Day 7 BBC Four: 22.00-02.00 Olympics

must be asking some kind of question.

There was nothing wrong at the 1st shot but the question is simply

isn't a corner? The goalkeeper feels it is not. Catlin takes and it turns

away from the goalkeeper. How is that not a corner? To me that is a

penalty stroke. He is taking Catlin 's back leg. Penalty corner. The

original decision stands. I am sure people will get comments

back to me, I think it should have been a penalty stroke, it seems that

the back leg of Nick Catlin was taken. Swinging legs from 39-macro

taking out Nick Catlin. -- Quico Cortes. Jackson, just

behind, off a couple of British sticks, how did that not going?

Barry Middleton got too much on it. Underneath, slide open hands across

the goal. Iain Lewers, it is inches away. The head is on the post but he

knows that has gone begging. Five minutes until the end of the third

period. Henry Weir is nursing an injury just in front of us. We have

already lost Harry Martin, we think he might be getting stitches. Henry

Weir is showing signs of wear and tear. Great Britain with injury

worries. Spain, move forward again. It is 1-1. Interesting third period

and there is more to come. Spain hit the circle. Brought away. Sensibly

and calmly, as far as Nick Catlin. David Alegre is in the circle,

scampers out to meet it. Iain Lewers clears. Nick Catlin again. He has

got nothing, he has got no support, running off the ball is bad for

Great Britain at the moment. Dixon has been busy. Good take from Sam

Ward who scored the goal for Great Britain. A Spanish player is down,

David Alegre, he came through the back of some ward who collected

that. I do not know what he is appealing for. Get up, man! David

Alegre with a few words towards the umpire. Dixon, long pass down the

right flank. Well judged by the Spanish defence, but Britain's

pressure continues with David Ames. There is no surprise that this is

cagey because Spain got themselves into a great position in the

quarterfinals but know if they can get a win that they are likely to

finish second and then miss Germany or Holland in the crossover which

they will think it is vital when you see the other two teams in the

quarters. Daniel Fox to Dixon, all the way back to Daniel Fox. Iain

Lewers. Find some British space in the circle, towards Nick Catlin. He

turns, the whistle is gone. Penalised for pushing back on that

final line of defence. The Spanish goalkeeper, Quico Cortes?, is asking

for a card. Splendid diving defence from Adam Dixon.

Spain in no rush to head forward, they will happily stick it out in

their 23. Nice little flick forwards, aimed for Pau Quemada. He

is hassling the Great Britain backline. Barry Middleton trying to

restore some calm. Well done. A little channel opened up and he is

pushed off the ball and gets the free hit for Great Britain. It is

amazing, you stand still and offer and suggest you're going somewhere,

how the space opens up around you. Overhead, controlled by Spain. A

little drop inside from Roc Oliva. The impact point against David

Condon aren't given as a free hit, players turning and defending their

lines. They are feeling as though David Condon turned into the running

line of the Spanish forward. Harry Martin is back in the dugout. He has

his hockey stick in his hand, ready to return if required. Meanwhile

Spain have a free hit on the 23. The last 30 seconds of the quarter. No

goals during this 15 minute segment. Barry Middleton keeping the danger

clear. Flipped in towards the circle, goes behind and there will

be no rush to restart here inside the final ten seconds. 15 minutes to

come. The last 15 minute period should be live, the score at the

moment is 1-1. We shall return for the all-important last part of the

hockey. Welcome back to Copacabana Beach. We have been joined by

celebrating Argentinian fans. I am not entirely sure what they are

celebrating but they are having a lovely time. They have come not that

far from Argentina. Rio is the best! I am going to walk away. We will

show you the headlines from today. Gold for Glover and stunning in the

women's pair on the rowing lake, once again, like they did four years

ago. Thankfully they have gone away now. Also gold for the men's coxless

four and we will be speaking to the rowers later. All of them will join

us later. What an incredible silver medal for Bryony Page in the

trampolining, only eight made the final and you put in an unbelievable

performance and it was good enough for the silver medal. There has also

been a silver medal this evening in the team dressage. Later on we will

see the shot put and the 200m in the heptathlon, but Katarina

Johnson-Thompson leads the way after a British record in the high jump

and Jessica Ennis-Hill is third at the moment. And also team pursuit

boys are into the final and you can see them go a little bit later on,

at 10:40pm, they got there via a world record time. And from those

headlines, let us get straight back to the hockey and our commentary

team, last few crucial minutes for Team GB.

1-1 inside the first minute of the final quarter. What would you like

to see from Great Britain here? Bearing in mind that they need the

three points. First five, you do what you have been doing, you are

controlled, you try and fashion opportunities of the base of your

normal tactics, the next five minutes, throw in an extra man,

press forward and the last five, you go absolutely flat out. Into the

circle, flicks across, scramble, Jackson was looking for a way

through. He is getting some sort of touch on that in front of the

Spanish goal. Harry Martin is back with his bandaged head. Great

Britain surrender possession. How many times are Great Britain going

to get balls into the circle? That has to be close to double digits.

Here we see, across the face, up into the body of Sam Ward, as a

player you have to get your right hand over it and keep it flat. Just

a touch in front of Jackson, the interchange between players. David

Ames in the centre. Great Britain, trips up over the ball and tries to

recover, free hit for Spain. Danger is here, Spain. George Pinner needs

to be alert. He will need to be even more alert because he will have to

deal with this penalty corners that Spain had just been awarded. Xavi

Lleonart was pivoting around. A little bit messy, gets it under

control. David Ames steps in. Touched onto his shoe in the circle.

We have been told that Harry Martin has had six stitches in the head

wound that he suffered in that third period. Penalty corner to Spain.

George Pinner gets down to his right hand side. Trying to drag it down

through the right hand of George Pinner. Blocked.

Nice crisp clean passing from the Spanish team. And nice little flick

over the top as well as they head to the circle, and Ashley Jackson

trying to clean things up for Great Britain. Harry Martin. Bouncing

ball, down towards the Spanish 23 and they break forward again.

Good cover from some ward, as it was moments ago from Ashley Jackson.

Every player has to take responsibility, they have to cover

the support run, block up the space, deny the early ball and the

transfer. Harry Martin. Sam Ward. Some ward is quite lively. So much

energy about the British team at the moment. Will they get the rewards?

Sam Ward is not it about. Dan Fox calling for it on the left. Iain

Lewers now. Feels like so far that the Spanish have only offered the

left to Great Britain, very rarely have we seen it on the right. In the

early games we have seen David Condon putting it out on his right

foot. Flick from David Ames, Nick Catlin, off a Spanish deck and over.

Nothing wrong with that, off his back foot. Just catches the back of

the Spanish player. He has had so many bumps and bruises this evening.

Jackson. Harry Martin. His cross is a good one. It came off the feet of

Nick Catlin and has gone through, Quico Cortes, Nick Catlin on the far

post is just upright. He is in exactly the right place, he gets

smashed across, it has just hit his knee rather than his stick! He knows

how close that is. Good interception from Ashley Jackson. Here is Nick

Catlin at pace. If he can just make contact, you sense that things may

change. The pass from Barry Middleton out to Iain Lewers. He has

fired in, no touch, no gold. Sam Ward, you do what you did in the

first half, you were there, go for everything. It is what you are

renowned for, died been in the circle, any ball in front of the

goalkeeper has to be yours. It is getting very physical out there now.

Spanish fans glued to the action. You can't take your eyes off this 1,

with 9 minutes to play. 1- 1. Fired forward, Mantell fires at all. It is

just behind. A clever move in from box, he just gets that little

thinking to create the space and takes the place of the clip -- hip

with a clip it across the circle because he knew Cleghorn could drive

it but still a little bit too much on it.

Cleghorn putting pressure on the Spanish defenders as they try to

unlock the Great Britain press. It is a nice turn from Iain Lewers

aware that there was acres of space in front. He fires Latin. Fox clause

at it. Possession for Great Britain. Fox to Dixon. Michael Watt Iain

Lewers. Iain Lewers waits for his chance to cross. Down to the

baseline and flicked in front. A turn for Catlin, can get a swing?

Penalty corner. They will take that. Penalty corner for Great Britain.

Smart from Iain Lewers. He knows that players will step in and as

soon as that front-line player stepped, little knock under the arm

to find Fox and Fox went across the goal and came off quarters into a

foot to start with an Catlin was desperate the jumping around to get

the shot away but doesn't find a 2nd shot for the corner. -- came off

Cortes. Mark Gleghorne lined up alongside

Ashley Jackson 2 is right and Simon Mantell 2 is left. Here we go. The

Great Britain penalty corner. Jackson. It will be a 2nd penalty

corner for GB. Barry Middleton has got in on this and Bosco Perez-Pla

has read it absolutely perfectly. Number 5 steps out and sees

Middleton and stepson blocks. Physically controlling that space

and gives away an extra corner but if he hadn't that was a goal for

Middleton. We are back to Iain Lewers.

Jackson again, not a great shot. A 2nd opportunity Franglais corn

pushed away. A missed trap on the edge of the circle. Ashley Jackson

edges it with his own stick and goes behind the number 1 runner, which is

why it is deemed an offence and an obstruction. 7 1/2 minutes to play.

