Day 9 BBC Four: 19.00-22.00 Olympics

Henrik Stenson on the 16th. Second shot.

Oh, how good is that? It is brilliant from Stenson. There was a

hush all around the green. And an eruption of applause as that ball

just stopped behind the bin. He threw it up beyond the flag, beyond

the pin. The gallery is now 12 deep watching Stenson and Rose. Marcus

Fraser has been playing the best golf of the grouping in the last

couple of holes. Justin Rose needs this to be good.

If he is to stay 15-under or at least stay in front of Stenson by

one. It is a very makeable putt currently.

Oh, that is a little slip from Justin Rose. He's come up short. And

he knows it. Justin Rose perhaps scuffed it

slightly but left it well short. Fraser tossed it up, Stenson tossed

it up, they both have very makeable putts as a result. It is certainly

advantage Sweden on 16. A chance possibly for Henrik Stenson to get

that shot back. He's got a birdie putt from about six feet. Justin

Rose has left his at least 20 feet short.

He's battling to become the Olympic champion.

It is going to be a slight uphill putt, a little bump, then down off

the right for Justin Rose. He needs to cover every blade of

grass. He doesn't want to let the Olympic gold medal slip out of his

grasp. He leads by one with three holes to play. It is a birdie putt.

He's got a very good line here. Oh, that was so unlucky. How did that

Miss? He could not have hit it better. It was a wonderful putt.

Justin Rose... It is in, it is tracking towards the hole, how does

it break that much so late? It goes by on the front edge of the hole.

And Henrik Stenson breathes as big a sigh of relief as any. Tension has

been mounting here, Stenson has to make it. But it is going to be

Fraser first. He played a very nice chip on 14.

Fraser can't make birdie, has to settle for par. All eyes now in

Sweden's Henrik Stenson. -- all eyes now on Sweden's Henrik Stenson.

Fraser is 1-over for his round of golf. Justin Rose, 3-under. Matt

Kuchar, 63 today, currently occupying third place on his own at

13-under par. He is in the clubhouse.

Justin Rose, any range of emotion for him. Apprehensive, annoyed,

agitated. Stenson for birdie to join Rose for

15-under. I think it is very straight. Just a

hair's-breadth right. Just got a second opinion from his caddy. Just

a hair left-to-right. Henrik Stenson has to make this putt. He makes it!

He makes birdie on 16 to draw level with Britain's Justin Rose. At

15-under par. Rose still has this par to make, and there are no

formalities, really, but this should be a mere formality. That putt

slipped agonisingly by. I can tell you Justin Rose... He makes this

par. He kept saying in the build-up, I want my career record to read,

"Justin Rose, multiple open champion and gold-medallist." He's desperate

for this gold medal. Him and Henrik Stenson. He thinks this Olympic

medal might make him a little bit more famous, but still not the most

famous in Sweden. I think that is still Zlatan Ibrahimovic by some

margin, the Swedish footballer, and playing for Manchester United. So,

Stenson is on the tee first, after his birdie at 16, two holes to play,

it is a short par-3, and then a reachable in two par-5. Two good

scoring holes. Two superb golfers. It is five more than we would

normally play, isn't it? Get it passed there. Only an extra

two. Henrik Stenson, 122 metres, par

three, tucked away behind the bunker on the left. The left front side of

this green at 17, the penultimate hole in the final round of the men's

individual stroke play. It has come down to the finishing holes between

two major champions looking to become the first Olympic champions

in 112 years. Opted to go with the wedge, Henrik

Stenson. A lot of adrenaline flowing there, that was a wedge. Marcus

Fraser is next. It is going to go left. My goodness,

I don't think anyone has been there on the 17th. It has completely flown

in the green. His instruction is to hit 132 yard

wedge. That is the instruction to Justin Rose, pitching wedge, 132,

the instruction from his caddy. Please put the cameras down, stop

taking pictures for one minute! It is going a little left. Oh, has

it...? Its holding. So, a little long, maybe some adrenaline pumping

for Rose and Stenson currently. It is to be expected. I could have hit

nine. He went in with a wedge. He went in with wedge, hit the back

of the green, and is over the back, Justin Rose. He tells his caddy was

a good call! Think how far over he would have been if he'd of gone with

nine. 15-under par, Justin Rose, 3-under for his round today. Henrik

Stenson is 4-under. The round of the day from the United States, Matt

Kuchar at 63. He is 13-under in third place on his own. Earlier on

18... Bubba Watson, 7-under to finish up. He sees it slide by in a

frustrating round of 70. He tapped this in. It hasn't been the kind of

round he would have hoped for. Put him into a position where he was

able to make a chase. CP could put some pressure on Stenson and Rose.

And anybody else. Instead Bubba Watson looked frustrated by a number

of putts that slipped by. He finishes the Olympic golf tournament

in this competition in the individual stroke play on 7-under. A

very popular character in golf is Bubba Watson. The ball into the

grandstand. Oh, collectors items. It is a sold-out affair, and this is

why. A titanic duel between Henrik and Justin Rose. Rose, doesn't have

a victory on the PGA Tour this year, which is somewhat surprising. He has

five Tour events left after Rio to find a win.

First to go here on 17, Australia's Marcus Fraser. I think he has either

a 5-wood or maybe a hybrid that he is going to use. Looks like maybe

hybrid. Somebody's cell phone just rang. They have gone the Forde days.

-- they have gone for four days. Nobody has been here on 17 before.

This is a first. As far as this shot is concerned.

Six, six. -- sit, sit. That's pretty good from there.

The par-5 18th to come, into the wind.

There have not been too many birdies on the 18th. Not too many, but there

has been an eagle. A chip in. The birdies that have come out of the

bunker. A couple of birdies on the green, but not too many, you're

right. Just off the green here, Justin Rose. He and Stenson locked

at 15-under par and he's opting to keep the flag in. He can take it out

if he wants, but he wants it in. Rose for birdie on 17. It started to

move. It was a double swing, left then right. But that is a safe par.

He will have to mark it. ORE ODUBA: Justin Rose will be

putting the par. He has tied at the moment. Henrik Stenson putting

shortly. The conclusion of the golf will take place on BBC One. If you

want to see whether Justin Rose can get the Gold Medal, join the team on

BBC One I am here on Copacabana beach looking forward to the next

few hours on BBC Four. Before we get into what is to come, here is what

has happened so far with some of the headlines.

History for Max Whitlock as he begins Britain's first Levick

champion in gymnastics after winning gold in the men's four final.

Amazing scenes as Brazilian gymnasts take silver and bronze. Two-time

world champion Nick Dempsey celebrates his 36th birthday by

becoming the first male windsurfer to win silver. Jemima some gong

became the first Kenyan woman to win the Olympic marathon.

Over two gymnastics we go, the women's individual vault.

Just a 0.3 for the large step on landing. Just joining Dipa Karmakar.

This vault is going to be something special. One of the hardest bolts

that a female gymnast can produce. It is known, brace yourselves, as

the vault of death. Slightly overdramatic, I think, don't you?

You wouldn't catch me on it. She is posting a seven difficulty. We have

seen one gymnast performed the same manoeuvre in this final and over

rotate it. Let's see how she can get on with it. Big powerful run, it

uses the handspring entry and lands on her feet. They have to decide

whether her feet landed first. It is a big deduction for such a deep

landing. Once the knees bent lower than 90 degrees, the judges start

deducting. Very ambitious. She blocked well, she talked. Paul is

the knees apart. Feet do get down first, but bounces immediately up.

Polls that took in tight. Feet, hips. Only just. Very close. And if

the hips landed first, it would be zero. You are dicing with scoring

zero. Interestingly, in this final, a lot are performing their huge

difficulty as the second vault. Particularly with this format, they

use a slightly easier first vault to get the feel of the board and

everything sorted. Wang Yan, currently in second place. 14.9 is

the sport you are looking for at the top of the scoreboard as it appears

on your screen. The average of the two vaults. Two gymnasts still to

go. Our slow motion made it look like the feet went down first, but

they are having to think long and hard about it. This mat, we were

talking earlier about how squashy it is and how tricky it is to get a

solid landing. You have to be very spatially aware and know exactly

where the landing is. With the mat being slightly soft, they have two

really take that impact. The result is in. It is a big score.

The average score puts her into second place at the moment. Maria

Paseka, the penultimate gymnast in this women's vault final. World

champion last year. The European champion. She is posting a

difficulty of 6.4. She only voted for the Russian team here. She

stacked the landing, but the legs were wild off the top of the

platform. She looks a bit stunned by it all. Twisted efficiently, had

enough flight, but there will be deductions for that untidy leg

separation in the flight. You could see those legs were split

on the top and she had to use that to initiate the turn. The floor hit

her, rather than her hitting that landing. You can see she is a

slightly off landing and was that first fought just out? You cannot

see from that angle. -- first foot. She probably will get a deduction

therefore one fought out. -- one foot out. Well, foot scores 15.266

for her first vault -- Maria Paseka scores.

