BBC One: Day 11: 09.00-11.15

:00:54. > :00:59.COMMENTATOR: Her entire up gymnastic career has been built in

:00:59. > :01:09.gymnastic career has been built in upped to these next few minutes.

:01:09. > :01:19.Beth Tweddle has a bronze medal. Can our nerves take much more? Up

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:01:51. > :02:00.Bauge will not take it, Kenny is that the Olympic champion, he wins

:02:01. > :02:07.the gold Medal and he won it in Good morning, yesterday brought

:02:07. > :02:12.more of those wonderful medal moments including a wonderful two

:02:12. > :02:20.gold medals for Britain. There are 24 gold medals up for grabs today,

:02:20. > :02:29.it is day 11 of London 2012. Britain's Brownlee brothers, world

:02:29. > :02:32.champion -- they have big medal Defending champion Victoria

:02:32. > :02:38.Defending champion Victoria Pemberton hopes for a happy ending,

:02:38. > :02:44.can the six-time world champion deliver a second gold? -- Victoria

:02:45. > :02:54.Pendleton. We get our first look at Phillips, can he compete on form

:02:55. > :03:00.

:03:00. > :03:05.Robi Grabarz for the high jump, can he deliver Britain's first ever

:03:05. > :03:15.gold in this event. So many questions, here is where you will

:03:15. > :03:25.

:03:25. > :03:31.The athletics will move to BBC Three when BBC One covers the

:03:31. > :03:36.Plenty here to keep you glued to Plenty here to keep you glued to

:03:36. > :03:40.your TV or your computer screen. Live on BBC Three, Men's Hockey

:03:41. > :03:47.From the Riverbank Arena. South Korea are playing the Netherlands.

:03:47. > :03:56.This is where you will find Chris Hoy in action, the keirin, and

:03:56. > :03:59.ought also some sailing medals to He on BBC One, we start by

:03:59. > :04:04.reflecting on the first of yesterday's two gold medals for

:04:04. > :04:07.Great Britain, which came not here at Olympic Park but in Greenwich,

:04:07. > :04:10.where the show jumping team became Olympic champions for the first

:04:10. > :04:16.time in 60 years. The medal came after tough competition from the

:04:16. > :04:19.Dutch team, ending in a tense jump- off for the top spot. Peter Charles

:04:19. > :04:29.was the last rider out and knew that if he went clear, gold would

:04:29. > :04:32.

:04:32. > :04:42.get an indication of what his tactics are. This is proper

:04:42. > :05:01.

:05:01. > :05:08.want to put it all to use. Taking particularly quick round. He needs

:05:09. > :05:17.to stay clear now. He is going for the clear. Going very wide up to

:05:17. > :05:27.this oxer. He has got it. Co just the double on the last jump. For a

:05:27. > :05:35.

:05:35. > :05:44.Tower Bridge for gold. This could be the first gold, or since 1952!

:05:44. > :05:54.And Britain have got cold, up go the arms. What a tremendous round.

:05:54. > :05:54.

:05:54. > :06:01.The round of his life. The man for the occasion has won gold. And the

:06:01. > :06:07.crowd on their feet. The first gold for British showjumping for 60

:06:07. > :06:13.years. Done in style, against the best in the sport that has been

:06:13. > :06:23.seen for years. It doesn't get better for that -- than that. Gold

:06:23. > :06:24.

:06:24. > :06:28.it is, up steps Nick Skelton, Ben The last man into that arena in the

:06:29. > :06:32.jump-off, what are you thinking? is in the bag. It is in the bag.

:06:32. > :06:37.That is what they brought me for. I wasn't much good for the rest of

:06:37. > :06:41.the week but I did something at the end. Yeah, great. We always

:06:41. > :06:44.believed we came here with a strong chance, we have been waiting for

:06:44. > :06:50.this for a long time, it felt like it kept coming and drifting away

:06:50. > :06:55.again. We did it the hard way, it was exciting for the public to

:06:55. > :07:01.watch. I still can't believe it. is good that everyone of us played

:07:01. > :07:06.a part. I am delighted. It means absolutely of the thing to win this,

:07:06. > :07:10.especially for our country. For showjumping. We haven't won a gold

:07:10. > :07:17.medal for 60 years or whatever. I have never won one and I am running

:07:17. > :07:21.out of time. For me, personally, it means everything. The champion team

:07:21. > :07:30.is here in the studio this morning, Peter Charles, Nick Skelton, Ben

:07:30. > :07:35.I guess you have been busy in the last 24 hours since it happened.

:07:35. > :07:41.Absolutely, that is the first time I have seen it with the lads. It

:07:41. > :07:44.was great to see it. Were you read that confident? These three lads

:07:44. > :07:47.did the hard work, they put me in the position to do that and there

:07:47. > :07:51.was no way are was going to have a fence down, I wouldn't let them

:07:51. > :07:56.down. They did a lot of hard work to get to that position. How was it

:07:56. > :07:59.for the rest of you watching, knowing how much was riding on it?

:07:59. > :08:05.I thought we had done it. We were a bit confused with the rules. We

:08:05. > :08:10.thought we had won early on, then peat still had to go. I thought

:08:10. > :08:14.Peter was going to John Kear, his horse jumped Clear earlier in the

:08:14. > :08:19.day. He just had to leave the jumps off, he didn't have to go too fast,

:08:19. > :08:23.it was a good position. All of this is happening to you in your first

:08:23. > :08:30.Olympics, the Olympic experience has started rather well for you.

:08:30. > :08:34.Yes, have a great team behind me, I couldn't ask for any better members

:08:34. > :08:40.and it is great to be here in front of your home crowd, it is amazing.

:08:40. > :08:46.Nick, how has it been for you? New line veteran... It is not meant to

:08:46. > :08:52.be offensive -- you are a veteran. The you have just had so many

:08:52. > :08:55.Olympics. It is brilliant. You could not have wished to have done

:08:55. > :09:00.it in a better place. Last night around Greenwich, it was

:09:01. > :09:06.unbelievable. The crowd stayed all night. It was amazing. I have never

:09:06. > :09:13.experienced anything like it in my life. This was your round, what was

:09:13. > :09:17.the atmosphere like? The crowd went absolutely crazy, we were trying to

:09:17. > :09:23.keep them quiet. My horse is the youngest horse there but nothing

:09:23. > :09:30.fazes him. He is a freak of a horse. The more you press him, the better

:09:30. > :09:36.he is. He was never going to knock down a jump. He is quick. He is

:09:36. > :09:39.great. I was never worried that he was going to have one down. I just

:09:40. > :09:45.was going to have one down. I just had to make sure I was quick enough.

:09:45. > :09:50.What was it like for you, because the noise of the crowd has been

:09:50. > :09:59.talked about. How certain way you that your horses could handle it?

:09:59. > :10:04.My horse, the first day, the crowd were going ballistic. But he

:10:04. > :10:08.settled into that. He has just got better and better. I can't speak

:10:08. > :10:12.highly enough of my horse, he jumped fantastically yesterday.

:10:12. > :10:16.was good that the competition went on for long enough and he got used

:10:16. > :10:21.to it. My horse was OK from the first day, it caused some problems

:10:21. > :10:24.for the other guys but my horse has grown up a lot in the past year.

:10:24. > :10:32.His jumping amazing and I don't think we would have been able to do

:10:32. > :10:37.what we did without the crowd, it definitely lifted and a. -- lifted

:10:37. > :10:41.me. Your achievement has been stunning, especially for two of you

:10:41. > :10:47.in the sense that you have both battled with injuries. I have had

:10:47. > :10:54.my fair share, maybe not as many as Nick. I had a few broken bones,

:10:54. > :10:57.back, both knees, chest, a few big surgeries. It is a great sport to

:10:57. > :11:01.be involved in and I hope this gives us bought a great lift.

:11:01. > :11:09.Didn't your doctor say to you, Nick, that you shouldn't be doing this

:11:09. > :11:12.any more? They said that when I broke my neck in 2000, I found one

:11:12. > :11:21.doctor that said it would be OK. Did you work very hard to find him?

:11:21. > :11:27.I did! It is what I love doing, what I have done all my life. I

:11:27. > :11:34.will keep going until we are, for will keep going until we are, for

:11:34. > :11:39.You were about to get your medal, stepping up on the podium, you were

:11:39. > :11:43.a little bit enthusiastic in a little bit enthusiastic in

:11:43. > :11:48.getting onto the podium. We got a brief not to do this. I can't

:11:48. > :11:52.remember, I was quicker on that podium than it Usain Bolt was out

:11:52. > :11:56.of those box. I wasn't going to of those box. I wasn't going to

:11:56. > :12:01.miss that chance! -- out of those blocks. He is a really historic

:12:01. > :12:06.achievement, the first medal in showjumping for Britain for 60

:12:06. > :12:11.years. It is brilliant. I hope it does a lot for our sport in this

:12:11. > :12:16.country. We need a big boost and hopefully the powers that be will

:12:16. > :12:22.take the chance and the opportunity. Do you hope it does something to

:12:22. > :12:27.raise the profile? It has done it for cycling and rowing, let's hope

:12:27. > :12:30.we can do it. We are all from different walks of life. None of us

:12:30. > :12:35.were given anything easy. We have all worked very hard for this

:12:35. > :12:41.moment. And it is your moment. Sharing it with you at Greenwich

:12:41. > :12:47.was Claire Balding. Not surprisingly, she let her emotions

:12:47. > :12:52.show. It is fantastic for people like her, who have followed your

:12:52. > :12:56.journey and know what you have been through. It is perhaps fitting that

:12:56. > :13:00.we can bring her in, you are down at Greenwich for the dressage today.

:13:00. > :13:04.It doesn't feel right to have this conversation without you. Listen, I

:13:04. > :13:07.am nothing to do with the success that they have had, I just get the

:13:07. > :13:12.chance to talk about it and try to enthuse people about showjumping.

:13:12. > :13:16.One thing I would like to say about all of them, those horses are worth

:13:16. > :13:21.millions of pounds. And their owners have turned down a massive

:13:21. > :13:27.offers. It is one of the few sports, if you do it before January of this

:13:27. > :13:31.year, other people can buy your horse and try to win a medal for a

:13:31. > :13:35.different country. They have managed to persuade their owners to

:13:35. > :13:39.hang onto them. Some of them are involved in the horses themselves.

:13:39. > :13:44.They have turned down a lot of money to get something that is

:13:44. > :13:47.hanging around their neck that is priceless, and I admire them for

:13:47. > :13:51.that and am grateful for that because it lets us share in the

:13:51. > :13:55.glory. You could not have been sure that turning down those of us would

:13:55. > :14:01.have been worth it. We are all lucky enough to have great bonus,

:14:01. > :14:05.great sponsors. Like Clare said, you can't put a price on a gold

:14:05. > :14:10.medal at the end of the day. Hopefully there are a lot of spin-

:14:10. > :14:16.offs, we can get more back in, more owners and horse people interested

:14:16. > :14:20.in showjumping, trying to support us and other riders. The one of the

:14:21. > :14:26.great things is that you have such long careers. Nick committees or

:14:26. > :14:32.six Olympics, Scott, it is your first. -- Nick, it is your 6th

:14:32. > :14:36.Olympics. You two could be doing it for another six, easily. They will

:14:36. > :14:42.be in it for a while. That is the best thing about our sport, we can

:14:42. > :14:48.keep going for a long time. I probably would have be finished for

:14:48. > :14:52.a long time ago but for the owners of my horse, who bought it

:14:52. > :14:55.especially for London. They had huge offers and they would not sell

:14:55. > :15:00.them, which is great, because I wanted to come here, and they have

:15:00. > :15:10.got their gold. We hope the golden feeling continues. There is the

:15:10. > :15:12.

:15:12. > :15:17.dressage competition, how is it They are very well placed. They are

:15:17. > :15:21.one point ahead of Germany, the Netherlands in third. We have got a

:15:21. > :15:28.team of three great riders, and they are so good, the Germans and

:15:28. > :15:38.the Dutch are saying, those British horses are good. Carl Hester kicks

:15:38. > :15:40.

:15:40. > :15:45.things off at 2:30pm, Laura Bechtolsheimer at 315, and I think

:15:45. > :15:49.we may be talking about not just Britain's first dressage medal, but

:15:49. > :15:53.another gold medal. I will tell you all about the riders, the whole

:15:53. > :15:56.caboodle, so that you can get excited about dressage, because

:15:56. > :16:03.this I have always felt could be the dark horse of these Olympic

:16:03. > :16:05.Games, if you pardon the pun. It will be beautiful to watch, but

:16:05. > :16:11.this whole equestrian event, especially and that setting at

:16:11. > :16:18.Greenwich, has been stunning. Did you have any preview of the course?

:16:18. > :16:22.We didn't get any preview. special treatment? Absolutely not.

:16:22. > :16:26.But we walked round the site two years ago, and they showed us where

:16:26. > :16:31.it was going to be. You wouldn't believe it was the same place today.

:16:31. > :16:38.They have done a fantastic job on the backdrop and the scenery. It

:16:38. > :16:42.will never be repeated. Nick, you still have ongoing injury worries?

