:00:19. > :00:26.CLARE BALDING: Welcome back to Rio, further coverage of the Olympic
:00:27. > :00:34.Games here on BBC One, fire the Great Britain team of Sir Bradley
:00:35. > :00:40.Wiggins, Owain Doull, Steven Burke and Ed Clancy have set the fastest
:00:41. > :00:47.time in the team pursuit, but shirt -- shortly on the track will be
:00:48. > :00:50.Australia who set the fastest time at the World Championships, but Sir
:00:51. > :00:55.Bradley Wiggins said, don't worry, we will win the gold in Rio. This
:00:56. > :01:00.mark is a case of bravado, people come out on top. As we watch the
:01:01. > :01:04.British team here, they dropped Bradley Wiggins at that point, and
:01:05. > :01:09.here we go live to Australia. They have just started, here Simon.
:01:10. > :01:17.Alexander Edmondson, Michael Hepburn, Jack bridge and Sam
:01:18. > :01:20.Welsford. Just to give you some indication of their record in recent
:01:21. > :01:26.years, Australia really have been the team to beat in the last Olympic
:01:27. > :01:31.cycle, they have been world champions in 2010, 2011, 13 and 16,
:01:32. > :01:38.so twice in the last four years. They are already up on the starting
:01:39. > :01:43.time of Great Britain, and there is very little in it. We will find out
:01:44. > :01:46.in the next couple of laps how this is shaping up. Australia were so
:01:47. > :01:50.close in the World Championships, there is nothing in it, it is more
:01:51. > :01:53.other case of who makes a mistake first.
:01:54. > :01:57.On the front of Australia that moment is Jack Bobridge, he has come
:01:58. > :02:01.back into the track squad with bags of experience over many years, three
:02:02. > :02:07.times world champion. Michael Hepburn will be the next person in
:02:08. > :02:14.behind him now. They are giving a little ground away here, not .6 of a
:02:15. > :02:18.second behind the British riders. They started quickly, as Australia
:02:19. > :02:22.always do, great technique out of the gates, but settling into the
:02:23. > :02:26.pace, about half a second behind, still very much in it if we are
:02:27. > :02:31.thinking about fastest times here. Sam Welsford on the front, he is the
:02:32. > :02:35.most inexperienced member of this Australian squad, but even he has a
:02:36. > :02:39.World Championship to his name, won in March in London. Beautifully
:02:40. > :02:44.smooth changes by the Australians, keeping the pace, coming down
:02:45. > :02:51.slightly faster so able to just ride up onto the wheel. It is a technique
:02:52. > :02:54.that works well. Going out a little now, and Australia know they just
:02:55. > :02:58.need to do enough. Like Great Britain, they have slight
:02:59. > :03:02.differences in ability within the team, which the British four were
:03:03. > :03:06.not expecting. We see the time here you were little, coming back, going
:03:07. > :03:12.out again, and that is not good, it will tell towards the end of the
:03:13. > :03:21.race. Acceleration and slowing down all the time. Strong leg here from
:03:22. > :03:25.Jack Bobridge. Short-term, he has gone out quickly and that was the
:03:26. > :03:28.poorest change we have seen so far. Jack Bobridge spent the entire back
:03:29. > :03:33.straight closing the gap, and they are quite a bit behind the British
:03:34. > :03:36.team, nearly two seconds in arrears. With six laps to go for Australia, a
:03:37. > :03:43.long way to go before they reach home. Don't forget, Denmark 3.4
:03:44. > :03:47.seconds behind Great Britain, so Australia will have to be careful
:03:48. > :03:52.about posting the second fastest time, never mind getting themselves
:03:53. > :03:55.into pole position. A bit of a surprise here, I expected more of a
:03:56. > :03:59.fight with the British riders. You never know what finish they have
:04:00. > :04:04.got in them for the final laps here. Four laps to go for Australia, but
:04:05. > :04:07.the time is going out here, they are not closing in on the time of Great
:04:08. > :04:10.Britain. But don't forget, Bradley Wiggins
:04:11. > :04:14.tired towards the end, slowed the team slightly before graciously
:04:15. > :04:17.bowing out. If the Australians can keep it together all the way to the
:04:18. > :04:21.end, that makes a big difference. But they have quite a deficit to
:04:22. > :04:26.make up here, it is over three seconds now, and that is a gap that
:04:27. > :04:30.you do not pull back at this level of competition, and fractures in the
:04:31. > :04:35.middle, too. Australia not looking quite so smooth here in the latter
:04:36. > :04:39.stages of their race. They are not going to make, in my opinion, the
:04:40. > :04:43.second fastest time, I think they could be pipped by Denmark. Taking
:04:44. > :04:47.the bell, 250 metres to go for Australia, off the front goes
:04:48. > :04:50.Michael Hepburn, and Sam Welsford takes his turn, down the back
:04:51. > :04:55.straight they go, half a lap from the finishing line. 16 tough laps in
:04:56. > :05:02.the finishing pursuit, let's see what the time is for Australia. It
:05:03. > :05:08.is 3:55.6 06. That is only third fastest. I expected more from the
:05:09. > :05:13.Mihir. I expected them to be fighting tooth and nail, but that
:05:14. > :05:17.was as ragged a riders I have seen from them for a long time. That will
:05:18. > :05:20.put Great Britain in with New Zealand, and Denmark against
:05:21. > :05:23.Australia in the next round, because the top four teams from qualifying
:05:24. > :05:28.race against each other in that top pool. So Great Britain are still
:05:29. > :05:31.very much in the running for medals in the men's team pursuit, Great
:05:32. > :05:37.Britain the fastest qualifiers, Australia I think not performing to
:05:38. > :05:43.the level we were expecting from them. Not just fastest qualifier,
:05:44. > :05:47.but demolishing the competition, a 3.5 seconds gap is enormous in a
:05:48. > :05:50.race like this. That is nearly a quarter of a lap of the track, so
:05:51. > :05:55.they will be delighted with that qualifying round. Would there have
:05:56. > :05:58.been any hint of Australia pacing themselves at all, did we see what
:05:59. > :06:03.they have got? I think we saw what they have got. They can improve, but
:06:04. > :06:07.it was physical ability they were lacking there. Here is confirmation,
:06:08. > :06:11.the Netherlands unable to finish their ride, one of the riders
:06:12. > :06:16.crashing. Great Britain the fastest riders ahead of Denmark, Australia
:06:17. > :06:24.and New Zealand. One of those four will may get to the end of the
:06:25. > :06:30.competition will be the champions. Chris Hoy, how much of a surprise is
:06:31. > :06:36.that? Quite a pleasant surprise from GB's perspective. Initially I
:06:37. > :06:40.thought it was a tactic, they only had to get top two, it might be, but
:06:41. > :06:43.it didn't look like it was. They were pretty much on the limit, and
:06:44. > :06:47.even the fourth rider was starting to dangle off the back, so
:06:48. > :06:51.hopefully, I think that was all the Aussies had, and it will be tight
:06:52. > :06:56.for them, with the Danes and the Kiwis behind them. Brilliant from a
:06:57. > :07:00.British perspective. Only three tenths of a second off the world
:07:01. > :07:04.record. The Australian team in action as well, this is the bronze
:07:05. > :07:08.medal race up against France for the men's team sprint, still to come,
:07:09. > :07:13.the gold medal race, which features Great Britain.
:07:14. > :07:20.Gregory Bourget of France, nine times world champion, on the left
:07:21. > :07:26.side of your picture. They are going off on the back straight, three laps
:07:27. > :07:30.of the track, each rider leaves, it is a fast event, over in just over
:07:31. > :07:41.45 seconds, and who is going to claim a medal here? At the end of
:07:42. > :07:52.the first lap, it is close. This is going to be close, it is Mikhail
:07:53. > :07:59.Dell made against let's here. Not much in it at all. It is blink of an
:08:00. > :08:04.eye for bronze, up towards the line, and the bronze medal goes to France,
:08:05. > :08:11.who just beat Australia, France with a time of 43.143, they have had to
:08:12. > :08:17.settle for the bronze this time round. Australia miss out on a
:08:18. > :08:23.medal. That was a beautiful finishing ride Berrer, so nicely
:08:24. > :08:29.finished off, so close, thousands of a second in it with one lap to go.
:08:30. > :08:38.It really is a case of blink and you miss it with the team sprint. And
:08:39. > :08:42.Gregory Bourget, highly decorated track cycle list, a number of world
:08:43. > :08:46.champions, three times a silver medallist, he has a bronze to add to
:08:47. > :08:51.his collection, but we will see how he goes in the sprint, still chasing
:08:52. > :08:55.that elusive Olympic gold. We saw all they had to give today, his
:08:56. > :09:00.starting time has been overshadowed, faster men off the blocks than him,
:09:01. > :09:11.he was the fastest starter for many years, but what a ride by D'Almeida.
:09:12. > :09:14.The gold match coming up in just a few moments.
