BBC One: Day 10: 09.00-11.30 Olympics

Another fantastic day, and really a weekend to remember for British

sport, ending with two more gold medals. Great Britain now have 16

goals, just three short of the total in Beijing. Yesterday it was

Andy Murray and Ben Ainslie who topped the podium. Could they be

more of the same today? In gymnastics, Beth Tweddle is

hoping to bow out with a gold. She was 4th in Beijing, but she is

looking good in London. Olympic kayak champion Tim Brabants

begins his title defence today, so could Eton Dorney bring more gold

for Great Britain? Dai Greene is doing it the hard way. We look at

whether the world and Commonwealth champion might spring a surprise in

And that's not all from the stadium. Tiffany Porter and Andrew Ossa G R

So, here is how we take you through it all. It is off to the athletics

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

2pm, the gymnastics gets under way. More track cycling at the Beller

Drome at 4pm, Victoria Pendleton and Jason Kenny in action there.

And tonight at the athletics, the men's 400m and women's pole vault.

Dai Greene goes in the 400m hurdles. And it was quite a weekend in the

stadium behind me. First, Saturday's glorious night for

British athletics, and then last night, the Big One, the men's 100m.

All the doubts about whether using bolt could do it suddenly

disappeared. -- Usain Bolt. This Stadium has just come to life.

I wonder why it! It is exciting Powell gets a cracking start, and

Justin Gatlin is looking good. Oh, my word! He was looking at them as

if to say, keep up! This is the if to say, keep up! This is the

second semi-final. Bolt got a decent start, and so did Dwain

Chambers. Here comes Usain Bolt, really turn it on. 9.87. Dare I say

it, clowning around just a little. And now for the third semi-final,

the athletes are ready. Not the best of starts from Tyson Gay.

Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay pulling away now. Blake is going to win it.

9.85, game on. I came third in the semi-final at the Olympics. That

has run under 10 seconds this year. the four fastest men of all time

are in the same Olympic final. They come to their marks, the moment of

blocks. But he is getting into his stride alongside Justin Gatlin. He

has won the gold! 9.64. The champion becomes a legend. Why did

we ever, ever, ever doubt the brilliance of Usain Bolt? I was

slightly worried about my start. I think I sat in the blocks a little

bit. It wasn't the best reaction in the world. But my coach said, stop

worrying about the start, the best part of your race is at the end.

That is where you rule. So I stopped worrying about the start

and executed it. What do you say to all the doubters? People can talk,

all they can do is talk. When it comes to the championships, this is

His place in history is now assured. Colin Jackson, you were there last

night. And there were lots of doubters, we were talking this time

yesterday, not sure he would pull that off. And the good reason for

that is because of the opposition he was up against, the best

sprinters we have seen on the planet were all assembled in at

100m. And him losing the Jamaican championships caused a little bit

of upset. People were questioning whether he would deliver the goods,

but he is a championship man, and he proved it again. Slightly slow

out of the blocks, but he just races to the finish. He is a tall

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

previously was to try to start as if he were shorter man, and that is

not conducive to his style of running. Once he gets up bright and

get into his flow, he becomes unstoppable. Once he hits that 30-

metre mark, about now, he starts to pull away from the field. That is

why he is the great champion that he is over this distance. Overall,

this was a fantastic field. Seven out of the eight men ran under 10

seconds. The quality was breathtaking. Bizarrely enough, the

man who didn't go under 10 seconds was Asafa Powell, the one who has

run under 10 seconds the most. It looked like he tweaked his groin a

little bit, which is a bit of a worry for the 4x100m later. Yohan

Blake, the so-called Beast, the one we were talking about most in the

competition, is he the one who you think will be the new Usain Bolt of

the future? No doubt about it. He is the Prince at the moment. He

went into this race trying to beat the king. A couple of years' time,

I think things could change. think his time will come? His time

will come. You also positive about the British sprinters. None of them

made it into the final, but Adam Gemili, young and new to sprinting,

both he and Dwain Chambers had good times. They went up and beyond

anything we expected them to do. Dwain Chambers ran 10.02, the

fastest time in the UK. At Adam Gemili, an incredibly mature

performance for a young man. He wasn't frightened to take on the

greatest sprinters in the world, and he just missed by a jiffy. A

fall the blossom British athletics, and last night was a disappointing

one for Christine Ohuruogu, beaten Christine Ohuruogu do It Again?

Richards-Ross almost stumbles a little out of the block, but is

quickly up. That is a fast start from the American. Khyra Ishaq has

started well as well. The Russian goes past Sanya Richards Ross, but

Christine Ohuruogu has really attacked his first 200. Richards-

Ross starts to get moving, and so does Montsho. Rory is on the

outside. There are five or six of them here. Sanya Richards Ross is

coming through, Christine Ohuruogu is coming again. Can she get there

this time? Will she make it? Sanya Richards Ross takes the gold.

Christine Ohuruogu, a sterling effort to get the silver. Oh, for a

moment I thought it was going to happen all over again, just like

four years ago. But Sanya Richards Ross is a worthy champion. She is a

great 400m runner. And the silver to Christine Ohuruogu. What can you

say about Christine? Every time, saves her best for the Olympics,

for the World Championships. Forget all the other races, this is the

one that matters to her, and she gets the best out of herself again.

Only ever runs under 50 seconds in major finals. Hats off to Sanya

Richards Ross. Your reaction at the end, Christine? I was stunned. I

just, I don't know. I was heartbroken, actually. I was

heartbroken, I really was. To lose your title like that, it was tough.

But you know, Sanya is a worthy competitor, and she ran a good race.

I have to be happy with what I got. It could have been worse. You were

charging down at home straight, it look like it could have been

Beijing all over again. I know, but I tightened up. I could feel my

shoulders lifting. It is really hard to control when you are under

fatigue. I thought I still had some time, but the line came too soon,

and I thought, no, it is gone. I came here for one thing only, to

continue my reign as Olympic Cham, so it was, I'm just a bit

She is an Olympic silver-medallist, but clearly she is disappointed.

Yes, she hoped to defend her title. She knew she was running into great

form, and history has showed us that she does produce the goods

when it matters. See you can see why she was a little disappointed.

But you can see why we think she did a tremendous job overall. But

the emotion is hers. contribution to British athletics

has been significant. Hers was the one British gold in Beijing that we

were so proud of, but look at us this year. Yes, it gave us all hope

that we can produce great athletes later on, and the magic certainly

happened. Christine is still going to be a real inspiration. She has

been there and done it a couple of times, so she has to take that

responsibility now. Not sure how she will feel about being a

matriarch! De big focus today is going to be on the hurdlers.

Later tonight, Dai Greene will be in action. This morning, it is all

about the form. We asked a former world champion and that women's

110m hurdles to explain just how it To win this event, there are loads

of different factors that an athlete needs to get right, and

every section of the race happens so quickly that one small mistake

warm make the difference at the finish line. On average, it takes a

good male athlete about 0.3 of a second to Clear a hurdle, and about

0.7 of a second to run between them. The women go slightly quicker,

because the men have their hurdles higher, about up to their belly

buttons. The distance between the hurdles are further apart. It is

about being a consistent level of sent a body mass. If an athlete

keeps their head at a consistent height during the race you can see

this. The way a race can be won is in a landing, how long it takes to

get the leading leg down and start running again. The backward

movement of the lake acts as a braking force, so athletes need to

get it down quick and get moving. Do that and there will be a massive

There you have it. The masterclass from someone who really does know

how to do it. Who should we be looking out for? Sally Pearson is

the world champion, she is the fastest person here at this moment

in time. She has got a great technique. On this lightning-fast

track, I am wondering how far she can actually get to the world

record. She was not too far off it at the world championships and I am

thinking this track is a bit fast than she has arrived in better form.

What about our British hurdlers? Tiffany Porter had a real struggle

at Crystal Palace, we wondered if she would be injured. There are

rumours saying she is coming around but when she arrived in good shape?

We are hoping that she is healthy and can produce a good performance.

