Day 9 BBC Two: 17.00-18.30 Olympics

Good afternoon. You have to go back to the Saint Louis Olympics of 1904

to find the last Olympic golf champion, a Canadian, George line.

Who will follow him today? Kat Downes is there, the final round is

underway, bring us up to date. Justin Rose still ahead? Just, just

managing to keep his nose in front of his good friend and rival Henrik

Stenson, team-mates in the Ryder Cup. They played their matches

together in 2014 and won all of them. They get on very well and are

having real fun in the sunshine. Look at the size of the crowd. G's

debut here, after 112 years. -- Golf's. Crowds coming out in their

thousands, 12,000. Walking along the ninth fairway with the leading

group, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson of Sweden. A tale of cat and

mouse as they have come down to the turn. Justin Rose dropped a shot at

the seventh, bogeying that. Henrik Stenson missed his putt.

Justin Rose has reclaimed the lead, by one shot.

It looks like a fight today. A lovely touch from the International

golf Federation to put the gold medal and silver medal and bonds

medal contenders in a trio in the final group bringing home it is not

just the winner, there is no checks or any points in world rankings, it

is about medals. The medal positions all went out at

the start, Justin Rose still in gold-medal position, Henrik Stenson

in Kosovo, Marcus Fraser has dropped away. His place has been taken by

Matt Cooch the USA, four birdies in six holes. He has eagled the tenth.

Wouldn't it be amazing for Justin Rose. Such a cheerleader for the

game. He said spending time with the members of Team GB for whom this is

the pinnacle of what they can hope to achieve has been an inspiration.

And he would dearly love to add a gold medal to the tally.

I remember him saying, I have received a lot from the game of

golf, it is not just about winning gold medals, he believes his

presence will help the development of golf around the world.

Thank you. We are watching him now. Let us get out onto the course.

Bubba Watson beginning his homeward nine. Setting himself up for the

birdie putt. To get to seven under, he has done

that. The Watson started at six under par, now seven under par. --

Bubba. Here is Marcus Fraser.

An opportunity to go back to eight under. A little right to left,

slightly uphill. Here is the man doing the chasing,

Matt Kuchar. He needs this to stay at 11 under. The man currently alone

in third, bronze medal position. And that is a great putt by Koo char,

you make putts like that after a false stroke -- Kuchar. And he will

believe he may be able to challenge for silver or gold.

Stenson now. He can type with Justin Rose with this putt.

Like Marcus Fraser, across the face of the hole.

Par for Stenson. He remains one behind Rose. Kuchar

alone in third. The top three medal positions as

they stand will not need to be separated by a play-off. The only

play-offs to decide who finishes gold, silver or bronze.

He wanted that to take, it did not. Thomas Pieters, second at 15. Over

100 metres in. He likes this. Agonisingly close.

Close to being an eagle. Just behind the cup. And target back, shaving

the cup. -- tugged. He will have that for birdie. Thomas Pieters

continues on his merry way again. Looking to go six under on the day.

This is the tenth hole. There is water down the left. Not

likely to come into play. And the pin position on 11 yards,

and six from the left. Front left position today for that narrow

green, Justin Rose to go first. Out in 32.

Four birdies but a bogey on seven. Stenson out in 32, with three

birdies. He had three eagles here today.

Kuchar and Kai Emaan have eagled the tenth, and we have had an eagle from

Graham DeLaet of Canada -- Kaymer. This is birdie- eagle territory for

this prolific hitter, Henrik Stenson.

Up ahead on 12. Aphibarnrat. He and Jaidee flying the flag for Thailand.

Back on ten, Marcus Fraser. Seven under par. He begun the day at nine

under -- he began. Currently Marcus Fraser is in a tie for seventh, at

seven under with David Lingmerth, Sergio Garcia and Bubba Watson.

Aphibarnrat and Thomas Pieters are tied for fifth.

Cabrera-Bello for his par. Watching it sailed by. He will drop down to

eight under and join Thomas Pieters and Aphibarnrat.

Gregory birdie started this final day at five under par. -- Bourdy. A

good opening with a 67 and 69 in the second round. Now, Bubba Watson.

Two times Masters champion in 2012 and 2014, in between, Adam Scott

from Australia winning at Augusta. One under for the day, Bubba Watson,

seven under for the championship. 218 yards to the hole, here.

Brilliant shot. He stared it down all the way.

Matt Kuchar just a little earlier on 12, currently on his own in third.

Kuchar, 11 under par. On 15, Thomas Pieters of Belgium.

To get to nine under with this putt for Bourdy.

At nine under par. And on his own in fourth place.

Six under for his round today. It looks like he has a hybrid.

Maybe a five wood. He is on the parting surface, pin

high. -- putting.