:09:15. > :09:21.And Sir Chris Hoy knows all about team sprint finals. Philip Hindes,
:09:22. > :09:24.Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner other riders in that order for Great
:09:25. > :09:28.Britain. They have had more time to recover because we had a crash
:09:29. > :09:31.earlier and there was a delay to proceedings, and you say that helps,
:09:32. > :09:36.particularly for Callum Skinner who has to raise all three laps. , the
:09:37. > :09:44.third rider will be suffering the most in terms of recovery, it is the
:09:45. > :09:48.most bonus to have the extra time, but both teams are in the same
:09:49. > :09:53.position. The Kiwis will be grateful, too. This is more about
:09:54. > :09:56.psychology. There is nothing between these two teams, it is who wants it
:09:57. > :10:02.most and who can deal with the pressure. Let's keep our fingers
:10:03. > :10:05.crossed it is the GB lads. Great Britain has three gold medals so far
:10:06. > :10:11.this Olympic Games. Could we about to see the fourth? Let's join Chris
:10:12. > :10:17.Boardman and Simon Brotherton. The Olympic final in the men's team
:10:18. > :10:21.sprint is just seconds away. Philip Hindes, he will lead off the Great
:10:22. > :10:26.Britain and hand Jason Kenny. And then it will be Callum Skinner. And
:10:27. > :10:32.we are under way in the Olympic final. Ethan Mitchell against Philip
:10:33. > :10:36.Hindes on the first leg, Sam Webster and Adie Dawkins completed the team
:10:37. > :10:42.to New Zealand. New Zealand are the world champions and were the fastest
:10:43. > :10:47.team in the qualifying, can break Britain -- Great Britain pull it out
:10:48. > :10:52.here? That was the fastest first lap there has ever been. Callum Skinner
:10:53. > :10:58.managed to get on, he is beautifully placed to take over. Jason Kenny
:10:59. > :11:03.hand it over and Great Britain are in the lead but only just. It will
:11:04. > :11:06.all come down to this last lap, Callum Skinner against Dawkins, who
:11:07. > :11:13.will claim the gold medal here in Rio? Up towards the line, and the
:11:14. > :11:15.gold medal goes to Great Britain! The Olympic champions again, Callum
:11:16. > :11:21.Skinner brings it home for Britain on the back of Hindes and Kenny.
:11:22. > :11:26.What a ride, what a start to this velodrome campaign in Rio, in 2016,
:11:27. > :11:31.it is a golden start for Great Britain, and for the third time in a
:11:32. > :11:35.row, Great Britain are the gold medallist and Olympic champions in
:11:36. > :11:39.the men's team sprint, and that will have been a surprise to everybody
:11:40. > :11:43.else, because Britain haven't won a medal at the world champions since
:11:44. > :11:48.they won in the Olympics in London four years ago. And what a poetic
:11:49. > :11:54.way to do it, Callum Skinner, all that pressure on him, he was the man
:11:55. > :11:59.who has been behind in the recent riding, it was all on him, he was
:12:00. > :12:04.the one who had to improve, and he delivered a gold medal today, and
:12:05. > :12:08.what a fantastic first lap from Philip Hindes, the most consistent
:12:09. > :12:11.and fastest starter in the world. This is the one time in your career
:12:12. > :12:16.when the pressure is really on and you have to deliver, and that man
:12:17. > :12:19.there most certainly did. When the pressure was at its highest, he
:12:20. > :12:24.produced to the best performance of all. It will still be sinking in
:12:25. > :12:28.now, and as Sir Chris Hoy were saying earlier, it is all about
:12:29. > :12:32.psychology now. You know you have it physically because you are in the
:12:33. > :12:36.final, but who can deal with the pressure in an event that is decided
:12:37. > :12:40.on such small margins. We know the answer to that now. All of those
:12:41. > :12:45.hours of training and hard work over such a long period of time, all
:12:46. > :12:51.coming down to just a few seconds per man. And it has all paid off for
:12:52. > :12:56.the British trio. What a wonderful ride, what a wonderful sequence of
:12:57. > :13:01.rides, that they have backed up, three rides in the first session, it
:13:02. > :13:04.is tough to do, and Callum Skinner, what big shoes to fill, following on
:13:05. > :13:09.from Sir Chris Hoy, and what a wonderful job he has done. This is
:13:10. > :13:13.the man who set the template for the victory with the start that he made.
:13:14. > :13:18.He did, and our screen showed that he went under 17 seconds, looks like
:13:19. > :13:22.it has been corrected to 17 dead, but it was good enough, still the
:13:23. > :13:28.fastest in the world, and the New Zealanders fought valiantly, but the
:13:29. > :13:29.British team just put the whole thing together better than they have
:13:30. > :13:41.ever done before. Many at home will be saying, there
:13:42. > :13:45.they go, winning again. But they really did pull it out of the bag to
:13:46. > :13:50.win this. This was not an event that Britain has been dominant in in
:13:51. > :13:51.recent years at all. Talking to the team they were hoping to get in the
:13:52. > :13:59.final. They knew they had a shot, but the
:14:00. > :14:03.talk was always as if they were coming from behind. They were not
:14:04. > :14:09.expecting to win, they just knew they had a chance. The realisation
:14:10. > :14:12.for Callum Skinner, the 23-year-old, that he is an Olympic champion.
:14:13. > :14:17.Philip Hindes has done it before. It is his second Olympic gold medal. He
:14:18. > :14:23.was part of the team four years ago. And the Jason Kenny, a fourth gold
:14:24. > :14:27.medal, with the opportunity to go for two more. That will be
:14:28. > :14:33.interesting to see. Chris Hoy was saying in the studio that if he gets
:14:34. > :14:38.this one, I would put money on him to get the other two. Suddenly,
:14:39. > :14:51.cycling is rolling in gold began. There is a welcome sight, the result
:14:52. > :14:55.of the final. How good for Callum Skinner's family that they were here
:14:56. > :15:00.to see his greatest moment on two wheels. He is an Olympic champion.
:15:01. > :15:04.So is Jason Kenny for the fourth time and so is Philip Hindes for the
:15:05. > :15:08.second time. That may have struck a psychological blow to all the other
:15:09. > :15:12.nations. CLARE BALDING: their first gold
:15:13. > :15:16.medal on offer at the velodrome, and it goes to Great Britain. Callum
:15:17. > :15:20.Skinner is sitting on the track. Why should he move? He probably can't,
:15:21. > :15:28.the cycling shoes are difficult to walk in. The man who inspired him,
:15:29. > :15:32.Sir Chris Hoy. The Athens Games caught the attention of Callum
:15:33. > :15:37.Skinner, who was 12 at the time. He thought, I would like to become a
:15:38. > :15:41.full-time cyclist. This is his first Olympic Games, with Jason Kenny and
:15:42. > :15:46.Philip Hindes. What a huge responsibility he had, and Chris
:15:47. > :15:51.Hoy, how proud are you that he lived up to that pressure? He brought the
:15:52. > :15:56.gold medal home. That was unbelievable. I know exactly how it
:15:57. > :16:01.feels to be in that position. It is not easy. He dealt with it like a
:16:02. > :16:06.seasoned professional. Phenomenal. I saw him as a teenager training, and
:16:07. > :16:11.he had something special. But it is about more than talent, it is the
:16:12. > :16:15.hard work. He has worked so hard to be in this team. He had the battle
:16:16. > :16:19.against all kinds of people to make the team in the first place. And
:16:20. > :16:27.there were all kinds of doubters. But this is a team event. Philip
:16:28. > :16:35.Hindes had a fantastic lap. Jason Kenny, that second lap was
:16:36. > :16:41.phenomenal. 42.4, Olympic record. The Kiwis were almost identical in
:16:42. > :16:45.their time for the second lap, which I thought was them at their limit.
:16:46. > :16:49.This is what it is all about. It is what it means to the families, who
:16:50. > :16:55.know what the athletes have gone through. Just wonderful to see. The
:16:56. > :17:01.team will shortly be with Jill Douglas. We will hand you down to
:17:02. > :17:05.her as soon as we get them. But it is a gold medal for the men's sprint
:17:06. > :17:10.team for Great Britain. Jason Kenny has more opportunities to come. He
:17:11. > :17:17.has the keirin and the individual sprint. He does indeed. And I forgot
:17:18. > :17:23.to mention one of the reserve riders. Jason Kenny is in great
:17:24. > :17:27.form. The 12.4 for his second lap, he has to be a favourite now for the
:17:28. > :17:33.sprint. The keirin is more of a lottery, but he will be in with a
:17:34. > :17:37.shout. Amazing scenes. You can see by everybody's response how with
:17:38. > :17:42.Callum Skinner, they thought, you might not do this, and that is all
:17:43. > :17:47.right. Just give it your best shot. He has done it, and everyone is
:17:48. > :17:52.thrilled for him. The last four years have been a bit of a disaster.
