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:02:02. > :02:08.Another fantastic day, and really a weekend to remember for British

:02:08. > :02:13.sport, ending with two more gold medals. Great Britain now have 16

:02:13. > :02:16.goals, just three short of the total in Beijing. Yesterday it was

:02:16. > :02:21.Andy Murray and Ben Ainslie who topped the podium. Could they be

:02:21. > :02:24.more of the same today? In gymnastics, Beth Tweddle is

:02:25. > :02:31.hoping to bow out with a gold. She was 4th in Beijing, but she is

:02:31. > :02:36.looking good in London. Olympic kayak champion Tim Brabants

:02:36. > :02:43.begins his title defence today, so could Eton Dorney bring more gold

:02:43. > :02:45.for Great Britain? Dai Greene is doing it the hard way. We look at

:02:45. > :02:55.whether the world and Commonwealth champion might spring a surprise in

:02:55. > :02:58.

:02:58. > :03:08.And that's not all from the stadium. Tiffany Porter and Andrew Ossa G R

:03:08. > :03:11.

:03:11. > :03:18.So, here is how we take you through it all. It is off to the athletics

:03:18. > :03:26.at 10am. But before that, we are back at Eton Dorney at 9:30am. At

:03:26. > :03:31.2pm, the gymnastics gets under way. More track cycling at the Beller

:03:31. > :03:38.Drome at 4pm, Victoria Pendleton and Jason Kenny in action there.

:03:38. > :03:44.And tonight at the athletics, the men's 400m and women's pole vault.

:03:44. > :03:48.Dai Greene goes in the 400m hurdles. And it was quite a weekend in the

:03:48. > :03:54.stadium behind me. First, Saturday's glorious night for

:03:54. > :03:57.British athletics, and then last night, the Big One, the men's 100m.

:03:57. > :04:05.All the doubts about whether using bolt could do it suddenly

:04:05. > :04:15.disappeared. -- Usain Bolt. This Stadium has just come to life.

:04:15. > :04:20.

:04:20. > :04:27.I wonder why it! It is exciting Powell gets a cracking start, and

:04:27. > :04:34.Justin Gatlin is looking good. Oh, my word! He was looking at them as

:04:34. > :04:40.if to say, keep up! This is the if to say, keep up! This is the

:04:40. > :04:49.second semi-final. Bolt got a decent start, and so did Dwain

:04:49. > :04:55.Chambers. Here comes Usain Bolt, really turn it on. 9.87. Dare I say

:04:55. > :05:02.it, clowning around just a little. And now for the third semi-final,

:05:02. > :05:10.the athletes are ready. Not the best of starts from Tyson Gay.

:05:10. > :05:18.Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay pulling away now. Blake is going to win it.

:05:18. > :05:28.9.85, game on. I came third in the semi-final at the Olympics. That

:05:28. > :05:57.

:05:57. > :06:05.has run under 10 seconds this year. the four fastest men of all time

:06:05. > :06:15.are in the same Olympic final. They come to their marks, the moment of

:06:15. > :06:26.

:06:26. > :06:32.blocks. But he is getting into his stride alongside Justin Gatlin. He

:06:32. > :06:40.has won the gold! 9.64. The champion becomes a legend. Why did

:06:40. > :06:45.we ever, ever, ever doubt the brilliance of Usain Bolt? I was

:06:45. > :06:51.slightly worried about my start. I think I sat in the blocks a little

:06:51. > :06:56.bit. It wasn't the best reaction in the world. But my coach said, stop

:06:56. > :07:00.worrying about the start, the best part of your race is at the end.

:07:00. > :07:06.That is where you rule. So I stopped worrying about the start

:07:06. > :07:11.and executed it. What do you say to all the doubters? People can talk,

:07:11. > :07:21.all they can do is talk. When it comes to the championships, this is

:07:21. > :07:22.

:07:22. > :07:25.His place in history is now assured. Colin Jackson, you were there last

:07:26. > :07:30.night. And there were lots of doubters, we were talking this time

:07:30. > :07:33.yesterday, not sure he would pull that off. And the good reason for

:07:33. > :07:39.that is because of the opposition he was up against, the best

:07:39. > :07:43.sprinters we have seen on the planet were all assembled in at

:07:43. > :07:49.100m. And him losing the Jamaican championships caused a little bit

:07:49. > :07:54.of upset. People were questioning whether he would deliver the goods,

:07:54. > :07:59.but he is a championship man, and he proved it again. Slightly slow

:07:59. > :08:05.out of the blocks, but he just races to the finish. He is a tall

:08:05. > :08:08.man, and it takes him a bit of time to unfold. What he was working on

:08:08. > :08:13.previously was to try to start as if he were shorter man, and that is

:08:13. > :08:18.not conducive to his style of running. Once he gets up bright and

:08:18. > :08:24.get into his flow, he becomes unstoppable. Once he hits that 30-

:08:24. > :08:28.metre mark, about now, he starts to pull away from the field. That is

:08:28. > :08:33.why he is the great champion that he is over this distance. Overall,

:08:33. > :08:40.this was a fantastic field. Seven out of the eight men ran under 10

:08:40. > :08:46.seconds. The quality was breathtaking. Bizarrely enough, the

:08:46. > :08:51.man who didn't go under 10 seconds was Asafa Powell, the one who has

:08:51. > :09:00.run under 10 seconds the most. It looked like he tweaked his groin a

:09:00. > :09:04.little bit, which is a bit of a worry for the 4x100m later. Yohan

:09:04. > :09:09.Blake, the so-called Beast, the one we were talking about most in the

:09:09. > :09:15.competition, is he the one who you think will be the new Usain Bolt of

:09:15. > :09:21.the future? No doubt about it. He is the Prince at the moment. He

:09:21. > :09:26.went into this race trying to beat the king. A couple of years' time,

:09:26. > :09:32.I think things could change. think his time will come? His time

:09:32. > :09:36.will come. You also positive about the British sprinters. None of them

:09:36. > :09:41.made it into the final, but Adam Gemili, young and new to sprinting,

:09:41. > :09:47.both he and Dwain Chambers had good times. They went up and beyond

:09:47. > :09:54.anything we expected them to do. Dwain Chambers ran 10.02, the

:09:54. > :09:58.fastest time in the UK. At Adam Gemili, an incredibly mature

:09:58. > :10:03.performance for a young man. He wasn't frightened to take on the

:10:03. > :10:06.greatest sprinters in the world, and he just missed by a jiffy. A

:10:06. > :10:16.fall the blossom British athletics, and last night was a disappointing

:10:16. > :10:22.

:10:22. > :10:25.one for Christine Ohuruogu, beaten Christine Ohuruogu do It Again?

:10:25. > :10:32.Richards-Ross almost stumbles a little out of the block, but is

:10:32. > :10:41.quickly up. That is a fast start from the American. Khyra Ishaq has

:10:41. > :10:46.started well as well. The Russian goes past Sanya Richards Ross, but

:10:46. > :10:55.Christine Ohuruogu has really attacked his first 200. Richards-

:10:55. > :11:01.Ross starts to get moving, and so does Montsho. Rory is on the

:11:01. > :11:04.outside. There are five or six of them here. Sanya Richards Ross is

:11:04. > :11:11.coming through, Christine Ohuruogu is coming again. Can she get there

:11:11. > :11:17.this time? Will she make it? Sanya Richards Ross takes the gold.

:11:17. > :11:22.Christine Ohuruogu, a sterling effort to get the silver. Oh, for a

:11:22. > :11:31.moment I thought it was going to happen all over again, just like

:11:31. > :11:39.four years ago. But Sanya Richards Ross is a worthy champion. She is a

:11:39. > :11:46.great 400m runner. And the silver to Christine Ohuruogu. What can you

:11:46. > :11:49.say about Christine? Every time, saves her best for the Olympics,

:11:49. > :11:54.for the World Championships. Forget all the other races, this is the

:11:54. > :12:01.one that matters to her, and she gets the best out of herself again.

:12:01. > :12:10.Only ever runs under 50 seconds in major finals. Hats off to Sanya

:12:10. > :12:15.Richards Ross. Your reaction at the end, Christine? I was stunned. I

:12:15. > :12:24.just, I don't know. I was heartbroken, actually. I was

:12:24. > :12:30.heartbroken, I really was. To lose your title like that, it was tough.

:12:30. > :12:36.But you know, Sanya is a worthy competitor, and she ran a good race.

:12:36. > :12:39.I have to be happy with what I got. It could have been worse. You were

:12:39. > :12:44.charging down at home straight, it look like it could have been

:12:44. > :12:49.Beijing all over again. I know, but I tightened up. I could feel my

:12:49. > :12:54.shoulders lifting. It is really hard to control when you are under

:12:54. > :13:00.fatigue. I thought I still had some time, but the line came too soon,

:13:00. > :13:06.and I thought, no, it is gone. I came here for one thing only, to

:13:06. > :13:16.continue my reign as Olympic Cham, so it was, I'm just a bit

:13:16. > :13:21.She is an Olympic silver-medallist, but clearly she is disappointed.

:13:21. > :13:25.Yes, she hoped to defend her title. She knew she was running into great

:13:25. > :13:29.form, and history has showed us that she does produce the goods

:13:29. > :13:34.when it matters. See you can see why she was a little disappointed.

:13:34. > :13:38.But you can see why we think she did a tremendous job overall. But

:13:38. > :13:43.the emotion is hers. contribution to British athletics

:13:43. > :13:49.has been significant. Hers was the one British gold in Beijing that we

:13:49. > :13:53.were so proud of, but look at us this year. Yes, it gave us all hope

:13:53. > :13:58.that we can produce great athletes later on, and the magic certainly

:13:59. > :14:03.happened. Christine is still going to be a real inspiration. She has

:14:03. > :14:07.been there and done it a couple of times, so she has to take that

:14:07. > :14:12.responsibility now. Not sure how she will feel about being a

:14:12. > :14:18.matriarch! De big focus today is going to be on the hurdlers.

:14:18. > :14:23.Later tonight, Dai Greene will be in action. This morning, it is all

:14:23. > :14:31.about the form. We asked a former world champion and that women's

:14:31. > :14:35.110m hurdles to explain just how it To win this event, there are loads

:14:35. > :14:39.of different factors that an athlete needs to get right, and

:14:39. > :14:44.every section of the race happens so quickly that one small mistake

:14:44. > :14:49.warm make the difference at the finish line. On average, it takes a

:14:49. > :14:54.good male athlete about 0.3 of a second to Clear a hurdle, and about

:14:55. > :14:59.0.7 of a second to run between them. The women go slightly quicker,

:14:59. > :15:03.because the men have their hurdles higher, about up to their belly

:15:03. > :15:11.buttons. The distance between the hurdles are further apart. It is

:15:11. > :15:16.about being a consistent level of sent a body mass. If an athlete

:15:16. > :15:22.keeps their head at a consistent height during the race you can see

:15:22. > :15:26.this. The way a race can be won is in a landing, how long it takes to

:15:26. > :15:30.get the leading leg down and start running again. The backward

:15:30. > :15:37.movement of the lake acts as a braking force, so athletes need to

:15:37. > :15:47.get it down quick and get moving. Do that and there will be a massive

:15:47. > :15:50.

:15:50. > :15:56.There you have it. The masterclass from someone who really does know

:15:56. > :15:59.how to do it. Who should we be looking out for? Sally Pearson is

:15:59. > :16:04.the world champion, she is the fastest person here at this moment

:16:04. > :16:08.in time. She has got a great technique. On this lightning-fast

:16:08. > :16:13.track, I am wondering how far she can actually get to the world

:16:13. > :16:17.record. She was not too far off it at the world championships and I am

:16:17. > :16:21.thinking this track is a bit fast than she has arrived in better form.

:16:21. > :16:28.What about our British hurdlers? Tiffany Porter had a real struggle

:16:28. > :16:32.at Crystal Palace, we wondered if she would be injured. There are

:16:32. > :16:37.rumours saying she is coming around but when she arrived in good shape?

:16:37. > :16:41.We are hoping that she is healthy and can produce a good performance.

:16:41. > :16:46.We will know shortly. Some people thought Jessica Ennis might end up

:16:46. > :16:53.competing, Sheikh did not say until after the heptathlon if that was

:16:53. > :16:57.going to happen -- she did not so. She is exhausted, it takes a lot of

:16:57. > :17:01.effort to go through rounds and qualification rounds. Even though

:17:01. > :17:10.she is the 4th fastest hurdler and she is a hat and for it. We are

:17:10. > :17:16.disappointed not to see her go for it. She knows that I have been

:17:16. > :17:19.badgering her from a young girl to forget the heptathlon and

:17:19. > :17:23.concentrate on the hurdles, I am glad she did not listen to me. I

:17:23. > :17:29.think she could challenge the best in the world. She listened to

:17:29. > :17:32.Denise instead? Wise decision! are looking forward to seeing

:17:32. > :17:42.Tiffany Porter and Sally Pearson in action later. Tonight it will be

:17:42. > :17:47.Dai Greene hoping to add to his Gordon is a young sprinter with the

:17:47. > :17:57.hopes of a nation on his sprinters -- on his shoulders but as Matthew

:17:57. > :18:03.

:18:03. > :18:08.Pinsent found out, he is rather Trinidad is a small country. It is

:18:08. > :18:11.where I am from. I am all about showcasing it and showing that

:18:11. > :18:17.there is talent in Trinidad and we can be successful on the Olympic

:18:17. > :18:22.stage. Sometimes I wonder why am doing this and if it is going to

:18:22. > :18:27.work out. But I think in life you must make sacrifices. I give my

:18:27. > :18:36.best every day so that when my heat succumb, I am going to take it one

:18:36. > :18:42.run at the time. -- when my heats come. A shining star for Trinidad

:18:42. > :18:48.but Jay who Gordon is lucky to be here. Killer landslides top the

:18:48. > :18:53.list of the island's foibles. 2008 I was at home when a landslide

:18:53. > :19:00.came down, it destroyed the back half of the house. It stopped in

:19:00. > :19:07.the room I was in. It took a toll on the mentally, I started to feel

:19:07. > :19:11.scared being home by myself. I was happy and grateful for God. He

:19:11. > :19:15.paved a way for me. It is not easy, to come from a poor family and

:19:15. > :19:21.having to struggle through things. I am in a position now and making

:19:21. > :19:25.sure that we all live comfortable, in peace and unity. Trinidad's next

:19:25. > :19:31.socio-economic Hurdle is a familiar one. Poverty, and the crime that

:19:31. > :19:35.goes with it. People see Trinidad as a really small country. To have

:19:35. > :19:41.so much crime, it is really demotivated. If you come from a

:19:41. > :19:47.ghetto, you don't have to be doing things like you are from the ghetto.

:19:47. > :19:50.Most people who are into sports are actually some who came out of the

:19:50. > :19:58.ghetto and they are up some of the best people in society. One of the

:19:58. > :20:08.best things about being an athlete, the fame and the praise you'll be

:20:08. > :20:16.

:20:16. > :20:20.getting from citizens across the As you can see, this is my club-

:20:20. > :20:29.mate and one of my team-mates, to be training with for the 400 metres.

:20:29. > :20:36.There is a competitive rivalry I think we all look out for each

:20:36. > :20:40.other. We started from scratch and this is where we are today. We are

:20:40. > :20:45.all there in support, no matter if it might be physically, emotionally.

