:00:21. > :00:27.Hello again. Welcome back to Copacabana Beach, the most famous
:00:28. > :00:31.stretch of beach front of the world and actually it is into the water,
:00:32. > :00:37.not this water but the water at the Aquatic Centre where we are taking
:00:38. > :00:45.you because the morning heats, which are the afternoon heats, are about
:00:46. > :00:48.to start. The women's 100 metres breaststroke heat. Molly Renshaw,
:00:49. > :00:53.the 19-year-old from Mansfield, which has a habit of producing ready
:00:54. > :01:06.good swimmers like Becky Adlington, she goes in heat number three. Over
:01:07. > :01:12.to you. Adrian and Andy. Molly Renshaw in lane two. Very obvious to
:01:13. > :01:18.butterfly kicks. Which is absolutely allowed. I wonder why they don't use
:01:19. > :01:22.underwater cameras to judge that. The judges have to see through the
:01:23. > :01:28.water from the side, which if all eight are in a line, it is difficult
:01:29. > :01:32.to see. Molly Renshaw going well. Fourth at the European Championships
:01:33. > :01:41.on the 200. This might be a little short. Both British survivors in
:01:42. > :01:47.third place. Better at 200. Great for Molly Renshaw. They train
:01:48. > :01:55.through the European Championships. Did a personal best in May but did
:01:56. > :01:59.three weights sessions that week. Coming through very strongly in the
:02:00. > :02:03.red cab at the top. Going well Molly Renshaw. And if she can bring it
:02:04. > :02:11.home it will be tight. She could get second, could possibly catch
:02:12. > :02:13.Laukkanen. Looks like Laukkanen has got it, Molly Renshaw is second. Not
:02:14. > :02:34.sure the time will be quickened. It would have been a big ask. Second
:02:35. > :02:39.in a heat is good. Came into the heat fifth and came second. See if
:02:40. > :02:43.we can see underwater. Some of the swimmers try to do a sneaky kick as
:02:44. > :02:50.they enter the water and when the seat break the surface, and a legal
:02:51. > :03:02.kick. Molly Renshaw at the top. This is good for her, I believe. We will
:03:03. > :03:06.have to see if she can get top 16. Laukkanen winning, Molly Renshaw
:03:07. > :03:13.second. Just outside of her lifetime best. One tenth of a second.
:03:14. > :03:21.Good swim. Quickly to heat number five. In that you will see Yuliya
:03:22. > :03:27.Efimova of Russia. Only finalised in the last day she would be taking
:03:28. > :03:32.part after being given an appeal by the Court of arbitration for Sport
:03:33. > :03:45.to race here. It is a controversial inclusion, Andy and Adrian.
:03:46. > :03:53.Chloe Tutton of Great Britain is closest to us that it is Yuliya
:03:54. > :03:58.Efimova in lane four. Brilliant start from Atkinson. What a massive
:03:59. > :04:02.start, but she has left Yuliya Efimova of dead on the start. Trains
:04:03. > :04:11.in the States and was the world short-course world record-holder in
:04:12. > :04:16.2014. Very quick. Fiona Doyle of Ireland going well in lane one. I
:04:17. > :04:23.think Chloe Tutton will have to work quite hard. Lying in eighth place.
:04:24. > :04:30.Again an amazing turn from Atkinson. The start and turn, must have taken
:04:31. > :04:37.a metre from Yuliya Efimova. It is a beautiful stroke, very powerful, by
:04:38. > :04:42.far the fastest swimmer, Efimova, starting to catch up Atkinson. Also
:04:43. > :04:46.coming through, Jenny Johannson of Sweden. At the moment it looks like
:04:47. > :04:51.Yuliya Efimova. The power where she got that from in the last 50 metres,
:04:52. > :04:58.well, comfortable in the end. Goodness me, 65.7. It is hard to be
:04:59. > :05:01.too excited about that one. Some brewing in the crowd, quite a lot of
:05:02. > :05:15.booing in the crowd, that is interesting. Looking forward to see
:05:16. > :05:23.if she can get under 65. Chloe Tutton in fourth, 66.88, her best
:05:24. > :05:28.time. She has had some big drops. On her best time through this year.
:05:29. > :05:37.Been waiting for it. Another who trained through the European
:05:38. > :05:44.Championships. Gold in the medley relay in the European.
:05:45. > :05:55.The Jamaican crowd and team excited by Atkinson, making the running in
:05:56. > :05:58.that race before being overtaken. Yuliya Efimova doing the job in the
:05:59. > :06:03.heats and now she is here, performing solidly well. A great
:06:04. > :06:15.swim from Chloe Tutton. She could make the semifinal. The final heat.
:06:16. > :06:29.The first time we have seen Lilly King on the world stage. Ruta
:06:30. > :06:40.Meilutyte in five. This is King's first major meet. Ruta Meilutyte has
:06:41. > :06:44.smashed all the records. Interestingly the only one she
:06:45. > :06:48.hadn't got, in London, the European Championship title, she won, 100
:06:49. > :06:53.metres breaststroke. The full set of gold medals. In Lane 5. The green
:06:54. > :07:04.hat of Lithuania, Ruta Meilutyte. A good
:07:05. > :07:10.start. Going with her as expected, the other 19-year-old, lily King of
:07:11. > :07:15.the USA in the white hat. Ruta Meilutyte saying she's the Europeans
:07:16. > :07:23.as rehearsal for this. She trained very hard. It was good to practise
:07:24. > :07:29.in front of a big crowd. 30.4, a similar pace to act concern and
:07:30. > :07:38.still very quick. King is going with her. A hope for the American team in
:07:39. > :07:44.the yellow lane, left. Very strong, powerful swimmer. A very different
:07:45. > :07:48.strokes there. Ruta Meilutyte fell off a bicycle last year and break
:07:49. > :07:53.her elbow and has had a lot of rehab to come back with a metal plate in
:07:54. > :07:58.her arm. She is doing well. Lilly King coming back, maybe just
:07:59. > :08:11.overtaking in the last 50 metres. Ruta Meilutyte tied up pretty badly.
:08:12. > :08:16.The time is pretty quick. I think there is a decent chance that Great
:08:17. > :08:22.Britain's Chloe Tutton may make the semifinal. That would be great. That
:08:23. > :08:27.would be fantastic. To get under 67 is brilliant. King is a real talent.
:08:28. > :08:33.You are right, Andy. Ruta Meilutyte I think tied up. That injury and
:08:34. > :08:37.time out of the water, six months. An operation, a metal plate put into
:08:38. > :08:44.her arm at the end of last year. Struggling here. King overtaking in
:08:45. > :08:51.the last three strokes and half a second ahead of Ruta Meilutyte, all
:08:52. > :08:54.in all. It will be tough for her. I am not sure about this. Yuliya
:08:55. > :09:04.Efimova looked comfortable and smooth. It will be a fascinating
:09:05. > :09:08.final. Still got to make it, of course, but the Americans look very
:09:09. > :09:17.good indeed. Ruta Meilutyte looked a little rusty. The final heat, Lilly
:09:18. > :09:22.King winning it. The defending champion, Ruta Meilutyte, in second.
:09:23. > :09:27.Chloe Tutton came in 23rd and will qualify for the semis 12th. There is
:09:28. > :09:36.the confirmation of the semifinalists. King is fastest.
:09:37. > :09:41.Efimova is second. And let's see, Chloe Tutton, well done. European
:09:42. > :09:51.bronze medal, she is having a cracking year. That is pretty
:09:52. > :09:57.special. Claire. I am sure she would agree! We are going to the men's
:09:58. > :10:02.backstroke but will leave you in the company of the established experts.
:10:03. > :10:07.Helen Skelton is with us. The guests you always have our top-notch, but
:10:08. > :10:11.you have a special visitor, you had one last night in Justin Rose, and
:10:12. > :10:15.how enthusiastic was he about all things Olympic?
:10:16. > :10:21.It was brilliant to have Justin Rose to join us. When you hang out with
:10:22. > :10:25.Becky and Mark lane are they who's who of the sporting greats, it is
:10:26. > :10:30.like hello, hello. Justin got in touch and came to hang out with us.
:10:31. > :10:35.Never having been to a swimming gala, as he called it. Great to see
:10:36. > :10:41.a guy of such sporting calibre to be excited to be had. In the golfing
:10:42. > :10:45.world, they are in their own world. He is a sports fan and I think his
:10:46. > :10:52.wife was a gymnast and so they are going to watch gymnastics. He loves
:10:53. > :10:55.sport. He saw that last night. Embracing the Olympic movement,
:10:56. > :10:59.going to the opening ceremony and hanging out at the village. Having
:11:00. > :11:04.him here last night, he loved it. Like a kid in a candy shop.
:11:05. > :11:09.Particularly because there are notable absences with some golfers
:11:10. > :11:14.choosing not to come but he was so excited, this is a guy with a lot of
:11:15. > :11:18.resources. I think he came on a private jet with 11 members of
:11:19. > :11:22.staff! He does not need to be in the village but he loved it. He said it
:11:23. > :11:26.was the first time he had experienced anything Olympic and he
:11:27. > :11:30.said when they found out about the Olympics and that he was going to be
:11:31. > :11:36.in the Olympics, he was excited years ago. Let's go to swimming now.
