Day 16 BBC One: 13.00-17.00 Olympics

What a day, what tonight, what fortnight. Not just Great Britain's

most successful games overseas but their best ever Olympic Games. For

at least the last 100 years. 66 medals in total, one better than

London, who wouldn't believe that. It has been exciting and dramatic.

It has been medals. Speaking of which, I did not sign up for this

Hazel, our last view of Rio. She got out at a good time. What we have in

the 16, this is what is coming up... We will be over to the men's

marathon. The last event and the track and field. What can the men

do? Joe Joyce has a lot to live up to in

the men's superheavyweight category. It was the medal that Anthony Joshua

took four years ago. He is in the final. He is a big man. And he can

move. And after 16 spectacular days, it all comes to an end tonight. We

will look forward to what will be a fantastic closing ceremony in the

Maracana this evening. That is all to come. We will be over to the live

action later on. 66 medals Great Britain have so far. There are 65th

was won on the track. Mo Farah came into this last night already with

the 10,000 metres title. He had got three in total but could he do that

only one man had done before? The Olympic double double.

COMMENTATOR: Mo Farah going for the double double. Mo Farah trying to do

something that so many great athletes dead. Haile Gebreselassie

could not do it. You could go through all the great names the

past. He has an opportunity here to hopefully take this fourth Gold

Medal and the double again would be his. That is pretty quick, 2.37

through the first kilometre. That is the quickest first kilometre in an

Olympic 5000 metres. Is this a genuine attempt to take on Mo Farah

ought to get rid of as many people as possible. These guys have run

against Mo Farah and have seen him dominate the sport. By World

Championship Gold Medal is. Three Olympic gold medals already. They

have seen him do it on a fast last lap. I think this is clever and

sensible on their behalf, we can beat him in a slow race, let us make

it faster. Mo Farah now in the middle of the pack that is being

tested for injuries. They are talking about who will go next and

whether they will go. Seven laps to go in the 5000 metres. They even

will be planned to stretch Mo Farah, stretch out and see if he has

weaknesses, he is faster than the fastest, they will find out if he is

stronger than the strongest. Great Britain with two men in the

top seven. Ethiopia are leading but they are slowing, that was the

slowest lap, the previous lap. I suspect this will be slows. This one

looks to be slower than that. Mo Farah has said, you have opened up,

that was your opening gambit. I have taken that, thank you very much, not

good enough at this point. I am ready and waiting. I am right here,

right here where I want to be. I am letting you know I am here. You slow

down, I moved to the front. You speed up, I'm going with you. He is

already one of the all-time greats as he runs on self and to the list

of the very best we have ever seen. For my money, he is already there

but he is determined, he hates losing and he wants to win again. He

has ran thousands of miles in training. Now, he is into his last

mile. Four laps to go in this Olympic final. One mile that could

take him to further Olympic only. One mile that could take him to his

fourth Olympic gold medal. He has decided he was to get hold of this

race early, he does not want to let them control. The one that I thought

was the big danger is still there. 1000 metres left in the 5000 metres

final. That was the lowest kilometre. Mo Farah is leading.

Danger everywhere he looks. He knows that everybody in the past has tried

to out kick him but nobody has managed to get past them. None of

these people are quicker than Mo Farah when he's at his best in the

last 400 metres. Mo Farah is leading. He comes down the back

straight. Three medals in the back. Will it be another one? Will it be

the historic fourth medal? Mo Farah checking behind, to the side, looks

up to the big screen. That was almost a fault. There goes Mo Farah

at the bell. He has got company and is trying to hold them off. He is

accelerating. He is in the driving seat, has he got the finish we have

seen him produced over the years? Can he added to the three gold Medal

is that he has got. Mo Farah knows that he just has to hold the curb.

He has to hold the lead. They will attack again. He has got more

together. He has got speed in those legs to spear. He is looking up at

the screen. They are trying to catch. The USA are the big danger.

He looks to his inside, checked there is no danger. Mo Farah is

gone, he will get gold for Great Britain again. The double-double.

Four Olympic titles and four Olympic gold medals. Incredible from Mo

Farah. Congratulations, your fourth Gold Medal. You have created another

piece of history. I cannot believe it. After the ten kilometres, I was

tired. I stayed in my room. People bringing the food in the room and I

was resting. I cannot believe I didn't. It is every athlete's dream.

I cannot believe it. Is this the most satisfying one yet? The

pressure of four years. It has been incredible. I want to go home now

and see my beautiful kids. I want to hang my medals around their necks. I

have that drive. It is something I am born with. It is just me. I hate

losing. Refugee or something and have ambitions and you are willing

to work hard, you can achieve your genes. -- refugee of something. --

if you dream of something. I do not see my kids. For me, I was

not going to miss anything. I wanted to do it for them. I will never

catch up that time I missed. At the same time, if I can achieve

something in my career, it is for them and that is what drives me. He

is special. We're lucky to have fun. Mo Farah eagled the result of the

Finland athlete 40 years ago. -- equalled. He said he was not sure

how he recovered from the 10,000 metres. We do not care how you do it

but we enjoyed it. Special mention to Andrew Butchart who got six

place, professional best in his first Olympic Games. They got better

for the Britain last night. The four by 400 metres relay, the member were

disqualified in the competition, it was down to the women to see if they

could end the Team GB track programme on a high.

COMMENTATOR: Eilidh Doyle takes Great Britain away. She has the

Ukrainian athlete to work off on the outside. Already running strongly.

The Jamaicans and the United States, Stephanie and MacPherson for

Jamaica. Being chased down by Stephanie and MacPherson. It is an

elongated stagger so difficult to tell. It has been a good run so far

by Eilidh Doyle. MacPherson going very quickly for Jamaica. The USA

are the favourites. That is a very good leg. Canada feeding. Eilidh

Doyle doing a great job. The USA, Jamaica, tight for third place. Nate

Garner your has to have a good bend. -- Anyika Onuora. Good experience.

She is in third place. They are quite a way behind the freezing two.

She has to stay strong for the second 200. Anyika Onuora has went

out very hard, she was upset not to make the final after getting the

better of Christine Ohuruogu at the European Championships. Natasha

Hastings out in front. It is the United States from Jamaica and then

a big gap back to Anyika Onuora. She is leading to the handover. Emily

Diamond is waiting. Emily Diamond now has her bit to do. Arthur

Wheeler also running well. Emily Diamond just checking in behind

those two. -- Australia. Anyika Onuora fell apart in the last 100

metres. Emily Diamond has to be patient and give Christine Ohuruogu

a chance. It is a scrap for the bronze medal. Christine Wolf be

using all the. Emily is using -- is looking strong and is looking good.

This is so important. Canada have got a 400 metre hurdler on the last

leg. Italy are far too distant. This is brilliant from Emily Diamond. USA

lead, Jamaica second and Great Britain in third. Christine Ohuruogu

running for bronze. Far away in another land, the battle between the

United States and Jamaica. Allyson Felix on the anchor leg for the

United States. Jamaica had to have the lead to have any chance. It is a

gap back to Christine Ohuruogu. She is being hunted down by the rest.

She always finishes. They. She has got the Ukraine and Canada. The

Ukrainian made the final of the individual event. For the title it

is the United States coming home, Allyson Felix, the brilliant Allyson

Felix going for gold. Jamaica with the silver. And behind them

Christine Ohuruogu is holding on, holding on, holding on to take the

bronze for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That is the best

they could have expected. The best they could have hoped for and they

have achieved it in some style. Christine Ohuruogu did not panic.

She has all that experience and she held on to earn the smiles and

celebrations because the United States and Jamaica would always be a

long weekly. We expected the United States to win it Jamaica had not

been any possession leading going into the anchor leg. Allyson Felix

was always going to win. At this point, already the United

States and Jamaica are away, Great Britain are in a tussle with Poland,

with Canada, and then this was where we got a little bit worried, Canada,

Poland, Australia got past Anyika, but she hung on in there, and this

is a great run from Emily Diamond. She did not hang around, she did not

play anything tactical, a little-known, using her elbows,

strong around the top bend, came into the home straight. -- little

nudge. Christine will have got what she wanted, good luck, everybody,

she has been such a great servant to British athletics as well. Former

champion, and of course in the twilight of her career, we have

heard her interview the other day, that was hinting that we might not

see her here again. But they are all lining up to come past, no chance!

Christine Ohuruogu strong, determined, fighting for her team,

bringing the bat on home. Well done, all four. Everyone was very excited,

the British fans about the number of medals won in London. This is number

66 for Team GB, passing the total of London, how fitting that it is

earned by Christine Ohuruogu, as Steve was saying, this is the last

time we will see her in an Olympics games, and perhaps even in a major

championships. That was a wonderful anchor leg by Christine Ohuruogu to

take bronze, a long way behind the United States and Jamaica, but a

medal to be celebrated. Well, congratulations to you all,

fantastic performance, Eilidh, you always get the team off to a great

start, but an added edge in the Olympics. We tried to treated like

any other 4x4, the same plan of the last few years, and I wanted to get

as good a start as possible, we knew it would be tough with America and

Jamaica. I wanted to give them the best possible start, a good solid

start, and Anyika took it on from there. You really attacked the first

200, you manage to hang on down the home straight, tell me about that.

