Day 7 Highlights Olympics

Greg Rutherford is the Olympic champion.

Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion. The first all-round

athlete in the world. He is a double Olympic champion. Have you ever seen

anything like that? Hello, a very good evening. Day seven of the

Olympic Games of the biggest and fittest sports stars on the planet

are in Rio. The athletics is underway. Four years of hard work,

blood, sweat and tears. This is the time of Rutherford, Jessica

Ennis-Hill and of course, Usain Bolt. This is what is coming up

tonight. The defending champion, Jessica

Ennis-Hill in bronze position after a thrilling first morning of the

heptathlon. Tonight it is the shot put and 200 metres. But it is great

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson, in gold medal position, breaking the

British record in the high jump. Rio ready for Rutherford, the Olympic

champion gets his Games up and running in the long jump. On the

track, Laura Muir broke Kelly Holmes' British record in the

anniversary Games. She goes in the 1500 metre shortly. But we shall

also see another Lauret in the 1500, Laura Weightman going very soon.

South Africa's world champ begins his quest for Olympic glory in just

over an hour. That is in the 400 metres. GB's Matthew Hudson-Smith

from Wolverhampton goes in heat six and is up against the Olympic

champion Kirani James. But also, what a few days we have had in the

Olympic aquatic stadium. This is the scene in Baja. If you have been with

us, you will have enjoyed every single moment. Four gold medals to

be won this evening and this wonderful venue could yet again

witness history. You know who is back in the water.

The huge gold medal to Michael Phelps, a new world record. I wonder

whether we have here someone who will replace it as the greatest

swimmer ever. Can Michael Phelps go eight golds in eight days? He is

trying to use set swimming and Olympic history. Eight days, eight

gold medals, Michael Phelps is the greatest.

These are his last Olympics. He will go out as the best ever. The biggest

number of Olympic medals in history. Michael Phelps is back. Swimming

legend Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement. US Olympic swimmer

Michael Phelps has been arrested for driving... He will not be allowed to

represent the United States. He has been banned for competing from the

United States that six months. Michael Phelps is heading to Rio.

Rio looms ahead. Unbelievable for Michael Phelps, his 22nd Olympic

gold medal. It has been amazing, over the past couple of evenings,

not just about the man of steel from America but plenty of other stars in

action as well. She has already won a silver medal

in the 400-metre freestyle, now Jazz Carlin goes for gold in the 800

metres. USA's Katie Ledecky going for her fourth gold of Rio 2016 in

the final in about two hours' time. It is also the final of the 15-metre

freestyle, Florent Manaudou is the reigning Olympic and world champion.

Great Britain need Ben Proud to recreate the form we saw him with

Commonwealth gold in 2014. You will also remember Great Britain's Fran

Halsall won gold in Glasgow in the 1500 metre freestyle.

Here we go, this is how we line up tonight, it is packed night at the

Olympics, day one of track and field begins with the heptathlon and the

battle between Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson. We

shall update that shortly before we see the shot put and 200 metres.

Also the heat in the one men's 400 metres the women's 100 metres.

Four gold medals will be decided in the pool. Jazz Carlin has made a

great medal chance in the 800-metre freestyle and there is also the

finals in the women's 200-metre backstroke at the men's 50-metre

freestyle. How can you even be thinking of going to bed? You have

to stay with us. Before the swimming action, it is now time for

athletics. I kind of just fell into the heptathlon to be honest. I

didn't know what it was or what I was doing but I just gave it a go.

Nothing beats going out and challenging yourself every working

towards something. I love how pure athletics is, especially the

sprinting, just run as fast as you can to the finish line and whoever

is the fastest is the winner. I often think about that moment in

London. Being on the podium, knowing you are the champion, once you have

got that feeling, on the podium, you want that. I want to be a successful

athlete and I worked incredibly hard to believe that and I live for those

moments when success is there. I just love to get back on the podium,

I would love to defend my title and come away with another medal. It is

what we live for. Welcome to this, the first evening

session of the 2016 Rio Olympic athletics programme and if it is

anything as exciting as the morning programme was, you are in for a real

treat. Make sure you have your snacks, hot drinks at the ready or

whatever else you fancy, it is a Friday night. Hopefully some

electric athletics alongside my esteemed colleague, Paula Radcliffe,

Michael Johnson and Denise... I know you were enjoying the drums and the

band, it feels like this is a real athletics meet. Hopefully we will

get a few more people in the stands but the energy is already pretty

good. Hopefully we will see some great athletics tonight and a

fantastic start to the first day of athletics. Really looking forward to

the 400 metres tonight and the 100 metres women. This morning, we were

discussing in David Rudisha the's 800 metres, how infrequently these

days, world records come by. About 30 minutes after I said that, there

was another world record. We did not see that coming. I think we saw it

coming from halfway through the race but before the race, we did not

because we were talking about finals in the morning and whether the girls

would be able to get up for it and they certainly did that. Conditions

were perfect. The real key thing was, we don't often see everyone

together like that, people in shape for a Championship.

It was perfect pacemaking and set it up for Almaz Ayana who blew the

field apart. It was already at world-record pace at that moment and

they decided to up the pace. An impressive piece of distance running

will stop not just from Ayana either. We had Vivian chariot, one

second out and one that had not been got at 523 years. She had to fight

to get that bronze medal. I think we have something like 18 personal

bests. 37 athlete starting the race. Some of the girls had no idea where

they were a position wise because just trying to keep track of whether

they were running the right number of laps was really complicated.

Because the race also scattered, the girls were finding it difficult week

into the high jump. In the end, it didn't matter because we had a

spectacular high jump competition, the likes of which, world-class high

jumping out the heptathlon in the end, with Jess is getting off to her

usual start in the hurdles, the top three is so tantalising. The

pendulum is swinging in favour of Katarina Johnson-Thompson and

Jessica Ennis-Hill but the competition is over. Tonight will be

interesting. We have the shot put coming up, the 200 metres, both

favour, I would say Jess for the shot, maybe we could see a duel in

that 200. A thrilling high jump competition. Those high jumpers of

the women would probably be pleased with that in their qualifications.

It was tremendous. The thing about these ladies, they often are

smashing the personal bests in competition because they are so

frequently doing events together. Let's have a look at the personal

best of the two British contenders KJT and Jessica Ennis-Hill because

if they performed the PBs, the points they required would be huge.

But at the moment, APB for Johnson-Thompson, not so much for

Ennis-Hill yet. Denise did predictions this morning on the

basis of the strength of the various events and it really came down to an

800 for you? I think it could potentially but a lot hinges on the

two throws the Katarina. She needs to throw close to her personal best.

We have seen her throw 11 metres in big competitions. That is not going

to be good enough. She needs to be up there, close to that 13, 14-metre

shot put. There's nothing in it for the 200 metres at all but that

caution that I think Jessica will have overnight is really significant

because then we come back with the Longdon tomorrow and that pendulum

swings back to Katarina and Jess has to be back to her personal best. It

is thrilling. Normal service should resume

overnight and it should be Brits on top of that leaderboard overnight.

Let's go down to the track because it is a 1500 metres women's eats

about to get underway and Steve Cram is calling the first of these. It is

always intriguing the way the tactics go on the 1500 metres, it is

so difficult to get through the heat and to navigate them and make sure

you are not the running for a fastest time or fastest loser's time

and you have vested interest in this? Steve Cram : Laura Weightman

will be going. The heat can be tricky at times even know you think

on paper OK, top six. 42 entrance and I think at least 30 of them

think they will get to the final and we have the big names in each of

these. Brenda Martinez wanted to be in the

800 metres but didn't make it through the American trials.

Google talk about her in the second. What an interesting year it has been

for her. What we have in store from her? Not sure, the world record

holder last carried everything before her. This year, she has had a

troubled preparation which I will come back to. That is a very good

young talent, the European junior cross-country champion from Germany,

Maureen Koster. -- Maureen Koster from the Netherlands.

Linden Hall of Australia has made a big improvement in 2016. But this is

somebody who could well be a threat, certainly the Laura Muir's chances

of a medal, the Polish athlete, who has been in great form on the

circuit. The Kenyans also have always been difficult. A familiar

figure from Serbia on the inside. There are 14 athletes in each of the

three heats. The top six will go through. I would say probably heat

two is the toughest. This one is not so easy. And the Laura Muir is

probably delighted, because apart from anything else, there are six

fastest losers to advance as well. They have a bit of an advantage.

