BBC One: Day 11: 19.00-22.00

:00:38. > :00:47.Jessica Ennis has got the potential to set this stadium alight. The

:00:47. > :00:54.fastest time ever. Oh, yes! How good is that? The fastest man.

:00:54. > :01:04.Jessica Ennis is Olympic champion. Best all-round athlete in the world.

:01:04. > :01:13.Oh, my goodness! Greg Rutherford is Olympic champion. Mo Farah is

:01:13. > :01:20.kicking hard. Has he got enough? Mo Farah for Great Britain. It is gold.

:01:20. > :01:27.Christine Ohuruogu - a sterling, a sterling effort to get the silver.

:01:27. > :01:32.He is pulling away. He is going to win the gold. Why did we ever doubt

:01:33. > :01:42.the brilliance of Usain Bolt? Here comes Dai Greene trying to get

:01:43. > :01:44.

:01:44. > :01:48.among the medals. Sanchez takes the gold. Moments of supreme sporting

:01:48. > :01:55.excellence. Moments of an absolute desire to triumph and moments of

:01:55. > :02:04.raw emotion. The first four days of athletics has had it all. Tonight,

:02:04. > :02:09.but men's 1500m evokes memories of grainy images and greatness. Steve

:02:09. > :02:19.Cram, 19 years old, Sebastian Coe of Great Britain and Steve Ovett,

:02:19. > :02:27.the master at this event. The 1500m Olympic final. They will never be

:02:27. > :02:36.caught. He is way in front. He will take the gold medal. There goes

:02:36. > :02:46.Sebastian Coe. Steve Ovett gathers himself on the nearside. Could this

:02:46. > :02:46.

:02:47. > :02:55.be his first defeat? Sebastian Coates gets the revenge he wants.

:02:55. > :03:05.He is gone and down. This is going to be a real bite to the line. He

:03:05. > :03:11.is going to lose. -- real fight. feel for the man. He has gone three

:03:11. > :03:21.years unbeaten. He needs to fight if he wants this one. Has he got

:03:21. > :03:27.anything left? He is going to get there. He has got it. Sebastian Coe

:03:27. > :03:37.comes away. He retains the Olympic title will start Sebastian Coe,

:03:37. > :03:41.

:03:41. > :03:46.back at his best, is Olympic Wonderful memories. While Lord Coe

:03:46. > :03:52.is having a great Games, there will be no repeat of success at this

:03:52. > :03:56.event. There is a man hoping to follow in his historical footsteps.

:03:56. > :04:04.Asbel Kiprop, looking to match the achievements of Sebastian Coe by

:04:04. > :04:09.winning back-back the Olympic golds and a 1500m. European high jump

:04:09. > :04:16.champion, Robbie Grabarz puts his success down to being lazy but he

:04:16. > :04:24.is a genuine medal hope. Laurence Okoye left it late to qualify for

:04:24. > :04:27.the discus final but his throw has the potential to win a surprise

:04:27. > :04:34.medal. Dittany Porter has been hampered by a back problem and

:04:34. > :04:41.looks rusty in the 100m hurdles heat. -- Tiffany Porter. Australia

:04:41. > :04:50.have not had their best Olympics so far. Sally Pearson is charged with

:04:51. > :04:57.putting a smile back on their faces. Much to look forward to. Here it is

:04:57. > :05:04.the timetable of events. The high jump has just got under way. The

:05:04. > :05:11.men's discus gets into action at 7:45pm. There is the final of the

:05:11. > :05:16.women's 100m hurdles and the men's 1500m. Athletics all the way for us.

:05:16. > :05:22.Over on BBC Three, you can watch the men's hockey. Great Britain

:05:22. > :05:28.against Spain. For the first time ever at an Olympic Games, Buchan

:05:28. > :05:37.watch any of the 26 sports when they are on. We are continuing to

:05:37. > :05:45.seek British success all over the place. There were tears of joy at

:05:46. > :05:50.the Velodrome went Sir Chris Hoy it make the record Becks. -- when Sir

:05:50. > :05:56.Chris Hoy made the record books. Victoria Pendleton lost to Anna

:05:56. > :06:02.Meares in the women's sprint final. She leaves the Games with a gold

:06:02. > :06:12.and silver. Laura Trott won her second gold of the Games by winning

:06:12. > :06:12.

:06:12. > :06:20.the omnium. It was a proud day in the triathlon as Alistair Brown

:06:20. > :06:27.leak took gold and Jonny Browlee runs in front of huge crowds. --

:06:27. > :06:32.Alastair Bramley. Team GB won dressage gold. Nick Dempsey put the

:06:32. > :06:42.misery of his Beijing 4th place behind him to win silver in the

:06:42. > :06:45.

:06:45. > :06:53.last ever windsurfing event. Four at more golds for Team GB today. A

:06:53. > :06:59.sensational effort. It just keeps going. Grand total, 47. Quite

:06:59. > :07:05.remarkable! A busy night of track and field ahead. Time to make the

:07:05. > :07:10.short journey to the Olympic Stadium. I am not going to make

:07:10. > :07:16.this a regular feature but I would like to mention a remarkable lady,

:07:16. > :07:21.Kathy from Cornwall. She is 80 years old and riddled with

:07:21. > :07:27.arthritis. She came up from Cornwall this morning, enjoyed the

:07:27. > :07:32.athletics. She said it was one of the proudest days of her life. If

:07:32. > :07:40.you are at home, sitting there in front of the television with a last

:07:40. > :07:50.-- a nice glass of wine, this is what you would have seen in the

:07:50. > :07:57.stadium. Phillips Idowu appeared in the stadium today. He was beaten by

:07:57. > :08:01.injury. Goldie Sayers will not have the chance to make a men's. A very

:08:01. > :08:11.disappointing javelin for her. What did the world's most populous

:08:11. > :08:14.

:08:14. > :08:24.nation make of this? Usain Bolt ran in the 200m of Gloucester he ran at

:08:24. > :08:24.

:08:24. > :08:33.100 and then ambled his way into the semi-finals. -- in the 200m. A

:08:33. > :08:40.British duo into the final of the 5000m. But for the fact that there

:08:40. > :08:45.was Usain Bolt on the track, so much mystery surrounding Phillips

:08:45. > :08:51.Idowu. After he crashed out of the qualifying section, there were a

:08:51. > :09:01.couple of questions to ask. Can you explain just how difficult your

:09:01. > :09:09.injury problems had been? I am guessing I will most likely need

:09:09. > :09:18.surgery at the end of this season. What kind of surgery? I am not sure.

:09:18. > :09:24.I have a problem with my right leg. I cannot say specifically. It has

:09:24. > :09:34.been an injury all along. Most people suspected all was not well

:09:34. > :09:36.

:09:36. > :09:41.We knew there was an injury that he sustained in that the US, but he

:09:41. > :09:45.never came out. There was so much talk about what the BOA was

:09:45. > :09:49.requesting from him, whether he was working with his coach, all of

:09:49. > :09:55.those things and he never came out and addressed it himself which I

:09:55. > :10:01.think did a lot of damage to his regret -- reputation. His

:10:01. > :10:04.discussions with Charles van Commenee have been documented.

:10:04. > :10:08.There was never a question about what the result would be physically

:10:08. > :10:14.because the injury was what it was. The problem is now what people

:10:14. > :10:19.think of him and how he handled it and the failing to produce. Denise,

:10:19. > :10:22.we will get your thoughts in a minute but there has been a false

:10:22. > :10:32.start in the first of the semi- finals for the women's hurdles

:10:32. > :10:37.

:10:37. > :10:47.which means we can go live to this the French athlete. The line-up

:10:47. > :10:52.

:10:52. > :10:58.at 9 o'clock tonight. This is the defending champion, Dawn Harper,

:10:58. > :11:08.who starts quickly alongside Tremayne Williams. -- Shermaine

:11:08. > :11:15.

:11:15. > :11:22.Austrian put a good lead in at the end. -- Beate Schrott. A big

:11:22. > :11:27.occasion is when she comes to life, Dawn Harper. She had complete and

:11:27. > :11:37.utter dominance there but who came second? It was a close call for

:11:37. > :11:55.

:11:55. > :12:02.second. Dawn harper is a dresser. - champion. She is making a clear

:12:02. > :12:12.statement, I am here and I will not give up my title easily. She drives

:12:12. > :12:19.off each of the hurdles, a really good performance. She lands with

:12:20. > :12:27.her trail leg. A real boon as she drives into the next hurdle. She

:12:28. > :12:37.wanted that. What do you reckon? High I have looked at the computer

:12:38. > :12:55.

:12:55. > :13:00.and it is better Scott. I thought Talking of spots, there are spots

:13:00. > :13:05.of rain. We should have a glorious end to these games. Can you believe

:13:05. > :13:11.in five days' time it will be over. How will we live? Denise, quick

:13:11. > :13:16.thoughts about the two British athletes and first of all your

:13:16. > :13:20.thoughts on Philips? I do not agree with how he conducted his business

:13:20. > :13:24.but at the end of the day, one of our favourite athletes, one of our

:13:24. > :13:29.best medal hopes was injured and he has not been able to do himself

:13:29. > :13:34.justice. He has done everything he possibly can to be here. I do not

:13:34. > :13:39.think he has jumped badly under the circumstances. His injury was

:13:39. > :13:45.severe and I think it was a shame. Why do think he did not say he had

:13:45. > :13:50.a really bad injury a few weeks ago? I do not know. It would have

:13:50. > :13:54.saved a lot of speculation. A lot of negative publicity does not do

:13:54. > :13:59.him good long term. I think with hindsight he will know he should

:13:59. > :14:03.have handled it better. I hope he goes on and learns from this that

:14:03. > :14:08.sometimes it does not pay to be controversial all the time. And a

:14:08. > :14:12.quick thought about Goldie Sayers? I am gutted for her. She was in

:14:12. > :14:19.prime shape going into these games until she hurt her elbow. She will

:14:19. > :14:25.have to move on. We have two field event finals tonight. If you want

:14:25. > :14:30.to watch on our specialist channels, you can do tonight. You can watch

:14:30. > :14:36.the discus and the high jump. But there is also some long jump

:14:36. > :14:42.qualifying going on and Jonathan Edwards will follow the whole thing.

:14:42. > :14:49.Thank you. This is Shara Proctor. It is her second trump. She has

:14:49. > :14:56.been in super form this year. She broke a long-standing British

:14:56. > :15:06.record at the UK trials in Birmingham. -- it is her second

:15:06. > :15:11.

:15:11. > :15:18.jumping, that was an excellent Jump. I will bring you in, Paul.

:15:18. > :15:23.cracking start. Not spectacular in terms of the technique but

:15:23. > :15:31.incredible horizontal speed. Good take-off as well. Only three

:15:31. > :15:41.British women have ever jumped further. The athletes are ready for

:15:41. > :15:54.

