:00:21. > :00:28.Good evening. You're just in time here on BBC Two to join us as we
:00:29. > :00:30.reach the semifinal stages in the CANOE SLALOM. The single event in
:00:31. > :00:59.the men's event. That is one run for glory for David
:01:00. > :01:07.Florence. That is the course that he has to run. Let me hand you over to
:01:08. > :01:24.the commentators. Haneda has had experience of world
:01:25. > :01:32.and Olympic finals. He has a dynamic style, which is snappy. He tries to
:01:33. > :01:38.use the water, trying to get the timing. I was talking to David
:01:39. > :01:48.Florence's Coach this morning, and he named this fella, because he is
:01:49. > :01:54.performing well, and look, here's down slightly, but not too bad. That
:01:55. > :02:10.is a good upstream gate. He is using the water.
:02:11. > :02:22.Well negotiated in 17. It is tight to the wall, so you have to be
:02:23. > :02:26.accurate. That is good enough. Is Haneda stays clean, he will go into
:02:27. > :02:34.the final. He might go through with a big boost as well. He is only 1.5
:02:35. > :02:39.seconds outside the best time. He is holding back a little, capable of
:02:40. > :02:54.pushing harder. He is about to seconds
:02:55. > :03:04.down Vitezslav Gebas. Haneda has done the job very well. Japan will
:03:05. > :03:15.feature in the last ten of the men's C1. He looked very smooth coming
:03:16. > :03:22.into that upstream gate, 13. Really digging deep. He used the water
:03:23. > :03:27.extremely well. They are in more control than they were in the heats.
:03:28. > :03:30.But there are a lot less penalties, I don't know whether it is just
:03:31. > :03:35.because they have settled down. Four more to go. Remember, only one vote
:03:36. > :03:47.per nation. The rules have changed somewhat. In 2012 Great Britain got
:03:48. > :03:54.the gold and silver in the C2 category. Gareth Mariette took the
:03:55. > :04:06.silver medal in 2000. In 2008 David Florence to get. He is one of the
:04:07. > :04:08.favourites today. Yes, here's the current world champion. He knows
:04:09. > :04:14.what it feels like to be in this position, and he is desperate get on
:04:15. > :04:21.the podium. Savsek of Slovenia. Very experienced. He is from a stunning
:04:22. > :04:26.part of the world. The sport is huge in Slovenia, just as in Slovakia. He
:04:27. > :04:37.always commits to the run. If he makes it through to the final,
:04:38. > :04:45.expect to see fireworks. He's up there with the best.
:04:46. > :04:52.As a paddler he can be very deceptive. He uses long, efficient
:04:53. > :05:10.strokes. You see him setting himself up to get the best.
:05:11. > :05:28.He went for the spend. Nathan Sharpe. He just held a little before
:05:29. > :05:32.-- he just held a little before that. He's looking for a time of
:05:33. > :05:44.around 85. He is well inside. Looking good. He has two silvers,
:05:45. > :05:47.won bronze, but no gold medals to his name in major competitions. A
:05:48. > :05:53.couple of mistakes. But he has not picked up any penalties. That has
:05:54. > :05:56.lost top spot. He has done enough to show us that he is a medal
:05:57. > :06:06.contender, if not a gold medal contender. Yes, he lost his way on
:06:07. > :06:10.that last bit of the course. He likes to get ahead of the game, so
:06:11. > :06:24.he sets himself up so he can drive through it. Keeps the momentum going
:06:25. > :06:34.downstream. We want to see them as close to the green poll as they can.
:06:35. > :06:48.Savsek is down. He joins those going through to the final. We still have
:06:49. > :06:55.four men who are out. We know that Shu is not competing in the final.
:06:56. > :06:58.But the man in the bubble is Borrows from a steel you, hoping that one of
:06:59. > :07:03.the men will make mistakes, otherwise his Olympic hopes will
:07:04. > :07:08.come to an end. David Florence was flown out by his father. Everything
:07:09. > :07:15.you can do to increase your chances, he has had more practice on this
:07:16. > :07:19.water than any other team, apart from the Brazilians. This is the
:07:20. > :07:22.moment of truth. That did not look like the perfect line into the first
:07:23. > :07:28.drop. All sorts of delays. But you have to make the mistake firmly, to
:07:29. > :07:35.give yourself an opportunity to make up. He needs to get himself back
:07:36. > :07:38.into his game plan. He is good at that. World Champion last year, and
:07:39. > :07:48.he did not have the best run on the top section. Two seconds down. Still
:07:49. > :07:55.good enough to go through. We saw a ferocious performance in heat one to
:07:56. > :08:01.make sure he went through, but he is one of very few athletes at the
:08:02. > :08:07.games who has only taken one of the possible two he runs. He has done it
:08:08. > :08:18.with the most amount of preparation. Now he needs to get back across. He
:08:19. > :08:24.wants to be as tight as he can. This man can work hard. He is the
:08:25. > :08:34.powerhouse with Richard Hounslow he gets across the way. That is a
:08:35. > :08:37.beautiful section. He has got himself back. This will not be far
:08:38. > :08:48.of the wheat. He is looking for a time of 97.932 content with the
:08:49. > :08:53.leader. He needs to make sure he is inside 100 seconds. And that will
:08:54. > :09:00.happen. He has one gate to go. He has ended up with a place in the
:09:01. > :09:08.finals. He has a much better run in him than that, and he knows it. His
:09:09. > :09:13.father George, and his family, all enjoying it. He worked hard for
:09:14. > :09:17.that, and he is a man that most certainly can. He shows a real style
:09:18. > :09:31.here. He will certainly be looking to make a smoother run in the final.
