Day 3 BBC Two: 22.00-22.45 Olympics

Well come back to coverage of the Olympic Games here in Rio. We have

rejoined the gymnastics competition. This is the men's team final. Torque

COMMENTATOR: Russia is leading this men's team final after four

rotations ahead of Japan. They are in second. Great Britain at the

moment or in third. Still a very, very strong piece of apparatus to

come, that is the poll halls. They have finished on the floor, they

have done incredibly well. -- the pole horse is to come. We will get a

better idea of how things stand. But this being the team final, there is

a lot at stake, huge pressure. Every country puts up three gymnasts, and

every single sport counts. If you have a fall, that all goes towards

the team total score. At the moment, things are looking good for Great

Britain. But they just have to sit and wait for now. There is a lot of

gymnastics gold to go, even before their final pleas of apparatus. --

still to go. Brazil are going to be on the floor, Germany are going to

be on the pole horse, the USA will be on the parallel bars and Japan,

you can see here, just chalking up and ready to go for the high bar.

Kato is just preparing himself. The Nakano will round things off. It's

worth bearing in mind that Uchimura, the current world champion, fell in

qualification. And he also felt in the team final back in 2012 in

London -- he also fell. No doubt he will be trying to put that behind

him. Right he Kato -- Roy he Kato will be the first one up, the most

difficult task for the Japanese team. He tries to butt out of his

mind the fact that they are going for their 17 title in the countries

will he tries to put out of his mind.

A slight, light gymnast. You can see how the swing changes to give the

lift. The back somersault over the bar in the straight position, that

is the hardest to do. That was rather short of a handstand, that

there are wet. But a lovely straight bit of action there over the bar. --

the payroll wet. A combination of pirouettes there. All pirouettes

into the hop over the bar. Ads in the upstart. He really has enough

swing to be able to wall the time generates wing. Two twists, two

somersaults, great landing under so much pressure at this moment, these

gymnasts. Tiny errors, but a good start for Japan. Yeah, the first of

three gymnasts, he breathes a Saif Badar leave, he sits down, job done.

Well done that man -- he breathes a sigh of relief. Each or will follow

him, Yusuke Tanaka will be the next athlete up -- Uchimura will follow

him. A few moments in that routine where I wasn't sure he would be able

to catch the bar again. The first man up, really going for it.

What a landing! Japan, the current world champions. He got silver at

the Olympics, they have had six golds, three silvers and two

bronzes. They made the podium in 12 of the last 14 Olympic Games. Some

statistic, that. Not the colour they wanted, though. Mariano of Brazil

now. Second of the Brazilian gymnasts. He is in the floor final,

stand-by. Some impressive stuff. Very impressive double somersault to

start. That was very controlled. I like the handstand like that with

a good, straight back. Lovely extension through the shoulders and

the feet. Very precise in all his movements on

the floor. Oh, but that was the front somersault half-tone straight

out of the floor area. -- half turn. That will be a .3 deduction. Nicely

done. Good combination. A path of the cheeks. Come off for

the big final. Tumble, the full twisting double backs, really nicely

performed. Shame that he just had that bout in the middle, but the

home crowd thoroughly appreciating this performance. Well, this is the

first time that Brazil have ever company did in an Olympic final. --

competed. Christopher Brooks now on the keyboard is for the USA. -- the

key bars. A really nice start. Slightly clipped off on bar there,

we will see what the judges give him. -- one bar. There will be quite

a few deductions. Nice splits. Moving over the other bars. Big tip

out into the middle. Nice dismount. Muscled his way

through. He did, he looked like he was fighting the whole way through

that, but it was green. Maybe a few deductions. This is where it becomes

really interesting, the difficulty in the execution, how far do you

push it? What Ayew capable of and what are you going to lose by

executing difficult moves? -- what are you capable of. A lot of guys do

really high routines that cannot do them cleanly. It is that fine

balance of star value and the execution to come up with it

perfectly. Chris Brooks, the second of the gymnasts from the USA. The

Nel Ava is yet to go. A score of 14.54 Arthur Mariano. Look at when

he burst onto the scene in Glasgow, who is this kid? -- NL Leiva is to

go. Suki Tanaka rounds up Japan's high

Bart -- Yusuke Tanaka. -- high bar. Is it going to be a high 15? The

pressure is on here for the Japanese team. It is their best performer on

the high bar. A lovely straight somersault over the bar with the

bold twist. Such a difficult element we have seen in performance, so well

in this championship. Nicely into the handstand, into the full

twisting back somersault, over the bar. When you add those elements

together, it is some impressive. And the release.

Full turn, just a little bit late on a couple of the turns, need to try

and be as near to hand down as possible. I love the technique on

that double twist. -- as near to handstand. A little hop on landing,

but that was great work under pressure. Yusuke Tanaka went all out

the difficulty. He knew he had to make up for his hick up. The Nel

Leiva. Renowned for this beautiful gymnastic swing. It is unbelievable,

almost perfection. -- Danell Leyva. Long swing, full-term. There is the

upper arm element to make sure that he fulfils the requirements.