:15:54. > :15:59.semi-final number two in the heat. Sally Pearson is definitely

:15:59. > :16:09.the world's number one for the last couple of years. She is the

:16:09. > :16:12.

:16:12. > :16:19.reigning champion indoors and out. Lolo Jones got the silver medal.

:16:19. > :16:27.Sally Pearson is looking very good in the heats. Tiffany Portier is

:16:27. > :16:34.coming back from injury. Her husband who is in the United States

:16:34. > :16:37.team, made the semi-finals this morning in the 110 metre hurdles.

:16:37. > :16:47.Tiffany Porter was the former British record holder before Jess

:16:47. > :16:51.Ennis got her hands on that record earlier this week in the heptathlon.

:16:51. > :17:01.Lolo Jones is adopting a strange stance before they are called to

:17:01. > :17:05.

:17:05. > :17:14.their marks. Those are the fastest losers so far. The two fastest

:17:14. > :17:18.losers make it through to the final at 9 o'clock this evening. Lolo

:17:18. > :17:28.Jones was leading the Olympic final in 2008 when she hit hurdle number

:17:28. > :17:40.

:17:40. > :17:49.nine and was out of it. She is out Derval O'Rourke of Ireland. Sally

:17:49. > :17:59.Pearson is absolutely blasting away. Tiffany Portier in 4th place. 12.39

:17:59. > :18:03.

:18:03. > :18:11.the winning time. There is a following wind. What a time. A

:18:11. > :18:15.silver medal it was for Sally in the bird's nest in Beijing in 2008.

:18:15. > :18:20.Sallie Pears and this time is a far better athlete, a far quicker

:18:20. > :18:25.athlete and she really means business, Colin. She ran quicker in

:18:25. > :18:32.the semi-final and went on to set a sensational time but here yet --

:18:32. > :18:35.yet again she has proved she is the world number one. She is

:18:35. > :18:42.technically the best, the most efficient, and I think you can

:18:42. > :18:48.clearly see why. Out of the blocks she shows she is a great sprinter.

:18:48. > :18:54.She uses her trail leg very well indeed. Look at her head height. It

:18:54. > :18:58.stays perfectly the same. There is a beautiful line above that saying

:18:58. > :19:08.London 2012. Her head stays on that line and that is what you try to

:19:08. > :19:21.

:19:21. > :19:25.achieve. A great shot thereof Sally world in 2012 Fawke Sally Pearson.

:19:25. > :19:34.Jessica Zelinka came within a hundredth of a second of the time.

:19:34. > :19:44.She set a new personal best. Lolo Jones and Tiffany Porter are the

:19:44. > :19:45.

:19:45. > :19:51.Reports of Australia boycotting the games have been greatly exaggerated.

:19:51. > :19:56.Lolo Jones was third there. People- watching may be amazed to hear that

:19:56. > :20:01.she is an absolute superstar in America, the most well-known member

:20:01. > :20:05.of all athletes there for a bizarre celebrity reason. Yes, the most

:20:05. > :20:11.well-known of all the Olympians, she is up there with Michael Phelps

:20:11. > :20:21.and not because of her performances. She has become a celebrity. She

:20:21. > :20:26.went on one show and said... Had a guess what that was, we will show

:20:26. > :20:32.you in a minute. She went on a television show and talked about

:20:32. > :20:36.her virginity and head Twitter feed just increased dramatically. She

:20:36. > :20:40.has become well known for that. There is a debate about whether she

:20:40. > :20:45.should get that much attention for things like that as opposed to her

:20:45. > :20:50.performance as. Let's move on to tonight. It could be a great moment

:20:50. > :20:55.for British field athletes. We have not won the gold medal in the high

:20:55. > :20:58.jump since 1906 but we have a genuine contender this evening.

:20:58. > :21:08.Colin Jackson has been doing the guide to all the track and field

:21:08. > :21:12.

:21:12. > :21:18.Like all jumps in athletics, the high jump puts the competitors

:21:18. > :21:22.under extreme physical pressure. The nature of this event makes

:21:22. > :21:28.athletes contort themselves into weird and wonderful positions. The

:21:28. > :21:34.crucial part is the trumpet sell. The jumping let have to come way in

:21:34. > :21:42.front of the body, the further the batter and land straight on the

:21:42. > :21:47.ground. Then, quick as a flash, it twists and the body takes off. In

:21:47. > :21:53.order to get enough height, the bended thinly has to fall in a

:21:53. > :21:58.tight range, go over 30 degrees and the jump will fail. It is those

:21:58. > :22:02.tight angles, coupled with a huge forces, which gives the body

:22:02. > :22:08.momentum. Athletes have to lived between seven to 10 times their

:22:08. > :22:13.bodyweight within that movement. Get it right, they go high, really

:22:13. > :22:18.high. The ladies easily jump over 6 ft, the height of most internal

:22:18. > :22:28.doors. The world record men's height is an 8 ft, the height of

:22:28. > :22:45.

:22:45. > :22:55.cheer and it was for this man, Robbie Grabarz. The defending

:22:55. > :23:00.Olympic champion, Andre Silva, did fail his first attempt. That is a

:23:00. > :23:07.nice little confidence boost to enter the competition. This high-

:23:07. > :23:11.jump competition will be absolutely fascinating. A number of athletes,

:23:11. > :23:21.particularly the Russians, are very strong. He will love this

:23:21. > :23:55.

:23:55. > :24:05.environment, he is a real showman. Pearson ran 12.39. We have already

:24:05. > :24:07.

:24:07. > :24:17.had two UK all-comers records. Will Kellie Wells respond? Two-time

:24:17. > :24:18.

:24:18. > :24:25.European champion - the latest title she took in Helsinki. George,

:24:25. > :24:30.of Canada. It is funny, when you are on the circuit, because of

:24:30. > :24:35.trials and injuries, quite a few of the women's top hurdlers are not

:24:35. > :24:45.here. That is partly because America have so many and they could

:24:45. > :24:46.

:24:46. > :24:56.only bring three. The athlete from the Czech Republic on the outside

:24:56. > :24:56.

:24:56. > :25:02.was that she is 30 years of age now. -- on the outside. Tiffany Potter

:25:02. > :25:12.around 12.729 in the second semi- final. You can see her and Lolo

:25:12. > :25:22.Jones holding on to beat two fastest losers spots. Kellie Wells

:25:22. > :25:24.

:25:24. > :25:34.should win this. How fast will she go? A bear off night for solely --

:25:34. > :25:49.

:25:49. > :25:58.It is Kellie Wells pulling away. The Canadian is pushing on. Kellie

:25:58. > :26:04.Wells will win. 12.52. Not as quick as the other races. That may mean

:26:04. > :26:14.that if any Porter will go because the athlete in third place may have

:26:14. > :26:19.

:26:19. > :26:26.run herself into the final. -- tick any porter. -- Tiffany Porter.

:26:26. > :26:30.Kellie Wells is not very consistent with her upper body. It contorts in

:26:30. > :26:39.different directions. You want a sense of consistency which gives

:26:39. > :26:46.you control. Sometimes hurt back arm is straight, sometimes it is

:26:46. > :26:52.bent. -- her back arm. She tries hard out of the blocks. That arm

:26:52. > :26:58.flies out a bit too much to the right hand side. When she gets it

:26:58. > :27:05.right, and she did in Crystal Palace, we know she can be very

:27:05. > :27:11.dangerous indeed. At the top end of high hurdling you have to be

:27:11. > :27:17.perfect on every occasion. At home, you can pick it out yourself and

:27:17. > :27:27.understand what I say. You can see her body would take slightly. Her

:27:27. > :27:28.

:27:28. > :27:35.left shoulder felt a bit away. It needs to keep very square indeed.

:27:35. > :27:42.Her left shoulder disappears. You need to keep that nice and tight.

:27:42. > :27:51.We know what she is capable of. Once she gets it right, bat is

:27:51. > :28:01.defeating the likes of Sally Pierce, the world No. 1. -- that is

:28:01. > :28:05.

:28:06. > :28:15.defeating. It is bad news for tipper reporter. -- Tiffany Porter.

:28:16. > :28:32.

:28:32. > :28:38.Lolo Jones still makes the final How did you do it? There but for

:28:38. > :28:45.the grace of God. I need to go home, regroup and get ready for the

:28:45. > :28:51.finals. Come out and get a medal. Pat is my hope. I can tell how much

:28:51. > :29:00.you were inspired by the crowd. This is what I'm like. They got

:29:00. > :29:07.there with me. -- I like. Do you reckon there is a seven metre jump

:29:07. > :29:12.in you? There is a seven metre jump. I am just thinking about jumping

:29:12. > :29:20.far and trying to get a medal - whatever it takes. I am hoping to

:29:20. > :29:25.do it. It is the men's 1500m final. That will for ever transport you

:29:25. > :29:32.back three decades ago to the golden age of middle distance

:29:32. > :29:40.running. He may have been the architect of these Games in 2012

:29:40. > :29:48.but Sebastian Coe was an athlete pure and simple. And there goes

:29:48. > :29:55.Sebastian Coe. He is looking for Steve Ovett. He is in trouble. What

:29:55. > :30:04.a comeback for at Sebastian Coe! you are back and in the tunnel. Hit

:30:04. > :30:11.it is. It does make you shiver a little bet. You cannot help but

:30:11. > :30:21.look at this and drink, what if? So much happened in such a short space

:30:21. > :30:21.

:30:21. > :30:29.of time. -- and think. Steve Ovett coming home to take the matter of

:30:29. > :30:36.from -- that gold Madog from Sebastian Coe. You came back from

:30:36. > :30:41.the dead really. People were not looking at me in the eye after the

:30:41. > :30:47.800. They thought it was a lost cause. If I am being honest, I did

:30:47. > :30:51.wonder whether or not this was going to happen for me. Back on the

:30:52. > :30:57.track, you have not been on it since 1980. What are you thinking

:30:57. > :31:04.now? The stands would have been full of people. This is the start

:31:04. > :31:09.of the 1500m. This is the curve. We are all in rigid lane order, as we

:31:09. > :31:13.had to walk out. I deliberately messed up the lane order up, which

:31:13. > :31:18.really irritated the guy that was trying to get us to the line. I

:31:18. > :31:25.should not probably say this but I let them all settle and, just as

:31:25. > :31:31.they had settled, I walked back a couple of strides. I just walked

:31:31. > :31:36.straight pack. Had you planned to do that before? It just occurred to

:31:36. > :31:40.me. It was the combination of not being quite ready and knowing they

:31:40. > :31:48.had got there a bit early. I thought I would lead them waiting

:31:48. > :31:54.for a few moments. Coming into the straight, it was so different

:31:54. > :32:00.between the a 15 hundred - the emotions. The 1500 is a different

:32:00. > :32:06.dimension. I have been through all the gears. It is a matter of

:32:06. > :32:13.holding your form and not allowing anyone to come back. You knew you

:32:13. > :32:23.were probably going to win, did you? I knew I was in the right

:32:23. > :32:23.

