Day 9 BBC One: 00.00-03.00 - ft Men's 100m Final Olympics

On the other hand, he might have been so shattered that he stopped

sleeping! That was a good, deep serve. Murray

was after it. That's what he did on the set point,

that kind of forehand return. He could do with another one right now.

Break back point for Murray. BOOING

What is this? Is it a time violation again?

No harm done. Maybe a lack of communication.

We couldn't see what the problem was. Maybe you picked something up

at home, but it is so noisy here. The miss timed forehand from Murray

brought Del Potro in, but didn't Murray squeeze them? Yes, Del Potro

unable to stabilise the wrist and make the volley. Look at this, he

gets down and secures it, well done. Oh, gorgeous! A mouthwatering shop

to break back there from Andy Murray. Such fine hand skills.

Look at this, just perfectly weighted, it was carving underneath

the ball, beautiful to watch. And he has broken Del Potro three times in

a row. Quite something. When you think that Del Potro is serving

still at 74% of first serves in. Huge effort from Murray.

Sorry for the lip readers amongst you! Four doubles now.

Well, he did it in the game prior, didn't he? Not so now, but he still

finds himself 0-30 down. Looking tired, but he still seems as

if he has got plenty left. How much longer?

If he can break here, he will be given a big lift.

He has got it! It's landed on the line. Del Potro can't believe it, he

looks across but he knows it was in. And he is a very fair man, Del

Potro, just acknowledging that nicely. It was a beautiful height

and weight from Andy Murray, landed plum on the line.

Just when he's trying to close the door on the Argentinian, he offers

him another lifeline. Well, it wasn't cleanly hit from Del

Potro, and Murray actually had a more difficult task, to dig that one

up, then he might have. But let's give him credit. Del Potro gets the

break, three successive breaks, he leads to- one.

STUDIO: So, we are staying with this match. Andy Murray looking to defend

the title he won in London 2012, but that is the scene at the athletics

stadium, because it is such a big night. Usain Bolt aiming for the

trouble trouble here in Rio, following a double treble success in

London. Tonight the eyes of the world will be watching to see if he

can deliver again. -- treble treble. The 100 metres, the big one. It has

got its own distinct rhythm. Before the start, measured, composed,

ready, set, and then bang. That overwhelming tension is broken in an

explosion of action. Blink and you'll miss it. Don't miss it.

To 20 5am, set your alarm, stay with us. His main rival for gold is

Justin Gatlin, some casting him as track and field's archvillain,

having served two doping suspensions. He will be lining up,

and one thing is for certain, they will have their work cut out. Back

to the gold medal match, Andy Murray taking on Juan Martin Del Potro for

the gold medal. COMMENTATOR: Who is going to hold

serve first in this set? No one has yet.

Yes, the change of the point of attack worked a treat. We appreciate

it is gone midnight at home, coming up to quarter past 12. Well done for

staying with us. Those of you working tomorrow, hope you've got an

understanding boss! It has been a familiar pattern in

this set, the 0-30. Now, can Del Potro wriggle out of jail? They are

both terrific servers, they just haven't been in this set.

And exhausting rally for Del Potro. And he is struggling now. He is

rubbing his left by like it just might be beginning to cramp up.

There is a lot of grimacing going down, and doubling over. Murray

looking right down the court at him, and saw all of that, and that will

be like manner from heaven. Three break back points.

To the credit of Andy Murray, he gets the forehand through the court

a lot faster over the last 18 months or so, that was a positive miss.

The torture is increasing on Del Potro. Murray breaks but it was not

just the break, it was that kind of body language. Murray is using the

slice effectively, the ball staying low and Del Potro hating getting

down low and it all became too much. Well, he looks close to exhaustion,

he is difficult to read but when he was massaging his leg, that told us.

Their hammer blows are not having the same effect at the moment and he

is extended slightly out of his comfort zone, he is struggling and

buckling physically. Losing control of that end range volley, earlier on

he would have made that. A much-needed rally from Del Potro,

but it took a lot out of him. That right arm is working pretty well. He

keeps an ever menacing presence in the set, there is a nonchalance

about it but he's still presses for a winner.

They have been flowing thick and fast, the errors, from the man in

the light blue shirt. Murray moves in front in this fourth

set for the first time. Murray is a keen boxing fan and in

the boxing parlance, this is like a fighter going into the tenth or 11th

round and he has taken most of the blows and sees his opponent welding.

It seems that way now, we will see, he leads 3-2. Can he land a knockout

blow on Del Potro. You're watching the men's singles gold medal match.

Andy Murray looking to defend the title that he won in 2016. Very hot

day here in Rio and you can see what it is doing to Juan Martin Del Potro

who has been terrific in this competition. Straight after this

gold medal match, he is loving it, we will be crossing live to the

Olympic Stadium because it is a massive night, 2:25 a.m., 100 metre

final, Usain Bolt versus Justin Gatlin and on BBC Four, if you want

the build-up, look at that scene, beautiful stadium, cross to BBC for

now if you want to hear from Gabby Logan and Michael Johnson and the

team. Here on BBC One, we are staying with his gold medal match.

Let us rejoin our commentators. How much has he got left? He had the

physio on rubbing his leg, he is not allowed to have a time-out for cramp

but he is allowed to have the physio one in a normal change of ends. He

was rubbing his legs furiously. 2-3. You wonder what else the physio gave

him! An injection of energy from Del Potro.

Still given the short ball, and invariably good night, but he is

getting less and less short balls. Mesmerising when he plays like this.

Murray challenging him, that is a huge game for Del Potro. A love

service game, it is three all and the crowd again getting animated.

Thunderous simplicity. He is trying to dance on his feet, Del Potro, as

the crowd get even more animated. Hears in one of those lights out

unplayable phases right now. -- he is in. They sensed they can help

carry him home here. Well, it was interesting that point,

Murray played it well but Del Potro was surprisingly quick. He was.

Still got some fuel in the tank. Murray Carvin around the outside of

bowel and beautifully -- carving around the outside of the angle.

Murray is challenging. I think he suspects that it was out. He has

already lost one challenge. There is a second gone. He has got one

challenge left for the rest of this set. He will be feeling a little but

more vulnerable. -- a little bit. Down the line looked the better

option, but not to be. Two break points for Del Potro.

The atmosphere has become raucous again. Trying to lift their man.

The lob nowhere near good enough and out of nowhere, Del Potro breaks

once more. He is an enigma, Murray. When you

least expect it, and that is part of the problem, when he least expects

it, suddenly, sometimes it goes addressed and that is how it seemed

there. Full credit to Del Potro, he was smacking it, but Murray was not

having it. The untimely double fault makes you wonder about where his

mind was that. Simultaneously coupled with the fact that Del Potro

made some good ball there and another break of serve on Murray and

it is frustrating for British fans because he has looked in control and

suddenly relinquishes that grip. We had that analogy about petrol and it

seems he is running out of petrol and if you looked at the petrol

gauge, it would not have looked pretty, but that gives him more

fuel, what happened in that last game. A little pit stop for him,

favourably. It has certainly buoyed, concern for those men, in the Murray

camp. It was a huge effort for Del Potro.

Whether or not he wins or loses this, because it was a titanic

effort yesterday, full of emotion. Dad, what have you done to me? We

have seen some great wigs and masks! Del Potro them, 4-3. Every time he

has broken in the set, Murray has broken straight back. -- this set.

Sure enough, he is on his case a game. The tactic that has become

prevalent for Murray is the drop shot but also the heavy Bush lies,

staying very low to Del Potro, does not want to bend his knees.

Great return, maybe earlier in the match, Del Potro would have gotten

that. He was a step slow, did not quite get his legs behind that. Snap

of the wrist too strong. He has served so well tonight, Del

Potro. 73% first serves in. Andy Murray only 50%. It has kept him

afloat or certainly helped him. At this juncture, that is not the

shot you would expect from Murray. They are normally a bit more

conservative in nature and a steadier type of choice.

CHEERING Well, he picked to serve! He

couldn't make it happen. No!

CHEERING Superb from Del Potro. What a lion

heart he is. Murray will have to serve now to stay in the set. Yeah,

you would have to take your hat off to Del Potro's fighting spirit. It

has been so commendable. He's shown such attitude and application and

she's been physically up against the wall. -- he's been physically up

against the wall. Certainly there are Argentines everywhere.

UMPIRE: Thank you. Quiet, please. Thank you.

Yep! Terrific injection of pace there from Murray.

He is desperate to ask to serve it out question of Del Potro and hold

onto his own serve here prior. Again, a stop slow. We are losing it

more and more, but still anything within range, he is playing

remarkably well. I think he would be foolish to step off the pedal as

regards going after the forehand because it has served him so well.

That shot has normally been a gimmefor Murray, but not totally

this evening. That drifted way out. Murray holds

and Del Potro will have to serve out for this fourth set. Getting a few

tweets in saying, "Hurry up, Murray. I want to go to bed." Believe me, it

is not for want of trying. You can understand. It is very late back

home. What a great side it is. A privilege to be here. -- what a

great site it is. It is a privilege to be here. Very rarely in matches

that are not Davis Cup do you get an atmosphere like this. Yes, they have

been so vocal throughout, haven't they? Any opportunity just jumping

around. Fun. It doesn't seem alcohol-fuelled either, does it? No.