:20:45. > :20:49.We are there supporting each other one day at a time. My coach, my

:20:50. > :20:53.family, my club, they keep me grounded because I know where I

:20:54. > :21:03.came from. They are always there reminding me, remember where you

:21:03. > :21:11.Just thinking about the Olympics alone, amazing pictures coming into

:21:11. > :21:16.my head. I try to see myself in a dark place, seeking the light,

:21:16. > :21:20.trying to bring that out from inside of me. I know I am just 20

:21:21. > :21:30.but I am going to give it all, I am going to release my body and once I

:21:31. > :21:33.

:21:33. > :21:36.do that, the world is going to see It makes me think, we see these

:21:36. > :21:40.people compete in the stadium, we expect to see them at their best

:21:40. > :21:45.but we often have little idea of what they might have been through

:21:45. > :21:48.to get there. Many back stories are incredible. I met this young man in

:21:48. > :21:54.Trinidad, I work on a project called international integration

:21:54. > :21:57.with UNICEF. He was an incredible role model to the young people who

:21:57. > :22:02.were from disturb places in Trinidad, who were struggling with

:22:02. > :22:06.life generally. For him to come out and get on the world stage and

:22:06. > :22:12.produce something great, and have something for Trinidad to celebrate,

:22:12. > :22:16.perhaps, is a really good thing. Very impressive, an amazing story.

:22:16. > :22:23.Dai Greene is going to be in the finals of the 400 metres hurdles,

:22:23. > :22:27.he has not had an easy time. It was certainly a difficult semi-final

:22:27. > :22:30.and he is very disappointed with his performance. I still think he

:22:30. > :22:35.is at the world champion for a good reason, he can raise his game when

:22:35. > :22:38.it really matters. He has a very good lane draw, in lane three,

:22:38. > :22:42.which allows him to run freely. His technique should be perfect, he

:22:42. > :22:46.should be flawless all the way around. If he can get the final

:22:46. > :22:51.kick down the home straight, one of his strong points, he can bring

:22:51. > :22:56.home a medal. Explain what you mean about running freely. Because of

:22:56. > :23:06.the corner your technique is so much more boiled, you do not have

:23:06. > :23:13.

:23:14. > :23:18.We have to hope that the difficulty of getting into the final won't

:23:18. > :23:22.have unnerved him. He has one of the school had, he is down to earth,

:23:22. > :23:28.he knows what he's capable of delivering -- one of the school

:23:28. > :23:32.heads. He has run much faster than that this year. He will think to

:23:32. > :23:37.himself, if I can get close to the season's best, it will not be far

:23:37. > :23:39.off the gold medal, which is what we are all hoping for. He is the

:23:39. > :23:43.world champion and the captain of the athletics team, we really want

:23:43. > :23:48.to see him excel. You'll be off to the stadium shortly. You are

:23:48. > :23:58.getting a bit of a cult following online. Because of your very

:23:58. > :24:07.

:24:07. > :24:17.measured reactions to Olympic Come on, no! Mo! Come on! Yes! Oh,

:24:17. > :24:26.

:24:26. > :24:32.I always had you down as the cool, calm and collected type, I was

:24:32. > :24:37.entirely wrong. That was watching Mo Farah's rays. I am a big fan of

:24:37. > :24:41.athletics, which is obvious, that is why my voice is like this. I

:24:41. > :24:51.love the sport of athletics. When anybody from the British team is

:24:51. > :24:52.

:24:52. > :25:02.Last night, it was the big one and this is what it was like. Off he

:25:02. > :25:21.

:25:21. > :25:26.goes! Look at what's his name! Here It is fantastic. All of that energy

:25:26. > :25:31.and enthusiasm is infectious. You must be hoping this experience does

:25:31. > :25:36.something brilliant for British athletics. Oh, yes. I have

:25:36. > :25:42.thoroughly enjoyed it, the team has this great bars and they are

:25:42. > :25:46.thrilled to be there. Eidetic that you get off to the stadium

:25:46. > :25:51.otherwise Jonathan Edwards will be on my case. One of the Olympic

:25:51. > :25:56.venues we saw a lot was Eton Dorney. The regatta finished on Saturday

:25:56. > :26:01.but the lake is back in service As the home of the canoe sprint

:26:01. > :26:11.events. Britain has already had a gold and a silver in canoe slalom,

:26:11. > :26:20.can the sprinters follow suit? Here There are two distinct types of

:26:20. > :26:30.boat, a canoe and a kayaked. The kayakers raised by one, too, or

:26:30. > :26:48.

:26:48. > :26:52.Black events are contested by men Over 2000 the canoe is propelled

:26:52. > :26:57.from a kneeling position and is directed by using a stroke on one

:26:57. > :27:02.side of the boat. The first to cross the finish line is the winner.

:27:02. > :27:07.A PhotoFinish is often required to confirm the results. Dead heat

:27:07. > :27:17.during the qualifying stages will see both competitors progress but

:27:17. > :27:21.

:27:21. > :27:25.they may be forced to we race if There are good memories in the

:27:25. > :27:30.canoe sprint for Tim Brabants from Beijing, he is just about to get

:27:30. > :27:40.the defence of his Olympic kayak title under way. Let's get straight

:27:40. > :27:54.

:27:54. > :28:04.across to Eton Dorney and sprint. The 30 rob from Toronto, a

:28:04. > :28:26.

:28:26. > :28:31.world champion in this event -- the Garcia's went out in the semi-

:28:31. > :28:38.finals of the 1,000 metres in Beijing. It is the first five to go

:28:38. > :28:44.through, plus one fastest loser. Temperance, the defending champion,

:28:44. > :28:52.goes in lane three -- Tim Brabants, the defending champion. Injuries in

:28:52. > :29:02.the build-up, gradually coming back but it will be a tall order to

:29:02. > :29:21.

:29:21. > :29:29.of the crowd very soon as they race for just 1,000m, silence and deep

:29:29. > :29:39.in the course. As expected, Adam van Koeverden is there. Also going

:29:39. > :29:48.

:29:48. > :29:53.very quickly, Josh Utanga of the start. Utanga is actually pulling

:29:53. > :29:59.up after his explosive start, so it is left to Vancouver done to set

:29:59. > :30:08.the pace. The world champion last year in Hungary, also former 500m

:30:08. > :30:12.world champion. Tim Brabants looks like he is also coming up the field.

:30:12. > :30:16.You can see the driver's Adam van Koeverden gets his boat running

:30:16. > :30:22.smoothly. You want to see the bow of the boat looking smooth and not

:30:22. > :30:32.jumping about too much. Vancouver done is really taking the lead on

:30:32. > :30:35.this race, as we expected to see. The first three through to the

:30:35. > :30:45.semi-finals, and it is comfortably Adam van Koeverden setting the pace

:30:45. > :30:53.as we hit the halfway mark. They are into a good rhythm. The stroke

:30:53. > :30:57.rate around 100 strokes per minute. With this first heat, 1-5 going

:30:57. > :31:04.through to the first semi-final, we will probably not see the pace get

:31:04. > :31:11.to the heights we would expect later in the competition. It seems

:31:11. > :31:19.quite a formality for Adam van Koeverden as he is so far ahead.

:31:19. > :31:26.is making a statement about his form. Noise starts to lift from the

:31:26. > :31:34.Eton Dorney support. Tim Brabants is fighting a way there, and will

:31:34. > :31:39.qualify as they go through the three-quarter mark. Vancouver done

:31:39. > :31:47.comfortably in the front. -- Adam van Koeverden comfortably in the

:31:47. > :31:55.lead. He is looking so at ease with his stroke, with his rhythm. And

:31:55. > :32:01.just a little look around. He is keeping his shoulders relaxed as he

:32:01. > :32:05.drives the paddles into the water. It is all about the connection

:32:05. > :32:14.between your arms and the drive in the legs, and the rotation of the

:32:14. > :32:19.body is how you get the long reach and the strong, powerful strokes.

:32:19. > :32:24.Tomicevic is coming through on Brabants, but it is the first five

:32:24. > :32:33.to go through. It is a little bit about conserving energy now. Adam

:32:33. > :32:43.van Koeverden through easily, and those five are your five through.

:32:43. > :32:45.

:32:45. > :32:55.Brabants, THF, Garcia as well. That race was utterly dominated by Adam

:32:55. > :32:56.

:32:56. > :33:00.van Koeverden. He will move through to the semi-finals later on today.

:33:00. > :33:04.Difficult to know what to make of Tim Brabants. A lot of the home

:33:05. > :33:10.support will be focusing on him. Did he have a bit more to offer?

:33:10. > :33:13.Once he knew he was in a position to qualify, only in about an hour-

:33:13. > :33:18.and-a-half, the semi-finals, he would be looking to conserve as

:33:18. > :33:25.much energy as possible. But Adam van Koeverden really did make a

:33:25. > :33:35.statement. Josh Utanga getting a raw as well, suffering a bit with

:33:35. > :33:37.

:33:37. > :33:44.an injury. He is over the line. But Adam van Koeverden, again he will

:33:44. > :33:52.face strong competition from the likes of Max Hoff, the German and

:33:52. > :33:58.Marie Stewart from Australia. Here, he got off to a good start, and

:33:58. > :34:05.surged out. Never troubled thereafter. After his

:34:05. > :34:09.disappointment in Beijing, where he blowout in the 1,000m in the latter

:34:09. > :34:14.stage of the race, he will want to make sure he doesn't make any

:34:14. > :34:21.mistakes again he in London. technique and the strength of the

:34:21. > :34:31.core and the upper body, as he brought himself to the finish line.

:34:31. > :34:31.

:34:31. > :34:36.The 30-year-old from Toronto, safely through. Tim Brabants also

:34:37. > :34:46.there in the top five. Confirmation of the results, and Brabants eased

:34:47. > :34:52.

:34:52. > :35:00.So, Tim Brabants' defence of his title on the water, he is through

:35:00. > :35:07.to the semi-finals. Let's now joined Rishi Persad over who is

:35:07. > :35:12.joining us from Eton Dorney. How is he looking? It looks like he will

:35:12. > :35:17.take the Christine Ohuruogu type of defence, which is get better with

:35:17. > :35:22.every round. Hopefully, he is just conserving a bit of energy. He has

:35:22. > :35:26.suffered with illness and injury over the last year. He took 18

:35:26. > :35:32.months off after Beijing to continue pursuing a career in

:35:32. > :35:38.medicine, and is now qualified as an end the doctor. It has taken him

:35:38. > :35:42.time to get back to his best form. He hasn't quite got there just yet,

:35:42. > :35:46.but hopefully he will have this slow build through the week here

:35:46. > :35:52.while he has this first week. He has got the semi-final coming up,

:35:52. > :35:56.and that will be just before 11 o'clock. Hopefully we will see the

:35:56. > :36:04.best of Tim Brabants a little later in the competition. Tell me how the

:36:04. > :36:10.next few days will work. We have got some seriously good hopes in

:36:10. > :36:14.the canoe sprint competition. Tim Brabants is the standard bearer. We

:36:14. > :36:20.are excited to see the introduction of the 200-metre competition, and

:36:20. > :36:27.we're excited about Ed McKeever. He has been dubbed the Usain Bolt of

:36:27. > :36:33.canoeing. And also in the canoe double, we have Scofield and Heath,

:36:33. > :36:37.highly regarded and could also have medal hopes as well. But Tim

:36:37. > :36:42.Brabants is the standard bearer. He is the one who was lifted canoeing

:36:42. > :36:46.in this country to notoriety. He has won three of the four medals we

:36:46. > :36:52.have won in flat water canoeing. He will set the pace for the rest of

:36:52. > :36:57.the team this week. Great to see Eton Dorney back in

:36:57. > :37:03.action. Thank you very much. It continues right the morning on BBC

:37:03. > :37:05.Three, including Tim Brabants' Three, including Tim Brabants'

:37:05. > :37:15.semi-final just before 11am. Also available on the red button is

:37:15. > :37:17.

:37:17. > :37:23.Also handball, which has become an increasingly popular spectator

:37:23. > :37:26.sport here at London 2012. It is taking place just up the road here

:37:26. > :37:30.at the Copper Box. Lots of handball at the Copper Box. Lots of handball

:37:30. > :37:34.and other live sport to keep you busy. But here at Olympic Park, the

:37:34. > :37:39.focus is going to be on the stadium, gearing up for more athletics,

:37:39. > :37:46.including both men's and women's hurdles today. Jonathan Edwards is

:37:46. > :37:51.there. I hope you got my Jackson delivery. He hasn't arrived yet,

:37:51. > :37:55.but I have the lovely Denys here. It is the morning after the night

:37:55. > :38:02.before. The most eagerly anticipated race of London 2012,

:38:02. > :38:08.the men's 100m, and after all the speculation, it was as you were

:38:08. > :38:15.with you Usain Bolt. Did you enjoy yourself in that race, Denise

:38:15. > :38:20.Lewis? Not quite, but I could have! It was so exciting. The most

:38:20. > :38:27.anticipated race of these games by far, and it doesn't disappoint.

:38:27. > :38:36.certainly didn't. Should we ever have doubted Usain Bolt? But do we

:38:36. > :38:39.assume too much of him? I guess we have such high expectations, we

:38:39. > :38:44.want to see excellent performances from the man, but in his post-race

:38:44. > :38:49.interview, he gave little hint that he was feeling a little bit of

:38:49. > :38:54.pressure going into this race. Yes, he had that false start. He said

:38:54. > :39:00.that was in his mind. But he had been looking in good form, and he

:39:00. > :39:04.got better and better. That is when we really knew that Usain Bolt was

:39:04. > :39:10.back. And it was the first time that we got a glimpse of what he

:39:10. > :39:16.was like in 2008. And when he runs so freely and puts his foot down,

:39:16. > :39:26.puts his foot on the gas, you say, no one else can go close. But they

:39:26. > :39:26.

:39:26. > :39:31.did. They did. Justin Gatlin got out very well. But Usain Bolt had

:39:31. > :39:36.the fastest reaction time? Yes, that was a surprise, because he

:39:36. > :39:40.didn't think he got out. But he really did deliver here, with huge

:39:40. > :39:45.expectation, under huge pressure, a fantastic race. Like Michael said

:39:45. > :39:52.last night, as soon as he gets to 30 metres, he has the ability just

:39:52. > :39:56.to move away. And once he is into his running action, he is majestic.

:39:56. > :40:00.How important to you think that victory was for the sport of track

:40:00. > :40:06.and field? We have had some knocks, and the crowds haven't been what

:40:06. > :40:11.they have been in the past. We need this guy to do well, because he has

:40:11. > :40:15.an aura that nobody else has. think he has the ability to just

:40:15. > :40:21.keep making this sport to get better, bigger, more audience

:40:21. > :40:25.figures. Yes, we do need him. He brings a charisma, a dynamic energy

:40:25. > :40:30.to the sport, and people relate to that. They think it has been the

:40:30. > :40:36.best thing to happen to us for a very long time. And what about

:40:36. > :40:42.Yohan Blake? Michael Johnson said last night he was the one under

:40:42. > :40:45.pressure. For him in particular, he wanted to put away the demons that

:40:45. > :40:51.he only got that was jumping ship victory last year because Usain

:40:51. > :40:54.Bolt was out. Yes, he beat him in the Jamaican championship, but he

:40:54. > :41:00.needed to come away with a good medal and a fantastic time, which

:41:00. > :41:04.he delivered. And there is this 200m, still to come, and he did

:41:04. > :41:09.beat Usain Bolt at that last year in Brussels. How do you see that

:41:09. > :41:16.going? An interesting question. We couldn't predict what was going to

:41:16. > :41:21.happen with the 100m. I think it is the same for the 200. Yohan Blake

:41:21. > :41:26.is probably tipped more for that. Plenty of qualification heats

:41:26. > :41:36.coming up, including the men's 800m, with the appearance of a very

:41:36. > :41:42.

