Day 3 BBC Four: 16.00-19.00 Olympics

Georgina Klug sending that one over the top. Argentina just maintaining

that 3-point lead. Easy pickings therefore Barbra. The

Argentinians committed themselves for frontcourt and there was a

gaping hole to take advantage of. A two point margin. Bestand is filling

up. -- the stand is filling up on the hallowed signs of the

Copacabana. Confusion thereby Argentina. Neither player really

reacting to the ball. A very, very clever serve. Straight through the

middle for Barbara. Georgina Klug taking responsibility. Six aces 20

has been an effective part of Brazil's game. Another one, too.

That is very good serving indeed, just stepping away from the turn up.

9-9 in the second set. Hopefully we can get a back view of the service

because there was a late dip. Remember, it is the shifting surface

that the Turner house to lock themselves in. -- must lock

themselves in. Plunging by Georgina Klug. An easy put away. Argentina

have taken the lead in the second set. A great run of service, really

impressive. That's why they are world champions. They know when they

can pick up the game, get the momentum and the run. They continue

on them. Another excellent serve. Just having come to grips with the

left-handed serve of Barbara. I am hearing some support, I want more,

she says. 11-9. Unbelievable run of servers. That was another ace for

Brazil. That is a total of nine ACs. That was a crushing blow to the

Argentinian pair on the second set. They started positively. They are

now trailing 12-9. They have broken the run of Brazil.

It was much needed by Argentina. It is now back to two points being the

difference. Nice placement. Good control at the

front court. Rolling the ball into the open space.

Gallay hammers at home to keep Argentina in the contest.

That is where if they set is perfect, whether it was, they kill

becomes easier. Just in front of, perfect height. Combination of power

and control. That did not match of the kill in the previous point.

14-11 in the second set. She found the block. Touch of the

fingers of Agatha. Disappointment for Argentina. They

have battled so hard to get back of the serve. Just rolling that ball

into the net. Brazil with the service now at 15-12.

Good hit through the court. Klug has a strong swing. Well executed on

that occasion. The athleticism to recover from the dig, to get back on

her feet, get the body position right. You take it for granted but

it is a really physically demanding sport.

Argentina had control of the rally but it was taken back by Brazil. It

is finished by Agatha -- by Klug at the front court.

The legs are working so hard to get ready to the right position.

Magnificent block at the front of the court by Gallay. It is now tied

up at 15-15. Great work from the pier from Argentina to get back into

the second set. They were down by four points. And now it is locked up

at 15-15. Nice placement down the line by Barbara.

That was a good guy but excellent play, well controlled that the front

court by Barbara. They have reversed roles and that was wonderful to

watch. Great stretch, great recovery and a great angle in the open court.

The Argentinians working very hard to stay with the world champions.

They have already had great success in the world tour stage, competing

in Saint Petersburg and practice and also in Mexico in the last team-mac

years, as well as the World Championship. They had a string of

placings in the Grand Prix events. It is all about the home passion for

the Brazilian fans. It is a magnificent Beach Volleyball Arena.

Great attempt by Agatha to stay in that rally, full stretch, turning

around on herself to try and get that ball back. Nice placement.

Unable to control the ball in the end. Argentina now have an

opportunity at 16-17. They will try to draw level with Brazil. It is a

must win the set for Argentina. And again, Brazil with the control, the

balance at the front court. Nicely played by Barbara. She used her

knuckles to get that ball over. Barbra again at the front court. She

is starting to take charge. She is huge weapon. That was just a hammer

at the front court. Perfect dig set and then, in the corner. No coming

back from that. Brazil are edging so close to victory here, just two

points away from taking the match. Great defensive work but the ball

just going out at the side of the court. You have to admire the effort

from Brazil. How they keep the ball off the sand at times, it is amazing

what to see. It has found the court, it had a

spot on the line. Matchpoint for Brazil. The fans are loving it. You

can not get any more accurate than that from Barbara.

There it is. A very impressive performance indeed by the world

champions. Barbara and Agatha. It is a near capacity crowd at the

Copacabana that are thrilled by what is an impressive display. Straight

sets victory 2111 -- 21-11, 20 1-17. The urgent Dineen team in the end

were no match. STUDIO: FT corporate cabana arena

had a roof, I am sure the Brazilian fans would have lifted. A convincing

2-0 victory by the Brazilian player and a very strong in your group.

Good start in the Centre from Adam Peaty. Good reaction to the gun.

This is a good start from. Also from the former world-record holder from

South Africa. Right now, Adam Peaty is streaking ahead. His opponent are

live with them. 26.69 as the record, Adam Peaty is 0.8 ahead of it. The

van Berg on his shoulder. He is speaking away. This is quite

extraordinary. Absolutely phenomenal from Great Britain's Adam Peaty.

There's oceans of clear blue water between Adam Peaty and the rest of

the world. This is brilliant. Fantastic. Adam Peaty takes over big

old for Great Britain. And the wonderful world record. 57.1 three.

It gives you chills, watching that incredible moment from last night.

Adam Peaty becoming Britain's first gold medallist at Rio 2016. He

created history becoming the first British male swimmer to win a gold

at the Olympic Games since this guy. Adrian Moorhouse, back in 1988 you

were commentating back on that race. How did you reflect? It's a

fantastic race. It closes a loophole me. I'd like to have seen somebody

win a gold medal since, but to see Adam do that and to be here and be

able to talk about it. I calmed my own nerves so I could make some

sense on the TV. We were watching the commentary and you guys were

visibly excited. As well as a commentator you are a fan and

swimming yourself. You've been waiting for 28 years for that. Adam

Peaty is a genuine bona fides superstar if anyone was in any

doubt. For sure. What Peaty has done, the gap of gold to silver was

pretty strong. What is quite impressive is the ability to manage

pressure on the day it counts. If he didn't get it right yesterday, he

would have another four years to wait. For any champion, that is what

tests you. He knew he was good enough. He was 1.5 seconds faster

coming in. He beat all the field the day before. All he had to do was

deliberate, and did. He talked about it being a seven-year project.

Putting so much hard work. I said he's got the best pegs in swimming.

The guy has an incredible physique. -- be best picked Waldrom coming.

This is the best in the world. The whole field have been doing that as

well. What he's done has destroyed the whole field who have been

working their socks off to get to that place. World records seem to

realise these days. How hard is it to cut temps, hundreds of your time?

You seem to do it easily. Earlier in your career is easy because you

drop, drop, drop seconds when you're a child and get better and better.

When you hit the best in the world, you plateau to a point. You have

defined small margins. What his coach managed to do is find bigger

margins. -- you have to find. The diving swimming is a technical peace

and to get in the water and do it effectively and quickly is a thing

he has been working on for the last year and a half. I think that is

where the extra half second has come from. He was stunning. I know you

have more work to do this evening. He's been working the split shifts,

Adrian Moorhouse. But you don't look like you haven't swept. -- slept.

You look quite fresh. Thank you very much, we will look forward to

listening to you in the Aquatic Centre early on. Adam Peaty was a

nailed on gold medallist coming into these games. Another pair are the

rowers Heather Stanning and Helen Glover. World champions, European

champions and Olympic champions as well. On BBC One just now they are

in the seats down at the Lagoa Stadium. We will see the women's

pair in their first action every 2016. -- in the heat. That is taking

place on BBC One as we speak. Here on BBC Four, we will head over to

the Carioca Arena 2. That is the middle of the three over there. We

will check in on the judo. In the last couple of days we've seen

Ashley McKenzie and Colin Oates going out of the men's competition.

What about the women's? If you remember back to 2012 there was an

emotional silver medal for Gemma Gibbons. Unfortunately, she did not

make the cut in the 78 kilograms category. That went to Natalie

Powell. We won't see her until later. So right now we can

concentrate on the 57 category. We have a Commonwealth champion who

back in London 2012 with a volunteer at the Excel centre. But she is

right here, she's in Rio. She's an Olympian and what a story it would

be if she was to go on and win a medal here at the Olympic Games. She

is in her first bout at the Carioca Arena too. She is taking on the

Austrian. Let's check in on our commentator, our friend, Ollie

Williams. COMMENTATOR:. We are ready to go, it

is Austria in blue, Great Britain in white. Medals almost every grand

slam. Smythe-Davis is a great talent, she really is. And getting

better and better by each competition. Can she do it here

against Phils knows? -- Filzmoser. She has a different frame but she

can fight in the 57 kilograms division and fight very well. 2005

is a long time ago. That is the first time but Filzmoser appeared

and took a bronze medal in Egypt. Two bronze medals in those eight

attempts at World Championship level. She is capable. She had good

moves on the ground. She has a set move that she does. Smythe-Davis

will have to be careful of that. She walked out of the area and got a she

do. She has to be more careful on the edge as well. A big arm to do

her attack. She went right the way underneath with a shoulder throw.

This is where she's got to be careful. Filzmoser is now into the

attack on the ground. Can she get this? This could possibly be very

dangerous for her. That has been changed to a yoko. Smythe-Davis just

manages to come out. What a counterattack that was. The

resistance that came from Filzmoser, and Smythe-Davis able to somehow get

on top. That is exactly where she has got to be very careful of this

lady. This lady has a couple of set moves and does them very, very well.

