Day 15 BBC Two: 17.30-17.50

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:00:47. > :00:54.Hello again, there has already been a gold for GB on this penultimate

:00:55. > :01:00.day of the Rio Olympics, Liam Heath taking it in sprint canoeing in

:01:01. > :01:04.Lagoa, and also there has been a bronze, Vicky Holland, in the

:01:05. > :01:08.triathlon, the women's triathlon, to go with the gold and silver won by

:01:09. > :01:13.the Brownlee brothers in the men's event. That takes the GB medal tally

:01:14. > :01:18.to 62 and counting. There were hopes that Tom Daley may add to that

:01:19. > :01:22.total, and indeed his own tally, with a second medal of the Games the

:01:23. > :01:26.bronze in synchro diving earlier, but as you may have seen on the

:01:27. > :01:33.other side just a few moments ago, he has failed to get through to the

:01:34. > :01:36.finals. He was one of the main contenders in the medals, but it was

:01:37. > :01:41.a particularly bad day at the office. We can get his reaction with

:01:42. > :01:46.Helen Skelton. OK. Commiserations, we can see what it means to you,

:01:47. > :01:50.great day yesterday, not today, what happened? I mean, I have worked so

:01:51. > :01:55.hard these past four years to get to this point today, and yesterday I

:01:56. > :02:00.got an Olympic record, the highest score in an Olympic Games, and today

:02:01. > :02:04.it was not meant to be, and that is what diving does sometimes. I truly

:02:05. > :02:07.am heartbroken, because I really do feel like I am in peak physical

:02:08. > :02:13.condition and I could really go out and could have won tonight, and it

:02:14. > :02:17.is really hard to accept, like, Howard was today. Some would argue

:02:18. > :02:21.this is the most stressful sport, the most high pressure, add do that

:02:22. > :02:26.your profile and the expectation, what is going through your mind on

:02:27. > :02:30.the board? When I am up on the board, I am enjoying each moment as

:02:31. > :02:37.I get to do it, but today things were not clicking, I was giving it

:02:38. > :02:40.my all, so up for it. Training was good, in the competition it just

:02:41. > :02:45.fell apart, those other guys today did absolutely amazing, and I am so

:02:46. > :02:49.happy with the way that Team GB have done in these Olympic Games, it

:02:50. > :03:00.makes me so proud to be part of Team GB, however the one else has done so

:03:01. > :03:03.amazingly well, and I just wanted to be able to stand on the podium and

:03:04. > :03:06.replicate last night. But it was not meant to be. Another four years of

:03:07. > :03:08.hard work to try again next time! Anything different today? It didn't

:03:09. > :03:12.feel any different, I felt good in myself, I guess my mind and body

:03:13. > :03:17.were not connecting. Like I knew that I had a shot on the last time I

:03:18. > :03:24.really went at it, I needed 102, I was working out, which was basically

:03:25. > :03:29.9.5 and 10.0, and I gave it my all. It just didn't happen today. But it

:03:30. > :03:34.did happen last week, you already have one medal, so not a write by

:03:35. > :03:40.any stretch of the imagination! Pretty successful. You know what? I

:03:41. > :03:44.am really happy, after 2012I came away with a bronze medal, and I got

:03:45. > :03:49.the bronze medal in synchro with Dan, and I really wanted to get that

:03:50. > :03:55.Olympic gold medal this time around. Always another four years. Tokyo is

:03:56. > :04:02.definitely in your sights. Oh, yeah, even more than ever now. You have

:04:03. > :04:06.done so much for the profile of the sport, I can see why you are upset,

:04:07. > :04:11.but there is no reason to be too heartbroken. Thank you, it is just

:04:12. > :04:16.heartbreaking, because it is the Olympic Games, those five rings mean

:04:17. > :04:24.so much to me. Just to not be in the final to get the shot to go for the

:04:25. > :04:29.medal is heartbreaking. It is a good story for Tokyo, yeah?! You know

:04:30. > :04:34.films! Exactly, I am going to give it my best shot, work even harder

:04:35. > :04:38.than ever before. He is amazing, isn't he? You forget

:04:39. > :04:43.that he was only 14 years of age when he was the youngest member of

