Day 5 BBC One: 13.45-18.00 Olympics

We would like to welcome viewers on BBC One to our coverage on the

Olympic women's time trial in Rio on day five of the games. The Dutch

women going for a road race double after gold sandy's Road race. Ellen

Van Dijk in pole position. Coverage will continue on BBC One. For those

on BBC Two we kindly ask you to switch over and catch the last part

of this event on the other channel. To paraphrase the Beatles, it is

goodbye and hello. So, and a Vander -- Anna van der

Breggen comes to the finish but we have a new leader, is Apple insider

from Russia, just crossing the line. 44 minutes, 49.7 seconds. 16 seconds

quicker with Ellen Van Dijk. Longo Borghini of Italy was third in the

road race at the weekend and is currently third in the race as well.

Canada knocked off the podium and it afford. Zabaleta and sky is in the

gold medal position. Van der Breggen fighting back, five seconds behind

here. She has it all to do. Surveillance

Gaya -- Zabelinskaya drove through this race. The American was a few

seconds behind at 19.7 kilometres Villumsem has been riding well in

the top five, fist at the last check, it is all very close.

Villumsem 24 seconds in arrears, too much ground to wake up that might

make-up. She is doing some damage into the finish but pulling it back

to slowly to challenge for the top spot. Can she get herself a medal?

Christian Armstrong going for a hat-trick of Olympic titles in this

event. Emma Pooley riding for Great Britain, not per day. Gave it

everything, says she didn't regret coming back to give it ago here Rio

but didn't have the speed in her legs today to get anywhere close to

the medal positions. As we watch, Lisa Browner, the former world

champion comes towards the line. Lisa Brennauer unable to trouble the

top of the leaderboard, outside the either the Russian rider by a

considerable distance as Rooster Brennauer get out of the saddle for

the final few metres of this race, and she is fifth. 50 seconds slower.

Longo Borghini stays in the bronze medal. She has fought back well, so

coming back and see riders very well on different areas of the course.

Some surprises in this final section. We are about to find out

what Anna van der Breggen can pull out of the bag in the final

kilometre is as we watch the gold medallist from the road race at the

weekend, Anna van der Breggen, gold on Sunday. Can she add another one

here? Van der Breggen comes into the finishing straight, she has 100

metres to go. This will be close. 44 minutes and 31 seconds is the time

to beat. She hasn't quite managed it. She comes towards the line and

is nearly six seconds slower. Silver medal position just now for Anna van

der Breggen. That was a good ride by her, she held her own to the finish

but could not make up the ground. The climbs was where she expected to

do some damage, couldn't do it. Villumsem the other way around,

survived the climbs and this is the territory she likes the best, she

has a lot of ground to make up and it is a question of, can she get

herself into a medal winning position in these closing stages.

Conditions far from ideal here for the riders. Linda Williamson

splashing her way back into Pontal and the beach-front. We haven't had

an opportunity to see this particular part of the coastline in

all its glory today by any stretch of the imagination. But we have been

given a decent race by these writers and it is not quite over yet. Linda

Williamson will come up short in her bid for Olympic glory. Certainly for

glory, but she's in touch with getting a medal and it looks like

the only one open to her is the bronze just now. That is being

fought out. Armstrong is the one we are waiting for, the only one that

can realistically challenge that woman for the top spot at this

Olympic Games. Any moment now, she is watching for the American to come

around the corner is Williamson does exactly that. Because Linda

Williamson -- Villumsem and who hadn't shown much top form

throughout the season but looks to have been coming good in time for

the Olympic Games. She was a strong in the road race and prominent in

the peloton, she rings out every second she can as she comes towards

the line and Linda Villumsem crosses the line 22.74 seconds slower than

Zeppelin sky and out of the medals in fifth. About ten second state for

the last kilometre section of the course. -- ten kilometre. We're

waiting for Armstrong, one rider left and we need to see what will

happen, she thinks she has got it, we have not had that confirmed. We

just saw Kristin Armstrong, the champion in 2008, the champion in

2012, can she go for an unprecedented third gold in a row?

The checks are showing as these are not ones we get anywhere else in the

race but we are being shown Armstrong has pulled it back. This

is the ratio likes the best, all the way into the finish, pushing against

the headwind, she will do it. Here comes Kristin Armstrong in the final

few metres of this ride, will she create cycling history? She is, and

she has done it. Kristin Armstrong of the USA, 44 minutes and 26

seconds, pools it out of the bag, a hat-trick of gold medals in the

women's road time trial, one day before every third -- before her

43rd birthday, she is still the best in the world and this particular

discipline on two wheels. That is the effort it took and that is the

end result, she's too tired to celebrate yet, the celebrations can

wait, but it is a hat-trick of gold for the USA's Kristin Armstrong. Not

many people put themselves in the resort -- in the recovery position.

She has shown she has spent everything. I think she thought she

had got it there, but Armstrong showed real experience throughout

that race, major effort beautifully all the way to the finish, looking

up at the border she crosses the line. What a ride by Kristin

Armstrong, equalling the all-time record of three gold medals in

women's road cycling in the Olympic Games, equalling the total number of

medals won by Leontyne Van morsel, the total number of goals, Zabaleta

sky is denied at the last. It would have been something of a

controversial victory for her because she has not long returned

from a doping ban, testing positive in March 20 14th and did not compete

for 18 months, she only came in at the last moment, but there is our

winner. Kristin Armstrong. What a ride it was, she certainly saved the

best until last. The most mature rider in the field. Both men or

women. It shows just what experience can do. Looked good in the road

race, but you could see the form was pulled out before the final climb

and the emotion on her face to take this title. And the realisation of

what she has done is starting to hit home. This is a rider that retired

in 2009 to start a family and retired again in 2012 having come

back in 2011 and has returned a second time and, my goodness has it

been worth it. She is now the Olympic champion once again. Kristin

Armstrong has shown good form throughout the year. Second overall

in the tour of California and second overall in the two of the dealer as

well. We know she was doing well, and we saw it in the road race when

she did some strong turns on the front of the peloton, pulling the

Brazel and trying to the wake -- breakaway back on the half of her

team-mates but now it was about her today and she delivered again. What

a strike rate she has in the Olympic Games. Champion in Beijing, in

London and in Rio as well and she has abruptly tomorrow, 43 tomorrow,

the Olympic champion. Zabaleta sky are celebrated rather too soon,

minute or two before the American had crossed the line. There is the

three winners but the loser of the day is Ellen Van Dijk, finished in

fourth position, 22 seconds in arrears having ridden of age of the

road, she could have been challenging for that gold medal.

That is all part of a judgment, it is not just about ability, you can

see she's been consoled. Armstrong with the gold, Zabaleta sky --

Zabelinskaya with the silver. Anna van der Breggen finishes with the

bronze. Superman, 43 tomorrow and celebrating with the little one,

wonderful scenes for Kristin Armstrong, the woman who retired

after winning a second time trial gold in London and she is back, she

only came back in April last year, decided to go for this and what a

return Mrs for this supermum from Memphis. Strong indeed, the USA.

Congratulations and we will reflect more on that victory for Kristin

Armstrong as we build up-to-the-minute stand trial --

build-up to the men's time trial. There have been waves and we are

making waves at the rowing venue, but not the right waves. The wrong

kind of waves I'm afraid goes once again we have no rolling. That has

been cancelled for the day, it is all off, unfortunate because the

first two of our 14 rowing finals with 4% ayes other semifinals are

off, -- with four other semifinals. The weather has closed in and

unfortunately conditions are not ideal. But happily there is always

plenty to keep us occupied at an Olympic Games and we have plenty to

show you between now and about 7pm your time.

We are heading in doors to see some table tennis magic. Semifinals of

the women's singles coming up. British bantamweight Qais Ashfaq

makes his Olympic bow in the games in real, -- in Rio, the Yorkshireman

against a tide today. It will be the turn of the men to tackle 55

kilometre is the client and dissent in the men's time trial. 'S climbs

and descents. They will roll on the ramp very soon. This is the plan of

action over the next few hours. That is the two bladed paddle,

rather than the one where you kneel in the canoe. We are now speaking

about table tennis, China have enjoyed a fantastic amount of

success in this event. If you go back over the last couple of

Olympics in both Beijing and in London, no one else has had a look

in for gold, clean sweep of the gold-medal is. But they don't just

hold the balance of power in the sport, they do in their history of

the sport as well. This is the sport in which ping-pong diplomacy sorted

out not just podium places but global politics. Table tennis in

China is more than just a sport, it is a national obsession. It is

played here, including right here off Main Street in downtown Beijing.

This guy's technique is incredible. Think football, cricket, Dickens and

the Beatles and add them all together and you get some idea of

how central table tennis is to modern Chinese consciousness. It was

here in Tiananmen Square in the mid-19 50s that the little white

ball first started rolling in red China. Chairman Mao decreed table

tennis the sport of the masses, but this wasn't part of a public health

programme but a straightforward political calculation. The reason

being that if millions took on bat and ball child would conquer the

world, which would bolster his leadership. -- China. He was right.