Ykuo ahead. Willing to be attacked on the ground, but she doesn't want

to be attacked. Despite looking spectacular, why did go down to the

minus score of the ykuo? -- yuko. The yuko is for any side of the body

that hits the ground. The Waza Ari is for any point of the body that

hits the ground. But almost gets counted again,

Filzmoser. Crashing onto the mat, these two. It's a good fight and a

good technical fight. Smythe-Davis just ahead with that yuko, coming up

to the last minute. They are really going for it. A bronze medallist in

the European Championships this year in Russia, Smythe-Davis. She knows

what she's doing out there, and what is she doing right now? She's

looking to waste as much time, I think, rather than getting into a

hole down. It is the tactics while you're on top. Obviously, try and

waste as much time as you can. If you've got a good hold or move on

the ground, then you go for it specifically. Filzmoser won't give

up, she will keep coming forwards. There was a virus in March it

affected her training time. Freshly got enough to get through the last

30 seconds? -- has she got? Two good scores, I Waza Ari and a Yuko. The

Englishwoman doing all she has to do. Giving away experience and

height but giving away nothing on the scoreboard. She's got plenty of

spirit and gumption. She's not wanting to back away. She wants to

continue to go harder. The thing is, there's only a certain position in

which Yuko is strong on the ground. I think Yuko will probably retire

after this Olympic Games. Smythe-Davis did a really good job

here. Technically and tactically, everything was done right. She got

two really good scores. She never looked in danger. I have to say,

just that one time on the ground a little bit and stayed there a little

bit too long. Any other time on the ground it was her initiating the

technique. A great change of direction and you could see there

that she rolls onto her shoulders. She gets the Waza Ari for it. A

lovely change of direction. We've always said that she needs something

over the other flank. An excellent bout. It's now official, Great

Britain has the win. Smythe-Davis continues on to the round of 16.

A great start to her Olympic campaign for Smythe-Davis. She moves

on to the next bout where she will take on how the of France. That'll

be shown on BBC One very shortly. She is actually a fiancee of Ashley

McKenzie of Team GB. If you are watching on BBC Four earlier you

would have seen as at the Deodoro and the Equestrian Centre watching

William Fox-Pitt in action. Great Britain's five-time Olympian was

leading in the individual eventing after the first two days of

dressage. But he had a bit of a slip, and quite the slip, on Johnson

in the 19 and 20. The ski jump. This is what happened. -- on Johnson

number 19 and 20. He incurred a fault. We caught up with him after

the ride. Your poor be a little frustrated. It

is obviously disappointing to be up there and mess it up. But I hope he

is OK. Life goes on. I hope the girls do well later. So far Team GB

you're not doing what we dreamt of. In terms of that particular friends,

there is such a compromise in covering the ground quickly. The

lines are so tight. I hadn't felt that was a tight line for him, so

that was my fault. I just assumed he would be quieter so I let come to

freely. It was my fault. He is a genuine horse and if he could have

seen it he would have jumped it. What information can you go back and

give to paper and Kitty who are about to embark on their their cross

country? -- paper. At the moment it is very much between me and the

coach. He will relay what he wants to. -- Pippa.

In the last four years we've seen quite a bit of change in the Olympic

boxing. You might notice that the men no longer wear headgear because

in the last couple of years in 2013 people came in. They found that

using headgear meant boxes found themselves an even more danger. No

headgear for the men. They've also allowed professionals eligibility to

box in the Olympic Games. Author Great Britain have built on their

success. Three gold medals that they won in London at the Excel centre.

They brought their largest team for 32 years with 12 fighters in the 30

and 40 categories available. It includes a light flyweight whose

brothers are both boxes, one of which she represented Great Britain

back in Beijing. He had a good start beating Cameroonian competitors. A

very tough task for this one. We will go over to the Riocentro

Pavilion 6 enjoying our commentators Richie Woodhall and Ronald McIntosh.

COMMENTATOR: the opening round and Filzmoser will take encouragement

from there when he fought in the World Series of boxing. Galal Yafai

won the first round across the board. Causing the intervention of

the referee. One of the fourth round across the board, split the fourth

round but lost Ryan's one, two and five. -- but lost round one, two and

five in Uzbekistan. The Cuban is hardly coming forward. He has hit

him and he is maintaining the gap. Lovely boxing. Galal Yafai has to

keep on him," gap down, send the left hand in.

His brother is the reigning British support flyweight champion. One of

the best light flyweight boxers in the world, Yafai, having booked his

place here during the European qualification tournament. It is up

for debate whether he is the best boxer in his family? His older

brothers had glittering ten years and the best of Great Britain.

Talented family. They can all plunge. Good technique and style.

Yafai coming forward. It is your right tactic. Get the ropes and a

plunge in threes and fours. Not obeying the instruction to stop

boxing. He managed to get some shots on the unprotected chain of Yafai.

Yafai staying at his chest to target the body to slow down the movement

of the Cuban. Argilagos content to tuck up tightly. Good left hook

under the tree before poking out a right-hander once again. You have to

switch on the attack now and again, Yafai. Target his body. Send your

left uppercut to the middle in close quarters also. This is a great

effort from Yafai. He needs to keep it going. He took a lot of

encouragement in that first meeting in the world Series boxing.

Argilagos almost perpetually on the back foot and that could count

against them in the scoring of this round even though he has done some

wonderful work in reverse gear. That was good refereeing. Raqqa one is

being crafty, he is holding on the inside too much and the referee

spotted that. Let us listen in to the blue corner.

Luke McCormac is in the crowd. Galal Yafai on the front foot, coming

forward all dash. Put his opponent under pressure. The crowd getting

behind it. It is a close friend. Let us look. All three judges have

favoured the work of the man in red. It is one rounder peas, 19 points

apiece. Two point deficit faced by Galal Yafai going into the final

round. Great Britain's Galal Yafai needs a

big round. He is trailing by two points on the scorecards of two

judges. He is aware of that fact in his own mind, if not empirically.

That is why he has started aggressively in round three. Good

right hand through the middle by Argilagos. It is warming attack by

Galal Yafai and an effort to extend his stay in the Olympic tournament.

Great effort from Galal Yafai in this round. Listening to his corner.

He started quickly again and now see as back pain. He has to raise the

tempo and he is doing that. He has to improve his accuracy, for the

punches in bunches on the inside. That is better. Try to create space

on the inside to work. Argilagos, as well as taking the world title in

Joe Hart last year, to be American Continental title as well. He's a

former junior champion and that granted him an audience with Fidel

Castro back in 2013. He is an established star Andy boxer that the

Cubans have high hopes for to continue the tradition of excellence

in the boxing ring. Good right hand by Argilagos. He is now engaging

with Galal Yafai in the centre of the ring. He is beginning to slow

down and is cutting a restated figure, Galal Yafai. We are the

halfway point in the final round. Slight change in tactics from the

Cuban, he is standing and trading with Galal Yafai. It is a 50-50

contest in close contest -- close quarters. Galal Yafai is having

success moving off the Deeside and trying different angles. He must

more on the inside. Argilagos is very clever on the inside. The

referee should be stronger. He is holding a lot on the inside,

Argilagos. Good right uppercut from Galal Yafai in that exchange. Galal

Yafai has to take the opportunity to work away and put this man under

significant and sustained pressure. The traffic exchanges in the centre

of the ring. The trigger on your feet. -- the crowd are on their

feet. He is tying up his man in close quarters on the blindside of

the referee. It is a real art to box on the inside. You have to find room

to work. He has been dragged in. Cannot find that space. Great effort

from Galal Yafai against the favourite Cuban. That is the bell to

conclude this second round bout in the 49th kilogram light flyweight

division. Argilagos, the number one seed and the number one ranked boxer

in the world, the reigning world champion. On the first two browns.

It was split one round apiece. One suspects that the Olympics for Galal

Yafai will come to an end. He needed a big round three to come back on

terms. He probably has not done enough but it has been a great

experience. This may be the hardest fight that Argilagos will have in

the tournament. It is a shame it happened in the second round. That

warranted a semifinal or a final, two of the best boxers in the world

at this weight. We are watching them now. That is the luck of the draw in

the Olympic tournament. 23 boxers contesting this light flyweight

division. Boxers could box as many as five times until the 14th of

August. One of the changes since London 2012, the final but taking

place over the course of the final weekend. Let us get the announcement

at the conclusion of this bout in the 49 kilograms light flyweight

division. Argilagos, the number once, the

reigning world champion goes through after a hard-fought split decision

victory over Birmingham's Galal Yafai. But the result you would've

wanted but happy that you did a good account of yourself? I am gutted. I

know I am just as good as him. I have lost. It is no good. What do

you put it down to? It was a close fight, I thought I had one. I did my

best. You felt you had enough? I felt I did enough. I do not know

what everyone else thinks. It is boxing. Can you take any positives

from this? I know you are disappointed now, just one point in

it by the looks of it? No positives for me. I lost. We do you go from

here? Just have a rest and support the rest of the boys. I want to

thank everyone back home for supporting us. It has been great.

All the best, take care. He seems to be disappointed, Galal Yafai. The

commentators were impressed with the standard of boxing but that will be

no consolation to junk Galal Yafai, he has to put it down to experience.