:11:37. > :11:41.We saw James Guy last night. Got a silver medal in the 400 last year at
:11:42. > :11:45.the world that did not manage to get a medal last night but is turning
:11:46. > :11:51.his attention to the 200. We saw the heats before you came to us. Sun
:11:52. > :11:55.Yang, a controversial character in and out of the swimming pool. Let's
:11:56. > :12:01.see his race. The first heat of the 200 free.
:12:02. > :12:11.What a heat. The second of the three fastest. Sun Yang in the centre.
:12:12. > :12:16.What a start from Chad le Clos in six. After 25 metres about a body
:12:17. > :12:26.length ahead. Chad is making a statement! The best town in the
:12:27. > :12:35.pool, as well! -- suntan. Look at his underwaters. Brilliant. Wow! He
:12:36. > :12:40.cannot keep this up. Can he? We don't know what training he has been
:12:41. > :12:46.doing, what shape he is in. The guy next to him, Sun Yang, World
:12:47. > :12:53.Championship silver medallist and there is clear water between him.
:12:54. > :13:01.Unnerving for Fraser-Holmes. Just dropped off world record. A slightly
:13:02. > :13:06.more tired turn underwater. Did not give it as much whip as he did on
:13:07. > :13:14.the first turn, but still massively impressive. Fraser-Holmes will stop
:13:15. > :13:21.the rest of the field coming back. In late three with the black cap.
:13:22. > :13:25.Moving into second place. A big fly kick. Not as much. Seven metres. The
:13:26. > :13:31.rest of the field coming back on him. Chad wanting a race this
:13:32. > :13:36.morning. I bet he thought, I will have a go. He has to hold on because
:13:37. > :13:45.the big guys are charging in the centre. Sun Yang coming back in the
:13:46. > :13:56.white hat of China. Fraser-Holmes not reacting well. A fascinating
:13:57. > :14:04.race. Verschuren, the European champion in third.
:14:05. > :14:08.The men's 200 metre freestyle is a tough event and stacked field. Talk
:14:09. > :14:13.is through the big names in this one. There are so many. It is one
:14:14. > :14:20.after the other and the other. James Guy won worlds last year. You have
:14:21. > :14:26.Sun Yang, so many of the guys. Chad is there. The first 150 metres was
:14:27. > :14:32.incredible. You do not know whether that is to ease back. To think I do
:14:33. > :14:40.not need to do this. The first 150 was incredible. It will be tough and
:14:41. > :14:43.I will be interested to see how James responds that after yesterday,
:14:44. > :14:47.if it has messed with him. There's a lot going on this week and it must
:14:48. > :14:56.be tough for those boys. And kind of, I want to do this. I'm sure it
:14:57. > :15:01.is... It must be hard to focus, but hopefully James can. This is heat
:15:02. > :15:02.six of the men's 200 free and defending world champion, James Guy,
:15:03. > :15:16.goes Britain. -- for Britain. The final heat of the men's 200
:15:17. > :15:20.metres freestyle. James Guy in the centre, OK start, probably third or
:15:21. > :15:28.fourth best. The best start would have come from Dwyer from the USA.
:15:29. > :15:37.Silver Medal list here in 2012 and in Beijing. First time, Dwyer of the
:15:38. > :15:41.USA. Some of these swimmers, especially Hagino and James Guy, see
:15:42. > :15:49.how they'd shake off last night's race. Park didn't qualify for the
:15:50. > :15:59.final of the 400 free so he has had more time to rest. Further down,
:16:00. > :16:04.Koski of Finland. The halfway turn. James Guy moving up from third place
:16:05. > :16:09.at 50, to second placed there, 51.5, starting to make a move and looking
:16:10. > :16:15.pretty good, looking sharper than he did in the 400 metre freestyle
:16:16. > :16:22.final. He gave no -- Hagino looking very tired. The lawyer in three with
:16:23. > :16:30.the red and white at, with James Guy, looking like the first two to
:16:31. > :16:35.pass -- Dwyer. James Guy is trying to stay with him, Dwyer is trying to
:16:36. > :16:41.break the field. Guy is looking at him. You can see him breathing.
:16:42. > :16:52.Dwyer isn't giving up, he looks very strong. Dwyer looks very good
:16:53. > :17:03.indeed. Dwyer is going on, die charges but Dwyer takes it. -- Guy.
:17:04. > :17:06.Come to be true to the semifinals. Let's talk about James Guy because
:17:07. > :17:14.he'll be disappointed with yesterday, didn't get a medal in the
:17:15. > :17:17.400 but he has a second bite of the charity the Lyth cherry and this is
:17:18. > :17:20.his preferred event. He'll be slightly disappointed last night,
:17:21. > :17:27.gold and silver were gone but there was a bronze -- bite of the cherry.
:17:28. > :17:32.Back to back and he had a decent swim this morning, making it through
:17:33. > :17:37.to the semis is the main thing here. He is sixth and there are some good
:17:38. > :17:43.names, Dwyer and Hagino in his heat. It was a good heat swim, if only he
:17:44. > :17:48.could have been a second faster. That was a good response last night.
:17:49. > :17:51.Talking about James Guy, because he did so well in the World
:17:52. > :17:55.Championships, it's almost like we forget he is relatively young. He
:17:56. > :18:09.talked about looking up to the likes of Paul. Will summing alongside his
:18:10. > :18:12.idols have an effect on him? He is young, he will have another two
:18:13. > :18:17.Olympics hopefully. At the same time it would have been nice, he's
:18:18. > :18:22.sharing an apartment with Adam, Adam will have come home and will have
:18:23. > :18:27.got him back in the pool this morning. It is nice, sharing with
:18:28. > :18:31.Adam, he can say that he did it, why not him. The first 200 metres gave
:18:32. > :18:36.us plenty to be excited about so it is worth sticking with us until the
:18:37. > :18:46.early hours later tonight. Let's talk about Chris Walker, the most
:18:47. > :18:51.tattooed man in British swimming. He hasn't had a good year, his trial
:18:52. > :18:56.was 53.8. You go through peaks and troughs. The Olympics is about doing
:18:57. > :19:12.your best at the right time. . He had a great come of Games and
:19:13. > :19:19.European Championships. It is about having that belief. That fighting
:19:20. > :19:22.spirit because he nearly gave up in London. He was disappointed in
:19:23. > :19:27.London. That is the thing that makes the man. When you have setbacks, how
:19:28. > :19:31.you bounce back from them. In the relay, the 4x100 metre relay is very
:19:32. > :19:46.strong for us, so he will have that in his mind. Let's see how he goes.
:19:47. > :19:52.COMMENTATOR: Heat four out of five. Chris Walker-Hebborn knows he needs
:19:53. > :19:58.to go quickly to make the semifinal. He is very fast, in five. David
:19:59. > :20:00.Plummer of the USA, the fastest seed in this second and last heat, in
:20:01. > :20:23.four. So, Great Britain's, wealth of Adam
:20:24. > :20:34.Wheater backstroke champion in lane five -- Commonwealth. David Plummer
:20:35. > :20:39.of the USA doing well. Chris Walker-Hebborn is doing fairly well.
:20:40. > :20:46.He has to hit it down the second 50. David Plummer another story of
:20:47. > :20:54.disappointment in 2012, missing the American team but going on for four
:20:55. > :20:59.years. A little bit under the world record. Very close indeed. This is
:21:00. > :21:04.very good from Chris Walker-Hebborn on. He had to work off the wall and
:21:05. > :21:09.he did that and he is well placed. He needs to finish it. Looks like
:21:10. > :21:19.David Plummer, the Russian in three is also going well. Chris
:21:20. > :21:23.Walker-Hebborn, 53.5, in third. Not as fast as I expected but I'm sure
:21:24. > :21:30.we'll get through to the semifinal, so it is job done. -- will get
:21:31. > :21:40.through. David Plummer winning in 53.1 and then 53.5 Ulloa and 53.6s
:21:41. > :21:45.over the next few -- 50 3.5s. All in a row, very difficult is let here
:21:46. > :21:59.and it comes down to who does best from 15 metres, counting the flags.
:22:00. > :22:08.That was a good finish. Critical. Some colliding, five was lighting.
:22:09. > :22:17.Good summing from Chris Walker-Hebborn on, solid, doing the
:22:18. > :22:22.job. -- five was gliding. Into the final heat of the men's 100 metre
:22:23. > :22:38.backstroke. Mitchell Larkin, the Australian, the favourite.
:22:39. > :22:53.This man has such a fabulous stroke. Smiling, look at him. The Brazilian
:22:54. > :22:57.in six. Quite interesting when you are at a meeting of international
:22:58. > :23:01.competition, far from home and the locals have a swimmer and they
:23:02. > :23:08.really make a massive noise. Used to absolutely love it but not everybody
:23:09. > :23:13.does. I'm the same as you, people are cheering and swimming, you
:23:14. > :23:19.assume it is you. It is just the noise, it is the excitement. The
:23:20. > :23:24.energy coming with the crowd of 8000, 9000 people. Suddenly you
:23:25. > :23:36.don't get that in your local summing pool!