Just about having an, I was starting to knock down the home straight, but

I tried to keep my composure, and put it in a good position for Emily.

I am ecstatic with being here as part of the 4x4 with these girls,

Olympic medallists, can you believe it?! Me, running the 400,

seriously?! Like I was thinking of going back to 4x100 metres, so I

could not be more happy. Emily, tremendous third leg, great

Olympics. Yeah, it has been the most amazing experience, I mean, us girls

had a fantastic camp, and I want to thank the national lottery for

helping us have all these facilities. Without the national

Lottery, it would not be possible. We knew that the bronze medal was up

for grabs, so proud of these girls who manage to do it. So much noise

in the stadium, a great atmosphere, the 4x4 race going on behind you, we

have to whisk you after the medal ceremony, but we could not miss the

moment, Christine, you made history, only the second British athlete

after Steve Backley to win a medal in three separate Olympics,

congratulations. She is the boss! When we spoke the other day, you

talked about... There was a great line about the midnight hour

striking, a pumpkin line, Cinderella reference, this was another

Cinderella moment for you. I have not quite changed into a pumpkin

yet! It has been hard, but I think I want to start enjoying the last ten

years or so of my sport, but it is nice to go home with a medal, I

think we all worked really hard over the last couple of days, the last

season. We knew we could medal here. Thanks to Anyika, Emily, Eilidh, we

really had to work, come together as a team, because we knew there was a

medal to take, but you do not get it until you get it. We had to stick

in, stay focused, work together, keep our spirits up, because it was

tough. We had to sit with all these brilliant runners, it was tough, we

had to keep our energies up, keep our focus, get the job done. And I

am so proud of them, we got the job done today.

More than a good job, outstanding from the women there. Emily Diamond

with an incredible split, and the first 4x4 medal since 99 92 for GB.

Remember, the 4x100 metres team came away with a bronze. -- since 1992.

The future is bright for the relay teams. Speaking of which, the

future, of course, will be without Usain Bolt after these Olympic

Games. He made it three here at Rio 2016, he completed the triple

triple... They are not happy about it, people are distraught! But what

is life going to be like after Bolt? It is gold again, history, history,

history! Usain Bolt number one! What on earth are we going to do without

him? The first time I heard about Bolt, he was still a teenager,

already running fast times, I thought there was a very good chance

that he could be one of the best. It wasn't until 2008 than I just

thought, OK, this is something that we have never even seen before.

Usain Bolt has blown them all away! All of a sudden, the whole world sat

up, even people not watching athletics, who is Usain Bolt? Is

waving, telling jokes, smiling. He changed the sport to make it more

friendly, more approachable. Now it is like party time. Usain has become

so popular, he has transcended track and field, he enjoys the spectacle,

and it really captures people. They want to see him, they want to be

him. The first time I was in the same race as Usain Bolt was the

World Championships final in Moscow, such a presence, confidence and

charisma, you want to try and emulate that. It is difficult to put

into perspective what his impact has been, because the sport has done

such a poor job of promoting itself, and such a poor job of policing

itself, that Bolt has really stood apart. Good for him, because

otherwise the sport probably would have dragged him down. We all owe

him a massive debt of gratitude. Our sport has been going through perhaps

its most difficult time. Without Bolt, the sport would have been in a

much worse position. He could have walked away, definitely, he could

have gone after London, he did not have to come to Glasgow, he

certainly didn't need to come to the World Championships in Beijing.

Usain Bolt, he has saved his title, he has saved his reputation, he may

have even saved his sport! When he retires, there will be someone else.

We'll he be right there for him to hand the baton off immediately?

Probably not. There is lot of young talent coming through, but he is the

greatest of all time, the things he have done in the sport are mind

blowing. The sport has to think about what they do with him, they

cannot just have them walk away into the sunset and never be seen again.

The responsibility lies with Seb Coe and his team to find a role where

the sport can benefit from the pleasure that Usain Bolt has given

us all. The sport will survive, the sport will go on. It will just have

to be really smart about how it sells the stars it has. In terms of

titles, he will be replaced, but not the character. He is the Muhammad

Ali of our sport, people love him for the way that he wins, and it

makes more people watch, and that makes him the greatest.

As Steve said, life will go on at the Usain Bolt, but we are seriously

going to miss him. On the Olympic spectrum, because barring illness

and injury, we will see him in London at the World Championships

next year. Did you see that behind us? Some excitement going on down at

Copacabana, it is Usain Bolt's birthday! Baby they were the

birthday celebrations going up. Nice to see it is all kicking off despite

the terrible weather, still lively and Copacabana. We are going to the

men's marathon very shortly, but before that let's mark your card for

tonight, because at 7:15 it could be a golden finish to Great Britain's

Rio 2016. Joe Joyce goes in the superheavyweight category of the

boxing, four years ago it was a memorable night for Anthony Joshua,

Joe Joyce has a lot to live up to. Nicola Adams is the Olympic

champion! He has just been crowned Olympic

champion! Joe Joyce, Britain's outstanding

super-heavyweight. So Joe Joyce in there in, the

superheavyweight category, tonight, hopefully going for gold, 7:15 on

BBC One, right here, it is going to be a long Sunday afternoon,

hopefully you can stay with us on the last day of Rio 2016. So some

live action, men's marathon time featuring Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya,

two time London Marathon winner, you will remember that Jemima Sumgong

won the women's marathon, so could we have a repeat for the Kenyans in

Rio? That an go down to the Maracana and the Sambodromo, where it is

kicking off. -- let's go down. Talking us through it, Steve Cram,

Brendan Foster, Paula Radcliffe. Very different scenery to what we

had for the women's race. STEVE: It is, Ore, and a lot of the

runners will have been thinking, thank goodness, because the contrast

could have been 30 degrees, sun overhead on a course which would not

offer much shade. Great marathon in prospect, Galen Rupp ran in the

10,000 metres earlier in the week, of course, against Mo Farah, now

going in the marathon. Really intrigued to see how he could go

here, what a night it was for the USA with his training partner

winning the 1500 metres gold medal. And talking about gold medals, this

man won one last year at the World Championships, a real surprise,

Ghebreslassie of Eritrea coming through as the world champion. And

then some familiar names from the London Marathon et cetera, Berhanu

ran really well in Boston this year, actually, the same week as London,

Stanley Biwott, a regular fixture in the London Marathon, it could be his

day to day. Kenya, as ever, as we were saying, well represented. The

prerace favourite, Eliud Kipchoge, cap on, looks like he is ready for a

Sunday morning run, trying to become the Olympic champion. More about him

once we get under way. There will be huge support, a huge cheer in the

standards, but there is nobody to watch this this morning. Dos Santos,

a big hero in Brazil, he will give them something to shout about in the

early stages. Three British men, the two Hawkins brothers, more of them

shortly, we will get them under way in the Sambodromo.

Really good crowds out for the women's marathon, I wonder what it

will be like this morning, you can see the weather, good for them, not

good for spectating, sadly. It has pretty much been raining all night

in Rio, expecting a lot of surface water. Here we go, the final event

of the athletics programme in the 2016 Olympic Games gets under way,

the men's marathon. 700 metres down this spectacular opening, and this

is the scene which will greet them in just over two hours' time when

they return to the finish, and in those two hours we're expecting an

enthralling race. Four years ago, at bit like Eliud

Kipchoge, we had a red-hot favourite. On the day, he got things

wrong. And we had a surprise winner, Stephen Kiprotich, he is in the

field and defending his title. What has happened to him over the past

four years. -- lots has happened. Even in the marathon, Times can go

out the window and anything can happen. There are not any

pacemakers, it is not like the big-city marathons. Legacy what they

have got in store. Good morning to Paula Radcliffe and Brendan Foster.

It was a good night last night after the exploits of Mo Farah in the

stadium. It has been fantastic athletics so far. As they leave the

Sambodromo, the purpose-built stadium to host the samba schools

parade and the annual Rio Carnival, fantastic spectacle of the

world-famous Rio Carmichael. The term onto the main road now. They

must've been delighted. Last week we had beautiful weather for spectator.

Today, we have got beautiful weather for distance running. Perfect

conditions and the athletes will not be concerned about the number of the

crowds. They will not be disappointed if the helicopter

pictures do not sure the wonderful scenery. It will be keen to settle

down and get on with the running. This will be a fantastic race and

some great athletes in it. Paula Radcliffe, I bet they were pleased

this morning. They will definitely be pleased that the temperature is

lowered. It is a big factor in the marathon. The biggest factor they

will be worried about is the amount of water on the road, the shoes and

socks get heavier. It can increase the likelihood of blisters in the

second half and the closing stages of the race. Generally, they will

happier. Lots of the athletes have chosen hats because of the direct

sunlight but this time it is to keep the rain out of the rise and to be

able to keep clear vision. -- out of their eyes. Just one word on the

British athletes, it is a great opportunity for anybody to represent

your country in the marathons. Three Scottish representatives. Andy

Hawkins brothers. Both of them have had problems with injuries. Derek

picked up a stress fracture. He has not been able to train. He has been

crosstraining. And he has made the startling. Interesting to see how

fast it gets. We're not expecting too much from Derek. I know he is

desperate to try to finish this Olympic marathon.