1 all. Great Britain need a goal. They need a goal and a lot of luck

with the remaining Belgium/ New Zealand fixture.

Lewis takes his time, back to Michael Hoare. Now all 11 outfield

players are deep in the Spanish half.

Getting closer. They are just making the Spanish run and Alex Casasayas

is going to get tired. Alex Criville tart. -- he gets the touch.

Held up by Barry Middleton. Barry Middleton 's turn. Great individual

work from Barry Middleton. He appeals for a penalty corner. He is

going to video. Power Kim Adah thought he had given him the

advantage. I thought it was a corner because Barry Middleton took the

impact in his back. -- Pau Quemada. A card has just been issued to the

Spanish captain, Mbemba rather. He was getting verbal when he was not

in a position to do so. -- Manel Terraza. Penalty corner has been

awarded and we assume that Great Britain keep their video referral.

This is brilliant for Great Britain but I felt the umpire considered the

passage of play and it suggested that his actions said he had seen

Middleton have a shot across play and deemed it to be an advantage

which was why he did not give it. 6 minutes left in the match. Great

Britain with another opportunity to edge ahead of Spain. Jackson and

Gleghorn lined up. Simon Mantell in the vicinity as well. Got to get the

trap right. Here we go. Jackson! Saved. Sticks everywhere but Spain

get away with it. Simon Mantell Mr, it had come off the goalkeeper and

he played it in and he clattered the goalkeeper 's leg glance. Keiko

Cortes literally fell on that ball. Cortes was lucky. Mantell drove it

into the keeper. Held up by Xavi Lee Clark. He steps up. -- Xavi

Lleonart. Spain on a forward foray, good work. Pushed clear. Exceptional

skill from Xavi Lleonart. We had 3 British players Rantamaki fashion

that and in the end he pulled it back to his own legs and try to

catch Great Britain unawares. That is a great take from Simon Mantell,

bouncing ball dealt with cleanly. David Ames. Michael Hoare. David

Ames again. A huge tactical call from Cruchley at some stage, does he

go the win pulleys goalkeeper, who has been largely redundant? Does he

believe he needs the win or rely on this drawer and New Zealand losing.

1 point is enough if New Zealanders to Belgium.

Mantell gets himself in a shooting position. No luck. It is just the

most simple of skills that are just failing inside the circle for Great

Britain. It is pretty crisp and proceeds but a bowl into the deep,

unlike in the 1st half, it is just not being controlled. -- a ball into

the deep. Under four minutes left in this match. Great Britain 1, Spain

1. Jackson in the centre of midfield. Michael Hoare, Jackson

again, Martin, showing the scars are back. 6 stitches under that head

batch -- bandage. Jackson dictating play and telling poor to get up and

disagree fundamentally. Jackson should be higher, what is the point

of giving it to haw to eliminate in midfield. Jackson should be getting

the ball higher. Fox moves forward. Hall on the left -- Michael Hoare on

the left. Spain come away with the ball.

Cruchley continues to shout instructions to his team back at the

moment George Pinner is remaining between his posts so no movement for

pain at the moment. Maybe he will wait until the last 60 seconds or so

or maybe he thinks he will take the point and hope things go in our

favour in the New Zealand/ Belgium match later. I think that is what he

is thinking. It looks to be composed. You have to say without

Belgium played during the course of this tournament, a likely result is

a Belgian win so a points may be enough. Great Britain have to

continue to defend. To concede now, and Spain are dangerous. Xavi

Lleonart looks dangerous in the mid-forward. Great Britain have to

keep playing hockey, you cannot sit and allow this to minutes to just

drift. Iain Lewers finds Jackson. Now we

have to see Great Britain make a positive move forward, but

unfortunately it is held up by Michael Hoare and Spain can take

their time. The last 90 seconds of this match, David Alegre, the

goal-scorer lift it up and runs into Henry Weir. Spain they well try and

kill this game in the corners. They know a point is enough to mean that

they miss the Netherlands in Germany and the crossovers. Great Britain

may be fortunate that they are not pressing towards the goal, in terms

of their draw. The final minute of the match. The final minutes of the

pool Games as far as both sides are concerned. Spain in no rush to try

and get across here, they are just counting the crosstown. Jackson

thinks it's a Great Britain ball but it is a Spanish free hit. This same

pattern continues, British sticks coming in. Now they get possession

and they have 30 seconds to get the three points. They have gone

backwards. This has got to cover most of the pitch this next pass

from Iain Lewers. It finds the captain, Barry Middleton. Michael

Hoare on the left and 15 seconds left on the crops -- clock. Henry

Weir knocks it in and it is bobbling about. It is behind. Last five

seconds. Jackson as stated in now. He hits the post, there was no touch

on it anyway. The full-time hooter sounds. Great Britain has scraped a

point and Spain already on their way to the quarterfinals, we know about

that, and Great Britain at one point and now they have to wait for the

results of the New Zealand/ Belgium match on the pitch one, which

started a little while ago. The final score here on pitch to, Great

Britain one, Spain one. What an interesting game of hockey

that was on hearing the guys talk about the importance of that game

with Belgium which from a Great Britain point of view New Zealand

hast to lose or Belgium have to win and this is how it stands at the

moment. 0-0. This is how the group stands. This gives New Zealand a

point because at the moment they will get a point if they get a draw

against Belgium. Great Britain have to finish in the top four in pool A

in order to go through to the knockout stage. All eyes from the

Great Britain point of view on New Zealand taking on Belgium, who are

currently well clear at the top of the Paul. Let us get reaction to

that draw between Britain and Spain. Rishi Persad and Mel Clewlow are at

the side of the pitch. At least it is a point in the bag

and it means that Great Britain have taken fourth spot on their own, but

given the way things are going, in fairness, Belgium, New Zealand

played well in spurts, they could get a point against Belgium who are

already through and will top the group, it's difficult to call. It's

a nightmare and any British fan at home will be refreshing social media

for the next 45 minutes, myself included. The positives from the

British perspective tonight is that they played a lot better and created

a lot of chances but they couldn't the second goal on the board. You

said there were positives tonight but there have been negative

throughout the campaign. They started from the start against

Belgium and tonight they were just not quite fluent. They did the

basics right but they can be permitted to have enough. Is that

fair? It is a confidence game. Nick Catlin had chances against the back

post and when he plays well the team plays well and that is a given and a

goal. Sometimes as a tournament progresses the pressure builds and

builds and unfortunately they couldn't put the second goal on the

board but they played a lot better. Say they do progress, are there

things that can be identified that they can fix quickly enough or is it

a case of just playing and hoping it fits together? I think tonight was

probably the first, if you like, final. They had to train get three

points on the board to guarantee the fourth spot and if they get through

to the quarterfinals it is knockout again so when the pressure is on

they play a lot better. We were trying grabber when word with Bobby

Krejci becomes true but what are his thoughts at the moment? What canny

to the guys in this uncertain position? There was not a lot you

can say. You have to look at the positives and they have to get their

second or third or fourth goal on the board and it is in the hands of

Belgium as to whether Great Britain go forward. It will have these

players just hoping and praying that it will go their way. Bobby, thank

you for coming over. What's your reaction to the results? Very

disappointed. I thought we dominated the game and had a lot of chances

but we weren't good enough at putting the ball in the goal but a

lot of good play and I'm disappointed with the result

considering how much we dominated the game.

As the tournament has progressed, you have got better. Without a

doubt, hopefully it is not too late. We have to rely on other teams, that

is not a good position to be in. But we have got better. Hopefully there

will be another game or two weren't they can show that. We try to

predict what you are saying to the guys, with the uncertainty, what is

the mood like? It is obviously difficult. We have to recover. It is

out of our hands. There is nothing we can do. If it does not work out,

we have to take it on the chin. It was our play that left us in this

situation. You guys normally have a routine, or will you break that

routine to watch what is going on in the game between Belgium and New

Zealand? We will do the routine as normal, I will find a dark room to

lie down then. Thank you for coming and talking to us. We are keeping

our fingers crossed for you. It has finished 1-1 between Great Britain

and Spain and at the moment, everything is out of their hands,

they have to wait and hope that Belgium can defeat New Zealand.

