Day 3 BBC Four: 19.00-22.00 Olympics

A good start from both Ed Ling and a Fabbrizi. A first miss from the rank

out side here at the Olympic Shooting Centre, Kamar. It is a

sprawling Army base with a very good cloud here and they are very

enthusiastic. -- a very good crowd there. There is a big British

contingent supporting Ed Ling, the man born in Taunton. He is a farm

and he continues to be a farmer. He first learned to shoot on his dad

farm. He was 12 and he makes his first miss as well. Fabbrizi with a

chance to edge ahead here and another miss. Goodness me, that is a

lot of misses early on. The man with the flags indicate that this has

been made and no target is called. Ahmed Kamar, just has to reset. That

was flung far to the right but he did well to connect. Now Pellielo,

the man known as Johnny to his friends. Two silvers, won bronze,

just missing the gold for his collection. -- one bronze. We are

missing some from qualification that we thought might come through. Jib

Arnason regrets from Croatia was ninth. -- Giovanni Cernogoraz. The

world number one, Alberto Fernandez, was only 17th. Off to the left and I

think that was a miss as well. Struggling at the moment, Ahmed

Kamar, the youngest man in the cupboard Ishant who comes from

Cairo. -- in the competition. They have the luxury of a little longer

to aim than the athletes who take part in double trap when the two

targets also target called rubber it was flung out of the bunker but in

several pieces. -- no target called. The athletes

have the ear defenders on but they will still hear the crowd. It is all

about concentrating. Some of these athletes will be just counting which

shots they get from which station and which way they are going, left,

right or centre so they know what they have got left is the

competition goes on. Some do it on instinct but not many. That is

better from the Egyptian. Pellielo now. Another miss from one

of the favourites. There have been a lot of misses. Glasnovic is the only

man not to have missed. No target, that will not help the nerves.

His fifth Olympics. Now on the far side, the Junior World Championship

still in with the chance, he has only missed one will stop at

Azinovic the only one yet to miss. That is a miss from Massimo

Fabbrizi. Silver medallist in London of course.

A big Italian contingent here. They took the gold medal indoors this

morning, hoping for more of the same here.

Five shots and only one man has managed to bag all of the clays and

that was Josip Glasnovic. Ed Ling still has a chance of getting into

the gold medal match, tied with Giovanni Pellielo and David

Kostelecky with Fabbrizi and Kamar the two in danger of dropping out at

the moment but we are only a third of the way through this semifinal.

We start again, Ed Ling drawn in one so he will always start and he nails

the one straight through the centre. Pellielo, two in a row for him.

Glasnovic, looking confident, yet to miss. Kostelecky, another very

experienced athlete, he already knows what it is like to stand on

the top step of the podium in this competition. What can you do here?

Just caught that one, a little puff of the powder inside the clays. They

just to break a little bit, doesn't have to be to bits for it to count.

-- smashed to bits. That is a miss. Fabbrizi struggling a little bit,

three misses for the Italian. Kamar with a couple of misses, also

struggling in this competition come he needs to be solid now. A lot of

elevation on that one but he did very well.

Pellielo, all the experience in the world.

Ed Ling is hanging in there. What can he do here? Straight down the

middle and easy as you like. The man in his third Olympic Games. That was

pretty. It was very high. -- tricky. Fabbrizi really struggling, four

misses now for the Italian. Kamar, after missing two out of three at

the start, has bagged the last five and is into this semifinal. It may

well be a shoot off at the end of this to decide who goes into the

gold medal match and the bronze medal match.

Kostelecky missed the first one. None since then. Ed Ling get the

next round away. -- gets. Fabbrizi finally nails one after missing the

last two. The weather conditions are pretty good, you can see the

sunshine on the hills beyond, the breeze is like. It was very windy

yesterday. It has calmed down, but it is the same for everybody. They

tell me they don't really mind if it is a bit breezy. It is more of an

issue in the skeet competition when the clays are coming across the

shooters. Now then, Ed Ling, one of the first to secure his place at Rio

with a silver at the World Championships in 2014. He is going

well with just one miss. Fabbrizi, just settling back into it now but

still struggling, bottom of the rankings at the moment.

Kamar, he has had a couple of known targets -- no targets. 29-year-old.

He had only been shooting six years which in shooting terms is not that

long. This would not be good for his concentration or his nerves. You can

see how they try to cancel out the distractions. Three in a row now

come a bit of a problem. It is winter of course here but it is

still pretty warm and you can get the targets sticking together but he

did very well just to concentrate. Apart from the two misses in the

first three, he is going pretty well.

Glasnovic. He is yet to miss. Kostelecky. Shot very early, always

a good sign, seeing the target well and we are two thirds of the way

through this semifinal. Glasnovic is looking pretty good at the moment.

It can all change, it is very tight behind him.

Fabbrizi is having a horror show at the moment. Kamar is just one point

behind the guys in the medal positions. There is Ed Ling.

Declined to go to Beijing because he would have had to train full-time in

Italy and he wanted to continue his farming in Taunton and be coached by

his dad, Steve, who started him shooting. The whole family like to

get involved. That is not a good start, a miss from Ed Ling.

Fabbrizi, can he start this phase is better? He can, that is three in a

row but he is still struggling. And up miss -- a miss down the middle.

Pellielo, just one miss so far and he is looking very good will stop

one of the most accomplished athletes in this line-up. Still,

Glasnovic goes on in perfect style with 11 out of 11 so far.

Ed Ling needs to put that Cambuur behind him. That was tricky with

decent elevation as well. -- put that miss behind him.

This is Pellielo. Italian junior champion at ballroom dancing,

believe it or not, in 1989! 12 out of 12 forecast a pitch who is

getting a lot of support from those in the stand behind. -- for

Glasnovic. Ed Ling has two misses but he is looking confident.

Fabbrizi. As you can see from the athletes move from station to

station, six athletes, five stations. Kamar has really

impressed. After a wobbly start, he has looked good. Pellielo. The

oldest man in the field at 46, qualified top with 122 out of 125

targets. They shoot in a series of 25/2-macro days so it is a long haul

and they have to be fit athletes. -- series of 25, over two days.

Glasnovic is still on for a perfect... There you go! His first

miss but he is still looking pretty good. Ed Ling needs to keep going

but another miss and that could be costly. He started so well but he is

looking pretty tight at the moment. Glasnovic still looking good for the

gold medal match but the rest is still up for grabs. Pellielo.

He takes his time. 12 seconds on the clock when the referee tells them to

get ready. Glasnovic has 14 out of 14,

excellent shooting from the Croatian. He wasn't really on the

radar as one of the stars of this line-up, the man from the Croatian

army. That is better from Ed Ling, 12 out of 15 for him. Looks good for

a medal but which medal shoot off it will be come we will have to wait

and see. These are the final shots. We might have a shoot off for the

bronze medal match. Pellielo, 14 will see him into the gold medal

match. Glasnovic looking for a perfect 15 out of 15 in this

semifinal. Calm and cool and collected and he tops the standings.

It is tight Kostelecky, if he takes this, he will have a place in the

bronze medal match and Ed Ling and Kamar will have to have a shoot off.

He nailed it so Kostelecky is confirmed in third place and he will

go to the bronze medal match but there is still a shoot off between

Ed Ling and Ahmed Kamar. Glasnovic and Pellielo will contest the old

medal match. Kostelecky of the Czech Republic has a berth in the bronze

medal match. The proceeds of Italy is confirmed in sixth place but who

will squeak in with a chance for a bronze medal between Ed Ling and

Kamar? We will find out in just a minute. We said what it would mean

to Pellielo if he could get a gold medal. Two silvers and a bronze am

desperate to add to his collection. His life is very much farming and

shooting. When he got married his father arranged an arch of shotguns

outside the wedding, a shotgun wedding, I would guess! He has to

take on the surprise package, the youngest in the competition, he has

only been shooting for six years and he is ranked 56, Ahmed Kamar. He is

double the ranking of Ed Ling, 22 in the world. It is sudden death, first

one to miss. The first one to miss will rue that two days of hard work

has not come to a medal. Ed Ling shoots first. These can go one

further sometime, not always, the competition can be short and sharp.

There was one a few years ago that went past 50 shots. We shall see.

Who will keep their nerve? There is a big debate over who should go

first or second. Ahmed Kamar knows he has to this day -- hit to stay in

this shoot off. And he does. Oh, that is a mess. Ed Ling has placed

the future of his bronze medal position in the hands of Ahmed

Kamar. He has missed as well. Yes! On we go. The pressure is now back

on Ahmed Kamar. Is that a miss? It is. Ed Ling from Great Britain makes

it through to the bronze medal match. A real shame for Ahmed Kamar,

the youngest in the competition, 29 years of age. He shot beautifully

after a slow start. No wonder the coach is proud of him. I am pretty

sure we will see more of him in years to come. Ed Ling will be up

first in the bronze medal match against David Kostelecky in the

bronze medal match. Ahmed Kamar takes fifth place and Fabbrizi takes

six and they'll take a close -- no further part in this men's trap

competition. These guys all know each other. They spend a lot of time

on the range together. They know that only one of these two will be

getting a medal. These are the two athletes who are shooting for a

bronze medal here at the Olympic Shooting Centre. Who will be on the

podium and who will have to take an agonising fourth-place? Ed Ling has

already come through that shoot off. He missed his shot and it looks like

Ahmed Kamar would take the place but he has managed to claw his way back

in. Can he claim Britain's first shooting medal of the Olympics? He

is up against David Kostelecky off the Czech Republic, Gold medallist

in Beijing, of course. He has experience of the final. Ed Ling was

21st in London than 25th in Athens so whatever happens it is a vast

improvement. His dad, Steve is his personal coach. A very strong bond

between the two. The format is the same again, 15 shots. Not a great

start from the Brit on. A strong start from David Kostelecky, putting

the pressure back on to Ed Ling. They shoot from the centre three

shooting positions. They shoot in five sections of three. The shotguns

are so personal. David Kostelecky 's has his taped up. That is a miss. A

flag has gone up. The scoreboard temporary hazard as very it but it

is one apiece after two shots. We have confirmation of that miss for

David Kostelecky. He is in his fifth Olympics. Current world record

holder with much experience. To apiece after the first three. These

guys start shooting from a very early age, part of their DNA. Took a

piece out of the target, peace is enough. A good start. That was a

tricky one. He did very well to track that one. Kostelecky misses.