When your entire training and your dreams, and your thoughts about

going to an Olympic Games and then picking up injuries at the wrong

time. If it was any other event, you would not do it.

It is the Olympic marathon and that especial. You will make efforts to

get to the start line and to take the start. Even if you have got

problems in the build-up because it is the Olympics and you have got

that dream and hope that something can happen. Particularly for Derek,

he has crossed trained extremely hard. He has maintained that

cardiovascular fitness. He is fit but he does not have the training

and the preparation for the impact that goes on. That gets really hard

the closing stages of the marathon. Exponentially more so if it is a

harder course on concrete. What could help them today, it is softer

tarmac. When it is wet, it does help with the impact on the muscles and

the legs. Derek will have to work his way through that. Tsegai Tewelde

had the problem with his foot coming into the race. The biggest problem

for him, the little bit of running he did, he forgot his racing shoes

and he had to borrow -- borrow a pair from Charlie. His injury was

plantar facet is. I had that. I used your technique of stretching my

toes. It was OK. It is a foolish thing to door -- to do. If you had

been injured like the two of them, in the Olympic Games, the laws of

distance running say you should not run if you had the stress factor or

if you have not been able to train. You might not ever have the chance

again. We want to have that chance. You do want to try to finish. At the

end of the day you could not keep an athlete away from it. Particularly

so when it is your first Olympic Games. And when you have the chance

like Derek, how often do you have the chance to run in an Olympic

marathon with your brother and to be able to get out and be part of the

same team together? The one thing I will say, it is a quick turnaround

to go from a trial in April to come to an Olympic Games in August. That

is not a lot of margin for picking up a small injury and being able to

get back from that. I understand why because it is the London Marathon

and it is our trial but it does not give you lots of time to turn it

around and come back fully for the championship marathons. On a more

positive note, we got the little bit of a site of Callum Hawkins, with

his cap on back to front. What a great story for him. It seems to be

a few years ago I was watching him win the school boy cross-country

races. He has really done well and build-up to the marathon, great

performance in London. And his brother, Callum, he is the one that

is hoping to enjoy his Olympic experience more than his older

brother and his team-mate Tsegai Tewelde. They make a sharp right

turn and there are plenty of these terms on this main cause, not on the

main part. If you watched the women's race, he will know this

first five kilometres or soul goes through the older part of the city.

And then the joint a loop, it is a ten kilometre loop, it would've been

spectacular scenery if it was not for the weather today. They do three

collapse on the ten kilometre loop and then they come back into this

built-up area which would have offered shade. It does not have to

today because of the rain. It might clear a little bit but we're not

expecting the cloud to clear. The rain might stop but we're not

expecting the sun to come out. They come into this area for the last

eight kilometres and it has lots of twists and turns and the latter

stages. And then they go back up that Boulevard they have came down,

back into the Sambodromo for the finish. Callum Hawkins has trained

well, he has run well. He has qualified with an aggressive run in

the London Marathon. He has been a good cross-country runner and came

through the traditional route, he is now in the marathon and is prepared

properly for the marathon with his brother and they are coached by the

father. At the end of the day, delighted to see them here. If he

stays where he has and then starts to work through, you can see him

with the cap turned around the wrong way, he is at the back of the

leading group. That is Derek Hawkins, his brother, on the

left-hand side with the quite top. Running alongside that of group.

There is a vast number of athletes. This look different than what we see

in the big-city marathons? We talked about the track about distance

runners being used to pacemakers on track events. When you come to the

finals in the Olympics World Championship, they are not sure what

tactics to use. It is the same in the marathon. That number of runners

would not run like that because they would have a couple of pacemakers.

This is the Olympic Games and this is what it is all about. Once again,

Callum Hawkins at the back of that group, in a good position and

running along strongly. Getting the first couple of miles out of the

way. That is Eliud Kipchoge in the white cap, running the site is

team-mate, Wesley Korir, the strongest nation in the world,

Kenya. You can see that the wet has made

the cornering difficult. That'll tell a story in the late stages when

they finished the big loop and they have to twist through the difficult

little avenues. That was revealing. I was listening on the way in, I was

actually reading, some morning comments about what would happen.

And people have noted in the women's race and what happened at the latter

stages when it broke up. This has added another little element to what

could happen in terms of the road surface. When they do come into

those latter stages, they are off this road tarmac and onto the

pedestrian areas that are brand-new. Lots of them are slick concrete.

What I mean is smooth and with this water on top, you have to be very

careful with your footing. When you are tired, at the end, it remains to

be seen what happens. You have to be aware of that and I am sure the

yard. We have seen lots of people falling on the track with spikes on

during the week. They are drifting towards the outside because it is a

tight corner. I do not want to see people falling in the later stages

of the marathon. This is a real test of pure distance running. The first

couple of miles were covered in nine point 48 and that is comfortable for

these guys and that is why there is a

We have got Galen Rupp tucked into the middle. What a night last night.

His training partner Matt Centre fits with the gold medal. That would

have given him a lift. Nothing wrong with your training partner doing

well. Mo Farah. He knows Galen Rupp very well. That is Callum Hawkins

again. The train together well. Galen Rupp

is very serious and committed to his family. Centro likes to have fun. It

is a big boost for that training group when you see, when you know

coming into a championship, Galen Rupp full ball he comes in in good

shape. We saw that in the 10,000 metres. He has done very little

since then. He knows he is in good shape. And he sees his training

partner when a gold medal in the 1500 metres. Then he sees another

member offers training group when double gold. That has to put you in

a good place. He wants to go out and join that group and get himself a

medal today. He does not want to be the one that comes back to Oregon,

on the Oregon project where the train together, under Alberto

Salazar, he does not want to be the one that comes back without a medal.

He has got a tall order. He has got some great athletes with him. That

is Callum Hawkins again. He is in a great place, at the back of the

leading group. Settling down and looking comfortable. Not getting

involved. He is checking his timings and will be checking his position.

It is great to see him there. He's looking good. Big group and

naturally Tyton you can see better from that angle. It is almost a full

switchback that gets them onto the big loop now. This is where all the

water and food stations are. Unlike the woman who went diving in at the

first water station, one or two grabbing some drinks, many deciding

they do not need it at this stage this morning. This ten kilometre

loop, around the Bay, expecting bigger crowds. This is what the

women did not do. We fought they were going to go the other way. They

crossed onto the other side. They will go the same way as the woman,

they will gold round clockwise. We had initially been told that the map

said they would go round and the clock says -- anticlockwise. It

should not make much difference. I am just wondering if they were

supposed to go the other way, because of the way the clock is

facing. It is no good for the athletes, it was facing the wrong

way. I am assuming it is double sided, like sticky tape. May be! Is

well, as a group, they are setting a reasonable pace for the likes of

Galen Rupp. Of course, this is new territory. That is the memorial to

those who died in the Second World War. This park is a very popular

area, normally, on a Sunday morning, runners and cyclists certainly lines

of the route during the women's event. Not quite so many of them,

there will be a few sore heads - Saturday night was the end of the

track and field programme inside the stadium, these marathon runners

bringing the whole thing to an end. A lot of people so liberating what

they thought was the end of the athletics programme, reminding these

guys that they have their chance. They will be presented with their

medals in the closing ceremony in the Maracana, somebody is going to

have three of them at a spectacular ceremony. And the spectators, Steve,

talking about people involved in the Games celebrating, but the

spectators would have been celebrating the Brazilian penalty

victory, their man, Mr Brazil, Neymar, scoring at winning penalty.

And the stadium went mad, and the athletics stadium went mad, they

went mad everywhere. And you are just about to go mad, I have looked

over your shoulder at the computer, I have just seen the football

school, I am not going to mention it! Oh dear. I won't give it away.

Never mind. This is interesting, actually, in terms of the pace,

Paula, 15:31 is not that bad. Interesting thing about the Olympic

marathon is, Stephen Kiprotich four years ago, he had not run anywhere

near as fast as the likes of the others. The Olympic marathon, apart

from Samuel Wanjiru, what he did in Beijing was unbelievable, when he

went out in the heat and conditions there, ran the Olympic record, they

are normally different races without pacemakers. So the personal best

thing, even if it is Eliud Kipchoge, it is not irrelevant, of course you

have got more of a buffer, but look at that big group, the range of

personal bests in that group is huge, really, in terms of

world-class marathon. But it does not mean that it does exclude...

Lots of people in that group could think they have a chance on a day

like today. Yeah, there are, but some need times we see championship

marathons in tough conditions, and that levels the playing field a

little bit in terms of people who can cope better with the

competitions will be able to stay right up there, and it will be won

in a slower time. This course, I think, actually, has the potential

to be a very quick course, it is very flat, very few inclines in it,

so I think there is potential. In the women's race, they did not run

slowly, and it was extremely hot, tough conditions for them. If

somebody wanted to go out and tackle this, they could mentally get their

head around running hard from the start, without the help of the

pacemakers, that is possible. Well, they went through the third mile,

that five-day time has just dropped off a bit, it is because they were

running more than five minutes, 5:12, if my maths are right, 5:12.