Just fun-loving, really encouraging their man on and enjoying the whole

atmosphere. Murray is probably thinking about

the next point, the first point off the Del Potro serve that he wants to

get his teeth into. So after three hours and 25 minutes

Del Potro serves to take us into a deciding set.

A great defence from Murray! And how often you heard Andy Murray's

racquet clattering on the floor, almost as a stabiliser to regain his

balance in the point. But it served him well.

UMPIRE: Thank you. Thank you. Quiet please. Thank you.

That looked tired. I may have been looking too closely at it, but it

was a very tired shot. It was a lazy address to the ball, wasn't it? Far

the too relaxed. So the pressure quadrupled now.

Oh, well played! CHEERING

Yes, it was the sledgehammer forehand approach that came to his

rescue. Great timing over head. A couple of those lobs went up so high

they needed Air Traffic Control from Murray. They are always tough to

take out of the air. That is where he is scoring now.

CHEERING Pinning him on the backhand side and

then playing down the forehand. That was supreme from Murray. Two

breakback points. Oh, so good from Del Potro!

CHEERING The serve was crunched in at 200kph.

Just a giant strike to his right. CHEERING

Oh! Unreal! Take a bow, both of you. Del Potro was hanging onto the net

as if it was supporting him. Robust Andy Murray all the hard yards run

serving him well. Again, it was amazing that Del Potro

got to that drop shot, but Murray stayed composed and just having the

foresight to move forward on that was just brilliant for Murray. It

was an exquisitely waited drop shot but Del Potro will be saying, "How

did he get that?" Murray backing up well, though. He closed the door.

There is the break back. CHEERING

Well, it has been drama to the full, unfolding incredibly.

Murray had to work so hard for the break and now he's got it. Is he in

the home straight? CHEERING

Oh, it's still there! Everyone at home would have winced. It just went

off like a gun. Wow! Great to see him smile, too. What an engaging

character he is, Del Potro. CHEERING

There we go again. I thought it was long. Murray should

challenge here. It is interesting, if he misses this, he is out of

challenges. It is a long way down, but - it is in. So Murray is out of

challenges. Until and if we go for a tie break where he gets one more,

but right now he's got to rely on the officials. A credit to pass

Queensland Maria then for intervening. -- Pasquel Maria then

for intervening. Murray stealing in. The brain is

still working. Woah! Wondrous. It looked a fair

decision for Murray to come in on that. A split-second later, it

didn't. Two break points. Two more break points. For the Argentine. It

was a wonderful approach from Andy Murray. He actually hit it very,

very well, reasonable depth. Terrific, inspired range from Del

Potro. Ha!

CHEERING His ninth ace. None were as

important as that one. CHEERING

Suddenly the rabbit becomes a wand. LAUGHS

. Yes. Well said. -- Suddenly the racquet becomes a wand.

LAUGHS Yes, well said.

CHEERING What a huge hold.

He is a game away from the gold medal. I understand in Andy's home

he's got this stair machine. You know the ones that just go on and on

up the stairs and he drives himself to these almost -- he drives himself

until he is almost ill. He is almost falling off it. It is for moments

like this that he does that. Absolutely stairway to heaven.

Over on BBC Four the athletics is starting. It should be a momentous

night. I think in about an hour and 25 minutes Usain Bolt will be going.

So a fantastic night of athletics coming up. But, he will stay right

here with this gold medal match and Andy Murray is a game away from his

second Olympic title. Relentless power. It is still there.

It is just incessant, isn't it? Oh, he got away with it. Didn't do

quite enough, really, with the overhead. Always strikes me as quite

remarkable how this man can live at this tempo when he is quite tired as

well. It is a high-octane match. Still crushing big shots.

Murray is furious with himself. He is shaking his head because he was

onto his serve. He really fancied that return.

CHEERING Oh! Well, he is claiming someone in

the crowd put him off. A lot of booing. Some for the person who

might have done that and some for Murray's reaction.

Wouldn't Murray love to finish it right here, rather than having to go

through the torture of the tie break?

It's getting very noisy. And security is being called.

I think that someone's been asked to leave. One of Argentine supporters.

This guy. Are they booing because he's a hero

or because he's a villain? Well, he's happy he made an impact.

After 4 hours exactly it's the gold medal point for Murray.

It was on, his racket. That was as tension-riddled forehand return.

CHEERING Andy Murray is a double Olympic gold

medallist. They have already achieved so much.

But they'll have a special bond after what's happened in the last

four hours. You have to feel for Del Potro.

Could a man have given any more? It's almost the same as 4 years ago

in the semifinal against Federer. What can you say to him? It's been a

fantastic evening. Words can barely contextualise what is happening over

here. It's overwhelmingly emotional, but another landmark moment in the

career of both, frankly. And now, both Argentines and Brazilians, the

honourable rar Brits joining in unison.

He could not have given more. I'm amazed he last at the level he was

going for. As long as he did. And now it's beginning to sink in. Tears

of joy last night. But after last night, 3 and a quarter hours against

Nadal, the tennis of the unbelievable standard, to produce

what he did here, is mind-boggling. Having gone through the trenches,

all the years with the wrist issues, the multiple surgeries, and that

gives him time to think about himself and what he wants to do and

just to be out here, he feels blessed. It means so much to him,

and for Andy... Murray comes over to a little band of English supporters

that he noticed earlier on. And he's going to do an interview for the

host broadcaster. We'll be talking to Andy later on, that's for sure.

Off goes Del Potro. A true gladiator. Even the

Brazilians are waving him goodbye. He played arguably better than when

he was fourth in the world. We are going to stay with the tennis

here, leading up to the medal ceremony. Is may be a few minutes'

time, but over on BBC four, Usain Bolt is going in the semifinal right

now. Forged 9 breaks of the Del Potro

serve, remarkably. And it was crunched down at 200kph, quite

often. A really watchable contest. Winners to unforced errors, Murray

really tempering that ratio so well. And I think that people just feel

spent after such an emotional roller coaster. I'm sure you do at home

too. You stayed up, it's 10 past 1. You deserve a medal. I hope you feel

it's worth it. I have to say, they take a little bit of time getting

the medal ceremonies together. You need to wait a bit longer, but it

will be great to see Andy on top of the podium, crowned as gold

medallist for the second time. It's interesting, his attitude towards it

all. 4 years ago, he won in London. And he said, I don't file like I'm

defending anything here, I'm just going for another gold medal. He's

got it now. Some of the images from the match.

And whenever he came to the net, he had great success, all night,

really. Winning 71% of those points. Returning so well to engineer 9

breaks of the big serve of Del Potro. But that was quite

insightful, that shot there. The beads of sweat flying off of his

wristband. Testament to the work that he put in throughout the night.

They talk about an Olympic cycle in swimming, and athletics, all the big

Olympic sports. Tennis is getting stronger and stronger in stature, as

far as the Olympics is concerned. But the four year cycle for Murray

began in London, and it was lift-off after that. And then Wimbledon next

year, not going to sigh the Olympics are going to finish it off, but he's

probably the favourite going into New York, because of Novak

Djokovic's maybe only temporary demise? It's been some cycle the

last 4 years. It really has. Gorgeous scenes, watching Murray.

From that sort of slightly embryotic form and then it came together for

him. There was the odd blip, at the beginning of sets, and he lost a

little bit of concentration. But every time he dropped his guard, he

came back. It's different over the course of 4 sets to sustain through

the entirety of that, some top level tennis. It was very high level

throughout. Well, we have had quite, the most extraordinary event. And

it's meant a heck of a lot to the gladiators of the sport, to Novak

Djokovic, who went out in the opening round, to Del Potro, to

Rafa, who Del Potro beat yesterday. Del Potro himself, and you saw

Murray in tears. A lot of athletes talk so much, the Olympic medals

mean more to him. And Djokovic, tearful after his loss to Del Potro

in the opening round. You could see what it meant to him. We talked

about the tears earlier on, didn't we? Tennis now seems, well it seems

the lid has come off now, and if you win a big match, you're allowed to

cry. Is started with Roger, didn't it? Then was Andy. Then we had

Djokovic crying, Del Potro crying. We had macho tennis but not macho

response, right? Interestingly as well, I wonder if they are still

trying to catch the flight tonight. It won't 9 o'clock, that's for sure.

As we said, I don't think that Andy has his own jet, but a share of one.

So the pilot will wait. A few going, but a lot staying to see the

coronation of Andy Murray. I myself wondered when Andy got

married and had the child, and I just wondered if the intensity would

still burn as fiercely as it has done. Well, I need not have worried.

Those sleepless nights with the young one. You know, the competitive

fever still burning strong in the pit of his stomach. You can see it

in his eyes, the way he conducts his business on the court, ever

tenacious. Even when he relinquishes on his own serve, he fighting back

constantly. He really is a believer now. He is knocking on the door of

number one, quite shortly, really. Djokovic suddenly looking that

little bit more fragile now. And his CV looks so impressive. Double

Olympic champion, double Wimbledon champion, US Open champion, Davis

Cup champion. Twice BBC sports personality of the year! Surely, he

has to be favourite this year. And runner-up in all the other Slams as

well. He's done it all. Quite something. 18 successive wins he's

had, but none of them more important than that. Andy Murray, double

Olympic champion. Paufl and Simon, thank you very much indeed. What a

day this is turning out to be for Great Britain. You have to say, Juan

Martin del Potro, has had a fantastic Olympics. Bronze medallist

in London, and now a silver medal. Well done, Andy Murray. I'm bet

you're glad you stayed up. We have the 100m final, company coming up

right now. A very good evening the Gabi Logan. Not the final quite yet.

