BBC One: Day 10: 11.30-13.00 Olympics

Michelle, thank you very much. See you later. For the last couple of

days, we have been caught up in the excitement of the gold weekend for

Great Britain. Today, 6th August, the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's

independence. The country's motto is, out of many, one people. But

today it is about one person. His top speed touched 27.3 mph, just

within the legal limit on most of our roads. Both 100m sprint titles

have gone to Jamaica once again, and I bet there are a few sore

heads in Jamaica this morning. After his incredible Mystic Meg

performance last night of predicting the 100m time, only to

be undone by 1,100 per the second, and still allow and Colin Jackson

to pick my lottery numbers this week. Well done, Colin. I tell you,

it was just fantastic to see that. We all discussing in the first

round how he was going to look at what he was going to do, but a new

Olympic record, and he was just a jiffy off. But you changed his mind,

Denise. I did, I talked him out of it. I said the clock would stop at

9.64, and it did. Next up it is the women's 1,500m heats. Hannah

England had troubled preparation. She accelerated just at the right

time, absolutely perfect. I guess I didn't really think. It was not

like I always wanted to be an Olympian. I just thought it was

always possible. I didn't need very many athletes when I was young or

see real life Olympians. A judge thought it was this dream thing.

And think it is really important to see British people don't well, and

it is absolutely ideal. Just to see a British person be on top of the

world, even just in the medals, aged just normalises it. And the

more times I have spent on senior teams, the more of these people you

meet, I met Mo Farah and Paula Radcliffe, and they are normal

people. I see the race just as another race, 12 people running

around a track, but our excited about the whole event. You have to

feed off it. If there is somebody they're supporting you, it is our

chance. You have to feel for Hanna, a freak injury early season. It is

awful, and luckily we never have to suffer from that. That can cost

athletes, and she is struggling to recover from it. This 1,500m, we

see so much jostling going on, but the injury is behind her now, so

let's just hope she can do herself England has a tough job here.

Anybody would take a look at this start list and have a long hard

people who, depending on the way this race goes, could go through.

We have world champions, Jamal in there. The 37 the Ieuan Russian,

back after a doping offence, and Ethiopian. Just underlining what

Brendan was saying a few moments ago. And never short of a smile,

Hannah England. Let's hope she is smiling at the end of this. There

are three heats, 45 athletes in this first round. The way the draw

is done, they go for 15 in three heats. 24 athletes to go through,

she has such great pace to burn. But we need to know which sort of

Hannah England this is, because before she picked up that injury,

she started the season very well. She got back into training, but a

couple of races since then haven't filled her with confidence. She now

finds herself at the front here, and they are already finding

for a round of the 1,500m. And when they are going slowly and

concentrated over such a short distance, this is where accidents

can happen, somebody can trip and cause a problem. Tomashova move to

the front now. Obiri of Kenya is following closely. A think she is

going to try to move the pace along. And look how quickly Aregawi is

coming to cover from Ethiopia. Just behind her, Jamal, a very good

athlete indeed. Twice the world champion at 1,500m. Six will

qualify as of right, and the sixth just stretching them out now. The

German, Harrow, just moving up alongside Hannah England. Sheran

Rowbury of the USA is on the inside, and van Dalen of New Zealand. The

Spaniard is towards the back. This When you're running first, you're

not sure of the fastest time, because you don't know what has

happened in the other heats, so you have got to be in the first six. I

am a little bit nervous about how they England. She started the

season well but hasn't run well a tall since her injury. -- hasn't

run well at all. But she is getting a good run. She is running on the

inside, and you don't always get Harrer there at the back. Hannah

England are very much in contention, but has she got the pace in the

last 300 metres? She now needs to accelerate down

the back straight, which she is doing. She keeps looking for the

inside run, and if she is not careful, that will cost her. Hannah

England still looking good. It is the top six, don't forget. She

should have enough in the home straight. The young Ethiopian,

Aregawi, very strong. Hannah England is coming under pressure,

but she is OK. Shannon Rowbury finishes quickly, but it won't be

good enough. England in 5th. The winning time, she didn't panic.

Hannah England has decided to stay on the inside and hope that she had

the pace. That may well have been just the right tactic.