In 1959 astonished the world, becoming tired's first world

champion in any sport, he was succeeded by someone who won the

next three world titles. Now healed as icons of revolutionary virtue,

they used a distinctive grip where the bat is held between thumb and

forefinger, technique used to this day by the older generation. This

was table tennis with Chinese characteristics and the masses were

mesmerised. In 1967, something unexpected happened when the white

ball came to an abrupt halt. Here at the National training Centre, the

Chinese table tennis team received a letter from the Communist leadership

saying sport had become a bastion of anti-Maoism, the cultural Revolution

had started and the top players were bundled off to rural provinces to

begin two years of hard labour. They were the lucky ones. China's first

world champion and two national team coaches were under house arrest and

tortured. All three committed suicide. It wasn't until 1971 that

he allowed Chinese game of tennis back onto the world's stage. Once

again, the consequences would be extraordinary. In Japan at the World

Championships, now called committee defended Glenn Caron, player from

America. For those of their handshake were published in the

press leaving them to invite the US team to China, the first Americans

to officially set that in China since the Communist revolution full

Richard Nixon called it the week that shook the world and ten months

later he followed in their fit steps.

On behalf of all the government of the People's Republic of the

president will visit on an appropriate date before May, 1972.

It marked china's re-engagement with the world. But in the 1980s China

once again surrendered global domination, but this time not

because of politics, but because of a blonde Swede. He transformed the

dynamics of table tennis with his audacious bins. China, which still

had the same technique, could not keep up. It took Deng Xiaoping, a

visionary, deliberate Chinese table tennis. He allowed top players to

keep up their prize-money, but more importantly he allowed them to ditch

the old style. The results were remarkable. They revolutionised a

new technique with a swivel backhand with the ball was hit with the

reverse side of the bat. Perhaps the greatest irony of all, the player

defeated the ageing Swede to complete one of the most hypnotic

finals of the last half-century. It is this ball that will forever

define this extraordinary nation. And the first of the medals will be

presented today. We have the semifinals in the women's event and

it features the defending champion against Ai Fukuhara of Japan. She is

27 now, but she has been a child's life since she was four years of

age. When she won the silver in the team event four years ago, they

created a waxwork offer and put it at the airport in Tokyo in order to

hasten her return home. A lot of people will be willing her on today.

Let's watch this one live and Paul Hand is our commentator. It has just

begun. Off we go. The gold medallist of London, 2012,

Li Xiaoxia, in the red, up against Ai Fukuhara.

Both of them yet to concede again, both are in fine fettle. Li Xiaoxia

is the third seed, world ranked fifth. She has an immense presence

at this event. Completed the grand slam after becoming the world

champion in 2013. That is a thunderous backhand. She

likes to take it early. She is a heavyweight player. She was called

the eternal second but a long time until she broke the curse of the

London Olympic Games where she beat Ding Ning 4-1 to become champion.

Four years have elapsed and she has now become the hunted as opposed to

the hunter. She is playing some really good table tennis. Strong

stuff from the Chinese player. Took two gold medals at the London

Olympics in the singles and the team event. It is the sport of the masses

in China. China had a stranglehold over world table tennis which is

well documented. The Japanese player is really quick. World ranked

eighth. Fourth in the world. Just a year younger than Li Xiaoxia.

Diminutive in stature. Only five foot one. She is very quick. But it

is the weight of the short of Li Xiaoxia that is overwhelming. You

can see that body blow just tangling up the Japanese number two. She has

got awesome power, Li Xiaoxia. For somebody who declares during the

post-match interviews that she is feeling the pressure of expectation

as defending champion, she is hitting the ball pretty nicely out

here. She is the team captain. This is their 11th encounter these

two. The last went for Ai Fukuhara was in

October 2009 in the World Cup. This lady has been on the receiving

end of the last eight defeats between 2010 and 2013. Brilliant

play, a terrific change in direction al attack. Could that boy her

confidence? Seven-game point opportunities in

this race to four games. The first of the women's semifinals today.

A menacing courtside presence, the Chinese coach. Thunderous pace from

Li Xiaoxia. She takes the opening game 11-4 in just five minutes. She

is off to a flyer. So, women's singles table tennis

will be reaching a climax this evening. It is likely to be the

question of which Chinese player will take the gold medal really. The

Chinese one or four Olympic table tennis titles in Beijing and did the

same four years later in London. The world's number one is in the stands

watching this one. Problems in selection, but most problems to have

for the Chinese. There is so much depth in their game. For them not to

get a gold medal would be kind of like a national disaster in this

sport that they love so much. They pride themselves in the level of

prowess and professionalism. They leave no stone unturned, they watch

video footage of the upcoming opponents. They are so thorough in

everything that they do. Game number two.

Thunderous pace from Li Xiaoxia. Ding Ning is the world number two,

the top seed in the draw. She is playing at 11 o'clock local

time. There has been a real buzzy

atmosphere here, particularly when a Brazilian player is playing. Just a

wave of energy, totally refreshing. Passionate, local Brazilian support.

Changing the attack lines. Loaded with topspin and security. Ai

Fukuhara has a thankless task. Brilliant, quick, super and Shell.

Got onto that really early. -- agile.

Well, it is cool outside today. We had a bit of rain locally, but the

temperatures are rising in here as this table tennis is hotting up. It

is going to be a terrific day. A date when the Olympic gold medallist

will stand on the podium late on tonight.

Judging from what we have seen it is likely to be an old Chinese affair.

She has got power, placement, disguise, variety from her forehand

attack and a huge backhand as well. You can see that Ai Fukuhara is just

trying to spike the backhand down the line, but Li Xiaoxia is so

dialled in from the off. She has started like a steam train

out here. It is an outstanding tempo that she lives at.

A brilliant push from the forehand of Li Xiaoxia. It is vital for Ai

Fukuhara to dig deep and get a toehold into this game. Only

engineered four points in the opener. Can she take this further?

It is so difficult to get a read on her.

The world number one is not playing in the singles event. She will be

involved in the team event. This must come as a real, not

surprise, to this lady because she has been hitting the ball

beautifully this week. As soon as the ball pops up remotely high it is

just crushed away. Inside 11 minutes now and Li Xiaoxia has a

stranglehold on this opening women's semifinal. Ai Fukuhara became

professional aged ten. She began playing at the age of three. She was

a real child prodigy in terms of table tennis. She qualified to

compete in Athens at the age of 15, the youngest ever female table

tennis player in the Olympic Games. She lost that year and was chosen as

the national flag bearer for Japan in Beijing. Her youth and talent

have made her a popular sports star in Japan.

That is where we are in terms of momentum.

Ai Fukuhara has it all to do, the world number two has her work cut

out. Can she bring something fresh. It is almost as if Li Xiaoxia knows

her patterns of play and knows what to expect.

Ai Fukuhara began table tennis in China at a young age and speaks

fluent Mandarin Chinese with a zero is that a north-east accent,

therefore she has great popularity in China. More than other players

from outside China. Look at that, dispatched, on top of the table so

quickly. It is just a barrage incessantly from Xiaoxia Li.

Brilliance from Ai Fukuhara, using the width of the table to great

effect, almost acknowledged by Xiaoxia Li.

Despite popping the ball high, didn't she redeem herself. Really

quick to turn the point around. It is only her second Olympic games

appearance, Xiaoxia Li. Desperate to defend her title. She took bronze at

the World Championships in China in 2015. And one the World

Championships in Paris 2013. A time-out has been called.

Xiaoxia Li, the proto- winner of 16 tournament titles, Asian games when

twice in 2006 and 2007 Asian Championships winner in 2007 and

2009. She is highly decorated, the former world number one of November

2008. This player is right up against it,. She resides in Beijing

with the national table tennis programme. She is five foot nine,

almost eight inches taller than Ai Fukuhara, who is quick and sprightly

but unable to dent Xiaoxia Li just now. After the 62nd time-out, play

will resume. Two games up and 4-1 up in points in this race to four

games. The reigning Olympic champion in the driving seat.

It is just so difficult to make inroads and will look at that

response from Xiaoxia Li, she has barely put a foot wrong.

Ai Fukuhara will have to throw caution to the window and hit with

abandon. You can see she likes to say tied to the table but she

doesn't seem to have the pace in comparison to Xiaoxia Li. She just

has more on everything, fast, long served, spilling wide of the table,

indicative of the scoreboard pressure she is now under and try to

swing out and try to swing Adam Stephens. -- swing out and stay

loose. It was a good, short serve from

Xiaoxia Li but the forehand was too high and should have been crushed.

She has surpassed any previous Olympic Games showing, Ai Fukuhara.

It is just incessant. Look at that, Chinese flags abound. Good support.

It has been a cracking venue. The pretenders have come and gone,

and only the contenders remain. Who can deliver on the biggest of

occasions? Defending Olympic champion in fine fettle. It's

looking like she would be denied. Three games up in just 60 minutes

played, romping through this semifinal.

Social media platforms in overdrive around the table tennis. The ITF

sites creaking under the strain. World table tennis brings together

so many different faiths, religions, races, languages, cultures and

traditions. Wonderful sport. She has such reflexive were brilliant and Mr

fit game. -- you see such reflexive brilliance. -- in this to reflect --

fantastic game. We are enjoying the best table tennis in the world from

Rio on finals day. If you're joining us, will come -- well come full to

view can catch the final deceiving at 9:30pm local time. It would be

great to have your company. Ai Fukuhara beginning game format. It

has been a really dominant display from Xiaoxia Li. The third seed

really hitting the ball extremely well. She has been mercenary so far.

Momentum increased and she is deemed rolling this one. The first game Ai

Fukuhara gained four points, second game three, the third game only the

solitary point. What will happen in Game four?