Away we go, three and three quarters laps as normal. A few more people in

the stadium tonight, and atmosphere being created. Paula Radcliffe has

raised down from the studio to be alongside me. In Debbie Dibaba,

let's talk about her. Her coach is caught up in an investigation, was

arrested in Spain, he is not here in Brazil, but she has had her own

problems, she has only raced once in 1500s. It hasn't been the sort of

preparation she would have liked. No it hasn't, on any front, she picked

up a toe injury which prevented her making a debut and raising the

10,000 metres earlier in the year, but she came back and front 359. She

definitely has been affected by the turmoil that has gone on. I think it

was in the coach's route that the drugs were found, he did not come

out. -- room. We know that the track goes well for distance racing, we

saw that in the 10,000 metres this morning. But so far, this has gone

out very, very pedestrian. Somebody in here needs to get up front and

take this on. Is it going to be somebody like the world junior

champion, of 3000 metres, who really took the race apart and worked hard

to get a bronze medal. Very slow with three of 400 metres, really

picked up a bit now. The young German is very strong. Her best is

1500 this year, 406, many people are much quicker than that. Carol

McGiffin has got a good kick, she won't be too disappointed. Brenda

Martinez has got a very good kick. The barber comes through. Two laps

to go. -- in Debbie Dibaba. Costa moves out in the orange. Dibaba is

just checking there, she is pushing and shoving in the red of Morocco.

They are all panicking now. They will start to panic. If you give

people the danger of falling down on not being able to progress, it

becomes greater and greater. The likes of Brenda Martinez in there,

we saw what happened in the 800 metres in the US trials, she had to

come back and read the 1500 metres here, she really wants to be out of

trouble. -- and race in the 1500 metres. Costa has started to move

up. The pace needs to string out to get the race running more safely.

Costa, the 19-year-old from Germany. Linden Hall of Australia tucked on

the inside. Stelling worth following Koser. -- Koster. Six to go through.

Koster moving up on the outside, very quick over the last 400 metres.

She gets back inside as well. Still plenty in with a chance of

getting in the top six. Goes there be Dibaba changes gear with 300

metres to go. This will be a side to see what she can do. A gap appears

very, very quickly. They decided not to chase it. 200m to go. Dibaba

reading, they are scrapping for the top six places. Stelling worth, the

Canadian, is in seventh place. A lot of people passing in the home

straight. Dibaba easing away here. Koster trying to hang on, Brenda

Martinez on the outside. It is going to be close for the top six.

Four in a row, Stelling worth loses out. A time of 410. Stelling worth

412. The others don't know what to do. Go on, Dibaba, she stretched

out, she didn't go hard all of the last hundred but it was enough. She

doesn't look to me like she was in the shape she was when we saw the

350 in Monaco last year, she doesn't have the change of pace which was

setting her miles apart from the rest of the field. She reacted, the

others were slower to react and cheap bulk up the gap. McGinn held

it for a little while -- to build up the gap. I was glad to see that

Koster made it because she was the only one prepared to take that and

put that working. It is going to be a bit of a nervous wait now for

Hillary Stelling worth, finishing the first of the fastest losers. She

should be with six. The advantage definitely goes to the leaders.

Definitely a class apart, Dibaba, when you look at it from that angle.

Is she doing more what she needed to do? She hasn't raced that much going

in, she probably wants to get a bit of a test out there. McGinn

finishing well behind, she didn't need to finish as fast as she did,

but given the band of four quickly closing on her she was keeping

herself out of trouble, jacking up at the screen looks pretty

comfortable. -- checking up. She looked comfortable enough. I've seen

her go quicker, but she's thinking, why bother now? It is just the

heats. McGinn is looking good indeed. A blanket finish for the

four. Katarina Johnson-Thompson will go

ninth in the shot putt. The women heptathlete get three goes on the

shot put. Jessica Ennis-Hill is in a different pool to KJT. Of course,

these women are supreme athletes, but they throw a lot shorter

distances than the elite shot putters, who we will see later on in

the women's final, one of whom, Valerie Adams, is going for her

third consecutive Olympic gold. To do that, she will have to throw

something over 20 metres. And obviously we will be thinking, hang

on a minute, these girls offering, 13, 14, 15, why can't they not show

that bit? -- are throwing. They are not there specialists, is only so

much time in the week that you can train. Cat, with all her height and

power that she does include, you know, she can hide long jump well,

she doesn't use her legs efficiently in the circle. And that results in

just higher not using that power. She's a 13, 14, PB. This is Valerie

Adams of New Zealand. You have to be exclusive to expose of

out-of-the-box. It catapults out of her hand. But all comes from this

action -- you have to be explosive out-of-the-box. She drives back the

leg, she tries to hold onto it as long as possible, keeping the weight

behind the shot. The launch it out, Katarina does not do that. She is

almost upright out of the back. Therefore she is not able to use her

legs and more important hips. I would say she learns those basic

things using those legs, keeping that shot behind her, she can find

easily another 1.5 metres. Go Jess of course is better, she is up

there as one of the stronger shot put us in the field but still not

anywhere near her best event. -- shot putters. Let's look at the

difference in technique. Jessica is five foot five. You know, what she

does with her body, the good mechanics, gives you great results.

We've said that, 1479, that is really, really good for her. For her

physique and power. Yes, but she uses her legs and hips. That allows

her to arrive in the correct position here. The foot is

underneath her hips, she uses her hips right there, a little bit, you

know, little bit open, possibly, but she uses her legs effectively and

stays behind the shot and it gives her a better result. We will keep

you up to speed with how they are doing. But don't expect this to be

one of Katarina Johnson-Thompson's high-scoring events. Steve?

Thanks, Gaby. Setting up nicely this shot put, the third event of the

heptathlon. Jessica Ennis-Hill waiting for her turn. First chance

to release the four kilo shot. He has chewed a lot of gum today! Tense

moments through the high jump. Giving nothing away. They've worked

hard, trained in Barcelona, chose not to join the team. Here in Brazil

until late on. Spent time with her son, Reggie. Performed well so far,

but, boy, has she got her hands full with her team-mate Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, she is a better shot putter. The reigning champion

settles in this, the first round of the shot put. Something over 40

metres would be ideal. -- 14. Just separate on that, shy of 14, a

tentative start from Jess Ennis, somewhere around 1350, maybe. But it

is a mark. Athletes get three attempts. She goes one way, the shot

goes another, and there is a lot of force but wasted that for me. She

can correct that thou, she has got a marking. Slightly tense look on her

face. 1344. OK. That is a start. She will want more, though.

So, onto the second of three heats. The first round of the women's 1500

metres. Not the easiest certainly of the three heats. Six go through

automatically, three have quicker times this season, three or four

under not due far away, some big names in there. There is the

line-up. Jenny Simpson is in there. There are

those big names. Jenny Blundell, the fast improving

Australian. Very, very quick athletes in there. There is Jenny

Simpson, the US champion this year, while champion five years ago. --

world champion. A few seconds down on her best. The quickest in the

world this year, unbeaten this season, won Diamond league races in

Shanghai and Oslo. Hassan last year looks outstanding, maybe not quite

as quick this year, but still superb and good enough to take the indoor

title. She came second to Laura Muir in London in that great race. A

great change of gears, she might sit at the back earlier on and ease her

way through. Nicky Hamlin, born and raised in Dorset. There is Laura

Weightman. Had a great spell in 2014, took silver in the

Commonwealth Games, bronze in the Europeans. And running strongly

again. And she runs at her bust. She should move through Constable Ian.

There is one of the Olympic refugee team, she fled the conflict in South

Sudan and now training in Kenya. But wait until the line, three and three

quarters laps of the track, the second of the heats of the women's

1600 metres. Laura Muir to come in the next eight. The first teams,

crucially, they will have seen that it was slow. Six fastest losers to

go through over the three heats. If they make it brisk enough they have

got a far, far better chance. Laura Weightman just checking. It can be a

little bit ragged -- she can be a little bit ragged, the talented

Ethiopian. Jenny Simpson sitting in second or third place at the moment

behind Blundell. There is great talent in this race. A very strong

third round. Laura Weightman put herself in a good position. You

forget it with Laura, but she is very experienced these days, eight

in the Olympic Games four years ago, Commonwealth Games medallist,

European games medals. Unfortunate accident last year at the World

Championships when she fell over the finish line and hit her head on the

track, she wasn't able to continue. Here she is back in an opportunity

for her to move into the semifinal. And now the race is beginning to

move a little. Laura Weightman stretching down the back straight,

looking comfortable but she has got to be aware from this race. Hassan

in the orange vest of the Netherlands, right at the back.

Watch her get ready to make a move. Saddo is going to be a bit of a

danger. -- Saddam. The Kenyan, the fastest in the

world, just drifting towards the front. She will find has of

alongside the leaders very soon. Laura running a very sensible race.

You can always see that it looks quicker, it looks a little bit

quicker than the first, the women in a good position.