Second vault, this one a 6.3 difficulty. This is her favourite

vault, they want she did 4-team final. A deep landing and a step

back, indicating she was a bit short of height and rotation. She has done

her job for Russia. She doesn't look too happy at all with that

performance. Whether it is down to the vault or whether she is

injured... She seemed to be hobbling slightly on her way back from the

first vault. It took her by surprise. I think so, and she hasn't

done masses of work out here. She has only vaulted and looks like she

is a little delicate. You can see here, the legs are split on the top

and then just her hips behind her feet, so she has to take the large

step backwards to cover. But still a huge difficulty on that vault. Legs

locked together throughout. And then just a step back.

The smile comes now. All smiles now, she is in the lead. Maria Paseka

guaranteed a silver with just one gymnast to go, and Giulia

Steingruber is guaranteed a bronze. Karmakar will be pushed out of the

medals, we think because we have Simone Biles now. She is hoping for

five gold medals at the Olympic championship finals. She is very

much on course and this is one of her favourite events. We could

potentially see a perfect ten for execution.

I think she went for that landing and took a hop back. She looks

disappointed. Most gymnasts would celebrate with that huge vault. She

pushed so high and delayed the twist so long, didn't she. She really

contacts the platform well. The hips, she blocks, she goes up, up,,

waits for the at the top. She almost went for so much height that she

lacked a bit of rotation. Fantastic vaulting. Everything is textbook.

The legs are locked together, the I'm positioning, the block at the

top, then round off, not a lot to deduct. The only deduction will be

that small hop on the landing. Matt was saying that one day we might see

the perfect ten. She will be up in the nines for execution here. She

is. 9.6 for execution and a 6.34 difficulty. -- 6.3 the difficulty.

All-around champion here. The small hop, I think you just witnessed a

third Olympic gold medal for Simone Biles. She knew she had to up her

vault to be sure of the gold medal and she did it with ease. As smooth

as you like. Being congratulated even before the score has come in.

She qualified through with a 16.05 and first place at the moment is

15.2 five. We can safely say she is Olympic champion. -- 15.20 five.

I don't think Maria Paseka would have come here thinking to get gold.

No, it would be Simone Biles. The trademarked lock up into the air

before she starts twisting. It is the gymnast that twist early off the

top that have problems. She has been threatening for the last two years

to be able to come here and dominate and she doesn't look like she will

falter at the final step. The score is in. 15.966 as an

average. That second vault was a score of 16.0 33. -- 16.0 33. The

bar finalists will be glad she's not in the final. One medal we can

contest. Just a dream to at and a joy to

watch. She makes it look so effortless! Which is the mark of a

great gymnast. Giulia Steingruber, 14.9! I'd save those were first

three vaulters other than the one from the gymnast from Korea who beat

herself by not doing the vaults she was sure about. Those were the three

vaulters you'd expect to be a finalist. Amongst great company as

well, it was a great moment for Oksana Chusovitina. She competed for

three different countries now. Olympic champion and vault is Simone

Biles. Maria Paseka, who took bronze in London, goes one better and takes

silver. Giulia Steingruber, three times European champion, takes the

bronze. What an Olympics it has been for

Simone Biles. A third gold medal in the women's vault. The men's pommel

final featuring Louis Smith and Max Whitlock will take place in ten

minutes. That will be on BBC One. It's time to head to the Olympic

Tennis Centre, though, because we are in the closing stages of the

mixed doubles final and it is an all-American affair. There is a

tie-break at the end of the first set against Venus Williams, who of

course got knocked out of the singles but is looking for a fifth

Olympic gold, she is alongside Rajeev Ram, let's pick up the

action. Out, only just. No harm in trying,

that his fish roe. This match nearing 50 minutes induration. The

first set tie-break, that is now under way. Lots of discussions at

the back of the court from all four players. Will they change something

up? Will they try a surprise? Or just a big serve? Challenging now.

They don't challenge very often. It was a good decision!

Good second serve, Mattek-Sands could've done more with the first

ball. Great tennis between these four. Surprise in this situation

that Ram is trying to hit at Mattek-Sands, instead of going Sock.

Ambitious effort. It's been so good throughout, and it

continues here. Bethanie Mattek-Sands is taking it to her

more highly ranked opponents. There is a tendency to look for an

underdog. The team you'd go for. It is difficult with an all-American

affair. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, that is the go to position, and she's

loving it. There has to be good chemistry

between the players. So that the other player says, don't worry about

it. Because you don't want that player to tense up the air and

affect them even more. Nice. Nicely close-down indeed by

Ram. He has had chances to put balls away. He shifted his footwork in

time. He didn't try to get a big cut at the ball. He got his body out of

the way. What is this set going to turn on? Is at one point in

particular? It might be this one. Oh, Mattek-Sands again! Brilliant

from the 31-year-old from Phoenix. She is really turning it on here.

Yes, he did nothing wrong. You'd think he is in the position he needs

to be. He's expecting the ball to go the other way, as you normally

would. But there was just that small space there and Mattek-Sands took

it. Again, the poker face. They change ends.

It says on her Twitter handle that she likes slow walks and fast cars,

Mattek-Sands. Venus gets involved. Often things

can happen. Oh, great stretch from both men and

Williams to stay on the point. That's the one were talking about,

5-3. Huge point. Look at that instinctive volley from Ram. A

pick-up on a half volley, and Sock with a golden chance to put the ball

away. Oh, she made that known. She did

make it! No, she didn't. I thought I heard the no call. She keeps going

for it. 6- through all of a sudden but going down swinging. Just the

one mini break. Throughout the set, Mattek-Sands, she goes for those

shots. But there's long points can make the difference, the momentum

changes. Three set points. There it is, the first set goes the

way of Williams and Ram in a tie-break. 7-3. Great tennis from

both of these teams, but only one has number one hand on the gold.

Mattek-Sands and Sock will want to improve their first serve

percentage. Best player overall was Venus Williams, you'd say.

Especially at the tail end of the tie-break. Rock-solid. Her team is

up one set. Tennis matches can often turn on

just one point. And it was when Ram and Williams were stretched by

Mattek-Sands and Sock, they came at them and were able to keep the ball

in play, force Sock to play one more ball, he put it into the net, and

they didn't look back to win the tie-break. Ram and Williams 7-3 and

lead 1- set in the mixed doubles 2016.

Sock kidding around though, saying challenge.

You don't kid a kid. Venus Williams just hammering it back. She is

playing well, you are so right. Both girls are playing exceptionally

well. I love Jack Sock, the back story behind him, he's a colourful

character, like his playing partner, Lady Gaga. Jack Sock for President

campaign began this year. Not leader of the free world,

although there is an argument as to whether Jack would be better than

Donald Trump, but Jack Sock for President 2016 was to build support

for him to be here at the 2016 Olympic Games. He got plenty of

support. He is here because he is a very good young talent.

There is some fabulous tennis being played on this centre court.

Fabulous. Venus couldn't react in time.

An instinctive volley from Mattek-Sands. That's what doubles is

all about. That was called out. Mattek-Sands

again. There is a challenge. She was out of that point, beaten three

times. We said she doesn't challenge if ever, she had a good look at

that. Fine time to challenge, keeps them in the game.

Took a lot of deciding, that. Another story I love about Jack

Sock, Leyton Hewitt involved, who may be back in Australia watching

this right now. It eventually goes the way of Jack and Bethanie.

I can tell you now. He was serving to stay in the first set at 30-0.

The ball was caught out by the chair umpire. Before Leyton Hewitt said

the game, Jack said, I think you should challenge that. After the

review, the server was found to be in, giving Leyton the point and he

went on to win the match. How about that? When your opponent says, I

think you should challenge it. Not sure he would have done that at a

regular to match. Good point, but I still love the sportsmanship.

Oh! She was in such good position there, Venus, to hit the volley. You

need a bit of luck. Didn't catch the ball cleanly, Sock,

but it turned out to be a good shot. Not much Williams could do. It was

such a well struck forehand from Sock.

Ram and Williams, you could call them a makeshift combination. Ram

wasn't even supposed to be part of the team.

To go from not meaning to be in the Olympics to maybe getting a gold

medal, Ram. Hasn't done a whole lot wrong in this match, Venus Williams.

Unable to connect with a smash their, and so they take the break

lead in that number to -- set number two.

