Day 5 BBC Two: 18.00-19.00 Olympics

Hello again. It has hardly been beach weather in Rio, far too wet

and windy than that, too wet and windy for any rowing and the second

day has been cancelled in the rowing events. That is a great shame

because we were due to see the first two finals in the rowing. However,

it is always wet and wild in canoe slalom and we have been

concentrating on the men's kayak single event, Joe Clarke, the

23-year-old from Stokes, is about to go in the semifinal, bidding for a

place in the final and we are going to rejoin the common Terry up there

right now at the Radical Park. COMMENTATOR: Exciting stuff at the

K1, six more paddlers to go, the Russian, Pavel Eigel, based in

Moscow, will do a lot of his paddling in Europe and around the

French rivers and of course, the World Cup circuit that goes to Po,

Augsburg, Prague, your favourite World Cup cause? As I went on some

of the bigger watercourses, I loved paddling in the French Alps. He's a

heavy paddler, working quite hard, seems quite deep in the water. Not

sure he's going to match the best time, 1.13 outside. Not looking

quite as sharp and you want to see quick tacking, not necessarily lots

of strokes but pulling off the waves at the right point, rolling it. Nice

and direct, bit of a heavy bow run, more than we have seen on some,

tricky upstream gates, not Reading great -- getting great purchase but

that was well executed. Anything within six seconds of the lead is

good enough. That is going to put him in a qualifying position for

now, actually in qualifying position for the finals. With five slower

than him at the moment. Russia's Pavel Eigel, five times he has been

in the World Championships, this is his first Olympic Games. He's not

far outside, still within two seconds of Peter Kauzer's time. I

don't think he is going to match Jiri Prskavec, who has the fastest

but an impressive run, top three coming his way. No penalties, 1.81

outside and he has gone just outside the, into fourth place, just behind

Mike Dawson of New Zealand who will be beside himself with excitement,

having not only qualified but qualified well. He certainly did,

Pavel Eigel paddled well but did not look as sharp as some of the others,

like Dawson and Peter Kauzer but it will be interesting to see whether

people can replicate these runs because as we discussed earlier, so

many times come people come out and they find it difficult to put down

the same kind of consistency of the second run. Just starting to get

buffeted by the wind in our commentary position. You might be

able to hear it on the microphones. Concern at this event is that the

wind starts to blow the gates around. Helen, any sign we will have

an issue? The direction has switched. It was coming over the top

of the hill and the course was relatively protected but not the

case now. Here we go with Pedro Da Silva. He won't be worried about the

wind. He just wants to nail his semifinal run, a good crowd in today

and the majority have come to support this man, Pepe, as he is

known, 23 years old, from Sao Paulo. Some 450 kilometres away from Rio

but he has based in selfie over recent years to make sure he can get

as much practice as possible on this Deodoro course. In he drops, looking

for a time around 92, 93 seconds would be safe qualification. Stay

clean and calm and find the perfect line. He is an all or nothing

paddler, renowned for hitting it hard and be very dynamic, throwing

his boat around and as we can see, he's not saving anything, direct

into seven, lovely projection out, across that way and now he wants to

wait and use the water, a bit sticky on the exit but ducks inside nine.

You talk about trying to keep the boat downstream, that split will do

for now and if he loses a second on each section of the course, he still

will become to be inside. The boat spinning left-to-right to make sure

he got through the gates. That is where he lost the time. Absolutely,

we have seen them be fast when they are very direct through the gates.

He's picked up a two second penalty as you can seek around 17, looks to

be safe enough, he certainly does not want another. That is still good

enough for a top five and good enough to go through, on the big

wave, below the bottom drop, safely across to 20, chose a very nice line

and surely he knows the best way from 19, 20, to 21? Safely through,

anything under 80 seconds at 22 is good enough, and he is there or

thereabouts. I think Brazil could have a man in the final. He is

looking for a top six position. Certainly does not want to be first

off in the final but that is good enough, not the best we have ever

seen from De Silva, 5.06 outside. And a really fantastic run, big

smiles all around and that is just what we needed. He is in sixth,

scraping in ahead of Kazuki Yazawa, the Japanese athlete who came down

early, who still hasn't got himself a place in the final. That is the

touch on 13, with the top of the blade which is rare. He was very

tight around the upstream gates, did not give anything away apart from

that two second penalty, he did it well. A bit scratchy in some of the

downstream stager sequences where he lost time and was not quite tracking

in that downward motion, keeping the nose directly downstream, like you

said, Patrick, every time the bow of the boat tax left or right, it is

slow. You want to see it going like a knife, drawing a line directly

between the gates and that is the one they want to be going from. Just

a reminder, only 15 competitors left, down from 21, and we are

looking to reduce the field to ten for the final this afternoon at

3:15pm. At the moment, some will not be competing. Peter Ulster -- Isak

Ohrstrom picked up a disappointing run, the first-ever Swede in the

semifinal. Now some of the bigger names, Jakub Grigar from Slovakia,

lives where the European Championships were held this year.

