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usually have two. Joe Clarke yesterday was happy to point out

that British conditions suited him. It was around 15, 16 degrees and it

is not exactly British today, but the wind is here, meaning the gates

are moving around and it means I have to take extra care. We saw a

lot more penalties in the semifinals and we were expecting. The finals of

C2 quite fantastic. We are underway in the women's final and we start

with Melanie Pfeifer. She is going first, which means she produced the

slowest qualifying run in the semifinal. She is certainly some we

had labelled for metals. Absolutely. She will be looking to pick up. She

may have to go back to Gate eight on her first run, but this is the part

where she had the trouble. She will look to turn on those down and be a

bit safer. She caught the way this time, a much better execution.

Really straight line between eight and nine. The European champions in

the C2 have just become Olympic champions. I wanted the same thing

will happen in the K1. In that case, Melanie Pfeifer will be standing on

top of the podium in around 25 or 30 minutes' time. Looking very smooth.

Certainly doesn't look to be rushing it in the early stages. Wonder

whether she is trying to conserve something for lowdown on the course.

It is her style, she is very smooth. She doesn't look particularly fast,

but she is picking great lines at the moment. This is a quick run. She

has a two second penalty added to bedtime. We saw a lot of penalties

in the semifinal. There is a lot of time to be gained on the lower

section of the course and if she gets a clean run, gets shot through

towards Gate 22, that will be handy. This is where she has to dig deep,

this is where the training, those hours of training, winter and

summer, payoff in the last 30 or 40 metres. Fractions of a second

decided in the men's K1. Will this be the same? Melanie Pfeifer can

just wait and see. Is it good enough?

Coming into Gate 13, it was nice and smooth around the upstream. Maybe a

little slow on the exit. A nice line between 15 and 16, that is where she

picked up at his second penalty. Just clipped the inside poll. They

have to be very aware of where they are, it is an agile game. They have

to be flexible, gets tight to those polls. Not nicely going first in a

final, but really, you can afford to throw caution to the wind as we go

back to the top Slovenia's Ursa Kragelj. Started ninth in the semis,

second in the final. Only 56 kilograms, but she generates a lot

of power. The junior world champion from 2006. Now, 28, about as strong

as she will ever be. This is not a smooth start at all. Having to

really slow herself down. She needs to refocus and find that rhythm.

Find the flow of the water, because this cause needs the smooth

consistent paddling. You have to spot the lines. Nice in at seven,

but it is all about the exit. Direct line 30 Gate eight. The king of the

poll at Gate nine. Can she get the globe? Surprised to see her leading

by that much. The top section was not tidy at all. Ursa Kragelj is an

outstanding paddler, started her career on the soporific. One of the

most beautiful in the world. She won't struggle with the conditions

or the size of the water here. Is sloppy to second penalty on Gate 18.

Caught it on her back. You could see her shaking her head

to get the water out of her ears. This is not looking good on the

bottom section. She won't be aware that she was leading Melanie

Pfeifer. Perhaps she wouldn't have looked so resigned otherwise. When

you want your bronze in Athens, what position did you start in the final?

Third. A disappointing run from Ursa

Kragelj. Melanie Pfeifer's is nothing special. Easy to beat at the

top half of Ursa Kragelj's run showed us. A little sticky at the

top. Having to be very patient to get round Gate three without taking

any penalties. A bit too wide on the downstream Gate 18, clipping it on

the back. Eight to go and just a reminder that the owner Penny will

be the penultimate start having produced an outstanding qualifying

time -- Fiona Pennie. It will be a tight one. Melanie Pfeifer in a

fantastic addition. Stefanie Horn of Italy is the next to go. Have a

tremendous qualifying run. Lead the way. The Italians led the C1. It

doesn't mean much. It is all about the final run. Do you like the

format now? Yes, it is exciting to have the one final run. They get to

know the course and it is a different race every time. Hard on

the paddlers, they have to come out, but I do like the attacking style as

one run accounts. Stefanie Horn is another powerful paddler. As we

mentioned in the semis, if she goes clean, she generally produces a good

result. Top five would be good, but the Italians want more medals.

Because the gold in the men's K1 in London in 2012. Will they get the

women's? Not with too many mistakes like that. She had a much better

first four or five gates than we saw from Ursa Kragelj. It is all about

getting purchase on the blade, getting the clap, and the important

part where you have to get the run of the boat between 15 and 16. 17 is

slightly lower. Good news in terms of their position

at the moment, but the Italian coaches will be watching knowing she

has made mistakes, knowing she has given an opportunity to the

remaining seven paddlers who are waiting at the top of this course.

Nice bottom section. An excellent spin from 19 to 20, caught the wave

well, but a heavy hit between gates 23 and 24. A two second penalty.

She was 1.67 up, had she stayed clean. It is so important,

particularly in the final run. This is the last run of the canoe slalom.

It may be the last time we ever see the C2 in the Olympic Games.

Desperately sad. Great to bring the women's C1 in. We have four medals

to play with and we need to bring in the extra category for the women, so

it is very difficult to also have the C2. Fingers crossed they can

find the middle somewhere, but that is the two second penalty she got at

Gate 23, and a heavy hit afterwards. All smiles at the moment, but

Pfeifer still leads. Nobody has gone clean so far. All three paddlers

have picked up two penalties. Luuka Jones is the next to drive to defeat

this course at Deodoro. She is one cool customer. A New Zealand flag.

Inside, she will be a bag of nerves. Let's hope she can get quickly into

red glow. She was outstanding in the heats. One of the big surprises in

the arena. Consistent throughout this whole Olympic Games. She came

out great in the heats, a solid performance in the semifinals, and

here she is in the final. She has been working with a great British

silver medallist from 2004. They have been working on being quick off

the polls and very dynamic. One of those kids lucky enough to be

brought up next to an adventure centre that specialised in kayaking.

It is about those opportunities as a kid, and look how it is paid off.

No real problems, but it is a question of how quickly you get back

in the flow. Can she get through these downstream gates? Chart on the

reverse. It is all about keeping the height.

Horan was just a fraction quicker through that stage and was leading

when she came down to this section -- Horn.

That is as good as we have seen all day, including the C2 boats. Bit of

a heavy hit. She is back into the flow. She has to get the speed up

and running again. She killed the boat speed. The big surprise

believes, the big surprise of the semifinals. Will she be the biggest

surprise of all? That is a genuine challenge to the best in the world.

Luuka Jones has laid it down. Astonishing. Head coach will be

beside himself. Those who he has coached have really produce. I don't

know if this course suits his style, but that is quite unpredicted and

just shows what you can do if you dedicate every single moment.

Fantastic. Certainly they have been here an awful lot. Beside the

British team, the New Zealand team have been here as much. She just

seemed to be so accurate on the gates. Really spotted her lines and

has done throughout the competition. Not like she just pulled a run out

of the bag, she showed it from the outset. Round one in the heats, she

was superb. She has come out and read on it. Save in the semifinals

and saved the best run for last. Following Luuka Jones down the cause

is Jana Dukatova from Slovakia. Fifth in the semifinal. A safe run.

Two penalties incurred. She could do with taking them away. She might

have do if she wants to match the time of 1:01.80 two. Fastest time in

the semis, 1:01.50 four. Luuka Jones is not far off that time. That was

from Corinna Kuhnle. Gate seven is all about the exit. A

bit sticky, but she found the line. Quickly through seven and she was on

her semifinal run and she is very much in touch with just 0.15 to make

up. Where do you pick that time up from Luuka Jones? The only place

that is Luuka Jones was not so hot was in the spin, but we know the

following girls will have to be very tight around the gates. Watch for

the next split. Jones' time, she is still inside. 0.16 is the margin at

the moment. This was where Luuka Jones was a little slow. No problem

for Jana Dukatova. She might just extend that lead over the New

Zealander, but will have to wait and see because there are plenty of

obstacles between here and the finish. She is really finding

herself having to look of the polls. A two second penalty. In some ways,

might be lucky to get away with a two. It's days two for now and Jana

Dukatova knows that might be her chance gone. Luuka Jones survives as

the event leader and that one mistake on 22 costing Jana Dukatova

the lead. It is a cruel, cruel sport. Just as hard for the

spectators. When I went up earlier to the great British camp, nervous

spectators. You don't have a clue when you are competing, but when you

gobble up there and see the families and friends all waiting there, two

hours before the start of competition and they are already

biting their nails, while, it is a long day. It is certainly worth it

when they come away at the end of the day with those medals. Jana

Dukatova sixth in the Olympics last time around, and who knows? Maybe

she will finish sixth again, because we have another five paddlers still

to go. Only one paddler has gone clean so far, and she leads the way.

Luuka Jones of New Zealand. New Zealand have never taken a medal in

canoe slalom. Australia have never won a gold in canoe slalom. It is

almost unbelievable with the likes of Miriam Fox and Richard Fox and

the daughter, Jessica Fox. Her sister might well be there in the

start in four years. This is the race favourite. Number one in the

world. Outstanding K1 paddler and almost as good in the K1.

She has such a strong mental capacity. Lots of movement on the

pole but I think it was the wind rather than the touch. Goes through

seven in 23.5, 24, in touch at this stage. Eight, nine, ten, no problem,

looked easy. Nul points seven outside the best at the moment.