The wind is just picking up, you can see how the shirts of the golfers

are rustling in the wind. There was no wind at all this morning. They

started at 7am, the first group went out at 7am this morning. Not a

breath of wind, not a flutter anywhere. But now, Justin Rose is

with his second shot. That's perfect. Stenson went with

3-wood of the tee. One wonders how he is going to be attacking the back

nine. Justin Rose currently leads by one. They're both free and on the

day. Matt Kuchar and Thomas Pieters both 6-under, chasing hard. Kuchar

is 11 and, third on his own. We've got a really good view over the

tenth. The water indicates there's a wind whipping off the left of

Stenson. Looking to just chase it up and on. It's going to stop just a

little short, but Justin Rose has a little pitch into this tenth green.

Henrik Stenson might well be tempted to roll it on with the putter from

that situation. The power that he has, Henrik Stenson, just powers

into his approach shots. Sergio Garcia at 16, 7-under. He had a

birdie miss at 15, but a lovely recovery from Sergio Garcia. It

touches around the green. Henrik Stenson's pal. I'm not so sure he's

going to go up to him this time! Henrik Stenson, he's not going to

pull at the table this time. In fact, he's turned round. -- pull the

tail. Perhaps he's had enough of watching the Gulf. You can't take

your eyes off this though, not when there's a chasing pack. Rose at

15-under, Stenson 14, Kuchar on his own. At 11, Bubba Watson at 7-under.

Bubba Watson on the green at 11. 1-under today, Bubba Watson. An

agonised cry from Bubba Watson. And she stays 7-under, and 1-under for

the day. Bubba Watson has written to make a real charge today but instead

it's his team-mate, Matt Kuchar, who has made the charge. This is the

13th, 8-under par. Cabrera-Bello of Spain. That's quite handy, right

there. We've had a 64 today. A low round from Patrick Reed of the

United States. Martin Keil of Germany with a 66. -- Martin Kaymer

of Germany with a 66. But the battle, of course, taking place on

the tenth hole. Justin Rose will be first to go because Henrik Stenson

has powered his second just off the green.

People are moving in his eye line. So many resets we are seeing from

players. The galleries are getting excited.

"Bite", he says. Well, it's not bad. Not bad, but it didn't bite. No.

Matt Kuchar now, 11-under par. This tee at 12-under par, Matt Kuchar. Is

it? Too far away for Matt Kuchar of the United States. A smile from Matt

Kuchar. He's such a good tennis player. He and his wife, who was a

tennis player at Georgia Tech, actually paired up to win a husband

and wife tennis match that was ATP affiliated. Pretty talented

all-round sportsman is Matt Kuchar. He has flown his family in to be

with him. Perhaps he is inspired by their presence. Birdie putt at 16

for Garcia. 8-under. Sergio, 6-under for his round today. But now this,

Henrik Stenson could change things dramatically here. He's just off the

green and ten but he has an equal opportunity on this par-5 10th hole.

The fearsome Henrik Stenson. This putt won't intimidate him. That'll

still be a very good birdie for Henrik Stenson at the 10th.

We just looked at Justin Rose, there. "Do You want me to finish?"

Yes! He's finished with a birdie to get to 15-under par. Now on the tee

at 16. Thomas Pieters with the iron out.

Don't tell me, he's worked it all the way up to the green with an iron

on that driveable par four. The flag is back right today. He has two an

initial tier, but an iron from Thomas Pieters! It's another game.

Marcus Fraser, good effort from him. Cabrera-Bello, his second in 13.

Straight at the flag. Playing some very nice Gulf, the Spaniard.

Justin Rose needs this for birdie at ten. Stenson's already tapped in to

join him on 15-under. Rose to maintain that one stroke lead.

We are all square with AIDS to play in the gold-medal match. -- with

eight to play. This is Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson. 15-under. Tied

for first place. And there, Henrik Stenson! The relief. He's got the

shot back. His reaction after watching Rose slide his putt by.

It's a par for Rose at ten. Matt Kuchar is currently alone in third

with 11-under. It is effectively a gold-medal shadow between these two.

445 metres, 487 yards is the 11th. The hole is 22 yards on but seven in

from the right so it's a real tucked away hole with the bunker protecting

it. It's tucked away where the green slopes towards the bunker. A lot of

protection for the pin placing today. Not many spoils here today.

Patrick Reed with birdie. Gavin Green with birdie.

Once again he's left the big one in the bag. He doesn't use a tee. He

just does a little tap with his club just to raise a little bit of turf

stop he picks the 3-wood up from the turf. Stenson, having made birdie on

ten. He has drawn level with Justin Rose at 15-under par. This is the

11th. That's what he does so well. Gets in

his rhythm, very difficult to catch his Henrik Stenson. Dreams of an

Olympic Gold Medal almost certainly will end with gold or silver. Justin

Rose can catch, though. The team Great Britain athletes, Andy Murray,

one of the first things he did was get on social media and wish Justin

Rose the very best of luck against Henrik Stenson.

He doesn't like it. He doesn't like it, stay out of there! That's not

where you want to be, not in that lot. It really depends on the life.

If he's in a bush, it could be awful.

Let's go to 13, Matt Kuchar. 11-under. He's got to 11-under and

then he's struggled to find his birdie since then.