That was tough, and it was impressive. I always get nervous

when the athlete tries the inside route, because you can get yourself

in trouble there, especially in such a big crowd. Jamal in 6th

place, twice world champion, making a bit of a runner. This is as well

as Hannah England has a run since she had her injury earlier in the

year. There she is, and there there was a bit of power, a bit of pace

from Hannah England. She finished in 5th place from Jamal just ahead

of her. Barbieri and Jamal, and then Harrer of Germany. They are

the six. But Aregawi was impressive, the Ethiopian record holder. I was

very impressed with Hannah England, delighted to see the world

championship silver-medallist qualify for the final, the semi-

final of the women's 1,500m. She is downstairs with fail.

Such determination on your face, and a big smile now. I was so, so

happy. The last time I did a big race like this was Crystal Palace,

and it wasn't like that. I owe my selection to the work I did before

I got injured, and making the semi- final was about all the

concentrating and the medical staff and the coaching. I know am so

excited that I get to race more than once. You got the unluckiest

of injuries. Yes, and nightmare Far an Olympic year, but I can't

believe I am here, and that will bring me on as well for two dess

time. I hope Laura and Lisa can get through as well. So do we. Lisa

I approach each championship very differently, and I have got a lot

of lessons learned from each one. I feel I have got a good set of tools

in hand to approach this championship, and I can draw on the

experiences I have to make sure The 1,500m is always very

interesting, because it is not necessarily the athlete with the

cricket -- the quickest time he wins on the day. Some athletes are

very good at one of performances. There is nobody doing the work for

you when you do the time on paper, so it is up to you to make it your

moment. People often get it wrong, and that is where medals are run. A

big part of me keeps having to remind myself that I need to enjoy

this moment and embrace it. At the end of the day, this is everything,

so it needs to be enjoyable. Four years ago in Beijing, it was a

fraction away from a medal, wasn't it? So close. She has learned so

much from her championship performances. I hope she can put it

together today. She is going to have to run quick, but it is great

to see her back. Paul Dickenson describing this one.

Lisa Dobriskey looking sharp, warmed up well. Her training is

first heat. Shannon Rowbury and the others, hoping for a fastest loser

spots with two more heat to come. The 20-year-old British discus

record, Lawrence Okoye, begins his Olympic experience. Still a little

naive in terms of his technique, but when he gets it right... Oh,

dear. That discuses almost buried in the Turf. Just trying a little

bit too hard. He needs to cool it down. His coach there, Mark Wiseman

a lot of good opposition, there is a lot of good opposition in this

one. Makestad Bovim could have been a contender for the semi-final, she

has withdrawn. Jennifer Simpson, the world champion in 2011. There

she is. She has run 405 -- she has run four minutes and five seconds,

not a great time. Lisa Dobriskey. She will now realise she is in the

Olympic Games, she takes a deep indeed. Martynova of Russia is a

standing together in the middle. Stand up, please, stand up.

unmistakable tones of Alan Bell, the starter. Not happy with the

under way. When you were talking about the last heat, you said there

were a lot of quality athletes in there. There are tonnes in this one.

There certainly are. I was a little bit nervous about Hannah England,

she has had a troubled approach to this Olympic Games. Lisa Dobriskey

wasn't at her best in the trials and has also had a troubled

approach. But I am feeling more confident, the reports are coming

back from the training camp that she is flying. The World

Championships silver medallist from 2009. When she is in good form, she

has a lethal finish. Running in heats, running in crowds, having

these people around her, not running too quickly because there

are always going to the dangers. The Ethiopian athlete is strong,

she is going to be good. Lisa Dobriskey, I am very confident of.

Fernandez Leeds, Hilali in second moment, slower than the first heat.

Lisa Dobriskey won't want to get settled too much at this pace,

right in the middle of the pack, otherwise accidents could happen.

