Day 2 BBC Four: 16.00-19.00 Olympics

N'Gapeth to serve. On any other day, Zaytsev would not have found that

funny but he has still got six points to play with, he and his

team. Where is this man is loving every

second. Vicious serve. And finished! Giannelli straight into play and

finished it, didn't need a set. Grebennikov did it for him. And

Italy are on my way. Four more points for a complete rout of the

European champions. Even the spike... Well, it dropped

out of court. Can France pull something miraculous

out of this? Foot fault called by the second

official. This game is sliding, sliding away,

slipping through their grasp. France are three points away from a three

set drubbing. Lanza served. How France could do with powerful

serves. Beautiful finished, Piano, the beautiful blocker in Centre

Court. Antonov comes on to serve. Can he do better than his two

previous attempts that have gone out? Two points away from victory.

Tillie blocked, and it has worked for Italy! Tillie thought he was

through, that part worked but the block was perfect by the Italian

captain, and it is match point. France are staring into the abyss.

Italy are about to rejoice. Is it in a a ace? The French cannot believe

it, they've been utterly overwhelmed. Less than a month ago,

triumphant, they beat Italy 3-0, they spanked them. But here the boot

has been on the other foot and Italy have been absolutely supreme from

the moment they took a 9-0 lead in the first set they have not stepped

off the accelerator. And France have been soundly, soundly beaten.

you can see exactly what it means for them to get off to a fantastic

start. The 3-0 win over France. France have work to do if they are

to reach up to their standard. Italy get off with a fantastic win. Now,

let's bring you up to date a little bit with the fencing because earlier

we saw Great Britain's James Andrew Davies in the men's foil, and he got

off to a good start, he moves on to the next part of the competition.

So, fantastic start to proceedings for James Andrew Davies. And we've

got more fencing for you actually. Here is what is coming up in the

rest of the programme. We've got more men's foil for you.

Laurence Halsted representing GB, he will be representing in the fencing.

And we will see the judo. We're hoping to bring you some canoe

slalom because David Florence is the men's world number one in the C1.

However, because of the wind, we've talked to about the weather in Rio,

things have been postponed just for a minute. And we will be going down

to Diadora to see the eventing. William Fox-Pitt doing well. Pippa

Funnell is in the eventing and we will see her in the dressage. Down

here on the Olympic Park, I'm glad to say that the American that we

showed you, Mark, he got 's off into the handball Arena! That is the

power of the BBC and the power of everyone of you at home. Now we will

move on to fencing. It takes place the Carioca Arena. It takes place in

the Carioca Arena number three. That is where it is taking place right

now. We will feature Laurence Halsted, his parents were fences as

well so there was always going to be a possibility he would represent

Great Britain as well. Let's head on into Carioca Arena number three and

join our commentators Graham Bell. It is a false start. The referee

unhappy but they are now on God. -- en garde. Yes, he's absolutely

electric when he is on form. He's finishing with a closing

continuation of the attack. Gets on the front foot immediately, as

you've seen, likes to disrupt. Laurence Halsted is pretty good

defensive as well. He didn't quite get it on, happy to use the full

length of the pizza he can complement his attacking style.

Expect this one to go up and down, end to end stuff, a footballing

analogy. Chen takes the lead. It is the first to 15. Three minute bouts

with a one-minute rest in between the periods. This one, I suspect,

might not go the distance of the carry on at this pace. Yes, it is

frenetic and at the moment, it is Chen who has started the better,

getting a couple of close distance hits. The referee will look at the

video. He has given nothing there, unable to separate. Sometimes at

close quarters it is difficult to see even on the replay. Chen gets

another one. If you're new to fencing, if just the one coloured

light comes on, there's a good chance that is an infringement. If

there are two coloured lights coming on, then both fences are hit on

target. There is another single light on for Chen. If two lights

come on, the referee has to decide whose turn it was to attack. Who had

the right of way. If a non-coloured light comes on, and off target like,

that is a hit off target, and you may just, if it is your time, it'll

reset the point where they left off. But Chen is absolutely flying away

with this one. Halsted, what can he do to get back? Nothing is working

against the left-hander. He is able to close out the line. He will have

to change the line of the riposte. It is a great start from Chen

Haiwei. And Halsted goes out on the attack, and as you put it, he had

the attack but gets an off target light so no-hit scored and they will

reset from where they scored the off target hit.

Another one for Chen. It takes him to 7-0. Going around that line on

the outside, it isn't working for Halsted. And Chen has got this one

sorted out at the moment. Halsted has to change lines, Chen doing a

great job and a super attack from the British fencer. That'll settle

his nerves. Is that hit going to be awarded? I

think Halsted is changing his weapon as we see this replay. And he has

indeed asked to change his weapon. He needs to surrender the other one

to the referee. Chen tightening his weapon. It looks like no-hit has

been given. It is possible to make up a big

difference in foil if you can work out your opponent. And Halsted needs

to do that and he needs to get some points on the board. He does. We see

the technician coming out. The official timekeeper adding more

equipment to make this wireless system work.

So, a bit of magic dust sprinkled onto the equipment and everything is

working again. And it is Chen who is dominating this round of 32 against

Laurence Halsted of Great Britain. That will be given as off target.

And, finally, the riposte works for the Brit. Halsted is five points

down but if he can get into it, that could be another one... Yes, it is.

He's just found the distance now. Look out for Halsted because when he

gets on a roll, he can be tricky to stop. But Chen was ready for that.

He opened up the distance, very clever. You have to adapt to your

tactics all the time and respond to how your opponent is working you

out. Another point Halsted. He has closed it to four. 15 is the target.

I think this one isn't going to go the full distance. I'd wager we

should get to the break but Chen is looking very strong. The referee

gives it to Chen as well. Just got the measure of the Brit at the

moment. Chen is so deep in that en garde position. Yes, and very

effective. As the attack is parried come he's closing not only the line

but his closing out the opportunity to hit by ducking his target down

and keeping his point on Halsted's target, this is how he is landing a

lot of those continuations. Another one for Halsted. He has his

work cut out, though. Chen isn't in top gear just yet and he is winning

the tactical battle. It is my way or the highway! Laurence Halsted could

be turning it around. He missed out on the attack, Chen missed on the

counter and it was a continuation for Halsted. He is within three.

Halsted thinks it is his. And it is! Just two points in it. Halsted

clawing his way back into the match. I think Chen has called for a video

replay. The referee says it was a carbon copy of the last it. The

attack misses from Halsted and Chen misses on the counterattack, said

the referee will stick with his decision. Chen missed behind the

back of Halsted. Now that things have got tighter

Chen just seems to be breaking the fight up a bit. He doesn't want to

get this Halstead juggernaut rolling. A nice riposte though. The

referee will question whether the riposte came while Chen was on the

piste, I think it did. This was a perfectly valid hit. They were so

close together Chen had to lift his arm up almost behind his head in

order to allow the distance of his foil to hit on target.

That is so fast from chairman there. -- Chen there. Less than a minute to

go until the first break and Chen has accelerated away. A mini revival

there from Halstead but Chen has just stepped on the gas. The defence

here from Chen is absolutely solid, his lowering Halstead into finishing

an attack on picking off Walley still trying to recover from the

lunch. A nice reply there from Halstead, but he cannot afford any

mistakes at all. You have to say that Chen has one foot into the

round of 16 here. I think he has the whole leg. We are going up to 15. 50

seconds left on this first period. Chen will want to see this out.

There it is. Chen Haiwei of China defeat Laurence Halsted of Great

Britain. He will move through to the next round. A great performance from

the Chinese Spencer. He kind of had it pretty easy, but he won the

tactical battle early on and he got out to a massive lead and Halstead

fought his way into the fight but it was all too little too late.

Chen Haiwei actually only did three minutes of fencing work there so

that will help when it comes down to progress further on in this

competition because it is a long day for all of those fences out there,

the ones who stay in. It is kind of like in tennis going through five

set matches before you get to the final, you don't really want that.

It is quite right that the fight being finished in three minutes was

absolutely superb for Chen and he will go into his next fight a lot

more refreshed. That was the final hit from Chen, over the shoulder of

Halstead. Yes, that is actually Halstead tried reflector chest. We

finally change the line of that flick, where he had been going to

shoulder on the outside of the left-hand arm before and failing, he

tried to flick on to the chest and just missed.

There it is, confirmation of the score all done and dusted in the

first period. Chen Haiwei of China defeat Laurence Halsted of Great

Britain. ORE: commiserations to Laurence Halsted that there, losing

out in the men's individual foil. It is actually the only event that

Great Britain have representation in but we do have James Andrew Davies

who did well to progress in the competition earlier this afternoon.

Here on BBC Four we were planning to show you some of the canoe slalom

down at the Rio radical Park but the weather seems to have intervened. We

have Matthew Pinsent standing down there and we can feel the weather

here, tell us how it feels down there in Deodoro. Yes, at the

Deodoro slalom canoe course here we are on the hill above the Deodoro

and we are getting the brunt of this breeze, wind, perhaps even Gail at

times, and you can see from the camera angles around the course, the

flags fluttering and it is affecting all sorts of things off the water.