Belgium have four out of four and hopefully they can make it a clean

sweep. If you do not fancy lying down in a darkened room, you can

continue to watch that game. It is on the BBC sport website and we will

keep an eye on it. We will let you know how it works and hopefully get

more reaction later. The key is that Belgium have to win and New Zealand

have to lose and that will send Team GB through. Belgium just hit the

post. That is available on the website. If you fancy a bit of track

cycling, that is on BBC One, the team pursuit as the men for gold, in

about ten minutes time. Bradley Wiggins eyeing up an eighth Olympic

medal for him. Actually got a world record going into this final. It

could be one of those races, may be an appointment to watch. I would

never tell you to turn off BBC Four, but if you fancy that, I would

direct you warmly to our brothers and sisters on BBC One. We have a

little story for you here. I should probably tell you, normally if you

turn on at this time of night, there is shrubbery around me and the waves

crashing, we have moved slightly. We had the rugby boys on and hopefully

we will have the rowers, our studio is down the beach, but those

Argentinian fans who jumped on us rather abruptly, they have moved

down here. They are outside the bar and they enjoying themselves. I

think they have been enjoying themselves a little too much! It is

the Olympics, they are on the beach, I am sure they can do what they

like. We will show you more judo. The French guy, he was the flag

bearer, he is a big unit, he won his semifinal, he is unbeaten. Quite

some record and favourite for the gold medal as well. Let us show you

him in his gold medal match. Here is the men's gold medal match. Will he

become immortal. He is in the white. His opponent from Japan is number

two in the world. That has been his career, so

dramatic in fact that there is a documentary about Teddy Riner that

was all about the build-up to this. What a picture that is. The roof has

done well to hang on. The crowd just loving it and it has built to this,

the record of the man in white, 87 contest since 2010 and he last lost

he has won 19 titles. And one Olympic title, that is who we are

talking about. There is still one better ever than Teddy Riner and he

has a man to beat and this man wants to get into him. Htataisayoshi

Harasawa from Japan, the number two seed. It is an Olympic final here in

Rio, could we be in a better position to enjoy the best in the

world against a man who would love to unseat him. Will he attack him

early? Let us look, a penalty automatically, the referee will play

a part. What does that do to his mindset? This is the first time they

have met. That is what is amazing about this contest, they have never

met and Htataisayoshi Harasawa comes out right away, ducks underneath the

high grip of Teddy Riner and gets a penalty. Now has to settle himself.

I think he will try and grow up. He could feel the danger straightaway

from Teddy Riner. Teddy Riner means business. I think he will have to

open up here. I do not think he will be able to come out here and play

tactics. I think that this man will not be afraid. He has nothing to

lose and I think he will throw him over. One of the reasons he is here

is because they have never met, Teddy Riner has had a good look at

him via the replay but has never been on the mat with them and that

is what the Japanese selectors were hoping for and the French will have

done everything to prepare their man. In the Olympic final in London

where he won and before that he was a bronze medallist, he was

defensive, he got there, the crowd did not like him, he was not at his

best, but he does not necessarily have to be. I think he will have to

be. He will feel the danger a little bit. He has come out with purpose.

He has never met him before. That puts the edge to it as well. He is

still in there and pushing forwards. Teddy Riner stepped out there. This

could possibly be one of the penalties back against Teddy Riner.

Wait for it. The 139 kilograms frame, 203 centimetre frame. He says

he does go to seed the 2012 gold medal once again, it is kept in a

bank vault, he goes to visit. I am sure he does, he might just have

another one. I think that Htataisayoshi Harasawa is pushing

him forward. We have not seen him pushing forwards. He has a really

good stance, typical of the Japanese and he will not go over to that.

Almost splits to get out of that. He knew it was coming, he was giving up

some ground. The 24-year-old from Japan. There is still a long way to

go and Teddy Riner, looking that little bit rattles, it is not going

according to how he thought it might. The Japanese are renowned for

their gripping. The Japanese is fighting him hard and temp one is

snapping his grip off. Of course, -- Teddy Riner. It is too low to go

into defensive mode. He has not came up against him before. It is a

different factor. It is a critical factor in play here for both of

these men. Teddy Riner, comes back into the middle. Look at the

determination in his eyes. He has not been beaten since 2010. So once

this and he is having to work for it as well. He has had to work for it,

Htataisayoshi Harasawa wants that big arm over the top and Teddy Riner

does not want to M. Snaps off and Htataisayoshi Harasawa is about the

closest here, because by that, he realises, Teddy Riner, he is not

going to come out and throw him, he will have to go somewhere else. He

is going to have to play tactically. Htataisayoshi Harasawa has not

attacked and he is in danger of getting another penalty here for not

attacking. There is no danger, I do not think of him going over the top.

You can never write off Teddy Riner. Coming up to one minute 51 seconds.

Htataisayoshi Harasawa takes the arm over, he will have to attack. There

he does. It is a different final, a tactical final and there is almost

less than one minute remaining. Htataisayoshi Harasawa, his tactics

have to change, the two penalties mean he would always find it hard,

he knew that, it is harder now but he will still go. He is in an

Olympic final, he is here for the gold medal. Can he get that? So

strong in defence, Teddy Riner. That enormous frame, the Frenchman is all

muscle, he comes over the top, brushes away, he is trying to come,

Htataisayoshi Harasawa, but he cannot get a hold. A penalty against

Teddy Riner. He is putting him under pressure, Htataisayoshi Harasawa. He

is pushing forwards, he has gone out there, I think that will be a

penalty. Could possibly be. I do not get that. Third penalty goes to

Htataisayoshi Harasawa. It is wiped off. I did not understand that. I

cannot understand why they should do it at this stage of the contest. 17

seconds to go. This to decide at gold medal. Teddy Riner comes over

the top of his man. He is wasting time. He cannot allow this to

happen, Htataisayoshi Harasawa and he does. He has got eight seconds.

Can he do something against the great Teddy Riner? It is under

control, calm down. Let us go. Htataisayoshi Harasawa, can he do

it? He is almost an immovable force. All hail the King! He lives on.

Olympic champion for the second time. The crowd do not love it. But

that is how it has played out. That guy did very well. It is the first

time we have seen Teddy Riner actually in a fight. He was in a

fight, he was backed up, I thought definitely do she rose to one,

definitely one of them was a bit premature, with Htataisayoshi

Harasawa, but Teddy Riner definitely ahead and definitely just about

edged it. It was very close. Not got the crowd wanted, but the crowd are

not out there. They do not have to do it. He is a two-time Olympic

champion. Let us look at him. The great champion that he is. Teddy

Riner has done it. Back-to-back Olympic gold medals. It was attached

anti climatic. But that is the sport and he has dominated in all sorts of

ways. He can toss the coach into the crowd. 73% of 88 bout since he last

lot. That was never going to be one. Sometimes you have to come and win

the match. That is what Teddy Riner did. I do not want anyone to say

anything different. Teddy Riner is over the top or something is

happening. He came here, he is the one, he is the target, everyone is

out to beat him, they will do anything, but Teddy Riner has won

the gold medal and won his second Olympic title.

He certainly knows how to celebrate. I hope you have enjoyed the judo. We

showed you as much of it as you possibly can. We have not had the

same sort of British success that we had in 2012, remember Jimmy Gibbons?

Teddy Riner has done the business, a trickle or there with his name

emblazoned in gold and he is away to get his gold medal. He is a big man.

Six foot eight and there is confirmation of how it finally

finished. Hisayoshi Harasawa gets the silver medal. Rafael Silva and

bronze medal position and Teddy Riner taking the gold. It is Day

number seven of the Olympic Games. Earlier you may have seen us talking

to some of the rugby sevens guys. We snuck into the BBC One studio and we

will grab a word with the rowers later, all six of them, the women's

pairs and the coxless fours. We are not going to be quite so salubrious

by that, we are going to do it here, on this little rig overlooking

Copacabana beach but we would love to get some questions for them so if

you have anything, and does not have to be the normal stuff, they will do

that elsewhere, we would like to put as many questions to them as we

possibly can, maybe something about inspiration or about what got them

into rowing in the first place or something about the celebrations and

what they will be doing over the next few days. All six of them will

be with us and we will do that for you on a day when they have made

quite a few headlines. Helen Glover and held Heather

Stanning got gold in the women's pair. This lot managed to get the

fifth successive gold for the men's four. An amazing silver for Bryony

Page on the trampoline. We got a text message from the former Arsenal

footballer saying, I love BBC Four, I love the Olympics, I'm off to

order a trampoline. That, my friends, is inspiration. There will

be plenty more later. We will be talking about dressage and the

heptathlon with Katarina Thompson -- Katarina Johnson Thompson and

Jessica Ennis Hill. Katarina Johnson Thompson is currently the gold medal

spot with Jessica Ennis Hill in third and they go in the shot put on

the 200 metres later. The dressage, a silver in the team dressage event

forward Team GB. They are the best dressed Olympians, they? Team

pursuit broke the world record to get into the final. You can switch

over to BBC One to see them go in that gold-medal match, to see if

they can not only break the world record but also get the gold. It

will be tense. They are taking on Australia over on BBC One right now.

Bradley Wiggins could win yet another Olympic medal. In the hockey

bad news for Team GB. New Zealand have scored against Belgium.

Remember we were telling you earlier that from a Team GB perspective, for

them to qualify out of pool A, they needed Belgium to beat New Zealand.

But well clear at the top pool A New Zealand are in fourth and that will

secure fourth place on qualification and sent Team GB home early. The

cycling is over on BBC One and here on BBC Four we will get the row was

out later on but we will go to live tennis now. Early on Andy Murray had

this biting our fingernails because he took it right to the wire in the

singles, eventually getting the better of his American opponent in

the quarterfinals. Steve Johnson was the man, big serving American, he

took it to a deciding set despite the fact that Marine on the --

Murray won the first set 6-1. He had to win it on a tie-break just as in

his match the other day. He is now in the semifinals but we will now

join them in the mixed doubles with Andy Murray against Heather Johnson.

Andy Murray got the silver medal in 2012 in addition to the one he won

in the singles, that was with Laura Robson. Heather Watson won Wimbledon

in the mixed double so there is a bit of pedigree there. They are

taking on the Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna. We join

them in the second set. The Indians broke Heather Watson a

couple of times in the second set, targeting that serve. So far in set

number to its Evelyn Stevens. An outstanding beginning to this

match, just gone off the boil is a bit.