If you did that the whole way... Just looking at that group there,

Callum Hawkins, just at the back of that group, and as the rain

continues to fall, it will keep the athletes' bodies cool. This could be

for Callum Hawkins like a regular Sunday morning run in Scotland. So

there is the group here, and just behind them, a few yards, with the

white cap, turned the wrong way round, Britain's leading marathon

runner, Callum Hawkins. He has got a good position, running freely,

running comfortably. There is a bit of jostling going on at the front of

the group, but they come through the unnecessary water shower! It was

necessary in the women's race. Callum has gone under the shower to

get more moisture on his body, he darted to the right-hand side,

looking strong, looking good. But they are lined up across the road,

and you can sense they are running a steady pace. Well, he is running

alongside, behind Derek Hawkins further down the field, there is a

Greek lawyer running today,, and he only realised he would be running

three or four months ago when he went on a website in Greece and saw

his name, he was wondering if he would run for Greece, and he

thought, that is interesting, there is another Michael Kalomiris. This

guy has run to: 29, a level kind of club runner, but what happened was

he ran in the Rome marathon, one of the gold label events. It was a very

hot day, a lot of the elite athletes dropped out, and he finished in the

top ten, just kept going, and there is a rule that if you finish in the

top ten of eight gold label event, you qualify to run in the Olympics

if there is nobody else to go in your team. So the Greek team picked

him, he had to ring them up and go, excuse me... Excuse me, I appear to

have been selected for the Olympic Games! It is a great story, he is

here, he is running, he went through the first five-day in 17:0 eight. A

good minute or a half behind the leaders. But what a story. It is a

great story, 155 runners at here, there is Callum Hawkins, and there

is Tiwelde, and when he sees him alongside, the pair of them are out

for a Sunday morning run in Glasgow. 155 athletes here representing 80

countries, and when you get stories like the one you have just told us

about the Greek athlete, it is fantastic, shocking, surprising. At

least he is not in the leading group, but he is a good runner, good

marathon time. I just love those sorts of stories, the chance to come

and represent your country at the Olympic Games, and the marathon over

the years has had lots of those stories. But yes, I hope he is

enjoying his experience so far. So through the five-day point, as I

said, Michael Kalomiris was 17: 08. Tiwelde and Hawkins, around 15:40,

Derek Hawkins was 16:49, a minute or so behind his younger brother and

his team-mate. Another nice story, someone who will be getting a lot of

support today, at the back of the group, you could see the two

Brazilian athletes running side by side, it is his farewell race, Dos

Santos, his last ever marathon. And he gets to run it back home in

Brazil. He won the New York City marathon, his wife ran a personal

best in steeplechase, but he will be getting a lot of support today, a

much loved figure in marathon running in Brazil, let's hope he can

get a good run today. That is great, 39 years of age, fifth in London,

which was a very good performance, and today he ran the test race when

they had a trial in April for this marathon, just to check the course

out, he ran 2010 in that, because he was injured, but he is back in

amongst them today, and we have mentioned that there is a lack of

spectating on the course, which means he will not get the amount of

support he needs, but maybe they will turn up when they get around

for the last time. What a way to say farewell, though, a great career,

and a lot of runners in Brazil look up to him and learn from him. So the

large group still there, Callum Hawkins right at the back, you can

see, on his own wearing the cap just about. Only about five seconds down

on this lead group. Great to see him there. So many in this group,

though, it will whittle down slowly, but the pace they are running at the

minute, many are able to stay at that pace through the first

five-day. 2:11 was what Galen Rupp role Dominic Ryan in the trial back

in February in Los Angeles, so he was able to take that box, get that

one sorted, then, and run the track championships closer to the Games,

of course. Sugarloaf Mountain. They have not got quite the nice view

that the women had to motivate them around there, they can barely see

Sugarloaf Mandan shrouded in the mist. But that race of Galen Rupp

was very impressive, that 2:11 said him a long way down the list in

terms of personal bests today, but it was the manner of the victory and

the manner with which he stamped his authority on it, broke away from the

opposition, who had an Olympic silver medal from 2004, was fourth

in 2012, so the calibre, OK, he's getting older, towards the end of

his career, but still a very experienced and very wise marathon

runner. And the way that Galen Rupp moved away from him indicates that

he can go a lot faster in a championship marathon, and

definitely in a marathon. Well, they wind their way down to the bottom

end of Flamenco Park towards the arena is here, so many people

watching the marathon last time, the park is a great place to run, and it

also houses the Carmen Miranda Museum, Bren. Yeah? The first day I

was here, there was a lovely part of town where they run through,

everything you would expect in Rio, where Carmen Miranda used to live.

Is that a Sunday morning story? I just thought I would throw it in.

Didn't she once appear on Morecambe and wise or something? I can't be

back that far, Steve, partly because I cannot remember and partly because

it is back that far! But that is the bay, the end of the course. The one

time I went out for dinner, you said at last week, I will get it in

before you, but it is a beautiful park, and the course designers, this

part of because, this ten Kay Loup is really beautiful, really designed

for running, but it is a recreational area,, and it is only

the twisty path that has bothered us a little bit. They are still running

well, and in the back of the group is Callum Hawkins of Great Britain.

We cannot see the top of the mountain out of because of the

clouds, but you sense it is lifting, it seems to be drying up a little

bit. But there is a lot of surface water on the road, Callum Hawkins

there, and there is a big, big group at the front, a lot of people there,

a lot of them going to be peeling off one after the other. I noticed

in the leading group all running together, three athletes from China

on the right-hand side. You know, I think in the future, the Chinese

will take to distance running, they have got a lot of big marathons all

around China, and eventually I am sure they will become a force in

marathon running. They are really keen to pursue it, really keen to

get their athletes travelling and competing internationally. As I say

that, they come to the front, the Chinese athletes, alongside the more

internationally known athletes, Biwott and Kipchoge. And still the

rain falls, conducive to distance running, the best marathon runner in

the world at the moment, the number one ranked guy, he has won all but

one of his marathons. Came through from the track, 5000 metres world

champion, Eliud Kipchoge. It has been a long journey for him,

collecting medals en route, and now he wants to win the big one, the

marathon. Five miles, 25 minutes and nine seconds, so the pace, although

it looks like it is lifting, because the group has broken up a little

bit, the time is not really reflecting that. Still fairly

comfortable for the vast majority of those in that lead group.

As ever, football on the beach in Rio. As we said earlier, we were

celebrating last night, they won the gold medal they really wanted. That

was in football. A penalty shoot out against Germany. Till won. This tide

turned -- tight Karen. Last year's world champion is appearing on the

front of the leaderboard. There is a big group, a get spread out a bit,

Calum Hawkins just went through the picture. The ten Kay time 31.08 just

15 .31 and 15.37 for the five Kay sections. It will change and pick up

at some point but I suspect we will be running at this kind of pace for

a little while yet. There are two sports, one is a fast city race with

pacemakers and running as fast as you possibly can and there is the

competition in the championship and the techniques are different,

sometimes some athletes are good enough to learn both ways but not

always, you cannot rely on the fastest ones coming to be a

championship runner but I noticed Rensselaer C went to the front,

Galen Rupp responded and quickly came through the field. He looked

anxious to get through the field and alongside Debra Selassie because he

knows one of the athletes will be a danger and Galen Rupp running a race

he isn't interested in Times today and you don't have to be because the

time is irrelevant. The fastest times in marathon running have

certainly not be in the Olympic Games. We said before apart from

Madeira did in Beijing, went out and surprised everyone including us when

we commentated at the time thinking he cannot keep this up and he did,

it means the likes of gibberish Selassie when you have a proven

track record of doing what he did last year and admitted the

conditions were different in Beijing at the World Championships to what

they faced this morning, that stands you in good stead and gives you the

confidence that when there is an uplifting place or the peace shifts

and moves you will be able to cope with that and Galen Rupp looking

confident and comfortable. We saw him the other day, he was well

covered from the 10,000 metres and looking forward to this race because

this is new to him. This is still a new challenge and phase of his

career and the, Paul was saying he seems to have the mental fortitude

that you need from marathon running, almost able to switch off. It is an

exciting phase of his career, he did as much as he can on the track and

he has been relentless in the Olympic Games, the Kenyans realise

he is a danger so and there is the Olympic champion in the yellow vest

of Uganda getting ready to move close to the front. Galen Rupp looks

like he's in a competitive race and trying to do what he does on the

track, respond to various moves and on the website as Galen Rupp is the

best runner in the world, not called Mo Farah. Certainly 5000 or 10,000,

but there's one or two others chasing him all my few times as

well. This is a big opportunity for him. Calum Hawkins going through,

ten seconds behind some familiar faces from him in that group.