You are absolutely right. Another of the British athletes who likes

the short way around on the inside. The coach always says keep to the

inside lane if you can. But with 10 athletes around you, that can be

difficult. Lisa has the ability and the speed. Therefore if you are in

good form, you are also going to have the confidence. You don't have

to worry much about setting a pace or anything. That is an advantage

in distance running. Two laps to go. 2:07 at the end of a lap and three-

quarters. The Kenyan, running wide at the moment. Fernandez still

leads. Cakir Alptekin is still there. Dobriskey is trapped on the

kerb but she is looking comfortable. This is where you have to find

yourself ready for when the bell the front. She has a long, loping

stride and she is shrugging off athletes around her. You don't want

to be clipped from behind because you could fall and you have no

chance. It is about finding the right place to make a move. Lisa is

terribly boxed in there but she is staying confident and cool and once

again she is finding the route onto the inside. She is going to try to

get a more clear run as they come up. They will hear the bell in a

few seconds. There are too many for comfort, Lisa is at the back of the

group, I think she has to bide her time and try to run the sensible

finish. McKnight, the Australian, making a bid. The Russian is

stranded way back and Dobriskey has made her move. She is up into 5th,

or alongside Fernandez. McKnight, the Australian, having a very good

race. 200 metres to go. Lisa Dobriskey moves up on the shoulder

of Fernandez and goes past the bar Iranian as well. Listen to the raw!

Lisa Dobriskey is producing just the right tactic at just the right

time. Cakir Alptekin, coming down the inside. And Lisa Dobriskey

majestically strides home. Hilali, Dobriskey, Cakir Alptekin,

Fernandez and McKnight. Not a fast winning time. That looked extremely

good, off a slow pace. Lisa doesn't worry about slower paces. Martynova

was finishing strongly. Lisa Dobriskey, it sounds like an

Olympic final here! The crowd are really taking to it. Lisa looks

relaxed. She is really happy with that. She was looking good, she was

always looking for the easy way through. Martynova of Russia down

the back straight was giving them a bit of a chance. Lisa Dobriskey, a

very slow race. I am sure the crowd helped her in the finishing

straight and her response was fantastic. She has the speed and

she is good enough and she is confident again. She has been World

Championships silver medallist. She is on her way to the Olympic semi-

final. Having that run under about will stand her in really good stead.

She just nips over the line, McKnight leading into the finishing

straight but all eyes were on at least a Dobriskey. -- on Lisa

Dobriskey. I am sure she will tell us about the race in her inimitable

she was doing enough. She was doing it comfortably. She is relaxing

there, she has enjoyed this stage. 80,000 people cheering you for the

heats of the women's 1500 metres must be a fantastic experience and

she responds to experience. She We know that Lisa is a big-time

perform on these kind of stages, you have done it before, the

Commonwealth Games, the World Championships, 4th at the last

Olympics and you to do it like a duck to water. The noise from the

crowd saw you home. Definitely, it was unbelievable. I needed to bury

some demons from last year. I found it hard to trust my body again. I

make Upsall -- all sorts of batten injuries and issues. I am really

pleased -- all sorts of phantom injuries. Training has gone well in

Portugal but it is another thing to put it into practice. Absolutely. I

have been doubting my speed and my kick. To have a slow race, I was

terrified of the first couple of laps, I thought it would not go my

way. I feel so much better to have dealt with that. I can have a lot

more confidence in my kit and my speed, I am really pleased. See you

in the next round, well done. Lisa is through, Hannah it is

through, and Laura Weightman goes in the third and final heat under

the guidance of Steve Cram. Let's Being here and seeing the big names

of the team, it gives me a lot of want and passion to push on and do

more. I am lucky, to be in this You have Steve Cram bleeding you

through this, it must be invaluable for him -- leading you through this.

It is brilliant. He has had a huge impact on me and I have had a lot

to thank him for for getting me to where I am. The time and effort he

has put him with me. We are seeing the results of that. It is the

beginning of what I really think I can do in the future. 1500 metres

is a tough event and in world terms, it is very strong, some girls that

have run very fast. But I do believe I am strong enough and can

progress through those rounds and On my notes, it says she is coached

by Steve Cram, brackets world champion in 1983. A long time ago?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, OK. It has been fun, she has been working really

hard, she deserves to be here. Some athletes are very easy to coach,

brilliant job with her, what were your instructions and what was it

about in the build-up to this? thank you. Dino, Laura has a lot of

what I would call a natural racing too much. Because this is what she

has worked for. She wanted desperately to get to the Olympic

Games. Now she is going to try to run as well as she can, she is up

against some great athletes. At the Olympics, everybody is good, but

don't look at the times on the start list. Like an England said.