Argilagos is a superstar in Cuba and is the favourite to become the

Olympic champion. We going to show you some canoe slalom. We promised

you it. Great Britain have a medal hope, not least in David Florence

who had a fantastic run in the C-1. He is going in the C-2 with his

partner today. Over to Matthew Pinsent. Good afternoon. Welcome

back to the slalom canoe course here at Deodoro. We had a great day

yesterday. It was delayed by one hour because of the wind. Then it

got underway we saw David Florence MPs, confident and comfortable in

the men's C-1 down the scores. There are two qualifying runs a bail ball

and he only needed one run to secure his slot. -- available. He will take

to the water with his partner Richard Hounslow in the C-2. The

British combination of the silver medallists from London 2012 and they

desperately want to go one place better here in the Rio. Over to the

commentators. It is the first round of qualifying in the men's C-2.

COMMENTATOR: Good morning if you have just joined us here in the

Deodoro. We're halfway through the start list of the first event of the

day. This is the first event of the -- first heat of the C-2. We have 12

vessels and 11 will be going through to the semifinals. The fastest run

out of two counts. It is a different formula we are familiar with in the

World Cup and World Championships. The best team will go last. We have

not missed any of the action. Good news as bad as the Brazilians are

concerned, they appear had a good time. The Russians are run all sorts

of trouble here. They will be thinking that they know

they have a second run and want to come out with a stronger

performance. Poland next and then it will be the British crew of Richard

Hounslow and David Florence. They have had so much success. The silver

medallists from London 2012. It is Szczepanski and Pochwala for

Poland. We have not seen too much of them this year. Once the team has

been selected for the Olympics they disappeared into a black hole for

their own training. Everything is focused towards this competition.

Absolutely. When there is of course that is brand-new, they want to get

to know it. There have been some training camps here. They have been

out here, spending time on the water. Time to learn every note and

cranny and work out where ever they gain can be made. They are going

around the bottom of Gate 14, whether you take the risk to go

around it or go under that. And these major championships, the date

hates are very strict. Very good what to get through 15 and 16

cleanly. Slow on 17 but are wary about the wall that is very close.

Now the drop down to the right. Only one more upstream to both for the

spear. Pochwala is the man at the back of the boat, doing the

stealing, this is his fourth Olympics. He's getting into all

sorts of trouble. -- doing the stealing. It'll be interesting to

see whether any of them to say to go for a spin on the second run. Last

of the upstreams. 104 on the clock already. The fastest time is from

the Brazilians. 107.70 one. Lots of work to do for Szczepanski

Pochwala. Time to go inside. The Bojangles is facing to the left of

where it needs to be. It was facing towards the right way to get 21 is

positioned. The moment for Great Britain after the success yesterday.

David Florence, they are the heirs, his birthday today, 34 years old.

Richard Hounslow is the same age. Looking to continue their run of

form. The world champions back in 2013. Did not go that way in deep

Creek and produced that big time in the valley but to many penalties put

them out of the podium position. They have came here for one colour

only. They're looking very controlled at

the moment, lining up, just waiting. Richard at the back turning the boat

around. They decided to not go for the spin direct line. 1.17 up on the

splitter so far, very good. The back man often looks like he's not

working as hard, but he is putting in so much effort in each of those

turning strokes. Here is the first tricky turning sequence through 14.

Watch the power required from 14 to 15. They have to make sure they get

across no problem at all. Good boat work again. No problem again, six

upstream dates on this course, remember. Looking extremely composed

at the moment. Looking for the lines. 4.41 up, a superb run from

Richard and David. They are going for the spin as predicted. This

saves them any risk in getting across the top and they can drive

through 21 and into 22. It'll be interesting to see how many crews

have got that move. Those starting later will keep half an eye on

what's going on. They'll try and learn as much as they can. One day

to go for Florence and Hounslow. This is reminiscent of David

Florence's first heat running yesterday in the C1, putting down a

mark well inside the next best. 103.27 is the new best time and now

they have the option of sitting at the second sheet. Absolutely, this

is where they went for the spin move. They spent a lot of time

looking at it, taking no risks. I suppose they knew they didn't need

to because they executed it so well. I wonder whether the little

knowledge from David on the water yesterday was passed on into the C2.

It didn't seem to help Casey Eichfeld yesterday for the USA. He

has qualified for the semifinals. As we go back to the top, Slovakia.

This is a nation absolutely packed with superstars when it comes to

slalom canoeing. Ladislav and Peter have qualified for the Slovakian

boat. They are cousins, not brothers. Another brilliant crew

have not made it, they have kept them out of the limelight. Is

anything but is more pressure on these two to perform. Other brothers

were dominant for so many years, but they have always got such good depth

and breadth behind them. Now it seems to be Skantar's time. They

will be wanting to make those marks as they follow in the footsteps of

previous successful Slovakian. If you look at their results, one thing

that looks out is that they have had success on just about every single

World Cup course. They will be under a little bit of pressure. They had

to perform what is called a back off down at the 15, 16 dates due to a

back line. This is looking like another qualifying run, providing

they don't pick up penalties. Crashing through that second wave,

taking all the hit. They drive into the last upstream, right under the

polls. Lovely teamwork through the final upstream. Another 15 metres to

go for the Skantars and I think it's safe to say they are going. Look at

that, 2.38 inside Florence and Hounslow. The new fastest time,

100.89. Just below 20, they didn't go for the spin as we saw from

Florence and Hounslow. Which would you opt for? These are a back right

crew which is different to Florence and Hounslow who have a back left.

That enabled them to use the power of the reverse stroke from the back

to use shift in the bowels round. -- shift the bows round. Certainly

yesterday, commentating on the C1, the back right thing to have an

advantage on the lower part of the course on day 20. And on 15 and 16

as well. Now is Franz Anton and Jan Benzien, the world champions. Things

didn't go quite so well at the Europeans. They always look a very

dynamic crew. Generally a very quick pace. Sharp. You see them working

very well together. Like the Skantars, they've been through some

pretty stiff qualifying. The Germans qualifying over a nine-day period.

But also including gaining points from the World Championships. 0.61

inside of the first split for Anton and Benzien. They will expect that.

Originally a C1 paddler, he used to be called Bendy Boy because of the

way he got his neck around. That would beneficial in the C2. At 34,

he's not far off losing that flexibility. We will see what his

nickname is after these Olympics. Jan Benzien, his wife is a two-time

Olympian and got gold medals at the World Championships that well.

Another family with three kids, I'm sure we'll see one of them in this

sport before too long. More difficulty between 20 and 21. Once

again it is back through. It is just a bigger challenge for them on that

last section, but they managed to keep it together. 100.89 is the

fastest time so far. It's not really about going into first position,

it's posting a time to secure full qualification. We can safely say

they will be going through the semifinals. The two Cesar Keanes who

won the first to go, -- Sasaki's. Author problems for the Russian crew

of Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov. Looking pretty happy with

what they've just achieved. Three to go on the first run. The Slovenians

are next. Luca but such and Saso Taljat behind. They were the 2014

world champions. They won that title out in Deep Creek. They came fourth

last year in Lea Valley. That cost them the silver medal, but they had

a good European Championships this year. All in all, a consistent crew.

They are looking amazing. They have paced themselves well, trying to

feel the water rather than just drive through. Bayard roaring the

bow round. -- they are drawing the bow round. 0.36 is the margin.

Nothing to worry about at this stage. No crew has been under 100

seconds so far. They put that backstroke in. It is a back right

crew so they will get a direct line between 15 and 16 which will enable

them to drive the boat on. Tight between 17 and 18, but no problems.

Negotiated well and a good punch to get them back on the course. Down

through the upstream date at 19. They have gone a little bit low. Is

that two or three strokes at least to get them back into the flow? They

will be struggling to get that topped high. They are having to get

below his back upstream to get inside gate 21. 19, 20, 21 is the

crux of the course. Certainly a lot of time to be lost on that part of

the course. Not many are getting a nice direct line. When Florence and

Hounslow decided to do the spin it really did enable them to get a

direct line. They were very much in touch at the halfway point. They are

in third position. They've gone down into fourth. A clean crew. The first

five crews all making mistakes. Since Florence and Hounslow have

been down, things have been tidied up somewhat. The front man in the

boat often quite get all the hits. They make jokes about the back man

not getting his hair wet! Two to go. The Czech Republic are first. It is

Jonas Kaspar and Marek Sindler, two world champions from 2014. They

haven't taken medals at senior level but they've been consistent and good

in the World Cups. They are ranked number two in the world. Expect to

see some fireworks. We will have a close look at the splits. There are

holding off. This is where they need to find the swirling water. It is a

real-world pull in there. One thing I've noticed with this crew, Jonas

Kaspar in the front, 82 kilos. Mark Sindler behind him is just 74 kilos.

Somewhat front heavy. Not completely unusual, but that is unusual. They

can work with the boat design. If you are off balanced, you can move

the seat position. Maybe the back man sits further back than he would

normally. We have seen this before, they didn't seem to have too much of

a problem. The Skantars managed to take the lead. Using the water flow

to drive the boat. The point is you have your boat facing one direction.

If you wanted to be facing the same direction, you sometimes use what is

called the back off. It is where the first person goes for the same spin.