If I show you behind me you can see the flags on the hill there are

fluttering quite strongly and the crucial thing for the competition,

if you can see down lower, you are looking for Bill read on

white polls and the green and white poles and they are the gate marking

polls and it makes it particularly difficult with them blowing around

as they are, firstly for the competitors to get through them and

secondly, crucially, for the judges to tell if they have brushed the

gate or not because in canoe slalom even if you touch the gate in the

slightest weight two second penalty so at the moment there is a one-hour

delay and we were expecting to see them at 4:30pm UK time but that has

now moved to 5:30pm at the earliest before we see any canoe slalom here

in Rio. By the looks of things at the moment it looks impossible to

negotiate those gates right there and Great Britain have two

individual canoe slalom lists going this afternoon and they were

scheduled to be Joe Clarke and David Florence, both have very different

parts of their Olympic career. Will they had to contend with this? Yes,

the early stages of the canoe slalom you have two chances to go down the

course and basically the top 15 or 16 paddlers, depending on whether

you are K-1 or C one get through to the semifinals. We comfortably

expect that the both Joe and David they would do that, so whilst it is

a pain for everyone they have to be patient and see if they will go

today. We have seen a full day delay -- a full day delay in the rowing

sofa the athletes here it is a rating game -- waiting game and they

have to stay patient because we expect them to do great things in

this competition and we hope this will be a temporary blip in the

road. Take us to your competition days, if you will. Likes of David

and Joe are going to have to stand by and wait and compose themselves.

When you were out there doing the rowing, how did you compose

yourself? Did you take yourself away or keep yourself in the zone? How

did you manage to focus and deliver the best performance? It is a very

good question and it really depends how long the delay is. The real

difficulty is when they say there is a one-hour delay and then they push

it 30 minutes or another two hours and what you really want is

something clinical to happen, as has happened at the rowing this morning

when they say they will draw a line under the day and come back tomorrow

but what is really difficulties if you are about to compete and they

tell you to wait for 60 minutes and you have to think about mindset and

also about hydration and nutrition, what have you eaten and how much

will you drink and how will you stay at the peak of your powers to stay

taking on your Olympic tom petition and everybody is nervous when you

get to an Olympics and you are very keen to get on with it but if it is

like this and windy and inconsistent it is a nightmare for the

competitors. It is a level playing field, they will all have to contend

with it and the medals made the -- the medals may be decided on who can

deal with the competition -- complication best. We'll come back

to you later on so stay good and stay dry and try not to get blown

away and we will catch up with you later. In the meantime we will take

you to the judo match -- judo mat and the competition taking place in

Carioca number two, that is the middle one here in the Olympic Park

and after the disappointment of Ashley McKenzie going out yesterday

in the last 32 in the men's 60 kilo category, that was a real

disappointment for him. He lost against the reigning champion and it

was an emotional defeat for him. Tears were shed and he really didn't

want to speak to any of the media after his defeat yesterday but he

eventually composed himself and chatted to us on the BBC but after

that disappointment there in the 60 kilo category, it now is the term of

Colin Oates in the 66 kilograms category. He is also a Commonwealth

champion and scored a career-best European silver earlier in the year

so it is now time for Colin Oates to take to the match at -- mat and he

is up against a Frenchman and we can join this one with our commentator

Ollie Williams. Colin Oates in the blue making his

first appearance here at the Olympic Games. He is up against Le Blouch

for France. It took five minutes in golden score for adults to prevail

the last time they met. Just like last November there is a tentative

early exchange and already a penalty against Le Blouch. That will be a

little early benefit for Colin Oates. When you come out here at

first there is a fantastic atmosphere and he is just wrapping

around. He says this is probably his last chance in the Olympics. He was

in the quarterfinals in London 2012. These are relatively evenly matched

opponents in this opening round. Le Blouch trying to ten Oates there.

It is good to get the grip in these opening exchanges and fill each

other out and try to get the grip and the momentum and the hold that

will enable you to turn your opponent and get them on their back.

Yet the ippon that will enter this competition. Oates trying to bring

the lake in between the legs of Le Blouch. He is looking to pin him

down and get him in a hold on the floor. If you can get your opponent

on the back and hold them, that is what will get the win. Le Blouch are

struggling a bit and Oates is trying to get the purchasing needs and get

the lock. This will last five minutes and then goes to golden

score if the score is level at that point but the penalty will count

against Le Blouch so if the score stays as it is now Oates go through.

This is technically the second round of this competition at Rio 2016.

Oates didn't fight in the first round, only four fighters did.

Nobody has really established to much of a sway in this competition

yet. It is looking for the explosive manoeuvres which is what you need to

do but he isn't getting the purchasing needs. It is exactly the

same as November last year when these two last fought and Oates have

the attacking advantage but couldn't convert it into the move he needed

to win it. It was ten or 12 minutes in the end, it was an extremely long

and drawn-out contest. We could see that again today.

He dodges that. We are more than halfway through normal time.

Le Blouch is just a little bit shorter than Oates which is a factor

in terms of height and reach and how close you want your opponent to be.

Now, a penalty there against each of our two athletes for passive itty,

noncombative T. When you see that motion by the referee, it is to

suggest that essentially both of them should be a little bit more

aggressive, they are standing off too much. Certainly you will see Le

Blouch try and pick this up now because time is going to run out for

him. He is down by two penalties to one and Oates will be very happy

with this. Le Blouch will increasingly, you'll see, come at

Oates now. Less than a minute remaining. Oates

matching Le Blouch. That was a sacrifice technique, dropping to the

floor first in an attempt to get Le Blouch on the floor but he couldn't

get the purchase. Trying to get over the top now. He can probably use

this to his advantage. I don't know if that is going to go up. Le Blouch

appealing to the referee. Riding around on the floor. The clock is

ticking down. 20 seconds. Once again, going for the throw and

nothing came of it. Now, that has levelled the scores.

The penalty for non-combat itty against Oates, and we have eight

seconds for someone to do something, otherwise we go to Golden score.

Unlikely to see anything here. You can see the look and Oates's face as

the gong goes. We will go to golden score, as we did the last time that

these two met each other. Colin Oates hasn't lost Kilian Le Blouch

in his career. But, then, they've only met each other twice in the

last six or seven years. It isn't that often on the international

circuit. Golden score means any penalty, any school, anything,

waza-ari, ippon will win. Oates turned it into his advantage.

He couldn't do anything you with it. There's no time limit with golden

score so this will go until somebody registers something. Again, same

manoeuvre, trying to make it work. Oates seems to be wise for it. The

leg inside the thigh trying to give him purchase, the idea meaning you

can bring your opponent over the top. These two are cancelling each

other out almost entirely. However, the penalty has been awarded against

Colin Oates who, you can see, is livid with that but there's nothing

he can do. It is down to the official to award penalties. By

virtue of that, Kilian Le Blouch goes through. It was the exact

opposite the last time they met after an incredibly attritional

fight, a Oates was given the penalty and went through. Here, by virtue of

penalties with no one really registering any score, Kilian Le

Blouch goes through. And Colin Oates is out of Rio 2016.

disappointment. As you can see and Colin's face, especially on golden

score, real disappointment for verse Scott. A few people have been making

their way out of Carioca Arena two, so maybe they were there, seeing the

disappointment for the Scot. Kilian Le Blouch continues to fly the flag

for France so he continues in the competition. It is quite breezy down

here and, as we told you here earlier, the weather has played its

part at postponing events with the roaming. We saw some boats capsized

in yesterday's because of the weather. So for the safety of

everyone, we aren't seeing any rowing right now. It's also

affecting things up at Diadora. We wanted to show you the canoe slalom,

but, as Matthew Pinsent told us earlier, play isn't going to get

under way for at least another hour. We will keep you posted. However, we

have action going on right around the ground so let's see what they

are doing on BBC One. Rugby 7's, Great Britain against Canada. They

opened against Brazil, they beat them. They played Japan last night,

they beat them as well. A chance to beat Canada and qualify top out of

group C. After that on BBC One, we're going to see the women's road

race getting under way. Lizzie Armitstead of Great Britain is in

here. They are under way right now. They will join at after Rugby 7's

but if you want to watch that right now, you can see it over on the BBC

Red Button, uninterrupted coverage right there. For us, though, we will

concentrate on the beach volleyball. Yesterday, we showed you the

stunning Copacabana stadium there. A custom-built arena. We saw the

Brazilian pair open their campaign with a 2-0 win. Though the world

number one pet and they are doing exactly the same in the women's

event. The home nation are the number one seeds. What is she doing?

You were not welcome! Let's see what the Brazilian women's pair did to

open up their campaign. They got through the opening match unscathed

against the Russian pair. They won that 2-0, just like their male

team-mates did yesterday. The Brazilian number one pet enjoying

the moment, enjoying the sunshine, as you'd expect they would do. They

are really enjoying that. So, Brazil move on with a convincing win. We

will join them down at Copacabana right now and see the USA take on

the Polish pair. Our first set is going to be taken through by Clayton

Lucas, our commentator. Let's join them in the first set. It is the

first 21 points and set. Doesn't matter who serves, you have to win

each set by two points. It is the USA in blues serving

Poland in red receiving. First set. The first point goes the way of the

USA, USA getting in a right because both players ended up try to stop

the ball. Nice pick-up, that is another one

false kindly for Poland and they would get the point as also a very

good start for them. A touch of nerves for the USA, you feel.