19 years old. He has a huge weight on his shoulders because Slovakia

expect medals. He's aggressive with a high stroke rate and also an

intelligent paddler. He sets up really thoughtful runs, find the

right lines. Waiting on the upstream blade, what we want to see, nice and

direct between the gates, the fastest we have seen at the top,

very good. He's very direct, using his technique very well. He's

renowned for his tight lines in the upstream gates, so watching through

17 which is the next upstream and then we have got 19, which is

upstream as well. Not a lot of space to play with. That is an interesting

way, certainly unique and he might have gained a bit more time, he has,

1.92, the margin, this looks as though it could be the fastest time,

but remember, touching the gate, two seconds, all the advantage thrown

away, no problems from 19 to 20. A superb demonstration of canoe slalom

paddling, he was the quickest in the heat, and without that touch, he

would definitely have been the quickest but we know he's faster

news demonstrating that here. Great power out of 22. Just got the boat

accelerating but he used the volume of the stern of the canoe as well to

accelerate him downstream and look at the result. 88.8 four. He is the

boss. Jack of Gregor of Slovakia, leading the way in the K1. My

goodness, that has shown us a thing or two but don't forget that tough

yards of Germany won the semifinal by over two seconds and then could

not reproduce in the final, missed out on the medals altogether. Jakub

Grigar was extremely good on the upstream gates, the best we have

seen on pretty much all of them, keeping it really tight around the

inside poles, not giving anything away, we saw that punt that he

pushed off the wall and it was the projection back out, keeping the

speed he had already gained and maintained it on the exit which is

what was really special. We've seen people be fast through the

downstream gates but he managed to combine both, speed and directness

through the staggers and then into the up and using it on exit, that is

where he found his time. Three to go and jack of Gregor will be hoping

that someone is quicker than him, bizarrely because as we mentioned,

the winner of the semifinal is very seldom goes through. Joe Clarke won

the semifinal and finished in eighth last year, actually, that was at the

pre-Olympics and the winner at the championships last year went from

first -- first night and then Dell four, who won the semifinals in

2014, dropped to fifth. Peter Kauzer won the semifinals at 2012 and

dropped to six so it does not bode well for the man who finishes on top

after the semifinal but that cycle will be broken sometime and maybe it

will be today. Hannes Aigner of Germany from Augsburg, looked good

in the heat, power, made his international debut six years ago

and he is a man who does a lot of extreme paddling. That means taking

grade five and six rapids and when you have gone through that, these

look like nothing waves. Absolutely but it's not about the size of the

waves by fusing them correctly and he looks like he's on the good run

at the moment but not as quick. This is where he has to use his strength

and combine it with every bit of technique you can find. Dynamic,

there, but we have to remember that the run of Jakub Grigar was

extremely good, 1.78 faster than anyone else, a very wide line

between 15 and 16 which will be costly. With the bowel round, just

missing clattering the gate itself. 17, no problem, down through 18 and

now goes River right to drop down to 19. 3.28 outside which will still

qualify in the top five. That would be good enough for Hannes Aigner.