You have to see it as another race, 14 athletes against you. Some you

have heard of, some you haven't. Even the ones you have not are a

danger. You have got to be ready for anything. It could be slowed,

it could be fast. It is up to the athlete to make the right decisions.

Morgan Uceny, she went to the World Championships as the world number

one and she fell in the final. You cannot predict what is going to

happen. It is almost pointless as a coach to say, do this, do that.

you nervous? Yes. Probably not quite as nervous as she might be.

But it is a good nervousness. This woman here will be a big danger,

Kostetskaya, she used to be a 400- talent. She will be another one to

watch. These heats ASO had stacked with experience and quick athletes.

-- these heats are so stacked. I am wondering, surely they know what to

do. There are six fastest loser spots available which means 12

could go through if it was quick enough. About four minutes seven

would be good enough if you're not in the top six. You could go down

to four minutes 12 and you would scrape through in 7th. Laura is

sitting at the back, keeping an eye on things, not a bad place to be.

She will be getting nervous. That is what we used to talk about. You

would talk about being in a position where somebody can bring

you down. You said she had a natural racing brain and that is

the best position to be in at this pace. It is not a fast pace. Two

years ago, Laura Weightman was winning the English Schools

Championship. Here she is, the Olympic Games. 80,000 people in the

stadium cheering her on. What a fantastic sport athletics can be,

a little more pace here. You want to get rid of the nerves and

getting to the pace. When it is like this, the nerves continued to

build. By Zoe Buckman there is going past Mishchenko. The former

world junior champion over on the far side, and Laura Weightman just

tucked in there at the moment. Morgan is Saini is in a good

position. And Dibaba, the younger sister of Dibaba who won there race

the other night. Highly Gebrselassie sort this girl

training in his gym and persuaded her to set down from the 5,000m to

the 1,500m. His advice has been paying off, and she is running

extremely well at the 1,500m. Kipyegon around the top bend, and

the pace is beginning to gather. There is a big push on at the front

from Kipyegon. Laura Weightman will have to try and keep in contact

here as they start to move away. Dibaba is just in behind, by letter,

Bulut. She has got to run a fast and strong last lap. Laura

Weightman can see seven runners ahead of her, so she has got to

keep driving. She has got a good last 200. Kipyegon looks as though

she is struggling now. Laura Weightman needs to pull herself up

into position to have a chance and the home straight. Kipyegon on the

inside. She is diving in, but it is going to be tough here, fighting

for this position. Bulut will get there, carry a over will make it. -

- Kareiva. I can't tell everybody how pleased you are now! She picked

them off one by one, kept going, and had to dig deep again in the

finishing straight. I was surprised there. There is Laura Weightman

waving to the crowd. She will get the accolade, and she should enjoy

this. This was great. There are seven athletes their head of hack

at this point. Dibaba looking comfortable there. But then she

suddenly fades and goes backwards in the pack. And watch Laura

Weightman now, she is 7th coming into the straight. She is working

hard, knows she has got to do this, and she has got to pick one of

these athletes in the finishing straight. You can't wait on times

at this point. Then suddenly she just to accelerate at that point,

and will be mightily relieved, and we are extremely impressed, and

Steve Cram, her coach, is absolutely delighted. Her first

Olympic Games, and it certainly won't be her last. It is a really

good test. There she is, up into 6th. Well done, Laura Weightman.

You are on this grand stage for the first time, and he delivered

superbly. I am really pleased to get in the top six. It was quite a

tough race, it kept changing and chopping. I was glad to come down

the home straight and get the sixth slot. The crowd is unbelievable.

Did that settle you? What was it like? When my Name That announced,

it was a brilliant feeling. I try not to panic, just to stay calm. I

wanted to work my way through the field, and I knew they would come

back to me. If you could hold this might just for one second, somebody

wants to have a quick word. Well done, Laura. That was hard! You had

me worried for a little bit. The nerves start to build when it was

that slow. It felt shocking, but I just kept calm, and I think my last

200 was the best 200 of the race. That's we tour -- that's what we

have talked about, being strong in the home straight. See you later.

Thanks a lot, Laura. Thank you very much. One or two surprises in there.

