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Good evening. You're just in time here on BBC Two to join us as we

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reach the semifinal stages in the CANOE SLALOM. The single event in

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the men's event. That is one run for glory for David

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Florence. That is the course that he has to run. Let me hand you over to

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the commentators. Haneda has had experience of world

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and Olympic finals. He has a dynamic style, which is snappy. He tries to

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use the water, trying to get the timing. I was talking to David

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Florence's Coach this morning, and he named this fella, because he is

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performing well, and look, here's down slightly, but not too bad. That

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is a good upstream gate. He is using the water.

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Well negotiated in 17. It is tight to the wall, so you have to be

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accurate. That is good enough. Is Haneda stays clean, he will go into

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the final. He might go through with a big boost as well. He is only 1.5

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seconds outside the best time. He is holding back a little, capable of

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pushing harder. He is about to seconds

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down Vitezslav Gebas. Haneda has done the job very well. Japan will

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feature in the last ten of the men's C1. He looked very smooth coming

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into that upstream gate, 13. Really digging deep. He used the water

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extremely well. They are in more control than they were in the heats.

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But there are a lot less penalties, I don't know whether it is just

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because they have settled down. Four more to go. Remember, only one vote

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per nation. The rules have changed somewhat. In 2012 Great Britain got

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the gold and silver in the C2 category. Gareth Mariette took the

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silver medal in 2000. In 2008 David Florence to get. He is one of the

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favourites today. Yes, here's the current world champion. He knows

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what it feels like to be in this position, and he is desperate get on

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the podium. Savsek of Slovenia. Very experienced. He is from a stunning

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part of the world. The sport is huge in Slovenia, just as in Slovakia. He

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always commits to the run. If he makes it through to the final,

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expect to see fireworks. He's up there with the best.

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As a paddler he can be very deceptive. He uses long, efficient

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strokes. You see him setting himself up to get the best.

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He went for the spend. Nathan Sharpe. He just held a little before

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-- he just held a little before that. He's looking for a time of

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around 85. He is well inside. Looking good. He has two silvers,

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won bronze, but no gold medals to his name in major competitions. A

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couple of mistakes. But he has not picked up any penalties. That has

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lost top spot. He has done enough to show us that he is a medal

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contender, if not a gold medal contender. Yes, he lost his way on

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that last bit of the course. He likes to get ahead of the game, so

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he sets himself up so he can drive through it. Keeps the momentum going

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downstream. We want to see them as close to the green poll as they can.

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Savsek is down. He joins those going through to the final. We still have

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four men who are out. We know that Shu is not competing in the final.

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But the man in the bubble is Borrows from a steel you, hoping that one of

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the men will make mistakes, otherwise his Olympic hopes will

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come to an end. David Florence was flown out by his father. Everything

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you can do to increase your chances, he has had more practice on this

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water than any other team, apart from the Brazilians. This is the

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moment of truth. That did not look like the perfect line into the first

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drop. All sorts of delays. But you have to make the mistake firmly, to

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give yourself an opportunity to make up. He needs to get himself back

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into his game plan. He is good at that. World Champion last year, and

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he did not have the best run on the top section. Two seconds down. Still

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good enough to go through. We saw a ferocious performance in heat one to

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make sure he went through, but he is one of very few athletes at the

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games who has only taken one of the possible two he runs. He has done it

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with the most amount of preparation. Now he needs to get back across. He

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wants to be as tight as he can. This man can work hard. He is the

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powerhouse with Richard Hounslow he gets across the way. That is a

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beautiful section. He has got himself back. This will not be far

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of the wheat. He is looking for a time of 97.932 content with the

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leader. He needs to make sure he is inside 100 seconds. And that will

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happen. He has one gate to go. He has ended up with a place in the

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finals. He has a much better run in him than that, and he knows it. His

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father George, and his family, all enjoying it. He worked hard for

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that, and he is a man that most certainly can. He shows a real style

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here. He will certainly be looking to make a smoother run in the final.

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Born in Aberdeen, and he lives now in London to make sure he can train

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in the Lee Valley facility. But the Scottish, over time, have produced

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some good paddlers. Campbell Walsh is coaching the New Zealanders. We

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have David Florence, Fiona Pennie, from Bridge of Allan, and over the

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years they have produced tremendous paddlers. The training ground for

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most of the Scots is currently. -- Grantley. We are now watching

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Dennis Gargaud Chanut of France starting his first semifinal run.

