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hours. I am. There is plenty to it P All right. Let me tell you what | :00:05. | :00:13. | |
we have this morning. Will the glorious British summer of cycling | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
continue? Manx man Cavendish is on the road assisted by his dream team. | :00:17. | :00:23. | |
Updates are coming. Here on BBC One we will concentrate on rowing and | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
swimming. Northern Ireland single sculler Alan Campbell in action at | :00:27. | :00:33. | |
dornyi. First we are going to the pool to see if Scotland's smiley | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
Hannah Miley will cruise through, making sure and saving energy are | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
her priorities. Right away, we are heading straight to the mall, | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
because I am sure you have been following the road race, six hours | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
stretching before them. 250 kilometres. It is Mark Cavendish | :00:52. | :00:56. | |
and his dream team who are trying to Ford their way to the frond | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
front. I understand tany, there has been some eventualitys in that one | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
what is the situation?. It has been a bit slow for the first half hour, | :01:05. | :01:12. | |
but we have a break away of 12. The gap has been hovering round four- | :01:12. | :01:19. | |
and-a-half minutes. It up it is up to four or five. There are 12 good | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
riders. An hour-and-a-half in, they are actually, Dave Miller is moving | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
up and down the pack. The rest of the group, to find out who is going | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
to make a move. Team GB are looking comfortable. They are letting the | :01:31. | :01:41. | |
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race carry on and see what is happening. O that is a significant | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
move, I wonder if the guys can claw him back. As Mark Cavendish said, | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
he has got a wonderful team behind him, trying to fashion his way to | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
the front, and be in the running for that big sprint finish later on. | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
Should be round about 4.00 we understand. We are dotting round | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
all over the place here on this opening day, of the Olympic Games, | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
we are heading to the pool now. It's the 400 metres individual | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
medley. Hannah Miley could be the first British medallist. She has | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
her heats. It's the event in which Sharron Davies won silver in Moscow | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
1980. What is the latest. It is interesting. Watching the other | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
sports and thinking about cycling and British rowing, how important | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
momentum is, Dennis Pursley, the coach was talking about momentum | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
the other day and saying when you try and build it in a team of | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
individuals as the swimming is, they have to care about each other | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
for it to work. Now the British swimmers have been going very well. | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
How much will that feed into Hannah's psyche as she stands on | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
the blocks? Very much so. They have been together for the last two or | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
three weeks so they know how each other, all of the others have been | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
training. I know you don't do the same programmes but when you see | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
your mates standing on the block and having good swims it makes a | :03:02. | :03:12. | |
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Miley goes in four. That red hat. Steph Rice of Australia closer to | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
us there in that yellow hat. Very good butterfly swimmer. This is the | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
weakest leg for Hannah. We expect her to go in a bit behind. She is | :03:27. | :03:34. | |
in the centre. Even though she is a very good 200 fly swimmer. | :03:34. | :03:40. | |
saves her energy on the fly. She is 2.5 second down on the American | :03:41. | :03:50. | |
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pleased to see her working this one. Rice, as you said earlier, has had | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
real shocking shoulder injuries, Steph Rice. Turns in second place, | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
but for about three years she has been so off it. Unfortly, it is sad | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
in lots of ways to have that injury plague you. It is nice to see her | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
coming back. Hannah Miley is on her British record pace. She went 62.77. | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
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She has 3 100ths of a second behind. She is coming back well. They have | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
a very clear tactic team. They don't work too hard on the fly and | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
look it is starting to pay off already. And always gives us the | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
Colly wobbles but it is working so far. I am usually a lot more | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
nervous at this point, because she normally a couple more seconds down. | :04:54. | :05:04. | |
She is moving slightly into the lead. The Japanese swimmer is | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
moving into second. Hannah has a strong breaststroke. This is God. | :05:08. | :05:17. | |
In is very good. Imagine the white cap in three will start to pull on | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
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Hannah. Look over. Hannah turning to come back a bit. Miley is going | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
well, and these two really looking strong. Steph Rice at the moment | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
doesn't look that great in that yellow hat. She has had some | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
shoulder trouble. This not looking too good for Rice, the Olympic | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
champion. The defending champion and the world record holder with | :05:56. | :06:03. | |
150 to go. Three lengths left. Miley putting that kick in, I think | :06:03. | :06:13. | |
she went early. Miley looking to working a bit harder. Looking at | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
pacing her stroke rate. You can see the two on the right hand of the | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
shot. I think Miley is doing one and half strokes to the other | :06:22. | :06:29. | |
swimmer's one. Hannah will dig in. Well, one clear job to do here and | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
that is to make the final. At the moment, Hannah Miley looking good. | :06:33. | :06:40. | |
First the turn with two lents to go. 100 freestyle left. The American | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
turns first. Hannah Miley looking good in second and Steph Rice in | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
that yellow hat of Australia has a very very big job to do to catch | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
them up. She could do it. She is a great freestyler but she has a lot | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
of work to do. I think Miley is listening to the crowd, because the | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
crowd noticing that she is digging in. Noticing that she wants to win | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
this heat and is really raising their tempo, the noise, Rice is | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
coming back. She was two seconds down. You can see 1.49. So she is | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
trying to battle to get that place. But Miley is not going to want to | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
lose this one. I don't think she will. Great swimming. Great for the | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
crowd to see. It sends a shiver down my spine. Rice is doing well | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
to hang in. She may overtake the the American. She may well catch up | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
Hannah Miley. Miley looks like she is going to take this one. She does. | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
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Massive cheer from the crowd. Wonderful. 4. 34. So barring | :07:49. | :07:56. | |