We will know shortly. Some people thought Jessica Ennis might end up

competing, Sheikh did not say until after the heptathlon if that was

going to happen -- she did not so. She is exhausted, it takes a lot of

effort to go through rounds and qualification rounds. Even though

she is the 4th fastest hurdler and she is a hat and for it. We are

disappointed not to see her go for it. She knows that I have been

badgering her from a young girl to forget the heptathlon and

concentrate on the hurdles, I am glad she did not listen to me. I

think she could challenge the best in the world. She listened to

Denise instead? Wise decision! are looking forward to seeing

Tiffany Porter and Sally Pearson in action later. Tonight it will be

Dai Greene hoping to add to his Gordon is a young sprinter with the

hopes of a nation on his sprinters -- on his shoulders but as Matthew

Pinsent found out, he is rather Trinidad is a small country. It is

where I am from. I am all about showcasing it and showing that

there is talent in Trinidad and we can be successful on the Olympic

stage. Sometimes I wonder why am doing this and if it is going to

work out. But I think in life you must make sacrifices. I give my

best every day so that when my heat succumb, I am going to take it one

run at the time. -- when my heats come. A shining star for Trinidad

but Jay who Gordon is lucky to be here. Killer landslides top the

list of the island's foibles. 2008 I was at home when a landslide

came down, it destroyed the back half of the house. It stopped in

the room I was in. It took a toll on the mentally, I started to feel

scared being home by myself. I was happy and grateful for God. He

paved a way for me. It is not easy, to come from a poor family and

having to struggle through things. I am in a position now and making

sure that we all live comfortable, in peace and unity. Trinidad's next

socio-economic Hurdle is a familiar one. Poverty, and the crime that

goes with it. People see Trinidad as a really small country. To have

so much crime, it is really demotivated. If you come from a

ghetto, you don't have to be doing things like you are from the ghetto.

Most people who are into sports are actually some who came out of the

ghetto and they are up some of the best people in society. One of the

best things about being an athlete, the fame and the praise you'll be

getting from citizens across the As you can see, this is my club-

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

There is a competitive rivalry I think we all look out for each

other. We started from scratch and this is where we are today. We are

all there in support, no matter if it might be physically, emotionally.

We are there supporting each other one day at a time. My coach, my

family, my club, they keep me grounded because I know where I

came from. They are always there reminding me, remember where you

Just thinking about the Olympics alone, amazing pictures coming into

my head. I try to see myself in a dark place, seeking the light,

trying to bring that out from inside of me. I know I am just 20

but I am going to give it all, I am going to release my body and once I

do that, the world is going to see It makes me think, we see these

people compete in the stadium, we expect to see them at their best

but we often have little idea of what they might have been through

to get there. Many back stories are incredible. I met this young man in

Trinidad, I work on a project called international integration

with UNICEF. He was an incredible role model to the young people who

were from disturb places in Trinidad, who were struggling with

life generally. For him to come out and get on the world stage and

produce something great, and have something for Trinidad to celebrate,

perhaps, is a really good thing. Very impressive, an amazing story.

Dai Greene is going to be in the finals of the 400 metres hurdles,

he has not had an easy time. It was certainly a difficult semi-final

and he is very disappointed with his performance. I still think he

is at the world champion for a good reason, he can raise his game when

it really matters. He has a very good lane draw, in lane three,

which allows him to run freely. His technique should be perfect, he

should be flawless all the way around. If he can get the final

kick down the home straight, one of his strong points, he can bring

home a medal. Explain what you mean about running freely. Because of

the corner your technique is so much more boiled, you do not have

We have to hope that the difficulty of getting into the final won't

have unnerved him. He has one of the school had, he is down to earth,

he knows what he's capable of delivering -- one of the school

heads. He has run much faster than that this year. He will think to

himself, if I can get close to the season's best, it will not be far

off the gold medal, which is what we are all hoping for. He is the

world champion and the captain of the athletics team, we really want

to see him excel. You'll be off to the stadium shortly. You are

getting a bit of a cult following online. Because of your very

measured reactions to Olympic Come on, no! Mo! Come on! Yes! Oh,

I always had you down as the cool, calm and collected type, I was

entirely wrong. That was watching Mo Farah's rays. I am a big fan of

athletics, which is obvious, that is why my voice is like this. I

love the sport of athletics. When anybody from the British team is

Last night, it was the big one and this is what it was like. Off he

goes! Look at what's his name! Here It is fantastic. All of that energy

and enthusiasm is infectious. You must be hoping this experience does

something brilliant for British athletics. Oh, yes. I have

thoroughly enjoyed it, the team has this great bars and they are

thrilled to be there. Eidetic that you get off to the stadium

otherwise Jonathan Edwards will be on my case. One of the Olympic

venues we saw a lot was Eton Dorney. The regatta finished on Saturday

but the lake is back in service As the home of the canoe sprint

events. Britain has already had a gold and a silver in canoe slalom,

can the sprinters follow suit? Here There are two distinct types of

boat, a canoe and a kayaked. The kayakers raised by one, too, or

Black events are contested by men Over 2000 the canoe is propelled

from a kneeling position and is directed by using a stroke on one

side of the boat. The first to cross the finish line is the winner.

A PhotoFinish is often required to confirm the results. Dead heat

during the qualifying stages will see both competitors progress but

they may be forced to we race if There are good memories in the

canoe sprint for Tim Brabants from Beijing, he is just about to get

the defence of his Olympic kayak title under way. Let's get straight

across to Eton Dorney and sprint. The 30 rob from Toronto, a

world champion in this event -- the Garcia's went out in the semi-

finals of the 1,000 metres in Beijing. It is the first five to go

through, plus one fastest loser. Temperance, the defending champion,

goes in lane three -- Tim Brabants, the defending champion. Injuries in

the build-up, gradually coming back but it will be a tall order to

of the crowd very soon as they race for just 1,000m, silence and deep

in the course. As expected, Adam van Koeverden is there. Also going

very quickly, Josh Utanga of the start. Utanga is actually pulling

up after his explosive start, so it is left to Vancouver done to set

the pace. The world champion last year in Hungary, also former 500m

world champion. Tim Brabants looks like he is also coming up the field.

You can see the driver's Adam van Koeverden gets his boat running

smoothly. You want to see the bow of the boat looking smooth and not

jumping about too much. Vancouver done is really taking the lead on

this race, as we expected to see. The first three through to the

semi-finals, and it is comfortably Adam van Koeverden setting the pace

as we hit the halfway mark. They are into a good rhythm. The stroke

rate around 100 strokes per minute. With this first heat, 1-5 going

through to the first semi-final, we will probably not see the pace get

to the heights we would expect later in the competition. It seems

quite a formality for Adam van Koeverden as he is so far ahead.

is making a statement about his form. Noise starts to lift from the

Eton Dorney support. Tim Brabants is fighting a way there, and will

qualify as they go through the three-quarter mark. Vancouver done

comfortably in the front. -- Adam van Koeverden comfortably in the

lead. He is looking so at ease with his stroke, with his rhythm. And

just a little look around. He is keeping his shoulders relaxed as he

drives the paddles into the water. It is all about the connection

between your arms and the drive in the legs, and the rotation of the

body is how you get the long reach and the strong, powerful strokes.

Tomicevic is coming through on Brabants, but it is the first five

to go through. It is a little bit about conserving energy now. Adam

van Koeverden through easily, and those five are your five through.

Brabants, THF, Garcia as well. That race was utterly dominated by Adam

van Koeverden. He will move through to the semi-finals later on today.

Difficult to know what to make of Tim Brabants. A lot of the home

support will be focusing on him. Did he have a bit more to offer?

Once he knew he was in a position to qualify, only in about an hour-

and-a-half, the semi-finals, he would be looking to conserve as

much energy as possible. But Adam van Koeverden really did make a

statement. Josh Utanga getting a raw as well, suffering a bit with

an injury. He is over the line. But Adam van Koeverden, again he will

face strong competition from the likes of Max Hoff, the German and

Marie Stewart from Australia. Here, he got off to a good start, and

surged out. Never troubled thereafter. After his

disappointment in Beijing, where he blowout in the 1,000m in the latter

stage of the race, he will want to make sure he doesn't make any

mistakes again he in London. technique and the strength of the

core and the upper body, as he brought himself to the finish line.