:32:23. > :32:28.position. I had some daylight between myself and Steve Ovett. The

:32:28. > :32:34.guts was being ripped out of the race. When I got into the crown of

:32:34. > :32:40.the bend, I felt strong. It was going to take something quite good

:32:40. > :32:48.to get past me in the finishing straight. There goes Sebastian Coe.

:32:48. > :32:56.Steve Ovett is right there behind him. Could this be the first to be

:32:56. > :33:04.for Steve Ovett? Sebastian Coe gets the revenge he wants. Do memories

:33:04. > :33:09.flood back right now? They do. I remember both arms coming out,

:33:09. > :33:16.running the last couple of strides. I was criticised by Mike of man for

:33:16. > :33:23.not running right through the line. -- my old man. The moment grabbed

:33:23. > :33:28.me and I went down on all fours. I remember, when I went down, it was

:33:28. > :33:34.the relief and the joy and disbelief that I had done it. You

:33:34. > :33:41.are almost pinching yourself. Is this me? Have I just won the

:33:41. > :33:51.Olympic title? This spot probably defined everything else I have done

:33:51. > :33:53.

:33:53. > :33:58.He defended his title four years later in Los Angeles. Hard to

:33:58. > :34:02.imagine that athletics can produce such strong emotions. It was a bit

:34:02. > :34:11.like Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. If you wanted John McEnroe to win,

:34:11. > :34:20.you were aware of. Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe divided a nation. --

:34:20. > :34:26.a Repsol. It was Sebastian Coe all the way. I came in and I have

:34:26. > :34:33.watched that 800m race. I saw the look on his face. I have watched

:34:33. > :34:43.the 15th a couple of days later and thought, bat is the man who lost. -

:34:43. > :34:44.

:34:44. > :34:50.- the 1500m. I thought, that is it. I am going to feel like that one

:34:50. > :34:56.day. David Rudisha is favourite to win the gold medal in the 800m. As

:34:56. > :35:01.a young kid, he used to study videos of Sebastian Coe running.

:35:01. > :35:08.The extraordinary way he never seemed to be running. He always

:35:08. > :35:13.appeared to be gliding. That is a gift. That is part of the talent -

:35:13. > :35:20.his ability to make it look so easy. There is a tremendous amount of

:35:20. > :35:25.work that goes into it. Sebastian Coates is one of the hardest

:35:25. > :35:33.workers. The same thing with David Rudisha. He trains really hard but

:35:33. > :35:38.he has certain incredible natural ability. Athletes gliding to very

:35:38. > :35:43.big powerful men in the discus. Laurence Okoye is into the final

:35:43. > :35:48.tonight. If you did not see the qualifying programme, his first

:35:48. > :35:54.throw was an unmitigated disaster. He almost took her head off a

:35:54. > :36:01.photographer standing on the left- hand side. -- the head. A big

:36:01. > :36:05.reaction from the big man. He is safely into the final. I love that.

:36:05. > :36:11.That is one of the best reactions to achieving anything from the

:36:11. > :36:15.Olympic Stadium so far. This man has put on hold his university

:36:16. > :36:22.place. He gave up a potential international rugby Korea to be an

:36:22. > :36:31.athlete. What can we hope for him? He is competing against guys who

:36:31. > :36:35.are 20, 30 years his senior. Virgilijus Alekna is 40. He is the

:36:35. > :36:41.best thing to have happened to British discus throwing. If he

:36:41. > :36:46.acquits him sub really well, anything can happen in this

:36:46. > :36:51.competition. He has the 4th or 5th longest throw this year. He has

:36:51. > :36:57.come through really well in qualifying. I do not think he will

:36:57. > :37:07.be intimidated by these guys. He looks very confident. I do not

:37:07. > :37:16.think he world -- I think he will give it all he has got. The crowd

:37:16. > :37:22.will help as well. He spoke to Phil Jones a couple of weeks ago. What

:37:22. > :37:27.was your reaction once you knew you had a place on to the team? That is

:37:27. > :37:34.just the beginning of the job. You need to go to the stadium and do

:37:34. > :37:39.something. It was a great day. It is a day to realise I am starting

:37:39. > :37:49.on a new journey. How long has the Olympics been on your particular

:37:49. > :37:50.

:37:50. > :37:58.radar? Two years. I used to play rugby. I left school when I was 18.

:37:58. > :38:03.Her wish I could do both. I am really enjoying my discus.

:38:03. > :38:08.Hopefully, be Olympics will be the time when I can look back and say I

:38:08. > :38:14.made the right decision. I cannot wait for the combination of all

:38:14. > :38:24.this hard work. I have to go to the Games and make sure I have my head

:38:24. > :38:35.

:38:35. > :38:41.onto the scene and won the Olympic title. He was the greatest threat

:38:41. > :38:51.in all times. I wonder if that is an omen for the 20-year-old a

:38:51. > :38:52.

:38:52. > :39:02.gentle giant from Great Britain - Laurence Okoye. The bar has mood to

:39:02. > :39:05.

:39:05. > :39:15.two point 29 metres. This is Andrey Silnov from Russia. A first failure

:39:15. > :39:22.

:39:22. > :39:31.at two point 25 metres. 2.25m. In Atlanta her there was a bronze

:39:31. > :39:38.medal for Steve Smith pulls up some good inspiration. -- Steve Smith.

:39:38. > :39:45.Not the best record outdoors in championships. Very nasty. I think

:39:45. > :39:54.it has stopped raining. Still damp underfoot. Very worrying for the

:39:54. > :40:00.ration. It knocks your confidence. -- the Russian. The Canadian makes

:40:00. > :40:05.his first attempt. He won the Grand Prix meeting in Crystal Palace.

:40:05. > :40:15.That is a very good clearance indeed. He surprised us all at

:40:15. > :40:25.

:40:25. > :40:33.Crystal Palace but has carried his for the Canadian, good stuff.

:40:33. > :40:43.this is Warner Melo of Colombia. This would be a new personal record

:40:43. > :40:43.

:40:43. > :40:49.for the Colombian. Not quite for Miller. A huge cheer has come up in

:40:49. > :40:56.the stadium. We will go across to see Lawrence Okoye in the discus

:40:56. > :41:02.very shortly. He knows the environment now, he knows what to

:41:02. > :41:12.expect. The crowd will go wild if you get so long one out. The flight

:41:12. > :41:25.

:41:25. > :41:29.taller than Lawrence. That throat demonstrates what potential

:41:29. > :41:39.Lawrence Okoye has. It was not brilliant technically but it still

:41:39. > :41:47.

:41:47. > :41:57.first attempt at two metres 29. A couple of athletes are clear

:41:57. > :42:12.

:42:12. > :42:20.the later stages of a high jump good indeed for Robbie Grabarz. He

:42:20. > :42:25.is right in the mix in this high jump competition. Two jumps, two

:42:25. > :42:32.successes, just the way to start an Olympic final. I was talking to his

:42:32. > :42:37.coach just before and he said, yes, he is in shape. His former coach

:42:37. > :42:47.will be delighted as well, I hope she is watching. Your man is going

:42:47. > :43:07.

:43:07. > :43:13.throw was 61.03 but he will have to final. And also one of the biggest.

:43:13. > :43:18.Every inch of him is solid muscle. We have to say that generally, the

:43:18. > :43:28.discus is not a young man's game. The champions' normally come in

:43:28. > :43:32.

:43:32. > :43:41.their late twenties or thirties, even 40 years old. 65 metres plus.

:43:41. > :43:46.Out standing. In the qualifying competition, the defending champion

:43:46. > :43:55.of Estonia had the longest throw at 66 metres. I think that is even

:43:55. > :44:02.further. Even at 40 years old, he has got what it takes. That is the

:44:02. > :44:10.sort of distance that Lawrence will have to throw. The longest we have

:44:10. > :44:20.seen so far. Is the defending champion. It was a bit wobbly and a

:44:20. > :44:29.

:44:29. > :44:32.qualifying competition. That is his coach. He was out of a qualifying

:44:32. > :44:42.position like Lawrence Okoye was and then he came out with an

:44:42. > :44:54.

:44:54. > :45:01.champion, that was a surprise. He really is an outstanding jumper,

:45:01. > :45:11.European champion, Olympic champion and so far, looking at his form, do

:45:11. > :45:11.

:45:11. > :45:21.you think dipped 2.37 he has jumped already this season, you cannot see

:45:21. > :45:34.

:45:34. > :45:39.Robbie Grabarz's hopes of becoming Olympic champion. The leg that

:45:39. > :45:46.swings through, then on take-off leg in other words sometimes grates

:45:46. > :45:56.along the ground a little bit. The spikes can get caught. But he has

:45:56. > :46:11.

:46:11. > :46:16.it off as well. He is lucky to be here. He finished 4th in the US

:46:16. > :46:24.trials but the athlete who finished in third place did not have the

:46:24. > :46:31.standard 42 metres 31 so Jesse Williams got the slot. At the

:46:31. > :46:41.moment, he is in trouble, two failures. His team-mate Jamie Nieto.

:46:41. > :47:10.

:47:10. > :47:18.He was 4th in the Olympics in clearance indeed. Nice and relaxed,

:47:18. > :47:28.nice and easy into the bar. There was a lot of fresh air between him

:47:28. > :47:37.

:47:37. > :47:42.is quite a good wind here for discus throwers. It is a headwind.

:47:42. > :47:52.Discus throwers like that, it helps with the flight of the implement.

:47:52. > :48:02.That was massive, he leads. Now back on the track, the men's

:48:02. > :48:13.

:48:13. > :48:17.800m semi-final is about to get two fastest losers. Andrew Osagie

:48:17. > :48:27.is in the second one and he has a tough one but they are all heart,

:48:27. > :48:28.

:48:28. > :48:32.to be honest. Amos is the new world junior champion. I was watching

:48:33. > :48:42.that back this afternoon and on that day he ran an even paced race.

:48:43. > :49:07.

:49:08. > :49:14.A very talented young man, just 18 risk of making a tactical and

:49:14. > :49:24.watched the other two races quicker? They may be listening to

:49:24. > :49:55.

:49:55. > :50:05.me. They are normally tuned into run. That is really quick for the

:50:05. > :50:15.

:50:15. > :50:25.and are two Africans behind him are really talented. Amos is working

:50:25. > :50:26.