:09:32. > :09:34.Born in Aberdeen, and he lives now in London to make sure he can train
:09:35. > :09:37.in the Lee Valley facility. But the Scottish, over time, have produced
:09:38. > :09:43.some good paddlers. Campbell Walsh is coaching the New Zealanders. We
:09:44. > :09:51.have David Florence, Fiona Pennie, from Bridge of Allan, and over the
:09:52. > :09:56.years they have produced tremendous paddlers. The training ground for
:09:57. > :10:13.most of the Scots is currently. -- Grantley. We are now watching
:10:14. > :10:21.Dennis Gargaud Chanut of France starting his first semifinal run.
:10:22. > :10:29.From Marseille. A very smooth paddler. Again he has long strokes
:10:30. > :10:35.that makes him look as though he is not going as fast. The French team
:10:36. > :10:40.described him as an acrobat. His ability to move on the water and
:10:41. > :10:47.negotiate his way around. He's looking smooth at the moment. He is
:10:48. > :10:57.upon the split 0.11 up. He is in control. Keep an eye on the bottom
:10:58. > :11:04.of the boat, you might be able to see their fins that he uses. They
:11:05. > :11:12.are like thrusters on a surfboard, to hold the line of big canoe. But
:11:13. > :11:14.50% of coaches do not think they work. So you can make up your own
:11:15. > :11:23.mind. Gargaud Chanut really believes in them. He wants to drive right
:11:24. > :11:33.across the waves, keeping the boat speed. Not as quick as we saw from
:11:34. > :11:41.David Florence. We saw the extra move at 819 to make sure it was
:11:42. > :11:56.clean. That is as quick as we have seen. The time is impressive. Just
:11:57. > :12:01.outside the best. Perfect. He does not want to go last in the final. He
:12:02. > :12:06.has taken a huge amount of pressure off himself by finishing second,
:12:07. > :12:10.with only one man to go. He will be happy either way. A beautiful
:12:11. > :12:20.display of slalom. Tucking under gate 13. He did not even need a
:12:21. > :12:27.stroke. One driving stroke out. He uses the water with those long
:12:28. > :12:39.paddle strokes. Still, waiting to see who was eliminated. Shu is out,
:12:40. > :12:52.Ian Borrows of Australia is not out, but unless Tasiadis makes a mistake,
:12:53. > :12:56.it could be the end for the Australian. He is sitting in tenth
:12:57. > :13:00.place at the moment. We're waiting to see what Tasiadis does. He is
:13:01. > :13:07.good at the big occasion. He is a silver medallist from London 2012.
:13:08. > :13:11.The only finalists still here today. Fourth in the World Championships in
:13:12. > :13:19.2013. Did not go his way last Steven Lee Valley, and he finished 20th. --
:13:20. > :13:26.last year at the Lee Valley. He has a quick stroke rate, compared to
:13:27. > :13:32.what we have just seen. You can have a shorter stroke, the real
:13:33. > :13:37.powerhouses like David Florence, and then contrasting you have Gargaud
:13:38. > :13:43.Chanut, who uses the Longreach he has. He is just about up on the
:13:44. > :13:48.gate, but eight and nine approving a problem. He's holding onto a slim
:13:49. > :13:54.lead. It is not about winning, it is about getting clean, giving
:13:55. > :13:57.confidence to cope with the course and finishing high enough to what
:13:58. > :14:04.some of the runners in the final. That becomes less significant
:14:05. > :14:10.because of their ability to see people in the final. Between the
:14:11. > :14:19.semifinal and final, they will look at every paddler to compare them.