Kareiva ran really well, and also Belete getting through. Both of

them ran season's bests. Laura Weightman is through. Great to see

three British women through to the semi-finals. But it will be tougher

The athletes in 7th and 8th, Zoe Buckman included, are rewarded with

fastest losers' spots. The outstanding talent for the

world this year in men's discuss, Robert Harting. He was Germany's

highest placed athlete in any final. have got two Britons in this round,

Buhari and Okoye. Harting hasn't wasted any time in making his mark

on this competition. Magnificent. Abdul Buhari in the second round.

Looked a little tight on that one. It goes spinning away. That is

better, but at the moment, the qualifying conditions are that

anybody who wants to make it through to the final, they are

going to have to throw in excess of 63 metres, 63.40. It is a slight

improvement, but he needs a lot in store for us this time? He had a

real shocker in the first round. Come on, Lawrence. Show us what

technique in the world, but it is over 60m. That Green Line super

imposed on the turf there, a television line, not an action line

-- not an actual line, but it shows how far you have to throw to

qualify. It is still 63.40. That looks tantalisingly close, but just

under. 63 metres exactly. He is in excitement I couldn't add up

earlier on, so here is everybody that is through for the women's

1,500m. It was four from the first heat. The letter, a bit of a

surprise there, and Lucy van Dalen from New Zealand makes it through.

This is the last page here. Three British women through. And last

year's world champion, Jennifer Simpson, scrapes through. Those are

the 24 Women going to Wednesday's semi-finals. One of the surprises

there was the world indoor champion Dibaba, who tightened up terribly.

She is just holding her leg there. She had to be helped off. I didn't

hear of her carrying a problem coming into these Olympic Games.

She was running OK in the middle of the race, and then something went

wrong for her. That is a shame, because Ethiopia had very high

Estonia. The defending Olympic champion is in serious trouble of

being eliminated from the competition. He really got hold of

that one. Well, those celebrations not because it is a gold-medal

winning throw, but just because he finally got one. He taps himself on

the head and says, why on earth didn't I do that in the first

round? It must have been an agonising wait for his coach. Must

have been tearing his hair out. That is one of the longest throws

we have seen so far this morning. 66.39. Now, come on, Abdul, you

the 60m line. He won't qualify for the final. He gave up a very good

job in order to concentrate on trying to qualify for they Olympics,

and having got here, wanted desperately to qualify for the

final. That is his best throw, 60.08, 27th place.

Lawrence Okoye now needs 63.47 metres in order to make it through

to the final, otherwise we will have had three discus throwers here

for the very first time in the same year, and none of them will have

athlete in trouble. I don't like his technique. He explodes out

towards that qualifying line. The top of two throats this morning,

Kanter and Harting, they put on a fine display, both of them throwing

over 66 metres. Abdul Buhari with his last throw, his best, over 60m,

but not good enough to go to this high quality final. 63.15, that is

not far enough, either. But this now is all about Lawrence Okoye A.

He has looked a bit subdued this morning. Maybe the experience has

got to am a little bit. At his best, he threw a new British record of

well over 68 metres. Now, what has his coach, hasn't been well all

year. But that could have given him a huge shot of adrenalin. Well done,

this huge young man, Lawrence Okoye. What a fantastic effort. And all of

a sudden he may have put himself in the frame to be a potential

medallist. He got off to a shocking start this morning, but finally, in

the third and final round, it has all come good. He is an Olympic

have seen this morning. I was in Portugal, I had met him once before,

and was chatting to him. He is a gentle giant, a lovely, lovely guy.

make the final. We were discussing him in the studio here. He is a

great rugby player. Had he not made the final, would he have even

stayed in the sport? We have managed to get a footballer, a

rugby player, we are doing quite well! What great scenes, I am so

delighted. Like Paul Dickenson said, men's throwing has struggled, and

to have three guys here, this one in particular has so much talent,

bags of it. To be able to reproduce something like his best in the

qualifications to get into that much it means and how much pressure

the athletes are under. He has given up a lot to commit himself to

get into this stage and he has delivered it. On the biggest stage

ever, the Olympic qualifying round, now he is an Olympic finalist, he

can hold his head up high. I am hoping he will relax and embrace

the situation he is in. He knows he can float the discus a long way.