:23:37. > :23:43.Final heat of the men's 100 metre backstroke. Under 54 and you have a
:23:44. > :23:54.chance of making the final. Lane seven was very close, Hasegawa, but
:23:55. > :24:04.the Frenchman, Lacourt, doing best. The or having a resurgence in his
:24:05. > :24:15.career. The record was having -- was set six years ago. -- the Frenchman.
:24:16. > :24:18.Lacourt having a good turn. Beaver is going well at the top for
:24:19. > :24:24.Australia. The fastest is definitely Lacourt. He is looking really good.
:24:25. > :24:31.Very impressive indeed from the European champion. If he can bring
:24:32. > :24:42.it home, he's going to win it. Well done, 52.9, the first 52 that we've
:24:43. > :24:48.seen. 53 flat from Larkin. I can confirm Great Britain's Chris
:24:49. > :24:52.Walker-Hebborn will be making it through to the final. Very good from
:24:53. > :24:59.him. Lacourt, impressive underwater, he really was. He's timing his
:25:00. > :25:01.fitness and his comeback to perfection, European Championships
:25:02. > :25:06.in May, stepping into this, the first man under 53. I'll have to
:25:07. > :25:10.revise my thinking on the world record, you know. I don't know if
:25:11. > :25:14.these guys are capable of dropping another second. Fascinating because
:25:15. > :25:18.the other races have been extra ordinarily quick, Peaty on his
:25:19. > :25:27.breast stroke was marvellous but these guys are way off. Taking the
:25:28. > :25:35.extra stroke. Larkin was gliding in, Lacourt taking the extra stroke.
:25:36. > :25:42.What do you think? Gorgeous! Is that another tattoo on his chest? The
:25:43. > :25:50.final coming up, Lacourt of France winning it, the first man under 53
:25:51. > :25:54.seconds. The top four should make it through Company to the semifinal.
:25:55. > :26:08.Well, Helen, very interesting backstroke.
:26:09. > :26:13.Chris Walker-Hebborn, qualifying in tenth place I think. Yeah, there he
:26:14. > :26:21.is. Cracking chance of making the final. Looking forward to that in
:26:22. > :26:27.the semifinal this evening. Tattoo is our trendy, right? We've
:26:28. > :26:30.got them and everything! Chris Walker-Hebborn is going to be in the
:26:31. > :26:35.semifinals, are you going to speak to him? No, not unless he wants to
:26:36. > :26:40.call me. The bottom line is that he's doing his thing and he knows
:26:41. > :26:44.what to do. That was good swimming, it was a good morning heat. He is
:26:45. > :26:48.through to the semis, that's what it's all about and it's not far from
:26:49. > :26:54.him getting to the final. If he can get down to his best, he's got a
:26:55. > :26:56.shout. It's hard to know how much people are showing this morning
:26:57. > :27:04.because the morning heats and sprinters being kind of lazy, we
:27:05. > :27:08.save a little bit. He said that! I don't know how much more other
:27:09. > :27:12.people have got to go, but he'll take confidence from that. How
:27:13. > :27:20.impressed were you with Lacourt? We were just admiring how beautiful he
:27:21. > :27:25.is! Impressive stuff. He's going to go into tonight with plenty of
:27:26. > :27:31.confidence. Yes, but as Andy and Adrian said, the world record seems
:27:32. > :27:36.so a full second. Yes, it was a very shiny suit. It is amazing how far
:27:37. > :27:42.off it is. All of those guys will want to put in a better performance
:27:43. > :27:46.and I hope that Chris does, for his confidence, he does lack belief in
:27:47. > :27:54.himself. A good morning summing for the British swimmers. Georgia Davies
:27:55. > :28:04.was in the 100 metres, she went in heat four. -- swimming. COMMENTATOR:
:28:05. > :28:14.Kidd four out of five in the women's 100 metre backstroke. -- heat. In
:28:15. > :28:19.lane three, going very well indeed, the Americans, Kathleen Baker and
:28:20. > :28:30.the Chinese going very well as well, Fu in five. Georgia Davies is also
:28:31. > :28:40.keeping up. Expecting Nielsen to come back strongly. She is in form.
:28:41. > :28:45.Davies is in five. That's Kathleen Baker. Working very hard. Georgia is
:28:46. > :28:51.a bit off the pace at the moment. She's got some work to do, three
:28:52. > :28:57.from the bottom. She's going well. Come on, Georgia, this last 15 is
:28:58. > :29:05.really important. Slipping a bit. 58.8 is quick, Georgia Davies going
:29:06. > :29:09.59.8. A very good last five metres from her because Sheila like she was
:29:10. > :29:15.fading, but she managed to hang on well. 59.8 is lit from Georgia.
:29:16. > :29:22.So, the Loughborough swimmer is safely through to the semis and we
:29:23. > :29:27.will see that this evening. That looks like it is going to be tough
:29:28. > :29:35.because the likes of Seebohm is there. Tenth WWE is coming back from
:29:36. > :29:42.the Medley, that will be tough. -- Hosszu is coming back. The British
:29:43. > :29:48.swimmers are lacking certain things. I saw somebody earlier not doing
:29:49. > :29:53.streamline off the wall, which is basic. The Americans do everything
:29:54. > :29:56.perfectly. Talking of British swimmers who lacks certain things,
:29:57. > :30:01.Jazz Carlin, we are going to see her in the 400 metre freestyle shortly.
:30:02. > :30:06.She hasn't been to the Olympic 's before, this is her first. Your
:30:07. > :30:10.event, how do you feel about her chances?
:30:11. > :30:17.I was racing her in 2009 and this is her first Olympics. We saw her at
:30:18. > :30:21.the trials and she was affected by nerves and it shook her and it was a
:30:22. > :30:26.worry whether she would make the team. It was fine. That is the thing
:30:27. > :30:31.with Jazz Carlin, she is always kind of there and she is so capable of
:30:32. > :30:35.getting a medal, but she is capable, whether she will is a different
:30:36. > :30:43.question. She needs belief in herself. She has done such hard
:30:44. > :30:46.work. I think the 400 metres will be a stretch for her, I think she is
:30:47. > :30:53.suited to the 800. It is hard to go into an event with confidence when
:30:54. > :30:59.your opposition is Katie Ledecky, a phenomenon. What is she capable of?
:31:00. > :31:05.Who knows? She did the 400 medley last night. 52.9, which is a silly
:31:06. > :31:10.time for a long-distance swimmer. The bottom line is, and I will be a
:31:11. > :31:15.realist. Not an optimist. She has the gold medal and the others are
:31:16. > :31:20.going, the silver and bronze medals are up for bronze and it will be
:31:21. > :31:25.that for Jazz Carlin if she gets it. It does not matter what country you
:31:26. > :31:28.are from, Katie Ledecky is the lady to watch. Swimming continues of the
:31:29. > :31:31.Red Button and you can see everything that happens in the
:31:32. > :31:36.swimming pool with the company of a dream and Andy and we will see how
:31:37. > :31:41.Jazz Carlin gets on later. Hazel. If you have been with us the
:31:42. > :31:46.afternoon we have been following the fortunes of a British Mensa, Richard
:31:47. > :31:51.Kruse. We have been enthralled by his guile and craft in men's foil
:31:52. > :31:55.individual event. The foil is the lightest of weapons in fencing. You
:31:56. > :32:00.can only score points with the tip of the blade by hitting only the
:32:01. > :32:07.torso of your opponent. It a game of quick wits. He has been winning
:32:08. > :32:13.medals for Great Britain. He is 33 years of age, from London, winning a
:32:14. > :32:18.European level since 2006 and he has matched his best performance in
:32:19. > :32:24.getting to the quarterfinal here at a fourth Games, up against a man in
:32:25. > :32:28.his third games. Gerek Meinhardt from the United States. Can Richard
:32:29. > :32:34.Kruse take a step further? Let's find out from Ollie Williams?