But he is starting to fight, where it has not been the best of runs and

wants to make sure. As long as he finishes in the top eight, he is

safe. Very tight around that pole, 22 but he has to accelerate again on

the bow, something he's more than capable of doing with the strong

arms. Still some 3.5 - four seconds off the pace going through 22 so

let's see how it ends up. Staying strong to the end. 88.84 remains the

fastest from Jakub Grigar of Slovakia. Jiri Prskavec, many

people's favourite for the title is in second and Peter Kauzer in third

and Mike Dawson of New Zealand, brilliant run from him, in fourth,

ahead of Hannes Aigner, who we have just seen down the course, going

into fifth. Still waiting to see whether they qualify, Kazuki Yazawa,

only two to go and we need to hope he doesn't because Joe Clarke is

next, we don't want him out of the competition and Giovanni De Gennaro,

it would be nice to see the Italians tried to defend the title they won

in 2012, with a different paddler, this time. He's a superb paddler is

well and you can guarantee that he has got great support. You know,

they do. In this sport, there's a lot of good camaraderie. Everyone

supports each other as much as they can, you get on the start line and

that is it. Lots of communication between the coaches as well. It is

not unique but it is one of those sports where you realise you need

each other's help. Joe Clarke, fully focused, how nervous is he? Only 23,

from Stokes, moving to Walthamstow so he can train on the Lea Valley

course, coached by Mark Radcliffe. The moment of truth, he had one good

heat run and won brilliantly drawn and one disaster. What is he going

to produce in the semifinals at the Olympic Games? A time of 21 would do

him nicely at seven. Give you some indication of where he will be on

the first split. Heavy turn, he just needs to make sure he stays nice and

composed, tight around the upstream on. The gates are starting to move

in the wind. This is where we want to see a direct line, popping up on

the bow but pretty direct. Good and patient, not the fastest but not far

off. Joe Clarke of Great Britain, only one vote per nation in each

discipline. Great through the upstream, punting his way back into

the mainstream, now working his way down towards those two upstream

gates on the right-hand side. He wants to be tight on 17. Beautiful

use of water through 15 and 16 and tight on 17, all about getting the

composure, spinning down, 1.85, not giving away more. As quick as anyone

in the midsection, exactly the same split as we saw from the top,

slightly held on the crossover but gets a way out of that gate very

nicely. This is looking good for Joe Clarke. The last upstream data on

the course, needs to stay nice and safe, that is it, now tack away. You

can see the arms burning and the grip on his face as he powered

through, bit of a heavy yet but keep control. Plenty of time, he can ease

up now commonly does not know it but he could, not going to be the

fastest but 1.83, great run, goes into third place. That is the

perfect position to start. I hesitate to state but that is where

the winner started in the C1 vinyl yesterday. That is the power pushing

him down the power pushing him down because, no 50s, which we saw in Lea

Valley would put him in so much trouble, he had a 15th in the heat

is here which meant his second heat was a nail-biting run. Then he

produced some really good paddling. How do you rate that? How much were

the nerves affecting his performance? It was a really mature

performance, like in the second heat run. It demonstrated that he built

on it. The top part, he looked a bit nervous, maybe not quite as sharp as

he built on it and was really strong and tight around the gate, using the

water very nicely through the stagger sequences and at the bottom

it was making sure he was in the gates, steadying it, close around

the poles but taking no risks and producing an excellent run.

Well done to him, as we go back to the top, the last man down in the

semifinal, made difficult position for Giovanni De Gennaro, it is hard

to think he would not qualify. He comes from 60 kilometres north-east

of Milan. Just south of the South Tyrol, plenty of rivers up there.

His coach died in a tragic accident. Should he win here today, or get

himself a medal, he will be in his thoughts. I am not sure what

happened there, very strange to spin on gate eight. He must have got

off-line slightly. Not quite in his stride, he looks a bit heavy and

laboured, he needs to start using the water. A heavy turn.

He does not want to be over eight seconds behind. He still has some

way to go. This could be very tight. He wants to be quick. He is playing

it very fine. It looks as though he is in eighth or ninth place, only

ten go through. The penalty on gate 15 could be

costly. A big hit there. Kazuki Yazawa watching gone to see if he

goes through, but the news is not good for him. He goes crashing out.

Giovanni De Gennaro, quickest in the heats, performing the ninth fastest

time in the semifinals, just ahead of Pedro Da Silva, great news for

the local fans, he is due to the last ten, and anything can happen.

We saw some of the biggest names make mistakes yesterday, who is to

say it will not happen again. It always happens to somebody, that is

part of racing. The king inside gate 18, 80 second penalty. -- a two

second penalty. He did not show his to form, he had a bizarre spin

coming out of gate seven. But hopefully now that is out of the way

and he can let rip in the final. It is not Kim alerted, not the best run

to count, it is all about the one run in the final. Only two of the

ten who have qualified picked up penalties today will stop a couple

of men picking up 50s. Isak Ohrstrom was a bag of nerves,

that was probably the issue. The top three will be the last three to go.

The German looked solid enough, but some way behind the time of ten Mac

-- the time of Jakub Grigar. The Brazilian will keep the crowd

here until the end of the action today. The finals start at 3:15pm.

Any predictions? Apart from the fact we will be called? Hopefully the

weather will stay as it is and the wind does not pick up any more,

because it is just on the limit. Peter Kauzer needs to pick up speed,

I think the winning time will be under 90 seconds. Joe Clarke is

showing great maturity. Fingers crossed, let's hope he can keep the

focus and calm, controlled mess, but at the same time, not let it hinder

him. There is no reason why it should. And Jiri Prskavec was good.