:16:42. > :16:46.Yes, my back is playing up at the moment, and I have got to have it

:16:46. > :16:52.operated on some time before the end of the year. Has your doctor

:16:52. > :16:56.been in touch since yesterday? were in the opening ceremony, and

:16:56. > :17:01.we were a bit worried when we saw Nick getting wheeled across in the

:17:01. > :17:06.wheelchair to the medical centre. It is a lot better since last night.

:17:06. > :17:10.If it has been fantastic to watch you, Cwmgwrach -- congratulations.

:17:10. > :17:16.And I know some of you will be in the individual jumping events. Good

:17:16. > :17:21.luck. Well, the area around Hyde Park in

:17:21. > :17:25.central London will be the focus this morning. The men's triathlon

:17:25. > :17:28.is taking place there. In the women's event, Helen Jenkins was

:17:29. > :17:32.pushed out of the muddled and the final stage, but the men's event

:17:32. > :17:35.will hopefully have a different result for Great Britain. The

:17:35. > :17:40.triathlon is dominated at the moment by two British men who just

:17:40. > :17:45.happen to be brothers. For meet Alistair and Jonathan

:17:45. > :17:49.Brownlee, two brothers from West Yorkshire. Housemates, team-mates,

:17:49. > :17:59.training partners and rivals. These competitive siblings also happen to

:17:59. > :18:01.

:18:02. > :18:07.With a stack of impressive results under their belts, both boys will

:18:07. > :18:11.be hoping to reach the podium in London. But Alistair's journey to

:18:12. > :18:15.the Games hasn't been uneasy one. In February, a tear to his Achilles

:18:15. > :18:20.tendon put him out of action for several months, while Johnny was

:18:20. > :18:24.winning two world series titles in San Diego and Madrid. When I first

:18:24. > :18:30.found out about the injury, I was quite glad that I had found out

:18:30. > :18:35.what it was, and got a specific diagnosis. A week or two later, I

:18:35. > :18:40.couldn't do much training, and I was fairly unhappy. I tried to stay

:18:40. > :18:44.away from him, do different things. When I trained, I would go out of

:18:44. > :18:46.the back door so it wasn't too obvious. There is Olympics in the

:18:46. > :18:53.back of your head, and you are thinking, I should be doing

:18:53. > :18:57.everything I can do, which makes you feel worse. You have to do

:18:57. > :19:01.ridiculously light exercise that doesn't make you better anyway.

:19:01. > :19:04.have got Olympics to train for, but I feel guilty going out running,

:19:04. > :19:07.because I know Alistair would love to go with me, but I had to get

:19:07. > :19:12.over that and realise that I have got to be a little bit selfish and

:19:12. > :19:16.concentrate on myself. Johnny is about as sympathetic as a plank of

:19:16. > :19:21.wood. It is not as if he helped at all. He would quite happily leave

:19:21. > :19:26.without me if I was out of bed 30 seconds late. I realised I had to

:19:26. > :19:33.think outside the box if I wanted to get a fast, and I had often

:19:33. > :19:36.thought about running under water, and under water treadmill. So me

:19:36. > :19:41.and my friends started digging a hole in the garden and filling it

:19:41. > :19:46.with concrete. They were out there every day from 8am to 5pm, and

:19:46. > :19:51.digging this hole. I never realised how much did you had to get out to

:19:51. > :19:57.make this pool. As soon as we started using it, my Achilles

:19:57. > :20:03.stopped getting stiff the next day, so that was a massive benefit.

:20:03. > :20:09.June, Alistair returned to the global stage in style, with a win

:20:09. > :20:15.at the World Series event. Both brothers are now hoping they can

:20:15. > :20:18.stay focused and give their best performances in the Olympic race.

:20:18. > :20:22.think we are trying to be aware that it is Olympics and get that

:20:22. > :20:26.boost, but not get carried away with the Olympic experience. We are

:20:26. > :20:31.very much there for a race. Especially for Johnny, because he

:20:31. > :20:35.hasn't been to an Olympics before. Alistair says Olympics is difficult

:20:35. > :20:39.-- different to everything else, and you have to experience it and

:20:39. > :20:44.love it. I think it is the best triathlon I will ever be part of. I

:20:44. > :20:49.can't wait. The story of Alistair and Jenny

:20:49. > :20:57.Bramley. He is trained athlete and four-time Ironman triathlon eight

:20:57. > :21:00.Crissy Wellington. They have stated publicly they are going to be

:21:00. > :21:05.incredibly aggressive, and that is what I love about their racing

:21:05. > :21:10.style, their total disdain for conservative tactics. They will go

:21:10. > :21:14.from the gun and fight tooth and nail for that gold medal. And will

:21:14. > :21:19.they do that together? Will they help each other? Will it be a

:21:19. > :21:24.brotherly effort? They benefit from training with their biggest rival,

:21:24. > :21:28.each other. So I think they would have developed the tactic along

:21:28. > :21:33.with a third person on the Great Britain team, Stuart Hayes, to

:21:33. > :21:37.maximise their chances of taking gold and silver. So I definitely

:21:37. > :21:40.think they will work together, and Stuart Hayes is part of the team,

:21:40. > :21:46.to enable them to get into the best positions to be able to fight about

:21:46. > :21:52.gold and silver. And we have been talking about both of them together.

:21:52. > :21:56.Do you have a favourite? As the one of them stand out more? They are

:21:56. > :22:01.both phenomenal athletes. They have really shown their incredible

:22:01. > :22:05.pedigree over the last few years. Alistair has been injured at the

:22:05. > :22:12.earlier part of this year, he had an Achilles injury. But he came

:22:12. > :22:22.back, and won his only race of the season in dominant fashion. He ran

:22:22. > :22:26.some 3010 K, which is outstanding. So I think my favourite would have

:22:26. > :22:33.to be Alistair, but the Olympics has shown anything can happen. We

:22:33. > :22:39.saw in Beijing are practically unknown athlete, Frodeno, who is on

:22:39. > :22:44.the start line today, so obviously the Brownlees are not racing alone.

:22:44. > :22:49.There are athletes of incredible pedigree on the start line today.

:22:49. > :22:52.And we saw that in the women's event, when Helen Jenkins ended up

:22:52. > :22:57.missing out. Do you think we could end up in a scenario where it is

:22:57. > :23:01.literally the two of them going for that gold medal? Absolutely. I

:23:01. > :23:04.think they are head and shoulders above the rest, and they think we

:23:04. > :23:10.might see the other teams are deploying some interesting tactics

:23:10. > :23:14.to try and break the brothers' early on. We might see some

:23:14. > :23:19.breakaways on the bike, where some of the stronger bikers actually try

:23:19. > :23:23.and break away from the Brownlee is and get themselves and nice cushion

:23:23. > :23:28.going into the run, because if there is a group of them going into

:23:28. > :23:34.the run together that includes the Brownlees, I wouldn't like to bet

:23:34. > :23:38.against them taking gold. It will certainly be an exciting race. They

:23:38. > :23:43.are down at Hyde Park where it is all going to happen. Let's show you

:23:43. > :23:47.exactly where that is. We head away from the Olympic Park right over to

:23:47. > :23:50.the west and into central London. This course has already showcased

:23:50. > :23:58.some of the most beautiful bits of central London, and the Serpentine

:23:58. > :24:04.is where everything will begin with a 1,500m swim. Then the bike ride

:24:04. > :24:08.will start, into an outside the park, and that will end with a 10

:24:08. > :24:16.kilometre run, and watching it every step of the way will be so Na

:24:16. > :24:22.Liu Shah and Graham Bell. The Serpentine and the parts around it

:24:22. > :24:27.will be the battleground for 55 of the world's best triathletes. And

:24:27. > :24:34.Team GB will certainly be hoping for a gold and silver, with the

:24:34. > :24:38.world's best two triathletes. silver is a definite possibility.

:24:38. > :24:45.Alistair and Johnny are the best two guys in the world. If all goes

:24:45. > :24:53.to plan, it could well be gold and silver. And to help them, British

:24:53. > :25:00.triathlon gave the final place to a domestique called Stuart Hayes,

:25:00. > :25:05.whose places To draft them on the bike. He is a good try athlete. He

:25:05. > :25:10.won it a couple of years ago with a breakaway on the bike. He is a very

:25:10. > :25:15.strong swimmer-biker. He is there in case there is a mechanical fault.

:25:15. > :25:20.If one of the Brownlees has a flat tyre, Stuart Hayes will drop back

:25:20. > :25:27.with them and bring them back to the group. There is no team car, it

:25:27. > :25:32.is not like the road race. That is what he is there for. Also, if it

:25:32. > :25:35.does come together in one big group riding around, Stuart Hayes will be

:25:35. > :25:40.there to chase down any breakaways that try and get away.

:25:40. > :25:44.Traditionally in the past, if you have a favourite, it is down to the

:25:44. > :25:47.favourite to chase the breakaways down, but we have Stuart Hayes in

:25:47. > :25:52.there. I don't see it as a possibility that he could be in a

:25:52. > :25:55.breakaway with one of the Brownlees, but that would be interesting.

:25:55. > :26:00.all of the boys will be watching the women's race, not just to

:26:00. > :26:03.support the team, but to check the course out. They have competed here

:26:03. > :26:07.twice, but they will have used it as their own research as well, and

:26:07. > :26:13.we saw a few crashes on Saturday. We did, and that is the other thing

:26:13. > :26:17.that could go wrong. So we have got mechanical failure or a crash.

:26:17. > :26:22.Those are the two things that could take out one of the Brownlees.

:26:22. > :26:27.Let's hope that doesn't matter. The rest of the team will down upon

:26:27. > :26:31.them, and they will be fought all away. Don't be surprised if you see

:26:32. > :26:36.Alistair's goggles ripped off in the swim, or use the other

:26:36. > :26:40.competitors trying to block them off. The Brownlees are fighters,

:26:40. > :26:46.and they were just push this all the way through. Everyone is saying

:26:46. > :26:51.the Brownlees can of course do this. They are the favourites, and they

:26:51. > :26:53.can deal with the pressure of being the favourites. These are two boys

:26:53. > :26:57.who can really deal with the pressure. There has been talk of

:26:57. > :27:02.other teams ganging up on them, but they say, that is a good sign, that

:27:02. > :27:09.means we are the people to beat. They have totally boss triathlon

:27:09. > :27:14.over the last few years. The other triathletes are scared of them.

:27:14. > :27:19.Their attack every single portion of this race. There will be a

:27:19. > :27:25.Russians with them on there swim, Vasiliev will be there with them.

:27:25. > :27:29.Then they will attack on the bike and again on the run. It starts at

:27:29. > :27:34.11:30am, a pontoon start from over there, but we don't know yet

:27:34. > :27:39.whether it will be a wet suit swim or not. For let's hope the sun

:27:39. > :27:46.comes out, because it will be different if it is without wetsuits.

:27:46. > :27:50.Thank you very much, Sonali Shah and Graham. Will that make a big

:27:50. > :27:55.difference, whether the authorities decided will be a wet suit swim or

:27:55. > :28:02.not? If the water temperature is below 20 Celsius, the athletes have

:28:02. > :28:10.to wear a white suit. It is made of neoprene and gives buoyancy, so it

:28:10. > :28:13.aids the slightly weaker swimmers. So we are less likely to see the

:28:13. > :28:18.breakaway is necessarily in the swim if everybody is wearing a

:28:18. > :28:23.wetsuit. So if you are a strong swimmer, you don't want to wear the

:28:23. > :28:27.wet suits? Exactly. The weaker swimmers will be happy if the

:28:27. > :28:33.authorities declare it to be a wet suits from. Obviously you are also

:28:33. > :28:36.anonymous in a wet suit, they all wear the same colour swimming cap

:28:36. > :28:43.to increase that anonymity, so the chances of being able to find your

:28:43. > :28:50.team members are decreased. And lastly, whilst the swimmer might be

:28:50. > :28:54.faster in a wet suit because of the increased buoyancy, the transition,

:28:54. > :28:59.from the swim to the bike, will be slower, because you have to take

:28:59. > :29:04.your wetsuit off, and you have got to make sure you put it in that

:29:04. > :29:13.little box by your bike, otherwise you risk disqualification. Those

:29:13. > :29:20.translation dope -- those transmissions are so tricky. This

:29:20. > :29:26.is how they swim, and straight off the pontoon. It is a very quick

:29:26. > :29:32.swim, we will expect the men to be coming out in 18 minutes. A quick

:29:32. > :29:39.transition, they should only take up to 40 seconds. And then it is a

:29:39. > :29:47.seven lap bike course, absolutely phenomenal in terms of the

:29:47. > :29:52.spectators, down and around the monument. Taking in these amazing

:29:52. > :29:57.iconic landmarks. But while it is not challenging in terms of terrain,

:29:57. > :30:02.not like Athens that had an 18% climb, it is definitely challenging

:30:02. > :30:08.in terms of technicality. There are over 100 corners, and as we saw

:30:08. > :30:17.with the women's race, they can be very difficult. And there is a

:30:17. > :30:21.hairpin bend there. The risk of crashes is increased. The Brownlees

:30:21. > :30:28.are very technically comfortable on the bike, so they will still race

:30:28. > :30:33.aggressively, regardless of the conditions, and a four-lap run,

:30:33. > :30:38.very spectator friendly. It does have a hairpin turn, as we saw with

:30:38. > :30:43.the women. In the test event, which Alistair Ram, five men went under

:30:43. > :30:48.the magic 30 minutes barrier, and I think we will see that again today.