The net touch against Poland. If you touch the net, that is a fault.

The lead has been handed straight back to the USA.

There's an opportunity to a dig by Sweat, shouldn't make any adjustment

of the crosscourt position. The teams change ends in multiples

of seven in the opening two sets. That is because we look at the

weather and we see it blowing up 35 miles an hour. It is warm but the

wind is a factor. That affects the way you play the ball. If it is

blowing into your face, you have to set the ball to the net. So the

teams will change ends. They both get to experience potentially the

good end and the bad end. And when the sun is out, that also affects

the way the game is played. It is a bright, sunny day, depth perception

goes right into your face it can be an issue. Scramble by Sweat.

Excellent! The crowd enjoying that one but that was a shame because

both teams working very hard and Brzostek just fluffed her lines.

She couldn't get as far out of the sand as she would have liked to go

over the net. It isn't going to come back. USA

lead by two. There was a net touch as well by

Poland. Great joust at the net. Superbly won

by Kolosinska. The only time in the game the ball can be stopped,

carried, as it were, as it is jousted. It is a good test of

strength. She who pushes last wins. The chase is on! Brilliantly done by

Sweat and Fendrick pops it back over. Better chance for the USA now,

and they have taken it! Excellent work from Sweat and Fendrick. They

were under pressure off the serve, and it was a very good chase. They

gave it back and said, right, let's reset our defence. They made a dig

and then got the ball to the line. It doesn't quite catch the sideline.

The lines official says it is out. Sweat thinks about challenging but

she changes her mind. Two challenges per set.

Excellent from Fendrick, making good use of her height at the net. The

USA are in front at the moment. Just comes in front, then turns it back

to the line. No one there to stop that one.

That's not going to come back. You can see just how much the ball is

moving in the wind and how much the players have to move to try and

control unit. Kolosinska unable to do that. She came up, she is very

narrow and unable to contain the ball, that means the USA have the

point. Two aces for them now. Some serious strapping on a Lauren

Fendrick's thumbs. She was unable to make the third touch. The third time

of asking Poland already had the ball.

A nice touch and another decent touch. It is still Poland to have

control of the ball. It is a net touch against Poland,

continuing through and into the net. We have a technical time-out with

the USA leading 12-9. These two teams have played each

other previously on the world tour and on both occasions it is Poland

who came out on top by 2-0. However the last time I played was back in

2015 and it was Poland, in the grand slam. There haven't been any matches

paid since then. Now it is the USA in the ascendancy.

Good dig. Poland have to go again. It might be a blessing for Poland

here. It might not be, and it isn't. Well watched by Brooke Sweat,

playing that one over, just when Fendrick made the continuation block

it was out of position and it kind of put them back into it and gave

them an opportunity to have a swing but going with the pokey and they

played the price for it. -- paid the price for it.

Oh, she's going to get the ace as well. She took her time, da Vinci,

with a pre-server team, but it paid off. Such a cruel grow -- blow when

you are on the receiving side of a server like this. It could have just

as easily have landed on the USA side. A big block as well to back-up

the ace serve and the USA are very much in the driving seat. Poland's

time-out not helping them. USA fans are delighted.

The official is signalling that they touched. If it does touch the

defender doesn't matter whether ball goes after that, if it doesn't come

back over it is the attacking teams point. A bit too much on that one.

That is the scenario you have when the wind is at your back like that,

it favours the team with the wind into their faces on serve because

you can go up and really had the ball hard and the wind will hold it

up and move it around a bit but when the wind is at your back you have to

take some heat off the ball. Otherwise it will go long.

Sweat is getting onto just about everything, isn't she, at the

moment. Making Poland were very hard for their point.

Angle was the corn -- Orlandi outcome.

The sun is beginning to make an appearance over Centre court. A bit

intermittent with the clouds that are rolling around in the breeze.

That is a good chase but it won't come back. Despite Poland 's best

efforts at the moment it is the USA who are bossing this first set.

Straight through the arms of Fendrick, must have caught as a goes

through. It does against, she has to play it back over again. A net touch

in the end against Fendrick and Poland to take the point. With the

block accounting is a touch on the beach it does mean that the

attacking side in these situations do still have the edge because as a

defending team you are kind of scrambling to get the ball back into

being a position to have an attack but fortunately for Fendrick she

denied Poland the opportunity because she touched it.

It was hit hard enough so that went in to Kolosinska's block.

A good pick-up. Brilliant and hard hit as well from Fendrick and the

USA take the opening set to 21-14. So, the tale of the first set. The

USA had three blocks and made three more digs and three more aces to

seal that one 21-14 as we get the second set underway. The USA are

having to scramble. A free ball back here for Poland and the chance to

get the first point on the board. Really good defence. Poland have got

off to a flyer in this second set. It is a must win set for them. USA

will be delighted with the way they have got this match off and running

by taking that first set but now they need to consolidate that under

the second. They would hate to get drawn into a third set decider. Nine

over was the call and that is exactly the play that Kendrick came

up with. -- line over. Kolosinska again the target for the

USA and this time the joust was won by Fendrick but would you believe

it, Brzostek just plays it straight back over and the USA stand and

stare and let it stand. A wasted opportunity. A wasted opportunity by

Fendrick and Brooke Sweat. A great super slow Mo of the joust. Good

covering. Oh, clever, but it's not going to

catch the baseline. Poland try to do a literary classic going over on one

from the German beach volleyball player who was there at the Olympic

Games but it doesn't quite pay off. It was the right idea, the USA both

in at the net. It is the USA who take the point, just one behind now.

Sweat is scurrying around the court superbly well. Difficult for Poland

to find clean winners. Poland re-establishing their lead in

the first and change. The wind is getting up.

They are somewhat protected on this court. Poland to deny the USA and

they are extending their lead. Fendrick was a little too close to

the net and she couldn't get it. Oh, it's another one. Kolosinska

again hopping up into the hitting zone to deny the USA, and the USA

with no option now at 7-2 down, they call the time-out.

Well, words fail me right now. Three blocks in a row for Poland. USA,

having called that time-out, straight back in and denied again.

This could be more trouble for the USA. She can't get it over the net!

Well, where do the USA go from here? Seven points behind, they've used

their time-out although there could be a technical time-out.

More trouble for the USA. Four touches given against them. This is

a bit of a collapse. They still need that one side out. The crosscourt

angle wasn't executed properly. This is now a mental battle more

than anything else for the USA. Backing themselves to get the side

out. And they have. Relief for Fendrick. And for Sweat. 11-3 down.

You fancy Poland to take this set. Stranger things have happened,

though. Even better pick-up by Poland.

Doesn't come back over. It is a point to the USA.

Another chance for the States. The USA are just strangling. There are

lots of opportunities for Poland to the ball down.

Well, for the USA right now, 12-5 down, but with the cushion of one

set in the bag, they probably know deep down this is going to go to a

decider, but there is still time for them to get momentum and points on

the board, to make things interesting and give Poland

something to think about but they need to make those digs count.

Brzostek to serve. Fendrick is the target.

The scramble was unsuccessful. It is a fine line at times. You watch the

players coming up with the hand open in the way they have it, a bit like

a spaghetti separator. Sometimes, it just comes off the fingers, not the

tops off the knuckles. If it comes off the pads, it can be called as

illegal play. So, technical time-out, perhaps

things not as bad as they could have been but it is Poland in the

ascendancy, 14-7 up. Despite the breeze, it's very, very

warm out there on the court. As you might expect in Copacabana beach.

That was a magnificent shot from Kolosinska. Falling backwards and

getting the ball to the opposite sideline. She's smiling.

The USA kept it in play. Sweat couldn't get it back over, and

Poland are getting further and further away from the USA.

Almost served into the middle of court from Fendrick. You can see she

hits this, there isn't any spin on it whatsoever.

It must have caught Fendrick, which is why she was turning to hit the

ball instead of popping it up. Good arm swing, good extension, and

a decent rap on the ball, she stunned that one.

Oh, top serve. That one dropped right down in front of Poland. That

is in part because the wind is in the faces of the USA. They have the

good end, as it were. Poland have to be lively on their feet to get the

ball up off the sand. And then they've got the skills to get the

side out, and now they moved to the good end. Three points required by

them to get this set wrapped up and move the game to a decider.

It was the right idea, breaking from the net but she couldn't find the

control to get it back to Brzostek. This is exactly what the USA needed,

that run-off points, that little bit of momentum they can use to try to

take this forward into the deciding set, dare I say it we are going to

go into the deciding set. With the way Poland have been playing, it's

difficult not to see them find three points. Let's see if the USA can

make it any more interesting. Everybody tries to replicate the

Brazilians, in terms of breaking from the net and playing high hands

defence, but only those two from Brazil are the best in the world at

it. That was a belter from Kolosinska,

bringing up set .4 Poland. It's a question of when they take second

set. It's going to be a free ball.