Colsaerts from Canada has been on many of the same training camps that

the British athletes that heard. Struggling a little bit now. Behind

that group, with the food problem, looks like it is already beginning

to tell a little, Derek Hawkins. A little further back as well, already

two minutes behind his younger brother. He is still going. 33.36

through ten kilometre is. Not to race he would have wanted but we

said at the beginning getting his opportunity to do with the British

vest at the Olympics. Quite a few colleagues went to visit one of the

most spectacular sights in the world, Christ the Redeemer looking

down on Rio, called -- clouds beginning to part a little. One of

the new seven wonders of the world, they announced an menu and is an 81

when you said Usain Bolt won his third Olympic gold medal in these

games. Steve announced eight new wonder of the world, I think you sin

was really happy when he did that. Well, I guess we will certainly miss

him at the games, we hope to see him in London next year. Someone is

getting a red card, what is that for? Not happy about something. He's

signalling something to his team-mate. Was he asking for a

number like? Maybe. I do know what he was doing because he didn't like

anyone was impeding him, he didn't look annoyed about anything, more

like he was having a laugh so maybe they were sharing a joke about the

conditions but certainly looking very relaxed early on at this stage

in the marathon and as Brendan said, when he moved to the front they did

all react to that and move to cover that the one person who didn't is

moving up around outside, the experienced catholicity who dropped

back to make sure he got his bottle and still drank a lot because as

much as it is raining, it is also very humid and are losing a lot of

fluid, so it is important they continue to take on fluid as it is

really hot. It is a strategy that the US athletes worked on strongly

before the Athens marathon in the thousand four, very successful in

getting the silver medal and Dean are in the women's race getting

other bonds medal. They continue working well on that and Galen Rupp

as well paying a lot of attention to working on runs in heat chambers and

how much sweaty lofts and how much food needs to put back in to their

drinking strategies will be top notch today. This will include he

needs. Testing away. Debra Selassie, he is very animated. Seven miles, 35

minutes .7. Very, but for the good guys. Kind of on the edge little for

the likes of Calum Watkins but he is looking comfortable, about ten

seconds back from this group. Once more, little push at the front.

Keturah Orji this time keeping an eye. It is a little early to start

shifting but they've ran so slow for the good guys that perhaps not

surprising. It is all assessing who it is, how quick is it going and how

much further than he keep going at that pace? Is the fine of Eritrea

looking at his watch, and there is Wesley, the Kenyan committee

honourable Wednesday could Jungwirth Korea is an MP. If you're picking

the best three Kenyans from the other races you would be lower down

the list and that but they say, we like to have an NPR scene, the

London Marathon always have the thing about the fastest in the

fastest MP the world. A bit of controversy about his selection, so

many people to choose from you could argue. Certainly the druggie --

Eliud Kipchoge, possibly the best marathon runner in the world at this

point. If this was an open race you could qualify on time as well as on

countries, they would be another 20 Kenyans in the leading group,

wouldn't there? And a few Ethiopians. And I guess there is

some argument that at the Olympic Games can you have enough of the

best people here, inevitably some aren't. Just a little shoe

correction going on. Retire my lace. Too tight shoe. Or he has a wrinkle

in his sock from the water and once the sort that out. Just taking a

long time over this. You would be better off sat down. He cannot keep

running if it is something chafing on the bottom of his food. Probably

regretting having tied his leases quite so tight -- laces. Looking at

the triathletes yesterday, how quickly they take the cycling shoes

off and put their running shoes on, he could have done with some lessons

but he is limping now. That is his race over. He was quite well up

earlier and ran in the European half Marathon Championships recently,

former European champion, and he has stopped completely, that is his race

done. Calum Hawkins, I can see, on the back of that leave the lemur

please group right in the middle at the back and will be loving this. In

the leading group at the Olympic marathon, it is slow, slow down a

little more in the last mile. The gaps that were starting to appear

have disappeared and cons top, it is great Calum Watkins is riding there

in amongst it. He must be loving this. He deserves it, where you have

trained hard, he made a trait that a great transit -- transition in his

career up to the marathon and he will keep getting better. He's

operating not far from what he has done before today but he certainly

has the potential to get quicker than he already ran the marathon.

And the confidence to be there, eighth in the London Marathon and

the first non-African to finish in the London Marathon and the

confidence he got from that and immediately back in April slated for

the games, giving him a chance to build up because in the winter he

wasn't sure he would make the team and he has made the team and has run

2.11 and is in there and have the confidence from the London Marathon

and it's great to see Calum Watkins, his brothers having a difficult

time, 2.5 minutes or so down the road with the injury he brought this

event, it looked like, Hawkins is the British hope and he looks at

ease in this company come off the back he stayed away from the leaves

and gradually move back towards them now in the middle of the group.

Calum Hawkins, young man, 24 years old, on a journey like Steve said

where the marathon will be his distance and I'm sure over the years

you will get better. That environment is the British team are

trying to construct the distance running squad and training camps

overseas and training at altitude with the help of others is an

initiative that is to be applauded and heard Christine say at the

training camp had improved and it is great to see that and when you have

more fire in your team and spend time with someone like him then you

about us that rub off and I'm delighted to see Calum Hawkins this

group. Calum and Derek haven't been away in the altitude training groups

with the other members of the team and distance runners, the women

were, Ally Dickson and Sonia Samos were up there, Callum and Derek

stuck to their own preparations, they've work for them free London

Marathon and to come here in great shape is what that has created as a

team spirit and out on the course today manning the drinks stations

are Sonia and Ali making sure the marathon boys get support. It is a

long time to hang around. They had what ever else come out and compete

and on the last day they get to compete in the rest of the team are

probably all out partying and celebrating and last night they

still had their Olympic come and they want to be able to go out and

do it justice. It is great if gone out and are supporting the boys

today. It's the best of times and the worst of times, you had watched

everyone, you are right, but the best of times because it is the only

event on the day, the men's marathon, the traditional end to the

Olympic programme, all these countries represented in all of

these great athletes and here and centre stage is the men's marathon

of the Olympic Games, a lot of athletes still in with a chance and

still running fairly steadily at a pace that lots of these athletes are

comfortable with. Nobody has made a move yet, they've all smelt the

front rather than be at the front, the Olympic champion from Uganda is

in there. The Right Honourable Wesley Korir in

the lead, I like saying that! Just behind him, the best marathon runner

in the world, Eliud Kipchoge. But can he become Olympic champion

today? That is the big question. One of the runners there just jumped

on the grass, to slot in further up the field and I am not sure whether

that technically counts as burning inside.

Hawk eye right foot... It has been a long Olympics. Hawk eye Paula

Radcliffe! Keeping an eye on proceedings.

We were watching that 5000m relay not enthralled by Mo Farah. Brendan

was talking and I turned to Andrew Cotter our co-commentator. And I

jokingly when I saw one of them puts a foot round the top bend, five laps

to go, lo and behold, he was disqualified.

They have been incredibly strict. All of a sudden, round the corner,

moving to the front, Ghebreslassie. Good to see Callum

Hawkins at the back of that group. They have turned and run to their

second. Condition is improving, the rain has stopped. Much better

conditions than the wooden faced in terms of temperature and not having

to worry about the sun overhead -- The women faced.

These conditions are still not exactly the sort of things you would

want to run a fast marathon. But not as tough as it was in

Beijing last year. At the world Championships. So far,

all of the main contenders very much to the fore. The defending champion

is further back in the main group, not too far from Callum Hawkins who

is running alongside him, further back, about 20th place.

The pace around the 2.11 Mark. The five-minute mile mark. Can you

remember those? I can remember those many years ago.

As we move through the field here. And we get closer to that lead

group. Just breaking up a little bit. A third of the American

athletes there, feeling that a little bit. We will see Callum

Hawkins, on the inside. Paula?

Maintaining contact and running well. Not too much out too early.

As we look at the leader. Kipchoge, looking back to see, don't go yet,

calm down. Maybe he had been clipped, giving

him a warning. As we got a view of Jared Ward, he

wrote a thesis on balanced even splits in a marathon and the best

way is to run even splits. He did exactly that in qualifying at the US

trials. Not sure whether he will aim to do that today or aim to try and

stay in contact for as long as possible which is probably the

smarter way to run an Olympic Mountains, you are not trying to run

the fastest time. Have you got any football news here

this morning, Steve? No.

You promised, you promised. I haven't said a word! How good is

this? Callum Hawkins is leading the Olympic marathon, he is alongside

Eliud Kipchoge. The best marathon runner in the world. The head of

Galen Rupp. Yes, it is early stages and the pace

is not fast but what a great thing to see.

You know we have had, if we go back to John Brown and his exploits in

the Olympics, I think John is here. John is here. He now works with New

Zealand triathlon. Probably watching today, seeing what

is happening in the marathon. Through ten miles in 50.18.

Still maintaining this five-minute mile pace. Pretty steady since the

second. They started a little quicker. Since then, running five

minute miles. You should calm down, to be honest!

He has found himself in the lead. He is running the sort of pace he

has run before but you shouldn't be in the front doing it but alongside.

He is an inexperienced running -- Marathon runner.

Exciting to see Callum Hawkins leading the Olympic marathon, he can

always say that. If he were to think about the second

half of the race, he need to calm down, don't get excited.