That will give Ed Ling the edge here. A lot of shots to go. Just

clouding over a little bit. A bit of breeze around. Nothing too terrible.

You can hear in the background the British contingent. Peter Wilson put

the Brits on the map shooting wise at London in double trap. Can Edward

Ling comeback with a medal as well? He is just ahead? Here we go again.

No chance to switch off for these athletes. Is that another miss? It

is. It is three now for Kostelecky. It looks better for Ed Ling. Just

one miss so far for the man from Taunton. If he carries on like that

he might be taking home the bronze. No target. Kostelecky is under a bit

of pressure. Just a bit more added to him. The gold medal in Beijing

and a semifinal place in Sydney, only 14th in London no. -- though.

The Ed Ling it is his third Olympics but his first semifinal and his

first medal shoot off as well. He has been in great form and feeling

pretty confident. That was a nasty rising one to the right. That is

miss number four for Kostelecky. A three shot cushion for Ed Ling. Just

six targets left in this bronze medal match. Clouding over. A bit of

breeze but nothing too terrible. He needs to keep his concentration.

That is better from Kostelecky. If he can keep going, Ed Ling may have

this wrapped up with several shots to go. That is a miss. Ed Ling is

ahead by a couple if Kostelecky hit this one. No penalty for the athlete

with a known target, of course. He does nail that one, a tricky one out

to the right. Ed Ling is looking really good.

Kostelecky doing what he can to keep the pressure on. There are three

shots to go and the gap is two, 10-8 with Ed Ling in the lead in this

bronze medal match. If he can just keep his calm, the bronze is his.

Gold medallist from Beijing under pressure, especially with Ling

shooting first. Edging towards that bronze medal. Kostelecky had to take

this one. And he does. Two the gap, two to shoot. Ling can wrap up the

bronze... If he takes this. And he does! He is not going to show too

much emotion until the end of the competition but that is the bronze

medal wrapped up for Ed Ling of Great Britain. You have to show a

little bit of consideration to your opponent. He knows the game is up

and that was a bit of a careless shot from Kostelecky but these last

shots our academic now. Can Ed Ling finished off in style? He can! 13

out of 15. Now he can relax. The celebrations will not start until

the last shot has been got away by Kostelecky. He has to weight, no

shot called by the referee. He misses the last one, it is

comfortable for Ed Ling of Great Britain, the man from Taunton takes

the bronze medal here in Rio in the trap competition. He is absolutely

delighted and his dad, Steve, who is his personal coach and has been sent

a very early age, he will be delighted as well. The Junior World

Championship takes the bronze medal. -- world champion.

STUDIO: Brilliant stuff, congratulations to Ed Ling of Great

Britain who has won Team GB's third medal of the games, bronze in the

men's trap. He had a chance of going to the gold medal match but got on

with his disappointment and make it through and won the bronze medal. He

is a World Championship silver medallist from two years ago, he was

in Rio in April when he reached the finals of the Rio World Cup but you

could see his delight with a bronze medal to add to the gold and silver

in the swimming pool yesterday. Ed Ling at the National shooting

Centre. We are going to go back for the gold medal match in a moment.

From our base here at Copacabana, we will round up some of the headlines

and then go back and you will not be surprised to hear that Mr Ling makes

our headlines. Team GB have their third medal of

the games, you have just seen it, Ed Ling has won a bronze medal in the

men's trap. Paul Drinkhall is through in the table tennis to the

fourth round, the British number two beat a man ranked 40 places above

him. The names we know so well, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning,

have started their run for gold in the women's pair on the rowing lake

and they are into the semifinals and that is now 37 races unbeaten for

them. And in the muggy sevens, Great Britain's women will play Canada for

a bronze medal after losing to New Zealand -- rugby sevens. New Zealand

will take on favourites Australia in the gold medal match. A reminder of

what else you can watch across our coverage. We have volleyball at the

Beach Volleyball Arena. And this is what is going to be happening on BBC

Four. You have missed that already, don't panic! On BBC One there is a

bit more of the shooting, we have volleyball coming up, canoeing on

the website and one of the good things about the BBC sport at, you

can find the schedule of every day, what is on and it will tell you the

various different streams and you can access up to 24 live streams. If

we are not showing what you want to watch, a lot of you have got in

contact, asking about handball and things, we cannot fit in everything

but you can access everything available every day on the BBC sport

app and website. Here, as promised, we are returning to the shooting for

the old medal match after Ed Ling won the bronze. We will rejoin

Richard Drew. A good start from both of these

athletes. The mountains in the background, not necessarily helpful.

They are pretty bright targets. There is a wall as well to keep away

traffic noise. There is a road that runs below the venue. Both of these

athletes seem pretty zoned in. Italy, in the last four Olympics,

have claimed a medal in each one, three silvers and one bronze. Eight

medals in the men's trap for Italy, equalling the United States. A lot

of medals but no gold recently. Can it change here? Both of these

athletes are shooting well. The first three away, nothing between

them. The wind is just getting up a little

bit. You can see the number on the back of Pellielo just picking up in

the breeze. That can make things a bit more difficult. What they don't

like is the wind rushing shots down or making them unpredictable. It is

still pretty warm for what is winter here in Rio de Janeiro. Perfect

conditions really. We had the World Cup test event in April and it was

nudging 40 degrees. Five apiece. A lot more assured than

the bronze medal match. Kostelecky had missed two by this stage.

That's one to the left nailed by the Italian. And that is a first miss

from Glasnovic. The man who likes to play billiards and table tennis in

his spare time. That just gives Pellielo the smallest of advantages.

6-5, six out of 15 shots taken. The wind is definitely getting up

here. You can see the trees bending a little bit and a miss from the

Italian this time. Glasnovic keeps things level at 6-6.

Very lively crowd, which is good, nice atmosphere but Pellielo will

try to block all of that out but another miss, two in a row for the

Italian and this is a major wobble. And Glasnovic is ahead. The

Croatians in the crowd are starting to sense gold here but there is a

long time to go. We are about to head into the second half of these

shots. That's better. Pellielo will have to put those two misses out of

his mind and Glasnovic will just reset as well. Straight down the

centre. Nicely done by the Croatian. You would think those are the easier

ones but a lot of the athletes preferred the shots that go left or

right. 7-8 and Glasnovic has just edged ahead here.

Both men back into their best form, just one miss from Glasnovic and

that is the first Miss the competition for him after a perfect

15 in the semifinals. -- first miss. Glasnovic only missing five in

qualification so that is a lot of hits. He just took a nibble out of

that one. It only takes two or three pellets from the cartridges and that

is why the cartridges are very carefully weighed to make sure there

is the right amount of pellets in each one. It is a sport that goes

back all the way to the middle of the 18th century in England.

But it is an Italian and a Croatian who are vying for the gold medal

here. Three more shots to go, it is in Glasnovic's hands as he is one

shot ahead. 11-10, three to go. It would be cruel in the extreme on

Pellielo, 46 years of age, his last Olympics, two silvers and one

bronze. Will it be weighing on his mind or can he put it all away,

shoot three and hope for the best? Not much the coaches can do.

Nicely done. There was just that moment in the middle of the match

that cost Pellielo but there is the miss! We are level again at 11-11

with two shots to go. This could go into a shoot off. A look at the

concentration on Giovanni Pellielo's face. He has been shooting since

seven. This, if he could get the gold, would surely be the zenith. He

is keeping going and so is Glasnovic. One more shot, and if

they both hit, we go to a sudden-death shoot off for the gold

medal. So much pressure on these shooters.

He has nailed that one! And it is Glasnovic who has to take this to

take it to eight sudden-death shoot off and he does! 13-13. We go to a

shoot off. What drama here at the Olympic Shooting Centre. They will

just take a moment and get some more cartridges but more importantly,

take a moment to reset. What a final we are having here.

They need more time than the double trap athletes. They have the

double-barrelled there because they can shoot twice in qualification of

the target. double-barrelled there because they

can shoot twice So, we go to shoot off in the

gold-medal match. This is the men's trap competition at the Deodoro army

base. Several Olympic sports are based here. Wrap the north of Rio.

Giovanni Pellielo up against Josip Glasnovic. Italy against Croatia.

Will this be a short affair or will it go on? Sudden death, of course.