Kolosinska, for the set... And she has done it off the block and out of

play. Poland take the second set 21-13. It is 1-1, going into a

decider. So the second set statistics really

tell us all we need to know in terms of that it is 1-1 and we are into a

decider. Poland with the server and the USA receiving the race to 15 to

see who will post an opening game win in pool A. No technical time-out

in these deciding sets and the teams change ends on multiples of five

points on the way to 15. It is the USA that gets the opening point.

Kendrick with the serve. With the wind at her back she needs to be

careful not put much on it. Sweat gets involved. Everybody is working

hard and still the ball went hit the sand, but it does now, and it's the

USA that take the point I would you believe it, after that second set

thumping, they have, flying in the third set here, leading 2-0. A real

statement of intent for them. Well read by Brooke Sweat. Well finished.

Spectacular views from the top of the Beach Volleyball Arena, looking

out into the Atlantic Ocean. Spectacular views here on Centre

Court as we witnessed this thrilling match between the USA and Poland.

Good arc, chase is on. Oh, that was so unlucky. Fendrick's legs going

ten to the dozen but they couldn't seem to get close enough to the ball

to get a decent contact on it. It is like a cartoon, legs going but not

getting any forward omentum. Unfortunately she couldn't get it

back over the net. The first point for Poland. A gift straight back for

the USA. That one will land in. The first

end. USA have made the running, they have the lead, and they go to the

good end, so that's a pretty good series of points for them to take

three from, what is perceived to be the bad end, with the wind at their

backs. A good leave. That was gunning for

the baseline. A split-second decision by Lauren Fendrick to let

it go. Tidy side at that time by Poland. --

side out. Just see how much that wind is

picking up now. How much more control is required of the beach

volleyball. Top blocking from Kolosinska, Poland ). -- Poland

right back in it. Well picked off and well put down.

Poland are back in the groove and they are back in front and the

Polish fans are ecstatic. An excellent read from Brzostek and a

great finish as one onto that baseline.

It is getting better and better and both teams have scored more points

at the bad end and they have other good time.

Nicely played again. Poland are on a roll. USA are under pressure.

There are shouts of USA, USA. They certainly need some points. The ball

was not hit high enough to allow the high hands defence. The ball hits

the sideline and Poland take another point. They are getting closer to

victory. Had a look, could see the line was open, and took it.

Kolosinska once again goes through to block. This is a free ball for

Poland. It could be 9-4. It is 9-4. One block was called mid-rally, I'm

not sure that Brooke Sweat saw it because she started to run to the

line instead of holding her line crosscourt.

Crosscourt was there to be hit and there to be hit hard, but for some

reason Lauren Fendrick tried to roll into the line where the block was

and whether defence was running too. Sometimes you just really have to

back yourself and almost tell yourself to get up and hit it and

get up and move and get up and do what you need to do. It is not quite

happening for the USA, is a? Would you believe it? It is a cruel low

for Fendrick and Sweat as Kolosinska comes up with an ace serve courtesy

of the net. They are 11-4 up and they are four points away from

victory in the USA looked to be all but out of it. Another look at that

ace serve from Poland. It is another ace serve for Poland. That time

right towards the baseline. Fendrick thought it was going out.

Fendrick will be thinking, why didn't I do that three points ago?

She is the tallest player on the sand and when she gets up and hits

like that she has been unstoppable. It is easy to say that when you are

sat watching. It will stay and play, Poland have to go again. A lovely

angle. Brzostek made sure it hit the sand. Poland are two away from

victory. Chance for Poland ringing out around

the beach volleyball and charts for the USA have gone quiet. -- chance.

They might start to be heard again as that one goes down for Fendrick.

That was a really good pick-up, wasn't it? It had to come back. Only

one place a good comeback, angle and Sweat was waiting for it. Fendrick

made sure it went down. A real test of character now fully USA. It is

Kolosinska who puts the ball on the sand and it is now match point for

Poland. They have a hat full of them.

Kolosinska with the serve. Fendrick again the target. Fendrick to keep

the USA in it, she has done that. Now it really is backs to the wall

time for the USA. They cannot allow Poland to slide out. -- side out.

Kolosinska for the match. She is going to get another chance. Does

she know? Brzostek puts it over, well picked up by Sweat. Would you

believe it? It wouldn't go over. All of the hard work is to no avail and

it is Poland who take the cert 15-7, and the match by 2-1.

ORE: so, Poland do it, winning the beach volleyball against USA in pool

a buy two sets to one. They need the decider but the Polish pair came out

champions and took a well-deserved round of applause down there on

Copacabana. The sunshine seems to have left us at the Olympic Park. It

looks great down there on Copacabana right now so we will bring you

up-to-date with some of the action we have seen at the park so we will

go to the fencing. We will bring you and these guys, these wonderful

volunteers, let's bring you up-to-date with the headlines, shall

we? Richard Kruse one against the

Algerian and he goes in the last 16 now against Andrea Cassara of Italy.

Richard Kruse is the last British hope in the men's foil because we

saw James Andrew Davies moved into the last 16 but he was 8-2 up

against Tim assassin from Russia but he lost in that match. Laurence

Halsted is also out. -- Timor satin. The reigning Olympic women's tennis

champion, Serena Williams, is out on Centre Park here at the Olympic Park

and she has 22 grand slams to her name and she is playing Daria

Gavrilova over who was standing in a way of her immediate title defence.

He's been waiting some time, Adam Peaty to take to the Olympic Games

and he goes in the 100 metre breaststroke final after setting a

world record in the heats last night. If you want to watch that,

2:50am your time. He's ready, and you can watch it live on the BBC.

It'll be on the Red Button on the BBC sport website, on the apt and

most likely you'll be able to see it on BBC One as well. It could be

Great Britain's first gold medal of the games. He is in fantastic form.

If it doesn't come of their, it could happen in the road race. So

much expected in Lizzie Armitstead. She is the current reigning world

champion and she is in contention right now along the road race

course. Watch it right now on BBC One. There will be uninterrupted

coverage of it on the Red Button. Next up on BBC One, another world

champion, James Guy, in the 200-metre freestyle heats. He had a

go in the 400-metre freestyle final last night and he couldn't hold out

although he led for much of the race. James Guy coming up next on

BBC One. We're going to continue with the watery theme. Canoe slalom

is finally ready to go. Matthew Pinsent is standing by for us.

Finally all those fans waiting to watch the action can enjoy the canoe

slalom. Absolutely. One hour ago, the wind was gusting around here,

that has died away, and we have still got the sunshine but most

importantly the wind has died down sufficiently for the competition to

start. David Florence will go in the C1 and everyone is relieved the

canoe slalom can get under way from here in Rio. Just tell us how the

competition is going to go because we see a couple of runs for the

individuals, don't we? That's right. All the individual paddlers have a

preliminary heat. They get two chances to make it through to the

semifinal. So, for David Florence, he's got to post a time in the top

16, so I think the tactic will be he tries to get down the course, use

the opportunity to go as quick as he can, then there will be a period of

20 minutes after his run whether he assesses if he can improve, he will

have a look, have a discussion with his coach, see where he is placed,

and then he could say I've done enough, I'm safely through to the

semifinal and leave it at that. The same for Joe Clarke in the K-1 who

goes soon after. It is a calming moment for their nerves. Get the

first run under the belt. Matthew Pinsent, thank you for keeping us

up-to-date. We will be back with Matthew later on in the programme

but, as he mentioned, the canoe slalom is one for the adrenaline

junkies. If you don't know your sport, here

is the guide. The Olympic sport of canoe slalom consists of a course of

up to 300 metres of whitewater rapids with elite athletes able to

complete the course under two minutes. There are four events,

prefer men and one for women, and they all take place on the same

stretch of water. The differences between kayaking and canoeing are

the sitting positions of the athletes and the number of blades on

the paddle. In kayak, a paddler is seated with their legs in front

using a double bladed paddle. Canoeists kneel in the boat and have

a single bladed paddle. In the competition, athletes race course

which is a series of gates, either red or green, and must be negotiated

in number order. The polls determine the direction the paddlers must pass

through the gates. The head of the competitor must cross the line of

the polls in the correct direction otherwise they will be depenalised.

Touching the poll receives a penalty. Missing a gate altogether,

pushing the gate or going through it in the wrong direction in care is a

52nd penalty. In heats, the athletes from the course twice, the better

rough the runs is counted and determines who qualifies for the

semifinals. In the semifinals and finals, competitors only have one

athlete. The quickest time wins after any penalties have been added.

The canoe slalom has been a happy hunting ground of late. Tim Baillie

and Etienne Stott came away with Great Britain's first ever gold

medal in the event. It was part of a British 1-2 because they came ahead

of David Florence and Richard Hounslow, who took the silver. That

unfortunately won't be able to happen again because in a change to

the format the organisers have only allowed one nation in one event. So,

we won't see that action or that same level of success but that

silver medal for David Florence was his second silver in as many games.

He arrived here with his father, flying the plane for the whole canoe

slalom team, and he arrived here safe and well and ready to make sure

he leaves Rio with a medal of a different colour this time.