:50:26. > :50:32.hard to stay with this. For the Polish man is moving up on the

:50:32. > :50:37.outside, he is in the red shorts. They are slowing down but he is

:50:37. > :50:42.slowing down the least. Amos moves out. The man from Box one there

:50:42. > :50:52.does not have anything left to give. -- but one of. It will be the 18-

:50:52. > :50:54.

:50:54. > :51:04.year-old who wins this. They were both there. Quick, a good start.

:51:04. > :51:11.

:51:11. > :51:20.The standard is very, very high. There he is. They are tired. The

:51:20. > :51:25.gaps have slightly increased. He is making a huge effort round the bend.

:51:25. > :51:31.Young Amos, the world junior champion running well. Now it is a

:51:31. > :51:36.race. It did not have to be a race because the two of them up pulling

:51:36. > :51:44.away. Amos is stretching, running hard, the two of them are really

:51:44. > :51:51.quick. That is impressive. A significant moment in the men's

:51:51. > :51:56.high jump competition. Teeth third attempt off Andrey Silnov, the

:51:56. > :52:00.defending Olympic champion. I'm sure when Robbie Grabarz's coach

:52:00. > :52:06.sat down and looked through the field and the start list, this

:52:06. > :52:10.would be one man they feared. Always a redoubtable championship

:52:10. > :52:20.performer but he has not produced the form he has shown during the

:52:20. > :52:20.

:52:20. > :52:27.season. The defending champion is out.

:52:27. > :52:33.Twice the world champion is Robert Harting. A typical German technique.

:52:33. > :52:43.The discus is really flying in the air of this Olympic Stadium tonight.

:52:43. > :52:45.

:52:45. > :52:52.We have already seen the Iranian Gover 68 metres. There he is.

:52:52. > :52:57.Lawrence Okoye has got a big task on his hands here tonight. The

:52:57. > :53:02.flight was not right so the release of the forefinger was not as

:53:02. > :53:10.Harting would have wanted it. But he is in the next at the moment,

:53:10. > :53:14.that is for sure. He is in second place. Lawrence Okoye, the gentle

:53:14. > :53:20.giant, just think back to the third round of qualification where he

:53:20. > :53:30.produced a massive throw. That is going head first down towards 50m.

:53:30. > :53:43.

:53:43. > :53:53.The overcooked it. He only has one final attempt. He has gone. My

:53:53. > :53:57.

:53:57. > :54:07.goodness! Andrey Silnov Arab, Williams out. Robbie Grabarz is in

:54:07. > :54:14.

:54:14. > :54:20.equal third at the moment. Early stages are encouraging for Robbie

:54:20. > :54:26.Grabarz. Lawrence Okoye composing himself outside of the cage. He

:54:26. > :54:32.needs to produce something good in the third round. He needs to be in

:54:32. > :54:40.the top eight by the time he gets to the last throw. That has spun

:54:40. > :54:49.away beautifully. The very medal lines constitute one, two, very.

:54:49. > :54:59.Still a good throw from the Estonian. -- 3. We can tidy up the

:54:59. > :55:00.

:55:01. > :55:10.result from the semi-final. Anthony Chemut the other fastest loser at

:55:11. > :55:19.

:55:19. > :55:29.the moment. Another race to come. The baht is going to move to 0.33

:55:29. > :55:33.

:55:33. > :55:39.metres. -- 2.33m. Andrew Osagie goes in the next heat for the 800m.

:55:39. > :55:45.He has based himself in St Mary's Training Centre in London. There is

:55:45. > :55:54.a fantastic facility there. The principle has built a terrific

:55:54. > :55:59.organisation. He has benefited from that hugely. He has come of age. He

:55:59. > :56:09.is the only Briton in the semi- final of the 800m. We are also

:56:09. > :56:14.looking at the great David Rudisha. Lopes of Spain. We're looking at

:56:14. > :56:19.the old Olympic champion, Yuriy Borzakovskiy. I think we will find

:56:19. > :56:25.this race is too much for him. is a very tough line up for Andrew

:56:25. > :56:33.Osagie to cope with. Yuriy Borzakovskiy, 31 years old now. We

:56:33. > :56:43.have been commentating on him for ages. There is another athlete that

:56:43. > :56:44.

:56:44. > :56:52.Kevin mentioned, Lopes. What the talent he is! The European champion

:56:52. > :56:59.back in 2010 from Poland. His team- mate, adder, hanging on as one of

:56:59. > :57:06.the fastest losers at the moment. - - Adam Kszczot. The United States a

:57:06. > :57:16.number one, 1.4 to 3.7 T8. David Rudisha was athlete of the year

:57:16. > :57:30.

:57:30. > :57:40.pulls up a semi-finalist in the World Championships last year. --

:57:40. > :57:42.

:57:42. > :57:52.de Harlow club. Listen to the roar! He needs his lifetime best to get

:57:52. > :57:54.

:57:55. > :58:04.through to the Olympic final, perhaps. The Egyptian on the

:58:05. > :58:07.

:58:07. > :58:16.outside. Two make it through to the final on Thursday. Andrew Osagie

:58:16. > :58:21.goes off at quite a quick pace. David Rudisha going off quickly as

:58:21. > :58:28.well. Gonzalez, the Pan-American champion is going well as well. And

:58:28. > :58:36.the gangster from Qatar. We're all assuming that David Rudisha will go

:58:36. > :58:42.to the front. He is strong enough and fast enough to do that. He is

:58:42. > :58:48.doing exactly that. The 2004 champion running from the back.

:58:48. > :58:53.Andrew Osagie needs to take closer order. He has a chance to come on

:58:53. > :59:02.the inside next to David Rudisha. This man could be the start of the

:59:02. > :59:06.Olympic Games. I know that Usain Bolt has won Olympic medals. Andrew

:59:06. > :59:16.Osagie has to do some work will start he needs to get on the

:59:16. > :59:17.

:59:17. > :59:22.outside quickly. He looks tired but he is trying hard. It is David

:59:22. > :59:32.Rudisha. Listen to the roar for Andrew Osagie. He is back in 5th

:59:32. > :59:34.

:59:34. > :59:40.will start just under 200m to go. - - Fifth. Nick Symmonds of the USA

:59:40. > :59:47.is trying to make space for himself on the outside was dubbed David

:59:47. > :59:56.Rudisha gets away. Andrew Osagie needs to be Nick Symmonds. He is

:59:56. > :00:01.going to qualify for a place in the final. Everybody's eyes in this

:00:01. > :00:10.stadium were on the fast-finishing Britain - Yang Andrew Osagie has

:00:11. > :00:20.make the Olympic final. A fantastic performance from him. We needed

:00:20. > :00:26.someone in the final of the 800m. That was a brilliant performance. A

:00:26. > :00:32.personal best behind the star man. He has a bit to do. I thought he

:00:32. > :00:41.was struggling in the back straight bet he was accelerating bolster up

:00:41. > :00:48.the Olympic champion of 2004 is starting to fade. -- accelerating.

:00:48. > :00:54.Here comes Andrew Osagie. Nick Symmonds is a very good athlete.

:00:54. > :01:02.Andrew Osagie has run the race of his life to finish in second behind

:01:02. > :01:08.David Rudisha. That is better than a lot of people expected. This

:01:08. > :01:16.young man has a fantastic coach. He has done a great job of getting him

:01:16. > :01:26.ready. He has a won his gold medal. He has won his way through to the

:01:26. > :01:27.

:01:27. > :01:34.Olympic final. Well done, Andrew Osagie. He is giving a message out

:01:34. > :01:44.there. That is the emotion coming out. He must have dreamed about an

:01:44. > :01:46.

:01:46. > :01:53.There was almost a sense of disbelief as he crossed the line.

:01:53. > :02:01.am so happy. You plan all year for this race. When you get it right,

:02:01. > :02:08.it is almost disbelief. My legs were quite tired today. I am so, so

:02:08. > :02:14.happy. What a class field! I cannot believe I have qualified

:02:14. > :02:20.automatically. I was aiming for a fast as qualifiers spot. To come

:02:20. > :02:26.second in that race behind David Rudisha, it is pretty good. Words

:02:26. > :02:31.cannot describe how I feel at the moment. That was your dream - make

:02:31. > :02:41.the final and then who knows? wanted to give the crowd a bit of

:02:41. > :02:44.

:02:44. > :02:52.the booze. This is the toughest 800m in the Olympics for a long

:02:52. > :02:57.time. You have done a wonderful job. Congratulations! Thank you everyone

:02:57. > :03:07.at home - family and friends and the coach and busied team so I can

:03:07. > :03:30.

:03:30. > :03:35.get out and ran. -- the physios a Okoye. That is the last time we

:03:35. > :03:45.will see a young Lawrence Okoye in the Olympic Stadium. His coach will

:03:45. > :03:46.

:03:46. > :03:56.be gutted. He knows what potential this young man has. This is a

:03:56. > :03:56.

:03:56. > :04:06.college kid from America will start he is a real showman, a bit like

:04:06. > :04:08.

:04:08. > :04:18.Robbie Grabarz. He is very good. He is the first athlete clear at two

:04:18. > :04:26.

:04:26. > :04:32.point 33 metres. -- 2.33 metres. He has put himself into a really good

:04:32. > :04:39.position. Ivan Ukhov has lost his competition singlet. His heart is

:04:39. > :04:49.complete the beating - panicking. He is putting on a T-shirt. He has

:04:49. > :04:54.pinned it on to his T-shirt. He has to tried to compose himself for a

:04:54. > :04:59.first try at that distance. He would have been all over the place

:04:59. > :05:09.when he could not find his competitive best. Two people clear

:05:09. > :05:24.

:05:24. > :05:32.at that height. Erik Kynard of the really is in the medal hunt. It was

:05:32. > :05:39.close - it was close. The rain is coming down. He will have two more

:05:39. > :05:47.the temps. It was a Dalton Grant type wriggle. There is a

:05:47. > :05:57.significant result in the athletic career of Andrew Osagie. David R --

:05:57. > :06:33.

:06:33. > :06:40.He does not have to worry about how stadium but pretty good conditions

:06:40. > :06:46.for middle distance running. We have seen from the two quick races

:06:46. > :06:55.already... I do not think Nick Symmonds would have expected to be

:06:55. > :07:05.in that position. He was swift. Solomon came here third in the

:07:05. > :07:06.

:07:06. > :07:14.American trials but did impress in qualification. He front man his

:07:14. > :07:20.heat. Will he do the same here? We just caught a glimpse of Mohammad

:07:20. > :07:26.Aman from Ethiopia. He is the only man in recent years to have beaten

:07:26. > :07:33.David Rudisha. This is interesting. I thought Solomon might have put

:07:33. > :07:41.his boot down a bit. He does not really want to push arm. In the

:07:41. > :07:49.first heat, he went 50 and then 55. That is not the weight to do it.

:07:49. > :07:59.bit more sensible. -- the way. Solomon now is a determined leader.