The 30-year-old from Toronto, safely through. Tim Brabants also

there in the top five. Confirmation of the results, and Brabants eased

So, Tim Brabants' defence of his title on the water, he is through

to the semi-finals. Let's now joined Rishi Persad over who is

joining us from Eton Dorney. How is he looking? It looks like he will

take the Christine Ohuruogu type of defence, which is get better with

every round. Hopefully, he is just conserving a bit of energy. He has

suffered with illness and injury over the last year. He took 18

months off after Beijing to continue pursuing a career in

medicine, and is now qualified as an end the doctor. It has taken him

time to get back to his best form. He hasn't quite got there just yet,

but hopefully he will have this slow build through the week here

while he has this first week. He has got the semi-final coming up,

and that will be just before 11 o'clock. Hopefully we will see the

best of Tim Brabants a little later in the competition. Tell me how the

next few days will work. We have got some seriously good hopes in

the canoe sprint competition. Tim Brabants is the standard bearer. We

are excited to see the introduction of the 200-metre competition, and

we're excited about Ed McKeever. He has been dubbed the Usain Bolt of

canoeing. And also in the canoe double, we have Scofield and Heath,

highly regarded and could also have medal hopes as well. But Tim

Brabants is the standard bearer. He is the one who was lifted canoeing

in this country to notoriety. He has won three of the four medals we

have won in flat water canoeing. He will set the pace for the rest of

the team this week. Great to see Eton Dorney back in

action. Thank you very much. It continues right the morning on BBC

Three, including Tim Brabants' Three, including Tim Brabants'

semi-final just before 11am. Also available on the red button is

Also handball, which has become an increasingly popular spectator

sport here at London 2012. It is taking place just up the road here

at the Copper Box. Lots of handball at the Copper Box. Lots of handball

and other live sport to keep you busy. But here at Olympic Park, the

focus is going to be on the stadium, gearing up for more athletics,

including both men's and women's hurdles today. Jonathan Edwards is

there. I hope you got my Jackson delivery. He hasn't arrived yet,

but I have the lovely Denys here. It is the morning after the night

before. The most eagerly anticipated race of London 2012,

the men's 100m, and after all the speculation, it was as you were

with you Usain Bolt. Did you enjoy yourself in that race, Denise

Lewis? Not quite, but I could have! It was so exciting. The most

anticipated race of these games by far, and it doesn't disappoint.

certainly didn't. Should we ever have doubted Usain Bolt? But do we

assume too much of him? I guess we have such high expectations, we

want to see excellent performances from the man, but in his post-race

interview, he gave little hint that he was feeling a little bit of

pressure going into this race. Yes, he had that false start. He said

that was in his mind. But he had been looking in good form, and he

got better and better. That is when we really knew that Usain Bolt was

back. And it was the first time that we got a glimpse of what he

was like in 2008. And when he runs so freely and puts his foot down,

puts his foot on the gas, you say, no one else can go close. But they

did. They did. Justin Gatlin got out very well. But Usain Bolt had

the fastest reaction time? Yes, that was a surprise, because he

didn't think he got out. But he really did deliver here, with huge

expectation, under huge pressure, a fantastic race. Like Michael said

last night, as soon as he gets to 30 metres, he has the ability just

to move away. And once he is into his running action, he is majestic.

How important to you think that victory was for the sport of track

and field? We have had some knocks, and the crowds haven't been what

they have been in the past. We need this guy to do well, because he has

an aura that nobody else has. think he has the ability to just

keep making this sport to get better, bigger, more audience

figures. Yes, we do need him. He brings a charisma, a dynamic energy

to the sport, and people relate to that. They think it has been the

best thing to happen to us for a very long time. And what about

Yohan Blake? Michael Johnson said last night he was the one under

pressure. For him in particular, he wanted to put away the demons that

he only got that was jumping ship victory last year because Usain

Bolt was out. Yes, he beat him in the Jamaican championship, but he

needed to come away with a good medal and a fantastic time, which

he delivered. And there is this 200m, still to come, and he did

beat Usain Bolt at that last year in Brussels. How do you see that

going? An interesting question. We couldn't predict what was going to

happen with the 100m. I think it is the same for the 200. Yohan Blake

is probably tipped more for that. Plenty of qualification heats

coming up, including the men's 800m, with the appearance of a very

This man is very, very special indeed. Sometimes they are not

quite sure, they are asking, are He is still pumping hard. Two world

record in 2010. The Olympics is the biggest sport, and understand that

billions of people are watching. To participate here is special, and

doing something special will be an honour. He is unrivalled on the

world scene. Your father, Daniel, completed -- competed in the 1968

Olympics? Yes, he has been a big inspiration to me, and it is the

reason why I am here. It is the reason why I am running. I knew him

as a father, and he was a great athlete, and I knew I had the same

gene. If my father did it, I can do it. What will it mean to Kenya for

you to be their standing in front of the world with an Olympic gold

medal? Kenyans have a lot of hopes in me, and they know I am going to

bring the gold home. They have been following my performance, and

everyone I have met his encouraging me, you are able, just go for it.

So I want to do it for the country, for my father, for myself.

remarkable athlete. Before we talk about him, I can't help thinking,

We now go over to our correspondent to 1981 when the world record was

held by Sebastian Coe, he is only just over half a second quicker.

Sebastian Coe was a remarkable athlete, wasn't he? He was, and

somebody that really captured my imagination. I just loved his grit

and his air of arrogance as he Do you see anybody else winning the

1500 metres? This man is coming to these championships some a two

seconds faster than a body else, I can't see anybody else coming close.

We asked -- we underestimate the power of this man. He is incredible.

He is a big man for the 800m? very tall, a Masai warrior, who

bring something very special. We talk about Usain Bolt and what he

does. I think David Britisher is equally might be able to produce a

The Sally Pearson is perhaps the female equivalent to Usain Bolt.

She is. She came so close to the world record. Something I never

thought I would see in my lifetime. 12.21 is the world record. She was

that far away. If she comes out having had that defeat at Crystal

Palace, which she has kind of pressure off, that is not going

happen this time around, I think we are in for a real treat in the

women's hurdles. And the women's 1500 qualification, we have Hannah

England who struggled with injury. We have three very talented girls

coming through. I think Hannah England has been struggling, I

think she is finding form again. Laura Wightman is very exciting. I

love her attitude and the way she has come on the season. Looking

forward to that. This evening, at Dai Greene, the amazing night on

Saturday with the gold medals, it started with a massive shock with

Dai Greene struggling to make the final. Yes, I am not sure what

happened. We will see a very different Dai Greene, tonight, I

hope. I wonder whether the lack of training after his injury is

showing in his running. His flat speed is not where he wants it to

be. I believe he has a great mind, he has a great coach in Malcolm

Arnold, who will have talked to him and that strategy will bring him

through. He has been lucky with the lane draw. He has, lane three will

suit him. He will be aware, but he still needs to run his own race.

also have the women's pole vault tonight, Yelena Isinbayeva defends

her title, she is a different asleep. In Holly Bleasdale, a real

chance of a medal -- a different athlete. It would be great to see

Holly coming through. We talk about how British athletics has changed.

We have struggled in the field for a long time, but Holly Bleasdale

brings a fresh air to women's field events and I hope she can deliver.

A lot of pressure on her shoulders but her performances have been very

stable and she is him with a chance. Thanks for the moment. We will be

back at 10 o'clock am. For the 100 I am smiling about all of the

people been mentioned as the Usain Bolt of their event, I think of

Jonathan as the Usain Bolt of athletics presenting, he will be

Whoever you see compete at the Olympic Games over the course of

the competition, they have put in years of dedication and hard work.

It is a four year cycle of intense training to reach your physical

peak. The pressure is on to perform, the mind games begin and it can be

a pressure of -- a question of who This is a place in the Olympic Park

where very few people get to see. It is a dressing room much like any

other, white walls, if you benches and coat hooks. -- a few benches.

But in places like this, the gold medals will be won and lost. This

is the inner sanctum, where the last few crucial moments are spent

before stepping out into the megawatt night of the competition

arena a few yards down the coroner. It is here that athletes perform

the secretive routines designed to take them into the zone. Here you

will see some truly bizarre things. Some athletes in half trances,

pacing from foot to foot. Others with their eyes closed, visualising

optimal performance. Some athletes enact bizarre superstitions, others

offer silent prayers. In many ways, this is one of the most surreal

places in sport, but also, perhaps, one of the most fascinating. Often,

the final few moments before competition are highly solitary.

You are alone with your thoughts, or perhaps your demons. In many

sports, solitude is impossible. You are required to spend those final

moments not on your own, but up close with your competitors. It is

here in the dreaded cool room that the mind games go into overdrive.

These are the seven guys I have got to do battle against, standing in

my way to achieve my objective of a gold medal. I never thought it was

personal, I didn't think they were trying to destroy my dreams, there

were simply trying to win. I don't own winning, I just wanted to win.