anything miraculous in last heat I think both will be through. 4.36 | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
for the American. Good solid heat swim for Hannah Miley. That is | :08:02. | :08:04. | |
impressive: She put herself in a good position. She used more energy | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
on that one. Nice the see. I think played a bit with that pacing, on | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
the backstroke. I think they are doing that not for this heat. I | :08:13. | :08:21. | |
think they are doing that because it's a tactic that will beat Beisel. | :08:21. | :08:27. | |
You can see that yellow cap holding on straight away. A big sign | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
somebody has given everything. Rice, I don't think se has much more. So | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
Miley, one to go, a good swim. The is third fastest with one heat to | :08:38. | :08:44. | |
go. So she is going to make the final, I am pretty sure of that. | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
Steph Rice, will go in fourth fastest with one heat to go. So she | :08:49. | :08:59. | |
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should make it. The the final heat of the 4 hundred medley and Biesel | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
was the fastest in the world. She is in lane four and Aimee Willmott | :09:07. | :09:09. | |
for Great Britain. What a great opportunity to make an Olympic | :09:10. | :09:19. | |
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fantastic backstroker as well is in lane four. Aimee Willmott of Great | :09:25. | :09:34. | |
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Britain, the 19-year-old from Middlesbrough is in lane two. | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
no wrais Aimee in is not complete without mentioned her dad Stuart. | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
It is great to see Aimee coming through and dare I say eclipseing | :09:48. | :09:54. | |
her father's achievements. Good turn there. Looking good so far, | :09:54. | :10:00. | |
good first 50. Needs to let it flow. In the red hat up to the top. Very | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
close indeed. I mean she is maybe fifth or sixth. It is close. So a | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
long, long way to go. Two lengths fly then two back then two breast | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
then freestyle. She does usually make a move, again, some of the | :10:15. | :10:22. | |
swimmers have stronger strokes than others, Willmott has a decent | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
backstroke. I am expecting Biesel to make a move. This is unusual for | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
her to be, not having made a move on the fly and back. Biesel, the | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
World Championships was 2.5 seconds ahead of the rest of the field | :10:37. | :10:45. | |
after the fly and back. Willmott two from the top on that shot. She | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
is working hard, head moving. Coming nicely into contention. Look | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
at that. Biesel making the move and Aimee Willmott. They will turn | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
first and second maybe. Willmott in third. Live, China. Half a second | :10:59. | :11:09. | |
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down. -- Li. Biesel came second to Missy Franklin. Holding on well is | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
Aimee Willmott. That is not the prettiest stroke I have seen on | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
backstroke but it is effective. She will turn third or fourth at this | :11:24. | :11:34. | |
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Willmott in the third, Great Britain, and looking pretty good, | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
too. Now she needs to hang on in there. She has a chance of making | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
this one. She has got to swim a lifetime best but, if she does, she | :11:49. | :11:59. | |
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challenge to Hannah Miley's aspirations of a gold medal. I | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
think we can be confident, to a degree, of her chances of getting | :12:09. | :12:19. | |
on a podium this evening. The world champion, a threat as always. She | :12:19. | :12:29. | |
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a pretty breaststroke, but effective. Gets a head a bit early. | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
I don't want to criticise somebody who the world champion and very | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
good. Still going well in the red hat is Aimee Willmott. It she could | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
have finished third in this heat, she will make a final. She is | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
currently in 4th. She has some serious work to do in this last 100 | :12:54. | :13:02. | |
metres, but she is going well. Elizabeth Basel from the USA put it | :13:02. | :13:12. | |
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this is impressive from the world champion. Second, Li from China. | :13:12. | :13:22. | |
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Aimee Willmott has to go very hard. to up with your confidence for the | :13:30. | :13:37. | |
evening. I'm looking forward to tonight and I think Hannah Miley, | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
she will know exactly what it's going to take. And what she has to | :13:40. | :13:49. | |
do to get the gold medal tonight. She is working hard, as well, here. | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
The second fastest swimmer may be? I think she will go second fastest. | :13:54. | :14:04. | |
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from China and Aimee Willmott experience for in 19-year-old. | :14:44. | :14:49. | |
Hannah Miley will be in lane seven in the final. She qualified 6th. | :14:49. | :14:59. | |
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She will have Li from China next to her. Beisel, The fastest qualifiers. | :15:04. | :15:14. | |
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qualifiers for the final. Here we A bit concerning when you see the | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
times like that because although Hannah Miley won her heat, and is | :15:34. | :15:40. | |
the first British swimmer to win at the Olympic Games, it is a hot | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
final tonight. She is going to be up against it. Very much so. With | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
the 400 metres individual medley, the top eight go through to this | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
evening. You want to be in the race. The nice thing for her, she can be | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
on the outside, do her own thing. Stefanie rice is one of the | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
favourite as well on the outside. In the middle, that they would will | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
be doing her own thing. There should be a lightweight and | :16:07. | :16:15. | |
heavyweight for that. She is tiny. His only 5 ft 5. When they did the | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
photograph, she was the smallest at the end. You think, how can you be | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
so good at this event when you are tiny? All of her strokes are so | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
technically beautiful. If you watch her, there is no strength involved, | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
it is caressing the water all the time. She's also a lovely person to | :16:36. | :16:46. | |
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watch. The let's get her reaction -- a beautiful tactical race. | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
last 100, tends to be the way. Tonight I got to go in and race. | :16:57. | :17:00. | |
There is that noise when you come out and it's just unbelievable. Yes, | :17:01. | :17:07. | |
I felt really happy with that. This is my fastest heat swim in | :17:07. | :17:13. | |
Barcelona. I've got to see what these guys do in the next heat, | :17:13. | :17:20. | |
because I know it's very fast. I got to see what I can do for the | :17:20. | :17:25. | |
final and fingers crossed by make it. What's the last thing of father | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
since June before we send you off down to the simple. He says he | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
loves me. It's nice to have up before the race. I'm up slumming | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
for my family and for him. Yes, it's great. Good luck for tonight. | :17:40. | :17:49. | |
She is tiny but as a great energy. The 6th fastest after winning that | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
he this morning. The whole of Scotland will be cheering her on. I | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
was down there for the trials a few months ago and obviously you are | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
