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Dave five, what are you doing to us? I'm afraid, guys, back in the UK,

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Rio de Janeiro is not giving you your usual dose of escapism. It is

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absolutely horrible out here, I'm afraid to say. On BBC Four, we have

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had to move from our usual position down on the ground in the Olympic

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park, we have got a bill to shelter but I'm not happy to say that it's

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coming in sideways over here. -- a bit of shelter. You can see the fans

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down there, being pretty stoic about everything. Lots of umbrellas, and

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could ghouls aplenty. The fans are still trying to make their way into

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enjoy the action. We will have plenty of action to brighten up the

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state of play here and the state of affairs back at home. This is what

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is coming up this Wednesday afternoon.

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We are going to be after the Sambodromo very shortly to see the

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men's individual eliminations. BBC Four is going to be your home fall

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of the rugby sevens this afternoon. Great Britain with their toughest

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test so far, taking on New Zealand. And it will be a difficult for Great

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Britain's women hockey players, up against Olympic silver medallists

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from 2012, Argentina. This is how the afternoon of day five is looking

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on this drizzly Rio de Janeiro day. We are going to start with a bit of

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archery before we go to the water polo, Greece against the greatest

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men's water polo team in Olympic history, Hungary, and interesting to

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see how Copacabana is looking, we check in with the Beach volleyball

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before a bit of rugby sevens and then the women's hockey as well.

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On BBC One, things don't look much prettier. We have got Emma Pooley

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for Great Britain going in the women's Road race time trial. She

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was a Beijing silver medallist, high hopes for her and later, the weather

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will surely give a little extra bite to Joe Clarke going in the canoe

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slalom K-1. The breeze is picking up and somehow we are staying in

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position. My goodness! This is not what we're used to. If anyone was in

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any doubt whether it was winter in Rio, well, definitely is. We were

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hoping to show you a full programme of rowing this afternoon.

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Unfortunately, things have taken a turn for the worse down at the Lagoa

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Stadium as well. You can just about see Christ the Redeemer, but it has

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meant we will have no rowing this afternoon. Sir Steve Redgrave and

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John Inverdale are looking after things down there. What is the state

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of affairs, guys? It's pretty mournful down here, very

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great and the only thing that is brightening the horizon... Actually,

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classic timing! About 50 blokes with bright yellow could ghouls behind a

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30 seconds ago and they have vanished now. Maybe they have been

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swept away. Just a mournful sight, grey everywhere. We are not going to

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have any racing today. Understandably so by the way as well

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because they must have got a pretty austere weather forecast going

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forward and you can see what conditions are like at the moment.

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Occasionally coming you get a massive gust of wind to almost blow

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you off your feet. I suspect this was a no-brainer. They inspected the

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course at 7:30am and at 7:31am, they knew what the answer was. Not enough

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wind for the sailing yesterday when we had perfect conditions but the

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sailors will be happy today. Look at those pictures. It is pretty obvious

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why it has been delayed again. We are actually halfway through the

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rolling programme and we have been delayed twice now, four more days to

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go, all finals days. It will be interesting to see if we can get

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through the next few days. Do we assume now that we will be racing on

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Sunday and just knock the schedule on one day? I don't think they want

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to do that. We have lost two days now of the first four, but they

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would like to catch up and have a spare morning on Sunday just as a

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banker. I gather they are talking about having a double hit on Friday,

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literally just hearing that in the last few seconds which presumably

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means they will move today's programme to tomorrow and then

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tomorrow's programme to Friday and do both sessions. There were two

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finals today, men's and women's quads, and four finals each day for

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the last three days. They could be mixing and matching. We will have to

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wait and see. I've got no idea what the forecast is for the rest of the

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week because it seems to vacillate every few hours but the bottom line

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is, nothing is happening here today. The weather really playing havoc

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with the schedule down at the rowing. Glad to say that we have

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some action in the archery as well. We will show you a bit about what is

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going on down at the Sambodromo in a moment but before we do, Darren

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Campbell picked a fantastic day to get down to the Sambodromo and have

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a go at a bit of archery as well. It looked very different to how it

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looks today. After Lord's Cricket ground hosted

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the archery in 2012, the pressure was on Rio to find a spectacular

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venue. Step forward, the Sambodromo. During the Rio Carnival, 90,000

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people fill the stands for half a mile. Having just walked into the

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arena, the first thing that really strikes you is the heat. It is so,

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so hot. The target from the shooting line to the target is 70 metres

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away. As you stand here, you can feel the sun on your back. In this

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arena, the crowd feels so close. It feels like you can touch them and

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like you can hear every single breath. You can see Christ the

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Redeemer, just over there. Is it your time? You will have 20 seconds

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to release Yobo. Failure to release the bow will result in a penalty. If

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you just look over there, you can see it is slightly picking up, the

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sock, you can't wait for it to be still. A red card is what you will

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receive. It is not like football. You won't be sent off but what you

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will lose by receiving a red card is your highest score from the set. It

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will hit its target within one second, at 140 mph. From the

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shooting line, I could not even see the medal target but now I am this

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close, it is about the size of a DVD. The best archers will actually

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hit this little cross. Ridiculous. Now it would be wrong to come to

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such a fantastic venue without giving it a go myself but I'm going

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to need a bit of coaching and a bit of help from my main man, Chris.

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Event organiser, the main guy. You were involved in London 2012 and you

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are going to be involved in Tokyo. Absolutely. What is this place like?

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It's amazing, it's never been used for sport before so this is the

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first time as a sporting venue so some challenges there. It has a

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fantastic history. It is in the culture. It is in the fire of

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Brazilians, with Carnival. We are trying to bring the same Carnival

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ride here, and party hard for the Olympics with the archery. When you

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draw back the bow, keeping this high, this arm, still, looking

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straight down, and creating no movement so you can see down the

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target is hard. It's all about hitting the ten when you can. It is

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not so much dependent on muscles. It is all about controlling your

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breathing and your mental ability and being able to hit the ten when

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you need to for the gold medal. Breathing, forget about strength and

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power. Clear your mind. The bow is your friend. Don't fight it but use

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it. Three fingers underneath the arrow and then straighten this arm,

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good, point to the target, bring this to your right eye, a team in

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the middle and relax. You got a nine, not bad! Nine!

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He picked a good day to get out to the Sambodromo, Darren Campbell and

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it was a pretty good day yesterday for Great Britain's Naomi Folkard,

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who was involved in last 32 action against Kawanaka of Japan and the

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Beijing Olympian came through that pretty well, going through to the

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last visit -- la 16, taking on Santos of Brazil tomorrow at around

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2:15pm UK time to mark your card for that one. Today, even though the

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weather is horrible, it does not seem to have affected the action

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down at the Sambodromo in the men's elimination so let's go down to the

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Maracana zone and check in on our friend Finicius who seems to be

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enjoying things down there. We are going to enjoy men's individual

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action right now at the Sambodromo with our commentator, Glenn Marble.

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COMMENTATOR: Each archers shoot three arrows per set. It is a

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knockout format. -- each archer shoots. The maximum score and archer

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can get in any one set is dirty, if they get three arrows in the ten

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zone. In the ten zone at the other end of the target, which is 70

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metres, the other end of the range, 70 metres away, and it is the size

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of a CD or DVD. Not a big target. Florian Floto starts with nine. If

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you win a set, you get two set points. The archers can share a set

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if they have the same score, meaning they get one point each. The losing

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archer gets no set points. First to sixth set points wins the match

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moves through to the next round. The loser is eliminated from the

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competition. We could have a scenario where we have both archers

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finishing on five set points apiece. And if that happens, we will have a

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one arrow shoot off. The winner then moves through by being closest to

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the centre. Similarly pepo, a bit astray with his second arrow,

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getting a seven. Floto's advantage means that if he

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gets an eight or better, you will get the first two set points of the

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match and he's got a ten so a dream finish for Florian Floto. He has got

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the first two set point locked away. That is the format. Not overly

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complicate it to follow. It ensures high class and high drama at times.

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-- complicated to follow. Pressure is able to be applied on their

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opponent by a judge, so it can be an exciting format. -- by each archer.

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The archers are just waiting for the judges at the far end of the range

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to ratify their scores. Then we will move onto set two.

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So, those scores have been ratified now and Floto takes the first set

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29-24. -- Piipo of Finland. The archer has

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20 seconds to shoot each arrow. Completed at both of the European

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Championships earlier this year, these archers, Floto finishing just

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outside the top 16, so making the last 32. It is his third ten, three

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in a row, for him. He's in good form in match and Piipo finished one

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further back. Floto is the man in good form, here. He has made an

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excellent start. He is gunning for his fourth ten in succession in this

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match. Not far-away, is he? The archers are allowed to speak to

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their coaches. During a match. Great finish from Floto. That is pressure

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archery right there. Very impressive start from Florian Floto. He was in

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very good touch during the ranking round, and had a very high finish,

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11th out of 64. So far, four tens and two nines for the German. He has

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two sets locked away. The difference has been stark so

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far, two very good set of archery from Florian Floto, he is one set

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away and he is through to the last 32. The pressure on the Finnish arch

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and now. If he loses this, he is gone. He needs arose in the yellow

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zone desperately. If Florian Floto continues this sort of form,... A

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big, strong, stable base for him to launch into his archery.

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That has clipped the ten. If it hits the line, it defaults to the higher

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score. That will be scored a ten. Florian Floto continues his

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outstanding form. This is a big opportunity for the German team --

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to wrap up the match. He just needs a six or better. Another one in the

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nine zone, nine out of nine in the Get Low, a very good effort. That

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second arrow needed some ratification. It will not matter,

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Florian Floto has made light work of his first match, really impressive.

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He will move through to the round of 32.

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Nine arrows required to move through to the next round, that is the

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minimum number. Five of them finished in the ten zone, four in

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benign, an excellent effort. He just dropped four points in the whole

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match, he is comfortable you through.

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The men's individual archery. These two looking to get into the round of

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32. Andres Pila, the Colombian. 654

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points, just one of his personal best. 82nd in the world rankings, he

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has been as high as 54, in 2013. His opponent is Khairul Anuar Mohamad.

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He qualified in 20 Second Place. 33 -- he is 41st in the world rankings,

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but he has been as high as number three come back in 2013.

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Khairul Anuar Mohamad's world ranking in 2013 was largely on the

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back of making the quarterfinals in the last Olympic Games. And

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excellent form. He just missed out on the quarterfinals in 2013 in the

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World Championships. He just missed the medals in the Asian games in

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2014. He has been a very good archer in certain competitions over the

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last three or four years. Without just breaking through to get a top

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three placing. But he has been very competitive. He is one to watch in

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this Olympic Games, his second. He has also been in action already

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in the team competition. Malaysia missing out on the quarterfinals.

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284 Andres Pila. And likewise, Khairul Anuar Mohamad with nine and

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seven. Not far away, but he asks Andres Pila to get a ten to win the

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set. Andres Pila has an opportunity. Not been able to get one into the

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yellow zone yet. It will be a set to Khairul Anuar Mohamad, by a point.

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A very well-respected fierce competitor. He has been on the

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circuit for several years now. The first Malaysia mail to reach a World

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Cup final, in 2011. Andres Pila is not a bad archer. He

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is well respected around South America as being one of the best on

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the continent. His radar is not working at the

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moment. The wind is a lot lower than has

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been in previous sessions. A nice buffer. He should be wrapping

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up this set, courtesy of a couple of loose arrows from Andres Pila. That

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is his best so far, but it is unlikely to be enough. The Malaysian

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needing just a six or better to move into a comfortable position. He has

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got and eight, not his best by any stretch, but still good enough. You

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just have to get more points than your opponent in this format. He had

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wriggle room there, Khairul Anuar Mohamad, to secure another set.

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It is all about surviving to the next round. You don't need 30s each

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time, you just have to get more points than your opponent. That is

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what Khairul Anuar Mohamad has done so far.

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Khairul Anuar Mohamad needing one more set when, two more set points,

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to move through to the next round, the round of 32. Andres Pila needs

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to at least share this set. He has started brilliantly, with a ten, the

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first of the match so far. That could be a nine. It might have

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clipped the line by a smidgen. Andres Pila waits for the wind to

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die down. All of a sudden, the gust is coming

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through the range. An excellent response from Khairul

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Anuar Mohamad. They have 20 seconds' time-limit for

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each arrow. Andres Pila waiting almost the full 20 seconds. Really

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breezy all of a sudden, in this last minute or so, that is why Khairul

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Anuar Mohamad is waiting as well. He needs an eight or better to end this

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match. That was a clutch arrow, the wind lying below, the time ticking

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down, at Khairul Anuar Mohamad puts it in the ten zone. That would

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please him. The Asterix is the provisional arrow, but it does not

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matter, he has a comfortable set victory. Khairul Anuar Mohamad left

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his best archery to the last set. He will go through to the next round.