It is whether you can combine the tight upstream gates as well as the

down. That is what Jakub Grigar did so well. If

you can combine it, that will be the winner. Those who can flow through

seven, eight, nine, ten, that seems to be where the time is won and

lost. And 15, 16. Another key bit. The upstream gates, 13 and 17, where

they have been dynamic, we have seen time gained, because they are

inconsistent. Quite hard to get the grip. That is why people use the

pond. They are close to the wall, and getting the timing is tricky, to

get the timing of the leveraged, pushing hard on the pump, and the

acceleration out. 55 minutes for the athletes to prepare for the final

run, it will be the Brazilian who goes first, he will be on top of the

leaderboard for a while, whatever happens. How long it lasts, the wait

and find out. We are in for a cracking final. We will recover

before the start of the final. 3:15pm local time for the last run.

Joe Clarke has made it, he is in a fantastic position, he will be the

eighth to go of the ten finalists. Your time that is 7:15pm, just an

hour to get ready for Joe Clarke and the others in that kayak single

final. All getting very exciting. Who would have thought it would be

called? It is winter, but you are living in a tropical country, we

used to a lot more. We are heading indoors, Sally Conway has begun to

get the old vibes going in the judo, the first British judo go to get

into a quarterfinals, she has had two successful fights. She is a

medallist. Learned in the Commonwealth Games, born in Bristol.

She is fighting Linda Bolder, representing Israel, but she has

represented the Netherlands until last year. Can she get through to

the semifinals? Welcome back. An Olympic

quarterfinal for Britain's Sally Conway, after beating the world

champion. Next, she is facing Linda Bolder of Israel, formerly of the

Netherlands. She has been a European silver medallist in the past, but on

paper she is not quite at the level of the world champion, who she beat

so dramatically earlier today. Sally Conway in the white. Four minutes on

the clock in this under 70 kilo quarterfinal. They know each other

very well, they have fought eight times over the past eight years.

Linda Bolder has won five. Sally Conway looks in exceptional form.

Two ippons so far for Sally Conway. The second was a pin on the world

champion, systematic as you will see.

Linda Bolder knocked to the floor. Can Sally Conway take advantage?

Linda Bolder looked stunned. The Golden School awaiting if there

is no score by the end of the four minutes. It can last as long as it

needs to until somebody scores or has a penalty awarded against them.

Sally Conway already the best performing British judo cohere so

far. Linda Bolder getting advice from the

coach. She has been penalised. Sally Conway have the most narrow

advantage. That penalty will be enough if Linda Bolder cannot score.

You cannot be defensive. Sally Conway is not being, either. A big

attempt at a throw from Linda Bolder.

Sally Conway still ahead, looking lively, as she has done all day,

looking focused. Out in the second round of London 2012, already an

improvement here. She will feel she can beat this opponent, she can go

further, especially after defeating the world champion in the second

round. Linda Bolder searching for the grip around the back of Sally

Conway's neck. Ippon awarded, and Olympic semifinal

awaits Sally Conway, a third ippon in a row. Delight etched her face on

the 29-year-old. She came here with a world ranking of ten, she is

punching well above that already, into the final four. Sally Conway.

A hug for the coach. Huge celebration for Sally Conway, she

has more work to do this afternoon, into the evening. The medals are

decided today. She looks in the form of her life. Into the final four.

Fantastic performance, she will be on the map again in the second

session, which begins at 7:30pm your time. She will be on at around 8pm.

She is the sixth fight. We have the men's 90 kilo also today. The bronze

medallist from Columbia in London four years ago, that is who she is

fighting, for a guaranteed silver or something better in the final.

Fingers crossed. We will see that. On a less happy note, Lee McKenzie

is up at the equestrian centre, there was an incident with a stray

bullet on Saturday in the media centre, and something similar today.

The information that we have is a bit sketchy, but we know there was

an incident at the stables. The security forces have been doubled

here. They are trying to work out what has happened. It is unconfirmed

it was a bullet, but a lot of the riders say it ended up in the

stables. We had an incident on the first day, where one ended up going

into the media centre. We are in the middle of a military base, we do

hear a lot of live fire, which is unnerving. Bizarrely, the press

release that came out said it came from another community, far away

from here. Bullets flying around is dangerous. We understand that one

was from a favela, but we have not had it confirmed if it was from the

military zone or not. All very worrying. On a more positive note,

things continue, and it is the beginning of your dressage events,

Great Britain the defending champions in the individual and team

event, four combinations that are well known, Carl Hester and

Charlotte Dujardin on Thursday, what has been happening with the others?