being bought the test events yourself but has only a quarter | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
full them. What they like with a full house? The cheap seats at the | :18:08. | :18:10. | |
top are absolutely packed and unconcerned because there are | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
blocks of seats empty over my shoulder there. And also on their | :18:16. | :18:24. | |
side, these are competitive its -- families down there. Be this | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
evening, every seed will be packed. Some people this morning will be | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
feeling the effects of a late-night last night. Hazel, you're amazing | :18:33. | :18:38. | |
because you can wake up early and present. Some of us can't. I | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
suspect that's why there could be some people missing this morning. | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
Hannah Miley clearly heard the noise pulls it David Carry, a great | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
Scottish,, made his first individual final at his third | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
Olympics at the age of 30, and there was no doubt he was spurred | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
on by the noise and by Keri-Anne Payne, is the answer is, doing this | :18:58. | :19:05. | |
to him. -- his fiancee. He could see them doing this. They were just | :19:05. | :19:11. | |
waving at him. When you're doing distance races, you're not | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
concentrating on anything. It makes a difference, knowing that these | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
people are cheering for you. When 17,000 people are chairing former - | :19:21. | :19:27. | |
- cheering for you, normally you can't tear it, but you do here. | :19:27. | :19:34. | |
curved roof, the design of it, it is beautiful. I hope it continues | :19:34. | :19:41. | |
to inspire the swimmers. Hannah Miley, David Carry and Fran Halsall, | :19:41. | :19:51. | |
as well. We hope for a medal tonight, but we hope. Get in there. | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
I was down there and from the outside, a lot of these venues are | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
getting nicknames already. The marshmallow, the Pringle for the | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
Vella drome. The Copper Box for the Handball Arena. -- a Velodrome. The | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
Aquatics Centre looks like a huge blue whale and the Natural History | :20:10. | :20:17. | |
Museum. It's absolutely magnificent. You have got to go right to the | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
front of it and look into its mouth and you will see what I mean, later | :20:22. | :20:28. | |
on. Anyway, 20 years of hard work to get to the Olympic Games and | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
that's what Mark Foster did over a number of Games. He's not competing | :20:33. | :20:38. | |
this time but if you worry morning person, the sacrifice is in | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
swimming are enormous. Sharron Davies knows what it's like in that | :20:43. | :20:48. | |
event, the war hundred metres individual medley. This is her | :20:48. | :20:58. | |
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I always liked the water. My dad talks about a memory of me I don't | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
remember. I was so young. He said as a three-year-old, I literally | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
threw myself in and he had to sprint from where he was at the | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
other end of the pool to get me out. She always loved the waterfalls are | :21:14. | :21:21. | |
always. In Plymouth, there's lots of beaches and places to go. And | :21:21. | :21:26. | |
she loved the water, always put up my teacher was Bill Clements, who I | :21:26. | :21:32. | |
stayed in touch with until very recently before he passed away. | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
coach got sick and there was nobody to take over. My father did not | :21:36. | :21:42. | |
coach me until I was about 10. The only way I could good early-morning | :21:42. | :21:47. | |
swimming was the open swimming pool, so the local authority said, OK, | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
you can come in and open the pool and turn the lights on. We did that. | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
I remember as having to swim up and down the pool when people were | :21:56. | :22:06. | |
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swarming wits, so we had to dodge We had to swim on Christmas Day. | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
It's a discipline sport. You have to do it every morning and do it. | :22:16. | :22:21. | |
And that's the thing a lot of children don't want to be doing. | :22:21. | :22:27. | |
There were times I wished my mother could have stepped in and calmed my | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
dad down and made him pull back a little bit, because he was so hard. | :22:33. | :22:38. | |
I don't think, as a family, we had a holiday. Every single penny of | :22:38. | :22:47. | |
spare money was spent on swimming. By the time I was champion at 15, | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
that's when the pressure and expectation came, particularly | :22:51. | :22:56. | |
before the Moscow Olympic Games. cheered her on, pushing her all the | :22:56. | :23:02. | |
way in a race. Then the phone went from everywhere. It's a marvellous | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
feeling because you feel all the effort and money and time was worth | :23:06. | :23:13. | |
it. The feeling I had when I touched the ball was achievement | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
and excitement but also relief I'd actually delivered, but all this | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
hard work and sacrifice was worth it. Swimming in the Olympics in | :23:23. | :23:28. | |
particular shape to I Am. I feel like I belong there, it's my space. | :23:28. | :23:38. | |
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If anything goes wrong in my life, If you would like to get involved | :23:40. | :23:50. | |
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: Sharron Davies is with us now. A very moving story. I was talking to | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
you this morning and we were talking about the impact your | :23:56. | :24:02. | |
parents had made in your success. Was it worth it? Absolutely. You | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
stand on the side of the poll and of course it's worth it. When are | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
you are training at 5am in the middle of winter, it is tough, but | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
this is what it's all about, inspiring a whole generation. You | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
want results. You met Petra Schneider, who beat you from East | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
Germany on that day. Clearly, she was part of rape team for East | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
Germany. What were your feelings and emotions when you met in the | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
intervening years? She was not well so the drugs had given her | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
fertility issues, heart problems and she has to take tablets for the | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
rest of her life, so I don't have a personal issue with her. I | :24:46. | :24:53. | |
sometimes get upset with the IOC because they are two victims, | :24:53. | :24:59. | |
myself. And people whose lives would have been different had they | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
been Olympic champions but I would not change anything. Hannah Miley | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
qualified in the same position I did, six, so it's a good omen and I | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
love everything crossed for a later. Absolutely, we are looking forward | :25:12. | :25:18. | |
to so much more and to the men's 100 metres breaststroke. The | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
champion has going for a third unprecedented gold in that. It will | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
be against a backdrop of great excitement and also a great sadness | :25:26. | :25:32. | |
at the death earlier in the year of Alexander Dale Owen from Norway, | :25:32. | :25:39. | |
the champion. He was only 26 years old. According to everybody around | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
him, he was absolutely fine, he trained that morning, went into the | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
showers, and never reappeared. He collapsed in the bathroom and a | :25:48. | :25:55. | |
cardiac arrest. He won the World Championships in the aftermath of | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
politically the horrible Norway shootings, and he had is incredibly | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
high profile and was very important. He was a controlled and calm | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
character. A massive shock. It sent shockwaves around the swimming | :26:09. | :26:15. | |