:07:59. > :08:07.It gives him a chance. Muhammad demand is the interesting one. --

:08:07. > :08:14.Mohammad Aman. It is quick. The young Kenyan, Tim Kitum is coming

:08:14. > :08:18.through quickly. Solomon keeps driving. The world indoor champion

:08:18. > :08:26.looks hungry for the fight and ready to move. Is he going to be

:08:26. > :08:33.strong enough? Ethiopian sitting on the shoulder of the tall American -

:08:33. > :08:40.Solomon. Behind them, Tim Kitum, trying to get on terms with the

:08:40. > :08:48.front two. He is just 28 years of age himself. Solomon is holding on

:08:48. > :08:55.to this will stump he has to pump those arms and keep their knees

:08:55. > :09:00.going. Tim Kitum is taking second place. -- beanies. That is going to

:09:00. > :09:08.be interesting. It may well be the two Americans might well go through

:09:08. > :09:15.as fastest losers. Solomon has to be close. A smile coming across the

:09:15. > :09:19.face of Nick Symmonds. I think that he thinks he is through. Will

:09:19. > :09:26.Solomon get through? The two youngsters are looking good.

:09:26. > :09:33.Solomon was working hard. He was trying to give himself a chance. I

:09:33. > :09:38.was not impressed with Mohammad Aman until he started to move. The

:09:38. > :09:47.Ethiopian is trying to be the first Ethiopian to win a Murdoch in the

:09:47. > :09:53.Olympic Games. He has a real chance of that. Mohammad Aman, I think he

:09:53. > :09:57.is the only danger to David Rudisha and I am not sure how big a danger

:09:57. > :10:04.he is. Tim Kitum working hard for that one. Maybe there will be

:10:04. > :10:08.tactics in the final. Mohammad Aman is now relaxed. Powering through,

:10:08. > :10:12.the 18-year-old Ethiopian. They are so excited to find this young

:10:12. > :10:22.talent in Ethiopia. We know they can run long distances. We are

:10:22. > :10:37.

:10:37. > :10:47.finding out they can run short ones in the long jump to qualify. She

:10:47. > :10:56.has had a couple of fouls. That is not quite over automatic qualifying

:10:56. > :11:06.but it was good enough to take care into the finals. Shara Proctor is

:11:06. > :11:08.

:11:08. > :11:12.through with six metres and 83. Robbie Grabarz is pacing around. If

:11:12. > :11:22.nobody else clears two metres 33, Robbie Grabarz would have a bronze

:11:22. > :11:46.

:11:46. > :11:56.two failures for Jamie Nieto, and a couple of other competitors. The

:11:56. > :12:05.

:12:05. > :12:09.next athlete to jump will be Robbie medal but it will be very close.

:12:09. > :12:14.The trouble is, the two other athletes thinking gold have got

:12:14. > :12:24.there first time clearances. But Robbie Grabarz can get this. Be

:12:24. > :12:40.

:12:40. > :12:45.reckon that Robbie Grabarz, although he would have loved to

:12:45. > :12:52.have cleared it, he would also love the theatre of a third time attempt.

:12:52. > :13:02.A massive crowd noise. It will ratchet up a few not just for his

:13:02. > :13:15.

:13:15. > :13:20.third and final attempt. -- a few champion last year. This would be a

:13:21. > :13:30.lifetime best for the Ukrainian. The crowd really developed a

:13:31. > :13:43.

:13:43. > :13:53.relationship with the jumpers over He has enjoyed his time in London.

:13:53. > :14:03.He did well to make the final. The next athlete is really interesting,

:14:03. > :14:03.

:14:04. > :14:12.Mutaz Barshim from Qatar. He has a beautiful technique. I would not be

:14:12. > :14:22.surprised to see him go clear. Mutaz Barshim is just a youngster

:14:22. > :14:23.

:14:23. > :14:33.as well. Just 21 years old. He is tall and lean. Powerful on the

:14:33. > :14:53.

:14:53. > :15:03.good news for Robbie Grabarz. There will be two more athletes to

:15:03. > :15:09.

:15:09. > :15:14.attempt to meet his 33. -- two metres 33. It is good to Steve --

:15:14. > :15:19.it is good to see Robbie staying cool, calm and collected. He needs

:15:19. > :15:24.to remain focused. He knows he can get his height. He is enjoying the

:15:24. > :15:29.theatre as we are calling it, the atmosphere. Using it and feeding it

:15:29. > :15:36.is what he needs to do. Jamie NATO has decided not to take his third

:15:36. > :15:46.attempt. He will go for broke at two metres 36. Derek Drouin is

:15:46. > :16:17.

:16:17. > :16:22.A few athletes have brought their but not quite close enough. Robbie

:16:22. > :16:32.Grabarz is out and ready. We have still got Michael Mason to do an

:16:32. > :16:32.

:16:32. > :17:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:17:37. > :17:47.underfoot because of the early rain. and final attempt, Derek Drouin and

:17:47. > :18:20.

:18:20. > :18:25.in for third place at the moment. You will have to see what Jamie

:18:25. > :18:31.Nieto does at two metres 36. If he fails that, Robbie Grabarz will

:18:31. > :18:37.have a bronze medal. Drama in the high jump, we will not

:18:37. > :18:47.miss anything there. A high jumpers have to stop for this next semi-

:18:47. > :19:04.

:19:04. > :19:10.defending champion from Jamaica -- Veronica Campbell-Brown. Carmelita

:19:10. > :19:15.Jeter is the world champion of the 100 metres. She picked up a silver

:19:15. > :19:24.medal here in the 100 metres behind Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who we will

:19:24. > :19:30.see him one of the semi-finals as well. Veronica Campbell-Brown finds

:19:30. > :19:40.herself outside in lane nine. The first two and the two fastest

:19:40. > :19:48.

:19:48. > :19:52.losers are through. The final is start. She blasts out of the blocks.

:19:52. > :20:02.Veronica Campbell-Brown is running very well. The Jamaican is trying

:20:02. > :20:03.

:20:03. > :20:07.to hang on here. Campbell-Brown wins it from Jeter. She said in her

:20:08. > :20:12.interview after the heats, I need to get through. She was third in

:20:12. > :20:18.her heats and to me she did not look ready but she was ready

:20:18. > :20:23.tonight. She had to be out in lane nine. Jeter pushed her all the way.

:20:23. > :20:29.Was that a good a performance for you, Colin to suggest she could win

:20:29. > :20:34.her third 200m title? I think she found it difficult around this turn.

:20:34. > :20:40.She is in the outside lane. She is running completely blind. She knows

:20:40. > :20:46.this field is full of talent, especially Carmalita Jeter. She had

:20:46. > :20:51.to really motor around this turn. I think that may have used up more

:20:51. > :20:57.energy than Veronica really wanted to use. But she still kept going

:20:57. > :21:01.all the way down. She worked hard down the home straight. Right now

:21:01. > :21:10.she would have seen Iraq Carmelita Jeter but she managed to hold

:21:11. > :21:14.terror. She takes the victory. -- she managed to hold her off.

:21:14. > :21:21.Veronica is saying she is tired, you have every right to be. That

:21:21. > :21:26.was a tremendous performance. happy tonight. I think I executed

:21:26. > :21:31.the race and I am happy. We know you have a chance of history having

:21:31. > :21:35.won gold twice before in this event. How are you feeling going into the

:21:35. > :21:41.final? Just have to remain confident and execute a really good

:21:41. > :21:48.race. Do you draw on all that experience you have got from the

:21:48. > :21:52.past? Does it inspire you on the start line? You could say that. I

:21:52. > :22:00.know what to expect tomorrow night. I know it will be an extremely

:22:00. > :22:06.difficult event, based on the talent and the fit Les in the final.

:22:06. > :22:15.My job is to stay focused and just run my heart out. You always do,

:22:15. > :22:19.thank you for talking to us. Thank you. I am just wondering if there

:22:19. > :22:24.is enough confidence there. Even in that interview she does not look

:22:24. > :22:28.like the sort of athlete who expects to win this. We will see

:22:28. > :22:34.Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards- Ross as well. She knows the quality

:22:34. > :22:43.of the athletes she will be up against. Her competitors are tough,

:22:43. > :22:46.especially Allyson Felix, the world leader at this moment in time.

:22:46. > :22:56.Felix will be in the next semi- final. There is the result of the

:22:56. > :23:03.

:23:03. > :23:07.the high jump competition, Erik Kynard of the USA. He says he likes

:23:07. > :23:14.to have fun when he is jumping. I think he is having a lot of fun

:23:14. > :23:20.today. He gets very animated when he fails this. But he is so

:23:20. > :23:30.competitive and that is good to see. As you say, a surprise package, but

:23:30. > :23:35.also an incredible talent as well. He certainly is. I do not think

:23:35. > :23:43.anyone would have backed him coming into this competition. He has

:23:43. > :23:49.hardly jumped out of the USA. One season runs into the other and then

:23:49. > :23:58.to try and integrate that into a normal summer season. He has found

:23:58. > :24:04.his best now. And he has found his form. What a jump from the man who

:24:04. > :24:09.sits on top of the world list, who has jumped two metres 40 but has

:24:09. > :24:19.never produced it outdoors. Great indoors. He could be rewriting the

:24:19. > :24:29.

:24:30. > :24:39.just had a shake of the hands with another jumper who won the

:24:40. > :24:40.

:24:40. > :24:46.competition four years ago and has just gone out of the competition.

:24:46. > :24:51.This decides whether Robbie Grabarz and wins the bronze medal or not.

:24:51. > :25:00.If he knocks it off, we have a bronze medal in the high jump to

:25:00. > :25:05.match that of Steve Smith back in 1996 in Atalanta. It is bronze for

:25:05. > :25:15.Britain and Brahms for Robbie Grabarz. Not much of a celebration!

:25:15. > :25:21.A little clap. I wonder how many people in the stadium realise that.

:25:21. > :25:28.Not a big cheer for the bronze medal for Robbie Grabarz. He

:25:28. > :25:35.attacked it but the take-off was not very good. The brilliant young

:25:35. > :25:45.go Tarry congratulating Robbie Grabarz. He gave it is best and he

:25:45. > :25:55.

:25:55. > :26:01.the time he speaks to Phil Jones. I wonder if he will have wanted to

:26:01. > :26:11.jump better than that but he has got an Olympic medal. A good

:26:11. > :26:32.

:26:32. > :26:37.looking start list for the second history. The US championships this

:26:38. > :26:47.year, 21.629. Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast has been running

:26:48. > :26:55.

:26:55. > :27:02.very bulk in London. She was 7th in the hundred -- 100m final. The

:27:02. > :27:12.competitor from Trinidad and Tobago was just outside her best time in

:27:12. > :27:13.