Can they get the line across the clock? A straight drive into 21. --

across the top. Safer, but not faster after what we saw from the

Skantar cousins. So much depending on whether you are back right back

left. I think they'll be a lot of learning done. I guess all the

coaches will be having a few looks in between the heat to get them

crews ready again. Cass bar and Sindler are safely down. They have

gone into fit position. -- Jonas Kaspar and Marek Sindler are into

fit position. They look safe but so far outside the 120 mark. What we

have to remember is we are only losing one boat through the streets

today. Although they want to put down their best performance, it is

all about making sure you're in a safe spot. You don't want to be in

the position where if somebody goes above you you are out. And the final

vote for the first heat of the C2, Gauthier Klauss and Matthew Peche.

Competing for Frank, they were the number one ranked team in the World

Cup last year. Finished fourth in the Olympic Games in Lea Valley back

in 2012. Another good run in Lea Valley for the World Championships.

Took the bronze medal there. These two have been friends since they

were very, very small. There just waiting. A two second penalty. Got

tight and lost space. Didn't have enough room to drive forward when

needed. That is where the penalty came from. Certainly a good power to

weight ratio averaging at 70 kilos. Unlike the crew before, the heavy

man is in the back of this boat, that is Matthieu Peche. Some kilos

heavier than Klauss in the front. When you watch in paddling, you'll

often see he leaves the blade in the water because when there's a blade

in the water, certainly in a tricky move, as you see the back man

steering. Nicely through gate 19. What are they going to do here? A

back right crew. They drive straight through that hole. Well executed.

Down to 22 before they line up and get to the final upstream of the

course. Ten seconds to go before the fastest time recorded by the Skantar

cousins will come and go. I don't think they're quite going to match

that, but it's another good run from Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Peche.

They may feel they need another run just to get used to the water he

read Deodoro. No real excitement, the British pairing of Florence and

Hounslow, the second-fastest climb. 103.27. Then Gauthier Klauss and

Matthieu Peche in third place. No big surprises from Deodoro so far. I

believe that Florence and Hounslow are on hand.

Absolutely, here they are. Second placed provisionally. It is

fascinating watching the runners come down. There are some tricky

move out there, particularly the bottom section. That's definitely

one that was testing all the crews today. We took on what we thought

was a safe way of going about it. The aim is to get through to the

next round and that is it. Richard, is that job done for the day? I hope

so. To be honest, we will wait around. We'll watch the first few

boats out and see what happens. If one person doesn't go ahead of us

than we totally fine. Hopefully we can rest up. David has the C1

tomorrow so we want him fresh for that. We will keep going on. That is

my next question. This is building up as usual for you. Is this a

factor for you all this week? I don't think it is a problem, we do a

lot more training than this normally. We should be all right

today for only one run in the C2. We will save energy for the runs

further on in the competition. I'm feeling good fresh. Richard,

finally, what is it like to put on the Team GB kit for 2016? Whenever

you put on the Team GB kit it's fantastic. My first games, the home

games, that's special. To come out here, so far way from home, you walk

around the village. The other people in the kids seem like part of your

family. You say hello if you don't know them. It's special. Well done,

good luck and we will be here for the remainder of the competition.

Thank you very much. Their quest for the first ever Olympic gold is

looking good. We will leave you -- leave the water at Deodoro and go to

the table tennis. The poster boy is inaction, Paul Drinkhall, the

Commonwealth champion from 2014 after winning the mixed doubles

title alongside his wife, Joanna. For those two, mixed doubles is not

an Olympic event and they had to leave his wife behind. He has

company with Sam Walker and Liam Pitchford in the men's team. He has

never qualified for the singles event in the Olympics but squeezed

into the third round after defeating the player from Singapore. Let us

bring you up to date -- up to date with a guide to table tennis.

Table tennis made its Olympic debut in Seoul in 1988 and has seen China

dominate the competition. Lawyers normally have smooth rubber on

one-sided of the bat to provide a spin and a rougher suffered on the

other side for speed. Players often like to spin the ball during a shot

because it alters the trajectory and love its an opponent's options for

either tongue. In singles, they serve only has to go from the server

side of the court to the opponent. In doubles that must cross from the

right-hand court to the ray camcorder the receiver. The players

must allow the ball to bounce once the table before returning it. This

is a fast and furious port and it requires quick reactions. At the

highest level, players have lightning bee flexes. The ball being

struck in three times second during a rally. A player must reach 11

points to win a game. With a two point lead, if not, they will

continue until one player has achieved this. Singles and doubles

matches are the best of five games. There are three players in each

team. Two singles matches can be played until one team has secured

three wins. The format of both the individual and team events is

elimination. The loser will take no further part in the competition.

COMMENTATOR: Here he is. The only British survivor, Paul Drinkhall. Up

against it today they have met four things

before and Paul Drinkhall, the British player in blue, has a 3-1

head-to-head stranglehold over Andrej Gacina. This bodes well going

into this third-round encounter. Vying for a place in the last 16.

Liam Pitchford was ousted last night. The 21-year-old taken out by

the ninth seed from South Korea. The Korean number one was brilliant and

Liam could not contain him. We're turning our attention to the

bottom half of the draw for this one. This man is ever dangerous.

Since 2007, he has won two medals in Men's Doubles team events in the

European Championships. He is dangerous, fundus and strong with

it. 182 centimetres tall. It is unusual for table tennis. The Brit

is four inches smaller. Andrej Gacina will wassail -- want

to muscle Paul Drinkhall away from the table. We can create more angle.

For some and two errors. It is a three point game. It is in favour of

the Croatian player at the moment. It is the third Olympic Games

appearance for Andrej Gacina. Read the fourth round in London last

year. For Drinkhall, it is the second showing. He lost in the third

round. He took that back cancel early.

Drinkhall is the five-time senior national champion. He won the

championship 's back in March. Fighting tooth and nail, Paul

Drinkhall. Boyd on from the cook -- support from the coach. He is trying

to reduce the deficit. It is a race to 11 points, that secures the game

and since the best-of-7 games. That was a tricky serve, it was

loaded with them. It is all about the variety, trying to change the

attack lines. Missing the forehand flick to the

delight of Drinkhall. He is being cheered on by Liam Pitchford, Centre

of the picture. Despite superb defence from

Drinkhall, Andrej Gacina kept his foot to the floor. That was a fundus

temple. -- fundus. That was a fast server into the body

of the Croatian. The last time they met was four years ago. That was at

the European qualification tournament in April prior to the

London games. Drinkhall came through 3-0. Andrej Gacina had a victory

over him in 2007 in Kuwait. He is trailing 1-3 head-to-head against

Drinkhall. He is much improved of late. Drinkhall ranked 58th in the

world and Andrej Gacina is 19th. Just about his career high. It has

been a terrific last couple of years from the man in blue.

He is in touch with the short game, Drinkhall, to no avail in the end.

Andrej Gacina races away with the opening game 11-8. Drinkhall with

plenty to ponder as he heads back to Alan Cooke to discuss tactics.

He is a powerful character, Andrej Gacina. Once he gets on the front

foot, he is tough to get away from the table.

He is going to have to vary his play, Paul Drinkhall, and mix-up has

surfaced. Short and long, fast and slow. With spin, reversed serves as

well. Andrej Gacina was more effective bankers serve in the

opening game but there's a long way to go. It is the race to four games.

Drinkhall still has leeway. That was a tough one, tangling up the body of

Paul Drinkhall he was exhibiting some spirited defence. Andrej Gacina

gets his way with that opening game. Drinkhall to get us under way in

game two. He is powerful and accurate with

that return. Such a narrow gap between success and failure in this

brilliant game. It has been a cauldron of an

atmosphere. If you think this is noisy, there is

a Brazilian player, whenever he stepped to the table, it becomes

riotous with support as you can imagine. It is a party atmosphere.

It is all about controlled explosiveness and great use of the

table. This man is very strong, in and out of the corners.

Just that little bit better at the moment with a first-rate attack, is

Andrej Gacina. It has been problematic for Paul Drinkhall cop

-- he chooses to use his towel. They can do so every six points. They are

allowed 11 minute time-out per match. It is about choosing the

right time to pierce the momentum of the other player. Alan Cooke might

decide it. The coach of the player. -- 160 seconds' time out.

Another forehand flick just missing. Drinkhall was delighted.

Again, the backhand was affected down the line. Andrej Gacina rushed

on his forehand side. A table tennis match can change in a

heartbeat. It could be a lapse in concentration, a moment of divine

inspiration. Look at the accuracy from Gacina,

using every square inch of the table and spreading the court so well off

at forehand side. Look at that! He bats it up to the space very

emphatically. Drinkhall up against a man playing some very commanding

ball right now. Bossing the points with effect, here's a strong unit,

Gacina. So Drinkhall back on terms in this

game. His body language suggests that he's struggling a little bit

with the patterns of play of this man. Again, backhand very effective

down the line to the short part of the court. A respectful

acknowledgement there from Gacina. So for the first time in the match,

drink all edges ahead. It's a two point lead. -- Drinkhall edges

ahead. He won in the 2014 Spanish Open. The first Englishman in 18

years to win a ITTF title. He needs to win an all of that experience him

against this tough competitor who is ranked far higher these days.

Gacina's coach relishing in that wonderful point from him. He's

heading Drinkhall back on the side and Paul is unable to release that

thunderous forehands that he likes as often as he likes. Gacina with

two says of his own to come, attempting to level up in the second

game. -- two serves of his own. Well, he is a blur of the ball. Once

Gacina is on the front but it's tough to get away from the table.

