Day 3 BBC Two: 13.00-13.45 Olympics

Good afternoon. Day three of Olympic dawn. Rio is shrouded in mist. There

is still a Golden glow to proceedings today because Great

Britain is off and running on the medal table and how after an utterly

emphatic, utterly dominant performance from 21-year-old swimmer

Adam Peaty, Uttoxeter's finest looked every inch the thoroughbred

Olympic champion in the men's 100 metre breaststroke.

A young man stands on the brink, about to complete the chain's last

link. A minute's journey from boy to man, cheered on by hashtag Olympic

Noun. To swim is to be at one with water. Muscles peaking, giving no

quarter. Submerging yourself alone in a crowd, a merging head proud and

bowed. Tonight is a whole lifetime's work, devouring pressure with a

determined smirk. World records are just stepping stones, 57.55 from

Peaty in this Olympic gold medal Game Of Thrones. A normal superstar

from Uttoxeter. Gladiator in a and the theatre. From other nations, you

hear this entry to, oh, why can't we have Adam Peaty?

Here he is, Great Britain's Adam Peaty. He needs this to join the

most exclusive club in the world. Absolutely phenomenal from Great

Britain's Adam Peaty. There are oceans of clear blue water between

Adam Peaty and the rest of the world. He is bringing this home and

it is absolutely Balint. Adam Peaty takes home gold. 57.13. Again, he

has obliterated the world record. Adam Peaty of Great Britain. Wow,

you have delivered it when it counted and in some style.

The first medal for Great Britain and the first medal for Adam Peaty

in his first Olympic Games. He looked so composed in his very first

games. Four years ago he was tenth in that event in the national

championships and was a member of the junior team. Significant I think

that he has watched what was going on in London and has waited for his

chance here in Rio and has taken it. He did so in front of his mum, dad

and sister at the aquatic centre. And watching back home in Uttoxeter

was his Nan, Olympic Nan as she is now known on her Twitter handle.

There she is watching last night. She had lots of cameramen in her

house for company. Meanwhile, in the Team GB headquarters, Asha Philip

took this video. They missed a moment because the video they

watched on the Olympic was buffering when he touched the wall. But they

know it now, he got the gold. Everybody totally thrilled. Adam was

saying what it was like to become an Olympic champion.

Crazy. Adam, fantastic, your parents are up there, they have gone

absolutely crazy. Give them a wave. The whole nation is watching you

tonight. Disclose the rail to get Team GB's -- it is so surreal to get

Team GB's first gold. I gave everything I have got. It is

everything which has got you down for these past three years but more

importantly, I have done it for my country because it means so much to

me. And Mel, you and have been a couple for so many years. You have

had disappointment in the past but she will not care one iota. She is

one of the best coaches in the world. She understands the character

and she understands everyone is different. Coming out tonight, she

did not have to get me pumped up because I knew this arena would be

perfect for me. I thought, I am actually winning, I actually getting

an Olympic gold and that is what carried me for every stroke.

Well done, enjoy your moment. An extraordinary performance, it really

was. It is hard to underestimate how good that was. And with Jazz Carlin

taking the silver in the very next race which we will be reflecting on

a little bit later, it is interesting to note, that for all

the returning champions and medallists from London 2012, it is

the first timers who have made the first breakthrough here in Rio. We

are off and running. It will be interesting to see how many more

more will follow the lead. We will be hitting the heights with the ten

metres diving synchro. Gymnastics, a very big day.

Great Britain have got New Zealand in the semifinals of the rugby

sevens later. Shooting, we have the men's trap, Ed Lynn inspired by what

Pete Wilson did in London 2012. -- Ed Ling. And in the winning post

that 100 metres breast stroke, Ruta Meilutyte knows it will be tough if

she's going to hold onto her title from four years ago. Maybe we should

be renaming this programme the lunch break Olympics. If you are taking a

sneaky peek at the Olympics in your lunch break, you will be able to

follow what is going on for the rest of the day. You're not alone in

working because at last, we are underway if the rowing. We had a

complete day of because the conditions were far too windy. Sir

Steve Redgrave and John Inverdale, happily, you are at work again, good

morning to you. Barely work but there is no wind which is the key

thing so we are ready to go. All the boats which have not started yet

will be racing today and some people going through the ropes as well.