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From Marseille. A very smooth paddler. Again he has long strokes

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that makes him look as though he is not going as fast. The French team

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described him as an acrobat. His ability to move on the water and

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negotiate his way around. He's looking smooth at the moment. He is

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upon the split 0.11 up. He is in control. Keep an eye on the bottom

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of the boat, you might be able to see their fins that he uses. They

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are like thrusters on a surfboard, to hold the line of big canoe. But

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50% of coaches do not think they work. So you can make up your own

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mind. Gargaud Chanut really believes in them. He wants to drive right

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across the waves, keeping the boat speed. Not as quick as we saw from

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David Florence. We saw the extra move at 819 to make sure it was

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clean. That is as quick as we have seen. The time is impressive. Just

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outside the best. Perfect. He does not want to go last in the final. He

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has taken a huge amount of pressure off himself by finishing second,

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with only one man to go. He will be happy either way. A beautiful

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display of slalom. Tucking under gate 13. He did not even need a

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stroke. One driving stroke out. He uses the water with those long

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paddle strokes. Still, waiting to see who was eliminated. Shu is out,

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Ian Borrows of Australia is not out, but unless Tasiadis makes a mistake,

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it could be the end for the Australian. He is sitting in tenth

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place at the moment. We're waiting to see what Tasiadis does. He is

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good at the big occasion. He is a silver medallist from London 2012.

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The only finalists still here today. Fourth in the World Championships in

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2013. Did not go his way last Steven Lee Valley, and he finished 20th. --

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last year at the Lee Valley. He has a quick stroke rate, compared to

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what we have just seen. You can have a shorter stroke, the real

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powerhouses like David Florence, and then contrasting you have Gargaud

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Chanut, who uses the Longreach he has. He is just about up on the

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gate, but eight and nine approving a problem. He's holding onto a slim

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lead. It is not about winning, it is about getting clean, giving

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confidence to cope with the course and finishing high enough to what

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some of the runners in the final. That becomes less significant

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because of their ability to see people in the final. Between the

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semifinal and final, they will look at every paddler to compare them.

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They will eliminate any way to stop in the middle section. A little

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sticky on the exit. Looking for at a time of 83. This has been a

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brilliant run from the German, Tasiadis. The Germans have not won

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since back in 92. Not only is he clean, he has taken a

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big chunk out of everyone else. Is that his one good run, or can he do

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the same again? That is the big ask. He will find that others will pick

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up the pace. We often see the fastest time comes in the

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semifinals, but I imagine there is time for a number of people. Matej

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Benus lost some time, as did David Florence, but what Sideris Tasiadis

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did well through the middle section, he rolled the boat, almost as if he

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eliminated the stoppers. He got the direction of speed, tracking all the

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time. He has five World Championship silver medals. They have all come in

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the team event. In the semifinals here he has proved he can medal in

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an individual as well, no doubt about it, that was silky smooth. It

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looked easier than David Florence. We will see how he gets on later. He

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will be the last to go in the final. His success means that Ian Borrows

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knows he will not take part in the last stage of this race. He finished

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11th, only the top ten go through. We will run down those who have been

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successful. The Japanese looking very good.

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David Florence in the middle of the bunch. Just under four seconds for

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him. Relief for David Florence, he wiped

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his brow at the end, but don't worry about the times, it is wiped clean,

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there is no carrying over, it is one run, the fastest will count in the

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final, which goes off at 7:10pm your time. David will start fourth in the

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final, and have to put down a fast time and keep fingers crossed. We

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have got a moment to reflect on the judo fortunes of Alice Slazenger, a

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former world bronze medallist, she got through her opening bout in the

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six to three kilo category earlier today. Now she is up against a Dutch

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opponent. At stake, a place in the quarterfinals.

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Alice Schlesinger has been in consistent form for Great Britain.

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Looking to attack early on. So much determination. Whenever Alice

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Schlesinger takes to the mat, such a fierce focus. Anicka van Emden is

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vastly experienced, a huge and umber of medals.

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They have met five times in the past, Anicka van Emden has three

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victories. Trying to get the grip. Anicka van Emden trying to wrap the

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arm around the back, it is all about getting the purchase on your

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opponent. Alice Schlesinger is excellent at winning by ippon, the

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hefty blow, turning your opponent onto their backward force, that

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immediately ends any judo contest. Trying the same thing again here.