Drinkhall just rushed for the table for the time being as he draws level

again. Unable to consolidate on those small, slender lead. A

terrific fast, long server. Writing to the body of Gacina. -- right into

the body. A taxi pocket very well, did Drinkhall there. -- attacks the

pocket. He went for the same serve that time, alert to it. What a tight

second game this is. Paul with his eyes shut. A pre-pointer

visualisation, I would imagine. Mental imagery going on there.

Running through the point in his mind about how she once it played.

-- how he would like it played. It is against steeped in ritual and

idiosyncrasies. Of course, very much a go to for these players under

pressure. It is their crunch and relaxation, if you will. Drinkhall

with a game point here. Trying to level up this match with a game a

piece. Gacina looking very composed. That was a brilliant short serve. So

tight as well. It's going to be a two point game. Back to deuce we go.

His deep, piercing eyes, the Croat. Drinkhall again effective off the

backhand. Lots of spin to ensure that it did down obediently onto the

table. Left nothing to chance there. But again it's the Croat who's been

so affected behind his own serve. Second game point here for

Drinkhall. That's a brilliant return from

Drinkhall off the forehand side and a roar of approval. He's levelled up

here. We are a game a piece in this third round of men's singles

encounter. Vying for an opportunity to play Ovtcharov or Tiago Apolonia

of Portugal. Men that Paul Drinkhall beat in

Ekaterinburg last November. There were a couple of really good scout

there last year. Including the third seed, and top seed Dimitrij

Ovtcharov. Ranking went ramping up to a career high of 33 in the world.

Paul Drinkhall doing so well to turn that game background in his favour.

He was right up against it, managed to keep that 2-point lead. Gacina

will be haunted from their previous meetings. Drinkhall, as I said at

the top of the programme, just leading the head to head showing

3-1. That this man very much improved. He's gone screaming up

through the rankings. He is seeded 15th here.

Gacina to serve at the start of game three. He is a very explosive

athlete. He plays for a club in Germany, as

so many do. He made his international debut, did the Croat,

in 2007. He is just one spot off of his career high of 18 in the world.

Doesn't relinquish the pressure, does he? Just ratchet it up to a new

level. A fearsome pace. Well played, Paul Drinkhall.

Spreading the play nicely. Has to keep Gacina guessing.

Well, he's under such time pressure throughout, Paul Drinkhall. He's got

to be so focused and dialled in. You can only carry a couple of thoughts

with you across this narrow thought bridge. Two excellent performances,

Drinkhall will be so aware of that. A fast long serve, Mrs! -- it

misses. It is deadlock on the scoreboard. Nothing between these

two. Drinkhall muttering to himself. A nice change of direction from

Drinkhall. A couple into the back, spiking towards the forehand side.

Allowing no rhythm for Gacina. It is 2-point game.

So effective behind his own serve, Andrej Gacina. Drinkhall just wants

to generate some sort of lead so he can play with a little bit more

freedom and imagination. But it's hard against this tenacious

competitor. Who just muscled his way through another point! What a bully

at the table, that is what he is. Thunderous pace, look at this. It is

terrific defence by Paul Drinkhall, but unable to read the last shot.

Taken so early, just off the bounce. Dispatched dismissively. Both

players are struggling forerunners of points. Gacina's managed to

reruns of three points. Paul Drinkhall, a run of three and a run

of four indent two. But no more. Drinkhall draws level again.

The daddy of one little fellow called Duddy has another on the way

in September. His lovely wife, Joanne, is pregnant. Let's hope all

goes well. So the chair at the resident ahead

by a very slender, solitary point. -- V Surrey resident.

It teetered, it bobbled on top of the net. It didn't go the way

British runs would have liked. Gacina levels up in this

nail-biting, nervy contest. -- British fans. Neither can create

much breathing room. I'm pretty sure a time-out has been

called here. Thou be a 60 Seconds delay in proceedings. A chance for

players to collect their thoughts with coaches respectively. -- there

will be a 62nd delay in proceedings. -- 60 second. Alan Cooke is the go

to man in the corner of the British man. That is where we are in the

scoreboard, just the solitary point between them.

Well, it's hard in this hullabaloo of energy and enthusiasm from the

crowd to pick up any that tactical advice that's being offered from the

coaches. But Paul Drinkhall is only the second English player to win and

ITTF title back of the Spanish Open in April. The first Brit in 18

years. Liam Pitchford lost last night. Sam

Walker, or we will see in the team event in the next few days.

In the overrule context of this third-round encounter, this game is

critical. For both of the players, psychologically. The Croatian has

one more severe opportunity to his lead. Brilliant from Drinkhall,

mixing the play well. He is drawing level. Great reaction

from him as ever. So positive with his body language. Very good to see.

Back on terms, here. Terrific surge. Gacina is disappointed with that

return. Alan Cooke is on his feet temporarily. He is delighted and it

brings up game point on the server of Drinkhall.

That is a terrific reaction. Gacina is deleted, he is 2-1 to the good

out here on table one. That is how he wants it to be.

That is what we need to see more of. British fans will love that picture.

Gacina is up against it now. He came out with a sparkling start but could

not sustain it. That is credit to the British player who has managed

to keep his attack relatively stifling. Drinkhall is favoured on

his own serve, by only one point. It has been very tight. You get the

sense that is a lot of table tennis left to be played. He is extended

through his backhand beautifully. Just as Gacina Bazzoni forehand.

Paul Drinkhall in blue, the British number two. To get us under way in

game four. He leads to- one. On table one. Buying for a round of 16

place. -- competing for. That was a fat serve but Gacina was wise to it.

He has got that ability, that facility to up the ante suddenly. He

is a powerful, explosive player. He gets Paul Drinkhall away from the

table on the back foot where he does not want to be. Gacina is ever

dangerous, from Croatia, a man of Basque experience. Good defence from

Drinkhall. He teased out the error from Gacina as he panicked him. He

snatched at the last forehand. Prolonged applause from the coach.

Almost as if to get in the face of the opponent. That was a brilliant

backhand down the line from Drinkhall. He apologised from -- for

an earlier net call. It is a two point game. He is keeping the

pressure on the 15th seed commendably. Tough to concentrate

for the athletes. It has been well-documented very noisy. It is

about finding that calm place. Both men fully dieldrin. This is a big

game. -- fully concentrating. If you are just joining us,

Drinkhall has the better out of the head-to-head games will stop that

goes back until 2007. This man is very much improved.

Powerful, dangerous athlete. It is normally Drinkhall that ends up

backing away from the table. He has to keep take to it to rush his

opponent. That was a short, low serve. Will he go for a fast one? He

had an epic game last night, did Paul Drinkhall. He came against the

26th seed Singaporean. He was a former top ten player and it was

4-3, an epic. There are no signs of fatigue so he might have recovered

from that. Both been exhibiting their short game. Drinkhall

succumbing in the end on that one. Gacina levels up.

Gacina has managed four runs of three in all of the games that had

been played. Again, Drinkhall 's stop the rot, Holton in his tracks.

He said, it is not going to be four. He himself has had a run of four in

the scheme. -- in this game. Both players a yearning to get

another victory. That will go down as an unforced error from Drinkhall.

You will be frustrated with that. He still has another service point to

redeem himself to try to tie up the scheme. -- tie up this game.

He felt he had the point where he wanted it, Gacina, unable to build

off of that spec -- splendid backhand angle.

Every point gained being greeted by a guttural roar from Paul Drinkhall.

Quick to pounce on that short serve. Two points away from a 3-1 lead,

Paul Drinkhall now. Gacina has it all to do in this game. Produces a

little bit of magic, doesn't he? Desperate to get over the table and

launch that early attack on the point. He will not give any court

position. Drinkhall with the last of two serves blessed here. -- left

here. Can he consolidate? He has served with good effect throughout.

That was brilliant, specs the backhand winner down the line.

Engineers two game point opportunities for a 3-1 lead here.

Terrific balance with the opposite arm. He extends through that

beautifully to his delight. Terrific body language from Drinkhall who is

spinning around and looking positive. Looking big and energised.

He is on the cusp of 3-1. It is on the Gacina -- it is on the serve of

this man. 3-1, it is. Paul Drinkhall with a

decent read now. He is one game away from the round of 16. You can see

what it meant to him, the reaction having won the game, jumping for

joy. As was his coach. We can see it again. Immaculate defence. Asking

question after question, Drinkhall. Peppering the ball back onto the

table and he gets his reward. Alan Cooke is delighted. He went to the

People's Republic of China aged 11 to learn how the nation's players

approached the game. It was a life changing expedience for him. It

really helped his game, in terms of getting quicker and better, he

suggested. He had the Chinese coach for about ten years after that until

he was 23 years old. The Chinese team has always had a big influence

over him and has helped him develop. He had a couple more points one and

his own serve. He was backing that serve up very well. Gacina with the

swing and the mess on that one. -- the miss.

Can this man find more divine inspiration? He started with his

foot to the floor. He was unable to sustain it. This man has changed the

attack lines, the lead play. He has altogether it smarted Gacina. Gacina

to serve at the start of game five. He is trailing 1-3 in this race to

four. Wonderful from Drinkhall. He saw in his peripheral vision Gacina

shift to the left and that was all he needed.