Matt Kuchar, let's see if he can change that here at 13. Perfect

right there. Very, very good shot. Garcia and 17 a little earlier.

8-under par for the Spaniard. A short par-3 here, the shortest of

the par-3s on the golf course. An error from Sergio.

That is pretty soft, the sound. He hasn't got a lot of green to work

with here, Sergio. You don't want to be failing to get

it out of the bunker. Raphael Cabrera-Bello birdie chance

for the Spaniard. Trying to get the shot back that he

dropped. He drops his pastor. He will have to fix that.

Thomas Pieters, playing over 370 metres.

This is tempting the players to go for the risk and reward. Parting for

an eagle. -- putting. That is for birdie, Thomas Pieters,

if he makes that birdie, he is within one of Matt Kuchar.

The problem here now on the 11th is where is Justin Rose's golf ball?

So, Justin Rose, a little contemplation. Waiting to see what

he is going to do. Meanwhile, Marcus Fraser will be

first to play. Less than 200 yards.

Two over the day, but that opening 63 showed what he can do.

He was getting the placement of the bald spot on with virtually every

hole. Out in 32, just the one bogey. Four

birdies. This is a crucial shot right here,

second to the 11th. That is magnificent. Out of that,

that is superb from Justin Rose. He knows he has got out of jail there.

Funny what makes you smile in golf. He just got out of jail.

Meanwhile, Henrik Stenson, medal of the fairway with his tee shot, his

three wood. He does not like this again, Henrik

Stenson. Just not taking advantage of the fantastic lie.

Justin Rose, how he squeezed that shot out of the waste land, that

ball between two bushes. He made clean contact with a life like --

lie like that is very difficult, and to get onto the green. He knows it

could have been so much worse. He let himself down off the tee but

made a great recovery. Up ahead on 13, Matt Kuchar.

His second shot. He didn't like that either. High

standards they set themselves, of course they do. Pin high, centre of

the green, but he wanted it closer. Now, Thomas Pieters for birdie.

Within one of Kuchar. Chased off.

-- after that. So, Thomas Pieters, three putts.

Now, on the 17th. A big miss for Thomas Pieters. Three

putts. We just saw Matt Kuchar's approach

shot. A putt for birdie, to get to 12

under. A good looking putt.

He was able to get out of that waste land with the scrub brushes, the

sound, he has done well to be able to be putting for a birdie.

Slow down... It has got a bit of a tail on it, and work to do for his

par. Cabrera-Bello. In the sand. His

second at the 14th. Trying to encourage the ball to

release. Henrik Stenson is of the philosophy that you need to teach

your golf ball how to behave. That is the secret perhaps to his

great golf, his philosophy. Maybe.

Marcus Fraser, his round of golf today, two over, currently in a tie

for sixth. At seven under. He began this

tournament with a first round 63, nine birdies.

It is going to fall well short, and right.

So, Matt Kuchar has this for par, at 13.

He makes his par, remains at 11 under, and is well positioned to

claim the bronze medal. Stenson on 11.

Knowing that Justin Rose has not made birdie, but has some work to do

for his par. Birdie putt for Stenson. It has got

to go, on the right line, but short. Thomas Pieters, birdie putt. No,

ends up short and left, didn't hit it.

Back to 11, Justin Rose has an all-important par putt.

He does, and he knows it. To remind you, the players

challenging for the gold medal here are exempt. They will gain automatic

entry, regardless of their finish in the Olympic golf tournament to the

four majors of next year. But the winner of the Olympic of tournament

will gain exemption. Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose qualify

automatically. Justin Rose, 12th in the world rankings.

But the world rankings points are fairly critical here.

Because the winner of the Olympic golf tournament will claim 46 world

ranking points. And that would see Henrik Stenson shoot up to fourth in

the world rankings if he does win. Justin Rose is set to be back in the

top ten. He needs this. That is a good putt.

Very good putt. And he has dodged a bullet there. Having gone into that

waste land. Now, Cabrera-Bello. A par putt for

the Spaniard. It is a good par putt, he gave it a

real chance. And Marcus Fraser, his par putts are

not dropping. This is to remain seven under.

A good stroke by Fraser. It should be a tap in par for

Stenson but the tension is mounting. And this duel between these two gets

gripping with every shot. If we are going to have a play-off

for the gold medal, it will be holes 18, one, and 17, and this loop will

be repeated for as long as necessary.

If these two do finish 16, 17 under par and tied, then we will have a

gold medal play-off at the 18th, the first and the 17th, in a loop.

Repeated for as long as necessary. Stenson makes par.

Rose and Stenson, seven holes remaining, they are 15 under par.

A good finishing hole, this. Par-5. The flag today is left on the green,

eight from the left. Thomas Pieters started it out just a

little right. A good-looking drive. He hit the length, such long draw.

Thomas Pieters and Henrik Stenson are big hitters of the golf ball.