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Looking to turn around and get your leg between your opponent's legs and

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flip them over. Alice Schlesinger wasted not that much time earlier

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on. No British judoka has come further than this so far here.

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Anicka van Emden, world bronze medal in 2013, the last time the World

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Championships were held here. Not a medal Alice Schlesinger has ever

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won. Tentative so exchanging blows on the feet. Alice Schlesinger

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looking for the opportunity, which did not present itself. She goes

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ahead. It is wiped back of the school. She

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will be more worried about the penalty against her name now. If

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that stays the same, Anicka van Emden would progress. Alice

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Schlesinger needs to do something about this. She works away at Anicka

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van Emden. The last time they met, Anicka van

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Emden was a tough customer, she was not susceptible to much of what

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Alice Schlesinger could offer in terms of footwork, and now Alice

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Schlesinger could be in trouble. Just about avoid giving anything

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away. This will do for Anicka van Emden, to waste a bit of time. She

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is in command, Anicka van Emden, but narrowly. Any scoring for Alice

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Schlesinger would take her through instead. Looking to get the

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purchase. The smallest possible score would be

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getting Anicka van Emden down onto her side. Trying everything now.

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Alice Schlesinger needs to find their way past the sturdy Anicka van

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Emden defence. Time ticking away. Anicka van Emden in control. This

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will be desperate for Alice Schlesinger, she needs to break out

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of this. The referee will stop proceedings. Alice Schlesinger needs

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to find something, desperation now. You hear the time run out.

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By the narrowest of margins, one penalty. Anicka van Emden boughs to

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her opponent and moves on to the last eight. Alice Schlesinger heads

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out. No joy for Alice Schlesinger, she is

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the fourth of the seven who have come here who have now gone out.

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Next, Sally Conway, in the 70 kilo category. She is in action tomorrow.

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It is a beta full evening, do you fancy going outside? We will do that

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shortly. We will meet the man who is carrying a lot of Team GB's medal

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hopes, Giles Scott, one of the most dominant sportsmen in any Olympic

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discipline. He has rolled -- ruled the waves, the four-time world

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champion, but he has waited a long time for his Olympic chance, he has

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been in the shadow of Sir Ben Ainslie, who won the Finn class in

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the last two Olympics. Giles Scott in a sentence? I am

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pretty easy-going. You would not know I have a sportsmen. I do not

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think you would think anything much of me, really!

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It all began at my sailing club, I was five or six, my parents took me

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and my brothers to the fore a beginner 's course, to keep us out

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of trouble. I just wanted to get in a boat and make it go fast each way.

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It is the main's heavyweight class. To sail it, you need to be 90 to 105

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kilos. It is technically demanding. It is a fiddly boat, it is twofold,

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a physical battle and a technical battle. When you compete on your

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own, there were still addictive lame -- there is nobody to blame or hide

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behind, but there is more pressure that comes along with it. The crowds

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are about to cheer, because Ben Ainslie wins his fourth Olympic

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gold. He is the greatest sailing Olympian in the history of the

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Olympics. The media will pick up on the fact that you are sailing in the

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same class as Ben Ainslie. You ploughing your own furrow or

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following in his footsteps? There has been a huge changing of the

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guard. I like to think I am following my own path, they just

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happens that the man who has gone before is him. Not qualifying for

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London, watching one of the racing going on, that was not the easiest

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thing for me to do, but I am glad I stuck around and put myself through

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it. Highlights have been winning major championships, winning Olympic

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test event, World Championships, European Championships, beating

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people like Ben Ainslie. If you ask anybody from my competitors, they

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would be happy enough to say they want to come into the Olympics with

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a string of results that I have had. I know what I want from it, that has

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a gold medal. It is the one thing that I have wanted to achieve for a

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very long time, I have worked hard to do that. I am confident in where

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I am at. It will not be easy. A lot of people have said it is a sure

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thing, which it isn't. It is an Olympic Games, it is giving one of

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the hardest regattas you can do, and the thing is given. -- nothing. I am

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more capable than anybody else of doing it, but it is not a given.