We still have one more semifinal to go.

You will see the first 2 heats that did feature Usain Bolt, amongst

others, in just a moment. And yes, Bolt safely through.

Sensationally through with his almost his quickest ever semifinal.

So what response will we see from Justin Gatlin? One non-starter.

Daniel Bailey is not there. We do have James Dasaolu going for Great

Britain, right on the far side in lane 2. The first 2 through to the

semifinal, sorry, to the spinal, of course, later tonight, and 2 of the

fastest losers. Watch out for Yohan Blake, Kemarley

Brown. Gatlin in six. Gatlin gets a powerful start.

Dasaolu away well. As is Su of China many only the top 2 to go through.

It's 9.95. Not as quick as Bolt but it's pretty good. Away he goes. He's

not going to hang around. Get ready for the final. Gatlin versus Bolt.

It's all bubbling up very, very nicely. That was actually the slower

of the 3 semi-finals. And I don't know whether we can read too much

into that. Dasaolu got out pretty quick, really couldn't maintain

through there. Gatlin, with a 9.94. He's been talking about keeping

things simple all year. He is very methodical with in the way he runs.

He is so accurate with every strike. I mention this about Justin Gatlin.

He is nearly flawless. He's so powerful. Every time he strikes the

floor, pushes him forward. That's why you have got so much power. 994,

it looks pretty comfortable. He needed to find 2 more metres if he

truly wants to challenge later on. Yeah, you know, the semis can always

be a great indicator, but you think last year, Gatlin looked great in

the semi, Bolt looked not so good, but this time almost the other way

around. Bolt looks so good. And Gatlin isn't flat out here. He backs

off from this point down. He is also looking at the clock. Dasaolu ran

10.16. So no British sprinters in the final. But Gatlin is there, so

is Bolt, so is Yohan Blake. Tidy all of that up. 9.94, the winning time.

Both of the 2 qualifiers by rights went under 10 seconds but not this

time. I can tell you that in terms of fastest losers, it will mean that

Trayvon Bromell and Karabo Sibanda will just edge Chijindu Ujah. They

are going to edge him as a fastest loser. A really shame. He was the

future. He was the person we were looking to. A bit of a shame for

him. You know what? It will make him hungry. I had a look at Robbie,

getting ready for his first attempt in the high jump. The qualification

is under way. Chris Baker joins him. 12 to go through to the finals.

We'll see him jump in just a moment. Reds take you back 2 of the

semi-finals, featuring Usain Bolt. Oh, it's a false start. Andrew

Fisher is gone. Even with the ten metres start, Bolt

may have hunted him down. But he niece. We know. Yeah, this is very

clear for everyone to see. Fisher, well before the gun. As you

mentioned, he wants to fill his ambition and be great. But

unfortunately, he'll be out of his race, I believe.

Clearly away this time. Not a bad start from Usain Bolt. Already

beginning to move away from Chijindu Ujah. And 9.84. 9.84 and an easy

night for Usain Bolt. I think it's going to be quick, very quick. In

the final. And Usain Bolt will be there. What makes you think he'll be

quick, Andrew? No idea! A real majestic performance. We knew he was

going to work hard for 30 or 40m, the talent in the field alongside

him can produce that winning time themselves. So he had to get out

very well indeed, and work hard. But once he unleashes that massive

strike, not only long, it's fast. Then he just pulls the gap so

easily. And once that happens, you can see right now, boom! He moves

away and he starts to look around. Shut down, and look at the clock,

9.86. We can look forward to something really sensational. He'll

go back into the warm room, have a quick chat with his coach. They'll

discuss what they think he needs to improve now. Glen will tell him to

keep his eyes forward and for forward. What a great run for

Chijindu Ujah as well. Usain Bolt was rounded up to 9.86. In terms of

semi-finals, that is as quick as he has ever run in a semifinal. In

Beijing, the raun 9.85. A very even start. Ashmeade got out well. Just

leading this at the moment. Finishing very, very quickly. But

Jimmy hangs on for the win. That is better. He only came through as a

fastest loser, the Frenchman. Very tight for second. Not going to call

that. Very close on the line. Ashmeade is looking anxiously.

Lemaitre is there as well. Ashmeade got the better start. Got that half

a yard, Colin, and then stayed strong. He didn't look good at all

in the heats yesterday. Much much better here. He switched himself on

for this race guaranteed in the top 2 positions. This is where he can

really shine. It was an even field. He did what was necessary. He got

out of the blocks well. The help was gained by Ashmeade getting out

strongly. And Jimmy just tapped in on him. A very strong finisher. Good

frequency on the floor. Held his form to the line. A great

performance. Brilliant performance. Well, that the men's race. You join

us just as the medal ceremony is taking place for Elaine Thompson's

gold. Congratulations to Elaine Thompson,

Tori Bowie of the United States, and of course, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce,

still looking for that elusive woman who can win 3 consecutive gold

medals at the Olympics. We have seen de-Barba not do it. We Shelly-Ann

Fraser-Pryce didn't manage it either. Here is a man who can take 3

consecutive 100m gold medals. He'll do it tonight, you think, on the

form he showed. These are the finalists for this evening. Usain

Bolt qualifying fastest. That involved a couple of head turns and

very relaxed running from him. And that goes at 2:25 in the

morning. What did you make of those? And what do you make of that

line-up? The line-up isn't as good as it was last year. Justin Gatlin

isn't running as fast as he was last year. Trayvon Bromell barely got

into this. The other American. Andre De Grasse, from Canada, he did step

up. He was a bronze medallist from last year. Yohan Blake, interesting,

is back. He was one of those athletes, another Jamaican, who has

just won a World Championship back in 2009, sorry. But I thought that

bolt there just looked like what we expected from him. When he's

healthy, and he hasn't had all the injuries issues, when he is healthy,

he is unbeatable. No doubt about that. I don't expect any hiccups.

He'll do what he does. Let's talk about the 1,500m. Qualifying for

these middle distance events is so tough. It is. Hopefully, it won't

involve hiccups and hopefully, it will be smooth running. Semis for

both of the girls. Possibly slightly easy semi, the second. The form

she's showing, she does have gene Simpson in there. She is up again,

she has got Shannon robbery in there. How does she want this race

to go? The ideal way for it to be run? Ideal for her, she's beaten a

lot of the people in the semifinal, that it gots out fast. I think she's

pretty comfortable there. We don't want to see it messy. She wants to

walk off knowing she's given it her best shot. She got through a one of

the fastest losers. She'll want this race to be more straightforward for

her. She's in great shape, according to her coach. We know that Laura

Weightman is in good shape. There's some serious contenders. As we look

at the full line-up. Let's look at the names. Some Kenyan

champion, the Commonwealth champion. Still looking for a world title.

Still just 22, mind you. Brons over 800m in Moscow, through years ago.

At the world championships. Bronze at the worlds back in 2009. Running

very quickly last year. Ze over Five to go through automatically.

The next 2 fastest losers to Tuesday's final. They'll want to be

quick, not knowing how the second semifinal is going to go. And

already, a fairly brisk and taking it out. Buckman, the Australian.