We have lost the sunshine and Samba, it is a bit more sombre, and it is

starting to rain. Spencer Wilton made his debut, it went well, he was

disappointed with his score, but he sits in second place.

We have ten horses to go, including Fiona Bigwood, she will make her

debut in half an hour. One of the big stories has been the individual

silver medallist, with her horse, from the Netherlands. She had to

stop mid-test. The horse yesterday was bitten, she is not sure by what.

It was really swollen. A vet took the toxins out, the horse was on

liquids yesterday, it passed another vet, but she did not feel he was a

happy horse, so she withdrew him in the last test. Quite a lot of

excitement here for the first day of dressage!

A little bit unnerving! Take care of yourself up there! We are going to

go swimming in the meantime as we head in doors and I'm sure you were

watching or at least you know that there was yet another couple of

medals in the pool for Great Britain and a total of four so far, that

gold and the three silver medals so far is a very good hall, surpassing

the total medals in the pool from London last time around. It is all

going very well. There are more chances. We are going to see some of

the action from the heat earlier this afternoon in Rio, and first, it

is the 200 metres breaststroke for women, two athlete in this, Chloe

Tutton and Molly Renshaw in the first heat we will see, the second.

The first of the seeded heats, the world made the semifinal at aged 15.

, Kanako Watanabe. Lilly King, the gold medallist on the 100 metres

quite interesting, Lilly King using her speed and the trick 4000 metres

swimmer is to use enough to get you down to the first hundred but have

something left rather than expending everything. We've had a number of

breaststroke as do the 100 and 200 and I would like to see Adam Peaty

do 200. Beautiful technique from Molly Renshaw in the red cap nearest

the camera. She missed 2012, really tough for her, missing the team in

London, did not qualify in time but it was the only one of the

conditions that counted. Lilly King falling back and Molly Renshaw in

first place. She had a look over there. I hope this has helped our

confidence, hold that stroke technique. Keep your stroke count.

This is where they count the number of strokes for each 50 metres coming

keep it efficient. I'd love to know what she was thinking. She looked

over across the field in the next lane is the world record holder,

Rikke Moller Pedersen, and she was ahead of her fairly comfortably. So,

Molly Renshaw in lane six for Great Britain, fourth at the European

Championships, silver medallist in the European Championships in 2014

and she looks really good at the moment. Just behind Rikke Moller

Pedersen, Molly Renshaw but a great turn. A better turn, fantastic

swimming, hold the stroke, strong to the end. You can see that she

breathes up so she will be able to see, some other stuck their heads

and Pedersen turning it on a bit now. Good swimming, though, great to

see. I think she will qualify in the top two. It is fast. Molly Renshaw

doing a job in this heat two of four of the women's 200 metres breast

stroke, under 2.24, I think, should come to be make it into the

semifinals and she has gone 2:23.3, about 0.6 seconds underneath.

2:23.37, it was. Good, solid, done the job. Fantastic slim, must put

the disappointment from four years ago behind you a bit. Definitely, I

mean, I knew I had to come this morning and have a strong heat. It

was more about the process for me, trying to keep my cool and do my own

race and not concentrate on everyone else. Good build-up? You did some

work with Mel the other day when I was watching warm-ups. I've been

with her all camp and she has been really useful. Obviously she has the

insight, working with Adam Peaty so she's pretty good at the

breaststroke! Great smile on your face, waving at the family who have

all made the trip? Yes, there's five of them here and my boyfriend

surprised me yesterday. I have not stopped smiling since then. I'm sure

the time will put you in the semifinals. See you later. Job done.