world. Lots of swimmers to altitude training and when you think how | :26:15. | :26:18. | |
hard athletes in general, let alone Summers, train, and how much | :26:18. | :26:23. | |
pressure, you have got to think your heart is a muscle so it's a | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
wonder we don't blow up more often. It was a huge shock and nobody saw | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
it happening. I suppose sometimes things break. It is a sad moment, a | :26:32. | :26:38. | |
huge loss. Desperately sad and it leaves a hole in this event | :26:38. | :26:44. | |
although the Japanese champion, he's a huge star. He is known as | :26:44. | :26:50. | |
the Frog King. He is the David Beckham of Japan, if you like, and | :26:51. | :26:59. | |
he will go into this race I would say as favourite. Craig Benson | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
coming up first, the Scottish record holder, only 18 years old, | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
but is delaying his 18th birthday celebration until after the Games. | :27:07. | :27:11. | |
His first Olympics and he surprised himself by winning the World Youth | :27:11. | :27:21. | |
:27:21. | :27:25. | ||
the 100 metres brebg stroke. In the red hat of Great Britain, it is | :27:25. | :27:31. | |
Craig Benson, he has the world record holder in three, Rickard. | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
Hansen has been a world record holder in five and the World | :27:36. | :27:46. | |
:27:46. | :27:48. | ||
Champion is on the bottom. Look at Van der Burgh. Down, 0.3 of a | :27:48. | :27:57. | |
second. Under the world record. 26 .7. I couldn't do that with three | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
shredded wheat! Do you see his stroke tying up. The arms get | :28:01. | :28:05. | |
shorter. He has to go long. He has to keep on going long. The rest of | :28:05. | :28:10. | |
the field catching him. Benson doing really well. But in lane six | :28:10. | :28:20. | |
:28:20. | :28:21. | ||
you have Hansen the come back kid from the States. Swimming very well. | :28:21. | :28:24. | |
Look at that. Really fast swims. I can tell you, before I tell you the | :28:24. | :28:30. | |
time of the winner, Craig Benson has gone 60.04 and he is fourth. He | :28:31. | :28:40. | |
:28:41. | :28:54. | ||
will make the semifinal I bet. The semifinal 60.04. Craig Benson, | :28:54. | :29:01. | |
60.048. A great swim at the trials to qualify. Red Cap. Look, great | :29:01. | :29:08. | |
finish. Straight in the wall. Good skills for somebody of his age. He | :29:08. | :29:18. | |
:29:18. | :29:28. | ||
Excellent swimming. So the second of the seeded heats, we have | :29:28. | :29:38. | |
:29:38. | :29:43. | ||
Michael Jamieson in lane seven. Fastest qualifier is the Italian. | :29:43. | :29:50. | |
He is a big brute of a man. He will do the same as we just saw there | :29:50. | :29:57. | |
from van ber burg. The Italian is the one to watch for me. He is in | :29:57. | :30:07. | |
:30:07. | :30:12. | ||
form. Should mention Great Britain's swimmer who hurt a | :30:13. | :30:18. | |
shoulder. Silva of Brazil in five. He is not using it. He is powerful | :30:18. | :30:22. | |
but slowed his voke down. That is good to see. He is not making the | :30:22. | :30:27. | |
mistake of Van der Burgh. I will keep an eye on him. But the Italian | :30:27. | :30:30. | |
in that dangerous place. Schneider is nice. Lane three from New | :30:31. | :30:36. | |
Zealand. Didn't even make the final at the World Championships. | :30:36. | :30:42. | |
Schneider has a lower stroke rate, stroke technique an the rest of | :30:42. | :30:48. | |
them. Down in seven Jamieson. Slow first 50. The crowd are getting | :30:48. | :30:53. | |
behind him, having a great second 50. Jamieson going very well. If he | :30:53. | :30:57. | |
can get the finish here he has got it. Very close indeed. Schneider | :30:57. | :31:05. | |
gets it 59.7. Jamieson has come third. This is a brilliant swim. | :31:05. | :31:09. | |
Stunning, Jamieson punching the air at the end of that race. Great swim | :31:09. | :31:18. | |
from both the Brit, so Benson goes 60.04 and Jamieson has gone 59. | :31:18. | :31:25. | |
Something, he was third in that way and so, they are both through. Tay | :31:25. | :31:30. | |
are both through to the semifinal. I say pretty comfortably as well | :31:30. | :31:36. | |
and Silva, the big Brazilian only went 60.38. I am not sure she going | :31:36. | :31:46. | |
:31:46. | :31:47. | ||
to make the final. Jaily son come back in 31.5. It is all about | :31:47. | :31:53. | |
making the semi-s. So look at that. We have five guys -- Jamieson. Five | :31:53. | :32:03. | |
:32:03. | :32:11. | ||
guys under 60 seconds. What a heat, Michael Jamieson 59.8. So, last | :32:11. | :32:20. | |
heat. Men's 100m breaststroke. Here is the emperor. Kitajima. Will he | :32:20. | :32:27. | |
become the first man to do gold medal in three consecutive Olympic | :32:27. | :32:37. | |
:32:37. | :32:43. | ||
Games.? Utterly brilliant. Good luck Kitajima San. So all eyes on | :32:43. | :32:53. | |
:32:53. | :32:55. | ||
the double, double Olympic champion in lane four, Kitajima of Japan. | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
The other Japanese swimmer is pushing Kitajima at the trials all | :32:59. | :33:03. | |
the way, you can't understate is achievements of Kitajima. Not only | :33:03. | :33:10. | |
is he going for his third straight gold in his third Olympics he is | :33:10. | :33:17. | |
going for doubles. Spenger turning first. Kitajima a wonderful turn. | :33:17. | :33:20. | |
He trains in the States now. Changes training routine and coach | :33:21. | :33:30. | |
:33:31. | :33:32. | ||
in the last three years. Sprenger is having a good swim. Sprenger | :33:32. | :33:35. | |
holding on pretty well. Coming back is Kitajima in four. This the will | :33:35. | :33:42. | |
be tight. It may be Sprenger. Kitajima I think. Sprenger gets it. | :33:42. | :33:52. | |
:33:52. | :33:54. | ||
59.62. Kitajima 59.63. Then there is a 59.68. Flipping heck! That is | :33:54. | :34:01. | |
a good swim from spenger. -- Sprenger. He has a jerky stroke. | :34:01. | :34:08. | |
The two Japanese in ten ser -- in the centre. He comes up very high. | :34:08. | :34:13. | |
Yes, it's a good stroke. It is a bit like flying. The hip movement | :34:13. | :34:18. | |
is port. If you watch people in the vertical plain the hips move up and | :34:18. | :34:23. | |
down. Sprenger does enough to make semi-s as we know. Benson I think | :34:23. | :34:27. | |
will have made it. We are check through some of the times. That is | :34:27. | :34:35. | |
the result of the heat though. Sprenger wins the last heat. At.62. | :34:35. | :34:42. | |
Kitajima 1 one hundredth behind. Very fast indeed. So the great news | :34:42. | :34:47. | |
for Great Britain is that both of our guys, I think are through to | :34:47. | :34:52. | |
the semifinal what a stunning swim. Jamieson wasn't meant to be in the | :34:52. | :35:00. | |
race, a late entry. Another swimmer hurt his shoulder. He is in ninth | :35:00. | :35:10. | |
:35:10. | :35:12. | ||
fastest with 59.89 Benson is 13th into the final. It took a 60.57 | :35:12. | :35:22. | |
Adrian to make the final. That makes you a breaststroke expert. A | :35:22. | :35:32. | |
:35:32. | :35:34. | ||
The voice of Adrian Moorhouse who won gold in 1988 alongside Andy | :35:34. | :35:38. | |
Jameson commentating. It is working, the momentum. Craig Benson and | :35:38. | :35:43. | |
Michael Jamieson they are swimming out of their skins. They will go | :35:43. | :35:47. | |
back to massage table, the other swimmers are there waiting and | :35:47. | :35:50. | |
getting ready they will get excited and think I can't wait to get out | :35:50. | :35:57. | |
there if they get to a bad start and they are "It is my turn soon. | :35:57. | :36:02. | |
"To make it through to the semifinals, it wasn't expected on | :36:02. | :36:07. | |
paper, but both in a good place. You could give Craig Benson, he has | :36:08. | :36:13. | |
a chance of making the final. 13th. Michael Jamieson in ninth. | :36:13. | :36:17. | |
Between the two of them off in 2 of a second. They should make it | :36:17. | :36:24. | |
through to the final and have a lane, have a chance. Craig Benson | :36:24. | :36:28. | |
stopped by with Sharron Davies. Craig, congratulations, Scottish | :36:28. | :36:32. | |
record, first time you get in the water. Yes, tried to control the | :36:32. | :36:38. | |
first 50, try and catch up with Rickard on the second, because he | :36:38. | :36:42. | |
was next to me. Hopefully it is good enough to get through. Is that | :36:42. | :36:47. | |
the arrogance of youth knowing you have that in the tank to come back | :36:47. | :36:51. | |
with? Not really. I know some of the guys are fast at 50. I wanted | :36:51. | :36:58. | |
to keep up with them and overtake them on the second 50. It is good. | :36:58. | :37:01. | |
Semifinal hopefully. I should step up and hopefully break the minute | :37:01. | :37:05. | |
for the first time. The swimmers as a team took the group decision they | :37:05. | :37:10. | |
would not go to the opening seller anyand they said performance comes | :37:10. | :37:13. | |
first. It's a very professional, tight outfit, and that sounds like | :37:13. | :37:18. | |
I am talking about their clothes, I am not. It seems to be working. | :37:18. | :37:23. | |
does. It is one of the things we say, if you are in the first two | :37:23. | :37:27. | |
days don't go. You are standing round and waiting round a long time. | :37:27. | :37:33. | |