Always a bit of a surging to the front and then it tends to settle

back a That is exactly what happens. They

set off at a brisk place and then they settle down and concertina and

then they have to be careful. They are jogging now. They are not

invested in a fast time. Laura Weightman is definitely not having

that. I spoke to her coach and if it goes slow, Laura will go to the

front. She's brave enough to do that. She is a strong athlete. She

needs a consistent rate. She is better when she is faster. I like to

see an athlete on the big occasion see what is happening, realise it is

not going her way and move to the front to do it herself. This is good

running by Laura Weightman. She salvaged the fist lap as they jogged

for the first few minutes. Shannon Rowberry, look out for the Moroccan

athlete who sits in fifth place at the moment. The tall German comes

running on the outside and still Laura Weightman is the pacemaker for

others at the moment. At the back of the field we are looking for two

athletes - the last time they ran in a semifinal was in the Ethiopian

championships. She was fouled for punching her team mate for being so

competitive. They are both very, very good, indeed. She is holding

the kerb. Moving through now Shannon Rowberry on the outside, alongside

McGan. Brenda Martinez is there, two Americans. Still out in front Laura

Weightman and the pace is beginning to lift again. That was better. 65

seconds. Laura can relax, don't get herself in a bad place. Stay

competitive and in. She finds herself trapped in there. She was a

finalist of the Olympic Games in London. She knows her way around and

knows what to do. She is running strongly and competitively. If she

just stays there and doesn't get too concerned about it, she will find

herself in a reasonable position from the bell. It is still bunching

and arms waving and a little bit of clipping and jostling going on

there. The two eat -- Ethiopians go to the front. Laura Weightman is

handing on the outside. Laura Weightman is in a good position as

they come up with 300 metres to go and now it will be all the way over

the last 300 metres. They are queuing up on the outside. McGann of

Ireland is running well. Shannon Rowberry is running well on the

outside. Still at this point it is about time for Laura to be

competitive and she is doing so. She is hanging on in the inside but just

hanging on. Five to go through automatically. Keira McGann - she is

trying to get around Chiara. The effort on the face of Laura

Weightman. Shannon Rowberry and Weightman just looking around and

Arafi might be the danger. The Moroccan is coming in. Weightman is

digging in. The fast-finishing - Weightman tried to hold on and just

on the line she makes it for fifth and for qualification for the final

she is through. What an effort. What a brave effort to take it out in

front and then after doing all of the work for everyone else to hold

on and make it through behind the others. Well, that was a very, very

good performance by Laura Weightman. She really ran well. She's in some

sort of distress. I am not exactly sure. Looks like she has got a spike

down the front of your foot. You can live with that if it is only a

spike. Well, it is a bad one. Let's be honest, it doesn't matter if it

is only a scratch. She looks anxious, but I tell you what, that

was a very good run by Laura Weightman. Her experience told there

and what he did was absolutely right. She moves into fifth place

but Seyaum is away. Shannon Rowberry running powerfully into the

finishing straight. Sago hanging on. Here comes Laura Weightman and

pressure on the outside but the fighter that she is and always has

been, she's battling for that. She wants to be in the final. She is

determined to be in the final. She battles on through and makes her way

to the final. She is digging deep. You can see the blood pouring down

her leg. Hopefully it is more a cosmetic problem than it is a real

wound, but at the end of the day the fastest in the world will take some

beating. Shannon Rowberry running well. Laura Weightman battling for

it. That is what it means to be in the Olympic final and that is how

much she wanted to be. It was an effort to get there. But you see the

battle scars of Weightman. That is the confrontation of nature

sometimes in middle-distance running. What an effort that was

from Weightman to make it through and we can confirm that for you. The

noise inside the stadium is enormous at the moment. Dawt Seyaum is

through and Shannon Rowberry and Laura Weightman goes through in

fifth place. She spoke Laura Weightman goes through in

fifth place. She spoke to Phil afterwards. Laura, we have just seen

you through. You have got a bad gash on your shin there. You will need

stiches. Just your reaction to make the Olympic final? I am happy Was so

nervous coming into this, I didn't think I would make that final. I am

so happy I have. Nobody was going to stop you coming down the home

straight? I took it on. I am pleased I took the chance and I am so happy

to be in that final. Congratulations. Go and get seen to.

Women's triple jump under way. A final with an athlete who is a huge

favourite. She said she is only here to take gold. We are in the second

round. The lead at to take gold. We are in the second

round. The lead at the moment. That is beyond it. It has taken the lead

for sure. That looks beyond 15 metres. The world lead is her own

15.04. 59.3, one centimetre shy. She goes into the lead in the second

round. There is Laura Muir who got herself an incredible British record

at the Anniversary Games eclipsing the win by kely. What a run to do,

her last race, heading into these Olympic Games. What a gutsy run from

the other Laura. She was not going to be beaten into fifth place, was

she? She was going to get herself in the final. She was definitely

getting into the final. She went out there and she got badly spiked. I am

not sure if that was at the bell or when she was boxed a little bit. She

rallied from that and she fought hard. Not even in shot yet. The

Polish girl finished really, really fast. Laura sensed that. She is

giving absolutely everything. This is a girl who has a semifinal place

ripped away from her last year when she tripped and crossed the line

qualifying for the semifinal in Beijing. So to come back from all of

the difficulties that she had getting over that concussion there

and to get herself into the final here, she knows she's in good shape

and I think that will give her the confidence boost to let the form

she's in to come out a bit. She's been trying a little bit too hard so

far this season. It didn't go the way she wanted early on. It was

pedestrian slow, the first 250m and then she took it on and she wound it

up from there and turned it into the race to suit her. Let's see how this

one goes. Laura Muir, as I say, the new British record holder. Steve

Cram congratulations on the other Laura and focusing on this Laura.

How will she want this 1,500 metre race to be run? Will she want to go

out hard? She is in the enviable position of not really minding, I

don't think. She is in such good shape if it goes out hard she can

cope with that. Her coach, Andy Young have done a great job. The two

of them have got her in fantastic shape. She's run good 800s. She is

confident. You see how she runs aggressively and attacks in races.

She doesn't need to do that here. As you saw with Laura, Seyaum, the two

Ethiopians, this one again, this is an event women's 1,500 metre full of

talent including Jenny Simpson in this one. Bahta here did 5,000

metres. Laura Muir can absolutely qualify here. Something with

something to spare. She knows it won't be easy. She said, "I won't

take anything for granted. I will treat it with respect." There is the

medallist of 2013 senty Simpson of the USA. Around about 25.6 if you

are not in the top five here. What do we expect from Dibaba? A troubled

season for her that began so well, family well, with world records jip

doctors and running so well indoors and then injury problems that her

coach caught up in a controversy - his own controversy of his own

making. The squad he looks after in Spain at the time that is where

Dibaba trains when the coach was arrested. She's had a troubled

season. She did run 3.599 in shoes because foot problems have caused

her not to be able to wear spikes early on. We are expecting her to be

a real contender. Dibaba in this one. Watch out for Laura Muir going

for Great Britain. A word on Hassan, Brendon. She will go to the back as

ever. She will be dangerous. She had real hamstring problems and after

winning the world title she said she was in great shape and looking

forward to Rio. She had 10 weeks out not being able to run. She could do

cross training and then started to do normal running. She's really only

been doing track work for six or seven weeks. She has got into good

shape pretty quickly. You are looking at Hassan and Dibaba. Both

we know what outstanding athletes they are. World-record holder and

world champion. Like any athlete, you have got to transgress through

the season and move forward. They are both here with difficulty, but

let's see what happens. Jenny Simpson, former world champion, and

in top of the them, the African athletes. Muirfield has gone

perfectly well for Laura. Breaking Kelly's record was a huge boost

psychologically and physically, but to do that at the Anniversary Games

was a wonderful performance and the confidence she's got these days. You

can see the confidence oozing from Laura Muir from the position that

she takes up in the race. Her coach, Andy, will be nervously watching

this. He's not the best spectator, as many of us aren't. I don't think

she will have too much to worry about here. Laura is in a good

position. She's moving up a little bit. Being in the second semifinal I

amateur use as to why Jenny Simpson feels as though she wants to take

this out. She's got good pace, Jenny Simpson, and she's decided to get

this moving along. Not super fast. Blundell. Maybe she's thinking, a

bit like Laura Weightman, let's make it steady and get it in the right

zone. "If I do mess up, I have got a chance." I think you are exactly

right. There is Laura Muir deciding she wants to be competitive there.

Two minutes there and two laps to go in the women's 1,500 metre

semifinal. Laura Muir has been outstanding this year. All year

she's been threatening promising. This is the arena she wants to be

in. She is in it. She is in the right police, perfectly poised at

the top of the straight. She can prepared to be a brave runner and

maybe she will run bravely here to show how good she is. She is doing

it well. She is doing it convincingly and comfortably. She is

not trying to break away from them. I don't know if she needs to do that

today, but she looks good tonight. Dibaba just moving up a little bit

in the green vessel and red shorts. Hassan is still at the back. The

Polish athlete who won the European Final, giving even a head start. The

two big names are coming in. Dibaba kicks hard. Muir reabouts. Hassan.

Simpson has to try and pick up. The race is on. It will be a big burn on

the last lap. The big three are away and gone. Simpson is trying to go

with them. They are already opening up a gap here. She responded well,

Laura Muir, when they came at her. Dibaba, Hassan stretching out. Both

of them need the race. Both of them have been great athletes in the

past. Look at Laura Muir matching them down the back straight. She

looks equally classy as those two athletes - we know how good they are

- but she could be the next star emerging. She is not giving up on

this. She is running powerfully around the bend. But she doesn't

need to. She might want to show them she can stay with them, but she can

probably relax a bit. Hassan and Dibaba are having their own battle.

She can stride down and it looks like she's got this well in control.

Jenny Simpson moves clear into fourth place. Bahta will take fifth.

That is probably the result we would have expected. A tad quicker than

the first heat. Both fairly similar, to be fair. Simpson rewarded by

going out hard. She got what she wanted. A big kick from the big

three, if you like. If you had - for me before this, there were four

people who have a chance of a medal here. We have seen three of them

there. I will say five. Seyaum. Laura Muir has done nothing there to

suggest she cannot attack these guys. I tell you'll what, you have

got the world-record holder and world champion Dibaba and Hassan the

world indoor champion and Laura Muir, who is not the champion yet,

but I tell you what, she's absolutely in the same class as

those two. She is matching them stride for stride. She matched them

from the bell. They ran 57.5 for the last lap and I tell you she's got

more in the tank. When you look at the way she is running, she is

completely world-class and I can't wait for the final. I think Laura

Muir is going to be a sensation in that final. Don't take it that the

two that bet her today will beat her in the final. She is still in

control. Dibaba is straining, Hassan is straining and Laura Muir, fer me,

the temperature is rising, the confidence is rising. Her ability is

without question. Her commitment has been seen before, but today that was

a step in the real world-class by Laura Muir and I'll tell you the

coach has done a great job. Laura has done a great job and the final

is just going to be a fantastic opportunity for Laura Muir to move

to the very, very highest levels in this sport. That was a tremendous

performance, Laura. You are through to the Olympic final. Your reaction?

That is very good. I just knew to stay out of trouble basically and

come through and I didn't want to give up that spot. I saw I had quite

a bit left there. I wanted to save everything for the final. We saw the

three big medal favourites, yourself included there. Were you trying to

make a point you could live with those girls? No, not really. I just

wanted to qualify comfortably. I could see a gap. I just wanted to

get to the final. There is in point using all my energy in the semi. It

shows what sort of shape you are in and have been all year you are

rubbing shoulders with these kind of people and come finals time, all of

the talk of medals is not foolish. No. Anything can happen with the

Olympic final. I know I have done as much as I can to get there and saved

as much as I can to win. I am just excited. We are all behind you.