COMMENTATOR: In heat three, Chloe Tutton of Great Britain in lane

three, free from the right-hand side and she will be free from the top

when they give you the side view. Great lane to be in. Top, with the

red cap on, next to Rie Kaneto, the first Japanese woman to swim under

2.20 and the world 11 right now. She has been second to Watanabe, that we

have just seen, most of her career but has come through this year and I

would like to see Chloe get close to her and stay close because she has

got speed and I think I would like to see her use that. Coming through

now, lying in fifth place, I think. Strong and long but looking at that,

Taylor McKeown, swimming really well in the yellow hat. Chloe Tutton

looks very comfortable, long and easy and rangy. But I would love to

see her move up a bit at the moment. Taylor McKeown has gone off very

quick indeed for Australia. 68.2 is very fast indeed. Chloe Tutton's

split is 1:10.1, more sensible and she's a good back half swimmer,

Chloe Tutton, British record holder on the 200 metres breaststroke,

2:22.3, something close to that and she will be through to the

semifinals. Starting to move up, good swim from her, on the left-hand

side of the Red Hat, just at the top now. British record is set on the

68.88, so expected to come back right now and she is, moving up the

field, fantastic third 50. Really strong, going into the wall, with

real momentum. And close, very close. Only one second behind Taylor

McKeown now. And reconnect though. Rie Kaneto and Chloe Tutton have

called back-up but Taylor McKeown still holding them off. -- have

caught back up. Taylor McKeown still leading with 20 metres to go and

reconnect though of Japan just about in second but Chloe Tutton coming

through, looking good. I think she will probably go a low 2.23, and if

she does that, she will make it through to the semifinals. Looks

like maybe Rie Kaneto is going to take it. Really tight, Rie Kaneto

takes it, 2:22.8. Taylor McKeown second and Chloe Tutton, 2:23.3,

right where she needed to be, very good swim. I swim, nice and solid,

really important to do your own race, isn't it? You did not let

anyone says you, by going out fast. I had my blinkers on, couldn't see

anyone. I had a nice, strong, relaxed morning swim. Hopefully

enough to get me into the semifinals tonight. I'm sure it will be, pretty

much the same time for both of you. I don't know what time Molly did but

I will find out when I go and see her. What kind of race blind do you

have before you get in on this? I mean, I'm usually quite hyper and

the adrenaline is rushing. I get some calm music on and try to listen

and get into good vibes. Try to execute my race plan. What are you

listening to? Foals, a nice, chilled, banned all kings of Leon.

Keeping the stroke long and slow. We will see you later tonight. Well

done. COMMENTATOR: The final heat of the

women's 200 metres breaststroke and the worst start from Yulia Efimova

in the centre with the bright pink swimsuit, all. . She is setting

offered such slow stroke rate, she does this and it looks like they are

swimming different races between lane seven And Lane four, sorry,

five. This is a typical way of swimming. The 18-year-old, the world

Junior Championships last year, when she did her 2.19, Viktoriya Zeynep

Gunes, would have won the senior World Championships, which took

place around the same time. A lot expected of her, the first time she

has been in the senior Championships. This is very, very

strange from Yulia Efimova. She is a brilliant breaststroke swimmer, got

a silver medal in the 100 last night but she was a full second behind

seventh place at the first 50-metre turn, a second behind seventh, she

turned in eighth. Really weird. She said she has not slept much through

the experience she has had at the games. Gunes turning in first place,

actually, it looks like Kierra Smith of Canada, looking strongest and

holding the fort stroke rate she set off on. Coming through. Yulia

Efimova starting to pick up the pace of the stroke in the centre, in the

pink suit. It is much quicker now. She is starting to do that poor

passing and goodness me, she is flying through the field. --

porpoise movement. It would not surprise me if she won it got top

two. Smith, look at that, a big old throw of the hand sword, I've never

seen her do it quicker than that. Amazing. -- of the hand forward.

Kierra Smith doing really well. A simple job to do, relatively, make

the semifinals and she is giving herself a great chance but look at

Yulia Efimova coming through in the pink suit. The stroke rate is just

so much quicker, almost like she hardly tried down the first 50, A

full second behind seventh at the 50 and she is going to get second? Yes,

just about. 2:23.69 won it, well, third,, Gunes second and Yulia

Efimova third. Chloe Tutton and Molly Renshaw

qualified fourth and fifth fastest and out of the main man, Michael

Phelps, who got gold medals number 20 and 21 of his illustrious career

last night and is in his relentless pursuit of riches continuing. He's

probably got three more chances, the relay probably an two individual

events, the 100 fly and this one, the 200 metres individual medley.