Giovanni Pellielo takes the pressure first and now he'd sit on. These can

be long affairs. The European Games when 230 and there was another that

went 50 recently but they are not normally that long. Giovanni

Pellielo is looking at his best, just those two misses in the middle

of the gold-medal match. I don't know what was going on there but he

has reset. These guys are going toe to toe. Two each in this shoot. That

was a nasty one to deal with. This man had a very good semifinal, of

course. He was fifth in Beijing and obviously guaranteed to do better

here. Who will take the gold? These guns are very individual to the

athletes and that is a miss. So, Josip Glasnovic needs to take this

one to take the gold. He has done it! Gold for Josip Glasnovic. His

second Olympic Games. He was fifth in Beijing. The first -- a perfect

record in the semifinal and he has taken the gold here in Rio.

Amazing scenes from the National shooting Centre. A jubilant Josip

Glasnovic takes the gold. He had a perfect 15/15 in the semifinal and

decent in the final as well. Giovanni Pellielo takes these silver

and Ed Ling from Great Britain won the bronze, we saw that about 20

minutes ago. He was 25th in 2004, 20 first in 2012, but Ed Ling has won

the bronze. There he is celebrating with Josip Glasnovic who took the

gold. A third medal of the Games for Team GB. Croatia take the gold. This

is what is coming up in the next few minutes and hours on BBC Four. We

will be live with the men's team final on the gymnastics shortly.

There is a helicopter overhead. Tom Daley is in action in the diving and

that is live on BBC One. Gymnastics on BBC Four and diving on BBC One.

Live hockey later. Team GB take on India. Lawrence Okolie was very

impressive in the boxing a few nights ago. We have Antony Fowler

and also Joss Kelly coming up. Beach volleyball is on the Red Button.

Also on the website is canoeing. Heather Watson was in the deciding

set in the tennis against the 15th seed from the Ukraine. We left it

when it was 1-1. Heather Watson is 5-2 down in the decider. Simon Reed

picks up the commentary. Watson is serving to stay in the match. A

great start. Two of the best back-to-back points

she has played in this third set. It is not too late. There is still a

chance if she can keep that form going.

cartridges but more importantly, take a moment to reset.

Great return from Svitolina. The serve wasn't shabby.

That was super from Heather Watson. The woman who won that game was

almost unrecognisable from the one that lost the previous two. It is

that kind of form she has is to maintain for the rest of this match.

That was long. No Hawk-Eye available on this court that she would know

that was out. Yes, really solid hitting from

Svitolina and the number 15 seed has three match points.

What I way to finish! And didn't she finish the match well? Heather

Watson, terrific in the second set, and for a large portion of the

third, but one sloppy service game made the difference and Svitolina,

who looked mentally a little out of it at the end of the second set, has

come back in storming style and she makes it through to the third round.

6-3 in the third. This abominable Heather Watson who

goes out of the singles. We're not sure if she will be back for the

Mixed Doubles -- disappointment for Heather Watson. Tomorrow, Team GB

will decide if it will be Heather Watson or Johanna Konta alongside

one of the Marie Brothers in the doubles -- Murray. Over on BBC One

right now, Tom Daley is in action in the diving but we are concentrating

on the men's team final in the gymnastics. Can the boys who won a

World Championship silver get a medal here? Beth Tweddle is

alongside a very excited Matt Baker! Can they do it? It is a very good

question. We're talking about five teams. All the gymnasts have just

come out so it is difficult to hear people. Brazil are amongst so you

can imagine the impact that that is having on this crowd. We're talking

about the current Olympic champions in China who are just being

introduced to the crowd. We also have the Japanese gymnasts who are

current champions. We have Great Britain who took the silver at the

World Championships as well. And the USA. Really, we didn't expect these

teams to be as powerful as they are here in qualification. When we came

into qualification menu that Russia had upped their game earlier this

year when they took the European title. -- we knew that Russia. But

America were flying high. They performed brilliantly in the

qualification. Japan had quite a few mistakes. They will be looking to

improve on that. Britain, we had a couple of mistakes. Lots of mistakes

throughout the whole teams. It will be interesting to see how they

regroup and get back out today. This is a very interesting format as far

as competitions go. It's known as being brutal because basically how

it works, you can see all these gymnasts being introduced. Each

country gets a team of five. The country then select three gymnasts

to compete on each piece of apparatus. It gets tough because

every single spore count. Full or not, it goes to the team total. Then

the country with the biggest score wins. -- every single score counts.

It is precious because the teams have been working so hard to gather

in their training camps. They don't want to let each other down. When

they go up its not just about themselves, their not having an

individual chance. They're there to do it as a team. We go fast upon the

rings and we won't be using Lewis and Christian. It's the younger end

of the team that will get this competition up and running.

Obviously, the two more experienced gymnasts will sit back and let those

youngsters get it underway. The rings of our weakest piece so be

prepared to see Great Britain way down the ranks. The name will be

chasing through the competition. I think it's sad to say one of the key

pieces of apparatus for Great Britain is Bolt which is the second

piece of apparatus. -- is the -- is the vault. We have got three huge

vaults from our boys but with the difficulty comes the risk. We saw

Christian in qualification, he put his hands down. We saw Max have a

fall as well. Hopefully they've been able to sort that out in training.

We know Christian can do it. He was one of the big vaulters in London

2012. He absolutely nailed that vault and that is one of the reasons

we won that team run. Max Whitlock being introduced there. What a story

from Britain. Its renowned, how competitive it is to get a place on

this British team. Kristian Thomas has been a part of it for many, many

years and Louis Smith will be finishing up on pommel horse for

Great Britain. He has had a lot of upset in his life, he lost his dad a

few years ago and he made his Derby promise that he would try to get the

Olympics. What a story in itself. And then in November, just November

gone, he broke his leg on vault. Somehow he is here. He had a tough

time. He was part of that silver medal winning team in the World

Championships. A couple of weeks later he had a horrendous injury. It

just shows the strength of character. He is only 19 years old

but sooner that injury appeared he was like, in the back of his mind, I

have got to get fit. The British Gymnastics medical team were

unbelievable. They did everything they could to help him recover and a

lot of credit goes to him and planning that recovery to help them

get here. I don't know if you could hear us talking over that, Brazil

were being introduced to the crowd. The good news is that they are

actually going round with Brazil -- that great Britain are going round

with Brazil. There is nothing worse than being in the middle of an

intricate routine and the Brazilian crowd erupting for Brazil. The

Ukraine team here were in with a real battle back in London 2012 for

the third spot. They will be fair pace a little bit because they are

resting their most impressive all-round gymnasts. He will be saved

until later. Expect Ukraine to be a little bit further down, as with

Germany as well. They are eighth in qualification and they finished

seventh in London. A big part of the team there. You remember, you've

been on the circuit for many years alongside Fabi in and he is back. He

was at my first Olympics back in 2004. The German team are

struggling, they picked up an injury to one of their qualifications. They

do not have the extra option of a fifth gymnast. The poor guy that is

out, they just introduced him. Andreas of having to sit on the

sidelines and be the chief cheerleader. He was one of the

stronger ones on the likes of the pommel horse. The gymnasts will now

get a three minute warm up. As you can see, the countries are going

round in pairs. All three will be first of all. Then they'll be a

little bit of a warm up as well. The next country that they're paired

with go again. So, China will be starting on floor. You've got Russia

starting on pommel horse. Great Britain starting on rings and

Ukraine on vault. I don't how many times we've had this conversation

but where will we go with this? Where did we put our money? It could

go anywhere. That's what's great about gymnastics, it will go down to

the final routine. There are five teams vouching for those spots.

Normally you would say China and Japan are battling it out for number

one and number two, but I don't think that will be the case today

unless they are begging for qualification. You mentioned

earlier, don't be too alarmed and Great Britain are further down the

ranks. We are starting on rings which are one of our weaker pieces.

High bar, floor and pommel horse are our big scorers. We have one of the

finest gymnasts to ever have lived, but he has looked a little bit shaky

in the Japanese team. It means so much for him to try and get this

team title, really it is the only thing he doesn't have in his medal

collection. We saw how much it meant to him when Japan when the team

title. It's not just about him, it's about the whole team. They train day

in and day out and are desperate to win this title and take it away from

China. China do look like they mean business as far as qualification is

concerned. There is the gymnasts read talking about. Like Louis

Smith, his hair has been talked about quite considerably because it

used to be longer. China are about to start on floor.

You will be able to see the all-round final in a few days' time.

A lot will be on his mind because he stumbled in qualification for China,

but they need a very strong start so here is Lin Chaopan, the first

gymnast in this men's team final at the Olympics in Rio. Over to our

commentary team. COMMENTATOR: and a very clean

opening series. Two beautifully flighted twisting

moves. Very good, three and a half twists. Every move the gymnast has a

value. They all add up to gather. That's a very big value. Double

twisting, double tuck somersault. That is two somersaults and two

twists. That is super, a full twisting front somersault. An

immediate punch into two and a half. The second punch was higher than the

first. The best moves, the top moves are added to gather. Very clean on

that roll-out to DVD difficulty score. Then there is ten marks for

execution if he takes a step, he loses from that. -- to give you the

difficulty score. That was a good clean opening for China. The coaches

look happy. You'd be happy with that, would you not as an opening

routine, Dan? Yes, it was clean with no major errors. That's all you want

for your first guy to give the team confidence.