:14:20. > :14:31.They will eliminate any way to stop in the middle section. A little
:14:32. > :14:40.sticky on the exit. Looking for at a time of 83. This has been a
:14:41. > :14:44.brilliant run from the German, Tasiadis. The Germans have not won
:14:45. > :14:56.since back in 92. Not only is he clean, he has taken a
:14:57. > :15:02.big chunk out of everyone else. Is that his one good run, or can he do
:15:03. > :15:07.the same again? That is the big ask. He will find that others will pick
:15:08. > :15:12.up the pace. We often see the fastest time comes in the
:15:13. > :15:22.semifinals, but I imagine there is time for a number of people. Matej
:15:23. > :15:26.Benus lost some time, as did David Florence, but what Sideris Tasiadis
:15:27. > :15:32.did well through the middle section, he rolled the boat, almost as if he
:15:33. > :15:38.eliminated the stoppers. He got the direction of speed, tracking all the
:15:39. > :15:43.time. He has five World Championship silver medals. They have all come in
:15:44. > :15:49.the team event. In the semifinals here he has proved he can medal in
:15:50. > :15:56.an individual as well, no doubt about it, that was silky smooth. It
:15:57. > :16:02.looked easier than David Florence. We will see how he gets on later. He
:16:03. > :16:07.will be the last to go in the final. His success means that Ian Borrows
:16:08. > :16:15.knows he will not take part in the last stage of this race. He finished
:16:16. > :16:17.11th, only the top ten go through. We will run down those who have been
:16:18. > :16:29.successful. The Japanese looking very good.
:16:30. > :16:35.David Florence in the middle of the bunch. Just under four seconds for
:16:36. > :16:50.him. Relief for David Florence, he wiped
:16:51. > :16:55.his brow at the end, but don't worry about the times, it is wiped clean,
:16:56. > :16:59.there is no carrying over, it is one run, the fastest will count in the
:17:00. > :17:07.final, which goes off at 7:10pm your time. David will start fourth in the
:17:08. > :17:13.final, and have to put down a fast time and keep fingers crossed. We
:17:14. > :17:20.have got a moment to reflect on the judo fortunes of Alice Slazenger, a
:17:21. > :17:24.former world bronze medallist, she got through her opening bout in the
:17:25. > :17:30.six to three kilo category earlier today. Now she is up against a Dutch
:17:31. > :17:39.opponent. At stake, a place in the quarterfinals.
:17:40. > :18:00.Alice Schlesinger has been in consistent form for Great Britain.
:18:01. > :18:07.Looking to attack early on. So much determination. Whenever Alice
:18:08. > :18:18.Schlesinger takes to the mat, such a fierce focus. Anicka van Emden is
:18:19. > :18:42.vastly experienced, a huge and umber of medals.
:18:43. > :18:46.They have met five times in the past, Anicka van Emden has three
:18:47. > :19:12.victories. Trying to get the grip. Anicka van Emden trying to wrap the
:19:13. > :19:15.arm around the back, it is all about getting the purchase on your
:19:16. > :19:24.opponent. Alice Schlesinger is excellent at winning by ippon, the
:19:25. > :19:25.hefty blow, turning your opponent onto their backward force, that
:19:26. > :19:42.immediately ends any judo contest. Trying the same thing again here.
:19:43. > :19:48.Looking to turn around and get your leg between your opponent's legs and
:19:49. > :19:55.flip them over. Alice Schlesinger wasted not that much time earlier
:19:56. > :20:09.on. No British judoka has come further than this so far here.
:20:10. > :20:19.Anicka van Emden, world bronze medal in 2013, the last time the World
:20:20. > :20:28.Championships were held here. Not a medal Alice Schlesinger has ever
:20:29. > :20:34.won. Tentative so exchanging blows on the feet. Alice Schlesinger
:20:35. > :20:38.looking for the opportunity, which did not present itself. She goes
:20:39. > :20:49.ahead. It is wiped back of the school. She
:20:50. > :20:57.will be more worried about the penalty against her name now. If
:20:58. > :21:03.that stays the same, Anicka van Emden would progress. Alice
:21:04. > :21:07.Schlesinger needs to do something about this. She works away at Anicka
:21:08. > :21:22.van Emden. The last time they met, Anicka van
:21:23. > :21:28.Emden was a tough customer, she was not susceptible to much of what
:21:29. > :21:33.Alice Schlesinger could offer in terms of footwork, and now Alice
:21:34. > :21:38.Schlesinger could be in trouble. Just about avoid giving anything
:21:39. > :21:46.away. This will do for Anicka van Emden, to waste a bit of time. She
:21:47. > :21:51.is in command, Anicka van Emden, but narrowly. Any scoring for Alice
:21:52. > :21:55.Schlesinger would take her through instead. Looking to get the
:21:56. > :22:11.purchase. The smallest possible score would be
:22:12. > :22:31.getting Anicka van Emden down onto her side. Trying everything now.
:22:32. > :22:34.Alice Schlesinger needs to find their way past the sturdy Anicka van
:22:35. > :22:53.Emden defence. Time ticking away. Anicka van Emden in control. This
:22:54. > :23:00.will be desperate for Alice Schlesinger, she needs to break out
:23:01. > :23:10.of this. The referee will stop proceedings. Alice Schlesinger needs
:23:11. > :23:19.to find something, desperation now. You hear the time run out.