:04:44. > :04:48.Team GB in Beijing's Games in 2008, he will be 26 in Tokyo, great to

:04:49. > :04:52.hear him vowing that he will go on, he has been one of the most supreme

:04:53. > :04:57.athletes in the team for many years, and we wish him well. It did not

:04:58. > :05:01.work out for him today, it worked out for Gwen Jorgenson of America in

:05:02. > :05:07.the women's triathlon, and this is her moment, and indeed the moment of

:05:08. > :05:14.the others on the podium, Nicola Spirig, and Vicky Holland, this is

:05:15. > :05:22.their moment in the medal ceremony. Vicky Holland!

:05:23. > :05:26.Vicky Holland, Olympic bronze medal, the British team have won half the

:05:27. > :05:32.triathlon medals this week in Rio de Janeiro, gold and silver in the

:05:33. > :05:36.men's, bronze in the women's. The sprint finish between Vicky Holland

:05:37. > :05:57.and her best friend, Non Stanford, it went Holland's weighed today.

:05:58. > :06:09.Silver medallist, representing Switzerland... Nicola Spirig! Nicola

:06:10. > :06:16.Spirig steps up to collect her silver medal to add to the gold she

:06:17. > :06:22.won in London four years ago. Switzerland's fourth Olympic

:06:23. > :06:25.triathlon medals since the sport was introduced to the programme in

:06:26. > :06:51.Sydney 2000, a fabulous record. Gold and silver for Nicola Spirig in

:06:52. > :06:52.successive years. Gold medallist and Olympic champion, representing the

:06:53. > :07:09.United States of America... Gwen Jorgensen! Gwen Jorgensen is

:07:10. > :07:13.the Olympic triathlon champion, and it is richly deserved, she has been

:07:14. > :07:21.the dominant force in the sport for the last four years. Since a

:07:22. > :07:26.disappointing attempt in Hyde Park 2012, she has been the one to beat,

:07:27. > :07:34.and so it proved again today. She had the necessary running ability to

:07:35. > :07:44.get away from Nicola Spirig. She has won the United States their 39th

:07:45. > :08:01.gold medal of the games. The Olympic champion, Gwen, what is

:08:02. > :08:09.the overriding emotion? I wish it was my coach on the podium, I cannot

:08:10. > :08:13.thank him enough. You have had this big target on your back? You said

:08:14. > :08:18.you didn't, but you know you have. It is better to have that than

:08:19. > :08:21.trying to scramble at the last moment, I knew that if I could keep

:08:22. > :08:27.doing what I had been doing, hopefully it would all work out, and

:08:28. > :08:34.it did. Was it the perfect race? It was a fun race for sure, Nicola was

:08:35. > :08:38.playing a few games, hopefully it was exciting for the fans as well.

:08:39. > :08:44.She said to you, I have got a medal but you haven't, is that right?! She

:08:45. > :08:52.did, and that is totally valid! Now you have as well. She has two, she

:08:53. > :08:56.is still beating the! You were at the front on the bike, all of the

:08:57. > :09:00.talk was trying to break you on the bike and the swim, but you were

:09:01. > :09:05.right there all the way through. You know, I knew that people were going

:09:06. > :09:09.to try to break away from me, so I knew I had to be upfront in case

:09:10. > :09:13.there was a move that went, I needed to be there, because I knew that

:09:14. > :09:17.they would get time and I did not want to be in that situation. You

:09:18. > :09:23.were too good today, congratulations. Thank you. Gwen

:09:24. > :09:27.Jorgensen, the Olympic champion. Annie, a simply stunning

:09:28. > :09:31.performance. It was absolutely perfect, the interesting bit was on

:09:32. > :09:36.the run, to know what she did or did not have, but at the end of the Gwen

:09:37. > :09:40.Jorgensen just proved what an incredible athlete she is, how she

:09:41. > :09:45.is dominating the sport right now. You note Nicola well, you were

:09:46. > :09:50.coached by her coach, is it a surprise, that ball is a kind of,

:09:51. > :09:54.hey, I have got a medal, you haven't? That is exactly her, hard

:09:55. > :09:58.as nails, very bright, good at playing games, she is saying, if my