:27:14. > :27:21.the heat. Sherone Simpson of Jamaica next come at out in lane

:27:21. > :27:31.eight. The Commonwealth champion for the 200m. She defeated Veronica

:27:31. > :27:32.

:27:32. > :27:40.Campbell-Brown in 2006. The 200m silver medallist in the European

:27:40. > :27:48.Championships in 2010. A couple of athletes we did not see but Allyson

:27:48. > :27:56.Felix very definitely the favourite. She ran really quickly in the first

:27:56. > :28:03.round and looked so, so easy. This is her best event by far, I think.

:28:03. > :28:13.She finished 5th in the final of the 100m a few days ago. She goes

:28:13. > :28:24.

:28:24. > :28:29.in lane four. The first two go already up. -- Murielle Ahoure have

:28:29. > :28:39.pulled up here is Allyson Felix. The transition from be bent to the

:28:39. > :28:44.straight is wonderful. Felix wins with Murielle Ahoure in second.

:28:44. > :28:50.Exactly the same time as a Veronica Campbell-Brown in the first heat.

:28:50. > :28:57.Surely that was a demonstration run by Allyson Felix and there is a lot

:28:57. > :29:04.more to come. What is so scary about Allyson Felix is how she

:29:04. > :29:14.looks so effortless when she puts her foot down and creates so much

:29:14. > :29:14.

:29:14. > :29:21.power. Erik Kynard has one failure. The first-time clearance by Ivan

:29:21. > :29:31.Ukhov means he sits in silver-medal position at the moment. He has

:29:31. > :29:39.something - he has a lot of confidence for a young man. He

:29:40. > :29:45.epitomises the American self-belief. Right out of college, bang full of

:29:45. > :29:51.confidence. Let's have a look at the 200m race again. Allyson Felix

:29:51. > :29:55.bought in red. She glides around this corner. She looks so

:29:55. > :30:01.impressive when in full flight. I can assure you she is not quite

:30:01. > :30:09.there yet. There is a lot to come from this young lady. As soon as

:30:09. > :30:19.she came off the bend, she just switched down. She moves so lightly.

:30:19. > :30:24.She is majestic to watch. The time tells us she is in great shape. 22

:30:24. > :30:32.point 31. She glanced at the school board to see where she was. The

:30:32. > :30:42.school -- the final is going to be sensational. 100 so of a second

:30:42. > :31:04.

:31:04. > :31:09.comfortable. There was a slight Veronica Campbell-Brown was

:31:09. > :31:15.impressive and Alison theme it -- Allyson Felix more so. What is his

:31:15. > :31:21.meaning for you? It has been a long time coming and I finally feel like

:31:22. > :31:30.I'm ready to put a base together. You are the favourite and now even

:31:30. > :31:37.more so. I am focused. I am ready to work. Do you think you will have

:31:37. > :31:44.the gold medal? I want to take one thing at a time. All the best for

:31:44. > :31:54.the final. Thank you very much. Ivan Ukhov must be full of

:31:54. > :32:01.

:32:01. > :32:08.tradition. It is looking like another rash and might take the

:32:08. > :32:13.title. -- Russian. He lost his top and was in all sorts of a flap. Now

:32:13. > :32:18.he is sitting at the top of the high jump competition with that

:32:18. > :32:25.first-time clearance. It is a brilliant performance by the

:32:25. > :32:33.Russian. If you are at tuning in, Robbie Grabarz has a medal - it is

:32:33. > :32:43.a bronze. He is sharing it with the Canadian. Erik Kynard has have one

:32:43. > :32:50.more attempt left. Here he is. He has passed his third and final

:32:50. > :32:57.attempt at two metres 38. This is brinkmanship at the very least.

:32:57. > :33:05.Lots of confidence but no form. Ivan Ukhov is Olympic champion. He

:33:05. > :33:11.is following on from his team-mate, Andrey Silnov. He lost his shirt

:33:11. > :33:16.but he got an Olympic title. That was an outstanding performance. A

:33:16. > :33:20.great performance from Robbie Grabarz. They do not put a height

:33:20. > :33:30.on a muddle and he will be getting on to the podium to get the bronze

:33:30. > :33:33.

:33:33. > :33:39.medal later on. Well done! round of the discus final and Gerd

:33:39. > :33:47.Kanter, but defending champion. He seems to like it. Bank on the line

:33:47. > :33:57.that signifiers the lead at the moment. -- bang on the line that

:33:57. > :34:07.

:34:07. > :34:14.first round. He has not improved since then. Gerd Kanter was out of

:34:14. > :34:24.a medal position up until this throw. It will be close. He is in

:34:24. > :35:04.

:35:04. > :35:10.second place. The start list for but she is not a worse 200m runner.

:35:10. > :35:20.Two big names, two Olympic champions for Abi Oyepitan to take

:35:20. > :35:29.on. She looked good in the heats of the 200. If she were to finish

:35:29. > :35:39.close to either of these and ran inside... Round about 22.5 - the

:35:39. > :35:47.

:35:47. > :35:54.quickest of her life. She ran that expect using her 100m speed out of

:35:54. > :36:03.the blocks. Abi Oyepitan has run a very good bend. Sanya Richards-Ross

:36:03. > :36:12.in second place. Abi Oyepitan just going backwards at the moment.

:36:12. > :36:18.Sanya Richards-Ross wins it. All of the big names have gone through.

:36:18. > :36:23.All three semi-finals where ran in roughly the same sort of time. I am

:36:23. > :36:30.going to save the most impressive in terms of producing that time was

:36:30. > :36:39.undoubtedly Allyson Felix. -- going to say. She has just been given a

:36:39. > :36:42.slightly quicker time, Sanya Richards-Ross. From the blocks, we

:36:43. > :36:48.expect Shirley-Ann Fraser-Pryce to be explosive and she was. I did not

:36:48. > :36:54.expect her to run such a good bend. He would have thought Sanya

:36:54. > :36:59.Richards-Ross would be used to running corners. She uses her 400m

:36:59. > :37:05.strength and experience to ease away past Sally Ann Fraser price

:37:05. > :37:14.and just take this victory. It is important for the lane draws.

:37:14. > :37:22.Olympic record height of two metres 40. Two more attempts. Do not bet

:37:22. > :37:32.against him getting it. Around this term, look at Shirley-Ann Fraser-

:37:32. > :37:33.

:37:33. > :37:40.Pryce! She has a metre and a half on Sanya Richards-Ross. She is

:37:40. > :37:46.sharp. She has run 22.09 this year. She eases across to take the

:37:46. > :37:52.victory. Victory is important because of the main draws for the

:37:52. > :37:58.final. Very strong, as you would expect from the 400m runner. Sanya

:37:58. > :38:02.Richards-Ross wins. That is the quickest time of the qualifications.

:38:02. > :38:12.Into the final with Shirley-Ann Fraser-Pryce. They both have two

:38:12. > :38:27.

:38:27. > :38:32.through. The two Jamaicans, the 100m champion, they are the top

:38:32. > :38:40.five. They will contest that final tomorrow night. Sanya Richards-Ross

:38:40. > :38:50.is always happy to stop and chat. She did so. Steve Cram said in a

:38:50. > :38:53.

:38:53. > :38:59.commentary this is Sanya Richards- Ross Peter macro event. -- B event.

:38:59. > :39:02.It was a lot of weight off my shoulders. I hope I can get a medal

:39:02. > :39:10.tomorrow. You have had immense pressure taken off your shoulders.

:39:10. > :39:16.Every time you are introduced to this crowd, begin a huge cheer.

:39:16. > :39:26.they give you a huge cheer. I'm very happy to be competing as a

:39:26. > :39:26.

:39:26. > :39:30.champ. Thank you for talking to us. Banks, Phil. Ivan Ukhov, after he

:39:30. > :39:40.lost his jumping shared the step he takes over from his team-mate,

:39:40. > :39:42.

:39:42. > :39:46.Andrey Silnov, as the Olympic champion. -- he lost his jumping

:39:46. > :39:56.shirt. Not the best of conditions for Robbie Grabarz but he has a bit

:39:56. > :40:05.

:40:05. > :40:15.an American college kid. And Mutaz Barshim, poet Derek Drury and and

:40:15. > :40:26.

:40:26. > :40:36.Robbie Grabarz on to 0.29 a -- if close for gold, silver and bronze

:40:36. > :40:44.at the moment. Ehsan Hadadi from Iran, hoping to become Iran's first

:40:44. > :40:54.ever Olympics athletics champion. But Robert Harting I think it is

:40:54. > :41:05.

:41:05. > :41:12.enamoured with that threat. We have got a new leader by 17 centimetres.

:41:12. > :41:20.The last throw for the man who led the final for so long. A looks as

:41:20. > :41:28.though Harting has got it. We have seen all sorts of antics in the

:41:28. > :41:32.past, I do not mean that in an unkind way, when he first won a

:41:32. > :41:37.world title, he did a superman action and ripped his shirt to

:41:37. > :41:44.shreds to celebrate. I think it is too cold here to that. Robert

:41:44. > :41:54.Harting is the Olympic discus champion. He wins another major

:41:54. > :41:59.global medal. Ehsan Hadadi, the first ever medal for Iran. A great

:41:59. > :42:07.start for him. Kanter, the defending champion, fell short four

:42:07. > :42:12.years after he won in Beijing. We have had two British throwers in

:42:12. > :42:19.finals and both of them have finished in 12th place, first of

:42:19. > :42:29.all Alex Smith in the men's ham and this time, Lawrence Okoye. -- the

:42:29. > :42:29.

:42:30. > :42:34.men's hammer. Steve Smith won a bronze in Atlanta

:42:34. > :42:39.and Germaine Mason four years ago but Robbie Grabarz has won a bronze

:42:39. > :42:49.tonight. In the context of British sport, it resonates because that is

:42:49. > :42:54.

:42:55. > :43:00.what the medal table looks like at medals we won in Beijing four years

:43:00. > :43:05.ago, 48 to 47 and we are three ahead as far as the gold standard

:43:05. > :43:08.is concerned. Everything that we hoped for has just about come

:43:08. > :43:12.through. Charles van Commenee, the performance director of British

:43:12. > :43:15.athletics was talking about having a metal target of eight at these

:43:15. > :43:25.Games. Do you think the high jump would have been on that list,

:43:25. > :43:25.