:32:35. > :32:38.Richard Kruse is having a good Sunday. Those days you have when
:32:39. > :32:43.there is something you need to do and you haven't done it for and you
:32:44. > :32:48.need to do it? That is the kind of day Richard Kruse is having. In 2004
:32:49. > :32:53.he reached the Olympic quarterfinals on his first appearance in the
:32:54. > :32:58.Olympic Games. Since then, Beijing and London have been
:32:59. > :33:04.disappointments. Last time out after one fight. Here in Rio he is back in
:33:05. > :33:10.the quarterfinals and two fights away from a medal. His opponent in
:33:11. > :33:15.the last eight, Gerek Meinhardt of the United States, a man who says he
:33:16. > :33:21.will retire at the age of 26. From fencing. Certainly from fencing at
:33:22. > :33:28.Olympic level. He has a business career in mind. This will be his
:33:29. > :33:32.last Olympic outing. At Beijing, Meinhardt was the youngest fencer on
:33:33. > :33:37.the US Olympic team and the youngest fencer in the tournament. Something
:33:38. > :33:43.of a child prodigy, setting use records in the US. Currently ranked
:33:44. > :33:52.third in the world. Richard Kruse is ranked sixth. Both of these athletes
:33:53. > :33:58.have come through testing contests to get to this point. Richard Kruse
:33:59. > :34:07.in particular has shown real resolve. His last 16 contest against
:34:08. > :34:11.Andrea Cassara from Italy demonstrated everything Richard
:34:12. > :34:16.Kruse has in the locker. He is a veteran at this point. This is his
:34:17. > :34:20.fourth Olympics. He knows how to do all of this. He says only his body
:34:21. > :34:30.is letting him down. 33 years old last week. Can he overcome that? Can
:34:31. > :34:31.he overcome Meinhardt? Can he reach Rio's Olympic semifinal? Let's find
:34:32. > :34:37.out. Meinhardt straight out of the
:34:38. > :34:52.blocks. Pressing forwards. But it is Kruse who takes the
:34:53. > :35:01.opening point. Here in the quarterfinal. This already looks
:35:02. > :35:05.like it will be lively. We have seen fantastic fencing so far.
:35:06. > :35:09.James-Andrew Davis was so unlucky for Great Britain to go out earlier
:35:10. > :35:21.on. He put everything into his contest against Safin from Russia.
:35:22. > :35:27.Kruse has shown is so much today. 2-0 up in this contest. He has shown
:35:28. > :35:32.the point is that Richard Kruse is known for at international level.
:35:33. > :35:38.And he has mixed it with just a little bit of emotion, creative
:35:39. > :35:42.flair. That maybe he struggled to find at the top international stage
:35:43. > :35:47.before in Beijing, in London, when it did not happen. Out at the first
:35:48. > :35:52.attempt in London. It was horrible. He almost retired. Today, he is
:35:53. > :35:53.coming out of the blocks quick and unlike James-Andrew Davis, he is
:35:54. > :36:05.holding on. Meinhardt will be a very tough
:36:06. > :36:13.customer. World bronze medallist. And from a US team that has improved
:36:14. > :36:16.so much in recent years, largely because of the family who have
:36:17. > :36:30.revolutionised foil fencing in the United States. Kruse is making it
:36:31. > :36:35.look relatively easy so far. Simple points, but you still have to pick
:36:36. > :36:38.them up. Kruse is into a healthy early advantage. The first two 15
:36:39. > :36:51.wins. We haven't seen anything involving a
:36:52. > :36:56.Brit go beyond the opening exchanges of the second period so far. Not to
:36:57. > :37:07.say they have not been long and bruising contests. But fairly
:37:08. > :37:13.quickly fought. Meinhardt on the board. A cheer from the US
:37:14. > :37:18.contingent. Fantastic atmospheres inside these arenas. Three identical
:37:19. > :37:27.arenas, almost, hosting basketball, judo, fencing, this week. Each
:37:28. > :37:33.holding maybe five, 6000 people. Don't worry, there is a British
:37:34. > :37:37.crowd in attendance, as well. Kruse raises a finger to the air and adds
:37:38. > :37:44.a point to the board. A confident start. The start of a man who
:37:45. > :37:49.probably came to this Olympics dreading that it would be like
:37:50. > :37:55.another London 2012, at after one round. It has not been like that. It
:37:56. > :38:03.was a superb, confident start. He dismissed his first opponent without
:38:04. > :38:08.going through many gears. And all through the day, Richard Kruse has
:38:09. > :38:13.shown composure, skill and some of that physicality that he insists he
:38:14. > :38:18.is missing these days but it looks like it is still there, to me.
:38:19. > :38:32.He's tall, Richard Kruse and he is using it to great effect today.
:38:33. > :38:45.A little detente between the two of them. Just the chance for Kruse to
:38:46. > :38:55.gather himself and look for an opening. Meinhardt staggering
:38:56. > :39:02.forwards, Kruse caught off-balance. Meinhardt closes the gap.
:39:03. > :39:09.Taking longer in this contest, as you might expect, when the stakes
:39:10. > :39:13.are now incredibly high, for these two to get points on the board. You
:39:14. > :39:23.might see this last longer than we have seen anything else last today.
:39:24. > :39:29.Again, Kruse with a point and again lifting up one finger in
:39:30. > :39:35.recognition. But almost perfunctory in the way he is doing that. If you
:39:36. > :39:38.watch James-Andrew Davis, for example, real emotion coming through
:39:39. > :39:44.after every point. Richard Kruse is not quite like that. Beautiful the
:39:45. > :39:49.way he is pushing forwards, Kruse. Gets another point will stop he is
:39:50. > :39:56.not quite so evocative in his celebration. He never has been. I
:39:57. > :40:05.don't want to say workmanlike, it is professional. It is focused. And it
:40:06. > :40:15.is working. 8-3, Richard Kruse. The Rio 2016 quarterfinals.
:40:16. > :40:24.Meinhardt picking up the pace a little, using more of that footwork.
:40:25. > :40:30.Something he needs to do more of. He tied up Kruse little bit. And now
:40:31. > :40:33.Meinhardt is just starting to pick this up in terms of momentum with a
:40:34. > :40:45.couple of points on the board for him. 25 seconds left.
:40:46. > :41:04.Kruse broadening the advantage back out.
:41:05. > :41:19.Kruse advancing. The right just switching between these two. Time
:41:20. > :41:23.runs out. 9-5 after the opening exchanges, to Richard Kruse. Needs
:41:24. > :41:29.to get to 15 to get through to the semifinals here. And that is
:41:30. > :41:36.probably as good a start you could want. He says he owes everything to
:41:37. > :41:44.his coach. His coach for so long. His coach was a coach who defected
:41:45. > :41:50.to Britain in the late 70s. And has since really pretty much
:41:51. > :41:52.single-handedly, maybe that is unfair, but played a large role in
:41:53. > :42:08.elevating British foil fencing. Richard Kruse says before Ziemowit
:42:09. > :42:14.Wojciechowski came to the UK, British fencing was, Richard Kruse's
:42:15. > :42:24.words, in a third World country. And you know that the heartrate of
:42:25. > :42:30.Richard Kruse right now will be starting to push through the roof.
:42:31. > :42:36.This is about as good as they could have hoped for. Beating Andrea
:42:37. > :42:42.Cassara to get to this point was a big win. Can Kruse convert this?
:42:43. > :42:54.One step closer. You have to have so much anticipation. You have to be
:42:55. > :43:00.able to invade and attack at the same time. All this multitasking
:43:01. > :43:11.happening quickly. So difficult to pick up. And only the target area of
:43:12. > :43:14.the torso down to the groin. Everything in reflective foil you
:43:15. > :43:21.can hit. Everything else, you cannot. You can only hit with the
:43:22. > :43:25.tip of the blade. If it is off target, you will see the white light
:43:26. > :43:32.emerge at the bottom of your screen. No points scored. Kruse just tying
:43:33. > :43:37.himself up a little bit. Having to do some nifty, evasive manoeuvres.
:43:38. > :43:47.Plunging forwards together that time.
:43:48. > :43:55.Take another look. You tell me. That is why you have electrics in this
:43:56. > :44:03.sport. That is why you have officials with slow motion replays.
:44:04. > :44:06.The margins at this level, the two minds like these working so quickly.
:44:07. > :44:38.Extremely thin. That was good from Meinhardt. He
:44:39. > :44:46.drew Kruse back in. Just got there. Reached around.
:44:47. > :44:53.And this is where Kruse needs to be careful because we saw in the last
:44:54. > :44:58.fight, having established an advantage, Andrea Cassara was able
:44:59. > :45:02.to eat away at that and almost got back on level terms before Kruse put
:45:03. > :45:04.that fight to bed. That is what Meinhardt is capable of doing. No
:45:05. > :45:17.lead, really, is safe. Particularly with a counter like
:45:18. > :45:27.Meinhardt, who comes from the School of fencing in California which has
:45:28. > :45:34.produced not only Meinhardt in the quarterfinals but Alex Massialas,
:45:35. > :45:43.who is fighting in the quarterfinals on a separate piste. Kruse again,
:45:44. > :45:49.extending the advantage back. That's what he needs to do. Three points
:45:50. > :45:53.away from his first ever Olympic semifinal. On his fourth attempt.
:45:54. > :46:11.Now two points. What must be going through his mind
:46:12. > :46:15.now? On the back foot. Meinhardt charging him down. Good from
:46:16. > :46:19.Meinhardt, that's what you need to do, when you are facing somebody who
:46:20. > :46:23.is so close to victory, you need to try something different and
:46:24. > :46:33.Meinhardt changed gears there. Needs more of that, though. All the time
:46:34. > :46:37.in the world remaining for these two. Requires patience and
:46:38. > :46:54.precision. Meinhardt coming off the battle of
:46:55. > :46:58.the two of them at close quarters. There's no need to hurry anything
:46:59. > :47:07.here. There is a need to get it right.
