, you

could be in Lane 1 And lane to again. This is a competition, we

come here expecting anything. We got Lane 1. We had to run and as Richard

said, we have given our all. I felt we were competitive. We have put in

hard work. We have to move forward, we are in the final. Other teams

like China and Japan are setting Asian records. Going back to what

Richard said, the time is probably the fastest ever from Lane 1. It is

annoying because the Brits seem to get Lane 1 lately. I do not know if

it is a conspiracy by Mac we did well and let's pray we get a decent

name because we want to be competitive. You had to bring the

team home. Did you realise you were chasing down third? Not really. My

main job was to bring it home safely and I knew we would qualify. The

lads did a great job, I am proud of them. It would have been ashamed to

not come away with a medal. The guys, we have an amazing squad.

James Dasaolu, Danny Talbot, the team is huge. We are a family. We

will fight like a family in this final and no matter who comes in and

goes out, you will have faith in them and we will deliver the best

performance. Well done. Thanks to the national lottery because without

them... Japan and Jamaica going through.

Japan have a new national record. Great Britain go through as fastest

losers, with Brazil, which will please the home crowd.

Some news about Brazil in the women's race. They appeared to

impede the USA. Brazil have been disqualified. America are still

disqualified because they dropped the baton. They had to go out of the

lane to pick it up will stop the facts Brazil are disqualified, it

may make the job easier to have the USA reinstated. We will keep you

updated. They think they were impeded by Brazil.

STUDIO: Great Britain's men get themselves into the final as one of

the fastest losers. It is usually them we are talking about dropping

the baton, four out of the last five games Laurel they have been

disqualified but at the moment, USA have been disqualified. You would

think if they stay out of the competition, and even better chance

for the Great Britain team to come away with a medal. The last time

that happened, we are talking Los Angeles 1984, 32 years ago. We will

find out tomorrow night. It will be late on Friday night, if you want to

stay up, but after the drama we have seen, definitely worth staying up

for. Today, a good chance for a medal for Liam Heath and Schofield.

They powered into the final determined to come away with a

medal. The key is making the most of both athletes in the boat. You need

to get 100% out of both guys to have any chance. Both need to be in the

condition of their lives. And they need to execute in perfect

synchronicity. The

synchronicity. The boat itself is just a blur.

Crossing the line, desperately trying to figure out where we have

come. I did not have a clue and when we were told we had the bronze, in

relief and joy, I snapped the paddles across my legs.

Stepping up on the podium was incredible. Almost dreamlike. You

remember it. Liam Heath and Jon Schofield, bronze-medallists. The

smiles really say it. We did pretty well there, but this time I think we

can be more ruthless about how we prepare and execute and hopefully

that will give us more of an edge. We are more mature as athletes and

competitors and we attack each race in the same style but with a bit

more knowledge and experience. We have been together since 2010. I do

not think there is any other canoes we race then are still together now

and differently not sustain the same performance level throughout. We

have pretty much one a medal in the 200 almost every world we have been

to. It is wanting to be in the back

together and wanting to improve. In the sport we have done quite a lot

since 2012. Even though we are faster now than we were in 2012, it

is probably even harder to win medals at the moment. You always

want to do better and see how far you can push yourselves as athletes.

You can't do any better than an Olympic gold, can you? Having

unfinished business from London, we know what we are going there to do.

We are racing to win as we always do.

STUDIO: Unfinished business from the pair of Heath and Schofield. Pipped

to the line in London to second place by the Romanian pair. Can they

change their record in Rio? It is a beautiful sight at Lagoa this

afternoon. The perfect spot for medal winning. Over to Patrick

Winterton and Helen Reeves. Great Britain in three. They had a

fantastic semifinal. They looked tremendously sharp in the semifinal.

Away they go. Olympic glory 30 seconds away. Lithuania start

stronger. Heath and Schofield left a little bit behind. The big boat

belongs to Germany, but they are trailing. Spain and Lithuania in the

middle. Spain coming strong. Still no sign from the British. In third

position. They start to accelerate. It is still the Spaniards, the gold

goes to Spain. Tight between Great Britain and Lithuania. Photo

finishes throughout. Christian Toro and Saul Craviotto, they had an

impressive win in the World Cup, but not as impressive as their Olympic

final run. They took the silver in the K2 500 four years ago and have

come here and take in the K2 200. They looked fantastic and looked

fantastic yesterday. Now, Great Britain, the silver medal. One

better than in London. They will be delighted. It was a fantastic

performance. It was a slow start from Heath and Schofield, below the

performance of the start of the semifinal but they believe where

others might not have done and they came through to improve their run

from London 2012. Let's have a look. Heath and Schofield in Lane 3 on the

far side and you can see the bow of their boat. I think we picked it up

later. They are starting to come back into the race at this stage.

Still trailing Lithuania at that stage. Spain were a long way ahead.

This is the finish. The lunge was perfect. That is timing. It is all

about racing to the line and there is a word for it and that is what

they did. They got it. 0.03 of a second. They got their silver medal.

Look at that. They will be so excited. What a brilliant way for

Liam to start his Olympic campaign. He will be going again tomorrow and

looking to see if he can go one better again.

They have done is so well at World Championship level. They have now

got a bronze and silver at Olympic and are rapidly becoming our most

successful ever sprinters. We now have a medal from the sprint

to add to those we got from the slalom with Joe Clarke and NEC to

with Florence and Hounslow. It is donated to be a very good Olympics

for the British paddlers and it is not over yet. The men's K on 200

metres tomorrow. Liam Heath as we saw is on good form. Al-Habsi could

do better in that are needed in the K2. And the women's K four.

A silver medal, what was the feeling as you cross the line? It is so fast

and furious, we just put our head down and went for it and you pop it

up at the end and wonder what happened? And wait for the score to

come up. You have no idea what had happened? I could tell the Spanish

were ahead of us but our race is on the other side of the course

compared to the others so I couldn't have guessed where we came. There

were a heap of people in front of me, sat at the back of the boat. A

great lunch at the end as well. We did give it a bit of a lunge. You go

for the blocks and just hit it as hard as you can. Sometimes, it can

be the peak speed of the whole race. We read you were talking about the

fact you had unfinished business from London. You got the bronze. How

satisfying is it to get the silver? So satisfying. This guy is on fire

in his K one. He has been killing me in training and I didn't want to let

him down. He is the best guy out there. To get that is amazing. . I

am in the front of the boat and he's telling me what to do, I don't

really have to think, I just have to go as hard as I can with a bucket

drops. A wonderful combination. How long can it go on for? One more? I'm

not sure yet. We will take some time out and my wife may have something

to say about it as well! You also have some unfinished business

yourself, Liam, well done tomorrow and we look forward to seeing you

later in the week. Thank you very much.