Tight in around the upstream dates, she's being patient, a lot of power

off the water on the back of her boat but she waited and drone it --

drove it out. A little bit sticky on the downstream edge, but she is

using it to her advantage as she gets across wide into 17, tight on

the poles. Dixit -- the quickest out of 17, will she do the same act of

19? Has to spin. Spin. Spins early, has to wait patiently but drives

across the line. That's lower on 20 than we saw from the New Zealander.

It's not a foregone conclusion that Fox will take the lead here. She's

going to have to work for it if she wants gold. She looks like she's

working very hard at the moment, a little bit wide in gate 22. Not as

bad as we saw from Janner Dukatova, who lost her chance of perhaps any

medal on that suction of the course. Fox is going to be close, she's

inside a 1.33 the margin and Australia have a fabulous chance to

take the gold medal, their first in Kalou slalom. You have to applaud

the consistency of Jessica Fox at the majors, double world champion in

2014, took the see one title in Lee Valley last year, she has come here

as the hot, hot favourite and produced a stunning time, quicker

than anything we saw in the semifinals. Is it going to be good

enough? We will have to sit -- to wait and see but she's a woman with

a lot of talent from a young age, she was out at London 2012, a real

youngster and showed such composure, such control on the water and off

the water and that is her real strength, she is powerful, she has

great technique and what she can do is actually deliver, time and time

again. That is her mum, Miriam Fox, she was a French paddler, won

Olympic bronze in 1996. Her dad was pretty handy as well but never got

an Olympic title, so a nervous 15 minutes for them because we have

four paddlers remaining. Katerina Kudejova of the Czech Republic. Just

242 metres away from the finish, but 24 tricky gates to negotiate before

she can complete the course. She took the world title last year,

beating Jessica Fox on that occasion. Can she do it again here?

Certainly looking composed at the moment, in control. She has a really

good pace, quite a pacey paddler. She had a little edge on the

entrance to seven, it's about the drive, picking the line, rolling off

the waves, a direct line. Nul points 73 upon the split, that is looking

good. Can she keep that? Don't forget that Fox wasn't leading at

this stage and she got stronger as the course went on. Katerina

Kudejova is going to have to do the same. She has a reputation for being

typed on the upstream gates. Her coach watching on and that's not as

good as we saw from Jessica Fox. That lead could have gone. 62.47 and

she has a penalty and suddenly finds herself 1.19 behind, spins early,

has to wait, wait, wait until she can get across the wave to 20. It's

not going Katerina Kudejova's way at the moment and Jessica Fox will know

it. She has to pick the line, a heavy hit before 21 and she has gone

to the right-hand side of it, turning around. This is her Olympic

medal hope over, surely. With the penalty as well, Katerina Kudejova

has lost a chance but this is a sport won and lost by such slim

margins. You make a mistake like that, you know you might try and

persuade yourself otherwise but you know your chance of gold has

definitely gone and she knows the chance of any medal has gone. 8.27

outside and dropping down into seventh position. Fox, Jones and

Jana Dukatova rather best. The subcontinent are leading this.

Slovakia, after their medal in the men's C2, the leading nation in

terms of Olympic medals, they have just gone ahead of France but fans

can't improve on that because they don't have anyone competing in the

women's K-1 final -- fans can't improve. Katerina Kudejova failed to

produce her best. Three to go, Spain, Great Britain and Austria.

That's a nice shot. Just Fox -- Jessica Fox, Luuka Jones, will do a

lot of training together as we see. Maialen Chourraut win the start game

for Spain. Bronze in 2012. Can she add to that collection here? Here we

go. What do you think that the first split, Helen, to be realistic,

within seconds to have a chance? I think so, certainly. Maialen

Chourraut is a dynamic paddler, she has a light feel of the water, she

is renowned for getting her boat dancing on top of it and she is

looking good at the moment. A different paddler to Jessica Fox.

She has to be tight round the upstream gates. It looks very quick

in, will she get through the lid stoppers without any trouble? The

bow was thrown high which will have cost her a fraction but it doesn't

matter because she still has the light. This is where Jessica Fox

came to life. Goodspeed on the way out, she kept her boat running.

Keeps her boat running, get the wide angle through 16 so she can drive

into 17. Again, Jessica Fox was tight, one, two, three strokes to

get back on the water. That's her advantage gone without a doubt, I

say that, she's made a good time before that. 61.32, so still looking

good for Maialen Chourraut of Spain, who would love the women's seen one

simply because others are such that enters paddler but she is holding

her own at the moment. Back again, it's going to be tight around the

upstream gate. She has to drive. You are not allowed to get annoyed with

is on BBC Four, but with good reason we are switching the coverage of

this canoeing final over to BBC One. If you join it right now, you will

not miss Fiona Pennie at all. She's going next, she is still in with a

great shout with a medal of course and the reason we're doing that on

BBC Four is because we are going to take you straight to the tennis

because Andy Murray is in trouble against Italy's Fabio Fognini,

really easy first set for Murray, Fabio Fognini won the second and

Maria is a breakdown in the final sett. Let's see if the top remaining

seed, the defending remaining champion, can get himself through

into the fourth round of the terrace. We will pick up the

commentary in the deciding set from Simon Reed.

COMMENTATOR: Murray in all sorts of trouble, he

lost eight games in a row before the last one but just as you join is,

perhaps the bubble is bursting four one, Hitler has played some

outstanding tennis. -- Fabio Fognini has played some outstanding tennis.

Murray working his backside off to try to stay with Fabio Fognini but

there has been some quite brilliant tennis from this Italian, who beat

Murray in a Davis Cup tie in Naples a couple of years ago and is as good

as anyone has played against Murray, so he will be very wary of this

opponent. He's a real peacock is Fabio Fognini, he loves the big

stage. He's got it here, around three quarters full, at least 7000.

Around this Centre Court here at the Olympics Tennis Centre and he is

He is asking Andy, he's not going to give him any help. It wasn't.

A little unlucky because he would have been in control of the point.

Murray has been complaining he's not been seeing the ball as well as

usual, it's the sunshine and shade. And in irregular patterns it is

obviously pretty difficult. It's the same for both.

A wonderful atmosphere. The Brits responding now, the Italians have

been in full voice earlier on. For a passage of around 40 minutes,

Fabio Fognini wasn't making any errors. It's the pressure of being

ahead, the pressure is starting to get to him. Break point for Murray.

And now it's the Brits on their feet. The first significant success

for Murray. For some while, 40 minutes. He was broken four

successive times, but now at last he gets a break back and the match back

in the melting pot. Murray having to draw on all his experience full stop

it difficult conundrum, whether to go for a little bit more and try to

take the match out of Fabio Fognini's hands, or play safe in

windy conditions. It's a tightrope. But some success for Murray there.

And timely, as well. Murray was on a run since Roland Garros of 14

successive wins of course, winning Queen's for the fifth time, winning

Wimbledon for the second time. And a couple of wins here, easy wins,

against Viktor Troicki, then against Monaco, dropping four, but this is a

totally different kettle of fish. When Fabio Fognini beat Murray in

Naples a couple of years ago, it was so devastating. There were no

hiccups along the way, just a little hick up there. How is he going to

deal with that? So one break each in September

three. -- inset number three. world. Outstanding K1 paddler and

almost as good in the K1. Serving has not been as good as

usual for Murray. First serve percentage, 54. In recent months, it

has been more like 64. He has been super cool, Fognini,

after the first set. Can he maintained that? As this match edges

towards the nitty-gritty. Murray was making a lot of errors in

the second set and at the start of the third, but now it seems as if

Fognini has caught the bug. You can see the wind rustling the shirt. It

is a significant factor in this match.

Close. Murray only has one challenge remaining and we are only in the

sixth game. That is probably on his mind now. If he had three comedy

probably would have gone for that. Well, the magic does seem to have

gone. Maybe only temporarily, but it is definitely not there at the

moment from Fognini. He has played some spectacular tennis, but there

is not much of it at the moment. Fognini ranked 40, but he has been

as high as 13 in the world and Murray knows better than anyone else

what a good player Fognini can be. But which Fabio Fognini Ahbe going

to see from here on in? A war of attrition. And who would

you back in a situation like that? Fognini has to do more.

The longer the rally, the better Murray likes it.

Signs of unease for the first time for a good while. We saw this in the

opening set when nothing was going for him. Then he was in the zone.

Claiming winners. Not at the moment. The worm has turned. And Fognini in

all sorts of problems now. Three break points for Murray for his

second successive break. Sheer willpower is turning this

around. Murray has been far from his best, even in the opening set its

was virtually a gimme because Fognini was so poor. But Murray has

battled his way through some low form.

His team have been through a whole lot together. Murray is digging in.