Matt Kuchar having a fantastic ground. Currently on 6-under through

13. He's on the tee at 14. It's the longest of the par-3s on the course.

Words of encouragement for the golf ball. Kuchar has taken it out

slightly to the right. Stenson's got the driver out here on 12. It's only

the second time he's used a driver in this round.

Gasps from the crowd with the length that he achieves with this driver as

well. He will stay out of that sand. Justin Rose is straight behind

Stenson. Reminders for the galleries, no cameras, please,

folks. 510 yards par-4. Got to love the modern game.

It's gone left. It's all right, but that is the third or fourth tee shot

that Justin Rose have hit left. He's OK, he hasn't gone into any hazard

or sand. Just linking everything a bit left,

as Alan was saying. It's all going to get twitchy in the next six or

seven holes in this fight. We will leave the golf here on BBC Two but

if you would like to follow it to its conclusion it is available right

now on BBC Four. It's all getting very tense. An historic day in the

making. We have to get to be sailing because it's been delayed for an

hour already. Shirley Robertson is out there today. What was the

problem, surely? Lack of wind. As you can see behind me, we have wind.

It is looking good. I fully expect to see the medal races get underway

in the next hour. Today it is the RF! Men and women, that is the

windsurfing. -- RS:X. Nick Dempsey lead until halfway through the

event, but then the big Dutchman Dorian van Rijsselberghe got his

skates on and was unbeatable. Gold and silver already secured about,

but for Nick it's an important race. It is the last RX Micro windsurfing

race of his long career, five Olympic Games. -- RS:X. I have half

an eye out on the Ocean course and I'm just looking over my shoulder to

see if we can see some white dots. Giles Scott, the hopefuls from Team

GB, is out there. This is his final two races before the medal race. He

is so good, he could well secure gold today. And one between watching

Nick and getting out there to support Giles. -- I'm torn between.

What is the situation with Nick Dempsey, does he have too sure what

to compete in this medal race? Yes, they make you! I think you may not

have if he had the choice. I was chatting to glory in this morning

and they were really relaxed. -- I was chatting to Van Rijsselberghe

this morning. Runs are still up for grabs. They will try not to get

involved in a battle but it's quite a moment for Nick. Ever since he

left school this is what he's been doing. He had a phenomenal career in

windsurfing, two silvers and a bronze. He might be quite emotional

by the end of the day. He is such a committed sailor. I remember in 2012

there was talk, and it did happen, that windsurfing went off the

Olympic programme and was going to be replaced with kite surfing. Such

was his dedication he was already talking about having to learn that

and come to Rio to compete. In the end the RS:X was reinstated. On his

life, he's put his wet suit on and stepped on a board. Whenever they

changed class, he's adapted. When you think about that, it's so

physical, it's relentless. Not just on the board but also on the gym. It

is the most physical of all the sailing classes. It's quite an

achievement to last that long. I'm not sure what he will do now, but

he's got a lot of good memories to look back on. And two small boys

waiting to give him a big hug when he gets home. Surely, enjoy today

and I'm glad to see that Tim is not having too difficult a job on camera

today. This could be a hugely significant

four hours for British sport. It might be the defining moment for the

British team in Rio because there is always one gold guaranteed. There

are a guaranteed at least three silvers out there. Callum Skinner

and Jason Kenny in the men's individual sprint have already got

gold and silver. Who gets what will be decided around nine o'clock. Andy

Murray has a second Gold Medal on the cards against Juan Martin del

Potro in the men's single. Nick Dempsey only needs to show up today

to be assured of his Silver Medal. Justin Rose is fighting hard in the

men's golf. And it is gymnastics wrestling real history could be made

today. -- gymnastics where some real history.

a contest on the microphones, but a contest on the pommel horse is

coming up. Those of you who remember the World Championships in Glasgow

last year will remember that Max Whitlock and Louis Smith fought it

out. It came down to fractions of a point between them, with Max winning

the very first Gold Medal by a man ever for Great Britain in the World

Championships. Who knows, it might be a Championship for gold and

silver once again in the Olympic final. It's the start of the

apparatus finals. Matt Baker, there is huge excitement with you and your

team because this is a ground-breaking moment in waiting

for British gymnasts. That is the point, in waiting. There is a lot

that can happen in these individual apparatus finals. We have the top

eight gymnasts from qualification. Basically we will see four finals.

We have got the men's floor first with British interest from Max

Whitlock and Kristian Thomas. That is the first one up. Then it'll be

the women's vault, then it is that Great Britain showdown on pommel

horse. That will be at 7:30pm between Max Whitlock and Louis

Smith. Then we round things up with the women's bars. Hitting alongside

me to help talks with the action we have Dan Keating is an Beth Tweddle.

Let's just talk, if we can come about that pommel horse which is

coming up at 730. We have got this two pronged attack. Max Whitlock was

the highest qualifier, Louis Smith, second highest. If they can just go

through their routines it's all going to come down to difficulty.