Do you think they were happy about it? I think they were! Enjoying that

moment with their fists in the air on the medal podium down at the

Lagoa Stadium. Heath and Schofield collected their silver medal, one

better than they did at London 2012 and a very deserved silver medal as

well. Job not done yet for Liam Heath who has his 200-metre heats to

come tomorrow. He will enjoy that the now. What a way to celebrate his

birthday week. Outstanding from them and now it means after the bronze

medal, there was one earlier, we got a silver now, Great Britain up to 52

medals. No medals at all yesterday, day 13, we like the look of you.

Some athletics news to bring you and before we went to the canoe, you

would have seen the drama we had at the athletic stadium and in the

women's 4x100 metre relay, we saw the reigning champions, USA, not get

their baton around the track and it meant they were disqualified. But

they appealed that decision on the grounds that the baton was knocked

out of the hand at the second exchange by Brazil. Brazil were then

disqualified and America then launch their appeal. In the last few

minutes, the IAAF have confirmed the USA have won their appeal but if

they are to make it into the final tomorrow, they will have to run

again. They will have to run on their own in the Olympic Stadium and

beat 42.70, that was recorded by the slowest of the fastest losers and

that was China. So America have a last chance saloon and they will run

again to try to retain that Olympic medal. They will run again today, be

8pm Rio time, midnight local to our UK time. So America have a reprieve.

I don't know of that has happened before. I would love someone to tell

us. America have a chance to go again. We will see tonight. OK, take

a breather and let's go to Carioca Arena 3, just beyond the flags, we

will watch some tae kwon do and the first return to the stage for Jade

Jones who you remember won the gold in the 57 kilograms category in

2012. She was the first ever youth Olympic gold-medallist the Great

Britain in 2010, can she be the first Great Britain fight to defend

her gold medal? You little beauty! And a teenage

kicking superstar from north Wales is the Olympic champion. That is it,

Bianca Walkden is world champion. Is a lot of what you were doing

today trying to programme the subconscious moment when you are

fighting? Anything that happens, you are able to react? Yes, definitely,

it is a totally new system for the Olympics that we haven't been used

to and it is a lot harder to score. Also going high and punches, so we

have to totally change our game. Right, ladies, I have watched you

train, spa, hit each other, defend with pants, now I want to see how

that dynamic changes by coming to your house because your housemates,

you live together. You have got a capital? LAUGHTER

How was it living together because you have just come from a session?

It is good that we are different. If there were a house full of 57 kilos,

I wouldn't want to get too close to them or be too friendly but because

we are totally opposite ends of the weights, we can fully help each

other. Then switch on when you need to? Just you guys live here? Yes.

Why do you have two fridges? She is a heavyweight so she needs another

one! LAUGHTER Definitely focused on Rio, healthy

food in there. Can I see where you chill out? Four years ago, Jade,

London 2012, Olympic champion, did you expect that? I think it was the

journey going to the Olympics was fast and they only came into the

academy in 2010 so that was two years ago. No one was even expecting

me to go to the Olympics so it all went so fast and then six months

ago, I got picked and I had to give everything I had. I did believe I

could win. I was going there to win. But when I had done it, I felt a bit

lost. There was so much pressure and I felt so lost. But now, I am in a

good place and I tried to do it again. Have you had to try to

full-back in with Taekwondo? Definitely, there are times when you

get a hard loss and there are times you can't do it and you don't want

to. You are not enjoying it. But I just revert back to what I was doing

when I was a kid. I loved taekwondo and I loved the kicks and I just

wanted to win. Bianca, was it difficult, Jade winning gold? She is

your friend and obviously you would please, but were you sad you

couldn't compete? It wasn't nice at all because we live together and I

was training with her and the next minute I broke my leg and Jade goes

and gets to go on and win the Olympics. But I couldn't do anything

about it. But as she showed, it can happen. I can take it one way and

hate her but I can take it another way and think, look what she has

done. It feels old even more special because we are doing it together

now, it is our chance to both get a gold medal together. Huge hopes for

both of those British girls, not least the Jade Jones, who is a

sensation and for one so young. Huge popularity increasing in the sport,

not just in Great Britain but also in her home country, back in Wales.

Already a very popular sport but they have made a few tweaks to the

taekwondo. Here is your guide. Taekwondo originates

in Korea and combines It became a fully-fledged Olympic

sport in Sydney in 2000. Each contest has three rounds of two

minutes and a competitor can win on points or if their opponent

is unable to continue. Points are awarded for permitted,

accurate and powerful blows Attacks to the body can be made

using a fist or foot, but an athlete can only

use their feet to strike the area Punches to the head and attacks

to the spine are not allowed. The only techniques

permitted are kicks, of the foot below the ankle,

and punches, where the athlete uses the knuckle part of

a tightly clenched fist. Scoring differs depending

on where or how an One point is awarded for a valid

attack to the body protector, but if the attack is a turning

or reverse kick to the body, An athlete will receive three points

for a legal kick to the head, and if it is a turning kick,

it achieves the maximum four points. After the three rounds,

the competitor with the most points wins the match, but in the event

of a tie, a golden point overtime round is held in which the first

athlete to register Medals already up for grabs but Jade

Jones will have to beat the Moroccan fighter to get through first in her

round of 16. Let's see how the defending champion gets on in

Carioca Arena 3. Great Britain in blue, Morocco in

red. Here Jade Jones is. Cracking first shot, what an attempt to score

a point, that is all she needs. Push kick to the body. Footwork

exceptional, just moving out of the way. Nicely blocking.

Jade went for the back kick and Bakkal just came in and made

contact. There is another push kick, but just not making sufficient

contact. An attempt at the head. Nicely

blocked by Bakkal. She is not allowing Jade Jones in.

A pin-up girl all over Wales when she won in London. Of course, there

are Welsh people all over the world at the moment watching this and in

of course Great Britain, watching this with great expectations of

Jade. That is the thing she maybe would have been concerning herself

with. She hates and fears losing and sometimes holds back when she should

come forward in these situations. She has gone appoint down, the

Morocco. Bakkal not being phased. There is a kick to the head, three

points. Jade is up for- two. -- 4-2. The kicks are so snappy and fast.

Bakkal didn't even see that one coming.

Jade Jones not in control, but with the advantage. She looked... Sharp.

I have to remain impartial, but great to see a Welsh woman fighting

the highest levels. A lovely blocks, using the arm. Straight into a back

kick. Did not make contact. That was also blocked. It was a bit low.

Anxious times as a fighter, but look at that, right around the chops.

Take that one. Thank you very much. I think Naomi

So fast, lightning quick with the feed and she gets a point.

Concedes one, 5-3. She is aggressive. Many fighters are, but

the difference is the speed she shows. By far the quickest we have

seen, I am sure. And again. The power, as well. This is real

conviction with every kick. Naima Bakkal going a little low, not

registering on the pads. The sensor is also in the helmet. Obviously not

around the face area. That is where the video replay card can be used.