Ai Fukuhara unable to get to the runs of points together, managed a

run of two in the opening game, but just one solitary point in games two

and three. Conversely, Xiaoxia Li, two runs of nine and a run of six

consecutively. Very dictatorial. Look upwards for some -- divine

inspiration for Ai Fukuhara, with it all to do. And she has been

contained, stifled, smothered today by this player, who has just brought

brilliance of the table. Just when you think Ai Fukuhara is

on the front foot in control of the point and Xiaoxia Li just spikes the

back had turned the point around. Look at that. The oft forehand

winner, back behind. Five points away from a in this year's file. --

final. The Chinese can absolutely delighted with Xiaoxia Li's

performance. She is certainly more than warranted her place here.

Defending champion in great form. A rare unforced error, listen to the

crowd as the underdog snatches one solitary point in Game four. This is

a battle to give your perspective of two top ten table tennis athletes in

the women's game. Ai Fukuhara rated eight and currently seeded sixth,

Japanese number two. Such editorial display from Xiaoxia Li. Multiple

match points for Xiaoxia Li. And in no time at all she edges her name

into the final berth in the women's singles event here in real central

pavilion -- Rio central pavilion three. She got Ai Fukuhara headlock

early and didn't relinquish. 24 minutes was all it took. 11-4, 11-3,

11-1, 11-1. Quite a showing from Xiaoxia Li, sending out a message of

intent to the other two semifinalists. There we are,

confirmation, Xiaoxia Li safely through in the bottom half of the

women's singles draw. Through that file about one 30 AM in your morning

when she will play one of her fired -- Chinese colleagues or a

competitor from North Korea, who is a final state under way shortly. We

are reflecting on event in an intriguing women's road race time

trial this morning, it has been won by 43 tomorrow Christian Armstrong

from Memphis, Tennessee and this is a significant victory for her and

over 40s because it is her third win in a row, Beijing and London and

42-year-old, this is her last day of being 42, what a nice early birthday

present this has been in front of her family. Her son Lucas is in

attendance. Jill Douglas has been speaking to Christian Armstrong

earlier. Many congratulations, some history today, your third Olympic

title, how does that sound? It is amazing. I finished on the top step

two times and I've come back and people ask me why in the world would

I try and go for a third when you finished on top? It's because I can,

because we can, whatever we put our minds do we can do it and that was

my passage Dott message today Comey doesn't matter year age, your risk

operator from, you have set a goal and go after it and I did that

today. You had to fight for every inch of it. Yes, it all started at

4:30am when I will had to wake up and use the rest room and I looked

out the window and it was pouring rain and at that moment I had to

change moment I had GTMO mentality because I could either go one way or

the other. One way is I could be scared, it is scary going at those

speeds on a technical course or I could take it as an opportunity and

say I'm the most experienced out here, I will attack this course, so

that is what I did. It paid off. You are an inspiration to so many and

from the mums, to see you would look is at the end was really special, we

saw him in London, the deliver but her special was at? It is really

special, I'm a role model for my son, set an example and I have to

teach him whether you win or lose, it is still a good result today he

asked me, why are you crying? I said because I won, and he said, but why

are you crying? And I said because I'm so happy. It is about taking

lessons and he is here with me and I couldn't be more proud and my other

families are here, my husband and best friend and family. Enjoy your

birthday. Thank you. I'm sure she will, she is a role model.

Interestingly, the silver medallist taking the silver after two bronze

medals in London, after that she served a ban for 18 months for

doping and was only allowed to race in the last few days having gone

through all kinds of hoops in order to race. She takes silver and jails

reaction from her. A silver medal at an Olympic Games that until recently

you didn't know you would be competing in, how difficult has it

been for you preparing? I was preparing from last time, for years.

I didn't expect to do it is today because I did not feel very good

myself but I am very happy to get the medal. Of course despondent

because I only lost five seconds from the first place, but it is OK.

What does this mean to the Russian team? There have been many problems,

you yourself were a late addition to the Olympics. We got a lot of things

about this, about the ban of all the team and everything. But I hope

everything will be good and until the next Olympics, the Olympic team

will be clear for everything and we proved to the world that we can

compete without any doping. The men's time trial starts at

3:15pm and we will be live to see the start of that one. Last night

you were probably in bed, or maybe you set your alarm, but if you did

not, let's reflect on a very interesting evening in the pool.

Adam Peaty and Jazz Carlin were medallists. Siobhan-Marie O'connor

was trying to become the third. Happily she was the fastest

qualifier for last night's final. This is going to be interesting.

Siobhan-Marie O'connor against Katinka Hosszu. It she can get

within a tenth of a second, she can do this. The backstroke will go away

a little bit. I am sure it is gold or silver, but can she be level, if

not ahead, after the breaststroke. She is deeper than Katinka Hosszu.

Katinka Hosszu was up first. Expect her to go away here, she won the 100

backstroke. The Australian is also very good indeed. Katinka Hosszu has

not got as much of a lead as we thought she would. This is very good

news at the halfway stage for Siobhan-Marie O'connor of Great

Britain. O'Connor is coming through on the breaststroke. She is faster

than Katinka Hosszu on the breast. O'Connor is coming up.

Siobhan-Marie O'connor is eating away, but I am not sure if it is

enough. I think this will be tough for O'Connor. But she has broken it

down. Katinka Hosszu is going for the world record and gold. This is a

brilliant swim from Siobhan-Marie O'connor, the Commonwealth champion.

She is not giving up a toll. Katinka Hosszu is starting to tire a little

bit. Coming back is Siobhan-Marie O'connor of Great Britain. She is

really trying. She is getting very close indeed. It looks like the gold

will go to Katinka Hosszu, but only just. That was an amazing last 50

metres freestyle for Siobhan-Marie O'connor. She gets silver. What a

wonderful swim. She pushed it all the way. You cannot take the gold

medal away from Katinka Hosszu, but Siobhan-Marie O'connor swam a great

race. A wonderful moment for Great Britain. She took on the very best

in the world, she took on the world record holder, and she nearly caught

her. She wins silver in the women's 200 metres individual medley, the

first Olympic medal for Great Britain in this event in history.

Congratulations, that must feel pretty crazy. Yes, it feels unreal.

I am trying not to cry. It is the best feeling in the world. When I

looked up and ice at the time and the position I was in, it did not

seem real. But walking around there and seeing my family I was getting

choked up. It means everything. I have worked so hard for this. It

means I am pleased. My family and everyone who is here, I am so

grateful. It has been tough, but it is so worth it. When you say it has

been tough, you had a medical dish and you had to overcome and you have

certainly done that and you have performed on the big stage, it is

incredible. I trained so hard, but sometimes you think, is it my time?

I have worked really hard and I have done all I can in training, but I

was so nervous in the swimming pool, but it just shows what determination

and belief can do. I am over the moon, all the hard work has paid

off. But I would not be able to do it without my amazing team and my

amazing family. It is an individual sport, but we have the whole team

behind us and it makes it so much more special. Although it is an

individual sport, it is a team sport. I was so inspired watching

Adam and Giles and the team have played a massive role and I am proud

to be a part of it. Your family are here to support you and your dad is

in the studio, do you have a message for him? I will try not to get

emotional, but they support means everything. Thank you so much.

Congratulations again. She is allowed a few tears, no

problem at all. That is two silver medals and a gold medal in the swim

meet last night. That equals the number of medals they want in their

home games four years ago. Going very well at that point. We have

enough filling about the exploits of Michael Phelps ever since he turned

up as a 15-year-old in the Sydney games. He says these are the last

games and he seems to be enjoying this and he has brought his young

son with him, he is a few weeks old, and he seems like a different kind

of person. Last night he was going for gold number 20 of his incredible

career and doing so in an event in which he was pipped at the post the

last time in London, by Chad Le Clos, you probably remember the epic

contest. This was the rematch. Finally away and away clean. Chad Le

Clos sits very well indeed, in the Green hat. The Black cat after that

is Michael Phelps. In the centre there are the two Hungarian. Immense

pressure at the start of such an important race for most of these men

in here. Michael Phelps did not stay underwater that long. Laszlo Cseh is

swimming his own race. Swimming strongly to 75 metres. Michael

Phelps is going for it. This is very interesting. He was comfortable to

50, but Michael Phelps is already starting to make his move. In London

2012 he was comfortably ahead. Chad Le Clos has just had a look and has

decided to go himself. Michael Phelps is leading Chad Le Clos is

second and Laszlo Cseh is third. He cannot afford to leave anything

until the last length. Could use, could that get him? Michael Phelps

had an awesome time. Chad Le Clos is right back on. They are saying, it

is all yours, go for it. This is amazing, the crowd are standing up.

Chad Le Clos is fading. The Japanese is coming up quickly. Michael Phelps

is going to take it. It is so close. Michael Phelps has taken it buy 41

hundredths of a second. It was a shocking finish. He won it right at

the end. I bet all sorts of stuff is going through his head. He has won

the gold medal and he has 14 gold medals in a row, the first swimmer

to do it in history. Chad Le Clos was in fourth. Laszlo Cseh was

seventh. Where were the others? It was gold in Athens in 2004. It was

gold in Beijing in 2008, it was silver in 2012 to Chad Le Clos, a

massive shock, and he comes back four years later after taking a

break and he wins a gold medal again, the first man in history to

win four consecutive Olympic medals in the same event.