:17:53. > :17:56.Every championship, there has been something that has not worked out.
:17:57. > :18:00.Even a silver medal would have been a great success bearing in mind the
:18:01. > :18:05.last four years. To win it, maybe people who don't watch track cycling
:18:06. > :18:11.on a regular basis might turn this on every four years and expect the
:18:12. > :18:17.gold medal. But this is an amazing performance compared to some of the
:18:18. > :18:22.other events. This was not expected. When you do it as a team we are
:18:23. > :18:31.seeing shots of New Zealand, for whom you have to feel
:18:32. > :18:35.disappointment, to be kind! But when you are part of a team and you can
:18:36. > :18:39.celebrate that gold medal together and there are three of you who have
:18:40. > :18:46.contributed, is that more fun than winning on your own? Absolutely, you
:18:47. > :18:51.win and lose together. You know what you have gone through to get to that
:18:52. > :18:56.point. It is such a battle. Once you know you are in the team, you know
:18:57. > :18:59.you are going into battle together. And the celebrations you have
:19:00. > :19:05.together as a team far outweigh individual celebrations. And it is
:19:06. > :19:08.great to see not just the riders, but the support staff, seeing what
:19:09. > :19:16.it means to them. That is one of the things I miss. They are going to
:19:17. > :19:20.take a while to warm down. The medal ceremony will them happen and then
:19:21. > :19:25.they would do the interview. You just turned into a fan. You were
:19:26. > :19:31.leaning over the rail, roaring at them! It brings it all back. The
:19:32. > :19:35.tension on the start line, it is hard to explain what it feels like
:19:36. > :19:46.when you are seconds away from an Olympic final. This was Philip
:19:47. > :19:47.Hindes against Ethan Mitchell. They were producing 2500 watts through
:19:48. > :20:01.the first corner. Absolutely flying here. Cal is
:20:02. > :20:21.closer to -- Cal is closer to Jason. That is half a bike length. They
:20:22. > :20:31.were both hurting, there was nothing in it, blink of an eye. Justin used
:20:32. > :20:36.to be the Kiwi coach. He went from New Zealand to France and then came
:20:37. > :20:41.from France to GB. He is a great guy. He used to race in the back of
:20:42. > :20:49.the 90s. Seeing what it means to the coaches is fantastic. We can see the
:20:50. > :20:54.British team in isolation. They put the work into this. When you have
:20:55. > :21:01.talked about the technology and science on other bikes, the helmets,
:21:02. > :21:05.how much thought goes into this, how much is preparation in science labs
:21:06. > :21:11.as much as anything. It is everything. But above all the
:21:12. > :21:14.science and technology and the boffins, it comes down to
:21:15. > :21:17.personality and character and dealing with pressure, psychology.
:21:18. > :21:22.That was the difference between those two teams. They were evenly
:21:23. > :21:26.matched physically. Who can perform at the highest level under the most
:21:27. > :21:34.scrutiny's the British team did that. That is a good point. Callum
:21:35. > :21:38.Skinner had to believe that he belonged, that he could be the
:21:39. > :21:45.strongest rider, and he did it over three laps. It was fascinating
:21:46. > :21:50.watching Jason Kenny. He is normally a calm guy. You could see how pumped
:21:51. > :21:57.he was at the end of his spell. He was cheering on Callum. He knew they
:21:58. > :22:05.had a good chance. And you have to say well done to the Kiwis. Those
:22:06. > :22:09.were two world-class performances. Well, the medal ceremony is not
:22:10. > :22:12.happening just yet. So the chances are that we will be heading to
:22:13. > :22:16.Deodoro for live coverage of the gold medal match in the rugby
:22:17. > :22:20.sevens, which is Great Britain against Fiji. Then we will catch up
:22:21. > :22:24.with the medal ceremony and hear from the cyclists. So a gold medal
:22:25. > :22:28.here in the velodrome, Britain's fourth of the games, and it is the
:22:29. > :22:36.start of the beginning for Jason Kenny of what could be three golds?
:22:37. > :22:40.Don't say it in case you jinx it! Here we go, let's build you up to
:22:41. > :23:05.the final of the rugby sevens, Great Britain against Fiji.
:23:06. > :23:13.And let's take you over to Deodoro. John Inverdale is at the rugby
:23:14. > :23:17.stadium, waiting for this final. Is it more than you expected that Great
:23:18. > :23:22.Britain are in the final against Fiji? I think perhaps Great Britain
:23:23. > :23:25.were unexpected finalists, given that South Africa are putting Japan
:23:26. > :23:34.to the sword behind me to win the bronze medal. It is 47-14. Having
:23:35. > :23:37.said that, the way Great Britain have performed, especially in
:23:38. > :23:41.defence, that has been the key thing. This third-place match has
:23:42. > :23:46.been a game too far for Japan, but the recent South Africa have scored
:23:47. > :23:54.so many tries in this game is that one missed tackle, and you score.
:23:55. > :23:58.For Great Britain, their defence has been almost impregnable. That will
:23:59. > :24:02.be the most interesting aspect of the match against Fiji today. These
:24:03. > :24:07.giant Fijians, who hold the ball in one hand and use the other hand to
:24:08. > :24:11.fend off, if the Great Britain camp old firm, they could win. I don't
:24:12. > :24:14.know if you are aware of what has been happening in the velodrome, we
:24:15. > :24:17.just had another gold medal for Great Britain in the team sprint.
:24:18. > :24:22.Chris Hoy was talking about belief and when it comes down to those gold
:24:23. > :24:25.medal races, or in this case the gold medal match, you have to
:24:26. > :24:29.believe you can do it. Clive Woodward also said, even though Fiji
:24:30. > :24:34.are the favourites, Great Britain half to think, we could win this.
:24:35. > :24:39.And you have to look at it converts live. It is impossible to exaggerate
:24:40. > :24:44.how important this mat is for Fiji. I don't know what time it is in Fiji
:24:45. > :24:50.at the moment, but it is not an exaggeration to say that 90% of the
:24:51. > :24:54.country will be watching this match. And that comes with its own
:24:55. > :24:59.pressure. I tried to get the Prime Minister of Fiji to chat with us
:25:00. > :25:03.before the game, to emphasise how important it is to Fiji that they
:25:04. > :25:07.win this match. And he said, I haven't given any TV interviews in
:25:08. > :25:12.the build-up to this match or in the build-up to the entire tournament.
:25:13. > :25:17.But he said, I will talk to anybody after we win the gold medal, and not
:25:18. > :25:23.before. That is why he is not with me. But for Fiji, this is monumental
:25:24. > :25:28.pressure. It is their first ever medal, for a start. Fiji has never
:25:29. > :25:31.won an Olympic medal, ever. So at least they have a silver, but that
:25:32. > :25:37.is not what they came here for. There has been so much publicity,
:25:38. > :25:40.and their coach, Ben Ryan, has been an extraordinary disciplinarian and
:25:41. > :25:45.has really knocked Fijian rugby into shape. Always talented, but
:25:46. > :25:48.sometimes prone to odd moments of aberration. He has had huge
:25:49. > :25:53.discipline about drinking, use of mobile phones, all of that stuff.
:25:54. > :25:56.And they have come here rigidly determined to win that gold medal,
:25:57. > :26:02.but that might act as a spur to the British team. If you were a
:26:03. > :26:08.bookmaker on this match, you would probably go 6-4 on Fiji, but Great
:26:09. > :26:13.Britain 11-10. I have just looked it up and it is three minutes to ten in
:26:14. > :26:18.the morning in Fiji, a perfectly acceptable time for everyone to be
:26:19. > :26:24.watching. How much of a hit has rugby sevens proved at this
:26:25. > :26:28.Olympics? Monumental. If you think about what a fantastic event it was
:26:29. > :26:31.at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, there was never any
:26:32. > :26:37.question that it would be a success, it was just a question of how much
:26:38. > :26:44.of a success it would be. If you thought it would be here, it has
:26:45. > :26:48.been exponential. It has been a success in terms of camaraderie.
:26:49. > :26:52.Without being too airy fairy about it, the Olympic spirit has never
:26:53. > :26:56.been better seen than here in the sense of this massively physical,
:26:57. > :27:01.brutal confrontation, but played in the best of spirits. And also really
:27:02. > :27:05.good crowds. We have been nigh on full here in the last two days. And
:27:06. > :27:09.the variety of nations represented in the stands has been incredible.
:27:10. > :27:13.There has been a carnival atmosphere, but this is where the
:27:14. > :27:17.serious stuff starts. And the Great Britain team and the Fiji team will
:27:18. > :27:22.not need reminding that the team who win here will go down in history as
:27:23. > :27:25.the first ever winners of the Olympics seven a side tournament.