:41:42. > :41:52.This man is very, very special indeed. Sometimes they are not

:41:52. > :41:55.

:41:55. > :42:05.quite sure, they are asking, are He is still pumping hard. Two world

:42:05. > :42:05.

:42:05. > :42:11.record in 2010. The Olympics is the biggest sport, and understand that

:42:11. > :42:18.billions of people are watching. To participate here is special, and

:42:18. > :42:27.doing something special will be an honour. He is unrivalled on the

:42:27. > :42:35.world scene. Your father, Daniel, completed -- competed in the 1968

:42:35. > :42:41.Olympics? Yes, he has been a big inspiration to me, and it is the

:42:41. > :42:46.reason why I am here. It is the reason why I am running. I knew him

:42:46. > :42:54.as a father, and he was a great athlete, and I knew I had the same

:42:54. > :42:57.gene. If my father did it, I can do it. What will it mean to Kenya for

:42:57. > :43:04.you to be their standing in front of the world with an Olympic gold

:43:04. > :43:09.medal? Kenyans have a lot of hopes in me, and they know I am going to

:43:10. > :43:19.bring the gold home. They have been following my performance, and

:43:19. > :43:26.everyone I have met his encouraging me, you are able, just go for it.

:43:26. > :43:30.So I want to do it for the country, for my father, for myself.

:43:30. > :43:33.remarkable athlete. Before we talk about him, I can't help thinking,

:43:33. > :43:37.We now go over to our correspondent to 1981 when the world record was

:43:38. > :43:43.held by Sebastian Coe, he is only just over half a second quicker.

:43:43. > :43:49.Sebastian Coe was a remarkable athlete, wasn't he? He was, and

:43:49. > :43:59.somebody that really captured my imagination. I just loved his grit

:43:59. > :43:59.

:44:00. > :44:06.and his air of arrogance as he Do you see anybody else winning the

:44:06. > :44:13.1500 metres? This man is coming to these championships some a two

:44:13. > :44:17.seconds faster than a body else, I can't see anybody else coming close.

:44:17. > :44:25.We asked -- we underestimate the power of this man. He is incredible.

:44:25. > :44:29.He is a big man for the 800m? very tall, a Masai warrior, who

:44:29. > :44:37.bring something very special. We talk about Usain Bolt and what he

:44:37. > :44:47.does. I think David Britisher is equally might be able to produce a

:44:47. > :44:49.

:44:49. > :44:53.The Sally Pearson is perhaps the female equivalent to Usain Bolt.

:44:54. > :45:00.She is. She came so close to the world record. Something I never

:45:00. > :45:06.thought I would see in my lifetime. 12.21 is the world record. She was

:45:06. > :45:11.that far away. If she comes out having had that defeat at Crystal

:45:11. > :45:14.Palace, which she has kind of pressure off, that is not going

:45:14. > :45:19.happen this time around, I think we are in for a real treat in the

:45:19. > :45:25.women's hurdles. And the women's 1500 qualification, we have Hannah

:45:25. > :45:30.England who struggled with injury. We have three very talented girls

:45:31. > :45:36.coming through. I think Hannah England has been struggling, I

:45:36. > :45:41.think she is finding form again. Laura Wightman is very exciting. I

:45:41. > :45:48.love her attitude and the way she has come on the season. Looking

:45:48. > :45:51.forward to that. This evening, at Dai Greene, the amazing night on

:45:51. > :45:55.Saturday with the gold medals, it started with a massive shock with

:45:55. > :45:59.Dai Greene struggling to make the final. Yes, I am not sure what

:45:59. > :46:06.happened. We will see a very different Dai Greene, tonight, I

:46:06. > :46:11.hope. I wonder whether the lack of training after his injury is

:46:11. > :46:15.showing in his running. His flat speed is not where he wants it to

:46:15. > :46:21.be. I believe he has a great mind, he has a great coach in Malcolm

:46:21. > :46:26.Arnold, who will have talked to him and that strategy will bring him

:46:26. > :46:33.through. He has been lucky with the lane draw. He has, lane three will

:46:33. > :46:37.suit him. He will be aware, but he still needs to run his own race.

:46:38. > :46:44.also have the women's pole vault tonight, Yelena Isinbayeva defends

:46:44. > :46:49.her title, she is a different asleep. In Holly Bleasdale, a real

:46:49. > :46:54.chance of a medal -- a different athlete. It would be great to see

:46:54. > :47:02.Holly coming through. We talk about how British athletics has changed.

:47:02. > :47:05.We have struggled in the field for a long time, but Holly Bleasdale

:47:05. > :47:10.brings a fresh air to women's field events and I hope she can deliver.

:47:10. > :47:14.A lot of pressure on her shoulders but her performances have been very

:47:14. > :47:24.stable and she is him with a chance. Thanks for the moment. We will be

:47:24. > :47:25.

:47:25. > :47:30.back at 10 o'clock am. For the 100 I am smiling about all of the

:47:30. > :47:33.people been mentioned as the Usain Bolt of their event, I think of

:47:33. > :47:40.Jonathan as the Usain Bolt of athletics presenting, he will be

:47:40. > :47:44.Whoever you see compete at the Olympic Games over the course of

:47:44. > :47:47.the competition, they have put in years of dedication and hard work.

:47:47. > :47:52.It is a four year cycle of intense training to reach your physical

:47:52. > :48:02.peak. The pressure is on to perform, the mind games begin and it can be

:48:02. > :48:06.

:48:06. > :48:10.a pressure of -- a question of who This is a place in the Olympic Park

:48:10. > :48:17.where very few people get to see. It is a dressing room much like any

:48:17. > :48:23.other, white walls, if you benches and coat hooks. -- a few benches.

:48:23. > :48:28.But in places like this, the gold medals will be won and lost. This

:48:28. > :48:34.is the inner sanctum, where the last few crucial moments are spent

:48:34. > :48:38.before stepping out into the megawatt night of the competition

:48:38. > :48:42.arena a few yards down the coroner. It is here that athletes perform

:48:42. > :48:50.the secretive routines designed to take them into the zone. Here you

:48:50. > :48:54.will see some truly bizarre things. Some athletes in half trances,

:48:54. > :49:00.pacing from foot to foot. Others with their eyes closed, visualising

:49:00. > :49:04.optimal performance. Some athletes enact bizarre superstitions, others

:49:04. > :49:11.offer silent prayers. In many ways, this is one of the most surreal

:49:11. > :49:15.places in sport, but also, perhaps, one of the most fascinating. Often,

:49:15. > :49:20.the final few moments before competition are highly solitary.

:49:20. > :49:26.You are alone with your thoughts, or perhaps your demons. In many

:49:26. > :49:30.sports, solitude is impossible. You are required to spend those final

:49:30. > :49:35.moments not on your own, but up close with your competitors. It is

:49:35. > :49:39.here in the dreaded cool room that the mind games go into overdrive.

:49:39. > :49:44.These are the seven guys I have got to do battle against, standing in

:49:44. > :49:48.my way to achieve my objective of a gold medal. I never thought it was

:49:48. > :49:54.personal, I didn't think they were trying to destroy my dreams, there

:49:54. > :49:57.were simply trying to win. I don't own winning, I just wanted to win.

:49:57. > :50:03.The interesting thing is that champion athletes, top athletes,

:50:04. > :50:08.gold medal athletes, the gold medal mindset, that type of athlete will

:50:08. > :50:14.not seek pressure as a problem. They will perceive it as a

:50:14. > :50:18.privilege. I quite enjoyed it, because the pressure is so high at

:50:18. > :50:21.that point, all things being equal, it is the person who handles that

:50:22. > :50:25.moment and the pressure at that particular time best who is going

:50:25. > :50:32.to have the best performance. There was one compared to do who asked us

:50:32. > :50:38.all to pray together. Most of the guys did it, I am not going to do

:50:38. > :50:42.that, I am about to go into battle. The brittle irony of elite sport is

:50:42. > :50:48.that however good you are however so many sacrifices you have made,

:50:48. > :50:53.it counts for nothing if you can't deliver when it really matters.

:50:53. > :51:03.Four years of preparation for just a few defining moments of action.

:51:03. > :51:04.

:51:04. > :51:07.This is, in many ways, the ultimate The key question is, do the

:51:08. > :51:13.psychological rituals that athletes used in the dressing room, and

:51:13. > :51:22.continued to use right out here in the arena, actually work? What do

:51:22. > :51:25.we really know about the dark art You are already under tremendous

:51:25. > :51:29.pressure in knowing the significance of the moment, this is

:51:29. > :51:33.what you have been training and preparing for for so long and it is

:51:33. > :51:38.a dream come true to be there and you are just that close. The will

:51:38. > :51:42.always have an internal voice saying, this is dangers, run away.

:51:42. > :51:48.As psychologists, we say that you control the controllable. You're

:51:48. > :51:54.not in control of the opposition, the TV crowd, the event. It is all

:51:54. > :52:00.be on view. You can only control how you perform. It's -- all beyond

:52:00. > :52:04.you. You narrow it down to something incredibly simple. It is

:52:05. > :52:10.ironic that I have lost my faith but my faith gave me perspective.

:52:10. > :52:14.To a degree, to just associate myself from the outcome. You have

:52:14. > :52:20.to do the best they can and let the chips fall as they made. I can only

:52:20. > :52:24.be as good as I can be and when a cross the line, it -- I will see

:52:24. > :52:29.where that has got me. It is a calming and inspiring thought.

:52:29. > :52:36.Performance psychology is about the elimination of debt. In some

:52:36. > :52:40.circumstances, that is a sensible thing. It makes sense to doubt what

:52:40. > :52:44.an insurance salesman says is true. But in sport, doubt is catastrophic.

:52:44. > :52:48.If you don't believe you are going to nail the forehand or score a

:52:48. > :52:51.penalty, you are almost certain to miss. That is why visualising a

:52:51. > :52:55.brilliant performance is so important, it can hope to eliminate

:52:55. > :53:00.doubt. Superstitions can do the same kind of thing, they can

:53:00. > :53:03.provide reassurance and boosts self- belief. Superstition is an

:53:03. > :53:08.interesting phenomenon, particularly in the world of sports

:53:08. > :53:14.psychology. We are saying that sport pick come -- thought becomes

:53:14. > :53:22.things. The way we feel affects the way we behave and ultimately,

:53:22. > :53:26.perform. But similar thing happens in the doesn't. A sugar pill with

:53:26. > :53:30.no Pharmacology can have incredible effect, reducing pain and anxiety,

:53:30. > :53:35.even eliminating nausea, so long as you believe it will. As Jonathan

:53:35. > :53:38.Edwards put it in a different context, any belief can have

:53:38. > :53:43.astonishingly powerful effects, providing it is held with

:53:43. > :53:47.sufficient conviction. Maybe that is the key here. You need to find

:53:47. > :53:51.something that works for you. Every athlete is an individual, and you

:53:51. > :53:54.can take out the training manual, you can take up the sport

:53:54. > :53:58.psychology book and you can say, Michael Johnson did this, Carl

:53:58. > :54:02.Lewis did this, Muhammad Ali did this. You can go on and on through

:54:02. > :54:08.the grades but none of them are who you are and you have to find your

:54:08. > :54:12.way -- through the greats. Delivering pressure it is a

:54:12. > :54:16.profoundly subjective thing. Many athletes are overcome with nerves

:54:16. > :54:20.and others are infected with terrible self-doubt. Is it any

:54:20. > :54:26.wonder that they reach for the particular ritual that makes sense

:54:26. > :54:31.to them, that provides a sense of reassurance and control? Prayer,

:54:31. > :54:35.superstition, visualisation, take your pick. What is certain is that

:54:35. > :54:40.that minute difference between victory and defeat on the biggest

:54:40. > :54:50.age of all is often to be found not in scale or effort, but in the

:54:50. > :54:51.

:54:51. > :54:57.recesses of the mind -- the biggest A fascinating debate about the mind

:54:57. > :55:00.and how important mind is to what the body can do. That is something

:55:00. > :55:03.everyone can take away to these Olympics, watching people perform

:55:03. > :55:09.under pressure and maybe tried to find a way of making pressure work

:55:09. > :55:16.for you. Somebody who will need to deal with the pressure of an

:55:16. > :55:25.expectant cloud is best tunnel -- expectant crowd. Could she bound

:55:25. > :55:35.out -- bow out of her Olympic Into the fold West, that was a

:55:35. > :55:37.

:55:37. > :55:43.cracker! -- into the full twist. It is a massive relief. The past 10

:55:43. > :55:50.weeks have been up and down, hard work with the rehab. I proved at

:55:50. > :55:54.the British championships that I am As soon as I was told I had surgery,

:55:54. > :55:58.my mum dropped everything and came down with me to the operation. My

:55:58. > :56:05.boyfriend has been their 100%, to try to help me get through anything

:56:05. > :56:15.I needed, whether it was getting ice at midnight, they have done

:56:15. > :56:17.

:56:18. > :56:22.everything to help me achieve my She is very composed, shoe boxes

:56:22. > :56:26.things off, she knows what she has got to do. She is training hard,

:56:26. > :56:34.jabbed a bit of a setback with Tony, she has got over that and has been

:56:34. > :56:41.in rehab as hard as anybody -- a setback with her knee. She is a

:56:42. > :56:45.determined lady. I have missed about five -- my parents have

:56:45. > :56:50.missed about five competitions in 20 years, which is impressive.

:56:50. > :56:55.is the missing one, an Olympic medal. It is. As she said the other

:56:55. > :56:59.day, if she doesn't get it, she has three world titles, six European

:56:59. > :57:04.titles to her name. But it is the one she wants, and she read doesn't

:57:04. > :57:08.care what colour it is. I have worked really hard, have changed a

:57:08. > :57:14.lot of things, have started to put the dismount on, I am giving

:57:14. > :57:18.the dismount on, I am giving everything. The big catch up with

:57:18. > :57:28.half-turn into the drop to below bar, and back to the high bar with

:57:28. > :57:31.

:57:31. > :57:37.As long as she feels she has done her best, that is what we will be

:57:37. > :57:42.happy with. I just want her to be happy. If I can walk away knowing I

:57:42. > :57:46.have done the best routines I can, I would love it to have a middle

:57:46. > :57:50.attached, but I don't want to walk away thinking they have not done my

:57:50. > :57:55.best -- I would love it to have a medal attached.

:57:55. > :57:59.Let's hope there hard work pays off. She goes in the uneven bars final

:57:59. > :58:03.just before 3:00pm. There are high hopes of a happy ending to her

:58:03. > :58:06.Olympic career. We will go back to the athletics in a moment but a

:58:06. > :58:16.quick reminder of the other live sport available for you this

:58:16. > :58:18.

:58:18. > :58:25.New Zealand's women take on Germany in the hockey, 0-0 at the moment.

:58:25. > :58:32.There is table-tennis happening right now. At Earls Court, there is

:58:32. > :58:35.men's volleyball, Australia against Poland. The action is in the

:58:35. > :58:38.Olympic Stadium this morning, it is all about to get under way with

:58:38. > :58:48.Tiffany Porter going for Great Britain in the first of the women's

:58:48. > :58:48.

:58:48. > :58:54.100 metres hurdles heats. Let's Thanks, Michelle, and your package

:58:54. > :59:01.has arrived. We were fascinated with that video about psychology.