The team, because it is one team, if one is not going, we are all not | :37:33. | :37:38. | |
going.. 24 of them, it is their first Olympics. They are sticking | :37:38. | :37:45. | |
in there together. Those two guy, both came in best times from Benson | :37:45. | :37:51. | |
and Jamieson. Let us hear from Jamie son because he spoke to | :37:51. | :37:56. | |
Sharon. That was happier. Craig gets to hold the record for just | :37:56. | :38:01. | |
over a minute. Yes, Craig had a great swim there. I think it is so | :38:01. | :38:05. | |
special to be here this week, and, you know, I have been thinking the | :38:05. | :38:09. | |
last few week, whatever happens this week, this is, you know, there | :38:09. | :38:13. | |
is no excuse, if you can't raise your game in front of this | :38:13. | :38:16. | |
atmosphere, I don't think you will do. I have been feeling really good | :38:16. | :38:22. | |
the last couple of weeks, the running has been great. I have had | :38:22. | :38:30. | |
a good block. I have been relaxed, and I think that has helped me. | :38:30. | :38:33. | |
acknowledge the crowd when you finished. Are you aware of them | :38:33. | :38:37. | |
shouting. They were raising the roof?. Definitely. I could hear | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
them in the last 25. I was just, trying to hold my stroke together, | :38:41. | :38:45. | |
but you know, it is such a special at moss fee, I can't believe the | :38:45. | :38:50. | |
the reaction we have had. Messages on Twitter and things like that. | :38:50. | :38:56. | |
Even has helped. Thanks to even who is here. Hopefully they will make | :38:56. | :39:01. | |
more noise tonight. Any special messages to Dan at home? I said I | :39:01. | :39:07. | |
was going to try and find something extra, because attend of the day, I | :39:07. | :39:11. | |
am in this event by default. I was so gutted for him. He is a good lad. | :39:12. | :39:17. | |
He has had a hard time with injuries. I feel like I have a | :39:17. | :39:21. | |
responsibility to raise my game, step it up, hopefully squeeze into | :39:21. | :39:26. | |
the final. See you later. Cheers. Michael Jamieson talking about | :39:26. | :39:33. | |
qualifying for the semifinal. He was making reference to how he made | :39:33. | :39:39. | |
the team. Daniel was meant to be in this event but had a shoulder | :39:39. | :39:44. | |
injurery Jamieson was the next best. He is in, he has done a best time | :39:44. | :39:50. | |
and making the semifinal. We will see if they can built build on that. | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
With some of the events you see tactical swimming from guys like | :39:54. | :39:59. | |
Michael Phelps who are swimming a number of vents. They try and save | :39:59. | :40:05. | |
themselves. They can, they can put, save a bit of energy for the finals. | :40:05. | :40:09. | |
What we nearly saw and have seen it Laszlo Cseh and Michael Phelps, | :40:09. | :40:13. | |
playing cat and mouths, both thinking we are going to make it | :40:13. | :40:16. | |
through comfortably, all of a sudden Michael Phelps makes it | :40:16. | :40:19. | |
through and Cseh is out. That would have been one of the medallists and | :40:19. | :40:23. | |
he is not in the final. That was extraordinary. The other one not in | :40:23. | :40:29. | |
his final is the defending champion Park of Korea. He is still | :40:29. | :40:34. | |
appealing. We think it was a false start. It is very strange for | :40:34. | :40:38. | |
anyone, especially the middle distance events. In the '50s it can | :40:38. | :40:43. | |
happen. That was a shocker. I think he will appeal it. Park will be in | :40:43. | :40:48. | |
the final I am sure. We will find out. Mark and I will be back this | :40:48. | :40:54. | |
evening for the finals and semifinals. If you are one of the | :40:54. | :40:57. | |
26.9 million people who staid up very late to watch the opening | :40:57. | :41:00. | |
ceremony, good morning. It is the afternoon but good morning to you. | :41:01. | :41:04. | |
If you have missed some of the opening races in the pool and | :41:04. | :41:13. | |
indeed elsewhere, these are the had That burst of two potential | :41:13. | :41:19. | |
showdowns between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte is on but Michael | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
Phelps just scraped through as the 8th fastest qualifier. Fran Halsall | :41:23. | :41:28. | |
and Ellen Gandy eased into the semi-finals after finishing second | :41:28. | :41:38. | |
:41:38. | :41:43. | ||
in their respective heats. Yang cruises through. Park was qualified | :41:43. | :41:48. | |
-- disqualified but the peeling that. Hannah Miley will have to | :41:48. | :41:54. | |
step up the pace in the qualifying after qualifying 6th fastest. | :41:54. | :41:59. | |
Remember, hearing Mark Cavendish saying many years ago when he was a | :41:59. | :42:04. | |
child, an aspiring cyclists, he saw David Miller come to the Isle of | :42:04. | :42:09. | |
Man and he persuaded him to have a go at professional level. David | :42:09. | :42:13. | |
Miller is one of his back men these days. It's ironic how these things | :42:13. | :42:17. | |
happen, isn't it? A lot would Bradley Wiggins and Ian Stannard, | :42:17. | :42:24. | |
there was plenty action earlier on. What is the latest down there? | :42:24. | :42:27. | |
latest is the breakaway is still looking very strong. They are | :42:27. | :42:31. | |
working very efficiently together. There's a gap of about five-and-a- | :42:31. | :42:38. | |
half minutes. And they're getting help from Germany. Specifically | :42:38. | :42:44. | |
from Tony Martin who is helping it just enough. Andre Greipel does not | :42:44. | :42:47. | |
want to give up too much because Mark Cavendish is such a great | :42:47. | :42:50. | |
sprinter. It looks like Great Britain are trying to close that | :42:50. | :43:00. | |
:43:00. | :43:06. | ||
gap. It's now over to the and 14 seconds behind the leading | :43:06. | :43:16. | |
:43:16. | :43:29. | ||
British rider amongst the group. This group formed after about 20 | :43:29. | :43:33. | |
kilometres and built a lead of almost six minutes at one point, | :43:33. | :43:40. | |
but it is coming back slowly. 5.1 for now. A lot of the chasing, its | :43:40. | :43:44. | |
conductor on the front of the field by the Great Britain team. Germany | :43:44. | :43:49. | |
has started to get involved a little bit here. They look and | :43:49. | :43:53. | |
after the interests of their sprinter, Andre Greipel. The race | :43:53. | :43:58. | |
is over two hours old and they on the second ascent of Box Hill, so | :43:58. | :44:02. | |
there's a long way to go. Great Britain need to be vigilant because | :44:02. | :44:12. | |
:44:12. | :44:16. | ||
didn't want to let this group go person contributing. Germany are | :44:16. | :44:20. | |
playing a clever game but that lead is about five minutes with some | :44:20. | :44:28. | |
hours of racing to go. The British team will be happy with that. They | :44:28. | :44:33. | |
are expending an awful lot of firepower. That's not going to | :44:33. | :44:36. | |
leave them anybody to help Mark Cavendish out, so they could do | :44:36. | :44:43. | |
with more help from Germany. There are some mind Games going on. | :44:43. | :44:51. | |
in the main peloton, some rides are keeping their legs fresh. Tom | :44:51. | :44:57. | |
Boonen, I have not seen him at all. I haven't seen Gilbert from Belgium. | :44:57. | :45:07. | |
:45:07. | :45:08. | ||
Are there is a long way to go but We will be back around that 250 | :45:08. | :45:13. | |
kilometre cycle route to check on the progress of Great Britain in | :45:13. | :45:17. | |
that huge peloton later. A huge percentage of Great Britain's gold | :45:17. | :45:24. | |
medals have come in seats, sports or rather, where you sit down. This | :45:24. | :45:29. | |
is rowing obviously with William such and George Nash going in the | :45:29. | :45:39. | |
:45:39. | :45:45. | ||
heats of the men's pair so let's go George and William for Great | :45:45. | :45:49. | |
Britain go in Laina number four. Looking to be something very | :45:49. | :45:54. | |
special here. This is the third heat, three to progress to the | :45:54. | :45:59. | |
semi-final. The expectation is that Great Britain would do that. Their | :45:59. | :46:03. | |
expectation was that they would win this. They are under starter's | :46:03. | :46:13. | |
:46:13. | :46:22. | ||
Down at Eton Dorney. This is heat 3. Every time the announcer calls | :46:22. | :46:28. | |
about Team GB, the crowd cheers. No one is more deserving than these | :46:28. | :46:36. | |
two. The new men's coxless pair for 2012 in lane at number four. Greece, | :46:36. | :46:43. | |
brothers, in lane one, Germany in two, Italy in three and the UK in | :46:44. | :46:49. | |
the lane number four. A good start, though, from the UK. Crease are the | :46:49. | :46:55. | |
fastest here -- Greece. They were third in Lucerne and 4th at the | :46:55. | :47:01. | |
World Championships. The Italians are very experienced. Third in the | :47:01. | :47:05. | |
world championships. Great Britain are probably the third best crew | :47:05. | :47:10. | |
here on the evidence of Lucerne. They did not go to Munich. There | :47:10. | :47:17. | |
was a tinge to George Nash's back forcibly did not want to test it in | :47:17. | :47:23. | |
the race so he stayed at home and did some training. They have hired | :47:23. | :47:29. | |
a good six weeks training. They are here now in a position where, | :47:29. | :47:34. | |