The heats were today and we will see him shortly and so, too, is well

decorated American team-mate, Ryan Lochte. This is the only individual

event in which he came through in a very tough US trials. Ryan Lochte is

in heat number two. COMMENTATOR: The first of the seeded

heats of the men's 200 IM. Also going well in sixth, Philip Heintz

of Germany. Ryan Lochte is four fantastic strokes, good backstroke

coming up after the fly. He has worked really hard on that over the

years. Henrique Rodrigues, the Brazilian over in first, in lane

five, and the crowd getting excited. Henrique Rodrigues, still holding a

lead with the white cap, nearest to us, beautiful backstroke, holding

off Ryan Lochte. 15 to go before they changed to Brest Road. --

breaststroke. Nice and balanced breaststroke and this is interesting

because Ryan Lochte is no slouch on the fly and the back. Travis Mahoney

in lane two, of Australia, and the German, Philip Hindes have had a

fantastic run and is charged on the Brest Road leg will stop Henrique

Rodrigues Brazil leading and a crowd going nuts. Hopefully, I said this

before, they have to time it right otherwise they will throw his timing

off, he needs to hear when he comes up. Ryan Lochte with a strong

breaststroke, really good, you know, looks a lot better than I have seen

it for. He's taken 0.5 seconds of him, hasn't he? A good fly kick to

the surface and now Ryan Lochte reading this, strong from Philip

Heintz in lane six, as you mentioned. Philip Heintz turn and

then his charge on the breaststroke, his freestyle is very good and Ryan

Lochte is working quite hard. The Brazilian between them, I think he

will make the semifinal tonight, seventh in the world so he should

do, that was just last year. Nice and easy, bit Hollywood at the end

by Ryan Lochte. 1:57.3, he wins it and Philip Heintz in second and

Henrique Rodrigues in third. Dan Wallace was part of the silver

medal winning relay quartet for Great Britain in the four by 200

metres and he goes in the third heat of this event.

COMMENTATOR: So, 50 fly, 50 back, 50 breaststroke and 53 and Dan Wallace,

the Commonwealth champion on the 400 medley, up there in lane three, for

Great Britain. David Verraszto not showing, bit unfortunate for Seaman

Makovich in lane eight come swimming by himself, I would think they

should move them over but perhaps he likes empty water, fewer waves.

Lisicki Hegi knowing first and Daniel Wallace in second.

Interesting, I thought the first 50 metres, he was behind the crowd.

Touching in second place, and Kosuke Hashino, great gold medal on the 400

medley and looking for the double. He really wants to spoil the Ryan

Lochte and Michael Phelps story. Dan Wallace up there in lane three, has

an excellent rest room and freestyle. Very long glide into the

final arm, held it above his head, strange thing to do but he has

turned in sixth place but now the charge will come. He's got some

charging to do because Hagino of Japan is looking very good in the

black cap, the leader. You can see, still using the glide. Jeremy

Desplanches doing very well and Andres Pila loss of Greece, did not

do very well in the previous games. -- Andreas Vazaios. Turning in

second place and Dan Wallace is having an awesome breaststroke leg.

Right back in contention. But they are all in a line and he has to be

careful on the freestyle. Fourth or fifth is not going to be helpful.

Well, Dan Wallace's freestyle is pretty good, with the 203 he did

last night but Hagino's is excellent. Wang Shun of China going

well as well, the bronze medallist from the World Championships last

year. Hagino wins it, Wang Shun second and Dan Wallace, 1:59.4,

fourth. That will, I'm sure, getting through to the semifinals.

A massive cheer from the crowd. Next to Michael Phelps, the Brazilian,

and the Ieuan Lloyd in Lane seven. He got the best reaction, so he won

that bed. Michael Phelps a bit sluggish. Thiago Pereira crowd

pleasing. They will look at the far left, really good underwater for the

Portuguese. Thiago Pereira looking good. He won a silver medal in

London. World Championships over last year. It would be great if he

could get a medal for Brazil here. It is Thiago Pereira over first.

Nearly one second ahead of Michael Phelps. Ieuan Lloyd in eighth place,

he has work to do. He is holding off Michael Phelps, he is working hard.

A powerful sample. Thiago Pereira just fed still. Hiromasa Fujimori

coming through. Michael Phelps half a second behind. I don't think he

will be too worried, he will know where he is, he has a very strong

freestyle. The former world record-holder on the 200 freestyle,

he is reeling him in, like putting a fish in. He is even slowing up a

bit. Hiromasa Fujimori coming back, but look at that from Michael

Phelps. My word. He is awesome. Awesome and ruthless. Would you let

the Brazilians win for the crowd? No, no point. Menacing.

Ieuan Lloyd had a very good freestyle. The breast stroke he was

on OK, but his freestyle was very good. 1:50 9.70 four. He has got a

chance of making the semifinal. He may well have finished in 15th

place. 0.06 inside the time required to make the semifinal. Well done,

Ieuan Lloyd. The backstroke. Huge cheers going on, because Thiago

Pereira has got out of the pool, and waved his arms to get the noise

going. The blackout on the left of the leaders is Thiago Pereira.

Michael Phelps is playing with him, like a mouse ready for his lunch.