Thank you very much. Yes, well done, Laura. So Dibaba, Hassan, Laura

Muir, Jenny Simpson and Bahta all going through. That is probably the

result we expected. Not any of the big names becoming a casualty in

either of those semifinals. We can look at the qualifiers for the final

and the good news for Great Britain is that both Lauras are through to

the final. The two fastest winners will, indeed, come from the first

semifinal - only just. There were bigger gaps in that semifinal. Here

are all of the names, certainly five or six who will consider themselves

in with a good chance. Laura Weightman off to get a couple of

stiches in that injury. Arafi as well go through as fastest losers.

Great support for this triple jump final because of the two athletes

involved, South Americans. This is the third round. She is chasing the

Columbian. She likes it. That lead of the Columbian 15.03. Rojas is

from Venezuela. She is 20 years of age. She looks in good shape. She

looks up for it, doesn't she? The two countries of course are

bordering Brazil on the northern coast, south of the Caribbean sea.

Good support. The young Rojas looking to stop the silver

medallist. To their left at the top of the stadium, Murray Baker --

Chris Baker eyeing up 2 metres 26. He was a bit nerve yes. Can he

settle? Yes, he can. Slightest of wobbles, but Baker goes clear in

qualification at 2.26. He will need 2.31 to be auto qualifying, but

maybe 29 first attempt. Two pools of 22 athletes. It is taking forever

this high jump competition. It has been on for over an hour already.

Chris Baker is doing well. So Laura Weightman and Laura Muir through to

the 1,500 metre final on Tuesday. Laura Muir the British record holder

showing she can hack with the best in the world. Paula, you were saying

she didn't need to run that hard. She didn't. That is just crazy. That

is just Dibaba trying to throw down the challenge. Hassan getting caught

up in racing. I was glass to see Laura look up at the screen finally.

I would have liked her to do that down the back straight and ease off

a bit. Jenny Simpson isn't in as good shape as Laura Muir, but she

looked up that screen and knew she was clear and conserved a bit of

energy. At the Anniversary Games, we know she's in fantastic form. She is

clearly not afraid of anybody in that field. Is there a type of race

that will suit her or will she go with whatever they throw down at

her? Is she genuinely going to be with whatever they throw down at

her? Is she genuinely going to be there

with whatever they throw down at her? Is she genuinely going to be

there or thereabouts in the end? When you take a step forward and

beat a British record that stands to Kelly Holmes, you are coming set up.

She knows whichever way the race goes she can handle it. Mentally,

she's much, much stronger than the athlete we saw going out frustrated

indoors or even falling? The Commonwealth Games. She's really

moved on from that and she believes she can beat these girls I below she

can as well. Even a year on from the Commonwealth Games, she was

basically the first athlete after the African runners. She beat the

Americans in Beijing which was a big psychologically step for her as

well. I think when an athlete is in straight and can run a race any

which way, and she has proved that, she takes her time and decides her

tactics and how she can respond. I have loved watching her grow over

the last few years and I think there is a sneaky chance, isn't there, it

is tough. We have to underline it is tough. She's got Dibaba in there and

Hassan, OK who had an injury, but is rapidly coming back the form. She

has got Seyaum. It will be tough, but she can mix it with them and we

saw there she has another gear yet. She didn't put it all out there

tonight. Time is flying this evening. I can't believe we are only

half an hour away from Usain Bolt entering the arena once more for the

blue ribbon event, the 100 metre final. The highlight for athletics

fans. You can so that as this stadium is packed. I won't say

completely packed. There are a few seats up the top there spare.

Obviously some people have to go to work in the morning. Boo-hoo to you.

They really have become very vocal this crowd, haven't they, Michael

Johnson? They have. They understand the Jamaican brand as well. We have

seep that from the other Jamaican athletes. There is a huge upper

deck. This is as full as it has been and it is good to see that and we

will expect to hear that roar again when Usain Bolt comes out this

evening for for the final. Before that we have the men's 400 metre

final, Michael. That proms to be as equally exciting and was possibly

the most exiting moment of last year's World Championship. The

similar progress tagnists are on the podium and we expect them to be

there or thereabouts. Lashawn Merritt was Olympic champion but

then had a mibed few years since. Where do you see him fitting into

this narrative tonight? I think many people might see him as the

favourite because he's got the fastest time in the 400 metres this

year and he has the fastest time in the 200m this year. That is

impressive. He ran 19.74 in the semifinals of the US championships

and he will be competing in the 200. I meant KKarani James when I say

Olympic champion. Yes. I know you are a fan. I can't even get the name

out. Let's talk about Karani James? He is the Olympic champion. After he

won in 2012 Lashawn Merritt beat him in the World Championship in 2013

and then James got it back in 2015 so those guys have been going back

and forth and it is a true rivalry. The advantage that Karani James has

is he is tall and rangey. He reminds me of Usain Bolt. Many people don't

know that Usain Bolt held the world junior record and Karani James broke

that, I believe, as a 1 #r5-year-old. That is when we first

started to see him. He is long stride and rangey. Many of the times

we see with him stride and rangey. Many of the times

we see with him is at the end of his race he gets ragged. Arms and legs

going everywhere and not holding that form as you would like and

being symmetrical coming down the home stretch. People have asked

could he back the world record? If he cleaned up his form it could be

possible. You see him with Lashawn Merritt. Merritt is more composed

and has upper-body strength and holds it together much more. What

was impressive, this time in these championships in the semifinal

yesterday I saw Becky James -- Karani James hold his loin. Maybe

that has been worked on this year so that could bode well for his

chances. This is not here. This is in the last few years. Legs coming

out. You see that left foot continuing to come outside of the.

Plain doing something completely different from what the right foot

is doing. What that does is flicks you off balance. When you get off

balance like, that that takes more energy than when everything is going

symmetrical. Raids raze We spoke to him a year ago when he came into the

studio. You gave him advice. He's done very well to get into this

final? He has. He is a great athlete, a great young man who has

started to study the sport a bit more. He had a great semifinal and

he was so excited. What that has done is given him a lot of

confidence. I think he was helped here by the fact he was running on

the outside lane. He didn't have to worry about running with anyone else

and whether I respond to the other athletes. I am sure his coach would

have said, Matthew, go out and run the race and run it smartly. I am

sure that is what he did. He made a mistake from 100 to 200, but made a

great adjustment and that shows that he has studied test ven and figured

out how to make the right adjustments and he put himself in

position to come off with a lot left so he could look at how much he has

to make up, but he has that ability to make that up because he didn't

continue to push from 200 metres to 300 metres around the bend, which is

what you would normally do. He will need to run this race tonight and

he's in a great position. He is in lane 7. He won't want to be doing

this because these guys will not come back to him like in the

semifinal. They are fatigued and he is able to come through. Lashawn

Merritt, Karani James, those guys will be moving away from himz. You

see the reaction there. It is fantastic to see when you see an

athlete with that sort of confidence. It is fantastic. He was

injured, remember. He's come through that. He had stress fractures in his

back. It is a big opportunity for him to take his career forward. We

wish him all the best. Andrew Cotter. What a line-up, what a final

to come. Eric Liddle in 1924 won from that lane. Inside him

surrounded by some of the greatest runners there have ever been. A big

perm best, took him not too far from the British record. Has he got more

to give. The man inside him has seen the last two grand finals sin he won

it again. Can he retain the Olympic title he won so famously? London?

Unbeaten this season. Lashawn Merritt, the world champion in

Moscow three years ago. Granada with a population of 200,000 two men.

Taplin, don't rule him out. There is Machel Cedenio. He anchored

Trinidad and Tobago to silver as a 19-year-old. Ali Khamis of Bahrain.

And he only ran a couple of races in Bulgaria before an extraordinary

performance in the previous rounds. And comfortably the youngest in this

line-up. Hacked a huge chunk off his PB in his semifinal.

They came in anywhere thousands to see Usain Bolt later on. But this

race, promises to be one of the very best.

Kirani James looks to the skies and LaShawn Merritt takes his position.

Merritt and James and Van Niekerk in five, six and 8. Hudson-Smith sits

between them in 7. Silence inside the stadium.

Events going on elsewhere, but the ripple will die away. The final of

the men's 400m. Away they go! So LaShawn Merritt

will look at the men outside him. He'll sthear them down and hunt them

down. And Kirani James with that loose limb style. Already, and Van

Niekerk on the far extremes, no-one outside him except for the roar of

the crowd. And LaShawn Merritt, LaShawn Merritt so close to Kirani

James already. It's surely between these 3. Matthew Hudson-Smith at a

long way back with the rest. But it's these 3 men, 3 abreast, Wayde

van Niekerk gone out very quickly. Can he hold on! 3 men and the gold

medal waiting for one. But Wayde van Niekerk is going further clear.

Kirani James and Merritt tying up. Van Niekerk takes it! And it's a new

world record! 43.03. Extraordinary! Inside the Olympic Stadium, in Rio

de Janeiro, and Michael Johnson's record has gone! Olympic gold and

the fastest 400m of all time! And the crowd realise it now and the

roar gross. And Wayde van Niekerk has done something astonishing,

incredible. He left the likes of LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James so

far behind. He beats the best that history had to offer in Michael

Johnson, and that was something, very, very special. One of the

greatest runs you'll ever see. Oh, my god! From lane 8! World record!