Monday was always going to be a small programme and now it is quite

a bit programme but we will be back on schedule by the end of the day.

The women's eight have already road and we will show you that but it is

the men's eight coming up now and realistically, if we had a list of

potential gold medal boats, this would probably be third on the list

so it is the first time to see them in action. They had a mixed season

but so have the field. The Dutch have been the outstanding eight of

the year but in training, it has been going on par with the coxless

four so they must be going well. It will be good to see them coming down

the course. Well, there are nine men in that

boat obviously and the Coxes Arcade and Garry Herbert knows all about

that. Were you talking about me in the

commentary position? This is going to get exciting here now. Four

boats, one to go through. There is the British crew. Netherlands in

lane one, Britain in lane two, we should be watching New Zealand to

have been the real pros here undefeated in Lucerne and the other

World Cup regatta. Great Britain rely on two champions from 2012.

They will be under starter 's orders very shortly. One to go through,

everything to race for. Here we go. One of the most exciting races out

there in the regatta competition. Rate Britain, lane number three. It

goes from silence to pure joy of noise and power, sprinting, as the

crews leave the start area. A smart crew, New Zealand. They have

not challenged the British crew this year but they are in and amongst it

in the early stages of the first 100 metres. The two crews to watch are

the Netherlands and Great Britain in lane three. The Netherlands have

found some form this year. We see the bowels of Great Britain

in lane number three. The added drive for the Dutch crew is 20 years

ago, 20 years ago since the Dutch last won the Olympic regatta in the

men's eight and that has been the motivation which they have been

drawing on. Great Britain are moving the quickest. Looking nice and

relaxed. A good rhythm. Not shabby at all from Phelan Hill

as the Cox. The Dutch cannot allow the British

crew to slip like this. There is Pete Reed going through the picture.

Getting to the danger zone here. It is getting to the point where Great

Britain will break free from the chasing pack. At the moment, Britain

having it all their own way. You don't get that for free. You do not

want to get through in anything much overall 120, because you have not

got time to make up for a mistake. The Dutch traditionally have a

strong second half. For the moment, our boys are able to match any move

the Dutch make. The Dutch are now under pressure from

New Zealand. If you watch the boat, the blades come out and the boat

runs nicely. The crew or onto the next stroke. There is no wobble

about it at all. A good speed here. The pressure is coming not from the

Netherlands in lane number one, but the pressure and overlap is coming

from New Zealand in lane number four. The crucial thing is the boys

know the best four athletes are in and they have the confidence that

they are the best. The Dutch beat the Germans who were the Olympic

champions who are coming in the next heat.

Italy in lane number two are really struggling. They got here by virtue

of a last-minute invitation qualification due to the Russian

issue. The Dutch have responded. They have shown some of their early

seasonal form and come back through but this is not where they would

have hoped to be. They are a length down on the Brits and the length is

a huge margin. Great Britain are the world champions from the last three

years in different combinations, they continue to lead the world here

in this opening heat. Went the stern pair of the British

eight are on form, they fly, don't they, James? They do.

He was... The attitude they have got to have, they have to be prepared to

risk bronze and silver to win gold. They have the power and rowing to

back it up. It's OK to cruise. There's going to be no big comeback

from New Zealand. Very important to get the top spot behind the winners

here. They can't let up. There will be no fireworks today because they

have qualified directly through to the final with that impressive first

1000 metres and Great Britain go through to the eights final. All

looking very good for GB on the rowing side so far. There will be a

real disappointment for the Netherlands, who the focus was on,

coming into the regatta, undefeated in the World Cup season. There I say

it, to use a cliche, back to the drawing board a bit for Netherlands?

Great Britain, well, Great Britain and Germany will have two

wait-and-see on the next hit. That was the textbook way to rove. Lead

from the start, dominate through the middle and just sit back and watch

the other two battle it out. That will give them confidence and

something to work on. They can choose what to work on over the next

few days for the final. Rather than thinking, we didn't do that well...