It is an interesting mindset, like so many athletes in so many sports,

including tennis, this could be their main aim, to win an Olympic

gold, absolutely, but also an Olympic medal depending on who you

are and where you come from. You are in this game, you have the silver in

the bike, it is just whether you give it to your opponent and swap it

for a gold already you keep it there. It is not like it is a

regular tour event. If you go into a final in a tour event, you are not

playing fair any hardware. If you lose the match, you don't get any

hardware. In this situation, even if you lose, you come out with a silver

medal. That may release the pressure on some players. They go when

thinking, OK, even if I don't come out on top, I still get the silver

medal. These two have been having fun at

the entire week, Sock and Mattek-Sands. They beat Konta and

Jamie Murray in the first round. The Brazilians in the quarterfinal,

a couple of breaks opened the match on either side. They also trailed

4-1 in the second. Mattek-Sands was saying it was a raucous atmosphere

playing the home team. Great doubles players. 6-4, 7-6.

The key shot there was for venous racing up whilst keeping the point

going. -- Venus. She has done it again. She loves

that line. She is a shotmaker, Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The textbooks

plate would be to go right down the middle between the players, but no,

she sent it up the line. -- textbook play.

Double faults never really in the script for players, but especially

not on a game point. Three double faults.

She saw it straightaway. His body was ready to cross, his racket was

not. Not sure whether Ram knew about that or not.

Oh, lovely. Pulled away from a high ball but was put out there to test

Mattek-Sands. She was right up to the challenge, as she was all the

way through. Back to deuce. Wasn't enough depth on the lob. This

could be a gold medal moment in the match.

Separated Mattek-Sands and Sock writes down the middle. Sock

appeared closer than Mattek-Sands. But because it was such a good shot,

that is what happens. Oh, great finish from Jack Sock.

Great play from both these Americans. Mattek-Sands on the

defence. She thought she might have had the winner there and then Jack

goes back. A bigger wingspan, the team of Venus and Ram haven't picked

up a lot of balls. 91 centimetres, or six foot three.

Lost the first set in a tie-break. That is called out and a 2-0 lead

becomes a three in the second set. The combination of Bethanie

Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock in this gold medal Mixed Doubles match of

Rio 2016. That game ended just a few minutes

ago. If you want to follow live tennis in the Mixed Doubles finals,

you can on the Red Button. If you don't have a Red Button, go to the

BBC website for the BBC sport app to follow that. We will bring you

up-to-date with its later on. Andy Murray is on court in this match in

the final. The sun is just heading towards the horizon here on

Copacabana beach, so it is an appropriate time to bring you

up-to-date with all today's headlines. Justin Rose is the

Olympic golf champion after a tremendous battle with Henrik

Stenson. Rosa birdied the 18th hole and celebrated in style. -- Justin

Rose birdied. History for Max Whitlock as he becomes Britain's

first Olympic champion in gymnastics after winning gold in the men's

floor vinyl. Amazing scenes as Brazilian gymnasts take silver and

bronze. And American star gymnast Simone Biles won a third gold medal

of the games. She also won the team and individual all-round events.

Two-time world champion Nick Dempsey celebrated his 36th birthday

yesterday and became the first male WinServer to win three Olympic

medals after silver in the final medal race earlier today. -- wind

surfer. And the first Kenyan woman to win the Olympic marathon.

A reminder that on BBC One at the moment, live for you, the men's

pommel final. Louis Smith and Max Whitlock are for Great Britain. Time

to concentrate on cycling and four Mark Cavendish, this is a very

important Games. He won 30 stages at the Tour de France, but he struggles

in the Olympics. In Beijing, no medals, and none in London. Third

time lucky? So, Mark, another Olympic Games, how

are you feeling going into Rio? Yeah, I'm excited about it, we've

got a great group around us, all the teams, the women and the men, the

sprint, every aspect, I know the times are good on the track, the

team have just smashed the Tour de France on the road, so a pretty

exciting time to be on the bicycle. How much confidence after such a

successful tour, having done things you have never done before, warned

the yellow jersey? I made every day count this year, because I knew my

morale would be picked up, I know it has worked out, everything I have

done has worked, if I can just quickly transition over to the

track, OK, I am on a bike, but people don't realise how hard it is

to go from road to track. It is like a Formula One driver going to a

rally cross race, like, he is going to do well, but striving is not the

same, it is the same like this. My form is there, but it is about

transitioning, and if I can do that quickly, I have got a better chance.

World champion, 30 stages in the tour, where does the Olympics it? It

is that little one thing that I have not done. Within my physicality, I

have done everything I can accept when the Olympic Games, you know. It

is not going to define my career, do you know what I mean? As a British

athlete it is likely to define my career, and it is the same on a

personal level. I am incredibly patriotic, I am proud every time I

wear the jersey and the like, and the Olympics is the highest thing

you can do that at, so one a personal level, as a British sports

person, it is a big thing. You went to Beijing, the Madison did not come

off, you were the one to watch in the road race in 2012. The positives

that I can take from that, I set a date I wanted to be in the best

condition, and both times I was in the best condition I possibly could

be, and I believed I was one of the strongest in the race, if not the

strongest. Even though the results did not speak, I knew we didn't

write both times. We made every single day count this year, so we

are on the best run possible for those days. So the omnium for the

first time, it is like the decathlon on the track, where do you think you

are in that to my I am confident for it, I have done everything I can, I

have worked on the events I am weaker at, I am pretty confident

with the equipment, with the training, and with my form now that

I will be in with a medal shout. Well, we can head to the Olympic

Velodrome now, where Jill Douglas is standing by, and obviously a lot of

attention on Mark Cavendish, no-one deserves anything by right, but I

guess in other ways, given what he has given to the sport, he does

deserve something at the Olympics. Nobody gives you an Olympic medal,

but Mark Cavendish has worked very hard even to make the Rio Games, he

has had to really commit to the track, and we saw him in action in

the tour, where he has won 30 tracks, but he pulled out early to

really focus on the track. Actually, some would say that is road cycling

has benefited from the track were key has been doing, he is super

quick on the road, we saw that in France, but he has made the

challenge, it is a big challenge for him, he is in a classy field of

riders, so nothing is a given, but he has left no stone and turned, he

has worked hard to beat year, and I saw him on the track having a warm

up, he looks in great shape. -- be here.

Given the fact that Beijing and London did not go his way, is there

any chance are perhaps a mental block of this being the Olympics? Or

has he dismissed that already? Mark Cavendish is the consummate

professional, this is a guy who has won stages of the two to France, the

Giro d'Italia, he performs when he needs to, he is three times a world

champion on the track through the madison, so I do not think he will

be phased at all. He will not be thinking about Beijing or London,

all he will be thinking about is Rio and putting out his best

performance. His wife is here, the kids are here, and he will embrace

this. What is the timetable today? Three events today, first in the

scratch race, a bunch race basically off you go, first past the post

wins, then the Furk alum and individual pursuit, not one of his

strongest, then the elimination race. -- the four kilometre

individual pursuit. They race around the track, and the person last over

the line is out of the race. I think he is very strong in these bunch

races, a very savvy racer, and he has worked very hard on the timed

events to see if he can get improvements there as well. We are

keeping our fingers crossed for Mark Cavendish, a word on Becky James,

who has already dazzled this weekend. After all the excitement

job yesterday, she is back on the track for the first stage of the

women's sprint competition, they do a flying 200 which is a way of

ceding the competition. She will have rested after what was an

emotional day yesterday. The Olympic final, and what a

line-up we have got. It has been a long road back for Becky James, but

now she gets her chance. She can end up on the podium, any result is

possible for her. Becky James is fourth in line. The race is on now.

Right at the back is Becky James, she has plenty to do here. Becky

James goes around the outside! And up towards the line, and I think

Elis Ligtlee took it, but there is a medal for Becky James, and I think

it is silver. Many congratulations, just what does

that mean? Oh, I am lost for words, I do not think I have ever been lost

for words, I cannot believe that has just happened. I was so desperate

for that medal, and having George Clancy and my little sister, the

medal we have all won together. -- having George here.