Big dismount. Wow. Well, it is all happening here in this Rio arena. Oh

my word, former world champion, we will see him again in the final.

Well, what is going to happen on the last these evaporators? Who knows?

All we know is it is going to be very, very close -- piece of

apparatus. That is fabulous, isn't it, than? It

is. Nobody works and the bar like Danell Leyva. He obviously works to

his strength by using the full amount on the bar. He didn't expect

to be here, the only reason he is in the US team is because somebody had

an injury, he has gone and other last-minute and got to a couple of

individual apparatus finals. He has got something to prove, he wants to

show that he deserves to be in the team, and obviously he is doing

that. This is the thing, there is so much competition to get into these

teams, 15.1 Tanaka. You know all too well, it is the mental wall those

gymnasts who are sitting at home and watching this now in Great Britain

that have been such a big part -- it is testament. That competitive

spirit has made the British team what it is today. It is. And with

GB, it is a spirit that we have got within the team, it is why we do so

well, such belief and togetherness, we are the best of friends. There is

no bitterness between any of the guys, even some of the guys at home,

there are group of 15 of us who are working so hard. I think the

strength and depth is what is making us such a great team. Well, we have

got a chance to see how Max Whitlock got on on the floor. He is in the

floor final. He is renowned for his fabulous twisting. You saw that the

full twisting in front into the 2.5 twist. Look at that, 3.5 twist in

the front semi with half-tone. -- half turn. Lovely and original

section on the floor. Fabulous style. Keeps inside that

floor area, but uses the whole of it, that is the requirement. Lovely

2.5 front 1.5. This is such a difficult routine because it has got

so many twists in it. But he is stylish, well extended. He holds his

shape. One more landing needed. There it is. The triple twist. These

British lads have given it all here. This level of difficulty, I mean,

they make it look so easy. The hours, the effort that is going into

this, and they put everything, everything, the sacrifice to do

their very best for their country and try their upmost to get this

model. Goodness me, lads, you are doing yourself and us proud -- to

get this medal. They really are. They haven't put a foot wrong, that

is all you can really ask for. This is what the team final is all about.

Whoever goes the most clean, who is the most consistent, is going to be

up there. One more test. They have got to keep concentrating for one

more rotation. Was that a little zero to the players there, -- a

little zero. Attention now turns to pummel halls. We will have a look at

Japan -- pummel horse. They are genius at what they are doing. Nice,

easy start. Composed and ready for this. Huge point between the bars.

Another double somersault. This is why he is one of the best in the

world on this piece of apparatus. Lost a little bit of strength there.

And then the lovely double pike between the bars. Moving on to the

end. Swinging one end to the other, a little flick of the head to show

he is in control. A swing to handstand, double front

with half turn, that is a brilliant routine. Good enough to push them

higher and higher up the field. They are so good as a team on this

piece of apparatus. All three gymnasts had a start score over

seven. 7.4, seven and 7.2. 16.16 the You Hao, and we will get

confirmation of how things look with one piece of apparatus to go. It is

all change again, Japan lead, Russia now in second, so Japan 0.2 ahead of

Russia, China 0.7 off that top spot now. Great Britain are in fourth,

United States fifth. Hugely tense and exciting men's team competition

here. We will continue the coverage until 10.30, and then we will switch

to BBC One, probably for the conclusion to see whether we can get

the bronze medal. Also at 10:30pm, Great Britain will take on Canada

for a bronze medal in the rugby sevens, that will be live on BBC

Four. Japan on floor. Crucial, this, Kenzo Shirai, doing everything he

can to keep Japan ahead of the world in the rest of this men's team

final. A twisting double tuck as well as multiple twisting

somersaults. I think this will be his last tumble. Was that four? Yes,

I think it was, he finishes with a quad twist. They are packing in the

difficulty now. Job done, that is it. He can sit down and just wait

and wonder. Has he done enough to help Japan get that gold medal that

his team so desperately want? They have had six golds in the past, but

it was a long time ago. Five on the trot in the 60s and 70s. This is why

he is the reigning world champion, he is so good. The combination of

twists that he does in his routine, but also a triple twist and double

tuck, that is unbelievable. In qualification, he had a slight error

on one of his tumbles, and only just made the final, but I think he has

put that behind him, looking towards trying to get that gold medal as a

team. Just give you idea of timings, Brazil are on pommel horse at the

moment, all three of them will go first and then Great Britain will be

up shortly, so probably in around 12 minutes, we will start to turn our

attentions towards the GB effort on the last piece of apparatus. Britain

currently fourth behind China, Russia in second, and Japan on the

fifth piece apparatus are leading the field. So, sure -- Shirai pacing

around, just hoping. They took silver at the last Olympics in 2012.

Rejoin the USA on high bar. This is such a close competition. USA,

tenths of a point behind Great Britain. There is also much to work

for her. Chris Brooks, 29 years old, 6.7 difficulty but he can go higher.