:27:26. > :27:31.And the interesting subplot to this is that there are lots of officials
:27:32. > :27:34.here from the various IOCs here. Presents -- Princess Anne is here as
:27:35. > :27:39.well. The world rugby authorities have to go to the IOC in May next
:27:40. > :27:46.year to make the case for rugby sevens to be extended as an Olympic
:27:47. > :27:50.sport beyond Tokyo in 2020. With the amazing matches we had last night,
:27:51. > :27:54.those four extraordinary quarterfinals, and the day we have
:27:55. > :27:58.had today, you would have thought it was a shoo-in, but the IOC is a law
:27:59. > :28:02.unto itself. But rugby sevens has done a huge amount of good for the
:28:03. > :28:07.Olympic Games, but also for the sport of rugby. And it will
:28:08. > :28:11.certainly get huge crowds in Tokyo in four years' time. Japan have
:28:12. > :28:15.finished fourth, but a great effort from them. They beat New Zealand
:28:16. > :28:19.earlier in the tournament. New Zealand had all sorts of problems.
:28:20. > :28:24.Great Britain against Fiji may not be the final that many expected, but
:28:25. > :28:27.the teams will shortly be coming out onto the pitch, so I am going to
:28:28. > :28:29.hand up to Sir Clive Woodward and Eddie Butler to talk us through the
:28:30. > :28:39.key men to look out for. It is night-time at the Diadora
:28:40. > :28:48.Stadium, and it is a brilliant atmosphere here. It is not quite
:28:49. > :28:56.full, but it is rocking. We are just waiting for the two finalists. Fiji
:28:57. > :29:03.came in as the favourites, and just surprised, looking at their starting
:29:04. > :29:08.team line-up. Josua Tuisova is on the bench, are you surprised? I am.
:29:09. > :29:15.He is their leading try scorer, and has been one of their star players,
:29:16. > :29:19.but Ben Ryan is one of the most experienced coaches around, he knows
:29:20. > :29:31.what he is doing. What a wonderful moment for Team GB. You can see the
:29:32. > :29:39.Fijian players in shot. Fiji played very well, but I think Team GB have
:29:40. > :29:44.more pace. It is when Fiji get the ball, we just have to smash them. If
:29:45. > :29:49.we can do that, the gold medal is a possibility. Fiji hot favourites for
:29:50. > :29:56.this, but Team GB have done so well, just one more big game. The players
:29:57. > :30:05.wait at the entrance, and here they are, wait for it. It is the same
:30:06. > :30:14.starting seven that has gone through all the rounds so far. Five games to
:30:15. > :30:20.get here to the final. Great Britain have one easy win over Kenya, and
:30:21. > :30:24.ever since then, it has been so tight, two points over Japan, two
:30:25. > :30:28.points over New Zealand, five points in that epic court of final against
:30:29. > :30:36.Argentina, two points over South Africa. Fiji are used to romping to
:30:37. > :30:44.victory, but they have been held on many an occasion, they only beat
:30:45. > :30:46.Argentina by seven, the USA by five, five points margin against New
:30:47. > :30:53.Zealand, and then they eased against Japan. It hasn't necessarily been a
:30:54. > :30:57.high-scoring tournament, but that says so much about the defences. We
:30:58. > :32:20.will come to that any moment. First, the anthems.
:32:21. > :32:46.Ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of Great Britain.
:32:47. > :33:35.Dan Bibby looking forward to it. Really good to see Mitchell smiling,
:33:36. > :33:43.loving the moment. Dan Bibby loving the moment. Let's hope Team GB can
:33:44. > :33:53.get their game plan spot-on and make this a fantastic gold medal event.
:33:54. > :33:57.Fiji have never won and Olympic medal in any sport of any colour.
:33:58. > :34:02.They are already guaranteed something here. We have already made
:34:03. > :34:07.a little bit of history. They just have to sort out whether it is gold
:34:08. > :34:10.or silver, and you could say that Great Britain have never won a rugby
:34:11. > :34:17.sevens medal either, they are guaranteed something. Five English
:34:18. > :34:24.men, one Welshman, James Davis, one Scotsman, Mark Bennett. Team GB
:34:25. > :34:31.starting off with their favourite seven, this team has started the
:34:32. > :34:36.last three games. The excellence of Mitchell's team. Rodwell on the
:34:37. > :34:42.right-hand side, number five. It would be great to get an early taste
:34:43. > :34:49.of the ball, and get stuck into the Fijian players. Fiji have the
:34:50. > :34:56.advantage of the wind in the first half. Mitchell sends it up, hoping
:34:57. > :35:06.to hold it up in the breeze. Phil Burgess comes up, makes the first
:35:07. > :35:21.tackle. Away it comes for Fiji. Jerry Tuwai, he starts, and this is
:35:22. > :35:28.the power of Semi Kunatani. This is Tuwai, this is why they are so
:35:29. > :35:35.dangerous. Leone Nakarawa holds the ball up. They are not afraid to take
:35:36. > :35:50.players on by going around them or through them. The captain of Fiji
:35:51. > :35:57.scores the first try. Kolinisau how scores, they do not want the ball on
:35:58. > :36:01.the floor, they do not want contact, they will do anything to keep it
:36:02. > :36:08.moving, but the footwork you see here, he is not going to get knocked
:36:09. > :36:18.over. Nakarawa there keeps it going in the air. Crooner Tani, and we end
:36:19. > :36:23.up with the captain,, the most important thing now is cool heads,
:36:24. > :36:30.one score, that is all, get the restart right, get the ball. Beat
:36:31. > :36:34.Fiji, to beat them, you must dominate possession, we have to get
:36:35. > :36:45.hold of this ball. The conversion attempt by the team a
:36:46. > :36:54.review who misses. -- by Vatemo Ravouvou. That was a confident start
:36:55. > :37:00.by Fiji, but we knew they would be confident in the opening part of the
:37:01. > :37:09.game. Kunatani challenges, it is in the hand of James Davies. Mitchell,
:37:10. > :37:18.Burgess, baby. -- Dan Bibby. Phil Burgess picks up, Dan Bibby arrives.
:37:19. > :37:25.A penalty against the player arriving off his feet.
:37:26. > :37:34.The South African referee blew very quickly. That is unfortunate,
:37:35. > :37:37.because Burgess did well. We have to defend now, stop their off-loading
:37:38. > :38:09.game. Danger out wide. And the pastor
:38:10. > :38:16.Jerry Tuwai, try number two for Fiji, an ominous start. A very
:38:17. > :38:22.ominous start. Again, it all came down to a penalty. Give Fiji the
:38:23. > :38:26.ball, it will be a long evening. Team GB have to stay calm now. It is
:38:27. > :38:32.only two scores, they missed the first conversion. They haven't hit
:38:33. > :38:40.the floor once again, you can't knock them down, and Tuwai scores.
:38:41. > :38:46.You can see again how fast they off-load. You just don't want to put
:38:47. > :38:51.the ball on the floor. I have to say, Ben Ryan, the Englishman in
:38:52. > :38:55.charge of Fiji, Fiji have always been a good sevens team, but he has
:38:56. > :39:03.taken them to a new level, which we have seen in the opening five
:39:04. > :39:14.minutes. That is Ben Ryan there. 12-0, number 12, Ravouvou, an
:39:15. > :39:22.excellent restart. They drop possession, possession again for
:39:23. > :39:26.Fiji, big Leone Nakarawa, it is a simple running, although that is
:39:27. > :39:36.such a good bit of defensive work by James Davies. What a tackle. Tom
:39:37. > :39:45.Mitchell, I begged his pardon. He has had a magnificent tournament,
:39:46. > :39:50.Tom Mitchell, that was fantastic. 12 points down, those moments can turn
:39:51. > :39:54.matches. We just need a bit of magic here, but from where we are, with
:39:55. > :40:00.the speed of Norton, the speed of Mark Bennett, they need to kick the
:40:01. > :40:06.ball right down field now and put the pressure on. This is not the
:40:07. > :40:12.start that Team GB needed. Tom Mitchell the tackle becomes Tom
:40:13. > :40:18.Mitchell the feeder of the scrum. The seconds tick by, ten minutes
:40:19. > :40:23.each way in the final. No one in this Fijian team has got the gas of
:40:24. > :40:31.Norton. Get his speed onto it, we need the Fijians back in their half.
:40:32. > :40:45.A slightly easier restart now than what comes out of the scrum. They
:40:46. > :40:51.are very measured here, Great Britain.
:40:52. > :41:07.Bennett has to take the contact. The big tackle of Kolinisau, but Great
:41:08. > :41:18.Britain still in possession. Phil Burgess cut through. Dan Bibby to
:41:19. > :41:28.his right, he misses. Ravouvou comes away with it, but Rodwell hauls him
:41:29. > :41:42.down. Nakarawa, long, trouble here. Outside him, Veremalua. Again, Team
:41:43. > :41:47.GB, made a great breakthrough Burgess, but just the panic. They
:41:48. > :41:55.have to keep the ball. If they turn over the ball to these fellows, it
:41:56. > :42:00.has been a wonderful half for the Fijian team, showing why they are
:42:01. > :42:05.the number one favourites. Team GB will be very upset how they have
:42:06. > :42:09.turned the ball over so easily. But I have to say, this is wonderful
:42:10. > :42:13.watching the Fijians. What a team. What a team we are watching here.