We shall be back for the tennis in a moment. Loads of gymnastics coming,

too. Live on BBC Four. Just to bring you up-to-date with what happened in

the K-1 kayak which we show you show you on BBC One. Bad news for Fiona

Pennie, great hopes for a medal, but she picked up some penalties on her

way down and finished sixth in the end. Let's bring you the rest of the

headlines on day six of the games here in Rio. A silver for David

Florence and Richard Hounslow in the canoe double, just like four years

ago in London. Also a silver medal for Kath Grainger and Vicky Thornley

in the double sculls on the rowing lake. Amazing when you consider what

they have been through in the build-up to the Games. Hopefully we

will speak to them later. The rugby sevens has delivered again. Team GB

have made it through to the final with a breathtaking painful 7-5 win

in the semifinal over South Africa. They will play Fiji. Andy Justin

Rose has been celebrating the first ever hole in one in the Olympics. He

is four under par at the moment, four behind the leader, Marcus

Fraser of Australia. Let's go straight back to the tennis. Andy

Murray taking on Fabio Fognini and it is for- three. Murray a break-up

and serving in the final set. Shouting and looking down the court

at Fognini. Another error from the Italian racket. They are coming

thick and fast now. That's how dangerous he can be. Such

a wiki style, he's got. Huge timing. Winner out of nowhere there.

There's a lot of shaking of the head going on.

The thing with Fognini is he can turn it around so suddenly and then

be breathtakingly good. But he is far from breathtakingly

good at the moment. Five successive games to Murray. He is a game away

from the quarterfinal of the Olympics.

One of the people said to Murray, how does it feel to defend your

title? You said, I'm not defending my title, I have won a gold, they

are not taking that away from me. I am just looking for another Olympic

gold. It is hard to accept. You can

understand it. He was so good through the second set on start of

the third and now he is far from that and Murray is reaping the

reward. Wow, wonderful. It is the back hands

across that have been a feature of Murray's aggressive play, but then

he changes the point of attack and here are three match points.

Well, he lost the point but he used -- you can see what winning another

Olympic title would mean to Murray. It's a way, and so, too, is Fabio

Fognini. Murray is through to the quarterfinal.

It was mighty hard work. Two hours and seven minutes, it seesawed so

dramatically. It was a gift, the first set, and then Fognini took

fire and it really looks tricky for Murray at 3-0 down in the third set

will stop but he drew on all his experience and somehow he's found a

way to win. Heather as thrilled as everyone

else, bearing in mind what happened in Naples, when he was destroyed by

Fabio Fognini, that is a concern grew -- considerable effort for

Andy, because things were not looking good at all. Tough

conditions. He has been able to come through.

CHEERING Marked contrast from his first two

rounds, Viktor Troicki beaten for the loss of just five games, Juan

Monaco, he dropped just four games. He must have felt close to going out

there this afternoon. But he has battled. He used all the resilience

that he has at his disposal. He can relax now. Steve Johnson is the man

he will play in a quarterfinal, Johnson who beat his opponent 6-1,

6-1 today, and Murray will hope to play better, hope the conditions are

good as well, but he has got through 6-3 in the third.

STUDIO: Brilliant from Andy Murray, Steve

Johnson awaits in the quarterfinals. It looks a bit wobbly when Fabio

Fognini won eight games on the trot but eight -- but all smiles from the

British top seed. He is defending, that is -- the tennis coverage will

continue now on the Red Button, Johanna Konta is up next against the

Wimbledon finalist Angelique Kerber, also in the quarterfinals trying to

get through to the last four for her. I don't know what you've been

enjoying watching the Olympics over the last few days, we had wonderful

sport, the tennis has been brilliant, the rugby sevens, and

hopefully some of it has inspired you to try it yourself.

Get inspired is BBC sport's campaign to get you active. It's on the

website. You can find inspirational stories from people just like new as

well as hints, tips and over 70 practical guides to help you get

going. There's also an activity finder to help you find something to

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maybe you can inspired to give some -- inspire someone else to give

something a try. We are passing the baton to you. Get up, get inspired

and get active. Well worth having a look at that on

the BBC website. I was reading about Joe Clarke, he got into condemning

because he went on a scout trip and look at him now, he has yesterday

won a gold medal in the K-1. Hopefully somebody is there watching

the canoeing, watching the rugby, watching athletics in a few days'

time or the rugby, and that can inspire you to get into sport

yourself. It might not be you get to Olympic level but hopefully you can

get out there and enjoying doing something. Loads of information on

the website to find your local club if you fancy having a go. Those who

have done it and got to the Olympics and achieved great things, we can

tell you about those now in our BBC for headlines. Silver today for

David Florence and Richard Hounslow. A British guy going in the canoe

double, just like they did four years ago in London. Florence was

the man who finished last in the C1, he is back in the double with the

silver. Same colour medal for Kath Grainger and Vicky Thornley in the

double sculls earlier today at the Lagoa Stadium. They lost out to the

Polish pair, amazing when you consider what they've been through

in the build-up to these games, not many gave them a chance of a medal

and they have won the silver. The rugby sevens has delivered in both

the women's and men's tournament and Team GB into the final. They

squeezed past South Africa 7-5. It was tense at the end but they will

face the chief for the gold medal. -- they will face Fiji for the gold

medal. Golf is that the Olympics for the first time in a long time,

Justin Rose got the first-ever hole in one at the Olympic Games. He is

four under par, four behind the leader from Australia, Marcus

Fraser. Now, I know there were a few rumours yesterday the weather was so

bad here at Copacabana that people were saying you are not in Brazil at

all, you were at Weston-Super-Mare, someone suggested Scarborough and

Grimsby! We can show you our other camera just on the right-hand side,

which can show you the delights of Copacabana Beach. This has been

around for 100 years, look at the sunshine, the wind is back, you can

see the flags fluttering away. Those two there, that is Frescobaldi which

I have been telling you about. Normally it is more frantic than

that. -- Fresco ball. You have to smash it at each other, these two

are sedate. Hopefully we will bring you some high octane Fresco ball

later on. Unfortunately it's not an Olympic sport but we have plenty to

cover. This is what we are bringing you in the next few hours on BBC

Four. We will have the all-around women's final coming up next. I know

there is bungee of gymnasts watching this, looking to get a glimpse of

Simone Biles -- there is plenty of gymnasts. She is the overwhelming

favourite for gold medal. 10pm, boxing. The rugby sevens gold medal

match we were telling you about is on BBC One at 11pm, Team GB taking

on Fiji. Fiji have never won an Olympic medal. Could it be gold or

can Team GB be win as rugby sevens comes into the Games for the first

time? Table tennis, the men -- the men's individual gold medal match at

1:30am and we have some badminton a bit later as well. Right now, yes,

it's about Simone Biles, this is the second of five potential gold medals

she could win at these games. Let's not forget Ellie Downie, Great

Britain's sole representative in the women's all around iss. She is

aiming to beat the previous best magician finish of 12, set by her

sister in 2008. It's time for some gymnastics.

Hopefully that has got you in the mood. We will take you right through

to the end of the all-around final. We can go to the Rio Olympic Arena

and join our team, Beth Tweddle, Daniel Keatings and first up, Matt

Baker. Good evening, one and all. Gymnastics is always a spectacle

here at the Olympics and goodness me, we have had three days of

gripping finals at the Olympic Arena. We are waiting for the women

to enter into the arena for the all-around championship which we

will talk about in a moment but we will reflect on what happened

yesterday, with the men's all-around final. Do you think that was the

best all-around final we have ever seen? Definitely, I think is the

best all-around final I've ever seen. Just the standard, the quality

of gymnastics on show was unbelievable. It was great to see

someone challenging Kohei Uchimura as well. He was undefeated for about

seven years but it was a fight all the way to the end. It went down to

the wire, didn't it? It did and that is why gymnastics is so exciting, it

was literally down to the last routine. Kohei Uchimura took the

second Olympic title, here is Oleg Verniaiev, the routine, it was a

high pressurised situation, he scored 15 points something in

qualification but the little hop took the title away from him. He put

in a huge score on parallel bars, enough to put him ahead of the world

champion, Kohei Uchimura on high bar, but the little hop was costly.

It was and he was nine tenths ahead going into high bar. Everyone knows

Kohei Uchimura is amazing on high bar so he needed to create as much

from that as possible and unfortunately, if he had stuck his

dismount, he could have picked him but it wasn't to be. In the other

group was a certain acts Whitlock. Because he qualified in 12, he

wasn't going around with Kohei Uchimura and Oleg Verniaiev which

kind of helped him, he started on pommel horse which is his strongest

suit. He is world champion. What a routine to get his six pieces off to

a belter. It was as good as he could do it Andy got a huge score which

set is competition off, it relaxed into the competition. He was ahead

right from the start and I think it gave him the confidence boost to put

it through the whole way around. His next goal as far as the pommel horse

is concerned is to try and win the Olympic final. We can see Max

receiving his bronze medal for the overall, he has got his eye on the

Olympic pommel horse title and do you think now he has the bronze it

will release the pressure on him? I think it will little bit, the

all-around was what he and his coach had been working for, they wanted to

sort of, he has been picking up medals in the all-around and he

wants to show he's one of the best in the world. Once he had done the

vault he settled down a lot. He has a floor final to get the atmosphere

again and move on over to the pommel horse. Is it fair to say he could

sneak a bronze on the floor final, Dan? I think he could, yes. He

could, he's feeling relaxed, he's got the difficulty. I think the

pressure is off, he has an Olympic medal so he can enjoy it and really

go for it in both the floor run the pommel horse and I think he's in a

really good position. As you suggested, Beth, he has been

concentrating on the all-around because that is the ultimate

accolade and we will see the gymnasts working on all four pieces

of act -- apparatus, the vault, the beam, floor, the all-around

something special. You have to keep the concentration across all four

apparatus, I had 35 seconds to concentrate on whereas Ellie Downie

will have to go out there, she is starting on floor, she has to do

that piece, then come down for a bit while the other gymnasts performed,

pick herself back up, drop down, it's quite a roller-coaster and if

things don't go according to plan its how do you pick yourself back

up? There is a certain gymnast that everyone is looking forward to here

in the all-around final, she is three times world all-around

champion, she is Simone Biles. This is her first Olympics. She was too

young to compete in London but already she has made quite an

entrance. Representing the United States of

America, Simone Biles. # lay lay my heart down

# Laid it down for you # Laid it down for you

# Oh #. This gymnast is so powerful.

# Put them out to you # Oh, Lord, I was reaching for you,

reaching for you #. All smiles from Biles.