Together they are going to try and achieve a first thing, we've never

had an Olympic champion in gymnastics. No. They both had two

the highest court in this competition in that final. If they

can get through their routine I have no doubt it will be one into. Then

it really is about him is going to make history. Thinking of the floor,

this will actually be Max Whitlock's 19 routine. By the time he goes up

onto the pommel horse, he will be on routine number 20. We will see him

compete on floor, the gymnasts will be out at six o'clock. Mentally, how

will he have been preparing for today? I think they've had an 8-10

week build-up and have been practising for this. They will have

known Max will be doing 19 or 20 routines and they will have

practised this over the last few weeks to make sure he was fit enough

in case he did make all of the finals. He's already got a medal in

the all-round which will take the pressure of getting a medal today so

he can really just go for it. Beth, is that how you think you will be

thinking coming into this? I think the pressure will be off in the

sense of wanting to take home an Olympic medal. But where all

gymnasts, we've all been in that position where you don't want to

give away that last chance. He will be fighting, definitely. He will

want to come home with an Olympic medal and obviously we would love it

to be for one of those two to be the top spot. We are world leaders now,

Great Britain, as far as pommel horse is concerned. Dan, you were

one of the gymnasts who started this off a few years ago with Louis

Smith. The trains to gather. There was only 3-over 16 on this Olympic

cycle and Dan is one of them as well as Louis Smith and Max Whitlock. To

have all of this competition in the gym, give us an idea of how we got

to where we are. My coach, his favourite piece of apparatus is the

pommel horse. He had an idea when we were younger. He wanted to create

the best pommel horse workers in the world. He made us do thousands of

thousands of circles every single day. That was what has built up the

endurance. We had to do it different areas of the pommel horse. We can

circle anywhere that pommel horse which made it so easy for us to

learn new elements. From then you continue to build your difficulty.

Louis Smith and Max Whitlock have two of the hardest routines in the

world. We will just have a little look through Max's routine first of

all. Give us an idea of where the difficulty is being built up here.

You need to have a sieve element, which is what you see there. That is

a special requirement. Here on the one hand, he did a double Russian.

That is two times round. Today he will be hoping to get three of those

to get the maximum high school which is a 7.4. That is a huge element

worth value and that will be what Lewis is looking to put into his

routine to increase his star value. You will see in the pommel horse

final quite a few of the break dancing elements to try to get that

high score value. When you go up into the dismount you need to try

and show no struggle, and stick the landing. That was the routine which

one Max Whitlock the World Championship title. Louis was doing

everything he could to pack in the difficulty. What's different about

Louis' routine as he had to two handstands at the start. He finds

that easy and it is probably one of the best in the world that I've

seen. What's different as well as he only does the one Russian on one

handle. Where Max has it on start value is he will go around three

times. This is the element where he fell off in the team final. For him

to try and go for the Gold Medal he will have to put it in today. That

is the point, Beth, because does he go all out for gold or to try to get

a fourth Olympic medal? It's a very difficult decision and that is one

he will have been having with his coaches making that decision. Do I

play safe and guarantee a medal or do I go all out? It is a big battle

between himself and Max. There is one or two tenths can really make

the difference between taking home a title and not even having a medal.

What do you think, Dan? Knowing Louis, he had had a bronze in

Beijing and a silver in London. He wants the gold medal. I think he's

going to go for it, but his biggest routine, try to get the 16 and then

watch the rest of the competitors. I doubt Max Whitlock at the moment

will be thinking about pommel horse because he has a job on his hands in

the men's floor final first. I'm sure we can see Max Whitlock and

Kristian Thomas just walking around now to be introduced to the crowd.

There is Kohei Uchimura as well. There is the top eight gymnasts from

qualification. And the all-round champion, Kofi

Rich Uemura. Let us talk about floor routines.

What makes the perfect floor routine?

With the men, they are looking for the tumbles, the twisting linked in

double somersaults. They don't actually have to show a double

somersault as they do with the women.

Kenzo Shirai who turned up at the World Championships and did 22

twists, everyone the same, they are all about twisting. A year later and

he did a triple twisting somersaults to show he had that variety. There

needs to be flare. It is fast moving, they had a certain time

period. Kristian Thomas just being

introduced, European floor champion. Arthur Mariano, the second-highest

qualifier. This is Jacob Dalton.

We can build difficulty to get higher scores. As far as losing

marks is concerned on the floor, this comes down to the landing.

It does, you need to stick all your landings, any step or jump you take

will come off that execution score. The main target is not to fall and

stay in the square. This is Samuel Mikulak who didn't

have much fun in the team final. He stepped out quite a bit. This is

about containing this energy. It is difficult, with that

adrenaline. And you can hear the noise, it pumped you up and you want

to get bit extra. But being out of control, that can be a difference

between a medal and no medal. On the floor especially it is difficult to

control the power. Dan, to give people at home and idea

of how sprung the floor is. Underneath that floor, there are

lots of spring coils which makes the floor so bouncy.

That only came in, in the last Olympic cycle. To deal with the high

elements and to increase difficulty, they have made it more bouncy.