They ticked every box and now it's a case of making the boxes slightly

better. New Zealand, well, only a couple of changes over the period.

They've shown some good form here. They fight another day in the rapid

charge but they led from the start, Great Britain. One more race, just

one more race. STUDIO

I suppose the great thing about all sports, Steve, is that when people

make it look easy, it does look easy. It shows that the training of

the last six weeks has been paying off. I was always a bit concerned

with the Dutch because they don't normally like coming in as

favourites, they like coming in under the radar. They got better

again during this series of races but they came in here as such firm

favourites to win everything so far, I was sure they were going to cope

with that well. It was actually good to see the dominance of our guys and

they looked very relaxed as they turned round and paddled away. It's

not a mill pond by any manner or means, but it's very calm. It looked

very calm from here but there is movement in the water all the time.

The first day we came down here, we saw the crews training and paddling

around and none of them looked sparkling. Because of the depth,

because of the size of the lake, whatever breeze there is, it does

make an impact. But they were looking a lot better than they were

three days ago. We saw another hit, where we're going to see the

Australian women in a moment, but the Italian eight in that race

coming off the back of the Russians being eliminated, it must be very

difficult almost getting the call in the week of the Games, saying, I

know you guys have been lying on a beach for the last week or so, but

do you fancy coming to the Olympic Games? Not surprising they tailed

off towards the end. They had this process, they came to Henley race

and they did not do too well there because their season was over, and

then you get this call-up to come to the Olympics. I'm actually quite

pleased to see that the boats who got the call-up are not doing that

well because we train every day and not had any days of, and if you can

have a few weeks off and then come back and do well, surely that is the

key! Though I'm quite pleased in some ways that they did not produce

their top performance. The Australians did not fall into that

category, and this is where the Great Britain crew were in action.

COMMENTATOR: New Zealand in Lane two, Great Britain in number three.

They will never have a better opportunity in terms of it all

coming together for them to qualify direct for the eight final. The

first 100 is out. They are driving this well, a pretty consistent

season. They are the from earlier in the year. All of that goes into the

pot, all of it becomes what we're seeing in front of us now and laying

it down and the British crew can do that. Karen Bennett has moved into

this crew. They have put in a good focus, the British team, in making

this work now. Polly Swan, former world champion back in 2013, she

brings experience, power and wisdom. Fran Houston, she has come into this

formally in the sculling group. Between them they call themselves

the sassy eight and we need all of that now to get into the

. These are crews that are all used medalling. To it's going to be one

less race through and I think it will be a humdinger. They can prove

they have the chance of a medal. This is one that they all think they

should win. Don't worry, early stages here now. They are still in

amongst it. The big thing will be the next 250 metres -- the next...

They have to keep the power going. Great Britain focused on a

combination of power and technique, good rowing. They know they're not

the American boat, they know they can't match them in terms of full on

power, so they have to make sure, amongst others here, that they have

good technique as well. That is fine but sadly they are doing inched

away, New Zealand are just taking something every stroke and they may

have to rely -- they can't rely on hoofing it in the last 1500 metres.

They have to be very controlled here. They just need to get that

medal pace up because they don't want Canada and New Zealand to be

racing -- they want them to be racing each other on their left and

right. They have the power and the speed. Right now, the Olympic heat

is where they need to deliver. New Zealand looking the longer in terms

of strokes, looking the more fluid as we head towards the halfway mark.

Heat number two of the women's eight and Great Britain go through in

third place, slightly down again, as they did at the 500 metre mark. All

important, the next 250. This is where you will see the crews doing

the first major push. They will step up, they will start to move it on

again. It's really important that Great Britain don't allow the New

Zealand crew, the Kiwis, to just slip away here. Remember, in this

season, Great Britain have beaten both of these crews, they've beaten

New Zealand and they've beaten Canada. Right now, all three crews

are going at exactly the same speed, but Britain's are just starting to

hit back. They are moving, absolutely moving. Smooth, long. The

... It's all very well picturesque close-ups here but we want to see.