:23:20. > :23:29.By the narrowest of margins, one penalty. Anicka van Emden boughs to
:23:30. > :23:32.her opponent and moves on to the last eight. Alice Schlesinger heads
:23:33. > :23:42.out. No joy for Alice Schlesinger, she is
:23:43. > :23:47.the fourth of the seven who have come here who have now gone out.
:23:48. > :23:53.Next, Sally Conway, in the 70 kilo category. She is in action tomorrow.
:23:54. > :24:00.It is a beta full evening, do you fancy going outside? We will do that
:24:01. > :24:06.shortly. We will meet the man who is carrying a lot of Team GB's medal
:24:07. > :24:12.hopes, Giles Scott, one of the most dominant sportsmen in any Olympic
:24:13. > :24:15.discipline. He has rolled -- ruled the waves, the four-time world
:24:16. > :24:20.champion, but he has waited a long time for his Olympic chance, he has
:24:21. > :24:23.been in the shadow of Sir Ben Ainslie, who won the Finn class in
:24:24. > :24:36.the last two Olympics. Giles Scott in a sentence? I am
:24:37. > :24:45.pretty easy-going. You would not know I have a sportsmen. I do not
:24:46. > :24:52.think you would think anything much of me, really!
:24:53. > :25:02.It all began at my sailing club, I was five or six, my parents took me
:25:03. > :25:08.and my brothers to the fore a beginner 's course, to keep us out
:25:09. > :25:14.of trouble. I just wanted to get in a boat and make it go fast each way.
:25:15. > :25:20.It is the main's heavyweight class. To sail it, you need to be 90 to 105
:25:21. > :25:25.kilos. It is technically demanding. It is a fiddly boat, it is twofold,
:25:26. > :25:34.a physical battle and a technical battle. When you compete on your
:25:35. > :25:39.own, there were still addictive lame -- there is nobody to blame or hide
:25:40. > :25:43.behind, but there is more pressure that comes along with it. The crowds
:25:44. > :25:49.are about to cheer, because Ben Ainslie wins his fourth Olympic
:25:50. > :25:53.gold. He is the greatest sailing Olympian in the history of the
:25:54. > :25:58.Olympics. The media will pick up on the fact that you are sailing in the
:25:59. > :26:02.same class as Ben Ainslie. You ploughing your own furrow or
:26:03. > :26:06.following in his footsteps? There has been a huge changing of the
:26:07. > :26:09.guard. I like to think I am following my own path, they just
:26:10. > :26:15.happens that the man who has gone before is him. Not qualifying for
:26:16. > :26:20.London, watching one of the racing going on, that was not the easiest
:26:21. > :26:26.thing for me to do, but I am glad I stuck around and put myself through
:26:27. > :26:33.it. Highlights have been winning major championships, winning Olympic
:26:34. > :26:42.test event, World Championships, European Championships, beating
:26:43. > :26:46.people like Ben Ainslie. If you ask anybody from my competitors, they
:26:47. > :26:49.would be happy enough to say they want to come into the Olympics with
:26:50. > :26:55.a string of results that I have had. I know what I want from it, that has
:26:56. > :26:58.a gold medal. It is the one thing that I have wanted to achieve for a
:26:59. > :27:05.very long time, I have worked hard to do that. I am confident in where
:27:06. > :27:10.I am at. It will not be easy. A lot of people have said it is a sure
:27:11. > :27:15.thing, which it isn't. It is an Olympic Games, it is giving one of
:27:16. > :27:23.the hardest regattas you can do, and the thing is given. -- nothing. I am
:27:24. > :27:31.more capable than anybody else of doing it, but it is not a given.
:27:32. > :27:34.We should find out how he is doing, because the regatta started
:27:35. > :27:39.yesterday, but this is the first appearance of the finn class, two
:27:40. > :27:41.races today. Let's dip into the first of them, we joined them at
:27:42. > :27:50.about the halfway mark. There is Giles Scott. He is in the
:27:51. > :27:56.scrap at the back of the fleet at the moment. The breeze is not going
:27:57. > :28:02.his way. The racecourse turned into a drag race, and unfortunate first
:28:03. > :28:07.leg has left him fighting. It is a test of character. It is one thing
:28:08. > :28:12.winning World Championships, but this is the Olympic Games, this is
:28:13. > :28:15.his first appearance, you have the weight of the nation on your
:28:16. > :28:21.shoulders, he has not had any breaks yet so far. He is capable of turning
:28:22. > :28:24.this around and getting into the top ten. It is a test of character, it
:28:25. > :28:34.could not be more difficult conditions. He has one lap to go.