Gacina looks like he has the edge in firepower, but unable to control it

at the moment. All guns blazing but just spilling too many errors.

Drinkhall starting to really capitalise on what now.

The man in blue has played some cool, calm, measured table tennis

this afternoon. Wonderful, loaded with spin. Marked

down obediently onto the table. They love it. Pitchford and company in

the stands are delighted with that point.

Testament to the pressure that he's been put under from Drinkhall. He

concedes just a second solitary fault on his own delivery. They call

a time-out between them. So a despondent look in the Croatian camp

as Andrej Gacina has it all to do. Conversely, these two in the driving

seat. Confirmation of the scoreline. Paul

Drinkhall just seven points away from the round of 16. Seven points

in table tennis is like an eternity. And this man, the man of real

talent. You don't get to be 19th in the world without twisting these

kind of matches your way. I'm sure we're going to see a lot of tight

points. High drama here than on table one. In the Rio Central

Pavilion 3. A cracking atmosphere. Drinkhall turning.

He's really had to go to the trenches today, Paul Drinkhall. He's

been up against this vicious head speed Croat who really can pack a

punch. Drinkhall made the third round as he

is today in London four years ago. Can he go one further? He lost out

to Dimitrij Ovtcharov on that occasion. He may well meet him as

the third seed in the round upcoming, should he get past Tiago

Apolonia of Portugal, the 14th seed. Thunderous racquet head speed from

the back end. The winner of this might actually plays Vladimir

Samsonov, should he come through. He 3-2 up against Kristian Karlsson,

the left-hander. -- the Swedish left-hander.

A brilliant response from Andrej Gacina. Thought there might be a

backlash. Drinkhall losing his way a little

and this man raising the bar. We take a look now at Paul Drinkhall's

frontrunning skills and this man's ability to wriggle out of danger.

He's got a 7-point lead and two serves to come.

Well, hasn't he been a menace today? When he gets on the front foot off

that forehand side in particular, he's been ever dominant. Drinkhall

with it all to do now. The Croat is just two points away from snatching

this vital fifth game. So from no where it's been a run of

five consecutive points for Gacina that he's managed to muster in this

game. Five-game point opportunities for the Croat. What a sparkling

finish for him. When his back was up against the wall, he came good. He's

still very much a float here. Paul Drinkhall with a 3-2 lead, still a

solitary game away. Gacina raising the bar. It's a

high-risk ploy, but he got on the front foot first. He really took the

initiative in the back end up that fifth game.

These are pensive moments, trying to rehydrate, take on a little bit of

sustenance. Even the coach needs a banana!

Can this man, Andrej Gacina, wriggle out of the stranglehold and the

headlock that Drinkhall has on him right now? It's a must win game for

the man in red and blue. Drinkhall just a game away from closing the

match out. He's been to change his shirt, by the looks of things. Just

freshen up a little. Respectfully jogging back. Well, it's been never

less than gripping, this one. To his credit, Paul Drinkhall, when the

chips are down he showed aptitude and application. You imagine now

he's going to have to show a lot of industry heroes now -- here as well.

The early lead pivotal in this vital six-game. If you are just joining

us, it's the player that wins four games that goes through to the round

of 16. Drinkhall is 3-2 ahead. Now, how will both men respond to this

situation? Oh, he's turned it around! How about

that? Point of the match so far. Take a bow, Paul Drinkhall. Gacina

has been denied so few times when he's been bullying with that

forehand. He'll be disappointed with that one.

Again, terrific short, low serve laden with spin from the Croat. Who

will blink first in this vital six game? A fast, long service for

Drinkhall, but he was denied. The ever alert Andre Gacina is up to it.

One more serve for this man. Drinkhall keeping him away from the

table with some powerful forehand. A frenzied racquet head speed from the

man in blue, loaded with spin. Gacina unable to control the

response. Deadlock in this sixth game. A run of 3.4 Paul Drinkhall.

-- three points four Paul Drinkhall. Again, Gacina just buckling

Drinkhall off-balance away from the table. He plays with such thunderous

pace, this man. Several fireworks out here. Look at this, muscling his

way through. Straining every sign new -- sinew in defence. To no

avail. 5-5. Brilliant, another terrific point from both.

The coach from Croatia is wincing in the background. So little between

these two as there was last night. Drinkhall with a two point lead and

two serves to come. Is he setting sail for the round of 16 here?

Unable to contain Andrej Gacina who has been consistently bullying these

points but Drinkhall, such clever match IQ, has wrestled the scoreline

his way so it is still a 3-point game. Gacina has one more serve to

come. Oh! Straining every sinew to get the

ball back on the table, Drinkhall. You can't criticise his lack of

application, look at this, throwing himself around. In the end, Gacina

had the last laugh. Such a compelling watch, this one. Just

wanting to clean every bead of sweat or dampness from underfoot, he

doesn't want to slide of course. A chance to catch his breath as well.

Three match opportunities for Paul Drinkhall to oust the number 15

seed. He took at the 26th seed last night, from Singapore, Gao Ning, and

here he is on the cusp of another terrific win.

Denied temporarily. As we draw breath looking on. Can this man

create another two moments of brilliance to draw level?

He's done it! Paul Drinkhall, beyond his London 2012 third round showing,

he is into the round of 16 for the first time at the Olympics,

absolutely delighted. Andrej Gacina played his part, what eight match

the 15th seed contested but he was denied in the end by some sterling

defensive work from Paul Drinkhall who mixed the play so well. He is

delighted, as is his coach, Alan Cooke. Buried big moment in the

heady days of British table tennis -- a very big moment. Paul Drinkhall

is through to the round of 16 where it will probably be Vladimir

Samsonov, the seventh seed. That's how you do it, Paul

Drinkhall, that was intense, he was even on the floor at one stage but

he came through to win the third match out of three and to progress

into the last 16. That is big news for Great Britain on day three. Here

are three more stories for you. There has been disappointment in the

equestrian for Great Britain, William Fox-Pitt had led the

individual eventing after the dressage but ran through on the

cross-country course to incur a hefty penalty and drop out of medal

contention. It has been a packed programme at the rowing, reigning

champions Glover and Stanning were pushed all the way by Denmark but

came back to win their heat and extend their unbeaten run to 37

races. And 21-year-old Kyle Edmund is alt of the men's singles tennis,

a medal would have been a long shot but he will have to deal with an

early exit after being eaten by Taro Daniel of Japan -- beaten. The huge

Diadora sports complex is going to host a lot of sports during Rio 2016

and bid is for rugby sevens. It is a long time since rugby of any

description has been in the Olympics so we are here to witness a bit of

history. Team GB will be part of that as the women start their

competition. And to score the first try of the

Olympic history... The first obstacle overcome for the British

team. Is is the biggest event your daughter will compete in? That's

probably true, she has played in World Cup matches and other sevens

event but the Olympics is a level above. It is buzzing. It is great

and it has been highlighted the way it is an showcased as it is so it is

a fantastic set piece for women's rugby. How nervous if it watching

her as a sister? Really nerve wracking but I think my parents find

it more difficult, she scored two tries and my mum was sobbing! I was

holding my mum and waving the union Jack with the other hand! What is

this team capable of? A gold medal, without a shadow of a doubt, we have

world-class players in Emily Scarratt and Abigail Brown, Jasmine

Joyce from Wales has come from nowhere, she started rugby a year

ago. Just quality. This is more than just a British story. For this

sport, this competition could take it to a whole new audience. It is

such a good move to bring in seven aside because it is so simple to

follow, instead of 15 people thumping around a bit it is seven

dashing everywhere at the speed of light and the game of rugby will get

a huge stage to perform and this will go right around the world. Can

you see the Olympics in seven is becoming the must win title, the

pre-eminent title? I think it is already there, the World Cup is not

as significant in sevens at in 15 aside and it has been moved to

accommodate this. I can see the game going from strength to strength on

the back of being here at the Olympics. There has been a lot of

talk about new sport in Rio. When Kenneth started in 1988, the best

players were not there. -- tennis. Golf has not covered itself in glory

recently so it is wonderful to see a sport making its debut and hit the

ground running. Is it exciting for you? Is it a chance for rugby? The

only thing I regret, I'm not young enough or fit enough to have played

it! We have had a growing fan base of rugby pheasant -- fan base rugby

sevens here and it is finally time for the medals to be decided in the

women's competition. Great Britain have won some fans with four wins

out of four so far put the tests do not get any tougher as they take on

New Zealand, three-time World Series winners, in their semifinal. You

will be able to see that and Australia against Canada possibly on

BBC Two later but we will see that on the network in a few moments.

Let's have a look at what they are showing right now on BBC Two.

We have a bit of swimming coming up. We will beat seeing the women's 200

metres individual medley with Hannah Miley and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor in

action for Great Britain. And for cable and satellite viewers, you

will be able to see if Britain's number one in the women's singles,

Johanna Konta going on court right now, she is one set up against

Caroline Garcia of France. We will check in on her later and you can

keep an eye on it on the BBC sport app and website. I have taken a seat

here on the Olympic Park. It is a bit high but the lengths you have to

go to to get a bit of shelter around here! I am aware from all of those

asking on social that I am wearing a coat in the heat in Rio but they

promised us rain! But it is a good way to lose some weight! It has just

gone past lunchtime so people are enjoying themselves, they are

serving sandwiches and Peter and pasta -- pizza. People seem to be

enjoying themselves here and we have a great view on the high chair. I

cannot quite see over to Deodoro so we will go over to Matthew Pinsent.