They've got the silver medal! David Florence is out of this Olympic

competition. This is Lea Valley, a place that has bittersweet feelings

for you. You won the silver in London 2012, but then it didn't go

quite as you'd like it too. I don't associated with that. This is where

I put in all the hard work and this is where I've had all my great

performances. I won the World Cup, the world Championships here. David

Florence, the world champion from 2013, is the world champion again in

2015. But, you know, I look back at the Olympics in London and I think,

there was some disappointment in the C1. It seems a long time ago and

almost forgotten now, strangely. You are quite philosophical about it and

I suppose you have to be. It is a real advantage to be able to accept

things that are out of your control. If you can accept that, you can work

on the things that are under your control which is far more motivating

and far more likely to give you the best chance possible of helping you

achieve what you want, which is gold medals in Rio. I motivated and

driven, and I've trained to the best of my ability for this Olympic cycle

and if I get everything right, I give myself a good chance. You're a

father since London and you're going to be a father again, you're

married, and a in your life. Has it done anything for you? It's one of

these things, it is the most ordinary thing to do in the world,

to have children, but when it is you, it seems exciting and it is a

lot of fun. And I love having a family to go back to, but it hasn't

changed the way I go about completing my sport or what I'm

trying to do in Rio. How would you compare yourself for years and?

Older and wiser? I've had a very good Olympic cycle, the best yet.

I'd never won the world championships prior to the Olympic

Games, and I've won three world championship titles. I'm enjoying my

career as ever, and I've had a lot of good runs in the last few years.

It's going to come down to making the most of every training session

and every opportunity to learn. And being as ready as I possibly can.

What would it mean to you to get a gold medal? It would be an

incredible achievement, something that I don't take lightly as to how

difficult it is to achieving, even if you are the best in the world.

There are so many guys in our sport to have been standout athletes. It

would be a phenomenal achievement. And something I'd be very proud of.

Well, he's had a four year wait to try and win Olympic gold again, and

he's had an even more delayed weight this afternoon just because of the

weather but David Florence will take to the canoe slalom course in the

C1. We can join our commentators down there in Diadora, Helen Reeves

and Patrick Atherton. Welcome to the canoe slalom. The

heats have just got under way. No one has negotiated the course well.

We will see some better runs as they go through the startled. 19 in the

C1 event, and the best in terms of world ranking going last. This is

Rossi of Argentina who has struggled on the course so far. The best time

has come from Rossi of China -- Jianming Shu of China. Burrows of

Australia, and he will attack the initial part of this course. Just a

reminder, the first difficult section coming at Gates seven,

eight, nine, ten, then 14, 15 and 16 proving problematic. Everything

after gate 19th requires a lot of strength and fitness, and finesse as

well. And no one has put it all together. He's getting off to a nice

start, he's managing to get the power of the boat dry which means he

will be fast. This is what we would expect to see. He's really driving

the blade into the water, we want to see the vertical drop of the paddle

in the water. Burrows, his father comes from the UK, coached by Mike

Druce, and throughout 2013-14, he was a regular semifinalist and here

he is in the Olympic Games, looking for a place in the semifinals in two

days' time. Just has to beat five competitors to achieve that, and if

he goes into top spot here, which is looking possible for Burrows, he is

assured of a place. It is the best time from the two keeps that counts

but without too much time from the heats, you're at your freshest. He's

looking very controlled. Equally, there is nothing like having time on

the water and learning about what is happening. Well, no penalties and

Borrows celebrates. He is going to be good enough. 11 seconds inside

the previous best, that is a fantastic run from Borrows. The

Australian may decide that is enough. He may decide that is good

enough to get him through. Tactics will play a part in this

qualification process. Smedley now for Canada. Dropping through gate to

and into that first upstream gate. Gate three, nice and quick. Paddling

on the left-hand side, so in the C1, the canoe category, we have people

who will paddle either on the left or right. This does determine how

they may approach some of the gate sequences. Have you seen any

advantages to being left or right? It is a fairly straight course.

Maybe on some of the staggers but nothing will be affecting the higher

ranked athletes. It is an interesting course they've developed

in Diadora from gate one to 20, it is a dead straight line.

Significance of that, they don't need as much water or as much height

of water to generate the power because you don't lose so much power

with the water driving into the side of the course, and then a little

time in 20 as they go over bottom drop, as it is called, and we see

Smedley do that, through that upstream gate at 19. This is where

he needs to be clean and strong. He was being kicked by the way. He's

struggling. His wasting precious energy which you don't have. His

arms are fatigued and he's working hard to drive into the upstream

gate. Three strokes to get back up to the final upstream. He is surely

going to be inside second place. He goes into second, four seconds of

penalties added to Smedley's time. He will be relatively happy with

that but he will know there's plenty of room for improvement and I'm sure

his family watching. His mum is a physio, his sister is his manager.

Nice way to have it. Now the Portuguese Carvalho. Heavy start,

then nicely into gate three. This is where he wants composure. This first

part of the course needs to be setting yourself up, getting the

drive, getting the rhythm, getting confident before you get to the

tricky sections. Using the back of the water in gate eight, that

swirly, upstream gate. Nine, that is looking nice. 1.29 inside, Carvalho,

and the lead at the moment, Rossi overtaken by Borrows. The Australian

leads. That is an impressive time. Now no option but to go back for

that gate. 16 was predicted to be a problematic one. We were looking at

it and there is a way that is sometimes there and sometimes not,

and you can see Carvalho was waiting for the wave but it wasn't there so

he shot past the gate, causing all sorts of problems and a real-time

deficit now. Over bottom drop and safety up through 19 but having had

a lead of over a second and a half, that would have been thrown away by

the mistake at 17. And now just a question of seeing if he can squeeze

into the top three. As the eighth man down. Third would be good

enough. Just a reminder, two heats, and it's the fastest time from those

two runs that counts. The course won't change.

Very frustrated with that mistake. He will go away and I am sure he

will not be making the same mistake the second run. We go on to Grzegorz

Hedwig from Poland. 12th in the World Championships last year,

seventh in the European Championships this year. He finished

in the top ten in the pre-Olympic final, but I have a feeling they

only qualified eight into the last run, quite a small attendance, so

they can't read too much into that but all the teams have been out here

and, in fact, the British have been out here more than anyone else. Yes,

I saw the Brits on Facebook saying it was the 12th week out here and

they have utilised every single bit of water time they possibly could

which is why they did early selection last October so they could

utilise the trading slots because the international committee set out

official training slots where people could come in and other teams were

taking nine weeks here so it has been a lot of training and that is

the key in slalom, it is all about knowing the water, every single inch

of it and whether it changes or whether it doesn't. He didn't have

the problem that we saw from Jose Carvalho of Portugal at 16 and this

is looking like a nice run from Grzegorz Hedwig. He is really

managing to keep the boat speed on. He is lining himself up for the last

upstream gaped. It is all about being tied in with one stroke Young

1/ driving out. The last gate now for Grzegorz Hedwig. The drive for

the line under fractions of a section -- second could be

important. Jose Carvalho three goes ahead of Ian Borrows. The top four

positions are Grzegorz Hedwig and Ian Borrows and then the Brazilian.

Aleksandr Lipatov now for Russia. He is 25 years old and a tidy unsafe

paddler. He has a long reach which makes him look as though he is going

slower than everyone else, it is the size of his reach that is deceptive.

He trained at one of the regular used World Cup courses a lot of the

time. It is very different to this one. It certainly is. He is using

steering strokes and being very patient between Gates seven and

eight where it is quite changeable. He was just waiting to see what

would happen and then putting a stroke in. It is all about reading,

and the experience sometimes helps in these circumstances where you

can't go all guns blazing, you need to wait and see what is happening

with the water and be very reactive. The wave is not quite very had to

work hardly just ducked inside 16, the athletes have three very careful

when they are leaning back because it is up to the judges because they

will look very closely to CF they had some of their head and some of

their body in and if they don't they will be awarded a penalty. 2.08

outside the best time now at the moment. A 52nd penalty will

obviously ruin this run, if he's got it, caught in the hydraulic fair and

just churned around. He may possibly decide that this is not going to be

the run accounts but surely he wants to post something respectable just

to take the pressure off his second round. They will go in the same

order so at halfway down the field Aleksandr Lipatov won't have the

luxury of sitting out the second run after this performance. He is five

-- here's five seconds outside the best time set by Grzegorz Hedwig of

Poland and work to do for Aleksandr Lipatov. He got to the semifinal in

Lee Valley last year and he wants to go one better. Now, back to the top

Vitezslav Gebas of the Czech Republic has made many of the finals

in the last few years which is a sign of consistency. Consistency is

a real key, when you're coming to major competitions you know you

should be at the final and Olympic Games competitions are not as deep

as in a World Cup or World Championship and get into the final

is all about getting that. First of all you have to get to the Olympic

Games in an incredibly difficult selection process but once you are

there you must have consistency and this is all really just a process to

get them into that final in a couple of days. As you explained earlier

the format for this race is so different from World Cups and World

Championships. If we take Lee Valley, the World Championships last

year, for example, in the men's K1 for example there were 102 entrance

and there are only 21 here so you see different psychologies. It is

that gate 16 that is causing problems again. It is the surge in

the course and when the wave is that it's not too bad but when it is

there to give you the assistance to get across to the right-hand side

the danger is that you slip by and in the qualification process you

have no option but to make your way back up and it clatters the next of

the upstream gaped at 19. The tale got dipped down there again at gate

20 an hour surfing across into 21, this is eating away into the time

deficit that he already occurred at going back to 16. Is it wise to sit

and watch this, there have been plenty of mistakes, will people be

unnerved by that all learn from it? They will learn from it. The course

is relatively straightforward. It is a technical course anyway and

they've all spent many hours training and watching it so they

won't be unnerved but they will certainly take some of the tips that

they have seen and put that into their own processes and their own

plans. So, from Vitezslav Gebas to the Czech Republic -- of the Czech

Republic to the USA and we have Casey Eichfeld who is racing in the

C1 embassy two. Casey Eichfeld has a busy programme. He paddles for wild

water Canoe club and he is the sort of man who has plenty of raw speed

so if he has a clear run he will be quick. You can see that from the

clock already. He is inside the fastest time from Grzegorz Hedwig.