The interesting thing is that champion athletes, top athletes,

gold medal athletes, the gold medal mindset, that type of athlete will

not seek pressure as a problem. They will perceive it as a

privilege. I quite enjoyed it, because the pressure is so high at

that point, all things being equal, it is the person who handles that

moment and the pressure at that particular time best who is going

to have the best performance. There was one compared to do who asked us

all to pray together. Most of the guys did it, I am not going to do

that, I am about to go into battle. The brittle irony of elite sport is

that however good you are however so many sacrifices you have made,

it counts for nothing if you can't deliver when it really matters.

Four years of preparation for just a few defining moments of action.

This is, in many ways, the ultimate The key question is, do the

psychological rituals that athletes used in the dressing room, and

continued to use right out here in the arena, actually work? What do

we really know about the dark art You are already under tremendous

pressure in knowing the significance of the moment, this is

what you have been training and preparing for for so long and it is

a dream come true to be there and you are just that close. The will

always have an internal voice saying, this is dangers, run away.

As psychologists, we say that you control the controllable. You're

not in control of the opposition, the TV crowd, the event. It is all

be on view. You can only control how you perform. It's -- all beyond

you. You narrow it down to something incredibly simple. It is

ironic that I have lost my faith but my faith gave me perspective.

To a degree, to just associate myself from the outcome. You have

to do the best they can and let the chips fall as they made. I can only

be as good as I can be and when a cross the line, it -- I will see

where that has got me. It is a calming and inspiring thought.

Performance psychology is about the elimination of debt. In some

circumstances, that is a sensible thing. It makes sense to doubt what

an insurance salesman says is true. But in sport, doubt is catastrophic.

If you don't believe you are going to nail the forehand or score a

penalty, you are almost certain to miss. That is why visualising a

brilliant performance is so important, it can hope to eliminate

doubt. Superstitions can do the same kind of thing, they can

provide reassurance and boosts self- belief. Superstition is an

interesting phenomenon, particularly in the world of sports

psychology. We are saying that sport pick come -- thought becomes

things. The way we feel affects the way we behave and ultimately,

perform. But similar thing happens in the doesn't. A sugar pill with

no Pharmacology can have incredible effect, reducing pain and anxiety,

even eliminating nausea, so long as you believe it will. As Jonathan

Edwards put it in a different context, any belief can have

astonishingly powerful effects, providing it is held with

sufficient conviction. Maybe that is the key here. You need to find

something that works for you. Every athlete is an individual, and you

can take out the training manual, you can take up the sport

psychology book and you can say, Michael Johnson did this, Carl

Lewis did this, Muhammad Ali did this. You can go on and on through

the grades but none of them are who you are and you have to find your

way -- through the greats. Delivering pressure it is a

profoundly subjective thing. Many athletes are overcome with nerves

and others are infected with terrible self-doubt. Is it any

wonder that they reach for the particular ritual that makes sense

to them, that provides a sense of reassurance and control? Prayer,

superstition, visualisation, take your pick. What is certain is that

that minute difference between victory and defeat on the biggest

age of all is often to be found not in scale or effort, but in the

recesses of the mind -- the biggest A fascinating debate about the mind

and how important mind is to what the body can do. That is something

everyone can take away to these Olympics, watching people perform

under pressure and maybe tried to find a way of making pressure work

for you. Somebody who will need to deal with the pressure of an

expectant cloud is best tunnel -- expectant crowd. Could she bound

out -- bow out of her Olympic Into the fold West, that was a

cracker! -- into the full twist. It is a massive relief. The past 10

weeks have been up and down, hard work with the rehab. I proved at

the British championships that I am As soon as I was told I had surgery,

my mum dropped everything and came down with me to the operation. My

boyfriend has been their 100%, to try to help me get through anything

I needed, whether it was getting ice at midnight, they have done

everything to help me achieve my She is very composed, shoe boxes

things off, she knows what she has got to do. She is training hard,

jabbed a bit of a setback with Tony, she has got over that and has been

in rehab as hard as anybody -- a setback with her knee. She is a

determined lady. I have missed about five -- my parents have

missed about five competitions in 20 years, which is impressive.

is the missing one, an Olympic medal. It is. As she said the other

day, if she doesn't get it, she has three world titles, six European

titles to her name. But it is the one she wants, and she read doesn't

care what colour it is. I have worked really hard, have changed a

lot of things, have started to put the dismount on, I am giving

the dismount on, I am giving everything. The big catch up with

half-turn into the drop to below bar, and back to the high bar with

As long as she feels she has done her best, that is what we will be

happy with. I just want her to be happy. If I can walk away knowing I

have done the best routines I can, I would love it to have a middle

attached, but I don't want to walk away thinking they have not done my

best -- I would love it to have a medal attached.

Let's hope there hard work pays off. She goes in the uneven bars final

just before 3:00pm. There are high hopes of a happy ending to her

Olympic career. We will go back to the athletics in a moment but a

quick reminder of the other live sport available for you this

New Zealand's women take on Germany in the hockey, 0-0 at the moment.

There is table-tennis happening right now. At Earls Court, there is

men's volleyball, Australia against Poland. The action is in the

Olympic Stadium this morning, it is all about to get under way with

Tiffany Porter going for Great Britain in the first of the women's

100 metres hurdles heats. Let's Thanks, Michelle, and your package

has arrived. We were fascinated with that video about psychology.

How important is it took you to? couldn't have done what I did in

Sydney had I not had the power of the mind. My body had failed me in

the weeks leading up, so all I could rely on was the visualisation,

see myself running the hurdles and doing the technique I could not do

physically, in my mind. When you have that strength and that armour

in your back pocket, you can do anything. It can overcome self-

doubts. You just focus on what you need to do. Was it something you

trained as you did the shot put, hurdles, javelin with a sports

psychologist or did it come naturally? It did not come

naturally. In the early days it was about somebody guiding me through

it. But then it becomes intuitive and it is something that you just

do. The key for me was translating that into my training sessions.

Each training session, I had to visualise what I wanted to get out

of the session and then it became habitual and I could use it in

pressure situations. What about you, Colin? I had a disaster in 1992,

there was the expectation of a gold medal, and there was injury and I

made mistakes and I returned with the same amount of pressure the

following year and I had an inner strength that I could perform on

the world scale, and I was lucky and I ended up with the world

record. It was more luck than anything else! But it was an

important part of the whole preparation. It is not just the

body. Did you have a sports psychologist? A lot of athletes

will use their friends to go through the journey with them. Just

because they don't do the physical side of training doesn't mean they

cannot repair and hot you mentally. It was the people I associated with

-- help you mentally. There was a strong-minded group of people

around Juge, but some of the young athletes now will use a sports

psychologist as part of the team of -- around you. I wouldn't say they

rely heavily on them but they use them to the best of their ability.

One athlete he will need to be mentally strong is Tiffany Porter.

She had real trouble in Crystal Palace, and she goes in the first

Mentally, I am good, and I'm really excited to be here and to compete.

Every contender goes out there to give their best on the day, and I

want to help bring glory to my country. I am confident in what I

can do and what I have left to prove. I am looking forward to

giving my best on the day. People just see the athletes on the track

and forget there is a huge team behind you. Your parents, your

coaches, you're UK staff, the nutritionist, the number of people

who contribute to that success. My team has been very supportive and

I'm so happy to be able to experience it all with them. In a

moment you just want to keep yourself calm and not get ahead of

yourself, but I am definitely Let's hope she is OK and it's good

morning to the commentary team, Paul Dickenson, Colin Jackson and

to everyone. The sun shining and everyone is ready for the hurdles.

This was about 10 minutes ago when she first came on the track, a

little prayer she said to herself, and everything you had been talking

about in that BT, a fascinating look at how athletes get themselves

ready to race, and it is just a quiet moment to herself as she came

out onto the track. She is in a lane and number two and she has

received a cuckoo next to her. -- Lane at two. -- she has Rosvitha

settle the nerves. All of the athletes getting a great reception.

And Jessica Zelinka being introduced to the crowd, she has

experienced all of this, the Canadian. She, of course, was in

the heptathlon and had a pretty good one. This is one of her best

events, like Ennis, a good hundred metres hurdler and will probably be

in the mix with Tiffany Porter. Qualification should be OK for her.