He took it out so quick! And I've never seen from 200 to 400, anything

like that. What we want to see, is what his splits were. He could have

well run negative splits, meaning he ran faster in the second 200 than he

ran in the first 200, which would make this even more amazing. Well

done to the youngster. This guy has gone under 10 second, under 20

seconds. Under 44 seconds and now a world record. Kirani James, second

place. That was a massacre from Wayde van Niekerk. I mean, he just

put those guys away. Last year, he was dead at this point. He couldn't

even get off the ground. LaShawn Merritt is shaking his head, going,

I can't do anything with that. What can you do? 43.03. And he is so

young. What else can he do? Can he go under 43 seconds? That is

something that I thought I could do, didn't get a chance to do it, but

this young man has done something truly, truly special. And you were

saying, you were saying... Usain Bolt will be retiring out of this

sport soon. Let's take a look at this and analyse it. He took a

little bit out of Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt at the very

beginning, as you see there. In the first part of this. Now coming into

the home stretch, he's got a lead that he is just able to extend and

extend and extend. Look at Van Niekerk in comparison to Merritt and

James. He is just pulling away from them at this point. And I was

saying, when I saw him about ten metres from the finish line, this is

a world record, this is a world record. And sure enough, he breaks

that world record. By 15 hundreds of a second. Perfect form coming into

this. Not slowing down. Maybe he knew based on the way he finished

that, so far ahead of them, maybe he knew that he actually was going to

break that record. Well, I think he did know. He said, or he suspected,

because, he said, that he had that in him tonight. I was chatting to

Martin Rooney at the training track. He said, Van Niekerk told me, he is

going to run 42 something. He almost did! A question back to Michael, he

ran 43.03 the lane 8. Why should we knock him back for 43.03. An

incredible performance. At least he is not lying on the ground this

time. I wonder, had he been in another lane, he could have gone

faster. But maybe lane 8 helped him. He had to go out hard. Yeah, being

out in lane 8 actually helped him. He was able to run his race and run

the race that he knew he had to run. Versus become in the middle of the

track with Merritt and Kirani James in front of him. You got to win the

gold medal first. You need to win the race. He would've been

responding to them and maybe making as adjustments. Out in lane 8, there

are no adjustments to make. You execute the ray how you feel you

need to do it. And you produce your fastest time, regardless of what the

other competitors are doing. This is unbelievable. The speed endurance,

the ability to hold the speed that he took off, at the very beginning

of the race, and what we would say, the long way around in lane 8. Far

from a bad run from Matthew Hudson-Smith. A long way distant

behind Wayde van Niekerk, about you that world record of Michael's goes

back to Seville, 1999. It's been blown away. A big chunk taken off

it. I was privileged enough to be in the stadium that night, commentating

on Michael's race. But look at that. So close to breaking 43 seconds. But

the Olympic golded is everything. For it to come with a world record,

such as that, something very, very special. And Kirani James and

LaShawn Merritt were so far behind. An extraordinary win tonight. A gold

medal winning run and something extraordinary from Wayde van

Niekerk. It was going to take something extraordinary to break

Michael Johnson's record. And it did happen tonight. Wayde van Niekerk,

he blew us all away last year in Beijing. We didn't know he had quite

some magic in the locker for tonight. But that was an incredible

run. He is coached by a 74-year-old great grandmother. She has something

pretty impressive going on. I don't know what drills she is doing.

Congratulations for holding it for so long. Commiserations it's no

longer yours. But that was some style to break it. When I walked

into the studio in Beijing when Usain Bolt breaking my world record.

And I remember you asking me if I was OK. And I was OK for a few years

and I'm still OK. Being a fan of the sport now, it's incredible to see,

it's incredible to watch and I think I'll be OK tomorrow. I think I'll

walk up again and life will go on. But he'll wake up tomorrow feeling

that, wow, identify done it. I know what that feels like. Working on and

how do you break the record. Where can I take off a little time here

and there. Always knowing that your major opportunity to break a world

record is going to come what you're under pressure and it's a major

championship. He was under tremendous pressure and that helped

him as well. Knowing that LaShawn Merritt, Kirani James, the big guys,

Olympic champions, they were going to put him under a tremendous amount

of pressure. Number 1, for him to win for his country, win the gold

medal at the Olympic level, it was going to take a fast time. When we

came into these championships, you know what, I wonder if this is going

to be one of our greatest Olympics. But that performance for me was

incredible. I was in Seville, I watched Michael run, and there were

4 rounds back then. You did it the hard way. That world record, I never

thought I would get -- it would get broken. And we had a record on day

1, in the 10,000m. And this record has stood for a long time. And we've

seen a rich crop of runners come. This was a generation that could

challenge that. And that magic 43 second. He is just a breath away

from it. He is going to get under the 43 second. That will be tough.

Now he's the favourite. He goes in always as the guy with the target on

his back. And he is going to want to protect that. Last year, when we saw

all 3 medallists at the world championship it is go under 44

second, this is now a crop of athletes that will create an

environment that allows someone to break the world record. And we've

seen that with Van Niekerk. I have a picture like that! Your picket still

looks fantastic. He has a great pedigree. His step father was a

runner. He comes from an athletics family. He's grown up and about

around that environment. A 74-year-old great grandmother is

coaching him. You got years left in the business, mate! Oh, dear. That's

all I'm going to say about that! That's an incredible time. To run

under that, you're running 10.5 all the way around. He switched from 200

to 400. He wanted to ease the pressure on his hamstrings. Good

decision. Good decision. He can go back to 200. He's not oworld record

at 200. But he can go back to 200 and contest for championships once

Bolt is out at 200m as well. Bolt, it's funny you mention him, he's

done some training with him, and even Bolt said, this guy is

seriously quick. It's such an incredible night. It's totally blown

this stadium into a fit of hysteria. And that's before Usain Bolt comes

out. What a starter to what we thought it was the main course. We

may be our dinner in reverse tonight. This was his reaction when

Wade went through with the world record. I don't think that's the

reaction. That was a bit more animated. If that was your reaction,

you weren't even watching him! We have got your reaction. You were

full of joy. I glanced across and thought, this could be awkward! But

you were all right. It was great to see, again. Just as a fan of the

sport, you want to see this sort of thing. People ask all the time, how

long do you think a record is going to last? That could last another 19

years, 20 years, it could be broken next year by someone else. It could

be broken again by him. You never know. You never know when you're

going to get 1. Always a joy and a surprise to see a world record

broken. In these championships, that was one that this atmosphere needed

it. You know? To get people sort of going, get this championships really

going. We saw the first day, the 10,000m world record, we saw a great

long jump, and tonight, I said this was going to outshine the 100m. You

can see on your screen, Jessica Ennis-Hill is out in the stadium and

enjoying this atmosphere as she gets ready to receive her silver medal. A

proud moment for you? It's a mixed. -- a bit mixed. She got very, very

close to retaining her Olympic title. It's a bit mixed. As a coach,

you think, could I have done a little bit more? Could I have

supported her better? Really? You think about that about yourself?

There's your job. We have seen a coach do an awesome job with an

athlete. Her husband, Ashton Eaton, the current Olympic and world

champion. He'll be going for his deck long later in the week. We

thought she was going to be the interloper and challenge Jess last

year. And again, her name was there this year. She had a bit a slow

start but came out for the bronze medal.

I enjoyed the 800m, but the man who called most of this was Steve

backly. This is a special moment for Jessica Ennis-Hill. And there she

is, Steve. Jessica Ennis-Hill, gold 4 years ago. Had to settle for

silver yesterday. Didn't she give it everything. She really gave the

Belgian a run for her money. Gave it everything she had. Said it's her

last Olympics. A silver medal to came home to her son Reggie. Only

Christine Ohuruogu has done the gold and silver. No-one as ever matched

Jessica Ennis-Hill. A big roar for a wonderful

performance. Five lifetime bests and what a performance from the

21-year-old. Equalled the best ever in the high jump, 1.98. She said she

came here, just happy to be in the top 8. But there she is, in the top

spot, the young Belgian. Absolutely brilliant performance and an Olympic

gold medal. APPLAUSE

Tears from the youngster. And you have to think at 21 years of age,

it's just the start of her journey, and maybe, many, many more titles to

come. And a great performance and a fond farewell from an Olympic point

of view, at least, for Jessica Ennis-Hill. What a birthday present

for young Thiam, who will be celebrating her birthday in a couple

of days' time. I don't think she would have believed this would be

happening to her quite so soon. I can't help but look at Jess and

wonder what she's thinking. I think she said to me she is satisfied with

her performance. She wanted to come to an Olympics and get another

medal. That's what we wanted to do. Leading into London, she was first

and foremost an athlete, but after Reggie was born, she was first and

fore most a mother first. You know her. If you had to put your money on

it, will we see her next in London? I'm not going to enter that in that

direct a fashion. And would you like to coach her in London? I think we

both have to make decisions. To see if there's anything she wants to do.

That will take her two months or so. Won't she get bored? She has a

little boy. You don't get bored with a 2-year-old running around. It's up

to her for making those decisions and search yourself as to what you

want to do. She's at that point in her life. That's what you call

non-committal in terms of an answer. We would love to see her in London.