:59:01. > :59:05.How important is it took you to? couldn't have done what I did in

:59:05. > :59:10.Sydney had I not had the power of the mind. My body had failed me in

:59:10. > :59:14.the weeks leading up, so all I could rely on was the visualisation,

:59:14. > :59:20.see myself running the hurdles and doing the technique I could not do

:59:20. > :59:24.physically, in my mind. When you have that strength and that armour

:59:24. > :59:29.in your back pocket, you can do anything. It can overcome self-

:59:29. > :59:34.doubts. You just focus on what you need to do. Was it something you

:59:34. > :59:38.trained as you did the shot put, hurdles, javelin with a sports

:59:38. > :59:42.psychologist or did it come naturally? It did not come

:59:42. > :59:46.naturally. In the early days it was about somebody guiding me through

:59:46. > :59:50.it. But then it becomes intuitive and it is something that you just

:59:50. > :59:55.do. The key for me was translating that into my training sessions.

:59:55. > :00:00.Each training session, I had to visualise what I wanted to get out

:00:00. > :00:06.of the session and then it became habitual and I could use it in

:00:06. > :00:10.pressure situations. What about you, Colin? I had a disaster in 1992,

:00:10. > :00:13.there was the expectation of a gold medal, and there was injury and I

:00:13. > :00:16.made mistakes and I returned with the same amount of pressure the

:00:17. > :00:20.following year and I had an inner strength that I could perform on

:00:20. > :00:25.the world scale, and I was lucky and I ended up with the world

:00:25. > :00:27.record. It was more luck than anything else! But it was an

:00:28. > :00:35.important part of the whole preparation. It is not just the

:00:35. > :00:39.body. Did you have a sports psychologist? A lot of athletes

:00:39. > :00:42.will use their friends to go through the journey with them. Just

:00:42. > :00:46.because they don't do the physical side of training doesn't mean they

:00:46. > :00:51.cannot repair and hot you mentally. It was the people I associated with

:00:51. > :00:56.-- help you mentally. There was a strong-minded group of people

:00:56. > :00:59.around Juge, but some of the young athletes now will use a sports

:00:59. > :01:03.psychologist as part of the team of -- around you. I wouldn't say they

:01:03. > :01:07.rely heavily on them but they use them to the best of their ability.

:01:07. > :01:11.One athlete he will need to be mentally strong is Tiffany Porter.

:01:11. > :01:21.She had real trouble in Crystal Palace, and she goes in the first

:01:21. > :01:25.

:01:25. > :01:30.Mentally, I am good, and I'm really excited to be here and to compete.

:01:30. > :01:33.Every contender goes out there to give their best on the day, and I

:01:33. > :01:37.want to help bring glory to my country. I am confident in what I

:01:37. > :01:43.can do and what I have left to prove. I am looking forward to

:01:43. > :01:47.giving my best on the day. People just see the athletes on the track

:01:47. > :01:52.and forget there is a huge team behind you. Your parents, your

:01:52. > :01:58.coaches, you're UK staff, the nutritionist, the number of people

:01:58. > :02:04.who contribute to that success. My team has been very supportive and

:02:05. > :02:10.I'm so happy to be able to experience it all with them. In a

:02:10. > :02:19.moment you just want to keep yourself calm and not get ahead of

:02:19. > :02:23.yourself, but I am definitely Let's hope she is OK and it's good

:02:23. > :02:33.morning to the commentary team, Paul Dickenson, Colin Jackson and

:02:33. > :02:35.

:02:35. > :02:39.to everyone. The sun shining and everyone is ready for the hurdles.

:02:39. > :02:44.This was about 10 minutes ago when she first came on the track, a

:02:44. > :02:47.little prayer she said to herself, and everything you had been talking

:02:47. > :02:52.about in that BT, a fascinating look at how athletes get themselves

:02:52. > :02:58.ready to race, and it is just a quiet moment to herself as she came

:02:58. > :03:04.out onto the track. She is in a lane and number two and she has

:03:04. > :03:14.received a cuckoo next to her. -- Lane at two. -- she has Rosvitha

:03:14. > :03:34.

:03:34. > :03:37.settle the nerves. All of the athletes getting a great reception.

:03:37. > :03:41.And Jessica Zelinka being introduced to the crowd, she has

:03:41. > :03:45.experienced all of this, the Canadian. She, of course, was in

:03:45. > :03:51.the heptathlon and had a pretty good one. This is one of her best

:03:51. > :03:59.events, like Ennis, a good hundred metres hurdler and will probably be

:03:59. > :04:03.in the mix with Tiffany Porter. Qualification should be OK for her.

:04:03. > :04:13.The outside lanes are the next two best athletes, Anne Zagre and Alina

:04:13. > :04:48.

:04:48. > :04:50.false start and it means automatic disqualification. That will run but

:04:50. > :04:56.the tension for Tiffany Porter, who has not had the best of

:04:56. > :05:01.preparations for such she has not had the best of preparations. That

:05:01. > :05:08.was in the last big meeting before the Olympic Games. Potter pretty

:05:08. > :05:14.upset on that night -- porter was pretty upset. As we see, she's

:05:14. > :05:24.walking off. So, since then, things have gone well. Her husband Geoff

:05:24. > :05:34.

:05:34. > :05:44.is also here representing the USA lane either side, because one is

:05:44. > :05:45.

:05:45. > :05:55.already empty. Risby the cuckoo is actually next to her. -- Rosvitha

:05:55. > :06:08.

:06:08. > :06:14.is already well into her stride and hurdling very well. This is good

:06:14. > :06:21.from Porter. Zelinka finally coming through and Tiffany Porter is

:06:21. > :06:31.fading a little bit. Alina Talay, as a link and Tiffany Porter are

:06:31. > :06:34.

:06:34. > :06:38.the three qualifiers. -- has linker that, because Tiffany Porter got

:06:38. > :06:43.out well and look to the hurdling well but just faded over the last

:06:43. > :06:46.couple of flights. You have to look closely to see what happens to

:06:46. > :06:51.Tiffany, whether she relaxed in between the barriers and went

:06:51. > :06:55.through the motions. I reckon she would have known she was clear and

:06:55. > :07:00.in the top three, which is all she needs to focus on, just qualify.

:07:00. > :07:08.You want to get a feel for the track, and the your feet. Is it

:07:08. > :07:13.bouncy, is there a lot of tension? -- under your feet. You rely on the

:07:13. > :07:20.track to propel you for what, so you have to get a sense of how it

:07:20. > :07:24.moves. -- propel you forward. We were wondering whether she would

:07:24. > :07:30.make it here or not, but she seems to have arrived very well indeed.

:07:30. > :07:34.She will look at the clock and C 12.79 and a qualifying performance

:07:34. > :07:44.in third place and I think she can progress nicely and will be happy

:07:44. > :07:47.

:07:47. > :07:53.about the others on the far side. She was trying to run flat out, but

:07:54. > :08:03.qualification not a problem. She just lost out in terms of winning,

:08:04. > :08:05.

:08:05. > :08:09.with Alina Talay in 12.71, and Watching it back on the big screen,

:08:09. > :08:15.what is your verdict? A I haven't raced since Crystal Palace and I

:08:15. > :08:19.had a scare, so I just wanted to come out and execute and qualify

:08:19. > :08:26.because that is all that matters. How is your back? The it is all

:08:26. > :08:31.good. I am looking forward to the semi-final. This crowd a amazing,

:08:31. > :08:36.but on a morning session, can you believe it? I am so appreciative.

:08:36. > :08:41.It is wonderful and it helped push me through. Does this get your

:08:41. > :08:45.confidence get up? I was really nervous and I haven't slept much in

:08:45. > :08:55.the last few days but now I'm glad it's over and I can do to the next

:08:55. > :08:56.

:08:56. > :09:00.round. We will see you in the semi- blocks, Tiffany, so it's not a

:09:01. > :09:05.surprise when she explodes out. But it is just feeling the pace of the

:09:05. > :09:15.track. She wants to know if it is quick, and she has demonstrated she

:09:15. > :09:21.

:09:22. > :09:25.getting ready. We heard the other day that Jessica Ennis was not

:09:25. > :09:31.going to turn up for this first round of the 100 metres hurdles,

:09:31. > :09:41.and we wish her well. She will be missed. I am sure the crowd were

:09:41. > :10:06.

:10:06. > :10:16.looking forward to seeing her. through the heats in the Olympics,

:10:16. > :10:18.

:10:18. > :10:28.but she is a better athlete now. She made a lifetime best this year.

:10:28. > :10:29.

:10:29. > :10:32.Beate Schrott is inside her, the Austrian record holder. Kemp, 13.13,

:10:32. > :10:42.and the Belgian European indoor champion of a couple of years ago

:10:42. > :10:53.

:10:53. > :11:03.the crowd. Quite a lot going on in the Stadium today, the

:11:03. > :11:17.

:11:18. > :11:27.qualification for the discus and heptathlon and all the press

:11:28. > :11:31.

:11:31. > :11:41.conferences and television for the fast athlete's, it should

:11:41. > :11:53.

:11:53. > :11:58.well away, but the Nigerian tearing down the track, along with Beate

:11:58. > :12:05.Schrott. And the Kazakhstan is out! Beate Schrott coming through

:12:06. > :12:14.strongly. We will have the third qualifier in a minute. Not a fast

:12:14. > :12:18.time, 13.10. For a lady who has run 12.82. But it was the Nigerian who

:12:18. > :12:23.got away quickly, but what about the Kazakhstan runner who came here

:12:23. > :12:28.with quite a big reputation, at 12.69, one of the fastest times in

:12:28. > :12:31.the world this year, but she was nowhere. And in such a slow heat

:12:31. > :12:37.you would think she would feature a lot, but I'm not sure she is

:12:37. > :12:41.carrying an injury. There is nothing explosive. Compare that to

:12:42. > :12:51.Beate Schrott who was aggressive over each of the barriers. A little

:12:52. > :12:53.

:12:53. > :12:56.bit of a slow time. She destroyed this field. The ladies coming into

:12:56. > :13:06.this to qualify will be lucky, because this is really not very

:13:06. > :13:11.

:13:11. > :13:17.impressive. But it is all about lady. She is already grimacing.

:13:18. > :13:23.Technically quite nice over the barriers. Absolutely fine. It looks

:13:24. > :13:28.like she knows what she leads to do -- needs to do, but she has no

:13:28. > :13:32.speak -- speed whatsoever. The hips keep collapsing after each barrier

:13:32. > :13:38.and she hits that one. It doesn't surprise me. She is getting lower

:13:38. > :13:45.and lower over everyone. I think she is in a lot of pain. And she

:13:45. > :13:50.has struggled. But the Olympic Games, this is what it does to

:13:50. > :13:54.people, people just want to compete under any circumstances.

:13:54. > :14:04.winning time was actually slower than the 4th place athlete in the

:14:04. > :14:16.

:14:16. > :14:20.qualifying discuss. 65 metres exactly to get through to the final.

:14:20. > :14:27.This is the bronze medallist at the World Championships, that is a good

:14:27. > :14:31.first round throw from the man from Iran. Former world yuen -- junior

:14:31. > :14:36.champion, that will be it for him, taking care of business, right up

:14:36. > :14:42.there in the borl's half dozen or so. That is way to do it in

:14:42. > :14:47.qualification. No issues whatsoever. Sailing out. It is very still in

:14:47. > :14:56.the stadium today. We have had winds round on occasion, but this

:14:56. > :15:00.is almost a windless stadium at times. 65.19. This is a big

:15:00. > :15:06.competition for Britain in the field. Certainly: Great Britain

:15:06. > :15:15.have three men who have qualified for the Olympic discuss. Here is

:15:15. > :15:25.Brett Morse. First round. It is a foul. Just goes over the, under the

:15:25. > :15:30.

:15:30. > :15:36.finalist. But this occasion, not very good at all., his coach

:15:36. > :15:43.putting his head in his hands. Not an auspicious start for Brett Morse

:15:43. > :15:50.of Great Britain. This is one of the all time greats. Twice the

:15:50. > :15:59.Olympic champion, in 2000 and 2004. Just falls short of the automatic

:15:59. > :16:03.qualifying distance of 65 metres. He has -- he has figured highly in

:16:03. > :16:08.all the major championships for almost ten years I saw him training.

:16:08. > :16:12.He is a right handed thrower. I saw him training some years ago with

:16:12. > :16:22.his left hand and he was still over 50 metres. That is the fifth

:16:22. > :16:47.

:16:47. > :16:51.pretty slow. I expect this to be quicker, with Kelly Wells. Her big

:16:51. > :16:56.win over Sally Pearson who is the gold medal favourite, the

:16:56. > :17:02.Australian. Been in superb form, but Kelly Wells beat her in London.

:17:02. > :17:09.It was a bit of a shock. Think as much to Sally Pearson as anyone

:17:09. > :17:14.eelse. Sally had a problem in warm up. Said that maybe affected her.

:17:14. > :17:24.She has said that won't happen here at the Olympics. Kelly Wells might

:17:24. > :17:28.

:17:28. > :17:35.think otherwise. Fasters losers, six of them, that is going to

:17:35. > :17:44.change. Conservative Party see anyone running 13.5, 13.6 is going

:17:44. > :17:48.to get through. Colin is laughing. These draws have actually, one or

:17:48. > :17:55.two withdrawals, Jessica Ennis would have been the seeded athlete,

:17:55. > :17:59.one of the seeded athletes in that previous heat. The draws have

:17:59. > :18:09.thrown up within or two inconguous heats when you compare them with

:18:09. > :18:12.

:18:12. > :18:21.each other. Any way... Kelly Wells the favourite here. Williams is

:18:21. > :18:31.pretty good. The Jamaican having to tie her laces, that what your coach

:18:31. > :18:47.

:18:47. > :18:52.tells you. "Make sure your laces Williams of Jamaica is coming

:18:52. > :19:02.through. It will be tight for second and third. Kellie Wells

:19:02. > :19:03.

:19:04. > :19:13.clear, 12.7, nice and comfortable for the American, as expected. Real

:19:14. > :19:16.

:19:16. > :19:23.scrap going on to the minor places. The Kazakhstan athlete, like her

:19:23. > :19:27.team-mate, in the pre-heat, despite the fast time not doing well.

:19:27. > :19:31.showing any form there. I was looking at Kellie Wells, obviously

:19:31. > :19:36.because she beat Sally Pearson in London. I wanted to see how she

:19:36. > :19:41.would arrive here. Would she be full of confidence? She is

:19:41. > :19:45.certainly that. A little bit slow in between hurdle one and two,

:19:45. > :19:49.which is worrying, but it is only the heat. She looks comfortable.

:19:49. > :19:55.Jog through to the line, so that is fine. Look at this, out of the

:19:55. > :20:01.block, nice and strong. Here he seems to bound a bit. Once she gets

:20:01. > :20:06.into a good tempo her leg speed increase, her knee lift is good and

:20:06. > :20:11.she clears them nicely indeed. Let us look at this now. Hard out of

:20:11. > :20:15.the blocks, comes up quicker than sprinters normally do, because you

:20:15. > :20:19.have to get your eye on the barrier in front. It is between that hurdle,

:20:19. > :20:25.between one and two where Sally Pearson will make the difference.

:20:25. > :20:28.She is aggressive off that one, here goes Kelly. She drives into

:20:28. > :20:33.the barriers well. She does look very very comfortable. I am sure

:20:33. > :20:37.she is enjoying the fact she is running very well indeed, coming

:20:37. > :20:44.into these games. She will look forward, no doubt, to the next

:20:44. > :20:49.round. And her big battle with Sally. She is talking with Phil.