Looking forward to seeing Becky James back in action, but a quick

word on how qualification works? So basically they do a flying 200, that

ranks them for the rest of the competition. Later today we will

have the first round of the sprint, then it progresses through tomorrow,

and the final is on the last day of competition on the track. Katie

Marchand is also performing today, we will see her in action for Great

Britain too. Thanks very much, we are looking forward to seeing what

will happen at the velodrome. Standing by for us, Chris Boardman

and Simon Brotherton. Hello, and welcome to live coverage

from the track as Ebtissam Mohamed from Egypt crosses the line, her

time is well short of the early pace here. The Chinese cyclist, who was

already won a gold medal and set a record in the team sprint earlier,

she was one of the early starters in terms of setting a qualifying time,

and she has set the time to beat, 11.068 seconds. This rider is

Lisandra Guerra, a world champion back from Manchester, a five-time

world medallist, and a former Pan-American games sprint champion

as well. As Jill was saying, the idea for the riders is to set a

time, a flying time of 200 metres, which sets the seeding order for the

rest of the competition, so important to get out of the blocks

early and set a time to make life easier for oil cell. That is what we

have seen in the men's competition, the British men's team got the

easiest, they did not meet until the final, it could not have gone better

for Britain. Lisandra Guerra is second fastest,. We do see quite a

spread of abilities at the Olympic Games, but we do have the best

riders here, so we might see a spread, 12.9 is the slowest so far,

but I think we will be seeing possibly world and certainly Olympic

records going here. Roundabouts 10.6, Becky James hoping for 10.7

here. This is Monique Sullivan from Canada, three gold medals from the

Pan-American games last summer, she wrote in the team sprint, finished

in seventh position. Very strong wind up, really driving early to get

the most out of this. She is the seventh rider on the track, Becky

James will be up next, but money Sullivan is halfway down the back

straight, putting everything down on the track, trying to eat out every

fraction of a second, second-fastest so far, still leading is the Chinese

cyclist, and now it is Becky James up onto the track. This is the

effort from money Sullivan once more. She slowly winds down. Now

Becky James up on the track 24 hours after winning the silver medal in

the keirin final, and she started sprint campaign. So looking for

somewhere in the region of 10.7, the rumour from the training camp is

that she is well capable of that, and that is what it will take to

qualify well in this event. Feel a big record is 10.724, set by

Victoria Pendleton in London four years ago. She will really start to

wind it up now, get on top of that year, and she will be flying around

the track, the timer will start as she goes over the white line, Becky

James' qualifying ride is on, down the back straight, powering around

the track into the banking, now into the finishing straight, up towards

the line, 10.7 to one, a new Olympic record! Becky James stars in style

in the women's sprint. We thought that is what she would do, there

were rumours coming from the camp that she was on an emotional high

after that silver yesterday as well, nothing to lose. Great wind up as

well, really at the top of the track, excellent execution. That

ride from Becky James really brought the crowd to lie for the first time

this afternoon, this is the opening event. -- to life. Now up for Spain

is Helena Casas from Catalunya, finished eighth in the team sprint

with Tanya Calvo, who we will see a little later in this qualifying

process. Becky James is top of the leaderboard for Great Britain. She

was only eight out of 27 because she has not got many UCI points, but

that does not mean the form is not there, so the time could stand for

some considerable time through this qualification. I do not think this

will be quicker, nearly a full second behind.

RICHEY: Katie Marchand still to come a little bit later, we're heading

back to the Olympic Tennis Centre for the mixed doubles final, Venus

Williams and Rajeev Ram won the first set, Jack Sock and Bethanie

Mattek-Sands to the second, so we are into a super set tie-break.

They are plus seven in the winners unenforced in the second set. Just

five unforced errors. She has brought this into that tie-break,

Mattek-Sands. Straight back at you. From Jack

Sock. It had to be that good because the net coverage from Venus was

excellent. Well, that has taken no time at all.

They are going to have to channel some of their form from the

semifinals, when they were down 3-1 in the tie-break and Venus and Ram

went on a tear. That's the advantage, the advantage

of the match tie-break not playing to seven points, but to ten. More

time to get back into the match, even with a deficit.

Too much on that, to defences. She hasn't been like that through any

stage of this game, neither of those two have -- too defensive. Surprised

she has tried that shot, Mattek-Sands, she has tried one lob

in the match. A clean winner. Williams and Ram at the back of the

court. Not now, though. She has been able to find that line

throughout the match. Smart play from Ram, he covered it this time

and that set up the point, 3-3. Quality tennis to decide the gold

medal in the Mixed Doubles here in Rio. He did just enough with the

smash, the smash gumball a, Ram. -- smash -cum-volley. Venus Williams

looking to do what no one has done in tennis terms, and that is win

five gold medals. Five Olympic cold calls -- titles.

Not so solid all of a sudden, Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock. This is

when the big-time players can come to the fore. She will be

disappointed at missing that Borlee, Mattek-Sands, right on top of the

net and a pretty decent height for her -- missing that Borlee.

They were lucky there, Ram and Williams. He made an early move,

Ram, and there was so much space just behind him. The return not

clearing the net. They are on a run of points here now. Five in a row.

Momentum shifts so quickly. Won the second set 6-1, they raced to a 3-0

lead, Mattek-Sands and Sock and now they are on the end of a big Venus

Williams serve, you would think. It was steep and set it up. Huge

second serve from Williams. She should really be watching this. This

is not a time to be sleeping. They are beyond halfway now, Ram and

Williams, in the match tie-break. Difficult the Mattek-Sands -- for

Mattek-Sands, the net cord. It is not really that your country

needs you, your country will win gold either way, your team-mate

does. There was plenty on that, look at that. A little bit of a kick up

into the body of Venus. Has he got another one in him?

UMPIRE: Let, first service. That plan might change now. Tactics are

so important. Both teams touch base. She had to hold the fort of there,

Mattek-Sands, and she did so after an unfortunate return, it turned

into a great return. That was a chance missed for Ram and Williams.

Powering forward, Jack Sock. Too much force in the end. Brilliant

tennis. We say it a lot, they don't give away gold medals, they'll

certainly not giving this one away. You have got to learn it. -- earn

it. That can affect the server, a little

pause, refresh and recharge. With the second serve, he was a

sitting duck, Ram, for Jack Sock. Good point all around. It was a nice

pick-up for Ram on a hot boy and he sent it deep. Sock with the top spin

lob. 6-6 in the match tie-break. Here it is. Look at it drop.

Perfect. Brilliant tennis from all four

players on Centre Court. Nine days of tennis comes towards its

conclusion. In the Games of the 31st Olympiad.

Seemingly come anon of the four can get a first for anywhere near in --

non-Opera pressure. -- pressure. You don't like to see that. It has

caught the tape. 7-6 and the ball goes up the other end for Ram. A run

of.in this tie-break, first three for Mattek-Sands and Sock and the

next six for Williams and Ram. Now for in a row for the other team.

Grade server and Jack is there to finish it, set up by the

Mattek-Sands server. Remember, it is the first to ten. They can nearly

touch it. What a great service, taking the ball away from the venous

forehand. Magnificent! Venous tried to nail

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and she was up to the charge and with that comes a

gold medal point -- Venus Williams. She is loving this. Suggesting she

is a bit fortunate the ball went over the net. Just self defence. She

says, what have you got, Venus? Gold medal point, three of them.

And that was out. Mattek-Sands throws her racket. They are going to

challenge this. They have to challenge this. Yes, they are

challenging. The gold medal might be decided by a challenge. There it is

and it was long. It was long. More in hope than anything when you see

how much it was long by. Mattek-Sands and Sock got so excited

and you can't blame them. That plays with your mind, that is for sure.

Still two gold medal points. And one will be on the serve of Mattek-Sands

if they don't get this one. It is into the net! Socket to them.

Proudly sporting the stars and stripes of the country, Jack Sock

and Bethanie Mattek-Sands win gold for America. Mixed Doubles gold

medal match, an all-American affair. It is gold and silver for the US of

A, but what about the performance of Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock?

Outstanding tennis. Well, well done to Mattek-Sands and Sock, gold-medal

for them. Also a silver medal for America, they are celebrating

success at the tennis. A reminder that Andy Murray is in action

against Juan Martin Del Potro very shortly, we will be bringing you

that action live. It has been a pretty good day for Great Britain so

far, so it is time to catch up with what has been some tremendous

headlines. There has been history today for Max

Whitlock as he became Britain's first gold-medallist in Olympics

gymnastics when winning the men's floor competition. Tremendous scenes

as Brazil took silver and bronze. You have heard the one about buses?

It applies to Olympic gymnasts as well because moments later, Whitlock

won a second gold medal, this time on the pommel horse and Louis Smith

took silver to add the cherry on top. Meanwhile, American's start

gymnast Simone Biles won a third gold medal of the Rio Games. The

19-year-old Texan also won gold in the individual and team all around

competitions. Justine Rose is the Olympic gold champion after a

tremendous tussle with Henrik Stenson. Rose, who has really

embraced these Games, celebrated in style. Two time world champion Nick

Dempsey, who turned 36 yesterday, became the first male windsurfer to

win three Olympic medals after his silver in the final medal race

earlier today. So, beautiful scenes here at the Copacabana Beach. Just a

reminder once again, Andy Murray against Juan Martin Del Potro in the

final of the Men's Singles in the tennis. Andy Murray hoping to defend

the title he won in London in 2012. We will bring you that live, they

are due on cord shortly. We are turning our attention to boxing and

going for Great Britain later tonight is Savannah Marshall in the

women's middleweight competition. Here is her story.