:47:08. > :47:23.Kruse storming forwards. 14, on the verge of his best performance in
:47:24. > :47:31.Olympic history. Can he convert this for himself and Great Britain,
:47:32. > :47:42.reaching the final? Meinhardt will try everything he can, of course, to
:47:43. > :47:47.stay in this. 14-11. Meinhardt taking a moment. He says this is his
:47:48. > :47:50.last Olympics. He won't want to go out without trying everything he
:47:51. > :47:58.can, without making sure everything is just so. A look at the equipment.
:47:59. > :48:03.You see that so often at this level, you need to get a moment, you need
:48:04. > :48:09.some confidence, you need to think about something, look at your
:48:10. > :48:17.equipment. Maybe just convince yourself, get a few moments.
:48:18. > :48:18.Meanwhile at the other end of the piste, Richard Kruse knows that one
:48:19. > :48:33.point will do this. Maybe that's a little break in
:48:34. > :48:43.concentration for Kruse and will work the Meinhardt. -- for
:48:44. > :48:54.Meinhardt. Richard Kruse must settle back down and finish this off. Kruse
:48:55. > :49:07.goes for it. It didn't come off. Meinhardt edging back just within
:49:08. > :49:24.touching distance. Wait for the red light. Meinhardt again.
:49:25. > :49:28.You can see Kruse turning around afterwards, signalling to the
:49:29. > :49:47.referee. Meinhardt however keeps the point.
:49:48. > :49:51.Is that it? Richard Kruse takes off his mask, waving to the crowd,
:49:52. > :50:01.punching the air. He is an Olympic semifinalist. For the first time, at
:50:02. > :50:04.the fourth time of asking. That's fantastic, brilliant performance
:50:05. > :50:08.from Richard Kruse. He's done it, the semifinals and he will be going
:50:09. > :50:16.in the semifinal at 8:30pm, your time, against Meinhardt's American
:50:17. > :50:21.colleague, the world number one, Alexander Massialas. If he wins that
:50:22. > :50:26.one, clearly there is a medal waiting for him, silver or gold. If
:50:27. > :50:31.he loses, he'd have to fight off for a bronze. Not like boxing where the
:50:32. > :50:36.two would be awarded bronze medals. Exciting times, 8:30pm he'll be in
:50:37. > :50:40.the semifinal. Brilliant, this afternoon. As if we haven't had
:50:41. > :50:46.enough excitement, let's throw in some water canoeing as well, some
:50:47. > :50:49.extra exhilaration for you. Aberdeen's David Florence has
:50:50. > :50:53.unfinished business with the Olympic Games, strange when you consider
:50:54. > :50:58.that he has two Silver Medal is on the last couple of Games won in the
:50:59. > :51:03.canoe double with his partner, Richard Hounslow, won at the Lee
:51:04. > :51:07.Valley four years ago and also in the single event and this is the
:51:08. > :51:10.single event he's going in today. He is the reigning world champion and
:51:11. > :51:17.he was disappointed four years ago not to get into the final, so he has
:51:18. > :51:19.unfinished business. It is the best of two runs in the initial
:51:20. > :51:29.qualification stages, the fastest of which will count and the force test
:51:30. > :51:37.-- the fastest four will go through. -- fastest 14.
:51:38. > :51:52.We go on to Poland's Hedwig, number 12 in the World Championships last
:51:53. > :51:58.year. He finished in the top ten in the pre-Olympic final but I have a
:51:59. > :52:03.feeling they only qualified eighth into the last run. We can't read too
:52:04. > :52:06.much into it but all the teams, Helen, have been out here and the
:52:07. > :52:12.British have been here more than anybody else. They have, I think I
:52:13. > :52:16.saw that the Brits come on Facebook, this is their 12th week out here.
:52:17. > :52:24.They've utilised every single bit of water time they possibly could. They
:52:25. > :52:26.wanted to utilise the training slots because the International committee
:52:27. > :52:32.set out a visual training slots when people could come here, some teams
:52:33. > :52:37.taking nine weeks. A lot of training and that is the key in slalom,
:52:38. > :52:44.knowing the water, every inch of it, whether it changes or doesn't. He
:52:45. > :52:46.didn't have the problems we saw from car value of Portugal on 16 and 17
:52:47. > :53:01.-- ka Valley oh -- Carvalho. Just lining
:53:02. > :53:08.him up for the last gate, it is about being tight in, one stroke
:53:09. > :53:14.driving and 1-stroke driving out. The last gate for Hedwig. Those last
:53:15. > :53:22.seconds could be important and they are, he is inside, going ahead of
:53:23. > :53:32.Borrows, Poland ahead of Australia and the moment. -- at the moment. As
:53:33. > :53:36.we watch Britain's number one, David Florence, what a record he has in
:53:37. > :53:43.the major championships. Silver Medal in the C2 in London 2012 and
:53:44. > :53:54.he is the world champion, having taken the title on home ground. Look
:53:55. > :53:58.at the splits on the way down, he isn't hanging around and I suspect
:53:59. > :54:03.he wants to do one run only. I imagine that is his game plan.
:54:04. > :54:09.Spinning between nine and ten, that was part of the plan. It depends
:54:10. > :54:19.what side you paddle on, what moves you do, that is the first deliberate
:54:20. > :54:28.spleen. -- spin. Florence is looking strong. 14, 15 and 16 have provided
:54:29. > :54:39.problems. The is a righty, having the advantage on gate 16. -- he is.
:54:40. > :54:45.Nearly half a second insight Hedwig. The top two should be enough. Going
:54:46. > :54:51.right under the poll, looking very good, ducking his head into 21. He
:54:52. > :54:57.looks like he's in great form. That's a nice move as well. Across
:54:58. > :55:04.to the final upstream. 23, back into the flow. Down to the last stop,
:55:05. > :55:11.driving for the line. Florence is looking for the fastest time. He's
:55:12. > :55:18.going to be inside. The bottom six dates were sensational. He can pack
:55:19. > :55:21.his bags and go home to rest. -- gates. Interesting to see if he
:55:22. > :55:24.stays here to familiarise himself. It looks like he wanted to go round
:55:25. > :55:42.in a brilliant time. Let's see how Benus gets on. Number
:55:43. > :55:47.one in the world, he is a huge man, massive reach and he needs to take
:55:48. > :55:52.advantage of that today. He's had four consecutive World Championship
:55:53. > :55:57.finals. You would expect in at least to make the semifinal here, if not
:55:58. > :56:04.win it. Looking quite cautious at the moment, taking his time, placing
:56:05. > :56:11.his paddles well. Looks like he's a bit on edge. Down to the first
:56:12. > :56:15.split, two seconds down, he looks a bit edgy and must open up. He must
:56:16. > :56:22.be confident in the line he's chosen. Nicely in at gate 14. Using
:56:23. > :56:32.the back of the stopper, pulling them knows -- the nose around.
:56:33. > :56:41.Beautifully done on 17, very quick in and out of the upstream gates.
:56:42. > :56:50.Benus looking nice and safe but he is still 0.8 outside and he hasn't
:56:51. > :56:54.wasted any energy so far. This is the section that caused problems but
:56:55. > :57:00.not for Benus, he goes through safely. Pulling his way across,
:57:01. > :57:04.dropping a bit low, two extra strokes needed, back into the flow,
:57:05. > :57:14.driving to the line. Shouldn't have any problems. Look for the fast
:57:15. > :57:17.water. And he finds it. That leaves the world champion, David Florence,
:57:18. > :57:22.on top of the leaderboard after the first heat.
:57:23. > :57:27.And it's looking good, like David Florence is all but guaranteed a
:57:28. > :57:31.place in the semifinal. The second run is in 15 minutes time and you
:57:32. > :57:35.will be able to see it, everything that is moving, on the website and
:57:36. > :57:42.on the app as well. So much going on. A couple of other things, Andy
:57:43. > :57:47.Murray is on centre court right now at the Tennis Centre, playing Viktor
:57:48. > :57:52.Troicki of Serbia. You can see that if you wish. I'm not too sure what
:57:53. > :57:59.the score is. Looking good, 3-2, going with serve in the first debt.
:58:00. > :58:03.And the women's gymnasts -- first act. The women are going in the
:58:04. > :58:08.first qualifying round. In Glasgow they made history by taking team
:58:09. > :58:11.bronze, the first ever for a British team at the World Championships so
:58:12. > :58:15.they have high hopes but a lot depends on qualification. If they
:58:16. > :58:22.get it right they will get into the team final. This system of
:58:23. > :58:25.qualification is the same for the individual apparatus as well so it's
:58:26. > :58:28.important for them to have a good day. Also the Americans going in the
:58:29. > :58:33.gymnastics centre in the next qualification round. So much
:58:34. > :58:38.happening and it's all going on on the website and app. But we have a
:58:39. > :58:43.date with the women's road race, which we've been following in and
:58:44. > :58:47.out over the last three hours or so. It's a four hour journey and they
:58:48. > :58:54.have about 50 kilometres left to run. We have the three cyclists,
:58:55. > :58:56.Lizzie Armitstead, Emma Pooley and Nikki Harris in action. Simon
:58:57. > :59:09.Brotherton, what is the situation? 41 kilometres to go and from a
:59:10. > :59:15.British point of view they are still there. Lizzie Armitstead still in
:59:16. > :59:20.contention. Neatly tucked away in the main peloton at the front of the
:59:21. > :59:23.race. This is Lisa Brennauer from Germany, and Germany have put
:59:24. > :59:28.pressure on at the front of the race. More or less a tailwind at the
:59:29. > :59:32.moment as they head back along the coastal road towards what will be
:59:33. > :59:38.the decisive circuit in the closing kilometres of the race, Chris
:59:39. > :59:42.Boardman. Absolutely. One major obstacle ahead of them that played
:59:43. > :59:53.such a role in M's race yesterday. The climb up Vista Chinesa. Before
:59:54. > :00:06.that, Matej Benus Road, the first climb very steep, 12% on average,
:00:07. > :00:20.before a few seconds of respite and then they descend. -- Canoas Road.