Matt Baker-macro this is that top group of six gymnasts. You can see

Simone Biles in the middle there. Really, the world's media have

already given her this gold. I mean, she has done it, nor is a lot of

pressure on her. There is a lot of pressure, coming in as three times

world champion everyone expects her to win and the battle is for second

and third. We have seen her at Olympic trials this year, she has

fallen off, at the World Championships last year when the

pressure was on for the third consecutive title she had a fault so

she has looked superb throughout this Championships so I would be

very surprised if anyone takes her off that top spot. She is 19 years

old, you can see her smiling and enjoying the feeling, the energy,

the expectation. It will be really interesting to see how she goes,

because she's aiming for the five golds. It's never been achieved by

female gymnast before. Do you think she can do it? I think she can do

it. This vault is unbelievable, the two and a half, she makes it look so

easy. If she gets a perfect ten, which we haven't seen for a number

of years. The bars is her weakest piece but even as her weakest piece

she is still scoring a 15. The mind boggles -- boggles what she can do

on beam. It's almost like a tumbling pass on the floor. It's like a house

brick. It's unbelievable. The height on the floor area, she goes higher

than most of the men do. For someone so small, four foot and eight

inches, it's incredible. That will be her last piece of operators, the

floor, because she was highest qualifier, so she will bring the

curtain down in style but really, we saw her alongside her compatriot

Alison Raisman and she is in with a chance of a medal here, four Olympic

golds. She had to fight to get into the all-around competition in the

first place, we had the reigning all-around champion with Gabriel

Douglas finishing in third, so she has done the hard work just to get

here. In London 2012, she was in the mix for a medal but she actually

messed up on bars and came fourth, so she will want to put that right

and go home with an all-around medal this time, and she is renowned for

her floor and vault, where she is such a powerful gymnast and the

first tumble she does, you are seeing it now, the one and a half

walk out into the double Arabian, she doesn't just stop there, she

punches out of it. If Mustafina can reproduce the

performance she did in the team final, she could be Aly Raisman. She

could. There is that potential there, she could split the two

Americans and get the silver medal. That would be amazing. We talked a

lot about the young Russians coming up from the junior ranks and really

pushing the lights of Mustafina and that brings a lot of competition.

The youngsters are really nipping at the seniors' feet. We saw Mustafina

earlier in the year at the European Championships and she had improved.

She has got the man in that she used to win the Olympic title in 2012.

Would she be up on the podium? They have to keep an eye on the Chinese

gymnasts. I think it will be like the men's it will be down to that

last routine. The silver and bronze are really up for grabs. Let's talk

about Ellie Downie because she had a bit of a sticky qualification. She

had a few interesting moments in the team final. As far as the difficulty

level, as a young gymnasts, 5.8 on the bolt. We know she has got a

strong character and to come out after that for she had on the

qualifications on the floor and then to go and perform this, under that

pressure, to do it and nail it is something that really shows what an

amazing athlete she is. She has made quite an impact on the seniors since

moving up from the juniors. She had a silver on floor at the European

Championships and she is a gymnast who learned a lot from her

experience. If she can put into practice what she has experienced,

she could get into the top ten. Definitely and she is growing with

every competition. The more competition experience she gets, the

more competition will get better. Her sister got 12 at Beijing, the

highest place in an all-round competition for the women's British

gymnasts. This is what they are like at home.

I have an older sister Jemma and I am the second eldest and then I have

a brother Josh. We did not know much about the sport and I got into it

because my friend at school did it and I enjoyed it and it rapidly took

over my life and then went Ellie came onto the scene, we did

everything together. Like most of my life I have been in the gym and I

spend time with my family outside the gym and that is what we do when

we have free time. Can you remember when Becky made that first spot? I

kind of remember watching her on TV, but when you are a little, it is

like she is at another competition. I remember waking up really early

and watching her on the all-round final. It spurred me on and I

thought, if she has got there, I can get there as well, as she has been a

big inspiration for me. As sisters you get on most of the time. Do you

fall out? We do not fall out badly, we just irritate each other

sometimes. What do you fall out about? Normally Becky's moaning

irritates me. Coming into my first year I did not expect to achieve as

much as I did. It was a big shock for me and I wanted to do the best I

could do and to come third was amazing and it gave me a confidence

boost going into the World Championships. We are interested in

the same music and our clothes style is similar. We get each other's

jokes. 30 seconds of warmer remaining. This is the all-round

competition, so all 24 gymnasts will compete on every piece of apparatus.

At the end of that all the scores are added together and a gymnast

with the highest total wins. This one is about consistency and four

pieces and you cannot afford too many errors. No, if you make one

small error, that is your Olympic challenge over. They have got to be

consistent from the word go. Dan, who is your one, two, three? Simone

Biles, Aly Raisman and Mustafina. If there is a slight mistake, Ellie can

get in there with a medal. Christine Still is very much a part of the

great British Olympic project. She has gymnasts herself within the

British squad. We are just watching alleyways and get into position. The

top group starts on the vault. Doing one of the most difficult

there is, she is the leader of the Brazilian team. She held onto it

well. She has huge support here. Beth, that was a good start for the

Brazilian. It was. You can see the flick entry and keeping her body

straight. Just slightly behind and a small hop. But a superb start on

such a difficult vault. She had major surgery in June last year, so

to be back competing is a major achievement in itself. We will see

lots of gymnasts using this round of entry. Depending how high they get

on the platform means a number of twists that they can get out of it.

It is a very good start. The second gymnast is Aly Raisman.

The vault is over so quickly, but it is a chance for the gymnasts to get

a high score and start off the competition as well as possible.

She had a bit of flight and height left, so although there is a bit of

deduction for not having much control, the judges were like it

because she had a lot of flight. She is certainly capable of the high 15

is back, Chris. She is indeed. She lost a tiny bit of leg form at the

end. The vault is marked out of 6.3. You get ten for execution. There

will be a deduction for the hop and the band 's lead and that will come

off the execution score. I am being pernickety, would you say that was

off-line because it landed in that section? Oh, yes. It does not have a

specific deduction, as long as it does not go outside the two far

green lines, but they will have noted it was knocked down the

middle. That is down a little bit on what she would have hoped for.

Simone Biles, 19 years old. There is a possibility she could well score

the perfect ten in the new scoring system. We will fill you in on that

in a moment. But just enjoyed this power. Look at that height and

weight for the twist? But she is a bit edgy, you can see that. The

landing was uncharacteristic. A step forward, I think that means she is

feeling the pressure. She is very excited. She already has a gold

medal from the team final. Using that popular flick entry, but she

gets huge height and to one half twists. But she has got so much

power and energy it is hard to control especially when you are

going for the Olympic title. But still a fantastic vault. She is so

technically correct. She comes onto the platform with her arms locked by

her ears and her shoulders open. The platform gives you quite a lot of

lift, it is like a springboard. The way the competition runs, the top

gymnasts are all here. That is an enormous start for Simon

That is an enormous start for Simone Biles.

she is looking to score over 15 with this. A very small gymnast, but very

powerful. Using the Tsukahara with a double twist. A great way to start

off her bid. She takes the piece of tape with her to show her where she

wants to jump off on the board. It is a different approach. Sometimes

the chalk gets marks and wipes away. That will be heavily deducted

because her chest was down on landing. If you think about the ones

we have seen before, they have had enough power to step backwards. It

was a good line. It is and for such a small gymnast it is interesting to

see that she is using the Tsukahara entry rather than the round of flick

entry. Some tentative vaulting to start

with. Mustafina, the gymnast we were talking about, the current Olympic

all-round bronze medallist. A beautifully classic gymnast.

The best landing we have seen yet. She is the gymnast with all the

experience. This is the thing, how far do you go with the difficulty

and how much execution do you try and achieve? With the new scoring

system gymnasts can get extra marks with doing harder moves. Although

she is executing it beautifully, it is not as difficult to stop the

difficulty is down to Aly Raisman and Simone Biles, but the execution

and landing is better than the other gymnasts. She has had a really clean

start. She will score very well with that vault, even though the

difficulty is 5.8. She knows she has not got as difficult routines as the

Americans. What she has to do has to be extra clean. It must be a debate

between the gymnasts and the coaches were you get your marks. It is

always a debate. You have got to decide whether you go more difficult

and take the risk, or to hold back and know you can execute it so well.