Many other competitors may tighten Many other competitors may tighten

up. If he can produce that, you never know what might happen.

4th best throw in the world this year so if he hits it on the

night... He is in with a chance. The other fascinating thing that we

noticed when Steve Cram was chatting with Laura Weightman, Phil

Jones gave her the good sense and she thought, what is going on? And

she changed, her demeanour changed, the coach athlete relationship,

amazing to see. It was like we were flies on the wall, overhearing a

personal conversation. It is great, Steve Cram, what an inspiration, to

have that in your corner. Somebody who has been there and has done it,

who can inspire you to think tactically and run well. I adore

Laura, I think she is so mature for her age and she clearly responds to

being in this type of environment. Three women through to the semi-

finals, great news. Excellent news for women's middle-distance running,

Kelly Holmes has inspired a generation and here they are,

proving it. Let's look back at this morning's session, because that

pretty much finishers the action in the Olympic Stadium. Lots of

the Olympic Stadium. Lots of questions about the fitness of

Tiffany Porter and I think she answered them. Like Usain Bolt did

last night, she came up with the goods. She did a very good job. Out

on her own, it was like a training run for her. She could see nobody

until the late stage in her peripheral vision. She knew she had

qualified and that was the most important thing. In terms of the

overall qualification, Sally Pearson stood out head and

shoulders, but the rest... rest... Denise could have qualified.

It is a really poor standard to get through to the semi-final. At the

through to the semi-final. At the top end, you will still be very

competitive, don't worry about that. competitive, don't worry about that.

Next on track, the men's 800 metres heats. Osagie was up early, he had

David Rudisha in his heat and he just got it on the line. 800 metres

is always tough. You have to make is always tough. You have to make

sure you stay in contention, redraw opponents well, but try to stick to

a race plan. He got him by the skin of his teeth. -- read your

opponents well. Polly Bleasdale has come in under the radar, she is not

one of the big names but she has a real opportunity -- Holly Bleasdale.

She has announced herself as someone who could sneak into the

medals, she has so much more developing to do, it would be

really great if she could translate some of the high distances into an

Olympic performance. A massive moment for Holly Bleasdale, let's

hear her thoughts ahead of an When I was watching Beijing, I

didn't really know what pole vault was, I hadn't even started properly.

It is weird that I am here and the athletes I used to watch on TV are

chatting to me. We are chilling out and it is really nice and I am so

excited to be able to compete in an Olympics, I can't wait. It has been

a stellar ride. I had a great indoor season. For me, that was

about jumping as high as I could. I knew that the pressure would be on

leading up to the Olympics. I thought that the outside -- outdoor

season was about competing with the rest of the girls. When I went to

Monaco I wasn't really looking for a big height, it was like an

Olympic final and I was competing against the rest of the girls. I

feel like I held my own and took a lot of confidence. What will

success before you? Because I am still young, I don't want to use

that as an excuse, but I want to enjoy it and lap up the experience.

I have never had anything like this. To become in the top eight, top six,

would be where I wanted but above that will be a bonus. I just want

to experience it and enjoy it. Holly Bleasdale attempting 4.55,

second attempt, and she got it. A great performance by the British

record holder. If you could put it into words what it means to be at

these Games, if somebody said you would be a London Olympian and a

finalist and people would talk of you as a medal contender... I can't

put it into words. To be wearing a GB kit, I feel so privileged. I

want to do everyone proud and enjoy it it will be a once-in-a-lifetime

experience. You can't put anything else near to what I it will

experience. It means the world to be able to compete in front of a

Dai Greene, Colin. A huge shock for him a couple of nights ago, when he

struggled to make the final of the 400 metres finals. What will his

mind set be? He is a positive thinker. -- the final of the 400m

hurdles. He will think, I can compete against these guys and do a

good job. He has beaten the majority of them this year. The

question is, can he go much faster than he has gone so far this year?

To me, that is the only concern he needs to have at this moment in

time. Will he accelerate up to the guys? We will have the answer lay

to this effect. Denise, he has to just go out as hard as he can, try

to put those doubts out of his mind and concern sea had. I think so.