:42:14. > :42:19.Back-to-back world champions in the World Series, Fiji. Britain hastily
:42:20. > :42:31.assembled, they hadn't played together before this tournament.
:42:32. > :42:34.17-0. They haven't held the ball for more than about 15 seconds of the
:42:35. > :42:38.whole of this first half, there is still two and a half minutes to go,
:42:39. > :42:44.we could do to score before half-time in this restart, it is
:42:45. > :42:46.really important. They will be gutted, the team, about how this has
:42:47. > :42:55.started. And they have lost it again,
:42:56. > :43:05.Nakarawa. It is becoming a little too easy now, Leone Nakarawa.
:43:06. > :43:17.Nakarawa, he has been playing in Scotland, in Glasgow, after Racing
:43:18. > :43:25.92. Dan Norton is not the biggest guy, can't take it there. Kunatani,
:43:26. > :43:30.what a great site that is, and Nakarawa, those guys are certainly
:43:31. > :43:35.happy. It is going to be a big party in Fiji unless Team GB can get hold
:43:36. > :43:48.of the ball and keep it, just need pressure.
:43:49. > :44:03.Off the bar, stays out, but it is 22-0. Fiji lead. Ravouvou looks as
:44:04. > :44:15.though he is going to change the side of attack. Fiji bundle a red
:44:16. > :44:27.shirt into touch and will have the throw-in. Fiji are wonderful
:44:28. > :44:51.runners. They are some physical. Just smashed Dan Bibby.
:44:52. > :44:58.It is going to be all over by half-time. We have a very one-sided
:44:59. > :45:10.bonds final and this is a one-sided gold final. -- we had a one-sided
:45:11. > :45:15.bronze final. This is disappointing, I was expecting a close game here.
:45:16. > :45:18.Team GB have been excellent, but the sheer power, watching the
:45:19. > :45:24.athleticism of this Fijian team, I think all the rugby players have
:45:25. > :45:30.been fantastic and it Olympic Games. But these Fijian athletes can walk
:45:31. > :45:37.next to any athlete in any sport and go, we are with you on this. We have
:45:38. > :45:53.got something special. Half-time can't come too soon. The conversion
:45:54. > :45:58.is good. It is a two-minute break here, Clive. Presumably, GB were
:45:59. > :46:03.hard to shake it up somehow. One small coin is that they have the
:46:04. > :46:12.wind behind them in the second half, Great Britain. That is a pretty
:46:13. > :46:20.small crumb! I can't see Team GB scoring 29 points in the second
:46:21. > :46:24.half. The guys have prepared well. Change something, because we can't
:46:25. > :46:35.do any worse. We just lost too many bits of possession. These players
:46:36. > :46:41.are fantastic. As John Inverdale said watching the game, this is a
:46:42. > :46:44.wonderful Olympic sport. And they are wonderful athletes from Fiji,
:46:45. > :46:50.really taking centre stage and making the most of it. There was a
:46:51. > :47:01.suspicion which has proven totally unfounded that Fiji, with all the
:47:02. > :47:05.expectation of going for the gold and never having won anything, might
:47:06. > :47:14.start to feel the pressure. Here is the answer. I have seen every game
:47:15. > :47:18.at the Olympics and seen Fiji play every match. This is their best by a
:47:19. > :47:24.mile. They have obviously been waiting for this game, and I have
:47:25. > :47:28.absolutely blasted Team GB out of the water here. Saving the best till
:47:29. > :47:38.last, and in front of over 10,000 people here that the stadium. You
:47:39. > :47:43.have to say, Eddie, it has been wonderful to watch. Marcus Watson is
:47:44. > :48:09.on for Great Britain. Ollie Lindsay-Hague is also on. And
:48:10. > :48:15.there is a change up front as well. Mark Robertson is on. Simon Abell
:48:16. > :48:17.has done the right thing. He has to give the other players some game
:48:18. > :48:40.time. Olympic final, who wouldn't want to
:48:41. > :49:13.play? Fiji turned over, illegally this time.
:49:14. > :49:31.Trouble over the ball, penalty to Fiji.
:49:32. > :49:40.The 15 A-side team could learn so much from the Fijian Severn side
:49:41. > :49:45.team. Their whole game is off-loading. It is passing the ball
:49:46. > :49:50.in different ways, one hand, two hands. They are just wonderful to
:49:51. > :49:55.see. This is beautiful sevens rugby. They play the game totally different
:49:56. > :50:03.from any other side. This is why they are so special and so deserving
:50:04. > :50:16.Lee heading for the gold medal. Viliame Mata is on for Fiji. Again,
:50:17. > :50:32.that is a bit panicky, if we are honest.
:50:33. > :50:41.Fiji are such a good team in every aspect of the game. And they are
:50:42. > :50:51.also fit. That has often been their Achilles heel. They have trained so
:50:52. > :51:05.hard to get to this stage. Here is the newcomer, Sam Cross.
:51:06. > :51:25.It just hasn't been the British team's night. That was really poor,
:51:26. > :51:31.if you're honest. Norton was probably standing too far away. I
:51:32. > :51:40.don't know the exact stats, but Fiji must have had 80% of the ball. Which
:51:41. > :51:44.means you get a scoreline of 29-0. You need Team GB to at least get on
:51:45. > :51:50.the scoresheet here to get something out of this game. They are second
:51:51. > :52:08.best by a long way, in every aspect of the game. Absolute brute power. A
:52:09. > :52:32.chance at last for Norton. Fiji just turn the ball out of
:52:33. > :52:36.Britain's grasp, and it is Veremalua for his second try, Fiji was my
:52:37. > :52:44.first of the second half. They are beyond 30. I was watching Team GB
:52:45. > :52:49.turn the Fijian is over for the first time, which is normally try
:52:50. > :52:53.time. All I saw there was a very fit Fiji team. They need to get into
:52:54. > :53:02.defence and turned the ball back. This is a huge moment for Fijian
:53:03. > :53:06.rugby and Fijian sport, for Olympic sport and certainly for world rugby.
:53:07. > :53:12.It is a magnificent display by the amazing athletes of Fiji. Not the
:53:13. > :53:16.scoreline we were hoping for or expecting, to be honest. But Fiji
:53:17. > :53:23.have just gone to completely another gear. Rory McConnochie is on for
:53:24. > :53:30.Great Britain. The coach is giving everyone a go. Here are Fiji,
:53:31. > :53:34.weeping! Only in celebration, though. They have been a joy to
:53:35. > :53:39.watch at these Olympics. They played a game of rugby like no other. They
:53:40. > :53:47.carry the ball like no other team, and they are full of invention.
:53:48. > :54:07.Although they have handed Britain a slight chance.
:54:08. > :54:37.Rugby has every sport's pace and power. Ben Ryan is going to give
:54:38. > :54:54.everybody a go. Kitty and Taliga is on. -- Taliga is on.
:54:55. > :55:15.Every pass Fiji slings finds a Fijian player. Taliga got penalised.
:55:16. > :55:20.And age- Dan Norton. Great Britain are on the board. They have
:55:21. > :55:28.something from the final -- a try for Dan Norton. I am really pleased
:55:29. > :55:36.about that. For Fiji to Neil Team GB was hugely disappointing. Come on,
:55:37. > :55:45.guys, let's get another one. Marcus Watson has just pumped it over from
:55:46. > :55:54.the touchline too. Dan Norton, the scorer. Fiji will not exactly be
:55:55. > :56:03.rattled. But it was some kick. And here is Watson, the restart. Five
:56:04. > :56:17.more of those, and we might be into a sudden-death play-off against!
:56:18. > :56:22.I can only think of about three occasions in the whole match whether
:56:23. > :56:27.Fijians have been tackled and gone to the floor. You can't knock them
:56:28. > :56:37.over. When you do knock them over, they are very aggressive. A great
:56:38. > :57:02.moment here. And here is the fan club! Wow.
:57:03. > :57:07.What got pressurised by the excellent Tuwai of Fiji -- Watson
:57:08. > :57:26.got pressurised. Change of tactics. Mark Robertson
:57:27. > :57:49.will have to get back, because Ravouvou is after it. Tour is over
:57:50. > :57:58.with the tackle. -- Josua Tuisova. Dan Norton did well to avoid that.
:57:59. > :58:03.Magnificent. Hats off to the coach. He has done a wonderful job in
:58:04. > :58:07.making his team so professional and wonderful to watch. Ollie
:58:08. > :58:34.Lindsay-Hague to feed the scrum. One minute to go, a long way to go.
:58:35. > :58:39.This is the in goal area. Rory McConnachie, but it has come back
:58:40. > :58:50.out, Lindsay-Hague very elusive and quite liked.