When I was in school, I think I wanted to be a welder, I wanted to

be a nurse, a teacher, everything you could think of apart from a

boxer. I first started when I was 12, and it was just with friends,

they were going to be boxing gym, and I went along. I was the only

girl at the club for a good few years. It didn't bother me, I was

comfortable training with all the boys. My mum and dad never said

anything, my friends didn't say anything, it was all just accept it.

Really. I love it, it is my gym, it is my home. There is no other place.

It took me two years to get my first bout, I remember getting really

nervous, and I would never tell anyone until a couple of days

before, I am boxing in Birmingham in two days! I didn't want them going

on about it so I would get more nervous.

And she has done it, Savannah Marshall takes the gold. When I won

the worlds, I thought, I am all right at this, I am good. The

reigning World Championship gold medallist, Great Britain's Savannah

Marshall! In the Olympics, ranked number one, favourite to win gold,

it was all too much for me. I just remember thinking what the occasion

was, everyone was talking about it, I think there was something like

20,000 people in the arena, I have never boxed in front of that many

people before, everyone had it set in stone that I was going to win

gold. I only needed to win one fight to win bronze, and even winning

bronze my life would have changed for ever, and that is all I have to

do. All Ireland the thinking is, I want to go home, I just want to go

home, and I was relieved that I have left it behind. -- all I remember

thinking. It took me the best part of two years to get over it. After

the Olympics, I wanted to get back into the ring to prove I was good

enough. A lot of people have written me off, because I will go missing

for a few months through injury. I had three injuries, and I am still

here, still number one. One more chance, though, to go out and do it.

Yes, Savannah Marshall, nicknamed the silent assassin, taking on Swede

Laurell Nash, also a world champion, that comes up in about 45 minutes,

and we will bring you that action on BBC Four, but we are looking forward

to the Men's Singles tennis final between Andy Murray and Juan Martin

del Potro, here is the Wimbledon champion talking to Dan Walker.

It is a golden triumph for Andy Murray! For you personally, the

Olympics is such an important part of your story, it set you up to

achieve so many great things in the sport. And also Beijing was huge for

me, I had an amazing experience, my first Olympics, but I learned so

much from losing in the first round there. It hurt me a lot, I was

gutted that I had to wait four years to get another chance, and I lost in

the Wimbledon final in 2012. All right, I am going to try this

and it is not going to be easy... I sort of said to myself after that,

I may never win a Grand Slam, I have lost in four finals, I was working

as hard as I could work, just getting close but never quite

enough, so I didn't know if I was ever going to win one. When I

accepted that, it helped me, and in terms of the tears after that match,

I was very emotional, clearly, but that happens quite a lot, and

normally you are doing it in the locker room, it doesn't happen, you

know, when you have to speak... You can blame Sue Barker if you like!

The Olympics were starting three weeks later, and it would have been

easy to be down, but I remembered Beijing, I got back on the practice

court, and after the Wimbledon final, I wanted to try and win the

event, the biggest sporting competition in the world by far. I

had played on Centre Court many times, the crowd that day was

totally different, I never expected that, and obviously Roger Federer is

extremely popular, and at Wimbledon, you know, the crowd was amazing and

gave me a huge lift that day. I don't know if there is anything that

could really top that, winning a gold medal at a home Olympics, but

getting to carry the flag out for the country here, you know, it is

pretty close. What have you made of the Brazilian experience so far? I

have enjoyed it, the tennis venue is great, the village is good fun as

well, sharing a room with my brother, which I haven't done for

about 15 years! Is it bunks?! Two single beds, which is nice, totally

different to what we are used to, tennis players are always pretty

selfish, doing stuff on our own, whereas here you are part of

something much bigger, part of the British team, and it is nice, I

enjoy that. We got little bikes outside the thing, we have all been

cycling around, racing each other around the village, seeing who can

do the best skids and stuff. It is just nice. Some of the big boys are

not here, but plenty of big names to keep the tennis fans entertained. It

is unfortunate that Roger and Stan were both injured, if those two were

here, all of the players who had won Grand Slams in the last ten years

would be here. But lots of the top players are give us, I will try my

best to have a good run. # Shoulder to shoulder, I know it

could be easy, yeah... # What would the world be if we let

it be just fine? # What would a smile be if not a

tears sometimes? # Sister, sister, I know it could be

easy, yeah # Now, keep your head up, talk to me

# I know it could be easy, yeah # Brother, brother, I know it could

be easy Lewes keep your head up, talk to me, I know it could be

easy... # Well, in our studio at Copacabana,

although we try to keep it pretty neutral, we have found five people

who we cannot quite tell where they are from! James, you are the

ringleader of this group, or looking magnificent, did you coordinate your

outfits barely on? When did you start this? When we heard it was a

Winter Olympics sorry, winter at the Olympics, we thought the 3-piece

suit would come down quite well. The weather has not disappointed, we are

freezing! Are you all from different parts of the UK? We all live in

London currently. I am from Manchester. What have you seen so

far? A lot! Hockey, volleyball, beach volleyball, Super Saturday,

table tennis... Super Saturday was pretty super, one of you have got a

selfie with Mo last night? Can I just ask how you said, Mo, can you

come here? His daughter was pretty keen for us do have a photo, so she

took the photo with us. His selfie taking skills are not quite as good!

This was his daughter. Going in tight, Mo Farah has had a selfie

with you guys, more than the other way around. There we are. That is

tremendous. So that has got to be the highlight so far, right? Half of

us only landed yesterday, we got here for the rowing and then Super

Saturday, it was pretty intense. How long have you been here? A week and

a half, it has been amazing, seen some amazing sport. One question

about the outfits, lovely jackets, and you have got something and

unease. I do not know how to ask this, can I touch it? That is

tremendous! I have to say, that is the nicest... I wish I had a T-shirt

on right now! That is tremendous, great outfit. I must say, are you

going to the athletics tonight? Hundred metres tonight, the other

British hopes, Murray is playing right now, that is where we are off

to next. Sorry to keep you! Have you enjoyed the experience of Rio, just

aside from the Olympics? Absolutely incredible. Such an amazing

atmosphere, I had heard the locals were not getting into it, but we

have been received incredibly well, wonderful time. It is great to meet

you, enjoy tonight, you are getting the gold medal for outfits, no doubt

about it, well done! That is it from the guys evolves, enjoy the rest of

your Olympics. Well done on your marathon efforts, ten days already,

that is wonderful. We are going to head over to the Olympic Tennis

Centre a little bit later, Andy Murray against Juan Martin del Potro

is coming up in a second. But just before that, this is the medal

ceremony for the mixed doubles, Venus Williams once again out of

luck, she was looking for a fifth Olympic gold medal, but she has won

the silver medal, alongside Rajeev Ram. An all-American final, of

course, and the winner was Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock, they

were the ones who came away victorious. This medal ceremony has

just delayed Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro coming on court, so

in the meantime, let's have a little visit with the former Olympian

Darren Campbell do some of the favelas around Rio.

Today I have come to a safe are in a further level. Welcome, this is 11

different communities, and this one here, the kids that we work with,

they are facing poverty, family breakdown, no job opportunities, so

it is a very poor part of town and one of the most dangerous. This is

an area that is pacified, which means there are police here, but

they fight with the local drug traffickers. This is it, this is it,

because you are on the hill, you can hear the gunfire. It is amazing,

they can be playing when there is automatic gunfire. We needed a place

where the police and the traffickers agreed not to fight, so we created

this safe space for the kids to come and play football. So this is one of

our coaches in the safe space programme. Have you seen a real

change in the people who come here? They are more happy, they are not on

the streets doing fights or something like that. The reality is

that these are the brothers and sisters of the traffickers, the

traffickers grow up in the community, so working with them is

really important so that age 1314 they are not trafficking drugs, not

picking up a gun. This is a special guest, his name is Darren Campbell.

People told me that kids like me do not win Olympic gold medals, so for

me to win the gold medal, yeah, it proved a lot of people wrong, and

that is why I believe in these guys. Widely you enjoy coming here? -- why

do you. TRANSLATION: It is a safe place to

play, and it is near my house, and I can go home really quickly. Do you

feel safe when you are here? How do these guys feel about the Olympics

being just a there? TRANSLATION: I don't like the

Olympics very much, because we are in the middle of a crisis, but I

support the athletes because it is their dream. The judo player was

happy, not just because she won, but because someone from the Cabella can

represent Brazil. It is about the inspiration of sport

for these kids, it gives them a goal, it gives them a dream.

Sport really does have the power to change lives. You can see how this

safe area does give kids the opportunity to feel part of

something, respect something, -- expect something and feel the value

that sports gives. For me, that is what Olympic legacy should be all

about. It is fascinating learning something

about life outside the main areas here in Rio, so I enjoy that from

Darren Campbell. Earlier today, we saw Justine Rose add another gold

medal to Great Britain's all. This was the winning pot on 18. It was

all level between he and Henrik Stenson going down the 18th --

winning pot. Henrik Stenson didn't play as well at 18 as many thought

he would but Justine Rose's Berdych proved enough to give him the final.