:28:35. > :28:39.The finns are bearing down on the leeward mark. Argentina, Turkey and
:28:40. > :28:44.Estonia are trying to get the best positions of. Argentina jibed off in
:28:45. > :28:48.the latter stages, it looks like it worked out very well. A nasty job
:28:49. > :28:53.coming into the bottom of the course. Nasty boat wash affecting
:28:54. > :29:00.the racing, but Argentina have sailed... Is that an overlap? I
:29:01. > :29:09.think it is clear. Argentina round in first place. It is going the way
:29:10. > :29:16.of the Argentinian. Estonia slightly wide of the mark, Turkey take the
:29:17. > :29:18.inside round. Slovenia round in fourth place, Greece on the inside
:29:19. > :29:32.of the Croatian. Norway getting some clear water,
:29:33. > :29:36.picking the best line around. France also follow suit. Going for the
:29:37. > :29:50.early attack. He dug himself out a little bit
:29:51. > :29:55.earlier than Giles. He is doing a good job here of turning what was
:29:56. > :30:03.looking at very poor result early on and took a counter.
:30:04. > :30:14.Denmark trying to get into the inside of Sweden. Brazil, no Giles
:30:15. > :30:25.Scott of Great Britain. We are in the closing stages at the moment.
:30:26. > :30:37.Giles Scott is running out of time. Finland, then Italy and New Zealand,
:30:38. > :30:42.altogether. I thought is Julia was going to have a collision between
:30:43. > :30:53.Australia and Italy. I think the Australian is just managed to avoid.
:30:54. > :31:03.Canada a definite collision, as far as I could tell. Turkey at the
:31:04. > :31:08.bottom of the picture. Working harder. Estonia and Argentina have
:31:09. > :31:15.held on and they are now sailing up the right-hand side. We saw the
:31:16. > :31:17.leaders coming in from the left hand side. A little bit of a split
:31:18. > :31:42.decision. At what you do not generally doing a
:31:43. > :31:52.good position is to separate to the other side of the cause. He was
:31:53. > :31:59.perhaps waiting a shift to go on. It has stabilised in the right
:32:00. > :32:14.direction, with Argentina still leading Estonia. Argentina, for now,
:32:15. > :32:17.letting the Estonian go. Clearly both Bolt swung back right-hand
:32:18. > :32:20.side. From that camera angle it looks like the boats are closer than
:32:21. > :32:35.they are. Turkey has separated by a long way to the left. This could be
:32:36. > :32:53.interesting here. Turkey, 18th and the London 2012 Olympics, but doing
:32:54. > :32:59.well here. Perfect inside the boat with Cinar from Turkey. You almost
:33:00. > :33:07.have to get down on those knees when you do this. Especially since one of
:33:08. > :33:19.the sailors is 8-foot tall. Nice demonstration. Cinar from Turkey,
:33:20. > :33:25.the furthest boat to the left. -- one.
:33:26. > :33:30.-- Kaynar. If you're not confident about what the breeze will do at the
:33:31. > :33:36.venue, do not split from your rivals to fire. Turkey is sailing further
:33:37. > :33:41.and further to the left-hand side, while the rest of them out on the
:33:42. > :33:47.right. Sometimes you get forced to do that. You get right shift, and
:33:48. > :33:49.you do not like what you see, so you go to starboard unthinkable
:33:50. > :33:53.comeback. Then you get more separated and before you do it it
:33:54. > :34:01.will be too late -- before you know it it will be too late to come back.
:34:02. > :34:08.Argentina, the right of way boat that Slovenia have two avoid.
:34:09. > :34:20.Argentina are waving them on. So Slovenia takes the lead. Argentina
:34:21. > :34:20.happy to give the reader way. It is great
:34:21. > :34:38.to see him doing that. If he had tacked it, it would have forced the
:34:39. > :34:43.others to do that. He said, you know, Carry On in front of me, so he
:34:44. > :34:47.could get clear air in the direction he wanted to go. Slovenia, Estonia
:34:48. > :34:52.and Croatia, with Argentina and Turkey in the front pack. Giles
:34:53. > :34:57.Scott from Great Britain is working hard in the middle of the field. He
:34:58. > :35:06.has some nice space around them, and we will see how well the hard work
:35:07. > :35:10.pays off. Turkey is now crossing Slovenia. The Turkish borders
:35:11. > :35:14.working hard coming in from the left hand side. He got bounced further
:35:15. > :35:24.out to the left, and now Turkey, Kaynar, takes the lead here in Rio.
:35:25. > :35:28.It is a nice race, but it is loose. He is doing his own thing, and
:35:29. > :35:34.sometimes you have to do that. He is not worrying too much about
:35:35. > :35:35.strategy. He's just keeping the boat moving fast and hope that works out
:35:36. > :35:49.for him at the top. Argentina is coming back in. Turkey
:35:50. > :35:57.is crossing ahead, still in the lead. But it is close. Slovenia are
:35:58. > :36:02.just behind the Turkish boat. We are getting into the final stages of
:36:03. > :36:07.this upwind leg. Argentina, with a little shift to the left-hand side,
:36:08. > :36:12.Argentina cross ahead of Turkey. So the lead is changing all the time.