:30:48. > :30:53.I think it will take a phenomenal run to win this race. If I ask you

:30:53. > :30:57.who you would put your money on today? If I had some money to but

:30:58. > :31:04.on, it would be on Alistair for the gold, Johnny for the silver and

:31:04. > :31:09.probably Gomez or Whitfield, the Sydney gold-medallist, for the

:31:09. > :31:13.bronze. But it is the Olympics. I hope I am not proven wrong. I hope

:31:13. > :31:18.you're not either. It sounds like you could shake up to be a

:31:18. > :31:27.fantastic day. I can't wait. Thank you very much for coming in. You

:31:27. > :31:31.will be back for the start of the Once again we expect an amazing

:31:31. > :31:34.80,000 people inside the stadium for the morning heats, the

:31:34. > :31:38.highlight could be witnessing the latest chapter in the story of

:31:38. > :31:42.Phillips Idowu. He has not competed since landing awkwardly at a

:31:42. > :31:52.meeting at the start of June. His decision not to head to Portugal

:31:52. > :31:55.

:31:55. > :32:04.with the rest of UK Athletics At the London Games, very little is

:32:04. > :32:10.hidden. Disappointment, exhaustion, joy, gratitude, tears, always tears.

:32:10. > :32:14.They are all on display. The visibility of raw emotion. Sorry to

:32:14. > :32:20.everybody we have let down. It is impossible to be invisible. Except,

:32:20. > :32:26.there is someone who has not been seen. What is known about Phillips

:32:27. > :32:36.Idowu is that he was the world champion in Berlin in 2009. Silver

:32:37. > :32:44.

:32:44. > :32:49.medallist in day do in 2011. Silver It is known, through frustrated

:32:49. > :32:56.communiques from the British camp, that he has not been with them. Our

:32:56. > :33:02.is he injured? Has he split with his coach? He has issued a brief

:33:03. > :33:09.communique of his own, his tweet, he is here, he is fit. Just a few

:33:09. > :33:19.words from the invisible man, the Invisible man about to enter the

:33:19. > :33:20.

:33:20. > :33:24.most public arena of his lifetime, The triple jump starts at 10:45am

:33:24. > :33:28.this morning. Let's head to the Olympic Stadium for the first time

:33:28. > :33:32.today and joined Jonathan Edwards. You know this particular event

:33:32. > :33:36.inside out, you know what it takes to be an Olympic champion. Do you

:33:36. > :33:41.know there -- think there is a danger that Phillips Idowu will

:33:41. > :33:44.have been distracted by this debate about him? It is not an ideal

:33:44. > :33:48.preparation to go for an Olympic title on your home patch. He was

:33:48. > :33:52.disappointed in Beijing, he thought he could win it, he -- it did not

:33:52. > :33:58.happen. He has been focusing on this for four years. He clearly has

:33:58. > :34:03.a bit of an injury problem. If he is fit, he is a contender. Mentally,

:34:04. > :34:12.I think he will be fine. Michael and then these are alongside Nick.

:34:12. > :34:19.Michael, you have transitions into mentoring and coaching -- Michael

:34:19. > :34:27.and Denise are alongside me. don't qualify as a coach, I try to

:34:27. > :34:37.mentor ever I can. -- wherever I can. Each athlete has his own way

:34:37. > :34:37.

:34:37. > :34:43.of preparing generally speaking, this type of distraction, all of

:34:43. > :34:51.these back and forth in the media between he and the BOA, I wouldn't

:34:51. > :34:55.think it is good for any athlete preparation. If it were me, I would

:34:55. > :35:01.have advised against that and try to minimise the distractions soap

:35:01. > :35:05.all the attention is on competing. -- so that all the attention. He

:35:05. > :35:09.hasn't competed in over two months. That will be a bit of a setback.

:35:09. > :35:12.Even if he is fit, having not competed and not had the

:35:12. > :35:18.opportunity to work on things under a pressure situation like it will

:35:18. > :35:23.be out here, I would certainly have tried to minimise the distraction.

:35:23. > :35:30.Do you think he could turn it to his advantage? It is not ideal but

:35:30. > :35:33.it is what it is. Has he created an energy that he can feed off? I have

:35:33. > :35:39.been in a similar situation in my lead-up to Sydney, I wasn't fit, I

:35:39. > :35:45.had been injured. He has been carrying quite a severe injury. How

:35:45. > :35:50.fit was the leading up to his injury? He jumped 17.13. It is not

:35:50. > :35:57.his best distance. He hasn't been able to capitalise on that. It is

:35:57. > :36:01.not impossible. Miracles do happen. I have been there myself. But the

:36:01. > :36:07.mental toughness that Philips has will have to come into play.

:36:07. > :36:13.Because physically, he isn't great. This is about qualification first

:36:13. > :36:19.and foremost. Qualification is 17.10. It is not inconceivable that

:36:19. > :36:22.he could get through with something far less than that this morning.

:36:22. > :36:26.key the strangest thing, I think, is not that he has fallen out with

:36:26. > :36:30.Charles van Commenee, he has not been to the holding camp in

:36:30. > :36:36.Portugal, it is the fact that the primary relationship with his coach

:36:36. > :36:40.has broken down. That's something you want to avoid in an Olympic

:36:40. > :36:43.year, a change of coach. I don't know what happened there. I think

:36:43. > :36:47.he has been with Aston for quite some time, they had success

:36:47. > :36:52.together. Why you would make that change, that split in an Olympic

:36:52. > :36:57.year, I don't know. It generally doesn't work, to make a change of

:36:57. > :37:02.coach, especially in such a technical event. I don't think he

:37:02. > :37:08.has had a split from his coach at this stage. What he needs more is

:37:08. > :37:14.his medical team. His relationship with Kevin, who was my physio

:37:14. > :37:19.throughout my career. When you need that attention, I think there is a

:37:19. > :37:24.change in priority. Has there been a split with the coach? I think it

:37:24. > :37:28.is a lack of communication. I don't know that there has been a split. I

:37:28. > :37:35.want to comment on the facts. If there has been a split, I think it

:37:35. > :37:39.is not a good decision. We will see this morning. The proof of the

:37:39. > :37:42.pudding is this morning. What we can say, regardless of what this

:37:42. > :37:46.year has been like, is that Phillips has got a history of

:37:46. > :37:50.getting ready when it matters most. Absolutely, he has proven himself

:37:50. > :37:56.at championships, he is the man for the big occasion. He wants to be

:37:56. > :38:00.here, this is his home. I think he has done everything he can to get

:38:00. > :38:09.to the situation. We cannot comment on how an athlete should prepare.

:38:09. > :38:16.It is not ideal, but this is how it is. What kind of mood is he in this

:38:16. > :38:22.morning? On top of the facts! has been a brilliant year for

:38:22. > :38:32.Robbie Grabarz. He jumped 2.36 outdoors in the men's high jump. He

:38:32. > :38:35.

:38:35. > :38:42.I am dreaming of the gold medal and if you are not, you're never going

:38:42. > :38:52.to get it. At the beginning of the year, we said, dream outrageous,

:38:52. > :39:00.but I don't think it is so The men's high jump qualification,

:39:00. > :39:05.Robbie Grabarz is going very nicely indeed. Who will be in the stadium?

:39:05. > :39:15.I think my mum and brother will be coming along, I don't think I'll be

:39:15. > :39:17.

:39:17. > :39:21.able to pick them out, but I will 2.29, he is in a good position.

:39:21. > :39:31.that I can do is jump as high as I can. If somebody else jumps

:39:31. > :39:32.

:39:32. > :39:37.exceedingly well, there is nothing But final is this evening. Robbie

:39:37. > :39:43.Grabarz has been in outstanding form and he could be real surprise

:39:43. > :39:50.package. He really could. He has been so significant -- so sick --

:39:50. > :39:53.so consistent this year. Before 2012, his best was 2.28. He has

:39:53. > :39:58.made the mental decision to go hell-for-leather for his athletics

:39:58. > :40:04.career, he has a great opportunity. He is third equal in the world this

:40:04. > :40:08.year. It is minimising the failures at the early hides that will be key.

:40:09. > :40:14.Unlike Holly Bleasdale last night, who perhaps froze under the weight

:40:14. > :40:17.of expectation, Robbie Grabarz will, live, you sense. It was unfortunate

:40:17. > :40:21.for Holly last night, she would have liked to have a better

:40:21. > :40:24.experience. I think he has more experience and will go in with more

:40:24. > :40:29.confident. It will not be easy but it is not the toughest high jump

:40:29. > :40:33.field we have ever seen. Ferres last asked to look forward to,

:40:33. > :40:36.particularly the appearance of Usain Bolt -- there is lots more to

:40:36. > :40:41.look forward to. This will be interesting. Training will come

:40:41. > :40:49.into play a lot more in this 200 metres than it will, than it did

:40:49. > :40:54.rather, in the 100 metres. If an athlete of the talent of Usain Bolt,

:40:54. > :40:57.an athlete he only comes along every 15 or 20 years, he can get by

:40:58. > :41:03.in the 100 metres just on talent. In the 200 metres, training comes

:41:03. > :41:13.into play. A cracker Usain Bolt is saying that Yohan Blake trains a

:41:13. > :41:21.

:41:22. > :41:26.Alex we also have the 110 hurdles, Faith it would be great to see him

:41:26. > :41:36.back in action, trying to get the title that he so desperately craves

:41:36. > :41:37.

:41:37. > :41:45.in London. Stiff opposition. Paris merit is in fine form. There is

:41:45. > :41:52.danger all-around, that is the key. The Brits? Andy had an injury at

:41:52. > :42:00.the UK trials. Hopefully he is on the road to recovery. Our the Boys,

:42:00. > :42:05.Andy Turner, proving he can cope on the big stage. -- our other boys.

:42:05. > :42:15.And Lawrence Clarke. The young pretender. The poshest man in the

:42:15. > :42:18.

:42:18. > :42:21.British athletics team but he is And she threw brilliantly but she

:42:21. > :42:27.sustained a little elbow injury. She has been getting that treated

:42:27. > :42:33.am we will see what she is able to do. Will be back for the women's

:42:33. > :42:43.javelin and the men's triple jump. For the island, back to you. Off --

:42:43. > :43:03.

:43:03. > :43:09.We can take a look at the medal He go two people are helped to

:43:09. > :43:15.contribute, Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott, who won two of the medals in

:43:15. > :43:19.the canoe slalom for a how is life as Olympic champions? It is hard to

:43:19. > :43:27.say anything original about it. It is still very surreal, it doesn't

:43:27. > :43:30.sink in quickly. We have been busy, it has been pretty crazy. I think

:43:30. > :43:34.the cloud is floating higher and higher as we go. It gets more and

:43:35. > :43:40.more crazy each day. You must have enjoyed seeing yourselves on the

:43:40. > :43:47.stumps. -- stamps. You probably have families who are buying them

:43:47. > :43:57.all up. It is nice. In a lot of photos, I am pulling some awful

:43:57. > :43:58.

:43:58. > :44:02.face in the background. I think my Have each had the gold postboxes in

:44:02. > :44:08.your home towns? Yes, I have been getting messages of the one in

:44:08. > :44:12.Westhill. The great thing about the day you won a medal, it was early

:44:12. > :44:17.on, all of us learn so much about your sport, canoe slalom, that has

:44:17. > :44:22.got to be a good thing. It was great. Basically, our sport is a

:44:22. > :44:25.minority sport. It seems that a lot of people we have begged to have

:44:25. > :44:30.watched that race. So many people have been in the stadium. So many

:44:30. > :44:34.people watched it on TV. It seems like so many people have enjoyed

:44:34. > :44:39.the race. It was one of the best races in the history of our sport,

:44:39. > :44:44.I think. For so many people to be connected to it, it is phenomenal

:44:44. > :44:47.for our sport. We are going to take the opportunity to watch it again

:44:48. > :44:57.and show it to everyone watching at home. Here is that gold medal

:44:58. > :44:58.

:44:58. > :45:07.The atmosphere is absolutely electric, and it is Tim Baillie and

:45:07. > :45:12.Etienne Stott to get us under way. Ranked 6th in the world coming into

:45:12. > :45:20.the Olympic Games. They were always going to challenge, but this could

:45:20. > :45:29.be a medal runner for Great Britain. This is an encouraging run from

:45:29. > :45:39.They just want to maintain their speed and composure, don't pick up

:45:39. > :45:49.

:45:49. > :45:55.any penalties. And this is one of One upstream gate to go. Great

:45:55. > :46:05.Britain are flying here, no penalties whatsoever. Tim Baillie

:46:05. > :46:10.

:46:10. > :46:15.There is only one pair now who can prevent Tim Baillie and Etienne

:46:15. > :46:23.Stott from winning the gold, and guess what, they are British. This

:46:23. > :46:29.could be real British history here. Two to go, no faults. This could be

:46:29. > :46:39.gold and silver for Great Britain. Oh, my goodness! They have got the

:46:39. > :46:44.