Kipyegon got clipped a little bit and moves her way out around

Blundell and moves to the front out of danger. Saddou is there. Hassan

is at the backs, staying out of danger. She is steadying herself,

but she will make a move, usually in the back straight she will begin to

ease past everyone. But she got past a little bit again. There are plenty

of athletes in here who have run very similar times this season. It

could be a fierce race, the latter stages. Six to go through

automatically, Weightman moving into a good position. Laura Weightman

sitting on the outside, doing nicely, ready to move, and she's got

to be. She's now got to hold this position, don't let anybody pass on

the outside if you can possibly help it. Kipyegon in the lead looking

strong and comfortable. But still, when you get those kind accidents

there, a little bit a bump can cause a concertina effect. Laura is free

of trouble in a good place, coming down the straight, all you've got to

do Laura is run the last 300 metres as we know you can. Kipyegon is

strong and good, Jenny Simpson, the more experienced American coming

down the outside, now they are going to start raising. The pace begins to

lift at the sound of the bell. Weightman in fifth place moving past

the athlete from Colombia. Kipyegon is out in front, Saddou and Jenny

Simson moving around the outside. Kipyegon hanging on. Laura Weightman

trying to make a move. Hassan hasn't made a move at all yet, moving from

the back as of now, coming down the back straight, starting the close.

Laura Weightman really has a battle. There goes Hassan in the orange

vest. Past Laura Weightman. Laura has got too many in front of her,

she has got to dig deep. the second the six, seven in front

of her and Laura Weightman starts kick in. Hassan making her move.

There are six, seven there, Laura Weightman having to dig for her

time. Jenny Simpson." Row across the line and Laura Weightman down in

seventh place. A quicker heat than previously. It is all about clock

watching for Laura Weightman. It certainly is. She struggled in the

back straight for a moment and Hassan came flying past and thought

that was the chance for her before that but that was a fast last lap. A

strong, powerful run. Jenny Simpson qualified strongly. We will have to

wait to see what happens in the last heat. First of six fastest losers

and there they go. Here comes Hassan who hasn't been anywhere near it so

far. Sadly accelerating. This was the point when I thought Laura

should try to go with her but there wasn't any response. Into the home

straight, six athletes ahead of Laura Weightman. As I'm getting

better. Jenny Simpson coming strongly. The Ethiopian athletes,

drifting. The Moroccan runner, running a big season's best to take

one of the automatic qualifying places. Weightman couldn't quite get

there. Laura Weightman closing down the

onside to but we know at the moment, she is the fastest of the losers.

She has to wait, a little bit off it, a little bit of strain in the

back straight. She could have pulled it on to Hassan but she's now

downstairs and will explain it to us.

Laura, you said you felt you should have qualified for that race but it

is a waiting game. I should get through in that time. It is a messy

race. I put myself in a few bad position so it is partly my own

fault. Got pushed around a bit. Hopefully that puts me through. We

saw you reach the final in 2012 and since then, you have won medals.

What is the biggest difference between you now and then? I am four

you stronger and more experienced and that is a massive difference

coming through the rounds. I am staying confident I will get in that

semifinal. Do you go and look at that next race or keep your head

down until you know the result? I think it should be enough to get me

through, I'm not going to stress too much. I know I am in good shape. I

probably made it look a bit too hard but everything is all right and

fingers crossed I will be all right and move on to the semifinal. All

the best. We hope we see you in the semis.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson is in the other pool to Jessica Ennis-Hill.

This is damage limitation time for her now. She needs a throw ideally

beyond or close to 30 metres. This is what she has done this year. Add

a dreadful shot before. Left foot never came down. That is way down.

We saw her warm up quite nicely. That is a foul, she fell out of the

front by the look of it. It is a foul in the first round for Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. Two those remaining.

We have one nonstarter in this from the United Arab Emirates. Not sure

all 13 of these are good enough. We have one from east Timor and a

couple of others who would struggle to run. Round about 4.7, 4.8. I

think Laura Weightman is more confident than me about fastest

losers. We have an early leader. Laura Muir content to sit at the

back. She has been in dominant form. Both Laura s have been up preparing

part of the injury squad. Biggest endurance squad we have ever had in

the Olympic Games, certainly for a long time, so it has been good to

see. Lauro looking to get through there. She will be looking to keep

out of trouble in these first few laps. We saw a marvellous

performance by Laura Muir in the anniversary games. She won that

event. Hassan was the world indoor champion this year and Laura Muir

coming to this event was renewed confidence. When she broke Kelly

Holmes' record, she was staggered herself. Kelly said last night she

is looking forward to seeing Laura Muir, not particularly tonight

because she thinks this is no more than a formality, but it isn't. You

have to go and get there and get in the first six. She is running so

confidently. When you are good and strong and you have just run a

personal best, when you are just beating the record by the great

Kelly Holmes, you can afford to run with confidence here at the back of

the group and that means, I am controlling this, you can do what

you want to do but eventually, I will be joining you. Two laps to go,

Laura Bjork will now start taking closer order. Fasth Laura Muir.

There are 11 people in this group and the pace they are going, all 11

could qualify which would make Laura Weightman the 12th qualifier...

Sorry we have six fastest losers, it is just the pace they are going.

Barter took a bit of a stumble. All these could go through if they work

together but Laura Muir is not bothered about that, she has gone

straight to the front. A good young Ethiopian youngster following Laura

Muir. The way she strode down the back straight, the power she showed

when she was doing that, the confidence she exudes today, it is a

new Laura Muir. I think we are ready to see even better things from her.

She will come down and hear the bell and at this point, it is about

concentration. We know she is strong and fast enough and she has got the

power to drive at any point but we know that any athlete has to

concentrate now. 300 metres to go, three laps. They can keep going at

this pace but they will be a bit of a threat to Laura Weightman but

Laura Muir looks impressive. Top six to go through but all 11 can

actually go through. Zoe Buchmann trying to come ready outside, the

Australian trying to get round the Moroccan. Barter coming wide as

well. Laura Muir let's Sion move away. Top six definitely going

through but given the clock, anything under 4.8 and they will all

go through. A couple of others at the back will have to wait and see

but no problems for Laura Muir. Both Laura Muir and Laura Weightman

qualifying. All of the big names through. No real surprises there for

me. Didn't really learn a lot but everyone gets nervous in semifinals

of people falling over. Laura let her do that. She did but that was

impressive by Laura Muir. It is a new confidence when you are running

as well as she is. Allowing the race to run away. Obviously, you would

like to be next to her but Laura Muir is just relaxing. She so

impressive this year, I think she will have great chances in the next

few days. The coach said she was Mowatt nervous than her. -- more

nervous than her. That is the six but Laura Muir more impressive than

any other in that one. Brendan talking commentary about how

good a season you have had and how in control you are? I just wanted to

get the job done. To be at the front, I wanted to make sure I

wasn't boxed in and I will just rest up ahead of the semis. How high is

your confidence? To finish on that race, you couldn't have hoped to

anything better. I suppose you can't get ahead of yourself, people are

talking about you contending for a medal but you have to negotiate

these rounds so what kind of mindset you have to get in? Just taking it

one round as it comes. My focus is now on the semis and once I get to

the final, I will focus on that. We wish you well, well done.

Nafissatou Thiam. That is a big throw. She has produced two

fantastic performances so far in the hurdles and the high jump. She

really got on to that, you can see the look on her face, it is over 14

metres. Jessica Ennis-Hill was just under 14 metres. It will be

measured. That could take her into the lead.

Eaton, the Canadian has been solid so far without being fantastic. The

first round effort, just beyond 30 metres. Her lifetime best, 13.7 one.

She is reliable, consistent. I wonder whether she has got the

firepower to challenge the Brits and Nafissatou Thiam. Waiting for her

measurements, it is 13.36. Jessica Ennis-Hill in round two of the shot

put. 13.44 was her opener. She can let loose now. She has thrown over

14 metres in the past. Just came away from that as well, elbow

dropped, it is below 40 metres again. She threw 13.73 en Route 28

gold medal at the World Championships last year. You just

see it going out sideways from her neck there. One throw to improve on

that first round effort. No improvement in the second round.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Round two after a foul, has to get mark here,

no messing about. She has, well, produced a beautiful

high jump. She is in the lead, but she is going to get swallowed up if

she doesn't improve on that mark. She will be happy it is a market 11,

down on what she needs. Warner throw remaining. -- Warner throw.

16 through to the semifinals, the quickest team with Rhodri and Niwa.

The fastest losers came from heat two and three. Laura Weightman goes

through as the fastest loser. 16 in total, those semifinals, as

Laura Muir alluded to, will be difficult.