:36:13. > :36:19.Some short, quick shifts still to be had at the top the course. The fact
:36:20. > :36:22.that the boats are attacking so often, it just shows that they are
:36:23. > :36:29.having to work with at the wall time. It is just very unstable
:36:30. > :36:39.beneath what is very high land. Argentina tacking levered to Turkey.
:36:40. > :36:43.Still wanting the left-hand side. They are quite well to the right of
:36:44. > :36:47.the course, so although he is protecting the left, he is
:36:48. > :36:51.protecting the long tacks. Right now there is a lot more sailing to be
:36:52. > :36:59.done. Better to lead the fleet back than to box yourself into the
:37:00. > :37:04.right-hand side and a corner. I met him for the first time during
:37:05. > :37:08.measurement. He was excited about his first Olympic Games, but he had
:37:09. > :37:12.lost a lot of weight. He dropped a lot of weight for this Olympics,
:37:13. > :37:13.hoping it would be late winter. It is looking like a smart decision
:37:14. > :37:34.today. The strategy is changing, and it is
:37:35. > :37:39.now all about picking the best approach to the mark. It is a very
:37:40. > :37:43.light breeze. Even though they control boats and the jury is do not
:37:44. > :37:49.move very fast on the water, even a small wave now can really affect
:37:50. > :37:56.them, as the wind is light. Argentina sailing over the top of
:37:57. > :38:02.Slovenia. Estonia lost a lot of ground. Turkey still on the left.
:38:03. > :38:13.Look a much harder he is having to hike to keep the boat flat.
:38:14. > :38:27.Argentina and now tacked to ground the top of the course.
:38:28. > :38:38.Turkey is close behind Argentina, followed by Slovenia in third. There
:38:39. > :38:44.is a pack coming up. Just having to time that perfectly to avoid the
:38:45. > :38:51.back. Estonia trying to get round the mark, forcing Brazil. Very close
:38:52. > :39:07.to rule infringement. Estonia judged it just right, right on the limit.
:39:08. > :39:11.USA, Norway, Hungary, still waiting to see where Giles Scott of Great
:39:12. > :39:18.Britain is going to round this windward mark. I think he is all
:39:19. > :39:29.right. I think he was in reasonable shape. I am not sure whether he will
:39:30. > :39:44.lay the mark, though. Giles is just tucking in behind the Swede. That
:39:45. > :40:05.looked like a collision. Yes, between Denmark and the Netherlands.
:40:06. > :40:15.By my calculation, one more run to go before we get the short dogleg to
:40:16. > :40:24.the finish. Not a lot of time. Giles has to work hard to squeeze every
:40:25. > :40:28.last drop out of this. In winds of under ten knots like this, you're
:40:29. > :40:33.not allowed to rock and pump to artificially make more wind and make
:40:34. > :40:36.the boat go faster. So there is a tremendous temptation to do that,
:40:37. > :40:41.but the umpires will be looking for it. You can be penalised, which can
:40:42. > :40:46.hang over you for the rest of the regatta. Important that frustration
:40:47. > :40:48.does not get the better of him, and he needs to make sure that he does
:40:49. > :41:18.not fall foul of the umpires. Argentina are happy to sail into the
:41:19. > :41:32.middle of this run. Locked into a battle at the moment with Turkey.
:41:33. > :41:46.That is Kaynar, who had the lead, but now he is working hard against
:41:47. > :41:52.the Argentinian sailor. There are still some gains and losses to be
:41:53. > :41:56.made. The American has gone from 20 Second Place up to eighth on that
:41:57. > :42:01.last beat. If you get the right side of these and find they better
:42:02. > :42:19.patches of wind, there are plenty of chances to catch up. Facundo --
:42:20. > :42:30.Kaynar. You can see the Judy with their eyes fixed on the front pack.
:42:31. > :42:34.-- jury. They are not allowed to pump the boat when the breeze is
:42:35. > :42:41.light. Now, Facundo Olezza of Argentina, 21 years of age. It
:42:42. > :42:47.really is very close between Argentina and Turkey. The
:42:48. > :42:53.Argentinian is trying to protect the left-hand side so that he will be at
:42:54. > :42:58.the turn. He's making sure he positions himself to the left. That
:42:59. > :43:06.does not mean that someone further rate will not be far enough to get
:43:07. > :43:09.all the way around them. Turkey. We are around two thirds of the way
:43:10. > :43:15.around, and there is not much time left. Shirley Robertson is on the
:43:16. > :43:20.water. Are there any real passing opportunities? It is tough to watch,
:43:21. > :43:24.not really. There is the odd puff of wind. You see them all looking
:43:25. > :43:30.behind, trying to be in the pressure as much as they can. It is flat
:43:31. > :43:40.water, and you cannot even get a little pump on. It is very flat.