:46:44. > :46:48.silver medal. And we don't just get It was an amazing day, and Britain

:46:48. > :46:55.ended up with a goal and a silver medal, of which no one was

:46:55. > :47:01.expecting. It was a fairy-tale result for British cooing --

:47:01. > :47:05.canoeing. The other team, David Florence and Richard Hounslow, have

:47:05. > :47:10.a lot more attention on them, because David had won a silver in

:47:10. > :47:15.Beijing. That is fair, because David scored a massive result for

:47:15. > :47:19.canoeing in Beijing. It brought a lot of attention to our sport and

:47:19. > :47:23.sustained it through towards London. It is fair to say that we felt his

:47:23. > :47:28.profile would have been less of a big sport before coming in. It is

:47:28. > :47:32.just the way it works. But we knew what we were doing and we were

:47:32. > :47:39.working as hard as we could, and that is part of the Olympics.

:47:39. > :47:47.there a healthy rivalry between the two boats.? That is the really nice

:47:47. > :47:51.thing coming into the sports, into the Games. Anything can happen.

:47:51. > :47:55.With two boats have such high quality, there was a good chance

:47:55. > :48:00.that we would get something, but a good chance that one crew would get

:48:00. > :48:06.nothing and one crew would come away with something. It was great

:48:06. > :48:09.to get a similar result as we could, and both the on the podium. You are

:48:09. > :48:16.always so close in training. For half the days we would beat them,

:48:16. > :48:19.and half the days they would beat us. If the tables had been turned,

:48:19. > :48:25.they could have been the gold- medallists and we would have had

:48:25. > :48:31.the silver. And the nice thing as well is we are both paddling at the

:48:31. > :48:37.level we are as a result of the team pushing you, and vice versa.

:48:37. > :48:41.So it is nice that we were both up there. And one of the striking

:48:41. > :48:50.things for a one that knows about canoeing, together, the two British

:48:50. > :48:55.crews beat the legends of canoes Marlon into third place. No one has

:48:55. > :49:04.ever beaten them in the Olympics, and two British crews beat them on

:49:04. > :49:12.home turf. If they had got four consecutive titles and the same

:49:12. > :49:16.event, that would have been a global record. To beat them felt a

:49:16. > :49:22.bit bad in some ways, but they raced the race as hard as they

:49:22. > :49:32.could, and they knew what they were getting into. They are undeniably

:49:32. > :49:33.

:49:33. > :49:37.the best seats to Crewe in the world. That is the way it goes.

:49:37. > :49:45.What did you go through to get to that moment? You have both had

:49:45. > :49:51.injuries. Yes, most of the last few years, one or the other on or off.

:49:51. > :49:55.I guess Etienne's was the biggest. I dislocated my shoulder last year

:49:55. > :49:59.and had surgery a few days later, and after that, we were behind

:49:59. > :50:03.schedule for the whole time. We were always trying to catch up and

:50:03. > :50:09.catch up to where we wanted to be, and while I was recovering from my

:50:09. > :50:12.surgery, Tim went in for surgery on his elbow. I had an ongoing problem

:50:12. > :50:17.that wasn't bad enough to stop my training that was causing a bit of

:50:17. > :50:21.trouble, so when Etienne had to have a long spell out, it was an

:50:21. > :50:25.opportunity for me to have surgery and get that fixed, and then we

:50:25. > :50:29.were both trying to get a rehab back. But we all saw you at Lee

:50:29. > :50:34.Valley looking fantastic in this competition. What is it like when

:50:34. > :50:39.you train? Presumably you do it all year round. Yes, it is a lot less

:50:39. > :50:45.fun when there is snow on the ground in the middle of winter, but

:50:45. > :50:49.it is just an amazing venue, the best in the world. The legacy of it

:50:49. > :50:54.is just awesome for the sport, and it is a brilliant place to train.

:50:54. > :50:57.It is also good to canoe for fun. What would you say to people who

:50:57. > :51:03.are watching and thinking that they might get through the Olympics and

:51:04. > :51:08.have a go? The venue will be open to the public very soon, I think it

:51:08. > :51:11.is early September. Just to go down those rapids on a raft will be a

:51:11. > :51:16.real thrill for a lot of people, and once you see that white water,

:51:16. > :51:20.you will appreciate the power. I'm sure a lot of people will have a

:51:20. > :51:22.good time, and if that gets them into the idea of canoeing, we love

:51:22. > :51:27.our sport, and we are more than happy to have you come along,

:51:27. > :51:32.because we think it is one of the best things going. I'm not sure if

:51:32. > :51:37.I'm quite brave enough for the white water rapids. But if you are

:51:37. > :51:44.there to guide me a long, maybe I will. We don't do raft gliding, we

:51:44. > :51:48.would be all over the place. now it is all over for you? What

:51:48. > :51:55.happens next? We haven't really had to think about that so far, we keep

:51:55. > :52:00.being asked to do things. There are a couple more World Cup races this

:52:00. > :52:05.year. It is a five race series and we have had three so far, and we

:52:05. > :52:09.are sitting third over all, so it is tempting to finish them off. We

:52:09. > :52:15.haven't decided how we would feel after the Olympics, but now we have

:52:15. > :52:21.done this, we're just going to try to organise our lives after the

:52:21. > :52:26.Olympics and get ready for training this winter. And what about popping

:52:26. > :52:32.along to help you sprinting colleagues? We are helping to do

:52:32. > :52:36.that for sure. -- hoping to do that. We work under the same performance

:52:36. > :52:40.director, and the next few days will be massive for them as well.

:52:40. > :52:44.They have a very strong squad, known sure they are nervous about

:52:44. > :52:48.what will happen. I think they can feel they have got the massive

:52:48. > :52:57.support of the home crowd behind them, and they're going to have an

:52:57. > :53:01.epic few days. There are some fantastic athletes in there. It has

:53:01. > :53:07.looked beautiful that Eton Dorney watching that competition. Thank

:53:07. > :53:11.you very much. We are living the dream a little bit at the moment,

:53:11. > :53:15.no doubt about it. We have had an amazing few days just going around.

:53:15. > :53:21.We went to a special concert last night with the Stone Roses, the

:53:21. > :53:27.small secret one. We somehow managed to get in. We were in a

:53:27. > :53:32.little area with Jessica Ennis. am sure that helps open doors.

:53:32. > :53:35.and even aside from stuff like that, it is just amazing the reception

:53:36. > :53:43.you get knocking around anywhere with republican stuff. It is really

:53:43. > :53:50.nice. It adds to our bus, and we add to theirs, hopefully.

:53:50. > :53:54.deserve the perks, and the buzz is contagious.

:53:54. > :54:00.Don't forget that the canoe sprint competition continues at Eton

:54:00. > :54:05.Dorney, and you can catch up with that by the red button. Sir Chris

:54:05. > :54:11.Hoy was enjoying his 5th gold medal last week. Today he is hoping to

:54:11. > :54:21.repeat his endeavours last night, and enjoy -- joins the Steve

:54:21. > :54:34.

:54:34. > :54:42.Redgrave as the most successful And hallway is really rising to the

:54:42. > :54:50.challenge! And now it is Jason Kenny. Can he take it on the second

:54:50. > :55:00.lap? Coming to the final takeover, they are slightly ahead. Here comes

:55:00. > :55:04.

:55:04. > :55:08.Kriss Boyd. It is the final turn. - A new world record, 42.6. I don't

:55:08. > :55:18.believe what I have seen here. They are getting quicker and quicker,

:55:18. > :55:19.

:55:19. > :55:29.and Great Britain have won the gold The Olympic champions and gold

:55:29. > :55:36.

:55:36. > :55:46.medal winners other team of Great # Send her victorious, happy and

:55:46. > :55:54.

:55:54. > :55:57.glorious, Long to reign over us, Sir Chris Hoy will be back, track

:55:57. > :56:07.inside the velodrome shortly. Let's join Nick Gill Douglas and Chris

:56:07. > :56:12.Boardman. It has been like Wembley on F A Cup final day here, with the

:56:12. > :56:17.the whole crowd supporting one team. We thought it would be difficult to

:56:17. > :56:27.top Beijing, but it certainly seemed to have bettered it here.

:56:27. > :56:28.

:56:28. > :56:34.Sir Chris Hoy is rolling around at the moment, can he make it six

:56:35. > :56:39.golds? I would say yes. His biggest problem will be reputation, because

:56:39. > :56:44.he has shown everybody here how good he is, and they will be

:56:44. > :56:47.watching for him to do all the work. People talk about the keirin race

:56:47. > :56:53.and suggest that it has a bit of a lottery. There is more to it than

:56:53. > :56:58.that. He has shown for the world championships that he can win this

:56:58. > :57:06.race from any point. Yes, the world championships was a fantastic race,

:57:06. > :57:10.he was at the back but it was never over. Even watching it in the

:57:10. > :57:20.replay, we couldn't work out how he had gone from the back to win, so

:57:20. > :57:20.

:57:20. > :57:23.he is very versatile. Form wise, when you think here? He is doing

:57:23. > :57:28.some personal bests in training, and after a career of that length,

:57:28. > :57:33.that is incredible. That is all you can ask, for somebody to be as good

:57:33. > :57:41.as they can be at an Olympic Games. And he does serve as the unofficial

:57:41. > :57:46.captain of this track team? Yes, he does. He is very statesmanlike. He

:57:46. > :57:49.sets a fantastic example in worth - - work ethic, as well, and he sets

:57:49. > :57:56.a fantastic physical standard for the others to live up to in

:57:56. > :58:00.training. We will see him in action very shortly. We saw Jason Kenny in

:58:00. > :58:06.action winning the individual sprint last night. How much do

:58:06. > :58:11.think it has helped these two athletes, chasing these places?

:58:11. > :58:15.we see it in the triathlon with the Brownlee Brothers, and with Jason

:58:15. > :58:20.Kenny in the cycling. If your benchmark is the best in the world

:58:20. > :58:25.all the time, that will push on the form. We will hopefully see Jason

:58:25. > :58:33.Kenny in four years in Rio, but I suspect this will be Sir Chris

:58:33. > :58:39.Hoy's last Iraq? Quite possibly. He has had a long career. I imagine

:58:39. > :58:42.for the selectors, it was a nightmare to have Sir Chris Hoy a

:58:42. > :58:51.not riding a sprint, but it was great to give it to chasing Kenny,

:58:51. > :58:58.and he has just started. Three golds on offer, and then Victoria

:58:58. > :59:04.Pendleton chasing for a medal, too. It is fantastic that all of the

:59:04. > :59:08.riders are all the form that they are. Victoria Pendleton already has

:59:08. > :59:13.a gold, and she would like to make it another. She is hours from the

:59:13. > :59:16.end of her career. Her form has dipped a little, and the whole

:59:16. > :59:20.British team dipped after the Games in Beijing and then lifted for

:59:20. > :59:26.these games. Other nations are looking at Great Britain and asking

:59:26. > :59:29.how we are doing it. What would you say to them? They are there or

:59:29. > :59:33.thereabouts, but it is very difficult. If you win a competition

:59:33. > :59:38.of this magnitude, getting up emotionally next year to do the

:59:38. > :59:42.same, it is very hard. They went through that for a couple of years,

:59:42. > :59:47.got a good kicking, and they are building up for the London Olympics.

:59:47. > :59:51.We can't wait to see Victoria Pendleton and Laura Trott in action.

:59:51. > :59:56.It could be exciting here for the next couple of hours.

:59:57. > :00:01.Thank you very much, and Sir Chris Hoy is on the track very shortly in

:00:01. > :00:07.the velodrome. All the action is live on BBC Three right now. As

:00:07. > :00:17.always, there is plenty to watch via the red button, including the

:00:17. > :00:18.

:00:18. > :00:21.canoe sprint. That competition is under way now. And also in the

:00:21. > :00:29.Aquatics Centre, there is diving, and Chris Meares will be the first

:00:29. > :00:33.to go in there men's 3m springboard final. But it is nearly 10 o'clock,

:00:33. > :00:42.and that is when it all starts to get exciting in the athletics

:00:42. > :00:52.stadium, so let's join Jonathan It is an amazing atmosphere and

:00:52. > :00:55.

:00:55. > :01:04.everyone waiting to see Phillips Idowu. And there he is. That will

:01:04. > :01:13.be at around 10:45am. And also Usain Bolt coming up just two days

:01:13. > :01:21.after he retained his Olympic title. Let us look back at that.

:01:21. > :01:28.My hands were shaking, my nervous system in shock. Then, silence got

:01:28. > :01:34.system in shock. Then, silence got blown apart.

:01:34. > :01:44.Usain Bolt just coming into his stride. He is pulling away. He is

:01:44. > :01:47.

:01:47. > :01:57.going to get the gold medal! The champion becomes a legend.

:01:57. > :02:15.

:02:16. > :02:21.He is the king of sprinting. The best in the world.

:02:22. > :02:30.Why did we ever doubt the Why did we ever doubt the

:02:30. > :02:35.brilliance of Usain Bolt? And as Steve Cram said, of why did

:02:35. > :02:43.we ever doubt his brilliance. Michael, it is fair to say that you

:02:43. > :02:49.never did. I did not, he is a phenomenal athlete. He does not

:02:49. > :02:54.need to be at 100% to win that 100m. But he still set an Olympic record

:02:54. > :02:59.which is fantastic. He is incredible and it takes a lot to

:02:59. > :03:04.beat him. There was daylight between him and the rest of the

:03:04. > :03:09.field. He ran right across the line and was looking at the clock. Do

:03:09. > :03:15.you think he wanted to go even faster? He always wants to set a

:03:15. > :03:25.record. People expect that of him. He knows that he can go faster. He

:03:25. > :03:26.