STUDIO: Let's have a look at close detail, you and the ways both

athletes. But have a little look in close

detail at this shotput is. Because you analysed both athletes,

Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson,

and compare them to the very elite, the best of the best

in Valerie Adams. What you showed earlier,

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has thrown worse and her

technique has been poorer. What you think is going on with her,

she is down on her personal best I'm not sure what is going on,

but I'm sure the break has something to do with it,

I'm sure there is something just by misfiring, they are not

particular tired, so that is hard, Jess is not throwing

what we normally would expect to see, she is a 14-metre

throw at worst. So technically, she is just

mis-firing out of her hands, we talked about the separation

between her body and the shot, at this point she is just

opening up our arm, to go out at an angle,

shows she is losing distance. But also she did not get her right

leg underneath her, which you really do need to get

the impetus through the shot. She will be really

disappointed with that. Katarina Johnson-Thompson

with a foul on her first throw, and then her body in her second

throw, had technique appeared to be all over the place really,

she did not seem to have At the moment you can imagine

what is going through her head. I can't mess up, so easily

she could have three fouls in the shotput, and that

would be a disaster. I think she was just

very cautious there, she just needed to get one in,

technically it is not 11.68, not using her legs again,

throwing is about the legs, whether it is javelin,

hammer or shot, they need They have got three left,

and hopefully they can give it 400 metre heats coming

up next on the track, Michael Johnson, are

you excited about that? 400 was arguably the final

of the World Championships last Yes, and it will live up

to the same heights. This year has shaped up to be

a fantastic year for the 400 metres, I know who is going to win

the medals, I believe, but the order could be any way,

so when we get under way here today, the world champion

in the last championships. Will we see a top three

under 44 in the final? I think we could, we very well

covered. -- well covered. There are a couple of people

who have run -- well covered. This is one we will see it,

at this early round, it will get some of the kinks out,

it has been a few weeks since they have race,

it will be interesting to see. Fitzroy Dunkley, second

in the Jamaican championships, just outside, was Gil Roberts,

there is Cedenio of Trinidad Tobago, two hundredths

inside the British He ran a personal best behind Wayde

van Niekerk. There is the European champion,

he has a bit of an Achilles injury obviously something to be

concerned about. The Borlee siblings will all

be in these Olympics. The first of seven heats

in the men's 400 metres. Cleanly away, three to go

through automatically, plus the next fastest

three to the semifinals. Roberts making great

progress, pulling away Roberts is a powerful runner,

just settling back into things, things even in up a little bit more,

it is quite even between Cedenio looking strong

and looking smooth. Roberts using all the power on the

outside. Three to go through automatically.

Cedenio takes it, bowing to the line, 44.99, Roberts takes

second, inside 45 seconds, but I think he gave that

pretty much everything, Cedenio, he was not easing up,

he was tying up a little bit, Cedenio, I am Cedenio,

Roberts went out very quickly, but just eased through the middle

of the race and had to work quite hard towards the end, but three

to go through automatically, and Gill Roberts and

He runs a very smart race, Cedenio, the Kenyan goes quickly

backwards in lane one, but Cedenio could see everybody,

and really moves through, it is not always easy in lane two

but the others have gone out quickly, you can see him just easing

around this top bend, and all of a sudden on the home

He has had a great season so far, Cedenio, the big three other

favourites to win the medals, and there are one of two really good

new talents coming through - this guy is only 20 years of age,

just struggling a little towards the end, reaching

to the line, not like Roberts, Roberts looking across,

Only three fastest losers over the seven heats. Kevin Bony may

struggle. -- Olly. It is all going on around her at the

moment. Looking to improve on that first round from hearing the second

round. Quick with the feet, as ever. Around a similar sort of mark.

She seemed very consistent, but didn't convince me that she can drop

the hammer and out there. It is all she can do to fight off the Brits.

Thiam, wonderful effort so far. A slight improvement, 13-45.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has had two throws already in the 13 metres,

she needs something beyond 14, she is capable of it,

14 metres plus, please, Jessica Ennis-Hill, it is on the 14

Her head in her hands, she knows that is not quite

It is the best of her three attempts.

But it is over for Jessica Ennis-Hill.

14-41 in that first round, carrying those two lifetime bests in the

first two events. That is better, that is very much

better, that is close to 15 metres, and Thiam is absolutely putting

together a brilliant first day, it is going to be a huge first

score, first-day score, her 200 metres maybe not the likes

of Enniss Hill and Johnson-Thomson, But look at her reaction. And what

it means to her. 14.91, that will take

the lead overall after Look at the start list

of this second heat, the British athlete had to withdraw,

he will be in the relay, we are told, here is

the starting this for heat two. Only Mark Rooney and Matt

Hudson-Smith to go in this round. Laying two has started very quickly.

-- lane two. The 18-year-old from Botswana is a

massive talent, he is leading. This only is the top three Mac, don't

forget. At the moment, the top two big names. Taplin is gliding

through. The youngster moving through into the third spot,

finishing well. Just easing up off the line. He gives his guys a slap,

they are big fives. Very comfortable in the end, the

look of a man at ease. Not quite the quality of some of the other heats,

but Taplin did what he had to do and eased down, conserved vital energy,

that was very, very comfortable from Taplin.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has won the final attempt in this third

event, the shot put. She has Thiam in the consecutive pole to her

right, through that huge effort, 14-91. Johnson-Thompson's best so

far, she needs something over 12 metres here. Oh, no, she has spun

out of that again. That was not good, and she knows it. That is an

absolute mess. She would be better doing a standing throw. I have to

say, she just does look a completely different athlete to what we saw in

the high dump. The look in her eyes, she is just lost. -- high jump. Her

third attempt has unravelled what was a really good start to this

heptathlon. No improvement. STUDIO: Greg Rutherford is in the

stadium, the men's long jump qualification coming up in five

minutes time also. The defending Olympic champion, world champion,

European Commonwealth Games champion, he has won it all.

It is a process of feelings as opposed to mental processes. You get

into a rhythm, as you are accelerating down the runway, it is

all up here. Your mind is just doing what needs to be done in order to

jump as high as you possibly can. Could you ever have imagined that we

would have a night like this? That gold medal changed everything, it

gave me that belief that actually yes I can win championships, if

everything went well I thought there was a chance. Greg Rutherford is the

Olympic champion. Going from somebody new nobody knew at all to

the guys who won the gold medal, it is fantastic, I'm very happy to be

remembered as the ginger guy, that's great! Whateley night! When I meet

somebody for the first time, a lot of people tell me where they were

when I won. So what a night. Once you've taken gold, generally it is a

good job of feeling straightaway. All through an event, you chase that

one feeling of, I've got it right. I have that in London on the fourth

round when I jumped 30 one. I had it in Wales. Rutherford complete his

Grand Slam. Olympic Committee European, Commonwealth and world

champion. Last year I was not the longest jump in the world but I was

the most consistent. Consistency wins you medals.

It is all about what happens in the majors. I am a massive advocate of

being happy away from the track. It is the biggest thing for being good

at the track. To have what I have now, a lovely little boy that I can

go to after sessions and a very understanding partner who gets the

fact that I'd probably have to be a selfish, angry so-and-so at times! I

try to have two separate parts of me, the part of me on the track

which is very serious when I'm getting the work done and are part

of me at home, it is very different, I don't want to think about it, I

just want to have fun with son. I am probably in a much better place than

I have ever been because I have a real reason to go out there and

perform. I want my son to look back and say, my dad was pretty good.

Very good indeed and as usual, Greg has a unique way of preparing

himself at these events. He seems to take himself away from everyone else

and have his own little setup. He gets his towel out and lives down

and gets into the zone. He is one of those athlete whose game face

visibly turns on. MICHAEL JOHNSON: There are two sides to Greg

Rutherford. He lives in this game. And what a cute kid!

The Kenyan champion in lane three. Van Nierkerk two from the outside,

should be comfortable enough. Three to go through automatically. Plus

three fastest losers over all of the heats.

Wayde van Niekerk makes it look so easy. Jonathan Borlee is in there as

well, beginning to struggle a little bit. Brandon Valentine Paris from

the Grenadines looking strong. Russell of the Bahamas running

powerfully. The Kenyan champion also in there.