Running at the front is one thing but trying to lead and think about

doing something, he has to be careful.

An interesting move. Not the sort of move I think he should have taken.

The pace really slowed down, you can see how the field has bunched up.

Jared Ward is at the back but he was getting detached. It has definitely

slowed, the field has bunched. Calum has taken the decision at the front

at least you have a clear road ahead. Very little wind ahead today.

I think he has maintained his pace which has taken him to the front.

This is the first time he has ever been in the front of any of his

marathons. If he is thinking, I am winning, that is a danger.

I agree. You are both right in the sense he wants to be comfortable and

he might feel with the pack that is a good thing. He certainly should

not be thinking, I am here to break this group up.

If the message gets related to his brother, Derek, four minutes back,

by the way, your brother is leading, he would be surprised.

He has gone through 50.20 two. I am told he is struggling a little,

with his injury hampering his progress.

Still grabbing water. That will be a factor. It is raining, wet,

obviously. But still quite close, still quite

warm. For marathon runners, those are the two other competitors, never

mind the other people. Callum Hawkins of Great Britain in

the front. The men's Olympic marathon.

Galen Rupp discarding his drink. One or two have been discarding their

hats, I saw his team-mate Keflezighi.

Callum Hawkins must be revelling his Olympic experience at the moment.

At the beginning of the year, he ran that cross in Edinburgh, Mo Farah

was second, Callum Hawkins was fourth. Afterwards, he said, when I

was running alongside Mo Farah, I was frightened. How good he is, so

next time I will try to run with them, next to them and compete with

them. I am not sure that is the

translation you need to take from a cross-country attitude into a

marathon. I hope he calms down. He is clearly running well.

It is great to see for us. The last British athlete who won a medal in

the Olympic Games was in 1984, my team-mate Charlie Spedding. And

absolutely controlled marathon runner, he would run in a group like

this and a quiet race. You would never see him feature.

As they peeled away, eventually he would emerge. In Los Angeles in

1984, Carlos Lopez won that race and Charlie Spedding came into the

stadium neck and neck with John Tracy, and was out sprinted to take

the bronze medal. That was our last success in terms of medals.

I am not suggesting Callum Hawkins will be at that level but this is a

great learning experience. You just hope he makes it a positive

learning experience. The other argument is, if this becomes a slow

run, everyone stays together and it becomes essentially a ten kilometre

race, Callum Hawkins will not finish as highly as if he would if it were

a quicker marathon from beginning to end. All he has tried to do is run

the pace that feels comfortable for him. He is feeling good. To get it

moving, to get this field strung out. He doesn't intend to lead the

whole way but he is thinking if he gets the pace moving a little

someone will come through and take the pace from there and it will

start becoming a proper marathon run.

He is not working hard. This is him making a huge commitment to be at

the front of this field, he is running his pace.

What a sight for young Callum Hawkins, the world's best marathon

runner Kipchoge, the world champion Ghebreslassie behind him, Galen Rupp

on his other side. He is relishing this company. They

have the experience, Callum Hawkins tasting it for the first time. It

did cross-country and Road Runner and with a career in the marathon.

This is the Peruvian runner at the back of that group.

It is getting exciting to get a British athlete in with the leading

group. We are not even at the one-hour

mark, the race hasn't started really.

He is running well which is brilliant. He has prepared

meticulously, training in heat chambers to acclimatise himself.

Running in the Olympic Games, in the Rio where we thought it would be red

hot conditions as last week. Still humid, Dos Santos of Brazil at

the back of that group still in contention.

Still Callum Hawkins of Great Britain leads.

I am racking my brains here, I can't think I've seen a British male

athletes league in an Olympic Games marathon since 1984 may be. -- Lead.

He is still there. I did say male athlete there, didn't

I? Yes. Someone who has worked their

way through it Dos Santos, he was quite a way back going through 15

kilometres. He has gradually worked his way onto that lead group, the

first time he has figured. The 11th mile was the first one that

has been under five minutes for a while. 4.55. Callum Hawkins has

picked up the pace. A few have dropped off now. We're not halfway

yet. It is great to see him there. I am sure there are a few screenshots

being grabbed at home for when he gets home to say, you are leading

the Olympic marathon. There was a great one when Brendan

was talking with Galen Rupp, Kipchoge Yu on either side, two of

the greatest distance runners. Callum Hawkins in the middle leading

them. Someone running a quiet race is the defending champion, Stephen

Kiprotich come he has kept well away from the lead. He is in that group.

But we really haven't seen him at all.

I was talking to his manager who says he does not think he has,

Stephen Kiprotich in the yellow vest in the middle, doesn't think he is

made for fast distance races he is world and Olympic champion, and he

says he is not going to run in these fast madeleines anymore. He will be

more concerned about championships. He could run the Commonwealth Games

on the Gold Coast. And the World Championships in London next year.

At the moment, we are still quite excited. Before the halfway point,

seeing the young athlete from Paisley in Scotland, still a student

at the University of West Scotland studying mechanical engineering.

Callum Hawkins of Great Britain. These guys are clearing overhead.

The clouds are beginning to disperse a little, the rain has stopped, and

the temperature is rising. And that of course will be a factor. Derek

Hawkins, excuse me, Callum Hawkins leading. Derek is his brother about

five bit further back down the road. He might just get a chance to glance

across. You can see down either side of the carriageway. I wonder whether

he has had the chance to see his younger brother leading the Olympic

marathon, as they make their way around the bay here.

Can you imagine, Derek Hawkins is struggling four minutes behind the

leading group. You are right, he could look across and see his

brother leading in the Olympic Games marathon. Derek is the older one,

who has nurtured his brother along. Imagine what his reaction would be.

Already an medallist, running next to the world champion. They're

saying it's getting warmer and the humidity is approaching 90%, that is

the factor, it is the combination of temperature rising because of the

weather and humidity Stoch to go up and the humidity is something that

for marathon runners is always a danger and if you don't pace this

right, any marathon you have to pace right but in these conditions you

have to be careful and they will be aware of that. There is a fear that

you have when you're out there, you know the air is heavy? Definitely,

they will be aware of it and that is why I say the likes of given will

have taken huge effort to make sure they take on enough fluid. -- Galen

Rupp. Used to lose a lot with the humidity and the Kenyan athlete and

Ethiopians, they don't like running in humidity because they aren't used

to it because on the high plateaus of Africa it is very dry. And they

don't get used to being able to cope with this kind of humidity. That is

why it is important for the athletes but pairing from Athens in humid

conditions they come down from a -- altitude in good enough time to

allow their bodies to cope with the humidity and being able to take on

enough fluid and for their bodies to absorb enough moisture to bond with

during the race and it really drains you and makes you feel very heavy

legs in the closing stages because you are losing so much through the

race. Approaching halfway. The five kilometre section was ten seconds

quicker than the one before, from a 15.45 to 15.30 four. Jack Hawkins

was leading anti-Brooke has broken up little with the weather starting

to impact. We aren't even halfway. Derek Coggins, like we said, great

screenshot for him for his album. He is now just behind the leading group

and the big guys have joined the lead.

Galen Rupp just behind them and Calum Hawkins, the younger brother

of Derek, who is having a difficult time here today, we haven't seen the

other British athlete, rapid ending Scotland when he runs cross-country,

there is the group and the numbers are beginning to whittle down. Dos

Santos, number 2144, famous Brazilian athlete, twice winner of

the New York Marathon, he was grabbing his drink, and therefore

the first time, the Olympic champion, Stephen Kiprotich moving

towards the lead in the yellow vest of Uganda and we spoke about him

running a quiet race earlier, he has now broken his silence and has

joined the leader in the yellow vest, the Gannon athlete, training

partner at times with the jewellery, who is squeezing through and passing

his drink the Wesley Korir. Watch the rest of the field react because

it is common coming into a drinks station that the field will string

out, they want to find their bottles but at the other side of the likes

of seats Stephen Kiprotich at the front and the guys will react to

that cause they are serious contenders at the front of this

race. But then has come to the fore as well. Running for Turkey. It was

a significant move, even 20 kilometre whiskey was still four

seconds off the lead and as Paula said, an important feed station

approaching, makes his move and get himself in the front pack for the

first time, Cocks being discarded, water bottle discarded. Galen Rupp

hanging onto his, drinking gradually and making sure he gets as much

substance as he can come he knows how important that will be. 'S plans

still have his bottle as well. Galen Rupp will do it by the science, the

preparation situation in Oregon as Calum Hawkins just drifts off the

back of that group, hopefully to settle down and start thinking about

running his own race. Flirted with the lead for a while and I'm

interested to see if he has lost a few seconds because the big boys,

they are all there, old athletes whose names were featured in the

prediction competitions and the form guides are in the leading group. And

the right honourable Wesley Korir, the Kenyan athlete and NPN Kenya is

a real campaigner against drugs in Kenya, so I'm sure he is an athlete

that has important in the sport and will become increasingly so in Kenya

because there has been a problem, there have been issues about

conforming with the drug testing regime and there is the welding of

Great Britain, sadly the injury cot up with him, sat on the roadside,

what a sad sight to see for the athlete who came from Eritrea, so in

Glasgow in 2008 and now his race is over. Calum Hawkins is still in the

leading group, Calum Hawkins's brother. The other athlete Richard

in Great Britain today sat on the roadside know longer able to

compete. It is sad. -- representing Great Britain. Yes, the problem is a

painful injury and you get your point where you just keep running on

it, anyone who has had that entry will know what it feels like. Sad

for him. Who just stepped off the side? Meb Kefiezighi. That is really

disappointing for him. Is that injury? He has a lot of tape on his

cars, maybe years coming carrying a small injury, I had not heard that.