She is strong accord, which she gets up on one leg, she seems to stay

there longer and her opponents struggled to read it, even though

they know what she is capable of. Naima Bakkal has picked up another

point. Picking them off one at a time. It is the cleanest fight we

have seen. Just getting the measure of each

other. The footwork is exceptional. They are towed to toe, these two. --

toe to toe. Do not rule out Naima Bakkal, she is in for this. The end

of the second-round and the is now four. Jade Jones with the lead but

with the coach, I am sure, with plenty to say.

The action in the second round. A lot of body shots. One point at a

time. That is fine will -- fine. I think most of Jade Jones' opponents

will be stunned by the speed these kicks are coming in. Attacking and

counter attacking each other. One round to go. People ask me, how come

I am not confident when I have Wigan so much, says Jade Jones. She says

she fears losing -- when I have won so much.

Defending the medals she won in London four years ago. Nice footwork

from Jade Jones. I think that was for a low kick.

Awarded against Jade. It will not faze her.

You can see Jade ready to attack. Naima Bakkal defending well,

blocking what is coming at her at the moment. We can hear Jade's coach

saying, get back in there. You have got to work for this. She is being

forced to work the whole way. Bakkal is a dangerous opponent. The Union

Jack is adorning the left leg. Ready to strike another moment and another

point for Jade Jones. She goes up high. Brilliant. Talk us through

that. Not much to say, really, a lovely chop kick to the head. Three

points. Great speed, again. She brought it around to the right. It

is a different way she is coming, Bakkal, she is vulnerable. She is

really pushing now. Close to the end of the third round.

The back kick coming in at speed. Able to get their head around.

Commanding this fight, Jade Jones Great Britain. She is going through.

Safely through. We might even see a smile in a moment. 12-4 in the end.

Her opponent was beaten badly on the scoreboard but make no mistake,

Naima Bakkal from Morocco did not fight that in a bad way, it was just

about how good that lady was, Jade Jones of Great Britain. The quality

of the kicks and speed and power and accuracy, and she cruises through

this first round. We will see her later today in the quarterfinals.

The headhunted takes another scalp. Let's watch her in action. The push

kick. There it is. Chop kick to the head,

thank you very much, three points. Just seems able to pick out the head

when it matters. A word from her coach before she

departs. Her confidence must be high, Jade Jones is through to the

quarterfinals. STUDIO: The defence of her Olympic

title off to a winning start and she will next fight the Belgian who came

through in her bout. Raheleh Asemani.

That fight will take place at 7:30pm your time, in about two and a half

hours. But back by popular demand, the bell of great British golden

moments has rung again, in the triathlon. It was looking fantastic

for Alistair Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee. Alistair Brownlee has

retained the Olympic title he won at London 2012 and he even had time to

grab hold of a great British flag and ambled towards the finishing

line. His brother Jonny Brownlee was six seconds behind him, improving

the bronze medal he won in 2012. No multiple world champion in

triathlon. And it looks like a cakewalk. He has had injury worries

all year. Jonny Brownlee has been looking good. The two of them, I

wonder what they do now. Yes, have a lie down. You deserve that. More

medals won for Team GB today. I told you it was a good day. Henri

Schoeman of South Africa took the bronze medal. He seems very happy

about it. A South African on the mend's triathlon medal podium and

fortunately, there are two Brits bonnet and afterwards they met

Jonathan Edwards. Just an unbelievable performance,

sum up your emotions. Every day this year has been so hard. I have woken

up in pain every day. That was so hard. The swim was not quick. We

knew before the race, the first two laps would be crucial. The last

couple of weeks we have been training, commit on the first couple

of laps. As soon as we were halfway through we had a good gap and I was

like, we are going to get two medals and it was just a run for it. Did

you know at that stage which muddles? I was pretty confident we

would get first and second. I did not know entirely which way they

would go. I had the edge on him the last couple of races, but he has

killed me in training almost every day. I have been going through hell

this year. He is better than view in training in terms of the 10K run? In

sessions, yes. We have both been flying and wishing each other to the

max. Racing around sessions, which is good, but he has had the edge. I

was not quite sure. I knew I had to go through hell today and I did. I

talk about the mental edge, is that what you have over your brother? I

am not a massive fan of the mental thing. The only thing in my favour

is I have that more than endurance -based engine. But we have both

worked so hard on the bike. It might not have come across. The race was

won with the first two laps with the bike and we went hard. It was not a

quick run like London. One last question. Coming down the finishing

line, you are walking, what is going through your mind? I was delighted.

You are on that road. I had the gap after six kilometres. You are trying

to focus. Keep going, think about your technique, keep on pushing. I

got onto the blue carpet at the end of I thought, I have won. I was so

happy. The last time in London, that gap was six, seven seconds. I was

like, I have to keep going. This time I knew I had the chance to

enjoy it. It will probably never happen again, so you have to enjoy

it. You never know, Tokyo. Brilliant. STUDIO: Enjoy it, he did.

Alistair Brownlee, once again, is the Olympic triathlon champion and

in a couple of days we will find out if Great Britain's women can get on

the podium. Helen Jenkins, Vicky Holland will be there for Great

Britain. When your organs -- Jorgensen the woman to

beat. I think that is medal number 20. We will bring you badminton now.

After the efforts of Ellis and Langridge in the men's doubles, they

got the bronze medal. We will show you the gold medal match in the

women's doubles competition. There are no Chinese players in this one.

They won 54 years ago. It is between the Japanese pair and the Danes.

Denmark are the most successful European nation in badminton. It

will not be a cakewalk for either of these teams. Going for goals. Live

badminton action now. Peter Blackburn and Gillian Clarke will

talk us through. Clever. Good, fighting spirit by the

Danes. There is the half chance. Still couldn't finish it off, what a

good rally. That is the work for the frontcourt player. And that is where

the left and right hand combination come in. I think that was probably

the best rally of the match so far. That is the subtle variation that

will give them the reward. Very disappointing that the public

address has to remind people about the flashlights on cameras or

phones. So, it is the European champions,

Christina Pedersen and Juhl you have the advantage.

The focus on the first three shots of the rally. Patient, I think was

the message they're in their attacking play. Patient and varied.

It is good advice. Variation, serving out wide. Didn't

bring any reward. But I like the idea of the variation on that serve.

She is flicking a lot, isn't she? Matsutomo, throughout her Olympic

campaign, seem to have lost confidence on her low serve. She

hasn't lost confidence coming forward, that was brilliant. Really

well read and that is what you want to look for, reading the shuttle,

anticipating and moving forward and get the advantage at the frontcourt.