Santos has responded and lifted his form and will take one of the three

places. Wayde van Niekerk and Francis Cummins through, they were

the three automatic qualifiers. 45.27 four Wayde van Niekerk. He

started strongly and sing to save some energy in the middle of the

race and then responded when he had to. Wayde van Niekerk the third

quickest in the world this year and he will be a real contender for

medals. Wayde van Niekerk knows this will be a tough Championship. He has

got to get through these rounds. He did this pretty easily. Very smooth

throughout the entire 400 metres. This is how he ran the early hours,

not expending much energy. You can see Santos struggling a little on

the inside. Wayde van Niekerk, that's ten second 100 metres, this

year, it has really sent a message to the rest of the 400-metre runner

is that he has the speed, and incredible weapon for 400 metres. A

very long stride for such a short 400-metre runner, he is not quite

six feet tall. Very relaxed, exactly what you want. This is a textbook

preliminary round running. You can see, he never looks like you're

struggling at all in this early round. Just nice and relaxed. That

will put him in good stead for the further rounds. You want to conserve

as much energy as you possibly can. He is fortunate to be able to do

that today. Santos, silver-medallist from the 2012 Olympics. He hasn't

been in that sort of form lately. But he gave no problems at all to

Wayde van Niekerk today. Great qualification by Van Nierkerk.

Michael Johnson no less saying a great qualification by you, what is

it like trying to replicate this on the Olympic stage? Starting from

scratch now, going through the rounds, I am grateful I could come

through the heat healthy and feeling good. Everyone excited about this

event, there are three of you who could go head-to-head. How is it not

trying to get too ahead of yourself? It is just an opportunity. I am

being inspired each and everyday competing it. It is a blessing to

just be here. It is or was great to see you. We appreciate you stopping.

These are the standings and the women's heptathlon.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has slipped down to sixth place after

that shocker in the shot put. The youngsters doing well, especially

Nafissatou Thiam. Only the 200 metres to come.

What a difference an evening can make. We were follow-up positivity

and joy at the performance from Katarina Johnson-Thompson in

particular in the high jump this morning, but that was a poor shot

put for her. You said this morning, didn't make too much difference, you

felt, that her high jump competition went on for a long time because she

was going right up to 2.01. Will she be tired at all because this day is

long? They started at 9:30am and they will finish at 11pm, two days

longer than day one in 2012. It is a long schedule. It is a long

programme for the heptathletes. It is challenging because you never

really switch off, you are always thinking about the event, what might

you need to do next. The ability to switch off is what you need but it

isn't easy. I think she is suffering a little bit. But let's be clear,

the shot put needs work and she knows that. This is why she is down

in sixth place. She was top after her high jump. This was his third

throw. What bothers me is her body language. She knows she is not good

at the event and I need to see her being a bit more dynamic. What she

needs to do at this point is really drive back but she opens up to the

left-hand side which gives the right leg no work to do. She cannot push

off it, it is inactive and that is why she's not able to get any

purchase on that shot. Steve Backley called it, she might as well have

done a standing throw at that point. Contrast that with Thiam, who had an

excellent high jump competition and has built on it with her shot put.

She has had two personal-best already today. She is a great

thrower and we will see that in the javelin. She is dynamic, she uses

her legs. She looks like, she is only six foot, she is one of the

tallest women in this high jump but she is excellent. You can see what

that meant to her. She knows she has put herself right in contention. She

is a good second also slower than Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina

Johnson-Thompson in the 200 so they have to get up some points there and

go eyeballs out in the 200 metres which is later evening. Martyn

Rooney is the European champion, he is out there and ready for his heat

in the 400 metres. Steve Cram. He doesn't have the easiest of

heats. He will have to be on his game. He has a couple of experienced

guys in there with Chris Brown on his inside. There is Chris Brown

inside him. All these three have got the big new talent from Botswana,

the man who watched him running in the world junior Championships and

he was disqualified from running out of his lane but that didn't take

anything away from the huge talent he had. The people from Botswana,

they have cut a pretty good for by 14 as well.

There are three fastest loser spots and I reckon to be safe, Rooney

needs to be in the mid 45 's. He gets off to a good start. They

are not helping him, the Olympic refugee has gone past him already.

Gordon started well. The youngster now starts to get

moving, Thebe. Thebe coming back on Gordon. Gordon leading. Rooney is

coming and he is charging but so is Chris Brown. Will this be enough? He

has to get in the top three, he won't do that, he won't even be

forth, Chris Brown gets fourth. That was so good. Martyn Rooney at the

training track said he felt good and he was trying to run his race is a

bit more... Not going out too hard. He has done well coming back quick

in days gone by but that certainly wasn't one of those. I don't helped

by that empty lane in lane three but nonetheless, he let Chris Brown pass

him and that could be really critical for him. Yes, he had a long

way to look at the Slovenian athlete and for someone who tries to finish

strongly, it was a lot to make up perhaps mentally but also physically

and Chris Brown took him on the line. I'm not sure that time will be

quick enough. Interesting to watch the Botswanan Thebe, he seems to

have a lot of strapping on his left leg but those were the three to go

through automatically. It didn't look too comfortable for him in the

latter stages of the race. It did not but the mistake was made earlier

in the race, when you know you have to run on your outside and the

runner won't provide you any competition, you have most of the

field further up ahead and Martyn Rooney is really pushing down the

back stretch. He lost contact with the rest of the field. The athlete

he was going to need to compete with for the top three places. What you

will see now, he realises they are gone and now you see him starting to

accelerate. You should not be able to accelerate the last 100 metres

over 400 metres, that was poor running by Martyn Rooney. He is a

much more experienced athlete than that and I would expect better. At

the same time, we have seen him inconsistent over the past couple of

years. Those are the sorts of things we get from Martyn Rooney and I

believe it is a shame because he is in the shape to get through to the

next round but I doubt he will because of a massive mistake in

terms of how he executed that race. I don't know what I was doing, the

first 250, I thought I would come home with the guys but I must have

gone through in 23 seconds, I don't know. I am gutted for myself. For

everyone supporting me. Hopefully if I sneak through, it is all out

tomorrow and try to do some damage, but I am just gutted.

He is still in with a chance of qualifying. I think the fact he let

Chris Brown past him probably annoys him more than anything else. Heat

five of the men's 400 metres. What a line-up. Isaac Makwala and lush on

merit is in this one as well. Some very quick men.

Away they go. Keep your eye on the world junior champion and see how he

runs. Makwala also with the bleach blonde hair. Lashawn Merritt ambling

down the back straight and already looks to be building a huge lead.

Makwala has to work a bit. How has he judged it? Three to go

through. Merritt running blind. LaShawn

Merritt looking there. It is Makwala coming through.

Also finishing strongly was Butrym for the third place. But LaShawn

Merritt doing as we expected. Running, he saw nobody but himself

in the race. Out in front from lane eight. Looking comfortable.

Yeah, LaShawn Merritt looking good through the early qualification.

This is how you would want to run the early rounds. Opposite to what

we saw with Martyn Rooney. To get up to speed. That is what LaShawn

Merritt does well. Then to relax. On the outside of the track with no-one

to watch he has the benefit of the big screens either end to see the

position in relation to the other runners that allows him to run very

relaxed. Very relaxed running. He has a fantastic 200 metre speed. The

fastest time in the world of the 200m and he will contest that later.

But right now, just very relaxed in the early rounds of the 400m. 2008

Olympic champion, looking to regain it from Kirani James who won it in

2012. Running well. Consistent and healthy. That bodes well for the

chances of this fantastic 400m that we will see here in Rio this week. A

great qualification by Merritt. Michael Johnson talking over the

replay. How controlled you look. What a great season. You come into

the Olympics as a big favourite the. How did you feel out there? I felt

good. In lane eight. It felt good. I wanted to run it as

smooth as poshly. 45.2, the first round it is good.

You bring so much experience to the Olympic Games. You have done it

before. Is it a benefit to you ahead of the other rivals? It is. I was

unable to compete in 2012. So I'm here now to win it.

And not just this. You are going for the 200? I am.

I am taking the 400 a round at a time to focus on each round.

We wish you well. Thank you for talking to us.

Thank you. So two of the big three in LaShawn

Merritt and Wayde van Niekerk. Haroun qualifying. And for Martyn

Rooney, his 45.60 leaves him with two heats to go, so one of the

fastest loser places. Well, here is Greg Rutherford. He

starts his bid to retain his Olympic title. The first round of

qualifying. The first step in that direction.

8.15 or better. That is what is needed to get into Saturday's final.

We have seen Henderson, the American, go out to 8.20.

Rutherford. Round one. He's fast on the approach... Oh, it's a big jump.

Just on that 8.20 mark. But it will not be measured.

It was over the board. So, an un-Charles Kennedistic start.

Quite significantly beyond the red line.

Rutherford is normally so meticulous -- so uncharacteristic. He will have

to adjust the run-up. Wang of China.

Bronze in Beijing. The young man, the teenager, taking the bronze last

year. He performed brilliantly. What can he do in the first round of

qualification? He stuttered slightly but that is a big jump from Wang.

Well, that is a big statement from him. He is clearly up for this.

It's going to be a really interesting final.

We hope, fingers crossed, that Greg Rutherford will be involved. But he

has to go beyond the 8.20. Wang looks like he has booked a place.