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Very good form from Khairul Anuar Mohamad. Hugely impressive, the

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gusty conditions coming up, seemingly from nowhere. That

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indicates the breeze is picking up a bit here.

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Khairul Anuar Mohamad has moved through to the last 32, defeating

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Andres Pila. We will be back with the archery in

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a moment. Just to bring you an update, it is still pretty awful

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down here. That is the state of play looking down over the coast. It does

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not catch much better when you change the camera angle. It is windy

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as well, really blustery. When we came on air, I said how the rain was

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coming down. We have taken shelter here, but it is cold as well.

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Sometimes when you go on holiday and you feel it is tropical, it is quite

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warm, but at the moment I feel like I need more layers, maybe even a

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thermal. The fans are still coming in. Next to the handball arena, that

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seems pretty popular, a lot of fans wearing their cagoule is and the

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umbrellas are definitely up. We are going to go back to the archery in a

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moment, but on BBC One now, they are in the women's Road race time trial.

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Emma Pooley, the Beijing Olympian and silver medallist, going for

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Great Britain, she is in the closing stages of her race. She is pushing

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for a medal, but with more riders still to come, we will have to see

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whether she can come away with a medal. But now, we will go back to

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the Sambodromo. The wind and weather definitely affecting some of the

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archers. They will join the women's individual competition.

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COMMENTATOR: Women's individual archery time in the round of 64 here

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at the Rio 2016 games and we have a match between Shih-Chia Lin of

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Taipei and Reem Mansour of Egypt. A very good archer from Chinese

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Taipei, the 23-year-old, qualified ninth with a score of 650, 21 in the

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ten zone, world ranking is ten at the moment and she has been at

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high-end -- size five in the world back in September 20 15. Here is

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Reem Mansour of Egypt, the 22-year-old, qualified 56th, 596

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points, 12 of her arrows finished in the ten zone, currently ranked 179

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in the world. Beaten finalist at the African

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Championships in 2016. Our line judge from the match -- for the

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matches from the US. So, women's archery and we now have

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Shih-Chia Lin on the shooting range and she is certainly an archer to

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watch in these Olympic Games, she finished second at the World

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Championships last year, beaten in the final. She starts with a nine.

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Likewise, Mansour. Keep your eyes on Lin. She is

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certainly going to be one to watch. Mansour with an eight. Lin can win

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this match is a nine -- with a nine or better which she has secured.

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Shih-Chia Lin off to a good start, here.

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And that I think has missed the target from Mansour. Unfortunately

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for her, she got that one terribly wrong. It thundered into the board

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at the back. So it is going to be 28-9, and in fact, there it is,

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right there. Missing the target entirely.

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Shih-Chia Lin, part of the Chinese Taipei team that competed well

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earlier on in this Olympic Games. They secured the bronze medal in the

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team event, beating Italy in that bronze medal match. Great effort

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from her and her team-mates, one of whom will also be a serious

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contender in the women's draw. So Shih-Chia Lin, up 28-17, 2-0 set

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points. If you are watching archery for the first time, just repeating

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and reminding you of how the format works, a best of five set encounter,

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each archer shoots three arrows per set, and the highest cumulative

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score wins two set point. As we saw Lin do in the previous match, or the

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previous set, the first to sixth set points wins the match. -- six set

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points. That won't worry Lin too much. Mansour finishing with a total

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of 21 which means Lin only needs four or more to win the second set.

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And she has got and eight. 26-21, comfortable set when for Chicchi 11

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as well, so she just needs six points, one more set win to move to

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the last 32. You can get five set points apiece and if we do reach

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that, we then go to a one arrow shoot off, with the archer who

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finishes closest to the centre winning their way through to the

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next round. Excellent indication, there are, on

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the flight of the arrow, and the wind just dying down a bit again.

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Not affecting the flight of the arrow to much on that one from Lin

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so she is up 4-0 in set points now. The wind is still gusting around a

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little bit. Tricky conditions for the archery, for both the team and

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individual competitions so far. You see Lin, there, just struggling to

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provide herself with a stable base, a balance, where she can draw the

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arrow back. Not be affected by anything else. Just below the ten

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zone from Lin. Well, it is a tough day at the

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office for Reem Mansour, just four, there. Lin just needs two, to move

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through to the next round. She has got a nine so a comfortable

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win, then, for Shih-Chia Lin. She has had absolutely no problems

:37:24.:37:25.

whatsoever, moving through to the round of 32 comfortably, taking that

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match against Reem Mansour of Egypt. So, no problems at all for Shih-Chia

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Lin. She is one of the world's elite women's archers. She's ranked inside

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the top ten and has had no problems moving through to the next round,

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comfortably beating Reem Mansour 6-0 in set point.

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Women's archery continues here at the 2016 Olympic Games and we have a

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round of 64 elimination match now, and this match has Laurence Baldauff

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of Austria up against Bombayla Devi Laishram of India. Bombayla Devi

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Laishram in her third Olympic Games let's look at Lord's love, the

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41-year-old, living in Luxembourg and residing in Vienna, qualifying

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first with 16 pence in her ranking round, current ranking in the world

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of 93rd. -- 16 tens. Laishram in her third Olympic Games, qualifying 24th

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with a score of 638, 23 arrows in the ten zone, they shoot 72 in total

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in the ranking round, 69 in a world at the moment, the 31-year-old but

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she has been a size 14, back in November 2000 eight. -- as high as

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14. Our judge is from Argentina. So, Laishram, here, 24th in the

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ranking round, as Olympic experience, her third Olympic Games,

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competing in the team and individual competitions at the last two games,

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best effort in London four years ago where she just missed out on a spot

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in the top 16, so that means she won her around 60 format but lost in the

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round of 32. If she was able to win here, she would match what she was

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able to achieve in London at the very least. Of course, she will be

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aiming to go better than that. Baldauff has competed at the World

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Championships last year in Denmark. She also reached the last 32, there.

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So Baldauff, that is her best achievement in her career to date so

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far. Of course, reaching the last 32 got her into the field here for Rio.

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Laishram's eight means there's a big opportunity for Baldauff to win the

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first set. She needs seven or better. And she got a nine. Good

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start for the Austrian. She takes the first set. A score of 27, three

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nines so plenty for Laishram to think about heading into the second

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set. Baldauff did not compete in the sport ten years, took a break

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between 2000-2010. But she has since got her an easier than back and six

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years later, here she is at the Olympics, a fine Olympics from her,

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despite not competing in the sport ten years. -- she has since got her

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enthusiasm back. So, there we are, Laurence Baldauff,

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the winner of the first set, 27-24. Laishram, here, a two time Olympian,

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two time World Championship attendee as well. She gets her first ten. Her

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best result was a silver medal at the World Championships in 2011 in

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the team event. As an individual, her best effort is arguably third

:42:45.:42:50.

place, a bronze medal at the 20 13th Asian championships in Chinese

:42:51.:43:00.

Taipei. -- 2013. Laishram has a pretty good record, too, in World

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Cups, with numerous appearances in that, like this archer from Austria,

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Laurence Baldauff. So, Baldauff courtesy of that good start to the

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second, might claim it with a nine or better, and she has got the nine.

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Excellent from her. Good comeback. 24 points scored in the first set

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and a significant improvement in the second from Laishram.

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Likely to be seven, that one, if it lands on the line. Remember, it

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defaults to higher number. -- the higher number. The national coach of

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Austria, there. Giving Baldauff some wise words. It is a six star at the

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moment, likely to be seven, that means the judges at the target end

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of the range will have a look and see whether the arrow at the top of

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your screen is clipped the black line. The target itself is 122

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centimetres in diameter. The archers shoot from 70 metres and believe me,

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it is a very small target when you are standing on the 70 metre line.

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It is a long way away, that target, when you are standing on the

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shooting line. Each zone, a scoring ring, as they call it, 6.1

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centimetres in diameter. It makes the centre of the target, the ten

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zone, about the size of a DVD. So that is how small the target is in

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the centre. Laishram has the second set, 28-24. Baldauff's arrow was

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upgraded to a seven but it did not change the result of the set so we

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are locked up after two sets. Laurence Baldauff does not have one

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in ten zone yet. Four nines. Bombayla Devi Laishram has one in

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the ten zone. That is the next nearest she has had so far.

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This looks comfortable for the Indian. She can wrap this up

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comfortably, leading to get to 25 to win the set, so seven or better for

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the win. Much more consistent in this match so far, just one bad

:45:55.:45:58.

arrow so far, a seven in the first set. Since then she has been very

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solid. Bombayla Devi Laishram's last six arrows, they have all been in

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the yellow zone. Bombayla Devi Laishram has been an

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archer for 20 years. Gold medal winner from the 2012 -- 2010

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Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Followed her mother into the sport,

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who was her inspiration. She has been competing on the international

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stage for nine years. She is starting to move into her

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form nicely, with a solid set. A good start for Laurence Baldauff.

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That is her best arrow so far. The first ten of the match.

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Whoever wins will move through to the next round. Laurence Baldauff is

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determined to ensure that she stays in the match. A mixed bag from those

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first two arrows. What happens with a six like that is that it

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eliminates the effectiveness of the previous arrow, which was a ten. She

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now has the pressure of binding one in there again. The Indian can wrap

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it up with a seven. She has got and eight, that will do

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it. Bombayla Devi Laishram of India is going to be through to the next

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round. Solid archery from her. She needed

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12 arrows in all. Nine of them were in the Gold zone. Just the 110, but

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she will be happy that she is into the next round. She has a chance of

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Rory in her third Olympic Games. The form here of Bombayla Devi

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Laishram much more consistent than her Austrian opponent. The Indian

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moves through to the round of 32. Defeating Laurence Baldauff of

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Austria. Progression into the next round for

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the Indian. We will be back with the next stage of the men's individual

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competition on BBC Four in a moment. Back here, as the wind comes across

:49:47.:49:54.

me in our sheltered position, we have been joined by Ollie Williams.

:49:55.:50:00.

Not for the first time this week, you are showing you are a lot

:50:01.:50:04.

stronger when it comes to the environment, and I am weak. I did

:50:05.:50:09.

not get the memo again that said we were supposed to look old, sorry! --

:50:10.:50:18.

cold! You live in the northern territories, in Canada. Away from

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the archery, we will talk about table tennis, it is a big day in the

:50:24.:50:27.

women's singles. China looking to add more gold to their trophy

:50:28.:50:35.

cabinet. Yes, they get under way, we have the London 2012 champion Li

:50:36.:50:45.

Xiaoxia, playing Ai Fukuhara. Li Xiaoxia has not been perfect since

:50:46.:50:49.

London, she is only third in the world. She had a bout of pneumonia

:50:50.:50:55.

before that. Ai Fukuhara is who I want to talk about, the Japanese

:50:56.:51:00.

rival, because she is a big deal in Japan, Japan makes a big deal out of

:51:01.:51:08.

their sports stars in sports that we don't focus on. She was everywhere

:51:09.:51:11.

when she was 12, she would play studio guests and cry when she lost.

:51:12.:51:18.

You might have views about that as a parent, but that is what she did.

:51:19.:51:27.

She had a video game. You could play 12-year-old Ai Fukuhara as she takes

:51:28.:51:30.

on a series of challenges involving an old salarymen who is refusing to

:51:31.:51:34.

give up the game, and a Demon player. Where do you get these

:51:35.:51:41.

nuggets from? She will have a difficult time in the first

:51:42.:51:44.

semifinal, you can see it on BBC One. They will show that this

:51:45.:51:49.

afternoon. In the second semifinal, it will feature the Olympic silver

:51:50.:51:59.

medallist from 2012. That is Ding Ning, she lost to Li Xiaoxia, and it

:52:00.:52:03.

got a bit Banksy, because Ai Fukuhara felt the Italian umpire was

:52:04.:52:09.

biased against her. She kept getting penalties against her from the

:52:10.:52:13.

umpire. One of which was for taking her towel to early. She started to

:52:14.:52:18.

think it was cutting it a bit too fine. She was unimpressed that she

:52:19.:52:23.

lost, she blamed it in part on her spat with the umpire. They could be

:52:24.:52:29.

the possibility we have an all China final. She is playing a North

:52:30.:52:33.

Korean, who is not well-known, ranked 50th in the world, but she

:52:34.:52:36.

has scrapped her way through to get here. It will be interesting to

:52:37.:52:42.

watch that. We could have a China rematch of the London 2012 final.