Gold number 20, it never gets old really. There was a chance for

number 21 and you start to lose count. It was the last race of the

evening in the men's relay. He was a keen member of that one, but Great

Britain's quartet were the fastest to qualify and the reigning world

champions in this one. Steven Milne is leading off in the

Olympic final. The fastest qualifiers, the British team. Thomas

Fraser Holmes of Australia has gone off very quickly in lane seven for

Australia. Most of the important records in this event are below

seven minutes. I do not think they will get under seven minutes for

this. The Americans will be pushing very hard. This is all about Stephen

Milne keeping close to Conor O'Dwyer. I would like to see Fraser

Holmes swim better in individual races, but he delivers in the relay.

He is doing a great job here. Turning first. He has gone off very

fast, as has Conor O'Dwyer of the USA. Stephen Milne is in seventh. He

has to stay as close as he possibly can. The Russian swimmer is really

going well. It is important to stay in contention. Conor O'Dwyer leading

for the USA. Thomas Fraser Holmes of Australia is going well. 1.8 seconds

down. We cannot give away this much of a lead. It will be very difficult

right now. Duncan Scott will get some horrendous waves as he dives

in. Not a bad start at all. Now we have Duncan Scott. He has swum 1.30

five. The Americans are starting to make some waves. The Japanese put

their quick guys first and second. It is USA first, Japan second, and

Australia in third. This is a good start from Duncan Scott. Brilliant

swimming from the Americans. We have got to get back in medal contention.

The Japanese have gone with their fast first two swimmers. The Russian

Federation is trying to haul him back as well. With a bit of luck we

will be in fourth place. The Australians are slowing down a bit.

Ryan Lochte is coming in for the United States later as well. They

have got Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps as the next two swimmers.

They could do it. The battle is on for silver and bronze and fourth and

fifth places at the moment. Very strong from the USA. He is about to

hand over to Ryan Lochte. Great Britain are for. That was good from

Duncan Scott. He hands over to Dan Wallace, the Commonwealth Games

champion. It is really important for Great Britain because we have got

James Guy on the final leg, a world champion. He will be chasing Michael

Phelps. The USA are five or six metres ahead. Australia are in third

and Great Britain are fourth. Japan are second. Duncan Scott did exactly

the same time as he did this morning. The Japanese team are

hanging in there and the Australians also. Dan Wallace is starting to

come through. There is a battle for fourth place.

Wallace did accelerate off the wall, now putting in some big effort on

the cake. I'm quite happy with his position, I don't think we will get

near the USA but we could give James Guy a chance, this is good news. He

has streaked ahead, Phelps. Japan in second, Australia third, but they

did not put their best swimmer on the team at all and he should be

head-to-head with James Guy, so there is a chance. He's starting to

bring us in, pretty much equal third. USA, his wheels are falling

off really badly. Type take from Phelps. Great Britain now in bronze

medal position. We have James Guy, our world champion, in, like a shot.

Maqsood of Japan in two. Can James Guy catch up for the sings -- silver

medal? Russia has a very strong back in swimmer. James Guy clawing

through the field, in third place. The Japanese team in his sights. The

great Michael Phelps is cruising to another gold medal and the crowd are

all standing, they will get 100 metres. James Guy is coming back

very strongly. Looks like he has broken the Russian team, it is now

GB versus Japan for the bronze and silver. 606.1 one. Tell you what,

James Guy is catching him up. It is too much to do, surely, 1.4 seconds.

I don't think he will catch Michael Phelps but he's certainly harrowing

at the Japanese in lane two. James Guy comes back very quick in the

second half, he is having a shot at Phelps, easing into that lead I

would imagine Phelps has gone off relatively easy and will come back

in the last 50, he has a fabulous last turn but he must be exalted.

Still just in third position, third term from James Guy. Come on! It is

called to the USA just now. James Guy bringing team Great Britain into

the silver medal position, just about. Wonderful race with the

Japanese in two. I think we might get the silver but coming back of

the Japanese in the last ten metres. Can he get silver? Called the USA,

silver to Great Britain and bronze for Japan. Whatever plastic team

effort that was. Great Britain, well done for the fantastic. Great fun

James Guy, Michael Phelps taken the gold medal. He is holding on the

lame line and James Guy, took something out of him. He is

exhausted. You can tell going into the last turn he had nothing left.

The champion he is. What a great really and I have to say, the four

British swimmers had the swims of their lives. They couldn't have

asked for more than that. Stephen you let them out and came home as an

Olympic medallist? I can't believe it. I don't know what to say. I'm

speechless but I have to give it to these guys, they were absolutely

amazing. It was an honour to swim with them and they smashed it up. We

can all be proud of ourselves. 12 months we were winning junior

medals, could you imagine one year when he would be on the Olympic

podium? I was despite a tower slathered worlds last year, so I

felt it had to step things up this year. -- slam at -- to how it swam

at. To come up with Olympic medals, world champion just that last year,

we felt we had one but we didn't know what colour. We fought with

everything we have and are delighted with silver. Dan, the selectors took

a chance on you and give you a wild card, you certainly paid them back.

I was lucky to just make the team but I knew once I was on the team I

had to step it up and be back to my best. I think they did that tonight

and I'm proud of myself. You should be. James Guy, finished things off

and finally got that medal this week. Has it been emotional for you?

Hallelujah! The first few days were tough for me. I was going through a

bit of an adaptation phase and we changed it and I got faster each

time I've raced and finally get a medal it has been a difficult week,

it's been tough but I got a medal and the team here is grateful to our

youngest guys 23 and has a medal, bring on Tokyo, will be fully grown

and ready for the title. Chasing down Phelps and lastly, could you

getting? I don't care who I'm racing, I will fight for anyone, I

will fight for my country and I could feel getting closer to him but

obviously they were two seconds in front but it's difficult to start,

but what an honour to race the greatest of all time I couldn't be

happier. Congratulations. A great night in a pool for Great Britain,

that was their second is over. There is baby boomer, Boomer Phelps a look

at that. Fantastic pictures from Michael Phelps celebrating with the

family, much more relaxed and he sees the Olympic experience

differently this time in his fifth games, an extraordinary thing when

you consider what he has achieved since he was 15 in Sydney. This is

his personal medal tally. When you see it in the stark terms you really

go, wow. 21 gold, two silver and two bronze. It makes him medically and I

would argue in essence the greatest Olympian there has ever been,

however, the greatest is very much a matter of opinion. Is he your

greatest Olympian? Michael Jonzon has it's own thoughts. I want

everyone on TV to know it, I am the greatest. There are those who tell

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

need to define ourselves. The games combine the Greek religious sense in

physical strength and beauty. We are constantly measuring, comparing,

contrasting. The champion needs great determination, and implacable

will to win and a killer instinct. That is the beauty of sport. Every

age produces its heroes. So who is the greatest? Usain Bolt local all

the way! History is being made. Standing right on the top with the

pretty gold medal. Even amongst all the great one man stands out

powerful above them. The 15th Olympic Games has been those aspects

games. To the record books tell the true story? A new Olympic and world

record. He won the gold he slam, in all seven events he was champion.

Michael Phelps's 21st Olympic gold. Here comes the greatest British

Olympian. If anyone sees me anywhere near a boat you have my permission

to shoot me. Get the gold medal! What a great Olympian. Or is it

about what it touches? Faultless. And that is Olympic history. The

motion. -- emotion. Hold for Freeman. A moment captured in time.

The 100 metres and the Olympic Games. The debate goes on and on and

on. But that is the beauty of sport. And if we had all the answers, well,

that would be no fun at all. And it is fun to look back at some of the

world. It's men and women who have graced these Olympic Games since

1896. Before that way back in the 700 BC at Olympia, we didn't have

the television pictures in those days to look at the greatest,

however, vowing to become the greatest female Olympian from this

country ever is Charlotte Dujardin, she and Laura Trott was won two gold

medals in London have the opportunity to win a third and maybe

a fourth. No British woman has ever got three before. Lee McKenzie is at

the equestrian centre because the dressage starts today not for

Charlotte, she goes on Thursday, but the events begin and there is a huge

amount of optimism in Team GB about this? There certainly is and if you

needed your great hands on a couple of days ago, I hope you have your

fancy pants on because dressage is a different horse game. Charlotte

Dujardin is sitting in the stand just now goes the other British

rider coming up but there is a positive atmosphere in the British

camp. Let's not forget they've never won a medal in dressage until London

2012. For Charlotte to leave with two gold was just a fantastic

achievement. She is not the world number 1% to 2012 she's gone from

strength to strength, she is world champion, European champion, current

Olympic champion and has broken every world records there is with

Valegro but she does have competition this year. It will be

interesting to see how she goes, she had Carl Hester will start their

particular routines and other day. Tomorrow. And I know we have two

competitors and there will be new names to most people watching? For a

start in 20 minutes is Ben Son Wilton and anyone in dressage Lamote

Spencer but this is his first Olympics. He has supernova, horse

that gets pick-ups when it's nervous. And sleeps with a mouthful

of hay like a pacifier. A quirky horse but they go in 20 minutes, we

could see their debut. In event we've spoken about William Fox-Pitt,

understandably he has taken the headlines over the past ten but

Fiona Bigwood, she has come through a really tough time. A couple of

years ago she had a really bad injury and now ride with an eye

patch because she still has such bad double vision. It is her first

Olympics but she is another really experienced dressage rider and

husband competes for Denmark today. We wish them both well. Explain the

basics because this is the individual event we are starting

with and it combines for the team event as well? First up what is

happening over my shoulder is the Grand Prix, and from that we have

the Grand Prix special, which is a more technical test, and then the

top 18 riders from that go into the freestyle, the one which captured

everyone's imagination, the dressage to music, the dancing horses as the

tabloids call them. We have three separate tests between now and the

beginning of next week and then the medals are debited from the top

teams and individual writers. When it comes the dancing horses I'm sure

we will hear some samba music to try and win over the crowd? We are, I've

seen the test Charlotte will perform next week in the freestyle and, yes,

she has gone very samba. A real Brazilian team to that. She really

into her cartoons and she had had to train your dragon before, this one

is much more samba -based. I will look forward to that, but not today.