:03:26. > :03:36.actually had a very good start. It was not over at 60m as it was at

:03:36. > :03:38.

:03:38. > :03:43.Beijing. The injury earlier in the year affected his training somewhat.

:03:43. > :03:49.He had a month to get ready after the trials and that is a massive

:03:49. > :03:54.amount of time for someone like him. Perhaps the surprising thing is he

:03:54. > :03:57.left it so late to get ready. After he had seen Yohan Blake in Brussels

:03:57. > :04:01.you would have thought he would have worked as hard as he could

:04:01. > :04:06.over the winter to make sure he was in the best possible shape. Every

:04:06. > :04:10.athlete is looking for improvement. And you cannot think that just

:04:10. > :04:17.because it is Usain Bolt that she does not still want to retain his

:04:17. > :04:22.dominance. He will have been working hard. Getting his sharpness

:04:22. > :04:27.ready is crucial. He is a natural competitor. He has a great

:04:27. > :04:32.relationship with Blake but he still insists that he is the man.

:04:32. > :04:38.It was not that he left it late, I think she started training in the

:04:38. > :04:43.autumn when everyone else started. He had a problem with his hamstring.

:04:43. > :04:46.He has got a little bit of curvature of the spine. So he is

:04:46. > :04:52.always working on that. But the problem has been with his

:04:52. > :04:57.hamstrings. He has been it took a doctor in Germany a couple of times

:04:57. > :05:01.this year and that is what caused the problem with that little bit of

:05:01. > :05:06.delay in terms of him being ready. He should be given credit for

:05:06. > :05:10.getting here and performing like that. I think a great deal of

:05:10. > :05:17.credit goes to him and his coach to make the decision to pull out of

:05:17. > :05:23.all races after the Jamaican trials. Just to spend that time preparing

:05:23. > :05:31.as opposed to competing. Well first as opposed to competing. Well first

:05:31. > :05:40.up is Goldie Sayers. Goldie Sayers totally focused

:05:40. > :05:47.towards this first qualifying throw. 62 metres is what is required to

:05:47. > :05:57.take us straight through to the final on Thursday. Looks very sharp

:05:57. > :06:06.

:06:06. > :06:16.this morning. Dear me. I saw her putting some tacky on her

:06:16. > :06:25.

:06:25. > :06:30.fingertips. It looks as though it slipped out of her hand. Barbora

:06:30. > :06:40.Spotakova the defending champion and world record holder. And you

:06:40. > :06:47.

:06:47. > :06:55.can see why, that was very easy indeed. She has qualified so easily

:06:55. > :07:05.with the first throw. The javelin sailed out into the

:07:05. > :07:09.

:07:09. > :07:13.morning sky. 66.19. No mystery now, Phillips Idowu it is ready to take

:07:13. > :07:19.his place in these Olympic arena and try to qualify it for the

:07:19. > :07:27.and try to qualify it for the triple jump final this morning.

:07:27. > :07:32.The only mystery is how fit he is. Goldie Sayers struggling as well.

:07:32. > :07:37.It is so sad to see her throwing like that. She sustained an injury

:07:37. > :07:42.after her fantastic performance in London. She has not thrown much at

:07:42. > :07:48.all since. She has been working hard with the medical staff just to

:07:48. > :07:53.make sure that that elbow is secured. She has had a pain-killing

:07:53. > :07:56.injection of the javelin is so complicated, such a tough field.

:07:56. > :08:01.She would always need to be at her best to Challenge for the medals

:08:01. > :08:06.and at this stage it looks as if she cannot even throat effectively.

:08:06. > :08:16.We have heard rumours that perhaps Liu Xiang is not at one under the

:08:16. > :08:17.

:08:17. > :08:23.present. -- 100%. He has had some serious injuries. Speaking of

:08:23. > :08:31.Goldie Sayers as well, athletes coming here, that is the one thing

:08:31. > :08:36.that is a lot of your control, injuries. Well let's go on with the

:08:36. > :08:42.injuries. Well let's go on with the men's 100m hurdle qualification.

:08:42. > :08:52.Good morning and welcome again onto the track for this first round of

:08:52. > :09:15.

:09:15. > :09:22.representatives, we will see them shortly. This young man has had a

:09:22. > :09:29.great year. He has got better and better as the season has gone on.

:09:29. > :09:33.And he is the new European champion. He has been very impressive. And

:09:33. > :09:39.all of the drum up last year the World Championships went Andy

:09:39. > :09:45.Turner's needing to get a bronze medal. Always a dramatic event. And

:09:45. > :09:55.we have heard that Liu Xiang may well be carrying that Achilles

:09:55. > :10:26.

:10:26. > :10:36.problem that he picked up in London. A little cooler in the stadium this

:10:36. > :11:13.

:11:13. > :11:23.wins it. Only the top three to go through. The Russian has been

:11:23. > :11:24.

:11:24. > :11:34.impressive all year. The French man was really struggling. Surprising

:11:34. > :11:42.

:11:42. > :11:49.to see that performance, you would expect a lot more from him.

:11:49. > :11:59.Shubenkov definitely the main man in Europe. He managed to control it

:11:59. > :12:04.well. Perfect conditions for hurdling. Very little wind.

:12:04. > :12:09.You do not want to make mistakes at the beginning of the race because

:12:10. > :12:12.you're just starting to go through that acceleration phase. It is

:12:12. > :12:22.important that you get into a rhythm quite quickly without

:12:22. > :12:26.

:12:26. > :12:33.disrupting it. The Frenchman made that mistake.

:12:33. > :12:38.Shubenkov does not look that impressive. But he gets the job

:12:38. > :12:43.done and he is consistent. Consistency is the key. And this

:12:43. > :12:49.man is able to do that. He had done it under a lot of pressure. We saw

:12:49. > :12:57.him in Monaco, he pushed himself, made a couple of mistakes. But he

:12:57. > :13:03.is very good indeed. But all are British sprint hurdlers can do

:13:03. > :13:13.battle with this young man. Well it was very close in the end for a

:13:13. > :13:18.

:13:19. > :13:24.third position. Deghelt came through in third.

:13:24. > :13:33.They have to sit and wait for the next five heats to take place.

:13:33. > :13:43.Lawrence Clarke coming up in the next heat. Some issues around

:13:43. > :13:48.

:13:48. > :13:52.Andrew Pozzi with hamstring triple jump qualifying will get

:13:52. > :13:57.under way in around 30 minutes. Phillips Idowu goes for Great

:13:57. > :14:03.Britain. Of course an Olympic silver medallist four years ago but

:14:03. > :14:09.so much mystery surrounding him in the last few weeks. He is here and

:14:09. > :14:19.if he is fit, he should qualify for the final on Thursday. 70 metres

:14:19. > :14:42.

:14:42. > :14:46.attacks it. That is long, she nailed it in the first round.

:14:46. > :14:51.European champion a couple of years ago and bronze medallist in

:14:51. > :15:01.Helsinki a few weeks ago. Comfortably over the qualifying

:15:01. > :15:04.

:15:05. > :15:14.Lawrence Clarke goes in lane Martin Sixsmith, we have the World

:15:15. > :15:37.

:15:37. > :15:42.Champion from last year Jason World Championship he ran well.

:15:42. > :15:50.This year he has improved to even faster time, dipped under 13

:15:50. > :15:58.seconds this year. 12.98. Just outside of the world's all time top

:15:58. > :16:07.ten times. And thinking of statistic, Lawrence Clarke, now the

:16:07. > :16:10.sixth fastest prison Briton of all time at 13.33. -- fastest Briton.

:16:10. > :16:15.Watching Lawrence Clarke earlier on, warming up this morning, he looked

:16:15. > :16:20.very quick out of the the blocks. Just practising his start and very

:16:20. > :16:24.sharp over the first couple of hurdles. He has run in this stadium

:16:24. > :16:30.before. He won the very first meeting that was held here, the

:16:30. > :16:34.Olympic test event. So he knows the track, he knows the feel of the

:16:34. > :16:41.stadium, but he will not have competed in front of so many people.

:16:41. > :16:46.As we have got here this morning. Once again there is not a seat to

:16:46. > :16:56.be had in this stadium. As Steve was saying earlier, it is a bit

:16:56. > :16:57.

:16:57. > :17:03.chillier than it has been, but the sun trying to breakthrough above us.

:17:03. > :17:08.-- break threw above us. There is a pretty good Jamaican in this heat

:17:08. > :17:15.as well. 13.19 just on the left hand side, whereing the yellow of

:17:15. > :17:22.Jamaica. Three outside of Lawrence Clarke. Inside Lawrence Clarke is

:17:22. > :17:26.Almeida of Portugal. There is Riley. He became the first man to win 100

:17:27. > :17:33.metres flat and 110 hurdles in the US collegiate championship and that

:17:33. > :17:38.takes some doing. So heat two of the men's 110 hurdles, the first

:17:38. > :17:48.three progress through to the semifinals tomorrow. Winning time

:17:48. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:12.does too. Riley is not going that well. Richardson, absolutely flying.

:18:12. > :18:17.The American is going well, Lynsha too. Here comes Lawrence Clarke.

:18:17. > :18:23.And Richardson looks superb there, Lawrence Clarke coming through to

:18:23. > :18:30.take second place. Lynsha third. 13.33, looking very easy for Jason

:18:30. > :18:35.Richardson the World Champion from 2011. You would expect him to look

:18:35. > :18:38.easy indeed. That is what he did. Lawrence came through nicely though,

:18:38. > :18:44.a very competent piece of hurdling from Lawrence Clarke, this was a

:18:44. > :18:48.really tough heat, first thing in the morning. Richardson, second

:18:48. > :18:52.from my right, World Champion of course, and he has improved a lot

:18:52. > :18:56.this year. All these hurdlers rb betting used to the surface, they

:18:56. > :19:01.have heard about it, they know it is quick, so they just need to feel

:19:01. > :19:08.it in the first rounds, just to get their feet under it. See what

:19:08. > :19:12.response you get from it when you are rung and jumping. -- running.

:19:12. > :19:17.You can say Jason Richardson edging to the front. Once gets there, he

:19:17. > :19:20.stays there. At this stage he won't be able to see anybody. He just

:19:20. > :19:24.needs to concentrate. The barriers in front. How quickly they come to

:19:24. > :19:27.you. Those are the things you are dealing with at this time of the

:19:27. > :19:32.morning. Lawrence Clarke, well, his thought pattern will be different.

:19:32. > :19:38.He knows he has to race well indeed, so it is aggressive into the first

:19:38. > :19:43.hurdle. One as hard as you k off that, into the second one. From

:19:43. > :19:50.here on in settle into your rhythm. You just try to keep the tempo, the

:19:50. > :19:55.moment the tum you have built over the barriers, the same. Every

:19:55. > :19:58.single one. Exactly the same as the one before. Even as you get a

:19:58. > :20:04.little bit further down the track the hurdles come a bit closer to

:20:04. > :20:14.you, you have to manage that, be able to control that. Work it. Well

:20:14. > :20:17.

:20:17. > :20:25.done Lawrence Clarke. He is talking We will come back to the interview

:20:25. > :20:35.in a moment, but, let us have a look at the result. Jason

:20:35. > :20:53.

:20:53. > :20:57.Richardson 13.33. Lawrence Clarke Philips Idowu, is that he did get

:20:57. > :21:03.injured, and all of the drama since then, all of the speculation, he

:21:03. > :21:06.has been trying to get fit. I think that is the basic story here, and

:21:06. > :21:11.since Eugene it has been a battle to get fit, to compete here the

:21:11. > :21:16.best he can. Obviously in qualification, he wants to be able

:21:16. > :21:20.do that as easily and stress free as he can, because he doesn't want

:21:20. > :21:26.to be out here any longer than necessary and get to the final and

:21:26. > :21:32.that is it. Of course, with all of those issues he has had, this is

:21:33. > :21:36.him warming up. You see, this is the thing, I think he is going to,

:21:36. > :21:39.this is a high risk strategy obviously for an athlete who has

:21:39. > :21:45.come here without the preparation he wants. We will have to cross our

:21:46. > :21:51.fingers and hope it works for him. Am not sure I like the look of that

:21:51. > :21:55.take off at all. Slightly tentative but we will find out shortly, 10.45

:21:55. > :21:59.that qualification. Lawrence Clarke safely through, hopefully we will

:21:59. > :22:03.hear from him soon. Andrew Pozzi goes in the next heat. I saw him

:22:03. > :22:13.run in the test event in May. It will be a different experience this

:22:13. > :22:17.

:22:17. > :22:23.It has been an amazing year for you you are on the senior stage juerk

:22:23. > :22:28.great run of victories, you think, this isn't bad, I can take to this?