:43:41. > :43:57.Desperately feel for Giles, not many options left. As she says, not a lot
:43:58. > :44:05.of options left. One of the secrets to doing well in a regatta is that
:44:06. > :44:09.you have to turn your 16th places on 2/12. Or you have to concentrate on
:44:10. > :44:12.one or to boats in front of you, and if you can pass one or to on every
:44:13. > :44:16.leg, you're in a good position. These are difficult positions. This
:44:17. > :44:22.is not a disaster. He is not the only favourite having a difficult
:44:23. > :44:29.time. The Australian was well back. One of the favourites, Joss Junior,
:44:30. > :44:35.the only person to actually beat Giles, he was 19th at the last
:44:36. > :44:39.windward mark. The boats at the front are not the most fancied
:44:40. > :44:45.sailors, which does not mean they are not incredibly capable. But over
:44:46. > :44:46.ten races, can they sustain it? It is early days, but let's hope he can
:44:47. > :44:51.pick off a Couple. The leaders are just
:44:52. > :45:07.approaching the bottom gate. Argentina working very hard. Facundo
:45:08. > :45:12.Olezza of Argentina, he has been working hard to hold the inside
:45:13. > :45:17.rounding the last turning mark. Turkey and Slovenia close to the
:45:18. > :45:21.Argentinian. I would not be surprised to see some last-minute
:45:22. > :45:27.moves, but as you say, these are all good positions. They might in fact
:45:28. > :45:32.just agree, let's keep the battle for the next few races, let's hold
:45:33. > :45:40.these positions. Argentina getting very close to the final jibe. Turkey
:45:41. > :45:45.ready to pounce if there is a gap. Argentina jibed to go around the
:45:46. > :45:53.last turning mark, Turkey in second, Slovenia in third. Incredibly close
:45:54. > :45:56.for the final dogleg. He is a younger man but he has a wise head
:45:57. > :46:02.on his shoulders, protecting the inside. A straight shot to reach the
:46:03. > :46:07.finishing line, a fantastic race, thrilled for him. Argentina leading
:46:08. > :46:12.the pack on the short dogleg to the finish line. 15 seconds away from
:46:13. > :46:23.the boats crossing the finish line, you can see it on the screen.
:46:24. > :46:30.Argentina Holdings to Windward, Turkey going below, Argentina trying
:46:31. > :46:41.to cover. Slovenia also taking the low road. Argentina crossed the
:46:42. > :46:47.finish line. Facundo Olezza, 21 years of age, the youngest
:46:48. > :46:54.competitor in the class Tom wins the first race. Estonia crossed the
:46:55. > :46:58.finish line in fourth or fifth place. They were leading the race at
:46:59. > :47:07.one point. A slight disappointment to slip back. The United States,
:47:08. > :47:20.Norway, Hungary, and then the bronze medallist from London crosses the
:47:21. > :47:31.line, Jonathan Lobert. Italy. Greece coming into the line. Then, Denmark.
:47:32. > :47:40.Jonas Hogh-Christensen, silver medallist from Denmark. Giles Scott
:47:41. > :47:44.concludes the first race of the men's heavyweight, a tough race,
:47:45. > :47:48.putting him back in the pack, in 17th place.
:47:49. > :47:57.A nervous debut on his part. 17th in the first race, but no panic. There
:47:58. > :48:02.are ten races in the class, and you can scratch one of them, so if that
:48:03. > :48:06.is his worst, he gets to scratch it, and it is the sailor with the best
:48:07. > :48:12.combined results in the entire regatta who wins. He is doing better
:48:13. > :48:17.in his second race, there are two races for the finn class today, the
:48:18. > :48:23.last we heard he was in third place. You can follow it live via the BBC
:48:24. > :48:30.Sport app and website. It is all going on. We are going to talk
:48:31. > :48:33.tennis, Joanna can't and Jamie Murray the first choice pairing for
:48:34. > :48:39.the mixed doubles. It starts tomorrow. Andy Murray and Heather
:48:40. > :48:47.Watson have been named as alternate for Great Britain, they are now at
:48:48. > :48:53.18 on the list, is to put -- is to couple struck out, they get a spot
:48:54. > :48:58.as well. Joanna contact is a busy lady, she is in the middle of a
:48:59. > :49:03.singles match against Svetlana Kuznetsova. The name might be
:49:04. > :49:09.familiar to you, because she is a former US open champion from Russia.
:49:10. > :49:15.As we speak, Johanna Konta is serving to stay in the first set.
:49:16. > :50:03.Brilliant, wonderful forehand angle. She got a lot of brush. Got the ball
:50:04. > :50:14.up and down very quickly. Elevating herself off the floor. Good dynamic
:50:15. > :50:19.athleticism. Can she hold on? That is the play that I really like on
:50:20. > :50:25.this slow, with the hard-core. Get your opponent outside the double
:50:26. > :50:30.strand and open up the angle for yourself. If you serve to the
:50:31. > :50:33.middle, your return is in the middle of the court, and it is hard to get
:50:34. > :50:41.the ball through the court and get on the front foot as a consequence.