Bang on the line with Canada. They going to come through the Canadians.

Looks a little bit heavy in the Canadian boat at the top. It has to

be light and nimble in the British crew for them to attack the New

Zealanders. In rough water at the European Championships earlier this

year they had a blistering last 250 metres. They showed a turn of speed

that they're going to need to show now. They are going faster than the

Kiwis now. 500 metres remaining, this heat of the women's eight. Only

one boat will go through to the final. The British crew are right up

through New Zealand, inching forwards. It is two feet out, now

moving to three feet out. The confidence has got to ride high

because this will be the first time ever in Olympic history that the

British women's eight could qualify direct from a hit into an eight

final and they could walk away from the regatta today thinking yeah, we

are on for this. Nice shot, there. They look very relaxed. Under

pressure and they have responded incredibly well, good on them. There

is the marker. 25 strokes. You can count them here. The heads have to

stay up, the length as to stay long. It is not over yet, the Kiwis can

turn this around. They have had one race where they have beaten them,

the Kiwis. They want a little bit more here, they're pushing for the

line. This is going to give her a huge amount of confidence, not just

to win it but to come from behind and end up dominating it. 50 out

from the line now. They want to go for the win, they are being greedy

and rightly so. Great Britain going through to the eight final, making a

bit of history here. Great Britain are through, three quarters of a

length up over New Zealand and Canada. They gave us a little bit of

a scare in the first 500 metres but they know the job is done in the

last five. They put themselves in contention and then reaped the

benefits of it. The best thing about all of this is that there is no

hooping and hollering, it's just a step forward, a step forward. This

is a major step forward for the women's eight, into the eight final

and we could now start to think there could be a really good

showdown between the United States of America and Great Britain.

That was a hugely impressive performance. The Australian boat was

poor but not poor enough that they were out of that picture, they were

actually in the other heat! You could actually seek edged on their

faces the sense of belief but not just bad, the thought that they're

going to get a medal here. It is that belief. They have believed it

for a long time. They know that they have got the speed, especially in

the second half, the last 500. They've got a lot of speed but I

think it's the way they go about it. As they turned around and powered

away, the smiles on their faces, even though they know it was

controlled they know they have got a medal there for the taking. They've

been dreaming about it for months and everyone has been saying this is

the best women's eight we've ever had, they should win a medal. Now

they know they can win a medal! Can they think they can actually win

this? They wouldn't have seen the Americans because they were

following that heat but the reality is that they know that the Americans

are class and they haven't lost for the last ten years. Whatever

combination they put out of whatever situation there is. They know that

the gold medal is going to be extremely tough but they are in the

frame. If they go as fast as they possibly can it is a guaranteed

silver, pushing for a gold. That's not a bad situation to be in. It

sure isn't. This was the first race on the water, a long way to go,

because we are catching up because of the weather yesterday. This is

the men's quad in a repechage and they wanted to make sure they didn't

finish last in the race, to have a chance to get through to the next

round. COMMENTATOR: We are away and now six

boats chasing two qualification spots. Lithuania in one, New Zealand

in two. Germany, the world champions, lasting out. Up goes the

rate, up goes the speed. Great Britain in four. Sam Townsend, Angus

Groote, and Canada to the right of your picture inlay number six. This

is now the race of death, the final opportunity to qualify for a 2016

Olympic final. Early stages, it's between Canada, closest to us here,

and Germany in lane number three. Early stages and the water is good

here. That's the most important thing and four Great Britain, what a

story the British quad have had. They were second two years ago at

the World Championships to Ukraine, they lost the gold by 900th of a

second. The first time that Great Britain meddled at a senior World

Championships. It was the start of what was going to be a fairy tale

run into the Olympic Games but things have started to come off for

them over the last couple of years. They can see the world champions,

Germany, here. It goes without saying they need the race of their

lives here, but it needs to be a big focused middle run for them. Germany

are showing why they are world champions, they can obviously cope

with the rough conditions. Our men's squad don't need to have the

performance of their lives, they need to perform like they have for

the last three-year is. With Pete Lambert, there first thousand isn't

going to be as quick as the rest of the season but their second thousand

is going to be very fast. The one team we don't know about is Canada

because they were in a good position in their heat. And then they came

last. Their powerful but not very technical. Flatter conditions may

help them but now the British, after I guess a slightly

characteristically steady start from our boys, they are coming through

with their quicker pace and hopefully that will accelerate in

the second half of the race. I'm pretty happy with where they are

now. Germany in lane three, the defending

Olympic champions. The pressure is on. This is the repechage. Two to go

through. At the moment we have four boats. Just watch the bowels slicing

through. Look at the contrast in the water. -- bows.