:52:43.:52:47.

They have dominated the table tennis, 15 of the 16 available gold

:52:48.:52:53.

medals this century. China dominating medals across the board.

:52:54.:53:02.

Great Britain lagging a bit further back. It is not just table tennis

:53:03.:53:10.

that they dominate. It is always China against the US in the medal

:53:11.:53:15.

table, they have already picked up three gold medals each in

:53:16.:53:19.

weightlifting and diving. Diving is one of the sportswear China hoped to

:53:20.:53:26.

win everything. Table tennis is one. Since 2000, China have won 75% of

:53:27.:53:32.

all gold medals on offer in diving. But they have not completed a clean

:53:33.:53:38.

sweep of the medals. That is something they will look to do here.

:53:39.:53:42.

They have three from three so far. Badminton as well. They win just

:53:43.:53:47.

about everything. Then, table tennis. 24 out of 28 Olympic table

:53:48.:53:52.

tennis titles in history have gone to China. Even some of the nations

:53:53.:53:58.

who win table tennis medals who are not China have China born athlete.

:53:59.:54:03.

The Singapore women's team from 2012 were all worn in China. They know

:54:04.:54:08.

what they are doing, they stick with the sports they are very good at.

:54:09.:54:14.

Information packs, another wonderful time chatting to you. Last night in

:54:15.:54:18.

the swimming pool you may have seen that Michael Phelps did it again.

:54:19.:54:24.

Yet another gold medal. Michael Johnson has been debating just who

:54:25.:54:29.

is the greatest Olympian of all time.

:54:30.:54:36.

I want everybody to know it, I am the greatest. There are those who

:54:37.:54:40.

tell you straight. You cannot argue with that. For the rest of us, we

:54:41.:54:50.

need to define ourselves. It combines physical strength and

:54:51.:54:54.

beauty. We are constantly measuring, comparing, contrasting. A champion

:54:55.:55:00.

needs determination, able to win, a killer instinct. That is the beauty

:55:01.:55:06.

of sport. Every age produces its heroes. Who is the greatest? Usain

:55:07.:55:14.

Bolt has blown them away. History is being made, Carl Lewis. The pretty

:55:15.:55:22.

gold medal. One man stands out. He has made the 15th Olympic Games his

:55:23.:55:29.

own. Through the record books, do they tell the true story? The

:55:30.:55:35.

champion becomes a legend. A new Olympic and world record. Mark Spitz

:55:36.:55:40.

won the gold medal every time he swam. Do the numbers add up? Michael

:55:41.:55:50.

Phelps' 21st Olympic medal. If anybody sees me go near a boat, you

:55:51.:55:54.

have my permission to shoot me. Great Britain get the gold medal.

:55:55.:55:59.

Steve Redgrave, what a great Olympian. Is it about what touches

:56:00.:56:06.

us? Faultless. That is Olympic history. The emotion? A gold medal

:56:07.:56:19.

for Freeman. A moment captured in time?

:56:20.:56:27.

The debate goes on and on and on. That is the beauty of sport. If we

:56:28.:56:39.

have all the answers, that would be no fun at all.

:56:40.:56:49.

The debate continues. You can have your own composition, who is the

:56:50.:56:52.

greatest Olympian of all time? Michael Phelps has the most gold

:56:53.:56:58.

medals. But get involved with the hashtag. No doubt this will run and

:56:59.:57:06.

run for the rest of Olympic history. We will go back to the archery, the

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men's individual competition continues. We will see the German

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against the Malaysian. The men's archery continues. A round of 32

:57:24.:57:37.

match. The winner of this will be through to the last 16.

:57:38.:57:42.

High stakes now, you can get to the last 16, you can move into the

:57:43.:57:47.

quarterfinals. All of his arrows into the yellow

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zone in his previous match. The 24-year-old defeated the Colombian

:58:20.:58:27.

in the first round, 6-0. He is 41st in the world, but he has been as

:58:28.:58:31.

high as number three, and he is competing in his second Olympics.

:58:32.:58:45.

The line judge is from Egypt, --. Khairul Anuar Mohamad has the

:58:46.:58:49.

experience of London 2012 under his belt. He has been a quarterfinalist

:58:50.:58:57.

at the Asian games and the Asian championships in 2015 and in the

:58:58.:59:04.

World Cup final in 2013. Plenty of experience, finishing in and around

:59:05.:59:07.

the top eight, Khairul Anuar Mohamad. Several years on the

:59:08.:59:12.

circuit. Florian Floto shop very well in the

:59:13.:59:33.

first match earlier in the session. A very good performance from him. If

:59:34.:59:38.

he can carry that on, he will be hard to beat. Khairul Anuar Mohamad

:59:39.:59:43.

has real ability. He has the ability to lift his form when required. That

:59:44.:59:48.

is what he has done here to start this match.

:59:49.:00:04.

So, this one is beautifully poised. The set is going to be decided on

:00:05.:00:21.

the last arrow. From both archers. Well, that is not what Floto wanted

:00:22.:00:41.

and it gives Mohamad a big opportunity to win this set. This

:00:42.:00:48.

arrow needs to go into the gold zone but you can see the wind and look at

:00:49.:00:53.

his bow wavering. Three seconds on the shot clock. Can he get it away

:00:54.:01:01.

in time? He just did, Mohamad's nine will get the job done.

:01:02.:01:08.

Mohamad really doing well to steady his bow right at the end, there. Did

:01:09.:01:18.

very well to bang that one into the golden zone and win the set. Tight,

:01:19.:01:24.

tight moment therefore the Malaysians. -- there are, for the

:01:25.:01:30.

Malaysian, as the wind just gusted up a bit. Terrific arrow to start

:01:31.:01:38.

and then built a solid foundation for the Malaysian to go on and win

:01:39.:01:40.

the set. By one point. 27-26 if the confirmed score in the

:01:41.:02:00.

first set with Mohamad taking it. Floto waiting for the wind to die

:02:01.:02:37.

down again. Started off OK in this session but it has picked up a

:02:38.:02:40.

little bit and now dropped off again. Floto, oh, he got that one

:02:41.:02:44.

terribly wrong, didn't he? Mohamad's bow is just... Swaying

:02:45.:03:03.

from side to side, there. Tough, challenging conditions again

:03:04.:03:06.

greeting the archers in this session. So, Floto now will be in a

:03:07.:03:22.

challenging position here is the Malaysian can put one in the yellow

:03:23.:03:25.

and he has done so with a maximum score.

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So, the Malaysian with a very big lead in the second set.

:03:31.:03:39.

Looking very solid to win this one too, Mohamad. He only need five or

:03:40.:03:49.

higher. -- needs. And he has done that comfortably.

:03:50.:03:56.

That is the issue, isn't it? What the best archers do, all the archers

:03:57.:04:05.

in Rio are capable of shooting tens but the key to success is following

:04:06.:04:09.

it up with another ten or another nine. It is just solid, consistent

:04:10.:04:16.

archery, ten, and then a seven or eight is just going to open the door

:04:17.:04:22.

for your opponent. Floto's six, there, basically, in the end, was

:04:23.:04:24.

going to count him out of the set. Good shot, there, of what is

:04:25.:04:40.

required to get the arrow into the ten zone is Mohamad did for the

:04:41.:04:45.

second time in a match. 27-23 this time, he now leads 4-0 in set

:04:46.:04:57.

points. So, Floto needs a score in this set, to either share or win it

:04:58.:04:58.

to prolong this match. That is a good start for the German.

:04:59.:05:27.

The round of 32 at stake in the archery and Mohamad has to reset.

:05:28.:05:31.

That will soak up the time. The shot clock is down to five already. What

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a recovery. The archers train for situations like that. They know

:05:41.:05:43.

exactly what they have to do when they have to reset and that was very

:05:44.:05:48.

impressive from Mohamad, despite the score clock and the time pressure

:05:49.:05:54.

that he was under. This is what we saw from Floto in his first-round

:05:55.:05:59.

match, arrow after arrow in the Gold zone.

:06:00.:06:04.

And now Mohamad is starting to heat up. He might need to, another ten,

:06:05.:06:13.

yes. Let's see what Floto can do, here.

:06:14.:06:19.

Oh, he liked it from the moment it left the boat. And Mohamad will need

:06:20.:06:26.

another ten to win the set and win the match. He has got an eight.

:06:27.:06:39.

Well, Floto needed almost perfection there, to survive in this match,

:06:40.:06:44.

just a smidgen away from getting 30 out of 30. How critical might that

:06:45.:06:52.

last arrow be for the German in that set, in the context of the match?

:06:53.:07:10.

Terrific archery from Florian Floto, a significant lift in that last set

:07:11.:07:18.

from his previous two, a nine and two tends. And he needed them

:07:19.:07:26.

because Mohamad got to tens with his first two arrows that was a high

:07:27.:07:31.

scoring one, 20 9-27 and Floto stays alive in the match, now trailing 4-2

:07:32.:07:39.

in set points. But Mohamad is still in control of this one. The scenario

:07:40.:07:44.

for Floto is the same as the last. He needs a point or a win in this

:07:45.:07:53.

set to keep alive his dream of moving through to the last 16. The

:07:54.:08:01.

clicker comes in and away goes the arrow and varies the result when you

:08:02.:08:05.

get it right. That is his third successive ten.

:08:06.:08:27.

Welcomer his streak is broken. -- well, his streak is broken.

:08:28.:08:44.

He did that in the last set, too, Mohamad, just leaked one to the

:08:45.:08:52.

right and it ended up costing him. So now, Floto can end the set, here.

:08:53.:08:58.

With an eight or better, and he has got a nine. We are going to a fifth

:08:59.:09:01.

set, this is impressive from the German. He has come back from 4-0

:09:02.:09:09.

down in set points and now he is locking up the match.

:09:10.:09:19.

Well, now we have a match on our hands.

:09:20.:10:02.

Some great replays from the various cameras we have around the range,

:10:03.:10:09.

really gives you an excellent indication of what the body goes

:10:10.:10:12.

through, the strain, drawing back the arrow. Most of them are in the

:10:13.:10:23.

15-20 kg target. Some of them are slightly harder. Floto now locked up

:10:24.:10:31.

at 4-4 in set points heading into the final set. This is a one set

:10:32.:10:37.

match, whoever wins it moves through to the last 16. If it is shared, we

:10:38.:10:44.

go to a one arrow shoot off and what a start from Floto, who has really

:10:45.:10:51.

found his form. In these last two sets, nothing outside the Gold zone

:10:52.:11:02.

since the second set, for this man. Another ten, his fifth in the match.

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Mohamad has four. Mohamad stares that one down

:11:05.:11:25.

superbly. Floto can end this match with a ten. He's got it! How is that

:11:26.:11:40.

for pressure archery? A brilliant performance from Floto and his coach

:11:41.:11:43.

is delighted and the Malaysian had this match at 4-0 in set points and

:11:44.:11:50.

has been eliminated. This does not matter. Won't have any context in a

:11:51.:11:56.

match at all even though it is a maximum. High-quality archery from

:11:57.:12:02.

both archers at the end of the match but that Floto performance was

:12:03.:12:11.

superb. Three tens from three in the last set and that is what he needed

:12:12.:12:14.

to get through to the last 16, he needed perfection and he achieved

:12:15.:12:20.

it, put a big tick next to it. Well done to Florian Floto, who has come

:12:21.:12:25.

back from a 4-0 deficit to go through and win three consecutive

:12:26.:12:28.

sets, knocking out Mohamad, you, who is by no means the worst archer in

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the field, far from it. The former world number three.

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Khairul Anuar Mohamad goes out of the tournament. And the German goes

:12:47.:12:57.

through to the last 16 with a fine performance. His best performance at

:12:58.:13:04.

major championships, Florian Floto, who is the winner of this match 6-4

:13:05.:13:07.

in set points. A spot in the last 16 awaits the

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winner of the next match in the women's individual round of 32 clash

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between Shih-Chia Lin of Chinese Taipei and Bombayla Devi Laishram of

:13:27.:13:35.