:09:59. > :10:02.engine is not as big as yours, I will see if I can take you out

:10:03. > :10:07.mentally. She was not able to do that, but fair play to Nicola, her

:10:08. > :10:13.fourth Olympics, 34 years of age and a mother, that is pretty incredible,

:10:14. > :10:17.isn't it? Would she have been frustrated that somebody did not go

:10:18. > :10:23.with her on the bike, maybe Flora Duffy, Non or Vicky? I think it

:10:24. > :10:27.would have been very frustrating, in any other race they would have been

:10:28. > :10:32.able to work together, but Debbie did not have the legs today, and

:10:33. > :10:37.that sometimes happens, it is so tough. Let's talk about our mixed

:10:38. > :10:41.emotions as a final thought, we are celebrating for Vicky Holland, that

:10:42. > :10:47.hearts are heavy fall Non Stanford. They are, but she is 28, she has got

:10:48. > :10:52.another Olympics in her. Thanks very much, gold, silver and bronze in the

:10:53. > :10:59.triathlon, and it was heartbreaking that Non could not... That they

:11:00. > :11:05.could not both get a medal? It is such a shame, and they were running

:11:06. > :11:11.Spirig down as well, but they ran out of road, only one medal for

:11:12. > :11:15.them. As she said, they can share it on their mantelpiece. Gwen Jorgensen

:11:16. > :11:19.was stunning, none were one in the world, bronze medal for Vicky

:11:20. > :11:23.Holland. Back to you, Hazel. We are building up to the boxing

:11:24. > :11:28.finals at six o'clock, Nicola Adams going out to defend her flyweight

:11:29. > :11:34.title at six o'clock, and she is trying to win back-to-back gold, she

:11:35. > :11:38.made history in London as the first woman to win a boxing title. She did

:11:39. > :11:42.her own version of the Ali shuffle, but the greatest of all, Muhammad

:11:43. > :11:46.Ali, was the owner of that particular move, sad to think these

:11:47. > :11:50.are the first game since the passing of the great Muhammad Ali in June.

:11:51. > :11:57.He was the greatest boxer, but he was so much more than that.

:11:58. > :12:01.An 18-year-old light heavyweight at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. MUSIC:

:12:02. > :12:19.The Star-Spangled Banner Afraid of flying, with the same name

:12:20. > :12:22.as his father, who in turn was named after a Kentucky plantation owner

:12:23. > :12:24.who fought for the abolition of slavery at the time of the American

:12:25. > :12:34.civil war. Casillas -- Cassius Clay, he came

:12:35. > :12:38.home ready to turn pro, changes slave name, and as Muhammad Ali

:12:39. > :12:43.ready to change the world or at least go to to to with white

:12:44. > :12:51.America. I am the real champion, there will never be one like me! The

:12:52. > :12:56.nation of Islam, radical Islam, feared then as now, but his simple

:12:57. > :13:03.boasts, then as now, inspired through defiance. I am the greatest!

:13:04. > :13:06.But because he boxed like no other, a feather light heavyweight, the

:13:07. > :13:16.world who fought against love Tim too. -- loved him too. He refused to

:13:17. > :13:22.go to war in Vietnam, but when he fought, he was a beautiful man,

:13:23. > :13:28.exposed to extreme danger, adored every step, every Ali shuffle. The

:13:29. > :13:34.greatest heavyweight on two feet today... The teenager of 1960 turned

:13:35. > :13:40.all too fast into the Muhammad Ali that fought on to far. But when the

:13:41. > :13:52.feet danced and when the header saw through the fog of the fight game

:13:53. > :13:56.with absolute clarity, he soared. When the teenager returned from Rome

:13:57. > :14:03.you try to dine in a segregated restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky.

:14:04. > :14:11.He was turned away. We don't serve black people. I don't eat them

:14:12. > :14:17.either! The gold medal, it was lost, and he cared not, at least not for

:14:18. > :14:31.36 years until the day before drink champ was given a new chance...