The outside lanes are the next two best athletes, Anne Zagre and Alina

false start and it means automatic disqualification. That will run but

the tension for Tiffany Porter, who has not had the best of

preparations for such she has not had the best of preparations. That

was in the last big meeting before the Olympic Games. Potter pretty

upset on that night -- porter was pretty upset. As we see, she's

walking off. So, since then, things have gone well. Her husband Geoff

is also here representing the USA lane either side, because one is

already empty. Risby the cuckoo is actually next to her. -- Rosvitha

is already well into her stride and hurdling very well. This is good

from Porter. Zelinka finally coming through and Tiffany Porter is

fading a little bit. Alina Talay, as a link and Tiffany Porter are

the three qualifiers. -- has linker that, because Tiffany Porter got

out well and look to the hurdling well but just faded over the last

couple of flights. You have to look closely to see what happens to

Tiffany, whether she relaxed in between the barriers and went

through the motions. I reckon she would have known she was clear and

in the top three, which is all she needs to focus on, just qualify.

You want to get a feel for the track, and the your feet. Is it

bouncy, is there a lot of tension? -- under your feet. You rely on the

track to propel you for what, so you have to get a sense of how it

moves. -- propel you forward. We were wondering whether she would

make it here or not, but she seems to have arrived very well indeed.

She will look at the clock and C 12.79 and a qualifying performance

in third place and I think she can progress nicely and will be happy

about the others on the far side. She was trying to run flat out, but

qualification not a problem. She just lost out in terms of winning,

with Alina Talay in 12.71, and Watching it back on the big screen,

what is your verdict? A I haven't raced since Crystal Palace and I

had a scare, so I just wanted to come out and execute and qualify

because that is all that matters. How is your back? The it is all

good. I am looking forward to the semi-final. This crowd a amazing,

but on a morning session, can you believe it? I am so appreciative.

It is wonderful and it helped push me through. Does this get your

confidence get up? I was really nervous and I haven't slept much in

the last few days but now I'm glad it's over and I can do to the next

round. We will see you in the semi- blocks, Tiffany, so it's not a

surprise when she explodes out. But it is just feeling the pace of the

track. She wants to know if it is quick, and she has demonstrated she

getting ready. We heard the other day that Jessica Ennis was not

going to turn up for this first round of the 100 metres hurdles,

and we wish her well. She will be missed. I am sure the crowd were

looking forward to seeing her. through the heats in the Olympics,

but she is a better athlete now. She made a lifetime best this year.

Beate Schrott is inside her, the Austrian record holder. Kemp, 13.13,

and the Belgian European indoor champion of a couple of years ago

the crowd. Quite a lot going on in the Stadium today, the

qualification for the discus and heptathlon and all the press

conferences and television for the fast athlete's, it should

well away, but the Nigerian tearing down the track, along with Beate

Schrott. And the Kazakhstan is out! Beate Schrott coming through

strongly. We will have the third qualifier in a minute. Not a fast

time, 13.10. For a lady who has run 12.82. But it was the Nigerian who

got away quickly, but what about the Kazakhstan runner who came here

with quite a big reputation, at 12.69, one of the fastest times in

the world this year, but she was nowhere. And in such a slow heat

you would think she would feature a lot, but I'm not sure she is

carrying an injury. There is nothing explosive. Compare that to

Beate Schrott who was aggressive over each of the barriers. A little

bit of a slow time. She destroyed this field. The ladies coming into

this to qualify will be lucky, because this is really not very

impressive. But it is all about lady. She is already grimacing.

Technically quite nice over the barriers. Absolutely fine. It looks

like she knows what she leads to do -- needs to do, but she has no

speak -- speed whatsoever. The hips keep collapsing after each barrier

and she hits that one. It doesn't surprise me. She is getting lower

and lower over everyone. I think she is in a lot of pain. And she

has struggled. But the Olympic Games, this is what it does to

people, people just want to compete under any circumstances.

winning time was actually slower than the 4th place athlete in the

qualifying discuss. 65 metres exactly to get through to the final.

This is the bronze medallist at the World Championships, that is a good

first round throw from the man from Iran. Former world yuen -- junior

champion, that will be it for him, taking care of business, right up

there in the borl's half dozen or so. That is way to do it in

qualification. No issues whatsoever. Sailing out. It is very still in

the stadium today. We have had winds round on occasion, but this

is almost a windless stadium at times. 65.19. This is a big

competition for Britain in the field. Certainly: Great Britain

have three men who have qualified for the Olympic discuss. Here is

Brett Morse. First round. It is a foul. Just goes over the, under the

finalist. But this occasion, not very good at all., his coach

putting his head in his hands. Not an auspicious start for Brett Morse

of Great Britain. This is one of the all time greats. Twice the

Olympic champion, in 2000 and 2004. Just falls short of the automatic

qualifying distance of 65 metres. He has -- he has figured highly in

all the major championships for almost ten years I saw him training.

He is a right handed thrower. I saw him training some years ago with

his left hand and he was still over 50 metres. That is the fifth

pretty slow. I expect this to be quicker, with Kelly Wells. Her big

win over Sally Pearson who is the gold medal favourite, the

Australian. Been in superb form, but Kelly Wells beat her in London.

It was a bit of a shock. Think as much to Sally Pearson as anyone

eelse. Sally had a problem in warm up. Said that maybe affected her.

She has said that won't happen here at the Olympics. Kelly Wells might

think otherwise. Fasters losers, six of them, that is going to

change. Conservative Party see anyone running 13.5, 13.6 is going

to get through. Colin is laughing. These draws have actually, one or

two withdrawals, Jessica Ennis would have been the seeded athlete,

one of the seeded athletes in that previous heat. The draws have

thrown up within or two inconguous heats when you compare them with

each other. Any way... Kelly Wells the favourite here. Williams is

pretty good. The Jamaican having to tie her laces, that what your coach

tells you. "Make sure your laces Williams of Jamaica is coming

through. It will be tight for second and third. Kellie Wells

clear, 12.7, nice and comfortable for the American, as expected. Real

scrap going on to the minor places. The Kazakhstan athlete, like her

team-mate, in the pre-heat, despite the fast time not doing well.

showing any form there. I was looking at Kellie Wells, obviously

because she beat Sally Pearson in London. I wanted to see how she

would arrive here. Would she be full of confidence? She is

certainly that. A little bit slow in between hurdle one and two,

which is worrying, but it is only the heat. She looks comfortable.

Jog through to the line, so that is fine. Look at this, out of the

block, nice and strong. Here he seems to bound a bit. Once she gets

into a good tempo her leg speed increase, her knee lift is good and

she clears them nicely indeed. Let us look at this now. Hard out of

the blocks, comes up quicker than sprinters normally do, because you

have to get your eye on the barrier in front. It is between that hurdle,

between one and two where Sally Pearson will make the difference.

She is aggressive off that one, here goes Kelly. She drives into

the barriers well. She does look very very comfortable. I am sure

she is enjoying the fact she is running very well indeed, coming

into these games. She will look forward, no doubt, to the next

round. And her big battle with Sally. She is talking with Phil.

She has watched that back on the monitor, were you impressed? Yes,

my coach gave me a game plan, I think I executed that. I will have

to check with him. I am pleased, my first Olympic got the first round

out of the way quickly. There are technical errors all the time. I

know I came across the line first, it is OK. After that confidence

billing performance if London, how you foaling right now on this

grander stage? It is wonderful. The crowd is amazing, I am pleased to

be able to represent my country and I am excited to get back to it

two technical glitch, we are waiting for the result to come up.

She is safely through. It was the first race for a while into a

to get under way. The very tall lady standing in the background

there with New Zealand on her left and arm is the defending Olympic

champion Valerie Adams. I was reading an article this morning

which said that the New Zealand authorities had forgotten to enter

her for the Olympic competition. I am not sure how that starts, I am

not sure if he wasn't on the start list how she could have got her

accreditation. It seems to have been put right. She is out to

defend her title by qualifying for the final which takes place tonight.

Only one of these discuss throwers has gone beyond the qualifying mark.

That was Hadadi. That is a good throw from Gowda. He will join

Hadadi. Safely through. The big man from India. We saw in Delhi, India

one or two decent field eventers, men and women. Gowda into the

Olympic final. Let us hope Brett Morse can respond in this second

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

leading until hurdle nine but she hit it hard with her lead leg, but

she finished in seventh place. Dawn Harper burst through to lift the

title. O'Rourke, the Irish champion, an Irish record holder as well. The

world indoor champion a few years ago, coached for a long time by

great Irish coach Shaun Cahill. 19 times the Irish champion indoors

and out. Only 13.02 this year. She has run 12.65 in the past. She will

have to be in pretty good form here, and then if she gets through the

semifinal she will have to produce her best. That isianen, very quick.