India. Lin here, the beaten finalist at the World Championships last

:13:36.:13:37.

year, made it all the way to the final, a wonderful performance from

:13:38.:13:44.

her. She had a most comfortable win in her first-round match in the

:13:45.:13:47.

individual competition, eliminating Reem Mansour of Egypt 6-0, not too

:13:48.:13:55.

troubled in that match, Shih-Chia Lin, did not need to produce her

:13:56.:13:56.

best form in that one. Bombayla Devi Laishram dropped a set

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against Laurence Baldauff of Austria but recovered to win and move

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through to this clash. She is competing in her third Olympic

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Games, Laishram. And here is the line judge for this

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match from Singapore. Now, India against Chinese Taipei

:14:28.:14:43.

for a spot in the last 16th here. These to know each other well. They

:14:44.:14:47.

have competed against each other on the circuit for a little while now,

:14:48.:14:54.

these two. Laishram is a bronze medallist at the Asian championships

:14:55.:14:59.

from 2013 but Lin, as I mentioned, is the defeated world champion --

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World Championship finalist from 2015 in Copenhagen, made it all the

:15:09.:15:11.

way to the final and she starts with an eight.

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She starts with a superb arrow. Some of her compatriots in the stands,

:15:21.:15:24.

supporting her. Bombayla Devi Laishram with a big

:15:25.:15:32.

advantage in the first set. That is her best one. But Bombayla

:15:33.:16:06.

Devi Laishram needs just a seven to win the first set. She has achieved

:16:07.:16:11.

it. With some comfort. No panic yet or cause for concern.

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It is all about composure and discipline. Repetition on the

:16:47.:16:51.

shooting line. Superb start from Bombayla Devi

:16:52.:17:04.

Laishram, that set the standard and put her in a solid position to close

:17:05.:17:10.

the set out. She was able to achieve it successfully.

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That is called and eight start. They will have to wait until after the

:17:38.:17:48.

set to ratify it. At the moment, it is and eight. It could be a nine. We

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will have to wait and see. Shih-Chia Lin will be concerned, and

:17:53.:18:08.

her coach. She has only been able to get one arrow so far into the gold

:18:09.:18:10.

zone. The coach of the Indian women's team

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there. Shih-Chia Lin battling, she might be on 25, so to make it

:18:23.:18:28.

absolutely secure, Bombayla Devi Laishram gets a nine here,... She

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has a ten. It does not matter, the first arrow from Shih-Chia Lin.

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Bombayla Devi Laishram again puts in a ten when she must, and it needed

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to count. And extreme pressure now, Shih-Chia

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Lin. She qualified in ninth place in the

:18:52.:19:08.

ranking. Unless she can get arrows into the gold zone, she will be

:19:09.:19:12.

eliminated, just one out of six so far the Shih-Chia Lin. Her opponent,

:19:13.:19:22.

Bombayla Devi Laishram, has four, including that, her second ten.

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Bombayla Devi Laishram one set away from moving through to the last 16.

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Three arrows required in the gold zone here the Shih-Chia Lin.

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That is her first time, that is more like it.

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Now the boot is on the other foot all of a sudden.

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Momentum is a funny thing. Adjustments are made. A chat with

:20:21.:20:27.

the coach, and all of a sudden, it can turn around quickly.

:20:28.:20:40.

That has won the set for Shih-Chia Lin. She just needed seven. We will

:20:41.:20:56.

head into a fourth set. Even though that is a ten from Bombayla Devi

:20:57.:20:57.

Laishram. A good match. Still a lot of work to do for

:20:58.:21:16.

Shih-Chia Lin. The same challenge awaits her in the fourth set as in

:21:17.:21:20.

the third set, she must win it or get a tie. That will take the match

:21:21.:21:29.

into a fifth set. If Bombayla Devi Laishram wins the set, she is into

:21:30.:21:30.

the last 16. Shih-Chia Lin taking a deep breath.

:21:31.:22:00.

The bronze medallist from the team event, silver medallist from the

:22:01.:22:03.

last World Championships in the individual. She needs at least a tie

:22:04.:22:13.

in the set to have any chance, and that is not going to help. A

:22:14.:22:15.

disappointing start. Now it is exceedingly difficult, as

:22:16.:22:30.

Bombayla Devi Laishram puts one in the ten. A comeback from Shih-Chia

:22:31.:22:39.

Lin, but she will be there battling now.

:22:40.:22:59.

She has got a nine, and the Indian goes through to the next round. The

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silver medallist from the last World Championships is out of this Olympic

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Games. Defeated by Bombayla Devi Laishram. A very fine performance

:23:26.:23:37.

from the 31-year-old. She defeats the highly rated archer from Chinese

:23:38.:23:45.

Taipei. A good match. In the end, it has been the Indian who has been the

:23:46.:23:51.

more consistent, just two outside the gold zone in the match, and

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paired with Shih-Chia Lin, who did not shoot well in this one. She had

:23:57.:24:05.

seven outside the gold zone, that is not good enough. She knows that is

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not enough to get through to the next match. The winner is Bombayla

:24:12.:24:13.

Devi Laishram. Fantastic performance there by the

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Indian archer. We will show more of the archery on the BBC sport

:24:27.:24:31.

website, the Red Button and the BBC Sport app. Plenty of ways you can

:24:32.:24:37.

follow the archery, if that is what you want to watch.

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Repetition, it is an art, day in, day out. Eat, sleep, train, repeat.

:24:49.:25:00.

Mastering skills. Building your strength. There are no short cuts.

:25:01.:25:12.

They say practice makes perfect. It is true.

:25:13.:25:18.

This is about fine tuning. Precision. Most of all, it is about

:25:19.:25:28.

passion. That is what drives you to be better. It gives you the strength

:25:29.:25:36.

to go again and again. So you keep going. Until you are ready to

:25:37.:25:45.

deliver. When it really counts. That is the art of repetition.

:25:46.:25:55.

Eat, sleep, train, repeat. That is what it takes to become an Olympian,

:25:56.:25:59.

especially in gymnastics, it is all about routine. After the Great

:26:00.:26:04.

Britain team finished fourth in the men's team final and fifth in the

:26:05.:26:09.

women's, they are still looking for a medal. It could come to light in

:26:10.:26:18.

the form of a certain Max Whitlock. Gymnastics is my life. I have done

:26:19.:26:26.

it since I was seven. It has been an amazing journey. It has made me who

:26:27.:26:35.

I am. In 2015 Max Whitlock won an historic world gold medal, a

:26:36.:26:39.

stunning feat, but before that, a mystery illness had almost ended his

:26:40.:26:44.

year before it began. It was stressful. The beginning of last

:26:45.:26:48.

year. I remember saying to my parents at the beginning of the

:26:49.:26:52.

year, I feel the fittest I have been, then two weeks down the line,

:26:53.:26:58.

the first year of the English championships, it was that area

:26:59.:27:00.

rating. Within a week I went from making routines clean to not being

:27:01.:27:05.

able to do a few skills in combination. I had glandular fever.

:27:06.:27:10.

It was a relief. It lasted three months. It motivated me even more to

:27:11.:27:17.

get back in, it helped me push so hard to produce the results I did at

:27:18.:27:22.

the end of the year. Max Whitlock is the pommel horse world champion! The

:27:23.:27:33.

first time a British men's gymnast has won the gold medal at the World

:27:34.:27:38.

Championships. How many times a day are you here? Six days a week,

:27:39.:27:44.

between five and seven hours a day. It is a great atmosphere to be in,

:27:45.:27:52.

all the guys that I train with. He has never been a superstar. I was

:27:53.:27:56.

told once he struggled to make a team, because his feet and point and

:27:57.:27:58.

stuff like that. But because his feet bend the other

:27:59.:28:08.

way, it helps him stick the dismount. It is because of his feet.

:28:09.:28:17.

It is strange, how it turns out. His forte, he can compete under

:28:18.:28:20.

pressure, late without getting affected by it. This is your

:28:21.:28:28.

specialism. You have mastered this. This is my strongest piece,

:28:29.:28:35.

definitely. A lot of my focus is honoured, I do double sessions every

:28:36.:28:38.

day, I do more than any other piece on this piece of apparatus. At what

:28:39.:28:43.

point do you get your first look at the Olympic Mulhall is and how it

:28:44.:28:49.

feels and what it looks like? The exact one, we will have one

:28:50.:28:55.

opportunity, on podium training, a few days before qualification. That

:28:56.:28:58.

is our only opportunity to see what it is like. That is a beautiful

:28:59.:29:04.

routine, Max Whitlock is challenging for a medal. That was super stuff.

:29:05.:29:13.

That was first-class! I was only 19, not expected to produce any results.

:29:14.:29:18.

I helped with the team result, that is the first time we did it in a

:29:19.:29:22.

hundred years. Nobody can ever take that away from these boys. For me to

:29:23.:29:28.

get an individual bronze was unreal. I did not feel under the radar, I

:29:29.:29:35.

was so pleased with my achievement. How does it feel to have overtaken

:29:36.:29:39.

Louis Smith a bit? You are top dog now. It is still a close

:29:40.:29:46.

competition, we both have high scores, we just need to produce

:29:47.:29:51.

clean routines, but it is pushing both of us even more, which is best

:29:52.:29:56.

for our team. What is it like, going into an Olympic Games as reigning

:29:57.:30:01.

world champion? Some people see it as more pressure, but I see it as a

:30:02.:30:04.

result in my bag, it calms me, knowing I have it. The Olympics is

:30:05.:30:10.

the pinnacle of everyone's career, it would be hard for it not to be

:30:11.:30:13.

overwhelming. I can't wait to compete.

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Katherine Downes doing the report frost and talk all things men's

:30:20.:30:24.

all-round individual final tonight, Craig Heap, the former Great Britain

:30:25.:30:30.

gymnast has joined us. I think it is drizzling indoors now! I think it is

:30:31.:30:34.

actually. We brought the weather from Manchester to Brazil. Feels

:30:35.:30:40.

like home! Warm and lovely! Max Whitlock is a superstar, a real one,

:30:41.:30:44.

and we have not had many of those in gymnastics over the years. It brings

:30:45.:30:50.

pressure doesn't it? He is the flag bearer. As we saw in qualification,

:30:51.:30:55.

things can go wrong for him. He seems to be one of those gymnasts

:30:56.:31:00.

that has a shaky start and grows into the competition. You probably

:31:01.:31:03.

think is the rounds go on people get more tired but he seems to get

:31:04.:31:09.

better and better. Last year in the World Championships, the same kind

:31:10.:31:12.

of qualification, a bit poor, went to the all-around final, Bell on the

:31:13.:31:19.

high bar and ended up fifth. In 2014, Paul qualification, ended up

:31:20.:31:22.

with an all-round silver medal, matching that of Daniel Keatings. We

:31:23.:31:27.

know he has got the capability to get onto the podium. He's definitely

:31:28.:31:31.

got it in him but in qualification this time around it did not go all

:31:32.:31:37.

of his way. Let's look at how Max managed to get into the top eight in

:31:38.:31:41.

the finals but it was not his day in particular and he had trouble with

:31:42.:31:45.

the volt. It's a really difficult one, the triple twist, and he has

:31:46.:31:49.

worked on his start value so he needs the difficulty. That is

:31:50.:31:54.

wonderful Mark gone. We know he can add a full mark on to that which

:31:55.:31:59.

will push into the 89s. I think honestly to get the podium, you need

:32:00.:32:04.

90 plus. You can see, he blocks off the volt, wrapping three twists, not

:32:05.:32:11.

many bigger vaults, not all the way around, hips slightly back and he

:32:12.:32:16.

falls over. One mark lost. You would like to think he will take that

:32:17.:32:18.

experience and know what can go wrong and put it right in the final.

:32:19.:32:23.

Again, he lost a mark in the high bar as well which is a bit of a

:32:24.:32:26.

lottery sometimes when you are putting in so much difficulty. You

:32:27.:32:33.

can see, does something called a Markolov over the bar and catches in

:32:34.:32:36.

a mixed grip and when your hands are so close together, it is so

:32:37.:32:39.

difficult to crush your hands and get the right hand on top of the

:32:40.:32:43.

bar. That was the real problem with that. But he went in the team

:32:44.:32:47.

competition and did that a lot better and performed his fault a lot

:32:48.:32:50.

better which will give him the confidence to be right up for this

:32:51.:32:57.

all-round fight. -- is vault. It's going to be at it and fight because

:32:58.:33:02.

he's not the only one going in the all-around final, Nile Wilson has

:33:03.:33:06.

risen to the stage. I was with him in the village a couple of days ago

:33:07.:33:10.

and he is so excited to be here. He is just free and flying. He

:33:11.:33:17.

absolutely has the performance aspect of gymnastics. You can see

:33:18.:33:22.

him land and he's like, "Come on!" It's a bit like a scene from

:33:23.:33:26.