Michael Phelps swimming one of his last individual races, I would

suggest. Winning the heat very comfortable in. Ieuan Lloyd may well

make the semifinal. Confirmation, Ieuan Lloyd and Dan

Wallace have both made the semifinal this evening. Ryan Lochte fastest,

Michael Phelps third fastest. This evening I am sure you are getting

ready to settle down at 8pm for live coverage of the men's individual

all-around gymnastics. It could be a cracking contest. The Japanese, who

is unbeaten in a global contest in the individual all-around since

2008, he took silver then, he has ruled the roost, but Max Whitlock

has been getting closer and closer, silver medallist last year in

Glasgow at the World Championships. Gymnastics is my life. I have done

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

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

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

year before it began. It was stressful. It was the beginning of

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

year, I feel the fittest I have been. Two weeks down the line, the

English Championships, and it was deteriorating rapidly, within a week

I went from making greetings clean to not being able to do a key skills

in combination. The blood test came back as glandular fever, it was a

relief. It lasted three months. It motivated me even more to get back

in, and it helped me push so hard to produce the results that I did at

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

first time that a British men's gymnast has one goal at the World

Championships. How many times a day you hear? Six days a week, between

five to seven hours training a day. It is a great atmosphere. With all

the guys I train with. He has never been a superstar. I would hold once

he would struggle to make a team because his feet don't point and

stuff like that. He has got a bit of Flex feet. But because they bend the

other way, it helps him stick his dismounts, so when he sticks, it is

because of his feet. It is strange, how it turns out. He can compete

under pressure calmly without getting affected by it. This is your

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

definitely. A lot of my focus is on it all the time, I do double

sessions every day, so I do more on it than any other piece. That is a

beautiful routine. Max Whitlock is challenging for a medal. Super

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

results. Help with the team result, that is the first time in a hundred

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

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

so pleased with what I produced on that day. How does it feel to have

overtaken Louis Smith? He has been pushed down, you are top dog now. It

is still a close competition, we both have high scores. We need to

produce clean routines. It is pushing both of us even more, which

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

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

it as a result in my bag. It calms me down, knowing I have the title

behind me. The Olympics is the pinnacle.

We hope for good things, not just for him, but for Nile Wilson, who

has also made it through. It could be a cracking evening. Not just for

them but for other British athletes, Sally Conway in the 70 kilo category

in the judo, her semifinal will be between 7:30pm and 8:15pm. We will

keep you abreast of that. We have two shooters in the semifinals of

the men's trap, and Joe Clarke, the third fastest qualifier, in the

kayak single. Matthew Pinsent, great excitement, I would think, rather

unexpected. I don't know about that. But he paddled brilliantly. To post

the third quickest time is fantastic. It was clean as well, no

penalties picked up, and if you are watching it, his reaction, double

fist bump, delighted. His first Olympics, he has made the final, the

third quickest time, so job well done, and it begins again in the

final. Very encouraging. In terms of those he will face, who look the

most impressive in qualifying's he is surrounded by some of the best in

the world. He is not ranked as high as many. He is probably ranked

seventh in the world coming in. The people around him and the tactics of

slalom canoe are such that in order to win a gold medal, somebody will

have to nail a run. That is both risk and reward. He has got an

interesting choice, about whether he holds something back and goes safe

and trusted go clean and pick-up pieces from some of the favourites

who might fall by the wayside. He is absolutely in the mix, it is very

exciting. Can I ask you to put your roaring hat on? Not to talk

specifics, but generally about the fact we have lost two days in the

regatta and how does that affect the rowers and their preparations? You

have to start all over again. It is not uncommon. The governing body

took the call. We have got the wind and rain. It is coming in. If this

continues, and the forecast is not good for tomorrow, it starts getting

very squashed towards Friday, Saturday, Sunday to get the 14

finals that we hopefully have. The athletes are used to it, delays are

part and parcel of rowing, and pushing it back by 24 hours is not a

problem, but if it continues for another 24 hours or worse, the guys

in control have got some very big decisions to make. Enjoy the kayak

single event. We will watch in 20 minutes. Before we go, a brief

reminder of some of the main stories so far on day five. Veteran American

Kristin Armstrong rolled back the years to win a third is excessive

Olympic time trial. Emma Pooley did not make the podium. In the men's,

Chris Froome, it is bronze again. It was won by the incredible Swiss.

Another gold medal after eight years. Sally Conway just one victory

away from an Olympic judo medal after a sensational run to the

semifinals. She will fight a game in the semifinals around about 8pm.

Great Britain's man held on by the skin of their teeth to beat New

Zealand, they play Argentina tonight in the quarterfinals. Our day is

done by the beach, Clare Balding will be back on BBC One with a lot

more on day five. Thank you for your company, it has been a great day.

Goodbye.