Her compatriot is 17 years old. All-around gold at the Olympics. And

a great competition qualification. Uses the double twist. She uses the

split of the legs to start that twist.

5.8 difficulty, same as the gymnast before, Mustafina. Yes, we saw

Mustafina when she was younger do a more difficult fault, she got extra

twists in Bert she got injured and since then, she has never used it.

Seda Tutkhalyan has been impressive, she has been the most steady in the

Russian team. But she got little deductions there, the judges will

take marks for that. You can see her elbows bent on the top of the part

form, they probably won't see the bent elbows but they will know it

was not as high as the previous gymnast -- platform. She will lose a

bit of height. But very well landed, the group on the vault are top

qualifiers, the best in the world. 14.8664 Seda Tutkhalyan.

Hannah Raisman focused on the bars, you can see the guards. The routine

starts, your mind switches quickly cash?

starts, your mind switches quickly Yes, a lot of the gymnasts use hand

guard is, or to put bandages around their hands, Simone Biles is using

hand guard 's. It protects them. Some love a lot of chalk, some like

honey and chalk, some like sugar water. What about you? It was always

chalk and water. You are allowed another gymnast to help you chalk up

the bars, you get extra Walker -- warm up time to allow the change

in the amount of chalk on the bars. Ellie Downie, let's see her on the

floor. As you said in the build-up, she has had an up and down time at

these Championships. Here we go, a super first tumble. 1.5 walk out

into double Arabian, then the jump on the end. Very powerful gymnast

indeed. Super hi double pike, Arabian, a little step. Her

amplitude on the Leitz has improved so much, a good split there. --

leap. Very clean, multiple twist, 2.5, meeting the floor beautifully.

This has been a really well executed floor routine from Ellie Downie. The

floor was a problem in qualification, she needs a big

dismount... Here it comes... Super double pike! What a fantastic start

to her Championships. Such an improved piece for Ellie Downie. The

floor is very good. She scored 12.5 in qualification, so she is going to

be well up on that. She qualified down in 20th, putting all of the

ghosts to rest as far as tumbles are concerned? Yes, a very powerful

start in her routine, 1.5 walk out into the double Arabian, straight

into that jump, it gives her a good connection value, it builds up

difficulty then come straight down the diagonal with a double pike

Arabian, building difficulty ups right. She came to trouble here in

qualifications, but sorted it, 2.5 twist, and then finally, with a

double pike, she is such a powerful gymnast and it shows in her

routines, with all of those difficult tumbles. That's a great

start for Great Britain's Ellie Downie. Another gymnast who did not

have much fun in qualification, Shang Chunsong qualified down in the

20th, but she could be in with a shout, at times she has the

execution. We have seen her on the scene for a while, but occasionally,

she has a few problems with consistency. It will be interesting

to see how she starts on this first piece of apparatus. The first sub

sub series, well executed, straight into the two jumps, you need to show

the judges these as a special requirement. Changing into full

splits. Building up to another big connection, deflect one layout --

the flecked one layout. And a solid front somersault into the jump. Each

time they are connecting skills, they are getting bonuses, that is

how they build up their difficulty. Very difficult to double spend...

Performed absolutely beautifully -- double spin. The free walkover into

the sheet jump, China are renowned for this piece of apparatus. The

free cartwheel into another jump, it's

interesting to see what the star value is for this routine. The last

test, the big dismount, round off into triple turn, twist and a small

hop on dismount. A great start to her Olympic Games.

What a start indeed! Shang Chunsong. She will be back to find out her

score shortly. And from Japan... A pirouette, letting her legs, part a

little bit here. A very nice king, stooping out and a Flickr here. The

judges deduct for those little bits -- Gienger. Stupas when the feed do

not go on the bark you get a lot of marks for it. It has become very

popular with the Jim -- with the gymnasts.

Very happy, Japan did very well in the team competition. You can see

the movement from the low bar to the high bar, a big wind up into the

dismount, using the very popular... Back in full, two somersaults with a

full twist. We saw in the all-round competition, she got a rib on her

hands, where the friction gets too much. The top layer of skin bursts.

Shang Chunsong scores 14.8 33. We spoke yesterday about where you

start and how it affects where you are in the competition, the groups

are in relation to where they qualified.

I think for Shang Chunsong, she started with a shaky peace, she came

in in the right frame of mind, it is not dwelling throughout the

competition. To come in, nee let and get it at

the way can help you? I think so, that was a very good beam routine,

I'm surprised at how low it is. -- nail it.

That was a very clean routine from Shang Chunsong. Elisabeth Seitz has

qualified for the bars final, this is a great piece for her to start

on. It is, it is a very dynamic bar routine. Straightaway, first skill

up, a big connection bonus, and into the Gienger. Good height on these

release and catchers. Another, straight down to the low bar.

Keeping the flow going. The Shaposh, using the full term, back in full,

and a clean landing. A very nice bar routine, a couple of pirouettes a

bit late. But she has looked very good in this Championship, cutting

her difficulty down on some pieces, but here, there's beautiful left on

the bars, she uses it and flies from it, watch carefully. -- lift. She

gets so much height she can straddle in and make a straddle catch over

the bar, she instantly has two enormously different skills linked,

and here two more. The stupid Tkachev and straight into the high

bar again. It puts star value so high, linking these, and she had one

of the highest in this routine -- the steeped Tkachev.

Each country is allowed two gymnasts to compete in the top 24, it's a

really interesting format. Gabby Douglas performed for the USA, and

she did not get the chance to compete at this all-round final,

although she was the third highest scorer and was in with a chance of

an Olympic medal. We will continue that debate after Carlotta Ferlito

on the floor. This is her piece... A superhigh

leap... Really performing the floor... Full-twisting, double back

to start. Gymnasts choose their own music to

suit their personality, and then the routine has to reflect the music.

Leeds, jumps, as well as tumbles, giving the difficulty. -- leaps.

Selling the floor routine so well. Hands, face, a big tumble to finish,

a lovely landing. A really well-balanced floor routine. And she

absolutely loves to perform on the floor, she is very... She works to

the crowd. 15 point 233 four Elisabeth Seitz, the first 15 we've

had on the bars. It really makes a difference, you can see the

difference in the fall double back, and a great landing -- 15.233. She

really gets involved, you can see in her face.

Such a powerful gymnast, who lost to showcase what she can do. Cleanly

executed spin, and a final tumble with the double back. She just held

it at the end. We could tell you that while

Carlotta Ferlito was doing the floor routine, Shang Chunsong has put in

an enquiry on her beam score, that was 14.833, we will see what happens

there. You can only protest the difficulty score, they would have

expected difficulty of 6.2 or 6.3, if it is 6.1, they will want to know

what they did not count. We will have to wait until not only Carlotta

Ferlito score's is in, it is in. Also that enquiry, before everyone

can move on. As it stands at the moment... Simone Biles and Hannah

Raisman with Rebeca Andrade from Brazil in third. Mustafina is in

fiveth. Ahead of her team-mates -- fifth. We will get confirmation as

soon as Shang Chunsong's score is in. Starting with the bolt, they are

the best, that first group, that is a more assured high peace as long as

you land on your feet -- vault. Ellie Downie will be going over to

the vault now, we know that she has a great pedigree as far as that is

concerned, the European silver medallist.

It's the chance for her to make a real impact in the first half of

this competition. And of course, the gymnasts compete, the best start on

vault, the next bars, beam, floor, and because Ellie Downie had a big

fall, she was not able to finish at the floor routine in provocation and

she is in the last group meaning she starts on the floor, then does

vault, great, but has to finish on the beam, she has two tricky pieces

to do at the end. But saying she had that problem, she

had to go out the arena as far as floor is concerned, but she came and

did the vault terrifically. She showed her metal that day.

It cannot be easy ECB is waiting for all of the gymnasts. Beth, when you

are waiting and something like this happens, it must throw a spanner in

the works. You just want to get on with the competition. Most of the

gymnasts competing here today are experienced and they will have done

major championships before. They are used to having to wait around. Maybe

their coaches in training will do a bar routine and make them wait ten

or 15 minutes before they are allowed to do the next routine, so

they can practice for situations like this where there is a hold-up

in the competition. It is a thing you learn early on as a gymnast.

Regional competitions are very often not very smooth. It is something you

grow up with really. Well, they are moving on and they are not going to

wait. I do not know what is happening with the inquiry. We can

see it says on the screen that the inquiry was rejected and she will

remain with a score. We can move on with the competition. A chance to

see Ellie Downie's routine whilst the gymnasts are warming up. How

difficulty is through adding these moves. It is a huge double Arabian.

Because those two moves are in one, they get a bonus as well as their

own value. Actually, these are the same first two tumbles that you used

to do. They are indeed. When you first build them up they are very

difficult to do back-to-back. But LE is such a powerful gymnast and her

spatial awareness is fantastic and she knows how much flotation to

give. In the first time that we saw this routine we could see how much

she had improved as well. It is the dance area that she has had to work

so hard on. She is a very athletic gymnast. She is great at tumbling

and voting, but the dance has not been so easy. She is almost better

on those two pieces, where her sister Becky is better on the bars

and the beam, the complete opposite. But this was a lovely start. She had

a problem in qualification and she scored almost two is more this time

than in qualification. 14.3, the highest scorer so far on the floor.