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We should find out how he is doing, because the regatta started

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yesterday, but this is the first appearance of the finn class, two

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races today. Let's dip into the first of them, we joined them at

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about the halfway mark. There is Giles Scott. He is in the

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scrap at the back of the fleet at the moment. The breeze is not going

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his way. The racecourse turned into a drag race, and unfortunate first

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leg has left him fighting. It is a test of character. It is one thing

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winning World Championships, but this is the Olympic Games, this is

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his first appearance, you have the weight of the nation on your

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shoulders, he has not had any breaks yet so far. He is capable of turning

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this around and getting into the top ten. It is a test of character, it

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could not be more difficult conditions. He has one lap to go.

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The finns are bearing down on the leeward mark. Argentina, Turkey and

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Estonia are trying to get the best positions of. Argentina jibed off in

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the latter stages, it looks like it worked out very well. A nasty job

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coming into the bottom of the course. Nasty boat wash affecting

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the racing, but Argentina have sailed... Is that an overlap? I

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think it is clear. Argentina round in first place. It is going the way

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of the Argentinian. Estonia slightly wide of the mark, Turkey take the

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inside round. Slovenia round in fourth place, Greece on the inside

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of the Croatian. Norway getting some clear water,

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picking the best line around. France also follow suit. Going for the

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early attack. He dug himself out a little bit

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earlier than Giles. He is doing a good job here of turning what was

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looking at very poor result early on and took a counter.

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Denmark trying to get into the inside of Sweden. Brazil, no Giles

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Scott of Great Britain. We are in the closing stages at the moment.

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Giles Scott is running out of time. Finland, then Italy and New Zealand,

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altogether. I thought is Julia was going to have a collision between

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Australia and Italy. I think the Australian is just managed to avoid.

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Canada a definite collision, as far as I could tell. Turkey at the

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bottom of the picture. Working harder. Estonia and Argentina have

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held on and they are now sailing up the right-hand side. We saw the

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leaders coming in from the left hand side. A little bit of a split

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decision. At what you do not generally doing a

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good position is to separate to the other side of the cause. He was

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perhaps waiting a shift to go on. It has stabilised in the right

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direction, with Argentina still leading Estonia. Argentina, for now,

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letting the Estonian go. Clearly both Bolt swung back right-hand

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side. From that camera angle it looks like the boats are closer than

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they are. Turkey has separated by a long way to the left. This could be

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interesting here. Turkey, 18th and the London 2012 Olympics, but doing

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well here. Perfect inside the boat with Cinar from Turkey. You almost

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have to get down on those knees when you do this. Especially since one of

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the sailors is 8-foot tall. Nice demonstration. Cinar from Turkey,

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the furthest boat to the left. -- one.

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-- Kaynar. If you're not confident about what the breeze will do at the

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venue, do not split from your rivals to fire. Turkey is sailing further

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and further to the left-hand side, while the rest of them out on the

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right. Sometimes you get forced to do that. You get right shift, and

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you do not like what you see, so you go to starboard unthinkable

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comeback. Then you get more separated and before you do it it

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will be too late -- before you know it it will be too late to come back.

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Argentina, the right of way boat that Slovenia have two avoid.

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Argentina are waving them on. So Slovenia takes the lead. Argentina

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happy to give the reader way. It is great

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to see him doing that. If he had tacked it, it would have forced the

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others to do that. He said, you know, Carry On in front of me, so he

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could get clear air in the direction he wanted to go. Slovenia, Estonia

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and Croatia, with Argentina and Turkey in the front pack. Giles

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Scott from Great Britain is working hard in the middle of the field. He

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has some nice space around them, and we will see how well the hard work

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pays off. Turkey is now crossing Slovenia. The Turkish borders

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working hard coming in from the left hand side. He got bounced further

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out to the left, and now Turkey, Kaynar, takes the lead here in Rio.

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It is a nice race, but it is loose. He is doing his own thing, and

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sometimes you have to do that. He is not worrying too much about

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strategy. He's just keeping the boat moving fast and hope that works out

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for him at the top. Argentina is coming back in. Turkey

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is crossing ahead, still in the lead. But it is close. Slovenia are

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just behind the Turkish boat. We are getting into the final stages of

:35:58.:36:02.

this upwind leg. Argentina, with a little shift to the left-hand side,

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Argentina cross ahead of Turkey. So the lead is changing all the time.

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Some short, quick shifts still to be had at the top the course. The fact

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that the boats are attacking so often, it just shows that they are

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having to work with at the wall time. It is just very unstable

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beneath what is very high land. Argentina tacking levered to Turkey.