That was so slow coming back to Murray, probably too slow. He lost

balance party will be disappointed on just about favourite shop these

days, the crosscourt double hander. Mirza holds serve and now it is Andy

Murray. So far he is the only player to be unbroken.

He might have enjoyed that. He was on court for two and a quarter hours

against Steve Johnson which is mentally as fatiguing as it is

physically. If these first two sets are shared, if Watson and Murray win

this, it is a match tie-break to win it, the first ten points, that takes

the place of the traditional set. Bopanna is 26 years of age,

runner-up, former runner-up to the US open doubles.

Just a little hesitant. This is where we expect the Murray serve to

really fire. Another great return from Sania

Mirza, but here is break point on the Murray serve.

Sensational play. The first by Mirza, directing that over Watson

and then the finish from Bopanna and would you believe it, the Andy

Murray serve broken. They must've felt vulnerable there when they saw

Bertagna lining that up. It's not looking good for the Brits. -- when

they saw Bopanna lining that up. These two got the quarterfinal just

one match to take them there. They beat sandstones and John Peers of

Australia in Saint -- straight sets. Incidentally on the Stadium court,

the Centre Court, Angelique Kerber has just won. She beat Madison Keys

6-37- five. She is the number two seed through and she will play an

unseeded Puerto Rico. Monica Puig has already got the first ever medal

for Puerto Rico in tennis. Murray looks around for Watson to

see if he should challenge. It's a bit late now.

Of course, if you weren't with us earlier, Murray will play Kei

Nishikori in the semifinal of the singles tomorrow. He won a

nailbiter, seven sticks in the third against Gael Monfils. -- 7-6 in the

third against Gael Monfils. A late call and it will be challenged. The

first challenge of this set. Murray closest to it but sometimes

it doesn't give you the best perspective. It could not have been

closer to being out. Maybe it didn't hit the screen.

We've seen it on TV. I think is getting the information that the

ball was in. Yes. They confirm in the challenge that

the ball is touching my three millimetres. Murray is taking a leaf

out of the Steve Johnson but because don't know if you saw it early on

but in the singles match between Andy Murray and Steve Johnson,

Johnson wanted Hawk-Eye switched off because he said it had made a

definite mistake, which is what Andy Murray is saying here. Ladies and

gentlemen, the challenge can not be shown on the screen but it is

confirmed that the ball is in. But not according to Andy.

It was exactly the same thing in the singles, where one of Murray 's

serves seemed to just get the line. It was confirmed that it did but

Johnson was absolutely adamant that it was wrong and that Hawk-Eye was

wrong and he spent a long time trying to get it changed. At one

point he was warned for language. But he eventually got out of his

system and very nearly beat Andy Murray.

Mirza has returned extraordinarily well and Watson is under the cosh

here. What can they do to rescue this?

Maybe she saw Mirza at the corner of her I make a move and it had to be

extra special. So, another break here would surely be very nearly the

end of the British hopes. 15-13. She thought Murray was going

to make the move to help Watson, but that time the return was not up to

her usual standard. Both of them missing out. The

British players getting away with it at the moment.

Well played Heather Watson! That is the pressures shot. He has been

poaching all the time. Leaving out for a Mirza. Watson did so well.

Not great returning that time. And Watson holes and it is for- three.

-- 4-3. What can they conjure up here? Andy

is obviously not recognised doubles player but he knows a thing or two

about game! -- about the game. So, this is the key one now, Mirza

to serve. The returning has not been up to the

normal Andy Murray standard. That is great. Murray is

challenging, but you could see that the ball definitely got the line.

Some effort from Sanyo Meera Syal there. -- Mirza.

She was obviously feeling wary of the Murray return. Coming in like a

panther for the kill. Disappointing from Heather. And

Sania Mirza and Bopanna, one game away from the semifinal.

Once again, they had a cool mind, this time Sania Mirza took no

notice. A fantastic little half volley from

Andy Murray, one of the shots of the match. He holes with some comfort

but what can they do on the Bopanna serve? Perfect shot. Is it going to

be a significant one? Well, Andy Murray is under the cosh -- was

under the cosh against Steve Johnson. Murray somehow found a way

to win as he often does in this kind of situation, can he and Heather dig

themselves out of this, one game away from going out of this Olympic

competition. They were surprise contestants, they were the second

alternate but only got in after the Romanians decided they could not

continue. They have made the most of it so far but maybe the journey is

about to end, Bopanna serving for the match.

They are sending Watson Heather and further. -- everywhere.

Did well there are. Just got out of his way to make it difficult for

Watson. Two match point for India. Sania Mirza making the move across,

giving the room. Match point, but this time to the Murray return.

Well played Andy Murray. They stay alive.

Now what can Heather Watson expect here? This enormous serve. Certainly

not holding back. Match point number three.

Has he got it? They are challenging. He was not giving her much of an

option. They are moving to the chair as if they believe their challenge

is out and it is. Well it was tough going at the end but they have done

enough. A spirited challenge from Murray and Watson but in the end it

is the number four seeds to justify that seeding. And Rohan Bopanna and

Sania Mirza make it through to the semi-finals. They are one match away

from a medal. Disappointment in the mixed doubles.

Andy Murray and Heather Watson. Worth pointing out as we did there

that Andy Murray is still involved in the singles after winning his

quarterfinal today, another one of those games for him where he managed

to come from behind and win it in a tie-break and he is through to the

semi-finals. The defending champion will take on Kei Nishikori in the

last four. When we came on air down here, around seven o'clock your

time, we were in the midst of some rather dramatic Babington in the

men's doubles competition. We had to leave it to see if there was going

to be a medal in the skeet shooting but we will rejoin it, because it

was an amazing finish, Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis were

taking on the third seeds from South Korea, Kim Gi-jung and Kim Sa-rang.

We will join our commentator. We will see if Chris Langridge and

Marcus Ellis can get the better of Kim Gi-jung and Kim Sa-rang.

Nice tight net shot from Alice. -- Marcus Ellis.

It is about not getting too far ahead of yourself, one point of the

team that goes obviously for both tapes. Staying in the moment, one

shot at a time a lot of Babington to be played here. -- badminton.

You can see what he is trying to do, he does not want to lift to the

forehand side of the smash but from this side the drift is carrying it

from left to right and you saw exactly what happened, the shuttle

just launched right and landed wide. Scoreboard parity. Nothing between

both teams. Their matches equating to the match

time of their previous round, the British duo, they've been on court

now for 68 minutes. Kim Gi-jung just clipping that as it

came ran towards Kim Sa-rang and the umpires saw it. He's a very good

umpire, very firm. The players know exactly where they are at.

Well, nice change of scenery. Like the idea but not the execution.

Click service good because it keeps these two bit more honest and it

means they will not close the net down quite so quickly return. But

still they are two points shy. Of course, we have seen matches where

there has been a bit of performance anxiety, what with the Olympic

medals that they are all vying for, you can make some players rather

tense, of course. That happens, it is par for the course at times but

it is about bringing your best. An ideal performance day in your mind

of calmness and focus. Great return from Kim, Kim Gi-jung.

Brilliant. It all stems from a brilliant return from Chris

Langridge. Quick to pounce. It was right in this slot.

The dominance over head is starting to creep back into the Games of

these two Koreans, looking very strong at the top. You would imagine

there would be a reluctance to lift in the English camp. The raw power

of the younger of the two British players, the man from Huddersfield,

he is a powerful unit. He resides in central buttons, Marcus Ellis.

All these various pronunciations, I can barely speak English now!

Frustration etched all over the body lying which of the Koreans as well

they might. That was a little frustrating from their perspective.

Delight in the English camp as a consequence. The is the telling

power of Marcus Ellis that just bobbles that won the right side for

him. Can they get to the gaming tailor

make this a 4-point lead. They are 10-7 now, Alison language.

Superb. Superb from Alison language. They delight as they head into the

mid-game interval with a 4-point lead. Despondency in the Korean

camp, albeit temporarily, I'm sure. They are up against it now.

It is a 4-point deficit that these two in black thing, as third seeds,

and heralded the strongest UN this group by their ranking of number

three. It say 4-point game that they have to try and retrieve. Otherwise

it opens up problems for them, perhaps been trying to get through

the group. Two teams come through from this group of four. These two

have had a win already. The British duo haven't. A big opportunity for

Alison language, if, and it is a big if, if they can hold on. 11-7 they

lead. A list serving in the deciding game.

They absolutely pummelled the shuttles at this level. It's been a

highly octaves match. High tempo. Again the telling power of Ellis

seals the point. Well, that is what the coach spoke

of. Very litter up, changing the pace underlines, everything. They

did so there, but look how up for it the Koreans are now. They are so

good in the front these two. Nibbling away at the deficit.

Well, the call came and rightly so. Just spilt wide by millimetres.

Thunderous, bone-crushing power from Ellis, backing up all of the

subtleties that language displayed there. Look at this from this angle.

What have you it is! -- what have you it is. Four men having to bring

their best to the court to have two contain the pairing on the opposite

side of the net. 14-11. Language serving.

-- Langridge serving. Kim Sa-rang is normally so adept and quick and

agile. They can blow a little hot and cold. They four point lead, six

points away from scalping the Koreans for the second time this

year. Five points between them now and the

question on everyone's lips around court one is, is this retrievable?