Steve, take it away! It's the big show! We thought this was the big

show of the night. Been a fairly big one already. What a night and what

more to come. The new introductions, introduced in Beijing. They are

coming out one by one into the gladdatoral arena. They are not

coming out in the lanes their in. Which is very confusing for

commentators. Simbine will be lane 3. Trayvon Bromell in lane 2. He's

the world indoor champion. Second to Justin Gatlin in the American

championships. Having a saunter out here and seeing, which way do I go?

Well, this place is packed to the rafters. De Grasse, 2 bronze medals

at the world championships last year. Just 21 years of age. 9.92,

his best. Queensland that this year. Just a word on Chijindu Ujah, he

missed out by a couple of thousandths of a second. And a

fastest loser, just outside 10 seconds, everyone else running

sub-10 to make it through. Blake was just outside, actually. Oh. Well,

audible boos for Justin Gatlin. I'm not sure the last time I heard that

happen. Normally, he is reasonably well received. Certainly the bad boy

of last year, probably the team of Russia have taken that spotlight

away from him in 2016. Vicaut, the European or joint European record

holder, in great form. Looked much better in the semifinal. He'll be in

line five, here we go... Getting ready to rumble in Rio!

Usain Bolt! He walks out into this Calderon. Of heat. Expectation, of

light. As we look down at the dark of the Rio de Janeiro night. It's

almost 10:30 here. But it feels as though the action is really just

about to get going. But after Van Niekerk's world record, I'm sure

that Usain Bolt will not want anybody to steal any of his thunder.

When you think back to this man, he only ran his first 200m in 2011. Six

foot 5 at the age of 15. He even ran the 400m. Maybe he thought he

could've been the man. He asked Glen Mills if he could run the 100, and

yep, they said, he's ready to go. He ran 10.03 in his first 100m race. He

continued to get quicker and continued to rewrite the history

books. That semifinal we saw, the quickest since Beijing in 2008 when

he went on the break what was then the world record in the final and

win his first Olympic gold medal. Usain Bolt lapping it up. It's

incredible that he's in this moment, on in press of history, about to

potentially win a third Olympic gold and he has time for all of this.

It's what he does. It's part of his thick. This crowd has really gotten

into it. He is lapping it up. This is a fantastic environment. They are

excited after of that world record in the 400m. Bolt, unprecedented

success up to this point. Darren Campbell asked me earlier if I

thought that Bolt would get nervous about this, as his last Olympics.

And I responded that I think that we'll expect even more. Because he's

the type of person who will approach this from the same point. This is my

last Olympics, I'm going to really put on a show and go out with a

bang. And that's what he'll do. He showed us that. What he's healthy,

he is basically unbeatable. You still got the run the race. The

other guys will try to spoil it if they can. Nothing you can to do

about Bolt. The smart thing for all the other competitors to do is to

try and get a medal. Take gold out and let him have it.

The world indoor champion, Trayvon Bromell. The South African record

holder, 9.89. The former Olympic champion, more than a decade ago.

Justin Gatlin. Still the bad boy. According to the crowd. Jimmy

Vicaut, the European record holder. 9.86. Usain Bolt, the defending

champion, trying to become the first athlete to win 3 consecutive medals

in the same event. The African 100m champion, 9.97 this year. A new

personal best. Set in the semifinal. And the return of Yohan Blake. Says

he doesn't want to be known as the beast anymore, but he's still a

formidable character and 1 who's coming back. But can anybody, can

anybody stop Bolt? He's won six Olympic gold medals.

Rebecca Gallantree... Is in lane 4. Bolt is in lane six. The Olympic

Gatlin gets away well. And Bolt has left a little bit in the blocks.

Gatlin is leadingment Gatlin is charging. Bolt is going to take it!

Usain Bolt gets it! 9.80! A magnificent 7! The odyssey

continues! Listen to the noise in Rio de

Janeiro! Listen to the adulation. Look at the love for this man.

Gatlin got out. He always gets out. And then, Bolt, as ever, gets those

legs moving. And you cannot stop him. Irrisable force -- irresistible

force. The talent recognised at such a young age, still in the legs,

still in those bones. He delivers once more. I said last year at the

world championships, he may have saved his sport. Well, I thought,

many of us thought, coming into these Olympics, he may have to give

it the kiss of life. But we've had a fantastic night in the stadium. And

Bolt has just added to it in his own inintimable style. No world records,

no superfast times. Just another Olympic gold medal. The triple,

triple is on. What a magnificent moment for him. Of course, it was

9.69 in Beijing. Many of us will remember that. 9.63 in London. The

Olympic record as it stands. And today, first place with 9.81.

Pleasing this whole stadium with the incredible performance. Not the best

of starts. But you know what? Nobody is going to campaign. They wanted to

see this man take the victory. How many times has Gatlin been running

up to Usain Bolt? I think he'll be happen happy with that performance.

But this whole stadium is ecstatic that this man has taken the victory.

Steve, what do you think is left for him? Well, he got 2 more gold medals

to win, for sure. And what I love with him is he is still looks like

he really enjoys this. You could excuse a man who's doing everything,

thinking, I can get myself in the best shape I can. This is his arena.

This is this stage. This is what he does. He lives and breathes

competing at a level which nobody else has ever done before. Winning

Olympic titles, gathering them up, as though they were daisies in a

field. Unbelievable and you know, for me, we often say this, Colin, I

said it, I used the words earlier on about privilege to sit and watch.

Sport has a lot of critics. Our sport is in some dark times. When

it's at its purest, you see a talented young person, who at the

age of 15 was running great times, and the physicality that this man

has, coupled with the attitude, and this is the fruition of that. And

this is what the sport can still deliver. And we shouldn't forget

that. We shouldn't forget this is what can be done. This is what can

be achieved and look at the impact it has here, and look automatic

around the world. You mention around the world, this man is just a

Jamaican. And making 3 million people on the island of Jamaica so

proud in this moment in time. As a nation, they truly believe they are

the fastest. And I can assure you, once again, here at these

championships, people. There are Olympians who are

heroic. I am struggling for words for him. He is almost God-like. They

would name him the God of Speed or something. It is difficult to

explain to people. Colin, he does carry the expectations on his

shoulder of everybody. We are sitting here and it is rammed

because even sometimes the media, we can be cynical about things. They

all want to come and watch and be here tonight because this is what

the Olympics is about. He pit mices it more than anything else. I love

it. I love being here. I love watching him. He mess mer is the

crowd, doesn't he? On and off the track, he is the main man. As you

said, this crowd gets pleased with everything that he does. What ever

he chooses to do, he has followers. We are so lucky in this world to

have this man who transcends our sport and pulls in fans that you

never ever believe would love our sport. This man manages to do that.

Every time he steps on that track, he proves it time and time and time

again that he is great for many reasons, but this is certainly the

one. Out of the blocks and not as sharp as in the semifinal. He keeps

a cool head all the way. He hauls himself through and he takes that

victory with, I think, what is a very iconically, when he touches his

chest, that kind of says, "All right, guys. You try. You work hard.

I am still your main man." He crosses that line and that little

pat on his chest. "Boom, that is me. You still have some time to take me

out." Brilliant. Here he is, Steve. What are you thinking? I was going

to ask you a question. Do you think at any point Gatlin thought he was

going to win this. You know that he knows what is happening and he ran

9.8 which is what he ran in the American trials. It would have been

even closer than this. In the end, it wasn't that close. I think now if

I am honest he doesn't believe he can boat Usain any more. There was a

time when he thought he could just have it on him but not anymore. You

sane has proved time and time again. In the warm-up zone, the runners are

like peacocks. They are always showing their waves and this man

will be the biggest peacock there. He will be showing absolutely

everything and saying to everybody, "No way is it going to be yours."

Michael Johnson is upstairs and I am sure you appreciate this man's

performance? Absolutely, Steve. That was a fantastic performance by Usain

Bolt. He slowed down and said, "I have got this." It is not about the

time. It is only about winning his third consecutive Olympic 100 metre

crown and going out on top, finishing off my 100 metre Olympic

career three times gold medallist. I thought as well that I didn't expect

the race to unfold the way that it did. Bolt, I expected to see a bit

of the older Bolt which by 30-40 metres have already caught up and he

was down significantly. Gatlin got a great start but it was always within

his reach because this wasn't the injured Bolt coming in to these

championships like last year. This is a healthy Usain Bolt. When he is

healthy, he can do what ever he needs to do. He got out of his drive

and said, "That wasn't very good. My start wasn't great. My drive wasn't

good. I can still catch anybody within a metre or two metres of me."

That is exactly what he did. I have to agree with you completely, Steve.

This guy has been amazing for the sport. When he first came inin 2008

people said all of the antics, he is not a gracious champion, but I said

then, it is authentic. It is who he is. He loves to entertain and I

think that over these last eight years people have really seen that

he is fantastic for the sport. He loves the sport. He loves the fans

and he loves the crowd and he loves to perform for them. He has just

been fantastic for the sport, as you said, Steve. The sport has been

through some significant challenges of late, but Usain Bolt has been an

amazing ambassador for this sport, drawing in fans from around the

world and really creating not only for himself, but a brand for the

Jamaican track athletes. Any time one of them comes out into the

stadium, the crowds just go wild and they go crazy for the green and

yellow. He has inspired an amazing amount of young Jamaican sprinters

that we see now. Elaine won the 100m, I am sure inspired by Usain

Bolt. This has been amazing. We have seen over the years young ja nay can

athletes with a tremendous amount of talent but never able to get to the

championship level and they had been inspired and motivated by Usain Bolt

and what he has done in this sport and now we have so many other

Jamaican champions. There he is with his iconic pose and the crowd goes

wild! Amazing stuff from Usain Bolt! Yes, Michael, while you were talking

there, we were watching those great pictures and selfie with the

heptathletes. I am panicking. I am thinking, "Get off there. Don't

fall. You have got the 200 and the relay." But, as you were saying, he

can help himself. I agree wholeheartedly, as I said before,

this is his stage. This is what he loves doing. It is his way of doing

it and we are all thankful for it. Let's clear up. Gatlin was second.