Uchimura is in the corner, his only individual apparatus finals. We

could see some surprises from him. We have all seen some training

videos where he does some unbelievable elements he doesn't

actually have in his routine. It is his only final.

We are ready for the men's Olympic final on the floor.

Uchimura, 27 years old. The outstanding gymnast of his

generation. He is out of the thought that. A deduction before he starts.

He is usually almost perfect. -- out of the floor.

So light, so fast. Super twist. Forwards and backwards. The Olympic

all around champion. Double twisting, double tap back, showing

us his skill at multiple somersaults Ahmed multiple twists. Such a

smooth, classy gymnast. Everything is light. Being totally dominant in

the world. Did you see that lovely kick out of the tuck position. Since

2008, now, this is his last element in this Championships. Super triple

twist. He has led his team to team gold, he took individual gold. Very

successful Olympic Games for co-pay Uchimura. -- Kohei Uchimura.

It has been a heavy schedule for him. It was just that 3.5 twists,

you can count them, into the Ford 1.5. The just didn't manage to

contain it. I haven't seen him do that very much at all. He got the

measure of it on the next tumble. These gymnasts have come in from the

training gym. They don't touch the apparatus, they get straight on and

perform. I guess, after that first tumble, he reassessed how he needed

to punch and land. The rest was wonderful.

Kristian Thomas will be the fourth gymnast to go.

You see him sitting down there. Arthur Mariano will be after

Kristian Thomas. Now to a gymnast 30 years young,

Diego Hypolito. Twice world champion. Last time he won the World

Championships was 11 years ago but he has never won at the Olympics and

what a story it would be the him to do in front of this crowd.

Capable of 15.5 here, the score he got in the qualification.

An unusual start, he cuts the corner off. But very good. Just a little

shuffle. This is the big tumble. That is

where the difficulty is crammed in. Connecting a double somersault into

a full twist, that was a huge double pike Arabian, a double back

somersaults with a half turn at the front and finish going forwards.

There is the wide arm lift to handstand, fulfilling all those

requirements. A big twisting combination down the

side. Again, increasing the difficulty of every tumble.

Another requirement with the roll on.

Just the last tumble to come. This was where he came to grief in his

last Olympic final. Keep concentrating. He does, a fantastic

triple twist. He didn't need us to shout, he did

it for us. Surely enough to go in front of

Gooch Uemura ruff. What a relief -- Uchimura.

For a long time, Hypolito has been a load gymnast for Brazil on the world

stage. What a story, let us hope you can

get a medal here. He has been world champion twice and

never had an Olympic medal. He has always made a mistake. To do this

kind of routine in front of a home crowd. For me, that should be right

up there and will be tough to beat. He should be in with a chance for a

medal. We will have to see the score.

This is so original, two somersaults, punched the floor into

another full twist. His awareness on landing is really special.

It is. That is what has let him down in the past. He has done these big

tumbles and bounced out, or slightly under judged it and put his hands

down. He looks like he has been working on these landings in the

past couple of years and has nailed that routine.

Such a versatile gymnast, we have seen him produce so many different

styles of routine. Sometimes with big double straits. But he found a

formula that that suited him. With these specialists, the level of

difficulty, there is so much jeopardy involved. Even the gymnasts

are surprised. Look at that score! The highest

floor school he has had at these Olympic Games. Is it enough? --

score. His difficulty was 6.8. Great

Britain's Matt -- Max Whitlock, the first of two finals for him today.

Going for a medal. A steely look in his eyes. He lists

with great control into the two twisting somersaults. This is

important. 3.5, beautifully performed. Now he can settle into

his favourite pommel work. This is almost like break dancing,

there is the flare which everyone remembers. A couple of other

gymnasts do it but this is by far the best in the world.

He has made sure he held that handstand so there are no

deductions. A big 2.5 twisting somersaults

backwards into a 1.5 twist. There is the 1.5 twisting roll out

tumble, he has taken a breath, he knows he just needs to land this

tumble. Come on, up high, good twisting,

fabulous landing. What a performance from Max Whitlock.

He floated his way through that routine, incredibly neat.

The best routine I have seen him do this Olympic Games.

He landings were unbelievable, hardly any deductions. I think that

will be quite a high score. 15.533 is the score to beat.

The first somersault was low but he rose on the second one which is

important. The 3.5 twist into another

somersaults with half turn and a stuck landing which is what the

judges are looking for. He is so clean on his twists.

Landing with real position, arms locked in the right position. His

coach from South Essex gymnastic club, absolutely delighted with the

performance. So, 15 .533 the top score for

Hypolito, will Max go ahead? It is a huge score!

That then at the moment is the benchmark.

That is some score, especially when you have seen a Brazilian in Brazil

score 0.1 less. Still some big hitters to come in

this final. Next onto the floor for Great

Britain, it is Kristian Thomas. Last year's European champion.

Beautiful execution, beautiful landing. The whip into the pike

double Arabian. Lovely control.