Expect Giulia Steingruber to rise as the competition progresses. If you

have not faltered, that can be a big scoring peace. You can see the first

five out of the first six have all been on vault. It is a bar

specialist that has crept into the top six for now. Shang Chunsong had

a couple of problems in qualification, so that is why she

started over on the beam. You cannot rule anyone out until they have been

over to vault. Giulia Steingruber started on the beam. I would guess

that although we did not see the routine that she probably fell. Over

four pieces only it will be very difficult for her to push herself up

into the top three. That top group go to the buyers and the second

group go to the beam. The third group go to the floor and the fourth

group go to the vault. We were talking earlier on about the fact

there are 316-year-olds, Ellie Downie is 17. You have to build up

an incredible armoury of moves at such a young age. What is the

process of that from a coach's point of view? Most of these gymnasts will

have started quite young and will have quite the big repertoire by the

time they are 11 or 12. They will not have everything, but they will

have all the basics. The things that you are going to build on. It is

important by the age of 11 or 12 to have all the foundations set and

then you can add the moves on. A lot of the older gymnasts who we saw at

16, although they have improved a little bit, they do not improve

massively after that. With the younger gymnasts they can do a lot

more numbers within the training. As soon as you get older and your body

takes longer to recover, you have to be more clever with your training.

For example Jade Barboza had a bit of time out with injury and she has

come back, but she will have to be a lot more clever than her team-mate

in the build-up to this competition. Without giving your age away too

much, death, how old were you when you felt you were at your peak? That

is difficult because I went through different phases. But after Beijing,

leading up to London, between myself and Amanda we had to be a lot more

clever with how I'd train. I could not do the same things as the

athlete training alongside me. This is incredibly important. She got a

silver at the Euros. A perfect landing! I am absolutely thrilled

for her. You can see the smile on her face. She has been training with

the two and a half quite a lot, but not quite ready to perform it on

this big stage. A super style. Legs locked together. Not a flicker.

Great stuff. Very little deductions on that vault. The length, the

height, everything is there. It is a 5.8 difficulty. We saw Aliya

Mustafina do a 5.8 and all those top athletes in the mix. Ellie has a

very good chance halfway round. Aly Raisman is the first gymnast on the

buyers in this top group. She is not renowned for her buyer work, but

that was a lovely handstand to start.

You have to show forward and regular grip. That pirouette was a little

bit late. You need to finish in the handstand. It is a workmanlike

performance. Very nice double front this night. A bit off-line. It is

not a great piece for Aly Raisman, but she has made it decent and that

is the trick. Yes, and we know it was her nemesis in 2012 when she was

going for an all-round medal. She came a cropper, but no problems

today. It was a fighting routine and it will score a bit lower than in

qualification. Not 100% straight legs. Down to the low bar and

straight into the full-time. Slightly too late to be able to get

her feet in, but a great dismount. Using her experience from the floor

to be able to land that double front. That is the fifth highest

vault score that we have seen. A former world and European

all-round champion. Now 25 years old.

Good, but slightly scrappy around the legs. We saw from Elie before

have cleanly you can execute that. But that is a good start to her

competition. That is a little bit down. These scores are lower than

she would want. It leaves the door is open for a silver and a bronze.

Simone Biles. This is not her strongest piece of apparatus, even

though it will be mightily impressive. Here she goes, the

leaders so far. Stars with a forward element, that is so difficult. But

she did not go straight into the pirouette, but nice and tidy

imperial wet. She is a bit leggy at times. With everything she works

with great energy. Not such a difficult routine, but not a lot of

deductions, especially when you land like that. Keep your eye on the

execution score. You are loving every moment of that. I was, we know

it is not her strongest piece, but even though it is not her strongest,

she still scored a 15 in qualification. Her legs go slightly

apart, but can the judges see that from the side. Even though it is not

the most difficult, every skill she performs has got huge energy and it

is very cleanly executed. Her legs are locked together throughout. And

then the full dismount and there is nothing to take off on that

dismount. Look at that landing. She is keeping her eye on the execution

score, that is for sure. Vanessa Ferrari, down on Ellie Downie's

score from Great Britain. It is always difficult when you follow

somebody who is such a good vaulter. A direct comparison is difficult. At

the moment Ellie Downie is just 0.4 behind Aly Raisman. Not breaking the

15? It is not, but Aly Raisman's score was slightly down. It is a

different set of judges to those in qualification. But it is the same

judges as they come to each apparatus, so it will be consistent

throughout the competition. Aliya Mustafina will go after Wang Yan.

She is looking to improve. I think she had a fall in qualification on

this piece, so she will be looking to sort that out.

This is what the Chinese are renowned for, all the towns, into

the Jager salto. Just slightly bent arms when she is catching. Such a

small gymnasts to get from the low bike to the Haifa. Through an

beautiful fashion. She qualified with the sixth highest all-round

scorer with a full on that apparatus. In with a real chance.

Now it is over to her compatriot from China. Shang Chunsong.

She had a strong start on the bean, taking that graze over to the floor

now. She starts with two very exciting tumbles. Carefully, see if

you can count the twist... Around, off the backflip, 3.5, into the

punch front, such a clean landing. A very different style, this has

been very impressive, the 1.5 comedy walk out into the triple twist, and

the punch front again. Just missing five spends, she made 4.5. -- spins.

It's a different style, this. 2.5, front half, the first step on

landing. A very supple gymnast, you can see her head goes back and she

can easily hit the splits. She has not done a double somersault, she

has to do at least one of those in the routine. Here it comes, a double

pike without problem. Well, very efficient, very good

tumbles. For me, the style was not something I enjoyed as much as some,

but there is only a little bit that can be taken off because of that.

Shang Chunsong waits for her score. Aliya Mustafina on the bars now.

Prepare to be impressed. The current Olympic champion, on the bars. She

scored 15.833 in qualification. But, this is a difficult and risky

routine... A clean start with a stoop, straight into the high bar,

low bar, connected back-up, that is where she builds difficulty, linking

four elements in a row, the still path into the Yeager, cleanly

caught. A final dismount to go, into the 1.5. -- Jager. We will take

that! Aliya Mustafina in with a shout now. She looks on fire

tonight, she really does, she was fairly ropey in the qualification,

to be honest. The second night of the team final is much better and

she looks like she is building. That routine is so clever because it is

so short. Enough to put pressure on Simone Biles? We will have to wait

and see. She has a very different style, grace and elegance, this will

go well into the 15s. It is so high there. She sees everything cleanly.

You know you only have to count the eight most difficult moves, she

probably only does about ten. But they are ten very hard moves, they

easily add up the difficulty. Fabulous control on her leg. Clever,

you could see her looking over her shoulder and judging exactly where

the floor was. Giving away as little as possible on those landings. That

is where they will be won and lost. Prowling and waiting... Onto the

beam next, for Mustafina. That is the piece where you win or lose, I

know as much as anybody that she can be awful or brilliant on the beam,

we've seen both in this Championship so far. Across men's and women's

gymnastics, it seems the beam is the biggest leveller? It is, it's

probably the piece of apparatus with the least margin for error. You only

have to be a tiny fraction off, and that is a problem. Just to let you

know what is happening in the arena, Jade Barbosa is on the floor, and

has taken an injury. Things have just stopped for a moment. She is

fine, she is all right. She is being attended to. If you can hear a lot

of noise, that's what is going on. We just saw one of the pirouettes

from Mustafina, her trademark is that she finishes her pirouette

right on top of the bar. 15 six execs for Mustafina, down on her

qualification score. We talked about the judges being different, are you

surprised it was that low? -- 15.666. I thought it would be more

like 15.8, I'm surprised it is down in the 60s. A 6.5 difficulty in

qualification... Starting on the high bar, that was a really lovely

Tkachev, it almost came to a standstill on the low bar, that was

lovely, default turning Pak salto, out of trouble, gymnasts do that

half turn in the middle of the routine. Packing in the difficulty,

a term... There is the forward element. A big double front with a

good landing. She really packed everything in there. Really fighting

for the top five. The Russian gymnasts do very well in the team

competition. They are obviously on a high. The historic silver. Here, you

can see a big, high releasing catch. But just caught very close, she knew

that to be able to push away, and again on the Pak salto, having to

fight throughout the routine. Here you can see the full twist, and how

out of line she is. But with her experience she can pull it back,

spotting the bar all the way through. The Shaposh. That last

skill committee have to count in every routine. -- that last skill,

you have to count in every routine. She knows. A gymnast who really

seems to enjoy herself in performance, we've seen over the

years some of the Russians are very serious, they come in and you wonder

how much they are enjoying themselves. But, she has this bark.

A much more effervescent character, isn't she? Some look like they have

the weight of the world on their shoulders, but I think that she is

quite good for the team, she has lightened that a little. That was

not a great bar routine, as she knows, you can see her saying, but

it's, oh well, I fought through that. A great attitude. She is

rewarded with that score. Yes, in competition you need those training

routines, you need to go from a to B, but she still has 15.0 33. Onto

the third highest qualifier... Rebeca Andrade, she had a leg injury

last year, but she's back to competition. She only entered

competition in March. So quite a comeback. 14.933 in qualification,

can she creep into the 15 pro-Mac? She has been fantastic as a team

member for Brazil. -- 15s. That was a nice Tkachev into the low bar. She

was just on her fingertips there. The coaches allowed to stand in for

big release elements. A very nice Jager, with somersault height. A

clean half term. The full pirouette must be included in the big

dismount, that was great. She had legs when though, that will lose her

quite a bit. Already the chase is on for the silver and bronze medal.