Oh, my goodness, that is not what he wanted to do. I was about to say he

was really using the power but then he just got the tale of the boat

caught and he spun himself around far too quickly and he wasn't

expecting that. It makes Gates 15 and 16 relatively easy and he is no

doubt well aware of the problems it has been causing other athletes.

Casey Eichfeld I think in his second run, provided this one is good, will

take more risks here. A great line between 20 and 21, he got the nose

of the boat round, pointing river right so he could drive across. .

The last upstream gate is a heavy cross, you can see him really

digging deep on his crossbar. This is respectable, it will not take the

teat -- lead away from Grzegorz Hedwig but it should be good enough.

Remember from 19 paddlers, we will be whittling it down to 14 for the

semifinal in two days' time. Number seven Ander Elosegi of Spain. Bronze

at the European Championships recently and picked up four

penalties in that race and he knows he would have been in the medals if

he had gone clean. Two Spanish boats in these Olympics, both with good

chances. Nice and tight there under eight, he used the wave really well

between seven and eight and a nice turn around nine and ten and he is

up on the split. Half a second up. He just needs to keep the nose

tracking nicely downstream, keep the paddle strokes nice indeed. You have

to remember this is the first time they are down the scores in this

Olympic Games. Oh, he touched the outside poll. We will be discussing

with the coaches yesterday about the poll heights and they are very

regulated and they have to be extremely precise and every gate has

to be the same but with changeable water has to be quite tricky and the

athletes have two decide whether they will take the risk of taking

the bow under the polls which is where you want to be because it is

the fastest line but do you seek around outside which could take a

fraction of time. He may have saved half a second but he threw away two

by touching the gate. Remember this man has a pretty good Olympic

record. Fourth in 2008 and fourth in 2012. Can he turn those two results

into a medal this time around? It will be a really tough task with

some really big paddlers here, and across the line for Ander Elosegi in

another solid time, just outside Grzegorz Hedwig and he goes into

second place. The Brazilian is still around the bottom of the field and

without doubt he will have two improving the second run if he wants

a chance of going through. We have six paddlers still to go and the

first of those is Sideris Tasiadis from Germany. He is really driving

across the start with a very quick paddle rate. They all have different

styles. He has a very quick paddle right. Tight around three. As I

mentioned earlier, they are really looking at the lines ahead of what

they are coming into so in a stagger sequence they know where they need

to be at the end and they will try to get the lines as precise as

possible. It quickly uses the backflow of the Eddie upstream there

and a quick turn at nine. He has his nose bouncing on the top of the

water and it is all about keeping the bow of the boat as dry as

possible because every time water goes on the front of the boat it

kills the boat speed and you have to re-accelerate again, using energy

that you don't want to. Nicely in the upstream. Across the back of 15

and certainly there will be no problems coming across to 16. He

took the silver medal in 2012. Is he in the sort of form to do it again?

The man who denied him last time is no longer in the paddling scene so

maybe he feels that his opportunity. He is a bit low at 19 but again he

is getting into a tricky bit and getting caught by the way. I am

noticing that the righty paddlers, the paddlers that dominate

predominately on the right-hand side are finding this easier here because

they need to turn the bow around when they hit the stopper

afterwards. The lefties are finding it more difficult because they don't

have the same strength. It will be interesting to see whether they

change anything between the two heats. 3.8 outside after that

mistake at 16. 96.6 seven. He is showing us that he has got class but

he needs to iron out those mistakes. Sideris Tasiadis will not win this

Olympics with a performance like that. Onto Japan now and unexciting

paddler, Takuya Haneda. He actually lives in practice love and he is a

silky smooth paddler. Have a look at his top arm. Always as straight as

you like, which is slightly unusual, but very very effective. Seventh in

the last Olympics and he has two good World Cups, he was fourth and

then later he finished third. He was beaten both times by a man who is

not here. So many big names absence to the Olympics due to the

qualifying process and many say it is harder to get to the Olympics and

is to win it. It certainly has been said and is because there is only

one place by nation and a lot of Nations could easily have three on a

podium if you happen to be their day because they have such strength and

depth so it is a very difficult process to get the Olympic Games and

it does mean that normally in the Olympic year these guys are on

absolute fire because they have had to push so hard to get here. So many

different nations. Take the top ten nations, they have all got a

different qualifying process. The Brits actually qualified very early,

just so they knew the team and they could bring them out to Brazil and

train them on the course. Other nations, like Germany, made their

decisions quite late. Absolutely. Each nation do what they think is

best and certainly the Brits, this time round, it is the first time

they've done it, qualified team the year before the Olympic Games. Oh,

being caught thereby that stopper, you have to keep your focus right to

the end! That could have cost him the top spot but I think it will be

good enough to put him through. Grzegorz Hedwig on 96.67 and Takuya

Haneda has two penalties and he is on 98.6 nine. He is into fourth

position as we watch Britain's number one, David Florence, what a

record this man having major championships. Of course he took the

silver medal in the C2 in London 2012 but he is the current world

champion, having taken the title on home water in Lee Valley last year

and that dynamic start from David Florence. Watch the clock and the

splits, he is not hanging about. I suspect he wants to do one run and

one run only. I imagine that is his game plan. That will spin there was

part of the plan. It depends what side you paddler, as I mentioned

earlier it depends what needs you decide to do and that was the first

I seen anyone do a deliberate spin. David Florence full set me beyond

this course to lay down his mark as early as the Canada looks like he's

on to a good run at the moment, looking strong. 14, 15 and 16,

remember have provided problems. He is a how we can thought his way

across the water. A great example of how the right has an example at gay

16. Did he get a touch? 61 on the clock at the moment and he is almost

half a second inside Grzegorz Hedwig. Going into the top two

should be good enough. He just ducks his head into 21 and he almost looks

as though there is no stopper there and he is in great form. That is a

nice move as well across into the final upstream at 23 back into the

flour 24 and down through the last stop and now it is all about driving

for the line. David Florence looking for the fastest time at he is going

to be inside. Those bottom six gates sensational. He can pack his bags

and head home to rest for 48 hours. Be interesting to see if he comes

out just familiarise himself but it just looked to me as he wanted a

brilliant time. That makes a statement to the rest of the field.

The rest of the paddlers will be concerned about that. Great news to

David Florence. He is the fastest time so far.

Those three the highest ranking in the world at the moment. This is

Benjamin Savsek from Slovenia, he lives in Micron. 0.71 up on the

split. He does it like he's flooding and driving, almost dancing on top

of the water. He just needs to keep it in control. Nicely round Gate 14.

Gets the nose turned round, very nicely done, 16 happen to be there

for him that time. Finished second behind Florence in the World

Championships last year. Finished eighth in the Olympics, Florence on

that occasion was down in tenth, but don't forget that the last four

gates David Florence was electric and he did not make a mistake like

that, I think that is Savsek's chance of going into the lead gone.

When he looks at the replay and realise he was leading at 19, 20,

that give the boost he wants for the big in two days' time. You have to

keep that down the whole length of the course. You have got to keep

your faith and keep enough energy so that you have got the power in your

arms. 5.58, that is how quick it can turn around. He was 1.71 up with

just five gates to go. Ends up over five seconds behind. Focus and

concentration needed from Benjamin Savsek. If he is to end up this

campaign as Olympic champion. Two very exciting paddlers coming up.

The world champion in 2011, Denis Gargaud Chanut. He uses the water

brilliantly well. He reads it perfectly. You may need to do that.

He will challenge the time of David Florence today. Keep an eye on the

clock. Driving across, using the offside with the cross-bow Strait.

These canoes are kneeling up, they are sitting on their knees. Smooth

at the moment or stop a fraction up on the first split that we saw.

Looks so good when he goes over the drops, keeps the front of the boat

nice and dry, keeps a speed through 15, shouldn't have a problem through

16, he doesn't, that is as good as we have seen all day from the

Frenchman. He looks to be on fire. Back into the flow quickly. No

problems through 18. 1.5 nine. In a similar position to the one we saw

from Benjamin Savsek. Savsek making mistakes at 19 and 20. Getting held

on 20, that is two seconds gone and again the hydraulic getting the

better of the Frenchman. It really is proving to be much more tricky

for the left-handed competitors. That is why he decided to go for the

spin move, that did not seem to go particularly well. He will be

looking at that to come out for the second run and doing much better.