There's plenty going on and I'm sure you'll keep us up-to-date. Thank

you. In 15 minutes we will go to the men's time trial, Chris Froome

trying to do a Bradley Wiggins in effect, to win the Tour de France,

which he did for the third time, and also the Olympic time trial in the

same summer. One of his most beautiful wins in

his career. Head over the bars, leaves for every second of

advantage, Chris Froome punches the air. This Tour de France is turning

into a mighty battle already. Chris Froome, leader of the Tour de

France, he's off his bike. Running. This is an unprecedented situation.

Here he could lose serious time. I've never seen anything like this

in my life. Chris Froome attacks. Again losing time on Chris Froome.

He or he has one stage win, now he has two. And Chris Froome wins the

time trial. Chris Froome becomes the first Briton to retain the Tour de

France title. He wins his third tour, sky at winning for a fourth

time, what are Tour de France this has been for Great Britain. I do

feel as if winning the tour this year was done much more in a

complete way, for example, on dissent and on the crosswinds on

flat stages with the likes of the sprinters and also obviously the

strength of the team was really a clear sign to everyone this year

that once I got into the yellow jersey it was pretty hard for the

rivals to do anything to separate me from my team-mates. Quote of the

Olympic Games fit into the grand scheme of things for your? How big a

deal would be to wear a gold medal? It is a big deal to me. I am

extremely motivated for the time trial because it is that one effort

you can gauge and you have the control over. The time trial for me

is the more realistic chance of being in for a shop with a medal. --

shot. He is certainly one of the favourites. There is Chris getting

ready. This is the man who has won three Tour de France titles, the

most recently this summer. In this event you need to be an all-rounder,

our climate and speedster as well. He will be taking part with Geraint

Thomas who lost some skin after the crash in the road race. But he says

his legs are all right. We will be looking to see both of them and we

will be going to that in about 15 minutes' time. We will keep you

updated on the boxing. The other day we saw a 19-year-old world champion

from Cuba to beat the Britain by a single point. He has been the most

stylish boxer of the games so far. They call him the small giant. He is

now into the quarterfinals. The 49 kilograms and for a place on

the podium. The Cuban is just 19 years of age, the reigning world

champion gold medallist. The tournament number one seed. He is

being put under pressure at the start of this opening round by the

35-year-old from Kenya. He is number 36 in the world and he had an

impressive split decision victory in eliminating the number eight seed

from China after having a buy in his opening round. The tactics are plain

to see from the Kenyan. You have got to close the gap down on the sky and

put pressure on him. You have got to restrict the movement. That is what

he does, in and out with his feet, he is extremely talented and

skilful. The Kenyan has the right tactic, but he has got to get

quicker with his feet and put more pressure on. He has to throw the

punches. You allow Joahnys Argilagos to get

into a rhythm and he is extremely difficult to beat.

At this pace and distance the Cuban maestro will be in and out as he

likes. Joahnys Argilagos is finding his

range and his rhythm and all Warui can do is weather the storm. The

first round is crucial in this tournament. The Cubans always get

the first round under their belt. If you allow them to dictate the pace,

they are in their comfort zone, and that is what is happening here now.

Joahnys Argilagos is dictating the pace. He is moving lovely, in and

out with his feet. Warui started off quite well on the front foot, but he

has slowed the speed down and that is allowing Joahnys Argilagos to do

what he wants to do. Look how confident he is. But that is a big

right hand from Warui right on the Bell, just to let Joahnys Argilagos

know he is still in the contest! A terrific opening round from the

man in red. They will be more than pleased in that corner. He did some

terrific work. In and out with his feet. Back to the safety distance

after he lands his shot. Warui started well. The tactics were good

from the Kenyan in the first few minutes, but then he slowed the

speed down. All three judges favouring the work of the number one

seed. Into the second round. We got a

glimpse of some of Joahnys Argilagos's incredibly talented

team-mates, including Ramirez, who has not opened his account yet. But

his team-mate in his second appearance in Rio 2016 is producing

pretty much a masterclass in this quarterfinal. Warui knows what he

has to do. He is trying to close down the distance and make life

uncomfortable for this talented teenager, known as the tiny giant,

but that is easier said than done when you have a man who can navigate

the boxing ring as effortlessly as the man in red. Warui has to work

off that front foot and change angles occasionally. His feet are

far too static at the moment. There is hardly any movement from the

waist. He is not avoiding the shots, he is keeping his hands high, but

his feet are letting him down. The pace is suiting the Cuban down to

the ground and that is why his hands are low and he is on the back foot

and his feet are coming square. The Kenyan is not doing what he should

do. Three times quarterfinalist at the African games. Now he is trying

to work away to the body of the man in red. That was better from the

Kenyan. He has got to keep the attack going. Cuban boxers sometimes

do this after they get that all-important first round in the

bag. Ramirez does it as well. They will stand still and invite friends

from their opponent. That could give them some encouragement. But the

opportunity for Warui, it is the thinking game and you have to notice

and react if your opponent slows it down and you have to jump on them.

But now Joahnys Argilagos has gone back on that back foot. Lovely work.

He took a bit of a breather standing still on the ropes and Warui did

take advantage. But he is up on his toes again now. Joahnys Argilagos is

really enjoying this. A good right hand to the body. Warui is reluctant

to engage in exchanges, it is almost as if he is waiting for Joahnys

Argilagos to stop before he let's go. He has spent a lot of time

repelling attacks and his workrate is not as high as it needs to be for

an educated, pressure fighter like Warui. Moments of success once again

for the man in blue, but one suspects it will be another

unanimous round for Joahnys Argilagos. The Kenyan has got to do

better. It is easier said than done, but his feet is letting him down.

This was not bad from the Kenyan and he kept it going. A lovely straight

left hand from Joahnys Argilagos and then he dips out of the way and

avoids the shot. Lovely boxing. Very comfortable. He is leading so

comfortably. The reigning world champion in complete control and in

a commanding position. Into the third and final round we go. The man

wearing blue is facing an uphill task as he tries to secure himself a

place on the Olympic medal podium in the light flyweight division. He has

conceded the opening two rounds. The man in red just scored with a lovely

right hand. Further into the competition you appreciate how

well he is doing. He is a special talent. World Junior champion in

2013. He put in another good right hand into the rib cage of Warui.

Slowing down perhaps even more now in this third round because he has

taken a fair amount of punishment. It is almost defeat by 1000

pinpricks from Joahnys Argilagos. It would drain a man's elegy tank and

dispirit him as well. He is trying to muster an attack, but he is

having real difficulty trying to close the gap. The Kenyan is really

struggling. Olympic boxing is all about speed and skill and making

your opponent miss and the Cuban is demonstrating this. Lovely boxing.

He can switch from orthodox to southpaw. He can box from the

inside, at distance. Very clever. It will take a really good boxer to

beat him. He is effective on the front foot as well. Once again all

Warui can do is cover up and hope the storm subsides. Deep into the

final round now. That final right hand to the body looked as though it

hurt Warui. If you stand and trade with Warui, you bring him into the

contest. For a moment in the second round Joahnys Argilagos did that. He

is doing it now and it brings Warui in. And then he is back to safety

again this Cuban. Showing Warui who is the governor inside the boxing

ring. Warui is trying to muster some fans of his own in the hope of

landing that final knockout blow. The final furious exchange. Right on

top of the logo to conclude this quarterfinal. What a wonderful

display by Joahnys Argilagos. There is Ramirez in the forefront of the

shot. He is the reigning Olympic champion. He manned the title, the

man in the grey sweat suit, when he was a teenager. This man could well

emulate him. Play into the crowd at the end. He brought Warui into the

contest. As if to say, I can box your style as well and beat you to

the punches. Some great work by the Cuban in the last 40 seconds. A

perfect performance for two and a half rounds. In the last round he

played to the crowd and brought his opponent into it, but overall what a

talent. One of the most talented boxers here at the games. A pleasure

to watch. Ladies and gentlemen, by a unanimous decision, Joahnys

Argilagos. So Joahnys Argilagos is through to the medal stages of the

49 kilograms light flyweight division after producing a masterful

performance over the Kenyan veteran Peter Mungai Warui. Sportingly

holding the rope is open for his defeated opponent. We will see more

of this man. It would be a very good bet if he was still here on the 14th

of August for the light flyweight final.