Braveheart. But that is what sport is all about. You have to be able to

:33:27.:33:31.

perform. He reminds me a bit of Max, four years ago before London. Nobody

:33:32.:33:35.

had heard of Max Whitlock and suddenly, he's on the podium picking

:33:36.:33:39.

up a bronze medal behind Louis Smith. The last four years, it has

:33:40.:33:43.

all been about Max Whitlock is going to do this and can he perform under

:33:44.:33:48.

pressure? Actually, Nile Wilson is going to go into this, he qualified

:33:49.:33:51.

in fifth place and he's got the capability of hitting the 90s so if

:33:52.:33:56.

you are a betting man, I'd put a few quid on him. And his dad is here as

:33:57.:34:02.

well. How do you put this? He has propositioned exactly what he might

:34:03.:34:06.

do with Nile Wilson gets on the podium. He has indeed, a few years

:34:07.:34:11.

ago when we saw Nile win his first-ever medal, he had his shirt

:34:12.:34:15.

off and I saw him, I was running back into the gymnastics and ran

:34:16.:34:20.

into his dad, union Jack shirt, his mum with a union Jack dress, his

:34:21.:34:23.

sister with Team GB everything. And I asked if the shirt was coming. He

:34:24.:34:29.

said he has not been to the gym that nothing that you have nothing. If

:34:30.:34:34.

Nile Wilson does well, keep your eyes peeled on the audience because

:34:35.:34:39.

we will have a seminaked Mr Wilson. Mr Wilson is going to get naked

:34:40.:34:43.

tonight, it kicks off at 8pm UK time. The competition will be tough,

:34:44.:34:47.

Oleg Verniaiev, the Ukrainian, was the top qualifier in the all-around

:34:48.:34:52.

and just behind him, the six time world champion, who tomorrow, the

:34:53.:34:56.

one to beat. He certainly years and that what the real shock of

:34:57.:35:01.

qualification, he made mistakes. Actually, everyone has talked about

:35:02.:35:06.

could anyone beat him for the last couple of years and looks like he

:35:07.:35:10.

could be beta now. Alex Wyatt, probably the best in Europe with

:35:11.:35:17.

Max. He posted a massive 91.8 something. The first time anyone has

:35:18.:35:21.

gone in front of the Japanese in the last 12 months. In the team

:35:22.:35:26.

competition, Ukraine were very smart. They realised they had no

:35:27.:35:31.

chance of winning the team medal. They rested him. Everyone was

:35:32.:35:36.

wondering what elegant and I have was but smart, he did two pieces of

:35:37.:35:39.

apparatus so in the competition, he's only done eight routines. Max

:35:40.:35:45.

has done 12. But for Max, actually, it works better for him. It's not

:35:46.:35:50.

going to be an easy ride for anyone to get onto the podium tonight.

:35:51.:35:55.

China, very strong. Deng qualified up there as well and you will have

:35:56.:36:02.

the American and the Russia, excelled in taking the team silver

:36:03.:36:06.

medal, led by David Belyavskiy. Also, let's think about Manrique

:36:07.:36:13.

Larduet from Cuba. No one had heard of him going into last year's World

:36:14.:36:18.

Championships and he qualified in about 15th place, but took the

:36:19.:36:22.

all-around silver medal. It is going to be probably one of the most

:36:23.:36:26.

exciting competitions of the whole gymnastics tournament. All right,

:36:27.:36:31.

keep an eye out for him and also the Team GB voice. Let's look at how

:36:32.:36:33.

they will match up tonight because you will be in the arena this

:36:34.:36:40.

evening. Max qualified in 12th, as Craig was alluding to. Nile Wilson

:36:41.:36:43.

finished fifth in qualification so they will kick off with these. Good

:36:44.:36:50.

for Max to get on his pommel horse bust up? Absolutely, that is best

:36:51.:36:54.

piece of apparatus by Miles and he can post 16. We have not seen many

:36:55.:36:59.

of those in the competition. I think if he starts off on pommel horse and

:37:00.:37:02.

goes into the lead, it will do his confidence knowing that good. But

:37:03.:37:08.

likewise, Nile will start strongly in full. The top gymnast from

:37:09.:37:12.

qualification start on floor and do the Olympic order and then the next

:37:13.:37:16.

batch go down. I think it is good for Max not to be in the leading

:37:17.:37:20.

group with all the spotlight on them. But likewise, Nile is going to

:37:21.:37:26.

take the fight to the big guns. He will love that environment! Against

:37:27.:37:32.

the best in the world. I think it is a good draw for both of them. Max

:37:33.:37:37.

will finish on the floor. This is something that he has qualified for

:37:38.:37:43.

the floor final. He posted 15.5 in qualification and did a bit better,

:37:44.:37:47.

his routine, I think, did not score as well in the team event but he is

:37:48.:37:50.

going to score well on the last piece of apparatus. It is going to

:37:51.:37:54.

go down to the wire. Six rotations. That means they have got to hit six

:37:55.:37:59.

out of six routines if they want to get on the rostrum. No time for the

:38:00.:38:03.

box, put your money where your mouth is, who's going to come out on top,

:38:04.:38:09.

Wilson all with clock? My mind is thinking, the experience of

:38:10.:38:13.

Whitlock, but who would I like to see? In sport, I always like to see

:38:14.:38:18.

an underdog doing well, so if Nile Wilson can get up there, I would be

:38:19.:38:23.

so pleased for the young man. And the prospect of his father getting

:38:24.:38:27.

his chest out Dier dragger maybe not! Can I change my mind? It is all

:38:28.:38:34.

set up, 8pm this evening, the chance to see the GB men doing battle in

:38:35.:38:38.

the all-around individual final this evening. Craig Heap, we will see you

:38:39.:38:43.

then. Thank you for joining us. We are going to move on from gymnastics

:38:44.:38:48.

now and talk about water polo. We will feature the nine time Olympic

:38:49.:38:51.

champions Hungary in the men's competition, the greatest water polo

:38:52.:38:55.

nation of all time. Before we get to the action. Here is a guide.

:38:56.:39:03.

Water polo has been an Olympic sport since 1900 in Paris. There are seven

:39:04.:39:12.

players in a team, six so-called outfield players and a goalkeeper.

:39:13.:39:15.

But they are allowed six reserves and unlimited substitutions.

:39:16.:39:19.

Substitutes are crucial because of the gruelling nature of the sport

:39:20.:39:23.

with players not allowed to touch the bottom of the pool at any point

:39:24.:39:27.

during a match. The best way to stay upright and ready is to keep the

:39:28.:39:30.

legs moving alternately backwards and forwards in what is known as the

:39:31.:39:35.

eggbeater motion. There are two important lines in water polo, the

:39:36.:39:40.

two metre line and a five metre line. The two metre line is two

:39:41.:39:43.

metres from the goal and the attacking team are not allowed to

:39:44.:39:46.

pass this line unless they have possession of the ball or it is

:39:47.:39:50.

already in that area. If an attacking player is fouled within

:39:51.:39:53.

five metres of the goal, the referee can award a penalty shot from the

:39:54.:39:57.

five metre line. If a foul is committed further out than five

:39:58.:40:00.

metres, a free throw is awarded. Goalkeepers are allowed to use two

:40:01.:40:05.

hands during playback outfield players can only use one hand at the

:40:06.:40:09.

time. The game is split into four quarters of eight minutes but

:40:10.:40:13.

although the total playing time is only 32 minutes, the game usually

:40:14.:40:17.

lasts for over an hour because it is stopped and started regularly. Each

:40:18.:40:20.

quarter begins with the two teams lined up on their goal lines and

:40:21.:40:24.

when the referee blows the whistle, the team's sprint towards the ball

:40:25.:40:28.

in the centre of the pool. A shot clock controls the time for shooting

:40:29.:40:32.

in water polo because when in possession, teams only have 30

:40:33.:40:38.

seconds to shoot at goal. We have been enjoying the water polo

:40:39.:40:42.

on BBC Four and we have another matchup for you that will tickle the

:40:43.:40:45.

taste buds. We are going to watch Greece against Hungary. Joining them

:40:46.:40:51.

in the second quarter. In the first quarter, we saw the Greeks take the

:40:52.:40:56.

early lead, the bronze medallists from 2012, going ahead after a

:40:57.:41:02.

couple of minutes down there in the Aquatics Centre but you cannot hold

:41:03.:41:05.

the Hungarian is down and they were quick to equalise after that. They

:41:06.:41:10.

scored two late goals at the end of the first quarter. So they go into

:41:11.:41:18.

the second quarter leading 2-1. Greece won their first game Andrew

:41:19.:41:21.

against Serbia in the second. Hungary have had two draws out of

:41:22.:41:27.

two so far. So both teams really need to win to boost their chances

:41:28.:41:32.

of qualifying in a good position for the knockout stages. Hungary, as I

:41:33.:41:40.

said, taking the lead at the end of the first quarter. We are going to

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join the Common Terry down there at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre in

:41:44.:41:47.

the second quarter, Brent Pope talking us through a rather green

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looking pool in the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre. Brent, over to you.

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COMMENTATOR: Still overcast in Rio's Olympic park. This is the Maria Lenk

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Aquatics Centre, named after the famous Brazilian swimmer. Renovated,

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this centre, for these Olympics. And what a powerful scene, there is, as

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we just see how desperate they are to open with possession but it will

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be Hungary. They have a size and power advantage and some of that

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tells in the opening sprint off, for sure. In a straight line, without

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having to deal with another player on new. And equally, the wrestle to

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get the ball in control when you finally get there. Hungary in the

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loop cap, trying to get to a team-mate. Gabor Kis, who is

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dangerous from there. He does not get it the first time, from the

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outside, a bit of a hitch, trying to pull him one way or the other, he is

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patient and waiting. The shot maybe from Varga, he elects to off-load.

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From this distance, a Greek arm gets up and a good defensive stance from

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the Greeks. All of the medals at Olympic level

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in the pool at the moment belong to the Hungarian programme. They have

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not won one in the men's water polo, Greece. But they are giving

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themselves as good a chance to qualify for this quarterfinal round

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and a goal right here will continue to stand them in good stead. Hungary

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have not been able to convert as yet. One from one with the player

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advantages for Greece, they will need a second, here. They would love

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to keep this at a 100% record. Thought he would shoot, the wide

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side is available and there it is, right in the back, in the heart of

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the goal! What a shot from the Greek, and it was a punishing

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delivery, probably with the right, and the shot comes in and it has got

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punch on it from Alexander's Gooners. -- Alexandra 's Gooners. A

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ripping to the right side of goal. He will take it. That looked to be a

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much more surgical approach. His first Olympic Games, -- Gounas and

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that is his first Olympic gold. -- goal. A battle going on and it leads

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to an exclusion for the Greek player will stop a shot there, quickly

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coming back, no time wasted, very definite approach are there, from

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Balazs Erdelyi. You can see him appealing and looking to the sky.

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That is the kind of confidence from the Hungarian is, the strike, you

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can see it, there is the leaving Greek defender. -- Hungarians. When

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you try to make sense that kind of mayhem, that is tough and that is

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just under the right arm and a little bit of daylight is struck at

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right time. A shot from the Hungarian.

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Three goals so far in their tournament, his first of the day.

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Match in the three for both teams, this is day five of the men's water

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polo competition. Greece again searching for the

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levelling marker. It goes off the outside of the goal frame. It looks

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to be a confident sense from that position. Finally, it is released,

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but it is too tight to goal. Georgios Dervisis has a couple of

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major filed against him, he is one away from being suspended. Just for

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this match. That is what three major fouls and

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man two. It is a save from Konstantinos Flegkas. Looking a bit

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more anxious in his eyes that he has done. The Hungarians are

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unrelenting. Five blocked shots. That is maybe entirely wide there

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has been a hazard and Greek approach. A stronger, more

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considered defensive structure in this match, Hungary. That is helping

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their goalkeeper no end. That was wasteful. It seemed to be a

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halfway house between taking a shot and trying to drop it to the centre

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forward position, and it was neither.

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You see the cap coming off of the Hungary and player. He gets back

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into a good position. That is of the frame. It was a long way from goal.

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It was almost fruitful again. Look at that shot. It had enough to beat

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Viktor Nagy, but it was not quite accurate enough from Ioannis

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Fountoulis. He is one they can count on. Just could not quite make it

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count on that shot. Hungary would like a bit of

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daylight. It is a strange ploy to go back and. It might be an injury to

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the Greece player. We see him breathing heavy. He got that right

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in the face. That was startled you as much as anything. I have not seen

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that from that distance. You wonder if it is an intimidating shop to buy

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some space. It will lead to an exclusion. A

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couple of incidents where Hungary are progressing this Greek team.