At the moment these two have been coming off better in the close-knit

exchanges. You feel that the Koreans at any point could just force the

play and have their way as a consequence, but it is about them

gelling their Games together simultaneously. And they have not

done so. There is frustration etched on everyone's faces now. It is a

5-point game. The underdogs are ranked 22nd in the world and these

two are ranked third. This would be a really, really good win. Given the

situation here in Rio at the Olympic venue. A huge opportunity. A huge

opportunity for the Britons to come through group two and this win would

really help. Brilliant. They are absolutely

wired. Surely now with a 6-point lead. That is quite a collision. But

we saw in the opening game, the Koreans, how good they are at

fighting back from this kind of predicament, ever dangerous. Cannot

take anything for granted against them. Marcus Ellis to serve.

They know that that just might be the final straw. Push-up, say the

coaching team. Just a little reassurance from one

to the other. We can do this. Wow! What drama, he almost made

that, incredibly, off a dead neck caught. Such a good effort, let us

hope they did not hit his head. Let us see it again. Incredible. Almost

made it. Not for lack of trying, that is for sure, he took evasive

action but really good work from Chris Langridge. Just gives you an

indication of how badly these two want this match, they will give

whatever it takes. Are you OK, suggests the umpire.

Still a 5-point lead, still just two points away from taking out the

third seeds, the seeds in group C. Six match point opportunities,

surely one of these favours Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis.

Well, definitely, I think they want to challenge, don't you? This was so

close, you could see from their body language, 20-14, let us take a look.

Oh well! Just as well we have the electronic review. They will still

have five more opportunities to put this match to bed, should that be

wide. Judging from that, I think it was a shade wide, I think they will

have to regroup, but time will tell. We will see what happens when it

does go upstairs. Yes. The instant review proving that it was indeed

out, so the challenge, unsuccessful. So, Kim Gi-jung, how brave are the

Koreans feeling right now? Five more match point to Marcus Ellis and

Chris Langridge after 87 minutes played out here.

Immaculate work from the Koreans, the third seed with their never say

die attitude but there is a slight despondency about their body

language. So, two match point have come and gone. Still four to play

with. Just snatched it wide, it was a well

engineered point, using the court really well, playing the width.

Catch your breath. So, can they snatch it on their fifth match

point? Remember, they were 20-14 up here. Four match point have been

saved by the valiant third seeds. There it is! Chris Langridge and

Marcus Ellis delight the British fans. The union Jacks waving in the

background, they have come through and their fifth match point

opportunity, a 90 minute match remarkably, an hour and a half,

quite remarkable, 17-21, 20 5-23, 21, 18. What a performance to oust

the third seeds. This was how they did it. Ellis with the final shot --

Marcus Ellis. They worked so tirelessly all year, they beat these

very opponents at the All-England open and now they have that feat.

Delight for Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge. They now have a win

finally in group C. They worked so tirelessly last night but came out

the wrong side after 67 minutes against their opponents but now they

have a win. They have yet to play the Polish duo, but you would hope

they would come through that one, but there are only three ranking

spots between the two teams there. The polls are ever dangerous. That

will bode well for the chances for qualifying, you would imagine.

What a performance. They play again tomorrow in the badminton. Look at

this on our balcony, we only have six gold medallist, can we have a

round of applause? We have got lots of questions to ask you. BBC for

viewers have been loving the rowing. Let us speak to you first, you have

done it again, unbeaten for 4000 raises. Was there ever a point in

the race, what was the pressure like at the start? When you have got that

much credibility and everyone is wondering how to get the better of

you, do you feel on occasions, you have won it before you started? No

way. Even though people can assume that we feel we have got it done,

that does not occur to us. Being favourites does not spring to mind

when we talk about the next race, it is always about doing the race and

not thinking about what came before. What are you saying to each other in

the boat? Do you say well done? Not swearing! After London, I kept

saying sorry because I knocked Helen's glasses off her head. It was

more congratulatory. It was a good job you did not wear microphones!

You are the crew, history is on your shoulders and for the last five

Olympic Games, the men's four have won gold medals, does that cross

your mind in the build-up? In the run-up, we were trying to distance

ourselves from it. Obviously it is a legacy we desperately want to be

part of, but we wanted to focus on our processes and make sure we could

get the win and thinking about the past glories of Steve Redgrave and

Matthew Pinsent would not help us on the day but now we can bask in it

and accept the fact that we are part of that legacy. I was running past

the television celebrating when you won, which one of you was lying on

the floor for ten minutes. That was me. Did you not have any oxygen

left? My oxygen level was not high at that stage. I am asthmatic and I

could not stand up and breathe at the same time. I could not make the

short walk to the media bid for the medal ceremony, I had to take a

moment. I had enough adrenaline to get me there. I am fine now. It took

ten minutes of lying down and breathing. It shows you the effort

that goes into winning a gold medal. From your perspective, what is it

like now? Is it relief, have you had a moment to consider

what you have achieved? It is a huge relief. Four years in the making, I

was disappointed with the London result. The last four years I have

put a lot then. I have not had a chance to reflect. We have all been

named as there is for the race tomorrow. We will be up at five

o'clock, normal routine. The moment has not really sunk in. What are you

going to do? Once it is over and you can have a rest, what is the plan?

We are on the beach in Copacabana, what else to do? Go down, have a few

cocktails, enjoy yourself. This place is amazing, we were here

couple of years ago as a testing bit of training, to soak up the

atmosphere and this place is like nowhere else. I am looking forward

to actually been able to enjoy it and not worry about training the

next day or worrying about what is coming up, just take our minds away

from rowing and enjoy life for a change. See the other's sports of

course, support Team GB, we feel a part of this big team, it is a cool

thing to be a part of and we could enjoy the second week and support

the rest of our team. People are asking questions about your coach,

the record is ridiculous. He has got a pretty outstanding record. He is a

funny bloke. When you turn up and join the team, you expect these

constant pearls of wisdom from this mythical coach. He just says things

like, not too bad today! Sometimes he will tell you to just pool less

hard! He has got a really great touch for those day-to-day, little

pieces of advice to keep everything in balance. He has a great sense of

it and he is always looking forward, he never rests on his laurels and is

a great believer in looking to the next one and the next one and

keeping you looking forward. He is a great coach, really.

Karabakh Yutu? What is the future. What is that face about? It is

something we have talked about more today than ever before. We have

enjoyed everything and it has been a dream come true working with Helen

and Robin. Am I ready to stop that dream? I can't answer that right

now. We're in that place, you know what, enjoy what we worked so hard

for and make the most of our time here and we will go home and take

stock and make a decision then. You have a big day coming up in a few

weeks, don't you? I am getting married in less than a month. Ever

mentioned it as we crossed the line and I haven't planned anything but

my mum has planned loads of things but I am going to have to go and

sort out what I am doing. Will you incorporate the medals into the

dress somehow? I love the idea. Romilly won't but thanks for that.

Forgive the question, do awkwardly have two invite everybody in the GB

rowing team? That's awkward. I've been checking my post every day!

It's an intimate wedding. Loads of the girls are coming and post-Rio it

will be a great chance for everyone to relax and be friends outside of

being team-mates that is what we are. On half of the teams spend

loads of time away on the training camp together and we looking forward

to chilling out outside of rowing. Thank you for answering so many of

our viewers questions. Can we get big round of applause. I know you

have had plenty of that day and it is only the BBC clapping you. It has

been brilliant to watch and so many people watch today and said they

have been inspired to get into rowing or another sport and that is

what the Olympics is all about. Congratulations on the gold medal

and hopefully we will see you again soon at some stage, once you finish

celebrating. Enjoy yourselves. These are the headlines. I think this lot

might just feature. We will get to them in a minute.

First up the team pursuit take gold in a third world record and an eight

Olympic medal for Bradley Wiggins, who is now the most decorated

British human ever. And gold as well for the two we were just talking to,

handling -- Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, just like they did four

years ago. It seems like ages ago now. It was hours ago this morning,

here in the afternoon in the UK, but they have done it again, the Golden

girls. Here is confirmation of our fantastic falls as well. The men's

four, for this fifth Olympics on the trot, those boys we'd just spoke to

as well delivered, they talked about the pressure but they lived up to

it. There was also an amazing silver medal for brainy page on the

trampoline. Look at the tears, look what it meant to her. She felt she

didn't have a chance for a medal but she produced and believable routine

and she will leave with the silver. -- Briony page. There was also a

silver for Team GB in the dressage which was just a few hours ago. We

are talking and showing you earlier some footage from the hockey when

Team GB drew with Spain 1-1. If you've been following it through the

day, it is a really tough pool and they have to to get through to the

top four to get into the next stage. They needed Belgium to beat New

Zealand. We can show you some action from that game earlier on. Team GB

have to seek Belgium beat New Zealand to make it through. New

Zealand 's first penalty corner and would sit there. It is a beauty from

Childs. It was the lay-off at the top of the circle and they have

scored the goal. Simon Child with the little magic round, and at the

top, let's have a look. Pretending to have, look at the angle of that

shot. Closer than having the inside back foot. I think if we were to be

fair, I think that little penalty corner variation was invented by the

Germans quite a few years ago, but it has been perfected by New Zealand

here today. Woods of flows quickly. He still goes forward and it is goal

number two. It was Nick Wilson. He was in the right place, and they get

another one. They give some high-fives and the Kiwis are

delirious in the stands. A well constructive goal, a field goal.