See him beautifully spot the flaw as he finishes those twists. That way

he knows just where he's going to be landing. His head stays in during

the twisting. Three and a half twists. Almost becoming like

trampolining, they're able to cram in so much difficulty. Two

somersaults with two twists. I really liked that tumble, Dan. For

me, if he could make the second higher than the first, that is

pretty impressive. It makes it easier to land and spot the flaw as

well. It's so you can reduce the amount of deductions you get from

the judges. A decent start. We will wait for his score.

Lin Chaopan, 14.833. You will notice that a number of scores picked up,

difficulty and execution. Gymnasts can build their score by doing

harder routines. Keep your eye on the difficulty score. That is added

to the execution. The harder the routine, the bigger the score.

Providing you can do it! The first of the three Chinese gymnasts

complete. STUDIO: over to Ukraine on vault. On

average, this score of 14.966. A powerful gymnast, 23 years old. A

current Olympic bronze medallist on vault. Also on the vault final as

well. If you want the definition of power then brace yourself for this.

This lad thunders down the runway. You are looking for where the hands

hit the table to launch them up into the sky.

COMMENTATOR: he will have told them what vault he's doing. As this pans

away you will see a scoreboard. A six means he is doing a vault worth

six. He didn't give much away on that, did he? He's got ten execution

marks. If the judges could see a fault, they take the marks away from

that ten. But I think that execution score will be well into the nines.

That even took him by surprise. That has got us off to a flying start,

quite literally. Dan, watch this block. You get so much height of the

top of the vault table. It gives him so much time to spot the landing

which is why he sticks it. He stuck it in qualification. I have heard

that in the final he might even do a harder vault but no one has done

before. The idea is to get as straight down the line. Look at the

execution score. Actually, let's look at Nile Wilson instead. Nile is

competing on four pieces of apparatus today for Great Britain.

Come on, Nile. Rings have been a piece of apparatus that hasn't been

quite so strong for Great Britain. These younger gymnasts coming

through are really powerful, have worked very hard to improve these

pieces of apparatus. You can see the strength there, very good. His

shoulders write-down in line with his hands. You want a straight line

when you have a strength move. Double French somersault in the pike

and tuck position. You have to finish in a strength hold. -- double

front somersault. Another crucifix. All these strength elements have to

be held for two. Good control in the hands stand. Swings again. You have

two kill that swing at the top. Now he needs a dismount. That is a

beautiful dismount with double twist. A very pleasing routine. A

superb start for Nile Wilson. I can update you as well with a Max

Whitlock, the second British gymnast to go. He scored 14.5. Let's join

Russia, the third gymnast to go for Russia on pommel horse. A nice start

with the scissors to hands stand. An unusual one arm 360 there. Good form

so far, keeping his legs locked to gather as he travels across the

horse. Up onto the one handle, a special requirement. Now to the end

of his routine, he's travelling along the horse and backwards. Up

into the dismount. That was a great routine and his team-mates will be

really happy with that. That is why he is the current European silver

medallist. Russia going good. you have this format or just three

competitors up, it goes very quickly. He is a very stylish

gymnast. He keeps his hips up nice and high. When you brush the handles

all be horse, the judges take marks of view. As a matter was seeing,

keep your eyes on the screen, you will see the two sets, the three

marks. Very nicely done. So far, so good. Happy? Really

happy, we have got off to a clean start. We managed to get 15.1 from

Nile Wilson. It had been a weak point. 15.5 for the Russian. That

was a big score. Very big score. It is a specialist score. That is a

huge. They will have to take a break

whilst the country they are partnered with compete with the

three. That is the score for Great Britain. That'll do nicely. Louis

Smith has a long wait, he is only competing on the pommel horse, the

last part of apparatus for Great Britain and very important. We have

a two highest scoring people on that apparatus. The scores will be vital.

It might push is right up the rankings. The USA are warming up,

they get three minutes to warm up on each piece of apparatus. Japan are

warming up on the pommel horse as well. Everyone just adjusting the

kit to their liking. You can move the handles in and out on the pommel

horse. Brazil are on the ravens. They are the current champion --

they have the current champion on the team in Arthur Zanetti. That is

the painted man on the Germany team. Kohei Uchimura gets the bed of Japan

and swinging. Solid start, onto the one handle.

Nice combination. Across the horse and into the wood.

It was basic but it was clean. He majored with the desperate, after

what happened in London, it was the district of Uchimura that big Great

Britain batting second. We were on tenterhooks. It finished with Japan

getting the silver. They are looking good right now. That Gold Medal is

something that has eluded Uchimura. He has won everything as an

individual. The Olympic team title is the one that he really wants. He

will be going all out to lead his team to that. They qualified down in

fourth place and were out of the medals in qualification. It is going

to be very tough fight for them. They do not have the biggest

difficulties so they will have to be really perfect on the execution.

This is the ethos of Uchimura. He is aiming for perfection all the time.

Because he has done so much in his career, he will have to find a new

challenge to keep them interested. 6.2 difficulty. That was only 8.9 on

execution. He aims to have a score of nine all the time. Definitely. He

wants to have a new challenge and is aiming for the perfect ten. That is

what he is looking for on every part of apparatus. China have already

been on the high-scoring floor. We are waiting for the USA.

Alexander Naddour, Samuel Mikulak and Jacob Dalton where the Tigers

qualifiers. He is protecting his tricep, prevention is better than

cure, Dan. LAUGHTER. They loll in competition, from the British

perspective, what will be going through their minds? You need to

give it everything. You need not it at the same time. You can easily

give it too much, put your hands down and lose the entire mark. That

can be really detrimental to your competition.

We were Fabian Hambuchen. This is his fourth Olympic Games. Vastly

experienced. Let us in how handy he is. Beautiful 2.5 twist. Things have

moved on a lot in those ten years. He is still very much doing similar

work. The top gymnast will be pushing that score all the way. It

is Sam McCormac to the floor. He is the second gymnast ago.

That will not be the highest court because he landed with both tours

out of the floor. And again. Really classy gymnast. Beautiful extension,

right through the feet. It is quite a noisy crowd but he is used to

that, the American gymnast. That was better, more settled in that

twisting combination. Ebony tumbled you aim land without any steps. If

you take steps, the judges get the pencils out and tart -- start taking

deductions. That was a one and three quarters somersault. You are allowed

to do one of those in a routine. Wants to be precise on this pig

finishing tumbled. He is. That is how you land. Triple twist to meet

the floor perfectly. He is clapping his hands together and try to keep

the team spirit going but that was a big problem for him, landing in the

way that he did on the first tumbled. He is going to lose lots of

deductions. Both Peter wear out. He will have 0.3 deduction. He has not

had any major errors which is what he will be happy about.

Things are not going great for the moment. It is a shaky start. --

great for the USA. This is Arthur Zanetti performing in fraud of his

home crowd. You can imagine lots of excitement and lots of strength.

Superpower. Getting lots of marks for linking the different strength

elements together. His swinging is pretty good. The co-speed are, in

line with his hips. Absolutely superb. Huge strength required. The

plant into a crucifix. And then to the swinging elements, the

somersaults will stop how about that? Somersault into crucifix, his

hands straight in. He is finding it easy. Swinging backwards and

forwards into handstand, he has the full that requirement. The big

despite. It was a jump on Monday. It was appreciated by the home crowd.

Arthur Zanetti has been such a big part of the Olympics here. The

Olympic torch went off on his travels and arrived here after

Arthur Zanetti helped to light it. That was a low score for the

American. Jacob Dalton has it all to do. He was the second-highest

qualifier. Another powerful gymnast. Can he contain all of his power and

stay within this area? Double straight somersault with the half

turn. He made it look easy. Another forward landing. Have to into a

double front. Huge difficulty. Very nice control.

Gymnasts have to display balance as well as dynamic tumbling. It was a

good handstand. Really beautifully landed. That combination of doubles.

One and three quarters somersault. You have to roll out smoothly along

your back. This will be his final tumbled. He has to finish with a

difficult tumble and he does with a triple twist. Much better

performance than his team-mate. That was absolutely beautiful.

Mesmerising to watch. That is why he is the second-highest qualifier. The

USA really needed that picked me up going into the pommel horse. He

performed well. Interestingly scored 15.8 in qualification and just a

14.8 here. One markdown and they will be feeling it. The score for

Brazil helped by the current Olympic rings champion, Arthur Zanetti. Let

us look at this. He is landing that blindly. It is difficult to spot.

That is what is so hard about that. You are relying on your spatial

awareness. How many times he must've done that in training to be able to

find that. Lots of gymnasts have been having problems with the floor

here. They are starting to get a feel for it. Usually when there's a

new floor and can be a little bit more solid. After qualification, it

has broken a little bit and you are seeing some better floor routines.

This is a chance to see Max Whitlock on the rings. He was second behind

Brinn Bevan. Although he's not a hugely strong gymnast, he has a

light frame. He is able to control his body. Very smoothly into the

handstand, into the difficult back somersault combination. Has to

control it and fight at the top. Forwards as well. Two forward

somersault. There was some movement in the rings. He has to get them

still, lock-out at the top of the handstand and he does that fine.