We are used to seeing him in the lead but at the same time, his time

was not bad, it is just that the other guys were quicker. He does

not want to leave the track thinking he could have worked

harder. He has to just attack it. That is it for this morning's

session. It ended perfectly with Okoye making the final of the

discus. For the moment, back to you. We hope to hear from Lawrence

You can bet about 3 million people down under will be watching,

because the New Zealander has not been beaten since 2007. I note that

the Kiwis are 10 places above the Kiwis are 10 places above

Australia on the medal table right Overall, a far greater number of

medals, but the quality of them is not quite as high for Australia.

The last time New Zealand finished ahead of the Australians was

Montreal 76. Everybody is getting very excited down there. One of the

surprise hits of these games, as everyone has clamoured to get a

ticket for anything in here, has been the handball competition.

Great Britain had never appeared in Olympic handball until these Games

in London. It is a game which emerged in Scandinavia and Germany

in the 1890s, it is hugely popular there. Judging by the atmosphere in

the Copper Box, it is fast catching on here, too. Reggie Yates has been

checking out what they are calling the box that rocks.

It doesn't really get much more vain than this. Don't judge me.

Today actually isn't about me, it is about a brand new sport on my

radar. I like to find something brand new and obsess over it. This

time around it has been handball. Everyone is talking about it. The

Copper Box has literally been Look at this. Here is a masterclass

on feeling short. You guys are more than experts when it comes to

handball, you actually play it, how good will today be for someone who

has never been to anything like this? It will be brilliant. The

game is fast, exciting, dynamic. We are going do have a really good

game today. As somebody who has never watched anything like this,

am I going to enjoy it? organisers have done a perfect job,

making this arena, it is really noisy and a great atmosphere.

get in and see it. Why is this so addictive? I think

it is the pace and the aggression. Do you think there is a chance that

this might inspire a few people to get involved? Definitely. That is

the reason we are here, to inspire the next generation in the UK. This

is the perfect opportunity to springboards bought into the public

consciousness. -- to springboard the sport into the public

consciousness. It is awesome, I Apparently on the other side of

this door, the Team GB ladies handball team are warming down. It

sounds incredible. There they are, shall we say hello? This is a bit

awkward. Hello. Well done, that was incredible. This is the first time

I have watched a handball game and I am still trying to get my head

around the fact that so many people are talking about handball. How

does it feel to know there is that much support. It is phenomenal. The

noise when we walk out, and when we score, it is amazing. I hope that

even if we can inspire one or two people to play, that is what we

want to do and that is why we are here. Do you want to have a shot?

what? We will put a goalkeeper in. Yeah, let's do that. I am going to

miss this. Come on. Why did I make It is official, I am awful at

Hamble and when I try to score, I make a noise by -- like a dying

rodent. Don't judge -- I am awful at hand ball. These lot are amazing,

The last of the pool matches for great Britain's men takes place at

4:15pm, they play Iceland. They it won an amazing surprise silver

medal four years ago and the Icelandic Prime Minister so foot --

called it the most significant moment in Icelandic sport. The

second week in the Olympic Games is always when the team competitions

tend to come to the boil at the Games. That is the case in the

hockey. In the women's event, we have the last of the pool games and

the Riverbank Arena was a very lively place to be, even at 8:30am.

A place in the semi-final stages was at stake in the match between

the black sticks of New Zealand, and Germany. The Kiwis needed just

a win. The Germans were quiet a high-scoring victory to have a

chance of progressing. -- the Germans required. Our colleagues at

Channel line of Australia were there are bright and early --

in fact Germany are wearing the Zealand, they like to start really

quickly, really fast, get the early to be finished? No, it is not. They

just couldn't get the finish. just miscued it, Charlotte Harrison.

She got to do cross, had a touch on it. If Germany are going to win

this today, they do need to change their game plan. Oh, look at this

big chancier. Great goalkeeping. Charlotte Harrison couldn't get the

shot away. What a Panter -- fantastic piece of keeping.

Sensational. She came out, narrowed the angle, made this mother, and

then had a second go at it. -- made there smother. You have to say,

that is a gilt edged opportunity. Really, really good. Melanie Cooper

on the reverse stick. Still, the Kiwis have it back. And a penalty

corner. The umpire originally signalled at the other way, but

good co-operation between the umpires. You can see it here. She

put it on to the foot, and just got deflection from Jana Flynn. She got

down, but didn't make any contact with the ball. Oh, it was so close,

but Amis in the end. A chance here. And the New Zealanders got a free

hit. Fabulous goalkeeping by Bianca Russell. Doesn't get much better

than that. The 34-year-old veteran saved New Zealand. Some Harrison

was there, but a way back, and for some reason, wasn't advancing on

the golf. And guess she was waiting to see how far back it would come.