It was a tremendous tussle on the day, they shared the lead, Henrik

Stenson took it briefly but in the end, on 18, it was Justin Rose that

came away with a victory. Henrik Stenson takes the medal from

Stenson. Matt Kuchar with the bronze on 13-under. Afterwards, Justin Rose

spoke to Kat Downes. Justine, congratulations, you are

the Olympic champion. Before these Games, some people said gold had no

place at the Olympics. You are wearing the gold-medal now. Tell

them they are wrong, tell them how it feels. They are absolutely wrong.

Every single player that came to Rio will admit they had the most amazing

week, potentially, of golfing lives. The competition has been first

class, going up against Henrik Stenson, probably the best player in

the world right now, was obviously a huge challenge and that is what the

Olympics is about, the best of the best bringing their best on the day.

It proved to be a great final round. The medal ceremony was a surreal

experience, something I have seen and witnessed many times in other

sports but to see Matt and Henrik Stenson, two good friends of mine,

up there, it was something to behold. It must have been something

new to you guys, don't tend get to belt the national anthem out. All I

could hear was myself, normally you are in a stadium with 80,000 people.

So I realised how bad my voice was. I muddled through the words but got

most of them right. Do you think golf has answered its critics

because of the showcase you and Henrik put on, all the way around,

neck and neck, tied for the lead then the last. What a great

showcase. From my point of view, it is something I focused on and was

hungry for an something I wanted to peak for. It has been at the

forefront of my mind for the last few months, building in here.

Absolutely, I think golf... Hopefully it was an exciting vision

people can really get into it. I believe it was a great showcase for

golf for the first time in the Olympics for 112 years. Holding your

nerve for that last pitch and pot, congratulations, Olympic champion.

Thank you, the mind is scrambled, I am just taking it all in. Henrik,

commiserations, it came right down to the last pitch and putt.

Absolutely, it always felt like it would be a battle on the last nine

and I thought it would be Justine and myself battling out for gold and

silver. We were a couple of shots ahead of Matt, who had a fantastic

round. Justine had a good pitch from a good angle and I didn't hit my

best from a slightly more difficult angle, so well done to Justin Rose,

I am happy for him to win it and I can't be too disappointed with

leaving with a silver medal. As Justin Rose said, he out Stensoned

Stenson. Yes, there were a couple of moments. He got up and down at 14,

made a birdie on the next one, it was back and forth for a couple of

holes and came down to the last hole, so no regrets. I know you are

great friends, so nice to share the podium with a great friend, if you

had to be beaten by anyone. I think we can kiss and make up in about a

month's time in the Ryder Cup. It could be a good combo to have gold

and silver teeing it up again. Congratulations. Matt,

congratulations, bronze in the end. What a round from you, you started

the day 5-under, out of contention people said, and you stand here with

a bronze medal. I knew it would take an amazing man and I wish every time

I wanted an amazing round, I could do that but everything came through

and it was meant to be. -- take an amazing round. I got a birdie on the

front, set up the front side, an eagle on the tenth hole and thought,

can I go for more than bronze? But to be an outside shot and get a

medal, I can't begin to explain how excited I am and how much pride

ideal and a third-place finish is just amazing. Congratulations, thank

you for stopping to chat to us. A reminder that the men's Omni and

is currently taking place on BBC One, -- Omnium. The men's sprint

final still to come, Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner in the best of three

finals. But we are heading to Centre Court at the Olympic tennis Centre,

where Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro have just arrived. Andy

Murray won the gold medal in London in 2012, Del Potro, who has huge

support here, the Argentinian fans have been fantastic at all the

Olympic venues and of course, Del Potro won bronze in London. Here

comes Andy Murray trying to defend the title he won four years ago and

add to the Wimbledon title he won earlier in the summer. Let's join

our commentators at the Olympic tennis Centre, Simon Reed and Paul.

Thank you very much. So, here we go. A few more Brits in today but a

whole load from Argentina. The one hope to neutralise the noise

as far as the Brits are concerned is that the Brazilians will naturally

not favour the Argentine and so they will take Andy Murray to their

hearts. That is the hope. Well, it couldn't have been more different

yesterday. Murray breezing through against K Nishikora. But Juan Martin

Del Potro having to go three hours and a quarter against Rafael Nadal,

right up against the brink, he was, broken back. It looks like it would

be Rafa's match, it wasn't to be, but he clawed it out. So here we

are, Murray is a match away from doubling up with gold medals.

Exciting atmosphere. Absolutely, looking forward to this one. It

really is a cauldron, cavernous stadium and I would say it is about

half full at the moment. The upper tier is starting to fill up and the

atmosphere is bubbling up nicely. Really quite something for these two

athletes. We have already had two gold-medal

matches. The Mixed Doubles, Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock be eating

RAM and Williams. And the women's doubles. -- beating Ram and

Williams. The atmosphere is nothing like this, though. Pascal Marier is

a man in charge and he will have a lot of work to do, like James

Keothavong did yesterday. You probably picked it up better

than I did, because the noise is so great around us but it sounded like

Del Potro won the toss of the coin and he has elected to receive. I

think so and Andy is happy that end. Yes, it is very volume us out here,

there is a nervous, palpable anticipation of this one.

Head-to-head between the two of them is 5-2 in Murray's favour. There is

the run-through from Del Potro. The big one in the first round, knocking

out a Novak Djokovic, the world number one, by a country mile. Then

jazz Sousa of Portugal. Ben Daniel of Japan. Roberto Bautista Agut, he

won that in two sets. Then Rafa. Andy Murray has been comfortable,

beating Viktor Troicki, Monaco and then a very difficult match against

Fabio Fognini, then coming through 6-3 in the third and then Steve

Johnson. Johnson was 4-3 up at one point and had a break. Murray broke

back and clawed it out, 7-6 in the third, and then the match against

Nishikori was pretty comfortable. Yes, he was 3-0 down in the third to

Fabio Fognini and pulled that one out up the bag. The sun is setting

on what has been a gorgeous day here in Rio. This man has arguably one of

the most devastating ground shots in tennis. He is feared throughout the

world. The forehand is absolutely thunderous. It could be pivotal

today against Andy Murray. He cocks that racket head up really high and

as it descends, it is just a mighty third. 24 hours ago, he was in

tears. He was a wreck after beating Nadal. Has he recovered. Murray

would have watched his reaction and thought, that is very interesting.

Or you have done is get to the final. I know it was big for you,

but it was a heck of a reaction from Del Potro. He even went into the

first tier of the crowd and started hugging them, which is nice to see

but of course, it is all draining and Andy Murray will be savouring

all of that and holding his nerve back as a consequence. Frenchman in

charge. Argentines wherever you look around the stadium. I would say it

is a bit more than half full now. People spilling into the upper tier

pretty fast now. This is certainly the blue ticket event and everybody

very excited. There is a real per around here of energy. Can't wait

for this one to unfold. And the semifinal, the Nadal Del Potro

semifinal, thrill a minute, that was.