Great Britain sitting in second place. They will be pushed hard by

Switzerland currently in third. The Swiss were third in Lucerne if you

weeks back. Second to Great Britain on that occasion. Great Britain know

they have the better of Switzerland in past head-to-heads. It is

starting to get into the business end. They will do a big push to set

themselves up. We know they are fighters in the last 500. They have

good boat speed traditionally here. They need to be on the top of their

game. They had a very good second half, very much three quarters of a

second down on Switzerland and Canada in the 500 metres and now

they are squeezing back on the Germans. This is a step up from

their initial race together in the heat with their crew change. They

have half a length over the third placed crew which is what they need

to do. They don't need to win it, they need to be in second place to

make the final. There is no doubt, James, they are squeezing back. They

have gone from three quarters of a length down to half a length on

Germany. 500 metres remain. Here come the British. They are starting

to move again. They will be pushing hard on Germany. Six boats,

Lithuania, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain and

Canada. At the moment it is looking like Germany Great Britain and

Switzerland. The British have opened up Clearwater on lane number four

from Switzerland. The Olympic champions, the world champions

sitting about seven feet ahead of them. There are the bows of the

German crew. This is very impressive. They have put together

some learnings from the heat and they have shown themselves to be far

quicker than Switzerland who were in last year's final and a match for

Germany. Ten strokes and still the British are right on it. They are

chasing hard. They are making the Germans fight for this. Germany have

squeezed out about half a length. Here comes closest to ask Canada

pushing on. They will not come anywhere close to Great Britain.

Great Britain know they have qualified for the 2016 Olympics

finals for the men's Quad sculls. Great Britain, heads up, they are

moving forwards in this regatta. A tremendous performance from these

guys here. The lock is against us so I apologise we have not got time to

chat about rowing at we must talk about the key fifth element in your

boat. This is Amy's T Rex. She wanted him to come and support us in

Rio. Is it in the boat during the race? He does not like the water but

the rest of the time he is with us. Congratulations, you are in the

final. I am sure we will talk more later. I must say, Hazel, in the

mixed zone, you know about mixed zones. We are all good pals but

there is a fair bit of rivalry. We have the Dutch and the Kiwis. This

is Julianne from Germany and we are having a personal battle about how

many gold medals Great Britain and Germany will get. At the moment,

thank you, Adam Peaty, it is 1-0 for us.

What you don't know at home as there is also a programme rivalry. You

keep a tally so it is bury competitive. That is the nature of

the Olympics in the proper conversation and in the broadcasting

of it as well! But it is serious stuff we will be concentrating on in

the three-day event. It is always a fascinating event because it takes

place over such a long time and it is looking good from a Great Britain

perspective. Lee McKenzie is at the equestrian centre as she has been

all week. Good morning. I know it is the cross-country phase today and

Gemma Tattersall says it is certainly meaty. She says, we will

all have to have our serious brave pants on today.

Are you wearing yours? I am! Even I had a sleepless night last night. I

have spoken to a lot of the riders and they have said this is a proper

course, the most difficult cross country course since Australia 2000.

The wind is picking up and things are blowing down. Apart from people

getting hit by things it is good news for horse and rider because the

temperatures have come down. This is a course just under four miles long.