Another swinging combination. He has really improved his difficulty

maximum on this piece. Lovely double twisting double truck dismount. Good

start. What a dismount. To be able to generate that speed and power

after the strength snapping routine like that. You'll get to the end of

your routine, using all your energy for the strength homes and when they

get to the dismount, you have to give it up with more. That is the

double somersault forwards between the rings. Into the straddle, great

to be able to control it like that. Into the dismount. Great double

twisting, double back. Slight hop. Things are going well so far for

Great Britain. 14.54 Max Whitlock. He must've fallen off during that

routine and that was the second half. So things not going to plan

for Japan. No, that's the very difficult thing. There's no room for

error, no room for manoeuvre. If one of the team falls than that score

hast to count. Well, this is how things look after the first piece of

apparatus. Russia are ahead of Germany with Brazil in third, that

will get the crowd cheering! Britain are in fourth at the moment but

watch out for them, they will move up the rankings as the competition

progresses. Japan are in sixth, surprisingly. Things will move

around. But we didn't predict that one. We knew every single

eventuality. But that was certainly not on the cards. No, it wasn't, but

it just shows you it's a long way around six pieces of apparatus. Most

teams will have an error along the way. Three gymnasts, six routines

each, 18 routines altogether. They'll probably be an error or so.

A couple of surprising ones right at the beginning. In qualification, the

men from the USA looked really, really strong, didn't know, Dan? I

don't think they had a single mistake, maybe just Samuel Mikulak

on the pommel horse. They've qualified really high but I think

they were just nervous on the floor. All eyes in the Olympic Arena are on

Diego Hypolito. Diego is now 30 years old, this is his third Olympic

Games. They are now onto his vault and floor work. He won his first

world title 11 years ago. So long Diego Hypolito was an only gymnast

for Brazil. Him and his sister. It's been a lonely time but he has

managed to get a team together that can challenge for a medal. We've

been very surprised by the quality of the Brazilian gymnasts. All

gymnast to get one vault. It's over very quickly. It is all or nothing

and over very quickly. His is a 5.60. The judges judge from verve.

That was a beautiful at two and a half twists. He was a tiny bit

off-line. He was inside the line but just a fraction of the centre.

Danell Leyva on the pommel horse for the USA. Again another experienced

gymnast. This is his second Olympics. He has a really nice swing

on this piece of apparatus. Extended hips. Travelling forwards and

backwards, which is a requirement. Very nice. Legs locked to gather. Up

onto the handles. That's the dismount. Oh, now that wasn't meant

to happen. He slipped. He will be deducted quite heavily and he will

only get a low score for that dismount as well. Overall, the

routine was nice but there will be quite a lot of deductions from the

end. Just a reminder that the US where the highest qualifier. Kohei

Uchimura for Japan with it all to do. A slight slip up from his

team-mates on pommel horse. This is a very, very important piece for

Japan. And another extremely light gymnast. So while able to control

his body, handle his body weight. It's so difficult to hold the body

straight. A lovely crucifix. He's really going for it today. You can

see an extra determination of veal in his eyes. Lovely shape through

the straight arms. Straight back, lifts well. Opens to another totally

controlled crucifix. Swings up to the handstand. A swing into the

double twist, double tuck. Absolutely upright when he landed.

He's definitely after the nine plus for execution. That will more than

do. He's working all six pieces of apparatus today and he follows a

14.933 from his team-mate Yusuke Tanaka. Just a reminder, and Japan

are in sixth place going into the second rotation. That was the

back-up into the multis. The idea is to be as flat as possible so there's

no deductions from the judges. The position is almost perfect. A little

head flick at the end to show that he's finding this easy. Into another

strength position, the crucifix. There's a double twist, double tuck

with a kick out at the end. Nearly perfect, just a hop. That's the

thing with Kohei Uchimura, it is the style that he manages to do it with.

He tries to do everything so perfect. Sometimes it comes off as

well and you just think that amazing. 14.333 four Danell Leyva

and the US. There will be staying in eighth place. Kohei Uchimura, 14.8.

One gymnast for them to go in this rotation, that is Koji Yamamuro.

There is an Olympic working order of the pieces of apparatus designed to

test the body in that way. Sometimes when you get gymnasts so vastly

experienced that there used to working in one way it goes them when

they start on the odd piece. Obviously, Japan are usually either

one or two, they always start on floor. Starting a little bit further

down will throw them a bit. They wouldn't have trained for that. But

it will be interesting to see how they get on.

I think he's watching his team-mate. Unfortunately, we're not. When not

in control of these pictures, I should add. But it's interesting

watching Kohei Uchimura watching his team-mate. The shame is that there

is gymnasts working all around the arena. Four pieces are going at the

moment. Current Olympic silver medallist Marcel Nguyen is just

toying up the parallel bars. Two-time European champion as well.

Just making sure the bars are all right. We spoke about the problems

gymnasts were having with floor and we watched a few struggle with

parallel bars in qualification. You tend to do the same thing with

honey, sugar and golden syrup. It can make the difference if you get

it slightly wrong. That is his own move. There's a high double back to

catch in upper arms. Composing himself ready for his next a lot of

elements. That is a special requirement, a double back from the

upper arm position. Now into the under bar work. Just slightly off a

handstand there, he will be deducted. Really nice double back

with a kick out. He is a really good double bar worker. It's not often

you see one of those, but he is renowned for that dismount. To get

that twist in when you go out the side door, it's difficult to

generate that speed. And obviously you have to have a lot of height. It

is a fine balance and he's managed to get it perfect. I think he's the

only gymnast in the world I've actually seen do it. I'm sure there

must be some others, but he does it so efficiently. Is he alone, Dan?

There's a couple of other gymnast do it around the world, but I think

Marcel is the one that you've seen him do it for a number of years.

When you think about dismount, you of him. He's the man that

everybodylearned from. -- you think of him. Germany going second with a

piece of apparatus. I guess they go in without any pressure, don't they?

Completely relaxed. They have had an injury already and they know they're

up against it. I would think under those circumstances they were highly

delighted to make team final, really. One of their main

all-rounders got injured and he will be a huge miss today. It's really

impressive to see how they're doing. They put in a massive score of 15.5

as Lucas Taos for Germany, they got a 14.25 as well. Marcel Nguyen has

added to that as well. -- Lucas Taos. He is used to getting

15.715.8. I think that was slightly harsh. He did miss a few handstands

on some of his moves the judges have picked on that. They are the same

judges for everybody. Just looking down here, it looks like the US they

are having an absolute nightmare. It doesn't look like they've had any

falls but they must have had some mistakes. They were poor and

pummels. They were the eight best team on pommel horse in

qualification. It would be the piece you would expect them to struggle

with a little bit. Fair enough talking about the USA struggling on

pommel horse. This is China's weakest piece. This is how old you,

the first gymnast to go. -- this is how you -- You Hao. For the pommel

horse you need to come up with a series of ten elements which

includes a one handle elements, the scissors, a dismount which is right

at the end and travelling across the horse. He might not even get that

miscounted and it will be a big deduction. A shaky start from You

Hao. Hopefully he settles down into this routine and finishes it off. A

slight skew on his circle which again is more deductions. Finishes

off with a nice dismount. He looked like he had a little hop on landing.

Or a little bend of the legs of delight, but he was relatively

clean. There is a fine line between us looking and being very picky and

him going, I got through it! The pressure is so great when it's a

343. All people working, having to count. -- three for three. There is

a lot of pressure on the routine and that's what you have to learn to

deal with if you want to be on that podium. I think you were right,

Matt, that might have been in pain. Oh, well! This is a key piece for

Great Britain. He was going for a triple twist. Do you think he was

round? I think you'll get given it, I think you'll be credited. He might

have a deduction for it not being completely straight, but he was on

his feet. It was a great effort. A really good lift. This foot was

completely round. The other foot a little to the site. I'm quite sure

that they will credit that. Seven eighths of it around. He will have

nominated the difficulty. There is no deduction. You can see at the

back that he nominated a six vault. There's no deduction if they think

it was a two and a half, they just give it out of 5.6 instead of six.

That was a huge improvement on qualification. 14.966. One out of

three, very good indeed. Just a reminder, three gymnasts go from

every country and all scores count. 14.400 four Hao You.

Over to the rings now. Denis Abliazin, former European champion.

He's been in an Olympic rings final before and has qualified for this

year's. The real strongman of the Russian team. Look at the body shape

there. Hose to shoulders, absolutely straight. -- toes to shoulders.

Really smooth. Lift the feet well. Two strength moves linked. And to

another three, four. All these difficult moves added together get

bonus marks and that is how the difficulty score goes up. He hasn't

made many errors for the judges to deduct from execution. There is

strong and smooth in that handstand. Lovely double twisting double

strength, the most difficult dismount we've seen so far today.

Russia are leading this men's team final at the moment.

That is the ovarian into Maltese. He is so strong. From that static

position, back up. -- the azarian into Maltese. He's holding a

perfect, he's not even moving at all.

Super work. That falls a 14.86 from his team-mate Nicky did it cost me.

It is 15.7. We will bring you Great Britain's

bolts as soon as we can. As soon as we go into the next rotation.

We are now with Lin Chaopan. Nice start. Slight arch. Onto the one

handled. Really tidy work so far. Just managed to fight and stay on.

He needs to settle down and keep his composure. Into the dismount. Slight

stutter on landing. Tried to present to the judges too quickly. He is

happy he got through it. We said it was his weakest. He was trying to

get his sandals on and get off the podium before they got any more

conduction is. This is a chance to see the former world and European

champion on parallel bars. He has one of the highest darts in this

competition. It'll be good to see what he can do for his team. Height

about to the end of the bars. From one end to the other, he has cleared

his feet. He is at the end of his routine now. He has done the hard

work but will want to finish it off cleanly. Big double front half turn.