He started running again, maybe he clamped up a little and not sure. It

is a bit early to start cramping but it will be a factor for others it

on, I am sure. That group still contains Great Britain's Calum

Hawkins on the outside as we approach the back of that group you

can see, still wearing his cap on backwards in the White vest,

enjoying whose Olympic experience if you can enjoy running any Marathon.

He is running inside his personal best, went through halfway just

inside 66 minutes and has not broken 2.12 minutes, so he is capable of

that but whether or not in the Olympic marathon in these conditions

he will be able to do that is another matter. So far, still in

with this elite group. It is a big group, stretched more now as the big

names get closer to the front. The Eritreans and Kenyans, Ethiopia are

in there. And Galen Rupp of USA. Did you see the new way of supplying

drinks? They were throwing them over the head of athletes for others to

catch. We were saying we were disappointed with the wage being

organised from the drinks station point of view last weekend, I don't

think I've seen that before. Here is your drink, I will throw it at you.

Because there are so many in that group, the point we raised in the

women's marathon is it would have been possible for them to either put

strings station in the middle-of-the-road so the athletes

can run down either side and know which side they need to go to pick

up their bottles, or to use both sides of the road because that

Thaynes it's out of it, you are not losing anything in terms of running

further because they are in straight lines at that point. It makes it

easier to get to the table and find your bottle and pick it up. That is

peculiar of Bahrain. My old coach would have gone mad for not tying

his laces properly. It is one of the first things you learn. In wet

weather, to be fair, it stars and do the later is more easily and

sometimes... Why do your laces in wet weather, because I've run many

races and Sawyers Brendan, occasionally have rains in the least

of England and I cannot remember my list is coming loose because it was

wet. If you've not tired or not and it's made of more recent synthetic

materials, you probably had all the material. That was our work. In

running slowly in my recent running shoes my laces still don't get done.

But the key was there in running slowly. Stop there. This is getting

nasty. He's not even tied them properly again. Whatever they are

making laces of these days, poll is obvious to the expert. He hasn't had

a double knot because the other danger is the issue becomes loose as

he becomes the case becomes and on but he's in danger of losing his

chip and if he does that I'm not sure if it is valid, you're probably

still OK fit is not your fault. They're all wearing, many will know,

everyone has a chip which is why we getting the splits. This case

continues -- lace gate continues. Calum Hawkins, noticed while we were

chatting, at the back of the group and he deliberately moved out again,

Brendan, to come around the outside and get back to the front. Almost as

though when the pace slows the years, I will not let you slow it,

coming back to the front again and I'm in great shape in the Olympic

marathon, I don't want to doddle. It's so early to do that. If you

feel great at 20 miles, even then you have to be careful. But he is

having an incredible race in terms of his position, and maybe a bit of

patience as well would be a good thing. The only two marathons he ran

there have been pacemakers and his Oblak doesn't obviously set of

different in those marathons but when he runs cross-country and on

the roads, that is the position he takes, you like thing with the

leaders, I said earlier when he is running the cross-country in

Edinburgh he was disappointed with his own performance but was

frightened to take on more Fara so I think the confidence has increased

and the running at the pace, but it looks like they are, that is the

pace he has run before, he is running at the front but this is a

fantastic learning experience for the 24-year-old, there is one of the

favourites, Galen Rupp, Wesley Korir of Kenya next to him. Ghebreslassia

the world champion from Eritrea just there. Eliud Kipchoge it on that

side and the Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich. All of the talent

is at the front and Calum Hawkins is amongst it. What might be the

reasoning for him drifting back it is slowed again, the previous two

miles were run at 1013, so they went - about five three and then a 5.10.

He is obviously thinking, I'm in great shape, he's run around two

hours 11 for the marathon, coming in better shape perhaps ready to run

the race of his life and he doesn't want to spend time at a pace he

feels he is better than, it is just these conditions are so different in

making that point, we are making the same point, it is great to see him

there, fabulous, but it is a bit of a Button, the experience around him

is something he should take note of. Most importantly I think for him is

to come out of his race with a positive experience and thinking,

OK, I'm now at a level where I can compete about what go back in four

years and back next year in London in the World Athletics Championships

and be competitive. He is learning a lot and is probably learning a bit

about controlling himself and his pace but there is so many athletes

around him who run fast times that group will slowly whittled down and

there will be less in that leading group of food to live here we have a

British athlete leading in the men's marathon in the Olympic Games passed

the halfway point, checking his watch, looking studiously to see

exactly what it is that is happening.

And right behind him is Galen Rupp. He would get a shock if he looked

around. All of the big names still there,

the Americans will be disappointed that Keflezighi not able to be in

that group. He is still making his way back,

Steve, in that third group, behind the main group. He hasn't completely

stopped. Whether he was able to stretch out and resume running.

We saw Jared Ward, the other American, earlier on, almost come to

a stop for what ever reason, he is back.

Is the Len. And, the first one of the bigger names here. Certainly in

terms of people who have got big personal-best times, if asked

marathon runner. Almost holding his side there. Maybe a stem stitch, I

don't know. These guys get those problems.

Brendan? He has only run two madeleines and has won them both. He

was a real favourite coming into this. As I was speaking with Haile

Gebrselassie the other day, he said he is disappointed with the

Ethiopian selectors come he doesn't think they have picked the best

three from Ethiopia. He said it was the same in 2012.

We are looking at the loose shoelace being featured by the director!

There is the other Ethiopian. Berhanu, winner of the Boston

Marathon. Still Callum Hawkins leading in the men's marathon.

Could he possibly stay there? There have been one or two shocks in

these Olympic Games. Callum is fighting his own story

here. Leading the Olympic marathon as they approach 25 kilometres -- Is

writing his own story. Normally people start to gather,

think about the last six miles. Another lap of this 10km loop before

they head to the city centre, the old part of the city at the top end

of Rio De Janeiro. Copacabana Beach down the other direction.

What a great site to see. Here they turn, next time when they reach this

point they will carry straight on. They will be into the last seven or

eight kilometres. For now, another lap. Berhanu for

the first time moves to the front. The Ethiopians always felt he was

their best option here of a gold medal. The other names will pull

through. Plenty there, plenty obviously still

in with a chance. They are spread across the road a little bit now.

Callum Hawkins running alongside Kipchoge. Just having another drink.

There is Abera, his race is over, looking disconsolate.

Not feeling too well. It looks like he has had some kind

of stomach issue, feeling sick. That is his race completely over

now. The Ethiopian challenge rests now

with their Ha Na. At the moment, you wouldn't in Fenners expect to be up

there challenging again. He did exceptionally well to get full

position in 2012. Thinking about Haile Gebrselassie

saying he has no faith in the Ethiopian selectors anymore, they

don't pick the best three. They failed to finish, all three

Ethiopians, in 2012. Now we have two still running. The

great Ethiopian distance running nation, they are getting athletes to

run fast madeleines, their best are at home in Ethiopian getting ready

for burning, and New York. And Chicago. Here we have three

Ethiopians, three failed to finish in London. Now down to two. It is a

shame when the best runners aren't able to represent their country.

There are the other two Brazilian athletes. Da Silva and Paula. Down

the road is the more famous of the Brazilian team members, Dos Santos.

Further back, running his final race at the age of 39. His final

marathon. Still in that group I am delighted to say Callum Hawkins has

settled down in the group. He has taken his hat.

He is harder to spot because he has taken off his hat.

These conditions are obviously going to have an effect. You miss it a

around 90%. Keflezighi trying to get himself back towards that lead

group. The 5000 kilometres, the previous was a bit quicker, up to 25

kilometres, it dropped to 15.45 again, which is why Callum was at

the front once more. And he continues to enjoy his Olympic

marathon. In a way in which he could never have dreams of. That big lead

group, plenty of men in there. All the big names. Abera one of the

first to become a casualty. There are about, going down, certainly

about 30 athletes within a few seconds still off the lead.

Brendan, at this point, he is having a great race, in terms of a finish,

if he finished in the top 20 in the Olympic marathon in his first one...

There, sadly, it has to be cramped, Paula, if he keeps stopping like

that. I think so. Each time, he clearly

does not want to give this up and to drop out of this race. Each time his

body insists he stops, his mind gets him started again. He desperately

wants to be in the race but I'm not sure whether he can continue.

An extension to the shoelace story. These modernisers as Paula has

described them, at this pace, they become unravelled, McCutcheon modern

shoelaces. -- Modern shoelaces. Using a double knot.