Through the air, it was a list trap originally but it left the space

open and in the back of the net and New Zealand now lead 2-0. Will he

have a go himself? Some progress in there. Can they get the shot away?

Yes, number three for New Zealand. What a goal! It was denied a couple

of minutes ago. And who would believe, through what's going up and

injecting another player into their attacking line-up for New Zealand,

and here is the past. And Hugo Engels gets the ball, another shot.

Goal, it is in. What a smashing shot from the circle. As quick as

lightning. So, comfortable win for New Zealand

in the end and here is the confirmation of the four that go

through. Great Britain just miss out and New Zealand and Australia go

through to the knockout phase of this Olympic hockey competition.

Over on BBC One a little bit later you can see the next two events in

the women's heptathlon. Katarina Johnson Thompson is in gold medal

position at the moment and Jessica Ennis-Hill, the Olympic and world

champion in third but it is so tight between the top few. It is the shot

but followed by the 200 metres, the next two disciplines in that

heptathlon. I shouldn't call it a women's heptathlon the men compete

in the decathlon. Two women are doing very well in the competition

at the moment. Now we will go to a team event. I know our viewers on

BBC Four have been enjoying table tennis action. We're into the team

events now. The singles medals were mostly won by the dominant Chinese

but this is Team GB taking on the French in the preliminaries to this.

This is Liam Pitchford taking on Simon Gauzy. We will go over to our

commentators. This could not be closer. Pitchford

has come back and take on the second game 11-7. Locked together now.

Pitchford has a chance to go ahead. The first to three Games wins. The

best of five in this team competition. The first three matches

wins and there are four singles and doubles. Two singles than a double

and then two more singles. It is the battle of the number one players,

Liam Pitchford is ranked number eight in the world and Simon Gauzy

17. Liam Pitchford has a chance once more to take this third game.

He could not have tried more but that is impeccable defence from

Simon Gauzy. It really is. This is a captivating match with both men

relishing the opportunity to represent their respective nations

and Liam Pitchford is hunting down this difficult opponent.

Right off the edge. Fortunate, but he will take it. Liam Pitchford has

had one of those before, so having saved two game points it is game

point for France now. Simon Gauzy is the number one.

That was extraordinary defence but he couldn't take advantage of it

because it was 12-12. I thought he would still that back. Simon Gauzy

has incredible hand skills. He is a top 20 player and highly skilled.

Yes, he has got it. And that is tough for Pitchford to take, and it

might be significant in the end. Two game points, but he wasn't able to

make it count, and it is Gauzy who takes a 2-1 lead. You could see a

terrific redirection from Liam Pitchford but a couple of edge balls

at critical times the whole momentum can just shift around in table

tennis, it is as subtle as that. There is so little between these

guys in terms of skill but Pitchford, if he is to come through

this one, will have to bring his very best. Alan Cooke there, the

team coach, who is giving him plenty of words of encouragement. Much

better on serve from Liam Pitchford. But in the end Gauzy showing

phenomenal recuperation powers. When he gets over the table out that

there is any one winner of the point, he really is so dangerous. He

is so quick and very deceptive with his skill set. He is a very

difficult man to read. Gauzy ranks 17 which is a career high for him.

Pitchford is 48 but he was as high as 39 in April of this year. It is

Gauzy who went in as the favourite. If he wins this game he wins the

match and gives France 1-0 lead. A great response from the Brit.

The side that has been getting most of the traffic is his backhand.

Pitchford is directing a lot that way. Pitchford has started each game

well, but he, as you can see, he has only won one of the three Games so

far. He just edges back in each of the Games. That is a significant

lead. Four successive points for Liam Pitchford. This is what he did

in the second game when he snatched the game. If you get a decent lead

like this it could prove really fruitful at the back end of it. He

needs a little bit of luck as well. As he gets on top of the rally he is

very difficult to shake off. He is, especially on the forehand side. He

is very compact and strongest swings but he rifled the racquet head

through the ball with effect. Bullying.

Here we go again. Four points adrift. Now just one point adrift.

He is strong in various core positions, this man, even when he

has backed away from the table with the vicious racquet head speed, Liam

can't let down his guard at all. A little indecisive there though. A

great serve from Pitchford, loaded with spin, just meandering all over

the place, that one. He says sorry, but he will take it.

He shaped it with his body and then faded on the other way. Simon Gauzy

unable to get a read on that one. Great return, changing the point of

attack. He is right back in this game.

It is a great time for both countries in table tennis, Great

Britain on getting the bronze medal in the team event in the world, with

Sam Walker, Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford and the France doing --

France doing the best they have done for a number of years. They were

13th in Tokyo, they are on the up and so too are the British team.

This is why it is such an intriguing confrontation. All of the respective

team countries, there are players have all gone up in their ranking,

quite a lot. Which makes for a great watch.

Gauzy on level terms having been four points adrift. The two players

are warming up but they are not courtside cheering and getting

emotional, that would be distracting for their upcoming match, good for

them to get away, it is just the doubles players that are left to

contribute. There are four match tables here and just behind the

backdrop, another 16 practice tables.

Good work from Pitchford. His role is to stay as tight to the table as

he can, I can count on one hand the number of points he has won when he

has backed away, it is all about retaining that position. Certainly

did there and here are two game points. Now, can he take advantage,

the last game he had two game points. He ended up at the wrong end

of the game. But not this time. Excellent work from Liam Pitchford.

And it is two games apiece. This one will go to a deciding game. Each of

the games that Liam has won, he has won quickly. A six minute game,

11-8, whenever he gets a decent start and it needs to be quite an

emphatic lead, he comes out on top of the game, but because Gauzy is so

dangerous, if they are level pegging, you feel the Frenchman is

favourite because his ranking is up there and he has a little bit more

experience. So there are the stats on game

number four, pretty much level pegging, Pitchford game, serving it

seems more effectively, certainly, Gauzy did not seem to have as good a

read as he has done. I like it when he gets the fast long serve going.

He backs Gauzy away from the table. You do not want to overexpose any

one type of serve, you want to keep the variation.

Here we go them, with the decider. This time it is not Pitchford who

gets off to the lead. Stay patient, when the ball came

back. He loses so few of those points when he is over the table.

Changing the direction of attack as well.

Great play from Pitchford once he sensed he was ahead in the rally.

This is so good to watch, both players bedded in so well, both have

two games age and it is unfolding dramatically. -- two games each. Not

quite. He was on his favourite shot, he is getting confirmation that it

was the right shot, not quite the execution.

The return was loaded, wasn't it? Vicious racquet head speed, carving

up the back of the ball, at work like speed, art out onto Liam's half

very quickly. Really solid play. So, time-out

called. And this time it has been Gauzy who has been consistently

effective from the off, starting strongly, you can see, putting a

little bit more top bond to ensure that working hard, keeping the angle

in the knees so he can get the brush and security around the shapes and

balls he is hitting. Three point lead for the Frenchman, it will be a

difficult ask for Pitchford to turn this around.

Tantalisingly close. I think he was trying to say get it over at the

backhand of Gauzy. He offers a lot of those thunderous forehands and

Liam has to keep him honest and get him over on the backhand side. They

switch ends. Little bit of luck and a four point

cushion. Great defence but again, Gauzy

stayed calm when the ball kept coming back. Absolutely, I thought

Pitchford was about to turn it around with a big backhand, but

Gauzy, solid, nothing fancy, he knows this is a momentous part of

the match, right here. Not that time. And you can see why Pitchford

is desperate to direct most of the traffic to the backhand. Not nearly

as dangerous as the forehand of the Frenchman. Time running out. For the

rearguard action, behind-the-scenes, Paul Drinkhall is on next. It is all

rushing away from Pitchford now, France are two points away from

getting the lead. Well played. The spirit is still

strong. It is a huge ask to come back from this.

He did well there, it was short and I thought he might get caught up,

but not a bit of it. He got over that really well. Six match points.

Not quite. He wanted to finish in a flurry, didn't he?

Well played. Too strong in the end. Super match and Liam Pitchford,

twice coming back from a game deficit but in the end he could not

make it count and Simon Gauzy, the French number one gives France in

the lead. There was a valent performance Rob Liam Pitchford but

in the end there was just a little bit too much undulation in his

performance compare to the Frenchman who ran about last game very well --

it was a valiant performance from Liam Pitchford. As he raised his

fist... Yes. Well, it went according to form. Not that Pitchford will see

it that way, having got so close, but in the end Gauzy turning it on

in that fifth game. Confirmation, so little between them, just the three

solitary points between the winner and loser, it was so close all the

way. As we anticipate our second match. Remember, it is first to

three, first to three matches. And now we are going to get the battle

of the number two is between Paul Drinkhall who got to the fourth

round in the singles event, fantastic for him and Emmanuel

Lebesson from France. Yes, giving himself a hard time

there but he did not play properly at all. That is a wonderful action

shot. So, here we go with match number two, Paul Drinkhall here.