That was really good. Verniaiev just working the two pieces of apparatus

and his country are resting him for the all-around title coming up. That

John Mann has a very good chance of beating core height Richie Myler who

they call the greatest gymnast that has ever lived. Verniaiev could take

that title. They are moving onto the rings. Germany going into this were

second and Russia were leading, Brazil weren't third. A chance to

see more of Verniaiev in slow motion. That move was the tip out.

You need to have your legs high above the bar and that is one of the

highest tip outs I have seen. And that is the dismount. He has got

that so good. It is real that you see him take a hop on landing. He is

a very efficient gymnast all-around. He is really good. I think he has

one of the highest scores in the all-rounder at this Olympic Games.

He will be hoping to challenge for the medal. He makes everything look

very well within his grasp and does not looks stressed. That is what is

so impressive with him. The difficulty he is putting in is

unbelievable but he looks so composed under pressure. The USA

will go to the rings. 15.9 just before 16. Russia and Japan on the

vault. Let us catch up with what happened with Brinn Bevan, the first

Great Britain falter. Such an exciting young gymnast. Six are

valued. It will be hard. It was so well landed as well. He conceded a

light his face. To start the team that way is special. Just 19 years

old and a key piece of apparatus. If all of them can nail it, it is game

on. Look at that. The team spirit. One. Full is to so far, they have

done six out of six routines. It is all about who goes clean. He took a

few steps back in qualification but make sure he opened out and spotted

the landing. He may get removed one tenth for his landing but he landed

on his feet. They acted to onto the platform. You make between a quarter

and a half to them. You launch yourself into the air, high enough

to go around 2.5 times. It is amazing. He has made such a mark on

the senior stage when he stepped up from the juniors. That was a huge

score. And over to one of the most experienced members of the richest

team, Captain Cristy and Thomas. 37 years old. The powerhouse we have

relied on. -- Kristian Thomas. He uses a different approach and a

different technique, great style and control. Lovely height of the top of

the platform. That was just superb. It went exactly to plan. Quite a

different story to qualification where nothing went to plan on the

vault. Great to see the captain had the confidence to turn the fight

around. The round-up onto the board. Backwards onto the table. Double

take. Very similar to what he did at the Olympics in 2012. He is the man

to rely on when you need to. What a vault that was. I think... The

really goes up rather than going long. The co-years. He is finished

by the time he is level with the platform. He could get a bronze

medal at the world Championships. 15.4 for Christian Thomas. What a

great score for Great Britain. Great Britain are inferred. Germany still

in second and Russia lead the competition. Japan are now in fifth

place. China are sixth. Great Britain slowly climbing. We said

they would crawl their way back. They are over the parallel bars

dive. That is a piece of apparatus where we have been down some points

in the past. He has posted a difficulty of sex. This is

effectively marked out of 16. -- difficulty of six. He was so

impressive in the Europeans but not quite on top of his game this

weekend. That was right on the top of his game. These guys are making

these usually difficult vaults so simple. Double front with half out.

Russia are proving very hard to beat. We have got China who have

moved up one spot from seventh up to sixth. This is one of the big PCs,

China. The former world champion and current silver medallist as well.

Very high difficulty. They qualified in first place on the rings. This is

high. Huge strength, crucifix upside down. How about that? And then went

the normal way up from two somersaults. Into another fantastic

strength element. Lovely clash. That is when the gymnast holds the body

dead straight. You can see the strength.

Real control. Needs to start swinging now. Lovely straight body

up to the handstand. And a big dismount. Find a in that double

straight somersault with full twist. Help the body as straight as can be.

Where can they take anything away? That was as close to perfect as I

have seen on the rings. Really? Yes. He made that look so easy, stuck the

dismount. Where can they deduct? China in sixth and Japan Aaron

fifth. Looking to use this piece of apparatus to jump ahead and crawl

into the medals. Russia are leading and Germany second. Great Britain

Aaron 's third. -- R.N.. We use of the power that Denis

Abliazin has in his arms, let us look at the power in his legs. This

lad is something else. Current Olympic silver medallist and the

second-highest qualifier. Difficulty of 6.4. This will be big. You can

only imagine what it will be. Watch carefully. He makes a full twist and

then another back somersault. Full twisting double back somersault from

the hands. Amazing stuff. That was absolutely huge. He kept that

springboard, lodged up into the sky. He was almost in the roof of the

Olympic Arena. You need to be to get that vault round. He is down the

runway. The Hoge Heide that is. He almost has times to open out. One

tenth step back on the landing. We have seen the gymnast attempt this

rings for a little bit and have landed on the face. That was

fabulous. Brinn Bevan now for Great Britain on parallel bars. Second up.

We had Max Whitlock, we will try to bring you his routine. Nice start to

settle him down. That was a requirement. That is the under Bath.

Really smooth. That was a double back.

Slight stutter. Carrying on nicely. Huge tip out into the middle of the

bars. Ready for the dismount. Double tuck. Brinn Bevan, well done. Huge

pressure on the shoulders of the 19-year-old. Taking that food spot

in the GB team. There was a lot riding on it. Great Britain are

going all out and so far the Campbell is paying off. 15.64 Denis

Abliazin. That was an enormous vault score as a collective for Russia. I

felt -- felt that the Brinn Bevan look classy. His handstand is

fantastic. That was a little stumble with his hands. When he is in the

handstand shape, his line, he looks as classy as the Japanese and

Chinese. His somersaults have got the knees locked together. Beautiful

work. Both Macs and Brinn Bevan from the same club, South Essex. Their

coaches with the team. No problem with this dismount, he

knew exactly where he was. 14.933 four Brinn Bevan with a 6.4

difficulty. Putting Britain on Sol and looking good so far. That is

three down, Great Britain halfway round. We will bring you Nile

Wilson's routine as quick as we can. I'm not sure what's going on here.

He doesn't seem to have any guards on. He's holding the bar, then he is

off again. I guess for whatever reason he's not going to work, but

you have to present yourself and show the judges that you're there

and then you're allowed to go to the next piece of apparatus. I think

that's them out of the competition now. They will certainly be at the

bottom, which is a shame not to let the other team have the opportunity

if you haven't got three people to work. Maybe he's hurt himself during

the competition. You Hao now for China, the world silver medallist.

The third highest qualifier for the rings final. We've seen the pedigree

and rings. This lad is amongst the finest rings workers that you will

ever see. And rings are all about strength,

control and that's got both. Quite unbelievable strength to be able to

lift your body like that. He swings and controls that so well. That's

the change in recent years for rings. We started to see multiple

somersaults between rings added to the strength element.

Fabulous discipline with the rings. You're meant to swing and dead

straight arms, which she does. Dead straight body. Big dismount. Oh, and

that was an error. Big steps forward. You try to be so perfect on

the shape of the dismount, but that would be... I get about a 0.8 on the

landing. I would say maybe even a mark. His chest was down. He took

two or three steps. He tried not to fall but it was probably worth the

same as falling. China were in sixth. And it looks like they're on

their way down. They've not had a good start to this competition at

all. They've still got their best pieces to come, so it will be

interesting to see what happens. But they are halfway round. It will be

difficult to bring back now. We know they're good parallel bars, but it's

a tough ask for them. Very deep on that landing. I think you're right,

that will be pretty a mark. That is a gymnast that is not used to be

situation. That doesn't usually happen to him. He'll have another

chance to show the world what he can do and rings in the rings final, but

as far as his team chancers are concerned... They're still talking

about it, wondering what went wrong. He almost went up too high to come

down too heavy. I think he opened out of the dismount and try to stop

the landing. They had a few mistakes. He's opened up too early.

It will be interesting to see what Japan can do here on vault. There is

warm up going on in these few minutes. A reminder going into this,

Russia were ahead of Germany in second. Great Britain were third.

The US was seven and Ukraine were final in eighth. They will drop out.

About be only counting two scores on the high bar. If you think that's

going to be 13 marks down, you're not going to make that up anything

else. As it stands, it looks as if it could well be between Russia,

Germany, Japan and Great Britain. The US look way down. I think Japan

will be finishing on floor. With Kenzo Shirai there will be a big

final, as with Britain on pommel. It will be very, very close. It's worth

mentioning the greatest achievement ever for the British team has been a

bronze in 2012 and a bronze 100 years before that. So can they

upgrade the colour of that medal? We said, didn't we, down, how nervous

we were walking out today knowing the possibilities, thinking about

the opportunities. I was so nervous. Excited at the same time, because

the opportunity is there for them to take. Before it was unheard of us

getting a team medal. It was a delight when it happened. Now almost

everyone is expecting it so there's an added pressure. What happens now,

bearing in mind we don't do weaker half of our competition? Going

ahead, what happens mentally from here? 14.800, that's way down.

You've done well, you're clean. That will springboard you into the

stronger half of the competition and you can be a contender for the

medals. 45.233 four China and rings. It's still a healthy score, but not

what you would have imagined. Still big, still probably one of the

biggest in the competition and rings. But that was the piece where

they really made up marks and that is down on what they had and

qualifications. Germany can be pretty handy on high bar. Marcel

Nguyen is the first gymnast up. He qualified for the all-round final.