:20:50. > :20:53.She has watched that back on the monitor, were you impressed? Yes,

:20:53. > :21:00.my coach gave me a game plan, I think I executed that. I will have

:21:00. > :21:05.to check with him. I am pleased, my first Olympic got the first round

:21:05. > :21:09.out of the way quickly. There are technical errors all the time. I

:21:09. > :21:14.know I came across the line first, it is OK. After that confidence

:21:14. > :21:17.billing performance if London, how you foaling right now on this

:21:17. > :21:22.grander stage? It is wonderful. The crowd is amazing, I am pleased to

:21:22. > :21:32.be able to represent my country and I am excited to get back to it

:21:32. > :21:33.

:21:33. > :21:39.two technical glitch, we are waiting for the result to come up.

:21:39. > :21:49.She is safely through. It was the first race for a while into a

:21:49. > :22:09.

:22:09. > :22:15.to get under way. The very tall lady standing in the background

:22:15. > :22:19.there with New Zealand on her left and arm is the defending Olympic

:22:19. > :22:25.champion Valerie Adams. I was reading an article this morning

:22:25. > :22:32.which said that the New Zealand authorities had forgotten to enter

:22:32. > :22:39.her for the Olympic competition. I am not sure how that starts, I am

:22:39. > :22:43.not sure if he wasn't on the start list how she could have got her

:22:44. > :22:53.accreditation. It seems to have been put right. She is out to

:22:54. > :22:54.

:22:54. > :23:02.defend her title by qualifying for the final which takes place tonight.

:23:02. > :23:12.Only one of these discuss throwers has gone beyond the qualifying mark.

:23:12. > :23:15.

:23:15. > :23:25.That was Hadadi. That is a good throw from Gowda. He will join

:23:25. > :23:29.

:23:29. > :23:37.Hadadi. Safely through. The big man from India. We saw in Delhi, India

:23:37. > :23:42.one or two decent field eventers, men and women. Gowda into the

:23:42. > :23:52.Olympic final. Let us hope Brett Morse can respond in this second

:23:52. > :24:19.

:24:19. > :24:24.round. Here is the start list for final, her team-mate Jones was

:24:24. > :24:30.leading until hurdle nine but she hit it hard with her lead leg, but

:24:30. > :24:40.she finished in seventh place. Dawn Harper burst through to lift the

:24:40. > :24:42.

:24:42. > :24:47.title. O'Rourke, the Irish champion, an Irish record holder as well. The

:24:47. > :24:57.world indoor champion a few years ago, coached for a long time by

:24:57. > :25:06.great Irish coach Shaun Cahill. 19 times the Irish champion indoors

:25:06. > :25:13.and out. Only 13.02 this year. She has run 12.65 in the past. She will

:25:13. > :25:22.have to be in pretty good form here, and then if she gets through the

:25:22. > :25:26.semifinal she will have to produce her best. That isianen, very quick.

:25:26. > :25:30.--ian anyone. Dawn Harper on the right hand side safely away.Ian

:25:30. > :25:39.anyone is going well. So is O'Rourke. Harper looking sharp

:25:39. > :25:45.indeed. The Turk is flying, so she qualifies, I think it ma have been

:25:45. > :25:55.Galitskaya the Russian who came through with the late run. 12.70. A

:25:55. > :25:55.

:25:56. > :26:04.very good time indeed. The stocky powerful athlete just lowered her

:26:04. > :26:10.Turkish railroad down to 12.61. Harper safely away but Yanit looks

:26:10. > :26:14.superb. She is. She is a quality hurdler. Aggressive over the

:26:14. > :26:19.barrier, she is quite short, which is great when gruebg about the

:26:19. > :26:26.women ee event. She doesn't have to raise her centre of gravity too

:26:26. > :26:30.much. She can drive in well, get into a sprinting stride, which is

:26:31. > :26:38.more akin to a normal running pattern. Dawn Harper arrived in

:26:38. > :26:47.good form. She looks comfortable. The hurdles are not coming at her

:26:47. > :26:51.too quickly. She will enjoy it. Well, we are fairly confident that

:26:51. > :26:56.time, a season's best time will see you through. That is a tremendous

:26:56. > :27:01.time and to do it on the Olympic stage and get your season's best

:27:01. > :27:08.now must please you. It is unbelievable. For me it is exciting

:27:08. > :27:14.because it feels like a home Olympic, the BRITS are supportive

:27:15. > :27:20.of me. What did you think you needed to do? I felt like I neelded

:27:20. > :27:25.to get out well and keep going. My middle heart went off well but I

:27:25. > :27:34.know I have a lot there. As to how it has been received in Ireland can

:27:34. > :27:39.you give us an insight. The the Irish are loving it. I am getting

:27:39. > :27:47.good responses in Ireland so it is unbelievable. We will see you in

:27:47. > :27:57.the semis I hope. I think you almost certainly will see he

:27:57. > :28:08.

:28:08. > :28:15.fastest loser so far at 12.9 1 moment. O'Rourke heading the table,

:28:15. > :28:24.and six of them will qualify for tomorrow's semifinal, so sitting

:28:24. > :28:32.pretty at the moment. Second round throw for Britain's Brett Morse.

:28:32. > :28:37.Goes without saying he is receiving huge support here. Will rarely have

:28:37. > :28:44.experienced the sort of noise that? The stadium for his throw, that is

:28:44. > :28:52.better. Getting on towards the 60 metre mark, but the way things are,

:28:52. > :28:58.stacked at the moment, he is going to need, I reckon, something in the

:28:58. > :29:06.region of 63 metres, which is not an automatic qualifying distance,

:29:06. > :29:16.but could be sufficient to see him through to the final. Two more

:29:16. > :29:21.

:29:21. > :29:25.British throers go in the next earlier on, an almost perfect

:29:25. > :29:29.record over the last couple of years. The world champion, indoors,

:29:29. > :29:36.outdoors, the Commonwealth champion and a silver medallist last time.

:29:36. > :29:44.But she has not come here for the silver this time. She has been

:29:44. > :29:49.quite outspoken in terms of what she expects here. She is a very

:29:49. > :29:54.strong-willed and strong-minded character, and is the best in the

:29:54. > :30:04.world. Last year, she was untouchable. But that little defeat

:30:04. > :30:27.

:30:27. > :30:35.in London just gave the others a round about 13 seconds, for the

:30:35. > :30:41.fastest loser, as it stands. That will not bother Sally Pearson. In

:30:41. > :30:46.the warm-up in London, she hit a hurdle and had quite a bad fall.

:30:46. > :30:56.She said it didn't bother her that much, but it obviously did. And

:30:56. > :31:19.

:31:19. > :31:24.that defeat to Kelly Wells was her as well. Just waiting for one or

:31:24. > :31:29.two other introductions going on around the stadium. As well as the

:31:29. > :31:32.men's discus, we will have women's shot put qualifying. There will be

:31:33. > :31:42.two groups of those. They are warming up just next to the start

:31:43. > :31:44.

:31:44. > :31:54.moments. This is where experience counts. You just need to relax,

:31:54. > :32:19.

:32:19. > :32:29.in the third lane might do well here. But it should be all about

:32:29. > :32:50.

:32:50. > :32:57.Sally Pearson. Let's see how fast to PS One but she is away. Sally

:32:57. > :33:00.Pearson will come in ahead, miles ahead to be honest. 12.58. Well, I

:33:00. > :33:10.said how fast she wanted to go was what it was all about, and I don't

:33:10. > :33:13.think she can run slowly, to be honest. Well, we will have a look,

:33:13. > :33:17.and we cannot comment yet on what happened to her but she was going

:33:17. > :33:22.quite well. I have just been reminded that it is not a track

:33:22. > :33:26.record, that belongs to Jessica Ennis, but that is pretty quick.

:33:26. > :33:29.Yes, pretty quick, and Sally Pearson demonstrating why she has

:33:29. > :33:34.been the world leader for the last couple of years. Aggressive,

:33:34. > :33:39.beautiful technician. Her head does not move at all. She loves running

:33:39. > :33:42.and she is full of running. She is a great sprinter, remember. She

:33:42. > :33:47.actually crossed the line first in the Commonwealth Games and was then

:33:47. > :33:54.disqualified, but she is a great, great technician. She drives hard

:33:55. > :33:57.out of the box. She cites the hurdle quite well, looking for the

:33:57. > :34:03.first one and then gets into the groove and rhythm of the race as

:34:03. > :34:10.quickly as you possibly can. The first four hurdles she established

:34:10. > :34:14.some kind of tempo and pace, then 5, 6, 7, 8, she started to use the

:34:15. > :34:19.travel a bit more. You may be slightly fatigue, but you need to

:34:19. > :34:23.start using more power. But when you are as good as Sally Pearson,

:34:23. > :34:33.oh boy, you can relax all the way through to the line after you have

:34:33. > :34:33.

:34:33. > :34:43.made that final hurdle. She drifts in. She clears the barrier. Lovely

:34:43. > :34:48.

:34:49. > :34:58.pace she has, and that is something that stands her in good stead. I

:34:59. > :35:01.

:35:01. > :35:09.think Kelly Wells is pretty clear because we shall get the thoughts

:35:09. > :35:13.of Sally, which are much more That was a fantastic reception for

:35:13. > :35:18.you. It is really nice to have the support out there when you on the

:35:18. > :35:22.other side of the world. It really was special out there. I was really

:35:22. > :35:27.quite nervous during the race. But now I have got it out of the way

:35:27. > :35:31.and I can go in and fix my body for tomorrow. I know you have had so

:35:31. > :35:35.much pressure on your shoulders as the big Australian hoping track-

:35:35. > :35:41.and-field, but you are not shying away from it. There is nothing I

:35:41. > :35:45.can do about that. There is no more work to do and this is it. The

:35:45. > :35:49.first race out of the way, taking one at a time, and then tomorrow is

:35:49. > :35:59.another day at the office and I will see what I can do. Thanks for

:35:59. > :36:02.

:36:02. > :36:12.That was clearly a technical error. She will be disappointed. Four

:36:12. > :36:32.

:36:32. > :36:39.a little bit, and the crowd a roaring. Out towards the 65 metre

:36:39. > :36:46.line. Two athletes qualifying automatically already. Surprisingly

:36:46. > :36:52.a new season's best at 65.2. And the Iranian is consistently one of

:36:52. > :36:58.the best throwers in the world, and he has made 65.19. So no automatic

:36:59. > :37:08.qualifying distance yet. But still won more throat to go to make sure.

:37:09. > :37:19.

:37:19. > :37:27.big men for the shot put and discus in the last men. The Olympic silver

:37:27. > :37:37.medallist here in the bird's nest a game in Beijing. That is very long.

:37:37. > :37:46.

:37:46. > :37:55.-- the bird's nest Stadium. Is that through. A little bit of balance at

:37:55. > :38:02.the end, but that is me being pedantic. That was spot on the line.

:38:02. > :38:06.The market is being put in. It goes in where the nearest edge of the

:38:06. > :38:13.discus goes in, nearest to the throwing circle. It might not be a

:38:13. > :38:19.throw of 65 metres. 64.65, the third longest we have seen this

:38:19. > :38:29.morning. Let's just clear up the result for Sally Pearson. A very

:38:29. > :39:04.

:39:04. > :39:10.left-hand side, she was so close to winning the Olympic title four

:39:10. > :39:15.years ago when she hit the 9th hurdle very heart and she lost

:39:15. > :39:22.momentum and eventually finished in 7th -- very hard. But she was very

:39:22. > :39:32.gracious to the eventual winner, Dawn Harper. Bridget Foster Hilton

:39:32. > :39:38.

:39:38. > :39:41.is 37 and enjoying one of the best timescale of 11 or 12 years. She

:39:41. > :39:51.became Jamaican champion yet again this year. This should be a good

:39:51. > :40:10.

:40:10. > :40:16.a repeat of the final four years three. Lolo Jones coming away, and

:40:16. > :40:23.now faster Hilton is all over the place. Lolo Jones coming through,

:40:23. > :40:28.George in second place. 12.68. And the Jamaican is in pain. A good run

:40:28. > :40:34.by Lolo Jones, but disappointing to see the Jamaican and grimacing as

:40:34. > :40:39.she crosses the line. Very disappointing. She absolutely

:40:39. > :40:44.collided with the hurdle and she is devastated. She arrived in

:40:44. > :40:48.reasonably good form, and this was going to be her final opportunity

:40:48. > :40:54.to make a medal at these Olympic Games. She had been in great shape

:40:54. > :40:59.all year and she is bitterly, bitterly disappointed. Let's have a

:40:59. > :41:06.look exactly what happens. She gets out well, and always a good starter

:41:06. > :41:11.is Bridget. Her personal best is 12.45. The quality athlete. But she

:41:11. > :41:16.catches that hurdle while we she was looking strong and comfortable,

:41:16. > :41:23.and when you think of the winning time, 12.68, you can understand why

:41:23. > :41:28.she was so disappointed. She gets out of the box well, straight into

:41:28. > :41:33.an upright position and gets sight of the hurdle and starts to work

:41:33. > :41:38.off the first. Good impact of the floor, driving off her trailing leg

:41:38. > :41:44.and looking very comfortable. Very rarely do you see this type of

:41:44. > :41:49.thing happen, but she catches it with a hamstring of the lead leg

:41:49. > :41:54.and drags it over with her trailing leg. From then it is about recovery

:41:54. > :41:58.and she really knows that she has no chance of getting back with full

:41:58. > :42:08.momentum that would see her to the line and in a qualifying position

:42:08. > :42:16.

:42:16. > :42:19.and you can see the frustration were the new season's best. She

:42:19. > :42:29.will certainly be smiling at that performance -- we have a new

:42:29. > :42:45.

:42:45. > :42:52.Jamaican team, I suspect. Lolo qualified for the semi-finals in

:42:52. > :42:58.the last heat. We saw Lolo Jones coming through to take second place

:42:58. > :43:01.on the time behind Sally Pearson who is certainly most observers

:43:01. > :43:08.firm favourite for the title, but we saw happen in the last Olympic

:43:08. > :43:13.final. Lolo Jones was the favourite in that and it was eventually Dawn

:43:13. > :43:19.Harper who won it, who was down there in 12.75. Tiffany Porter on

:43:19. > :43:28.the first page of the fastest qualifiers. And the semi-finals

:43:28. > :43:34.Horrible to watch, and 37 years old, almost back into the shape of her

:43:34. > :43:40.life, and then with no pressure, just a lapse of concentration.

:43:40. > :43:44.can't believe it. I'm so disappointed. Her coach had to

:43:44. > :43:47.literally pick her up off the floor when she pulled hamstring in 2010

:43:47. > :43:52.and encourage her back into the sport because she was done, she

:43:52. > :43:59.really was. And to see her Olympic dreams come crashing to a halt like

:43:59. > :44:02.that is pretty devastating. Like Colin said, she's normally such a

:44:02. > :44:12.competent hurdler. Quick, dynamic and aggressive, all the components

:44:12. > :44:24.

:44:24. > :44:28.Olympic chance. This is how it goes, in hurdles, generally, look at her

:44:28. > :44:33.reaction. Honestly, you just don't want to see that. It is so sad, so

:44:33. > :44:37.sad, you know. She, you know, she sho knows she is coming to the end

:44:37. > :44:41.of her career, this was probably one of hvings her last chances to

:44:41. > :44:45.do something in the Olympics. her last Olympics without any doubt.