:14:32. > :14:41.The greatest ever, and we are joined by grid and's greatest paddler ever,

:14:42. > :14:45.Liam Heath, gold won 200 in the kayak sprint this morning, many

:14:46. > :14:52.congratulations, how does it sound, Great Britain's finest paddler? It

:14:53. > :14:56.sounds very strange, I have looked up to the guys in our sport from a

:14:57. > :15:05.very young age, training with them as a kid, I am honoured to be

:15:06. > :15:11.counted amongst them. It is extraordinary. Even sitting there in

:15:12. > :15:16.2004 with a bronze medal, I interviewed him back then, and all

:15:17. > :15:20.these years later it you have seen guys like Dr Tim, yourself, Ed

:15:21. > :15:24.McKeever coming through. Who was it for you, looking back, that really

:15:25. > :15:32.did it for you? Who was the man he wanted to be like? Thinking back, it

:15:33. > :15:38.was probably watching Tim's gold down the 1000 metres, a bit further

:15:39. > :15:44.than I paddle, I would have to say that. This afternoon, in this race,

:15:45. > :15:48.this morning it was, the afternoon at home, how confident were you? The

:15:49. > :15:52.fastest qualifier, but this single event is not something you have

:15:53. > :15:58.competed in a huge amount in the build-up. No, me and Johnny came

:15:59. > :16:02.into this Games in the form of our life, every time we got into the

:16:03. > :16:08.boat, it just felt perfect, so kind of an inkling of how you are going

:16:09. > :16:13.to be able to do in the race. My K1 sees this year has been pretty good,

:16:14. > :16:19.so I was quietly confident, but you have to put your best race at there.

:16:20. > :16:27.-- season. How confident were you on the start line? I would say quietly

:16:28. > :16:31.confident. I like your style! In the commentary, they were saying that it

:16:32. > :16:37.was a modest start by your standards. Yeah, the conditions were

:16:38. > :16:41.quite challenging, quite a brisk headwind that we had to power into,

:16:42. > :16:49.I was looking for a clean start out of the gates just to set up the rest

:16:50. > :16:52.of the race, doing about 86-90 strokes down the entire race, you

:16:53. > :16:56.know it is going to be longer because of the wind in your face.

:16:57. > :17:01.But you have just got to power through to the line. Just in front

:17:02. > :17:06.of you, you take it on the line, and it is the strength in the final part

:17:07. > :17:11.of this, because it is a short race, 200 metres, but is that your

:17:12. > :17:18.strength? Yeah, this year definitely, both in K2 and K1, it is

:17:19. > :17:21.the end of the race that has been one of our strongest parts, that is

:17:22. > :17:24.something we have been looking at from previous performances, but

:17:25. > :17:29.really strong. You have just had a look at this, how do you assess your

:17:30. > :17:36.form, then?! It wasn't too bad. I don't really look back on my races,

:17:37. > :17:43.the footage just makes me nervous. I kind of take away the feeling, the

:17:44. > :17:48.way I was paddling, more than the visual itself. Did you know that you

:17:49. > :17:52.had it on the line? I had an inkling, but it is such a fast race,

:17:53. > :18:00.so tightly packed on a line that you are never too sure. I had an

:18:01. > :18:07.inkling. One last question, you were pulling pints and mixing cocktails.

:18:08. > :18:21.If you could make everybody a celebratory drink, what would it be?

:18:22. > :18:25.I like my he mojitos, but we are in Brazil! Will we see you in Tokyo? I

:18:26. > :18:30.will think about it! It has been wonderful to watch you, thank you

:18:31. > :18:33.for coming in. This is my last shift in the studio, thank you very much

:18:34. > :18:37.for allowing me and our little team who have been up at the crack of

:18:38. > :18:41.dawn at Copacabana to see the sun come up, it has been the most

:18:42. > :18:48.amazing privilege to share the successes of the men and women like

:18:49. > :18:51.Liam and the rest of the British very much for your company over the

:18:52. > :19:01.last two weeks, I will see you at the closing ceremony. From the under

:19:02. > :19:28.team, it is goodbye. -- me and the team.

:19:29. > :19:31.The rugby league giants from Hull FC and Warrington

:19:32. > :19:35.go head-to-head at Wembley in the Challenge Cup final.