We have seen David Florence and Richard Hounslow going in the C2 and

just like David Florence did yesterday, it looks like one run and

done. Absolutely, it was a very good run from Hounslow and Florence this

morning. They were silver medallist in London four years ago and they

lived up to that billing going in. They are second provisionally after

the first qualifying run. I think it is unlikely we will see them take

advantage of the second run that is just about to start here. They are

safely through to the semifinal and we are keeping fingers crossed for

their medal chances late in the competition.

We have also seen Joe Clarke going in the K1 and Fiona Pennie is going

to get a run out? Absolutely, she has an amazing Olympic record, an

Olympian in 2008 in Beijing when she finished 17th in the K1 and was

bitterly disappointed to miss out on selection for London 2012. Always an

interesting case study, such a huge sum of enjoyment and celebration for

British sport but there were a handful of athletes on the side who

felt bitterly disappointed about their lack of performance or

selection in her case. She has absolutely used that to instil a

huge amount of training and impetus to her selection effort here and she

was absolutely delighted to make the British team so we can see how her

run got on and I will hand you over to the commentators, the only penny

-- Fiona Pennie for Great Britain. What can Fiona Pennie do here? She

has a good record, silver medal in the World Championships in 2014 out

in Deep Creek. It did not go her way at Lee Valley last year but she

still made the final. She trained with Joe Clarke so she will have

taken a lot from his performance yesterday and also works with Mark

Radcliffe in a little group. She prides herself on the fact that she

has been out, it has not been easy being out for that long, it has its

own challenges when you have a lot of stuff at home, friends and

family, but she is up on that split and looking very much in control and

focused. She is famed for the size of her biceps and she is using them

well so far! 44 on the clock going through 14 Ulster 15 and 16 not as

problematic as yesterday, just held a bit before going through 15 but

easily across and no time wasted and now 17, pretty much the perfect

line. We have seen the boats punting a lot of the war and the owner

chooses to do that as well. That will be a penalty, the bow was just

popped up on the entrance and now it is all about the line and keeping

control. She got her catch on the stopper, using the water that turns

back on itself. Being patient as she gets the angle she want on this

final upstream data. Now she is away. 93 on the clock, 100.59 is the

fastest so far and she could go inside, just inside, seven

hundredths of a second and she has had a commend is run, she will be

happy enough with that. She could definitely save sometime

between 20 and 21. The speech and lost up to 20 she would try to

eliminate and the penalty she gained at eight and 19. It will be really

fine details, possibly the exits from the upstream gates, little

things like that. What is interesting as Fiona has been

working very much on wanting to lose somebody wait so she could be as

explosive out of the upstream Gates as possible because they identified

that is very important here. She certainly looked good. We go back to

the top of the course and we have Ana Satila who is from Brazil and

lives in Riyadh. The Brazilians are really excited after what they saw

yesterday. There was a thrilling first runner from the mail Brazilian

and he was experimenting on his second run that he was also playing

to the crowd. He was enjoying it, that is a really big part of the

competition. If you can enjoy you are in a really fantastic place if

you are not afraid of the atmosphere and you aren't nervous from it, it

shows a lot of maturity in a certain aspect, and I know that Ana Satila

has taken the field of women by surprise to rapper last season. She

has really caught up and really come on and she is showing good skills at

the moment. She was down on the spit slightly but she is certainly

looking very much in control with action on the tail of a boat now.

Just as I said she was in control the water took over. I am not sure

that was a planned move. It certainly wasn't a planned move. We

sought Fiona Pennie negotiate 17 very well and 19 gave her a problem

and this is where Ana Satila is now, she drops in and keeps the bow low

and it is important to avoid clipping the gate with the bow of

the boat. There is a penalty on 20. I think she was inside, the whole

head has to be inside but she has dropped down below 21. Two or three

seconds thrown away by Ana Satila but with those seconds goes a lots

of energy and now she has to race again. The longest slalom paddlers

from London 2012, still only 20 years old and competing in front of

a home crowd, this is where she wants the performance of her life.

Today's job is to make sure she finishes in the top 15. Two

penalties, 10.28 outside puts into fifth position. A far from ideal run

there. She was tight on 20 and she couldn't get a reverse stroke in to

turn the boat around and she slid out to the left and had too much to

do to get back across. She had to turn about all the way upstream to

get back 321. Far from ideal but she kept her composure and she completed

the one well. -- she completed the run well. Quite a margin between the

fastest and the slowest. 1.53 was the slowest time and that was with

only 12 penalty seconds. Only two athletes clear so far as we watch

Stefanie Horn from Italy and the Italians have a good record in K1.

They had the Olympic champion in 2012. Their man was looking fabulous

yesterday. He certainly was. He was smiling and he said he felt the

pressure from home and it had worked from home but he was trying to enjoy

it and he was in great form. There has been little shock so far but

people are looking like they are here ready to race and this course

design is good with nice water, manageable, unlike what we saw in

Beijing where it was just a bit oversized, very challenging for the

athletes. A two second penalty on the entrance there where she didn't

get her entry right. She was right on the edge of the gate. Nice and

high on 19 but takes her time getting back into the flow of water.

Often you can be very close but lose the boat speed as well. Good

execution through 20 and 21. She drives through the upstream gate.

That Eddie is wide that you want to be round the outside poll as quickly

as possible. Stefanie Horn is out side with four penalties in all and

she goes up into fourth position. There is a chance that when it comes

to the second heat she will already know that she has qualified before

she takes her run, and that is exactly the position she wants to be

in. There are nine still to go. Sending her love to her fiance

there. She looks pretty happy with what she did. The peace and quiet of

the starting Paul but you can hear the noise of the Roaring water and

it is only a few minutes before you drop in. This is Marta Kharitonova

from Russia, she comes from St Petersburg. An experienced paddler,

21 years old and she has not broken into the top 20 so far so she has

missed out on semifinals. A heavy hit there. It really kicked her wide

into the upstream gate eight. She is using the up -- back stream of the

Eddie to get back up again. She needs to keep her composure. When it

happens at the start of the course you must put it to the back of your

mind concentrate on what you have to do. She is already outside the time

of Fiona Pennie, who is leading the way. A little bit shaky. She needs

the bow is very safely below, it doesn't look very sharp at the

moment, a little bit cautious. She only made the semifinals in

2012, she finished in ninth, she was just one place down from qualifying

for the final, only eight in the final whereas we have ten here. She

has a two second penalty there from gate 19. We have seen that quite a

bit through this. But I mean, that will be up to the judges but I have

a feeling that a 50 could be coming her way. A difficult video angle for

us but I wouldn't be surprised. Smirnova from Kazakhstan is in a

dangerous position, she may find she stays ahead of Marta Kharitonova. I

expect the authorities are having a look at that gate. The course is

completed and she is 10.49 outside, into the top seven for now, but the

best are still to come. Eight to go. I would be interested to know your

thoughts on the French selection. This is gate 20. Half head? It is

difficult from this angle. They have been very good at the judging so far

so I imagine they have had a look at it already. Was that the gate that

was missed yesterday and he said he couldn't believe it? I think it is.

Due to controversy, a little bit of extra pressure on her, with the

Olympic champion having to sit at home which must be tougher for her.

Absolutely, but they all know the selection criteria and they know

exactly what they are doing before the season starts and Emily

obviously didn't get it right this year. This is not a great start so

far. It is a bit out of touch of the first upstream gate with a penalty

and she needs to get her rhythm and get comfortable on the water. I had

a chat with the French closures and they recognise the talent of

Marie-Zelia Lafont but they know she is all on nothing. It puts them all

on edge when she is racing because they never know when it will go

wrong. It all went right in Poland this year and she took the World Cup

win there and it will have given her a massive amount of confidence. Too

many penalties already, with another two coming our way. She is 8.1

outside Fiona Pennie 's time at the split. Another two pushes her

outside the top eight and she might be reliant on the second run. This

is far from the opening she would be wanted from this Olympic

qualification. Very wide there against the Barnard 's. She looks a

bit tired. I'm not sure if that is just that she is trying to conserve

a bit of energy now because she can't do too much more or whether

actually they hit some being slightly off line has really taken

it out of her arms. This is not the sort of run the French were hoping

for. She will get a second chance, and although she is inside

qualifying at the moment, she has gone into sixth position. There is a

chance she could be close to the bottom of the qualifiers come the

end of this first heat. Seven to go. The silver medallist from the World

Championships in Lee Valley is up next, Melanie Pfeifer from Germany.

She lives in one of the -- near one of the World Cup courses. She is

very experienced and she has a good record at World Championships with

two bronze medals, one at deep Creek and one that Lee Valley. Yes, the

Germans are traditionally very strong. They have a very good group

and she is a technical paddler and looks very nice on the water. She

executed gate three very nicely. Our boat -- her boat is just bouncing

around on the top of the water and she is keeping the nose dry.