:44:45. > :44:48.Let us go back to the first heat. Tiffany Porter came in with

:44:48. > :44:52.question mark, and from the interview we saw at the end,

:44:52. > :44:56.perhaps a real relief to get through that. Very much so. Really

:44:56. > :45:01.positive, after Crystal Palace, it was, yeah, really sad to see her

:45:01. > :45:07.react in this way, but a good hurdles race, clean, crisp, just

:45:07. > :45:11.tying up to the end a bit, but safely through, and good job by her.

:45:11. > :45:17.That has been her problem all season. She has run well to hurdle

:45:17. > :45:24.five and six, she seems to have lost her rhythm. I don't know what

:45:24. > :45:30.that is down to, she works very well, she is a great trainer, she

:45:30. > :45:36.trains really well. The speed endurance element still hasn't

:45:36. > :45:40.connected just yet. That raggedness will cost her in this competition,

:45:40. > :45:44.the other main competitors are very tidy and quick. The good thick for,

:45:44. > :45:48.she can go back to the village and think my body is fine, I can run

:45:48. > :45:51.hard in the semifinals, whereas there must have been an element of

:45:51. > :45:57.doubt. You are right. I think knowing you have a healthy body,

:45:57. > :46:00.that it won't let you down is a big relief, a big relief. Well done

:46:00. > :46:05.Tiffany Porter. Then in terms of the rest of the field, Sally peer

:46:05. > :46:12.song, head and shoulders above everybody else. She looked sharp.

:46:12. > :46:16.She is just, she is world class, her technique is faultless,

:46:16. > :46:21.completely faultless. We can try to be picky, but this woman, not a

:46:21. > :46:27.chance, it is just poetry in motion, beautiful hurdling, and she is here

:46:27. > :46:31.to do business. She does not want to go home without in gold medal

:46:31. > :46:35.this time round. She would have had a bit of aggression after this run

:46:35. > :46:40.in at Crystal Palace when she was beaten by can Kelly wels. It has

:46:40. > :46:44.been interesting for me, these people we assume are hands down

:46:44. > :46:48.favourites are showing so much effortless talent, are still

:46:48. > :46:51.nervous, they still are feeling the pressure out here, and you know,

:46:51. > :46:56.think Sally can go on and do phenomenonally well, she can

:46:56. > :47:00.threaten the Olympic record here, for sure, if not the world record.

:47:00. > :47:04.The track is quick and she knows it. They will be back for the

:47:04. > :47:08.semifinals, that is tomorrow. We will see how they are going. For

:47:08. > :47:13.the moment it is back do you Michelle. Thank you. It has been

:47:13. > :47:17.beautiful to watch the hurdles but clearly things can go wrong, that

:47:17. > :47:22.is what we saw with bridge et Foster-Hylton from Jamaica. We will

:47:22. > :47:26.take you back to the stadium in a second, but just a quick word about

:47:26. > :47:31.what what sells on this morning, the canoe sprint competition is

:47:31. > :47:35.under way at Eton Dorney, you can see that on BBC Three. Tim Brabants

:47:35. > :47:39.is going to be in his semifinal at 11 clock. That is the key moment

:47:39. > :47:44.the tune in the you can. On the red button we have women's table tennis

:47:44. > :47:49.for you. This is the match between China and Korea. China are the

:47:49. > :47:54.reigning Olympic champions here, and also happening at Earls court

:47:54. > :47:58.is the men's volleyball. This is Australia versus Poland. Press the

:47:58. > :48:04.red button if you would like to see it T athletics action is coming

:48:04. > :48:11.thick and fast. Men's 800 metres heats are coming up. Let us join

:48:11. > :48:17.Jonathan again. Thank u you. Brendan foster has joined us. First

:48:17. > :48:27.of all it is Steve Cram. Thank you Jonathan. This the first of seven

:48:27. > :48:47.

:48:47. > :48:50.nearly as many entries in the men's 800 than in the 100 metres. It is

:48:50. > :48:56.tough qualifying. There are sticky heats here and the British athletes,

:48:56. > :49:02.as we look at Nigel Amos, are in heats two, three and five. Andrew

:49:02. > :49:08.Osagie next up. Amos is the world union champion, just 18-year-old.

:49:08. > :49:14.He has got Robinson, who is at the other end of his career, 36, but is

:49:14. > :49:19.still very dangerous, and the current European champion, sorry we

:49:19. > :49:24.have had the European Championships since, Lewandowksi. These are tough

:49:24. > :49:30.heats, there is two or three good athletes in every heat and only two

:49:30. > :49:37.or three to go through by rights. It's a tough qualification, Amos,

:49:37. > :49:42.we saw his time in the world, winning the world junior and

:49:42. > :49:51.running 1.43. Second fastest junior of all time. It will be interesting

:49:51. > :49:54.to see how he progresses on the world stage. He is moving through.

:49:54. > :49:58.Lewandowksi is in a good position on the outside and moving through.

:49:58. > :50:02.This is a good way of getting the whole thing started. It will be

:50:02. > :50:09.interesting to see how young Amos handles himself on the second half

:50:09. > :50:18.of this event. So the Brazilian out in front. Lewandowksi looks

:50:18. > :50:23.dangerous. So is Robinson, he always looks good. Amos got himself

:50:23. > :50:32.boxed there. Marco of Spain is going to be dangerous. Amos is

:50:32. > :50:38.looking good. Clear air for him and he glides past the Brazilian. O

:50:38. > :50:46.others are scrapping it out. -- the others are scrapping it out. That

:50:46. > :50:53.is going to be a surprise there. Amos wins it. Well, already

:50:53. > :51:00.Lewandowksi not through, of course there are fastest losers spot bus

:51:00. > :51:04.only three from seven. The likes of Lewandowksi, Robinson, found

:51:04. > :51:10.wanting there. That That was a surprise. The Brazilian athlete

:51:10. > :51:16.leading, and Amos of Botswana, looks the part. Now watch

:51:16. > :51:26.accelerate quickly, moving through. Lewandowksi is struggling. The

:51:26. > :51:31.Spaniard working hard too. there, cad vas Robinson coming

:51:31. > :51:35.through, not quite far enough. Look at young Amos, this sman a real

:51:35. > :51:42.talent. That was really comfortable for him. That was impressive as

:51:42. > :51:47.well. Some great athletes in this 700 metre, we will see the world

:51:47. > :51:56.record holder coming up soon. I think we will hear a lot more from

:51:56. > :52:02.this man. He looks a natural. He does. Powering through. Looking

:52:02. > :52:10.good. Not have often we see athletes from Botswana but it is

:52:10. > :52:20.good to see this young man, a pleasure to watch him. So, good win

:52:20. > :52:22.

:52:22. > :52:26.for him. 1.45.9. So Marco, Robinson, Lewandowksi, three big names, they

:52:26. > :52:36.are going to have to sit very anxiously for the next half hour or

:52:36. > :52:42.

:52:42. > :52:48.Morse of Great Britain in the discuss. I still think he doesn't

:52:48. > :52:54.need to qualify automatically, he only needs to throw, 63, 64 but

:52:54. > :53:04.that is a foul. That was actually his worst throw of the three he has

:53:04. > :53:30.

:53:30. > :53:34.Osagie. He goes into the games full In terms of your own preparation,

:53:34. > :53:37.it has ban perfect build up, has it? I wouldn't say perfect. I am

:53:37. > :53:40.not world number one, that would have been perfect. Things have gone

:53:40. > :53:44.well. We have hit almost every one my honourable friend targets and

:53:44. > :53:47.done better than I thought I was going to do or should have done.

:53:47. > :53:52.Everything has gone really really close to the plan. This year

:53:52. > :53:58.especially, I have had some good race, made some great races against

:53:58. > :54:06.the world's best. People who will be aiming, real medal hopes for the

:54:06. > :54:10.Olympic Games. It is Andrew Osagie going to win it. There are so many

:54:10. > :54:14.different aspects coming into that one race. You need to get it right

:54:14. > :54:18.and be in the right position. I love the pressure as well. I keep

:54:18. > :54:24.saying to most people, the pressure comes and that is when I step any

:54:24. > :54:29.gape up. I am looking forward to this one. Home crowd, 25 minutes

:54:29. > :54:35.from my house, it doesn't get better, that is my target hit if I

:54:36. > :54:39.get the final N the maximum, get the final N the maximum,

:54:39. > :54:46.anything can happen. Andrew Osagie a real star in the making. Maybe

:54:46. > :54:56.his time will come in the Olympic games. Brendan and Paul can take us

:54:56. > :55:04.

:55:04. > :55:14.through it. Certainly is a strong line up for Andrew Osagie, and

:55:14. > :55:22.

:55:22. > :55:31.just an outstanding young man, in terms of his athletic talent. Twice

:55:31. > :55:37.he has been under 1.42 this year and done it so easily. Won the

:55:37. > :55:43.Paris Diamond League and the New York Diamond League. Andrew Osagie,

:55:44. > :55:51.lifetime best, 1.44.48. Set this year. He has run against Rudisha a

:55:51. > :55:57.few times, so knows the sort of pace that he can run at. World

:55:57. > :56:04.indoor bronze medallist this year in Turkey, and in Istanbul good

:56:04. > :56:11.performance from young Andrew. We have Ismail, who goes in the lane

:56:11. > :56:17.outside Andrew Osagie, the Sudanese athlete who is twice an Olympic

:56:17. > :56:21.finalist and silver medallist back in 2008, carried the Sudanese flag.

:56:21. > :56:30.But Andrew Osagie with the the reception like that can almost feel

:56:30. > :56:40.he is in the Olympic final already. Long way to go yet. Rudisha, World

:56:40. > :56:45.

:56:45. > :56:50.Champion last year. Just such an outstanding runner over two laps.

:56:50. > :56:59.Interesting to see whether David Rudisha takes it out and just runs

:56:59. > :57:04.to make sure. Heat two of the men's 8 hundred metres. -- 800m. Andrew

:57:04. > :57:09.Osagie has gone quickly. He has gone past Ismail. Certainly has

:57:09. > :57:13.Rudisha in his sights Brendan. Certainly interesting to see David

:57:13. > :57:17.Rudisha, this man could become the star of these games, we won't see

:57:17. > :57:22.many world records in the stadium, and this man is debate bling he

:57:22. > :57:26.should go for the world record in the 800ms in the final. He has to

:57:26. > :57:29.get to the final. This is a tough draw for Andrew Osagie, he is in

:57:29. > :57:32.fifth place there, he has progressed very well in the last

:57:32. > :57:37.couple of year, bronze medallist indoors in the World Championships

:57:37. > :57:42.earlier this year, he has got the equipment but there are four good

:57:42. > :57:49.athletes. The Australian, he is very good and Ismail the silver

:57:49. > :57:52.medallist from the last games is moving up behind Andrew Osagie, so

:57:52. > :57:56.52.7 and the great David rude sha, the man who has broken the the

:57:56. > :58:00.world record twice, looks strong, looks comfortable and runs here

:58:00. > :58:04.today, the only way he likes to run. That is from the front. Watch him

:58:04. > :58:10.go down the back straight and he will start to move and move quickly.

:58:10. > :58:16.Andrew Osagie has a bit to do. Certainly has, he is running

:58:16. > :58:21.alongside the Australian back in fifth. As Ismail begins to make his

:58:21. > :58:26.presence felt down the side. Andrew Osagie has to get involved here.

:58:26. > :58:33.Andrew Osagie still trapped in fifth. David Rudisha looking very

:58:33. > :58:38.good indeed. Vasquez in second place. Bala. Andrew Osagie has to

:58:38. > :58:44.get a move on. Otherwise he is in danger of being eliminated. Rudisha

:58:44. > :58:54.wins it. Bala in second. Andrew Osagie I think just got third place,

:58:54. > :58:54.

:58:54. > :59:00.but it was close. Is.45.9. -- 1.45.9. He didn't really get

:59:00. > :59:08.involved until the last 40 or 50m. No doubt about the winner, but

:59:08. > :59:12.ocean o unconfirmed yet but we think he got third. There goes

:59:12. > :59:16.David rudsha, watch him round the top bend what a pleasure to watch

:59:16. > :59:21.the world record holder, as he comes down there, led every step of

:59:21. > :59:24.the way, that is the way he likes to run. Vasquez following him, and

:59:24. > :59:28.Andrew Osagie at this point is in sixth place, but he is confident.

:59:28. > :59:33.He is getting more confident. Riseley is a good athlete. He has

:59:33. > :59:38.run as fast as Andrew Osagie but look at the world record holder,

:59:38. > :59:42.opening out, just striding away, Vasquez in second place, and here

:59:42. > :59:46.comes Andrew Osagie moving through, he has to be in the first three, he

:59:46. > :59:53.is timing it brilliantly. Is he timing it brilliantly? Look at that.

:59:53. > :59:57.I tell you what, a bit close for comfortable but he is edging

:59:57. > :00:03.through and he nudges third place. If I was a coach or a manager of

:00:03. > :00:07.Andrew Osagie, I would have been nervous, the big man, David Rudisha,

:00:07. > :00:11.and then Andrew just nipping them on the line, the photo finish says

:00:11. > :00:20.Andrew Osagie in third place. And he is down stairs to explain his

:00:20. > :00:25.What a roar from the crowd as Andrew crossed the line, getting a

:00:25. > :00:29.crucial third place. Tell me how it unfolded from your point of view?

:00:29. > :00:33.was very relaxed and I was just outside the qualifying until the

:00:33. > :00:40.last two or three metres. It is not ideal, but I did not panic. I was

:00:40. > :00:45.comfortable where I was. Did you feel you needed to maybe for the

:00:45. > :00:50.next round bringing nearer the front and be in touch earlier?

:00:50. > :00:54.always renowned for being rubbish in the heats, almost. So when it is

:00:54. > :00:59.nine time with an amazing crowd like this, I will be fine tomorrow.

:00:59. > :01:02.You will bow into the crowd as if you were not worthy, but you are

:01:02. > :01:06.worthy after the season you have had. This crowd has been

:01:06. > :01:12.unbelievable over the last few days and we are trying to match that

:01:12. > :01:16.with performances. We are all try to step up as Team GB. Actually a

:01:16. > :01:26.can come out and put on a show for the crowd again tomorrow. --

:01:26. > :01:27.

:01:27. > :01:32.hopefully I can come out. Thank you well. He never panicked. Timing it

:01:32. > :01:42.brilliantly, and we can say that in hindsight. The moral of the story

:01:42. > :01:44.

:01:44. > :01:50.is he runs better in the evening. world champions last year, and now

:01:50. > :02:00.in the Olympic Games, qualifying in third place. David Rudisha looking

:02:00. > :02:12.

:02:12. > :02:18.this year. Well, absolutely hurling that shot out there, way beyond the

:02:18. > :02:22.qualifying mark. Interesting that the organisers have set the

:02:23. > :02:28.automatic qualifying distance at 20.65 and only two in the world

:02:28. > :02:33.have thrown that far this year. But she has come off the back of five

:02:33. > :02:38.Bella Russian records in her last three performances before Russian

:02:38. > :02:45.2012 -- Bella Russian records. A very long, long as we have seen so

:02:45. > :02:50.far. Here is Valerie Adams and she will have seen that, and

:02:50. > :02:54.unbelievably, she is down below the automatic qualifying. And it is a

:02:54. > :03:04.red flag in any way. That distance would take her through to the final

:03:04. > :03:11.