From Middlesbrough. 26 years of age, ranked 58th in the world and that is

Emmanuel Lebesson from France, 28 years of age, ranked at number 30.

Lives in Paris. Another member of the team that finished fifth in

Kuala Lumpur earlier this year in the World Championships. In the team

event, lost to Pitchford, who we have just seen.

Let us see if Paul Drinkhall can keep the form he had in the singles

through to the team event here. I am just trying to remember whether he

played any left hander is because Emmanuel Lebesson is a lefty and I

cannot recall. Drinkhall is ranked 58, his best

ranking was in January last year, five times the national champion. He

has been at his very best here in Rio. Another member of the team that

got to the bronze medal in the World Championships earlier this year.

Great Britain's first medal since 1983. I tell a lie, he did play a

left-hander stop he beat a talented man 4-1. Quite a character as well.

Just a reminder that the noise you are hearing is from the match on an

adjacent court where Brazil are playing career. -- Coria. The

players in the first match did not find it distracting, I think

Drinkhall has all the experience and he will block it out.

These matches are partitioned off some F1 team get excited on an

adjacent table the noise just purrs across and contaminate the arena

adjacent, but these guys are so why are doing and focused on what they

are doing it will have no affect on the outcome of the match, unless it

becomes rioters, which it sometimes does when the Brazilians are

playing. There is quite a following for their players who have even had

selfies with the crowd and waving and doing Mexican waves around the

table. Lebesson failed to qualify from London four years ago and then

thought about retirement. He said that by his own admission he didn't

really fancy it and he was having nights out and only his family were

really urging him on anti-credits them with his new-found

perseverance. Here we go, it will be Lebesson to begin. Once again the

first three, the best of five Games. It always seems to take a few points

just to settle to the swing of the right hand -- my left hand, because

a righty will play fewer of them. That is well played. Great reactions

from Drinkhall, he has astonishingly quick reactions. He was very alert

there, it was terrific defence. Idiot -- it meandered into the body

of the big, tall left-hander. Lebesson is just a fraction under

six foot, but taller than Drinkhall, who is five foot nine, but immensely

powerful. Yes, he has got a stout frame, very strong core, heavy

limbs. Yes, lovely whipped forehand across.

It had that sort of raking look of the Chinese players, it was

viciously struck that one. How low he was when he played the shot.

Strong legs. Drinkhall has strong legs. He also stays very low to the

table. Yes, these guys live in that coiled

position, with so much angling nannies, they are almost walking at

half height as they are coiled behind the table. Well played. A

super angle. Screams of adulation from the

Brazilian supporters alongside. They have brought out the best in Paul

Drinkhall there, you thought they were cheering for them. It was a

terrific backhand return. Oh, lucky, twice. That is what they

call double happiness, the death net cord and be edge bought

simultaneously. Right now Paul Drinkhall will take anything. Well

played. Really sharp. We'll look of concern in the eyes of

Emmanuel Lebesson now. Eight game points for Paul

Drinkhall. Well played. It doesn't look as

though it will be significant. Six points in a row.

Wonderful. Is it coincidence that he is playing his best table tennis now

when the game is virtually over. It is a bit like the last player,

French flamboyance coming to the fore at the end of this opening

game. Well played, Paul Drinkhall. A perfect start for him. Paul, of

course, who won the mixed in the Commonwealth Games a couple of years

ago, with his wife, Jo. She is expecting their second child in

September. Plenty of work to be done here to

try and counter what has been going on.

Paul Drinkhall played some really solid table tennis then, didn't he?

Nothing to imaginative, but very solid and frugal in error and that

run of six consecutive points really sort of put the frighteners on

Emmanuel Lebesson, who is ranked for higher. There is 28 places between

on the world ranking list at the moment with Lebesson ranked 30th.

Drink is far more effective behind his serve in that game. Still a lot

of table tennis to be played but that is what is great about this

team format because it is a race to three Games, rather than in the

singles, individual event, which was a race to four and this is a punchy

format and players do not have the wriggle room to turn the matches

around. Paul Drinkhall did not drop a point behind his serve in the

opening game. Let's see if he can keep that going here.

So confident. He stood tall on that one got right over it.

This is very impressive. Drinkhall won the test event for the table

tennis in Rio late last year, but he was the only non-South American to

take part, but maybe it was significant, because he has played

super table tennis so far in this competition. That is immaculate from

Paul Drinkhall. Voracious racquet head speed and are really confident

start to the second game. Building well on the momentum he has created.

Looking down at his bat as if to say, is there a hole in it? I

thought the same thing! That 3-point lead has gone. Showing

a lot of character now, Emmanuel Lebesson, just riding out the storm.

Perhaps Drinkhall is blowing a little cooler.

The backhand flick is a treat for Paul Drinkhall at the moment.

Well, the lead has evaporated and now the French have gone ahead.

He went for the big, long serve and nowhere near. This is a fairly

dramatic turnaround in the second game.

It is certainly dangerous when he gets around the backhand, is

Lebesson, but he has been a bit inconsistent so far. You can tell

the intent is there and if he starts finding some of those forehands,

Drinkhall could be in trouble. What a shot. Vicious pace.

What a huge shot. Thunderous power off that right-hand side. Drinkhall

had to move away from the table in response. Here's in a purple patch

right now, from 3-0 down he has won eight out of the last ten points. He

looks unstoppable. Yes, when he's on the front foot and beforehand is

firing, you can't stay with him, it's almost impossible, but for

Drinkhall, he has to think about depth and width and variation on his

shots. He needs to get some quality into the rally early. It is almost

like he is going to go wide to do it Lebesson forehand to expose his back

a bit because he's running around almost everything at the moment.

He is a bit like Ding Ning, the women's champion.

Well done, very quickly in there, Drinkhall, see the opportunity.

To go. -- two saved and two more to go. I can't imagine him trying to

play it safe here. He didn't have too. That patch in

the middle of the game where he really caught fire made the

difference and he has levelled up at 1-1. It really did shift the

momentum, didn't it? That forehand, once you started firing with that

one his confidence ignited to a new level and what is interesting as

well, as you mentioned in the game prior, Paul Drinkhall had lost a

point behind his own serve in this time he lost six behind his own

serve. That is a significant shift but Emmanuel Lebesson, when he gets

on the front foot, can play some really commanding table tennis and

he has had a stratospheric rises ranking from 60 odd a few months ago

and now he is up to 30 in the world and that is how he has done it, that

forehand just puts the fear of God into his opponents. France have a

rich history and table tennis but it seemed to have gone away and

suddenly they are coming back. They were 19th in Moscow in the world in

2010, all the way up to fifth place in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year.

You can see why. At the age of 28, Lebesson's ranking has improved over

30 spots. He has talent to burn, this fellow. They are encouraging

each other, jostling up the rankings together, as a unit, the French

team. So there will be new confidence in Lebesson but can

Drinkhall put a dent in that? Drinkhall will be disappointed with

that. The momentum moving further and further the French way.

They missed that big forehand, that will encourage Paul Drinkhall,

nothing between them now on the scoreline.

Again he got across that first forehand, so impressively. He has

got very deep, menacing eyes, Emmanuel Lebesson. He has a

frowning, grimace, it is quite scary. He had a chance there.

Nowhere near as effective on that side, as he is on the forehand.

Great defence from Lebesson. Drinkhall was on top of the rally

but could not make it count. I like the tactics of Paul Drinkhall. He

had the opportunity to smash it into the space.

Well done. Super reactions off a big shot on the forehand from Drinkhall.

That was wonderful reflexes from Emmanuel Lebesson who has not looked

back, seemingly, since he took the second game, just prior. Time-out

called by Alan Cooke. Just to try and slow down the momentum. Maybe

there are few things he wants to say specifically to Drinkhall. I am sure

he has spotted something. He is a very astute tactician and this is

when the coach earned his corn. They are quite a young side, the British

pack, as are the French, and these men of experience at the side of the

court sometimes pick up on these little snippets of experience.

Lost in the second round of the singles did Lebesson to a Romanian.

But he has great pedigree, runner-up in the men's doubles with Tristan

Flore. We have not seen him yet, but we will do in the doubles. The

French have to have him and I would think that Lebesson might be

alongside him. The runner-up in the men's doubles in the Qatar open a

few years ago. -- Open. Amazing defence from Lebesson and

then the attack, frighteningly good. Astonishing turnarounds, the pace

that he injected was thunderous, look how quickly he gets that hand

through, the back shoulder becoming the front shoulder quickly. And you

feel if we are too seriously contest this match, Great Britain have to

really win this singles. Race to three rubbers, three wins and if

they go 2-0 down it is a difficult ask on the doubles players.

Good work from Drinkhall. Sticking with them as much as he can, but it

is a very tricky task. He has already generated a run of four

consecutive points, has Lebesson, in this game. That is good from Paul

Drinkhall, really good response to a positive point, just what he needed,

an opportunity to let out a roar. Attempt to contain this man.

Well played, Paul Drinkhall. He is showing some spirit. I was just

thinking the same, it is about letting out his personality, he has

to take ownership and it is difficult to do when this man is

flashing forehands at you. Another time-out called, there is one

time-out in each match. The British have had there is an here is the

French one, three successive points for Drinkhall. Again, it was the

intervention of the coaches, Emmanuel Lebesson did not need

convincing, he turned around and the coach was gesturing.