--ian anyone. Dawn Harper on the right hand side safely away.Ian

anyone is going well. So is O'Rourke. Harper looking sharp

indeed. The Turk is flying, so she qualifies, I think it ma have been

Galitskaya the Russian who came through with the late run. 12.70. A

very good time indeed. The stocky powerful athlete just lowered her

Turkish railroad down to 12.61. Harper safely away but Yanit looks

superb. She is. She is a quality hurdler. Aggressive over the

barrier, she is quite short, which is great when gruebg about the

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

much. She can drive in well, get into a sprinting stride, which is

more akin to a normal running pattern. Dawn Harper arrived in

good form. She looks comfortable. The hurdles are not coming at her

too quickly. She will enjoy it. Well, we are fairly confident that

time, a season's best time will see you through. That is a tremendous

time and to do it on the Olympic stage and get your season's best

now must please you. It is unbelievable. For me it is exciting

because it feels like a home Olympic, the BRITS are supportive

of me. What did you think you needed to do? I felt like I neelded

to get out well and keep going. My middle heart went off well but I

know I have a lot there. As to how it has been received in Ireland can

you give us an insight. The the Irish are loving it. I am getting

good responses in Ireland so it is unbelievable. We will see you in

the semis I hope. I think you almost certainly will see he

fastest loser so far at 12.9 1 moment. O'Rourke heading the table,

and six of them will qualify for tomorrow's semifinal, so sitting

pretty at the moment. Second round throw for Britain's Brett Morse.

Goes without saying he is receiving huge support here. Will rarely have

experienced the sort of noise that? The stadium for his throw, that is

better. Getting on towards the 60 metre mark, but the way things are,

stacked at the moment, he is going to need, I reckon, something in the

region of 63 metres, which is not an automatic qualifying distance,

but could be sufficient to see him through to the final. Two more

British throers go in the next earlier on, an almost perfect

record over the last couple of years. The world champion, indoors,

outdoors, the Commonwealth champion and a silver medallist last time.

But she has not come here for the silver this time. She has been

quite outspoken in terms of what she expects here. She is a very

strong-willed and strong-minded character, and is the best in the

world. Last year, she was untouchable. But that little defeat

in London just gave the others a round about 13 seconds, for the

fastest loser, as it stands. That will not bother Sally Pearson. In

the warm-up in London, she hit a hurdle and had quite a bad fall.

She said it didn't bother her that much, but it obviously did. And

that defeat to Kelly Wells was her as well. Just waiting for one or

two other introductions going on around the stadium. As well as the

men's discus, we will have women's shot put qualifying. There will be

two groups of those. They are warming up just next to the start

moments. This is where experience counts. You just need to relax,

in the third lane might do well here. But it should be all about

Sally Pearson. Let's see how fast to PS One but she is away. Sally

Pearson will come in ahead, miles ahead to be honest. 12.58. Well, I

said how fast she wanted to go was what it was all about, and I don't

think she can run slowly, to be honest. Well, we will have a look,

and we cannot comment yet on what happened to her but she was going

quite well. I have just been reminded that it is not a track

record, that belongs to Jessica Ennis, but that is pretty quick.

Yes, pretty quick, and Sally Pearson demonstrating why she has

been the world leader for the last couple of years. Aggressive,

beautiful technician. Her head does not move at all. She loves running

and she is full of running. She is a great sprinter, remember. She

actually crossed the line first in the Commonwealth Games and was then

disqualified, but she is a great, great technician. She drives hard

out of the box. She cites the hurdle quite well, looking for the

first one and then gets into the groove and rhythm of the race as

quickly as you possibly can. The first four hurdles she established

some kind of tempo and pace, then 5, 6, 7, 8, she started to use the

travel a bit more. You may be slightly fatigue, but you need to

start using more power. But when you are as good as Sally Pearson,

oh boy, you can relax all the way through to the line after you have

made that final hurdle. She drifts in. She clears the barrier. Lovely

pace she has, and that is something that stands her in good stead. I

think Kelly Wells is pretty clear because we shall get the thoughts

of Sally, which are much more That was a fantastic reception for

you. It is really nice to have the support out there when you on the

other side of the world. It really was special out there. I was really

quite nervous during the race. But now I have got it out of the way

and I can go in and fix my body for tomorrow. I know you have had so

much pressure on your shoulders as the big Australian hoping track-

and-field, but you are not shying away from it. There is nothing I

can do about that. There is no more work to do and this is it. The

first race out of the way, taking one at a time, and then tomorrow is

another day at the office and I will see what I can do. Thanks for

That was clearly a technical error. She will be disappointed. Four

a little bit, and the crowd a roaring. Out towards the 65 metre

line. Two athletes qualifying automatically already. Surprisingly

a new season's best at 65.2. And the Iranian is consistently one of

the best throwers in the world, and he has made 65.19. So no automatic

qualifying distance yet. But still won more throat to go to make sure.

big men for the shot put and discus in the last men. The Olympic silver

medallist here in the bird's nest a game in Beijing. That is very long.

-- the bird's nest Stadium. Is that through. A little bit of balance at

the end, but that is me being pedantic. That was spot on the line.

The market is being put in. It goes in where the nearest edge of the

discus goes in, nearest to the throwing circle. It might not be a

throw of 65 metres. 64.65, the third longest we have seen this

morning. Let's just clear up the result for Sally Pearson. A very

left-hand side, she was so close to winning the Olympic title four

years ago when she hit the 9th hurdle very heart and she lost

momentum and eventually finished in 7th -- very hard. But she was very

gracious to the eventual winner, Dawn Harper. Bridget Foster Hilton

is 37 and enjoying one of the best timescale of 11 or 12 years. She

became Jamaican champion yet again this year. This should be a good

a repeat of the final four years three. Lolo Jones coming away, and

now faster Hilton is all over the place. Lolo Jones coming through,

George in second place. 12.68. And the Jamaican is in pain. A good run

by Lolo Jones, but disappointing to see the Jamaican and grimacing as

she crosses the line. Very disappointing. She absolutely

collided with the hurdle and she is devastated. She arrived in

reasonably good form, and this was going to be her final opportunity

to make a medal at these Olympic Games. She had been in great shape

all year and she is bitterly, bitterly disappointed. Let's have a

look exactly what happens. She gets out well, and always a good starter

is Bridget. Her personal best is 12.45. The quality athlete. But she

catches that hurdle while we she was looking strong and comfortable,

and when you think of the winning time, 12.68, you can understand why

she was so disappointed. She gets out of the box well, straight into

an upright position and gets sight of the hurdle and starts to work

off the first. Good impact of the floor, driving off her trailing leg

and looking very comfortable. Very rarely do you see this type of

thing happen, but she catches it with a hamstring of the lead leg

and drags it over with her trailing leg. From then it is about recovery

and she really knows that she has no chance of getting back with full

momentum that would see her to the line and in a qualifying position

and you can see the frustration were the new season's best. She

will certainly be smiling at that performance -- we have a new

Jamaican team, I suspect. Lolo qualified for the semi-finals in

the last heat. We saw Lolo Jones coming through to take second place

on the time behind Sally Pearson who is certainly most observers

firm favourite for the title, but we saw happen in the last Olympic

final. Lolo Jones was the favourite in that and it was eventually Dawn

Harper who won it, who was down there in 12.75. Tiffany Porter on

the first page of the fastest qualifiers. And the semi-finals

Horrible to watch, and 37 years old, almost back into the shape of her

life, and then with no pressure, just a lapse of concentration.

can't believe it. I'm so disappointed. Her coach had to

literally pick her up off the floor when she pulled hamstring in 2010

and encourage her back into the sport because she was done, she

really was. And to see her Olympic dreams come crashing to a halt like

that is pretty devastating. Like Colin said, she's normally such a

competent hurdler. Quick, dynamic and aggressive, all the components

Olympic chance. This is how it goes, in hurdles, generally, look at her

reaction. Honestly, you just don't want to see that. It is so sad, so

sad, you know. She, you know, she sho knows she is coming to the end

of her career, this was probably one of hvings her last chances to

do something in the Olympics. her last Olympics without any doubt.

Let us go back to the first heat. Tiffany Porter came in with

question mark, and from the interview we saw at the end,

perhaps a real relief to get through that. Very much so. Really

positive, after Crystal Palace, it was, yeah, really sad to see her

react in this way, but a good hurdles race, clean, crisp, just

tying up to the end a bit, but safely through, and good job by her.