That great save again by Russell, and then they had another go at it.

Marlowe once more. A good Pickup. A penalty corner, and New Zealand

have a powerful drag flick, they score more of the rebounds. That is

easy for a goalkeeper to make that saved.

This is a big occasion for New Zealand. They have never played

women's hockey at the Olympic Games. Now, the umpire will call for a

video of that. The Germans are celebrating, they think they got a

touch. This is the umpire's referral. Germany have gone back to

the middle, they are certain that it has been touched. Oh, it might

have been a fine touch there. It looked like a stick was very close

to the ball. Super slow-motion. Did it touch? You can't tell from there.

The umpire will have a few different angles to be able to make

the assessment. No advice possible. Goal denied. There is a bit of a

of goal, and Germany have a penalty corner. Just off the feet of Emily

again, but it wasn't going into the variation here from Germany.

Russell was diving down to reflect it away again. The New Zealand

defence was resolute. Lovely ball! And just put over the top by stifle.

A great trap again from Natasha Keller. They caught the defence

napping. Oh, so close. It was just spinning and spinning, she couldn't

the second half so far for New Zealand. There is a question here.

There are looking for a penalty corner. It was the leg of the

keeper. Was there a German foot after this. It may well have come

kicked away. She probably could have even moved in closer. Great

deflection. Great keeping. By that And straight at the keeper! That

stick. She is so strong on that side. Muller goes for the hit. Then

again, off the foot. Look how quickly they got in there. That is

the perfect spot. You want an attacker wore a striker in the

circle. They're taking the ball from the opposite side, you see

this very rarely. On the reverse, and she has put it away, but it is

too high. The first hit at Dole has to hit the backboard. And they are

saying it has gone out side of the circle twice. That didn't go out.

There is a real scramble in there. Terrific shot. That really was a

great shot. Crack in, and off the feet again of Mickelson this time.

Germany just keep on pressing forward, and New Zealand don't seem

to have any answer. This is Germany's 5th penalty corner in 16

the stick on the ball. That was very brave defending by New Zealand.

She got that and just in the nick of time. Beautifully done here.

she couldn't get any purchase on it, the goalkeeper can't find it, they

are at sixes and sevens back there. It was just all over the place

there. It is tough for the goalkeeper. And that was saved by

the keeper, and then the shot was just wide! She did just the right

thing, went across the face of goal, instance, and then Mickelson was so

close on the post. A New Zealand are through to a semi-final at the

Olympic Games for the first time in women's hockey. Congratulations to

them, commiserations to Germany. They are going to miss out.

Celebrations all round to the New That is a great win for the Kiwis,

and Germany, the 2004 Olympic champions, are out. Great Britain's

women are playing at 7pm. They have to beat the reigning champions, the

Netherlands, or rely on results elsewhere, so they are teetering on

the edge. The big night the women's hockey. We were looking at Lawrence

Okoye earlier on and his big throaty get through to the discus

final. He was reflecting on that a few moments ago.

Lawrence, congratulations, you are through to an Olympic final in

dramatic circumstances. It was crazy. The standard was

unbelievably high. 63.55, much higher than it has ever been. I

thought I would have to pull out something big, and the crowd just

got me through. I am really pleased. I have just got to go back and rest

and make sure I can pull out a big throw in the final. It was good

that you could share it with your coach immediately, and we saw the

emotion come out. I have got a lot of work to do now to make sure I

finished the two years well. I am pleased I can pull it out of the

back, but tomorrow is a different story. What do you think you can

possibly do in the final? I have just got to throw my best. If I can

throw my best, I will be up there. Tremendous performance, well done,

thank you. Well-played to Lawrence, and that

discus final is tomorrow evening. Great Britain will have a

representative in it. We are about to change channels, it is time for

the news here on BBC One. We will be over on BBC Two in a few moments.

The crowd are being thrown out just now, and another 80,000 will be