:22:28. > :22:34.Yes, I surpassed all my aims initially, the first race of the

:22:34. > :22:38.season I ran a hundredth Ofqal fiing for the World Indoor

:22:38. > :22:44.Championships which surpassed it. I kept moving the goal post. The

:22:44. > :22:49.junior, it is very easy to feel a big fish in a small pond. When you

:22:49. > :22:52.go into the seniors nobody cares who you until you start making your

:22:52. > :22:59.way through. How proud of yourself for dealing with that kind of

:22:59. > :23:02.pressure that was on trials time and delivering when owe most neat

:23:02. > :23:08.needed it? It was the best race of my career. I just really enjoyed it

:23:08. > :23:12.and the it was a great day for me. Not least because you qualify for a

:23:13. > :23:17.home Olympics. They will be roaring for you, can you feed off that or

:23:17. > :23:21.is it a danger? It is not something I have been able to take in, you

:23:21. > :23:26.know, I know 80,000 people are going to be loud. Hopefully my mow

:23:26. > :23:30.kus will keep me on track and on the hurdles. Well done, an enjoy

:23:30. > :23:40.every second. He will get a huge roar there is a big roar for Goldie

:23:40. > :23:46.

:23:46. > :23:49.Sayers. Let us catch one the is announced, the stadium is

:23:49. > :23:55.erupting. That strapping on her elbow, can't see it at the moment

:23:55. > :24:03.on her throwing arm, the right arm, is worrying. Just wonder how much

:24:03. > :24:09.she istying about possible injury she has, it is on the front of her

:24:09. > :24:19.arm. Doesn't look like much, but you get a little Pape in your elbow

:24:19. > :24:29.when you a javelinly toer. That is a problem. -- javelin thrower. One

:24:29. > :24:41.

:24:41. > :24:46.more to go. Otherwise it is all Lawrence Clarke safely through and

:24:46. > :24:50.talking about injuries, with Goldie Sayers, Andrew Pozzi hasn't had the

:24:50. > :24:54.best preparation and you can see some strapping for him. He has had

:24:54. > :25:01.a bit of a hamstring problem. He needs to put that out of his mind

:25:01. > :25:08.here, and trust in his body delivering for him. Tkp first three

:25:08. > :25:18.to go through. -- first three to go through. Now, the young man from

:25:18. > :25:23.Madagascar who is actual lay deKath leet. -- eventually a deKath leet.

:25:23. > :25:33.Hardly got into his position. Hardly got in his set position. A

:25:33. > :25:34.

:25:34. > :25:42.big busy crowd, anxious, but the red card is going to be on its way.

:25:42. > :25:46.The North East tones of Alan Bell. A straight disqualification, it is

:25:46. > :25:51.since, well this year, since last November. The card system changes.

:25:51. > :25:54.It's a black and red card for a straight disqualification, you can

:25:54. > :26:00.be disqualified for too yellows as well, which is when you get a

:26:00. > :26:06.warning, and then the yellow card and nen a red one. -- and then a

:26:06. > :26:16.red one na. Is a straight disqualification. I got a glimpse

:26:16. > :26:33.

:26:33. > :26:40.running very well, and that is it. Well, injuries beseting the British

:26:40. > :26:45.team this morning. Sands crashes over Ortega is going to go through

:26:45. > :26:51.with Parchment then the Russian, Konstantin Shabanov. I said Andrew

:26:51. > :26:56.Pozzi was having this hamstring problem, and quite obviously

:26:56. > :27:00.despite lining up and hoping for the best, it wasn't to be. And

:27:00. > :27:05.injury takes out another British athlete. Unfortunately you are

:27:05. > :27:09.right. He has had a difficult preparation for these, you know it

:27:09. > :27:13.is the Olympic Games and every athlete will want to give himself a

:27:14. > :27:22.try. You can see. From the time he pushed out the blocks he was

:27:22. > :27:28.grimacing. He is going to walk down this track, all the way down, and

:27:28. > :27:35.have to go through this whole media circus down there unfortunately for

:27:35. > :27:41.him, but, this is a little bit of a little bit of carnage going all

:27:41. > :27:47.over the place. Andrew Pozzi first pulling out. Watch for the athlete

:27:47. > :27:56.in lane one trip over. Bang, he is out. Leaving the two really experts

:27:56. > :28:01.clear air just to qualify nicely. Parchment and Ortega. Well, I think

:28:01. > :28:05.the idea was just give it a go, but quite obviously, that hamstring was

:28:05. > :28:09.in no position, he couldn't drive out of the blocks at all, and it is

:28:09. > :28:14.such a shame, he has had a brilliant year, and he is going to

:28:14. > :28:24.have a big career ahead of him, Andrew Pozzi, but his Olympic

:28:24. > :28:24.

:28:24. > :28:32.experience, well, one he will want to forget. Or gay winning that in

:28:32. > :28:42.13.26 -- Ortega. Doucoure Ladji the former World Champion fourth in

:28:42. > :28:47.

:28:47. > :28:49.sure Andrew Pozzi can tell us all sure Andrew Pozzi can tell us all

:28:49. > :28:53.about that injury problem. Andrew, I knew coming in you had this

:28:53. > :28:58.problem, and obviously you had to give it a go. Yes, the last month

:28:58. > :29:02.since Crystal Palace has been a fight mare. I for my am string in

:29:03. > :29:06.the final and I haven't been able to get it sorted. It started off

:29:06. > :29:11.looking optimistic and it hasn't gone. Was there a feeling you

:29:11. > :29:14.wouldn't give it a go at all? always knew, you know, I feel so

:29:14. > :29:18.privileged to be here, and I mean that is the first time I have been

:29:18. > :29:23.out of blocks since Crystal Palace, but I just thought, you know we

:29:23. > :29:28.will try and give it a go, but I just didn't come off. After all the

:29:28. > :29:32.hard work you put in all year long, this is the biggest stage you can

:29:33. > :29:36.probably ever appear on in your life. It must be a huge

:29:36. > :29:40.disappointment. Yes, it is all I have been waiting for, a year, we

:29:40. > :29:45.train so hard, throughout the winter months this is the aim. This

:29:45. > :29:48.is what makes the hard work worth it. To leave like that, it is

:29:48. > :29:53.heartbreaking. The great thing is you are only 20, and as the guys

:29:53. > :29:58.have been saying you have a fantastic career ahead of you, so

:29:58. > :30:01.projecting forward, I am sure thereby big things to come. I hope

:30:01. > :30:05.so but it mean nothing until you do it. I will get back to training and

:30:05. > :30:15.try and get this healed and hopefully I can do it instead of

:30:15. > :30:22.

:30:22. > :30:28.talking about it. Appreciate you Pozzi. Goldie Sayers in trouble.

:30:28. > :30:34.What about this man? The triple jump 15 minutes away. It will not

:30:34. > :30:38.be long before we see whether he is fit and can qualify for the final.

:30:38. > :30:45.Speaking of qualification, the men's 200m heats this morning, a

:30:45. > :30:55.bit of a bonus for everyone in the stadium, the reappearance of the

:30:55. > :30:58.

:30:58. > :31:01.double 100m champion, Usain Bolt. The next heat of the 110 metre

:31:01. > :31:11.hurdles Features the defending Olympic champion and world record

:31:11. > :31:33.

:31:33. > :31:40.holder. this year. And he ran a very modest

:31:40. > :31:50.time this season compared to his world record. This is a bit of a

:31:50. > :32:19.

:32:19. > :32:27.should provide some stiff opposition to the Cuban. He is

:32:27. > :32:37.ranked 4th in the world this year, the American. Only the third string

:32:37. > :32:57.

:32:57. > :33:07.At the moment Jeff Porter going well. Robles absolutely streaking

:33:07. > :33:13.

:33:14. > :33:20.away. Geoff porters struggling a little bit.

:33:20. > :33:25.What do we think about him? Dayron Robles is probably the most gifted

:33:25. > :33:32.hurdler I have ever seen, he hears and natural technique that cannot

:33:32. > :33:37.be taught. He is so fluent over the barriers when he is at his best. He

:33:37. > :33:42.has not raced much this year. Any results from him have not been

:33:42. > :33:52.great compared to his world record but he has not lost any of that

:33:52. > :33:53.

:33:53. > :34:03.fluency over the barriers. Why is he so gifted? It is the way

:34:03. > :34:08.that he moves his trail leg. The way he looks it over the barriers

:34:08. > :34:18.is unique to him. It comes underneath then very quickly and

:34:18. > :34:20.

:34:20. > :34:30.gets in line to go into his running pattern swiftly which is critical.

:34:30. > :34:48.

:34:48. > :34:58.He is gifted to be able to do that comfortable. And there is the

:34:58. > :34:58.

:34:58. > :35:02.result. The world record holder in the lead. The Americans might be a

:35:02. > :35:11.bit concerned about the form of Jeff Porter. Finishing in third

:35:11. > :35:16.place. Well by contrast to Andrew Pozzi,

:35:16. > :35:21.Lawrence Clarke qualified fairly comfortably. He spoke to fill

:35:21. > :35:27.comfortably. He spoke to fill afterwards.

:35:27. > :35:33.Well what is your assessment of the way Durante the race? Well I was

:35:33. > :35:38.nervous this morning. I got up early and did not know how to

:35:38. > :35:47.control myself. The worst thing you can do is to get over excited so I

:35:47. > :35:53.sat in the blocks. Tried to keep it clean. I was not trying to think

:35:53. > :35:59.about anyone else around me. I just focused and I'm so glad to get

:35:59. > :36:03.through and get the morning session over. There has been such a long

:36:03. > :36:09.build-up for you. You have no doubt been inspired by the other athletes

:36:09. > :36:19.going ahead of you? But definitely. The sound that Mo Farah created in

:36:19. > :36:20.

:36:20. > :36:24.the crowd was deafening. My dream is to make the Olympic final. I

:36:24. > :36:30.just have to run to my best in just have to run to my best in

:36:30. > :36:36.every race. Well big problems for Goldie Sayers.

:36:36. > :36:42.If there is any pain in that elbow, she heard a ligament in the Crystal

:36:42. > :36:46.Palace meeting, she has to try to forget about it. She broke the

:36:46. > :36:53.British record much to the thrill of the pact Crystal Palace audience

:36:53. > :36:57.just a few weeks ago. But when she was trying to throw even further

:36:58. > :37:07.she damaged a ligament. And that is a real problem for a javelin

:37:07. > :37:17.thrower. Last chance for Goldie Sayers. It has not happened.

:37:17. > :37:20.

:37:20. > :37:30.Four years ago, agonisingly close to winning a medal. Her coach will

:37:30. > :37:32.

:37:32. > :37:37.have sympathy with Goldie who has worked so hard this year.

:37:37. > :37:42.No joy at all in the stadium this morning for Goldie Sayers. First of

:37:42. > :37:51.all we had Andrew Pozzi in the hurdles.

:37:51. > :38:01.I wonder if Phillips Idowu is going to suffer at all? He looks relaxed.

:38:01. > :38:01.

:38:01. > :39:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 93 seconds

:39:34. > :39:44.heat number five in the 110 metre He is getting a right telling of!

:39:44. > :40:10.

:40:10. > :40:20.You do not want to get told off by understands Jordi! -- Geordie.

:40:20. > :40:20.

:40:20. > :40:30.Nicely away. Merritt away. He is looking smooth as he had done all

:40:30. > :40:31.

:40:32. > :40:37.year. Well Queer of the rest. -- well clear.

:40:37. > :40:47.Brian Braithwaite safely through as well.

:40:47. > :40:49.

:40:49. > :40:58.These rounds are as significant as well. Merritt hurdling beautifully.

:40:58. > :41:03.He has arrived in great shape. The only thing I worry about is that he

:41:03. > :41:07.does not try to run too fast. He will have plenty of opportunities

:41:07. > :41:16.later in the season to really put his foot down and attack that world

:41:16. > :41:24.record. The way he has been running, I do not doubt it at all. He is

:41:24. > :41:28.I do not doubt it at all. He is down there chatting with Phil. You

:41:28. > :41:34.took that with consummate ease! It was a really comfortable race, I

:41:34. > :41:38.just wanted to make it through to the next round. Your confidence

:41:38. > :41:43.must be sky high? It is high because I have run this so many

:41:43. > :41:48.times. It is all about getting through the rounds. And the kind of

:41:48. > :41:53.year you have had, how much does that help you? People are speaking

:41:53. > :41:59.of you as a gold medal contender. Well I execute when I need to and

:41:59. > :42:03.to do that they just need to stay focused. It was a tremendous start.

:42:03. > :42:09.focused. It was a tremendous start. Well done.

:42:10. > :42:16.Out of the blocks he is aggressive. He works hard into the barrier.

:42:16. > :42:23.Then he switches on and focuses. He is the world indoor champion as

:42:23. > :42:29.well so we expect him to be very fast out of the blocks. This event

:42:29. > :42:35.is all about keeping your consistency. Not stressing yourself

:42:35. > :42:45.as the barriers come closer to you as you go quicker. He recovers

:42:45. > :42:59.

:42:59. > :43:09.quite nicely. 13.07. The quickest quite nicely. 13.07. The quickest

:43:09. > :43:11.