Controlled into gate eight, using the back of the water, she pulls it

back into the stopper. A sharp transfer from one side to the other

and you want to see that with a driving /2 keep the boat speed high

and use the momentum that you have from the Eddie into the flow. This

is looking silky smooth compared to Marie-Zelia Lafont, the last

competitor down. A bit low on 14 and 15. Having to hold slightly. This is

a very narrow Eddie. The European champion making the course look

relatively simple at this stage. Now it starts to increase in difficulty.

She is through 19. 21 and 22 require good position and timing but that

could be a 50 four Melanie Pfeifer, certainly a two coming her way and

that has come up already. Now she has dropped back below. There may be

no comeback for her here. She serves across to River right and now she

can drop down through 21. The crowd appreciate the effort to get back

but Melanie Pfeifer, having looked so good, so calm, so controlled,

suddenly finds herself in trouble and will have to rethink the game

plan. It is most definitely going to be a real make or break that bottom

section of the course, I think you can move into the semifinals. 15

outside and going down into tenth position. There is a distinct chance

that Melanie Pfeifer might not be in the top 15 come the end of the first

heat. In some ways she was lucky not to get a 50, that must have been

close. It flashed up as a two and then they took it away and they

must've had a conversation about and then they stuck with the two. From

Melanie Pfeifer to Ursa Kragelj from Slovenia. A bit of pushback, not

quite the line she must have chosen. That was careless, a two second

penalty, she wasn't looking where she was, her awareness on the gate

line wasn't good. What you do mentally when you have clattered one

of the early gates with a careless mistake like that? You need to scrap

it very quickly. It can quite easily get you in a bit of a flap about and

you start trying to push harder. Ultimately these top girls should be

fast enough to get into that top 15 qualifying through to the semifinals

so they just have to keep it under control and limit any further

mistakes. She has only done one World Cup this year but it is pretty

much the case with all of those who have qualified for the Olympic

Games. We can't read too much into their World Cup compositions --

positions. She had a good season in 2014 and a regular in the finals,

three out of five she made the final. A huge six points down on the

split of a Fiona Pennie. That wasn't a good line into 19 either but can

she get this across? Nicely done. Grab on the top of the pile there

between 20 and 21 but it kicked her about a bit. It wasn't quick. She

has to by running again as she goes down the side line. If she can stay

within ten seconds of the Fiona Pennie time she will go into the top

six. If she can cut the margin to 6.5 she will go into the top four.

6.34 outside and just scrapes into fourth place, ahead of Stefanie

Horn, how vital with those seconds become the end of the day? We will

find out. They have a few minutes between the end of the first heat in

the start of the second. Of course we have got the men's C2 second heat

still to come. We still have five to go.

We still have five more to go. The best five in the world who have

qualified for the Olympics. Katerina Kudejova, she comes from Prague. Off

to a steady start, tight around three, this is where we want to see

them opening up, the smooth section before they hit the stopper just

above gate seven. You can see the water driving back up the eddy. Nice

and smooth so far, she is known for her strength, both physical and

mental Ulster nice tight line on 14, perhaps not the exit. That is a good

approach to 15th. Very quick through 15 and 16 but her tail got caught at

the wall. And the back of the buoyancy aid might have clipped the

gate, she has one penalty so far but still very close to Fiona Pennie's

time. Anything in the top three will be comfortable. She was a little

safer than the last couple through 20. Very much caught up between 20

and 31, losing fractions of time. The last of the upstream gates. --

and 21. And the 2015 world champion should be safely through to the

semifinals but she had another run to come and she will keep an eye on

the others but that should be good enough to be in the top 15 and she

looks very relaxed indeed. She has taken under 23 world titles and

obviously the world title at Lee Valley last year. Always tends to be

tight on the upstreams and we saw that again. You want to be tight, in

and out of the gates as quick as possible but there is always a risk

and sometimes it cannot work in your favour. You are looking for momentum

out. This is Jana Dukatova from Slovakia, the world

champion from 2006, one of the most experienced competitors. And she was

world champion in 2010, all round paddler and she regularly makes all

of the finals in a season as she did in 2014. Number 14 -- number two in

the world in 2014 and 2015 and she has turned up to all of the World

Cup this year and done well. She is interesting, quite tall compared to

a lot of the others, very long arms and she often looks like she is not

trying but she gets great catch and with those long levers, she does not

have the high stroke rate that some do. She is well-known for being able

to drive the paddle deep and that skill could come in handy, 20 into

21. And through 15 and 16 as well, she clipped the inside poll with the

top of the blade so that is a penalty. She is pretty much on the

same timings as Fiona Pennie. Another tight turn through 19. Very

nicely done, just held that reverse stroke.

She was two seconds outside Fiona Pennie at 820 and I think she was

quicker than the British competitor through that particular section so

this could tight -- at gate 20. That will do nicely for Jana Dukatova and

she moves into fourth position for now will stop it is very tight. Jana

Luuka Jones is perhaps the outstanding performance. Very good

indeed, you can see how tightly they get. Luuka Jones looked very

controlled and smooth. Back at the top, with just three to go it is the

world number one from the 2014 and 2015 World Cup series, Corinna

Kuhnle. She had a disaster at the World Championships last year, 29th

position and just made it into the final at Lee Valley for the 2012

Olympics but suddenly, every competitor here will know she is a

threat. And in contrast to the previous paddler, much shorter

strokes and dynamic and she is a very powerful paddler. Her and the

owner did a lot of training together, both very powerful -- her

and Fiona. And she is up on the split. She has not spent a lot of

time here compared to Fiona because their selection camp was in the last

World Cup race of the season so she has only had one training camp here.

She has already been to one Olympics and nine were Championships so she

has got the experience and she will know how to deal with situations

like this. Not as neat as we saw from Dukatova. She is down on the

split at the moment, not a lot of time to give away in the bottom

section so she has to absolutely nailed it. She is very wide and has

to go behind gate 21 and has that hard paddle to go back up but it is

a risk that you cannot afford to go without it, you have to get up time

on the board, not be in a risky position. What a shame. If she can

just scraped into the top seven or eight, she might be all right. Fiona

Pennie still has the best time here. And she picked up two penalty

seconds as well so that shows you that her boat speed was tremendous.

Corinna Kuhnle goes into eighth position which might still be good

enough to qualify but she will not be relaxing before the start of the

second heat and she will know she could be in a position where she has

to race for a place in the semifinals. And something you don't

want to come out of the heats with is a feeling you have not

accomplished the moves. She will look at how she will do that move

and find out the best ones, the coach will pick out the best runs

and you can look at them alongside each other so you can seemed -- so

you can see them frame by frame. This is our penultimate paddler,

Maialen Chourraut, and then the superstar from Australia, Jess Foxx

will be next. I know some made mistakes lower down

but this looks frantic. She is renowned for her quick stroke rate.

She can weave in and out of the polls and stays close to them that

she is light and technical and get her boat dancing on the water and

she seems to be more into her rhythm now and has settled down. Quite

dynamic, getting the power in the turn, a little bit of slippage so

she is very horizontal across the river which means losing time. She

has had shoulder problems over the last two seasons. In fact, some time

ago. Is that a factor? Can you get back to 100% after operations?

Absolutely, surgery is so good. My goodness, that was very close, not

sure what the judges will do, that is a penalty. She looked like she

had to lean back to get her head inside the gate. Maialen Chourraut

was expected to cruise through to the semifinals but she will be in a

similar position to the one Joe Clarke found himself in yesterday,

picking up a 50 in the first run. 54.91 outside. That pushes her down

to... I'm trying to get the petitions, she is in 20th position

and she will have no option to run the second heat -- get the

positions. That was clear, no argument. She bounced straight

through that first stopper which pushes her back to the river on the

opposite side and she did not get inside it. A lot of big names

struggling here at Diadora. Can Jess Fox of Australia show the rest how

it's done? A lot of the others will want to see how she tackled it, the

lines and moves that she makes. Nice and controlled. Just taking her

time. She can open up through this downstream section before taking the

wave across from seven into eight. But a two second penalty, and early

penalty but she certainly has the speed to be able to fight. And we

know that Fiona also had a penalty but she is down at the moment. Good

boat speed through that particular section as she moves towards 14. You

get the feeling that every stroke is well thought out and is effective.

Absolutely. A little bit caught through 15, you want to see the line

as straight as possible with the nose pointing downstream. Nicely

done, taking the speed she had back into the flow. This is the drop down

to 19, safely under the gate, no problems. This is where you need the

strength and if anybody has the power and strength it is Jess Fox

but she has dropped below 21 which has caught out a few but she has the

strength to come back up on the left which nobody else has done so far

but valuable seconds thrown away and that might mean that Fiona Pennie's

time will stand. It will be good enough to qualify for Jess Fox but

that mistake at 21 will have the Australian coaching team thinking.

And with Lucy and Dell thought -- Lucien Delfort going out yesterday,

they will be thinking. That should be good enough for Jess Fox.

Compared to Fiona Pennie? She did not have the same speed and rhythm,

not quite as quick away from the upstream dates. She just got kicked

by the water. She took a few heavy hits and did not have quite the same

exit speed. We know that Fiona has been working on that and it has

obviously paid off. That is all 21 paddlers down in the first heat of

the women's K1, their only discipline in these Olympic Games

and the only chance of the medal so they have to get it right on the

day. Fiona Pennie has done very well, Jess Fox was outstanding.