And he probably well. One arm long swing, hand back on. Expect some

explosive stuff. Full turn, hop over the bar, into a catch with half

turn, stalled a little bit, but difficult work. Super straight catch

action, and again with the half turn, he uses that so effectively.

Lovely straight arms on the catches. Up into the double twist this mount,

just the littlest hop. He steered away from too much correcting work,

which means he doesn't get lots of deductions were late turns. That was

exciting stuff. I tell you what, they know how to light a fire in

that team, dead they? Last time they got a medal was back in Beijing,

they got the bronze. They are fighting for everything now. This

last piece of apparatus, look at Kenzo Shirai, he is just hoping.

16.13, a huge score for him. Absolutely huge. Only the second

time we have seen a score over 16 on the men's side here in Rio.

Everybody is watching each of their team-mates with hope in a hearts.

This is the final piece of apparatus, and everyone is in with a

shout of getting a medal, they just need to go through their routines,

they mustn't allow any errors to give themselves the best shot. What

an amazing position to be in. The first six teams could medal.

And we said at the beginning, it could go literally anyway, and we

would never have predicted it would be so close.

Well, Danell Leyva will be the last gymnast at ago. 15.14 Chris Brooks.

I hope we get to see Leyva. He is in the high bar final, he has been on

form on high bar here. Current world silver medallist, and he has a 7.3

difficulty, so if you thought what Chris Brooks did was impressive,

this is even harder, and he were held back, because he knows if he

goes all out and he hit is, the USA are in with a chance of bronze. Here

we go. Fireworks straight up, beautifully caught, lovely straight

arms. Here comes the big element. Lovely layout, just a bit of a bent

arm on the swing out. Now the tap with the full twist, full treks that

time. -- full stretch. Very nippy with the pirouette. Oh no, has gone!

I was about to say super catch, and I can't believe it. That was one of

the more straightforward skills. He has come off, and goodness me, Leyva

with his head down, I'm not sure if he is nursing a finger or thumb, or

if he is just heartbroken. Too disappointed to get up. He cannot

believe having gone through the complicated releases that that has

happened. I think he thought he was an anti-war axed, it was his final

release, and he has just come off at the bottom, it is such a shame.

APPLAUSE He had his hands right over.

It was just like they slipped through the bottom. I think he

relaxed to early thinking he was off. Well, what a shame for him now

to be going through these moves. There we go, that is how he meant to

do it. I would have been sure he would be able to go through for the

team. Lovely dismount, good landing, but the one large deduction opens

the window a tiny bit for the other teams. And the absolute opposite of

what you would expect from a US gymnast nailing a landing there, at

a dejection. Kohei Uchimura Jim now. Such style,

such lightness. Half twist into one and a half, front into two and a

half twists. Moves across the floor so lightly, so confidently. Two and

a half in double twisting front. There was a time we were just amazed

by a double twisting front. Double twist, double back, he really is

pacey in his routine, no stopping in the corner. As soon as he hits one

move, out to the next. Extension out of the top position

before he rolled. He knows this is so important. Lovely left, super

triple twist, a tiny bounce, but he has given his all. Six pieces he has

done for the team tonight. Kohei Uchimura can do no more, he follows

Kenzo Shirai, and that is it now, Kohei Uchimura just has to sit with

his team-mates and watch Russia and hope that they have done enough.

So, Russia will wrap up their competition on floor following

Japan, but that was just beautiful as far as Uchimura is concerned.

Straight over to Russia, all the best, we are done.

CLARE BALDING: Just to warn you that coverage of the finale of this

competition will be switching to BBC One very shortly. Live coverage now

on BBC Four of Great Britain in the women's rugby sevens coming up,

their bronze medal match against Canada.

MATT BAKER: All three scores will count towards the team total, and

there is that score, 15.6, that puts them on a total of 274. The question

is, can Russia beat it? Russia need an average of 15.8. That

is a big ask even for them. We have had Kenzo Shirai scoring 16, but

otherwise, they have been made 15 is. They made some errors in

qualification, they can add that a little bit, but we also have China

on the high bar. We have, and Great Britain on pommel horse. And if

Russia go a little bit haywire on the floor, which we know that they

can do, and they are renowned for it, to be honest, then Great Britain

in with a very good chance of silver. They have only ever had

bronze, bronze in 2012, bronze 100 years before that. So can they

upgrade that medal? We have got the boys to do it. Max Whitlock, world

champion, Lewis Smith, world silver medallist, Olympic silver medallist,

and the new boy, Brinn Bevan. Well, the boys from Great Britain

just warming up now, as our Russia. Louis Smith checking everything is

to his liking, a bit of work on one handle. You have to remember he has

been sat with the team the whole way round this competition, so he will

be having a good warm up to get a feel for the pommel horse before the

competition. You know him well, you grew up together? How does he

manage? Hold that thought just for a moment.

CLARE BALDING: Welcome to BBC One viewers for the conclusion of the

men's gymnastic competition. For viewers on BBC Two, please turn over

to BBC One now to watch the end of this competition. If you want to

watch the British women in action for the bronze medal in rugby

sevens, that is now on BBC Four. Let's rejoin our commentary team.