Alan Cooke's call for the time-out worked. Let us see if the French get

the same reward. Just one point between them.

Great attack, stayed right down on that one. To four successive points

now. Did not read the serve. Even the

coach getting particularly animated and emotional because he understands

the gravitas of this moment, critical game for both teams. Well,

it was not to be. So close. Here are two game points. That is for

Lebesson. Took the bull by the horns there,

racing on that return and Lebesson stops the momentum of Drinkhall in

its tracks and takes the game 11-8 and it is 2-1 now for the French. A

mirror image of the second game, that score as well and you feel that

Paul is chasing the attack from the French player and it is hard to

manufacture a comeback when he has been so with dictatorial. It is so

hard to see Drinkhall get an end on these points. You can imagine it

will get faster and faster now he is 2-1 up. He has got the bolster of

the lead and he can be a bit more imaginative as a consequence. Swing

with even more abandoned, Drinkhall has to win this game to keep his

match afloat. Drinkhall made quite a statement and his family did when

they sent him to China at the age of 11 to see how it is done. He liked

it so much he had a Chinese culture for the best part of a decade after

that. It shows how table tennis has dominated his life. Look at the

speed. Unsuccessful that time. See if you can get a good start to game

number four. You know how tough it is going to be. Lebesson, confidence

on a high, so much talent. And you have to take your hat off to

Emmanuel Lebesson, because he has done really well, having lost that

opening game, 11-4, to have the courage of his conviction and to not

forehand on. -- turn. Fantastic. What a timely response from Paul

Drinkhall, he rarely fails with this, so strong mentally.

Stern look at the table as if it might have been something erratic

there. It is almost as if Paul Drinkhall

has had a stern talking to himself, because he has come out here with

the real insistence about the way he has played the last three points and

it is a run of three fought the British player. -- for the British

player. It is a bad miss from Lebesson, it

was the right shot. Even in his fourth-round defeat,

Drinkhall showed a lot of character. He won the next two consecutive

Games at that stage. It is so psychological at this stage and

Drinkhall has to keep aggressive and in his face.

Let us see if Lebesson can do something on serve. Drinkhall is

100% in this game on the Lebesson serve, he hasn't dropped a point.

That run comes to an end. The top-spinner does the job for the

Frenchman. It is all tied up at six. To give you a sense of perspective,

Paul Drinkhall has been as high as 33 in the world and we said that in

the last programme but Lebesson is currently ranked at 30th so he is

playing career high tennis right now. Drinkhall will have to bring a

ten out of ten performance to turn this one around, and he knows it.

What a super shot that was. Brave as well. If Lebesson had got that

across the table, the point was his. Lebesson is just so good at getting

his forehand into play and making the area for Drinkhall so small to

find his backhand. A rather steely look from Lebesson.

Drinkhall did acknowledge his luck. So, a couple of bits of fortune for

Paul Drinkhall. He's two points away from taking this one into a deciding

game. Oh, magnificent! So far back but so

accurate. So refreshing to see him come out on one of these big

forehand exchanges on the right side as well. Having the last laugh

there. Three-game points. He has done it. Well, he has turned

it around. The momentum so firmly with Emmanuel Lebesson that wrinkle

has levelled up. It is two Games each. He was playing his best to

table tennis of the match in the latter part of that game. Yes, he

really was. He was talking up around his forehand in a sort of Lebesson

-esque kind of way, almost answering the question in a timely fashion and

really getting on the front foot and taking -- dictating the player

taking time away from Lebesson. Lebesson likes Tapie cuts around

that time and Drinkhall leads to rush and reduce that time. He did so

effectively there. He showed good character and some quite excellent

players well. For the second successive rubber, we are going into

a decider. Lebesson just winning a couple of

points on his serve. Here we go then. Pitchford couldn't come out on

top in his match. Can drink all go in here against Lebesson? A perfect

start. It teetered on top of the net and

thought about wriggling over. He is getting all the luck at the moment,

not playing outstanding table tennis but the luck is going firmly in 's

way. He is getting increasingly fired up

as well and letting Lebesson know how much he is enjoying this

particular passage of play. He is like a child at Christmas,

Drinkhall, right now. He is so excited, this is a terrific response

from him. Alan Cooke is on his feet and really showing mental fortitude

against this very tricky opponent. Yet again he got the trouble in

there. Brinkley is getting all the luck and he is taking advantage of

it. They change round with the Frenchman knotted a great frame of

mind. Just a flick of the net. A great run of fortune. It really is,

it's a game of millimetres and things like that can just swivel

matches on their axis. The faces tell it all. This one

looks as though it will make it 1-1. Paul could have done more with that.

It didn't have quite enough on it and it allowed Lebesson in.

Well, we haven't seen much of that forehand in recent points but it

really fires there. Is that a platform for him to come back into

this final deciding game? That is unbelievable. It is quite

cool in that regard, it's quite something. Point after point where

the luck is going the British way. They say it evens out, but not in

the individual match, it doesn't. Yes, I look of despair. A little

extra snap of the forehand of Paul Drinkhall they got it done. Three

points away from a significant win. Liam Pitchford looks like he is

reeling in the discomfort of his loss earlier, but he will be back. I

didn't see the kitchen sink across but I think it might have.

A bad miss. Set up for him there. And Drinkhall is two points away.

Having engineered a comeback as well, that is doubly frustrating for

Emmanuel Lebesson. Having absolutely no luck. Four

match points for Paul Drinkhall of Great Britain.

Terrific play. Some fightback from Paul Drinkhall. He had to work like

a Trojan. He has come through. 42 minutes it took, from 2-1 down. He

has run three Games to two so it is one rubber each for France and Great

Britain. And we shall be back to rejoin the

table tennis very shortly for the next match in that series of Great

Britain taking on France, which is the doubles, so we will be back for

that later on. We have been sat there watching the action with you

lot for a while. We have moved back to the beach-side studio. Thank you

for all of the texts and tweets about having the row was on tonight

and the questions we put our gold medallists and also the Team GB

rugby players and we had four of the seven men with us and we were

allowed in the BBC One studious about. Regular viewers. Is he there?

He's gone! Antony Worrall Thompson is back on the circuit training and

wearing a different top. He had a red top on tonight. I looked around

five minutes ago and he was there, maybe he knows where I want him on

BBC Four. We will try and get him again before the end of the Games. I

will read at your texts and tweets as well and on a day that has

provided more medals are more moments, these are the headlines.

Gold in the men's team pursuit for Great Britain, a world record as

well, fifth gold for Bradley Wiggins, the most decorated Britain

in Olympic history. We spoke to them earlier, Helen

Glover and Heather Stanning, their 40th straight win in the women's

pairs and their second Olympic gold. The men's four weren't bad either,

fifth straight gold at Olympic Games for these boats. The coach Jurgen

Grobler has now had a gold medal winning crew in every games since

1972. Today it was that lot. Silver medal in the trampolining for

Sheffield University biology graduate Bryony Page. Wonderful

performance on the trampoline. Silver in the team dressage as well,

the individuals coming case you are wondering, with hard questions, take

place on Monday. They won gold in team dressage in London 2012, today

they had to settle for silver. Here's a reminder of what's

happening on BBC One. I wouldn't be too surprised if we haven't got many

viewers on BBC Four because athletics is on. We're only being

honest! Jessica Ennis-Hill... Currently, they are taking part in

shot put. 200 metres tonight as well, four events on the first day,

three to come tomorrow. Katarina Johnson-Thompson is in gold medal

position, the reigning Olympic and world champion in third. A bit of

tennis as well, we don't often see Rafa Nadal playing doubles. Is

against Marc Lopez of Spain, they are taking on a Romanian pair. In

the men's doubles gold medal match. Thank you to all of you staying up

late. Donna Barker says you have a busy day tomorrow. I'm going for

matchsticks to take the night. Somebody loves the trampolining,

commentary was so good, I may need to lie down outside, think I'm

seeing shooting stars. Craig says, how could anybody go to red when

Jess and cat are on the brink of history? Don't flag up the fact they

are one BBC One! -- Jess Andrews Kat. Supermarket tweet says this

week has ruined me, I'm currently working on three hours sleep per

night, and lots of Harrett though. Other sugary sweets are available.

Join the club. -- lots opted not still was as exciting as ten golds,

talking about Bryony Page, making trampoline history. Paula says...

This is about hitting inspired. I said you might be watching and

thinking four years down the line I could do trampolining. I was meaning

somebody who is right of age and ready to produce the goods. Paula

said, I wish I could get inspired but I'm 37, I might be slightly over

the hill when it comes to Olympic trampolining. . Don't do yourself

down. Liz says, listen, I enjoyed travelling in. Good evening by the

way. Don't get me wrong coming four years I will be 49 and I'll be

honest, it would be obscene. I think you are right, Liz, it might be a

step too far! Thank you for those. BBC Rio 2016 is where you will find

us. Here until 2am. If you want to watch Jessica Ennis-Hill and

Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the women's heptathlon it's on BBC One.

Here, we'll take you back to the table tennis.

Doubles is just about to start. The nominated pair, ordering gold,

obviously flushed with success, flushed with confidence. They've

chosen to pitch him in again. He'll play with Sam Walker. The French,