Some athletes taking advantage of those misting stations. There was a

lot of wind out there. It seems to be drifting higher up across the

road and not onto the athletes. More important is to take water. And keep

yourself externally call. -- cool. And important to drink it. Talking

to Galen Rupp, he said he has practised getting 500 millilitres

down at each drinks station, that was his strategy if it was going to

be hot. He will have adapted that. He will be paying attention to make

sure he gets enough fluid in. That is the reason they have the holes

punched in the vest, to keep themselves cooler in hot weather.

For the first time, the strongman of the marathon, Eliud Kipchoge hits

the front. Head down. Alongside him, not surprisingly, Galen Rupp, who

had looked at times in this race as though he has been jogging. And

right beside Galen Rupp is the world champion, that is Ghebreslassie of

Eritrea. That yellow vest of Mutai. As Eliud Kipchoge hits the front,

the rest of them decide, I have got to latch onto him. He is the

number-1 distance runner in the world. Callum Hawkins just drifting

off that group as they serious. Still plenty of running. There is

Callum Hawkins. Still running strongly. Losing those few yards. As

the big guns gathered towards the front. Kipchoge, Rupp, Biwott will

be dangerous as well. There is Hawkins.

Still running a great race but it will get tough and he will have to

stick to his task really well. He is amongst very good company there. Two

Canadians coming through. All starting to drop off. Bekele has

given up with his lace! Bekele stopping. One or two other names to

pick out in that group. You can see Ozbilen. Running for Turkey, a

former Kenyan. Right on the inside is Abraham, Tadesse Abraham, running

for Switzerland. In the recent European championship, the half

marathon, and are certainly capable of living with this sort of pace

which isn't that quick. Just running alongside Galen Rupp. Black cap on,

white best of Switzerland. Kipchoge and Biwott, these are Murtagh note

each other so well, bracing much harder than this in terms of times

in the big city marathons, look how fast they were in London this year

through the 30 K. Approaching much more slow on this occasion.

Bat group just starting to whittle down. Callum Hawkins just has a look

to see who he has for company in the second group. I think he has the

defending champion with him that there. -- back there. Mutai is

there. The defending champion, when this surge happened, not able to go.

Their Ha Korir, and interesting developments at this stage -- Wesley

Korir. Finally, this race starting to have an effect. Kiprop Uganda but

his more famous team-mate, the defending champion, is behind him,

alongside Callum Hawkins. It looks to me right now that the

champion is very unlikely to defend his title today. He was world

champion. He was Olympic champion. But he is not running as well today

as he was on those occasions. As we look overhead, I think he is in that

group, the second group, with Callum Hawkins. It looks as if Stephen

Kiprotich, will he try to get away from Callum Hawkins and close that

gap? It is not insurmountable. But his title is moving away from him

very slowly, he will have to do something quickly, you don't leave a

group of this amount of talent much further down the road.

I definitely agree, Kiprotich is not capable of -- at the moment of

keeping with that group. Callum Hawkins needs to keep running his

own race. People will start to drop off the front. You can see Jared

Ward, the US athlete, dropping backwards. As they come back, Callum

can move through. He needs to work hard.

11 men in that lead group. Others trying to hang on including Ward.

That mile between 16 and 17 was one of the quicker ones. Dropping below

five minutes. Still operating, as we see the world champion struggling,

still only running 2.11 pace. The real test begins. The opiate of

the Ethiopians are there and three Kenyans still in. The two faster

men, Wesley Korir there also. Abraham from Switzerland. Just

starting to peel Ofcom you can feel the pressure building and this will

whittled down. Galen Rupp still comfortable in that group, still

running a great race. Calum Hawkins, eight or nine seconds

behind the lead group. As Paul said, plenty for him to still for.

Something happened earlier on press it about what would be a good

performance for Calum Hawkins in terms of a position here. I think

top 20 for Calum Hawkins would be exceptional but just now he is

better than that. If he can hang onto this position and this 15th

sort of position he will have done remarkably well. Looking at the

world champion, his attempt to become world and Olympic champion

looks like it is going out of the window. In that group they are not

all coming back, the winner for my money is on the front group, there

is no way I believe anyone will, really quickly from behind.

Wesley Korir of Kenya just slowing at the back of the group and

settling in. He has a gap to make up but he will not do that because he's

the King at his watch and slowing and we look in the group and there

are less numbers. There were 11, there is now about eight.

An athlete from Kenya who transferred to Azerbaijan, there is

the world champion working hard to try and close this gap, can he do

enough to get their? That is his team-mate. Sorry. Yes, he is further

back on his team-mates dropping off as well and suddenly instead of 11

we now have it in that group. Galen Rupp still hanging on. Abraham

looked under pressure at the back of that group. I'm pretty sure Wesley

Korir looks like he's starting to struggle a little. Did you see how

they came around that corner? You can see they are struggling to get

around the tight corners. There is Calum Hawkins, still running well

but I'm worried about him in the later stages now because it is still

wet, drying out a little but sometimes that makes it worse. The

speeds that Kalinic around the corner, he was coping with that

well, it depends a little on the soles of the shoes, some shoes will

slip more easily but the part of the course I'm worried about is where

they run out around the museum on the way home when they've come off

this loop because that will be really slippery. They have to be

careful on the tight corners and it is good to see Calum Hawkins moving

through, leaving that group and working his way through and each

person he picks off that will help him mentally. He is running really

strong, he is passing people and passed the world champion or about

to pass him and the pace has picked up. You can see 1:33.1 five. 1503,

by far the quickest ever in so far. By a long way. From the previous

five Kay they've picked up about 40 seconds. That is a significant rise

in pace for the guys who can run 2.3 and 2.4 and 2.5 even, that isn't a

big pressure but the interesting thing for me is how comfortably

Galen Rupp has coped with that. Yes he has the 10,000 metre pace and he

must think I don't mind this because the cap is discarded for the first

time, no, put it back on again. He was handed a dry cat, through of the

wet one. He did that before and I wonder if he put something under the

cap on his head, but he has discarded the heavier cap because it

has absorbed the water and put on a dry one. If he wins a medal and it

comes down to the heaviness of a wet cat versus a dry cap and he feels

that gave him an edge then hats off to him. I'm learning lots of

technical things about leases and caps and getting the right drinks.

It is science now. If there's anyone to leave that it is certainly the

Oregon Project Galen Rupp. Alberto Salazar, winner of the 1500 metres,

Centrowitz and a great more far-off. We've not refer to that much today

but wasn't it a great evening we saw Mohammed Farah with his fourth

Olympic gold medal? Wonder if he's watching today because he has an

idea of them, but Galen Rupp taking his drink steadily, not getting too

far behind, just holding position and we are now down seven runners

and the gold medal Silver and Bronze medal will be between these.

Interesting about the cap, it is typical Alberto Salazar, he will

look at everything and have looked at the statistics of how you lose

the most out of it through your head and think, once there is a wet and

heavy cap on your head you reduce the image of heat you can loose

carpet of dry cap on and that helps to do that. -- loose, put a dry cap.

The 19th mile was run in 4.40 three. That is fast running. It would be

faster flat-out fast race but when you've not been running that pace,

big lift, some are struggling a little. Galen Rupp what we are

speaking about those marginal gains him was maybe thinking about, Doris

Day with this pace or wait and see what happens? Do they maintain this?

He is back on it and it will be the time the first to struggle here.

There has been paying, face etched with the pain of the effort required

for this pace. He is beginning to falter as well. He has done pretty

well to be in this, pace has not been that good and you would expect

to see that McStay with it. He is going now. We have the two very good

Ethiopians with Kichenok, the world number one marathon runner. -- with

Eliud Kipchoge. Galen Rupp mixing it with them on his first championship

marathon, setting out on what looks like a new chapter in his career.

Wesley Korir starting to really struggle, Calum Hawkins still going

well for Great Britain, heading towards a top 15 place just now, can

he pick off some more? Who knows. No wait and see. Top four looking to

try and break its coverage -- Eliud Kipchoge discusses tap, Galen Rupp's

offers would build and at the end of this lap you're into the latter

stages and if he realises that one of the big contenders from he's

looking around to see who is there, his confidence has got to be rising.

It has to be. And now down to four, he's looking over his shoulder, he

has the winner of the Boston Marathon and the winner of the

London Marathon, the winner of the Tokyo Marathon, and he saw won the

trials in the USA in his debut marathon, there is the other Kenyan

athlete, he is in trouble. They're down to three big-time city Marathon

winners. And Galen Rupp, his first serious international marathon, the

one you knew he would getting ready for, silver medallist in the Olympic

Games in London in the 10,000 metres behind Mo Farah. Realising he cannot

beat more fire on the track, he has been training with him come he has

seen him in action and seen him winning of the medals, he decided

that one isn't for me, I will not win that one, will he be the next

American after Frank Short in 1972, could there be an American champion

in the marathon? What a boost for American distance running and

worldwide distance running when people realise you can take on these

Africans from Ethiopia and Kenya, the athletes born in attitude and

raised at altitude and training hard together in groups. You can take