He hasn't got the highest art school in this condition but his execution

is always within the top. Again, there, showing... But a small

deduction on the landing. The unique hand spring roll out. Now

going into his pommel work. Making sure he is fulfilling the

requirement. Slight wobble getting up there but

he managed to save it and hold the handstand. Now for his final tumble.

Very difficult forward landing here. Double Arabian, he kicks it out

beautifully. A fantastic performance from the Team GB captain, Kristian

Thomas. So many years, Great Britain have

relied on his constituency and his general steadiness. And how he

manages to perform these routines under such pressure, it is

mind-boggling. But he has been a stalwart for his team.

Yes, he is our team captain and he really is a team leader. With this

routine, you always know he is going to deliver. That is why we can rely

on him so much. Great to have someone like that in team.

He has got an uncanny awareness of where the floor is. Because he had

not got such a high start school he knows he has to be nearly perfect.

Good to see Kristian Thomas, he is coached by Andrei Popoff and

Michelle Bradley at our world gymnastic club. A great way to round

off his Olympics. We know that his dad and fiance are

watching. He managed to win them tickets, they landed after the men's

team final say this is a great opportunity for them to see him

perform to his very best at the Olympics. How kind will be judges

be? Keep an eye on that execution. Dan was saying that the difficulty

wasn't as high as the others. Max one out against the other two

performer on execution. The score is in, 8.858. 15.058 as a total score.

These days, gymnasts get extra marks for doing a more difficult routine

and you add a difficulty to the execution to get the total. The

second Brazilian in this man's floor final, Arthur Mariano. This is his

only Olympic apparatus final. He was 17th in the all-round just a few

days ago. And the Brazilian gymnasts have performed fabulously here. A

lovely double front punch. We saw him warming it up. That was a lot

better than in warm up. Double twisting back somersault with a back

out. Two somersaults, two twist. He had to settle himself now, Dan. I

think he has added enough on the qualification so his start score

will be a couple of attempts higher. He is showing he will be trying to

fight today to get a medal. There is a combination tumble again,

sticking the landing. There's not many errors in this routine. They

really pacey routine. He's crammed in lots of difficulty. He has. Lots

of tumbles. I think this is not going into his final one. -- is now

going. What a great routine that was. The atmosphere in here, that

stadium has just erupted. They know it was a good routine as well. He's

not started the acrobatics yet, either! What a show he has just

pulled off. That was an immense performance with the home crowd. So

he's added more difficulty. He really is going all out. His

qualification difficulty was only 6.4. Though it was down a little

bit. That will no doubt increase a couple of tenths with the extra

difficulty he has put in. Here was the first tumble. They actually lose

deductions for the second somersault is not being as high as the first

one. He made sure that he went right up. That was great. Double twist

straight and then hike over. -- pike over. There's not many of those that

you see nowadays, it was great to see. This was a very tough vinyl.

The gymnasts have had two doze off all. We have had days of -- this was

a very tough final. The gymnasts have had two days off. We have had

two days of trampolining. Coming here and producing what you know you

can achieve is quite something at this level. Especially in front of a

home crowd. Whatever score comes up, he noted given a great performance

and that is what you want to do. 15.433 for Mariano. Max Whitlock for

Great Britain currently leads with Diego Hypolito in second. Arthur

Mariano is in third. It is now time for the second highest qualifier,

this is Jacob Dalton. 24 years old. He has got a silver medal from the

World Championships in this piece of apparatus. The highest score that he

is posted in Rio is 15.6. So it's going to be very, very close indeed.

Just a reminder, Max Whitlock for Great Britain leads on 15.633. The

American men are a little disappointed with their team

performance. They will want to put it right in these finals. Just a hop

on that very unusual double straight with half twist. And another half

will stop good high tumbling. -- and another half. Good high tumbling. He

needs to be clean. He will be hoping to finish off with some stuck

landings. How long do they have to hold this for? A minimum of two

seconds. A lot of gymnasts will hold for three just to make sure it gets

counted. It looked like he was slightly going to under rotate that

then, but managed to save it. Again, a really nice roll-out tumble. So he

calms himself ready for this final tumble. It has to be perfect. Here

it goes. Triple twist, little scurry back. They were only small

deductions, but they were there. Small deductions indeed, but a

relatively high start score. Is he going to be able to Betamax with

that? He has a high start score and there was quite a few deductions on

landing. I think it will be close. If you look at max's routine, he

stuck quite if you tumbles within it. I think it will be close but I

think Max might just take it. It's so difficult for these gymnasts to

control the landings, especially when they have only just felt the

floor beforehand. It is only in the finals they come out cold, as it

were, and get straight on with the performance. Usually you get a

three-minute touch, 32nd touch, to remind yourself of the particular

bounds of the floor. -- 30 second touch. Here you really have to be

confident you know your landings. A floor is different in the

competition arena from the warm up gym because the warm up gym isn't on

a podium wearers in the competition it can be quite a lot bouncier.