I know a lot of you watching our tennis buffs may not know the Del

Potro story. At the age of 20, he won the U.S. Open, destroying Roger

Federer and shortly afterwards, he had a wrist problem, had surgery on

the right wrist. It was a massive comeback he had to endure. And then

it got to 2015 and when it looks like he was coming back, the other

wrist, the left wrist, would you believe, which he uses for the

double hander, that went, and he had three surgeries and at one stage, it

looked like he was never going to play again. He said he couldn't even

watch tennis because he got so depressed watching other guys. But

with the help of his doctor, they have worked out a schedule. He

hasn't had to change his technique. Even though he is ranked 141, at

take notice -- take no notice of that, this is a top-10 player in

every sense of the world and Murray will treated just like that. It was

only 2010 when he was ranked fourth in the world. He brings such

presence, so statuesque at six foot six, and when he gets to that

forehand, he is joined on this. And it will have to have a good game

plan prepared to combat that. Andy has come into this in a very

positive frame of mind. Whenever he has been asked about defending the

title, he says he doesn't see it that way. No one is going to take

that gold medal he won in London away from him. He just sees this as

doubling up, another huge achievement but he doesn't see it as

defending anything and that is exactly the right attitude to come

into this match with. He wants to go out there as hunting rather than

hunted and he has nothing to defend, no one is going to strip him of the

gold medal, he has to build and win a second, which would be historic if

he could. Del Potro has been sparing in his tournaments, very careful. He

went to Australia hoping to play, had some practice and it wasn't

feeling right, so he pulled out of Australia. He didn't start back in

February, having spent the best part of a year out of tennis. Since then,

it has been step-by-step. Semifinal in Stuttgart, where he lost a

Kohlschreiber. Third round in Wimbledon, but he beat Stan Wawrinka

in the second round. That showed as he was getting ready for the top

flight again and he has shown that again here in Rio. Murray's form,

well it has been a little bit staccato. Terrific yesterday,

terrific in the first two rounds. Against Fognini and Johnson, it

wavered here and there but when he was under pressure, he has found

what was needed. He has dug deep when he has needed to cover showing

a lot of character and because of all the hard yards he has run

throughout this, his body is home, he knows that and it gives him a lot

of self trust as a consequence. I think the question on everybody's

lips, can Del Potro pull off a third big surprise? You took out Djokovic

in the opening round, a tearful farewell for him as he left the

court, and then Nadal yesterday, did it again. What is it about tennis

players and tears? They seem to flow readily in the last few years. It is

the modern man, that is what it is, we are all in touch with our

emotions, we are allowed to let go every now and then. I speak as if I

am in their company! But this is a real privilege, this

afternoon-evening, this just about to get under way. It is starting an

hour and a half later than scheduled because the ceremonies took longer

than people thought, matches were not short. What is the result of

that? The temperature is still pretty high, around 26, it has been

up towards 30, there is no sun on the court now, humid, around 52%

humidity, and a light breeze. But pretty good conditions now. Yeah,

idyllic playing conditions, not much breeze, which will not be

interfering with the Bulthuis. Best of five sets in the final, best of

five tie-break sets, and that may work in Murray's favour, bearing in

mind what happened yesterday to Del Potro. But it is Andy Murray of

Great Britain to begin. The continuing problem of spectators

moving and taking their seats as players are about to serve. It won't

go away, that is for sure. If there is considerable residue

from what happened yesterday, I guess we can pick it up at the start

and towards the end of the match. Is Del Potro going to take a little

while to get going here? Well, imperative for both players to

get a good start at an event of such huge magnitude. It is about holding

serve first to settle down. It is the immediate response from

Murray when he plays a poor shot these days, towel, to slow things

down. And that was a strange choice, given that the match is so young, I

thought he would have wanted to bludgeon the ball to settle into the

match a little more. Well, you could see a real

deliberation in the footwork there behind the ball from Andy Murray,

just wanting to ensure that... The crowd starting already. Yes, the odd

chant from the Argentines just food down by the Brazilians. -- booed. No

love lost between the two nations! Listen to that roar. It seems a lot

have come here to sit apart rollovers! But we will take that. --

to see Del Potro lose. Now it is the Argentines. Well, there is a lot of

Argentine flags all around the upper pressure Lens of this wonderful

court here. -- echelons. It is probably about three quarters full.

People coming in all the time. So it is the 27-year-old, they

called him the Tower of Tandil, and you can understand why, especially

if you happen to be receiving his serve.

Another key element, of course, will be how much can Andy Murray

nullified the Del Potro serve, a cornerstone of his game, that and

the big forehand. It is imperative that he gets a good number of first

serves in so he can be on the front foot in the rally.

So an opening straightaway. Our commentary position is to the right,

we are right behind the bird's nest at the stop with our view of the

stadium. Well, we have been saying all week

out hard it is to hit through this abrasive hard court, it can play

slowly, but Del Potro does have the weight of shot to crush the blue,

and he does have very flat trajectory. He plays with fine

margins, this big man. Well, that has taken a bit out of

him, a little sickly smile, but it is interesting there not just that

Del Potro won the rally, because normally Murray would win rallies of

that length, but he was moving fine. Anyone who can get past Rafael Nadal

on a slow hard court is moving well, he is very efficient for a big man.

But Murray will be happy if rallies of that length continue. UMPIRE:

Let, first service. And it is an interesting talking

point, because Murray would often wait too long in the point, and that

could be problematic against a player like Del Potro. He likes the

rally to be longer, but perhaps not too long, because he can become a

little passive sometimes. Yeah, a shot that has become

Murray's trademark, that backhand crosscourt, it was Leon Smith, the

head of men's tennis, just loving that. The change of pace, the long,

slow slice, then the vicious acceleration, just stamping on the

volley to get it away. So break point in Del Potro's opening service

game. There is that forehand, what a way

to respond! So positive. You can see why, even though he is an enormous

man, why he has had problems with his wrist. These days, the problems

are happening more with the left wrist, the double hander. Initially,

six years ago, when he had a year out, it was the right wrist. Boy,

does he put some force through it! Yes, he has got a terrific

multi-segmented forehand, so many facets that he uses, the shoulder,

the elbow, the hips, the knees, or firing at the same time, and loading

into that small muscle group at the end, the wrist, a bit like a coiled

up towel. When I flick you out of the shower!

Just to put viewers at rest, that hasn't happened!

Murray constantly looking up at his physio alongside Leon. Just that

early reassurance that he seeks from his camp, still settling, these two.

Floodlights on now and it will be increasingly important. It gets dark

quite quickly here. Another half an hour and it will be virtually

night-time. Well, it is such a big, big heavy

shot, that one, but it can go astray and if the concentration is off at

all, that is what you see. Murray planning on teasing out those kind

of errors from the Del Potro forehand.

His fastest serve so far, 203. But the first ace of the match and two

ace Andy Murray, it has to be special.

But he can't finish this game off. Whenever you watch the Argentine

play, the match is usually on his terms and he has the sort of game

that can wrench the match away from several opponents, even top-10

players. We have seen that a lot in the past. But perhaps nerves

jangling a little. He hasn't quite entirely settled.

Clever play from Andy Murray, using the slicer to keep the ball low to

the tall man. So another chance for the break.

Murray doesn't need the lesson, but he has to be sure when he goes to

the Del Potro forehand that he has got some defence, because it wasn't

that short and Del Potro was in. He was doing anything about quarter

length on that side, Del Potro. The Argentinians really getting behind

him now. Murray standing around seven metres

behind the baseline to receive this, but he moves forward as Del Potro

serves. No. Del Potro can't finish this game

off. Very clever little half volley, it was a tricky shot as he came

forward on the forehand. You have to commend his positivity, Andy Murray

coming forward a lot already in this match, asking a number of questions

of the Argentine. By both players fully aware that if

Murray could get the early break here, it could set the precedent for

this opening set. Del Potro has to avoid rallies of

that length and more because even though he started out well, that is

not going to work for him. Absolutely and he was getting

tangled up, he wasn't fully committed, the way he moved around

his own backhand. He steered that to the double hand of Murray. So third

time lucky for Murray? Forward he comes again and this time

he does get the break. And he is four from four in net assaults, very

proactive up there, very proactive game from the British number one.

Watches this ball so closely, leaving nothing to chance. Secures

it with the legs, good use of the other half for balance. Head still.

It is a massive blow early on for the Argentine.

Yes. Murray did well to get it back but didn't exactly put Del Potro

off. There is a guy just sauntering along

behind the camera man just to the right of Murray.

Murray was distracted by it. He carried on. I am not sure he is not

one of the security guys. But halfway through that point, he

started walking around again. He should know better, really. One of

the line judges has gone over to him to tell him to keep still.

He got lucky there, it was a fine volley at the end. Off the left, it

could have gone anywhere. It was a world-class quality because he was

under the pressure of the scoreboard and to make that off volley at that

stage, highly skilled from Andy Murray. Far easier to volley back

where the ball has come from. Terrific control of the racket head,

but it is a plan to get forward as much as he can. As much as he feels

comfortable with, maybe a little more.

Just out. And here is a chance for an immediate break back for the

Argentine. Terrific from Murray. Absolutely

brilliant from Andy Murray, targeting most of his traffic to the

backhand of Del Potro for obvious reasons but didn't he defend that

lob well? That was right on his own baseline. Del Potro disgusted with

himself are not making that. Second break point.

Well, you have to take your hat off to Del Potro. After all that

happened yesterday and the iffy start he has made, that was some

character and it is now 1-2. Three Games so far, two breaks of

serve, Andy Murray leading Juan Martin Del Potro 2-1 in the first

set of the gold medal match. Well, the Sun has set here at the

Copacabana beach so it is time to bring you up-to-date with the

headlines on what has been a tremendous day for Great Britain.

History today for Max Whitlock as he became Britain's first

gold-medallist in Olympic gymnastics when winning the men's floor

competition. Amazing scenes as Brazil took silver and bronze.

You have heard the one about buses? Well, moments later, Whitlock won a

second gold medal on the pommel horse and Louis Smith took the

silver to add the cherry on top. Meanwhile, America's stap gymnast

Simone Biles won a third gold medal of the Rio Games. A 19-year-old

Texan also won gold in the individual and team all around

competitions -- the 19-year-old. Justine Rose is the Olympic golf

champion after a tremendous tussle with Henrik Stenson. Rose has really

embraced these Games and celebrated in style.