:03:11. > :03:19.heats earlier on. Tiffany Porter at the bottom of the page, and Sally

:03:19. > :03:22.Pearson heading everyone up. The second page goes all the way down,

:03:22. > :03:27.and Derval O'Rourke has gone through as one of the fastest

:03:27. > :03:34.losers. She was the quickest of those who did not go through

:03:34. > :03:43.automatically, and in the end, Kemp at 13.51 got through to the semi-

:03:43. > :03:49.final. Well, Gareth Warburton, by contrast, has a tough heat here. I

:03:49. > :03:54.did say that there were a few harder than others out of the heat,

:03:54. > :04:04.and I think any one of six, or three from six, could go through

:04:04. > :04:19.

:04:19. > :04:23.here. Soren Ludolph of Germany in initially was not selected for the

:04:23. > :04:28.Games. He was the only athlete successful in his appeal, and I

:04:28. > :04:33.think it was the right decision. But, goodness me, has he got a

:04:33. > :04:43.tough one here? The only thing is, you never know what you'll get with

:04:43. > :04:53.Abubaker Kaki. No. 2 behind David Russia -- David Rudisha, but then

:04:53. > :04:56.

:04:56. > :05:02.sometimes he can be no where tall. Timothy Kitum has run 43.94. The

:05:02. > :05:07.Welshman, Gareth Warburton, getting a huge roar from the crowd. Just

:05:07. > :05:17.missed out on the medals in Delhi when he went really well as he was

:05:17. > :05:26.

:05:26. > :05:30.of the best runs of his career to get through here because he will

:05:30. > :05:38.have to beat two or three very good athletes. And they have not gone

:05:38. > :05:44.back quickly. Brendan and I can keep an eye on this, and if you are

:05:44. > :05:50.not in the top three, you'll have to be at 1.46, maybe quicker.

:05:50. > :05:55.Abubaker Kaki leading, and a fairly quick opening 200. I was impressed

:05:55. > :05:59.with Walberton in the Commonwealth Games. -- Gareth Warburton. I was

:05:59. > :06:05.delighted when he was selected after the appeal, but Abubaker Kaki

:06:05. > :06:09.is stretching out. Gareth Warburton needs to get into some space. He is

:06:09. > :06:16.running into way walleye athletes and he realises. Nudging his way

:06:16. > :06:18.through. 52 at the Bellis pretty quick. Now he needs to run it like

:06:18. > :06:22.he did in the Commonwealth Games. He needs to run with the

:06:22. > :06:26.determination we had seen before. The first three will go through,

:06:26. > :06:33.and he has to work. Abubaker Kaki is stretching down the back

:06:33. > :06:38.straight. Gonzalez of Cuba in second, and Timothy Kitum in third.

:06:38. > :06:42.Then Gareth Warburton is sitting behind them, but there is danger in

:06:42. > :06:47.Soren Ludolph who can be quick in the home straight. Gareth Warburton

:06:47. > :06:50.needs to follow them through. He has to get in the top three or a

:06:51. > :06:55.least keep going strong in the home straight. Abubaker Kaki controlling

:06:55. > :07:02.it. Here comes Timothy Kitum. Gareth Warburton struggling.

:07:02. > :07:10.Gonzalez is struggling and tiring. Abubaker Kaki wins in, Timothy

:07:10. > :07:19.Kitum second. Gareth Warburton well, 5th place, but we saw the clock

:07:19. > :07:24.beyond 1.47 and that will not be good enough. And that is a shame,

:07:24. > :07:30.because we watched him run a solo 1.45 in the heats, and anything

:07:30. > :07:36.would have put through Gareth today. I'm sure he is going to be

:07:36. > :07:42.disappointed. Here they are, Abubaker Kaki stretching them,

:07:42. > :07:44.Timothy Kitum moving on to the outside in third place. Second in

:07:45. > :07:49.the world junior championships earlier this year. At this point

:07:49. > :07:53.Gareth Warburton has a chance. He slows the pace and then starts to

:07:53. > :07:57.accelerate, but there is some talent around here today. At this

:07:57. > :08:03.point I thought he could have moved if he had the chance but he is

:08:03. > :08:06.being stretched too far and is a little tired. Timothy Kitum has got

:08:06. > :08:12.the finishing speed and Gareth Warburton unable to respond. He

:08:12. > :08:17.looks like he is treading water in the last 50. Unfortunately not able

:08:17. > :08:23.to qualify. The first three will go through. Gareth Warburton in 5th

:08:23. > :08:27.place, well, slightly disappointing air. I wonder what kind of run we

:08:27. > :08:31.will get from Abubaker Kaki in the next round. He looked comfortable

:08:31. > :08:36.and strong. Timothy Kitum could be a danger in the later stages.

:08:36. > :08:40.Gonzalez of Cuba slowing and Mohamed coming through on the

:08:40. > :08:47.inside. Gareth Warburton, the head down a bit, and the time will not

:08:47. > :08:57.be fast enough, so I think is a Olympic journey ends now. Just to

:08:57. > :09:06.

:09:06. > :09:12.Steve was saying in commentary that you ran 1.45 0.8 in the Europeans

:09:12. > :09:17.on a solo run, so why you disappointing? -- disappointed?

:09:17. > :09:21.just didn't have it. The guys all ran away from me at 600 and I'm

:09:21. > :09:25.very disappointed. I don't think it will be enough to get through.

:09:25. > :09:30.Unfortunately, it is not. Can you explain why it doesn't work on a

:09:30. > :09:35.morning when it just doesn't click? It is hard to know, really. It has

:09:35. > :09:40.been a long season. I started racing in April. I had to qualify

:09:40. > :09:43.for the game's first and then peak again, so it is quite hard. Did you

:09:44. > :09:49.feel an added pressure to justify your place having gone through the

:09:49. > :09:55.appeal process? Not at all. I felt I deserved to be in the team as

:09:55. > :10:05.much as everyone else. Just didn't work today? Yes. That's the talking

:10:05. > :10:16.

:10:16. > :10:19.to us today. We appreciate it. -- sure. That is the first time I have

:10:19. > :10:24.ever seen him crack under pressure. We will have to wait and see what

:10:24. > :10:34.the result of the next group are. He is about fourth-best so far.

:10:34. > :10:40.

:10:40. > :10:50.the first group has finished. Amazingly, the Commonwealth athlete,

:10:50. > :11:06.

:11:06. > :11:13.the Indian champion is one of only Brecht Morse, disappointment, 16th

:11:13. > :11:23.place and he will take no part -- further part in the competition --

:11:23. > :11:26.

:11:26. > :11:29.is better. We explained earlier the issues around her entry and we were

:11:29. > :11:34.told she was pretty annoyed and she might have got rid of some of that

:11:34. > :11:37.frustration just there. I think she must have been disgusted at the

:11:37. > :11:43.first-round throw. It is uncharacteristic of Valerie Adams

:11:43. > :11:47.to come out and make a poor throw in the first round. She normally

:11:47. > :11:53.stands or authority on the competition very early doors. --

:11:53. > :12:03.stamps her authority. Sending a message to everybody back home

:12:03. > :12:35.

:12:35. > :12:40.this year. 1.43, and coached by a former Olympic bronze medallist in

:12:40. > :12:50.the steeplechase, Britain's last medallist in the event, Mark

:12:50. > :12:58.

:12:58. > :13:03.Rowland, who did that in 1988. Adam The 4th heat gets under way. Nick

:13:03. > :13:07.Symmonds has gone off quickly and so has Jeff Harris of Canada. Yuriy

:13:07. > :13:14.Borzakovskiy, I wonder what sort of race will see from him today.

:13:14. > :13:21.Borzakovskiy of Russia, the Olympic champion in 2000 and form and he is

:13:21. > :13:23.coming back to form. -- 2004. Nick Simmons in the red shirts should

:13:23. > :13:33.qualify, but it will be interesting to see how he progresses in the

:13:33. > :13:37.

:13:37. > :13:42.race. Nick Symmonds, and here is Yuriy Borzakovskiy, when he is

:13:42. > :13:45.running well he tries to run at an even pace and we will guess that is

:13:45. > :13:51.what he's doing once more. Striding out strongly. The leader going

:13:51. > :14:01.through in 52. Yuriy Borzakovskiy near a 54, but starting to make a

:14:01. > :14:02.

:14:02. > :14:08.move. Andreas Bube still leading. Annan has got -- anchors got a

:14:08. > :14:12.strong finisher. He is not quite at his best, but he is looking strong.

:14:12. > :14:15.I was going to say, when he was younger he could do that sort of

:14:15. > :14:25.manoeuvre in his sleep. Yuriy Borzakovskiy certainly finds

:14:25. > :14:38.

:14:38. > :14:42.himself in 5th place and with a bit Nick Symmonds forces his way to the

:14:42. > :14:48.front. I think Harris of Canada may have got second place. That was a

:14:48. > :14:51.strange heat. Borzakovskiy is going to have to see if he can get a wild

:14:51. > :14:57.card to take him through to the semifinals. Good run by the

:14:57. > :15:01.American. I am not sure, we are not looking at the last time the

:15:01. > :15:06.Olympic champion Borzakovskiy on the world stage there. Very tired.

:15:06. > :15:10.Not able to respond today. And it was an interesting race overall. We

:15:10. > :15:14.were watching Borzakovskiy, does he have it like he used to Nick

:15:14. > :15:19.Symmonds positioned well. Bube is leading and Kszczot, 200 metres to

:15:19. > :15:23.go and Kszczot takes off and runs impressively round the top bend.

:15:23. > :15:26.Nick Symmonds waiting in third place. The Canadian Harris, in

:15:26. > :15:29.fourth on the inside there, and Borzakovskiy coming into the

:15:29. > :15:34.straight. Moves into the outside position, and when he gets there,

:15:34. > :15:39.there is nothing in his legs, he has no power any more, he hasn't

:15:39. > :15:43.got the ability that he had, it is the end of a great Carrie for

:15:43. > :15:47.Borzakovskiy, he is a bit close but there is four in front of him he is

:15:47. > :15:56.finishing fifth. You, he will have to wait, but that might be the last

:15:56. > :16:00.we see, he is the third fastest finishing so far. Kszczot Simmonds

:16:00. > :16:04.and Harris, the first three of right. Bube tiring. Borzakovskiy

:16:04. > :16:12.not quite to be able do it. Bosse of France on the inside. So Kszczot,

:16:12. > :16:15.Simmonds and Harris, one, two and three. Bosse in fourth place, and

:16:15. > :16:21.then Borzakovskiy, former Olympic champion, now having to sit out in

:16:21. > :16:29.the back, to find out what happens in the other heats. Nick Symmonds

:16:29. > :16:39.looked good. So Andrew Osagie through, Gareth Warburton not and

:16:39. > :16:42.

:16:42. > :16:47.the third is Michael Rimmer. It couldn't get bigger or better,

:16:47. > :16:51.this is going to be the pinnacle really, it is going to be exciting.

:16:51. > :16:54.I will make sure I enjoy I I don't want to sound negative. I want to

:16:54. > :17:02.make sure I enjoy this games and make the most of it, because it is

:17:02. > :17:06.never going to happen again. If it is not my day I want to remain up

:17:06. > :17:09.beat. I will put everything on the track, no matter what, so I am

:17:09. > :17:16.looking forward to it. I am in good shape, at the right time. I have

:17:16. > :17:19.had problems but it seems to be all in the past, which is good. So I am

:17:19. > :17:24.quite excited. Michael Rimmer running strongly, running very very

:17:24. > :17:27.well. This is his best performance in a major Championship. 80,000

:17:27. > :17:31.people. I don't know, they are going to carry me down the home

:17:31. > :17:41.straight. I am looking forward to it. It is that feeling, you want to

:17:41. > :17:46.

:17:46. > :17:51.get throughout now. He is a great at his best would have to be on the

:17:51. > :17:55.mark, as you have already seen, the heats are tough, and I am not sure

:17:55. > :18:01.that Michael has produced his best form. He started pretty well, and

:18:01. > :18:06.just check on the result of that last one first. Simmonds, Harris

:18:06. > :18:09.and Kszczot. The poll just squeezing through into third place.

:18:09. > :18:16.Borzakovskiy is the third fastest loser at the moment but there is

:18:16. > :18:25.still three heats to go. So let us see what Michael Rimmer has to beet.

:18:25. > :18:35.Some of the names won't be that familiar. Lopez has run 1.43

:18:35. > :18:45.

:18:45. > :18:50.semifinal yesterday you might be surprised to see Makhloufi. So he

:18:50. > :18:56.was sensational in the heats of the 15hun and has run a very fast 800,

:18:56. > :19:01.having the season of his life. The Iranian, inside Michael Rimmer. He

:19:02. > :19:06.had run under 1.46. He will be dangerous. You have Lopez. Had a

:19:06. > :19:10.cracking run breaking the Spanish record in Monaco in his last race

:19:10. > :19:17.before these him pi, so if he doesn't come in the top three, he

:19:17. > :19:25.has to be moving swiftly. Borzakovskiy hanging on by his

:19:25. > :19:29.finger-tips. We have three more heats to come, including this one.

:19:29. > :19:33.Michael at his best, but he has looked out of sorts this year, he

:19:33. > :19:37.has had problem, he had a hernia operation in the winter. I know at

:19:37. > :19:43.one point he thought he might not be here, but he is, so he has to

:19:43. > :19:47.focus and try and run with a bit of confidence. He has, he has been our

:19:47. > :19:50.top 800 metre runner for several years but Andrew Osagie has

:19:50. > :19:55.overtaken him this year and Andrew Osagie is through to the final. A

:19:55. > :19:59.very close finish, but Andrew is through the semifinal. Gareth

:19:59. > :20:03.Warburton wasn't able to make it through, so could we have two

:20:03. > :20:09.British athletes in the semifinal? I hope so. But Michael Rimmer has a

:20:09. > :20:14.bit of running to do today. It will be interesting to see the Egyptian.

:20:15. > :20:19.He has entered. He has the final of the 1500 metres on his mind. I

:20:19. > :20:23.wonder what he will do here today. Will he try and run flat out and

:20:23. > :20:33.qualify or take it easy and go through the motions. Interesting

:20:33. > :20:35.

:20:35. > :20:43.for this controversial athlete. Algerian. He He is very confident.

:20:43. > :20:52.Lopez of Spain, new Spanish record holder, as I said. It was a big

:20:52. > :20:57.race in Monaco. Lots of fast times in the 15hun and the 800. -- 1500.

:20:57. > :21:03.European silver medallist in Barcelona, when I think we all

:21:03. > :21:13.thought he could win. He was pipped to that on that occasion. Here he

:21:13. > :21:14.

:21:14. > :21:21.goes, trying to make it into the Olympic semifinal. The aljeer ian

:21:21. > :21:25.almost took a step backment Michael Rimmer will just have the luxury of

:21:25. > :21:28.being able to watch and wait and just move across. Just see if

:21:28. > :21:33.anyone wants to take it through the first 2 hundred, they know what

:21:33. > :21:37.they have to do. It looks as though they have gone, settling down and

:21:37. > :21:42.Michael Rimmer. Hang on a minute. Hang on a minute. Now you see, you

:21:42. > :21:45.wonder why he stepped off. He is into the final and he had to turn

:21:45. > :21:52.up today. Otherwise he couldn't turn up in the is a00, so I don't

:21:52. > :21:56.know why they registered him. Nerve mind he stepped off. That makes

:21:56. > :22:01.Michael Rimmer's job easier. Lopez of Spain putting himself in a good

:22:01. > :22:06.position. You know they have to run 1.46 to get through at fastest

:22:06. > :22:09.losers and Rimmer is doing sensibly. It is not quite quick enough. They

:22:09. > :22:12.are not giving themselves a chance. Michael Rimmer has, he is in the

:22:12. > :22:17.lead. He has to try and make it a long run for home. There is no

:22:17. > :22:20.point in settling into the pack, because he will have a problem then,

:22:20. > :22:24.but there Michael Rimmer, the crowd roaring him as he goes down the

:22:24. > :22:31.back straightment looks good today. Looks as though he is working hard.