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Still wanting the left-hand side. They are quite well to the right of

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the course, so although he is protecting the left, he is

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protecting the long tacks. Right now there is a lot more sailing to be

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done. Better to lead the fleet back than to box yourself into the

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right-hand side and a corner. I met him for the first time during

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measurement. He was excited about his first Olympic Games, but he had

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lost a lot of weight. He dropped a lot of weight for this Olympics,

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hoping it would be late winter. It is looking like a smart decision

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today. The strategy is changing, and it is

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now all about picking the best approach to the mark. It is a very

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light breeze. Even though they control boats and the jury is do not

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move very fast on the water, even a small wave now can really affect

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them, as the wind is light. Argentina sailing over the top of

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Slovenia. Estonia lost a lot of ground. Turkey still on the left.

:37:57.:38:02.

Look a much harder he is having to hike to keep the boat flat.

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Argentina and now tacked to ground the top of the course.

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Turkey is close behind Argentina, followed by Slovenia in third. There

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is a pack coming up. Just having to time that perfectly to avoid the

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back. Estonia trying to get round the mark, forcing Brazil. Very close

:38:45.:38:51.

to rule infringement. Estonia judged it just right, right on the limit.

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USA, Norway, Hungary, still waiting to see where Giles Scott of Great

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Britain is going to round this windward mark. I think he is all

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right. I think he was in reasonable shape. I am not sure whether he will

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lay the mark, though. Giles is just tucking in behind the Swede. That

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looked like a collision. Yes, between Denmark and the Netherlands.

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By my calculation, one more run to go before we get the short dogleg to

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the finish. Not a lot of time. Giles has to work hard to squeeze every

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last drop out of this. In winds of under ten knots like this, you're

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not allowed to rock and pump to artificially make more wind and make

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the boat go faster. So there is a tremendous temptation to do that,

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but the umpires will be looking for it. You can be penalised, which can

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hang over you for the rest of the regatta. Important that frustration

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does not get the better of him, and he needs to make sure that he does

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not fall foul of the umpires. Argentina are happy to sail into the

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middle of this run. Locked into a battle at the moment with Turkey.

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That is Kaynar, who had the lead, but now he is working hard against

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the Argentinian sailor. There are still some gains and losses to be

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made. The American has gone from 20 Second Place up to eighth on that

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last beat. If you get the right side of these and find they better

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patches of wind, there are plenty of chances to catch up. Facundo --

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Kaynar. You can see the Judy with their eyes fixed on the front pack.

:42:20.:42:30.

-- jury. They are not allowed to pump the boat when the breeze is

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light. Now, Facundo Olezza of Argentina, 21 years of age. It

:42:35.:42:41.

really is very close between Argentina and Turkey. The

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Argentinian is trying to protect the left-hand side so that he will be at

:42:48.:42:53.

the turn. He's making sure he positions himself to the left. That

:42:54.:42:58.

does not mean that someone further rate will not be far enough to get

:42:59.:43:06.

all the way around them. Turkey. We are around two thirds of the way

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around, and there is not much time left. Shirley Robertson is on the

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water. Are there any real passing opportunities? It is tough to watch,

:43:16.:43:20.

not really. There is the odd puff of wind. You see them all looking

:43:21.:43:24.

behind, trying to be in the pressure as much as they can. It is flat

:43:25.:43:30.

water, and you cannot even get a little pump on. It is very flat.

:43:31.:43:40.

Desperately feel for Giles, not many options left. As she says, not a lot

:43:41.:43:57.

of options left. One of the secrets to doing well in a regatta is that

:43:58.:44:05.

you have to turn your 16th places on 2/12. Or you have to concentrate on

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one or to boats in front of you, and if you can pass one or to on every

:44:10.:44:12.

leg, you're in a good position. These are difficult positions. This

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is not a disaster. He is not the only favourite having a difficult

:44:17.:44:22.

time. The Australian was well back. One of the favourites, Joss Junior,

:44:23.:44:29.

the only person to actually beat Giles, he was 19th at the last

:44:30.:44:35.

windward mark. The boats at the front are not the most fancied

:44:36.:44:39.

sailors, which does not mean they are not incredibly capable. But over

:44:40.:44:45.

ten races, can they sustain it? It is early days, but let's hope he can

:44:46.:44:46.

pick off a Couple. The leaders are just

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approaching the bottom gate. Argentina working very hard. Facundo

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Olezza of Argentina, he has been working hard to hold the inside

:45:08.:45:12.

rounding the last turning mark. Turkey and Slovenia close to the

:45:13.:45:17.