It underlines how well Galal Yafai performed against them. The men's

time trial is out on the road once again. Chris Froome will be riding

last, but who realistically are the main challengers for the medals

alongside him today? The first wave of riders are already

out on the course and then there is a small pause and they send out the

last 18 and that is where the medallists will come from, all the

main contenders, including Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin. Very

quickly we will reflect back on the Kristin Armstrong gold medal in the

women's time trial. She came through afterwards very emotional, she had

just been with her young boy Lucas. Three times Olympic champion, a

remarkable athlete. Yes, to bid the rest of the world is

one thing, to retire and come back and do it at this level is another.

It was nip and tuck all the way, she managed to get over the climbs and

the obstacles but she showed the road race, the team job she did,

that she has perform. She was saying with ten kilometres to go, on her

radio, her coach said in her ear, now is the time to decide what

colour you want this medal to be, you have to dig deep and she really

responded. We will shortly see the rest of the men setting off in the

second wave. What do you think they will learn from seeing Kristin

Armstrong's efforts? They will all have looked at the course but it

would have gone out of the window when it started to rain. Everyone

has been cautious on the first technical descent of the day but

what I have learned from the course, particularly from the women's event,

this is a time trial course, despite the obstacles, so the likes of Tom

Dumoulin will gain an edge, Chris Broome is great in a time trial even

if it is black, but the podium could be tied. Rohan Bopanna is could

throw in a surprise. Everyone will recognise the likes of Fabian

Cancellara and other champions, but they haven't done a lot this year. I

think Fabian Cancellara was disappointed with the Tour de France

but when you have names like his and Martin, you never write them off and

the roads between the clients here are not technical at all, they are

real time trial to rain and I think they will fare well. And it depends

how everybody has come out of the road race. Not all of them did

finish, but certainly Geraint Thomas did. He is a late call-up because

not every nation took their spots. How'd you think Grant Thomas and

Kristian will pull up after a tough road race? -- Chris Froome. There

are a lot of filters you have to put it through, Geraint Thomas working

for Chris Froome for a couple of weeks before they got there, he was

two minutes then in the time trial. Here, he can ride for himself and

has a good chance of getting them out. Geraint Thomas will be coming

shortly, so we will hand you to Simon Brotherton.

SIMON BROTHERTON: He will be the next to leave the starters' Gate.

The rest of them completing the warm up process in the start finish area.

On the course, Tim Wellens from Belgium has been the fastest rider

through the time checks up until now. He is on the first of the two

climbs. This is the short, steep one. The fastest rider to go through

at the moment is Leopold Konig, Leopold Konig has started to wind it

up the longer the time trial has gone on. Seven seconds slower is

Michal Kwiatkowski. I think Leopold Konig will have the fastest time

from this first wave of riders. A second group is containing all of

the favourites. Over the top goes Tim Wellens and as you can see, 8.85

seconds down. Geraint Thomas is on the starter's ramp, ready to go,

ahead of him, 54.5 kilometres in this Olympic time trial. Geraint

Thomas, who was given a late entry into this event, is of an under way

on the seafront. The weather, the best it has been so far today. Let's

hope that the rain clouds stay away. It is still blustery, but now

predominantly dry when certainly for much of the morning, conditions have

been pretty awful for the riders, particularly for the women's race.

So it will be very interesting to see what sort of right Geraint

Thomas can pull out of the bag. He was very strong in the road race at

the weekend, among the leading riders, before crashing on that

final descent back in towards Copacabana. Still to come, Chris

Froome, he will be heading off at 22, the last ride on the road.

Excellent year, Geraint Thomas. The Paris- Nice overall win in the

spring and of course, he also has two Olympic gold medals to his name

from the track in the team pursuit in Beijing and in London four years

ago. But for him these days, it is very much about the road. Meanwhile,

a good many of these riders are well into their ride and heading into the

closing stages, with only about ten kilometres to go. The next rider to

head off will be Julian Alaphilippe, one of the real rising stars of the

peloton. The 24-year-old came close to a stage win in the Tour de

France, a very consistent performer and has been very good in the

Hillier Classics races in the last couple of seasons. So Julian

Alaphilippe away from the starter's Gate. The overall winner of the tour

of California this year as well and fourth in the Olympic road race on

Saturday. So he is in great form here.

Final adjustments made for Chris Froome. It has to be right to the

millimetre. Meanwhile, we are back with Tim Wellens out on the course.

He was the last rider of the first wave of riders.

And he has been among the fastest all the way round so far. Geraint

Thomas is now a couple of minutes into his right. The first time check

we will get on him will be at the ten kilometre mark. So it will be a

little while yet, several minutes. It comes at the top of the first

climb. Primoz Roglic, not a household name, the Slovenian, but

certainly want to keep an eye on here in this time trial if you are

looking for an outsider, some want to upset the apple cart a little

bit. The 26-year-old won the time trial stage in Chianti this year. He

was third in the individual time trial stage of the two order Poland,

so is form a strong -- tour of Poland. You can just see the energy

gel poking out of his shorts, it is a very easy place to get hold of.

Back with Geraint Thomas. On the coast road, doing the small blip

they have to do after about three kilometres, to get them around the

headland. Well into the circuit now. Thomas, of course, only found out in

the last day or so, only had it confirmed, that he was going to be

able to take part in this race. He just likes racing bikes, though,

doesn't he? The form we know is showing in that image, because you

don't know how much that road is climbing and he makes it look like

he is riding on the flat. The next rider to leave the starter's Gate,

from Spain. He did an absolutely monumental turn on the road race the

other day, Jonathan Castroviejo. It will have cost him, it is reasonable

to say. That kind of team riding gives enough for the day and this

event as well. Simon Geschke has been riding very well, from the

first batch. Jonathan Castroviejo, by the way, a top-10 finisher in

this race in London four years ago, ninth position. We ride with Leopold

Konig, who spends his year racing with Team Sky, a top-10 finisher in

all three of the grand tour who macro in his career so far and the

time checks that all the first batch have gone through, Konig is the

quickest at this point. It is all about pacing yourself in an event

like this. The first checks for our interest and to see who has put

themselves out of contention, but being fastest at the first two time

checks know -- by no means guarantees being the fastest at the

finish. Happy to ride out on his road bike today. Quickly lost time

and is well aware of that. Tim Wellens has that high cadence style

all the way through. From Belarus, Siutsiu. Very experienced, in his

30s now. Formerly with Team Sky, a stage winner in the jee Road Italia

-- in the Giro d'Italia. Four times Italian champion. They are also

represented by Kiryienka, who is the world champion. One of the riders

who helped Chris Froome through the month of July in the Tour de France,

as did Darren Thomas, but very much trying to beat him today. They have

heard of busy couple of months, haven't they? -- they have had a

busy couple of months. Leopold Konig, I think, will be

coming up towards the fourth time check at the 44 point for kilometre

mark before too long. He will not be there for a minute or two.

Meanwhile, back to the second group of riders, Maciej Bodnar from

Poland, the second of the Polish riders in this field. Bodnar when

the individual time strange win in the two are Japan this year. He was

a rider who got away in Montpelier in France, when Chris Froome stole

away and grabbed a handful of seconds' advantage over his rival,

when nobody thought he would at the end of a flat stage. That was an

exciting stage. A lot of surprises in the sheer's Tour de France,

particularly running up the mountain, of course, which Chris

Froome did. And our first rider coming up towards the finishing

line, the time set to beat, Iranagh from Iran is the rider. So our

prerace guess was 1:18 to complete this course for the best riders and

I think they will be quicker than that. The rain has held off a little

bit in the last few minutes and that first corner is drying up and they

are saving a second on one bend, I would say. Michal Kwiatkowski

climbing for the last time today. Is that Caruso, the Italian, in front

of him? It is not going to be Leopold Konig, he is riding very

well. It can only be Darmian are Caruso. Meanwhile, we are back at

the start with Jan Barta, the Czech rider. So Leopold Konig, the other

Czech rider, going very well but Jan Barta, another who rode the Tour de

France last month. Four times the national road time trial champion of

the Czech Republic. Yes, it is Caruso. Vincenzo Nibali not here, of

course, flew back to Italy for surgery after the road race on

Saturday. Here comes Dan Craven from the media. He was the first rider

of, not the first to reach the finishing line but that will be a

welcome sight, as he comes around the corner and sees the finishing

line no more than 100 metres away. One final sprint up towards the line

and Dan Craven can rest up, having completed the course in one hour and

27 minutes and 47 seconds. Dan Craven and his beard go into

history. In Maka delayed he has been an entertaining rider -- he has been

an entertaining rider in these Olympic Games. Caruso is not

enjoying himself out there. He has lost three minutes to Michal

Kwiatkowski. The next rider to start is Nelson Oliveira from Portugal.

None of the riders are going to enjoy themselves today but some are

going to do it faster than others. He came third in the first of the

time trials in the Tour de France, Nelson Oliveira, the one won by Tom

Dumoulin. It gives you some indication of his recent form.