Fabian Hambuechen still to come. Our first look at the high bar. Tidy

with the legs as he shot out into the full turn their with a

half-time. Straight into the somersault over the bar. Here comes

another one, this time with full twist. A straight body. Huge

difficulty. It's these difficult releases and pirouettes. One arm

Circle. Nicely performed, nicely incorporated into the routine. Have

to do close elements as well, that is one of them. It's all these

difficult moves added to gather, plus the dismount. A big double

twisting dismount, that was a good team effort from Marcel Nguyen. He

knows there's a chance. We all discounted them at the start but

they are sticking in there, they're staying with it with a former World

Champion on high bar still come. A lot of other teams have fallen. We

didn't give Germany a chance at the start because they're missing their

top all-rounder. But if they're going to stay on and everyone else

falls, they'll be up there. Kohei Uchimura on vault. Japan are in

fifth. There is the line-up. Making sure everything is right. Key to his

precision. Needs to give just the right amount of energy and

precision. Half-time, two and a half twists. Quite a deep landing, but

lovely style and controlled. Kohei Uchimura keeping Japan in

contention. The start to climb from here. Watch out! Quite a complicated

vault. Hands in front of the board on the mat, then he half turns onto

the platform. Pushers off, holds the body dead straight, and it is so

straight. Puts into and it is so straight. Puts in two and a half

twists. Usually when you see this vault performed as they turn on the

back flip their legs split, there is a little bit of bent legs in the air

as they come off the vault. But that's what you're looking for.

Apart from the landing, his legs are glued together, trying not to give

anything away. Straight down the line. Just beautiful to watch. I

love his body shape. Most gymnasts create a pike or an arch. He holds

its so farm. They deserve it 15.566. A huge score for Kohei Uchimura. If

you're a fan of twisting, brace yourselves. Kenzo Shirai, can be

turns. Here we go. A lot of power because he needs a lot of height for

time in the air. That was a triple twist without any doubt at all. Was

that one of the best bolts that we've ever seen? It is a perfect

landing, it's what the Japanese team need. They're a bit down the

leaderboard. That's it. We saw him land a three and a half in podium

training. Goodness me. Junior Barretto now in front of the home

crowd. The Brazilians cheer for their man. His first Olympics.

Forward somersault from upper arms to handstand. That is nice under bar

work. Slightly on one bar there. Travelling from one end into the

middle, which is a requirement. Slightly quick of one bar. Again,

looks like he's fighting. There's the dismount. He has stayed on.

Fought his way through it. That will do for Brazil. Brazil were sitting

in fourth place going into this rotation. Germany 14.400 four Marcel

Nguyen. The former World Champion will be up hopefully next. 15.633

four Kenzo Shirai. Offering congratulations. It's so wonderful

to see Brazil in the team final. We talked about was all being lowered

gymnasts, but three up and three to count. And they're not too shabby.

No, they're very good. They impressed greatly on the training

and in qualification. They will be quite a force, their women as well.

They've really risen to the advantage of the home Olympics.

Alexander Naddour for the USA. The USA were in seventh going into this

rotation. This is the third of the three rotations up for the USA. This

is good apparatus for them. There are strong and powerful, you can see

there. Lovely strength. Confident and easy hold of the body. See how

the gymnast turns the rings, get them to work for them. Toes just

done a little bit on that occasion. Needs the feat a tiny bit higher,

but a good plant would be shoulders. Lovely control with the top of the

swing. See him change shape, ready for the full twisting double back.

That was a bit and tidy. A little hop on the landing. I don't think

they should be written off. They're doing everything they can to claw

their way back from the seventh spot. That follows Christopher

Brooks' score and Jacob Dalton's score. A 14.74 Junior Barretto.

Good, I'm delighted we will get a chance to see Fabian in action. He

is the current World Champion and he has got a 7.34 difficulty on high

bar. Brace yourself! -- a 7.3 for difficulty. Quietly up to start. You

can see the increase of the swing, the full turning straight somersault

over the bar. And now in the top position. You catch at full stretch,

work into the next element. Lovely straight body. One and a half turns.

A turn, a somersault, combine elements like you did there. All the

time you've got to keep the swing going. An element mustn't be so

difficult that it stops you dead. And, of course, you've got to have

the big confident discount. The twists in two double straight

somersault. That's why he's top qualifier on the high bar. Come on,

Germany! Therein second. Can they hang on there? My word, this is just

extraordinary. This is a final that we didn't expect. 14.966 for the USA

and their gymnast up there. 44.465 for the USA. That will be a big

score. We knew coming into this at Fabian Hambuechen had a score of 16

at the German championships. He just missed out on the gold in

the last Olympics. He has harnessed some of the power. It is not too

wild. That release and catch from a combination. I think that is the

routine he has done for his team that he can get through. If you

needed those extra tenths at the end of the day he will kick himself.

He has done that the 7.3 difficulty. Chance to see Nile Wilson for Great

Britain. He is the third gymnast for Great Britain following Max Whitlock

and his 14.5. He has a lot of class on this piece. We saw that in the

World Championship 's last year when he made the final.

Really good. No doubt that be counted. He has managed to keep it

going but they will be a deduction going up to the handstand but he has

not fallen. High double back with a kick out. Moving from one end of the

bar to the other. That is where he cut his leg on qualification. Moving

into the middle. Into the double front despite. Small

step. He will not be too happy with that. He got through but did not hit

his peak too hard. He had a deduction going into the handstand.

It is a long way around and you have to allow some errors. You would

rather a small error than a big full error. He is still definitely end

with a chance. Great Britain Aaron Howitt. That was a seven difficulty

for Nile Wilson. That was up from his qualification and much better.

We are waiting for the judges scores to come in and we will get

confirmation of the standings halfway around. From here, Great

Britain will go to the high bar. Then they will have the floor

competition and finishing on the very strong pommel horse with Max

Whitlock, world Champion, and Liz Smith as well. -- Louis Smith. This

is a very tight men's team final. A reminder going into this, it was

Russia, Germany and Great Britain. And now it is Russia, Japan and

Great Britain. Germany dropped down into fifth. China are still in

sixth. Japan, what a leap from first up into second. Very nice scoring

vault. They figured they will have the weaker PCs with the pommel horse

and the rings. That is overweight and now it is strong apparatus for

them and the rest and the rest of the competition.

This is going to be a crowd-pleaser, seeing Brazil on the high bar. The

high bar is a spectacular piece. You will get lots of noise from the

crowd. We will stick with Arthur Mariano, the 22-year-old. He posted

a 6.79 qualification. Can he go higher? He made a slight error in

qualification. He missed the connection into a release and catch

a meal he can go higher. There's a larger spine Great Britain and

forth. Arthur Mariano with it all to do. Can you just stay on? Let us

find out. He will have to do more than just stay on and I am sure he

knows that. And he nearly fell at the top. Half turn, works smoothly

out of it. Good full turn. We're going to leave the gymnastics

behind on BBC four. If you would like to continue watching the men's

team final you can switch to BBC One. They will take that right now.

A gymnastics continues to see if the likes of Louis Smith, Max Whitlock,

Kristian Thomas, Nile Wilson and Brinn Bevan can win a medal in the

Olympic Arena, about ten miles away at -- from where we are on the

Copacabana. That is on BBC One. On this channel, we have plenty lined

up. We're here until two o'clock in the morning in the UK. This is how

it looks. We will show you some live judo anyone -- in a minute. That is

the gold medal match. We have got the hockey coming up as well. You

make a the other night that the women of Team GB beat Australia,

amazing game. They will take on India tonight. And we will go into

the boxing as well. Here on BBC Four, it is time to keep

you up-to-date with all the headlines.

Medal number four for Team GB. Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow have won

a bronze in the men's ten metre platform. They said they would only

compete if they had a chance of a medal and you can see what it meant.

Bronze medal for Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow. Earlier on, we

also had a medal from Ed Ling. The man from Somerset took that medal in

the men's trap shut. His third Olympic Games, 25th then 21st and

now he finishes third. Bronze medal here in Rio. Helen Glover and

Heather Stanning started a run for gold in the women's payer. 37 races

unbeaten for them and into the semifinals. That was in the Lagoa

Stadium. And the Rugby sevens has been brilliant to watch in these

Olympics so far. Great Britain 's woman lost their semifinal to New

Zealand. New Zealand will take on Australia in the final, the

gold-medal match. The bronze medal match will seek Great Britain take

on Canada and that'll take place around 10:30pm in the UK. In terms

of what is on where, just a reminder, on BBC One right now you

can see the end of the men's team final. Team GB with a chance of a

medal. Plenty of boxing available on the Red Button and on the BBC

website. We will bring you boxing later. And some table tennis for you

available on the sport application and the website. Paul Drinkhall, the

world number two made it to dash through to the fourth round.

If you are watching the coverage last night into the small hours and

we had the first gold-medal which was for Adam Peaty. It is time to

unveil our first golden coconut. We have even coloured that. Do not

say that we are wasting your licence fee. ?1.10 this coconut cost me. It

was my pen I do it on with and the string is about 50p. This is the

hatstand where we will hang the golden coconut. No expense spared. I

am delighted to see that what we are trying to do is to get somebody hang

up the golden coconut every single time. Let me welcome Andy and John.