Matsutomo is very good at Bontinck that play, moving forward, probably

the stronger of the two in the pair, looking to intercept and move

forward at the frontcourt. I agree. Is another flick serve, this time,

it is long. Inside the tram is the double serve. It can become a real

problem if you have just lost confidence in your short serve

because it just builds and builds after match after match and used

start to think about it rather than rushing through to the line. Getting

the shuttle into court. Left-hand her has also been struggling with

her low serve and that error is not helping her confidence.

That is a very, very good rally. There was a moment there when the

left-handed... There, how on earth did she get that back? The jihad to

scamper to the other side on her forehand side. That was amazing

court coverage. But that is the clear down the centre when they both

hesitate. That is what I was saying about it, you would think they would

get that sorted out, who is going for that centre on? That was a

brilliant smash. Who should go for the centre on? Possibly the person

who has got the forehand or either that or who is in a better position

at the back of the court? But they have to communicate. That is the

thing, communication. And you know they are good communicators, they

talk a lot tactically about what they are doing on the court. But

when it comes to the back of the court, that little shot, they have

to be aware of it and call early. What an interception. From the

left-hander. As you said, that is the beauty of having a left-hander

and a right-hander on the court. That was quick. Yes. No wonder she

is pleased with that. The Japanese pair definitely have

problems against the other left and right-handed combination at the

quarterfinal stage. The Malaysian pair.

Did the strings go? No. It didn't sound right at all, maybe it was

just a mis-hit. That attack down the middle, reduces

the angle, brings in the net player. That was well wide. They are saying

it was a double hit. The umpire... Let's have a look. Obviously, we

didn't see it on the replay there. But there was some issue, if you are

playing well, keep your focus. The tournament referee, deputy referee,

of Belgium, he has some flashlights going on there.

You are right, this is where the players need to keep their focus and

take deep breaths. Focus on their game. The umpire just removing his

microphones so we couldn't really hear what he was saying to one of

the referees. It would be nice to know, though.

Under the rules badminton, the umpire has to keep the spectators

and and players informed of what is going on so if there is an issue...

Here comes the deputy referee again. We are going to have a look at it

now. What was the issue? I didn't see it.

I can't see it either. Hang on. This is desperately disappointing,

that we can't hear it. Perhaps the umpire called a fault

and then let play go on. I am really bamboozled, I'm afraid. The

indication of hearing something or someone heard something? Yes.

Has that disturbed the focus and concentration of the European

champions? Good aggression. But she just sensed

the Japanese pair are beginning to settle and perhaps a couple of

Airlie Birds. -- early nerves. You can't split the Japanese and the

Danes at the moment, use the Red Button and the app and the sports

website for more badminton. Time never asked to go sailing.

Britain already have a medal. Look at it today, the wind is blowing and

Rio have saved the best for this final day. Currently racing is the

women's double handed class and in that class we have Hannah Mills and

Saskia Clark and they were so good in their heats. They could finish

last in this race and still win. They just have to you sail a clear

race. It is the battle for silver and bronze. Our commentators Niall

Myant and double silver-medallist Ian Walker will lead you through the

final stages. Already in the closing stages of the

medal race in Rio 2016. The great British pair of Saskia Clark and

Hannah Mills at the back of the field at the moment. However, all

they need to do is cross that finish line and they have already done

enough, amassed more points than anyone else could challenge. The

gold medal will be theirs. It is the function of the fantastic work put

in by Hannah and Saskia over the last five days, that they are in

this incredible position. Right now, things have not on their way. They

are currently lying in ninth place which would give them 18 points. New

Zealand are in fifth place with ten points. They still have a healthy

margin in the gold medal position but the battle is really on for

silver and bronze. It is boat the boat between the New Zealanders,

Americans and the French, with the Japanese just two points behind.

Slovenia out in the lead at the moment. Into the final stages of

this downwind leg and that is a very impressive lead. Really just opened

up in the early stages of this leg. Everything has been incredibly tight

on Lap 1 in Rio. Now, Slovenia finding that little bit of extra

speed. We are now on board with Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark. A

chance to hear just how tight the crew work is, the communications are

so important. Yes, great teamwork on board and they are known for being

very fast downwind and look how they sail straight past.

It is difficult for the New Zealanders. The other boats can

affect the wind and tactics and so there is a lot going on in the

middle of the pack. The New Zealand team. Gold-medallist from London

2012, up to third in this race and that could see them with the silver

medal. All the points from the opening series being added together

with the final positions from this race. Double points for this final

race. The silver medal will be decided between New Zealand, United

States, France, Japan and the Netherlands. The leaders of 100

metres to go. The last turning mark for the Slovenian pair.

Macarol and Mrak. They had two disqualifications in the qualifying

series and without one of those, they have a string of results easily

good enough to see them in silver medal position. They cannot win a

medal today. But right behind the battle is on for silver and bronze.

Around the bottom of the course for the last time. Slovenia in the lead

in the 470 medal race. And now the field is closing down to

that Reg turning mark. Netherlands leading New Zealand. New Zealand

rounding the bottom of the course in third place. The points for silver

are very close. Looking good for New Zealand. In the lead, Slovenia,

crossing the finishing line. Second Olympics for Mrak Slovenia at the

helm. First time here at the Olympics for Macarol. Winning the

race in the 470 class. New Zealand coming to the line with Brazil just

behind. Big work aboard the Netherlands boat as they cross the

line. The New Zealand pair are happy with their performance and the Wii

points will go their way. Across just ahead of Brazil. Poland finish

behind them. Then France. Very tight behind. Japan cross the line. Hannah

Mills and Saskia Clark, silver medal winners in London 2012 and now, as

they cross the finishing line, bringing their Rio campaign to a

close, it is a gold medal for Great Britain. Let me tell you that is

apparently well-deserved. They have worked tirelessly since the silver

medal in London 2012. They are a fantastic team and have brilliant

coach, and they have eliminated their weaknesses and it has come to

fruition here. The pair from the United States cross the finishing

line and you can see the disappointment in their face. They

were leading this race. They had the silver medal within their grasp. But

slipping back to the field, that will see them slipping off the

podium. It all came down to one decision at the bottom gate when

they went to the left. That will not matter to Hannah and Saskia Clark.

It is tears of joy on the British boat. Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark

of Great Britain take the gold in the women's to Person dinghy. The

New Zealand pair take the silver. And France take the bronze. -- two

person dinghy. What a moment this is for the

British pair. Here they are, Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, 2016

gold-medallists. They have waited a long time for this moment. Silver in

London, cross with themselves for letting that gold medal slip away

but four years later, no chance of that. A great gold medal, very

well-deserved. Massive smiles on board. Desperately trying to get the

Union Jack. They want to celebrate this moment. It has been a long time

coming. They are surrounded by

photographers. What a moment this is. They almost won this medal two

days ago, but were reluctant to celebrate, reluctant to celebrate

until, finally, nothing would stand in their way, the gold would be

theirs. Saskia Clark, this is her third Olympic Games. What a moment.