The winning time 9.81, Justin Gatlin the silver medallist. He has a full

set. Bronze, silver and gold. 9.89 and Andre De Grasse getting on the

Ross stram again 9.91, a bronze medal for Canada. What an incredible

30 minutes of athletics we have all been treated to. If you have stayed

up for it, well done, you. You have lived through history. This is the

end of an era. This is the last time we will see him at an Olympic Games.

H looks as fresh and motivated and as energetic and as joyous as he

ever does. There is nothingvaded about this man and nothing fake

about this man. This is for real. This comes from inside. He

absolutely adores what he due. He loves being the showman.

LAUGHS .

CHEERING Listen, I know Steve was worried

about him getting hurt over there. He got taken out by a segway in

Beijing. Nothing could be worse than that. He thinks it is safer to walk

on the outer ring, Denise, than spend time on the track. He is

loving it. He is loving it. I am sure people are loving it. People

have stayed up just solely for this man. They are chanting. It is almost

like ancient Rome, they have been chanting for the star, the main

Prague tagnist, as you call him. I think she's been so incredible and

it has been a privilege just watching how he's grown through the

sport and the people that he's brought along with him. Being there

for his big mopes and your girl got a tasty selfie there. Jessica

Ennis-Hill and Kim Brennan managed to collar him and get that picture.

She may be a hero and goddess herself but she is a Usain fan. The

fact that they switched the medal ceremony to today, she never gets to

see that. The fact she has got a front-row seat. The crowd should be

shouting "four more years". Why can't Bolt? You seem to be accepting

his retirement and saying that Jess shouldn't sort of thing. We need to

be pushing this man. I think we will see him in London. He hasn't said he

has retired yet. He said it is the last Olympics. Here we go, though.

The start from Warren Gatland was impressive, Michael? Gatlin did get

a great start. He knew he would have to. He got a great start last year

and then made the mistake. I think that Gatlin knew, though, that this

was not going - it wasn't going to happen when Usain is healthy. When

he is healthy, he is unbeatable. Ghat got did the smart thing and

wept out there to run the best he could and make sure he got himself a

silver medal and at the end of the day when he looks back at his career

having competed at the same times a Usain Bolt, that is as good as it

was ever going to get. He wasn't ever going to be able to beat Usain

Bolt. I don't think he felt he could ever beat a healthy Usain Bolt.

There were opportunities when Bolt wasn't at his bestor the years and

he could beat him. He could dance on the stage but never be the prima

ballerina, Denise. Yes. He was worried last year, being not as

healthy as we have seen him, maybe he's taken his training more

seriously going through the off season, the winter months, the

preparation of getting himself ready because the margins have got close

over the years. They are only closer because he hasn't been as healthy.

As he's got older he has had to make adjustments in his training. His

back is worse. He's got a slight scoliosis and he's always had to

manage that. He said he had to manage that much better, he told me

a few weeks ago. That is what happens when you get older as a

sprinter, you stop focusing on how can I push the training today to be

better and faster and you focus on, how can I manage the training better

and get a good training session in but remain healthy? When that starts

to happen, it is not as much fun anymore. I think he feels, hey, I

want to finish it up. He has said he would go to 2016, maybe 2017, but

that would be it. Because managing that body is so, so tough. I want to

talk to you about his - look at that. A beautiful moment with Wayde

Van Niekerk. You said they trained together. He knew how fast the 200

metre was. He is giving him the seal of approval. Fantastic work. We have

got excited fans outside the studio. I don't know if you can hear them. I

don't know if they are fans of Tony Minichiello or Michael Johnson or

Usain Bolt. They will storm the studio soon if we are not careful.

The make-up of Usain Bolt - I have respond to doctors and scientists

and as far as we can go as human beings and they said he is perfectly

proportions and there is something unique about his make-up that has

allowed him to dominate and, Steve mentioned it, the constant stream

that started as a young kid. He didn't just burst in to the scene at

22. When he did come onto the scene initially we saw that he was

special. He is 6ft 6 inches tall, which ordinarily is not great for

100m sprinting because the start has become so important in that race.

The powerful, quick start out of the blocks. Once you can get up into

your running, that long stride can be an advantage if you go back to

Carl Lewis 6' 3 and Linford Christie around 6' 3. Those athletes would

come through in the end. Usain Bolt being even taller, you would think

he would need 120 metres to come into his own. What he is able to do

that most of his height can't do is he is able to cycle through from the

beginning in such a way that it is almost like he cycles like he is

fifth 9 but he is 6' 6 so he can take advantage of both. He want

erget a great start but he is not as far down -- The start has gotten

better, though. It has got better. Remember it used to be all over his

place. It never will be the best because of his height. He doesn't

have the give up as much grounder the first 30 metres as normally

someone that height would be. He takes advantage of the long stride

later, but he is very quick takes advantage of the long stride

later, but he is very quick for someone

takes advantage of the long stride later, but he is very quick for

someone with long limbs. A big gear is always slower, but he is able to

take the big gear and use it as a big gear when you need the big gear

and use it like a small gear when you need the small gear. That is

amazing. Nobody can do that. He ask with all of the other athletes

except for Warren Gatlandnt normally for someone 6ft 6 I would expect him

to be behind everyone else at the start. He doesn't give up much at

the beginning of the race and that is his advantage. He is just very

quick. Simply it, he is very quick for someone who is very tall and

that is odd. That is not normal, in terms of the history of the event.

100m or 200m. At what point then do you think as a kid, somebody -

coaches presumably know all of that and they see a tall kid and think

maybe 400 or 800. Somebody said, "No, we can make you a 100 kneer

runner." After 20o 8, we train athletes that Michael Johnson

Performance and All Sports, after 2008 we started to get calls from

people saying, "I got a 6ft 6 inch sprinter." Just because you are 6ft

6 doesn't mean you can sprint like Usain Bolt. He is very unique. He's

in a unique position and a unique individual and those people come

along every new and then and there will be another one who will be you

neck in a different sort of way that calls into question what all of the

historians of athletics and historians of sport thought they

knew and then we have to start all over again like Usain Bolt made us

do. The next 6ft 6 sprinter hasn't yet emerged. Shall we take a trip

down memory lane, Denise, and remind ourself from 28008. This is his

third Olympic gold medal. Let's relieve the great man in Beijing in

2008. They get away at first time. Powell has got a good start. Here

comes Usain Bolt. Bolt streaking away from the field. It will be gold

for Jamaica. That is superb. It is a new world record!

Bolt not very quickly out of the blocks. Bolt is getting into his

stride alongside Gatlin. Usain Bolt is pulling away and he will win the

gold. 9.64. The champion becomes a legend!

Gatlin gets away well and Bolt left a little bit in the blocks. Gatlin

is leading at the moment. Warren Gatland is charging, but here comes

Usain Bolt and Bolt will take it. Usain Bolt gets it 9.80. A

magnificent 7. The odyssey continues. How do you even begin to

put a night like tonight into words. The crowd chanting your name, a gold

medal, another piece of history. It was brilliant. I am really happy. I

expected to go foster, but I think the time was so quick to come back

out. As soon as we got in I had to come back out so I think that is why

I didn't run faster. I am happy I won and that is the key thing. Tell

me about the start. Justin Gatlin coming out being booed. We don't

normally hear that and euphoric cheers for you. I was surprised. It

is the first time I have ever heard boosting. It was shocking for me,

but I didn't care about. That I was here to do what I had to de. Now you

have done it. You don't get nervous for the 100 but more for the 200.

You seemed nervous? After the semifinals I felt extremely good. As

I said, I wanted to run faster, the turn around time they gave us. We

only got an hour and 20 minutes. Usually we get two hours. We didn't

get any time to rest and get our feet up and the lactic acid. I had

to come back out. This is why it is challenging but this is what we

train for. The triple treble still on? Of course. I know that London

means a lot to you and Britain means a lot to you. Stanawayford

supporter, I total you I would do it. Stay tuned. Two more to go.

Thank you. Thank you very much. His media commitments will go on and on

and on. He will be probably interviewed well into tomorrow's

breakfast. He is so in demand and this is why. Steve Cram said it in

commentary, the magnificent seven and, wow. They are the Olympic

medals. You can add a load more from World Championships. He's on for 9

here. It would be some feat, Denise, and probably never in our lifetime

to be matched. I don't think so. The trouble trouble is on. Is it

possible that someone can sound even more confident? We have heard him

talk before, but this year it has been staggering how you just believe

that he's going to get that triple. It is just incredible. I have no

doubt that he is going to achieve it. None whatsoever. Anybody's

challenging him in the 200 for you? No, no-one will challenge him. That

would be the biggest challenge, the 100m. In the 200m, no-one can run

with him. He doesn't have the fastest time. Lashawn Merritt has a

very fast time 19.74, but I don't think that anyone can run with him.