Meanwhile, coming into the finishing straight, another one of the early

finishers here. Not a rider who will trouble the top of the leaderboard

for too long. Nearly five minutes ahead of

Iranagh, Christopher Jensen. He came from nowhere, he must have powered

towards the end. That is extremely quick. Seventh and fifth at the two

previous checks, and that is without all of the riders coming through, so

a fantastic rider for -- ride from him. It wasn't Kristian Jensen I was

expecting. But now Georg Preidler has gone quicker than the Dane. So

the lead is changing hands very, very quickly. Soak your Frieda is

the new leader -- Georg Preidler. Sepulveda over the line, second

quickest but over three minutes down. Here is Roehampton is from

Australia. Had the yellow jersey for a day in the Tour de France and he

could go well here. I think he could, he was right up in the final

time trial of the Tour de France, fifth position and having looked at

the course, I don't think the climbs will cause him as much of a problem

as we originally thought so he will have worked it out. Dark horse for a

medal. This course is not quite as hilly as

we were expecting it to be. It is severe. It is about 15 minutes of

climbing out of an hour and a quarter of racing. An obstacle

course for sure, but there is plenty of flat land to make up time. He

looks mightily relieved to have crossed the finishing line. Now the

Moroccan rider. Lahsaini is the African road time

trial champion. Well down the leaderboard already. Nine minutes

down. The current leader is Priedler. Jon Izaguirre from Spain.

A stage winner in the Tour de France last month. A very handy rider. Not

quite as big a name as some of the other Spanish riders, but certainly

someone to keep an eye on. He is very capable. Absolutely so. He

could do something on a course like this. The road is still very wet out

there under the foliage. Changeable weather conditions. This is Geraint

Thomas on the first climb, the Grumari. Let's see how he tackled

this one. He has got to beat. 15.45 is the fastest so far at that point.

A bit different to the Tour de France because there is nobody there

on these climes. Good pictures for everybody else around the world.

Twice fifth in the World Championship. 100 metres to go.

Grivko's time will be the second fastest. I think it is reasonable to

deduce from this that 1.15 or 1.14 will be the winning time today. So,

very quick despite the conditions here. The cause is largely made up

of roads like this. Geraint Thomas set the fastest time at the first

time check at the moment. He was 26 seconds better than Tim Wellens. Tim

Wellens will not be the ultimate marker for sure. The new leader in

the clubhouse from Germany. A good ride from Geschke. It might keep him

there for awhile, but he will not be among the medals in the end. This is

Fabian Cancellara, one last shot at Olympic glory in his long and

illustrious career. Previously the Olympic champion in 2008. His form

looked very good on the road race on Saturday. Fabian Cancellara can

never be discounted against the watch. Disappointing in the Tour de

France, disappointing for his last one. On the decline in the road race

he fared pretty well. He will enjoy every aspect of this course. He is a

fantastic bike and let at his best. He will need to be today in these

changeable conditions. A picture of concentration. Top four is a

reasonable expectation for him. He will have to work hard to get onto

the podium. But you can never write him off.

He has not had a happy time out there, but certainly not through

lack of effort. He gets the prize for the fastest road bike. Nearly

five minutes down on Geschke. Tony Martin from Germany. Silver four

years ago behind Bradley Wiggins. Three times the world time trial

champion. A threat to win another medal today. You can almost take

what I have said about Fabian Cancellara and apply almost the same

sentence to this guy. His form is not the best we have ever seen. He

was climbing really well in the road race, so he will be up for it, that

is for sure. Just three riders to go after this man here, now that Tony

Martin is on his way. Vasil Kiryienka, Tom Dumoulin and Chris

Froome I the only riders still to get out on the road. They are in

that order. The world champion will go next. Meanwhile we are riding

with Bodnar of Poland. Still heading in the general direction of the

first climb. If you missed our coverage earlier on, he had a

terrible start, he has a whole in his suit on his shoulder and he fell

under very first corner of the race. The first thing he did was get up

and stick his shades on. He did not give up, he has got stuck in and his

time in the end was not bad. Now the world champion, Vasil Kiryienka from

Belarus. So often a usable team-mate for the likes of Chris Froome, but

today very much out to topple him and claim the Olympic gold medal. He

was 12th four years ago, but he won the world title in Richmond last

autumn and he also finished third before in the World Championship in

this event, so he is a very consistent performer against the

watch. Unlike the person we are watching now. Almost impossible to

tell from body language what kind of form he is in. This is Chris Froome

getting ready to go. This is the hardest bit of the time trial,

waiting before it is time to go to work. But he is used to the

pressure. To be honest he has had a fantastic year that this would just

pop it off. We spoke to him last Sunday about the Olympic Games

coming up and he said he was very clearly focused on the time trial.

That is when his eyes lit up. Of the two, that is the one he was

concentrating on. But he is going to struggle against this guy, Tom

Dumoulin, the favourite for me. He had a problem with a broken wrist, I

am not sure if that is healed. The favourite for the day. He had a

great Tour de France, a winner of two stages. In many people's I see

is the favourite today on this course and given the year that he

has had. This looks like Leopold Konig coming into the finish. He is

going to set a fastest time. The rider from the Czech Republic will

go to the top of the leaderboard. Almost half a minute quicker than

Simon Geschke. Leopold Konig is the fastest at the

moment. We wait for Chris Froome to get under way. Chris Froome can

thank Bradley Wiggins for this pole position. Radley Wiggins claimed the

gold medal at Hampton Court on a never to be forgotten day four years

ago at London 2012. Can Chris Froome emulate Bradley Wiggins and turn

bronze from four years ago into a gold medal today. The winner of the

Tour de France, hoping to hold onto that form. He needs a blistering

right, but this course does suit him. He has got a chance and Chris

is under way in the Olympic time trial. He bursts out of the box

coming he knows he can rest on the first corner, so let's get it out of

the way. The way it is seeded the winning nations get the pole

position of the race. He drives through the cobbles there. I think

we can expect an aggressive ride from him, he desperately wants to be

in the lead on the first time check. It will be an all or nothing effort

from him, you could see that on that first corner. Here comes one of his

team-mates, Kwiatkowski. He was the fastest in a couple of the time

checks earlier on and has hung in there and is third fastest, half a

minute down on the quickest time. I would not say anything about

selections, it is that they use world rankings. They also look at

current form and move it about so that we have the very best riders at

the end. There is confirmation of the leaderboard as it stands. It

will change. This is Damiano Caruso. Italy without Vincenzo Nibali in

this race today. Caruso is cheered on by the crowd, increasing in size

all the time. Over four minutes down on the current leading time. We have

had the first few riders of that second group and Geraint Thomas is

leading by 13 seconds. That bodes well for him. Geraint Thomas has

already overtaken the rider from Canada. He caught the man who

started a minute and a half in front of him already. It is a really good

start to this time trial from Geraint Thomas. He is locked into

that position now, heads down. You can see the energy gel on the

right-hand side of his shorts for easy access. A lot of riders prefer

just to have water in the bottle so if necessary they can squirt it on

themselves to cool off. He was really stunned at the end of the

road race, he was almost in the shake-up for the medals. He crashed

on the descent. As I was saying earlier, that tarmac is only two

metres wide, so it is difficult to negotiate some corners. Some sharp

edges as well. Tim Wellens has found it tough to sustain the level of

intensity he was showing earlier. He was the fastest for some time among

the first wave of riders. But not so at the end, the seventh quickest

from that group of riders. Leopold Konig is the fastest at the moment.

He is sitting in the hot seat. Not such a hot seat on a day like this!

A mildly moist and lukewarm seat! Absolutely. Geraint Thomas is the

fastest rider of all those who have gone through. Rohan Dennis will be

next up to that mark to see what he can do. The climbing part of the

course will not be his favourite. He is one of the favourites for a

medal. Maciej Bodnar again for Poland. We

have also had a couple of questions about bottles, while we are waiting

for the time of Dennis to come through. Why aren't they using the

Olympic issue bottles, which they are obliged to pressure Mark I think

the problem with a lot of bottle slipping out has meant they had been

allowed to discard them. Dennis is on her time here. I think he is

going to be just inside Geraint Thomas' time, but there won't be

much in it, three or four seconds. Five seconds is the gap as Rohan

Dennis Dennis is the new leader through the ten K mark. This road is

completely dry at the top, a real disadvantage for the early starters

but on another part of the course, Thomas is getting stuck in. I think

the fact that Rohan Dennis's time is only marginally quicker has shown

what a good ride Thomas has done so far. He doesn't do just riding

around, Thomas, when he races, he goes flat out. It is the chance for

an Olympic gold medal. It might not be the best chance but he will grab

it with both hands and he is certainly making the best of it. He

certainly is. A first look now and the start for Primoz Roglic, from

Slovenia. We mention him as a rider who, you never know, might cause

some problems for the others, having won that time trial stage in the

Giro d'Italia. Fourth quickest, but he is nearly 20 seconds slower than

Rohan Dennis. As a rule of thumb, if you are within 15-20 seconds of the

first time check, you are in contention for a podium spot. Back

with Cancellaro. At the foot of the first climb. Has he got one really

big rider left in him? Certainly a nice cadence. So experienced in

measuring his efforts. He will be able to see this course blindfolded.