Very frustrating. 7.92 outside. That cross stroke coming through 15, 16

and really struggling on that bottom section. Could be that they are put

out all of their energy in the first 20 gates and they have nothing left

to give but they will learn something today, save something for

the bottom five gates. He is a huge man, Benus, with a massive reach and

will be taking advantage of that today. Four consecutive World

Championship finals. You expect him to make at least the semifinal, if

not to win it he seems to be taking his time and placing his paddles

well. He seems as if he is a little bit on age. Needs to pick up the

pace. Looks a little bit edgy. Needs to open up and be confident in the

line that he's chosen. Surfing back and really pulling the nose around,

catching that halfway, into 16. Needs to be gone at 17, very quick

in and out at the upstream gates. Matej Benus making it look slow and

safe but he is still only 0.8 outside. He is not wasted NEG so

far. Matej Benus is safely through. One more upstream to go. He pulls

his way across. He drops a little low, two extra strokes needed,

drives the line, should not have any problems through 24. Just look for

the fast water, and he finds it. 95.05, the time, which leaves world

champion David Florence on top of the leaderboard after the first

heat. And the top time, 94.1 one. Sensational stuff from David

Florence. -- 94.11. Both Florence and Matej Benus are right-handers

and seem to do that last section through 19-23 easier than the

left-handed paddlers. It will be interesting to see how they come out

in the second run, whether they decide to go for the spin at Gate

20. David Florence doubling up in C-2. The core things are different.

Top of the leaderboard, 94.11. Remember, 14 going through, only

five athletes go out, the men on the bottom of the chart. At this slalom

venue. They haven't got long to prepare themselves. Such a short

interval between that. So often, they find that the fatty is still

there. It will be interesting to see what they do. They will plan, they

will make sure that they rehydrate and that they come out fighting.

They will look at the video review, have a quick change, and they will

be ready. It is a very tight turnaround. What an exemplary run

from the world number one, David Florence. We have Matthew Pinsent

joining us now. Matthew, job done. Feeling very happy about that

performance. From David's point of view you'd want at the minimum to

have a solid run but to come off the water and be the quickest of all

over the course, as you say, absolutely job done. The world

champion cementing his form from last year into the Rio competition.

He seemed to get off to an absolute blinder shaving tenths of a second

off that. They are familiar with this course because they have been

here for a week, ten days, training on the course over the last six

months. The way that it has worked, ever since this course has been

built, the governing body has divided up the time and allowed

certain teams onto the course to experience it, and Team GB have

taken every possible chance to be here. The running total for the

British paddlers is something like 12 weeks they have been out here in

total. Seizing any moment to experience this water, learning is

various idiosyncrasies. They will not see exactly how the gates are

laid out until today. Absolutely, chapeau, hats off to David Florence,

seizing that moment in the first run. Nicely done from David. We will

be back with Matthew later on and we'll see Joe Clarke are taking to

the water in the excitement there, we have been enjoying things down at

the Olympics Tennis Centre. That is Centre court right now. It has been

featuring arguably the greatest female tennis player in the modern

era. Let's bring you up to date. Serena Williams is through to the

last 32 of the Women's Singles. The reigning Olympic champion breezing

past Gavilova, winning 6-4, 6-2. Not too bad at all for Great Britain's

women in rugby, three wins of three in group C, and they made light work

of Canada, winning 22-0. Emily Scarratt with a couple of tries. We

have had no action so far today in the rowing. The weather putting paid

to that. We have seen boats overturning and so that the safety

of all the athletes, we are seeing no rowing until further notice at

the Lagoa Stadium. Who's that? Don't take her away. Do you want to come

and say hello to the BBC Four audience? Can you say hello in

English? Hello! How about that? What is your main? It is Naomi. High

five. Naomi, you are start back at home in the UK. Naomi is our new

number one fan. I will let you get back to your dad. Look at this. It

is a family affair. Naomi and family, thank you very much indeed.

The atmosphere is buzzing at the Olympic Park. It has taken some

time, and although we have lost the sunshine, we're going to top boxing

now. Great hopes for Britain in the boxing after three gold medals in

London 2012, they have sent the biggest team in the last 32 years,

including 12 fighters from the 13 available, including Joshua Buatsi

in the light heavyweight category. He is studying a sports science and

management course and has put that on hold to try to be successful at

the Olympics here in Rio. Just imagine what it would be like if he

went back to Queen Mary University in September for the new semester

with her Olympic medal. It would be an incredible story. Let's head over

to Riocentro six, where the boxing is taking place. We will join it in

the second round of three. Taking us through this is Richie

Woodall and Ronald McIntosh. To the second round we go. Joshua Buatsi

took the opening round and looked at the response that has elicited from

Katande. He will be aware that he has conceded the opening round. That

is a cracking shot. It has been ruled as a slip by the referee.

Surely that helped him to that prone position on the canvas.

Has got to keep that guard. Nice switch of attack. He has got to keep

working with the jab, keep breaking the opponent down with the jab and

setting up the right uppercut. By working with the jab, you are not

getting too close to your opponent because this man is dangerous. Work

with the jab, stay at distance and then bring the right hand through.

As they broke away, there was a cracking shot on a downward

trajectory from Buatsi. Katende felt the pain of the forceful punch to

the body. Right hand to the head this time. He is picking that shot

very effectively to Katende. Buatsi has already experienced standing on

top of a medal podium. When he won the Olympic test event at the back

end of last year here in Rio. Victory in the final over his

familiar rival, Peter Mullan burg. It was the Dutch soldier who Buatsi

prevailed over at the gold medal bout in Turkey to secure his Olympic

place here. What is important for Buatsi, when he lands the body shop,

don't hold the feet too long. He's soaking it all up, he's looking for

the one shot over the top. If you have landed a body shot and you hold

your feet, there is a chance Katende could land that shot. Looking at his

corner. Running repairs to the right boot laces. I suspect Katende will

welcome this respite. Look at the manner in which he is holding his

arms over the ropes because he has taken some fearful shots to the body

from Buatsi. Buatsi, has the reach. It is a fast left-hand bat Katende

possesses. Lovely shot. Has worked well downstairs. Switches the attack

and then creates a bit of himself because his opponent comes back.

That was such a dominant round, it might be that -- eight. It is.

Joshua Buatsi is in a commanding position. That, another one of the

vagaries of Olympic boxing. You generally have to put your man on

the floor in Olympic boxing. Dominant round such as Buatsi

enjoyed during the cause of round number two, enough to score it 10-8

in his favour. The man wearing blue, Joshua Buatsi has one foot into the

second round now because barring a calamitous third and final round,

the 3-point margin that he enjoys from the judges, it should be

enough, even if he concedes this final round, to see him progress to

round number two of the Olympic tournament. Again, he continues to

hit the rib cage of Kennedy Katende. Competing in his second Olympic

Games and this has been a painful reintroduction to Olympic

competition because Buatsi is hitting him with four Loveridge on

his torso with both the left and the right-hand. Katende has been hurt,

time and again downstairs. Buatsi, doesn't want to get complacent.

Sensible boxing behind his jab. See out the contest. I'm sure that is

what the coach will have said in the corner. He would have been happy

with him, but at the same time, don't get complacent. Get the job

done. Box sensibly now in this round. 26 boxes contesting the

heavyweight contest. His body language isn't good. Follow-up

right-hand came over and his boxing stance betrayed him and the towel

has come in. Buatsi has scored the third stoppage in the boxing

tournament at Rio 2016. What an Olympic debut from Great Britain's

Joshua Buatsi. He progresses through to the second round. That will be

the 11th of August in the morning session.