Henderson is in. Wang, a good jump. There is Greg. He

just has to move the check mark back. The athletes have a mark on

the runway. He will move it back 10 or 15 cm. To make the adjustment and

get ready for round two. There are three attempts to make the final.

So, while he makes the ajustments. Talking about getting through

safely, Matthew Hudson-Smith has Kirani James to worry about here. He

is right on the inside. Not lane one though.

Hudson-Smith, the UK champion. A man who burst on to the scene in 2014. A

European Silver Medallist. He has shown superb ability in the big

race, often. Although at the European Championships, held before

the Olympic Games on the final leg, it looked like he would to what he

normally does but he did fade and got the bronze. But he bounced back

really well at the London Diamond League. A good performance there.

The 21-year-old, I am sure, full of confidence. And Kirani James. We

talk about the big three. We have seen van Niekerk, and LaShawn

Merritt but now it is time for Kirani to prepare his defence.

Verburg is a good target for him to work off. Probably pleased he is

there. We have Abubakar and McDonald and

then Winston George and Diego Palomeoli.

Hudson-Smith should be OK here. Hudson-Smith has shown this season,

good enough form to contend with what is ahead of him here.

So, heat six and Hudson-Smith is in lain two.

-- lane two. Safely away, Kirani James ambles out

of the blocks to move that huge frame of his nicely. Hudson-Smith

moves up quickly. Hanging on to the American shirt

tails in the first 200, then working off him around the bend. Kirani

James is watching Winston George. Now the long legs of Kirani James is

starting to move. McDonald is going well. But

Hudson-Smith going well. In second place. He is looking strong.

He must stay strong in the home straight.

Verburg cannot get Hudson-Smith before.

That is the quickest we have seen. We saw a 44.98 in the first heats.

Kirani James dipping inside of that. Easing back nicely. Watching the

times coming in. I think that Martyn Rooney will still be just about OK.

We will tidy that up for you. . Yes, Matthew Hudson-Smith is an

elegant runner. Verbug tied up at the end.

They were talking about Wayde van Niekerk and Kirani James and LaShawn

Merritt looking strong and Kirani James looked strong.

. All of the others fighting so hard behind him.

Well, Matthew Hudson-Smith with a nice, easy run. He has gotten up to

speed. If you contrast him to what we saw with LaShawn Merritt and some

of the others he is a little tight. Tight in the upper body. He wants to

relax that a bit to get down before 44 seconds. That will have to

happen. But I thought he did what he needed to do to put himself in

contention right here coming off the bend. Verburg coming round the lane

but slowing down. He is not in contact with Kirani

James but Matthew looking relaxed on the home stretch. That is a good

sign he has a little left for the next round. He will need it. The

times with ill drop and require him to be faster to get into the final.

But he has the potential to get into the final. He has been consistent. A

very good race at the Anniversary Games, and he started well here in

Rio also. Michael Johnson saying that you have

the potential to make the final. That backs that up? Yes.

It was what I thought I would experience.

The Jamaican, McDonald, I thought would take second. But I was closer

than I thought. I negotiated the round and got through. That is all I

could do. When you qualified in Birmingham,

there was a look of disbelief on your face, you are an Olympian. Now

you are here, has it lived up to expectations? Yes, it is still very

surreal! I am taking it round by round. The semi-finals will be

tough. You just have to take every round to the final, really. So I'm

excited. It is the balance of being excited

and enjoying the moment but getting the job done, like you just have?

Yes, definitely. The first part is done. Now on to the next round.

Everyone here is very close as you can tell by the rounds. So it is

about who wants it more, really. We wish you well for the semis,

Matt. Thank you.

And tidying up the results, Martyn Rooney still hanging on. There is

one more race to come. Verburg is ahead of him.

There is one more heat to come, Rooney is at the moment the third of

the fastest losers. This is Manyonga of South Africa.

This is in the long jump qualification. He had a foul. Greg

Rutherford did. But it looks as though Manyonga... Well, let's have

a look at this. He needs a white flag. He has one.

He just shortened his stride. Looking down at the distance boards.

You can see on the side of the pit a wonderful shot, that.

The agility, in the air. Reaching as much has he can. Cutting the sand.

A decent jump. He is waiting for the measurement. 8.12. Just shy of auto

qualifying. But likely to be enough. Rutherford is 13th to jump. I hope

he is not superstitious. But he has a long time to wait. It's a tough

thing in qualifying, that. He will have about 15 to 20 minutes to wait.

But he know what is to do. I'm sure he will get it right the next time.

So the final heat. We have seen outstanding athletes. But perhaps

not packed with the greatest talent. El Masslak with his familiar arm

coverings. -- Pavel Maslak.

There is Steven Gardiner. The quickest in the field.

Still not yet 21. 44.7 last year.

And outside of him you have from Nigeria, Eraiyokan.

Rafal Omelko of Poland. And Bonevacia of the Netherlands and

from lane eight. This is the final heat in the first

round. Three to go through automatically

and Steven Gardiner working from the sometimes difficult lane number one.

The Polish athlete outside him, the man who was bronze in the European

indoors in Prague last year. Pavel Maslak dominating in that as he so

often does. Three to go through automatically. Also going strongly,

Liemarvin Bonvevacia. Liemarvin Bonvevacia and Gardiner will take

it. Liemarvin Bonvevacia just holding on the third. 45.13 for the

winner and the rest some way behind. I think Martyn Rooney will be

absolutely fine despite running poorly.

The runner from Bahrain able to look around and see that he had done the

job... We were both looking sadly, it was right on it but it means

Martyn Rooney is out. They will have to work this out because Pavel

Maslak and Rafal Omelko have been given exactly the same time in

fourth and fifth. Whichever of those two get through, the news is, Rooney

is not true. I thought Gardiner would come supremely through but he

held it together nicely on the inside. Pavel Maslak looked like he

was coming and then he just stopped. He normally keeps coming nicely

through. He finishes in fifth place. He has been given this, the same as

Rafal Omelko in fourth. Sadly, the news is Martyn Rooney will not be

going through to the semifinal. Ali Khamis winning that one.

GABBY LOGAN: This session not going quite the way we hoped for British

athletes. We have seen some disappointing throws from Jessica

Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson and the women's 200

metres coming through next. Martyn Rooney was obviously very devastated

with that performance and he is out. As he should be, he should be

disappointed because that wasn't the type of performance that he would

have known he would need to put in. He didn't execute that race properly

at all. We have seen this from him, he has been in this position before.

We are going back to Steve Backley because maybe we will get some joy

now. Greg Rutherford is out on the runway.

Steve Backley : no one is setting the world alight at all the 32

competitors in this qualification round, only 12 will advance to

tomorrow's final. And at the moment, early stages, only the second round

but at the moment, it is a jump of around seven... 79 is 12th placed

sham. -- Chang. Greg Rutherford looking to make small adjustments.

He moved his run-up back and he will have a little Cech and his foot to

those acting where he would start. -- have a little checkmark.

He hit that board hard that time, he likes it. No, another foul the

Rutherford. He knew he was over the wood. By the smallest of margins.

The pressure is on for Rutherford. He did make an adjustment but it

wasn't enough. Two fouls. Only one more attempt.

Rutherford under immense pressure now. He will have another ten or 15

minute wait before his third attempt. One more remaining.

All those hours and hours of hard work, sweat and toil and he comes

here to defend his Olympic title and he has one jump to salvage his

Olympic Games. We will leave the stadium right now and hand you back

to Jason Mohammad for some swimming action but we will be back here

later. Thank you, Gabby. We have had some fantastic moments

in the Olympic swimming pool, tears and dancing, and that is just from

the presenters! Hopefully there will be plenty of dancing tonight because

we have two Brits in the final tonight. We have got Jazz Carlin in

his second medal of this Olympic Games. She has a real chance. The

crowd will be out tonight and very loud because we have got Michael

Phelps, round two of Phelps. 100-metre butterfly. Last time,

there was a pretty serious day off. We were loving it.

Michael Phelps has just such an army of fans, someone has got the face

tattooed on the arm. I heard that was you, Helen Skelton

(!) that is dedication. When people decide to get their idols tattooed

on them... Not that moody shot to! You would get something a bit

better. LAUGHTER

There is nothing wrong with a bit of love for your idle.

We had a Blue Peter moment earlier. She was going to draw it on me and I

said, how good are you and she said, I will try to trace it and we

thought we had better put a picture on it. Twitter will explode again

now you have your chest out! Hosszu going for her fourth goal. No world

champion or Olympic champion in this. How does anybody call it and

cause an upset? I don't think she will have a crack

at the world record. She won 100. I am missing Emily Seebohm

and Missy Franklin. With them out, it will be

up for anyone. Who is going to get this.

With those two out, I can't... The final women's 200 metres

backstroke, Hosszu straight up into, She will attack it from the front,

Caldwell does come back, she has a ready won the 400 medley,

difficult to see The only other woman who has been on

the podium is Dorado. Gold, silver, bronze already.

Dorado was with her for the first 50 metres.

She is just punishing, she blasted out and the rest

of the field unable to live with this pace right now.

Dirado actually beat Missy Franklin at the US finals,

she is coming into this competition as the fastest American.

It is Hosszu of Hungary, Caldwell does come back,

but she is really going to have to start making a move seen

because Hosszu still swimming away from Caldwell, but not from Dirado.

Interesting move. Dirado coming back strongly.

Dirado three from the top with a black cap.

I wonder if Dirado made her move too early.

It is when Hosszu is under pressure, we saw in the 200 metre medley,

she struggled a little bit, another beautiful turn.

The fastest so far has been Dirado with the best

Is Hosszu going to be challenged, Dirado is coming back.

She got the silver medal to Hosszu in the 400 metre medley,

it is going to be very close, goodness me, it was Dirado!

Dirado with the gold right on the finish.

It was the last stretch, gold to Dirado of the USA,

Hosszu the silver, Caldwell the bronze.

What a fantastic comeback for Dirado.

She has her first individual gold here, she has an individual gold,

The guts and the courage to let her do that and know that

you have got something in the back end, I cannot wait to see

Hosszu obviously disappointed, still trying to muster a smile

with her three gold medals, but Dirado, here is the start,

and Hosszu brilliant on the start and turns,

They were both empty, the energy was...

Here we go. Dirado hit first, and...

Oh! Show that again!

Oh my goodness! Are you sure?

Hosszu looking over, the second she had touched,

looking over, and Dirado... She cannot believe it.

What is even more amazing is that Katie Ledecky is going to join

The defending Olympic champion was not

there, the defending world champion was not there, and that is what

happens when you go for it. Brilliant.

Just stand there and don't let her brush you are.

Have a look at the scoreboard again. That is what we need to see.

There is the scoreboard, it shows that Dirado of the USA

is the women's Olympic 200 metres backstroke champion,

61 hundredths of a second ahead of Hosszu from Hungary, she will

Wow! I'm going to have to call a taxi.

Absolutely amazing to see that comeback.

Here is Michael Phelps in the room ahead of his metre butterfly final,

He is the oldest individual gold-medallist in the pool.

He still seems at the top of his game.

I know a lot of things went on in that time, but he sort

of reassessed things and came back, because he wanted to come back.

Andy Jamison has had the privilege of commentating on every single

Olympic medal that Michael Phelps has one, which sends into the top

You must really be enjoying yourself, you must be

To be quite frank I am running out of ways to describe him.

Two still was and two bronzes to go with those 22 golds.

Here is Tom Shields in lane seven, and Michael Phelps is next to him.

There is his mum and his wife, and his little baby.

And this guy could win, the Hungarian.

He switched events from the individual medley to the butterfly.

Zhulao Li is next to Phelps from China.

He had that difficult evening last night, straight after his victory.

For a while, with about three strokes to go, he was not sure.

There is Chad Le Clos, the world champion,

Here is the fastest qualifier, he swam very quickly indeed,

Le Clos went faster last year than Phelps.

It will be a very close race, I think Michael Phelps knows that.

Schooling went to school and did training in the United States,

I am not sure how the Hungarian is going to get on.

They have all done a Michael Phelps to Michael Phelps.

Everyone else still has their tops on, making him wait,

This will be covered with the biggest test

The final of the men's 100 metres butterfly,

Just asking the crowd to be silent at the start.

Right on the world record line, ahead of Michael Phelps,

and Schooling is ripping it apart down the first 50 metres.

Schooling, Joseph Schooling, the champion, in the 100

metres butterfly, the Olympic champion.

50.39, Le Clos equal second with Cseh, Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps, Le Clos, Cseh, all got the silver medal,

I have never seen that, I have never seen

All his protagonists, probably the last individual race,

we will see him in, and he will stand on the podium

Mirek Topoloanek top There is something fitting about that. But

Joseph Schooling was brilliant. From the very word go. Right here. He

extended the lead and he won by nearly 0.89 of a second.

And that is Singapore's first ever Olympic medal. That was utterly

brilliant. I thought every round. Faster and

faster. We both thought he was the threat to

Michael Phelps. Have Utter sheer delight. Look at

It is just that Joseph Schooling from Singapore.

The first ever Olympic champion for Singapore.

Phelps is there, Le Clos is there, Czeh is there.

Three-way tie for silver, Phelps, Le Clos and Czeh.

To be fair, you've called it in the last couple of days,

you said Joe Schooling was going to cause an upset.

In the heat and the semi, he was coonsistent.

Michael Phelps, you thought - you never bet against him

but he obviously didn't have the speed.

Next up, it's Britain's Jazz Carlin, chasing her second

She's already got a silver in the 400m earlier in the week.

Let's relive that moment, because it was so, so good,

wasn't it, to see Jazz get a silver medal and get on to the podium.

Here she is, Jazz Carlin. Fantastic. She will have to get

against Tapas, though. -- Kapas.

Ledecky will be so far ahead that hopefully she'll clock those girls.

It's between those three for who gets silver and bronze.

Kapas has beaten Jazz every time she's raced her this year.

There is Ledecky. She looks confident.

Still only 19. So, Jazz Carlin of Great Britain is

in three from the top of the shot. With that red hat.

She has already won her silver medal in the free. Could she get another

medal? A silver would be brilliant. Ledecky very focussed. Her coach

says of her that she swims as if it is a matter of rent and food. She

has a fury inside of her. If you have to pay the rent, and you

certainly have to eat! The 800m freestyle for the women's in the

Olympic Games. A good start for Ledecky from the gun, on the go. She

is off. That may be the last time we see Ledecky, she is off. She looks

really, really good. Comfortable but really making a confident move from

the start. I think she is going for the world

record, Andy. We talk about the splits. It is a longer race.

Jazz Carlin in second place. I was going to talk about the lane draw.

For Jazz it is interesting. Left of Ledecky. So three from the top of

the picture now. But below Ledecky, there is Kappas in five. And Smith

is strong. And Ashwood in seven. I was weary of her lane.

She's slotted into metronomic 61.3, 61.4, 61.4 and she repeated that.

Her pacing on the first 100m is stronger and I like that,

having talked about the position of the lanes, is that the race

above Ledecky for second seems to be at the top of the pool,

If Jazz can keep this time, she'll win silver.

The good news for Britain is that Jazz Carlin is looking strong and

comfortable. If she can go that time, I think she will win the

silver. In second place with the red hat of Great Britain in lane three.

Ledecky is 0 /* Ledecky is is 0.78 of a second

below her own world record pace. Belmonte normally goes

out slowly and picks it It's a different

tactic from Belmonte. She had the last year off

with an injury and has come back strongly here winning

the 200m butterfly. She's the first Spanish woman to get

a gold in the Commonwealth Games. Well, she's up past Kapas,

the European champion. We'll check Ledecky's

splits but I wouldn't be surprised if Ledecky gets

down to 8.4, you know. She'll blow this out of the water,

I think. Ledecky leading by just about ten

metres or so after 300m, That's ten lengths still

to go at this turn. Jazz Carlin just outside

of Ledecky's British-record Starting to pick up the pace

is Kapas of Hungary in the centre. Belmonte in seven -

excuse me, in eight - but look how smoothly

and comfortably she's doing it. She's almost a body length ahead

of her own world-record pace. It's interesting because she went

nearly 0.75 seconds faster She's now slotted into

pretty much 61.4s, 61.3. So she's really dropping this down

beyond where she was before. So every single 100m is eating away

at the record and I know that's - I think she's going to knock a good

2.5 or 3 seconds off Right now when the camera shot comes

out wide, you'll see Jazz Carlin, red cap, three from the top,

for a three-way tie now There's only two medals

to be given out. Carlin and then you've got Kapas

and at the bottom, Belmonte. That was the halfway turn

in the final of the women's 800m Katie Ledecky from the gun

and at the halfway turn she's about 15m ahead but the great news

for Britain is that Jazz Carlin is in second place, just holding off

the European champion, Boglarka Kapas of Hungary,

with the white hat, At the bottom, we can't see it

but Mireia Belmonte is close One story of one of the best women

swimmers in the world right now. You're watching a female Michael

Phelps in the making I think. To be chasing four gold medals

in her second Olympics at the age of 19 is just amazing and she's

blowing this field away. This second story is who is going

to get the second medal. We've got Jazz Carlin,

Bograrka Kapas and I think Belmonte maybe being dropped

at the bottom there. At this turn coming up, 250 metres

left. Ledecky leading. They still haven't quite dropped.