:00:21. > :00:26.It looks like Trixi Worrack, one of the more experienced riders. A
:00:27. > :00:32.crafty way to do it. Have a ride on the wheel and they do not chase. Two
:00:33. > :00:36.French riders in the race, making sure Trixi Worrack does not get
:00:37. > :00:41.away, does not gain an advantage as they go along the coastal road. The
:00:42. > :00:46.pace is going up. It has been said and tree. We have had breakaway
:00:47. > :00:52.groups and the peloton happy to take it at a fairly easy pace. But, now,
:00:53. > :00:57.it really is starting to kick in. Trixi Worrack leads the way by a
:00:58. > :01:02.couple of seconds. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot from France, the
:01:03. > :01:07.former world champion, is one of the first to react. The Dutch have
:01:08. > :01:10.played a beautiful team role, not letting everything getaway that
:01:11. > :01:16.looks remotely serious without having somebody in it. 27 and 28 for
:01:17. > :01:21.Great Britain, they were in the main pack towards the back stop that the
:01:22. > :01:30.Dutch again responding here. It looks like Marianne Vos, defending
:01:31. > :01:39.Olympic champion. She and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, chasing Trixi
:01:40. > :01:43.Worrack. Marianne Vos is a second string rider here, world and Olympic
:01:44. > :01:47.champion, one of the most prolific writers of all time, but she has
:01:48. > :01:52.been formed this year due to a hamstring injury last year. Slowly
:01:53. > :01:59.made her way back. She was fourth in the recent women's race in the Tour
:02:00. > :02:03.de France. Looking for someone to help do some work. She might play a
:02:04. > :02:08.second string role but she is capable of winning and she knows
:02:09. > :02:13.that even though she is on team duty marking breakaways, if she is the
:02:14. > :02:18.best rider Robert she could take an Olympic title. Never rule her out.
:02:19. > :02:26.They start to work together at last. They have been given some leeway.
:02:27. > :02:30.Linda Villumsen, she has found herself in a small move trying to
:02:31. > :02:43.break away. Suddenly the peloton is in pieces. Linda
:02:44. > :02:51.Villumsen and Santesteban leading. Trying to find out the Italian
:02:52. > :02:54.rider. It might be Luongo bikini. Trixi Worrack, Pauline
:02:55. > :02:57.Ferrand-Prevot, maybe Gracie Elvin from Australia, it looks like. And
:02:58. > :03:12.from Poland, Jasinska. Linda Villumsen
:03:13. > :03:18.has got into a move, but only a tiny lead. The group, they have a serious
:03:19. > :03:27.gap. Seven seconds might not sound a lot but on flat terrain it is a lot
:03:28. > :03:33.of distance at this speed. Elena -- Elena Cecchini from Italy. I think.
:03:34. > :03:39.These motorbikes are badly in the way and interfering with this race.
:03:40. > :03:43.You do not have to know much about aerodynamics that sitting behind a
:03:44. > :03:48.massive motorbike is an advantage. They should be pulling them out now.
:03:49. > :03:53.They have worked hard to get into this move and if the organisation is
:03:54. > :04:00.changing the shape of the race, it will be desperately sad. The the
:04:01. > :04:05.camera is for shortening the distance, but not enough to have the
:04:06. > :04:11.motorbikes in. The Belgian rider on the front at the moment. Elena
:04:12. > :04:17.Cecchini, right behind her. They are not chasing behind. The team from
:04:18. > :04:21.the USA have missed out. They need to get themselves back on terms.
:04:22. > :04:32.That gives you a better view of the advantage. It is pretty significant.
:04:33. > :04:37.Class riders in there. Marianne Vos working through. She knows it is an
:04:38. > :04:43.opportunity. Look at the size of the gap. That is a race winning kind of
:04:44. > :04:49.time. 20 odd seconds. If they do not get on top of this quickly, it could
:04:50. > :04:54.all be over. Just 36 kilometres remaining. Some fascinating tactics
:04:55. > :04:59.played out by the Dutch team here. And certainly a lone rider is not
:05:00. > :05:05.going to close the gap. The Americans, Armstrong got on the
:05:06. > :05:10.front, but chasing in ones and twos will not do it. The group sensed the
:05:11. > :05:14.opportunity and it will take a concerted chase to bring them to
:05:15. > :05:19.heel. A fantastic position Marianne Vos finds herself in and the Dutch
:05:20. > :05:23.have another option should it not work out for her. This is a
:05:24. > :05:27.dangerous scenario in terms of the outcome of the race. You have really
:05:28. > :05:32.good riders here. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in the blue at the
:05:33. > :05:36.front. She is the first rider ever to hold three versions of the world
:05:37. > :05:42.title at the same time in three types of cycling, on the road,
:05:43. > :05:46.mountain bike and cyclo-cross. World champion two years ago. And the
:05:47. > :05:51.effort on the face of the Belgian rider! They have decided this is the
:05:52. > :05:56.opportunity of the race, the first genuine race winning move we have
:05:57. > :06:00.seen. It is a sick ever could advantage. Quickly moving to nearly
:06:01. > :06:03.half a minute. We can see by the shape of the peloton there is a
:06:04. > :06:09.reaction. They will have to do something, because they only have 15
:06:10. > :06:17.kilometres before they get to the bottom of that decisive climb. Elena
:06:18. > :06:23.Cecchini in there from Italy who has been in good form coming into this
:06:24. > :06:26.Olympic Games. Winner of a big race and overall classification of the
:06:27. > :06:34.big race in Germany a couple of weeks ago. One of those riding in
:06:35. > :06:38.the women's Tour in the UK in the summer. Finished third in Kettering.
:06:39. > :06:47.Here she is at the front in the Olympic Games. Marianne Vos, Elena
:06:48. > :06:55.Cecchini, Jasinska, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot. They are still
:06:56. > :06:58.within sight and range. They have to start working together here, as
:06:59. > :07:05.well. They are not all working through. Gracie Elvin has been
:07:06. > :07:10.sitting on and that creates a rot within the group. If one person has
:07:11. > :07:15.an easy ride, everyone looks at each other and the group stops working.
:07:16. > :07:20.Armstrong, a super strong rider at the front, but you will not pull the
:07:21. > :07:24.group back on your own. Somebody has to join in. The Dutch team in third
:07:25. > :07:31.and fourth are monitoring. Lizzie Armitstead potentially one of the
:07:32. > :07:39.big losers here. She is on the left of your picture, on the left of the
:07:40. > :07:44.peloton. Nikki Harris, this is an opportunity to get stuck in. This
:07:45. > :07:49.might be the moment in the race when she starts to chase. Perhaps they
:07:50. > :07:53.are leaving get later. I did say 15 kilometres to the bottom of the
:07:54. > :07:57.climb will stop the big thing is the USA do not have arrived in the
:07:58. > :08:02.group, which could help of its stead. The USA have strong riders
:08:03. > :08:05.with a big chance of a gold medal. They have, but they are not on the
:08:06. > :08:17.front. They are leaving everything to Armstrong. The lead is going out.
:08:18. > :08:19.Not managing to regulate it. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot was reportedly
:08:20. > :08:26.dropped, she was not on the front of all the climbs. Form not great at
:08:27. > :08:30.the moment. We go coming back from illness and injury, but certainly
:08:31. > :08:36.has the pedigree. And the fight to keep trying to get a win. She has
:08:37. > :08:41.put herself in a brilliant position, as has Marianne Vos, who, a few
:08:42. > :08:52.minutes ago, was getting bottles for the team. Jasinska in the break for
:08:53. > :08:59.Poland, not their main rider. Niewiadoma would be the main rider.