:43:26. > :43:33.I think so. Robbie has beaten his personal best, he has been

:43:33. > :43:38.consistent. He was confident, his coach was confident. I think it is

:43:38. > :43:42.great. I am glad he is smiling. I think he was a bit disappointed

:43:42. > :43:45.because I think he felt he could have done better. Every sport keeps

:43:45. > :43:49.talking about the need for characters but the Russian winner

:43:49. > :43:53.of the high jump, he is one of those guys you want to watch him

:43:53. > :43:57.because you do not know what will happen next. How was it possible

:43:57. > :44:02.for somebody to lose their competitor's shirt in the middle of

:44:02. > :44:07.the competition? Yes, that was a bit weird. Became out there with it

:44:07. > :44:12.and where it could have gone, I do not know. I do not understand why

:44:12. > :44:17.he had to take it off after every job. I wonder about the state of

:44:17. > :44:23.his bedroom, probably clothes everywhere. Andy had a random

:44:23. > :44:28.number with four numbers on it. They do give you extra ones.

:44:28. > :44:32.British medal tally has risen to 48. It will not be increased in the

:44:32. > :44:36.next final we will see on the track but we come on to the latest of

:44:36. > :44:46.Colin Jackson's guides and this is the event he knows an awful lot

:44:46. > :44:48.

:44:48. > :44:52.To win this event, there are loads of different factors that an

:44:52. > :44:57.athlete need to get right, and every section of the race happen so

:44:57. > :45:02.quickly that one small mistake will make the difference at the finish

:45:02. > :45:08.line. On average, it takes a good male athlete around 0.3 of a second

:45:08. > :45:12.to clear a hurdle and about 0.7 of a second to run between them. The

:45:12. > :45:17.women go slightly quicker because the men have their hurdles higher,

:45:17. > :45:23.about up to their only buttons. The distance between the hurdles are

:45:23. > :45:28.further apart. It is all about getting a consistent level of

:45:28. > :45:32.centre a body mass. The way to do this is if an athlete keeps their

:45:32. > :45:37.head at a consistent height during a race, even when clearing the

:45:37. > :45:41.barriers. When a race can really be won is in the landing, how long it

:45:41. > :45:45.takes to get the leading leg down and start running again. The

:45:45. > :45:51.backward movement of the leg acts as a braking for so athletes need

:45:51. > :46:01.to get it down quick and keep moving. Do that and there will be a

:46:01. > :46:06.

:46:06. > :46:11.Denise, you know about this as well, if you were doing a pie chart about

:46:11. > :46:14.how you would divvy up the important elements of the sprint

:46:14. > :46:19.hurdles, how would it be in terms of technique and speed? Because of

:46:19. > :46:22.the height of the hurdles, this is really a sprinting event, the more

:46:22. > :46:27.Flat speed you can carry through, the better your chances of getting

:46:28. > :46:31.a quick time. The girls vary in height so that affects the

:46:31. > :46:35.technique. Sally Pearson seems to have everything down pat but we

:46:35. > :46:43.know she has a good Flat speed. Are a bit of speed endurance towards

:46:43. > :46:48.the end. It has got a great package and it is a great event to watch.

:46:48. > :46:56.The speed between the hurdles, that is a benefit but when you seek

:46:56. > :47:02.Gayle divas for that the last hurdle, Lolo Jones, it can lose

:47:02. > :47:09.medals. You can almost be going too fast. Four how would you manage

:47:09. > :47:13.that? Go slower? No, it is not. It is that the frequency between good

:47:13. > :47:17.hurdle technique. Gail's was sometimes a bit ragged. When you

:47:17. > :47:23.are carrying a bat speed, you have to make sure you make adjustments

:47:23. > :47:31.very early. This is a big moment for a small island. This the first

:47:31. > :47:41.gold medal at the Olympic Games, 19-year-old car Rini James's the

:47:41. > :47:42.

:47:42. > :47:50.Olympic champion. A huge staff for a -- a huge roar for a future star

:47:50. > :47:57.of the Olympic Games. He is from the island of Grenada. They must

:47:57. > :48:05.have been one big party there last night. He was spotted as a great

:48:05. > :48:09.talent. He is at Alabama University, coached by a great sprinter of the

:48:09. > :48:15.past. He is still a bit of a raw talent as Michael Johnson was

:48:15. > :48:20.saying yesterday, but to run under 44 seconds at the age of 19, how it

:48:20. > :48:30.can he go in the future? His country's first ever Olympic medal

:48:30. > :48:30.

:48:30. > :49:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:49:33. > :49:43.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It was a Caribbean party.

:49:43. > :49:49.

:49:49. > :49:53.This is the first non-American ever We were struggling to remember what

:49:53. > :49:57.the capital of Grenada was but we remembered it was St George's. I'm

:49:57. > :50:04.sure all over the island there are great celebrations for this man. He

:50:04. > :50:09.could win in four years time in Rio and four years after that. He has a

:50:09. > :50:14.long career ahead of him. Here is somebody who would have loved to

:50:14. > :50:19.have won in Beijing four years ago. For Sally Pearson, this is the

:50:19. > :50:23.moment, Denise? It is a big moment for Australian athletics. It is not

:50:23. > :50:29.going particularly well in this stadium but she could lift their

:50:29. > :50:34.hopes. She has been completely dominant last year, apart from her

:50:35. > :50:42.fall in Brussels. She is an amazing hurdler, great Flat speed and she

:50:42. > :50:47.is here on a mission. She wants to win, make no bones about that.

:50:47. > :50:51.is breakfast time in Australia. I am sure this has got a monumental

:50:52. > :50:56.audience from Perth to Sydney because we made the point, with a

:50:56. > :51:00.certain amount of pleasure, that it has not been very successful for

:51:00. > :51:06.Australia. I am sure she must feel the weight of the nation on her,

:51:06. > :51:10.albeit from thousands of miles away. Yes, but more harrowing personal

:51:10. > :51:14.desire to be Olympic champion. She is world champion, Commonwealth

:51:14. > :51:18.champion, she has been ranked number one in the world, she has

:51:18. > :51:22.been extremely consistent over the last two years but you have got to

:51:22. > :51:32.win the Olympic Games and that is what she wants. It is the moment of

:51:32. > :52:08.

:52:08. > :52:13.truth for Sally Pearson and Steve surprise finalist here. Remember

:52:13. > :52:21.the drum of four years ago. Lolo Jones was leading that race. She

:52:21. > :52:30.hit the hurdle. Maybe she has become more famous as we were

:52:30. > :52:34.saying earlier on in the programme, since then, not for the races she

:52:34. > :52:38.has won. She has done well to scrape through the trials and

:52:38. > :52:42.qualifications to get into this final. She will be banishing those

:52:42. > :52:52.thoughts and will be looking for some redemption for what she

:52:52. > :53:19.

:53:19. > :53:26.happened four years ago when she four years ago. The American

:53:26. > :53:32.champion here, finished ahead of Kellie Wells. But she beat Sally

:53:32. > :53:39.Pearson. The only person who has beaten Sally Pearson over the last

:53:39. > :53:45.couple of years. That was just a few weeks ago in London. Two times

:53:45. > :53:52.European champion now, most recently in Helsinki, Nevin Yanit

:53:52. > :54:02.of Turkey. Herb -- her Commonwealth champion, both indoors and out,

:54:02. > :54:12.

:54:12. > :54:18.Australian to win this title. Jessica Zelinka was in the

:54:18. > :54:23.heptathlon are against Jess Ennis. She decided not to contest this

:54:23. > :54:33.event. That would have been interesting. And Beate Schrott of

:54:33. > :54:33.

:54:33. > :55:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:55:26. > :55:31.start and so does Kellie Wells. -- Pearson gets a good start. It is

:55:31. > :55:37.Sally Pearson of Australia. She is going to forge ahead. She just gets

:55:37. > :55:46.it, on the line. Gold for Australia! A new Olympic record.

:55:46. > :55:51.12.35. The world champion now is the Olympic champion. She's looking

:55:51. > :55:59.up at the screen. She's not quite sure. Harper came back really,

:55:59. > :56:09.really hard at the end. Half a metre lead and maybe in the end it

:56:09. > :56:16.

:56:16. > :56:21.was just enough. Oh, yes! And the emotion pours out as Sally Pearson

:56:21. > :56:29.realises the pressure. It was immense for her to win that race.

:56:29. > :56:34.She can hardly believe it. Great defence from Harper. But you cannot

:56:34. > :56:40.hold back such talent. Of you cannot hold back such speed. And

:56:40. > :56:46.you cannot hold back such determination. She was not to be

:56:46. > :56:50.denied. COLIN JACKSON: It was very crawl.

:56:50. > :56:55.Here because we knew the result we wanted to see how she would react

:56:55. > :57:01.when she saw her name come up at the top of that board. A new

:57:01. > :57:06.Olympic record of 12.35. But she was pushed all the way by the

:57:06. > :57:11.defending champion, Dawn Harper, of the United States. And Kellie Wells

:57:11. > :57:18.also ran her personal best in that race. A tremendous performance by a

:57:18. > :57:24.all of these ladies. Not one made a big error in this race. You can see

:57:24. > :57:30.the smiles on Dawn Harper's face. They can all see the scores on the

:57:30. > :57:34.scoreboard. And they are all very, very happy indeed. Dawn Harper had

:57:34. > :57:40.the previous Olympic record but Sally Pearson, she should enjoy

:57:40. > :57:49.this moment. It is a special moment indeed. As usual, explosive out of

:57:49. > :57:56.the blocks. And by this stage, she would know she is a bit ahead. And

:57:56. > :58:01.then all of a sudden, she starts to see the lead leg appear. But Dawn

:58:01. > :58:07.Harper, struck at the back end as always. Keeps her rhythm and the

:58:07. > :58:11.start and her technique. And works hard awards that line. And she has

:58:11. > :58:21.been rewarded with a silver medal and a brand new personal best.

:58:21. > :58:25.

:58:25. > :58:29.Nothing wrong with that performance it would have done to her not to

:58:29. > :58:33.have won that. Sally is a real tough character and she is not

:58:33. > :58:39.frightened to say what she thinks either. She is one of those who has

:58:39. > :58:45.made it very clear that it was gold or nothing here. She has been

:58:45. > :58:49.training in London for five, six, possibly even more weeks. Just

:58:49. > :58:53.outside Teddington. And these conditions, she is not fazed by

:58:53. > :58:59.them at all. It is a horrible night and she is getting used to them

:58:59. > :59:03.over the last few weeks. That has been an advantage. There was no

:59:03. > :59:08.wind in the stadium so that would have helped. But not the best

:59:08. > :59:13.conditions, only 17 degrees. But it won't stop any of these women

:59:13. > :59:21.performing so well indeed. And look at that! For a while, Australia

:59:21. > :59:30.have had a better day to day in the velodrome and here at the track.

:59:30. > :59:35.well, Australia have had. A new personal best and defence by Sally

:59:35. > :59:45.Pearson. And a new personal best for Kellie Wells. Leonard Jones

:59:45. > :59:46.