A first look at Tony Martin since he left the starting gate, on the

cobbled section. A very wide, open, expansive road, no protection from

the wind or the elements. The weather is noticeably better than it

was earlier this morning. Reasonably big gear there, just staying on top

of the fluid intake, despite being just 11 minutes into this race. It

is the only place on the course that they are truly exposed to the wind,

it is blustering about, cross wind of it, but they are not exposed here

in the jungle. Cancellaro will turn right and be faced by a wall almost

as he heads up. That first little hit, it doesn't show that it is 20%

he has just been over. That is where van Dyck lost concentration. That is

an unbelievable check if it is correct, 52 seconds ahead of Konig

at this point. We will wait and see until he gets over to the top, but

his form certainly looks good, looks well in control, just biding his

time. He didn't start very quickly, Leopold Konig, compared to the

others, on that first time check, but even so, predictably impressive

from Cancellaro. We would expect him not to enjoy this particular part of

the course, but he will stay in touch. It is just over four minutes

of climbing in total. Cancellaro continues to tap out a nice, steady

rhythm here. Again, the road will kick up once more, as he comes up in

the general direction of the first time check, which is approaching in

the next minute or two. Jonathan Castroviejo has gone through the

first time check as well. Taylor Phinney is miles down, three

quarters of a minute down at that first one. Taylor Phinney is not

having the best of starts to this day. He really targeted this time

trial, Taylor Phinney. This is wrong and Dennis from Australia. They were

going to have two riders but Richie Porte badly damaged his shoulder in

the road race -- this is Rohan Dennis. It is the opportunity for

him to take some ground, Cancellaro, when he gets over the top of the

climb. He will be close to Dennis. He too will enjoy the flatter land.

Let's take a look at this time, Cancellaro is marginally in front of

Dennis. Geraint Thomas, from a British point of view, five seconds

down on the time of Cancellaro, so very much in the ballpark at this

stage. Absolutely. All of the riders, from what I can glimpse of

the coverage, are choosing to go with road tyres. Cancellaro using

all of the road here, possibly the best descender among the time trial

cloud and -- crowd and he won't lose any time on the descents at all.

There is the situation at the ten kilometre mark but the top four

riders, the last four riders on the road, including Chris Froome, still

have to go through that time check. HAZEL IRVINE: Each rider taking one

hour and 15, you will not miss too much, but we do have an important

moment for 23-year-old Yorkshire man Qais Ashfaq and the bantamweight

division. This is live. It is a big favour him, his Olympic debut. His

opponent from Thailand, Chatchai Butdee, 30 years old -- it is a big

moment for him. A big moment, Richie Woodall and Ron McIntosh, all yours.

So we are under way. The 56 kilograms bantamweight division,

this is action from the first preliminary round. The boxer in red

with the southpaw stance is Great Britain's Qais Ashfaq, ranked Number

Ten in the world. Commonwealth Games silver medallist, European

Championships silver medallist and his opponent, ranked number seven in

the world, in blue, operating out of the southpaw stance, Chatchai

Butdee, 31 years of old and competing in his second Olympic

Games, finishing in ninth place in London four years ago. Hugely

experienced operator. This promises to be a contest of high skill

between two very talented boxers. If you watch Chatchai Butdee, he has a

very wide stance. Always this one to downstairs, a little bit too far

away to go to the head, so if you throw a 1-2 with a left hand and try

to head the body, that is when Ashfaq has got to avoid it, he

always goes downstairs. The right hand from Butdee as the two boxers

came together. It has been a long wait for them to get their Olympic

campaign under way. It is the ninth session of boxing, the fifth day of

action. And now, finally. What they have qualified for. To proceed to a

podium place in the 56 kilograms bantamweight division. Plenty of

thought in these offensive forays, each man looking for an opening.

Plenty of patients being exhibited by both boxers. Ashfaq working a

little more with the jab, he has got to keep his opponent off. He starts

his attacks from a little further out, Butdee, so Ashfaq, maybe faint

the jab and bring your opponent onto your punches. Bit of a head clash

there. Ashfaq has got to be more active with the jab, in and out with

the feet and bring the opponent onto the left hand. Both of these men

qualified for this Olympic tournament via the continental

qualification events. Butdee with the Asia and oh Xian and event,

Ashfaq with a silver at the Europeans. Good enough to get him

here. The ten second Clapper has sounded.

Points have been a pretty precious commodity. Plenty of posturing, but

which way will the judges go? It is a fairly close round, isn't it

question mark no question. Butdee lands with a nice shot, finishes

with the right hand, misses the target. Ashfaq had some success of

his own. The last minute was a better last-minute for Qais Ashfaq,

more positive with the jab, but he has this in and out style. Let's

have a look at the scores. Across the board for Butdee, so Ashfaq has

two up the tempo a little bit, Ron. The man standing straight in the

union Jack was the super heavyweight Fraser Clark, here supporting the

team. Cheering on his team-mate, real band of brothers and sisters at

the sporting Institute in Sheffield, but Ashfaq has conceded the opening

round, so he needs to respond here. A better start from Ashfaq on the

front foot, using the jab. He is throwing it from the waist, it is

hard to detect. He has to keep going, be more active, in and out

with the feed, like we spoke about. It is the first with the jab, then

adjust the feed, first and third boxing. -- adjust the feet.

The second wave attack from Butdee with the left hand was effective, it

did get through. Up on his toes and peppering him with the right jab,

looking to find the range. That jab is just keeping Butdee off-balance.

It is a problem for Butdee, when the jab is going out from Ashfaq. He

cannot launch his attacks. It is better boxing from Ashfaq but he has

to be more accurate, especially with his left hand. But keep the jab

going, keep this fellow off-balance. They have won national titles within

their respective countries. Ashfaq two-time national champion, four

times British champion. Butdee is a two-time national champion of

Thailand, titles in 2011 and back in 2008. That was a good left from the

man in blue and it causes Ashfaq to go beyond punching distance to allow

his head to clear. Remember, he conceded the opening round across

the board. That is a cracking shot and down goes Ashfaq. He is saying

it was a slip but he walked onto a shot and dipped his knees and was

forced to touch down. There was not a lot in the round but that will

swing it for Butdee. Ashfaq just a lapse in concentration as his

opponent came forward, over the top it went, it was a good punch. Butdee

follows up with a good corkscrew right hand. In Olympic style boxing,

it is no longer called amateur boxing, putting your man on the

floor doesn't necessarily result in a 10-8 round, but it looks as though

Ashfaq, unless it is something dramatic, will concede this second

round across the board, just as he did the opening round. There is the

ten second Clapper. What was previously a close round has been

tilted in favour of the man in blue, courtesy of that knocked that he

scored, walking Ashfaq onto that shot. It is a colourful crowd from

Thailand. But you have got it, Ron, spot on. It was a close round up to

that point and that may have swayed it for this man. It is a left hand

over the top as Butdee comes forward. Good shot indeed. That is

actually a different sequence but that is another one he scored. So

Ashfaq, up to that point, to the point he went down... It is a

belting short, a cracker, on the button. Down he goes, he has

recovered, he is a fit kid but it has probably given the round to

Butdee. 10-9 once again across the board in favour of Chatchai Butdee.

So Ashfaq is facing an uphill task here in the third and final round.

He needs a big one. So the third and final round and the

status of the contest, the man wearing blue, the seventh ranked

boxer in the world, has taken the opening two rounds unanimously

across the board. The second round was close but then he walked Ashfaq

onto a cracking southpaw left and forced the man in red to touch down,

so Ashfaq is trailing 20-18 from all three judges. He needs a massive

round to get back on terms and takers into the realm of count back,

or he can end the contest by forcing a stoppage. Those are his options.

It is an all or nothing situation now for Ashfaq, he has just got to

go for it and take the odd risk going forward. What else can he do?

He has got to back his man up and put him under pressure, go through

the gears and raise the tempo, otherwise he is going home. Another

good southpaw left from Butdee who then used his feet and effectively

to pirouette around Ashfaq and Ashfaq boxing at this tempo and type

of intensity, it is as though he is looking for a knockout shot because

there is not sustained pressure that could bring about a 10-8 round. It

looks as though that is where he is putting... That is the type of

strategy he will adopt in this round. This type of tempo is suiting

the man in blue down to the ground. He can afford to lose the round 10-9

and will still go through to the second preliminary round on a

unanimous points decision by virtue of having those two rounds of

insurance. When Ashfaq is boxing up against

unorthodox boxer he is the southpaw. But here you have two southpaws.

That awkwardness has gone and it is a level playing field. He is coming

off second best, especially with that over the top from Butdee.

Ashfaq is dropping his right hand a bit too much and is walking onto the

shots. He has got a mountain to climb now. Ashfaq is coached by

Martin Bates. He will be cheering him on. He has defined the punch of

a lifetime now. Given the status of the scorecard coming into this final

round, Ashfaq has to find a knockout punch as the seconds continue to

elapse. If he had won the second round, it would all be on the last

round. But that single turned it for Butdee and gave it to him. He raised

his arm immediately, Chatchai Butdee. His supporters in the stands

are elated. The two times champion, Chatchai Butdee, has produced a

performance that will progress him through to the second round. Here is

that southpaw left. But really that knocked down in the second round was

hugely significant. It was indeed, but he got caught with a couple of

really good shots from Butdee again. This crowd is loving it, a good

performance from the man in blue. Qais Ashfaq needed that second

round, that was the round where he had to get all the judges' scores.

But the knocks down turned it. Once he was behind in the second round it

was a mountain to climb. Let's get the official verdict, the conclusion

of the 56 kilograms bantamweight boxing contest.

Ladies and gentlemen, the winner on a unanimous decision, Chatchai

Butdee. So, confirmation of what was widely anticipated at the conclusion

of that third and final round. He goes through to the second round of

the bantamweight tournament at the expense of Great Britain's Qais

Ashfaq. The reigning European Championship silver medallist and

European games bronze medallist will not add Olympic hardware to his

collection. He is eliminated in the first round. HAZEL: Not to be for

Qais Ashfaq. Knocked down in round two. Who will be the knockout

attraction in the men's road race time child? We are going back to

Simon Brotherton for the finale of this event.