That has been her problem all season. She has run well to hurdle

five and six, she seems to have lost her rhythm. I don't know what

that is down to, she works very well, she is a great trainer, she

trains really well. The speed endurance element still hasn't

connected just yet. That raggedness will cost her in this competition,

the other main competitors are very tidy and quick. The good thick for,

she can go back to the village and think my body is fine, I can run

hard in the semifinals, whereas there must have been an element of

doubt. You are right. I think knowing you have a healthy body,

that it won't let you down is a big relief, a big relief. Well done

Tiffany Porter. Then in terms of the rest of the field, Sally peer

song, head and shoulders above everybody else. She looked sharp.

She is just, she is world class, her technique is faultless,

completely faultless. We can try to be picky, but this woman, not a

chance, it is just poetry in motion, beautiful hurdling, and she is here

to do business. She does not want to go home without in gold medal

this time round. She would have had a bit of aggression after this run

in at Crystal Palace when she was beaten by can Kelly wels. It has

been interesting for me, these people we assume are hands down

favourites are showing so much effortless talent, are still

nervous, they still are feeling the pressure out here, and you know,

think Sally can go on and do phenomenonally well, she can

threaten the Olympic record here, for sure, if not the world record.

The track is quick and she knows it. They will be back for the

semifinals, that is tomorrow. We will see how they are going. For

the moment it is back do you Michelle. Thank you. It has been

beautiful to watch the hurdles but clearly things can go wrong, that

is what we saw with bridge et Foster-Hylton from Jamaica. We will

take you back to the stadium in a second, but just a quick word about

what what sells on this morning, the canoe sprint competition is

under way at Eton Dorney, you can see that on BBC Three. Tim Brabants

is going to be in his semifinal at 11 clock. That is the key moment

the tune in the you can. On the red button we have women's table tennis

for you. This is the match between China and Korea. China are the

reigning Olympic champions here, and also happening at Earls court

is the men's volleyball. This is Australia versus Poland. Press the

red button if you would like to see it T athletics action is coming

thick and fast. Men's 800 metres heats are coming up. Let us join

Jonathan again. Thank u you. Brendan foster has joined us. First

of all it is Steve Cram. Thank you Jonathan. This the first of seven

nearly as many entries in the men's 800 than in the 100 metres. It is

tough qualifying. There are sticky heats here and the British athletes,

as we look at Nigel Amos, are in heats two, three and five. Andrew

Osagie next up. Amos is the world union champion, just 18-year-old.

He has got Robinson, who is at the other end of his career, 36, but is

still very dangerous, and the current European champion, sorry we

have had the European Championships since, Lewandowksi. These are tough

heats, there is two or three good athletes in every heat and only two

or three to go through by rights. It's a tough qualification, Amos,

we saw his time in the world, winning the world junior and

running 1.43. Second fastest junior of all time. It will be interesting

to see how he progresses on the world stage. He is moving through.

Lewandowksi is in a good position on the outside and moving through.

This is a good way of getting the whole thing started. It will be

interesting to see how young Amos handles himself on the second half

of this event. So the Brazilian out in front. Lewandowksi looks

dangerous. So is Robinson, he always looks good. Amos got himself

boxed there. Marco of Spain is going to be dangerous. Amos is

looking good. Clear air for him and he glides past the Brazilian. O

others are scrapping it out. -- the others are scrapping it out. That

is going to be a surprise there. Amos wins it. Well, already

Lewandowksi not through, of course there are fastest losers spot bus

only three from seven. The likes of Lewandowksi, Robinson, found

wanting there. That That was a surprise. The Brazilian athlete

leading, and Amos of Botswana, looks the part. Now watch

accelerate quickly, moving through. Lewandowksi is struggling. The

Spaniard working hard too. there, cad vas Robinson coming

through, not quite far enough. Look at young Amos, this sman a real

talent. That was really comfortable for him. That was impressive as

well. Some great athletes in this 700 metre, we will see the world

record holder coming up soon. I think we will hear a lot more from

this man. He looks a natural. He does. Powering through. Looking

good. Not have often we see athletes from Botswana but it is

good to see this young man, a pleasure to watch him. So, good win

for him. 1.45.9. So Marco, Robinson, Lewandowksi, three big names, they

are going to have to sit very anxiously for the next half hour or

Morse of Great Britain in the discuss. I still think he doesn't

need to qualify automatically, he only needs to throw, 63, 64 but

that is a foul. That was actually his worst throw of the three he has

Osagie. He goes into the games full In terms of your own preparation,

it has ban perfect build up, has it? I wouldn't say perfect. I am

not world number one, that would have been perfect. Things have gone

well. We have hit almost every one my honourable friend targets and

done better than I thought I was going to do or should have done.

Everything has gone really really close to the plan. This year

especially, I have had some good race, made some great races against

the world's best. People who will be aiming, real medal hopes for the

Olympic Games. It is Andrew Osagie going to win it. There are so many

different aspects coming into that one race. You need to get it right

and be in the right position. I love the pressure as well. I keep

saying to most people, the pressure comes and that is when I step any

gape up. I am looking forward to this one. Home crowd, 25 minutes

from my house, it doesn't get better, that is my target hit if I

get the final N the maximum, get the final N the maximum,

anything can happen. Andrew Osagie a real star in the making. Maybe

his time will come in the Olympic games. Brendan and Paul can take us

through it. Certainly is a strong line up for Andrew Osagie, and

just an outstanding young man, in terms of his athletic talent. Twice

he has been under 1.42 this year and done it so easily. Won the

Paris Diamond League and the New York Diamond League. Andrew Osagie,

lifetime best, 1.44.48. Set this year. He has run against Rudisha a

few times, so knows the sort of pace that he can run at. World

indoor bronze medallist this year in Turkey, and in Istanbul good

performance from young Andrew. We have Ismail, who goes in the lane

outside Andrew Osagie, the Sudanese athlete who is twice an Olympic

finalist and silver medallist back in 2008, carried the Sudanese flag.

But Andrew Osagie with the the reception like that can almost feel

he is in the Olympic final already. Long way to go yet. Rudisha, World

Champion last year. Just such an outstanding runner over two laps.

Interesting to see whether David Rudisha takes it out and just runs

to make sure. Heat two of the men's 8 hundred metres. -- 800m. Andrew

Osagie has gone quickly. He has gone past Ismail. Certainly has

Rudisha in his sights Brendan. Certainly interesting to see David

Rudisha, this man could become the star of these games, we won't see

many world records in the stadium, and this man is debate bling he

should go for the world record in the 800ms in the final. He has to

get to the final. This is a tough draw for Andrew Osagie, he is in

fifth place there, he has progressed very well in the last

couple of year, bronze medallist indoors in the World Championships

earlier this year, he has got the equipment but there are four good

athletes. The Australian, he is very good and Ismail the silver

medallist from the last games is moving up behind Andrew Osagie, so

52.7 and the great David rude sha, the man who has broken the the

world record twice, looks strong, looks comfortable and runs here

today, the only way he likes to run. That is from the front. Watch him

go down the back straight and he will start to move and move quickly.

Andrew Osagie has a bit to do. Certainly has, he is running

alongside the Australian back in fifth. As Ismail begins to make his

presence felt down the side. Andrew Osagie has to get involved here.

Andrew Osagie still trapped in fifth. David Rudisha looking very

good indeed. Vasquez in second place. Bala. Andrew Osagie has to

get a move on. Otherwise he is in danger of being eliminated. Rudisha

wins it. Bala in second. Andrew Osagie I think just got third place,

but it was close. Is.45.9. -- 1.45.9. He didn't really get

involved until the last 40 or 50m. No doubt about the winner, but

ocean o unconfirmed yet but we think he got third. There goes

David rudsha, watch him round the top bend what a pleasure to watch

the world record holder, as he comes down there, led every step of

the way, that is the way he likes to run. Vasquez following him, and

Andrew Osagie at this point is in sixth place, but he is confident.

He is getting more confident. Riseley is a good athlete. He has

run as fast as Andrew Osagie but look at the world record holder,

opening out, just striding away, Vasquez in second place, and here

comes Andrew Osagie moving through, he has to be in the first three, he

is timing it brilliantly. Is he timing it brilliantly? Look at that.