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Using their physical strength to play an aggressive brand of water

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polo. Rising up, right there, inside -- on the side of the head. I have

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not seen that approach. It was Norbert Hosnyanszky, the veteran, in

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his third Olympic Games. The spinning round has shot, the full

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force taken by the Greek defender, right in the head. That is hard

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work. It is not entirely how you want to play defence. It is more by

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circumstance than by design. A couple of major fouls from

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Kyriakos Pontikeas. Greece are feeling the weight of the Hungary in

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attack. They do well there to get away without conceding. They will

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take it. They are keeping themselves in touch. The tight games. Every

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little possession, trying to tie at the defence, is a part of gaining

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advantage for later in the match. So much harder to play defence than

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fence. That is a great save from Viktor Nagy. It seems to be a

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preferred position, the right driving area on that side. Those are

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save that are impacting on the final scoreline. It could have jumped over

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Viktor Nagy, he was anticipating it. It could have been a hitch and a

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lofted shot up and over. But here they will come.

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Hungary have been weighing heavily on Greece in their defensive half.

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They will have to give it up. The work begins to get back into

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defensive formation. Greece may be need to employ a

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different approach. They will have to be efficient with their shots.

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You have to execute. Viktor Nagy is enjoying himself, as good a spell as

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he has had. A couple of point-blank saves being made. He needs that, to

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Will his team on. They are trying to increase their lead and take it to a

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2-goal margin. It is deflected up and over. One more time Greece

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holding them at bay, they have a chance to level this match in the

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closing stages of the first half. A time-out from Theodoros Vlachos.

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Let's settle things down one more time.

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The Greece fans up and at them in support of their team. How will this

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one go? They have had a strong tournament so far. Six teams in each

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group. Only the top four go through. A strong save percentage so far from

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Konstantinos Flegkas, doing his part. Over 60%. It is those margins,

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between 60 and 70, that make the difference between the scoreline at

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this level. Viktor Nagy is at 60%. Anything in that region and better

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is good going. The referee not quite happy yet. It

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is blocked out. They is the expiration of the shot clock.

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The time-out called by the Hungarians. It is half-time. They

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allowed the clock to continue. They will take the credit at half-time.

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It is all business in the men's water polo.

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We will be back to the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre shortly. We will

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leave it there, with Hungary leading 3-2. We are back in a minute, but

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let's bring you up to date with the weather. To do my best Michael Fish

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impression, we are dry, but the weather is doing whatever it wants.

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We have had wet, wind, it has tried now, but it is still pretty murky

:55:50.:55:57.

and horrible. As we were telling you, the weather has put paid to the

:55:58.:56:01.

roving schedule until further notice. We will not have any rowing

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today. This is the state of affairs. You can see how choppy it is. The

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weather has postponed the tennis schedule. Unfortunately, no roof

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here. This is Centre Court. People looking up at the sky, wondering if

:56:23.:56:28.

we will see any tennis today. Andy Murray and Johanna Konta scheduled

:56:29.:56:31.

to be in action, but for now, you have to sit and wait. Hopefully we

:56:32.:56:38.

will have some tennis on the fifth day of the Olympics. Thankfully the

:56:39.:56:43.

weather has not stopped the road race, the time trial is taking place

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today. Kristin Armstrong of the USA has made it three consecutive

:56:53.:56:57.

Olympic medals, the 42-year-old, who retired after 2012, came back out of

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retirement, and what a great decision. How happy she is. She beat

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the Russian and the Dutch woman, who won the road race earlier on in the

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competition. She goes away with two medals, a gold and a bronze. Let's

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check in on what is going on with the men's Road race. The time trial

:57:26.:57:30.

is under way. You can see this on the Red Button. Chris Froome will be

:57:31.:57:35.

taking to the road later. Slippery conditions. I don't know if we will

:57:36.:57:41.

see any record times, but Chris Froome will be riding on the men's

:57:42.:57:47.

time trial, hoping to add to the bronze medal he won in 2012. That is

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on the Red Button. Next on BBC One, it is boxing, and Great Britain's

:57:53.:57:59.

bantamweight Qais Ashfaq will take to the ring in 45 minutes for his

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first encounter. Here on BBC Four, let's get back to water polo, it is

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Greece against Hungary at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, Hungary

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leading going into the second half. Making sure he is happy, and the

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whistle is blown. Hungary have been stronger. Not so

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fast now. Greece will take control, in the whitecaps, from left to right

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in the second half. Back to a full complement of players. The first

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shot from Greece, that was as good a look as they have had, and the blogs

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continue to mount up for Hungary. A big part of it for the goalkeeping

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percentage is changing the goal-scoring opportunities. Another

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save from Konstantinos Flegkas. He gets his hand on it. Both teams as

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willing to shoot early... That was going in, without a doubt. The

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right-hand doing enough to ricochet the ball into a free throw, and play

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will continue for Hungary in the offensive portion of the poor.

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The whistle comes, it leads to an exclusion. The extra player, the

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advantage for Hungary. It is building, the calm before the

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flurry. It does not need to be a long one, it could be a quick

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strike. There it is, right on the button. The defence do enough to

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keep that approach at bay. All the way forward. The quick transition

:00:07.:00:12.

from Greece, they can take a chance to level. It is 3-3.

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He took off as if he was in his own pool, all the way forward. They will

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not be able to defend that one. We have seen those opportunities not

:00:33.:00:36.

converted. That was a little bit of a kitchen movement right over the

:00:37.:00:41.

head. Probably the best place for it. The arms more difficult to get

:00:42.:00:44.

right above the head of a keeper than they are to get left and right.

:00:45.:00:53.

That is a critical, transitional counterattack from Greece. They have

:00:54.:00:55.

levelled it. The struggle. For a closer

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proximity. A better angle and equally, enough fitness involved to

:01:17.:01:22.

keep them honest, with a little bit of a lofted toss over it but it is

:01:23.:01:28.

well beyond the crossbar. For the first time, in a considerable chunk

:01:29.:01:33.

of this match, Greece have a chance to go and take the lead.

:01:34.:01:52.

They have got it again and just like that, they turn this thing around.

:01:53.:02:00.

The second half is very kind indeed to the Greeks. He has to wonder if

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this will be a moment that the Hungarians really rue that shot.

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That meant everything for the Greeks and they will catch -- catch that in

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and Genidounias with his second Olympic gold. His first Olympic

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Games. My goodness. We have really seen two different complexions to

:02:50.:02:54.

this match so far. The Hungarians ball Don King at times, they have

:02:55.:03:01.

really been a physical force, showing some real range and skill in

:03:02.:03:14.

their shooting. Here come the Greeks again. They have someone to keep

:03:15.:03:15.

coming. He might have made better work of

:03:16.:03:26.

that attempt. You always feel when you shoot it softly, and it is not

:03:27.:03:31.

successful, that you really could have given it a better crack than

:03:32.:03:33.

that. The idea to counterattack by the

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Hungarians is quickly thwarted and that was a hostile delivery. You

:03:49.:03:54.

think there may be would have got better but that was a fair, honest

:03:55.:04:02.

crack at it. This approach could lead them to control in this match.

:04:03.:04:09.

A promising strike, it ricochets over and they get the benefit of

:04:10.:04:14.

another 30 seconds and that is a favourable ricochet. We cannot

:04:15.:04:25.

legislate further. As to where the ball will end up. It could go any

:04:26.:04:26.

direction. Steady and constructive build-up

:04:27.:04:42.

from the Greeks. Is this a violation from behind the Greek player? You

:04:43.:04:49.

see the resignation of the Hungarian defender, that is Adam Dekker, the

:04:50.:05:02.

centre back. They will get the opportunity you muck straight up on

:05:03.:05:05.

a penalty shot. The Greeks with a glorious chance.

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They will score and look at that moment. Delighted as Gounas pumps

:05:21.:05:31.

his right fist. This was the battle that in stewed, that led to the call

:05:32.:05:38.

and that moment for Greece could in fact be decisive when it comes time

:05:39.:05:44.

to determining the quarterfinal participants. Gounas, what a goal

:05:45.:05:56.

and what a moment for the Greeks. His second goal of these games. His

:05:57.:06:04.

first games. Both of them, he has got in this particular matchup. The

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whistle coming in one more time. Hungary really need to express their

:06:15.:06:19.

intention. They cannot spot for much longer. They had the lead at

:06:20.:06:25.

half-time. They have let three goals in already and nothing for

:06:26.:06:30.

themselves. There is a feed, pretty strong defence. A look to the

:06:31.:06:37.

central position. That is a torpedo of right arm and it comes in

:06:38.:06:46.

harrowing, and the veteran finds the mark, showing leadership when they

:06:47.:06:55.

need it. Hosnyanszky brings the thunder, it is a sledgehammer.

:06:56.:07:00.

Hosnyanszky delighted, as is the coach.

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Not so fast for the Greeks trying to increase their lead. This will be

:07:12.:07:16.

jostled back and forth now. Different angles being presented to

:07:17.:07:38.

the Greeks but there are again ways back. They can score from there.

:07:39.:07:43.

There is another strike and another return and look at that. Mourikis

:07:44.:07:56.

with the approving head nod and rightly so, he was under all sorts

:07:57.:08:01.

of a fronting from the Hungarian defender. Double fist points. He

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just overcooked it a little bit and the referee is saying, you really

:08:11.:08:14.

need to keep that in check because that is on the edge of being

:08:15.:08:24.

unsportsmanlike. Interesting moment but it doesn't prove costly. This is

:08:25.:08:31.

his second Olympics. 175 international matches. That will be

:08:32.:08:39.

his fifth Olympic gold. Wow. That was a strike that shows you the

:08:40.:08:44.

Hungarians have now locked it down and they are just going to take

:08:45.:08:49.

their chances when they come. The feed right into the heart of the

:08:50.:08:54.

defence. Strong, append a ball flight. There he is, the

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29-year-old. He just takes his second goal of the match. From the

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opportunities he has had. Just nine minutes he has played in this one.

:09:11.:09:21.

But they have been affected. Dekker right on the cusp with the two major

:09:22.:09:29.

fouls. The order of the Decker brothers on this Hungarian seed

:09:30.:09:36.

inside two minutes now. Inside five seconds on the shot clock.

:09:37.:09:47.

In the end, his team-mate had it from him and this is the

:09:48.:09:51.

communication going on, that the pass from the defender, to the

:09:52.:09:57.

goalkeeper is a grey area in water polo and that is why they were

:09:58.:10:03.

appealing so heavily. They come right back and level it but it goes

:10:04.:10:07.

off the frame and now you are sensing the tension rising. That is

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the double coconut of the right post and then off the goalkeeper's head.

:10:15.:10:21.

Pinball action inside the Greek goal. But they will take that if it

:10:22.:10:27.

means it stays out. The referee just wanting to bring a little bit of

:10:28.:10:31.

calm to proceedings but it is a time out that has been called by the

:10:32.:10:35.

Greeks. They need to take this possession and go forward and try to

:10:36.:10:39.

reassert themselves and re-establish that two goal lead. Vlachos got a

:10:40.:10:50.

yellow card, he will need to keep calm. That was for appealing they

:10:51.:10:57.

should be something in it. Szivos also an two major fouls. Everyone is

:10:58.:11:03.

getting a clear warning out to say, let's keep a bit of calm to

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proceedings here. Before somebody is going to have to leave the party.

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Back to action and it will be Greece in the whitecaps to take control.

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They would love to try to manage the remaining minutes of this and also

:11:29.:11:32.

get a return for their efforts to increase their scoreline. And

:11:33.:11:37.

increased the advantage. A little bit of savvy there. They are

:11:38.:11:41.

suggesting they are being restrained. The way you see the head

:11:42.:11:46.

coming back. It is a little bit about managing what the referees do

:11:47.:11:53.

see as well. It is often impossible, I suspect, to see everything,

:11:54.:11:57.

especially with the splashing water and what is going on underneath the

:11:58.:11:59.

surface. Now, they are inside of 30 seconds

:12:00.:12:10.

remaining in this period. They have now ten seconds there and they have

:12:11.:12:14.

given it up. The referee is not happy. Hungry good level again. They

:12:15.:12:21.

have the same struggle but they carry on. Decker suggesting he got a

:12:22.:12:29.

knuckle sandwich in the right cheekbone. I suspect that isn't the

:12:30.:12:35.

first time that has happened. Time out from the Hungarians. This

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is a chance for them to level the match. They know they have to take

:12:53.:12:55.

it. Hungry with control at 24 seconds in

:12:56.:13:28.

this third period. And the hands grapple again. The proverbial ear

:13:29.:13:35.

twist. It is tough to get it. They have turned it over. The Greek

:13:36.:13:41.

player had an anchor on him. Pretty considerable anger. ?220 of

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Hungarian player. They will shoot from a distance.