:22:31. > :22:36.There is Lopez. Rimmer has to hang on. The Egyptian has made a push.

:22:36. > :22:41.Looking strong. So is Rimmer and moving away, with Lopez. Top three

:22:41. > :22:49.to go through, he has to be strong in the home straight. Lopez looks

:22:49. > :22:53.behind.. He can say them chasing. It will be a real scrap. The

:22:53. > :22:59.Japanese is looking fast. Rimmer is fading. I don't think that will

:22:59. > :23:05.mean he will get through because this will be slow. Well, they were

:23:05. > :23:09.good. The were others chasing and chasing and for a while, it looked

:23:09. > :23:14.as though Rimmer has done it right. But that first lap was slow, that

:23:14. > :23:18.meant if you weren't in the top three you are not going through.

:23:18. > :23:23.Just didn't vit and I think that has been an indication really of

:23:23. > :23:29.Michael's season, when he has wanted it. Put his foot down, dug

:23:29. > :23:33.into the well. It hasn't quite been there. Here Michael Rimmer, a slow

:23:33. > :23:38.opening lap but he finds himself in the lead here. The question is,

:23:38. > :23:43.could he hang on to this lead? Michael Rimmer fiends himself in a

:23:43. > :23:46.position, he might, it is not a fast race and here he has a chance.

:23:46. > :23:50.Opening down the back straight. Running hard, but here comes Lopez

:23:50. > :23:55.following him. He is running strongly, as well as the Egyptian

:23:55. > :23:59.looking so powerful, and then the first blow for Rimmer, here the

:23:59. > :24:06.Egyptian goes past him and Lopez who we know is quick, has a real

:24:07. > :24:15.good chance of catching there. Michael Rimmer is in a qualifying

:24:15. > :24:20.position in the finishing straight. On the inside, the Japanese athlete,

:24:20. > :24:26.but the Iranian coming in alongside the Spanish athlete, Lopez, no

:24:26. > :24:32.problem qualifying there, and sadly, that is the end of Michael Rimmer's

:24:32. > :24:38.Olympic entry, the Iranian looking powerful. Lopez looking easy. And

:24:38. > :24:41.there we are waiting for Michael Rimmer, disappointed in fifth place

:24:41. > :24:47.and will take no further part. Lopez comes past him and he has to

:24:48. > :24:57.hang on. He has to keep going and try and work hard. The Iranian

:24:57. > :25:01.coming quickly, but powerful. A real disappointment for Michael

:25:01. > :25:07.Rimmer, so we have one athlete through to the semifinal. Michael

:25:07. > :25:11.won't be in it unfortunately. He is downstairs talking to Phil Jones.

:25:11. > :25:15.Michael, Tell me about the game plan and why it didn't come

:25:15. > :25:21.plan and why it didn't come together for you today in I don't

:25:21. > :25:30.know to be honest, difficult to say, yeah, shocked. Shocked. You were

:25:30. > :25:35.taking it out from the front, were you aware 1.46 might get you in as

:25:35. > :25:40.a fastest loser. I wanted to get in the top three. I was comfortable

:25:40. > :25:46.taking it myself, and my legs didn't have the change of gears,

:25:46. > :25:51.which is strange. I don't know why. In Portugal I was PBing every

:25:51. > :25:59.session, so I don't know, I am, I am confused. Really confused.

:25:59. > :26:04.won't keep you any longer. Thanks. Well, it is sad for Michael Rimmer

:26:04. > :26:07.and he just got a heat where there and he just got a heat where there

:26:07. > :26:11.was nobody to take the pace on. Just to pick out again the Algerian

:26:11. > :26:18.does not finish, he will be in the 15 final tomorrow. He has to come

:26:18. > :26:28.and take part today, so he is not injured. He will be back tomorrow.

:26:28. > :26:35.1.48.05 is the winning time and Michael Rimmer out. Raise the men's

:26:35. > :26:38.its -- discus qualifying. Lawrence its -- discus qualifying. Lawrence

:26:38. > :26:44.Okoye is ranked four in the world. What was your reaction Bunce you

:26:44. > :26:49.knew you had bagged a place on the team. You go to stadium and do

:26:49. > :26:55.something, so, it was, it was a great day, but you know, it is a

:26:55. > :26:59.day I realised that I am starting on this new journey. How long has

:26:59. > :27:05.the Olympics been on your particular radar? Well, I would

:27:05. > :27:09.have to say only two years, because I used to play rugby, obviously. I

:27:09. > :27:14.left school at 18 and I had to make a decision about my future. I love

:27:14. > :27:18.rugby, I wish I could do both but I am enjoying my discus, and

:27:18. > :27:22.hopefully the Olympics will be the time I can look back and say, yeah

:27:22. > :27:26.I made the right decision. The discuss I have thrown reflect why I

:27:26. > :27:32.am doing the training. I can't wait for the combination of this hard

:27:32. > :27:40.work, but, you know, I have to go to the games and make sure I have

:27:40. > :27:43.my head screwed on. Focus on my job. my head screwed on. Focus on my job.

:27:43. > :27:48.If I do thatly produce the goods. He is massive. He has three

:27:48. > :27:58.attempted to get over 65 metres. Now it is back to the 800 metres.

:27:58. > :28:14.

:28:14. > :28:20.Heat six the athletes there ready champion this year. Last year

:28:20. > :28:29.became the first and only man to beat David Rudisha. The Kenyan

:28:29. > :28:37.world record holder in the 18hun -- 800 metres. The yenian 800 metre

:28:37. > :28:47.runners, they turn them out young. -- Kenyan. David Rudisha, he

:28:47. > :28:48.

:28:48. > :28:58.qualified easily, he is only 23. They are the fastest losers so far,

:28:58. > :28:58.

:28:58. > :29:03.being led by another youngster, Bosse of France. Heat six. Among

:29:03. > :29:10.some of the other contenders the 31 year Spaniard who is wearing the

:29:10. > :29:20.green and gold of Spain, quite a tall figure. The Kenyan though,

:29:20. > :29:21.

:29:21. > :29:26.charging into the lead, the Kenyan. They are getting younger, he is 18.

:29:26. > :29:36.Running the way they can run in the 800 metres. At the other end of the

:29:36. > :29:38.

:29:38. > :29:42.field. The world indoor champion. They know they have long distance

:29:42. > :29:51.runner, they don't have many short distance runner, now they have

:29:51. > :29:56.found a few, look at this young man, Amman of Ethiopia, 1.43 this season.

:29:56. > :30:01.53 for the opening lap. Remember, the Olympic champion is sitting

:30:01. > :30:07.there waiting to see whether his tame time of 1.46.29 is fast enough.

:30:07. > :30:12.There are a few of them here, they could rush down the back straight.

:30:12. > :30:20.Am -- Amman poised and looking ready to go. He looks dangerous. He

:30:20. > :30:30.is in a very good position. Currently sitting in second place,

:30:30. > :30:34.

:30:34. > :30:40.be hind another teenage sensation strong. Aman heads off into the

:30:40. > :30:45.home straight, Chemut on the inside. Perhaps no way through for

:30:45. > :30:53.Rodriguez. Aman is coming away. Reina is coming our way, Chemut is

:30:53. > :30:59.coming away, those three will qualify. It is a very modest time,

:30:59. > :31:04.but that gives you an idea of the potential of Mohammed Aman. The

:31:04. > :31:10.world indoor champion and just 18 years old. The 18-year-old

:31:10. > :31:15.Ethiopian, kissing the flag of Ethiopia and celebrating, they are

:31:15. > :31:22.moving down the distances. Here they are on the top bend. John up -

:31:22. > :31:27.- Chemut of Kenya positioned himself well. Aman was ready to go

:31:27. > :31:36.on the outside. Reina of Spain stretching down the home straight.

:31:36. > :31:43.Qualification has come easy form all three of them. Chemut, Aman and

:31:43. > :31:53.Reina go through. If I am correct with my mathematics, it could be...

:31:53. > :32:00.

:32:00. > :32:09.One more heat, but at the moment, Borzakovskiy is the fastest runner

:32:09. > :32:19.up. Aman will be a danger in the next round. He took it very easily,

:32:19. > :32:46.

:32:46. > :32:56.at Chemut run a very sensible race. that shot away. That was a good

:32:56. > :33:01.

:33:01. > :33:05.the world of track and field athletics with some very good shot

:33:05. > :33:15.putters and discus throwers, they have a pretty good hammer thrower

:33:15. > :33:52.

:33:52. > :34:02.as well. Adams is through. The everybody. Michelle Carter's father

:34:02. > :34:21.

:34:21. > :34:26.this 800 metres and I think this has been one of the toughest rounds

:34:26. > :34:36.in the first round of any championships, some big names going

:34:36. > :34:39.

:34:40. > :34:47.out. Borzakovskiy, the former champion, hanging on by his

:34:47. > :34:57.fingertips. There will be three semi-finals of the eight runners on

:34:57. > :35:00.

:35:00. > :35:10.getting ready in his warm-up for this men's discus qualifying

:35:10. > :35:11.

:35:11. > :35:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:35:52. > :35:59.competition, along with Abdullah There is a fair bit of Jamaican

:35:59. > :36:03.celebration last night, one or two headaches, never mind head gear.

:36:03. > :36:12.Solomon Branning credibly rock -- incredibly well in the Monaco

:36:12. > :36:22.Diamond League. He was only third in the American trials. Nick

:36:22. > :36:22.

:36:22. > :37:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:37:08. > :37:14.out for a Fowlis -- Black Fewlass - final heat. Last hours has started

:37:14. > :37:21.comfortably but the American in the middle is starting to find a

:37:21. > :37:28.position for himself. He is happy to come across into the lead, he is

:37:28. > :37:33.front running good. It is may be nerves more than anything. -- front

:37:33. > :37:39.running it. The qualification in his last week, six athletes could

:37:39. > :37:46.go through if they ran faster than 1:46. You would give it a go, you

:37:46. > :37:51.would give it a chance. Solomon, 1:43, he looks comfortable. The

:37:51. > :37:55.Dutch runner is running through at this point in time. It is a bit

:37:55. > :38:01.quick, they should be able to run a good time of that. Solomon

:38:01. > :38:07.continues to lead. I think I have gone in sensibly, that is the

:38:07. > :38:17.advantage of running the last eight. Let's hope he hasn't overcooked it.

:38:17. > :38:21.

:38:21. > :38:29.-- the advantage of running the enjoying this, having to work hard.

:38:29. > :38:39.It would be a surprise if Mikitenko came through -- Mutekanga --

:38:39. > :38:55.

:38:55. > :39:03.going through. Solomon wins it. I think Borzakovskiy might be OK. He

:39:03. > :39:10.just burned them off on the first lap. It is not normally the way you

:39:10. > :39:20.run an 800. Although Holusa SAT off the pace, the Dutch runner was able

:39:20. > :39:23.

:39:23. > :39:33.run, if you think about it. He didn't need to go this quickly

:39:33. > :39:34.

:39:34. > :39:40.around the bend. He knows all he has to do is finish in the first

:39:40. > :39:50.three. Solomon, quite impressive. There was an opportunity for a fast

:39:50. > :39:51.

:39:51. > :39:58.qualifying time. Then the clock is ticking. Is it ticking to the

:39:58. > :40:07.advantage of Borzakovskiy? I think you are right, I think he is

:40:07. > :40:13.through Fawthrop -- he is through. Solomon, very comfortable. Holusa

:40:13. > :40:21.will not go through as a fastest loser. It will be the three we put

:40:21. > :40:31.up on the caption at the beginning. Let's tidy all of that up. 24 men

:40:31. > :40:49.

:40:49. > :40:54.have gone through, three from each Mixed fortunes boarded British

:40:54. > :40:57.athletes and it is always tough qualifying for the 800m -- mixed

:40:57. > :41:02.fortunes for the British athletes. They always want to save some

:41:02. > :41:05.energy because of the round situation but it is so complex.

:41:05. > :41:09.Unless you are one of the dominant athletes, you can't really control

:41:10. > :41:15.what is going to happen. Andrew a Sade did very well because he was

:41:15. > :41:19.in a tough heat. He was but she knew what he had to do, he ran a

:41:19. > :41:25.very sensible race. He has matured in the last couple of seasons, he

:41:25. > :41:32.knows this is a great opportunity. He is fit, and it means you can use

:41:32. > :41:35.this confidence and negotiate. In the 800 metres you need to run it

:41:35. > :41:41.any which way, you need to have a race plan, sometimes they go out

:41:41. > :41:45.ridiculously fast. This time he got it right. We are going to look

:41:45. > :41:50.forward to tomorrow morning and the men's triple jump qualification,

:41:50. > :41:56.and the men's 110-metre hurdles. Your hurdles are straightforward,

:41:56. > :42:02.the triple jump is more complex! Phillips Idowu, we have heard he is

:42:03. > :42:06.in the village. That is the most important thing! He is here! I hope

:42:06. > :42:09.he has put everything to the back of his mind, he is here to compete

:42:09. > :42:15.and he should forget everything else. Don't worry about the

:42:15. > :42:19.arguments, just focus about what he needs to do. I am not sure if he is

:42:19. > :42:26.100% fit. You know his physio very well, I don't know if you have any

:42:26. > :42:31.more insightful stop he has been No one would choose to prepare this

:42:31. > :42:37.way for an Olympic Games. But he is here, that is a good start. Like

:42:37. > :42:42.Colin says, it is all about how he chooses to prepare. He needed to be

:42:42. > :42:46.with his medical staff. It would be the last thing on his mind, the

:42:46. > :42:53.arguments. He wants to give this crowd something to cheer about.

:42:53. > :42:57.was born and raised in east London. Normally when he turns up to a

:42:57. > :43:01.championships, he does perform. Absolutely, he has never let us

:43:01. > :43:05.down. I know he has always disappointed but he comes into the

:43:06. > :43:10.studio a bit with his head down, but I think he has always delivered

:43:10. > :43:14.great performances. He sometimes just loses to somebody who is

:43:14. > :43:24.magnificent on the day. Thank you for the moment. The women's 1500

:43:24. > :43:25.

:43:25. > :43:29.metres heats coming up. From the A busy morning in the athletics

:43:29. > :43:35.stadium. A promising start to the day for British athletics, Tiffany

:43:35. > :43:39.Portas through to the finals in the 100m hurdles. Her final will be

:43:39. > :43:47.tomorrow night's, and also in the 800m heats for the men, the only

:43:47. > :43:56.athlete through his Andrew Osagie. Here in the studio, the big welcome

:43:56. > :44:01.to Hazel who will be looking part It is always lovely to come here,

:44:01. > :44:05.we are ringmasters who bounce around the different venues. There

:44:05. > :44:08.is a show jumping as well, equestrian events, Great Britain

:44:08. > :44:11.lying in joint second place going into the team final. So you never

:44:11. > :44:17.know. And fantastic to see some of the

:44:17. > :44:21.viewing figures for last night, 20 million people watched Usain Bolt.