really, they have got to get into that third place to qualify | :47:34. | :47:38. | |
directly for the semi-finals but they are up against people similar | :47:38. | :47:47. | |
in speed to the run. -- have their own. A great first 500 from Britain, | :47:47. | :47:54. | |
going through in second place. Germany in third. This is Italy. | :47:54. | :47:59. | |
Sorry, this is Greece. This will give the UK an enormous amount of | :47:59. | :48:05. | |
confidence, as a going to the second phase. In the small boat, | :48:05. | :48:10. | |
it's about kicking him, consolidating the first 500 and | :48:10. | :48:14. | |
allowing the confidence to build. For these guys, they will enjoy the | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
moment here. I tipped them as an outside chance of a medal but has | :48:19. | :48:25. | |
no reason why they can't do that. Writing on the shoulders of the | :48:25. | :48:30. | |
brothers from Greece in lane number one. These guys were for the silver | :48:30. | :48:33. | |
medallists, 4th in the world championships last year. It's a | :48:33. | :48:37. | |
great benchmark for the British pair. Don't discount Italy. They | :48:37. | :48:41. | |
have a great second half. And lots and lots of experience, but they | :48:41. | :48:46. | |
are getting on in years. They've been around for quite a long time | :48:46. | :48:52. | |
but they are just beginning to push up past Germany. You have young | :48:52. | :48:59. | |
lads in this British pairing. Under 23. Medalists. Rowing with great | :48:59. | :49:06. | |
maturity, very long, heads up. Very nicely alongside Greece. One thing, | :49:06. | :49:12. | |
though, that the UK have above all others in this race, there is | :49:12. | :49:19. | |
absolutely no fear. They will take this heat by the scruff of its neck. | :49:19. | :49:27. | |
Great Britain just behind Greece. Going through the 100 metres, 1,000, | :49:27. | :49:36. | |
I should say. We are in for a treat in the second 1,000 metres. They | :49:36. | :49:41. | |
are 22 years old, the UK team, and what a great combination. They have | :49:41. | :49:51. | |
:49:51. | :49:52. | ||
come out as a new combination this to take it on and that's what we | :49:52. | :49:59. | |
are seeing here. No fear from Great Britain. Excellent stuff. They | :49:59. | :50:05. | |
pushed through, past Greece. Greece have a higher number of strokes per | :50:05. | :50:11. | |
minute, more upright, a slightly shorter stroke. The British are | :50:11. | :50:14. | |
reaching for the full, taking longer strokes and using power to | :50:14. | :50:22. | |
push the boat to wait. Their boat speed is a little bit better. | :50:22. | :50:27. | |
Italians, the white boat, separating Great Britain from | :50:27. | :50:33. | |
Greece. Don't discount number three here. This is a sensational race | :50:33. | :50:43. | |
:50:43. | :50:52. | ||
developing as we head towards the the last 500 metres. 1,500 down, | :50:52. | :50:56. | |
and the British crew had the confidence in the world. The crowd | :50:56. | :51:02. | |
are responding. Three-quarters of a length on that Greece. Now, guys, | :51:02. | :51:07. | |
this is all about building confidence. George and William, | :51:07. | :51:14. | |
under 23, a combination here, they are taking on the world. Half a | :51:14. | :51:18. | |
length clear of Greece, Italy pushing hard. They could well get | :51:18. | :51:28. | |
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past agrees, as well. He is smiling, thinking, we are here. At fantastic | :51:29. | :51:33. | |
attack from Italy. Within 250 metres of the finish, they will not | :51:33. | :51:42. | |
get stopped now. Good growing from them. Coming up to 250, 25 strokes | :51:42. | :51:47. | |
and the British have responded again. Are the Italians are coming | :51:47. | :51:51. | |
hard but the British hold on. This will be a fantastic confidence | :51:51. | :52:01. | |
:52:01. | :52:02. | ||
booster. The Italians on the right. Certainly, Nash has responded. Up | :52:02. | :52:09. | |
they go. 200 metres to go. A final sprint, now, by Team GB. A | :52:09. | :52:14. | |
sensational he too. They will know that they have got more in their | :52:14. | :52:19. | |
bag. They leave the Italians to road past the Greeks. They have | :52:19. | :52:25. | |
less than 50 metres to go. A sensational opening to the 2012 | :52:25. | :52:30. | |
Olympic campaign. And the crowd are going mad. And they know they are | :52:30. | :52:36. | |
on the road to glory here. A fabulous start from a boat which | :52:36. | :52:43. | |
was definitely an underdog a across all of the media. They knew more | :52:43. | :52:51. | |
and knew better. 22 years of age. They have done themselves proud | :52:51. | :52:57. | |
today. And what a confidence booster. They must not leave their | :52:58. | :53:01. | |
best performance as that performance on the water. They have | :53:01. | :53:06. | |
got to calm down, relax, they got the bronze medal at the world | :53:06. | :53:11. | |
championships last year. It's put them into a chance for a medal. If | :53:11. | :53:15. | |
they can just repeat that, fantastic job, but they have got to | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
calm down, think very hard about lifting their game a little bit | :53:20. | :53:26. | |
more in the semi-finals. A lot of looking around, looking for the | :53:26. | :53:32. | |
line. Where is it, help us! It just shows you how hard they were | :53:32. | :53:39. | |
looking and a joy across George and William's faces. But to win that, | :53:39. | :53:44. | |
at that age, 22 years of age, fantastic. There is confirmation | :53:44. | :53:48. | |
that they have got one heeds three, and are through to the semi-finals, | :53:48. | :53:58. | |
:53:58. | :54:01. | ||
It be a hugely impressive start to the regatta at Eton Dorney. They | :54:01. | :54:04. | |
had come from nowhere in the last 12 months and they will be thrilled. | :54:04. | :54:11. | |
Very much so. They have a very good potential. We've always known that. | :54:11. | :54:15. | |
I would have been pleased if they made a final place. Now, they could | :54:15. | :54:21. | |
dream about winning a medal. They had broken the Olympic record by | :54:21. | :54:28. | |
3.5 seconds. Unfortunate, the Kiwis have broken up by 12 seconds. | :54:28. | :54:37. | |
Murray, the scourge of the Team GB row was, who were lost to on 14 | :54:37. | :54:41. | |
consecutive occasions and drove them back into the coxless four, | :54:41. | :54:47. | |
they broke the Olympic record and the world record, and, to put it | :54:47. | :54:55. | |
into feet and inches, 12 seconds is how far? It's normally about three | :54:55. | :55:01. | |
seconds per length, so Fawbert lengths. Kyran Bracken was held by | :55:01. | :55:07. | |
Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave. That has gone by a very long way -- | :55:07. | :55:12. | |
the record. James was bragging about it a couple of days ago and | :55:12. | :55:17. | |
now it's gone, so don't brag about it because they go very quickly. | :55:17. | :55:23. | |
Are they just about the definitive roles, the Kiwis? I wouldn't say so. | :55:23. | :55:29. | |
They look quite ought to meet. They are an odd shape. -- order to me. | :55:29. | :55:34. | |
They are not a classic tactical group but they do something to make | :55:34. | :55:38. | |
the boat goes very very fast. It almost broke the world record in | :55:38. | :55:42. | |
not very good conditions at last year's world champions. These are | :55:42. | :55:48. | |
very very fast conditions to prepare. A lot of birds are | :55:48. | :55:52. | |
breaking Olympic records but to smash the world record like that is | :55:52. | :55:58. | |
very impressive. OK, it's almost like having a road race here. I'm | :55:58. | :56:03. | |
sure you are watching this and we have a complete peloton of cyclists | :56:03. | :56:07. | |
on the other side of the water with people generally cheering everybody | :56:07. | :56:13. | |
on it. One of the races you must is the men's quad. This what happened | :56:13. | :56:23. | |
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silver medallists. Switzerland in lane two. Always well-supported at | :56:34. | :56:44. | |
these regattas. Great Britain have a chance to qualify directly for | :56:44. | :56:54. | |
:56:54. | :56:58. | ||
the semi-final by finishing in the top three. Ukraine will be in a | :56:58. | :57:08. | |
:57:08. | :57:14. | ||
plane for. -- lane four. Germany here are the class crew. The silver | :57:14. | :57:22. | |
medallists last year. This is an event that they do always excel at. | :57:22. | :57:32. | |
:57:32. | :57:35. | ||
Stephen Rowbotham in the men's quad. An Olympic bronze medallist from | :57:35. | :57:45. | |
:57:45. | :58:06. | ||
Beijing. Heat three of the men's quadruple | :58:06. | :58:16. | |
sculls. Great Britain in lane number three, charging out. Matthew | :58:16. | :58:24. | |
Wells leading the British quad out of the starting area. Only three of | :58:24. | :58:34. | |
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these boats will qualify for the German boat. They have got a length | :58:47. | :58:52. | |
almost on Switzerland. They have such power. They sit low in the | :58:52. | :58:59. | |
boat and just drive at their legs down. The blade tips going into the | :58:59. | :59:09. | |
:59:09. | :59:34. | ||
water as they drive off. They now second at all three World Cup | :59:34. | :59:42. | |
regattas. Great Britain were seven in the first two World Cup regattas | :59:42. | :59:52. | |
:59:52. | :59:54. | ||
and came 4th in Munich. We would expect Ukraine to fall back, we | :59:54. | :00:03. | |