:43:11. > :43:18.heat so far. Looking very good there. The next heat Features Liu

:43:18. > :43:27.Xiang, the Olympic champion. And Andy Turner is also going in his

:43:27. > :43:35.heat. Let us hear his thoughts. just always wanted to run in the

:43:35. > :43:39.Olympics even from when I was a kid. It was just a dream. I just thought

:43:39. > :43:44.it was not something that a little boy from Nottingham could do. I

:43:44. > :43:50.love that feeling of being part of something special. That is my

:43:50. > :43:54.motivation, that fire. I'm in such a fortunate position to be able to

:43:54. > :44:02.defeat in my third the Olympics. We have changed a lot of things this

:44:02. > :44:06.year. I just want to run faster and be better. The training was

:44:06. > :44:15.different and I do not think it suited me because my strength is my

:44:15. > :44:21.speed and we did not do so much of that in Florida. Now I feel I am in

:44:21. > :44:28.decent shape. Linford Christie winning the gold in Barcelona was

:44:28. > :44:34.my first memory of the Olympics. And I got my gold medal in

:44:34. > :44:43.Barcelona stadium as well. These are my biggest fans. Apparently,

:44:43. > :44:53.I'm not going to win! Who is going to win? They said, the Chinese man,

:44:53. > :45:16.

:45:16. > :45:24.to win? They said, the Chinese man, getting tougher and tougher, that

:45:24. > :45:28.fantastic time by merit, 13.07 to win the previous heat. -- Merritt.

:45:28. > :45:31.Liu Zhang we understand has had a recurrence of the Achilles problem

:45:31. > :45:38.he suffered at Crystal Palace, you may remember, if you were watching

:45:39. > :45:44.that meeting, there was two heats in a final, he won his heat easily,

:45:44. > :45:49.withdrew from the final, presumably to protect the Achilles problem,

:45:49. > :45:55.and it would be agony for Liu Zhang if he suffered a recurrence of the

:45:55. > :46:02.injury that put him out of the Olympic games in Beijing. Liu Zhang

:46:02. > :46:12.won the Olympics back in 2004, all of that is a dim and distant memory

:46:12. > :46:19.now. The former world record holder has been subsequently beaten by

:46:19. > :46:29.Robles. There is Artur Noga, so a tough heat for Andy Turner who goes

:46:29. > :46:35.in lane seven. Liu Zhang anxious to get out of the blocks. He has gone.

:46:35. > :46:40.Oh my goodness, Andy Turner has a real chance here to qualify, Turner

:46:40. > :46:48.is running well. He is off the last hurdle brilliantly and wins it.

:46:48. > :46:55.13.2. What a dramatic heat. Three of them went down over the first

:46:55. > :47:04.couple of hurdles, including Liu Zhang, Artur Noga. I wonder if it

:47:04. > :47:10.was Brathwaite as well. Holding that right Achilles tendon. He flew

:47:10. > :47:15.out of the blocks. But Andy Turner stayed out of that carnage, and

:47:15. > :47:19.came through to win it very well indeed. Colin, what do you think

:47:19. > :47:24.about that? Well, Liu Zhang, we know he has been suffering a lot

:47:24. > :47:28.with his Achilles tendon. It took him out of Beijing and now it is

:47:28. > :47:34.taking him out of the London Olympic Games. He is a seven

:47:34. > :47:40.strider who drives really hard. He has to put extra power through his

:47:40. > :47:46.legs, and when you have to reach for the first barrier, and you have

:47:46. > :47:50.a stress injury like an Achilles, that can cause you hell and he

:47:50. > :47:54.couldn't even take off. He didn't have any power at the end of that

:47:54. > :48:03.seventh stride to launch his body into the air to clear that first

:48:03. > :48:12.hurdle, and he ends up on the floor. It is a massive haim for him.

:48:12. > :48:18.Massive indeed. Look what else. Bang, Brathwaite falls down too.

:48:18. > :48:25.Leaving Andy Turner the opportunity to qualify and he qualifies well

:48:25. > :48:28.into it by taking the victory. Let us look at him. Works hard in that

:48:28. > :48:33.first hurdle. He knew at the beginning of this race he was going

:48:33. > :48:38.to be up against it. People are all round him, had run faster this year,

:48:38. > :48:43.he knew he had to run hard, and deliver a performance and he kept a

:48:43. > :48:46.really cool head, when all action was going on round him. When people

:48:46. > :48:51.hit hurdles, you can hear it, you know accidents have happened but

:48:51. > :49:01.you have to keep your mind. Andy did that very well indeed, and

:49:01. > :49:10.

:49:10. > :49:15.just a moment. All we have talked about this moneying is athletic

:49:15. > :49:21.injuries. -- runway. Let us hope that Philips Idowu is OK. If he can

:49:21. > :49:26.nail one in the first round, that would help. An automatic qualifying

:49:26. > :49:30.distance would be 17.10. We know he has been injured but how much has

:49:30. > :49:39.he recovered? How much confidence does he have in this Olympic

:49:39. > :49:49.Stadium this morning? We will soon find out. Well, nobody has jumped a

:49:49. > :49:51.

:49:51. > :49:57.startling distance so far this Commonwealth world indoor and

:49:57. > :50:03.European indoor champion, and just missed Olympic Gold by five

:50:03. > :50:09.centimetres four years ago. This competition was made for Philips

:50:09. > :50:13.Idowu, just up the road from where he has been brought up. Where he

:50:13. > :50:23.learned how to triple jump and where he has become one of the

:50:23. > :50:32.

:50:32. > :50:42.by any stretch of the imagination but there doesn't appear to be any

:50:42. > :50:43.

:50:43. > :50:49.pain in the body of Philips Idowu. Good take off. Just lacked a bit of

:50:49. > :50:55.balance in that second phase of the jump. So the momentum through the

:50:55. > :51:01.jump didn't carry on at all. 16.47. Only the fourth man to jump so far,

:51:01. > :51:11.but it is the second longest that we have seen. Two more jumps to go

:51:11. > :51:12.

:51:12. > :51:20.for Philips Idowu. His coach in the previous heat which provided

:51:20. > :51:23.us with so much drama, and Andy is us with so much drama, and Andy is

:51:23. > :51:29.downstairs now talking to Phil. You, it is never anything but dramatic,

:51:29. > :51:33.but you kept your calm and won in ap impressive fashion. I that felt

:51:33. > :51:37.too easy, I was petrified, I haven't had the best year, you know,

:51:37. > :51:40.I have been struggling for form. My training has gone very well in the

:51:40. > :51:45.last two weeks, so, you know, it is all very well feeling in training

:51:45. > :51:49.but doing it in a race I think now I have that one out of the way, I

:51:49. > :51:53.really feel I can get my legs turning over, I think there is a

:51:53. > :51:59.lot more to come. You can tap into the success you had before on the

:51:59. > :52:05.biggest of stages and you are man for a big occasion. Yes, I think

:52:05. > :52:10.have medaled in every single final I have been in. Albeit some by luck.

:52:10. > :52:13.A medal is a medal. I can use my experience in the past. Come on

:52:13. > :52:17.through the semifinal hope, and hopefully pull out a better race. I

:52:17. > :52:21.have to run quicker than that to make the final. I can't wait for it.

:52:21. > :52:26.I am sure you can feel for Liu Zhang and what he is going through,

:52:26. > :52:29.a recurrence of that injury that did for him four years ago fls I

:52:30. > :52:33.know how well those problems are. My Achilles has flared up again,

:52:33. > :52:36.but what he has gone through in the last four years with all his

:52:36. > :52:41.problems in Beijing, and again, running so well early season and

:52:41. > :52:46.last season, and for this to happen again, it is devastating for him. I

:52:46. > :52:56.feel for him, because in my opinion he is the greatest hurdler ever.

:52:56. > :53:01.

:53:01. > :53:07.Well done again to you today. There is his result. 13.42. Good to

:53:07. > :53:10.see Andy looking very confident indeed. Look at the list of

:53:10. > :53:14.indeed. Look at the list of casualties there were. Right at the

:53:14. > :53:18.bottom, including the great Liu Zhang. The former Olympic champion

:53:18. > :53:23.and the former world record holder. Just ones more looking at this

:53:23. > :53:27.Colin, a sad sight. A very sad sight indeed. Former Olympic

:53:27. > :53:32.charges and what a way for him to depart from this great occasion. He

:53:32. > :53:39.will be devastated. He was in cracking form. Early part of the

:53:39. > :53:45.year, and it is really, really upsetting for us all to see that.

:53:45. > :53:50.Let us have a look. You can see this, watch this he doesn't even

:53:50. > :53:56.get off the ground clear that first hurdle. His lead leg hits smack in

:53:56. > :54:00.the middle of it. That is not the best way to see a former Olympic

:54:00. > :54:04.champion and world record holder leave a track. Well, another

:54:04. > :54:08.athlete that suffered this morning, broke the British record last time

:54:09. > :54:12.we saw her at Crystal Palace of course, but a casualty through no

:54:12. > :54:17.fault of her own, disappointing in the javelin this morning, she is

:54:18. > :54:22.the javelin this morning, she is downstairs now talking to Phil.

:54:22. > :54:26.Question explain the full story. It has been an injury nightmare since

:54:27. > :54:35.that British record. Tell me how you were feeling this morning?

:54:35. > :54:40.mean, I am sure people probably criticise me for competing, being

:54:40. > :54:44.injured. I did a throw, one throwing session, I was able to do

:54:44. > :54:50.a few days ago and that went really well, I think I caught a nerve in

:54:50. > :54:57.warm up and I couldn't feel my hand, so, there is a lot of skill in

:54:57. > :55:01.throwing a javelin and I couldn't get the get it going. I am in the

:55:01. > :55:07.best shape I have been in in my life, you know, had this been three

:55:07. > :55:13.weeks' ago I would have been fine bun fortunately, I tore my elbow

:55:13. > :55:18.ligament at Paris -- Palace, having thrown 66, feeling in fantastic

:55:18. > :55:25.shape in the worst conditions, but, that is literally all I had today,

:55:25. > :55:30.for whatever reason. The irony is in 15 years of throwing, I have

:55:30. > :55:34.nerve once hurt my elbow, so why it happened -- had to happen three

:55:34. > :55:39.weeks before the biggest day of my life, I am sure I will find out in

:55:39. > :55:46.a few years to come. I am devastated, but I had, I had to

:55:46. > :55:49.give it a go. I couldn't not come people I felt fantastic today but

:55:50. > :55:56.my elbow let me down. When you think back to that British record

:55:56. > :56:04.and then what happened, was it is Fourth Round there? And you didn't

:56:04. > :56:08.have to take... You didn't have to take that throw, and are you

:56:08. > :56:11.thinking fate as dealt you the cruellest hand? Yes, I had three

:56:11. > :56:16.rounds that were pretty perfect, and I was just enjoying the

:56:16. > :56:20.experience, and you know, the crowd, if I could have been in the final,

:56:20. > :56:25.and enjoyed this kind of reception, you don't feel things and I just

:56:25. > :56:31.felt, you don't feel pain, and I just felt a slightly tight forearm.

:56:31. > :56:33.I was enjoying myself and felt I could throw further. Hindsight is

:56:34. > :56:38.always fantastic. I have had the most emotionally draining three

:56:38. > :56:44.weeks of my lifeful I went into a scanner on my 30th birthday

:56:44. > :56:48.thinking my Olympics are over. I am really proud of getting fit enough

:56:48. > :56:52.to compete. I couldn't touch me head the evening of the trials. I

:56:52. > :57:00.would just like to thank the medical team. My coach, who has

:57:00. > :57:05.been fantastic, all my friends and family, they got me through to this

:57:05. > :57:09.stage. I had total belief I could do it, but it was just not meant to

:57:09. > :57:12.be, but I did, I made the decision on the bus, on the way to the

:57:12. > :57:17.training track in Portugal, to not make an emotional decision about,

:57:17. > :57:21.you know, doing the next Olympics but I know I can throw 70 metres

:57:21. > :57:25.and having thrown so well three weeks' ago I am going to car troin

:57:25. > :57:30.Rio and I will put this right. It is just so gutting not to be in the

:57:30. > :57:34.final in front of a home crowd. I enjoyed every minute, even though I

:57:34. > :57:39.was struggling and my body wasn't responding. But I would like to say,

:57:39. > :57:49.thank you to everyone in here, and hopefully I can do the country

:57:49. > :57:51.