:13:46.:13:53.

Greece probably quite content in fairness. Considering where they

:13:54.:14:00.

were at the end of half-time. After three periods of play, instead of

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being behind by one, they are up by one.

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Under way, the opening sprint. Well taken by Greece. They won that one

:14:37.:14:58.

by at least a stroke. In the whitecaps. Hungary really pushing to

:14:59.:15:07.

address their defence as far away from their own goal as they have

:15:08.:15:10.

done. It creates more space when that pass does release. It really is

:15:11.:15:17.

shades of grey. . The long-range shot goes to the

:15:18.:15:29.

right of goal. Now a sense of calm settles over the

:15:30.:15:52.

pool area. The crowd are tensely anticipating. There could be drama

:15:53.:16:03.

for both sides. Hungary are now having to work against that shot

:16:04.:16:11.

clock. They strike with lethal force! What a moment to grab. That

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is Daniel Varga who takes his moment. And he takes it with a

:16:18.:16:26.

world-class delivery to the bottom left side of goal. It says it all.

:16:27.:16:42.

Benedek, willing his team to take these chances. Varga gets a

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tremendous return for that approach. Greece are now going to have to

:16:46.:17:35.

retreat. They were behind, but they quickly struck to take the lead. Now

:17:36.:17:43.

it's level again. One more time. It's a quick striking opportunity.

:17:44.:18:01.

This looks like a rejuvenated offensive machine, the Hungarians.

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They are going to take their chances from wide and from distance. Up goes

:18:10.:18:14.

the Greece player. It is a hesitant approach from the

:18:15.:18:37.

Hungarians. The whistle had blown before. I don't think they will

:18:38.:18:42.

allow that. What is happening? Punching is being claimed. Fleck as

:18:43.:18:54.

-- Konstantinos Flegkas says that is just not water polo. It was getting

:18:55.:18:58.

beyond the bounds of what should be allowed, was his suggestion.

:18:59.:19:32.

The shot has to be taken by somebody, and it is accusing

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approach from the inside. That is potentially a strike to glory. The

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seventh goal for Hungary. And all of that posturing and all of what was

:20:06.:20:08.

going on physically between him and the Greek defenders ultimately leads

:20:09.:20:19.

to that. He has seized his moment, Balazs Harai.

:20:20.:20:30.

A trio of goals, his hat-trick for the day. Good work from the man with

:20:31.:20:53.

over 200 caps. But where does that goal sit in the final tally of this

:20:54.:21:06.

match? Five minutes to be played. Greece need to rejuvenate

:21:07.:21:17.

themselves. It will have to be eight piece of skill. Hungary are going to

:21:18.:21:23.

lose a man. That will encourage Greece. The shot goes off the gold

:21:24.:21:40.

frame. It stays in the playing area. That shot had all sorts of tempo on

:21:41.:21:42.

it. A clean approach here from Greece.

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They get the Brek Shea of Nagy -- the ricochet. A stroke of genius.

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Use everything to your advantage. He could not have anticipated that. And

:22:25.:22:25.

nor did Nagy in time. A couple of goals today for his

:22:26.:22:47.

work, none bigger than that one, but both just as important.

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That is a battle that has been won mostly by the Hungarians. But not

:23:16.:23:24.

this time, and they give it up. Any time you feel that you want to try

:23:25.:23:30.

and anticipate who will take the points in this one, you realise how

:23:31.:23:38.

silly that is, because this could go all ways from Sunday. What a steal

:23:39.:23:55.

by the Hungarians. Hungary, swimming into a promising possibility of

:23:56.:23:57.

another shot on goal. Flegkas, trying to increase his size

:23:58.:24:12.

through the ankle. Greece will lose a player. The extra man advantage

:24:13.:24:16.

for Hungary. Oh, they squeeze it in! Ramos gets

:24:17.:24:47.

an element of luck on that shot. Flegkas is there in time. He has

:24:48.:24:51.

both hands to it, but his proximity to the post creates a bitter

:24:52.:24:58.

ricocheting return, and he can't keep it in front of the goal line.

:24:59.:25:07.

The Hungarians returned the favour within interest.

:25:08.:25:17.

The pressure is now on Greece to come up with something impressive to

:25:18.:25:47.

beat this Hungarian team. There is a tussle going on in that centre area

:25:48.:25:48.

again in front of the goal. Time is precious. That goes off the

:25:49.:26:14.

crossbar. They had the extra player. But it did not have the accuracy

:26:15.:26:20.

required. Delakas receives his third major file. He will watch the rest

:26:21.:26:25.

from the sidelines. -- he receives his third foul. This is a telling

:26:26.:26:34.

moment for Hungary. Greece are against the ropes. But they are

:26:35.:26:43.

still in the ring, and they are swinging. Now a bit of calm as the

:26:44.:26:54.

Hungarians shout orders to each other.

:26:55.:27:13.

The Hungarians are trying to see if they can get another infringement

:27:14.:27:25.

against the Greeks. There is going to be a time-out called. They need

:27:26.:27:32.

to discuss this. With 37 seconds remaining, a chance for Greece to

:27:33.:27:35.

get something from this match. They will take a draw at this stage, you

:27:36.:27:42.

would suspect. With a draw, at least there is a point from it. They have

:27:43.:27:48.

worked hard against the Hungarians. They have been in that position a

:27:49.:28:00.

couple of times. They do have a point ahead of the Hungarians, but

:28:01.:28:04.

if Hungary are able to win here, they go a point ahead of Greece. We

:28:05.:28:16.

will see how this table shakes out. This is a moment for Greece in this

:28:17.:28:18.

tournament. The clock is counting. Greece are

:28:19.:28:40.

trying to get closer than they are being allowed by the Hungarians.

:28:41.:28:47.

They can't lose possession. They need to get at least a chance to

:28:48.:28:52.

level it. It will be difficult now for Hungary to counter respond. The

:28:53.:29:01.

build continues from Greece. They still have possession. A shot! Is it

:29:02.:29:10.

going to be allowed? The question still remains in the hands of the

:29:11.:29:14.

officials. They do credit it. The eighth goal is going to go to

:29:15.:29:22.

Greece, and the shot was outstanding delivery. Hungary have five seconds

:29:23.:29:32.

now. You can hardly believe it. Nagy thought he had it, but the angle of

:29:33.:29:41.

his hand just tipped back slightly. It is not going to be Genidounias.

:29:42.:29:47.

It will be a strike from the heart of their number 12. It is

:29:48.:29:57.

Vlachopoulos who gets credit for this goal. You see how quick he was.

:29:58.:30:13.

He proves himself the talisman, as he has been so far in this

:30:14.:30:15.

tournament for Greece. What can be of the remaining

:30:16.:30:25.

seconds? Wait for the clock to start. Underway. It will be taken by

:30:26.:30:32.

Flegkas and they will finish as a draw. Inside the Maria Lenk aquatics

:30:33.:30:39.

centre in this preliminary match and how about that. Greece will take

:30:40.:30:45.

that very nicely indeed. They thought they would be giving up all

:30:46.:30:49.

the points, they end up splitting them. They need to be careful here.

:30:50.:30:58.

Emotions are high. That is the way it will finish at half-time. Greece

:30:59.:31:04.

and Hungary with eight apiece and it still isn't quite done as both of

:31:05.:31:07.

these teams are still in the water and a very close to each other. They

:31:08.:31:14.

will now shake hands and let's cool -- let cooler heads prevail. An

:31:15.:31:17.

emotional finish in this matchup. You have to feel Hungary will be

:31:18.:31:23.

frustrated, that they didn't get the return they said desperately wanted.

:31:24.:31:31.

STUDIO: Pleasantries being exchanged with a bit of tension at the Maria

:31:32.:31:36.

Lenk aquatics centre. We have seen some great water polo matches on BBC

:31:37.:31:41.

Four. I don't think we have yet brought you a victory for any team.

:31:42.:31:48.

The greatest water polo nation of all time, in the Olympics, Hungary.

:31:49.:31:57.

8-8 in the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.

:31:58.:32:03.

Weather update, it is that fine rain, the one that soaps you

:32:04.:32:09.

through. Quite a lot of people heading out of the arena where the

:32:10.:32:13.

handball happens and they are making their way up the Olympic way and as

:32:14.:32:17.

you continue down the Olympic way, you curve around, is quickly road,

:32:18.:32:22.

and you find a way to the carry car arenas and we will head into carry

:32:23.:32:30.

ocarina number two. Some judo. Some interest in the British women's

:32:31.:32:34.

category. We are joining the sun at the start

:32:35.:32:47.

of the bell. Ollie Williams is our commentator.

:32:48.:33:03.

The women's 70 kilo judo contest and Sally Conway making her first

:33:04.:33:09.

appearance at Rio 2016. When she left the UK at the end of July, she

:33:10.:33:13.

said she couldn't wait to fight, she felt good and she was ready. We are

:33:14.:33:22.

about to find out how ready. She is facing Houda Miled, one of judo's

:33:23.:33:35.

best. Conway has to watch out for penalties. They have been a real

:33:36.:33:43.

problem so far in Rio. Several times, the Brits have gone out on

:33:44.:33:47.

penalties only. I wonder how Conway will approach this today. Wendy's

:33:48.:33:57.

two did meet last time, it was a very close contest but one that

:33:58.:34:06.

Houda Miled had the better off throughout. She started better,

:34:07.:34:15.

Conway. That is it. Sally Conway not hanging around at all. Awarded the

:34:16.:34:22.

Ippon was less than a minute gone. Sally Conway proving it can be done

:34:23.:34:31.

for British judo. She gave Houda Miled, the 29-year-old from Tunisia,

:34:32.:34:36.

absolutely no chance in her opening fight and she is through to the

:34:37.:34:40.

round of 16 with barely a minute gone and barely any sweat on her

:34:41.:34:43.

brow. Fantastic start for Sally Conway.

:34:44.:34:56.

BBC get inspired is where you can find inspirational stories from

:34:57.:34:59.

people just like you. Maybe you can inspire someone else

:35:00.:35:19.

to give something a try. Now we are passing the baton over to you.

:35:20.:35:25.

You see all these Olympic athletes doing their thing. They all started

:35:26.:35:36.

somewhere. BBC Get Inspired is the website, whether you want to try any

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of these sports, get on the website and find where your local sports are

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happening. I told you at the start of the programme, we would do a lot

:35:45.:35:48.

of Rugby Sevens because Great Britain's men are in action. Coming

:35:49.:35:54.

to the end of their pool stages. First, let's talk about group B

:35:55.:35:58.

because a really interesting competition unveiling in this one.

:35:59.:36:04.

France topping the group as it stands right now after their first

:36:05.:36:05.

few games. We will see the Commonwealth

:36:06.:36:18.

champion South Africa taking on Australia now. This one is really

:36:19.:36:22.

tight, they are looking for a third best place, Australia. Let's head

:36:23.:36:29.

over to the Deodoro Stadium right now and see South Africa take on

:36:30.:36:33.

Australia. COMMENTATOR: Absolute must win game

:36:34.:36:44.

for Australia. South Africa not in spring Brock green but in white

:36:45.:36:50.

shirts. Australia in gold and green. -- Springbok green. An error against

:36:51.:36:57.

South Africa, haven't seen too many of those. Looking forward to this

:36:58.:37:04.

one. Cecil Afrika is normally the restart came for the South African

:37:05.:37:08.

team, he is on the bench to start with and a big mistake to give

:37:09.:37:11.

Australia a free play. A game full of errors to begin with.

:37:12.:37:38.

South Africa not quite top seeds, that is Fiji, but they are in top

:37:39.:37:42.

form. Australia in anything but top form yesterday. The defence referee

:37:43.:37:47.

did not agree with that decision. South Africa with big Dylan Sage on

:37:48.:38:10.

the wing. It is coming his way and here he goes. Not one of his

:38:11.:38:15.

characteristic charges. Agaba brought into the forward, cannot

:38:16.:38:23.

quite take that. Gabba will be very disappointed with that. They wanted

:38:24.:38:28.

to release this man out wide and a very nervous start from both sides.

:38:29.:38:29.

Which is surprising. South Africa want to try to keep the

:38:30.:38:44.

momentum going into the quarterfinals. Con Foley gets

:38:45.:38:53.

underway. Here goes Henry Hutchinson. South African tackle is

:38:54.:38:59.

as ferocious as anything in this competition. Australia in possession

:39:00.:39:06.

though. We cycled quickly. Stannard. Cameron Clark. It is high tackled by

:39:07.:39:17.