Such a tight power, the best of friends. They have shared every day

together the last six years. To share this moment is something else.

They are surrounded by cameras and photographers. There is nowhere for

them to go. This is a nice moment. They are with their coach, Joe

Glenfield. A double silver-medallist in his own right. What a special

moment. He has shared the last six years with the gold medal pair.

LAUGHTER. We will try to get in for a chat in

a bit, but this moment is so welcome. Hannah Mills, from Wales,

Saskia Clark from Essex. They are the perfect Gavin Stacey of the

sailing world. Massive smiles. Helicopters, photographers, they are

here together at this moment. I am not sure they actually know where to

go and what to do. They are being chased by about 30 motorboats, all

after that winning moment. We can go back for reaction.

Well, a fantastic race for the women's two person dinghy and it

came down to the final reach and celebrations for Hannah Mills and

Saskia Clark, but also the New Zealand pair doing what needed to be

done in the final moment and bronze for the French pair. One thing you

see at the Olympics is the contrasting emotions between being

in the top three and forth. We have to feel for the American team that

slipped to fifth position. Confirmation on your screen.

Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark of Great Britain, we have seen this

occasionally in some of the other classes. They have sailed over the

line of yellow buoys that separate the action from the beach. They are

coming into the beach in front of the spectators' enclosure. They are

coming right inside. Jumping off the boat. Nobody left on board. They are

determined to celebrate this moment with their friends and families on

the shore. Wonderful scenes and a very well-deserved indeed. I think

Hannah once her mum to come on board and then they want to go for a sale!

The friends and family, spectators and supporters, they are running

into the waters here. Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark of Great Britain,

they had their silver medal in London, now they have a gold medal

in Rio, and what a special moment. The pictures are really telling the

story. Behind every Olympic champion there is normally an incredible

support network. When Hannah started sailing, as a young lady, coached by

Alan Williams for many years, she was clearly a star in the making.

Who would have thought it would lead to an Olympic gold medal in Rio in

2016? Incredible scenes on the beach in

Guanabara Bay. The great British team of Hannah Mills and Saskia

Clark came into Rio 2016 ranked fourth in the world. But an

incredible performance in the opening series. Three firsts on

their scorecard. They had all but sealed the gold medal. The only

thing required of them today was to cross the finishing line. Finally,

the emotion is set free. Huge scenes of joy on the beach for Hannah Mills

and Saskia Clark, celebrating with friends and family. I have a

sneaking suspicion they will all end up in the sea! Hannah and Saskia

Clark are dressed for it. This is not the normal protocol. You can see

yellow marks in the middle of the picture, that is meant to keep the

sailors and their boat away from the beach. However, Hannah Mills and

Saskia Clark have sailed right over the boundary line. They have come

straight onto the beach. They have just been wrapped in the arms of

friends and family here. Of course, this moment should have been

yesterday. We had the chance to get the racing concluded. They had to

wait one more day and as they took to the water this morning, they did

not look too confident, however everything going their way. They did

not let their emotion get the better of them but as soon as they crossed

the finishing line, suddenly it pours out. As I say, it is

difficult, when you know you have won and you have the formality of

the race, you do not sale in the same manner. The difference between

winning and losing is tiny. I do not think we saw the best of them in

that race. They will not care about that and I certainly do not care

about that. A winning performance from a fantastic team and they will

soon be able to celebrate on the Olympic podium. Moving on to the

men's event in the 470. The two-handed stinky. This is the

course as we saw in the previous race. Down to the gate at the bottom

and one more lap for the reach to the finish. Amazing scenes already

out on the water in Guanabara Bay. It has been an emotional journey for

Great Britain. Now is the turn of either Croatia, Greece, or

Australia, as we take to the waters to bring you men's double handed

Dinky 470 class. The breeze is still very strong at the moment.

That is quite the celebration sailing up the beach. Huge

congratulations, gold-medallist is in Rio 2016 and the biggest smile.

It is absolutely awesome! We had a massive lead but we still had to

raise today and you are still nervous. Something could have

happened random. It was not a pretty race, but we did it. Two days ago,

you were nearly there but so reluctant to celebrate until this

moment, to share this together after so long, what is it like? Don't go

to far-away! I cannot speak. Amazing, we have had an amazing

journey, six years sailing together and I have loved every second,

Saskia is the best person ever, I love her. And we get the national

anthem, the best thing ever! I cannot wait! I do not think there

will be a dry eye, to stand with your best friend will be something

else. Congratulations. 2016 Olympics champions. Amazing. Thank you!

STUDIO: Incredible. A fantastic effort from Shirley to get the

interview. Not easy to get two boats back to what a sterling effort from

Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark winning that gold medal. Possibly

the best celebratory scenes I have seen. The family getting involved.

Breaking the sailing rules. They don't care, they had to wait a day

to pick up the gold medal, they had to wait since 2012 when they won a

silver medal. Different scenes there as it is in Weymouth, and I can say

that because I am from Dorset. Another golden moment brought to you

live on BBC Four. What a pleasure it was. We are going

to talk cycling. After the six gold medals, five I should say, won

bright Great Britain in the Velodrome, there is another chance

for Great Britain's Liam Phillips. It will not be here, it is in the

Deodoro. Liam Phillips is a real hope. He was at London 2012 and the

result did not go the way he wanted it to go. 2013 world champion. This

year has not gone his way. Missing out on the final in 2016, said now

is the time for Liam to go for gold. We are here to meet Liam Phillips,

one of the big hopes for medal in Rio and rather than have a straight

chat, we thought we would make it a tiny bit more interesting. Let's do

this. What's going on here? The big man

has turned up. Would you like to see what I have got? Why not.

LAUGHTER Nice to meet you. What do you think?

Not bad. I'm not sure about Rio, maybe Tokyo? Surely no one is ever

gone that fast with a two tone bike! You put every bit of effort in that

the people like Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill put in to make sure you

are ready. Beat that, Wiggins! Exactly! We go from zero to 65

kilometres, over 2500 watts at over 200 rpm so the guys involved with

cycling now will think I am making those numbers up because they really

are right at the top end of what is achievable. I think I was hitting a

few of those numbers on the home straight! LAUGHTER

Close! Big pedal now. I'm very much taking this all in my stride. Most

of the athletes we spoke to, major concerns are injuries. You have that

the content with and also the fact your sport is a complete lottery. I

know it is part and parcel of the sport. I broke my collarbone in

December right here. For me, it is not the be all and end all. It was

just another broken collarbone, it really is part of the sport we do.