:58:51. > :59:01.Did the referee not like the tackle? The game getting a little bit
:59:02. > :59:24.scrappy in the last few minutes. I'm not sure what the problem is.
:59:25. > :59:38.I honestly don't know what... I think it is Marcus Watson, number
:59:39. > :59:46.11, they are having a look at. I see a clear grounding there, I will
:59:47. > :59:52.award a try. It is a try! I was looking at completely the wrong
:59:53. > :00:01.thing. I was just watching the players' reaction, thought it was
:00:02. > :00:06.going to be foul play. Viliame Mata has been awarded the try. We thought
:00:07. > :00:18.there was some foul play, that was what we were looking for. Look at
:00:19. > :00:29.the power there. Yes, he comes in. Scores are good try. 43-7, and we
:00:30. > :00:33.still have a restart to come. Dan Norton, just a sort of keep it
:00:34. > :00:52.below 50. Sam Cross. It has gone forward, this could
:00:53. > :01:00.be... No! Apisai Domolailai knows the whistle is coming. It is such a
:01:01. > :01:04.moment in the history of Fiji, the rugby team and Fiji, the country,
:01:05. > :01:10.because this is their first ever medal at the Olympic Games, and it
:01:11. > :01:18.is gold. They have won the men's sevens, thumped Great Britain 43-7.
:01:19. > :01:21.CLARE BALDING: Wonderful celebrations for Fiji, and many
:01:22. > :01:25.congratulations to them, their first-ever Olympic medal, and it is
:01:26. > :01:30.gold in a newly introduced sport of rugby sevens, and they really do
:01:31. > :01:33.reign supreme in that area. Fantastic speed, great control and
:01:34. > :01:38.huge strength, just a real thrill to watch that match. Congratulations to
:01:39. > :01:42.Great Britain forgetting through to that match, that was not expected, I
:01:43. > :01:45.flew out with the team and they were thrilled with being part of the
:01:46. > :01:49.experience but that will have surpassed what they were expecting
:01:50. > :01:53.to do. Between now and midnight we have plenty to celebrate. Mark
:01:54. > :01:55.Chapman is Dan on the beach in Copacabana and we will be taking you
:01:56. > :02:04.through some of the highlights of the day. Here is what is coming up:
:02:05. > :02:07.We will see Katherine Grainger at her fifth Olympics and Vicky
:02:08. > :02:15.Thornley at her first trying to route Areola glory. Joe Clarke was
:02:16. > :02:21.kayak King yesterday, could Great Britain make another splash with
:02:22. > :02:26.Florence and Hounslow in the double? We will see the best all-round
:02:27. > :02:36.gymnasts in the world with the women's all-around competition.
:02:37. > :02:41.While on the first day of action in the Velodrome, Great Britain's
:02:42. > :02:47.sprint stars were trying to run rings around their rivals. So we
:02:48. > :02:53.will bring you all of that as quick as we can, but Mark Chapman has some
:02:54. > :02:56.very special guests down on the beach.
:02:57. > :03:00.I do, but I will not say it's accurate they are just yet. We have
:03:01. > :03:06.a lot to fit in in the next 25 minutes, so let's crack on. We will
:03:07. > :03:09.show you the conclusion first of all to the women's double sculls final,
:03:10. > :03:13.Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley going in this, we join the
:03:14. > :03:22.race with 500 to go. COMMENTATOR: The British are moving
:03:23. > :03:27.to a canvas out here, they are moving very strongly, because we are
:03:28. > :03:32.now coming towards the last quarter here in the Olympic final, turning
:03:33. > :03:38.this around, and what a fantastic third 500 here for Thornley and
:03:39. > :03:46.Granger, they are leading the crew from Poland. This is a sensational
:03:47. > :03:50.performance, but still, job done. The moment is here and now, all the
:03:51. > :03:55.past and its glories and disappointment is irrelevant,
:03:56. > :04:01.Granger and Thornley, the defending Olympic champion, backed up by Vicky
:04:02. > :04:09.Thornley who this year is the best scholar that Britain have. It is not
:04:10. > :04:12.over yet, the polls are moving. They are coming back, it is a sprint for
:04:13. > :04:18.the line, they have given themselves every chance. The poll and now, it
:04:19. > :04:21.is their chance to win, they have shown consistency, but right now
:04:22. > :04:28.they have to find three feet from nowhere in order to claim gold and
:04:29. > :04:32.snatch it away. What you are watching now is mental reserve. Two
:04:33. > :04:41.crews going at it. Exchanging the punches here. It is one foot at the
:04:42. > :04:47.moment as they approach the line. I think Poland will get it. They are
:04:48. > :04:51.hanging on for dear life. Thornley and Grainger, one last push, dig
:04:52. > :04:56.deep into the reserves, they will medal on this, that is assured, but
:04:57. > :05:04.it is all about the gold medal as Poland now get their boughs ahead.
:05:05. > :05:10.The last ten strokes you will ever row, Catherine, go on! If you don't
:05:11. > :05:15.do it now, you will never have another chance. Legs down harder and
:05:16. > :05:19.harder again, the last five, they are hanging on. Poland now are
:05:20. > :05:23.feeling the pain, but they will be Olympic champions here. Here come
:05:24. > :05:35.Poland, getting Olympic Golf Course Great Britain's Thornley and Granger
:05:36. > :05:39.getting Olympic silver. If one of the great pleasures is doing what
:05:40. > :05:44.people say you cannot do, this performance, it is a silver medal
:05:45. > :05:50.today, it stands testament to the power of self belief and sheer hard
:05:51. > :05:57.work from Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley, they have come from
:05:58. > :06:05.nowhere this season, and they are going we Olympic silver medallists.
:06:06. > :06:07.And Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley are with myself and Sir
:06:08. > :06:10.Steve Redgrave, they have brought their silver medals with them,
:06:11. > :06:14.although at the moment they are wishing they had brought a tracksuit
:06:15. > :06:16.top, because it is windy. What you say to each other when you have
:06:17. > :06:25.crossed the finishing line? I don't think we said much for a few
:06:26. > :06:29.minutes, we were pretty tired. It was a bit mental woman across the
:06:30. > :06:34.line, crazy. What is it like to watch that last 500 back? I
:06:35. > :06:46.preferred the first one, we were winning at that point! You never won
:06:47. > :06:51.a silver! To know that we were winning up until 200 metres to go is
:06:52. > :06:55.difficult to watch, but I genuinely felt there is nothing more we could
:06:56. > :06:57.have done out there, we did everything, we laid it on the line
:06:58. > :07:02.and put ourselves in the best position for as long as we could.