Max hangs on in anticipation. If the score that comes up is lower than

his, he will be guaranteed a medal in this floor final with two

gymnasts left to go. We've seen that look on Max's face a few times these

championships. Its 15.133. Jacob Dalton goes into fit which means

that Great Britain's Max Whitlock is guaranteed a medal in this men's

floor final! And that is a first. You can see from his face there, he

looks happy. A smile broke out when he knew he was still top of the

leaderboard. A British man has never been top of the podium on floor. We

have only been on the floor and -- we have only been on the podium and

pummels horse in fact. It is time for the twisting prints, Kenzo

Shirai. He has the highest difficulty. Count the twist. If you

can! How about that, three and a half into two more. Such an exciting

performer. And that was three twist and three somersaults. Let you

counting, Dan. What amazes me about this routine is the difficulty. He's

very and tidy. His landings are almost perfect. That is why he has

been World Champion twice. There is the punch vault into the... Oh, I

watched in warm up when he was having trouble with that. He managed

to stay on his feet. Well, that is probably the most

surprising performance. Two tumbles where he has started. That's not

what we've come to expect at all. Not at all. And I think from a

tumble before, he wanted to stick it but he took a big deduction there.

There is the quad twist. There was a lot of deductions on that. He will

need all of those prayers. The two-time World Champion has faulted.

The question is will it be enough for 15.633, bearing in mind that he

has such a high difficulty value? I think if he had only made one

mistake in the routine it would still be close. But because there

was two mistakes I don't think he's going to be enough to put him into

the lead. But with a deep landing. His hips didn't touch the floor, but

it will be a 0.5 deduction. That is more, that is probably 0.8 off.

Maybe even a hallmark. He looked so secure. -- maybe even a whole mark.

He finishes with four twists which no one else is doing. It's named

after him, it is named the Shirai. There are 22 and a half twist in

this routine, but his landings weren't there today. He just asked

to hope that the judges will be kind to him. Will it be enough to get

into the top three? At the moment the top score is 14.33, that is

bronze medal. His start score was 7.6. At the moment it's Brazil in

second and third with Great Britain in first. There is a lot of debate

about whether or not he's going to be given the difficulty and how much

it should be deducted for execution. I think he will be given the

difficulty because each of the elements he landed. It's really

whether the execution score goes down. And you've got to remember his

start was the only one in the sevens and it was a 7.6 so it does have

room for error. And that is why sometimes you gamble with the

difficulty because you're giving yourself a head start. 15.366,

Shirai is out of the medals. Execution, that is what has cost

him. We now wrap up this floor final with the highest qualifier. This

gymnastic score 14.866 in the team final. Can he continue with all a

bit energy and power? He knows that the door is open. He is capable of

15.8. At the moment Great Britain's Max Whitlock lead this Olympic floor

final with a score of 15.633. That is the score to BT for Olympic gold.

Max Whitlock is guaranteed at least a silver. Gymnasts number eight, of

the eight top qualifiers. With all the pressures on his shoulders. But

the Americans love pressure. Two a double front. But that was a deep

landing. -- two and a half into a double front. You can say it's... I

honestly think now that Max is going to win. He's got to finish the

routine. They have just been little errors. He has got a lot of

difficulty. But the feat came away from him again. He was supposed to

do a double twist then as well so his start score will be down. It is

amazing, the pressure on these gymnasts. Particularly when you go

up eighth and you know you have to be virtually perfect. That was a

nice roll-out. And the crowd are going wild because they know it's

medals for Brazil as well. A nice triple twist to finish but the

damage should be done. What an amazing floor final. We didn't

expect this for an outcome with Great Britain winning. Winning! Wow,

and Brazil, they take silver and bronze. What a story. Great Britain

has its first ever Olympic champion. We didn't expect it to come bit

early. Obviously, the score is not in. Dan, you are experienced enough

to know that that will not be enough to take gold. Honestly, I would say

that Max has got this. And what a story for Diego Hypolito and for

Arthur Mariano. Hypolito has been on the scene for a long, long time.

Successful in the World Championships with two golds but

never has he got an Olympic medal. And he's done it, he's got a silver.

Mariano will take the bronze that they will just have too guaranteed

with the judges score before we can get confirmation. There was the

first step out. Once you've done that as a gymnast you know you are

up against it. The second mistake was easy to come.

Well, Max thinks he's there. STUDIO: we would like to welcome

viewers on BBC One. You are witnessing what could be history at

this very moment. We are awaiting the results of the last gymnast in

the men's floor competition. Max Whitlock is waiting for the result

of some Mikulak of the United States. For those of you on BBC Two,

our coverage continues on BBC One. Please switch over for what could be

a defining moment for British gymnastics. Will it be gold?

COMMENTATOR: sai Mikulak is down in eighth. Great Britain's Max Whitlock

is the floor Olympic champion. Diego Hypolito take silver in front of his

home crowd for Brazil with his team-mate in bronze. It is GB first,

Brazil, second and