Disappointed, probably. She saw her team-mate had to stop on the floor,

I saw her looking carefully. Here, you can see the stalled full turn,

she had to use the tuck. Not only will she lose for no connection but

she also loses for bent legs, but she continues the rest of the

routine, the Tkachev, straight back into the pak. A clean body-line,

coming in close, she pushes away. The Sharapova, she literally had it

by her fingertips on that right hands -- Shaposh. A big and high

front somersault, catching at arm's-length. Here, the toe on

full-time. To finish the routine into the dismount. Default twisting

double back. -- the twisting double back. She will be slightly

disappointed with that routine, knowing that she has had to count

the tax legs. -- tucked. Two more pieces, she was in third. Rebeca

Andrade going into this piece. The score will go down a bit but not

massively. That drops her into fifth, as it stands at the moment.

Simone Biles, who is sitting in second place after Mustafina's bars.

Well, that was not a position she expected to find herself in, I don't

think. It will be interesting. Tutkhalyan in third, Ellie Downie in

seventh, but it's very close between Simone Biles and Mustafina. Just 0.3

in it. A step to the side. This is the thing. It is youth versus

experience in this competition. This is Simone Biles's first Olympic

Games, too young to compete in London. There is not much that

Mustafina hasn't seen as far as international Jim competitions are

concerned. She was the most decorated gymnast in 2012 --

gymnastic competitions. Despite not being at her best, she won more

medals than anyone else. On the floor for the Netherlands... Lieke

Wevers. You were hoping that we would see a Netherlands gymnast on

the floor? Yes, they offer such a different style. Her twin sister is

also in the team but not competing today. The choreography for these

gymnasts is fantastic, it is more theatrical, they tell a story and

get emotionally involved throughout. They use a lot of the dance and

spins. Very cleanly. Not the hardest of tumbles, a double tuck to start,

but she builds up her difficulty, using all the leaps and jumps. Here

is one of those leaps, she hit the splits each time. Just enjoy this

choreography. Just falls out slightly at the end of the spin.

Here goes for the next tumble... The 2.5 twist. So, you have to do eight

counting elements. And, a maximum of five acrobatic elements, but you can

do as many as you would like over the jumps and leaps. This is why you

only see two acrobatic elements from the Dutch gymnast. That was very

beautiful, mesmerising. Absolutely, it's another style of gymnastics,

she was not so clean on her spins today, with the acrobatics, if you

choose to spend, you had to finish completely. She fell out of a

couple. -- spin. When you see a routine, it makes you want an extra

score for artistry, you have the difficulty and are packing it in.

But really, there should be an extra mark for flair? It's gone very quiet

now... There are marks for artistry but they are quite prescribed. In a

way, Simone Biles, it is not the same type of routine as that, but in

her own weight she creates artistry. It is quite difficult but I know

what you mean, -- in her way. You felt it came from the heart, not

just from rote learning. If she could also up the tumble is a

bit, she could be really competitive. She is coached by her

dad as well as her sister. They are all part of the team from the

Netherlands. They never stopped training, even when they go home. Do

some press ups. It must be difficult if you have had a bad day in the gym

and you get in the car going back and your dad is still going, this

was not quite right, or when you get home and they still go on about it.

They must set some boundaries as soon as they step outside the door.

Your gymnastics is a family affair. Is this the first competition they

had not been to? They were debating flying out here, but they say it is

the first time since the Sydney Olympics they will be able to sit

and watch it without feeling sick and also watch other sports. When

you are watching your son or daughter compete you do not get much

time to do anything else. They will be listening to you now, feeling

very proud. Hello to them now. When all the judges are set and ready we

can march on. Simone Biles leads them round to their third piece of

apparatus. The top group now go to the beam. This is where the tension

really merits. Whilst they are marching and warming up, let's watch

Elizabeth Black. The Canadian team are disappointed not to have made

the team final. She starts with a very difficult double spin.

A good height, front somersault. She has got some very complex skills on

the beam. A backflip. Nice rhythm. That was the difficult for twisting

back somersault and it was well performed. She travelled backwards,

but not a flick of a wobble. Another front somersault into a jump

right at the end of the routine, packing the whole length of the

beam. This is the dismount. She will be very pleased with that

performance. The Commonwealth beam champion. We will bring you the

standings of how things look and it is not what people are expecting.

Aliya Mustafina is ahead of Simone Biles. Aly Raisman drops to four.

Shang Chunsong is sixth. Ellie Downie has moved up from 11

into seven. That is so difficult. She came down to the low bar and got

her feet immediately onto the bar. Many gymnasts tried that and it is

frustrating. It is such a difficult combination to master. Lots of

gymnasts will be flying off left, right and centre trying that

combination. But she brought this dismount back. She is landing blind.

Then you go to a different style of gymnastics with Simone Biles. A big

Tkachev, but she has not got the connections that Aliya Mustafina

had. That is why her score is nearly one marked lower than Aliya

Mustafina. But she will catch her up on the floor. But what she does she

executes very well. And Tkachev on beam as well. If she comes off and

Aliya Mustafina stays on, it will be interesting. This is Ellie Downie's.

Landing that every gymnast dreams. Aliya Mustafina has had her big

hitting piece. She is much better on bars than any of the American girls.

That was a great landing. Straight down the line, everything, so on

song. She has always had a great feel for vault. She goes another

metre higher than anyone else in the gym. Ellie's group moved over to the

buyers. Simone Biles is looking as relaxed as possible. Aly Raisman is

getting a feel of the beam in her three minutes warm up which is

coming to an end now. As soon as she dismounts and Simone Biles will get

set. Somehow, if she manages to achieve the most mind blowing

acrobatics on something that is no wider than the

length of a small track. You will do this routine thousands and thousands

of times, but some skills can take a long time. This looks a lot easier

than it actually is. Very difficult, but you have to include a spin. When

you include it, you do not have to do another one. Her chest was a bit

low fare. Simone Biles, not many times do people talk about her

determination, but she has got a lot. Not chancing anything there.

Lovely tuck in the tuck front somersault. It is the pace and the

rhythm to this routine that is so impressive. She manages to master

the two leaps and the back somersault.

All the elements are so fast. She does not pause as if she is on the

beam. The all important this night. It is usually perfect. It is today.

Well done Simone Biles, you might not be used to being second. That is

the question, how long will she be second for? Not long is the answer.

A smile of quiet relief. You cannot see them on screen, but her American

team-mate I sat in the audience and I can see them shouting down to her

and encouraging had the whole time. They will have trained together for

quite a long time leading up to the championships and they have been

through numerous Olympic trials and they know each other very well. That

support can be quite helpful when you are feeling the pressure. Shang

Chunsong is in sixth going into this rotation. It is her penultimate

piece of apparatus, the vault. Not the strongest of vaults, but

very well executed. It is very an usual for a gymnast at this level

not to do a more difficult vault than that. She hardly seems to get

any power off the top. She does a good round off, nothing technically

wrong with it. When she hits her elbows collapse, it is OK. But

considering we have just seen her do a three and a half tuck front on the

floor, that is surprising. She almost runs faster on the floor than

on the vault. Absolutely. This is the piece that can make or break the

all-around. It is usually when the falls start to occur in the top

group. She will be pleased to have got that routine done. She is such a

powerful gymnast you would not even know she is on something that is ten

centimetres wide. The free walkover, building up her difficulty all the

time. And the big dismount. There is not a lot more to say about it, just

unbelievable. She looked relieved. She was in eighth going into this

rotation. Ellie Black has got very unusual

combinations on tumbling. We are used to seeing one on the half

twists and walk out. Two and half twists, immediately in two double

tuck. That is so difficult and original.

Very often another difficult series. A little stutter on landing.

For twisting France in two double pike. Super difficulty. Really good

landings, but the artistry is a little bit lacking. Having seen some

really artistic floors, you can see why the judges don't quite score

that so high. Simone Biles goes into the lead. She has got nails like you

have, Beth. It looks like she has got patriotically nails. The one

thing I love about her is she shows off her personality and character

and she is very active on social media and it has been entertaining

leading up to these championships watching her and her team-mates put

it up funny videos, taking the Mickey out of each other, so they

have had a good time. This is Ellie Black, very powerful. Such an

unusual combination and such powerful tumbling. In the final

tumble it is the full twist walk out and using the double pike. Very

difficult to use. Most people just use the double pike, but to add that

walk out as well. Giulia Steingruber, a gymnast we

thought would make more of an impact.

She does not look as happy as we have seen her earlier this year. No,

we did not see her floor routine, but it is usually excellent. Giulia

Steingruber is in the vault final, so you will be able to see her

again. A nice straight body with one and a half twists. One of the most

difficult vaults you will see from the girls.

She is renowned for her vaulting, that is what she has made her name

doing, and then she became a very good floor worker as well. Has been

the top gymnast in Europe this season.