Argentinian. I would not be surprised to see some last-minute

:45:18.:45:21.

moves, but as you say, these are all good positions. They might in fact

:45:22.:45:27.

just agree, let's keep the battle for the next few races, let's hold

:45:28.:45:32.

these positions. Argentina getting very close to the final jibe. Turkey

:45:33.:45:40.

ready to pounce if there is a gap. Argentina jibed to go around the

:45:41.:45:45.

last turning mark, Turkey in second, Slovenia in third. Incredibly close

:45:46.:45:53.

for the final dogleg. He is a younger man but he has a wise head

:45:54.:45:56.

on his shoulders, protecting the inside. A straight shot to reach the

:45:57.:46:02.

finishing line, a fantastic race, thrilled for him. Argentina leading

:46:03.:46:07.

the pack on the short dogleg to the finish line. 15 seconds away from

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the boats crossing the finish line, you can see it on the screen.

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Argentina Holdings to Windward, Turkey going below, Argentina trying

:46:24.:46:30.

to cover. Slovenia also taking the low road. Argentina crossed the

:46:31.:46:41.

finish line. Facundo Olezza, 21 years of age, the youngest

:46:42.:46:47.

competitor in the class Tom wins the first race. Estonia crossed the

:46:48.:46:54.

finish line in fourth or fifth place. They were leading the race at

:46:55.:46:58.

one point. A slight disappointment to slip back. The United States,

:46:59.:47:07.

Norway, Hungary, and then the bronze medallist from London crosses the

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line, Jonathan Lobert. Italy. Greece coming into the line. Then, Denmark.

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Jonas Hogh-Christensen, silver medallist from Denmark. Giles Scott

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concludes the first race of the men's heavyweight, a tough race,

:47:41.:47:44.

putting him back in the pack, in 17th place.

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A nervous debut on his part. 17th in the first race, but no panic. There

:47:49.:47:57.

are ten races in the class, and you can scratch one of them, so if that

:47:58.:48:02.

is his worst, he gets to scratch it, and it is the sailor with the best

:48:03.:48:06.

combined results in the entire regatta who wins. He is doing better

:48:07.:48:12.

in his second race, there are two races for the finn class today, the

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last we heard he was in third place. You can follow it live via the BBC

:48:18.:48:23.

Sport app and website. It is all going on. We are going to talk

:48:24.:48:30.

tennis, Joanna can't and Jamie Murray the first choice pairing for

:48:31.:48:33.

the mixed doubles. It starts tomorrow. Andy Murray and Heather

:48:34.:48:39.

Watson have been named as alternate for Great Britain, they are now at

:48:40.:48:47.

18 on the list, is to put -- is to couple struck out, they get a spot

:48:48.:48:53.

as well. Joanna contact is a busy lady, she is in the middle of a

:48:54.:48:58.

singles match against Svetlana Kuznetsova. The name might be

:48:59.:49:03.

familiar to you, because she is a former US open champion from Russia.

:49:04.:49:09.

As we speak, Johanna Konta is serving to stay in the first set.

:49:10.:49:15.

Brilliant, wonderful forehand angle. She got a lot of brush. Got the ball

:49:16.:50:03.

up and down very quickly. Elevating herself off the floor. Good dynamic

:50:04.:50:14.

athleticism. Can she hold on? That is the play that I really like on

:50:15.:50:19.

this slow, with the hard-core. Get your opponent outside the double

:50:20.:50:25.

strand and open up the angle for yourself. If you serve to the

:50:26.:50:30.

middle, your return is in the middle of the court, and it is hard to get

:50:31.:50:33.

the ball through the court and get on the front foot as a consequence.

:50:34.:50:41.

That is a really decent service hold for Joanna contact, she will be

:50:42.:50:45.

delighted. The first hold in this much for her. She is asking the

:50:46.:50:55.

question of the Russian eighth seed. Just looking across to her camp to

:50:56.:51:00.

pick up any signals. Some things never go out of fashion.

:51:01.:51:21.