:57:51. > :57:55.proud in Rio. Thank you for talking Well, what can you say, we have

:57:55. > :58:01.seen some incredible scenes in this stadium, thinking back to Saturday

:58:01. > :58:07.night. It has been the opposite and utter contrast this morning, and

:58:07. > :58:13.Michael, denice and I in the studio, really -- Denise, what can you add

:58:13. > :58:18.to that? It is horrible. So painful. The Olympics is such a draw, it is

:58:18. > :58:24.what keeps these guys going. And when, when things happen like that,

:58:24. > :58:28.when you can't find any rhyme or reason why the injuries come out of

:58:29. > :58:32.the blue, totally out of the blue like that, it is painful. She is

:58:32. > :58:36.right. She can throw so far, you know srk, she has proved it to

:58:36. > :58:40.herself, I just hope she does recover, and people might be

:58:40. > :58:46.watching thinking why do athletes put themselves on the line like

:58:46. > :58:49.this? It is because they believe. They do. It is an interesting

:58:49. > :58:54.contrast with Greg Rutherford. It just came right. We have seen the

:58:54. > :58:58.opposite thing played out this morning. That is the drama of the

:58:58. > :59:03.Olympic Games. That is why everyone watches, you have to be ready on

:59:03. > :59:07.the day. I mean, and like I said before, that the one thing you

:59:07. > :59:12.can't control. I went through this situation, 1992, World Champion,

:59:12. > :59:16.number one in the world, undefeated. Get to the Olympics and get food

:59:17. > :59:20.poisoning, why that day? It is just the way it is. It is part of the

:59:20. > :59:24.Olympic Games and then on the other side of it, you have to take the

:59:24. > :59:28.bad with the good this is the bad, but like you mentioned Greg

:59:28. > :59:32.Rutherford. So many -- surgeries, then it comes right and falls right

:59:32. > :59:36.for him and he produces the goods on the day. It's the drama, that is

:59:36. > :59:40.what makes it so great. Sometimes it is difficult to share that

:59:40. > :59:45.disappointment with those who aren't able to perform at their

:59:45. > :59:49.best, certainly within a home Olympics, so, athletes who have

:59:50. > :59:54.been dreaming of this moment in and the opportunity to compete as home

:59:54. > :59:59.Olympics and come out and not be able to perform. You would have had

:59:59. > :00:02.a different emotion had it been Atlanta. For Goldie it is,

:00:02. > :00:06.apersonal best this year, she has been working with Dan since he has

:00:06. > :00:10.been here, it has been a great relationship for her and it has

:00:10. > :00:14.helped her tremendously. She did the personal best at Crystal Palace

:00:14. > :00:20.and then a few weeks before, to have the injury. I just think she

:00:20. > :00:24.will be looking back at those throws and thinking why, why, did

:00:24. > :00:29.it take throws four five and six, when she named it on her first

:00:29. > :00:36.throw. It is those kind of things that haunt you, that is the courage

:00:36. > :00:41.that you have to move on from. Those are life lettens for all of

:00:41. > :00:45.us. It was hope against expectation. She is at a different stage of her

:00:45. > :00:50.career than Andrew Pozzi, but it was a similar story for him. Yes,

:00:50. > :00:55.again, he got very injured, Crystal Palace, we saw him pull up badly

:00:55. > :01:02.with his hamstring, it is hard, when you haven't had the

:01:02. > :01:06.opportunity to test the hamstring, so you take these risk, they are

:01:06. > :01:11.calculated risks, but it happens. People will want to know why would

:01:11. > :01:14.an athlete come out here or did you know beforehand? To answer that,

:01:14. > :01:19.what happens as an athlete you are trying to nurse an injury, you have,

:01:19. > :01:23.you, if you try it out in practise, you have to go 100% which could

:01:23. > :01:26.reinjure it and set you back further, you can't go one 100%

:01:27. > :01:29.until you get here, it is just, that is the way it is, so when you

:01:29. > :01:34.come here I am sure people would say, didn't they know before they

:01:34. > :01:37.got here? You knew you were injured but you don't know where you are in

:01:37. > :01:41.the recovery, at system point, as you are trying to recover you get

:01:41. > :01:45.to that day where you go out and give it 100%. It feels great. Well,

:01:45. > :01:54.these athletes have been hoping that day was today and there is no

:01:54. > :02:00.way they would know until they go We thought all the drama out today

:02:00. > :02:06.it was going to be about Phillips Idowu. Let us look back at that

:02:06. > :02:12.first jump. It is hard to know when he has not jumped for three months.

:02:12. > :02:18.I am actually surprised he looks as good as he does. He has been

:02:18. > :02:23.training for years. So the movement looks OK but he has not had the

:02:23. > :02:29.opportunity to put together the run-up and the phrases. The injury

:02:29. > :02:34.has inhibited that operation. I think in the take-off and the

:02:34. > :02:39.phrases is where he probably is suffering the most.

:02:39. > :02:49.We're just going to lie down now in a dark room and recover!

:02:49. > :02:54.It has been quite a drama. We had Liu Xiang ending up being taken out

:02:54. > :02:58.of the stadium in a wheelchair. So it has been awfully dramatic.

:02:58. > :03:04.Phillips Idowu has a couple more jumps coming up and we will go back

:03:04. > :03:08.to that in just a moment. But a reminder that on BBC Three, the

:03:09. > :03:17.Cycling continues. Laura Trott led the overnight standings in the

:03:17. > :03:27.Omnium. Can she end the day with another old? And on the red button

:03:27. > :03:28.

:03:28. > :03:33.there is more live action from Greenwich Park. Clare Balding

:03:33. > :03:41.thinks there's a good chance of another gold medal. And the

:03:41. > :03:51.quarter-final stages of the women's handball. Brazil taking on Broadway.

:03:51. > :04:08.

:04:08. > :04:13.And we have the men's Triathlon in That is 11:30am for the start of

:04:13. > :04:19.that Triathlon. We will be watching the Brownlee brothers very closely.

:04:19. > :04:24.In the stadium tonight is the men's and 1,500m final. That has happy

:04:24. > :04:27.memories for the man who helped to bring the Olympic Games to London.

:04:27. > :04:36.We went back to Moscow with We went back to Moscow with

:04:36. > :04:40.Sebastian Coe. There goes Sebastian Coe.

:04:40. > :04:47.Sebastian Coe gets through and what Sebastian Coe gets through and what

:04:47. > :04:55.a comeback! Your back and in the tunnel. And

:04:55. > :05:00.here it is. Yes, it does make you shiver a little bit. You cannot

:05:00. > :05:07.help but look at this and think, what if? There was so much happened

:05:07. > :05:09.what if? There was so much happened in such a short space of time.

:05:09. > :05:14.in such a short space of time. Steve Ovett coming through to take

:05:14. > :05:20.the gold medal for Great Britain. It was a mixed Olympics for you.

:05:20. > :05:27.The silver medal and then a gold medal in the 1500. I came back from

:05:27. > :05:32.the dead, really. For four or five days people were not even looking

:05:32. > :05:37.at me in the eye, they just thought I was a lost cause. And to be

:05:37. > :05:43.honest I did wonder whether it was going to happen for me. Back here

:05:43. > :05:48.on the track, you have not been on it since 1980. What are you

:05:48. > :05:58.thinking now? The stands would have been full of people. This is the

:05:58. > :05:59.

:05:59. > :06:02.start of the 1,500m. We were all being rigid Lane border. And I

:06:02. > :06:10.deliberately messed up the lane order which irritated the guy

:06:10. > :06:18.trying to take us to the line. I was here and then I let the more

:06:18. > :06:24.subtle. And then I walked back a couple of strides. Had you planned

:06:24. > :06:29.to do that before? I think it was a combination of not being quite

:06:29. > :06:37.ready and also knowing they had all got there a little bit early and I

:06:37. > :06:42.thought I would just leave them waiting!

:06:42. > :06:48.It was so different between the 800 and 1500. The joy, but

:06:48. > :06:58.disappointment. The 1500 is very different. I have been through all

:06:58. > :06:58.

:06:58. > :07:04.the beers and it really is a matter of holding -- the gears. Did you

:07:04. > :07:08.know you're going to win? I did not know that but I ate was in the

:07:08. > :07:18.right position. There was a little bit of daylight between myself and

:07:18. > :07:24.

:07:24. > :07:28.Steve Ovett. When I got into the bend, I knew I was feeling strong.

:07:28. > :07:38.I knew it would take something quite good to get past me in the

:07:38. > :07:48.

:07:48. > :07:54.Steve Ovett is in trouble! And Sebastian Coe gets through!

:07:54. > :08:02.This really is the moment. memories do flood back. I remember

:08:02. > :08:07.both arms coming out, been criticised by my old man for not

:08:07. > :08:13.running right the way through the line! And then the moment really

:08:13. > :08:17.did grab me and I went down on all for us.

:08:17. > :08:22.I remembered the relief and then the joy. And also the disbelief

:08:22. > :08:27.that I had actually done it. You are almost pinching yourself. Have

:08:27. > :08:31.I just won the Olympic title? I don't think I'm being overly

:08:31. > :08:37.dramatic. But this spot probably defines pretty much everything else

:08:37. > :08:44.I have done for the rest of my life. And now he has built on that by

:08:44. > :08:48.bringing the Games to London. The first heat of the women's 5,000m is

:08:48. > :08:54.under way now. The closing stages under way now. The closing stages

:08:54. > :09:01.of the race. Just under two laps to go. We have

:09:01. > :09:08.pretty much had the same order ever since the start of this race.

:09:08. > :09:18.The Japanese runner at leading. She has been pleading for so long.

:09:18. > :09:21.

:09:21. > :09:27.Really driving Ford. Barbara Parker is also in this race.

:09:27. > :09:37.Just being passed by the Ukrainian. But now we see the really class

:09:37. > :09:45.

:09:46. > :09:55.athletes hit the front. Dibaba leading. And coming up to

:09:56. > :09:56.

:09:56. > :10:00.the Basle, three gold medals in the bag and hunting down another one.

:10:00. > :10:10.And the former Olympic champion. Just look at the class of these

:10:10. > :10:33.

:10:33. > :10:43.the back straight. Just stretching her legs and shown these athletes

:10:43. > :10:45.

:10:45. > :10:53.that she still fantastic at 5,000m. This is the chasing group. Kelly of

:10:53. > :10:58.the United States. But look at these three get away.

:10:58. > :11:08.Absolutely wonderful. Crossing the line in some pretty great time as

:11:08. > :11:16.

:11:16. > :11:21.she can. I think Barbara Parker should be

:11:21. > :11:26.proud of her performance there. By my reckoning that is a personal

:11:26. > :11:31.best. I think she will be rewarded for that personal best with the

:11:31. > :11:35.place in the final. She is tired, she is disappointed from the

:11:35. > :11:45.steeplechase. But she should be pleased with that. That was a class

:11:45. > :11:58.

:11:58. > :12:04.race. Eloise Wellings of Australia there.

:12:04. > :12:14.A personal best for Barbara Parker. Well done.

:12:14. > :12:21.

:12:21. > :12:28.Phillips Idowu in the second round. 16.47. Off balance. That was all

:12:28. > :12:32.over the place. They do say bad news comes in threes and we already

:12:32. > :12:37.had Andrew Pozzi in the hurdles this morning pulling out injured

:12:37. > :12:43.and Goldie Sayers of course, our sympathies with her. And Phillips

:12:43. > :12:50.Idowu, lack of match practice, you might say.

:12:50. > :12:56.Just one jump to go. By contrast it has been going much better for the

:12:56. > :13:05.American, Christian Taylor. He way - day she may well be favourite for

:13:05. > :13:11.the gold medal here. No problems at all for the American.

:13:11. > :13:21.Only two men so far have gone beyond that.

:13:21. > :13:21.

:13:21. > :13:28.Let us have a look at Sands as well. The standard has not been so good

:13:28. > :13:36.so far this morning. You would have expected more people to get past

:13:36. > :13:45.the qualifying distance. He is still in 12th place, hanging

:13:45. > :13:47.on. One jump to go. Can't Phillips Idowu pull it off?

:13:47. > :13:52.Idowu pull it off? Well a bit overweight before that

:13:52. > :13:57.third and final jump. He is in a qualifying position at the moment

:13:57. > :14:01.but I think we have to jump further if he is going to make it. A

:14:01. > :14:11.negative and positive there, I think. He has not jumped

:14:11. > :14:11.

:14:11. > :14:19.brilliantly well yet but he did not look hurt. He is not limping, his

:14:19. > :14:24.head is up, his demeanour is positive. So I think he is running

:14:24. > :14:29.looks well and he could sneak in and go further up the field. That

:14:29. > :14:33.is positive. He is using the energy of the crowd, he got a massive

:14:33. > :14:37.reception and I think that is what kept him going. And right at the

:14:37. > :14:42.beginning of the programme used said it was that lack of

:14:42. > :14:49.competition just catching him out. I have been looking at his

:14:49. > :14:53.demeanour. And that looks very positive. He does not seem to be

:14:53. > :14:57.suffering much from the injury. He does not seem to feel that he is

:14:57. > :15:03.not in a position to actually get there and qualify. He seems

:15:03. > :15:07.confident, so that is a good sign. There is a balance between that

:15:07. > :15:11.confidence and how you actually feel about your ability to go up

:15:11. > :15:16.there and physically and technically do it. So I think they

:15:16. > :15:21.are balanced very well at this stage. So that will be on BBC Three

:15:21. > :15:29.because for the moment we are saying goodbye on BBC One. Also at

:15:29. > :15:32.Usain Bolt coming up. But for the moment, back to you, in the studio.

:15:32. > :15:38.And time for me to hand over to Hazel and leave you a very capable

:15:38. > :15:45.hands for the rest of the day. of things to talk about. We just

:15:45. > :15:49.were having a chat before and just talking about triumph and disaster.

:15:49. > :15:55.Goldie Sayers, three weeks ago broke the British record and today,

:15:55. > :16:00.unspeakable injury. It is a four- year cycle. Everything can go

:16:00. > :16:03.perfectly in training and then all go wrong in a few seconds. She was

:16:03. > :16:09.dignified in her analysis of everything that went wrong and your