:07:03. > :07:06.All you want to do is put in the best performance you have, and we
:07:07. > :07:11.did that, so I am proud of the silver. We discussed earlier, myself
:07:12. > :07:16.and Steve, what a difficult time it has been for the two of you. Do you
:07:17. > :07:22.feel like you have roofed people wrong. Did you even need to prove
:07:23. > :07:28.people wrong? Firmly, I believed I was capable of an Olympic medal, and
:07:29. > :07:32.I wanted to show myself that I was capable of it, and also it is nice
:07:33. > :07:35.to show other people what you are capable of and showing them out
:07:36. > :07:41.there on the biggest stage is something special. Sir Steve, you
:07:42. > :07:47.have been eulogising about this performance. Have been together for
:07:48. > :07:50.two years, off and on the two years, it was just over a few months ago
:07:51. > :07:54.that the doubles were decided, they were going to look for another boat,
:07:55. > :08:02.and that didn't turn out, then they got back into it, and that gave them
:08:03. > :08:05.a new sense of life with it in some ways, and the sacrifice, the hard
:08:06. > :08:09.work, dedication that goes into it, but the mental strength, it is the
:08:10. > :08:13.mental strength I think they have got that has got them through the
:08:14. > :08:16.last two months, that everyone was saying there is no way they can
:08:17. > :08:21.medal, struggling to get into the final, one of the weakest boats in
:08:22. > :08:24.the British team, and actually, even if you are the weakest boat, that
:08:25. > :08:29.still means you are pretty good, because we have an outstanding team,
:08:30. > :08:31.but to be able to turn that around the performance they had in the
:08:32. > :08:37.heat, then take it on to the semifinal, and what they did today,
:08:38. > :08:41.it was very, very special indeed. You always dream about doing your
:08:42. > :08:45.best performance of your last race. Sometimes you need to have a good
:08:46. > :08:48.race behind you to give you that confidence to be able to do it, they
:08:49. > :08:52.decided they didn't want to do that, they would save it up for the last
:08:53. > :08:58.one, and they came out with all the fireworks. It was absolutely
:08:59. > :09:01.amazing, and as I said to Katherine, this is the best middle you have
:09:02. > :09:05.one, even the gold of four years ago, this one is so much better
:09:06. > :09:11.because of the hard road it was to get here. When you go in favourite,
:09:12. > :09:18.it is easy. What do you say to that? Steve is right. Vicky and I both
:09:19. > :09:22.felt a while ago that if we came back with anything from these
:09:23. > :09:26.Olympics, it would be a gold medal to us, because there was a very long
:09:27. > :09:29.time where, you know, you look at the facts and figures, the recent
:09:30. > :09:33.results, the history we have had, you wouldn't have put money on us
:09:34. > :09:37.coming back in anyway. It was tough enough to make it to the final, some
:09:38. > :09:41.of the best crews in our events didn't make it, so we knew when we
:09:42. > :09:44.got to the fire, the event opens up and everything is there for the
:09:45. > :09:48.taking, and that is why I can be happy with the silver medal, I am so
:09:49. > :09:52.proud of what we did, it was the best race we could have put out
:09:53. > :09:57.there, and that is why this medal will always be so special. How
:09:58. > :10:01.emotional is this for you? What we'll was due straight after races,
:10:02. > :10:05.we immediately ask what they are going to do next, and you were asked
:10:06. > :10:08.that very question, and you mentioned your family immediately,
:10:09. > :10:11.and not wanting to put them through it again. So how emotional has the
:10:12. > :10:19.whole of this beanfield and your family? My friends and my family
:10:20. > :10:22.have got me through it, and they just want the best for you, they
:10:23. > :10:26.love you and want to protect you and make it OK, and it is hard for them
:10:27. > :10:32.to sit at home watching this whole thing. They are immensely proud, and
:10:33. > :10:36.I think if I wanted to do more, they would be OK with it, they are
:10:37. > :10:42.probably right now shouting at the TV saying, please, no! But it is
:10:43. > :10:45.thanks to their support that it is all worthwhile, but it is hard to
:10:46. > :10:49.bridge a loved one through this time and time again, and there is a time
:10:50. > :10:55.to stop as well. Vicky, you were spotted by sporting Giants. When you
:10:56. > :11:01.first got into a boat, did you ever think that you would get to an
:11:02. > :11:06.Olympics? I fell in straightaway! That is what I was told. When you
:11:07. > :11:10.start, you are such a novice, and obviously you dream of going to the
:11:11. > :11:16.Libyans, people said I had the capability, but it is one thing
:11:17. > :11:19.having the capability, and it is another thing to put in the work,
:11:20. > :11:24.and rowing has changed my life totally, I was going to university,
:11:25. > :11:27.changing my life to becoming an elite athlete overnight is very
:11:28. > :11:32.strange, but it has been a good journey. From my memories of
:11:33. > :11:39.university, you don't tend to live the life of an elite athlete! As a
:11:40. > :11:42.man who was Britain's most decorated Olympian until that nasty man Sir
:11:43. > :11:51.Chris Hoy to it off you, what do you now want to say to Britain's Mr
:11:52. > :11:56.grated female Olympian? Katherine has been a friend of mine for a long
:11:57. > :12:00.time, and what she has done for women's sport and for the sport of
:12:01. > :12:04.rowing is incredible, immensely proud of her and I love her to bits.
:12:05. > :12:09.Thank you very much to both of you for coming down and bringing the
:12:10. > :12:14.medals, two, and we will find you a jumper from somewhere. Will you be
:12:15. > :12:17.going for a drink now? Oh, yes! There was a tear in the art from
:12:18. > :12:26.Katherine Grainger, and she is not the only one. Some huge Grainger and
:12:27. > :12:30.Thornley fans. These two have kissed Katherine Grainger, she has hugged
:12:31. > :12:36.her, and Vicky Thornley today selfie with you, so you are big fans. So
:12:37. > :12:44.who did she equal with the five Olympic medals, Kitty McCain, an
:12:45. > :12:48.Olympic tennis player in the 1960s, but she didn't do it in consecutive
:12:49. > :12:52.Olympics, so Katherine Grainger goes to the top of the Pops now. Let's
:12:53. > :12:56.move our attention to gymnastics, because the USA now gave their
:12:57. > :12:59.superstar Simone Biles her first chance at an end -- individual
:13:00. > :13:17.Olympic title. This is all about her. She is so
:13:18. > :13:23.correct. Look at the height. She has got so much power and energy, and
:13:24. > :13:24.it's hard to control it, especially when you're going for that Olympic
:13:25. > :13:46.title. This has been a really well executed
:13:47. > :13:56.floor routine from Ellie Downie. Big height, Tkatchev. Great energy.
:13:57. > :14:03.Really not a lot of deductions, especially not when you land like
:14:04. > :14:09.that. That is where she is building the difficulty, linking four
:14:10. > :14:16.elements in a row. Mustafina, in with a shout. It is not what people
:14:17. > :14:32.were expecting, Mustafina, head of Simone Biles. Biles goes into the
:14:33. > :14:39.lead with 15.433. That will be disappointing for Mustafina. It is
:14:40. > :14:49.not enough to go ahead of Mustafina at this stage. What does the next
:14:50. > :15:01.few moments hold for a Aliya Mustafina? She is nailing it all.
:15:02. > :15:09.That is how you do a floor routine under extreme pressure! 15.433 is
:15:10. > :15:14.enough to push Mustafina down into third position, with one gymnast
:15:15. > :15:23.left to go. One last tumbled to become Olympic champion. Here it is.
:15:24. > :15:26.Absolutely no doubting. And there is confirmation that Simone Biles is
:15:27. > :15:34.the women's all-round Olympic champion.
:15:35. > :15:37.And the good news for Simone Biles is that the gold medals here in
:15:38. > :15:42.Brazil have no mercury in them, which is excellent if you are going
:15:43. > :15:45.to be biting them! That is the second of what could potentially be
:15:46. > :15:50.five gold medals for her. If you are missing any of the action, you can
:15:51. > :15:55.cut up on iPlayer. That gymnastics was on BBC Four, so you can see all
:15:56. > :16:00.of that. And the app is brilliant. A lot of people have been using the
:16:01. > :16:04.app, because when they go to their venues, it is difficult to know what
:16:05. > :16:07.is going on in all the other sports. So they go on their wi-fi and check
:16:08. > :16:10.the app, and there are little clips and comments. It is well worth
:16:11. > :16:16.doing. We have more to come, including cycling and canoe slalom,
:16:17. > :16:19.with which, here is Mark. Once that a rubbish Usain Bolt
:16:20. > :16:24.impression behind Clare? Right, yesterday was a great day for Team
:16:25. > :16:29.GB, including Joe Clarke winning gold in the kayak. Today, it was the
:16:30. > :16:32.sea too, which is two men in a canoe. That was David Florence and
:16:33. > :16:38.Richard Haussler. They were going for gold, and this was watched by
:16:39. > :16:43.Helen Reeves and Patrick Winterton. COMMENTATOR: What are we going to
:16:44. > :16:52.see from David Florence? He was not himself in the C1 final. But now he
:16:53. > :16:56.is at the front of the boat. He is the powerhouse. There was the first
:16:57. > :17:06.mistake, coming into Gate number three. It is eight, nine and ten
:17:07. > :17:20.that are crucial. Good control after a shaky start. Smooth through nine
:17:21. > :17:27.and ten. Looking good for Hounslow and Florence. Just trying to get the
:17:28. > :17:34.perfect line into 13, not quite as clean as the Skantars. Sticky coming
:17:35. > :17:48.out, but we will see on the next split. A wider entrance into 17, but
:17:49. > :17:59.looking good on the exit. Can they nail the spin? Now it is about Gate
:18:00. > :18:17.20. Richard is working hard at the back. Nicely done. Now they have to
:18:18. > :18:24.try for 22. Powerhouse, David drives. This is the moment of truth
:18:25. > :18:30.for Great Britain. Are they going to add to the gold taken by Joe Clarke
:18:31. > :18:35.yesterday? Not quite. They go 0.43 outside. Where did that disappeared?
:18:36. > :18:40.Perhaps not the cleanest line from 23 through to the finish, but it was
:18:41. > :18:47.a wonderful effort from David Florence and Richard Hounslow. They
:18:48. > :18:50.are into the silver medal position, which is exactly where they were in
:18:51. > :18:53.London in 2012. But we still have two boats to go, so nothing is
:18:54. > :19:03.certain yet. They are not even guaranteed a medal at this stage.
:19:04. > :19:10.Another model may be coming Great Britain's way, but it is not going
:19:11. > :19:19.to be gold. Joe Clarke remains the only K-1 paddler ever to have
:19:20. > :19:24.claimed gold. We took the gold in the C2 four years ago.