I tell you what, a bit close for comfortable but he is edging

through and he nudges third place. If I was a coach or a manager of

Andrew Osagie, I would have been nervous, the big man, David Rudisha,

and then Andrew just nipping them on the line, the photo finish says

Andrew Osagie in third place. And he is down stairs to explain his

What a roar from the crowd as Andrew crossed the line, getting a

crucial third place. Tell me how it unfolded from your point of view?

was very relaxed and I was just outside the qualifying until the

last two or three metres. It is not ideal, but I did not panic. I was

comfortable where I was. Did you feel you needed to maybe for the

next round bringing nearer the front and be in touch earlier?

always renowned for being rubbish in the heats, almost. So when it is

nine time with an amazing crowd like this, I will be fine tomorrow.

You will bow into the crowd as if you were not worthy, but you are

worthy after the season you have had. This crowd has been

unbelievable over the last few days and we are trying to match that

with performances. We are all try to step up as Team GB. Actually a

can come out and put on a show for the crowd again tomorrow. --

hopefully I can come out. Thank you well. He never panicked. Timing it

brilliantly, and we can say that in hindsight. The moral of the story

is he runs better in the evening. world champions last year, and now

in the Olympic Games, qualifying in third place. David Rudisha looking

this year. Well, absolutely hurling that shot out there, way beyond the

qualifying mark. Interesting that the organisers have set the

automatic qualifying distance at 20.65 and only two in the world

have thrown that far this year. But she has come off the back of five

Bella Russian records in her last three performances before Russian

2012 -- Bella Russian records. A very long, long as we have seen so

far. Here is Valerie Adams and she will have seen that, and

unbelievably, she is down below the automatic qualifying. And it is a

red flag in any way. That distance would take her through to the final

heats earlier on. Tiffany Porter at the bottom of the page, and Sally

Pearson heading everyone up. The second page goes all the way down,

and Derval O'Rourke has gone through as one of the fastest

losers. She was the quickest of those who did not go through

automatically, and in the end, Kemp at 13.51 got through to the semi-

final. Well, Gareth Warburton, by contrast, has a tough heat here. I

did say that there were a few harder than others out of the heat,

and I think any one of six, or three from six, could go through

here. Soren Ludolph of Germany in initially was not selected for the

Games. He was the only athlete successful in his appeal, and I

think it was the right decision. But, goodness me, has he got a

tough one here? The only thing is, you never know what you'll get with

Abubaker Kaki. No. 2 behind David Russia -- David Rudisha, but then

sometimes he can be no where tall. Timothy Kitum has run 43.94. The

Welshman, Gareth Warburton, getting a huge roar from the crowd. Just

missed out on the medals in Delhi when he went really well as he was

of the best runs of his career to get through here because he will

have to beat two or three very good athletes. And they have not gone

back quickly. Brendan and I can keep an eye on this, and if you are

not in the top three, you'll have to be at 1.46, maybe quicker.

Abubaker Kaki leading, and a fairly quick opening 200. I was impressed

with Walberton in the Commonwealth Games. -- Gareth Warburton. I was

delighted when he was selected after the appeal, but Abubaker Kaki

is stretching out. Gareth Warburton needs to get into some space. He is

running into way walleye athletes and he realises. Nudging his way

through. 52 at the Bellis pretty quick. Now he needs to run it like

he did in the Commonwealth Games. He needs to run with the

determination we had seen before. The first three will go through,

and he has to work. Abubaker Kaki is stretching down the back

straight. Gonzalez of Cuba in second, and Timothy Kitum in third.

Then Gareth Warburton is sitting behind them, but there is danger in

Soren Ludolph who can be quick in the home straight. Gareth Warburton

needs to follow them through. He has to get in the top three or a

least keep going strong in the home straight. Abubaker Kaki controlling

it. Here comes Timothy Kitum. Gareth Warburton struggling.

Gonzalez is struggling and tiring. Abubaker Kaki wins in, Timothy

Kitum second. Gareth Warburton well, 5th place, but we saw the clock

beyond 1.47 and that will not be good enough. And that is a shame,

because we watched him run a solo 1.45 in the heats, and anything

would have put through Gareth today. I'm sure he is going to be

disappointed. Here they are, Abubaker Kaki stretching them,

Timothy Kitum moving on to the outside in third place. Second in

the world junior championships earlier this year. At this point

Gareth Warburton has a chance. He slows the pace and then starts to

accelerate, but there is some talent around here today. At this

point I thought he could have moved if he had the chance but he is

being stretched too far and is a little tired. Timothy Kitum has got

the finishing speed and Gareth Warburton unable to respond. He

looks like he is treading water in the last 50. Unfortunately not able

to qualify. The first three will go through. Gareth Warburton in 5th

place, well, slightly disappointing air. I wonder what kind of run we

will get from Abubaker Kaki in the next round. He looked comfortable

and strong. Timothy Kitum could be a danger in the later stages.

Gonzalez of Cuba slowing and Mohamed coming through on the

inside. Gareth Warburton, the head down a bit, and the time will not

be fast enough, so I think is a Olympic journey ends now. Just to

Steve was saying in commentary that you ran 1.45 0.8 in the Europeans

on a solo run, so why you disappointing? -- disappointed?

just didn't have it. The guys all ran away from me at 600 and I'm

very disappointed. I don't think it will be enough to get through.

Unfortunately, it is not. Can you explain why it doesn't work on a

morning when it just doesn't click? It is hard to know, really. It has

been a long season. I started racing in April. I had to qualify

for the game's first and then peak again, so it is quite hard. Did you

feel an added pressure to justify your place having gone through the

appeal process? Not at all. I felt I deserved to be in the team as

much as everyone else. Just didn't work today? Yes. That's the talking

to us today. We appreciate it. -- sure. That is the first time I have

ever seen him crack under pressure. We will have to wait and see what

the result of the next group are. He is about fourth-best so far.

the first group has finished. Amazingly, the Commonwealth athlete,

the Indian champion is one of only Brecht Morse, disappointment, 16th

place and he will take no part -- further part in the competition --

is better. We explained earlier the issues around her entry and we were

told she was pretty annoyed and she might have got rid of some of that

frustration just there. I think she must have been disgusted at the

first-round throw. It is uncharacteristic of Valerie Adams

to come out and make a poor throw in the first round. She normally

stands or authority on the competition very early doors. --

stamps her authority. Sending a message to everybody back home

this year. 1.43, and coached by a former Olympic bronze medallist in

the steeplechase, Britain's last medallist in the event, Mark

Rowland, who did that in 1988. Adam The 4th heat gets under way. Nick

Symmonds has gone off quickly and so has Jeff Harris of Canada. Yuriy

Borzakovskiy, I wonder what sort of race will see from him today.

Borzakovskiy of Russia, the Olympic champion in 2000 and form and he is

coming back to form. -- 2004. Nick Simmons in the red shirts should

qualify, but it will be interesting to see how he progresses in the

race. Nick Symmonds, and here is Yuriy Borzakovskiy, when he is

running well he tries to run at an even pace and we will guess that is

what he's doing once more. Striding out strongly. The leader going

through in 52. Yuriy Borzakovskiy near a 54, but starting to make a

move. Andreas Bube still leading. Annan has got -- anchors got a

strong finisher. He is not quite at his best, but he is looking strong.

I was going to say, when he was younger he could do that sort of

manoeuvre in his sleep. Yuriy Borzakovskiy certainly finds

himself in 5th place and with a bit Nick Symmonds forces his way to the

front. I think Harris of Canada may have got second place. That was a

strange heat. Borzakovskiy is going to have to see if he can get a wild

card to take him through to the semifinals. Good run by the

American. I am not sure, we are not looking at the last time the

Olympic champion Borzakovskiy on the world stage there. Very tired.

Not able to respond today. And it was an interesting race overall. We

were watching Borzakovskiy, does he have it like he used to Nick

Symmonds positioned well. Bube is leading and Kszczot, 200 metres to

go and Kszczot takes off and runs impressively round the top bend.

Nick Symmonds waiting in third place. The Canadian Harris, in

fourth on the inside there, and Borzakovskiy coming into the

straight. Moves into the outside position, and when he gets there,

there is nothing in his legs, he has no power any more, he hasn't

got the ability that he had, it is the end of a great Carrie for

Borzakovskiy, he is a bit close but there is four in front of him he is

finishing fifth. You, he will have to wait, but that might be the last

we see, he is the third fastest finishing so far. Kszczot Simmonds

and Harris, the first three of right. Bube tiring. Borzakovskiy

not quite to be able do it. Bosse of France on the inside. So Kszczot,

Simmonds and Harris, one, two and three. Bosse in fourth place, and