And over on BBC One at the moment, the final of the men's sprint

between Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner. It will be taking place in

the next half an hour. Jason Kenny took the first of the best of three

final. Here on BBC Four, we are sticking with the tennis and the

gold medal match between Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro. Let's

rejoin Simon and Paul. I hope you are ready for a long

evening, three games, we have been going for 27 minutes, so much has

happened. Murray guessed he was getting to the

ball, and he was almost there as Del Potro made his shot. They have

obviously done their homework, the team and coaches, studied footage of

where Del Potro likes to go, Murray guessing dead right.

Terrific shot. What a response this is from Murray, so often at his best

when he has been wounded. Service weight of Del Potro has gone

ratcheting up. But still he is staring at 0-30.

He tried to lay the hammer down just a bit too strong there. Murray has

three chances to break Del Potro for the second time.

And he did it with ease. An immediate backlash from Andy Murray,

real credit to him, showing the mental fortitude there.

He has had 17 successive wins going into this match. It is a difficult

habit to break, especially when you are as good a player as he is.

That was just too good a shot from Murray, he knew Del Potro was coming

forward. There was an urgency of the footwork from Murray, and didn't he

do well to get the ball to the big man's toes, always awkward when you

are six foot six. Yeah, measured it to perfection. He

has lifted his game to just about the highest level it can be, but it

looks at the moment too good a level four Del Potro. Yeah, this was just

perfectly weighted and angled, and it had to be, Del Potro closing down

the angle - to no avail, in the end. He wasn't sure about the shot at the

baseline, not sure he gave it 100% in his reply, and Murray just popped

it up, and now he has got three points for 4-1.

So 4-1, and after a tricky start, suddenly, it is looking a little

one-sided, but Del Potro has to hold here, otherwise this set is gone. A

very strong couple of games from Andy Murray, really making a

statement of intent, a huge backlash, having relinquished on his

own serve a few games ago. He is back with a vengeance now, now

looking very good, very focused, intense with the footwork, good

energy from Britain's finest. We understand that Murray has booked a

jet tonight, he is sharing it with Rafa Nadal, making their way home.

Nadal is probably very fatigued after yesterday, when he put so much

in and didn't get any reward when he lost to Kei Nishikori in the bronze

medal match, Nishikori winning in straight sets. Could be mixed

emotions on that flight if Murray has his way here. Rafa Nadal has

played something like 12 matches, he won the doubles with Marc Lopez, his

dear friend, gold medal there. So he has come away with something, quite

remarkable for Rafa Nadal, having had such a long time and since the

French Open, to be competing at this level, absolutely commendable. So

what now for Del Potro? He has got to come up with something.

Well, he is landing 60% of first serves in, but only winning 50% of

them due to the terrific returning skills of Murray.

Enterprising play from Del Potro. Yes, Murray has always been regarded

as the second-best return in the game, some would say in the history

of the game behind Djokovic. I am not sure he is number two anymore.

No! Interesting to see the court position of Andy Murray, well back

from behind the Rio sign. Doesn't want to give too much time to Del

Potro, we know what he is like when he has too much time, he winds up

that forehand and wounds you. Well played. Every point, even the

40-0 point, given total intensity. How often do you see a player lapse

when they are 40-0 up? But Andy was preying on that right now, spreading

the court really well to the Del Potro forehand there.

Well, he kills you so beautifully, doesn't he? Death by a thousand

cuts, isn't it? Just teasing, Del Potro thought for a second that he

could, he went, but too late, though.

190 km/h out wide, ace number two, but still Murray by a break. There

is no doubting his bone-crushing power, but there has been a few

grimaces from Del Potro, almost as if he is a little fatigued after the

endeavours against Nadal yesterday. But the support will no doubt buoy

him. Murray off the mark Wood aces now.

-- with. Well, if it was over, it was a

winner. And of late there has been most scenes of Del Potro coming

forwards, I think Andy has to be a little bit more careful that he is

not too passive. We have seen him go through these meandering phases of

complacency, let's hope this is not one here.

Well, he is only two from eight on second serve points won, Murray.

Well, we talk so often about the line between being overly aggressive

and Del Potro normally cooks that of just about right, but we have seen a

few too many unforced errors from his forehand side.

He is a brute of a man, Del Potro, but he has got real skill as well.

Soft handed brilliance here, very explosive first step, got it early

enough that he could tickle it over nicely, poise and balance, using the

other arm nicely. Putting the brakes on by stabbing his heels into the

court. Well, rather off balance on that

second serve. His first double, and a chance for another break back.

Well, if he had done that on a backhand, there would be only one

mirror, and it would be marry. Not there. -- Andy Murray. We're coming

straight back to the tennis but over on BBC One there is the men's sprint

final in the track cycling and the second races coming up very shortly

with the gold medal up for grabs. It is Jason Kenny against Callum

Skinner and Jason Kenny won the first race.

So, Murray will be a bit upset with himself there, allowing Del Potro to

get the break. There has been criticism of Murray, previous second

teaming up with Ivan Lendl, at the beginning of matches he plays not to

lose but once he is a difficult position he plays to win. I think

Ivan Lendl sorted that out again and I haven't seen it but it is

something to watch out for. That was a little reactive from Andy Murray,

that service game there where he relapsed and we haven't seen in

venture into the net as he did in the early part of being sacked. He

was six from seven in that regard but just losing his way about their

and nothing gained and Del Potro capitalising on it, as you would

expect. The matches being played at a pedestrian pace. It is always thus

with Del Potro. We have been going out for three quarters of an hour,

seven Games. It has been two consecutive games

against Andy Murray, and he has to stop the rot now as the momentum

bubble of Del Potro is really starting to swell.

The rock-solid Andy Murray that we are used to seeing is not there at

the moment, perhaps a lapse in concentration. Del Potro compound in

that misery, with his serve approaching 200 kilometres an hour.

Well, it Del Potro is definitely orchestrating affairs over the last

three games and Andy Murray is in its carrying phase at the moment,

just playing chase. It is all dependent on how many seconds Cerci

gets a look at here. -- how many second serves he gets a look at

here. Now the rhythm has gone from Murray. Hopefully that won't last

long but that is the situation. It is for- four.

The scoreboard confirming the run of three games for Del Potro and the

South American energy is starting to bubble up.

I just don't get it. It is certainly like there is a switch or plug has

been pulled out somewhat. A complete turnaround in this set. He was in

control at 4-1. Oh! So far wide, so far back, del

Potro still able to crush it across, and then gets the winner down the

line. Three things have happened at here that are really very

interesting. The Andy Murray service percentage of first serves has come

right down and he is now a low 50% and his court position is rendering

him a little less effective and he hasn't for raid to the net in the

last two games at all. -- he hasn't made a foray to the net in the last

two games at all. He is challenging. It is down the

line. We are a long way up. He did challenge instantly as well. I think

the referee didn't see the first challenge so here's saying it is too

late. No, he is wrong. He raised his hand immediately. We didn't say

anything perhaps and that is the issue but he didn't hear anything

and he thought he didn't challenge. He is lucky because it might well

have been out there. If it had been it was 0-40. Yes, it could be

consequential. Del Potro has to forget it but it might be tough.

Oh, it is a good shot. Not quite enough loft on the club from del

Potro but Murray did well. How the umpire cannot say he did not

challenge quickly enough when he was not looking at him, because we saw

him and it was instant. Yes, that was poor from the umpire. A huge

point here. Credit to Del Potro, he didn't make

too much of it. He could really have brought the crowd into it and made

it a raucous few minutes. That was a fine shot from Murray and what a

timely one? Yes, I was about to say the same. Look at that, what

position and the unreturnable backhand inside the baseline is the

core position from Murray and it shows that if he can land the first

served he can have his way with a point as often as not.

It is all a bit of a fight at the moment. I think it is very hard when

you have been playing catch up in the point and you are used to

scurrying, and suddenly having to turn on something very aggressive.

Yes, it is dark now. It is ticking up to 6pm local time.

Here we go, says Murray. He won what could have been a dangerous game

there, and he forces Del Potro to serve to stay in the set. Yes, that

was a very brave game from Andy Murray, wrestling with his first

serve percentage and collapsing with his chin and Chester Little bit. He

needs to stay up there and keep the tossing arm up a little longer. He

is still in this set with an upper hand indeed, more crucially. Can he

hold on? At Wimbledon he was 65% first serves in as an average but at

the moment 47. A wonderful site as the sun sets.

You don't win Olympic titles easily. Anyone who thought this might be

easy after Del Potro was involved in that marathon effort yesterday, a

little wide of the mark. Third Olympics, of course, for