would hope that Great Britain move on. I would expect to see Great | :00:03. | :00:13. | |
:00:13. | :00:14. | ||
Britain move on in the second half of the race. Look how far Germany | :00:14. | :00:24. | |
have gone out in front. That is the measure. They have been second to | :00:24. | :00:31. | |
Croatia up all the way through the year. But Great Britain it now | :00:31. | :00:41. | |
:00:41. | :00:46. | ||
beginning to push through. It is early stages. Jeremy going | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
through at the halfway mark and they have absolutely crushed the | :00:50. | :01:00. | |
:01:00. | :01:21. | ||
competition. The British group now British Quadruple Scull. Look at | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
the space that Germany have opened up. This is power rowing but also | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
very relaxed. Power and accuracy. That means that their boat just | :01:34. | :01:44. | |
:01:44. | :01:45. | ||
travels well. And they just keep moving their boat. That is very | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
classy. Great Britain have moved into second place. That would be | :01:51. | :01:58. | |
quite creditable for them. But they are quite a long way back from | :01:58. | :02:08. | |
:02:08. | :02:08. | ||
Germany. This is sensational. It is | :02:08. | :02:16. | |
incredible what Germany are doing. Great Britain safely in second | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
place. The fight now on between Switzerland and Ukraine were the | :02:22. | :02:32. | |
:02:32. | :02:34. | ||
third qualification spot for the semi-final. Are we looking at the | :02:34. | :02:44. | |
:02:44. | :02:49. | ||
Olympic champions in this event? Still a big contrast between | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
Germany and Great Britain. I think the German crew could well-matched | :02:56. | :03:04. | |
Croatia in the final. The quadruple scull project led by coach Mark | :03:04. | :03:12. | |
Banks. They have definitely moved on again from the last time they | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
were out in Munich when they finished 4th. It is a credible | :03:18. | :03:28. | |
:03:28. | :03:30. | ||
start. They need to keep that long. Germany have got this under control. | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
It will be second now for Great Britain. And Ukraine getting the | :03:35. | :03:43. | |
third qualification spot. A job well done. And Ukraine over in | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
third position. Switzerland going towards the River shares. | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
Sensational from the Germans, and a very good start by the British. | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
Germany is certainly going to be a Challenge for Croatia in the final. | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
For Great Britain I thought that was a pretty good performance. The | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
second half was really good. Great to get that race out of the way. | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
They have qualified for the semi- final, in the hunt for a final | :04:15. | :04:24. | |
place. And they're not far off the chance of a medal. | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
The object of the Olympic Games in his project is just to do | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
everything to get to the finals. That is all they need to focus on. | :04:33. | :04:43. | |
:04:43. | :04:45. | ||
Then it really does open up. In the Quadruple Scull there is a number | :04:45. | :04:55. | |
:04:55. | :05:07. | ||
of very good chords. -- quads. How was the first London 20 top | :05:07. | :05:14. | |
experience for you? It was nerve- racking. We got off to a good start. | :05:14. | :05:21. | |
And after the first couple of strokes we just got going. | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
This morning we realised just how much it helps having the crowd | :05:25. | :05:35. | |
:05:35. | :05:39. | ||
behind you. It was incredible. Everyone out there having picnics. | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
This is extraordinary, the crowd. It is phenomenal. It definitely | :05:44. | :05:52. | |
does help. Even from 100 metres, everyone is shouting for you. And | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
towards the end of the race I was not even able to here what Robbie | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
was saying. I loved every minute of it. What about the race itself? | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
had a pretty good race, we just wanted to focus on our own boat. | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
And we did a good enough job to come away with a win. Steve, you're | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
impressed? I was impressed. Their last performance in Munich looked | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
really good. But there is a lot that can go wrong. But to see that | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
performance, it was really good. I hate to say it, but I think you | :06:29. | :06:35. | |
have put your selves favourite to win this thing. | :06:35. | :06:42. | |
In terms of the build up, all the media stuff and all the hype. And | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
I'm sure if you watched events in the stadium last night. When you | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
will cut this morning, did you think that the time has come? | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
of me is just going, it is just around rowing race. And the other | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
part of it, there are so many people are shouting for you. It is | :07:03. | :07:10. | |
humbling, it is incredible. This is the moment, so we need to seize it. | :07:10. | :07:18. | |
We just have to not mess anything up and just bring it out. | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
talking of people looking forward to next week, Sam Townsend and Bill | :07:22. | :07:28. | |
Lucas had a pretty impressive row in the double sculls. | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
A everyone is talking about the atmosphere. How was it for you? | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
was incredible. We got into the last 600 metres and you just hit by | :07:39. | :07:45. | |
a wall of noise. The pain just disappears and you feel like you're | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
invincible. It is just the most incredible thing I have ever | :07:48. | :07:55. | |
experienced. You were not invincible because she came second. | :07:55. | :08:02. | |
But you must have been encouraged by that? Was spent quite a long | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
time trying to work on the finish of the race. That was a step in the | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
right direction to date with the finish. Just a little scrubby in | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
the last couple of hundred metres. But we will work on that throat the | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
week. It certainly did not feel like a physical thing, it was more | :08:20. | :08:30. | |
:08:30. | :08:30. | ||
technical. But today was incredible. And that is all thanks to those | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
people watching today. I hope it is the same on Tuesday. And you're now | :08:36. | :08:43. | |
an Olympian! So at least that it is out of the way. It is a big | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
believer up into this and it is very much getting the first one | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
under your belt. And to come out and show that we're in the ball | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
park and have a good platform to work from, that is great. When you | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
woke up this morning did you think, this is it, what I have done all | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
this work for? A little bit. We had that chat last night. It is the | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
culmination of a lot of hard work. We both started roughly 10 years | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
ago in this sport. You have to get up and show what you can do on a | :09:20. | :09:29. | |
day like today. The first race came down with Helen and heather and we | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
just wanted to come down and see what was going on. You could just | :09:36. | :09:43. | |
hear it all the way back over there. hear it all the way back over there. | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
It sent a tingle down the spine. A common theme is emerging from all | :09:48. | :09:55. | |
around the Olympic Park, that home advantage does appear to be | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
counting for the moment. We heard from the chambered brothers from | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
Northern Ireland and also from Northern Ireland is Alan Campbell. | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
He will be in the single sculls. He got to Beijing but only just and he | :10:09. | :10:16. | |
has unfinished business in his boat. He has. The men's single sculls, it | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