Brilliant from Kuznetsova. Again, it the wider serve that served her

:51:22.:51:33.

well. Look how early she backs it up, with the kick in the leg action

:51:34.:51:44.

on the high double hander. Will she serve wide here as well? She has a

:51:45.:51:46.

good kick serve. A similar pattern of play. But not

:51:47.:52:03.

the same reward. Johanna Konta with a terrific height background's high

:52:04.:52:10.

backhand return, well above her shoulders. Can she take this return

:52:11.:52:12.

game further? Just waiting in her peripheral

:52:13.:52:28.

vision for her to commit one way or the other.

:52:29.:53:18.

That forehand ballooned out by quite a long way. It might make her

:53:19.:53:25.

slightly anxious. There have been multiple breaks of serve in this

:53:26.:53:30.

set. Is Johanna Konta looking at another ambush on the Russian? If

:53:31.:53:39.

ever I thought there was a challenge on, I thought it would be right

:53:40.:53:40.

there, but not so. It is an unusual combination, a

:53:41.:54:07.

slow, abrasive court and a fastball. It is easy to overcook it. David

:54:08.:54:12.

Fera ousted recently on this court. Set point for Kuznetsova.

:54:13.:54:38.

She has foundered. The backhand down the line has been missing of late,

:54:39.:54:47.

but was gorgeously struck. Perfect weight and direction, look at how

:54:48.:54:53.

she sets up for this one. Any time you redirect the ball, you have to

:54:54.:54:57.

have a great position around the ball, and look how disciplined she

:54:58.:55:02.

was with her legs. Her back leg almost touching the court.

:55:03.:55:24.

It has been a strange set this one, yo-yoing about all over the place,

:55:25.:55:32.

but after 37 minutes, the eighth seed has a second set point.

:55:33.:56:12.

It is a bruising rally, she is delighted with the outcome. She

:56:13.:56:19.

takes the opening set 6-3, after just 38 minutes.

:56:20.:56:23.

That continues live now, you can watch it via the BBC Sport website

:56:24.:56:33.

and app. That is live now. Our day is just about done. Let me remind

:56:34.:56:37.

you of some of the key moments from today so far. Joe Cortina's hopes of

:56:38.:56:48.

an Olympic medal or over after he narrowly lost in the last 16, he is

:56:49.:56:55.

the fourth British boxer to exit. Great Britain's men made a good

:56:56.:56:58.

start to their rugby sevens campaign, easing to a 31-7 victory

:56:59.:57:04.

over Kenya. Their next match is at 9pm tonight your time. They will

:57:05.:57:11.

face Japan, who had a stunning 14-12 victory over New Zealand, their

:57:12.:57:14.

first ever sevens victory over the all Blacks. Katherine Grainger

:57:15.:57:21.

remains on course for her fifth Olympic medal after she reached the

:57:22.:57:26.

final of the women's doubles, one of six British boats to secure places

:57:27.:57:30.

in finals so far. New Zealand's and the Aussies are out. The reigning

:57:31.:57:35.

singles champion Andy Murray marches on in the men's after he brushed

:57:36.:57:41.

aside Argentina's Monaco to reach round three. That is about it from

:57:42.:57:51.

me. It has been a really exciting few hours here, by the beach. So

:57:52.:57:56.

much to come over the next few hours. It is only halfway through

:57:57.:58:04.

our Olympic day. On the list of must see things, in about 20 minutes,

:58:05.:58:10.

half-hour or so, David Florence goes for possibly another medal, the

:58:11.:58:15.

already has two, and you never know, he might be on the top step, it is

:58:16.:58:20.

the final run of the men's Canoe slalom. The women's ten metre

:58:21.:58:24.

advancing crow, after the British boys who bronze tonight -- last

:58:25.:58:30.

night. The women's team gymnastics from 8pm your time, that could be

:58:31.:58:35.

scintillating, with Simone Biles, one of the stars of the Olympics

:58:36.:58:39.

from America. This will be our first chance to see her, going for one of

:58:40.:58:46.

five gold medals. Then, the swimming finals, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor the

:58:47.:58:49.

fastest qualifier in the 200 metres individual medley, and Great Britain

:58:50.:58:55.

the fastest in the freestyle relay. It could get very tasty tonight.

:58:56.:58:58.

From us by the beach, goodbye, catchy tomorrow.

:58:59.:59:02.

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