:50:42. > :50:45.That is a really decent service hold for Joanna contact, she will be
:50:46. > :50:55.delighted. The first hold in this much for her. She is asking the
:50:56. > :51:00.question of the Russian eighth seed. Just looking across to her camp to
:51:01. > :51:21.pick up any signals. Some things never go out of fashion.
:51:22. > :51:33.Brilliant from Kuznetsova. Again, it the wider serve that served her
:51:34. > :51:44.well. Look how early she backs it up, with the kick in the leg action
:51:45. > :51:46.on the high double hander. Will she serve wide here as well? She has a
:51:47. > :52:03.good kick serve. A similar pattern of play. But not
:52:04. > :52:10.the same reward. Johanna Konta with a terrific height background's high
:52:11. > :52:12.backhand return, well above her shoulders. Can she take this return
:52:13. > :52:28.game further? Just waiting in her peripheral
:52:29. > :53:18.vision for her to commit one way or the other.
:53:19. > :53:25.That forehand ballooned out by quite a long way. It might make her
:53:26. > :53:30.slightly anxious. There have been multiple breaks of serve in this
:53:31. > :53:39.set. Is Johanna Konta looking at another ambush on the Russian? If
:53:40. > :53:40.ever I thought there was a challenge on, I thought it would be right
:53:41. > :54:07.there, but not so. It is an unusual combination, a
:54:08. > :54:12.slow, abrasive court and a fastball. It is easy to overcook it. David
:54:13. > :54:38.Fera ousted recently on this court. Set point for Kuznetsova.
:54:39. > :54:47.She has foundered. The backhand down the line has been missing of late,
:54:48. > :54:53.but was gorgeously struck. Perfect weight and direction, look at how
:54:54. > :54:57.she sets up for this one. Any time you redirect the ball, you have to
:54:58. > :55:02.have a great position around the ball, and look how disciplined she
:55:03. > :55:24.was with her legs. Her back leg almost touching the court.
:55:25. > :55:32.It has been a strange set this one, yo-yoing about all over the place,
:55:33. > :56:12.but after 37 minutes, the eighth seed has a second set point.
:56:13. > :56:19.It is a bruising rally, she is delighted with the outcome. She
:56:20. > :56:23.takes the opening set 6-3, after just 38 minutes.
:56:24. > :56:33.That continues live now, you can watch it via the BBC Sport website
:56:34. > :56:37.and app. That is live now. Our day is just about done. Let me remind
:56:38. > :56:48.you of some of the key moments from today so far. Joe Cortina's hopes of
:56:49. > :56:55.an Olympic medal or over after he narrowly lost in the last 16, he is
:56:56. > :56:58.the fourth British boxer to exit. Great Britain's men made a good
:56:59. > :57:04.start to their rugby sevens campaign, easing to a 31-7 victory
:57:05. > :57:11.over Kenya. Their next match is at 9pm tonight your time. They will
:57:12. > :57:14.face Japan, who had a stunning 14-12 victory over New Zealand, their
:57:15. > :57:21.first ever sevens victory over the all Blacks. Katherine Grainger
:57:22. > :57:26.remains on course for her fifth Olympic medal after she reached the
:57:27. > :57:30.final of the women's doubles, one of six British boats to secure places
:57:31. > :57:35.in finals so far. New Zealand's and the Aussies are out. The reigning
:57:36. > :57:41.singles champion Andy Murray marches on in the men's after he brushed
:57:42. > :57:51.aside Argentina's Monaco to reach round three. That is about it from
:57:52. > :57:56.me. It has been a really exciting few hours here, by the beach. So
:57:57. > :58:04.much to come over the next few hours. It is only halfway through
:58:05. > :58:10.our Olympic day. On the list of must see things, in about 20 minutes,
:58:11. > :58:15.half-hour or so, David Florence goes for possibly another medal, the
:58:16. > :58:20.already has two, and you never know, he might be on the top step, it is
:58:21. > :58:24.the final run of the men's Canoe slalom. The women's ten metre
:58:25. > :58:30.advancing crow, after the British boys who bronze tonight -- last
:58:31. > :58:35.night. The women's team gymnastics from 8pm your time, that could be
:58:36. > :58:39.scintillating, with Simone Biles, one of the stars of the Olympics
:58:40. > :58:46.from America. This will be our first chance to see her, going for one of
:58:47. > :58:49.five gold medals. Then, the swimming finals, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor the
:58:50. > :58:55.fastest qualifier in the 200 metres individual medley, and Great Britain
:58:56. > :58:58.the fastest in the freestyle relay. It could get very tasty tonight.
:58:59. > :59:02.From us by the beach, goodbye, catchy tomorrow.