:09:00. > :09:05.32 kilometres to go as they head back in towards Rio and prepare for
:09:06. > :09:11.this tough, brutal closing circuit. As now Evelyn Stevens from the US to
:09:12. > :09:15.join in and Lotta Lepisto, the only rider from Finland is here for the
:09:16. > :09:20.experience and she is a fast finisher. It is not her sort of
:09:21. > :09:26.course but she is getting stuck in and the United States sending
:09:27. > :09:30.another rider to help out Armstrong. They need to do something now. The
:09:31. > :09:36.German team getting into the mix. Slowing down the chasing. Trixi
:09:37. > :09:43.Worrack in there, they are happy with that. She is a wily rider,
:09:44. > :09:47.Trixi Worrack. Riding one at a time on the front rather than rotating
:09:48. > :09:54.quickly to inject pace. It is still individuals doing the chasing. This
:09:55. > :09:58.climb will take them well over 20 minutes in total. There is a lot of
:09:59. > :10:02.climbing to do and a minute on a climb is not necessarily a lot of
:10:03. > :10:06.distance but they are only doing it once in this race. A minute is quite
:10:07. > :10:08.a gap to make up potentially on riders like Marianne Vos and Pauline
:10:09. > :10:29.Beram Kayal Just the one lap of the finishing
:10:30. > :10:35.circuit rather than the three we had yesterday at the end of the men's
:10:36. > :10:39.race. Marianne Vos comes through. She is an extraordinary cyclist and
:10:40. > :10:44.she has an extraordinary winning record. Three times she has been the
:10:45. > :10:49.world champion on the road. I think she has finished second in that race
:10:50. > :10:52.five times. Seven times world cyclo-cross champion and a world
:10:53. > :10:56.champion on the track and Olympic champion on the road and track,
:10:57. > :11:01.winning gold medal in Beijing on the track and a gold medal on the road
:11:02. > :11:06.in London. You can see how well the group is working. How short their
:11:07. > :11:13.terms of the front, maybe 15 seconds or less each before being replaced.
:11:14. > :11:22.Unless Marianne Vos -- unless you are Marianne Vos, of course. You can
:11:23. > :11:26.see the difference in speed. Back in the peloton, letting individuals do
:11:27. > :11:31.the chasing. Another individual will sit there are a couple of minutes.
:11:32. > :11:35.It is not the way to do. The lead is slowly eking out that almost one
:11:36. > :11:44.minute. You can see the speed comparison. 56 kilometres per hour,
:11:45. > :11:49.the leaders are doing. Behind the peloton, 43.4 kilometres. They are
:11:50. > :11:53.moving quickly, but not quick enough to make inroads into this breakaway.
:11:54. > :11:57.They are losing ground all the time at a key moment. Armstrong at the
:11:58. > :12:02.front will not necessarily help because she has done a lot of work
:12:03. > :12:08.already. She is pretty much on the limit and I am not sure how much she
:12:09. > :12:13.has left. I think she was sitting doing a tempo pace but now decided,
:12:14. > :12:17.I have got to give it everything. They have no race radios and are not
:12:18. > :12:22.getting regular updates. With a straight road they can see, but they
:12:23. > :12:27.cannot judge seconds. Armstrong might think, I am going flat out and
:12:28. > :12:32.I might pull this back. She does not realise she is losing time. She has
:12:33. > :12:40.a group of the best riders on the road and sharing the workload. They
:12:41. > :12:45.really are all riding here, apart from Gracie Elvin, who is playing a
:12:46. > :12:50.canny game, a risky game, sitting on the back. This group could turn on
:12:51. > :12:54.her and say, if you are not working, nor are we. It would be better to
:12:55. > :12:59.tap through and do very little than sit on the back. She has just been
:13:00. > :13:04.sent up the road to keep an eye on things a couple of times. When Emma
:13:05. > :13:08.Pooley was attacking on the first circuit, Gracie Elvin sat on her
:13:09. > :13:13.wheel. Gracie Elvin refused to contribute and it came to nothing.
:13:14. > :13:16.The wrong strategy at this point. If you have sent someone up the road it
:13:17. > :13:20.means you do not have the responsibility to chase but at this
:13:21. > :13:24.point, you send someone on the road you do not have confidence in, and
:13:25. > :13:29.don't chase and bring it back, it does not work. Better to keep her
:13:30. > :13:34.back to be a workhorse who regulates the breakaway. Under 30 kilometres
:13:35. > :13:40.to go and around 17 kilometres from the top of the last climb to the
:13:41. > :13:43.finish. You can see they are not far away from that critical climb.
:13:44. > :13:52.Lizzie Armitstead making her way forward on the far side, now at the
:13:53. > :13:56.front of the peloton. The Americans had all riders trying to pull the
:13:57. > :14:00.peloton back along the road, but the gap is opening up all the time. It
:14:01. > :14:04.would have been OK if that is what they were doing, but they were
:14:05. > :14:13.watching Armstrong do the work. I don't think there is anything you --
:14:14. > :14:16.Lizzie Armitstead can do. Maybe Nikki Harris can be using the last
:14:17. > :14:21.of her energy to bring it back, but only if she has others to work with.
:14:22. > :14:27.Emma Pooley sitting at the back of this group, also. Two of the three
:14:28. > :14:31.Canadian riders take a turn. This is Nikki Harris from Great Britain.
:14:32. > :14:36.Perhaps she will help regulate this. It is a surmountable gap from
:14:37. > :14:41.behind. It depends on the form of Marianne Vos. You are climbing well,
:14:42. > :14:49.one that it can be closed. You are coming from behind, doing everything
:14:50. > :14:52.to get back on terms. A dangerous breakaway group with Elena Cecchini,
:14:53. > :15:00.Pauline Ferrand-Prevot. Jasinska was the top ten finisher in the women's
:15:01. > :15:04.Tour this summer. Surprised the way this move went, with quality riders,
:15:05. > :15:09.particular Marianne Vos, escaping on a flat section where it is not too
:15:10. > :15:10.difficult to sit in the wheels, that they have let this quality breakaway
:15:11. > :15:23.go. Horrendous crash, I think it was in
:15:24. > :15:27.March, losing a kidney, bashed to kingdom come but now she's fighting
:15:28. > :15:38.for the gold medal in the Olympic Games, potentially. Ferrand-Prevot
:15:39. > :15:44.leading the way with Vos right on her wheel. Lizzie Armitstead, a
:15:45. > :15:51.minute and a quarter behind in the peloton. Slowly pulling away. A
:15:52. > :16:04.minute, such a gift to riders of this standard. Trixi Worrack said
:16:05. > :16:11.she would try something on the flat, she can read the race so well. Not
:16:12. > :16:18.sure she has the climbing legs here. Ferrand-Prevot, there is a question
:16:19. > :16:21.about her but Vos has pedigree, she is just Vos, isn't she? If she's in
:16:22. > :16:28.the mood she's one of the likely winners. Still no sign of anything
:16:29. > :16:36.really coming from the Americans and they've got a couple of the really
:16:37. > :16:43.inform riders, especially Megan Guarnier. They've started to climb
:16:44. > :16:50.now. Farage Prideaux climbing through. You can see the steepness
:16:51. > :16:57.of the climb -- Ferrand-Prevot. Jasinska is in second place.
:16:58. > :17:04.Cecchini in the light green bike. Some of the steeper parts of this
:17:05. > :17:10.climb. 17 kilometres to go. They are in the foothills. It doesn't go up
:17:11. > :17:14.and down but there are some serious gradients they must tackle. This is
:17:15. > :17:21.the key point of the race, they have four kilometres up this climb, and
:17:22. > :17:25.then about a minute of descending and then there is the second four
:17:26. > :17:29.kilometres of the climb, not as steep and then when they go over the
:17:30. > :17:34.top, it is the tricky descent towards Rio and then the flat
:17:35. > :17:43.finish. Really, this flat section is vital. This first section, it is the
:17:44. > :17:51.steeper of the two portions. There are parts that go over 30% in
:17:52. > :17:58.gradient. 19 in some of these corners, one in five, in old money.
:17:59. > :18:04.It averages 12%. 20 minutes of climbing now and they must react
:18:05. > :18:07.because they are still going away. I think that the chances are getting
:18:08. > :18:11.slimmer and slimmer for the peloton to get back on terms. Stevens from
:18:12. > :18:22.the US on the right in the orange helmet. And the Polish rider is
:18:23. > :18:25.there. Despite such strong riders, they aren't making any inroads at
:18:26. > :18:33.this moment in time. They will have to start soon. They have no option
:18:34. > :18:46.to wait. That's the first time we've seen the clock ticking down a little
:18:47. > :18:50.bit. They can try and take it easy and make the difference later on.
:18:51. > :18:55.Vos looks pretty comfortable. Ferrand-Prevot looks pretty
:18:56. > :19:02.comfortable on the front of the leading group in the women's road
:19:03. > :19:07.race. Not testing themselves yet but neither is the peloton. The
:19:08. > :19:11.breakaway have the luxury of waiting to find the strategically right
:19:12. > :19:16.moment to make the move. But the peloton doesn't, they have a gap to
:19:17. > :19:27.close to get back into the race. Going to find it hard from this
:19:28. > :19:35.group, the Belgian rider, Vekemans. Vekemans is really struggling
:19:36. > :19:44.already here. Stevens is still on the front of the main peloton here.
:19:45. > :19:49.Here is the leading group. A Tilley little dissent, about a third of the
:19:50. > :19:58.way into the first four kilometres section -- tiny little descent. It
:19:59. > :20:03.will ramp back up to nearly 11% and keeps going up to 13%, the steepest
:20:04. > :20:09.portion of the entire climb is ahead of them now. You can see coming
:20:10. > :20:14.down, Abbott on the fund for the United States alongside Stevens.