It is down on what she qualified with. Simone Biles trying to relax

as much as possible before her last piece of apparatus.

Then she will take her second gold of this Championships. So, Aliya

Mustafina, the current European champion. A former world champion.

This is a key piece for a medal. She is a really classically trained

gymnast, her toes are always beautifully pointed. A wonderful

double spin to start. That counts as one of her three... Johns or leaps,

circling the arms and extra time, not allowing herself to wobble --

jumps. Changing leg calf, a half turn into the half turning Flip. She

linked those two elements in her last, she leaves herself under

pressure to do those last free walkovers, she has not joined to the

second. A backflip. Is she going to have another try at getting two

acrobatic moves together or will she just allow herself to have the 0.5

down on difficulty? There is the change, each gymnast has two include

an acrobatic series and if they don't, it is not .5 off their

starting score, so far they have not. Building up to be dismount, a

nice double tuck. That will be a disappointing score

for Aliya Mustafina. You were talking about making that decision

up their committee would have thought with her experience she

would have done that? Yes, we saw the same problem in qualification,

you have to make that decision, do I try again and

and then fall off? It's a difficult decision, she gave the judge is not

.5, the rest of the routine was cleanly executed but she is already

on the back foot with that. Chris, what do you think happened? Most

gymnasts have an acrobatic series like a backflip or a layout

somersault they do automatically. She does not like to use that, she

tries to link two moves going forward. If you wobble on the first

committee can't do the second which is what happened to her. -- if you

wobble on the first, you can't do the second. Carlotta Ferlito on the

bars. She was 21st in the all round in London. 21 years old. From Italy.

Straight into a shoot down, a nice handstand, using the full term, up

to the high bar, expect a release and catch, just stepping in.

Forward, making sure she gets her front grip as a special requirement.

A huge Jager, a half term bringing the back way. Doing the dismount and

a full turn. A good dismount? Very good, not the hardest routine we've

seen that cleanly executed Iraq. She has made the decision to cut back

under Corti but perform well -- cleanly executed it. That was one

team who did not qualify for the team final, for the first time in a

long time, Vanessa Ferrari is their big star, she qualified as the last

person in the top 24. I don't know whether the operation... When they

arrived, whether they have had injuries, but it was a nice routine

but nothing exceptional. Oh dear. Mustafina drops way off pace with

that score. The door opens for her team-mate...

Seda Tutkhalyan. Indeed, Seda Tutkhalyan can also be in and out on

being, she starts with a difficult round of straight somersault. It is

a bit like a warm up, because later she does the round of full twists.

Good height on her leaps, and good control on her landings. Here we see

the round off, fall twist, and if she lands it, which she has, that is

a very difficult element, gaining lots of marks. Smooth, into the free

walkovers. Two jumps that have to be linked.

The switch lead leap, one forward, swings back and touches the head, I

think the judges may feel it did not quite touch her head but she did not

have a wobble either. Confident, smooth along the beam. Now will she

go for the full-twisting double? On dismount? Or play safe? Safe, round

off double Pike, and she sits down on it. Goodness gracious me. This

isn't without drama, this beam rotation! We set coming in that this

is where it makes and breaks the all-rounders. A fantastic routine

until then. Christine was saying, would she go with a bigger dismount?

Too much energy, a straight back somersault as a warm up for the full

twists we see later. Big skill, that round off fall twist, she really

fought to keep that on. A lovely splits. The free walkover, into the

jump... Into the next, you have two show two jumps in connection. Here

is the double pike, she never committed to the landing at all, I

think her feet were right and. In team convocation she did a full

twist. -- right under. -- in team qualification she did a full twist.

Charlotte for Leto's score. One more piece to go for her, her eyes will

be glued to the scoreboard shortly -- Carlotta Ferlito. How costly will

her dismount be? How far down will she go? Had she maybe got a 14.5, it

will be a 13.5. A hallmark for the full? Yes. -- hallmark for the fall?

When she lands, her hips are miles behind, you must time it more

carefully than that, let go of the legs, and lift the chest. It is very

much game over for Seda Tutkhalyan. She has not got a strong enough

floor to pull this right back up. Unfortunately, I think that is her

chances over. The current leaders happy. Mustafina is two marks down

from Simone Biles. Pressure on the shoulders of Aly Raisman. She was in

for. Great Britain'sEllie Downie, was in seventh, looking to score in

the high 14s for this piece, to be in with a chance, potentially.

She needs a 14.365 to be up with the medallists at the moment. Front

grip, toe on half, straight into the Shaposh, into the big catch up.

Cleanly caught, full turn into another big catch. Straight into the

low bar. Just bringing it in too close, she will carry the routine

on. There is the Shaposh. Then, the wind-up to the final element, which

is the dismount, double straight. Just losing her knees, she came off

slightly till early. What a shame, that's difficult section she did so

well. She just brought the Pak salto in too close to the bar. Not much

you can do after that. You can see Seda Tutkhalyan... 13.8.

Rebeca Andrade is the next gymnast onto the beam. She was in fifth but

did qualify in third, what a story it would be for Brazil here if she

could medal. Goodness me! That was an edgy start

to the routine. The two jumps, she is fighting so well. The layout

somersault had a big wobble, and a big wobble between the two leaps.

Really, a lot of the gymnasts have got a little bit nervous, really, I

suppose. They have seen others falter, and that she did not take

off at all with that leap, she will have another go. Changing leg, with

the ring. A free walkover, she has her rhythm back now. Here we go,

with the dismount... Double pike, and that's how you land. That was

definitely what you describe as a fight is routine but she fought and

did not come off the apparatus. She had the composure to go again for

that jump. Yes, she knew that it mattered. One of the big elements

that will build up a score. Ellie Downie waiting for her score, it's

in, 13.7 83. And your husband there, Chris, saying next apparatus,

mentality, think about what's coming up, don't think about that. That's a

pretty good school with two errors in the routine, it proves she needs

the quality to be at the top of this board. But you had to have the

consistency as well. There was the change, she did not feel the

take-off was right, the second time, she performed it beautifully. Two

somersaults linked together, she picked up the rhythm right towards

the end of the routine. The first bit was a little shaky. You can see

her spotting the end, and then the double pike dismount. She knew that

she had to fight, maybe her coach has told her others have come off,

she knew that if she fought for every little bit, it can make the

difference at the end. The Brazilian team have done so well for

qualification. An enormous amount of preparation and focus goes in when

it is a home games, but they've had access into every final we've seen

so far? Yes, we've not seen that on the world stage, they were not in

the team final in the World Championships, they really had to

raise their level to make it this time around. Only one piece of

apparatus left to work on, Aly Raisman will have to do that with

the whole arena watching. Aly Raisman was in fourth position. It's

been a tentative beam rotation, 13.6. The Brazilian crowd here are

not happy with that. The pressure is on Aly Raisman now. Silver Medal

position, Mustafina. But this is Aly Raisman. A very powerful gymnast.

Using the front somersault start, and the flicks straight back, very

cleanly done. Change lead into a back somersault, not a flicker --

change leg. Here are the two compulsory jumps you need to show.

And the low beam element. Free card well. -- cartwheel, a change leg

car. -- half. A huge front somersault, really

showing every element to the maximum. There is the spin, straight

into a back spin, she will get a connection for that, and the final

dismount, wait and see this... It is something special... Last little

test. The big round off, double Arabian. And a small hop forward.

That was the most secure routine we have seen. Yes, she did not strut

her stuff like in the team final, but she set herself apart from the

rest. And she had a long wait to do that routine. You can see the

wonderful technique every time she lands. The feed I separated one in

front of the other, so she can get her feet right down. The dismount is

very impressive, but quite a big hop today. She will be very pleased she

did all those repetitions in the training gym. She needed all of

those under her belt today. It looks like it could be the USA won an two

at this stage. It is Simone Biles ahead of Aliya Mustafina. We will

wait for that score to come in before the gymnasts can move on to

that final piece. Simone Biles will be on fluoride to wrap the

competition up. Aly Raisman, of the four Olympic medals she has one of

them is a bronze on beam from London. Just having a debrief on how

shaky it was. You were talking about their training camp and how relaxed

they are. They have got around, it is like a training camp on a farm.

Yes, it is in Texas and they all go there as a team and pretty much eat,

sleep and drink gymnastics. Their preparation is very hard and focus,

but it is really nice. In these games we have seen a lot of

personality within the American gymnasts. Simone Biles is smiling

and waving at people. It has been really nice to see that. There will

be a lot of pressure on Aliya Mustafina's floor routine. That is

not enough to go ahead of Aliya Mustafina at this stage. So Aliya

Mustafina clings on. Simone Biles leads the all-around competition

with one piece of apparatus to go. Aliya Mustafina is in silver medal

position. Giulia Steingruber is in fourth. Ellie Downie is an night.

Considering her hesitant bar routine is a pretty strong position. There

is confirmation of all that. It is very close, it will all come

down to a few tumbles. We are talking about precision. Everything

is always in line with the beam. Even when she knows she is slightly

off she has got that awareness to know to correct it straightaway.

This is the front somersault into the jump. Everything is performed to

its maximum. The height, the amplitude, right down to the toe

point. And the big smile. Current silver medal position, Aliya