You always strike me as very laid back and take everything in your

stride. How do you approach an Olympic year? I have said numerous

times that for me, it is just another year but the difficulty with

Olympic year, that is the last race of the season. I wanted to get to

this stage and I wanted to be going to Rio in one piece and that is

something I wasn't able to do in London. Jimenez as found his way

back. Liam Phillips has fell! The thing that taught me a lot about the

Olympics as a whole and I feel like I'm in a very different place going

to Rio. I'm going to win. If I go there, I perform well and I enjoy

what I'm doing. I should be successful if I do that. Dan looks

good in the BMX getup! I don't know if he would have gone up again like

Liam Phillips has done considering how many bones he has broken. He is

ready to go in Rio. Before we get to the action in Deodoro, here is your

BMX guide, Dan Walker. Keep watching. Bicycle motocross or BMX

as it is commonly known is one of the newest Olympic sports, making

its debut in Beijing in 2008. Competition is held on a circuit

between 3005400 metres. Races lasting approximately 40 seconds.

The riders start on an eight-metre high ramp and wants the race is

underway, they have to jump, go around corners and other obstacles

before reaching the finish line. In BMX, collisions happen regularly so

it is crucial to try to avoid other riders during a race. The best way

to do this is to make a quick start possible and lead going into the

first turn. The leader normally controls the race but the rest of

the competitors chasing a working hard to catch up. Because a BMX

track features numerous bumps, there are some key skills riders need to

master, including being able to manual. This is when a rider lifts

the front wheel to move faster over rolling sections of the course.

Pumping is when a rider creates speed through the rhythmical

movement of body weight. When pumping, arms and legs are used as

shock absorbers and it produces power and speed. Riders move their

body weight from the front to the back of the bike without pedalling.

Both men and women's finals are races so whoever finishes the finish

line first is crowned champion. It is quarterfinal time for Liam

Phillips. We are going to watch him in his first run of heat two and

taking us through all the twists and turns, Chris Hoy and Simon

Brotherton. The first race in the Olympics in

Rio for Liam Phillips. And away they go. Switzerland rider with the

inside line. Good start from Phillips. Over the triples they go,

into turn one, Liam Phillips forced out wide by Graf. Phillips has gone

down, he has crashed on his first run. Three riders taking out and now

the field immediately down to five. Night hawk from Canada is racing

away from this one. He's been followed all the way down the

penultimate straights by the remnants of the field but it is the

easiest victory night -- Nyhaug tower. A disastrous start to his

Olympic campaign here. For Britain's Liam Phillips and the worry has to

be whether that Olympic campaign has already come to an end. A heavy fall

leads Liam Phillips of Great Britain still on the floor off the side of

the track. Three big names in that track all coming down and they

clearly had a big one. Graf barely able to walk onto the track and Liam

is still lying on the side. This is worrying. A heavy fall onto his

side. Basically came to a complete stop at about 40 miles an hour.

Maris Strombergs rolls over the line, at least he is in one piece.

Shaken and stirred but still on two wheels and Strombergs is over the

line. He's shaking his head. But he at least will be able to continue in

this competition. But Graf looked like he was quite badly hurt but he

is at least up and about. Unfortunately, Liam Phillips is

still on the ground and being attended to. Liam has not had a

great deal of good luck this season. A list of injuries, most recently

his broken collarbone. Let's hope it is not the same side. It looks at

the stretchers are coming out. There is Graf who is at least able to get

back on his bike. And he will complete the course. Be it a couple

of minutes or so after everyone else. Here it is once again. He made

a great start. They kept the line. It was the exit here. All three

hitting this jump and Liam coming into contact with Graf. It has taken

out Strombergs as well. A really heavy impact. I think Liam Phillips

was pushed wide by Graf. There was nowhere for either of them to go.

That was heavily on both riders. Right on the outside. And he got the

impact as Strombergs came in there as well. That looked pretty grim.

Strombergs was the rider who had nothing to -- nowhere to go. Liam

Phillips is back on his feet which is good to see, gingerly walking

towards the near side. That was a very nasty moment. Not that long

between the first and second run of the quarterfinal so if he is to make

it back on the bike... Doesn't look that great from this position. Here

is that confirmation of the quarterfinal. Liam Phillips not able

to complete the run. His Olympics isn't over yet. Those concerns will

be over his health. It was great to see him able to get

up and walk with the medical staff. The medical staff are fantastic. The

British team doctors will be with him and giving him every chance to

get back on the bike and take part in his second run if at all

possible. Liam Phillips is rock hard. He broke his collarbone about

five or six weeks ago and he came down very heavily. They are

assessing him and seeing if he is able to carry on in this competition

because it will be bitterly disappointing if this is the end of

his Olympics. He has worked so hard to get here but that is the danger

of BMX racing. You will get eight points for that run he did not

complete so he is on the back foot but if we did another two excellent

runs, you could make it into the semifinals.

What about the other guys? We saw Maris Strombergs just running

through. It is an aggregate score. Some of the big guns looking like

they will have to do with the hard way, if at all. That's right, that

is the nature of this race. So important to be in a good position.

Liam Phillips was in one but Graf seem to ride up against him onto the

side and that is where the accident happened. I think we will get the

next run under way but let's see the first heat. This featuring the world

champion, the French man. Sir Chris Hoy and Simon Brotherton.

We're getting ready for this heat number two. We are waiting to see if

Liam Phillips can take his place. The riders prepare for their second

run. Very dramatic opening series with some big names hitting the

debt. Very dramatic. It is the nature of the sport. This is the one

they want to win, it is Olympic Games and everything is on the line.

They are so close together, just a slight touch, even a self-inflicted

mistake, as we saw there with the Dutch rider going off the ground at

the first corner, and there was a huge crash. They put everything on

the line. It is incredibly fast but let's keep our fingers crossed there

are no more accidents. I wonder if the weather conditions are a factor.

You have two things going on, going into the first turn, over the

triples, everyone wants to be on the front so there is that desperation,

but also the way the wind is blowing, slight crossed tale, it is

not helping. The wind was in a completely opposite direction

yesterday. The first straight, they were heading dead on into it, much

easier to control. Now they are overshooting the jumps. It is

clearly causing them problems. Niklas Laustsen from Denmark.

Qualified 24th of the 32 riders. This is an excellent field in this

particular heat. Rider number 279, Trent Jones from New Zealand,

performed very well in that first run, getting third place. I think

there is surprised in the first heat, the bronze-medallist at the

start of the year and Mick Kinane who have a lot of work to do. It

will be tight and you can see any one of those top five guys winning

this heat. Treimanis crashed yesterday. Nick Kimmann, the

youngster from the Netherlands who was just 19 when he lifted the world

crown. Brazilian rider, Renato Rezende. 2014 South American games

champion. The crowd are loving this. Getting

behind their home man. There is nick long -- Nicholas Long.

Bronze-medallist in the Pan-American games last year, to go without world

bronze. The world champion, Joris Daudet. He looked impressive in the

first run. Very classy and smooth rider. Certainly looked in control.