For from Wolverhampton. And you arrived when? Last night. And when

straight to the bar. And woke up to a Gold Medal. How did you find out

about Adam Peaty? Presumably that happened when you were flying? When

we landed in Rio yesterday, I use my BBC sport application. Two. It was a

good start to the trip. What have you done today could map we had a

fabulous day. We had been at the Beach Volleyball Arena watching the

ladies Beach Volleyball Arena which was hell escalation mark he is with

his wife, Carol is just behind the camera. And we watched the Brazilian

team beat the Argentinian team. The atmosphere was electric. In terms of

that, was at a full stadium because lots of shots of the Beach

Volleyball Arena it has not been entirely full. It definitely peaked

for that one game and then dropped off. There was a couple of smaller

games and was half empty. It was rammed with for the Argentina game

with Brazil. They know how to appreciate sport. It was fantastic.

Football is king but they have lots of time for Beach Volleyball Arena

the this is your chance to make everybody jealous, what have you

tickets for? Basketball, volleyball and athletics. Super Saturday. We

hope that Mo Farah can do it again. And Jessica Ennis and Greg

Rutherford. We will have a union Jack and support everyone. You have

got the flag ready, you have came prepared. If you see a Wolverhampton

flag on Saturday, you know it is John and Andy. You have got the

golden coconut, if you would like to come over. It is such an honour.

LAUGHTER. He said with no sarcasm whatsoever. Big round of applause

for the golden coconut as it goes on. The golden coconut for Adam

Peaty. Tell us how special that was? Four years of hard practice.

Dedication. I am an Olympian. You are slightly overstating your part.

One more close-up of the golden coconut. Hopefully we will have more

gold medals to hang on there. It has been a pleasure. What would you like

to see Max Kretzschmar say judo. As it happens, judo. It is interesting

you should say that. Thank you to both of you. It is over to judo

where we will take you now. Yesterday, there was an amazing

scene in the arena. One of the things we have seen so far, some

high emotion. The first ever medal for her country, overpowering the

Italian. That was for Kosovo. He is only ranked 29th in the world.

A big upset. You can see just how pleased he was. We will go back to

the judo and BBC Four. Don't forget, gymnastics on BBC One. If you need a

reminder of how the judo works, this will help.

The scores level, they enter golden score. The highest scoring technique

instantly wins the contest. And can be achieved in four ways, forming an

opponent with impact on their back with considerable force and speed,

pinning and holding down an opponent for 20 seconds with selected holding

techniques. When an opponent submits or gives up, or scoring a Waza Are.

It can be achieved in two ways. Holding down an opponent for 15

seconds or more, but less than 20 seconds. A Yuko is worth one

pointing can be scored by throwing an opponent but lacking two of the

elements needed for the full win, or holding down an opponent for 10-14

seconds. Judo is a knockout competition and all competitors are

placed in a draw but is divided. The top scorers for weight categories

will be divided. That is everything you need to know. The opening match

was won in a round of 16. She fought France. Let's drain the commentators

where we have Neal Adams and Mark Doran.

COMMENTATOR: Great Britain in the blue, France in the white. No love

lost between these two. This is going to be a fight. Pavia will be

trying to throw a big arm over the top. She tends to have a habit of

gravitating towards the area. The safety of attack. They will both go

for the same thing here. Smythe-Davis will be going for the

right-handed techniques, so will Pavia. That normally means that one

or the other is in danger. Pavia is first into the attack. Both

looking for the move where they wrap themselves around the outside of the

leg. Attacking the front leg. So far, Pavia just getting the better

of the gripping exchanges. One Shido each on the board. A bronze

medallist in London in this 57 kilograms division, Pavia of Frank,

the 27-year-old. Also a bronze medallist in the World Championships

in Kazakhstan last year. In the European Championships she won the

gold medal. Her form is outstanding. She's trying to throw her opponent

to the mat. She was able to do that, but can't convert good defence. She

was absolutely guaranteed coming to this Olympic Games. There were two

French up for it and they were head to head all the way through

qualification. She just got it through the last qualification

event. Here she is, fighting to get through to the quarterfinals. You

can see what I mean about both of them trying to get round the outside

of that leg. That could be good, beneficial. The Yuko is scored to

Smythe-Davis. Smythe-Davis will have two be first into the attack. The

thing is, Pavia has beaten her to that attack every time. The Yuko

score on the board for the French lady. Smythe-Davis, who was a

volunteer in London in an admin role at the Olympic Games, said she used

to keep sneaking out to watch the judo. There is no need to sneak now,

everyone is looking at you. You are centre stage. And hopefully loving

it! Although just at the moment she has something else to keep her eye

on. She just nearly got caught that, Pavia, by going round that leg all

the time. Smythe-Davis nearly turned it against her. A good old hard

match. I have to say that Smythe-Davis pushing forward all the

time. And Pavia just keeping her cool. 13 centimetres and difference

in height. You can see that as you look at it. The additional

leveraged, is that a major factor or sometimes can be beneficial to be

able to get underneath? It can be, but if you've got somebody who can

drop underneath with the shoulder throws it isn't necessarily a big

advantage. I said that she gravitates towards the edge and

that's just what she's got a second penalty for, Pavia. Just the one

Yuko that separates these two. Just over a minute remaining. You get a

feeling as you watch these bouts at this level when something's going to

happen it could be about now. Something is because obviously

Smythe-Davis knows that she's leaving, she has to push forwards.

Pushing forwards against Pavia isn't always the best thing. You can see

that Pavia is half waiting. She will get a third penalty. This is

interesting. She will get a third penalty 37 seconds from the end and

our Smythe-Davis will put under pressure. Four penalties as

automatic disqualification. Pavia must come forward, that can be no

trying to defend, no way at all. She cannot defend in any possible way.

If she wants to run away in these last 30 seconds it will work against

her. She will also have to stay in that yellow centre. A big chance

here for the London. She was watching the Olympics four years

ago. The chance to move through to a quarterfinal. If she can produce

something here, she can't run. Smythe-Davis taken well outside that

area. What is the referee called by? That will be nothing. Smythe-Davis

will want to turn around and come forwards. Pavia will have to stand

her ground. Look at the defensive posture that from Pavia. That could

possibly be done here, but I'm not quite sure how they will do this.

She's running away, nine seconds left on the clock. It's given,

penalty is given to Smythe-Davis for cross gripping. Staying on the cross

grip for too long. You've got to attack immediately on the cross

grip. Smythe-Davis house to go forwards. Three seconds left and

Pavia just needs to stand ground now. She was derailed in that

confrontation. Smythe-Davis did everything right. She just got

caught with that one right to write technique. They were both going for

the same thing. Pavia came off best. It's cost her because she has to

come full with all the time. -- come forward. They just keep giving and

giving. Gave away her jacket in the end. Now she comes forwards. Well,

she had to go for it. Pavia goes through and Smythe-Davis loses the

match. Lost no admirers, though. Smythe-Davis really went hard. She

did not stop. Unable to get on the scoreboard despite all of that

aggression. Well done, Pavia. She has an Olympic quarterfinal spot. A

good draw for her just having to fight wants to this stage. Pushed

not so much to the limit but certainly pushed to the limited

time. The full four minutes of that were needed. Here the highlights.

You can see as she goes around the outside of the leg, Pavia just

rotates. She's looking for the same thing. It was all about that front

leg, all about getting the balance right. Pavia does well with that,

but so does Davis. Davis did well just to prevent the Ippon.

So disappointment for Smythe-Davis, but we will show you the gold medal

match for that 57 kilograms category. They did in fact involve a

Brazilian. We were talking about Andy and John earlier about what

that means now. We have seen a number of empty stadiums, we talked

about the beach volleyball and the tennis. Boxing didn't have that many

fans. I was talking to Brazilians yesterday and it is important for us

from a UK perspective to understand not only the economic situation for

Brazilians here trying to watch the Olympic Games, but also the fact

that football is so much king. Yesterday it was a packed stadium

when Brazil took on Iraq. The only thing that the guys I was talking to

you in our hotel this morning about was the fact that Brazil drew 0-0

with Iraq in the Olympic football. Unless Brazil have a genuine chance

of winning, there's not much interest. They're also saying that

people may be saving the money for later on in the tournament. Maybe

they will choose something later on, big events around the athletics. We

might see those empty seats which have been angling people back at

home, those are some of the reasons for it. We've got live hockey, live

boxing. We will show you that judo gold medal match for you now because

it does involve a Brazilian, Rafaela Silva. She has taken on a Mongolian,

her name is Dorjsurengiin Sumiya. COMMENTATOR: ladies and gentlemen it

is gold medal here at Carioca Arena 2. The lady in the blue, she has the

entire home crowd behind her. We tour they get a look at her on the

big screen. It is Mongolia versus Brazil. There she is, Rafaela Silva.

The 24-year-old from right here in Rio. Look at the face! She is

shutting everything else out. Her opponent, the number one in the

world. Dorjsurengiin Sumiya. Took just 24 seconds to defeat one of the

bronze medallists. She got rid of her in 24 seconds in the final.

Rafaela Silva knows all about. The face looks like she's been through a

hard day of competition. But the biggest battle is yet to come for

the Mongolian. The second Olympic Games didn't get close. -- didn't

get close to this position in London. In fact, her opponent,

Rafaela Silva, was much closer in London. But that doesn't matter.

What matters is the next four minutes. The referee will call these

two to the mat. The crowd have been very respectful. They will be very

keen to get involved. Here they come. A little bit keen in fact.

Rafaela Silva Brazil. Here we go to decide the medal in Brazil. It is a