is alone the world and you have to do a lot of training on your own. | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
If things are not going well, and Alan has had injury and illness, | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
you can get quite down. But he is quite resilient? He is very | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
resilient. He had a lot of problems for years ago and to come back and | :10:35. | :10:42. | |
get to the Games was remarkable. He has got a medal at every World | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
Championship in between. But he has not had a great season. But he is | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
that type of guy, you just do not know, he could produce something | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
special. Hopefully we can say in a few minutes' time that he is back | :10:56. | :11:03. | |
on track. That is a final bit of action from a British perspective | :11:03. | :11:13. | |
:11:13. | :11:17. | ||
here at Eton Dorney on the first We have 9th defence at Eton Dorney. | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
In the swimming pool we have the women's freestyle relay. They | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
always raise the roof in any aquatic centre at any Olympic Games. | :11:26. | :11:36. | |
:11:36. | :11:36. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :11:36. | :12:17. | |
Let's see how Great Britain's leading at the moment. This is a | :12:17. | :12:24. | |
very good swims so far. She is ahead of Team USA. This is a | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
fantastic start. She has been around a little bit. She has got a | :12:31. | :12:39. | |
lot to prove. She has got some good experience. Came out of the blocks | :12:39. | :12:49. | |
:12:49. | :13:01. | ||
flying. Lane five is China. First was Belarus, right at the bottom. | :13:01. | :13:07. | |
Great Britain in 5th position. Still going well at the bottom is | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
the team from Belarus. Now it is Jessica Lloyd. I want to see that | :13:14. | :13:22. | |
takeover from China again, she was very close. Jessica Lloyd still in | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
the hunt at the top. I would suggest we get for Scotland Iffat | :13:27. | :13:37. | |
:13:37. | :13:45. | ||
not least higher. All in a line, a really difficult to choose. Very | :13:45. | :13:54. | |
close again from the American team that time. USA his first, then | :13:54. | :14:04. | |
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Japan. Third is Sweden. We need a good leg from Caitlin McClatchey. | :14:06. | :14:13. | |
But there have been some tight takeovers so far. USA a saving all | :14:13. | :14:19. | |
their big guns in the final, but they could get disqualified. It is | :14:19. | :14:25. | |
just like a baton in track and field races. The Americans are very | :14:25. | :14:35. | |
:14:35. | :14:44. | ||
good at it. This is the only swimmer for Natalie Coughlin. Great | :14:44. | :14:51. | |
Britain is still in a 5th position. We have got to get at least 4th. A | :14:51. | :15:01. | |
:15:01. | :15:02. | ||
fast second semi-final still to come. Second, third, 4th and 5th | :15:02. | :15:10. | |
are all in a line. Rebecca Turner is 20 during the Olympic Games. She | :15:10. | :15:20. | |
:15:20. | :15:24. | ||
is going to have people a lifetime best out. Just second, third or 4th. | :15:24. | :15:34. | |
:15:34. | :15:39. | ||
Come on, Rebecca Turner. Great Britain has finished equal 4th. I | :15:39. | :15:44. | |
have never seen a swim off in a relay. I wonder if we will see one | :15:44. | :15:53. | |
here. I hope not. First, USA, second was China, third was Japan | :15:53. | :15:58. | |
and 4th was Great Britain equal with Sweden. 6th was the Russian | :15:59. | :16:05. | |
Federation. How close was that? think that first Chinese takeover | :16:05. | :16:13. | |
was legal. Their feet cannot take it off the block. I think they will | :16:13. | :16:23. | |
:16:23. | :16:27. | ||
get away with that one. Touching by the skin of their toes! We have | :16:27. | :16:37. | |
:16:37. | :17:02. | ||
left Fran Halsall to come into the freestyle relay. Holland in the | :17:02. | :17:12. | |
:17:12. | :17:18. | ||
centre in lane four. Holland are resting their best swimmer just | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
like Britain did with Fran Halsall. It will be interesting to see how | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
:17:31. | :17:36. | ||
it works for them. This is the first time these print women have | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
had a shot to set a time and scare each other. It is an important | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
:17:52. | :17:55. | ||
marker for some of the swimmers. In fact, individual world records have | :17:55. | :18:03. | |
been set from a starting position in a relay before. That was not | :18:03. | :18:13. | |
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Second just about in lane four. Frederica Pellegrini is down in | :18:39. | :18:49. | |
:18:49. | :18:57. | ||
lane seven. The Australians look really strong. Really working for | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
it. I wonder if they have been told if you swim fast enough in the | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
heats, a couple of you will get through to the finals, but not all | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
of pupils stock the a could be swimming for their individual | :19:12. | :19:22. | |
:19:22. | :19:24. | ||
places in the final. It is going to be one of the great ones this | :19:24. | :19:33. | |
evening. Australia, Holland, America, they will all be really | :19:33. | :19:43. | |
:19:43. | :19:44. | ||
hot tonight. A Australia lead with one leg to go. Holland are second, | :19:44. | :19:54. | |
:19:54. | :19:58. | ||
but in a bit of a precarious position. But really close for | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
third and 4th. Great Britain must be watching this and thinking have | :20:03. | :20:13. | |
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Excuse me, 3.3 8.21. I think we are in equal 7th. They can relax a | :20:46. | :20:53. | |
little bit. It would have been draining to do a swim off at the | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
:21:03. | :21:08. | ||
end of the seats. -- At the end of their heats. Look at that, it was | :21:08. | :21:18. | |
:21:18. | :21:22. | ||
beautiful. Every single opportunity you have been training you practice | :21:22. | :21:28. | |
for detail and your coaches are right! Australia won that second | :21:28. | :21:37. | |
heat by a full body length. And full body length these days for | :21:37. | :21:43. | |
women is 1.4 seconds. If they jump into celebrate, they are | :21:43. | :21:51. | |
disqualified. The crowd has just been told about the finalists. I | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
think you will have been able to tell from that massive roar from | :21:55. | :22:04. | |
:22:05. | :22:08. | ||
the crowd. I can tell you that Great Britain have made the final, | :22:08. | :22:18. | |
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just. Actually, possibly it is the best thing they could have got, | :22:25. | :22:35. | |
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find lots of great information. If you're watching the track cycling | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
and are wondering what the different events are, the Sport | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
Guide will tell you. Then there's Olympics Live. Turn it on and it | :23:21. | :23:24. | |
will alert you to all the key moments from around the Games so | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
you never miss anything that matters. With the Athletes Panel, | :23:28. | :23:31. | |
if you're watching the rowing and want in-depth info about one of the | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
rowers, then this feature is here to help. Now, there will be times | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
when up to 24 live events are taking place all at once, so we've | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
arranged everything to make it easy for you to find the best of the | :23:43. | :23:46. | |
action. In short, with the BBC's new live interactive video player, | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
we're giving you complete control of what you want to watch and when | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
you want to watch it. Go to bbc.co.uk/sport to never miss a | :23:54. | :24:04. | |
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moment of the Olympic Games on the And you will never want to miss a | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
moment, but it is quite a surreal experience when you look out of a | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
window in our studio and you look out there and you see thousands of | :24:17. | :24:21. | |
people streaming into Olympic Park which only seven years ago was | :24:21. | :24:29. | |
piled high with fridges and debris and rubbish. The size of 350 | :24:29. | :24:32. | |
football pitches and 30 bridges linking all the wonderful squares | :24:32. | :24:39. | |
around Olympic Park. I think of our position four years ago and in | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
Athens and Sydney and it is so real and it is happening right here in | :24:42. | :24:47. |