:20:15. > :20:20.Niewiadoma is up there as well. I think that is Anna van der Breggen.
:20:21. > :20:26.And Ashleigh Moolman with the yellow sleeves on her jersey, from South
:20:27. > :20:32.Africa. Get on my wheel, just while we go around here. You have to take
:20:33. > :20:35.the time graphics with a pinch of salt because there are a lots of
:20:36. > :20:41.twists and turns to keep on top of things. But the fundamental fact is
:20:42. > :20:45.that the peloton have to be riding hard immediately if they want to get
:20:46. > :20:52.back into this race. Here we are with the leaders once more. Still
:20:53. > :20:58.altogether. And they make it look like nothing, don't they, with 25
:20:59. > :21:10.kilometres to go. Getting harder for Worrack and the Belgian rider,
:21:11. > :21:13.Ackerman 's -- Vekemans. They may look comfortable but they worked
:21:14. > :21:19.hard to get themselves into this position. They must be careful not
:21:20. > :21:27.to lose it by waiting to relate. Vos is having to drive the pace on a
:21:28. > :21:35.little bit now. Just bobbing up and down. Before the road kicks up and
:21:36. > :21:38.stays there completely. Dark under the canopy, the road getting
:21:39. > :21:45.narrower and narrower as they move out of the City. Into the jungle
:21:46. > :21:50.area. 40 seconds, we're hearing, is the lead, from the race radio. It
:21:51. > :22:03.has been whittled away quickly. None of them want to be the ones to put
:22:04. > :22:07.the pressure on properly. Just a little pearl you'd, this climate,
:22:08. > :22:21.before they hit the main one. -- April you'd -- a prelude. The league
:22:22. > :22:32.is being eroded. Some fractures on the descent, there. Yes, a bit of a
:22:33. > :22:42.chase for Vekemans. Jasinska, just a few bike lengths behind. Trying to
:22:43. > :22:46.close the gap now once more. So there's a chasing group behind but
:22:47. > :22:53.we aren't sure how far behind. About 25 riders, behind the leading group
:22:54. > :22:58.but we need to know whether there's any chance that they can be
:22:59. > :23:06.contenders for the medals or whether it can come from this group. The
:23:07. > :23:11.climb is starting in earnest now. So, this is where it really starts
:23:12. > :23:20.to get tough. The gap, we're told, still 40 seconds. But the race has
:23:21. > :23:26.got to start now. Potential for a last Wattel. Still a way to go. We
:23:27. > :23:32.hear that Christian bronze -- crit in Armstrong and Bronzini, among
:23:33. > :23:35.those who have been dropped. Not surprising with Armstrong, she's
:23:36. > :23:41.done a good job for her team-mates to keep them in contention. And now
:23:42. > :23:48.the road really ramps up now, this is the climb proper. And Marianne
:23:49. > :23:54.Vos on the left-hand side looking strong, twiddling the load gear
:23:55. > :23:59.around. Cecchini in the middle and Vekemans looking a bit laboured.
:24:00. > :24:05.Katrin Garfoot, keeping an eye on everybody else. The small ramp
:24:06. > :24:14.they've had to do before they get onto the main climb. Trixi Worrack
:24:15. > :24:19.is setting the pace and we are hearing that Emma Pooley has been
:24:20. > :24:24.dropped from the chase group. Starting to think about the time
:24:25. > :24:27.trial, her job done. She's done a lot in the race to keep Lizzie
:24:28. > :24:34.Armitstead in contention. Katrin Garfoot is just about holding onto
:24:35. > :24:39.this leading group but she's finding it tough on this steep ramp of the
:24:40. > :24:49.client. But Trixi Worrack continues to press on and the front and the
:24:50. > :25:00.ride on her wheel, Jasinska. Gracie Elvin from Australia, disappearing
:25:01. > :25:05.out the back. Really steep now. You can see the severity and you can see
:25:06. > :25:09.the difference. Oh, here's the peloton, the chasing group behind
:25:10. > :25:17.them, you could just see behind, led by Abbott of the United States. You
:25:18. > :25:21.can see Evelyn Stevens is in third. I can't see Lizzie Armitstead. I
:25:22. > :25:26.think she may be further back. Still can't see her. This is the leading
:25:27. > :25:30.group and now the junction is going to be made and Abbott of the United
:25:31. > :25:35.States needs them. Ashleigh Moolman 's is looking really good in the
:25:36. > :25:40.green and white and yellow of South Africa. Stevens is on her wheel.
:25:41. > :25:46.Trying to see if Lizzie Armitstead is there. 40 seconds, we were given,
:25:47. > :25:49.the gap. I thought that was erroneous but when you are looking
:25:50. > :25:54.at the speed through the breakaway they might have closed the gap so
:25:55. > :25:57.quickly. We aren't sure, our cameras weren't on it but it must have been
:25:58. > :26:02.some hard riding to get into this position. The confidence on the
:26:03. > :26:10.coast road, to let such a classic group slip away. And there is
:26:11. > :26:14.Armitstead, number 27, Lizzie Armitstead, further down the climb.
:26:15. > :26:19.What has she got left? Can she get to this group? Is this the front
:26:20. > :26:24.group she is riding towards now or is she a bit further back? We aren't
:26:25. > :26:31.given the information, we must see further up the road. We are with
:26:32. > :26:35.Lizzie Armitstead at the moment. I think she may be... It's impossible
:26:36. > :26:39.to tell if she's further back. I think she may be further down the
:26:40. > :26:43.road here. I think it's fair to say that she's not at the front. She's
:26:44. > :26:48.not in the position she would have liked to have been in. This is the
:26:49. > :26:55.front group, she is almost in contention. We don't know if she's
:26:56. > :27:01.coming across or is a distance from that group. Lizzie Armitstead on the
:27:02. > :27:06.tortuous climb to Vista Chinesa. Working hard on her climbing,
:27:07. > :27:11.changing her race calendar preparation, all about the Olympic
:27:12. > :27:15.Games, but this is the hardest part. Not a natural climate, this is the
:27:16. > :27:19.bit that she must survive. This is the pitch she had to do, this is the
:27:20. > :27:23.situation she felt she had to be in, to be in contact and not to be too
:27:24. > :27:29.far behind and at the moment she is in contact. She knows that there are
:27:30. > :27:34.better climbers, as you said, in the peloton than her, but she must hang
:27:35. > :27:39.in for as long as she can, limit the damage on the climb and hope she has
:27:40. > :27:42.the time to get back and make sure that she remains in contention on
:27:43. > :27:48.the descent and on the flat run to the finish. At the moment, that is
:27:49. > :27:51.the case. She can use the small descent in the middle which will
:27:52. > :27:56.suit her very well, the perfect position. She's had to work hard but
:27:57. > :28:00.she'll have a minute of recuperation before the final climb. Strong
:28:01. > :28:09.riding from Lizzie Armitstead. At the front of the race with Amanda
:28:10. > :28:15.Spratt and Tatiana Guderzo and Jasinska. The race is really on here
:28:16. > :28:18.in the women's road race in Rio. The world champion, Lizzie Armitstead,
:28:19. > :28:25.still in contention here. She's hanging onto the leading group in
:28:26. > :28:29.the final climb. STUDIO: Very exciting indeed and the climax of
:28:30. > :28:35.the road race continues on BBC One very shortly. I bring you good news,
:28:36. > :28:40.before we finish our programme on the two. Jazz Carlin of Wales has
:28:41. > :28:45.qualified second fastest for the women's 400 metre freestyle to light
:28:46. > :28:48.in a new personal best time. Making up for lost time, she missed the
:28:49. > :28:55.London Games because of glandular fever. Katie Ledecky is over four
:28:56. > :29:03.seconds faster than her and the rest and the Maryland marble, who took
:29:04. > :29:06.London gold, the odds-on for the first of three potential gold medals
:29:07. > :29:10.this evening. A few other headlines to give you before we go on Day two
:29:11. > :29:20.which has been frenetic and frustrating. The weather has caused
:29:21. > :29:24.havoc with the rowing schedule after all of today's events were postponed
:29:25. > :29:29.because of high wind. They'll try again tomorrow. Great Britain's
:29:30. > :29:32.women are on a role in the rugby sevens, winning three out of three
:29:33. > :29:37.and they will face Fiji tonight for eight place in the last four.
:29:38. > :29:42.Richard Kruse, one win away from ending Britain's 52 year wait for an
:29:43. > :29:48.Olympic fencing medal, he will compete in one hour's time. So,
:29:49. > :29:52.plenty to look forward to. Richard Kruse and some of the top Americans
:29:53. > :29:56.and of course the top Britons in the swimming pool in the middle of your
:29:57. > :30:00.nights to look forward to. These Games are a marvel and a must for
:30:01. > :30:05.sporting insomniacs! I'll catch you tomorrow.
:30:06. > :30:09.MUSIC: Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber