Day 8 BBC One: 12.45-17.00

:00:54. > :01:02.Could this be the greatest night in British athletics history?

:01:03. > :01:09.The stadium erupts! Everybody is on their feet! It has

:01:10. > :01:11.been four years since a symphony of Saud resonated around the Olympic

:01:12. > :01:19.Stadium. Can you believe what is happening?

:01:20. > :01:21.They called it Super Saturday. Three athletes.

:01:22. > :01:29.There goes Jess. Greg Rutherford leads.

:01:30. > :01:34.44 minutes later, three gold medals. A perfect day for Jessica Ennis.

:01:35. > :01:40.Greg Rutherford is the Olympic champion!

:01:41. > :01:45.Mo Farah, it is a gold medal! That night, in our minds, they

:01:46. > :01:49.became superheroes. Three gold medals for Great Britain,

:01:50. > :01:52.what a night. But these three are just like you

:01:53. > :01:59.and me. Day in, day out, working hard at

:02:00. > :02:07.their jobs. Training like they mean it. And now,

:02:08. > :02:21.four years on, this everyday graft, this routine might just result in

:02:22. > :02:26.the most magical of days. Good afternoon, where were you on

:02:27. > :02:32.Super Saturday? This eight days middle Saturday of the Rio Games had

:02:33. > :02:36.us reminiscing about London, a day when our athletes won six gold

:02:37. > :02:41.medals, number two on the water, one in the velodrome, three in an

:02:42. > :02:48.incredible 44 minutes in the Olympic Stadium. One of the most powerful,

:02:49. > :02:54.life affirming moments we have all shared together through sport. I am

:02:55. > :02:59.sure you would love to feel a little of that once again.

:03:00. > :03:05.We might just. Welcome to Super Saturday, Samba style.

:03:06. > :03:16.Our chances where the British women's eight aiming for their first

:03:17. > :03:20.medal ever, what a glorious sight. And the Regatta ends with a full

:03:21. > :03:25.throttle thrash in the men's eight, Britain our world champs, something

:03:26. > :03:32.has got to give against their opponents.

:03:33. > :03:36.In the velodrome, we see Becky James and the team pursuit quartet in

:03:37. > :03:43.action. Our first glimpse of Usain Bolt in

:03:44. > :03:54.the 100 metres on the way perhaps to a travel trouble.

:03:55. > :04:00.-- reble treble. We see Greg Rutherford in the long

:04:01. > :04:04.jump. Followed by Mo Farah in the 10,000 metres final, it could make

:04:05. > :04:10.him the first British track athlete to win three Olympic gold medals.

:04:11. > :04:19.Jessica Ennis-Hill is battling in the heptathlon but she won't have it

:04:20. > :04:23.all her own way, it is tight. Those two cycling gold medals in the

:04:24. > :04:30.velodrome, Becky James would like to be in the thick of things.

:04:31. > :04:37.Look out for Australian legend Anna Meares.

:04:38. > :04:44.And the final two bases it off the Regatta at 3pm.

:04:45. > :04:51.From 4pm, we catch the heptathlon, the long jump at the Olympic

:04:52. > :04:56.Stadium. In the second session of athletics,

:04:57. > :05:00.Greg Rutherford could take a giant leap at the first man since Carl

:05:01. > :05:04.Lewis to retain the Olympic long jump title.

:05:05. > :05:14.And it is the weekend. You can push through to see Mo Farah at 1:25am,

:05:15. > :05:22.this is once every four years. 21 gold medals on offer today.

:05:23. > :05:27.When you see these six events, all with strong British involvement, no

:05:28. > :05:29.wonder there is a sense of deja vu and excitement about our prospects

:05:30. > :05:40.on this eight day. Super Saturday was a defining moment

:05:41. > :05:50.not just for our athletes but arguably for British sport, and our

:05:51. > :05:53.home Games. The stadium erupts! Three gold

:05:54. > :06:06.medals for Great Britain! What a night. One never to be

:06:07. > :06:10.forgotten. But that was then. Life moves on. The world keeps

:06:11. > :06:17.turning. So, what came next? One year later

:06:18. > :06:21.at the world championships in Moscow, those home comforts of

:06:22. > :06:24.London seemed a distant memory. Frustration from Greg Buffett,

:06:25. > :06:29.injured and failing to make the final.

:06:30. > :06:34.-- Rutherford. Jessica Ennis-Hill also injured,

:06:35. > :06:39.didn't even go to Moscow. All down to Mo Farah, the last of

:06:40. > :06:43.the Golden trio. COMMENTATOR: He is sprinting for

:06:44. > :06:51.goals. Double gold in the 5000 and 10,000,

:06:52. > :06:53.Britain's most decorated athlete in history, forging ahead.

:06:54. > :07:03.COMMENTATOR: This is world domination!

:07:04. > :07:10.Until the following April, a new challenge, a different distance on

:07:11. > :07:17.this familiar London map, and not out in front.

:07:18. > :07:22.When Glasgow welcomed the Commonwealth in the summer, he

:07:23. > :07:26.missed out his turn to be injured. Jessica was happy not to be in

:07:27. > :07:32.Glasgow, she was about to welcome her first son to the world.

:07:33. > :07:38.For Greg Rutherford, Glasgow would be a point of restart.

:07:39. > :07:41.COMMENTATOR: Greg Rutherford is the Commonwealth champion.

:07:42. > :07:45.He added a European title to his collection.

:07:46. > :07:53.Also in Zurich, Mo Farah, completing another double.

:07:54. > :07:57.Meanwhile, as the nights grew longer over Sheffield, Jess returned to

:07:58. > :08:06.training, we forging a steely athletic will.

:08:07. > :08:11.Time ticking towards Rio, first, the stern test of the world

:08:12. > :08:16.Championships in Beijing. Greg Rutherford, one jump away from

:08:17. > :08:18.joining especial bad of Great Britain.

:08:19. > :08:26.COMMENTATOR: Greg Rutherford completes his Grand Slam, Olympic,

:08:27. > :08:32.Commonwealth, now world champion. Mo Farah about to join an even more

:08:33. > :08:37.exclusive club, the only one in it. Mo Farah is the world champion

:08:38. > :08:43.again! Jess had eased her way back into

:08:44. > :08:46.condition. Who knew what to expect in Beijing?

:08:47. > :08:52.She had nothing to prove but she proved it anyway.

:08:53. > :09:01.Now she comes back against the Canadian, Jessica Ennis-Hill, back

:09:02. > :09:06.on top of the world. Three then, three now. That day is

:09:07. > :09:11.here again, Super Saturday. Time will move on but might the

:09:12. > :09:17.world be stopped again in its tracks?

:09:18. > :09:25.Today we are not just going to see some of our greatest athletes but

:09:26. > :09:28.arguably some of the ever Grech -- Greatest ever produced, we are

:09:29. > :09:37.talking about Usain Bolt. And Michael Phelps, a phenomenal athlete

:09:38. > :09:42.over the last five Olympics since Sydney, 22 gold medals and counting.

:09:43. > :09:43.What happens next will be the question, but he finishes his last

:09:44. > :10:04.race in the medley relay. A new world record for Michael

:10:05. > :10:08.Phelps. I wonder whether we have somebody

:10:09. > :10:15.who will be the greatest swimmer ever.

:10:16. > :10:24.Can Michael Phelps go eight gold medals in eight days?

:10:25. > :10:29.He has tried to set Olympic history, swimming history. Eight days, eight

:10:30. > :10:37.gold medals. Michael Phelps is the greatest.

:10:38. > :10:50.These are his last Olympics. He will go out as the best ever.

:10:51. > :10:59.No one has won more Olympic medals in history.

:11:00. > :11:07.Swimming legend Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement...

:11:08. > :11:14.Michael Phelps has been arrested for driving...

:11:15. > :11:16.He will not be allowed to represent the united states...

:11:17. > :11:21.Banned for competing for the united states the six months...

:11:22. > :11:28.Michael Phelps is heading for Rio and another showdown looms ahead.

:11:29. > :11:36.Unbelievable from Michael Phelps. His 22nd Olympic gold medal.

:11:37. > :11:42.So, how much is enough? That is the question asked of Michael Phelps.

:11:43. > :11:46.When he went into the 100 metres fly final last night he was sitting on

:11:47. > :11:52.22 gold medals. If he were a country, he would be

:11:53. > :11:55.sitting above Argentina on the all-time medal list in the entire

:11:56. > :11:58.modern Olympics! The only question was, what colour

:11:59. > :12:20.would his 27th medal be? This really will be fascinating,

:12:21. > :12:23.Michael Phelps doesn't go down quick in the first 50. If he will be

:12:24. > :12:34.beaten they will have two go down quickly down this first 50.

:12:35. > :12:41.Schooling is ripping this apart down the first 50 metrese.

:12:42. > :12:46.Nearly half a second faster than Michael Phelps.

:12:47. > :12:53.He has had a good turn, Michael Phelps has a lot to do.

:12:54. > :12:56.Phelps will start coming, he had to start driving up but it looks like

:12:57. > :13:06.Schooling is swimming away from everybody.

:13:07. > :13:09.Has he got the finish? He wins it! We were very worried about it and

:13:10. > :13:16.goodness me he has delivered a massive time.

:13:17. > :13:24.Brad le Clos is equal second. Michael Phelps also equal second.

:13:25. > :13:33.A 3-way tie for silver! So, Michael Phelps, Chad le Clos,

:13:34. > :13:40.with the silver medal. I don't think I have seen a 3-way tie for silver.

:13:41. > :13:44.Probably the last individual race we will see him in and he will stand on

:13:45. > :13:48.the podium. There is something quite fitting

:13:49. > :13:54.about that. A shame he couldn't get the gold medal but Joseph Schooling

:13:55. > :14:04.was absolutely brilliant, from the word, though, 15 metres, he had won

:14:05. > :14:15.this, extending his lead. That is' 's first Olympic gold

:14:16. > :14:21.medal. He won by Miles! -- Singapore's.

:14:22. > :14:29.Congratulations to Singapore. That 3-way tie, there was a four way tie

:14:30. > :14:37.for the gold medal in Glasgow last year are astonishing. The women's

:14:38. > :14:46.asymmetric bars. Katie Ledecky last night, the

:14:47. > :14:50.19-year-old American, already with three Rio gold medals, this was her

:14:51. > :14:54.strongest event, the 800 metres, the title she won in London at 15.

:14:55. > :15:08.Welsh woman Jazz Carlin also there. The 800m freestyle for the women at

:15:09. > :15:14.the Olympic Games. A very good start from Katie Ledecky. The gun from the

:15:15. > :15:21.go. And she is off. That may be the last time that we see Katie Ledecky.

:15:22. > :15:24.She is looking really, really good already. Comfortable but making a

:15:25. > :15:29.confident move from the start. Absolutely. I think she is going for

:15:30. > :15:36.the world record, Andy. We will talk about the splits. It is a longish

:15:37. > :15:41.race. Eight minutes or so. Jazz Carlin in second place. The lane

:15:42. > :15:48.draw, for Jazz it is interesting. Left of Ledecky. So three from the

:15:49. > :15:57.top of the picture. But below, there is Kapas in five. Leah Smith and

:15:58. > :16:05.then Ashwood in seven. I was wary that Jazz Carlin would be stuck on

:16:06. > :16:14.the side. But Carlin is doing well.

:16:15. > :16:23.Ledecky, when she set the world record, the 8.06. She set into a

:16:24. > :16:27.repeat of 6174. So keeping an eye on that but the pace on the first is

:16:28. > :16:34.strong. What I like having talked about the

:16:35. > :16:41.position of the lanes is that the race above Ledecky for second seems

:16:42. > :16:47.to be at the top of the pool. So, Ledecky, there was about a 2.3

:16:48. > :16:52.metre lead after the 100m. And Jazz Carlin is looking strong and

:16:53. > :16:58.comfortable for Great Britain. She is on Becky Adlington's British

:16:59. > :17:02.record. She is in second at the moment in

:17:03. > :17:13.the red hat for Great Britain in lane three. Ledecky is just under

:17:14. > :17:16.her own record pace. Belmonte northerlially goes out

:17:17. > :17:25.slowly and picks it up in the second half. So a very different tactic

:17:26. > :17:32.from Belmonte. A bet bit of a threat, Belmonte. She has come back

:17:33. > :17:36.strongly, winning the 200m butterfly. So no stranger to the

:17:37. > :17:45.podium. She wants to be back on it again. That is the battle.

:17:46. > :17:50.Leah Smith. She has the pace. Ledecky, we will check her splits

:17:51. > :17:57.but not surprised if she gets down to 8.4. She will blow the world

:17:58. > :18:04.record out of the water. So, Ledecky leading by about 10

:18:05. > :18:10.metres. After 300m. Ten length at this turn. Ledecky is first. Jazz

:18:11. > :18:16.Carlin outside of Becky's British record pace. But going well.

:18:17. > :18:25.Starting to pick up the paces. Kapas of Hungary in the centre.

:18:26. > :18:31.Kapas in five. Belmonte in eight. Look at how smoothly Ledecky is. It

:18:32. > :18:37.is interesting, she went almost three-quarters of a second fast in

:18:38. > :18:45.the first 100. That has slotted into 61.4s. 61.3. And she is actually, 61

:18:46. > :18:50.flat there. So dropping this down. So every single 100 is eating away

:18:51. > :18:57.at the record. I think she is good enough to go about 2.3 seconds off

:18:58. > :19:03.the world record. When the camera shot is wide, there is Jazz Carlin.

:19:04. > :19:12.It is a three-way tie for the silver medal and the bronze medal. Two

:19:13. > :19:18.medals to be given out, car lained then Kapas and Belmonte.

:19:19. > :19:24.Katie Ledecky from the gun was about 2 metres ahead after the 100m. Now

:19:25. > :19:29.about 15 metres ahead. But the great news for Great Britain is that Jazz

:19:30. > :19:34.Carlin is in second place, holding off Kapas of Hungary with the white

:19:35. > :19:40.hat closer to us in the leading chasing group. At the bottom, there

:19:41. > :19:44.is Maria Belmonte in fourth at the moment.

:19:45. > :19:50.Fascinating. The two stories of the race. The one story of one of the

:19:51. > :19:55.best women swimmers in the world. You are watching a female Michael

:19:56. > :19:59.Phelps in the making. Phenomenal. To be chasing four gold medals in her

:20:00. > :20:04.second Olympics at the age of 19 is amazing. She is blowing the field

:20:05. > :20:09.away. Blowing the record away. The second story is who is going to get

:20:10. > :20:19.the silver medal? There is Jazz Carlin. Kapas and maybe Belmonte

:20:20. > :20:27.dropping? But not by much. Kapas is starting to take a small lead over

:20:28. > :20:32.Jazz Carlin. This is how she goes, comfortably. Then winding it up.

:20:33. > :20:38.That was the 500-metre turn. So at this turn coming up there is 250m to

:20:39. > :20:44.go. Five length left. Ledecky leading by a good long way. Still a

:20:45. > :20:51.full body length of her own world record. Second is Kapas. Then behind

:20:52. > :20:57.is Jazz Carlin of Great Britain. But they have not dropped Belmonte of

:20:58. > :21:01.Spain. Ledecky has dropped everybody. A

:21:02. > :21:07.great shot. The loneliness of the empty pool. She faced it many times.

:21:08. > :21:13.A solo effort for the world record. They have had her training with the

:21:14. > :21:22.men. Rhine Lochte says he cannot keep up with her -- Ryan Lochte. She

:21:23. > :21:27.keeps going. She is not extending the lead. Just still the one body

:21:28. > :21:32.length ahead. Well, just the one body length ahead

:21:33. > :21:40.of the world record, that is not so bad! And three lengths to go in the

:21:41. > :21:45.final women's 800m freestyle. Jazz Carlin picked up the pace

:21:46. > :21:51.again. Good news. Three tenths behind at each of the last two

:21:52. > :22:00.turns. Now right on it. They are starting to drop Maria

:22:01. > :22:03.Belmonte between Jazz Carlin and Kapas of Hungary. It will be a great

:22:04. > :22:08.scrap for the silver medal and the bronze medal.

:22:09. > :22:13.Absolutely. Going into the bell. 100m to go. Ledecky dominant in the

:22:14. > :22:19.race. Look at the race for the silver medal it is down to the

:22:20. > :22:23.sprint. Can Jazz Carlin get back to Kapas. She has taken the lead there.

:22:24. > :22:29.The Three tenths of a second ahead. Jazz

:22:30. > :22:35.Carlin must stay with her. She has decent speed. Kapas was fourth in

:22:36. > :22:40.the 400. Jazz Carlin was the silver-medallist. Jazz has made a

:22:41. > :22:45.move. 50 periods of time to go in the final of the women's 800m

:22:46. > :22:50.freestyle in the Olympic Games. Ledecky, no doubt, streets ahead.

:22:51. > :22:55.Gentlemans Carolyn is going now. Half a second ahead on the silver

:22:56. > :23:02.medal. So, Carlin is now sprinting ahead --

:23:03. > :23:07.Jazz Carlin ahead. For Katie Ledecky it is her own

:23:08. > :23:18.world record. Setting 12 since London 2012. There it is, goodness

:23:19. > :23:23.me. 8. .047. And brilliant news for Great Britain, silver medal for Jazz

:23:24. > :23:29.Carlin. It is very close indeed. She wins the silver! Well done Jazz. And

:23:30. > :23:34.the bronze medal for Kapas of hunger. Oh, that is great news for

:23:35. > :23:40.Jazz. Two silver, well done.

:23:41. > :23:44.And Katie Ledecky gave everything. Emptied the tank. You cowl see her

:23:45. > :23:47.sprinting. And thank you to the crowd for supporting and cheering

:23:48. > :23:51.her on. And as you said, Andy, the first

:23:52. > :23:55.teenager to defend her title in the Olympic Games.

:23:56. > :23:58.Many congratulations to you. It is so important that your family are

:23:59. > :24:02.there for you. They have been such a big support.

:24:03. > :24:07.Yes, definitely. I could not be here where I am today without them. All

:24:08. > :24:13.of the early mornings when I didn't want to go training.

:24:14. > :24:18.You, moody?! Yes, at 5am it is hard to be upbeat and happy. But they

:24:19. > :24:22.have been there from the start. It is nice for them to be here. To come

:24:23. > :24:26.away with two silver medals is incredible.

:24:27. > :24:30.We were chatting to them. You were saying you can't believe it, two

:24:31. > :24:34.silver medals. It has been a tough road. Four years ago, really

:24:35. > :24:40.difficult. How difficult has it been? Your lovely boyfriend, Lewis,

:24:41. > :24:45.he lost his mum so. Many challenges? It has been tough. Obviously I

:24:46. > :24:50.relocated to the Bath programme two years ago nearly. So I have had to

:24:51. > :24:55.change coaches, change where I live. But it is great. I have an amazing

:24:56. > :25:00.coach and support staff around me at Bath. Believing in myself. Working

:25:01. > :25:04.with the sports psychologist to stick to the race programme. Working

:25:05. > :25:09.a than and not just the physical side. An amazing race with the

:25:10. > :25:12.girls. Even though we race against each other, I'm great friends with

:25:13. > :25:17.many of them. It is nice to race against each other at the top.

:25:18. > :25:22.Did you know it was basically a three-horse race for the silver

:25:23. > :25:26.medal? Did you see them? Obviously I have great goggles, I could see

:25:27. > :25:31.Katie was far ahead. I thought I would get stuck into the racing. I

:25:32. > :25:33.have been feeling rough but to come away with the silver medal is a

:25:34. > :25:38.great freelying. What happens now? A break? I don't

:25:39. > :25:43.know. I have nought not about it. Trying to plan to go away. Hopefully

:25:44. > :25:48.with mum and dad and see them relax with me. I know that they get

:25:49. > :25:52.stressed watching me. And a lot of painting on the new

:25:53. > :25:56.house? I have a lot of work to do! Slowly getting there. More of the

:25:57. > :26:03.project manager, rather than the person doing it. I like to watch

:26:04. > :26:06.people doing it. But yes, on to the new thing, having some time away

:26:07. > :26:09.from the pool, seeing what is next, really.

:26:10. > :26:14.Thank you very much for speaking with me. Well done.

:26:15. > :26:19.Thank you. Congratulations, to Jazz. She

:26:20. > :26:25.deserves a big hug. After missing out in 2012. More than making up for

:26:26. > :26:30.it going ehome with two silver medals. But what about Katie

:26:31. > :26:35.Ledecky? Extraordinary. 19 years of age. I read a quote from her dad who

:26:36. > :26:40.said she does not spend a lot of time on land. A lot of work going

:26:41. > :26:44.into the five gold medals. So let's look back at some of the events. You

:26:45. > :26:49.may have been sleeping and did not watch it all. Also looking ahead to

:26:50. > :26:56.the responsibilities of this eighth day. Not least to Mo Farah. He is

:26:57. > :27:06.trying to do what only the Flying Finn has managed to do, to retain

:27:07. > :27:14.his medals in the next Games. A story of human movement... This

:27:15. > :27:25.looks easy. It has been anything but.

:27:26. > :27:32.1938, the start. Twin boys are born in Mogadishu, Somalia. Eight years

:27:33. > :27:37.later, one twin moves to London. He loves football, running, running

:27:38. > :27:43.wins. There are setbacks.

:27:44. > :27:48.That was a disappointing performance by Mo Farah.

:27:49. > :27:53.Successes... He's destroying them in the home straight. Double European

:27:54. > :27:57.champion. He must change, routine, coach,

:27:58. > :28:04.everything. He must move to move faster.

:28:05. > :28:08.Is he ready now? Is this the time? Is this the place? He's kicking

:28:09. > :28:16.again. Farah is going for it. It's gold! It is.

:28:17. > :28:23.He's the double Olympic champion. These are Mo nights and this is

:28:24. > :28:28.Mo-town! It becomes the motion picture of the age to be repeated

:28:29. > :28:35.time after time. Sticking away, as expected.

:28:36. > :28:41.Our monumental Mo. Mo Farah is best! Mo Farah is the

:28:42. > :28:45.world champion again. Five world title, simply sensational.

:28:46. > :28:52.What comes next in this story of human movement? Already among the

:28:53. > :29:10.greats, can he now pull clear? Rio-Mo. Go-Mo.

:29:11. > :29:16.And I'm sure you like everybody else will be shouting "GoMo! " Don't go

:29:17. > :29:21.away if you want to share the live sport with us. We can do this. Let's

:29:22. > :29:26.push through together. But it is moving day in the first Olympic golf

:29:27. > :29:31.event in over 100 years. Marcus Fraser of Australia leading the way.

:29:32. > :29:46.But a couple of well known Major winners on his tail!

:29:47. > :29:58.Marcus Fraser from Australia... He tags it back. This will be the first

:29:59. > :30:05.play-out. The first player at up to 10-under.

:30:06. > :30:08.It's a great shot. A magnificent shot from Marcus Fraser. How do you

:30:09. > :30:19.catch a guy, though, who is playing like this?

:30:20. > :30:25.Should be enough for the birdie, he should stick that away for a round

:30:26. > :30:30.of 69. I played very well, similar to

:30:31. > :30:36.yesterday, didn't quite make as many putts. I feel like I did well, but

:30:37. > :30:40.got up to the hole and it decided to go the other way.

:30:41. > :30:47.Yesterday, they all went in. I felt really comfortable at that and good

:30:48. > :30:54.about things. -- Out there.

:30:55. > :31:04.What a fabulous putt. Henrik Stenson, birdie at the 1st.

:31:05. > :31:21.A firm stroke. Perfect! Birdie, birdie start for Henrik Stenson.

:31:22. > :31:29.A wonderful shot from the Swede. Stenson finishes at 3-under for the

:31:30. > :31:34.day, and 8-under he is now. A couple of tired swings on the back

:31:35. > :31:38.nine but I made some birdies on the way.

:31:39. > :31:50.We are at where we need to be half way.

:31:51. > :32:01.Not far away! What a way to make eagle!

:32:02. > :32:07.Out of the bunker. It needs to go a very long way, look at that, a

:32:08. > :32:11.birdie opportunity. A birdie putt here. A good looking

:32:12. > :32:23.part -- Putt. Denis Peters, a fine run today,

:32:24. > :32:27.5-under, 9-under for the Championship.

:32:28. > :32:52.Justin Rose. He gets to 6-under par. That will do nicely!

:32:53. > :32:56.I knew it was going in. It keeps me feeling OK about things.

:32:57. > :33:01.It gives me a great chance at the weekend.

:33:02. > :33:07.The weekend begins now for these players, the leaders were out at 6am

:33:08. > :33:11.your time, this is the current state of things.

:33:12. > :33:36.Marcus Fraser with a one shot advantage.

:33:37. > :33:41.Nicolas Colsaerts come his grandfather was an Olympian in water

:33:42. > :33:48.polo. He is delighted to keep it going in the family.

:33:49. > :33:55.Marcus Fraser has led from the first day. He is still leading the way.

:33:56. > :33:58.We said hello to golf after over 100 years. We may be saying a fond

:33:59. > :34:13.farewell to some game changers. One of them, Sir Bradley Wiggins.

:34:14. > :34:15.Wiggle mania broke out once again as the quartet made an amazing

:34:16. > :34:20.impression on their way to the final, smashing the world record.

:34:21. > :34:23.And about to take on the Australia is once again over 4,000 metres and

:34:24. > :34:40.16 dramatic collapse. Australia, the world champions. Some

:34:41. > :34:48.gaps forming already in the Australian team.

:34:49. > :34:53.Britain have been getting their nose in front.

:34:54. > :35:02.Britain were trying to put the pressure on early but it is a strong

:35:03. > :35:09.start on behalf of Australia. The National Road race champion

:35:10. > :35:15.there with loads of experience. A first sighting of badly Wiggins in

:35:16. > :35:20.this final. -- Bradley. We saw a slight wobble

:35:21. > :35:36.from Ed Clancy. They are not panicking. They are up

:35:37. > :35:44.on schedule. World record pace they are going

:35:45. > :35:48.after. Australia are leading the way and

:35:49. > :36:01.the gap has gone up a bit, trying to put the Brits under pressure.

:36:02. > :36:09.They have gone out very strongly. Great Britain have work to do here.

:36:10. > :36:12.Bradley Wiggins on the front with Ed Clancy right behind.

:36:13. > :36:22.Driving the team around. It will go down to the wire.

:36:23. > :36:27.They need to do something special. It nearly always goes down to the

:36:28. > :36:32.wire, a real nailbiter, at the halfway mark.

:36:33. > :36:37.Seven tenths of a second. Look at the determination on their

:36:38. > :36:42.faces. Both teams on world record pace.

:36:43. > :36:56.We have never seen the likes of this before.

:36:57. > :37:01.A roar goes up inside the velodrome. They have six laps to go.

:37:02. > :37:10.Australia are down to three. Britain still staying as a ball.

:37:11. > :37:14.Team GB have the momentum. Trying to keep it going in the closing stages

:37:15. > :37:18.of this base. Australia suddenly the team being

:37:19. > :37:28.put under pressure. Britain staying strong, looking neat.

:37:29. > :37:33.That gap could be fatal. Australia are looking ragged, they

:37:34. > :37:39.are down to three. It is tough for them as Great Britain pile it on.

:37:40. > :37:46.Bradley Wiggins has handed over to Ed Clancy.

:37:47. > :37:59.The four are still riding strongly. They are in front.

:38:00. > :38:07.They are in the lead. Only just. Nail-biting stuff.

:38:08. > :38:12.They take the bell. There is a gap in the British line up. Down to the

:38:13. > :38:17.final lap, who has that final extra in their legs and find the

:38:18. > :38:22.difference? Will it be Britain or Australia? It

:38:23. > :38:28.certainly will be Great Britain, with a world record time!

:38:29. > :38:35.The awesome foursome have done it, a gold medal for Britain once more, a

:38:36. > :38:40.third Olympic Games in a row. What a moment for Ed Clancy, three-time

:38:41. > :38:46.Olympic champion. For Steven Burke, Owain Doull, and an eighth medal for

:38:47. > :38:52.Sir Bradley Wiggins, the most decorated British Olympic athlete of

:38:53. > :38:55.all time. What a special moment, what a close final, what a tense

:38:56. > :39:08.final and a glorious outcome. We can see what it means to you. Ed

:39:09. > :39:16.Clancy, three times Olympic champion, how precious is it?

:39:17. > :39:23.Best of them all. We have had some big downs since the London Olympics.

:39:24. > :39:27.Crossing the lane one second ahead of the Aussies has made every

:39:28. > :39:32.training session worthwhile. Given where you started the year, it

:39:33. > :39:39.must be very special view? We have been through the mill a bit.

:39:40. > :39:48.-- special for you. The medical team, they have put 1000

:39:49. > :39:55.man hours into my back. Congratulations.

:39:56. > :40:01.Owain Doull, it took a world record to win that one.

:40:02. > :40:04.It is so surreal. We have been in situations so close where we have

:40:05. > :40:10.lost. To put it off now is unbelievable.

:40:11. > :40:15.Great celebrations here. Steven Burke, another gold medal here. How

:40:16. > :40:19.special is it to be part of this team?

:40:20. > :40:27.Extra special because I really wanted to defend the title really.

:40:28. > :40:32.With so many highs and lows. I am super happy. The best team pursuit

:40:33. > :40:40.of all time. First gold medal for Owain Doull.

:40:41. > :40:43.And awesome to be Bradley's team-mates.

:40:44. > :40:53.Gold medal number five. This has been an amazing team effort. A

:40:54. > :40:56.special moment. Bradley, how proud are you up this

:40:57. > :41:05.team? It is hard to come off now and spout

:41:06. > :41:08.a load of cliches and emotional stuff.

:41:09. > :41:11.The last 12 months we have pretty much done everything together,

:41:12. > :41:17.training camps, altitude, early morning starts at the track, let

:41:18. > :41:22.finishes before Christmas Day. All for this. We are here and we

:41:23. > :41:26.have done it. These four guys here, I would never

:41:27. > :41:32.have come back if we didn't have the calibre. I always said Ed Clancy and

:41:33. > :41:37.Steven Burke are two of the most underrated athletes, they are not

:41:38. > :41:43.the big road stars and they don't get the credit.

:41:44. > :41:51.Owain Doull reminds me of someone who can do anything in the sport.

:41:52. > :41:58.With guys like that on the line, it makes it so much more easy.

:41:59. > :42:03.These guys, bouncing off the ceiling all afternoon in the apartment. I

:42:04. > :42:07.just went through the process, one step at a time, not thinking of a

:42:08. > :42:16.gold medal. Which is hard when your team-mates are winning gold medals.

:42:17. > :42:27.Phil Heid is running around saying, have you seen my middle! -- my

:42:28. > :42:36.medal! That is 16 medals between you!

:42:37. > :42:42.Thank you very much indeed. 16 gold medals, 21 medals

:42:43. > :42:48.represented there. It was quite a night. Incredible we

:42:49. > :42:53.are able to celebrate moments like that. Sir Bradley Wiggins, now the

:42:54. > :42:59.most decorated British athlete. Sir Chris Hoy, if you want to

:43:00. > :43:03.escalate the race, he still raises him with six gold medals.

:43:04. > :43:09.Sir Chris Hoy is with us at the velodrome.

:43:10. > :43:14.He has won more in total but you can get him, Tokyo 2020!

:43:15. > :43:17.Those days are long gone, unfortunately.

:43:18. > :43:22.What a performance last night, a team effort, but for Bradley to win

:43:23. > :43:28.his eighth medal is outstanding. In theory he could continue for another

:43:29. > :43:33.four years if he wanted. Let us focus on Bradley, we have

:43:34. > :43:38.talked about his contribution. Can you try to sum up his contribution

:43:39. > :43:44.to the sport on track cycling, road cycling and so many other elements.

:43:45. > :43:49.He is an icon of the sport. When he came back into the track team, you

:43:50. > :43:54.can seek help everyone felt more confident and assured. He is a

:43:55. > :43:57.leader. He brought so much to the team in general.

:43:58. > :44:07.He has been a champion on the road, time trial and track.

:44:08. > :44:12.He has put a lot back in. Owain Doull is a member of that Team

:44:13. > :44:17.Wiggins Project bringing through pursuit like him. This is not what

:44:18. > :44:24.you hear so much about. Exactly. He is passionate about the

:44:25. > :44:29.sport. Whilst trying to win medals and races, he wants to give a little

:44:30. > :44:35.bit back. He is not done yet. I am sure he

:44:36. > :44:39.will continue on next year. If he goes on longer, he could make it to

:44:40. > :44:44.Tokyo. Ed Clancy is the only member of that

:44:45. > :44:49.team who has been ever present since Beijing, three in a row.

:44:50. > :44:56.Very much the stalwart of the team. What about his contribution?

:44:57. > :45:09.He's been central to the test. He has to get the speed up within the

:45:10. > :45:13.team and recovering. There was a spell when he suffered from injury.

:45:14. > :45:18.The team suffered and they lost to the Australians. But in the

:45:19. > :45:24.confidence, was due to Ed's form. Having him back at top form is what

:45:25. > :45:29.the team needed. He is so consistent and humble. He gets on with the job.

:45:30. > :45:33.He doesn't want the limelight, does not crave the attention of the

:45:34. > :45:38.media. He is one of the guys you will never hear about bad word about

:45:39. > :45:43.within the team. No-one grumbles about Ed, he is a star.

:45:44. > :45:49.And Jason Kenny on four. How likely is he to overtake the lot of you one

:45:50. > :45:53.day? Likely based on his form. He is on the greatest form of his whole

:45:54. > :46:00.career so far. He shows no signs of letting up. He did a 9.55. A new

:46:01. > :46:04.Olympic record. A world record at sea level in the 200m time trial for

:46:05. > :46:09.the sprint. Untouched so far in the sprint. He does not look like he is

:46:10. > :46:14.breaking sweat. He has four gold medals and is silver medal. But most

:46:15. > :46:18.people outside of the world track side of things they have not heard

:46:19. > :46:22.of him. But they will have heard of him by the end of the championships.

:46:23. > :46:28.A fantastic chance of winning three gold medals. Which would be six in

:46:29. > :46:30.total. Extraordinary, the lowest

:46:31. > :46:35.professional athlete we have ever had. But he like it is like that. In

:46:36. > :46:41.general term, Chris it is two out of two. In terms of defence. Are we way

:46:42. > :46:46.above expectations or secretly on track? A year ago we would have been

:46:47. > :46:50.astounded and delighted to have won a gold medal in the men's team

:46:51. > :46:54.sprint and the men's team pursuit gold medal. But the last two or

:46:55. > :46:59.three months the form as escalated. They were confident coming out of

:47:00. > :47:03.the Newport training camp. There is evidence to show that they are going

:47:04. > :47:07.quickly. So the confidence is based on evidence. Having seen the times,

:47:08. > :47:10.seeing them in training. People close to the team knew there was

:47:11. > :47:14.something special coming. There is more to come. I think five, six gold

:47:15. > :47:18.medals is a possibility out of the ten.

:47:19. > :47:24.I wonder how the other teams reacted to this Chris? Clearly the Kiwis and

:47:25. > :47:26.the Aussies felt there was a chance of usurping Great Britain's

:47:27. > :47:33.dominance on the track this time? Absolutely.

:47:34. > :47:39.It was very much, similar to Beijing and London. In that the first ride

:47:40. > :47:44.of the Games was the men's sprint qualifier. When GB were not the FA

:47:45. > :47:49.Ritz they smashed it out of the park Olympic record. And you can see

:47:50. > :47:54.watching the other teams, the heads dropping when they looked at the

:47:55. > :47:58.scoreboard and saw the time. This was history Pre-Budget Reporting

:47:59. > :48:02.itself. To have that morale and the momentum in the team there is no

:48:03. > :48:08.price you can put on it. It is worth so much to the team. There are new

:48:09. > :48:14.names coming through. Becky James going in the Keirin and trying to do

:48:15. > :48:22.what Victoria Pendleton did four years ago. Also, Katie Archibald and

:48:23. > :48:27.Elinor Barker. The possibilities are many and varied? Yes, absolutely.

:48:28. > :48:33.The team pursuits, there are rookies in there, although it is the first

:48:34. > :48:36.Olympicses they are experienced. Winning world titles, pro breaking

:48:37. > :48:40.world records, European champions so that they have the experience and

:48:41. > :48:44.the confidence to step up on the biggest stage to perform. Becky

:48:45. > :48:49.James, a great story for her to make it to the Games. An horrendous

:48:50. > :48:54.injury that put her out for six months. She got back on the beak

:48:55. > :48:59.recently. Winning a surprise medal in the Keirin. Purely through

:49:00. > :49:03.determination and tactics, she did not have the pace. Very much

:49:04. > :49:07.underdone going into the World Championships. So here now in the

:49:08. > :49:12.form of her life with the pace, the speed and the tactics. Keeping our

:49:13. > :49:17.fingers crossed. It is a hard event to call, the Keirin. Never a sure

:49:18. > :49:23.thing with the tactics but hopefully she can do the business.

:49:24. > :49:31.Chris, I know you and I never take a conversation like this for granted

:49:32. > :49:35.but we remember at lenta 1996 that Britain came home with one gold

:49:36. > :49:40.medal. Comparing the sport with where it was only 20 years ago? It

:49:41. > :49:45.is almost unrecognisable. But it took the massive underperformance

:49:46. > :49:49.for us to sit back and take note and realise you must invest in sport. It

:49:50. > :49:53.was the National Lottery's investment in 1988 that was the

:49:54. > :49:57.turning point for the British Olympic sports. For me it was when I

:49:58. > :50:02.was coming to the end of university. I would have had to have gotten a

:50:03. > :50:08.job, go out, do something... Thankfully I was able to... It is a

:50:09. > :50:12.lifeline. Not enough but enough to pay the rent, put food on the table

:50:13. > :50:18.and allow to train full-time. That is key. It provided facilities,

:50:19. > :50:23.coaches, equipment. It started the ball rolling. Money does not buy

:50:24. > :50:27.medals but gives the opportunity to build something. British cycling has

:50:28. > :50:32.an amazing success story here. But it is not just cycling it is across

:50:33. > :50:38.all of the sports. Hey, Chris, you have done OK since

:50:39. > :50:43.then?! It has been a delight to speak with you. Go well today and we

:50:44. > :50:48.will catch your later. The fact we are having the debate about who is

:50:49. > :50:53.the greatest British Olympian is incredible.

:50:54. > :51:00.The greatest Olympian it is phenomenal.

:51:01. > :51:04.But these are athletes that have achieved much in their careers.

:51:05. > :51:06.I want everybody to know, I am the greatest.

:51:07. > :51:11.There are those that tell you straight. You can't argue with that.

:51:12. > :51:15.For the rest of us, well, we needed to define ourselves.

:51:16. > :51:21.The Games combine the religious sense and fiscal strength of beauty.

:51:22. > :51:25.We are constantly measuring, come pairing, contrasting.

:51:26. > :51:31.A champion needs determination, the will to win. The killer instinct.

:51:32. > :51:38.That's the beauty of sport. Every age produces its hero... So,

:51:39. > :51:44.who is the greatest? Usain Bolt has blown them away! History is being

:51:45. > :51:54.made, Carl Lewis. I was standing on top with the gold medal.

:51:55. > :52:01.One man stands out... The 15th Olympic Games, the Zatapak Games.

:52:02. > :52:07.Do the record books tell the story? A new Olympic and world record. Mark

:52:08. > :52:13.Spitz won the gold every time he swam. In all seven events.

:52:14. > :52:21.Do the numbers add up? Michael Phelps 22nd Olympic gold.

:52:22. > :52:28.Sir Chris Hoy. Anyone who is near me, you have my

:52:29. > :52:37.permission to shoot them! Or is it about what touches us? Faultless.

:52:38. > :52:45.And that is Olympic history for Nadia Comaneche.

:52:46. > :52:53.The emotion... Gold for Freeman. A moment captured in time... The

:52:54. > :52:58.100m in the Olympic Games in Berlin. Thank you for having me.

:52:59. > :53:03.The debate goes on and on and on. But that is the beauty of sport.

:53:04. > :53:12.And if we had all of the answer, well... That would be no fun at all.

:53:13. > :53:17.And it is fun. These Rio Games have been fun so far. There is more, we

:53:18. > :53:21.hope, to come over the next few hours as we watch the fortunes of

:53:22. > :53:25.not just Great Britain's athletes but everyone else. In fact, other

:53:26. > :53:29.athletes are very much storming to success. We have been reflecting on

:53:30. > :53:33.that. The first live sport this morning is badminton. We are in the

:53:34. > :53:38.group stages. Which means you must come in the first two pairs of the

:53:39. > :53:43.four in each group in order to get through to the knock-out phases in

:53:44. > :53:48.the quarter-finals. It is an Indonesian pair. Two time world

:53:49. > :53:57.champions and the second seeds. They lost the opening match. They

:53:58. > :54:00.have to now make sure that they beat the Chinese Khai and Hong to go

:54:01. > :54:51.through to the quarter-final places. The trade there with the Chinese. A

:54:52. > :55:01.tight match. They missed a call. It could easily

:55:02. > :55:15.go the distance. The two met in the World Super Series final in Dubai.

:55:16. > :55:18.It is more of an achievement in terms of silverware, for the

:55:19. > :55:21.Indonesians. But the Chinese are very experienced. They have won

:55:22. > :56:18.title, big titles before. Well done from Chai. A succession of

:56:19. > :56:21.fiercely struck smashes. And the Indonesian pair always on

:56:22. > :57:21.the back foot there. Stranded towards the back court.

:57:22. > :57:27.Regaining the surface, the Indonesians. A tight shot to call.

:57:28. > :57:31.That is important. Who can put together the run of service points

:57:32. > :57:43.and keep the serve for a period of time and serve effectively.

:57:44. > :57:44.Hit good areas. Oh! On that, finding some very good smashes in the game.

:57:45. > :59:46.Excellent reach there. It's a dynamic smash. A really good

:59:47. > :59:53.snap. It reached the mid-point.

:59:54. > :59:56.This opening game. Important that the Indonesians took that one.

:59:57. > :01:11.Staying in touch the four points down.

:01:12. > :01:19.Good fade. It is becoming tighter, again. Two points since the

:01:20. > :01:28.interval. That was a bit cheap, yes. The

:01:29. > :02:45.reaction of Ahsan was telling. The lead back up to five points now

:02:46. > :03:21.for the Chinese. Make that six. This could be the decisive move.

:03:22. > :03:30.The Indonesians are idolised in their home country. Realistically,

:03:31. > :03:36.chances for a medal for the Indonesians in the badminton events

:03:37. > :03:37.looking to come in the doubles events where they have stronger

:03:38. > :04:00.options. They got caught back from the net,

:04:01. > :04:33.not where they want to be, the Indonesians. Caught back defending.

:04:34. > :04:57.Doing the smashing from the back court. Setiawan has a good reading

:04:58. > :05:06.of the game. Trailing by five, now. We have a

:05:07. > :05:33.change of shuttle. That one was wide. Ahsan is the

:05:34. > :05:49.younger of the two, very speedy. Not that Setiawan is not. Ahsan is

:05:50. > :06:13.particularly quick. Hong's smashing has been excellent.

:06:14. > :06:17.A big reason for the early lead which they still have. Three points

:06:18. > :07:24.from taking the opening game. It was wide again. Just Chai and

:07:25. > :07:25.Hong's ability in this game to be a little bit more aggressive, which is

:07:26. > :08:05.proving to be the difference. The game is all over in favour of

:08:06. > :08:23.Chai and Hong. If you want to continue watching you

:08:24. > :08:32.can find it on the app and the website. Chris and Gabby Adcock will

:08:33. > :08:36.have the last of their matches in this group phase. Plenty on offer

:08:37. > :08:40.across the Olympic programme. We will concentrate on events in the

:08:41. > :08:49.Velodrome. Two Olympic titles retained so far. A 100% record. I

:08:50. > :08:56.wonder what chances you would give British cyclist into more today, the

:08:57. > :09:00.women's keirin and the women's team pursuit. Chris and Jill are bare.

:09:01. > :09:04.Personnel may have changed in those events that gauge the chances for us

:09:05. > :09:08.today. Yes, Hazel, it will be interesting

:09:09. > :09:13.to see if the women repeat what the men did in the team pursuit. It was

:09:14. > :09:19.an historic and emotional moment last night. Camp the women back it

:09:20. > :09:26.up? Yes, I think they can, but it will not be easy. It will be a more

:09:27. > :09:30.obvious fight. The Americans they will be up against. Sarah Hammond

:09:31. > :09:34.made mistakes and she has more to give. If she did longer terms at the

:09:35. > :09:40.start the team could go quick and they could have a fight on their

:09:41. > :09:46.hands. The team spirit will be at an all-time high at the minute. Like in

:09:47. > :09:49.Beijing and London, when you get the great start going you believe in

:09:50. > :09:53.yourselves as a team and think if the programme has worked for them it

:09:54. > :09:58.will work for me and morale was raised. Morale is one of the most

:09:59. > :10:03.important things at an Olympics. If you have believe anything can

:10:04. > :10:06.happen. Let's look back at last night. A fantastic performance from

:10:07. > :10:16.the British quartet, but they left it late. Unprecedented is the word

:10:17. > :10:22.of that event. We saw 1-1, 55 second kilometres after that. It was close.

:10:23. > :10:28.With one kilometre to go they were nine thousandths of a second adrift.

:10:29. > :10:32.Steven Burke did a mammoth turn in the middle, paying for it, to get

:10:33. > :10:38.them back on terms. I am not sure the crowd knows all the riders knew

:10:39. > :10:42.there was just four left. An incredible ride to get back into

:10:43. > :10:48.contact. Where he found the strength to close the gap after such a hard

:10:49. > :10:53.ride, if he had not closed the gap we would not have got it. A

:10:54. > :10:57.brilliant ride. Horrible to commentate on, I have to say. It was

:10:58. > :11:03.nerve-racking to watch for everyone here and fans at home. Chris, you

:11:04. > :11:08.were with Sir Steve Redgrave, watching history unfold and it was

:11:09. > :11:16.not an easy watch. Steve was sitting next to me and when the Aussies went

:11:17. > :11:22.off at 101, he said, that is fast, I said, don't worry, it will be fine.

:11:23. > :11:26.As we got further in, he could sense I was not exactly looking optimistic

:11:27. > :11:32.and what a finish. We were jumping up and down. Big celebrations. It is

:11:33. > :11:38.nice to still enjoy it on the other side of the fence, seeing the

:11:39. > :11:45.British success. And we get a beer afterwards, as well. Early to bed

:11:46. > :11:52.after that one, I knew it was a long day today! Let's look now at what we

:11:53. > :11:57.can expect today with Becky James coming up in the keirin and Chris,

:11:58. > :12:02.you are Olympic champion in that event. It is fantastic to see Becky

:12:03. > :12:08.James making her debut, given the two years she has had. She had a

:12:09. > :12:13.terrible couple of years. A four-time world medallist in the 20

:12:14. > :12:17.13th World Championships and then had a terrible time with a

:12:18. > :12:22.horrendous injury that put her out for six months and she got back in

:12:23. > :12:29.time for the World Championships, not at full fitness, winning a

:12:30. > :12:31.bronze medal on tactics and determination, out of the blue. Now

:12:32. > :12:35.she has the form and speed, hopefully she can bring it together

:12:36. > :12:39.but it is unpredictable event. Her family are here to support her and a

:12:40. > :12:43.special time for them, given that she fought back from illness and

:12:44. > :12:49.injury. Anna Meares, one of the greats of cycling. One thing to see

:12:50. > :12:53.people act gold medal standards, it is another to see them do it again

:12:54. > :12:58.and again and I don't know how people deal with that and you go

:12:59. > :13:02.into it next time with the weight of expectation. I think she is

:13:03. > :13:08.remarkable and an ambassador for the sport, which sounds a cliche but she

:13:09. > :13:14.enjoys what she does. She tried retiring and came back again. We

:13:15. > :13:20.will see her in the keirin shortly. And for those of you new to track

:13:21. > :13:25.cycling, Chris will explain about the little fellow on the motorbike.

:13:26. > :13:30.Essentially it is a pace rider who makes sure you cannot overtake them.

:13:31. > :13:39.It builds up pace from zero up to 60 kilometres per hour for the men and

:13:40. > :13:45.55 for the women. When the pace is on the track, the race has not

:13:46. > :13:52.begun. What makes a good keirin rider? Courage has to be one of

:13:53. > :13:55.them. I don't know how you deal with so much information and the dynamics

:13:56. > :14:00.of everybody else riding their race at the same time. It is instinctive.

:14:01. > :14:05.Becky James goes in the third heat of the women's keirin. In the

:14:06. > :14:10.moments before you get on the track, Chris, we seek some sitting with

:14:11. > :14:15.music, others with a towel over their head, what did you do?

:14:16. > :14:22.bike I tried to visualise the race, the best case scenario. It isn't

:14:23. > :14:27.easy, so many variables, it isn't like a time trial where you can

:14:28. > :14:31.predict what it's going to be like. You have various plans and if it

:14:32. > :14:37.goes wrong, like it did for me in Melbourne in 2012, you have another

:14:38. > :14:41.plan, you can go inside. Watching that one, people were saying, he's

:14:42. > :14:48.boxed in, he's lost, and then he's won. I missed it because I had my

:14:49. > :14:53.eyes closed, it was so nervous and you said, so did you! Let's get the

:14:54. > :15:13.first key ring race underway, it is the women's keirin. -- keirin.

:15:14. > :15:18.COMMENTATOR: Incredible mental strength she knows she has a tough

:15:19. > :15:27.draw, but perhaps that's what she looks for. This is the predetermined

:15:28. > :15:32.order they will have to write behind the derny. The Canadian, Monique

:15:33. > :15:37.Sullivan, fourth place in the World Championships last summer and the

:15:38. > :15:44.American Games champion. Then Anna Meares, 32, fifth place in London,

:15:45. > :15:51.world champion in 2015. Rush's Anastasia boing over, fifth in

:15:52. > :15:55.Guadalajara, the best World Cup formance of the last few years --

:15:56. > :16:12.Anastasiia Voinova. Kristina Vogel, the world champion

:16:13. > :16:18.in 2014 and 2015. She was tenth in London in 24, winning the World Cup

:16:19. > :16:23.in Colombia earlier this year. Certainly a very competitive heat.

:16:24. > :16:30.More so with the Chinese rider having a gold medal in the team

:16:31. > :16:37.sprint yesterday. Here is the derny who will go around. The gun goes and

:16:38. > :16:54.the riders are off. Well, the keirin was first

:16:55. > :17:04.introduced in the Olympics for the men in 2004 the women only in 2012,

:17:05. > :17:14.Victoria Pendleton winning that, and it emanates from Japan. It was

:17:15. > :17:17.introduced in the late 40s. The retirement of Victoria Pendleton

:17:18. > :17:21.sees a different dynamic in women's keirin racing now because for so

:17:22. > :17:25.many years it was Anna Meares against Victoria Pendleton. Now the

:17:26. > :17:31.field is much more equal without the standout favourites. So many women

:17:32. > :17:34.have now become professionals in every sense of the word and it has

:17:35. > :17:40.risen the level of the competition to a more equal level. In this

:17:41. > :17:45.keirin, at least seven riders who could potentially win. The top two

:17:46. > :17:51.will go through, so plenty at stake. The remaining riders have a second

:17:52. > :17:55.chance in the repechage, but if you have the tensions to win the gold

:17:56. > :18:00.medal, you don't want to write the repechage round. The derny is

:18:01. > :18:07.increasing in speed all the time. Five laps to go. Eight in total. The

:18:08. > :18:13.last two and a half will be without the derny and it will be a full on

:18:14. > :18:17.Sprint. You can see the derny rider, looking at his speed very closely.

:18:18. > :18:21.He has strict instructions, the pace he must do and if he goes off it it

:18:22. > :18:27.will interrupt the riders and they won't be happy, so he has to keep

:18:28. > :18:30.the riders study. Just going through the mental procedure of preparing

:18:31. > :18:35.for anything because when the derny rolls off, it's going to be everyone

:18:36. > :18:40.everywhere. Anna Meares is just watching her competition behind her.

:18:41. > :18:43.She rides a very smooth race from the middle, very clever at keeping

:18:44. > :18:48.an eye on the riders behind her and those in front of her. And looking

:18:49. > :18:55.around now, it is Sullivan who looks around, Vogel is behind her. The

:18:56. > :19:00.derny is off now and now the race starts. You can see Anna Meares

:19:01. > :19:05.Comanche always leaves a gap in front of her. Now she makes a move.

:19:06. > :19:12.She was to be in the front and to be in control, slipping behind

:19:13. > :19:15.Sullivan. Here comes the Chinese rider Gong Jinjie inside Sullivan.

:19:16. > :19:21.There goes the bell. Anna Meares coming over the top of Sullivan.

:19:22. > :19:24.Kristina Vogel now on the outside. Anna Meares, these are the gold and

:19:25. > :19:28.silver-medallists at the World Championships. Anna Meares is going

:19:29. > :19:36.strong, great ride from the Australian. Vogel and Anna Meares

:19:37. > :19:42.going through. Those are the two we expected, impressive speed from

:19:43. > :19:45.Vogel. Anna Meares running the perfect race car moving on the

:19:46. > :19:55.outside to make it difficult for Vogel but she fought back to us to

:19:56. > :20:01.make a point. Showing she has the speed in the legs. So much about

:20:02. > :20:05.that, isn't it, showing your rivals what you've got. You can see, Anna

:20:06. > :20:16.Meares doing very well do, over the Chinese rider, Gong Jinjie, but

:20:17. > :20:22.Vogel was powering on. The Colombian, in third. The winners of

:20:23. > :20:30.each heat will go through to the rest -- repechage -- the third

:20:31. > :20:32.place. Anna Meares in second place. Both go directly into the second

:20:33. > :20:44.round. Well, it isn't that important as

:20:45. > :20:50.long as you first or second in the first round. It is the latter stages

:20:51. > :20:56.where it obviously gets very tense. She'll be happy. She'll be happy to

:20:57. > :21:00.be true. She might be a bit intimidated by the speed of Vogel.

:21:01. > :21:08.The German rider really made a point, coming over the top at the

:21:09. > :21:20.end, fighting back. So this is the second heat. The top of the track,

:21:21. > :21:30.Virginie Cueff, the French rider, European silver-medallist. The

:21:31. > :21:40.second of the Russian riders, Shmeleva, winning all of the junior

:21:41. > :21:46.events she entered in 2012. 17th at the World Championships, tenth in

:21:47. > :21:51.the World Cup in New Zealand. That is Zhong Tianshi, gold medal already

:21:52. > :22:03.in the team sprint. This is the bronze-medallist from London in

:22:04. > :22:24.2012, Lee Wai Sze. And from Spain, Tania Calva.

:22:25. > :22:33.Getting the speed up to around 25, 30 kilometres per hour, initially.

:22:34. > :22:36.You see the riders pushing on the pedals and exploding off the blocks

:22:37. > :22:49.because they want to get into position behind the derny. They know

:22:50. > :23:01.what position they want to be into. Well, Sarah Li, from Hong Kong, only

:23:02. > :23:10.China's the medal ever in Olympic sport and their first cycling medal,

:23:11. > :23:19.in London in 2012. Olivia Podmore, the New Zealander behind her and

:23:20. > :23:29.then the Spaniard, Calvo, followed by Zhong Tianshi. At the back of the

:23:30. > :23:42.field, Shmeleva. The quality of the first heat, this is such a wide open

:23:43. > :23:45.field across all four heats in the keirin. Only the second time it has

:23:46. > :23:50.been held at the Olympic Games for the women. Kirin has been around for

:23:51. > :23:56.women at champion ship level for a long time but now, the depth and the

:23:57. > :24:00.quality of women that are concentrating on the event as an

:24:01. > :24:06.Olympic event, it has made the competition so much stronger, and

:24:07. > :24:11.the level of competition. So many people in the competition who could

:24:12. > :24:19.win the gold medal. In this heat, the rider at the front will be the

:24:20. > :24:25.one to watch. A gold-medallist, the flag bearer for Hong Kong in 2012.

:24:26. > :24:33.She has been through the phases of riding Olympic Games before. She is

:24:34. > :24:38.the Asian champion as well. She has some decent form of late, as the

:24:39. > :24:44.derny increases in speed. Three laps to go, it's going to start happening

:24:45. > :24:53.here. The derny drops off and the Spaniard Calvo goes to the front.

:24:54. > :25:00.Here comes Cueff, the French rider on the outside and on the outside,

:25:01. > :25:07.Zhong Tianshi, with van Riessen on her wheel. The top two will go

:25:08. > :25:15.through. Lee Wai Sze is fighting back. Terrible crash! New Zealand,

:25:16. > :25:28.France and Spain going out. Meanwhile, it is Lee Wai Sze going

:25:29. > :25:32.through and Zhong Tianshi. It is one of the most dangerous events on the

:25:33. > :25:37.track, plenty of bumping going on, and a very nasty crash. They were

:25:38. > :25:42.the two riders we would have expected to go through, from Hong

:25:43. > :25:46.Kong and China, the Chinese rider having to plug speed after winning

:25:47. > :25:53.the team sprint last night. But that's the disadvantage of not being

:25:54. > :26:00.at the front. That is a heavy fall for the kiwi. It looked like Cueff

:26:01. > :26:10.the French rider came across and bumped into the Dutch rider. Van

:26:11. > :26:14.Riessen managed to stay out. That happened just above us on the track

:26:15. > :26:19.and we can see the cyclists now receiving some medical treatment. We

:26:20. > :26:25.hope they are OK after a very nasty crash. That can happen in Kear in

:26:26. > :26:29.racing. It can happen at any time, especially in the Olympics when you

:26:30. > :26:32.are being desperate to try and qualify. They were bunching up, the

:26:33. > :26:38.pace at the front was clearly starting to slow a little bit and a

:26:39. > :26:42.touch of wheels and they went down like dominoes, a really nasty one.

:26:43. > :26:49.The Kiwi girl is still lying down, I think she's all right. Wow. Get the

:26:50. > :26:52.slow motion of that, the French rider was pretty much the one at

:26:53. > :26:57.fault I think, she was off balance but she couldn't hold herself up.

:26:58. > :27:04.It's certainly hearts when you go to ground at that pace. I'm amazed the

:27:05. > :27:08.Dutch rider stayed up. She will have a burn on the right-hand side, she

:27:09. > :27:12.was pushed into the barrier and managed to stay upright because the

:27:13. > :27:16.barrier was there to hold her. So quick, the medics, to get onto the

:27:17. > :27:21.track and help them and I can see the British team doctors also

:27:22. > :27:25.shooting in, seeing if they can get any help. We've seen crashes like

:27:26. > :27:31.this before in keirin racing, it's exciting, we spoke about courage

:27:32. > :27:35.before. I asked Chris Boardman about it and he said that you need to be

:27:36. > :27:38.brave. They will make some repairs to the track but it means that Becky

:27:39. > :27:43.James is going to have to wait before she goes for her race, the

:27:44. > :27:48.third heat. This won't be bothering her, she'll be getting herself

:27:49. > :27:52.ready, preparing. You almost expect this to happen in one of the races,

:27:53. > :27:56.it is a very physical event, it is fast, they are so close together, it

:27:57. > :28:00.isn't uncommon to see crashes but it is great to see them back on their

:28:01. > :28:04.feet and they are tough, they will be back in the next round, they will

:28:05. > :28:09.have a clean suit with no holes in it and we'll be back for the

:28:10. > :28:12.repechage. They will be getting back for the repechage. That is what they

:28:13. > :28:17.do to the track, they must make sure it is absolutely smooth and safe,

:28:18. > :28:22.especially on the corners which are used a lot in this kind of racing.

:28:23. > :28:27.Sometimes if it is a timed event, they are more at the bottom, but on

:28:28. > :28:31.the banking in this kind of event it is vital to have a smooth track. It

:28:32. > :28:37.is, and from the safety point of view, if you are sliding on your

:28:38. > :28:43.back and you pick up a splinter, it can be really nasty so the track

:28:44. > :28:46.must be completely smooth. That was a particularly bad crash, falling

:28:47. > :28:51.into the track with quite a lot of force. Just glad to see them all

:28:52. > :28:56.walking. Very easy to break your collarbone in that kind of crash but

:28:57. > :29:01.it seems they are OK. Melissa Hoskins of the Australian team in

:29:02. > :29:04.action later in the team pursuit, they had that crash in training but

:29:05. > :29:11.great to see that they will be racing later today. I saw Rohan

:29:12. > :29:15.Dennis also, he is a supporter. You know, you think on the track it is

:29:16. > :29:19.safer than the road but at times it isn't and we will never forget Wang,

:29:20. > :29:20.the terrible in Manchester when he had a piece of wood going through

:29:21. > :29:29.his calf. I was riding around and heard a

:29:30. > :29:34.crash behind me, I had crossed the line, celebrating went to shake

:29:35. > :29:41.everybody's hand. Nobody was there. I realised how severe the crash was.

:29:42. > :29:46.A splinter that size straight the way through his calf. For those of

:29:47. > :29:51.you who like that kind of thing, you can see the video on YouTube. It was

:29:52. > :29:58.shocking. He made it back for the Olympics, but gruesome. We will see

:29:59. > :30:04.Becky James later. We will take a pause while they repaired the track.

:30:05. > :30:08.Telling tales of the unexpected at the Velodrome. When you see the

:30:09. > :30:14.technical officials climbing up a ladder, it gives you a good idea of

:30:15. > :30:19.how steep that banking is at the Velodrome. It is a scary piece of

:30:20. > :30:26.equipment. Not that I have tackled it. We should be able to find out

:30:27. > :30:30.how Becky James goes later. But we have a date at Lagoa because the

:30:31. > :30:36.last four races in the regatta are about to get going, with a single

:30:37. > :30:42.scholars and the men and women's eight. This venue has even asked

:30:43. > :30:53.glorious sights in a spectacular place and glorious memories already.

:30:54. > :30:56.Two gold medals and a silver and possibly today more, John.

:30:57. > :31:01.After postponements and the weather and too much wind and we get to the

:31:02. > :31:05.finale of the regatta beneath perfect blue skies and this place

:31:06. > :31:11.looks sensational. We said it would be the iconic venue of the Olympics

:31:12. > :31:16.and that is what it feels like today and as a British point of view, we

:31:17. > :31:27.are hoping the rowers will kick off Super Saturday after a Fantastic

:31:28. > :31:35.Friday. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning

:31:36. > :31:39.one big race from defending their 2012 medal. These are the days they

:31:40. > :31:49.live for. Fingers crossed. They are away. Good luck, Hallen, good luck,

:31:50. > :31:55.Heather. Watch, the opening 100, the 250 metres mark is where the British

:31:56. > :32:04.crew will pound it. They will go out hard, they will go out strong. They

:32:05. > :32:07.are taking control of the race the same way they have throughout this

:32:08. > :32:13.Olympiad. They are searchers, they keep searching for improvement and

:32:14. > :32:18.they keep moving the bar on, even though they are already at the top.

:32:19. > :32:25.Coming up and threw the first timing mark will stop a quarter of the race

:32:26. > :32:37.gone. A sensational first 500 for Helen and Heather.

:32:38. > :32:44.We had a push from them. It has opened up clear water. This is an

:32:45. > :32:49.imperious display. The last 50 strokes and Glover and Heather

:32:50. > :32:59.Stanning have dominated from the first stroke. We are watching. Be

:33:00. > :33:04.inspired by the journey over the last Olympiad. They are undefeated

:33:05. > :33:12.in this combination as they come to 250 out. The one crew that has dared

:33:13. > :33:17.to take them on, Russ Musson and Anderson. A length ahead and still

:33:18. > :33:24.just clear water. We have Denmark and New Zealand fighting for the

:33:25. > :33:32.silver medal. 100 out. Their heads are still held high. Denmark coming

:33:33. > :33:36.hard, New Zealand are coming hard. They are going to run out of water

:33:37. > :33:42.and so they should because they were made to pay for it in the opening

:33:43. > :33:51.1000 metres. They are fearless, they are without equal, they are history

:33:52. > :33:56.makers. Great Britain's Glover and Stanning have defended their title

:33:57. > :34:00.and they have done it in style. It is carnival time at the Lagoa for

:34:01. > :34:03.Great Britain and they have shown the world they are the very best in

:34:04. > :34:12.this event. History makers here, again. Can you

:34:13. > :34:20.compare it to four years ago? It means so much more. We put a lot of

:34:21. > :34:24.pressure on ourselves, as much as we have tried to talk it down. I have

:34:25. > :34:29.been emotional this week and this is not me. It means so much. London was

:34:30. > :34:36.a home games and there is nothing more special, but this is like,

:34:37. > :34:40.defending a title, we are not just good once, we manage to be good

:34:41. > :34:47.everyday and we have raced the last four years. Steve, Mr Glover, how

:34:48. > :34:53.was that performers? I like that, Mr Glover! It was extraordinary, what

:34:54. > :34:57.we hoped for. Strong start and they held it the entire race and seeing

:34:58. > :35:02.them come in towards the end was the most emotional thing I have seen in

:35:03. > :35:06.my life. You get box seats to watch the national anthem and their medal

:35:07. > :35:14.ceremony. I know, I cannot believe it, I am going to blub like a baby

:35:15. > :35:18.as I have been doing the last minutes. Olympic champions, Helen

:35:19. > :35:31.Glover and Heather Stanning. Here we go. We did it in Sydney,

:35:32. > :35:41.Athens, Beijing and then in London. Can it be five in a row in the men's

:35:42. > :35:45.coxless four for Great Britain? Bae is it off. Onto the second, the

:35:46. > :35:53.third, a sharp start from the British crew. Look at the Italians.

:35:54. > :36:02.North of 40 strokes per minute. They go out hard and fast.

:36:03. > :36:08.We do not want a dogfight between us and Australia and also we do not

:36:09. > :36:15.want to go out too hard. Lane four, Australia moving the better. They

:36:16. > :36:20.are striking lower, the British are pretty high, Australia, 37, but they

:36:21. > :36:25.want to make sure each stroke is efficient. Not much in it. Between

:36:26. > :36:31.the two, Great Britain and Australia. Both of those have opened

:36:32. > :36:36.up clear water. The British group on their first big push coming away

:36:37. > :36:39.from 1000 metres. All of the miles they have done and training on the

:36:40. > :36:49.rowing machines and the weights, this is where they rely on it. Alex

:36:50. > :36:59.Gregory, down to Mo are relaxed. They are focused on what they are

:37:00. > :37:04.doing. This is what they have trained for. This is 500 metres of

:37:05. > :37:08.pain. They will enjoy this. Every little bit they make it hurt

:37:09. > :37:12.themselves, they will pile the pain onto the Australians and that is

:37:13. > :37:20.what I would be enjoying and taking to the Australians now.

:37:21. > :37:25.Three quarters of a length out. 25 strokes from the line. For the last

:37:26. > :37:33.time in the Olympic final. Australia have to throw everything at it. The

:37:34. > :37:35.British, their heads are up. Still focused. Incredible discipline. That

:37:36. > :37:49.is what you need to win a race. Back out to three quarters, 100 out.

:37:50. > :37:53.They have done enough. They can allow themselves to think they have

:37:54. > :37:58.done enough. It will be five in a row for Great Britain with Alex

:37:59. > :38:02.Gregory getting his second. The British have come under pressure at

:38:03. > :38:05.the halfway mark and they have responded, they are the Olympic

:38:06. > :38:12.champions. They have done it in style again. That is exactly what we

:38:13. > :38:17.would expect. Hats off to Jurgen Grobler who has led the British four

:38:18. > :38:22.through the last five Olympiads to do this. There was no doubt. They

:38:23. > :38:28.were not looking out of the boat, absolute credit to the way they have

:38:29. > :38:36.trained and prepared for this. We just nailed that. It was our

:38:37. > :38:42.perfect race and we did it right at the right time on the right day and

:38:43. > :38:47.these boys, I mean, good lads. Yergin, five in a row, how fantastic

:38:48. > :38:52.is that? -- Jurgen Grobler. You don't count the ones in the past,

:38:53. > :39:01.you always look to the next one. A fantastic race. They must be really

:39:02. > :39:08.thrilled. They wanted this more than anything. You don't dare talk about

:39:09. > :39:12.winning medals at this stage. You know that they want them. I would

:39:13. > :39:18.never talk about bring back a gold medal, never. And now you are in

:39:19. > :39:26.this funny post-race, it is all over.

:39:27. > :39:31.It is time for a drink! It was a fantastic day yesterday. Almost the

:39:32. > :39:35.most wonderful picture in that great piece. Gold medal television, the

:39:36. > :39:42.shot of Jurgen Grobler looking so happy. And so he should. I can watch

:39:43. > :39:46.the rowing and don't get that emotional about watching the rowing,

:39:47. > :39:52.but watching the families does get to me and watching that, it was a

:39:53. > :39:57.fantastic piece of two outstanding crews. We will talk about the rowers

:39:58. > :40:02.in a second but Jurgen Grobler and his legacy, he has created this

:40:03. > :40:06.dynasty now. Even if he resigned tomorrow and went off to live on the

:40:07. > :40:11.Moon, his impact on British rowing would be massive. Not just the boats

:40:12. > :40:20.he has been chief coach off, he is the men's chief coach and being the

:40:21. > :40:24.coach of the four for the last five Olympics, those medals alone. The

:40:25. > :40:29.impact of the infrastructure changes. When he came from East

:40:30. > :40:33.Germany, he said to me, I need to have a meeting with the sports

:40:34. > :40:38.minister and I asked why. He said, there are fundamental changes we

:40:39. > :40:46.need to make. I said it is not worth talking to the sports minister. It

:40:47. > :40:49.has changed. Slowly it has taken a long time and he has changed the

:40:50. > :40:57.infrastructure which helps the women, men, lightweight crews. Has

:40:58. > :41:03.he effectively turns the sport from amateur to professional? Very much

:41:04. > :41:08.so. Andy myself, Matthew and myself, we were professional athletes. We

:41:09. > :41:12.did not get paid, but we trained with a professional mindset. He has

:41:13. > :41:17.set up the other athletes to do the same and he has helped put the

:41:18. > :41:21.infrastructure behind to support the athletes to get those results. One

:41:22. > :41:27.of the great things he would like to see happen today is the men's eight

:41:28. > :41:30.back-up what the men's four did yesterday and I mentioned the

:41:31. > :41:34.friendly rivalry with German colleagues next door and I think it

:41:35. > :41:40.extends to the boat yard. We can go to Matthew Pinsent.

:41:41. > :41:44.This is the British eight in final preparation. We have fantastic

:41:45. > :41:49.access to the boat yard and notably German TV happened and they are

:41:50. > :41:55.furious about it. Anyway, I will talk you through this. We are

:41:56. > :41:59.enjoying the Union Jack logo. Every boat has this aerial attached to a

:42:00. > :42:07.data centre provided by the official timekeepers so we get times, data,

:42:08. > :42:12.rate of striking. There is some tech McLaren designed for British Rowing,

:42:13. > :42:19.to keep the wind off, marginal gains and all that. And into the rowing

:42:20. > :42:26.seats, as normal in the middle of the eight, we have a tandem.

:42:27. > :42:32.Normally strict side, bow side, they alternate which side they row on.

:42:33. > :42:39.And this is vital, this area. If we can get this firing the whole eight

:42:40. > :42:43.fires and the reason is biomechanics have told the British coaches the

:42:44. > :42:48.forces work out best if these two are in a tandem. We need this

:42:49. > :42:54.cooking on gas today. The other vital seat, they are all vital, but

:42:55. > :43:02.the other nerve centre is Phelan Hill's seat, the Cox's seat. It is

:43:03. > :43:09.important he has a great day. He has very few off days. It is an enormous

:43:10. > :43:13.drag race to win this medal. There is a saying, the ambulances wait at

:43:14. > :43:18.the finish. Translation, you have to bury yourself physically to win it

:43:19. > :43:23.will stop we have these conversations yesterday, is the

:43:24. > :43:28.men's four 25% each. I am struggling with the maths but

:43:29. > :43:36.nine into 100, 12... It is not, in 11 and a bit. We know what you mean.

:43:37. > :43:44.Is everybody 11%? When you get to this level and standard, yes, every

:43:45. > :43:48.man and woman has to be firing, to be at their best because they are

:43:49. > :43:54.racing their best and if one person is half a per cent off, that will

:43:55. > :43:58.make an effect on the boat speed which determines what possible, of

:43:59. > :44:03.medal you get or if you get into the medals.

:44:04. > :44:08.On a Saturday, these are the kind of races that people see every four

:44:09. > :44:16.years, they will watch the four, and they will save the cox, how

:44:17. > :44:27.important is a good cox in the men's eight? Hugely important, there are

:44:28. > :44:31.boats that don't have the cox, but if they are on the boat, they are a

:44:32. > :44:37.part of it, reading the race, the information they are getting. When

:44:38. > :44:41.you don't have the cox, you are out of breath, one person is shouting

:44:42. > :44:45.the calls and it has to be transferred in your own mind, what

:44:46. > :44:51.it means, whereas the cox can spell it out, what's happening sometimes

:44:52. > :44:57.that is good and sometimes it is bad. Very reassured to know how

:44:58. > :45:05.important he was, Gary. I don't know about Gary! This is a brutal race

:45:06. > :45:08.coming up, the eighth is the powerboat, but this is a very hard

:45:09. > :45:15.run, for very single-minded individuals. Mahe Drysdale against

:45:16. > :45:23.Synek is probably the showdown. Drysdale tends to come up on the

:45:24. > :45:27.really big occasions. I was talking to Synek earlier in the regatta. He

:45:28. > :45:32.lost against him in the semifinal. He is not done and dusted yet. Going

:45:33. > :45:44.through security this morning I saw a T-shirt that's that" real athletes

:45:45. > :45:52.ro and other athletes just play Games." I think that Gary would

:45:53. > :45:58.endorse that. COMMENTATOR: These are the gladiators of world rowing, the

:45:59. > :46:05.last six now that won gold. Fubar in lane one, we have Belarus in two,

:46:06. > :46:13.the Czech Republic in three, the world champion, Synek. Mahe Drysdale

:46:14. > :46:18.goes in number four. Martin from Croatia.

:46:19. > :46:29.This is a big race for the Czech Republic. Synek and Drysdale. Yes,

:46:30. > :46:33.massive race. The defending Olympic champion, Drysdale. But since

:46:34. > :46:40.London, Synek has been the triple world champion. Not a good season

:46:41. > :46:44.but twice a silver-medallist. He is not going to Tokyo so he has to do

:46:45. > :46:50.it now. Drysdale has had the better of him in the quarterfinal, so it is

:46:51. > :46:54.all to play for. Stunning conditions here as the cruise the start for the

:46:55. > :47:05.final time here, the final of the men's single sculls. Cuba, Belarus,

:47:06. > :47:09.Czech Republic, New Zealand, Croatia and Belgium closest to us. At the

:47:10. > :47:17.top, Rodriguez. Gorgeous views down on the Lagoa Stadium. These

:47:18. > :47:22.gladiators, the first 100 metres gone, full sprint. Additionally,

:47:23. > :47:25.Drysdale, the defending Olympic champion has not had the better of

:47:26. > :47:33.Synek, the world champion, in this Olympiad. Typically he is slow off.

:47:34. > :47:42.But he will evolve through as he comes into the red. At the moment,

:47:43. > :47:50.Daniel Martin is taking it on. He has a good sprint on him. Synek has

:47:51. > :47:56.traditionally been very strong from 800 metres through to the finish and

:47:57. > :48:00.Drysdale, even stronger. What Synek showed in the semis, he has the

:48:01. > :48:05.speed in the first thousands to take it to Drysdale and that is his

:48:06. > :48:08.chance, he's got to put pressure on Drysdale and back it up in the third

:48:09. > :48:14.quarter which is what he hasn't done this season. Speed in the first half

:48:15. > :48:18.costing him in the second. We can forget Martin, I think bronze is his

:48:19. > :48:24.best shot realistically but Synek wants to take gold, he has to take

:48:25. > :48:34.the rest of losing. He's got to put himself in the hurt locker. The

:48:35. > :48:38.first quarter gone, 500. Martin over Synek, with Mahe Drysdale from New

:48:39. > :48:44.Zealand, the defending Olympic champion in amongst it all. Into the

:48:45. > :48:50.second 500 metres. These crews, these gladiators, these giants will

:48:51. > :48:56.start to stretch it out now, the leaders, Martin, Synek and Drysdale,

:48:57. > :49:01.looking to stretch out and open up over the field, Angel Rodriguez.

:49:02. > :49:09.Shcharbachenia from Belarus in two Ammar then Synek, Drysdale, Martin

:49:10. > :49:17.and Obreno in six. Struggling with the opening pace which has been set

:49:18. > :49:29.by Martin from Croatia. Three scholars now easing out through the

:49:30. > :49:32.750-metre mark. -- scullers. Coming up through the middle, like a black

:49:33. > :49:39.shark, he is defending against a tough field. Martin has actually

:49:40. > :49:44.done Synek a favour here. Mahe Drysdale in the middle is between

:49:45. > :49:51.Croatia and the Czech Republic, both of them having gone out fast. The

:49:52. > :49:59.danger is that Drysdale will feel left out. He'll be tested mentally.

:50:00. > :50:02.Martin has put himself in a position, the others think that

:50:03. > :50:07.bronze is beyond them and he thinks he may be able to crack Synek as

:50:08. > :50:11.well and get silver. It is all to play for, for Synek because he can

:50:12. > :50:15.put Drysdale under serious pressure. So the screw starting to turn now

:50:16. > :50:22.for Martin because he's going to be chased hard by Mahe Drysdale and

:50:23. > :50:29.Synek, the current world champion. Dominant through this Olympiad,

:50:30. > :50:37.Synek, who is in three, Drysdale who is in four. Martin has led from the

:50:38. > :50:43.first. The final 500 metres, this is where it is going to be a battle of

:50:44. > :50:49.minds. For years, these scullers have battled and they know each

:50:50. > :50:53.other so well and in the second half of the Olympic final base is a

:50:54. > :50:57.battle of minds. And it may be a replay of the last World Cup race,

:50:58. > :51:04.where Martin from Croatia lead and he got caught by Drysdale and Synek

:51:05. > :51:09.finished in fourth place. I don't think Synek will do that today but

:51:10. > :51:14.Martin has put himself in a fantastic position. It could be a

:51:15. > :51:18.battle with him and Drysdale. We thought it would be Drysdale and

:51:19. > :51:22.Synek but Martin has put himself in the right position. But it was the

:51:23. > :51:28.black shark, Drysdale. The killer whale coming through! He has kicked

:51:29. > :51:32.on, the rate has come up, he has said, enough of this, thank you for

:51:33. > :51:37.placing me out here and I'm going to take it now. And look, Mahe

:51:38. > :51:43.Drysdale, 37 years old, the black boat gaming through the water as he

:51:44. > :51:48.hits the front and from the timing perspective, that what you want to

:51:49. > :51:52.do. And the 1500 metre mark in the final of the men's single sculls,

:51:53. > :51:56.timed to perfection so far, hitting the front. Drysdale is looking to

:51:57. > :52:02.make it two in a row at the Olympic Games. Look how stressed out the

:52:03. > :52:09.field is. Drysdale, from Martin, from Synek, from the Czech Republic,

:52:10. > :52:13.who is the world champion. At the moment, he has had a bad back

:52:14. > :52:18.through the Olympics. He doesn't row every day, a lot of training on the

:52:19. > :52:24.machine but mostly on the bike as well. He has years of training in

:52:25. > :52:28.the boat. The fitness in the legs and lungs, he's got to keep on top

:52:29. > :52:33.of that when he's out of the boat and he hasn't put a foot wrong, in

:52:34. > :52:37.the heats, the court and semifinal. He has been chipping away at the

:52:38. > :52:41.confidence of the other scullers and this is a replay from Martin last

:52:42. > :52:50.night, Drysdale riding him down at the end. This is an action replay of

:52:51. > :52:53.the whole year, Synek is in Drysdale's wash and now he is

:52:54. > :52:59.chasing Martin for the Silver Medal. He already has two of those and he

:53:00. > :53:05.might get a third, who knows? Can Martin hold off Synek? Synek is

:53:06. > :53:09.pushing hard. 100 metres from the line, they are at maximum speed,

:53:10. > :53:14.right back to the European champion this year, Martin is going to grow

:53:15. > :53:21.him down, he has found the speed! He has come up level, coming through

:53:22. > :53:25.here! Fortune favouring the brave, shooting up the site to get the

:53:26. > :53:30.maximum speed and Drysdale has two polls on big strokes here if he's

:53:31. > :53:37.going to beat him, and he hasn't done it, unbelievable! Damir Martin,

:53:38. > :53:42.the European champion. It's going to be a photo finish. I think that

:53:43. > :53:46.Damir Martin from Croatia over the last ten strokes just lifted the

:53:47. > :54:01.boat out of the water and absolutely hold it at the -- through it at the

:54:02. > :54:05.finishing line. The defending Olympic champion, Mahe Drysdale, 100

:54:06. > :54:10.metres out, that is how cruel these vinyls are. You say that fortune

:54:11. > :54:16.favours the brave, I thought he had gone out hard to give himself a

:54:17. > :54:24.guaranteed medal. Drysdale came through, I never thought Martin

:54:25. > :54:32.would come back. That is a phenomenal result. Look for the

:54:33. > :54:36.photo finish. Performing above expectation. Synek was crushed by

:54:37. > :54:41.both of them and Martin can be hugely proud of how he raced. That

:54:42. > :54:45.was the best performance of his life. It wasn't Drysdale's

:54:46. > :54:50.performance of his life. Martin getting the best performance of his

:54:51. > :54:55.life on the day that matters. Look at this here thou, looking right,

:54:56. > :55:06.the strokes are short but fast, it looked as if the bows went. That is

:55:07. > :55:15.the power, we are waiting for confirmation here. Dead heat! A dead

:55:16. > :55:25.heat! They are giving it an absolute dead heat. Make them do it again!

:55:26. > :55:31.CHEERING The Olympic Games is all about magic

:55:32. > :55:38.and great stories. 2000 metres and they had given it a dead heat.

:55:39. > :55:44.Drysdale and Martin are the Olympic champions the 2016 here at the

:55:45. > :55:52.Lagoa. It looked to me as if Martin had got his bows ahead here, but

:55:53. > :56:07.this is what these Games are about. As I said, Drysdale wrote a really

:56:08. > :56:10.good race and Martin wrote a great race -- rowed. He put himself in a

:56:11. > :56:16.perfect position to get through with 500 metres to go, but Martin found

:56:17. > :56:20.something deep within him that the Croatian doubled it as well and you

:56:21. > :56:23.are never beaten until you think you are. Despite our thinking that he

:56:24. > :56:29.was beaten, he didn't and that is the crucial thing is that the others

:56:30. > :56:34.should learn from, it isn't over at all, no matter the pedigree of the

:56:35. > :56:39.person you might be racing, it isn't over and Martin has done that with

:56:40. > :56:44.Drysdale. Drysdale has beaten him countless times, but not today. I

:56:45. > :56:47.said at the beginning that they were gladiators and they've lived up to

:56:48. > :56:58.that label here. Mahe Drysdale from New Zealand, bang on, there it is.

:56:59. > :57:05.Just getting confirmation that although on the line is first and

:57:06. > :57:12.second, dead on time, I'm being told that Damir Martin will be given the

:57:13. > :57:17.Silver Medal, but let's wait and see what happens. As pleased as he can

:57:18. > :57:22.be with his race, to have the same time and end up with the silver is

:57:23. > :57:32.harsh, they should do it again or both be given gold. Is that the most

:57:33. > :57:39.exciting race of roaring that you've ever seen? Extraordinary. To save

:57:40. > :57:44.what James said, how can they both have the same time and not have the

:57:45. > :57:50.same position in the race? I don't understand that at all, we get dead

:57:51. > :57:55.heats very rarely, that is what was announced. They showed a graphic of

:57:56. > :58:00.millimetres between them. They could separate it and if they can do that

:58:01. > :58:08.on the photograph, they've got to be able to do it on time. That is poor

:58:09. > :58:13.management. As we understand, Drysdale is the champion and Martin

:58:14. > :58:19.is the silver-medallist. They have published the time to within 100 of

:58:20. > :58:23.a second, I suppose they have 1000th, which is what has given

:58:24. > :58:29.Drysdale the gold medal. Maybe they should bring that. Exactly, I know

:58:30. > :58:33.the rule book reasonably well but I haven't really looked at what

:58:34. > :58:39.happens if it is a race as close as that. Normally we can separate them.

:58:40. > :58:51.Normally we go down to the hundredths of a second. See how FISA

:58:52. > :59:00.explain that. Amazing race. We can see the last 200 metres. I have to

:59:01. > :59:06.say, 200 out, Drysdale had won it. Synek, normally a front runner. He

:59:07. > :59:14.doesn't normally come from behind. Couldn't see him coming back. Martin

:59:15. > :59:18.was giving an interview by me yesterday in the semifinals and he

:59:19. > :59:21.said that it is just great to be in the final with these guys, but

:59:22. > :59:28.saying that he is one of these guys now and he proved it.

:59:29. > :59:36.That is a face of bemusement and the world and on Damir Martin. And

:59:37. > :59:41.Mahela trial stay behind him. This is one of those times when you can

:59:42. > :59:47.ask the question, how do you feel, when you have exactly the same time.

:59:48. > :59:51.Can we have one question? What an unbelievable race. It was tough.

:59:52. > :00:00.Really happy with that win. It took everything. I am sorry, John, I

:00:01. > :00:06.cannot allow that to happen. The Kiwis should get in first. If he can

:00:07. > :00:10.come back to us, we should get in. But the honour of the process should

:00:11. > :00:19.happen. They have a good chance the women's single sculls. We will

:00:20. > :00:22.clarify how that situation has come about with Drysdale being the gold

:00:23. > :00:26.medallist and Martin of Croatia getting a silver medal when they had

:00:27. > :00:32.exactly the same times. Let's look ahead at what is coming up will stop

:00:33. > :00:37.two crews inaction, the men's eight and first of all the women's eight.

:00:38. > :00:45.This is the cox in the boat giving you a guide to their individuals and

:00:46. > :00:51.personalities. I am the cox of the GB women's

:00:52. > :00:59.eight, I am Zoe de Toledo. At stroke is Zoe Lee, she is very bright,

:01:00. > :01:03.having just finished her Ph.D. . Very precise, good rhythmically,

:01:04. > :01:07.perfect in the stroke seat. In the seven seat is Karen Bennett, and

:01:08. > :01:12.this is her first Olympic Games. She is reasonably new in the team but

:01:13. > :01:17.you would not tell given how calm she is under pressure. Olivia is in

:01:18. > :01:21.number six seat, leading the stern with her big rhythm. Off the water

:01:22. > :01:27.she is bubbly, on the water she is steely determination.

:01:28. > :01:32.In the five seat we have Jess, she is a veteran of the women's eight

:01:33. > :01:37.and this is her third Olympics and she is an inspiration to the crew,

:01:38. > :01:43.and she leads us, motivates us. She is a big personality who sets up how

:01:44. > :01:47.the boat works. Sitting at four is Polly Swann, who missed London 2012

:01:48. > :01:53.through injury but has fought her way back to win her seat in the

:01:54. > :01:58.eight this year. Frances Houghton, we call her the

:01:59. > :02:01.Messiah, but with this being her fifth Olympic Games her input is

:02:02. > :02:07.valuable to the crew and we are incredibly lucky to have her. In the

:02:08. > :02:13.two seat is Mel Wilson, the technical wizard. Often heard

:02:14. > :02:18.trading of sentences as she tries to give us technical focus mid session.

:02:19. > :02:23.Completing the line-up in the bow seat is Katie, who keeps us on our

:02:24. > :02:28.toes and make sure we do the best job we can. And I am the cox and my

:02:29. > :02:36.job is to keep them on the same page and tidy up the edges when they do

:02:37. > :02:41.the hard work. They call me the gnome.

:02:42. > :02:45.And this is proof of the hard work Damir Martin put in to win what we

:02:46. > :02:53.are pretty sure is a silver medal in the men's single sculls and

:02:54. > :02:58.exhaustion. The paramedics on hand and ensuring his heart rate is all

:02:59. > :03:03.right. That is what it takes. Putting it all in, he put it in and

:03:04. > :03:08.more and in the end was frustrated by the most narrow, just the most

:03:09. > :03:14.inconceivably narrow margin. You can see he is exhausted but he is with

:03:15. > :03:17.it. If he had won the gold medal, I am sure he would be bouncing about

:03:18. > :03:23.and the adrenaline would still be pumping. He is able to drink water,

:03:24. > :03:26.so that is fine and I hope you drink something tougher than that tonight

:03:27. > :03:31.because he deserves it. An extraordinary way to kick off the

:03:32. > :03:38.regatta today. Let's head down to Matthew Pinsent, who is backed away.

:03:39. > :03:43.This is the women's eight, who are just leaving for their final. They

:03:44. > :03:47.do the final check. There are restraints that make sure you can

:03:48. > :03:51.get out of the boat should the worst happen. The Serbian pair needed

:03:52. > :04:01.those earlier in the week. Now it is time to go out onto the Lagoa to

:04:02. > :04:06.race for gold. Mahe Drysdale, the extended version

:04:07. > :04:11.now of the interview. Talk us through the last 200 metres. It was

:04:12. > :04:16.painful. I got a good lead and thought I was comfortable and Damir

:04:17. > :04:20.Martin started closing me down. I felt he was probably just in front

:04:21. > :04:25.of me in the last few strokes and I had to chuck in short ones to try to

:04:26. > :04:32.get in front and it was an agonising way to the finish. He asked what was

:04:33. > :04:37.the result? Did you not know? I had no idea. I knew I had to get across

:04:38. > :04:42.the line. I saw a replay and saw he was in front but probably just got

:04:43. > :04:47.him on the surge. You got the same time. Should you both get gold

:04:48. > :04:52.medals? I don't know. I have not seen the photo. It took them a long

:04:53. > :04:57.time, maybe there is a case for it. We have had people doubling up from

:04:58. > :05:02.London to hear and you are another. How does winning another gold medal

:05:03. > :05:05.compare with the first time? It is pretty special, especially at 37

:05:06. > :05:11.when people start writing you off and did its good to get back on top

:05:12. > :05:18.and do one for the old people. 41? Many congratulations. That was an

:05:19. > :05:23.extraordinary race. Martin, I think, is back on his feet and is being

:05:24. > :05:29.taken to the podium for the medal ceremony. What a great start that

:05:30. > :05:35.was. Before we talk about... Talk about what a super human effort by

:05:36. > :05:41.the Croatian, 200 from the end, to say, I have been passed, but I have

:05:42. > :05:45.one last bit in me. It was incredible, from both sides. Martin

:05:46. > :05:51.from Croatia, he has been on the circuit awhile. He has been very

:05:52. > :05:55.good. He was over the moon to be in the final but mentally he felt he

:05:56. > :06:01.was in with a shout but realistically, not with the two

:06:02. > :06:05.class scullers with Synek and Mahe Drysdale. And to produce that. He

:06:06. > :06:12.was half a length down and you thought, his race is done, take the

:06:13. > :06:17.bronze medal and run away, but no, he stuck into it and came back. Mahe

:06:18. > :06:24.Drysdale was down but the surge of the boat, when the blades goes in

:06:25. > :06:28.the water, you think it makes your boat go faster but it stops the boat

:06:29. > :06:33.and when Martin lost the medal was putting the blades in the water. If

:06:34. > :06:38.he had let the boat glide he would be gold medallist now. From the

:06:39. > :06:46.women to the men's eight. This is Will Satch talking us through the

:06:47. > :06:51.British crew. I am Will Satch, stroke of the men's

:06:52. > :06:57.eight and I am going to introduce the group. Our bow man we call a

:06:58. > :07:03.Latin because he is riding the carpet in the bow seat. In front of

:07:04. > :07:09.him, Vergini, the big guy in the boat, a strong move. He has been in

:07:10. > :07:13.the eight for eight consecutive years. Andy Hodge bringing

:07:14. > :07:19.experienced to the boat, a double Olympic champion and an honour to

:07:20. > :07:23.row with the man. Matt Gotrel is extremely tidy. I share a flat with

:07:24. > :07:28.him. He is jack of all trades and chuck him into any sport he would be

:07:29. > :07:33.a topic. Pete Reed is a commander who brings experience to the boat.

:07:34. > :07:37.Double Olympic champion, lots of confidence, a man in charge.

:07:38. > :07:44.Paul Bennett in six, the man mountain. He is almost seven foot

:07:45. > :07:50.tall and I would not want anyone else in that seat.

:07:51. > :07:58.At seven, Matt Langridge, hot on my tail, backing me up all the way,

:07:59. > :08:04.probably the most gifted oarsmen but late to every session. Phelan Hill,

:08:05. > :08:09.he is the man in charge, he is in control and he is the smallest in

:08:10. > :08:13.the boat. And me, I am leading these feathers. Bronze medal last time,

:08:14. > :08:19.hopefully this time it will be a gold medal.

:08:20. > :08:21.It is a good mixture of youth and experience in the crew, in contrast

:08:22. > :08:26.with the New Zealand boat which the Kiwi colleague is fond of saying,

:08:27. > :08:32.the oldest person in that boat was born in 1992 and he said not a

:08:33. > :08:40.single person in that Kiwi boat was alive when Nirvana released Never

:08:41. > :08:48.Mind. Makes me feel very old, that was the middle of my Olympics. How

:08:49. > :08:53.important are they for wise heads are moments of pressure. Wise heads

:08:54. > :08:57.right the way through, what they can bring the crew, technically,

:08:58. > :09:00.motivation wise and at Olympics, is been there, gone through it, they

:09:01. > :09:04.know where the pressure is and helping the younger ones. In some

:09:05. > :09:09.ways, the older ones suffer and the younger ones help them. It is a

:09:10. > :09:14.blend of personalities and they work together. Matt and I in Atlanta, I

:09:15. > :09:18.struggled emotionally and he could sense when I was struggling and

:09:19. > :09:23.would take the conversation in a different direction and then get

:09:24. > :09:27.back to normality. You visualise to being in the boat, alongside the

:09:28. > :09:32.opposition, stroke for stroke, and they will see their boat going

:09:33. > :09:36.faster every stripe. The final of the women's single sculls has taken

:09:37. > :09:41.place which was expected to be a showdown between Australia and New

:09:42. > :09:49.Zealand. Could the Kiwis win the men's and women's races.

:09:50. > :09:54.Kim Brennan will look at the on-board computer and look at the

:09:55. > :09:58.speed and time and know she has 50 strokes. There will be a race plan

:09:59. > :10:05.to execute. She is leading Gevvie Stone from the USA. Duan Jingli

:10:06. > :10:10.sitting currently in bronze medal position. We need a big final 500

:10:11. > :10:15.from Emma Twigg inlay number five from New Zealand. Not looking good

:10:16. > :10:31.at the moment for Emma Twigg. Duan Jingli is going well. Duan Jingli

:10:32. > :10:37.fighting it for the silver medal. Gevvie Stone, four years ago the

:10:38. > :10:48.American was seven. Here she is fighting for a silver medal. Duan

:10:49. > :10:56.Jingli raced so well at this point in the semifinal. If Stone can hold

:10:57. > :11:02.on... In the last 250, 200 metres now. They will be counting the

:11:03. > :11:05.strokes in their mind. The races on and Gevvie Stone is cranking it up

:11:06. > :11:15.but so too is Emma Twigg. Great finish. This is all on the line and

:11:16. > :11:21.they still have 15, now down to ten strokes. The blue awning indicates

:11:22. > :11:27.it is 100 out and Kim Brennan, 31 years of age. She will now start to

:11:28. > :11:33.feel the weight of the Olympic gold medal around her neck. She went out

:11:34. > :11:39.hard in the first 500. On the far side, Gevvie Stone has the overlap.

:11:40. > :11:47.She will not catch Kimberley. Gevvie Stone getting the silver medal. The

:11:48. > :11:54.bronze medal, hanging on for dear life is Duan Jingli from China. And

:11:55. > :11:58.Emma Twigg, her head goes down. Exhaustion abounds. She left it too

:11:59. > :12:06.late to get right back onto the Chinese sculler.

:12:07. > :12:16.Exhaustion and desolation for Emma Twigg. She was expected to get a

:12:17. > :12:20.medal for New Zealand. But delight for the Australians and enormous

:12:21. > :12:27.delight for Mahe Drysdale for New Zealand. Winning the gold medal by

:12:28. > :12:31.what is a safe bet to say is the narrowest margin in Olympic history.

:12:32. > :12:39.Garry Herbert. Throughout this Olympiad, Ondrej Synek, through all

:12:40. > :12:44.the World Championships finished on top. All-round sleep to the Olympic

:12:45. > :12:45.final. He is getting a bronze medal and he knows he was beaten by two

:12:46. > :13:04.better men here. Damir Martin! Rightly so. He showed

:13:05. > :13:10.us how to fight, how to keep your head up to the line and beyond. The

:13:11. > :13:14.disappointing thing is that unlike in track and field when they put the

:13:15. > :13:18.photo finish on the scoreboard, they have not done it. I have seen it and

:13:19. > :13:24.I cannot spit them. They should either give them both one, or make

:13:25. > :13:30.them do it again. Winning a gold or silver medal, it changes your life.

:13:31. > :13:33.He deserves to row again or a shared gold medal. He deserves the utmost

:13:34. > :13:51.respect, which we give him. I'm not taking anything away from

:13:52. > :13:56.Mahe, huge respect, but if he had been in Martin's position maybe he

:13:57. > :14:00.would say something different. One of the nicest guys, Mahe Drysdale.

:14:01. > :14:08.He's had a right old battle over the last four years. He's a tough, tough

:14:09. > :14:17.competitor. Nice guy. He won't be offering Martin a repeat! Someone on

:14:18. > :14:28.Twitter asked what the other thing they are getting. It is a medal

:14:29. > :14:31.holder. It will be a doorstop! The most important thing is what is

:14:32. > :14:39.hanging around their necks, the title.

:14:40. > :15:39.Mahe Drysdale from New Zealand, reigning supreme and the Lagoa

:15:40. > :15:44.Stadium. At the age of 37! Will he be back at

:15:45. > :15:49.the age of 41. Isn't that a fantastic picture? And all of the

:15:50. > :15:55.medallists looking up to the flag. The women's eight on the water, the

:15:56. > :15:59.race is imminent. What about the men? Let's go to Matthew.

:16:00. > :16:08.This is the British eight taking to the water. Never a more tense

:16:09. > :16:13.moment, before the Olympic final. Helicopters overhead. Incredibly

:16:14. > :16:19.stressful. Very experienced, he's done this time after time. Standing

:16:20. > :16:26.with the red rucksack at the far end. You would think at this moment,

:16:27. > :16:34.when you are stressed, you would get some heartening nugget to send you

:16:35. > :16:41.on the water but all he does, he pushes you out onto the lake with

:16:42. > :16:47.the words, have a good row. We can only echo that.

:16:48. > :16:55.That's a good story, is that always the way? Yes, he tells a good story.

:16:56. > :16:58.In Barcelona, he said that he was going to give him the key to win the

:16:59. > :17:02.gold medal, but he doesn't. You talk an hour before the race, you think

:17:03. > :17:06.is going to give it then, he doesn't, when you go on the water,

:17:07. > :17:11.you think he's going to say the words that will help you win the

:17:12. > :17:15.gold medal. He starts pushing the boat out and Matt is looking at him

:17:16. > :17:21.waiting for the words and he said, have a good row. I'm sure James

:17:22. > :17:31.would I code that, they are going to describe the women's eight and the

:17:32. > :17:37.men's 84 us. -- echo. -- for us. They've had chances and fallen short

:17:38. > :17:41.previously. If you are in the cox seat, what would be going through

:17:42. > :17:50.your mind, what would you be telling the girls? , nation of two things,

:17:51. > :17:56.forget the record books, forget about history, it is about the race

:17:57. > :18:00.plan. They will have done that in training, believe in the journey

:18:01. > :18:03.that has got you to this place, that's all, and as you go down the

:18:04. > :18:09.track then we can start getting emotive and then the cox taps into

:18:10. > :18:13.the psychology of eight individual person to dig deep and get something

:18:14. > :18:19.better out of them -- each individual person.

:18:20. > :18:24.If you word the cox, if the gold medal is out of reach, do you

:18:25. > :18:28.approach the race of trying to win it, or do you try and win the race

:18:29. > :18:32.for silver? No, they are going for gold, they haven't come here for the

:18:33. > :18:40.Silver Medal. Whether that is a good strategy from outside the boat, you

:18:41. > :18:44.have to think that the moment is going to live with you for the rest

:18:45. > :18:48.of your life, let's make it a big moment, and Olympic moment. I think

:18:49. > :18:55.what they will do, they have to go from aid the -- from a to B as

:18:56. > :18:58.quickly as possible and if the Americans falter, then they will get

:18:59. > :19:10.gold, but if they try to beat the Americans, they will get nothing.

:19:11. > :19:14.So, down on the start. The defending Olympic champions will be in lane

:19:15. > :19:20.three. For the first time in many a long year, Great Britain are in the

:19:21. > :19:28.heart, lane four, qualifying directly from the heat for this.

:19:29. > :19:41.Don't write off all of these boats, they are all great. Romania, at one

:19:42. > :19:45.time there used to dominate this event before the Americans turned up

:19:46. > :19:55.at the party. The Americans haven't lost since 2005. Two of them coming

:19:56. > :20:02.back from the victorious 2012 boats, with the experience and the power.

:20:03. > :20:05.Great Britain sitting in lane four, the crowd are seeing it on the

:20:06. > :20:16.screens to the right, on the finishing line, applauding and

:20:17. > :20:20.cheering. Canada are in five. Perennial bridesmaids to the United

:20:21. > :20:22.States of America over the last couple of Olympic Games and World

:20:23. > :20:34.Championships. OK, here we go, deep breath, the

:20:35. > :20:36.last focus, connecting the bodies. The final of the women's eights and

:20:37. > :20:55.Great Britain have a great chance. Great Britain just easing out. Now

:20:56. > :20:59.the call is going to come, up goes the rate and it has been responded

:21:00. > :21:06.by all of these boats. This is the final of the women's eight. The

:21:07. > :21:10.Netherlands, Romania, the defending Olympic champions in lane three,

:21:11. > :21:16.Britain in four, Canada in five and New Zealand in number six. 100 gone,

:21:17. > :21:20.they are going to start to lengthen out, but they will be on maximum

:21:21. > :21:26.speed. The Canadians have gone out quickly, this was my concern. The

:21:27. > :21:30.Canadians winning the repechage and they looked much better there than

:21:31. > :21:33.they did in the heat. This could be the fly in the ointment for the

:21:34. > :21:39.predicted gold and silver battle between America and the British. The

:21:40. > :21:45.Canadians are medallists from London and they aren't going to be happy

:21:46. > :21:52.with anything other than the silver. Lesley Thomson Wiley, the Cox of the

:21:53. > :22:08.American boat, incredible Olympic campaign for her. They have slipped

:22:09. > :22:12.the British by half a length. We know that if the British can keep

:22:13. > :22:15.the solid overlap. Here comes Canada, where is the overlap? The

:22:16. > :22:20.British are going to be strong over the middle 1000. Racing the

:22:21. > :22:27.Canadians in the heats, and this isn't what happened. Very good

:22:28. > :22:31.second half to the heats. This wasn't what they ran into against

:22:32. > :22:36.the Canadians. The Americans are not having a good race, that is one

:22:37. > :22:40.positive. The Americans in the heat would have been away by now but they

:22:41. > :22:52.are in third place. It is being turned on its head. Great Britain

:22:53. > :22:56.being driven down by Zoe de Toledo. Strength and belief, the things that

:22:57. > :23:00.will get Great Britain back into it and back into the fight. The issue

:23:01. > :23:05.over the next 200 metres, they want to get 1000 to start challenging for

:23:06. > :23:10.the medals. They don't want to get there and then to try and jump back

:23:11. > :23:14.into the race. They are in sixth place so they are going to have to

:23:15. > :23:25.really cruise in. Last place they will have to try and reel crews in.

:23:26. > :23:32.Go after the Dutch and so on, one by one. They can do it. The Canadians

:23:33. > :23:36.have stolen a march and shocked the Americans, who weren't expecting to

:23:37. > :23:41.be in this position. So they either panic or they lay down the power

:23:42. > :23:46.that we know they've got on board. The Canadians have turned the tables

:23:47. > :23:51.on everyone. At the top, the Netherlands, we said watch out for

:23:52. > :23:55.them. Going through in third place. It is Canada over the US, then the

:23:56. > :24:02.Netherlands, and the bridge is going through, still in sixth, which they

:24:03. > :24:14.were at 501,000 -- the English. You aren't the only crew with the

:24:15. > :24:19.quick second-half. The Americans have found their form and have gone

:24:20. > :24:23.through Canada. The Dutch on the far side are still in the mix. The

:24:24. > :24:27.British now are going to have to draw themselves back, they aren't

:24:28. > :24:32.out of it. Definitely coming through strongly as they look back through

:24:33. > :24:37.the last few metres. They look at the journey, an incredible journey

:24:38. > :24:41.that has brought these nine amazing women to the brink of a medal. It

:24:42. > :24:47.has never been done for the British women in the eighth. In the third

:24:48. > :24:50.500, it is not about turning the screw a couple of times, it is up

:24:51. > :24:56.and going, the moment is now, they've got to do it. Into the third

:24:57. > :25:00.of 500, get yourself into contention, heads up and then move

:25:01. > :25:06.on hard. Going through Romania, going through New Zealand and next,

:25:07. > :25:11.the Dutch and then they are in the medals. Looks like the Canadians are

:25:12. > :25:15.coming back. Silver isn't out of the question, I think that the Americans

:25:16. > :25:21.are moving on well and they can pick them off. It looks like they are.

:25:22. > :25:24.Casting all doubt aside as we get through the 1500 metre mark, the

:25:25. > :25:27.Americans have gone in and the British crew are in the bronze medal

:25:28. > :25:33.position. They won't settle for that, they will say, the third 500

:25:34. > :25:38.was good, we want the last 500 to be ours, we want to own every stroke.

:25:39. > :25:43.Put it down here! They are going faster than Canada, definitely. The

:25:44. > :25:53.Americans have too much for them. New Zealand have had a go. Great

:25:54. > :25:55.Britain, in the Silver Medal position here! This is just

:25:56. > :26:03.brilliant stuff for the British crew. So at this point, as we head

:26:04. > :26:09.towards 300 out, it's all about giving it all, every single stroke.

:26:10. > :26:12.This is your moment, Great Britain and now they can put themselves into

:26:13. > :26:21.position to start challenging. They won't catch the United States,

:26:22. > :26:25.they've got to watch out from -- for Romania in eight, they are coming to

:26:26. > :26:29.the party. They have left it late, the Americans have won. The Brits

:26:30. > :26:35.have defined some fight to get silver. The Romanians are coming

:26:36. > :26:42.right back, dead level with 100 metres to go. Come on, Britain! We

:26:43. > :26:45.are three feet ahead of Romania, out front, the United States. These are

:26:46. > :26:50.the moments we are living for, the crowd are willing them on. Great

:26:51. > :26:55.Britain are going to go into the record books, it looks like it's

:26:56. > :27:01.going to be silver. Hang on, girls! They've done it, sensational

:27:02. > :27:07.performance. They've won the medal, going into the record books. They

:27:08. > :27:17.have won a medal. They've got a medal. I think silver. Coming up as

:27:18. > :27:23.silver on our screen. One word describes that, from the gun to the

:27:24. > :27:27.tape, sensational. The first time that Great Britain have won an

:27:28. > :27:35.Olympic medal in the women's eight. Just wonderful to behold. They came

:27:36. > :27:43.from last place, 500 metres, fifth place at 1000. So hard in the third,

:27:44. > :27:48.nearly caught by Romania. They emptied the tanks. Well raced,

:27:49. > :27:53.America. Surprised by Canada. Fantastic, gutsy performance from

:27:54. > :27:57.our girls. They dug deep and when the calls were made by Zoe de Toledo

:27:58. > :28:05., the crew responded time and time again. And when the rest of the

:28:06. > :28:14.world came back, cool, clear mines, execute, move and now they are the

:28:15. > :28:17.Olympic silver-medallists. Wow. You feel full Canada, they make the race

:28:18. > :28:23.Craik and they gave themselves every chance of doing something between

:28:24. > :28:28.first and third -- make it quick. They gave themselves a chance. A

:28:29. > :28:32.tough way to race, tough result for them. They mixed it up and caused

:28:33. > :28:42.all manner of problems for everyone else. The blue ribbon and event

:28:43. > :28:47.here, the eights. Polly Swan. Delighted with that. This team was

:28:48. > :28:54.brought together, a real focus and journey for them. Nine amazing

:28:55. > :29:02.women, one incredible result. The United States on a reigning supreme

:29:03. > :29:06.here at the Lagoa. Undefeated since 2005. The record continues. What a

:29:07. > :29:07.performance by the British women, the lowest they have gone is a

:29:08. > :29:19.silver. That is a phenomenal all-round team

:29:20. > :29:26.performance. And they have raced well. They could easily have cracked

:29:27. > :29:33.the last 500 when they were expecting to challenge for a gold

:29:34. > :29:37.medal. A gutsy way to finish. That is why you watch sport. That picture

:29:38. > :29:47.shows it all. Great Britain, silver medallists at the first time at an

:29:48. > :29:52.Olympic regatta. It was good enough for a silver

:29:53. > :29:57.medal, fantastic. If this is the first time you have watched rowing

:29:58. > :30:01.we do not normally have photo finishes, but Steve, an immense

:30:02. > :30:06.performance and a setting of the bar for women's rowing. Very much so. I

:30:07. > :30:11.have been watching women's eights since we first sent one to the

:30:12. > :30:20.Moscow games and they thought they could get a medal and fell short.

:30:21. > :30:24.The one my wife was in, they felt they could get a medal but they fell

:30:25. > :30:29.short. All the history has been turned over and now they have a

:30:30. > :30:35.fantastic silver medal. What we were talking about before, you can put

:30:36. > :30:39.all your cards out early and try to throw the Americans off their centre

:30:40. > :30:43.but there were four boats that tried to do that and we were concerned the

:30:44. > :30:48.women's eight were holding back and did not get a good start but it is

:30:49. > :30:53.pacing, getting the fastest speed from your boat. We knew the

:30:54. > :30:58.Americans had to be well off form not to win that. They have been

:30:59. > :31:03.outstanding, dominated this event for ten years. They stuck to their

:31:04. > :31:09.task and came through it. The Romanians just coming off the water

:31:10. > :31:15.now, absolutely delighted. They have won this event before a few times.

:31:16. > :31:18.Their bronze medal is being hugely celebrated that they almost had the

:31:19. > :31:26.silver medal, pushing our girls very tough indeed. Our girls will have

:31:27. > :31:31.the silver medal put around their neck. They did not panic, they knew

:31:32. > :31:35.what they have left to give and knew how the rest of the race was panning

:31:36. > :31:40.out. They might not have been panicking, but I was. I called it

:31:41. > :31:47.before and said it could end up us and Americans out the other end, but

:31:48. > :31:52.I am not sure I totally believed it. What celebrations. Beforehand we

:31:53. > :31:55.spoke about the importance of the cox and in those moments they earn

:31:56. > :32:00.their money because they can see what is happening around them and if

:32:01. > :32:09.there is apprehension, concerned... Garry Herbert, a quick word from you

:32:10. > :32:15.about Zoe de Toledo's role. She leads the crew here and the

:32:16. > :32:19.relationship between Zoe and Zoe Lee, who sits in the stroke seat, it

:32:20. > :32:24.has to be a tight relationship because they will talk to each other

:32:25. > :32:30.and they will be working it through, particularly the third 500 metres.

:32:31. > :32:35.Outstanding, a real leader is a de Toledo. The training at up and down

:32:36. > :32:39.the years and miles is done for moments like today.

:32:40. > :32:44.If you have not been following the story of this crew, there was debate

:32:45. > :32:49.about whether they would be up for a challenge like this and debate about

:32:50. > :32:53.when Vicky Thornley and Katherine Grainger were not selected for the

:32:54. > :32:57.Olympic team and whether they should be parachuted in and this group said

:32:58. > :33:00.collectively they did not want outsiders and it turned out fine for

:33:01. > :33:05.Vicki Thornley and Katherine Grainger anyway because they got a

:33:06. > :33:08.medal, this group said we will be fine stop and when it comes to the

:33:09. > :33:17.crunch, we will produce the goods and that is what they have done.

:33:18. > :33:22.Here comes Zoe de Toledo, the cox, followed by the rest of the crew and

:33:23. > :33:27.we will have a quick chats with Jess and Polly and all the rest, who are

:33:28. > :33:31.being held by some of the officials and told what the protocol is and

:33:32. > :33:37.where they have to go for the medal ceremony. The noise behind us is the

:33:38. > :33:43.medal ceremony for the women's single sculls. The Australian anthem

:33:44. > :33:49.is about to be heard. That was magnificent. Well done. Goodness. We

:33:50. > :33:54.have worked so hard to get here and not just ours but every woman who

:33:55. > :33:59.has been this eight the past years. We did that for every single one.

:34:00. > :34:03.All the girls at home, you know who you are, they have sat in the boat

:34:04. > :34:08.and helped us over the line. There are 50 more behind us who have got

:34:09. > :34:15.us here. How does this feel? Is great, I quite like silver. I could

:34:16. > :34:21.not have dreams of a more amazing experience. There is so much trust

:34:22. > :34:25.in everyone and now a generation of British rowers, those girls can

:34:26. > :34:30.believe. It would not have been possible without the Lottery. When I

:34:31. > :34:34.started in 96 and believed I could go to the Olympics, that is when the

:34:35. > :34:39.funding came in to enable me to do this and the list of people to thank

:34:40. > :34:43.is too long but above all, these girls. The last six months, talk us

:34:44. > :34:49.through it, when did you think, we can do this? We got in the boat in

:34:50. > :34:54.this combination before the Europeans. The first session was

:34:55. > :35:00.awesome and it clicked and we knew it was something special at that

:35:01. > :35:11.point. Zoe, at 1000 metres, don't panic! We did not. Don't tell them,

:35:12. > :35:15.it is not important. What I have been impressed with is this crew

:35:16. > :35:19.hold their heads though matter what and respond well to me. I could see

:35:20. > :35:24.what was going on around me and I was confident some of the crews were

:35:25. > :35:30.doing too much and I knew we were in a strong rhythm and I knew what our

:35:31. > :35:34.last 1000 could do and I had no doubt. Even when we were last, that

:35:35. > :35:40.we would go through. Polly, at 500 metres to go, where you so focused

:35:41. > :35:48.you did not know what was happening, or did you think, this is our medal?

:35:49. > :35:53.At 500 I thought we would win. I believed every single stroke that we

:35:54. > :35:57.had what it took. America are a classy crew but it does not take

:35:58. > :36:03.away from the silver medal. It was incredible. These girls are strong

:36:04. > :36:08.and sassy and inspirational and I am so happy to be here with them. You

:36:09. > :36:14.are being hurried along to talk to other people. Many congratulations.

:36:15. > :36:18.We will talk later. The first women's eight to get a medal in the

:36:19. > :36:26.Olympic Games. Fantastic. Well done everybody and a pat on the back for

:36:27. > :36:32.Zoe Lee in a big way. Fran, you said it was a great way to finish. Is

:36:33. > :36:37.that it for you? I will carry on growing, but maybe not in that

:36:38. > :36:41.pressure. I would love to, but I am getting a bit old now. My Hare is

:36:42. > :36:48.going grey! What a great way to get about. An integral part of the

:36:49. > :36:54.women's team for almost two decades. Pick up on the point she made about

:36:55. > :37:00.how it has gone from the Cinderella boat will stop they have gone to the

:37:01. > :37:04.ball today. Very much so. And they did talk about a process of

:37:05. > :37:09.the hurt the women's eight have gone through. Maybe they had not

:37:10. > :37:14.realistic hopes in the past but after the Europeans they knew they

:37:15. > :37:18.had a chance but to have the chance and carry it through, the pressure

:37:19. > :37:23.on them was immense and to be in that field and be down on all the

:37:24. > :37:28.boats, you have to think the words. I was thinking the worst, thinking

:37:29. > :37:34.here we go again, another one with a chance falling short but what a

:37:35. > :37:38.result. I am very emotional. What a fantastic day and one more race to

:37:39. > :37:43.go which could be the grandstand finale. Great Britain against

:37:44. > :37:50.Germany, we think although there are four other boats involved and these

:37:51. > :37:56.two crews have been at it hammer and tongs, head-to-head, for the last

:37:57. > :38:00.three years. There are two individuals who if they won it would

:38:01. > :38:04.be a third gold medal. Andy Hajj and Pete Reed. They have been on the

:38:05. > :38:09.scene so long and they desperately want to number three.

:38:10. > :38:13.Pete, this will be your third Olympics. Does that make a

:38:14. > :38:20.difference to your mindset? I think it does. But in a healthy way. I'd

:38:21. > :38:24.like to think of this as my first Olympics again. I made the decision

:38:25. > :38:28.to start this Olympiad to put those medals to bed. It is important I

:38:29. > :38:36.don't think about those and don't come home and celebrate them because

:38:37. > :38:41.then I have already lost. An Olympic final demand an extra gear, is it

:38:42. > :38:46.easy for you now? I have asked myself the same thing, can I commit

:38:47. > :38:51.as much as I need to? If I look at the quality of my training and think

:38:52. > :38:57.back to the races in the World Cup series, I would back myself to the

:38:58. > :39:03.next step. I am looking forward to the opportunity. I am going to try

:39:04. > :39:09.to break my body. You have six minutes. It is hard, it is fierce,

:39:10. > :39:14.it is loud. It is a war out there. How many eights will be on the

:39:15. > :39:22.starting line and think, we will win this? I reckon three. I know I will

:39:23. > :39:25.be. I will be thinking, we will win this. I think Germany will be as

:39:26. > :39:31.well and I think the Dutch will think, we will win this. There is a

:39:32. > :39:36.lot of belief in the crew, not just from us, there are experienced guys

:39:37. > :39:41.in the boat. They have had a lot of life, -- they have a lot of life and

:39:42. > :39:47.have a lot to give. An old athlete myself, I am riding that wave. This

:39:48. > :39:54.boat is sizzling. It is really exciting. I am inspired by the guys,

:39:55. > :39:58.I look at the crew and thing, they will do anything for each other and

:39:59. > :40:02.I will die for these guys. Here we go and tactics were a key

:40:03. > :40:08.element of the women's eight, what about here? Slightly different. Two

:40:09. > :40:13.eights will be gunning it out. The Dutch would have to do something

:40:14. > :40:18.different, so expect a surprise from them but in the closing stages it

:40:19. > :40:29.could be nip and tuck between us and the Germans. It will be a Mac ever

:40:30. > :40:33.since site on a stunning day with eight sets of oars flashing in the

:40:34. > :40:37.sun. The key thing from the British point of view is not to dwell on the

:40:38. > :40:44.result until it is history. Let's go to Garry Herbert and James.

:40:45. > :40:53.The line-up for your Olympic final in the men's eight at the Lagoa

:40:54. > :40:58.Stadium... Great Britain, direct from their heat and alongside them

:40:59. > :41:03.Germany. The United States of America will go in the five and New

:41:04. > :41:08.Zealand, the under 23s champions from two years ago, on the greatest

:41:09. > :41:12.stage of their lives in lane number six. What we learned from this

:41:13. > :41:20.morning's proceedings, it is game on for everyone.

:41:21. > :41:22.Before that the women's eights final with the Canadians turning

:41:23. > :41:27.everything on its head. The Dutch could throw a spanner in the works

:41:28. > :41:32.and shocked everyone. They have the speed, they have not shown the form.

:41:33. > :41:37.The Americans, to rescue their season, they have not had a medal,

:41:38. > :41:42.it is a disaster. A lot to play for for the other nations, but I expect

:41:43. > :41:47.Great Britain to go for it. For the very last time at the Lagoa

:41:48. > :41:53.Stadium, they come under starter's orders.

:41:54. > :41:56.Nine men, one, in goal and to achieve it they will have to bare

:41:57. > :42:01.their souls and leave everything on the lake and if they do that they

:42:02. > :42:06.will know they will be rewarded for it. Great Britain in lane number

:42:07. > :42:10.three and on their right, Poland. Netherlands in two. Great Britain in

:42:11. > :42:15.the middle and alongside them Germany. USA in five and New Zealand

:42:16. > :42:26.in six. A glorious sight. The blue riband event you use this -- leaves

:42:27. > :42:32.the start. They may be leading by one or two men, but just the sense,

:42:33. > :42:38.the crew ahead of them, two meters apart. This is where I expect

:42:39. > :42:44.Britain to be ahead, at 500 metres, if what happens in the second 500

:42:45. > :42:56.will determine this race. The big guns head-to-head as expected.

:42:57. > :43:02.Phelan Hill is responsible for getting the British crew from the

:43:03. > :43:09.government to the tape. Stretching long and loose. They are right on

:43:10. > :43:17.the game, right on the edge. Let's see. A quarter of the race is done.

:43:18. > :43:24.Great Britain over Germany. Now they start to stretch. This next 100 to

:43:25. > :43:29.the 150 they have to nail it, rhythm, nail the speed and that is

:43:30. > :43:34.what they are doing. They will move out to a quarter of a length. It is

:43:35. > :43:38.going the right way so far. They have good rhythm with Will Satch

:43:39. > :43:43.setting a nice rhythm, going straight for stroke with the

:43:44. > :43:49.Germans. You can see them inching away. Four men up. This is the way

:43:50. > :43:53.to do it. The second 500 can determine where the medals will go

:43:54. > :44:00.because the Germans are normally quick in the second 500. The Brits

:44:01. > :44:09.good in the third 500 which is where they will lay down big 250 metres

:44:10. > :44:13.pushers. There was a go from Will Satch in the stroke seat. They are

:44:14. > :44:19.three quarters of a length up. This is your moment. Stretch it out. We

:44:20. > :44:24.want to make sure we close the door on Germany. Closing the door on the

:44:25. > :44:28.Netherlands. Also Poland, top of the picture, USA are in this race. New

:44:29. > :44:36.Zealand in six. We are at the halfway mark. Great Britain by

:44:37. > :44:39.almost one length. It has been a heavyweight duel, exchanging punches

:44:40. > :44:44.in the first half but the punches have been coming from the British.

:44:45. > :44:48.Into the third 500. Surely they have done enough. They cannot rest but

:44:49. > :44:52.they will think, it is going our way.

:44:53. > :44:58.The boat speed wasn't the same over the first thousand metres. If it

:44:59. > :45:05.will be for the next couple of minutes, that's it. The Germans must

:45:06. > :45:09.do something, take a risk now. In the lead by just shy of a length,

:45:10. > :45:14.the British over Germany and Germany are being pushed hard. The

:45:15. > :45:18.Netherlands really coming strong. The Netherlands crew, 20 years to

:45:19. > :45:22.the day, give or take, since they won the Olympic title in the men's

:45:23. > :45:28.eight. Lots of inspiration for the Netherlands. Glorious shot, feel the

:45:29. > :45:38.speed here. Glorious if you are British and that's what you want to

:45:39. > :45:43.see. This is what they've worked for all year, they believe they've had

:45:44. > :45:50.in themselves. The top four blokes are in the four. The Americans are

:45:51. > :45:54.out, there is a race for silver and bronze. The Brits laid it down at

:45:55. > :45:59.first and they are reaping the benefits of that. Three quarters

:46:00. > :46:04.down, now 500 metres remaining in the final of the men's eight. It is

:46:05. > :46:09.Britain from Germany from the Netherlands. Now into the closing

:46:10. > :46:13.stages, they will see the rest of the world coming back. They will see

:46:14. > :46:20.Germany stepping up. They've got to lay it down, they've got to be

:46:21. > :46:24.prepared to die for each other now. Keep it cool, but step it up, keep

:46:25. > :46:29.the door closed. The British have got to keep the door closed, don't

:46:30. > :46:34.give the Germany or the Netherlands a sniff at this. They've laid down a

:46:35. > :46:38.marker, they haven't raced anybody else's race plan. They have the

:46:39. > :46:44.fitness and strength and low know-how to go quickly. They backed

:46:45. > :46:47.it up in the second and third party. This is what they deserve, the way

:46:48. > :46:54.they've approached the season is fantastic and the guts, riding their

:46:55. > :46:57.race in the final, brilliant. 125 out. Four words that will strike

:46:58. > :47:05.fear into any of the opponents, Great Britain are strong, they are

:47:06. > :47:11.long. The Germans are giving it one last push, so too the Netherlands,

:47:12. > :47:15.but Great Britain are hanging on, with their heads up, with their

:47:16. > :47:21.pride intact. Almost there, the last couple of strokes and in it is Great

:47:22. > :47:26.Britain at the Olympic champions, and that has a fantastic ring about

:47:27. > :47:33.it. Well done, from the gun to the tape, it was Great Britain's race

:47:34. > :47:39.and they didn't lose it at all. The fists go up. Phelan Hill, welcome to

:47:40. > :47:45.the club. Olympic champion for you and your crew. We salute each and

:47:46. > :47:49.everyone of you. Brilliant, they delivered what they had trained for,

:47:50. > :47:55.they weren't fazed by what else was going on, the same as the men's

:47:56. > :48:01.four. They knew that they had the belief, that they were good enough,

:48:02. > :48:05.they weren't sucked into a battle. Silver in Beijing, bronze in London

:48:06. > :48:11.and gold here, he has the full set and what a way to do it, Phelan

:48:12. > :48:15.Hill. Germany were undefeated going into the last Olympiad and they held

:48:16. > :48:21.off the British charge. They couldn't contain the British here,

:48:22. > :48:27.four years on at the Lagoa. Great Britain, the kings of the Lagoa

:48:28. > :48:30.here, 2016. That's the first time they've beaten the Germans this

:48:31. > :48:34.season and that's the place to do it. The World Cup is great but this

:48:35. > :48:40.is where you want to do it. Wonderful shots. You can see the

:48:41. > :48:45.disappointment on the right-hand side, Germany getting the Silver

:48:46. > :48:54.Medal. And what it took for the bronze medal, the Netherlands on the

:48:55. > :48:59.left. But here are the kings. They jumped out quickly, really taking it

:49:00. > :49:03.on, the first 500 metres. They got enough coming into the second five

:49:04. > :49:08.to allow them the time they needed to focus on the length and with and

:49:09. > :49:11.from that they will get boat speed. Crucially they didn't storm out,

:49:12. > :49:19.they didn't make the race faster than it needed to be, they delivered

:49:20. > :49:23.what they could do and still had a quick third and second 500. They

:49:24. > :49:27.didn't overcook it which is why they could hold on. Winning by half a

:49:28. > :49:35.length is a big margin. So pleased for them.

:49:36. > :49:44.Going through the three quarters mark. Germany were right on it. But

:49:45. > :49:47.it is too late, it isn't their day-to-day. That's what it means to

:49:48. > :49:54.be the Olympic champion in the blue ribbon event.

:49:55. > :50:05.Jurgen Grobler, another one. Yes, another one, number 12. Just

:50:06. > :50:15.fantastic, what the guys did. Top race. Matching the coxless four,

:50:16. > :50:21.really good. Fantastic. You have won 12 now, does it mean as much now, as

:50:22. > :50:29.the first one? Of course, the last one counts the most, it is wonderful

:50:30. > :50:33.for British rowing, for our sport. I feel so good for the guys. There's a

:50:34. > :50:39.good mixture between older and younger ones. Fantastic. Jurgen has

:50:40. > :50:43.always believed we could win the eight. If we put our top guys into

:50:44. > :50:50.the eight, he knew that they would win. Going for the safe bet, I

:50:51. > :50:55.thought, going for the four and not the eight, but he said that this

:50:56. > :50:59.eight could win. He always believed his second eight, they've proven it

:51:00. > :51:03.over the last three years from the last three World Championships,

:51:04. > :51:09.winning each time. If it's our first boat or our second boat. I don't

:51:10. > :51:15.think so, of course the four has a big tradition and we always build

:51:16. > :51:20.our team around the coxless four, but in the last four years we've

:51:21. > :51:26.tried to develop athletes, winning athletes, podium athletes and so far

:51:27. > :51:31.I think the time was there. Of course we followed the same

:51:32. > :51:38.strategy, the coxless four, the first three selected boat, but we

:51:39. > :51:43.know we had a good bunch of guys to win the eight as well. What is the

:51:44. > :51:48.secret, how do you do it? How do you keep producing champions? OK,

:51:49. > :51:57.there's no secret. It is hard work with the guys. Having the vision for

:51:58. > :52:03.what's coming up. I think we're running a good training programme,

:52:04. > :52:06.the guys are buying income even though it's a very hard programme

:52:07. > :52:12.and maybe that's the secret -- the guys are buying in, even though it's

:52:13. > :52:20.a hard programme. Wonderful funding and set up through the lottery. We

:52:21. > :52:27.started 26 years ago, it was a lot more difficult but now with the

:52:28. > :52:33.support of the lottery, I think it's enormous and that brings young guys

:52:34. > :52:37.forward and they can fulfil their dreams. Do you start thinking about

:52:38. > :52:47.Tokyo on Monday? Let's celebrate first! Tuesday! We can see these

:52:48. > :52:53.great pictures of the guys celebrating on the pontoon. Jurgen,

:52:54. > :53:00.I know that it is a team, but let me ask you about Reed and Hodge,

:53:01. > :53:05.winning their third gold medals. Yes, they played an important part

:53:06. > :53:11.in this setup. Of course they've been looking to the coxless four and

:53:12. > :53:18.trying to defend the gold medal, especially as we build up our team,

:53:19. > :53:22.but I think there's a good turnover, which is what we need in the eighth.

:53:23. > :53:28.Some leaders, some people who have done it and who can motivate the

:53:29. > :53:32.guys and they did it wonderful. We can see the celebrations going on.

:53:33. > :53:37.Phelan Hill, going number one. We were talking before the race. Jurgen

:53:38. > :53:44.is talking to the team. He doesn't talk, he shouts. Did you just say,

:53:45. > :53:48.have a good row when you said goodbye to them? I don't know. What

:53:49. > :53:54.were your last words when you push them off? They should have fun, they

:53:55. > :53:59.really should have fun, the fund is working hard. Here come the crew --

:54:00. > :54:16.the fun. Fantastic, congratulations. Here

:54:17. > :54:22.comes Hodge, Phelan Hill. Have a quick word here, Phelan. Driving

:54:23. > :54:29.them home in style. That was absolutely fantastic. It's so

:54:30. > :54:35.different to four years ago. You know, today we controlled it from

:54:36. > :54:41.the start. We've always shown more speed in training and today was

:54:42. > :54:47.about delivery. These guys were magnificent today, absolute

:54:48. > :54:53.gladiators. Gold, silver and bronze now? It hasn't quite sunk in now. I

:54:54. > :55:00.feel it's been a long time coming. Finally, Olympic champion. Three,

:55:01. > :55:06.three? That was the angriest, the most ruthless, there was everything

:55:07. > :55:11.in that one. It was very aggressive. That was as hard as it comes, really

:55:12. > :55:16.good. The other man with three gold medals, what a great shot this is,

:55:17. > :55:24.Jurgen and the people who have been together for a decade. That's what

:55:25. > :55:28.it means to all concerned. Can you put into words what a third gold

:55:29. > :55:37.medal means to you? Didn't do a bad job. Mayer, I can't. I'm just

:55:38. > :55:44.thinking about how grateful I am to the coach, Jurgen. -- no. Some

:55:45. > :55:48.haven't been to the Olympic Games before. We'd never been so ready,

:55:49. > :55:56.and amazing bunch of guys and getting us ready, that was a big

:55:57. > :56:02.race. I'm speechless. I have to say, a really big thank you to everyone

:56:03. > :56:08.here. Nine of us here, but there's so much more to it, a thank you to

:56:09. > :56:13.the wives and girlfriends, family, coaches, Jurgen, Christian, all of

:56:14. > :56:16.the support staff. They are the ones who make it happen and without them

:56:17. > :56:21.we wouldn't be here now, so a big thank you, everyone. We talk about

:56:22. > :56:28.how hard this sport is, the endless hours on the water, the really hard

:56:29. > :56:31.moments and the low ones as well. Did you imagine that the high would

:56:32. > :56:37.be this high? Definitely not, that was a tough race going into it.

:56:38. > :56:44.Before you are nervous, the things you think about, so bizarre. Like

:56:45. > :56:51.what? What Jurgen was talking about, things maybe you've done wrong,

:56:52. > :56:59.everything. But as soon as you go, talking to you now, it is just

:57:00. > :57:02.incredible. You might be upset about missing a birthday, but thank you to

:57:03. > :57:08.all of those people who have put up with me, basically. So many people

:57:09. > :57:12.have made this. We would like to thank the national lottery for

:57:13. > :57:17.supporting us the whole way. Last words to you, you have been an two

:57:18. > :57:20.podium is before, once on that side and once on that side and now you

:57:21. > :57:27.will be in the middle. How good will that be? I can't wait till the

:57:28. > :57:34.national anthem. Winning gold, silver and bronze. Being the Olympic

:57:35. > :57:38.champion, in the middle of the podium, the national anthem, I

:57:39. > :57:44.couldn't have done it with a better group of guys. I've been in lots of

:57:45. > :57:50.different boats, nine guys were really going for one thing, plus the

:57:51. > :57:56.coaches, that's a great feeling. Third time lucky. It's all worth it.

:57:57. > :57:59.Well done, guys, fantastic. You probably don't know this, but the

:58:00. > :58:04.girls have won a silver medal which they are just about to receive.

:58:05. > :58:08.Emphatic second. We've got to leave you now because they are about to

:58:09. > :58:15.have the medal ceremony. Congratulations, everybody.

:58:16. > :58:19.Fantastic, Hodgy. Fantastic way to finish off the regatta from the

:58:20. > :58:23.British point of view. Let's go to Gary and James who can talk us

:58:24. > :58:30.through the medal ceremony. COMMENTATOR: It has been my enormous

:58:31. > :58:36.pleasure, following team G -- Team GB over the years. Seeing the

:58:37. > :58:43.women's eight on the medal podium at an Olympic Games, I'm choked,

:58:44. > :58:50.absolutely choked. Seeing their opponents, Romania getting their

:58:51. > :58:51.gifts from Patricia Smith, vice president of the International

:58:52. > :59:21.Rowing Federation. They have kept it all together and

:59:22. > :59:27.believed in themselves. That is a real test for them. There is not a

:59:28. > :59:35.history in this event. For them to be tested and not crack is an even

:59:36. > :59:41.bigger credit to them. They hope to battle with the Americans for a gold

:59:42. > :59:48.medal and ended up fifth, sixth halfway. The way they responded, I

:59:49. > :59:53.am so chuffed. Great Britain, and all the women join together with a

:59:54. > :00:00.common purpose to deliver for themselves, the British team and

:00:01. > :00:05.their country. Katie Greves in the bow seat. Emily Wilson at two, who

:00:06. > :00:17.is new this year to strengthen this project. Frances Houghton, what a

:00:18. > :00:27.time for her, her fifth Olympic Games. Polly Swann is a real

:00:28. > :00:34.powerhouse. As to is Jess Eddie. She was in the boat in 2008 and 2012.

:00:35. > :00:43.You hang in there long enough, you believe yourself long enough, and it

:00:44. > :00:55.will all come true. Bolivia. Karen Bennett. -- Olivia Carnegie-Brown.

:00:56. > :01:01.Zoe Lee, responsible for getting the crew down. Taking the orders from

:01:02. > :01:09.the amazing Zoe de Toledo. She drove the crew in style. They go by the

:01:10. > :01:15.hashtag Sassy and we have seen nothing but that this year. Ladies

:01:16. > :01:28.and gentlemen, your silver medallists in the women's eight,

:01:29. > :01:35.Great Britain. Frances Houghton has two Olympic silver medals from 2004

:01:36. > :01:41.and 2008 in the quadruple sculls. A boat just as hard to get going, to

:01:42. > :01:45.get speed. On her fifth appearance at the Olympic Games, I hope this

:01:46. > :01:53.one is the one that really, really matters.

:01:54. > :02:04.It is party time for the British within's eight. Well-deserved. But

:02:05. > :02:11.head and shoulders above everybody else...

:02:12. > :02:25.Gold medallists and Olympic champions! United States of America

:02:26. > :02:33.they have this amazing system in the United States, derived from the

:02:34. > :02:37.college funding of women's sport and particularly rowing.

:02:38. > :02:51.They can churn out brilliant athletes. Phenomenal eights.

:02:52. > :03:09.Kerry Simmonds. Amanda Polk. If you look, they are not any bigger than

:03:10. > :03:13.the British crew. It is the system and hopefully now we have seen a

:03:14. > :03:27.system developed for the British women's eight that will see us out

:03:28. > :03:32.to Tokyo over the next four years. Returning from 2012 to add to the

:03:33. > :03:40.experience. Two-time Olympic champion Meghan Musnicki. Three-time

:03:41. > :03:51.champion Elle Logan, who sits at seven and at the business end,

:03:52. > :04:00.Amanda Elmore and Caitlin Snyder -- Katelin Snyder.

:04:01. > :04:10.Made even more special receiving their medals from the bronze

:04:11. > :04:15.medallist of the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games in the women's eight.

:04:16. > :04:20.That is what it means. Anita would have played a big part in this

:04:21. > :04:33.incredible women's story for US rowing and US women.

:04:34. > :04:42.James, I think you have to look and think, finishing where they have,

:04:43. > :04:46.and there will be down time for Team GB, they have setters up very well

:04:47. > :04:52.for the next four years. The benchmark. You talked about it

:04:53. > :04:57.yesterday, seekers for perfection, raising the bar. I think the crews,

:04:58. > :05:10.what they cannot do now is settled. One thing is you have to treat every

:05:11. > :05:15.race you win is if you lost. Helen and Heather need to treat it like

:05:16. > :05:19.they lost the final and these girls, a silver medal, that is their

:05:20. > :05:24.minimum. They have achieved a silver medal and now they have to think,

:05:25. > :05:30.what are we going to do in order to win a gold medal? They should think

:05:31. > :05:34.about challenging to be the pair and that will make the eight go faster

:05:35. > :05:39.if some of them make it and some of them don't. They need to progress

:05:40. > :05:46.like that. And what they want to hear in Tokyo is not this anthem.

:05:47. > :06:44.AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS. APPLAUSE

:06:45. > :06:50.The United States of America are the Olympic champions but Great Britain

:06:51. > :06:56.are the record breakers. An aperitif to the gold medal that

:06:57. > :07:00.the men won a few moments ago and we will have their ceremony in a second

:07:01. > :07:03.but maybe these are images in 20 years that people look back on and

:07:04. > :07:10.think this was the start of a dynasty of women's eights

:07:11. > :07:15.established. Romania on the medal podium. A big decision, Garry

:07:16. > :07:19.Herbert and James were talking about it, it is a big decision for all

:07:20. > :07:25.these athletes because of the intensity and commitment required,

:07:26. > :07:30.in the euphoria tonight, having had drinks at British House, you go,

:07:31. > :07:35.let's go Tokyo. The reality next week is the commitment level is

:07:36. > :07:41.required and sacrifices made, can I really face four more years of that?

:07:42. > :07:46.The reality is that it does not matter how much they drink at this

:07:47. > :07:50.point, they will think this is the end for everyone of them. The

:07:51. > :07:54.commitment you have to put in. The sacrifice of your life. It becomes

:07:55. > :07:59.part of your life and that is part of it. People say to me, the

:08:00. > :08:05.sacrifice you put in. It was my life, it is I did, it was not a

:08:06. > :08:09.sacrifice. At some stage it hurts to come to an end. They will be over

:08:10. > :08:16.the moon, both eights, with their medals. But there will be little

:08:17. > :08:21.thought going on for for years, I can assure you. Over the coming

:08:22. > :08:26.weeks those thoughts drip back in and you think about the good time,

:08:27. > :08:31.think about the race and standing there and of getting that medal and

:08:32. > :08:36.you think, yes, was it worth it? Yes, it was. Shall I do it again?

:08:37. > :08:42.What else am I going to do? Let's do it again. David Tennant the

:08:43. > :08:48.performance director is here. Stansted David and just smile and!

:08:49. > :08:53.You must have a green to end all grins on your face. I have. What a

:08:54. > :08:59.fantastic way to end the Olympic regatta. I am proud and we have had

:09:00. > :09:05.brilliant results all three. WoW! Five medals, would you have taken

:09:06. > :09:09.that? I hope to for six because that was our target, but the quality of

:09:10. > :09:13.what we have achieved is massive. I have not counted the number of

:09:14. > :09:17.Olympic champions and medallists we have. We are top of the table

:09:18. > :09:26.somebody tell me, so that is brilliant. I know Steve thinks that

:09:27. > :09:30.is important. Offer your assessment of Jurgen Grobler, who was emotional

:09:31. > :09:35.at seeing a 12 gold medal in his charge. What makes him so special?

:09:36. > :09:43.He is completely driven and focused on his crew and he knows about

:09:44. > :09:47.winning. He has chosen this Olympiad to try something new, coaching and

:09:48. > :09:52.eight, and he has learned that. It is almost a football team, a

:09:53. > :09:55.different affair. He is always learning and trying to do new things

:09:56. > :10:00.and the rowers have total confidence in his judgment stopped when he

:10:01. > :10:04.sends them on the water for an Olympic final they will be totally

:10:05. > :10:11.confident in what he says. We have had five Olympiads when the British

:10:12. > :10:18.team have done well and done better. On the BBC, we have this, four years

:10:19. > :10:22.ago talking about inspiring a generation, we have promotional

:10:23. > :10:27.things about getting inspired. What do you hope success, on a day like

:10:28. > :10:31.this, and not just the British excess, the amazing race for the

:10:32. > :10:36.single sculls between Drysdale and Martin, a dead heat. What do you

:10:37. > :10:43.hope this spectacle does for rowing as a sport? I hope it will show what

:10:44. > :10:48.you can do. How competitive it is, how happy the athletes are when they

:10:49. > :10:54.are winning and I hope kids in schools, we are not a particularly

:10:55. > :10:59.school sport, I hope they will see their chance. We have a programme

:11:00. > :11:05.called Start which had a massive spike after the London Olympics

:11:06. > :11:10.mainly inspired by the women's pair, Heather and Helen. I hope they look

:11:11. > :11:17.at the website and say, rowing is a sport I want to do and I am inspired

:11:18. > :11:22.to come in. Steve has been a fantastic icon and we have more now,

:11:23. > :11:26.people who cannot match him, nobody will, but people who will inspire

:11:27. > :11:33.youngsters to take up sport and help them feel they can be successful. It

:11:34. > :11:39.is wonderful. We have had extraordinary drama this week. What

:11:40. > :11:44.a setting for the drama and there is a cliche in the sport that rowers do

:11:45. > :11:48.more before 8am than the rest of the world does the rest of the day but

:11:49. > :11:49.that commitment and dedication in the end produces drama and success

:11:50. > :12:56.like we have seen this week. # Not going to break me down.

:12:57. > :13:03.# This time around. What a great shot. There is one

:13:04. > :13:07.thing, the men's medal ceremony. We have not talked about that race

:13:08. > :13:17.because we have not had time. You could almost use the same words for

:13:18. > :13:21.the men's coxless four yesterday, they had a race planned and executed

:13:22. > :13:27.it. They did it perfectly. The surprise I had is the Germans did

:13:28. > :13:31.not go with them. I expected them to dig deep and there would be two

:13:32. > :13:37.boats but the Germans fell back in with the other boats. And let them,

:13:38. > :13:44.the Brits, have it, which I am surprised, and very pleased they did

:13:45. > :13:47.that. Of just the power. It reminds me of Sydney in some ways but the

:13:48. > :13:53.only difference with Sydney was we hoped they would win gold, the

:13:54. > :13:58.eights, but did not think they would but they went out in front, led the

:13:59. > :14:03.field, struggled in the last 250 metres, but the job was done.

:14:04. > :14:11.This race was never in doubt. I think so, you get concerns that when

:14:12. > :14:14.you are leading the AIDS field by three quarters of a length that you

:14:15. > :14:20.shouldn't be doing that in the Olympic finals, it is too tight --

:14:21. > :14:27.AIDS field. They fear that you can't maintain it -- eights. I was

:14:28. > :14:33.comfortable on 1000 metres. I wasn't with the women but I was with the

:14:34. > :14:38.men. David Tanner, saying that Britain top the table, does that

:14:39. > :14:41.mean that Britain is the premier rowing nation? Yes, they have been

:14:42. > :14:49.up there for a few years, topping the Olympic table for the last three

:14:50. > :14:52.Games. David alluded, it isn't that important and we actually fell short

:14:53. > :14:59.of the six medals we were trying to win. Graham at home, who was in the

:15:00. > :15:04.quad. They would have got a medal here, I'm sure. That was the sixth

:15:05. > :15:15.medal. Tarantula topped the table with three goals, two silvers -- to

:15:16. > :15:21.actually topped the table. That is very impressive. My little plea to

:15:22. > :15:29.the funders, don't change the funding! Just because it was five

:15:30. > :15:34.and not six! Exactly. The key thing, three golds, you feel that gold

:15:35. > :15:40.equals two bronzes. In some ways, I don't really go down that avenue,

:15:41. > :15:43.but it is the quality of the boats, the quadruple sculls have been doing

:15:44. > :15:48.amazing things over the last few years. For them not to have their

:15:49. > :15:55.chance. The men's pair and the double fell short, the lighter pair

:15:56. > :15:59.fell short. It was a brilliant results. We can say that we are the

:16:00. > :16:04.best rowing nation in the world. Guys, do you want to pop over here.

:16:05. > :16:08.The men seem to be in no hurry to get on the podium and you were in no

:16:09. > :16:13.hurry to get off it! What was it like? Pretty surreal, I feel like

:16:14. > :16:20.I'm still catching this and hoping no one takes it away. They won't.

:16:21. > :16:26.How heavy is it? Really heavy! Worried about my neck, to be honest.

:16:27. > :16:30.Were you looking at mums and dads and family? Yes, everyone is here

:16:31. > :16:36.today. Every time I caught their eye I had a little tear. That's lovely.

:16:37. > :16:40.You get the last word. What do you think that success today might do

:16:41. > :16:48.forward means rowing in Britain? I hope it inspires people -- might do

:16:49. > :16:54.to inspire women's rowing. We do it every day. I have made some of my

:16:55. > :16:59.best lifelong friends in this team. You know, we are so privileged and

:17:00. > :17:04.to be able to sit here with a medal around my neck, it makes it so

:17:05. > :17:07.worthwhile. It's a fantastic sport and I'm so happy that we can

:17:08. > :17:12.showcase it today. Congratulations again. We must leave you because the

:17:13. > :17:17.men are going to the podium to get their medals too. COMMENTATOR:

:17:18. > :17:20.Making new history and the Lagoa here today. Lasse Viren at the

:17:21. > :17:23.Lagoa. Thomas Bach, the IOC president, will

:17:24. > :18:01.be handing out the medals here. And the president of the

:18:02. > :18:10.International Rowing Federation will be handing out the gifts. The medals

:18:11. > :18:18.will be presented by Thomas Bach, president of the IOC. And Mr Carles

:18:19. > :18:26..com member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by

:18:27. > :18:32.the president of the Olympic rowing Federation. A bronze medal in 1996

:18:33. > :19:24.in the men's pair. Bronze-medallists, the Netherlands.

:19:25. > :19:30.The Netherlands receiving the rightful applause. It was a

:19:31. > :19:34.brilliant final. From the early stages it was Great Britain's but

:19:35. > :19:44.these guys really came out in the middle 1000 metres.

:19:45. > :19:50.The spirit of 96, still alive and well. Not gold today, but still on

:19:51. > :21:03.the podium. Jean-Christophe Rolland himself and

:21:04. > :21:15.Olympic champion, back in 2000, Sydney, in the men's pair. Michel

:21:16. > :21:36.Andreu was his partner on that occasion.

:21:37. > :21:50.Well, Germany have sat in the shadow of Great Britain throughout this

:21:51. > :21:57.Olympiad, but they gave themselves a glimmer of hope. The last time they

:21:58. > :22:05.came head-to-head, the last World Cup Regatta, and on that occasion it

:22:06. > :22:15.was all about Germany. Consigned to history today, those events.

:22:16. > :22:27.These guys now, Maximilian Reinelt, returning from the victorious gold

:22:28. > :22:45.medal crew of four years ago. Richard Schmidt, in the seventh

:22:46. > :22:49.seat, returning. And Martin Sauer. Olympic champion four years ago.

:22:50. > :24:01.Silver-medallists four years on. I dare say that Thomas Bach was

:24:02. > :24:08.chosen to handle out the medals here thinking that Germany were going to

:24:09. > :24:18.be victorious. Nothing like spoiling the party.

:24:19. > :24:33.Gold-medallists and Olympic champions... Great Britain! It has a

:24:34. > :24:48.great ring about it. Well deserved, well earned. The British eight are

:24:49. > :24:54.the Olympic champions here. Didn't once beat the German crew through

:24:55. > :25:09.the winter 16 regatta season, but this is all that matters. We had

:25:10. > :25:20.Andy Hodge, what a journey. Doubtful and the beginning of the season.

:25:21. > :25:40.Matt Gotrel sitting at four. Pete Reed, three in a row.

:25:41. > :25:51.Bennett stepping up into the boat this year, first time. Well

:25:52. > :25:57.rewarded. Matt Langridge, silver in Beijing, bronze four years ago, gold

:25:58. > :26:09.this time around. Will Satch, in the stroke seat. And driving them on

:26:10. > :26:16.every stroke of the way, Phelan Hill, in the cox seat. The Olympic

:26:17. > :26:20.champions in the men's eight. The next few minutes will be minutes

:26:21. > :26:44.that they'll have for the rest of their lives.

:26:45. > :26:51.Jean-Christophe Rolland handing out the gifts, as they are. Who knows

:26:52. > :27:07.what they are for? The Olympic symbol. It's all about the bling.

:27:08. > :27:28.Ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of Great Britain.

:27:29. > :28:15.They came here saying that we will and we can and now they can say that

:28:16. > :28:26.they did, Great Britain, Olympic champions and kings of Lagoa.

:28:27. > :28:34.Winning Great Britain's eighth medal of the Olympic Games, appropriately.

:28:35. > :28:39.What a wonderful morning it has been here in Brazil on the eighth day of

:28:40. > :28:45.the Games. A shiny start to this Super Saturday, part two, with one

:28:46. > :28:50.gold medal for the men's eight and a silver for the women's eight at

:28:51. > :28:55.Lagoa. You never know, it might get even better because so many more

:28:56. > :28:58.chances right across the Olympic programme, the velodrome later and

:28:59. > :29:02.then the three champions who in that 44 minute spell four years ago won

:29:03. > :29:07.3-goal medals in the Olympic Stadium. Mo Farah and Greg

:29:08. > :29:18.Rutherford and of course Jess Ennis-Hill in the heptathlon. That's

:29:19. > :29:21.all on offer today and a lot more. We've had a fantastic session Mosley

:29:22. > :29:27.because the atmosphere has really lifted. The crowds have come out --

:29:28. > :29:32.mostly because. It isn't raining. The bands are out, as lovely

:29:33. > :29:34.athletics so far and the heptathlon competition is underway. The long

:29:35. > :29:48.jump competition this morning. Let's catch up with Steve Backley.

:29:49. > :29:54.Katarina Johnson-Thompson in fourth place overnight after a very good

:29:55. > :29:59.first day, apart from the shot put. Brilliant in the high jump. The long

:30:00. > :30:04.jump, round one. This is what she had for us. A decent jumper, a valid

:30:05. > :30:10.jump. Three fouls in the World Championships last year in Beijing.

:30:11. > :30:16.The white flag I am sure a pleasing site for her in the first round with

:30:17. > :30:20.two jumps remaining. Good on the board. That would have given her

:30:21. > :30:28.sleepless nights and she will have put the demons to bed with the first

:30:29. > :30:32.jump. 6.50 one. She jumped 6.84 in the London anniversary games and so

:30:33. > :30:42.may be more to come as we catch up with two jumps remaining but a good

:30:43. > :30:48.start for her. Jess Ennis-Hill, the leader overnight and on course to

:30:49. > :30:53.defend her Olympic title attacks this hard. It is a decent jump. She

:30:54. > :31:01.was not great in the anniversary games. Precise on the board, which

:31:02. > :31:05.is what she would have wanted. 52 points better on the first day that

:31:06. > :31:12.she was when she took the world title last year in Beijing. Good

:31:13. > :31:21.height. Up with drive. Plenty to spare. 22 centimetres added to

:31:22. > :31:27.whatever this is measured of and we will see what she is capable of.

:31:28. > :31:33.Into a pretty strong wind. Good start for Jess Ennis-Hill, the

:31:34. > :31:40.reigning Olympic champion. Nafi Thiam produce the score of her life

:31:41. > :31:45.yesterday in the high jump. She matched KJT with 1.90 eight. Can she

:31:46. > :31:52.put the springs into a horizontal version? It is a massive! It must

:31:53. > :31:58.have been over the board and indeed it is. Wow! My heart jumped into my

:31:59. > :32:01.mouth because she is in second place behind Jess Ennis-Hill and she is

:32:02. > :32:11.going to be a threat without a doubt. Personal-bests across the

:32:12. > :32:14.first day. Hurdles, high jump, 1.98 colli mention. Look at that, way

:32:15. > :32:32.beyond the board. Looks capable. We are into round two. Brianne

:32:33. > :32:37.Theisen-Eaton swallowed up by the field. A foul in the first round.

:32:38. > :32:45.The world indoor champion came in as one of the favourites. That looked

:32:46. > :32:51.better. It is a valid jump. She needed it after the foul in the

:32:52. > :32:58.first round. Being a little outclassed. She has not done a lot

:32:59. > :33:06.wrong but she is in sixth place. Six centimetres to spare. The world

:33:07. > :33:15.record-holder in the decathlon. There was talk of a double gold. A

:33:16. > :33:20.decent jump for the Canadian. Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

:33:21. > :33:28.In the second round of the long jump. 6.51. She has jumped 6.93 in

:33:29. > :33:38.doors earlier last year. She looks fantastic. Maybe over striding. It

:33:39. > :33:42.was a big effort, but it is unfortunately a foul. Interesting to

:33:43. > :33:48.see how far it was he on the board because it was close to seven

:33:49. > :33:55.metres. She needs a big effort to rectify what was her downfall, the

:33:56. > :34:00.shot put yesterday. Eight centimetres with one jump remaining,

:34:01. > :34:07.if she can make the adjustment. One more jump. She is capable of taking

:34:08. > :34:15.a medal in the Olympics, for the first time. 15th four years ago but

:34:16. > :34:19.here was the champion. The Olympic champion in 2012. The poster girl.

:34:20. > :34:32.Under more pressure than four years ago. It is a similar effort to the

:34:33. > :34:42.first round. Just the javelin and 800 metres are remaining in the

:34:43. > :34:49.evening session. Jess Ennis-Hill has somewhat of a lead. Plenty to spare,

:34:50. > :34:56.again. She can take the risk on the last jump.

:34:57. > :35:02.Wonderful shots of the reigning Olympic champion. Can she do the

:35:03. > :35:07.double? No improvement for Jess Ennis-Hill

:35:08. > :35:13.in the second round. Michael Johnson and Denise Lewis with me. The long

:35:14. > :35:21.jump competition. One more jump each and the good thing for Kat,

:35:22. > :35:26.post-Beijing, where she went out, she nails the first jump. Not as

:35:27. > :35:30.long as she can go but good enough to settle her. She was settled and

:35:31. > :35:34.did what she had to do but what is interesting about the long jump in

:35:35. > :35:41.this situation is you know exactly what you need to do. Your team will

:35:42. > :35:44.have giving you your exact worst-case scenario and best case

:35:45. > :35:50.scenario and so they know what they are jumping for. It is a different

:35:51. > :35:55.type of competition, which makes it interesting. Kat's first jump was

:35:56. > :35:59.saved, she did need to bury those demons, and she was trying to go for

:36:00. > :36:04.it in the second round and it pushed her over because she was pushing it.

:36:05. > :36:09.Michael, you were concerned about her body line which yesterday, was

:36:10. > :36:14.it improve? I was happy to see she got the jump and took the pressure

:36:15. > :36:18.off. She went for it in the second and we will see what she does in the

:36:19. > :36:29.third. The fastest men in the world are out today. The heats of the 100

:36:30. > :36:35.metres. The first one has Britain's Chijindu Ujah involved.

:36:36. > :36:37.Steve Cram is your commentator. Brown gets away well. Chijindu Ujah

:36:38. > :36:57.right through the middle. He might have just nicked that ahead

:36:58. > :37:01.of Brown. Ogunode was not in that. That was a good performance from

:37:02. > :37:08.Chijindu Ujah in what looked like a difficult heat. You are absolutely

:37:09. > :37:15.right. The 100 metres, pretty stiff indeed. The wind itself was -1.2, so

:37:16. > :37:20.that could have slowed them down a little, but a great performance. He

:37:21. > :37:24.kept his head will stop he had studied the form and looked at who

:37:25. > :37:32.was in the race and thought, I am more than capable of qualifying. Out

:37:33. > :37:37.of the blocks well, heads down. Driving hard. Keeping nice and low

:37:38. > :37:42.and he gets into this beautiful stride he has. For the top-class

:37:43. > :37:46.sprinters, he is relatively short, but he has that silky smooth action,

:37:47. > :37:52.when he gets tight in the shoulders, it is lovely -- when he does not get

:37:53. > :37:58.tight in the shoulders, it is lovely and fluent to watch.

:37:59. > :38:03.Well done. Such a big build-up to the Olympics and to go out and do

:38:04. > :38:06.the job you did must give you satisfaction. Definitely. I wanted

:38:07. > :38:12.to come here and get the cobwebs out. The first round is the hardest.

:38:13. > :38:17.I have the feel of the track and know where I am at and can go on and

:38:18. > :38:22.build. Did you feel nervous? You feel nervous. The World

:38:23. > :38:26.Championships helpmeet a lot coming into this. I use the experience and

:38:27. > :38:33.stayed focused. You know what it means to step it up on the next day.

:38:34. > :38:34.Semifinals, final possibly. I am ready to go tomorrow.

:38:35. > :39:00.Well done. Usain Bolt is in the house. Heat

:39:01. > :39:07.seven he goes in these 100 metres heats. We have to queue up in the

:39:08. > :39:11.media area and there was a man waving furiously and it was Usain

:39:12. > :39:16.Bolt. Like catching up with a mate, having a laugh, he could not be more

:39:17. > :39:22.relaxed. We will see how he goes attract but we can catch up with the

:39:23. > :39:25.second heat with Andrew Cotter, which includes his great rival

:39:26. > :39:52.Justin Gatlin. Justin Gatlin in lane eight.

:39:53. > :40:01.Everybody a long way behind Justin Gatlin. Very quick and very

:40:02. > :40:06.comfortable for Justin Gatlin. One thing you have to say about

:40:07. > :40:13.Justin Gatlin, he strikes on the floor, always very accurate. Every

:40:14. > :40:17.time he most probably can hit that mark. That is how he can haul

:40:18. > :40:21.himself through will stop look how he eases himself passed the rest of

:40:22. > :40:30.the field. Always comfortable and good. Solid, good technician. He has

:40:31. > :40:33.run sparingly this year for Justin, but he is US champion over both

:40:34. > :40:38.sprint events. We saw the battle last year and know what we can

:40:39. > :40:46.expect from Justin Gatlin. That was easy enough and a good battle for

:40:47. > :40:52.the second place. But Justin Gatlin so comfortable. That was a

:40:53. > :41:00.high-quality heat with very quick men left trailing.

:41:01. > :41:05.Business as usual from Justin Gatlin. Are we looking at a

:41:06. > :41:08.head-to-head in the final? The best head-to-head we could get. It is

:41:09. > :41:19.tough trying to find someone to compete with use -- with Usain Bolt.

:41:20. > :41:23.It was a great matchup last year. This year on paper it does not look

:41:24. > :41:29.that way because Justin Gatlin is not running as fast as he was and

:41:30. > :41:33.Usain Bolt has not suffered the injury and setbacks in training he

:41:34. > :41:38.did last year and so he is in better shape so I do not know if it will be

:41:39. > :41:42.as close, but he is the best we have, Justin Gatlin is the only

:41:43. > :41:51.person who can provide competition to both and you have to have the

:41:52. > :41:56.race. He number five. This features

:41:57. > :42:01.Trayvon Bromell and Christophe Lemaitre, the best in Europe. Steve

:42:02. > :42:10.Cram. Christophe Lemaitre would like that tack. The hundred he has

:42:11. > :42:16.struggled with. Jimmy Vicaut, one of the fastest losers at the moment.

:42:17. > :42:20.Some big names in the fastest losers, including Kim Collins who

:42:21. > :42:27.has gone in an earlier heat. Marvin Bracy, the American. They are tough

:42:28. > :42:31.races in the earlier rounds. The world indoor champion, Trayvon

:42:32. > :42:36.Bromell, will be hoping that his form, his outdoor form, which I

:42:37. > :42:41.remember watching him run, you might remember him in Manchester in the

:42:42. > :42:46.wind and rain in May. He looked a little bit out of sorts, maybe

:42:47. > :42:51.understandably. 9.84, equalling his best from last year and second to

:42:52. > :42:56.Justin Gatlin at the American trials. And this man from the Ivory

:42:57. > :43:20.Coast who has run under ten seconds this year.

:43:21. > :43:38.competition is underway. The long jump competition this morning.

:43:39. > :43:52.Lemaitre was completely left on the blocks. Is going, but Lemaitre

:43:53. > :44:00.rallying to get third. Lasse Viren Bromell is going. Bromell got away

:44:01. > :44:05.pretty well but after that he looked like he took his foot off the gas a

:44:06. > :44:10.little bit. I would like to see Bromell being more authoritative.

:44:11. > :44:15.What do you think, Colin? He is still young and growing, but if you

:44:16. > :44:20.want to be up there with Gatlin, you've got to do this. They haven't

:44:21. > :44:25.raced for a long time, relatively. A big gap from their last competition.

:44:26. > :44:32.You would think you would have the easy blow out, but Bromell stormed

:44:33. > :44:38.out and relaxed quickly. He went through his pick-up phase. After

:44:39. > :44:45.that he was just chilling. Knowing he's one of the fastest in the

:44:46. > :44:48.world, the confidence he is showing but the most important thing is

:44:49. > :44:52.qualifying well and I would always tell people to try and win these

:44:53. > :44:57.races because you are seeded for the next round, you are ranked and rated

:44:58. > :45:04.according to how you perform in this round. One semifinal could be

:45:05. > :45:14.loaded, so you have to be very careful in this situation. Well,

:45:15. > :45:19.it's going to be an anxious wait for some of them in terms of fastest

:45:20. > :45:27.losers. Lemaitre will be one of those watching. Round three of the

:45:28. > :45:31.heptathlon, the long jump, Theisen-Eaton, from Canada, the

:45:32. > :45:39.favourite in many ways although her chances of a medal are slipping.

:45:40. > :45:45.6.48 was a best in the last round and a similar one in this round.

:45:46. > :45:50.Well, we are coming into the final chance for the athletes to improve

:45:51. > :45:54.their scores. It's all about points. Just the javelin and 800 metres

:45:55. > :45:56.remaining. These are neat and with room to spare. Lasse Viren

:45:57. > :46:08.Theisen-Eaton. She may move closer to the medals

:46:09. > :46:14.but she was in sixth case. Still her best. She's gone into third place

:46:15. > :46:20.but that is not confirmed because some athletes are yet to finish the

:46:21. > :46:23.fifth event -- the sixth place. Right, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, if

:46:24. > :46:30.ever there was a time to unleash what we know you can do, it is now.

:46:31. > :46:36.It isn't quite what we would have wanted. We'd hoped she could convert

:46:37. > :46:43.what we saw in the high jump yesterday. She was laboured into

:46:44. > :46:48.that, over striding. I know that's how she does it, I always say she is

:46:49. > :46:53.over striding, she has long limbs, but it looks like she's reaching too

:46:54. > :47:01.much. Lots of room to spare. No improvement. 6.51, her best. So,

:47:02. > :47:09.Jess Ennis-Hill will be very aware of all of that and this all goes in

:47:10. > :47:16.favour of her retaining her Olympic title, possibly. Her javelin is

:47:17. > :47:22.better than Johnson-Thompson's by some margin and she has one job

:47:23. > :47:32.remaining. The rest are done. She had a lifetime best already in

:47:33. > :47:38.racing and -- in Germany. 6.53, she jumped. Her third jump. She needs a

:47:39. > :47:41.big jump here. But the feat came down early. Just over six metres.

:47:42. > :47:48.She could have put the competition to bed. Looks like she had the wind

:47:49. > :47:56.in her face, judging by that flag. A little bit of tension creeping in. A

:47:57. > :48:05.rueful smile from Jess. Her legs came down early. Forward quotation,

:48:06. > :48:11.too much room to spare. You can't sacrifice those centimetres like

:48:12. > :48:17.that. But she's jumped well. Dix .34, her best in the first round --

:48:18. > :48:24.6.3 four. Toni Minichiello's reaction, is he any more animated?

:48:25. > :48:28.Not happy. He knew that was a chance to put daylight between her and the

:48:29. > :48:35.rest of the world. But she's still the favourite to take gold again

:48:36. > :48:40.here in Rio. Her javelin has been going well. Working under the Julie

:48:41. > :48:50.Joffe Mikaeel Kular my old team-mate, from Barcelona -- under

:48:51. > :48:58.the tutelage of Mick Hill. We know she is one of the best, if not the

:48:59. > :49:07.best over the two lap race, the 800. James Ellington going in this heat.

:49:08. > :49:13.A man who at the age of 30 is finding his feet as a 100-metre man.

:49:14. > :49:25.Personal-best over 100 and 200 this season. Also in this heat, Johann

:49:26. > :49:33.Blake -- Yohan Blake, the apprentice under the same baked -- under Usain

:49:34. > :49:39.Bolt. Ellington finished second in the UK Championships behind James

:49:40. > :49:49.Dasaolu. Long established as a 200-metre man. But as very quick

:49:50. > :49:59.times this season, 10.04. And there is Harvey. Running 9.92 in Turkey,

:50:00. > :50:29.in June. It is tight, difficult to get

:50:30. > :50:34.through. 10.20 is hanging onto the fastest losers. Just about holding

:50:35. > :50:42.on. The eighth fastest losers will go through after the heats. Look out

:50:43. > :50:50.for Blake and Harvey and al-Harthi. Can Ellington keep pace?

:50:51. > :50:59.Away they go, Ellington just skipping along. Blake and Ellington,

:51:00. > :51:07.trying to get back in but it is a quick move from Harvey. It is Blake

:51:08. > :51:15.and Harvey. Blake, 10.10. I don't think that's going to be quick

:51:16. > :51:18.enough, is it, from Ellington? No. Certainly through, Blake. If not

:51:19. > :51:28.back to his very best he's beginning to look very strong and very quick

:51:29. > :51:31.and he will be threat. Yes, Yohan is back, putting a lot of the field

:51:32. > :51:36.under pressure, explosive out of the blocks. That's what happened in the

:51:37. > :51:41.Jamaican Championships in the absence of Usain Bolt, was injured.

:51:42. > :51:46.It is good to see Yohan back and running reasonably well. He won't be

:51:47. > :51:51.a contender in the final. James Ellington didn't get the smoothest

:51:52. > :51:54.of starts, staggering out of the blocks. Spending a lot of the first

:51:55. > :52:01.bit of his race recovering from the bats at which put him under

:52:02. > :52:06.pressure. Bang, the gun goes and he's kind of staggering, not able to

:52:07. > :52:09.drive out of the blocks and of course at the beginning when you are

:52:10. > :52:13.trying to generate speed, that's the most crucial part of the race. In

:52:14. > :52:17.the middle phase he starts to relax, getting into the good running but as

:52:18. > :52:23.he chases at the back end he can see people around him, he knows the

:52:24. > :52:28.qualifying circumstances. He gets a bit tight, leaning into the line but

:52:29. > :52:34.I think he just missed out. Well, he isn't going to go through with that

:52:35. > :52:38.time, 10.29. You can see the frustration on his face. Ellington

:52:39. > :52:50.going no further than the first round.

:52:51. > :53:03.That enormous cheer was not for Michael and guineas, it was for

:53:04. > :53:08.Usain Bolt who has entered the arena for the first at these Games. -- and

:53:09. > :53:19.Guineas. You can't help but smile when he appears. -- Denise. That's

:53:20. > :53:25.the most energy I've seen or heard in this stadium. I'm sure everyone

:53:26. > :53:28.wants to see Usain Bolt, it doesn't matter if it is the final, the

:53:29. > :53:35.semifinal, just the chance to see him. And to say that they saw him

:53:36. > :53:41.race. Exactly. He still has work to do here. No 1's going to give him

:53:42. > :53:44.anything. Huge expectation and he has the opportunity here to make

:53:45. > :53:49.amazing history, becoming only the first person ever to win the Olympic

:53:50. > :53:55.medal at 100 metres three times in a row. We will build up to this

:53:56. > :53:58.shortly but can we sum up what is happening so far in the heptathlon,

:53:59. > :54:09.especially the long jump competition. Get your crystal ball

:54:10. > :54:12.out for the rest of the day because they are sitting very close in the

:54:13. > :54:16.points but it could have been better for Kat going to the track. It

:54:17. > :54:24.definitely could have been better. All she needed was to get 6.70,

:54:25. > :54:31.which she is capable of getting back the deficit between her and Jess

:54:32. > :54:36.really favours Jessica Ennis-Hill really favours her returning that

:54:37. > :54:40.title, I'm putting that out there. She may have already done enough to

:54:41. > :54:44.take victory. Even if Kat word to throw a lifetime best in the

:54:45. > :54:49.javelin, I still don't think she's done enough. The long jump was so

:54:50. > :54:56.critical and such a defining event for what may transpire. Yeah, the

:54:57. > :54:59.difference that they are both capable of in the javelin makes it

:55:00. > :55:05.difficult to see how she's going to get enough points because they are

:55:06. > :55:10.so even when it comes to the 800. You're looking at a cup of seconds

:55:11. > :55:15.which may be enough. It's what you do before you go to the 800 --

:55:16. > :55:21.couple of seconds. Kat is going to have two for a long way just to get

:55:22. > :55:26.an par with Jess. Will she be by two seconds? I don't think so. Jess is

:55:27. > :55:40.looking to the line first. If she is in gold medal contention. Not a bad

:55:41. > :55:43.start. Let's go back to Steve Cram for the hotly anticipated heat. I

:55:44. > :55:50.don't think there has been a heat with this much excitement in it.

:55:51. > :55:56.COMMENTATOR: Is great to see him here and sporting a new haircut as

:55:57. > :56:02.well. I think that was yesterday. Bolt is looking ready to go. Just a

:56:03. > :56:08.bit pensive. James Dasaolu alongside him knowing that if he wants to get

:56:09. > :56:12.through, if he isn't in the top two he must run 10.20 or quicker.

:56:13. > :56:14.CHEERING Here he goes, the man they've all

:56:15. > :56:27.come to see. Usain Bolt! CHEERING

:56:28. > :56:34.Introduced like a heavyweight boxing champion. He's got some familiar

:56:35. > :56:44.figures to run against here. Not so much this man. Kiryu seems to have

:56:45. > :56:49.been around for a time, still only 21 years of age. Teenage cessation

:56:50. > :56:56.from Japan. Richard Thompson, winning the Silver Medal behind

:56:57. > :57:03.bowled eight years ago when bowled's journey begun -- sensation. Now

:57:04. > :57:11.looking for the triple triple, three gold medals is the target. First of

:57:12. > :57:22.all he's got to get past Hart, Andrew Fisher, Yap, Thompson, Best

:57:23. > :57:30.and Kiryu. I wonder if he can do it...

:57:31. > :57:42.The first two are guaranteed to go through to the semis.

:57:43. > :57:49.Bolt away pretty well, Thompson doing well with Fisher on the far

:57:50. > :58:00.side. The solo doing well, Bolt has a look across," you impudent so and

:58:01. > :58:06.so, think you could beat me?" No. Pretty comfortable. No risks at the

:58:07. > :58:10.start. Not a super quick start. The only thing that could have stopped

:58:11. > :58:19.him in the early round, a false start. Thankfully, none of that. I

:58:20. > :58:25.can tell you that Andrew Fisher, who ran very well, another Jamaican, who

:58:26. > :58:38.has just been given clearance to run for Bahrain but Yap has won a

:58:39. > :58:42.national record, in equal second. Dasaolu, 10.18, by my reckoning,

:58:43. > :58:48.good enough, but we have one more heat to go. He finished well,

:58:49. > :58:52.Dasaolu, Colin. He was always going to be under pressure, right next to

:58:53. > :58:59.Usain Bolt, you've got to try and think you can stick to him as close

:59:00. > :59:03.as you can. But Bolt is the only person in this field who can cruise

:59:04. > :59:09.at that kind of pace, 10.07 and he shut off I think from about 30, not

:59:10. > :59:16.from the finish, from the start. Incredible athlete. Bouncing. The

:59:17. > :59:19.best shape I've seen him in. I saw him in Jamaica in March and he was

:59:20. > :59:26.already lean and trim. Taking the season very seriously, he has his

:59:27. > :59:30.goals and objectives. He says he wants to make himself a bigger

:59:31. > :59:36.legend in the world of sport and he is already, trying to get to the

:59:37. > :59:41.triple triple. Out of the box well. James is already working hard in

:59:42. > :59:46.comparison to Bolt who is just bouncing up and down. He's going to

:59:47. > :59:50.take a cheeky look to the left to see what's going on. He knows that

:59:51. > :59:56.he is already clear. James in contrast is working hard to stick

:59:57. > :00:03.with that man. 10.07, Bolt and James has to wait.

:00:04. > :00:12.James, I think it is looking good for you. I heard Steve talking about

:00:13. > :00:16.Saab 's 10.2. How did you find it? I knew it would be tough with

:00:17. > :00:19.everybody bunched together in terms of time, but you have to run hard

:00:20. > :00:25.and haul away to the line and hopefully I have done enough. I

:00:26. > :00:29.maybe got left on the blocks, analysing. It was not the best

:00:30. > :00:40.execution in terms of the start but hopefully I will get another chance

:00:41. > :00:43.tomorrow to perform. In some ways it is a blessing and a curse you are

:00:44. > :00:46.drawn in the same heat as Usain Bolt, you get to experience the

:00:47. > :00:49.noise, but you have to compete against the man. The noise this

:00:50. > :00:55.crowd generates for the big man, makes it extra special but you have

:00:56. > :00:58.to to concentrate on your lane. Assuming you get through to the

:00:59. > :01:04.semifinals and hopefully the final, what would you need to do? I need to

:01:05. > :01:09.work on my start. I do not think I got the best start. And try to run

:01:10. > :01:22.for the line. We wish you well. Timothee Yap was

:01:23. > :01:27.nowhere near the time I said. Andrew Fisher going through with Bolt.

:01:28. > :01:31.James Dasaolu, the time good enough at the moment, but one more heat to

:01:32. > :01:42.go. Nafi Thiam. 72 points behind Jess.

:01:43. > :01:51.The long jump has not gone well. That was better. This looks a lot

:01:52. > :01:57.better than she has done so far. Remember the foul in the first

:01:58. > :02:04.round. She likes it is. This is significant. An athlete who is in

:02:05. > :02:10.contention, second overnight. She won... Look at that, nothing to

:02:11. > :02:12.spare on the board. She won the shot put and equalled Katarina

:02:13. > :02:18.Johnson-Thompson in the high jump. She was exceptional on day one and

:02:19. > :02:24.she has produced a third-round effort. 6.50 eight. That will give

:02:25. > :02:29.Jessica Ennis-Hill something to think about. Just doing the

:02:30. > :02:33.calculations and I reckon it takes her ahead of Jess Ennis-Hill by a

:02:34. > :02:39.matter of five points overall. Nafi Thiam, someone to look out for

:02:40. > :02:44.because she is very good in the javelin. Not so good in the 800

:02:45. > :02:48.metres, but if you plug in the personal-bests, it will be tight

:02:49. > :02:57.between Nafi Thiam of Belgium and Jessica Ennis-Hill.

:02:58. > :03:04.To the final heat in the first round of the member's 100 metres. No

:03:05. > :03:09.British involvement but British interest in looking to see how the

:03:10. > :03:21.fastest losers do because James Dasaolu hanging on in the fastest

:03:22. > :03:32.losers with 10.18. Three to look out for contesting the two automatic

:03:33. > :03:39.places. Gittens took bronze at the world indoors. 10.0 3/100. He was

:03:40. > :03:46.the flag bearer for Barbados in the opening ceremony. We have Yamagata,

:03:47. > :03:52.who has run 10.06 this season. Solomon Bukhari of the Netherlands.

:03:53. > :03:58.Aaron Brown, 9.96 is a new personal best of this year.

:03:59. > :04:03.There is also a little bit of crowd support for Dos Santos, the

:04:04. > :04:11.Brazilian, who goes in Lane 5. That is Yamagata. I mentioned the huge

:04:12. > :04:20.effort, these athletes getting close to ten seconds. Dos Santos, there is

:04:21. > :04:26.a bit of noise for him. The hand goes up from Akani Simbine, an

:04:27. > :04:33.experienced sprinter at 22. 9.89 this year. He says no, I am not

:04:34. > :04:36.having this. World student games champion and South African

:04:37. > :04:42.record-holder. I suspect we will go to the blocks again and it will

:04:43. > :04:49.start again. A wonderful crowd in here today. But, they do make a

:04:50. > :04:50.little bit of noise. They do not quite understand the quiet required

:04:51. > :05:12.for the start. Mohammed Abukhousa of Palestine in

:05:13. > :05:16.lane eight and Gittens of Barbados inlaid number nine. Two to go

:05:17. > :05:38.through automatically. This is the final heat of the first round.

:05:39. > :05:47.Akani Simbine get sick, just. The Japanese athlete Yamagata into a

:05:48. > :05:52.slight headwind I think came through to second place and with a winning

:05:53. > :05:59.time of 10.15, that goes well for James Dasaolu to go through as the

:06:00. > :06:04.fastest losers. Yamagata, we talked about him 10.06 this season. A man

:06:05. > :06:09.who has come close to going below ten seconds. The man from Palestine,

:06:10. > :06:16.heavily strapped legs. Akani Simbine takes the victory.

:06:17. > :06:23.It is funny because the first heat have the strongest wind at -1.5 and

:06:24. > :06:29.the final heat has a wind speed -1.3. And even start by most

:06:30. > :06:36.athletes. The Japanese have the best pick-up and took himself into the

:06:37. > :06:43.lead and kept working hard. The South African just took his time,

:06:44. > :06:47.progressing through, called himself through and you would expect that

:06:48. > :06:53.from a man who has run 9.89 this year. Good time, good victory and it

:06:54. > :06:58.is all about qualification. Just watching, the athlete from

:06:59. > :07:03.Palestine, Mohammed Abukhousa, he has run 10.57, he is quick enough,

:07:04. > :07:07.but he is clearly running to run-in the Olympics because he is heavily

:07:08. > :07:15.strapped. He is still lying on the track. That is the victory. No

:07:16. > :07:26.fastest losers going through from this heat. To -- two very quick men.

:07:27. > :07:30.Usain Bolt is their favourite. I am not sure who is chasing him. I

:07:31. > :07:41.cannot identify the athlete hunting him down.

:07:42. > :07:48.Iron Man. Andrew Cotter not good on his superheroes. The heptathlon, the

:07:49. > :07:56.massive jump, Nafi Thiam blowing it apart with 6.58, which is something

:07:57. > :08:00.Kat is capable of but it is set up tonight with AGC tinged because Jess

:08:01. > :08:08.will have to throw well and maybe getting close to her personal best

:08:09. > :08:13.for the 800. Nafi Thiam wanted to reminders, I am still here, lifetime

:08:14. > :08:19.personal-best. She has the best of over 52 metres in the javelin, which

:08:20. > :08:23.would put Kat and Jess are under a lot of stress, despite the knowledge

:08:24. > :08:30.that Jess's throwing has been going well. It will be uncharted territory

:08:31. > :08:36.will stop it bodes well. It is very exciting. I hope we can get two

:08:37. > :08:39.medals by the end of the day. She has always led going into these

:08:40. > :08:44.events as she will have to draw on a different mindset. Not necessarily,

:08:45. > :08:49.because I do not think she has ever taken her foot off the gas because

:08:50. > :08:58.she is in the lead. She seeks perfection. The best performance she

:08:59. > :09:02.can muster every time she is out there and that prepares you for

:09:03. > :09:05.situations like this when you come under pressure. She is used to

:09:06. > :09:11.trying to deliver her best performance. In the past she has not

:09:12. > :09:14.needed to, this time she does. She is a true champion who knows how to

:09:15. > :09:20.handle pressure well. It is not about avoiding pressure because it

:09:21. > :09:25.is unavoidable at the Olympics, it is how you handle it and Jess has

:09:26. > :09:30.proven she handles it well. She is even minded and I think she will

:09:31. > :09:34.handle it well. The issue is you have sometimes athletes just as Jess

:09:35. > :09:40.did, I did, Denise did. You have your moment. It could be Nafi

:09:41. > :09:45.Thiam's moment when you have a personal best and emerge, which

:09:46. > :09:50.makes the competition fantastic at the Olympics. We can forgive him

:09:51. > :09:55.saying that. It is uncomfortable to hear. That is part one of the

:09:56. > :09:59.potential Super Saturday and Mo Farah is going in the 10,000 metres

:10:00. > :10:06.tonight. Conditions tonight should be good for that. Nothing to worry

:10:07. > :10:10.about. He is looking good. He has had a fantastic season. The shape he

:10:11. > :10:25.always is in when he comes into this. Any worries at all, Denise,

:10:26. > :10:30.that this will -- that there will be planned by the Kenyans? They would

:10:31. > :10:36.have to come up with a plan. It is never easy. Is an Olympic Games.

:10:37. > :10:41.Wings happen. Mo Farah's preparation has been great. He is in a mindset

:10:42. > :10:48.where he is, you know what, I know what I'm doing. Whichever way he

:10:49. > :10:52.wants to run his opponents tend to let him dictate. Greg Rutherford

:10:53. > :10:57.going in the long jump, having put us through it last night, getting

:10:58. > :11:10.through on his third jump. But he is there tonight and on top of that we

:11:11. > :11:12.have the 800 litres semifinals and the women's 100.

:11:13. > :11:18.We will see you sometime after midnight.

:11:19. > :11:24.Hazel. We will be with you. The men's a long jump final is at

:11:25. > :11:28.12:50am your time and after that Mo Farah and the climax of the

:11:29. > :11:33.heptathlon. Some headlines before we leave. 20 minutes break for the

:11:34. > :11:38.news. They are good ones with Great

:11:39. > :11:41.Britain enjoying a golden finale in the rowing with men's eight week

:11:42. > :11:49.claiming the Olympic title. They last won in Sydney, 16 years ago.

:11:50. > :11:54.There was an historic success for the women's eight, who took a silver

:11:55. > :11:57.medal, Britain's first medal in this event.

:11:58. > :12:01.The reigning champion Jess Ennis-Hill has been dropped to

:12:02. > :12:06.second in the heptathlon, overtaken by Belgian's Nafi Thiam, who leads

:12:07. > :12:09.by five points. Katarina Johnson-Thompson in third.

:12:10. > :12:16.Two more events to come this evening. Andy Usain Bolt, bidding to

:12:17. > :12:23.win an unprecedented third 100 metres title, cruises through. He

:12:24. > :12:28.will be backed up tomorrow, hoping to strike a ninth time overall in

:12:29. > :12:34.these Olympic Games, if he gets the triple triple. What a day. Eight is

:12:35. > :12:39.great and we have had a glimpse of the Lightning Bolt and a glimpse of

:12:40. > :12:44.gold and silver and there might be more to come. It is Super Saturday,

:12:45. > :13:04.the samba remix, and the rhythm is building. Goodbye.

:13:05. > :13:45.# It is not going to break may. # It's not going to break me down.

:13:46. > :13:46.# It's not going to break me, this time around.

:13:47. > :13:48.Nadiya's going on an extraordinary adventure

:13:49. > :13:53.to explore her roots in Bangladesh.

:13:54. > :13:57.A facial at the same time! GIGGLING