Dylan Sage. Advantage being played. Jason Parahi feels the South African

:39:18.:39:26.

tackling. Good chase. Sage gets back. It is therefore Clark, he

:39:27.:39:30.

tries the hand off, penalty to Australia. Good hand off. Jason

:39:31.:39:41.

Parahi scores. This is more like it, the Australia we thought we would

:39:42.:39:48.

see. A wonderful try. The speed of the ball from the contact area.

:39:49.:39:52.

Australia have been technically sound. The first time the referee

:39:53.:39:58.

let the ball play on. Wonderful step and wonderful footwork by Jesse

:39:59.:40:06.

Parahi. Australia is, surprise loss yesterday to France. South Africa

:40:07.:40:15.

have to get their a game going. They took a risk. They parked their stars

:40:16.:40:21.

on the bench to begin with. Cecil Afrika who really is the heartbeat

:40:22.:40:28.

of the team, not on the field yet. Kyle Brown, the captain, so good

:40:29.:40:33.

yesterday. They started with a strong bench. Never assume anything

:40:34.:40:40.

of this seven aside game, especially against Australia, who really have

:40:41.:40:44.

to win this game. That was a wonderful try, all based on the

:40:45.:40:47.

speed of the ball in the contact area. James Stannard gets play

:40:48.:40:55.

underway. Straight in action again. That time, couldn't quite get the

:40:56.:41:00.

pass away, otherwise, South Africa were looking in trouble. The ball is

:41:01.:41:07.

out of play. Justin Geduld takes his time. You feel the South African is

:41:08.:41:17.

not quite right, not quite into the game at the moment. Maybe it is

:41:18.:41:21.

because they made the changes, I don't know. If South Africa had a

:41:22.:41:28.

weak spot yesterday, it was here at the line-out. The throw to Tim Agaba

:41:29.:41:36.

again not straight. One of the great things about Rugby Sevens, players

:41:37.:41:42.

have all the skills, you have backs, the scrum, forwards playing at the

:41:43.:41:47.

back and that is the great thing about it. A strong victory there and

:41:48.:41:52.

that was a Cardinal error to give the ball away so easily. In your

:41:53.:41:57.

line-out, possession is everything in this Sevens rugby game.

:41:58.:42:06.

Jesse Parahi, he is off the field. This is Henry Hutchinson. Hutchison

:42:07.:42:16.

takes it to them. The speed of the ball is brilliant. Long passes. This

:42:17.:42:24.

is Tom Cusack in action. Stannard sending them this way through. Con

:42:25.:42:31.

Foley. Coming the way Stannard, though. Here is Stannard. Long.

:42:32.:42:43.

Hutchison. Foot in touch? No, play on. One quick pass and Australia are

:42:44.:42:48.

over for their second try. Tom Cusack, the scorer. Great tried by

:42:49.:42:58.

Australia. Tom Cusack, number 12. Look at the speed again. Young Henry

:42:59.:43:03.

Hutchison, just 19 years old. Look how quickly the ball comes back.

:43:04.:43:08.

That is where you win games in Sevens. The speed of the ball in the

:43:09.:43:15.

contact area. Daniel power, the coach, will be looking at that bench

:43:16.:43:20.

very quickly. De Jonge is now coming on. James Stannard's version misses.

:43:21.:43:33.

Australia 12 points to the good against mighty South Africa. Dylan

:43:34.:43:37.

Sage has gone off with a blood injury. Just a Nick to his head.

:43:38.:43:50.

South Africa have been blown away by Australia in the first few minutes.

:43:51.:43:56.

This is more like it, they have sent for the big four, Kwagga Smith.

:43:57.:44:06.

Philip Snyman stop Tim Agaba as the half-time hooter goes. Can South

:44:07.:44:10.

Africa strike back? Here is De Jonge.

:44:11.:44:16.

Play on until hands in the ruck by Con Foley. De Jonge coming over. One

:44:17.:44:39.

of the team leaders left on the bench to begin with. Sent on to

:44:40.:44:46.

restore some order. Australia are 12 points ahead. Speckman. Tim Agaba, a

:44:47.:44:59.

chance now, although he has gone hard in the midfield.

:45:00.:45:12.

The half-time whistle goes. And it is an upset on the cards. The game

:45:13.:45:24.

is not over, but Australia lead South Africa 12-0. The game before

:45:25.:45:38.

had the heartbeat of the French team. And I think Cecil Afrika is

:45:39.:45:41.

the heartbeat of the South African team. I thought it was amazing to

:45:42.:45:51.

start with him on the bench, but Daniel Powell clearly knows what he

:45:52.:45:57.

is doing. This throws things wide open now. Well, it does and doesn't.

:45:58.:46:07.

Australia and South Africa should qualify, it's just the pecking order

:46:08.:46:11.

of who you are playing next. That was what I meant. Look how quick the

:46:12.:46:24.

ball comes back. Australia have hardly been penalised for the whole

:46:25.:46:31.

game. That is why they lead South Africa. Technically, they have been

:46:32.:46:34.

better than the Southern Africans. This is the coach. I would love to

:46:35.:46:39.

hear what they are saying in these huddles. You might have to speak

:46:40.:46:49.

Afrikaans. He looks calm and collected. The runners-up in this

:46:50.:47:02.

pool will play the runners-up in Great Britain's pool. So imagine

:47:03.:47:08.

Great Britain, having lost to New Zealand, should that ever happen, as

:47:09.:47:13.

if! They might have to play South Africa. If Britain beat New Zealand,

:47:14.:47:20.

that is to come, 12:30pm local time, 4:30pm back home. Stannard has had a

:47:21.:47:29.

much better game. His kick-offs have been spot-on so far. James Stannard

:47:30.:47:31.

starts for Australia. Another mistake. You can see as soon

:47:32.:47:54.

as Justin Geduld makes the mistake, all of Australia are high-fiving

:47:55.:47:58.

each other. They know that is a big moment. It is those little errors

:47:59.:48:06.

that we didn't see yesterday from the South African team. They have

:48:07.:48:08.

given a lot of possession to Australia. That is why Australia

:48:09.:48:23.

lead. Penalty. At the scrummage. That is an unusual one.

:48:24.:48:40.

The referee thought about the penalty and decided instead to give

:48:41.:49:21.

Australia the scrummage. They will be perfectly happy with that.

:49:22.:49:30.

Wonderful tackle by De Jong -- de Jongh. He is one of the stars of the

:49:31.:49:42.

15 aside South African team. But Australia have brought their A going

:49:43.:49:46.

to this match. Certainly, the physicality and the speed of the

:49:47.:49:50.

ball is blowing South Africa away. South Africa are now making the

:49:51.:49:56.

changes. But Cecil Afrika is still on the bench.

:49:57.:50:10.

Fa'alava'au is on Fraustro earlier. Australia are very busy, very

:50:11.:50:17.

vigorous and almost unrecognisable from yesterday. Relief for South

:50:18.:50:23.

Africa. The penalty goes their way. A stern word from the referee. A few

:50:24.:50:51.

drops of rain falling on their Deodoro Stadium. We didn't come to

:50:52.:50:59.

Rio for rain, Clive! Stannard is just introducing himself to Kyle

:51:00.:51:04.

Brown, the captain. It is a tough game, this. There have been no major

:51:05.:51:16.

incidents so far. On comes Werner Kok. Roscko Speckman to throw.

:51:17.:51:40.

And final pass, Roscko is over. It is Seabelo Senatla on the end of the

:51:41.:52:20.

movement. Good hand by South Africa. I am just looking at the clock now.

:52:21.:52:24.

Three minutes, that is a long time in rugby sevens.

:52:25.:52:40.

Senatla is a leading try scorer in South Africa. It has missed. So

:52:41.:52:53.

South Africa have to score a converted try to draw level with

:52:54.:52:57.

Australia. It is to advantage Australia, but there are a couple of

:52:58.:53:03.

minutes left for South Africa to restore their credentials as the

:53:04.:53:06.

number two seeds here. Fa'alava'au is away. South Africa

:53:07.:53:38.

out of sorts in defence as well as out of rhythm in attack.

:53:39.:53:57.

We will now see how good this Australian defence is. The referee

:53:58.:54:05.

helped them then because they had three Australians on the floor.

:54:06.:54:30.

Time off. On comes the young number 11, who was one of the star players

:54:31.:55:00.

yesterday. Stannard, so strong, fighting with the big South African

:55:01.:55:05.

forward. It looks like he has a cut on the head. They will be looking at

:55:06.:55:08.

the clock now. They will have practised this. Stannard comes off a

:55:09.:55:18.

few stitches required. Dylan Sage, who went off during the first half

:55:19.:55:23.

with an injury, is back on. But Stannard, to loud applause, goes

:55:24.:55:28.

off. The team will have practised this. How can we run down 35

:55:29.:55:35.

seconds? With a big kick to touch to begin with. Quite simply, a big

:55:36.:55:45.

zero. If Australia can win their own ball and just throw now, it should

:55:46.:55:46.

be their game. Big moment, this. Pinched by South Africa, stolen back

:55:47.:56:12.

by Australia. Well, this has thrown it all open again, Clive. It is

:56:13.:56:20.

totally open. The South Africans will have one play now. The hooter

:56:21.:56:24.

has just gone, so they will have one free play now for the scrum.

:56:25.:56:37.

Australia have got to defend. An accidental poke in the eye for

:56:38.:56:42.

Roscko Speckman. That will be watering. And it was a nasty cut for

:56:43.:56:52.

Stannard. He is sitting in the tunnel. They haven't started

:56:53.:57:03.

stitching him up yet. South Africa have to score and convert to bring

:57:04.:57:13.

the scores level. It's all over. You can see what that means to the

:57:14.:57:18.

Australians. Cheslin Kolbe E has given away the penalty. Australia

:57:19.:57:25.

can kick the ball. It shouldn't be a surprise. Big moment in the

:57:26.:57:36.

tournament and has thrown the group wide open. It has indeed. South

:57:37.:57:44.

Africa's advantage lies in their points difference, but they have

:57:45.:57:49.

lost to Australia. So in this group, we have three teams on two victories

:57:50.:57:57.

each. Congratulations. A lot of people

:57:58.:58:01.

here didn't expect that result. How confident were you beforehand? We

:58:02.:58:05.

made a few mistakes yesterday. The good thing about sevens is that you

:58:06.:58:09.

get another chance the next day. We built on the last performance of the

:58:10.:58:12.

day yesterday and went in confident this morning. Barring ridiculous

:58:13.:58:17.

mathematical results, you're going through to the quarterfinals, where

:58:18.:58:24.

you will probably play Fiji. How do you view that? Fiji go in as the top

:58:25.:58:28.

dogs. They won the World Series this year. We know what they do and how

:58:29.:58:33.

to stop them, and we will give it a good crack. Give us an Aussie

:58:34.:58:37.

assessment of what the competition has been like? It has been bloody

:58:38.:58:41.

great, mate. There have been a lot of upsets. Japan beat New Zealand

:58:42.:58:46.

yesterday. That stuff happens in sevens. It has been an awesome

:58:47.:58:51.

spectacle. Good luck in the quarters.

:58:52.:58:53.

John Inverdale, asking the questions after a good match between Australia

:58:54.:58:58.

and South Africa. And as you can see, he has changed location from

:58:59.:59:01.

the Lagoa Stadium down at Copacabana and the rowing to the Deodoro

:59:02.:59:07.

Stadium. John, it is a good swap that you have made because after the

:59:08.:59:10.

last couple of days, we have seen the men's tournament that is

:59:11.:59:14.

showcasing competitive rugby sevens at its best. Absolutely, and it is

:59:15.:59:19.

rugby weather because it is grey overhead and a bit damp underfoot

:59:20.:59:24.

because of the rain we have had. I had to walk about two miles to get

:59:25.:59:28.

here to the stadium, because that was where I got dropped off by the

:59:29.:59:32.

taxi, and there are thousands of people queueing to get into the

:59:33.:59:36.

Deodoro Stadium and other venues. That problem has still not been

:59:37.:59:41.

confronted. As a consequence of the game you have just seen, South

:59:42.:59:44.

Africa top that group. France were second and Australia third. The

:59:45.:59:50.

likelihood is that they will play Fiji in the last eight later today.

:59:51.:59:57.

Behind me now, the teams are on the field, Kenya against Japan. The

:59:58.:59:59.

result of this match will have a bearing on who Great Britain might

:00:00.:00:03.

be playing in the quarterfinals later as well. There is a

:00:04.:00:07.

possibility of three teams ending up with two wins each in this group.

:00:08.:00:11.

Let's go to Clive Woodward and Eddie Butler.

:00:12.:00:18.

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