:19:25. > :19:29.That was great for David Florence, particularly after his
:19:30. > :19:33.disappointment in the C1. And after disappointment in the C1 yesterday,
:19:34. > :19:37.he had to pep up Joe Clarke, because they were roommates, ahead of him
:19:38. > :19:41.going in the kayak. In the women's character data, Britain also have a
:19:42. > :19:46.representative. We can see how she got on. That was Fiona Pennie. She
:19:47. > :19:51.was third fastest in the semifinal. She ended up sixth in the K-1 final
:19:52. > :20:00.this afternoon. That was a final that was won by Spain. And as go
:20:01. > :20:04.from the canoeing to the sailing, where Giles Scott has a tough act to
:20:05. > :20:09.follow in Rio. Britain have won the Finn class in the last four
:20:10. > :20:15.Olympics, and the 29-year-old had a tough day today. In the first of
:20:16. > :20:20.today's two races, he had to settle for an 11th place finish. He has
:20:21. > :20:24.extended his overall lead after six races to 12 points, but he admitted
:20:25. > :20:28.afterwards that he was struggling to shake off the frustration of his
:20:29. > :20:33.under par showing in the opening contest this afternoon. Let's get
:20:34. > :20:37.back onto dry land. It has been a mixed tournament so far for Britain
:20:38. > :20:45.in the boxing. There was some good news today, as we can show you here.
:20:46. > :20:50.Starting with Josh Buatsi, who was in action in the light heavyweight
:20:51. > :20:57.round against Uzbekistan's Rasulov. And he was sensational, Buatsi, the
:20:58. > :21:04.Briton knocking him out the third round. Rasulov has three world
:21:05. > :21:09.champion medals to his name. Pat McCormack took his Olympic bow in
:21:10. > :21:18.the light welterweight round of 32. That went to plan as he beat the
:21:19. > :21:22.Kazakh, a precocious talent who won youth Olympic gold in 2014. So
:21:23. > :21:32.McCormac is through. The final Brit in action is Josh Kelley in a
:21:33. > :21:37.welterweight round of 16 bout against another Kazakh boxer. It was
:21:38. > :21:41.not to be for Josh Kelley. He lost all three rounds, so his Olympic
:21:42. > :21:48.challenge has come to an end. It has been a busy night, following a busy
:21:49. > :21:52.day in Rio. Let's go back to Clare. Thankfully, the weather is better
:21:53. > :21:56.today, which is good for the golfers, because the golf has
:21:57. > :22:00.started. Some golfers has decided the Olympics are beneath them, but
:22:01. > :22:03.not Justin Rose. He said it was an ambition of his to play in the
:22:04. > :22:08.Olympics, and he has now written himself into the history books with
:22:09. > :22:14.the first Olympic: one of the new era. It came in the fourth hole --
:22:15. > :22:20.the first Olympic hole in one. He aced it, the par-3. The leader at
:22:21. > :22:25.the golf is Marcus Fraser of Australia. He shot a course record
:22:26. > :22:31.63. Justin Rose is currently fourth. Danny Willett is down in 26, but
:22:32. > :22:39.there are still three rounds to come, plenty of time to make up lost
:22:40. > :22:44.ground. Behind these flags is the velodrome. We had our first day of
:22:45. > :22:48.track cycling today. Britain very good at cycling. Seven out of ten
:22:49. > :22:52.gold medals in London and in Beijing. The first gold on offer
:22:53. > :22:57.tonight the men's team sprint. Britain's men's team were into the
:22:58. > :23:02.gold medal race against New Zealand. Let's see it from the start with
:23:03. > :23:05.Chris Boardman and Simon Brotherton. COMMENTATOR: The Olympic final in
:23:06. > :23:11.the men's team sprint is just seconds away. Philip Hindes will
:23:12. > :23:18.lead off for Great Britain and hand to Jason Kenny. Then it will be
:23:19. > :23:21.Callum Skinner. And we are under way in the Olympic final, Ethan Mitchell
:23:22. > :23:28.against Philip Hindes on the first leg. New Zealand are the world
:23:29. > :23:32.champions. They were the fastest team in the qualifying ride. Can
:23:33. > :23:38.Great Britain pull it out here, and will it be a blistering first lap
:23:39. > :23:46.from Heinz? It was a very good start from him, the fastest there has ever
:23:47. > :23:51.been. Callum Skinner is beautifully poised to take over. Great Britain
:23:52. > :23:56.are in the lead, but only just. It is so close. It is going to come
:23:57. > :24:01.down to this half lap. It is Callum Skinner against Dawkins. Who is
:24:02. > :24:05.going to claim the gold medal? It goes to Great Britain, the Olympic
:24:06. > :24:10.champions again! Callum Skinner brings it home for Britain on the
:24:11. > :24:17.back of Hindes and Kenny. What a ride, what they start to this
:24:18. > :24:20.velodrome campaign in Rio. CLARE BALDING: the third Olympics in
:24:21. > :24:24.a row that Great Britain have won the gold medal in this event, but
:24:25. > :24:28.for the first time without Sir Chris Hoy. Congratulations to Philip
:24:29. > :24:54.Hindes, Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner.
:24:55. > :25:28.A fabulous result. It was a great performance for Jason Kenny, a
:25:29. > :25:35.fourth gold medal. Afterwards, the team spoke to Jill Douglas.
:25:36. > :25:39.Congratulations. Philip Hindes, your second gold medal at an Olympic
:25:40. > :25:46.Games, the perfect start. It is unbelievable. One gold medal, no one
:25:47. > :25:57.would have expected. But we always believed in each other. So proud of
:25:58. > :26:01.those guys. I am just over the moon. So happy. Jason Kenny, your fourth
:26:02. > :26:07.Olympic gold medal. According to Chris Hoy, you could pick up another
:26:08. > :26:13.couple of this week. Um, yeah, really happy with it. It was special
:26:14. > :26:18.today. Like Phil said, we were outsiders coming in to it, so it was
:26:19. > :26:22.great that it all came together. How confident did you feel when you went
:26:23. > :26:28.into that final, having seen the times you were laying down? The
:26:29. > :26:33.Kiwis went really fast in the semifinal and broke our Olympic
:26:34. > :26:37.record. So I thought we were relying on them falling to bits, to be
:26:38. > :26:43.honest! But they didn't, and we beat them. So I am proud of that. And
:26:44. > :26:47.Callum Skinner. Coming into this team, you were the one under
:26:48. > :26:51.pressure to step into the big shoes of Chris Hoy as number three, the
:26:52. > :26:59.third man. All that hard work clearly paid off. It has not been
:27:00. > :27:04.easy. To come here and be Olympic champion is just incredible. We have
:27:05. > :27:08.been working so hard. It just shows it pays off. I have been training
:27:09. > :27:15.day in and be out to keep up with these boys. And we managed it today.
:27:16. > :27:20.Congratulations. It is a wonderful result, but for
:27:21. > :27:26.anyone who thinks that just happens, it doesn't. Chris Hoy, you have no
:27:27. > :27:31.Callum Skinner for a long time. I have. I found a picture from 12 or
:27:32. > :27:36.13 years ago of him training and me holding him up doing standing
:27:37. > :27:41.starts. It makes you realise how far he has come. He has worked so hard
:27:42. > :27:45.for this. So much expectation to perform. As he said, it was an
:27:46. > :27:50.Olympic champion team that he was coming into, and he delivered under
:27:51. > :27:56.the most extreme pressure. You stayed to watch the medal ceremony.
:27:57. > :28:01.Did you get emotional? I did a bit! There was a camera in my face. You
:28:02. > :28:06.know what it means to them, not just the riding team, but the support
:28:07. > :28:12.team as well. I could see the man who has coached the Kiwi team and
:28:13. > :28:15.the French team. He knows them all inside out. It is the journey they
:28:16. > :28:19.have gone through to get to this point.
:28:20. > :28:32.That was probably the least secure gold medal of the
:28:33. > :28:41.F we saw the team pursuit men qualify fastest? Did they break the
:28:42. > :28:45.world word? They did, yeah. The Americans were second behind them,
:28:46. > :28:48.so that will be tight. I think the Americans were stretched. They were
:28:49. > :28:53.pretty much at their limit. The girls in our team looked very
:28:54. > :29:01.controlled, smooth, confident. It is a great start for them. For the men,
:29:02. > :29:04.351. They were three-tenths of the world record and we thought, that is
:29:05. > :29:08.a shame. The Australians were probably equal favourites going into
:29:09. > :29:11.this at 3.55 and they were stretching themselves. It wasn't as
:29:12. > :29:17.if they paced it. It has been a fantastic start to the track cycling
:29:18. > :29:21.and a gold medal as I mentioned. A silver medal in the Men's Rugby
:29:22. > :29:25.Sevens. Great Britain were beaten soundly by Fiji in the gold medal
:29:26. > :29:29.match but a terrific performance from them. Another good day for
:29:30. > :29:33.Great Britain. They are moving up that medals table. Jason will bring
:29:34. > :29:43.you all of the details in his programme shortly. In fact, I can
:29:44. > :29:47.show it to you now. Just a couple of other things to tell you. Andy
:29:48. > :29:52.Murray is through to the quarterfinals of the men's singles.
:29:53. > :29:57.He is the defending champion. Jason will have live swimming. All sorts
:29:58. > :30:01.of other sports and we will bring you up-to-date but from me and Chris
:30:02. > :30:02.and the fans, it is