Jelle van Gorkom, the other rider from the Netherlands in this heat.

Crossed the line in first place on the first run. They are up against

the gate. Find a few moments before the second

run of three. Quarterfinals of the BMX.

Van Gorkom on the near side. Daudet on the other side. Will they all get

round safely? Daudet leading the way. Daudet has a little bit of

space. Van Gorkom staying in second place. Kimmann coming on strong and

moving into third. Joris Daudet, the world champion has gone down and

fallen really heavily. It is Van Gorkom now followed by the rider

from New Zealand Trent Jones and rider number five coming round,

Treimanis of Latvia. Netherlands, New Zealand, the first two over the

line. It is a bad, bad run and a bad moment for Joris Daudet of France

and varies Niek Kimmann, last year's world champion, who was walking

along the track with half his bike missing. Here comes the Brazilian

rider as well. Unfortunately, the world champion is down. And he had a

long way to fall. He just lost it before that job and he slammed

straight into the second half of those huge set of doubles. That is

tarmac, not do it, it will be a big impact. He is sitting across, trying

to catch his breath. Here comes Kimmann with his bike snapped,

showing the impact of landing on that crash. But he is crossing the

line, he is going to finish. We are here in Great Britain's Liam

Phillips is out of the Olympic Games.

Rezende day he's got so much into this to get fit after the crash he

had six weeks ago, to come all this way. There is the world champion,

Daudet, upon his feet. So many of the big names having issues today,

serious crashes. Seems like maybe his wrist is his biggest problem.

Not looking good for him. Not looking good at all. They'll add

another couple of points because he walked across the track and hasn't

completed the course. His biggest concern is to... There he goes. He

basically had to bail out on the first. That is a big impact right on

the lip of the second backside of the doubles. Bug had lost his

momentum, tries to bail out of the jump, Kimmann landing on his left

shoulder. Treimanis did a great job to stay upright and avoid that.

Incredible instincts. Spectacular angle. There is Daudet, there is

Kimmann, two of the biggest names in the sport. Daudet and Kimmann, first

and second in the World Championship this year, both falling very, very

heavily in this quarterfinal. It'll be interesting to see the run-up to

that jump to see why Daudet bailed out of the jump, why he didn't have

speed and momentum to clear it in the first place. There's a gap where

Liam Phillips should be in this quarterfinal heat. If you just

joined our coverage, he fell heavily, three riders fell. Liam

Phillips was one of them. Sadly not able to take any further part in

these Olympic Games. There is the South African, died, the continental

champion of Africa. -- the South African, Dodd. Syarifudin from

Indonesia. And here, Strombergs, the two time Olympic champion, he fell

in the first race, he looks OK and is at least able to start. As is

David Graf from Switzerland, heavy fall, but back on his bike and

raring to go. Brethauer from Germany, world bronze medallist

three years ago. Jefferson Milano from Venezuela. Couldn't quite

believe he finished third in a heat that contains so many big names.

Incredible. Tory Nyhaug from Canada. The gap in

the field is because Liam Phillips is out of the competition through

injury. Here we go, race two. Nyhaug with the inside line, but

it's Jefferson Milano slightly ahead of him. In... Goes over the triples

in first place, everybody around in one piece. We'll take that at this

stage. Brethauer is challenging Milano for second place. Still

everybody up on their bikes. There is a crash and Graf has gone down,

taking the South African down. The Canadian leads the way. Brethauer

Germany is there. Another crash on the third straight, as three riders

crossed the line. Canada, Germany and Venezuela, the latest rider to

crash is Syarifudin of Indonesia, but there was a bigger crash before

that and Graf of Switzerland has fallen in both races so far. He

looked so good yesterday in that seeding run. Great form coming into

real, but two crashes from two starts so far. That will be him out

of the games even if he wins the final heat, it won't be enough for

him to progress, it'll be heartbreak for him. He's counting every

position just in case but it's still not going to be enough. Got taken

out, it's a shame, he was holding his line. Look at the replay, might

have been the German. Dodd of South Africa involved in that. There is

confirmation of the result. Nyhaug of Canada first over the line. It

certainly didn't know how we thought it was going to over the first two

runs. Nyhaug on the inside here, the Venezuelan on his hip. Nice and

smooth over the first straight, first jump, overshot a little bit.

The tailwind causing all sorts of problems. But here we go, after this

jump, going into this corner. Watch Graf. It was Graf's fault he made

the move on the inside, hit the German, German held his line. Yeah,

caught his arm, turned the bar, lifted off the ground and he was

down. Heavy blow to the head as he fell. There is no give in that

service. It's almost like tarmac with a really grippy nonslip

surface, if you fall there you're going to notice it. They're rather

standings after the first two runs. The Canadians are going to be happy

with that. Staying out of trouble, getting to the front, avoiding the

carnage behind. That's what you have to do here. Strombergs fifth, the

defending champion. Still all to play for. He'll have to be first or

second to guarantee a place in the semifinal. You can't look beyond the

Canadian in that heat, he seems pretty smooth and confident at this

stage. We go straight again to heat four, heat three next. It's gone

slightly out of order. There is Turner from Australia, the

21-year-old. Two Australians in this one. The 6th of April riders over

the line. Kyle Evans from Great Britain, 22-year-old from Wigan.

Fifth going into race two. Corben Sharrah from the United States.

Anthony Dean, second at the moment. Seventh actually. In May. At the

last big meeting before this. Molina from Argentina. Who scored well in

the first right. Fields from Las Vegas, who has to be in contention

for gold. Fields and business macro looking the smoothest and most

confident, it's the commentators curse, we'll see if it has an effect

on this. Away they go. Connor Fields nearest

the camera but towards the back of the field. A good start by one of

the Australian riders. Molina going well for Argentina on the inside.

Everybody through turn one in good shape. Australia, Argentina, and

Corben Sharrah is bird at the moment. Navrestad from Norway in

fourth place. Connor Fields has a lot to do but she is gaining ground.

Into the final turn, as they come towards the finish, Anthony Dean

riding really well for Australia. Dean, Molina, the first over the

line, then Corben Sharrah, then Connor Fields. Fields had a terrible

start, not the result he would want, but fourth place is still

consistent, he's in contention to get through in the final wife. Cadel

Evans back in seventh won't be happy with that. It was tough, but Anthony

Dean upfront controlled the race. Who would have thought it, we've

just seen a race where everybody finished. Yeah, we can breathe a

sigh of relief. Kyle Evans towards the middle of your picture. He had a

good start, he was in the mix, got a little bit pushed out of it.

Unspectacular angles. A visually stunning event. Spectacular. If a

bruising one. It's a fantastic sport, requires extreme athletic

ability, nerve, skill, so much respect for these athletes. Dean's

going very well, the Australian rider. Fourth in the World

Championship four years ago. Has written extremely well in both of

those first two runs. -- he has ridden.