Katie Ledecky has dropped everyone. That is a great shot, of Katie

Ledecky, she has faced this many times and it will be a solo effort

for that world record. She said Ryan Lochte could sometimes not keep up

with her when she was training with the men! She just keeps going and

going. She is not extending the world record, she is just going

head-to-head now. Just the one body length ahead of the world record, it

is not too bad and that this turn, three lengths to go in this final of

the women's 800 metres freestyle. Three lengths left.

Second, just, is Kapas of Hungary and three fints of a second behind

her is Jazz Carlin of Great Britain, but they still haven't quite dropped

She was three-tenths behind at each of the last two turns

Oh, goodness me, 0.03 seconds behind Boglarka Kapsa in the second medal.

Gold, no doubt about that, Adrian, with 100m to go.

But it's going to be a great scrap for

silver and bronze. Absolutely.

Now for Katie Ledecky, dominant this this race.

Look at the race for the silver medal.

It's down to a sprint. Can Jazz Carlin get back to Kapas?

Kapas has taken a lead there. Jazz Carlin needs to stay with her.

Boglarka Kapas was fourth on the 400m.

Jazz made a move. Great news for Great Britain.

Katie Ledecky, no doubt about the champion.

She's absolutely streets ahead. Here we go.

Jazz Carlin going over now half a second ahead of the silver medal.

So Carlin sprinting down for the back end.

Katie Ledecky, though, one of the greatest women swimmers

It will be a massive new world record for Katie Ledecky.

She's set 12 world records since she won in London 12012

8:04.7, gold to Katie Ledecky of the USA, a massive world

record and brilliant news for Great Britain, silver for

Jazz Carlin! Yes, it is!

Very close indeed and she wins the silver.

Bronze to Kapas of Hungary. That's great news for Britain.

Well, we couldn't have asked for more from Jazz there.

I think Katie Ledecky gave everything, emptied her tank right

at the end and you can see her sprinting in the last five metres.

What a thank you to the crowd for supporting her,

And as you said, Andy, the first teenager to defend a title

at the Olympic Games. Jazz Carlin did everything.

Two silver medals against the great Katie Ledecky.

You have to be so pleased and proud with those results, absolutely.

Well, it's absolutely outstanding for Jazz Carlin, it really is.

But let's just focus, just for a moment, on Katie Ledecky.

Gold on the 400m freestyle and a new world record,

smashed her own world record there and she's done exactly

the same again on this 800m freestyle.

Also won the gold in the women's 4 x 200 for the USA and she's added

silver in the 4 x 100m relay as well.

Four golds and a silver, what a meet she's had.

There's only four American women ever done that - sorry,

Amy Van Dyken in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta

and Missy Franklin, of course, in 2012 and Katie Ledecky joins

the ranks, for me, of one of the greatest swimmers I've seen

and I imagine a couple more Games, Andy.

That has to put Jazz Carlin up there as one of the most successful

So gold, a new world record as expected but the time was enormous.

8:04.7 and she's getting closer and closer to that

Katie Ledecky, her fourth gold, a brilliant second silver

for Jazz Carlin of Great Britain. Kapas wins bronze.

My hands are actually hurting I was clapping so hard then.

We've witnessed something very special.

Katie Ledecky, 19 years old. Put that time into context.

I'm blown away. Think she's Dane Bowers...

Another level! Another level.

I saw Beccy in Beijing and I was gobsmacked when she broke

the world record and that was 10 seconds faster than Beccy.

She was 12 seconds ahead of anyone else in the field.

than they did but who cares? Jazz got a silver medal.

How difficult was it for Jazz because she couldn't

see where the others were in the race in that position.

Is it difficult? It is.

But she would have known Belmonte would be it.

She did the same thing to me in London and crept up on me.

Jazz would have been aware of that going in.

She knew it would be split like that but for Katie,

I genuinely believe this woman can go

under eight minutes. I genuinely do.

I know it didn't happen tonight but I do believe that.

That was talked a lot about coming into this, you know.

Do you think you can get close to eight?

Close to the elusive eight minutes?

And she sort of giggled but she's 19.

I know. I just think it's...

I mean ultimately, I suppose the thing is that she's

completely raised the bar but ultimately, I suppose,

for her, and where does that motivation come from?

It's her best time and her motivation is every time she gets

in the pool or trains, she wants to better her

She's so good she has to train with the men.

She trains with Ryan Lochte because there's no-one

No-one else has moved it on with her and that's

Katie has moved it on so much no-one's kind of chasing her back up

and I think that's where Jazz needs to step up and some

Somebody who was chasing her tonight is Jazz Carlin, our silver

Where are your family? Up there?

It's so importantly that they're there because they're

such a big support. Definitely.

All those early mornings driving me to training when I was moody

and didn't want to go training. You're moody?

I mean at five o'clock in the morning, it's hard to be

upbeat and happy. You know what?

They've been in there from the start doing the tough times and the hard

times and it's nice they can finally be here and to come away

with two silver medals is an incredible feeling.

We were chatting before and you were saying you can't

believe it, two silver medals. It's been a tough road.

Four years ago, it was really difficult.

How much changes have you had to go through?

Your lovely boyfriend Lewis lost his mum this year as well.

Obviously, I relocated to the Bath programme two years ago nearly

so I've had to change coaches and change where I love

I've got an amazing coach and support staff at Bath.

I've been work being a sports psychologist to stick with my race

plan and be confident and working on those sides of things as well,

It's amazing racing with these girls because even though we race

against each other, I'm great friends with a lot of those girls

so it's nice to race against each other at the top.

Did you know it was basically a three-horse race for

the silver medal. Could you see them?

I've got great goggles so I could see around.

I've been feeling a bit rough for a couple of days so I thought

I'd just go out there and to come away with a silver is incredible.

What happens now? Are you having a nice break?

I don't even know. I haven't even thought about it.

I need to hopefully go away with my mum and dad to chill out

with them and see them, sort of, relax with me because they get a bit

stressed watching poolside. And painting a new house.

I know! I've got a lot of work to do.

I'm more of a project manager rather than the person who

is actually doing it. Ah, I see!

But yeah, on to the new things and I'll have some time away

from the pool and see what's next really.

Fantastic. Well done, darling.

We talk so often about swimmers and their four-year plan

and how, you know, that's what they're working towards.

For Jazz, things have been up and down.

She missed the home Olympics because of illness, big

So how impressive is what she's done over this Olympics?

I think coming into this she kind of had a funny Olympic trials,

where she didn't actually swim her best that she can do

in the 800m and her 400m was so much better.

So to come back to two silver medals at Olympic Games is just fantastic.

I think she'll be over with the moon with this week and it's

amazing she's put it right. She's fallen fourth a few times.

She missed out on London but she's written it off

This is the medal ceremony for the women's 200m backstroke.

There was a big shock in this one because we all expected

to see Katinka Hosszu on the top of the podium.

She is of course in silver medal position but it wasn't how

we expected it to be. A lot of punters will be unhappy.

After we saw her in the first race, winning the backstroke in the IM

by a margin, people thought she had the speed and the endurance.

She thought she'd win it but the iron lady

She's built this image as the iron lady.

Chinese TV called her the iron lady and she's played up to it.

I've been to swimming meets where you can buy hats

with #ironlady on, she makes the most of it and rightly so.

We talked a lot about her and her coach and her husband

and it was actually really sweet.

He cheered. He smiled.

She walked over to him after and they had a big hug,

smiled and congratulated each other. It was nice to see.

Because we've talked a lot about their dynamic and how

passionate he gets when she's racing and it was so nice they celebrated

the silver medal just as if it was a gold medal.

She said the interesting thing is she trains in America

and she said they dream in rainbows and in Hungary they dream

Huge congratulations for the American swimmer.

A lot of Americans are in here tonight and they may forgive us

for saying that a lot of Americans in here tonight didn't necessarily

come to cheer her on but they're very, very proud nonetheless.

A lot of people are out here for Phelps of course.

She's certainly having a good Olympics games.

She's gone bronze, silver and now a gold one.

The whole set. She can go home now!

It is quite hard to see past Florent Manaudou. It is a difficult one to

get. Massive evasion, my word. --

ovation. If that doesn't send goose bumps up your spine, nothing will.

This might be a huge opportunity for Brazil to get a medal and here is

Ben Proud in link two. He set in the semifinal and new British record.

Brilliant to see a British swimmer in the final. He could get a medal,

only 81 hundredths of a second outside bronze medal position. He

had a perfect dive this morning. He has put himself in a great position.

I see him edging to the front. Nathan Adrian, somehow, he managed

to get his hand in top three positions all the time. If this man