This cloud cover that we have and temperatures in the load to mid 20s

is ideal for horse and rider. Gemma is the first one out. She is known

as the Pathfinder. She will go back into the team. The team are watching

to see which jumps are jumping well, which is the quickest route and it

gets very competitive and it all starts at ten o'clock. Paper funnel

has been talking about it as well and she is a very experienced

campaigner and she knows knowing the route and the best way to go and how

the horses will cope will be vital as well -- Pippa Funnell. I don't

think the heat will be a problem that paper is right. She has three

Olympic medals to her name. You might think number four is number

four but there are three different elements to that jump and you have

got to get through that in the quickest possible time. The course

designer is very well-known and he has built a course, not necessarily

in the height of the jumps but in the technicality of this course. It

will test even the world's best riders. William Fox-Pitt is in pole

position, Great Britain in fourth place ahead of a very important day.

Lee, enjoy it, we will be hearing from you throughout the day and get

your pants on as it were! We will get back into the pool. Last night,

after Adam Peaty, it was Jazz Carlin's turn to get into the water.

And with Katie Ledecky going into this race, Carlin had it all to do

in a race within a race. Eight lengths of the pool. The USA

in lane three and four. Jazz Carlin in lane five in the Red Hat.

Traditionally she has a slower start. I would suggest she needs to

move away from Katie Ledecky he was leading off already in a fantastic

style in lane four. Andy, you are absolutely right. She will settle

into her own rhythm, Jazz Carlin. The European champion is in lane one

from Hungary. Ledecky doing what we saw Becky Adlington do in Beijing.

When she did the world record, she put in a couple of 60s. Ledecky well

ahead of the world record place. Jazz Carlin has the awesome chance

of the silver medal. I cannot tell you enough about that. She has

started well. She does not normally start so quick. It is all about

Ledecky and how much she will break her own world record. Going well is

the Canadian. Jazz does look good. Good to keep an eye out on Lee Smith

in lane three. She is a 21-year-old from the University of Virginia. Her

best time is four minutes. Just past the halfway mark. Katie

Ledecky is streets ahead. In second place is Jazz Carlin, the

Commonwealth champion on the 800 metres freestyle. This is the 400 so

she should have lots of stamina. Carlin looking very good. But it is

all about Ledecky. She has moved nicely into the silver medal

position, Carlin. She has seen Adam Peaty get the gold medal. She

sometimes gets nervous in the heats but she got rid of that this

morning. She said she dealt good after the heats. I'm a sure she will

catch Ledecky. About 80 metres to go. Katie Ledecky has led from the

gun. It is how much she breaks her own world record by. The world

record is the computer-generated line right on her feet. Great news

for Great Britain and Wales' Jazz Carlin in silver medal position. She

is holding well but charging is Leah Smith from the USA. Carlin gets too

deep in deep here. Ledecky smashing the world record. She is world

champion on the 200, 400, 815 and 1500 metres freestyle. Look at this.

The world champion becomes the Olympic champion and it is Katie

Ledecky. The silver for Jazz Carlin. A wonderful silver medal for Great

Britain. What a brilliant swim and a massive lifetime best. Well done,

Jazz! Brilliant! I tell you what. There are some superlative is

required for all this. It is a good job we are near the ceiling. Our

commentary position is right near the roof. That was a brilliant swim.

Smith is going, 3.56! Jazz Carlin delivered a strong swim there. She

could not have done more. She has not put a foot wrong. I am really

impressed. Congratulations, darling, I am so

pleased for you! I aim on the edge of tears. It has not sunk in at all.

And Katie breaking the world record, I was trying to stick through and

have a great race. I wanted to be up there in the mix from the start. I

cannot believe the time as well! I am so happy! Cool, calm and

collected and this has been a long time coming. Tell me how

disappointed you were four years ago? Four years ago I was sat in the

London Aquatics Stadium watching from the sidelines cheering everyone

on and this time I am in the pool and I have won medal. I was watching

Adam Peaty's race. I knew I to stay relaxed and calm before the race but

now I am absolutely gobsmacked. I am speechless! Big congratulations.

Thank you. And Jazz Carlin making up for lost

time. She missed the 2012 Olympic Games as she had had glandular

fever. It is great to be able to celebrate some medal success. We arm

aching a quick channel hop to BBC One for the afternoon and that means

we can put our Syria's brave pants on. See