We go back to heat three. This is the final run. Of the quarterfinals,

the final heat, I should say. Race number two. Twan van Gendt from the

Netherlands. Six in Argentina earlier in the year. The Russian

rider, Evgeny Komarov. Jeremy missed out on a medal in the World

Championship in Colombia. Two Colombian riders. Oquendo. And

Ramirez. Sam Willoughby from Australia, world

champion in 2012 and 2014. Not sure what the problem is here.

Twan van Gendt from the Netherlands has a bit of an issue. Whether he

has the time to sort it out I'm not too sure, the officials looking at

the watch. Some problem with his bike, is it? Is asking to go back

down. He's having to disappear very quickly, I'm not sure they will wait

for him very long. A bit of drama before the race has even started.

Must be something to do with his shoe. The issues are attached to the

pedals, it helps temple upon the pedals. This looks like his has

slipped or hasn't tightened up. Not the ideal start. Not the best

preparation. Shouldn't be having to deal with that at this point. It'll

get the adrenaline pumping, that's for sure. It affects the other guys

at the start gate, they have to sit there are a bit longer. Not ideal

for anyone. He's OK now. Twan van Gendt from the Netherlands OK and

raring to go. Plenty of Colombians in the crowd, plenty of fans to

cheer on these two riders here. Eight metres up in the air.

Sam Willoughby on the inside for Australia has made an excellent

start, Twan van Gendt has made an excellent start as well, followed by

the Colombian riders. Rencurel forced wide. Willoughby first place,

Twan van Gendt in second. Willoughby through the rhythm section, chased

all the way by Twan van Gendt from the Netherlands. Rencurel hasn't

made any inroads into finishing in third, in the end that third-place

is taken by Carlos Oquendo from Colombia. But Sam Willoughby got out

of the gate very well and never looked back. Flawless performance

from Willoughby, nicely controlled, nice and smooth. 35.1. So far he's

been the most consistent performer. That's what it's about, just getting

through without any trouble, no drama, dealing with nerves at the

start. Getting a snap in lane one, so important to get a clean start,

you saw the Colombian with a slight hesitation. Manoeuvring the bike to

try and get it smooth as possible on landing to maintain that momentum.

Little bit of a shoulder in their from the Colombian. Thankfully

everybody stayed upright. At this point in the second straight,

getting the win from their left-hand side, across into their face. It's

very difficult for those big jumps, to control the bikes, when the wind

is this strong. You may be able to hear the wind rattling around the

commentary position here. Be quite a major issue, an additional factor

for the riders to have to think about here. Sam will be looking good

for Australia so far in these quarterfinals. -- Sam Willoughby.

We've had the second run, just the third and final one to come. You can

see how stiff breeze is from the flags beyond the back row of the

crowd. Sam Willoughby is true. 12 point is

a magic number to get through. That would guarantee you qualification.

The crowd are loving this as well. Very impressive. Lots of South

American support, as you would expect. Certainly on the female side

of the sport, Mariana Pajon is a superstar and Colombia, and there

will be lots of Colombian DMX fancier tomorrow cheering her on.

The woman semifinals and finals tomorrow, the men's semifinals and

finals as well. There are plenty of riders who have been patched up and

are tending to their wounds, including the world champion, Joris

Daudet. You don't want to see competitors ending their Olympic

campaign in the back of an ambulance, getting the thumbs down

from the medics, exercise way to see it go, so it is great to see a real

champion like Daudet fighting to the end. We will have the third and

final run-in the heats for the men's quarterfinals here at the BMX.

Some of the highlights from the quarterfinals and some of the low

lights. Nike Kim man forced to walk across at the end with a broken

bike. He is back in action -- Niek Kimman. DMX, never anything less

than spectacular. Fantastic sport from grassroots up to elite level,

great way to get into cycling and you have ambitions to take it

further you can aim for the Olympics. It teaches you so much

about winning and losing. No matter how much how good you are, there's

always a bit of bad luck involved, so you have to relearn how to lose

as well as how to win. Your heart goes out to him. It is an awful way

to end your Olympic campaign. He has put so much into this and all of the

people back at British Cycling and Manchester helping him to get here,

he's had some huge wins, some great success, some highs and lows, but

this will be a championship he will be happy to forget in the future.

There was drama in the run-up to London when he smashed himself up in

the World Championships about ten weeks out. It is part of this sport.

It is a high-risk sport. Although the competitors are dealing with

injuries. There's nothing worse than your preparation being handed by

something serious like that. It is great that he made it here, but it

isn't not a great way to bow out. Would this be quicker than normal

here? You have effectively three races for everyone inside roughly

one hour. They are spreading the programme out but these

quarterfinals are ramped together with a short time to recover, a 35

seconds print and they will be desperately trying to recover,

trying to replace fluids, getting a massage, just to trying to flush out

all the lactic acid, then they have got to get straight back up those

stairs onto the start gate. It is a difficult climb up to the start

gate. It is easy metres high. -- eight metres high. Will they have an

issue with the green painted course? The US director of BMX is a world

champion himself, he has been telling us that there is a major

issues with the flatness of this green paint. It is so consistent,

the athletes find it difficult to perceive depth and perhaps that is

causing some problems. Getting ready, then, for the final run. In

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the Deodoro for the BMX. It's the men's quarterfinal today,

three runs in each heat, we found the first two, and pretty dramatic

they have been as well, with some heavy falls, none more so than for

Liam Phillips, from Great Britain, the former world champion, the

winner of this seasonal World Cup competition in the last two years,

crashing out in his very first run. Terrible bad luck for Liam Phillips.

He was in a good position as well. But it has all gone horribly wrong

and it is an early flight home for him. Niek Kimman and Joris Daudet

both hitting the deck here. Fantastic facility. You have to do

hope that the track will be kept in place. The stand is temporary, and

will go, but you hope that they will be able to look after this facility

and the next few years, we should see more riders from Brazil coming

through and challenging as a result of having this facility. There is a

great history of BMX success in South America, the Colombians are

leading that with Mariana Pajon. But it is a fantastic facility and a

great chance for kids to get into this sport in this area. The

Colombian fans, very enthusiastic, as ever. And the Brazilians make

such a racket when their riders are on the starting gate. A really nasty

fall for Joris Daudet. As you can see the riders are getting ready and

it will not be too long before we have this third run. There is no

delay as far as we are aware. To be honest, they have done well to get

three races in, inside one hour. Although some of them have fallen

onto the deck. Kyle Evans from Great Britain finding it difficult in his

heat. He was in heat four. And at the moment he has finished fifth and

seventh with eight riders in each one. If we just have a little look

at the race that Liam Phillips was involved in here, it didn't last

very long. He had barely got out of turn one before he was in big, big