Very impressive. Thank you very much. I am grateful for the win. I

am glad he is OK. He is tough, but the aim is to eliminate anyone in

front of me. The aim is to get the win, that is what we got, so I am

grateful for that. Joshua Buatsi getting off to an

absolute flyer. Hold everything because TeamGB's flag bearer has

taken to the field. Andy Murray is out on Centre Court straight after

the Serena Williams victory in the singles. He is here to retain the

title he won in 2012. The two time Wimbledon champion, he said holding

that flag in the opening ceremony was the proudest moment in his

career. Adding another Olympic gold wouldn't be a bad way to follow it

up. We'll keep you across everything centre court here on BBC Four. He is

facing Viktor Troicki ski, and he has played beaten before. But Andy

Murray opening his Olympic account on centre court. We expect the

British contingent in that arena to make some noise. Earlier, you would

have seen David Florence, the world number

one in the C1. He spoke afterwards to David Pinson. How was your

experience on the cause? Really good. Definitely had a few troubles

on the way down, as is so often on a Palu slalom run. -- canoe. It looks

like it will be enough, obviously there is the second run to come, but

I am pleased with the good start. What did your coach say to you from

the concrete? He said, spot on. Not a bit tied up around gate number

three, but he said it was a good refocus and solid paddling. I did

the safe option in the middle where I did a spin manoeuvre. You have got

lots of racing this week, how do you make the decision, is it a balancing

act whether you do a second run in an early round like this? By me, if

I am certain I have done enough to get through, but generally speaking

if you do enough to get through, it doesn't matter if you are first

14th, the crucial thing is not to be 15th or below. If the first run is

good enough, we will save our energy for the next one. How does it feel

to be back in Team GB kit? It is very nice. It is a massive honour,

particularly in this sport when there is only one athlete

representing each nation. It is a brutal getting that spot. The guy

from Great Britain who is not here was third at the World Championships

last year. For me to be in Rio is incredible and I am happy to be

here. Good luck. He barely seems out of breath. Let's talk to Matt Pinson

's. Map you a fantastic way to to set things up to the K1, because we

have Joe Clark? Yes, he is at a different stage of his career. He is

the veteran of the Team GB paddlers. Joe is upcoming and a medal is an

outside possibility the him and with these early rounds, it is a matter

of getting down the cause, getting a solid run I'm getting through to the

semis and building for the remaining days of the competition. When you

are competing, you have a guy who was the more experienced guy in

David Lawrence. Have been talking to Joe, making sure he's feeling

comfortable. You have spent a lot of your time in Olympic competition

alongside Sir Steve Redgrave, how can David galvanise Joe Tomane sure

he goes away from Rio having had the best competition possible? They are

a very tight group and if you look at some of their social media, they

are staying in the same flat in the Olympic Village. Fiona Pennie will

be the additional person from the single paddlers. David Hounslow as

well who is in the C2 with David Florence. Sorry, Richard Hounslow.

They are a very tight group and it is important they interact and they

are feeding off one another and energising the group. We are about

to see the K1. This is the first heat for the K1.

Great news for Britain with David Florence going so well. We have

another British representative in this event. Joe Clark is number 15

to go. He has another ten minutes or so before he will get to feel the

water. Michael Tayler is next the Canada. Pedro da Silva for Brazil

and then Mario Leitner. 21 involved in the K1. Two runs, 15 go through.

Only six men will be eliminated from these Olympics at the end of today.

Taylor trying to make a mark of the start. Digging those blades in.

Taken a few hits are ready from the stop us from that tough section

which will eat away at your time. Wants to be improving on his 20th

position in London 2012. Comes from Calgary. Another host city from the

Olympics. People who say the Olympics don't inspire those cities

that host them, are very much mistaken. Is that the wind picking

up again? Another gate, gate 18, is looking quite hard work for Michael

Tayler. Not getting the moment you would want to see. That was nicely

done under 20. Three gates to go for Michael Tayler. 24-year-old. If he

can go through to the semifinals, but will be an improvement on his

performances from boy years ago. The time was set by Kazuki Yazawa. He

will have to wait and see how good that is. That puts him down into

fifth or fourth place. Fourth place for Michael Tayler at the moment

with a Pedro da Silva of Brazil waiting to go at the top. Psyching

himself up. He told me it was a four and a half hour drive getting from

Sao Paulo to hear. We have come from the centre of Rio and it has taken

us two hours every time, so I find it hard to believe. Shaky start. Two

second penalty. It must be such a big experience, the crowd was really

roaring when he set off from the start line. Really getting into his

stride, opening up the blades. We see him steering as he gets the line

into this upstream gate. This is the tricky bit where we don't see the

stop. Not such a big problem for the kayak paddles because they have a

blade on both sides of the boat. 14, he dropped below to feed about under

the gate. Drops down into 19, two penalties added for Pedro da Silva.

It could be damaging. But the crowd is behind him. They didn't do well

in the C1. Round the last upstream, through the final gate for Pedro da

Silva of Brazil. Will this be good enough to put him through. It is

encouraging, to say the least. We don't know if it will be good enough

but it is a massive performance. You can see what it means to him?

He went with the flow and picked up the rhythm and let it drive down the

course. Look at that excitement. The proud American champion from 2014

really enjoying his outing. Next, we have Mario Leitner of Austria. The

Austrians have so many good paddlers. Really tough selection. No

strings in the semifinal in the World Championships last year in

this category. -- no Austrians. He's looking extremely strong. You can

see him really picking his straight, looking where he's going, but that

was a careless touch, driving straight into the poll. Clipping his

bow onto the poll. He escaped through 16 very rapidly indeed. He

knows he's got to make up for that two second penalty. 15.48 the split.

He is 2.4 outside the Brazilian's time at the moment. The back of the

wave, the 21, he is digging deep, this long straight, trying to extend

it. He's looking for some solid water a little bit lower down. Just

brushed top. It is so area did, you get no pool at all on the blade. He

cannot match the Brazilian, 4.8 one. Take away those two penalties and

he'd be in second place, but as it is he goes third, for now. Seventh

of 21 entries into the men's K-1 category with some big names coming

at the back end of the start sheet. Peter Kauzer of Slovenia among those

waiting. Now we watch Ohrstrom of Sweden, the first canoeist to

represent Sweden at another big games. Always good to get any

country on the scene at the Olympic Games. Quite a good responsibility.

Nicely upstream towards Gate eight. Looking smooth at the moment. Just

over two seconds up on that first split. Can he keep it in control?

Got to make sure that there is enough energy in that bottom

section. You see people coming in and the power is just gone. You have

to utilise every bit of water so that you have the energy that you so

badly need after Gate 20. It has been a busy schedule for him. Two

penalties for Ohrstrom, but still inside, 0.17. The Norwegians have

some of the best rivers in the world, although I know that they are

frozen for half the year and they are cold until the end of August,

but still, they do have the facilities. It is nice to see

Ohrstrom here, he comes from the home of cross-country skiing in

Sweden. Very well controlled run, and taking away those two penalties,

that would be very impressive indeed. Will it be good enough? I

think we will see Ohrstrom out on the water again to try and secure

that position. He had the right sort of approach. It was not reckless,

but he certainly did not hold back. Mike Dawson is next for New Zealand.

He finished 15th in the 2012 games. He works with Campbell Walsh, the

British silver medallist from Athens. Campbell has done a good job

of looking after the two New Zealand paddlers. He has enjoyed himself,

and yes, Campbell is an extremely technical paddler, a very like

paddler, so you passed on all his years of experience. Dawson, using

his body weight well, the boat speed looks good and the clock shows it,

0.51 inside. He had the fastest qualifying time at the World

Championships in qualifying last year, and got knocked out in the

semifinals with too many penalties. 14, 15, 16, going upstream and

looking strong, you conceded blades are driving in and about keeping

moving. 0.82 is margin inside, a little bit down on 19 but he gets

through 20 without any problem. Again, this is looking very good

full stop Michael Dawson of New Zealand, and that fastest time of

88.48 is under threat now, on the last upstream, driving back out into

the centre of the flow, looking for the fast water down to the finish

line, and Michael Dawson, no penalties, but just outside the

leading time. That is tremendous performance. The Brazilians are

cheering, the New Zealanders are cheering, and Brazil happy that

their man stays on top. That is going to be good enough to see him

through to the semifinals in three days' time. He will have so much

rest. They will have to think what they are going to do with

themselves. They are not used to that. Dawson has been doing lots of

work with the families in the local favelas here, having seen the level

of poverty, and trying to raise money with a cookbook and he has

been punting some of that money onto them, which is a nice touch. Now,

Meglic from Azerbaijan. He lives in Marie Baugh. Good control at the

moment, ducking his head around Gate nine. The agility of these athletes

is incredible. They have to be extremely flexible and have an

extremely strong core to be able to throw their bodies around at the

same time. Lots of these athletes live, breathe and sleep canoeing.

This man is a great cost country fan and also he is a keen surfer and the

surf down Abriel is sensational. He can't wait for the games to be over

so that he can get down and have a go at the beach -- the surf down at

Rio. Through gate 20, this is where Michael Dawson looked so good. No

real problems for Meglic through that stage. The last of the

upstreams 85 seconds, leaves him a long way down on that time from that

silver. -- from Da Silva. Da Silva went through that in around 77.

The stadium here is sandwiched between the mountain bike course and

a DMX course, and five minutes down the road, the hockey and the rugby

sevens both taking place at the moment. -- and the BMX course.

Perhaps the biggest name in Polish K-1 not making it through. This man

finished tenth anyone Championships last year. He did himself no chance

-- no harm at all in terms of qualifying. He is an attacking

paddler. Very aggressive style, real powerhouse. He is picking his lines

very well at the moment. Got a little bit stuck there, maybe I

spoke too soon, but he really took control of it. Got to keep that dry

line through 15, 16. Very tight turn, eight to second penalty added

to his time. Gate 17, I think it might have been. We will try and

find out as we move across from 19 through to 20. Not as hard as the

transition from 14 through to 15, many of them getting caught there.

He is four seconds up and he ducks under the final Gate but picks up

more penalties, six and all. It would have been respectable if he

had stayed clean, but 18.25 seconds outside. Work to do now, for the

Pole. Picked up those last penalties in 23 and 24. Very frustrating if

that happens to you as a paddler. That focus has got to stay with you

right until the finish line. Still a little bit of movement and that

makes it a little bit more difficult to judge your line. You have to

judge it more conservatively. Eigel through the first of the upstreams.