:59:46. > :59:52.just run out of it in 4th. -- Lolo Jones. This is sprint hurdling at

:59:52. > :59:55.its best. You want to record this and play it back on numerous

:59:55. > :00:02.occasions if you are a hurdler because it does not get much better

:00:02. > :00:09.than this, I can tell you that. Nevin Yanit must have been thinking,

:00:09. > :00:19.what is happening here?! She blasted out of the blocks and just

:00:19. > :00:19.

:00:19. > :00:26.kept going, Pearson. But a national record for her. 12.50 it. A lovely

:00:26. > :00:36.moment for Robbie Grabarz. A lack of honour in front of 80,000 people.

:00:36. > :00:39.-- a lap. We got three gold, a silver and a bronze to add to our

:00:39. > :00:47.ever-growing collection. What a performance on the biggest night of

:00:47. > :00:52.your life, and you delivered a medal! I am over the moon. I am

:00:52. > :00:59.kind of sad it is a bronze but if anybody had said, you will get a

:00:59. > :01:09.medal at London 2012, I could not believe it. I am so happy. Over the

:01:09. > :01:10.

:01:10. > :01:13.moon. You make that decision to flip off before you were not taking

:01:13. > :01:18.it there quite so seriously. Can you remind people how you got to

:01:18. > :01:22.this point? I had just been wasting time and not applying myself. At

:01:22. > :01:29.the end of last year, my coach gave me a good telling off, to put it

:01:29. > :01:32.politely! He said, you're wasting my time, you're wasting your time.

:01:32. > :01:41.Galway and if you don't want it, don't come back. And I came back

:01:41. > :01:47.and got a medal. -- go away. I managed to get across the barrier

:01:47. > :01:55.and see her quickly. I think she bore be proud of the decision I

:01:55. > :02:00.made. -- she will be proud. It would not be possible without my

:02:00. > :02:06.mother and him. They have been there through the whole thing. And

:02:06. > :02:11.again, so many other people. Too money to thank but I will thank

:02:11. > :02:14.everyone. You lost your funding previously and you have for your

:02:14. > :02:20.way back where, on the big stage of your life, you have got an Olympic

:02:20. > :02:25.medal in London. What a great story! It is fantastic. I am lost

:02:25. > :02:33.for words and I am over the moon. I am so happy. I am sure it will sink

:02:33. > :02:40.in eventually! Well done. Thank you. JOHN INVERDALE: As the rain pounds

:02:40. > :02:45.down, we await one more final, the men's 1,500 metres. And there's two

:02:45. > :02:50.great figures of athletics. Seb Coe and Roger Bannister discussing what

:02:50. > :02:56.might or might not happen in the next five, 10 minutes or so. Just a

:02:56. > :03:01.quick word about Sally Pearson and that extraordinary, well, resilient

:03:01. > :03:05.performance, as the rain was hammering down. She spent five

:03:06. > :03:09.weeks in south-west London where it has been raining, so she was

:03:09. > :03:18.perfectly acclimatised to the conditions. Absolutely. An

:03:18. > :03:27.incredible run. We always knew it would be a great race for sock she

:03:28. > :03:35.stops off running quickly and brings it right home to the end. --

:03:35. > :03:39.a great race. But Dawn Harper! Michael and I were just discussing,

:03:39. > :03:45.had she run through may be two more strides, that probably would have

:03:45. > :03:49.been a dead heat and closer than it came out. Absolutely. Dawn Harper

:03:49. > :03:55.is a defending Olympic gold medallist and you will see as she

:03:55. > :04:01.comes off that last hurdle, right here, she loses balance a bit and

:04:01. > :04:08.Mr time baleen. That probably would have been a dead heat. -- she

:04:08. > :04:13.mistimed it. But Sally Pearson, a great hurdler. And a super high

:04:13. > :04:19.quality race. We saw the men last night and the 400 metres the other

:04:19. > :04:25.night. Dawn Harper now getting silver and Sally Pearson world

:04:25. > :04:30.champion in this race. Lolo Jones did well in lane one to get 4th

:04:30. > :04:34.place, and so many personal bests from Kellie Wells. Just high

:04:34. > :04:39.quality athletics. We had an outstanding women's 100 metres race

:04:39. > :04:42.on Saturday that everybody forgot about it because of the three

:04:42. > :04:47.medals Britain enjoyed. From what you're saying about the quality of

:04:47. > :04:52.that race, do you think this is heading towards a vintage athletics

:04:53. > :04:59.programme in this Games? Are it could be. You mentioned these races,

:04:59. > :05:04.the men's 100 metres, the women's. We saw what is to come. That will

:05:04. > :05:10.be a great race as well. This could go down in history as one of the

:05:10. > :05:14.best. One race we have not mentioned, we have not discussed

:05:14. > :05:18.Bolt and Yohan Blake in the 200 metres this morning, who were

:05:18. > :05:24.ambling their way to the line. Was that just sparring? Were we any the

:05:25. > :05:29.wiser after that? No! In A nutshell! If he vitally what was

:05:29. > :05:34.most impressive was the other Jamaican, the young boy, he had

:05:34. > :05:40.such an impressive time so the Jamaicans could sweep that one.

:05:40. > :05:46.Well, here we go. The men's 1,500 metres final, which, in days gone

:05:46. > :05:53.by, always meant British interest, but today, sadly doesn't. It

:05:54. > :06:00.reminds us of what Sebastian Coe did 28 years ago.

:06:00. > :06:09.That man walking away from the camera, he did not win in 2008. It

:06:10. > :06:14.was won by Ramsey. He was found later to have failed a drugs test.

:06:14. > :06:20.It was not until December last year that Asbel Kiprop had a ceremony in

:06:20. > :06:23.Nairobi to receive his Olympic gold medal, which was a shame for him. I

:06:23. > :06:29.always think it is not good if the champion cannot stand on the

:06:29. > :06:34.rostrum. And he came to the cross- country and he said, I was the

:06:34. > :06:44.first Olympic athlete to be awarded a gold medal in Kenya. We have

:06:44. > :06:58.

:06:58. > :07:01.never staged the Olympics there. Kiprop, but needs to be running the

:07:01. > :07:08.right way and find the right tactics. And I always get really

:07:08. > :07:18.excited about this race. They have got me excited in the first place

:07:18. > :07:18.

:07:18. > :07:24.about athletics. We have been watching this man. And Peter

:07:24. > :07:31.Elliott, Britain's last medallist in this race, is sitting out there.

:07:31. > :07:37.They'll probably discussing which tactics should be used. -- they are

:07:37. > :07:42.probably. I am sure this man will figure in their discussion. Well,

:07:42. > :07:47.you can look a bit out of sorts in more tactical races, Asbel Kiprop.

:07:47. > :07:54.He likes it when it is fast. But the question is, how do you make it

:07:54. > :08:04.fast in the Olympic final? His team compatriot in 2000, when he broke

:08:04. > :08:08.

:08:08. > :08:14.the heart of his team mate, when we asked him earlier, who will win, he

:08:14. > :08:19.said, Asbel Kiprop. This could well be the controversial Algerian, who

:08:19. > :08:26.was initially taken out of the Games for not trying in the 800

:08:26. > :08:34.metres. Those races overlap and his country still had cemented in that.

:08:34. > :08:42.To be able to run in this final, he had to turn up and then it seemed

:08:42. > :08:52.he was injured. I am not sure this man will figure. He has been a

:08:52. > :09:02.danger in the past. Ali. Well, the Americans have very high hopes. If

:09:02. > :09:02.

:09:02. > :09:12.it was a slow race, he is always quick in the home straight. A

:09:12. > :09:21.former Kenyan, Ilham Ozbilen. Now of Turkey. The Kenyans think they

:09:21. > :09:26.can get a one, two, three here. Take Silas Kiplagat. A man who

:09:26. > :09:31.knows how to win titles. A Commonwealth champion. And this man

:09:31. > :09:36.could be a bit of a danger, Mekonnen Gebremedhin. The Ethiopian

:09:36. > :09:45.has improved this year. I don't know if he has enough pace, though.

:09:45. > :09:55.Let's see. Abdalaati Iguider has pace. The Moroccan, who looked very

:09:55. > :09:55.

:09:55. > :10:01.good in the semi-final and won his semi-final. And again, Chepseba, he

:10:01. > :10:06.is possessed of great talent. One of the few Kenyans not to come from

:10:06. > :10:16.altitude. And what about this young man here? Matthew Centrowitz. Just

:10:16. > :10:20.

:10:20. > :10:25.22 years of age. For another last year when he snuck in the

:10:25. > :10:31.bronze. And this man to go silver medal for New Zealand. Nicholas

:10:31. > :10:37.Willis. He knows how to win medals, does Nick Willis. I think he will

:10:37. > :10:47.be a danger here as well. He is in great shape. The men's 1,500 metres

:10:47. > :10:56.

:10:56. > :11:03.unfurled here. The Nigerian always likes to start quickly. There was a

:11:03. > :11:13.push, and Kiplagat was involved. Kiplagat's team-mate likes to sit

:11:13. > :11:17.

:11:17. > :11:23.at the back, and the early pace settling down a little bit. Iguida,

:11:23. > :11:27.leading them but he will not stay there, he does not want to lead.

:11:27. > :11:35.Kiprop, the gold medallist from last time, moving up. I wonder who

:11:35. > :11:45.will add their name to the list of people who have won this in the

:11:45. > :11:53.

:11:53. > :11:59.past, including Sebastian Coe himself. Whose name will join them?

:11:59. > :12:04.Chepseba, now deciding to move the pace on. It is not quick, it is

:12:04. > :12:13.tactical, and when it is tactical the result can be different to what

:12:13. > :12:18.you expect. It is not super Slow at least, it is 58.3 and that is

:12:18. > :12:25.within the ability of all of these men, obviously, but it is not too

:12:25. > :12:33.slow. Ali is a former Kenyan himself, and he is just keeping its

:12:33. > :12:43.strong enough so that it is a decent pace. Centrowitz with the

:12:43. > :12:45.

:12:45. > :12:55.American team-mate alongside him, and they will pass the 800m having

:12:55. > :13:00.

:13:00. > :13:09.done a slower lap. Yes, the 62nd lap gives every one a chance. --

:13:09. > :13:19.60-second lap. Nick Willis is in a good position, with Makhloufi

:13:19. > :13:26.outside him. Kiplagat in a real battle with Makhloufi, elbows all

:13:26. > :13:33.over the place. Nick Willis is boxed on the inside, and Makhloufi

:13:33. > :13:39.pushes through. He has the best spot. Kiprop will not win it from

:13:39. > :13:49.there, surely? He has a lot to do. His team-mates are at the front.

:13:49. > :13:50.

:13:50. > :13:56.His team-mates are setting the pace. Makhloufi from Algeria strikes out.

:13:56. > :14:03.The controversial Algerian kicks for home in a style which we

:14:03. > :14:07.haven't seen from him. This is a victory for a man who would not

:14:07. > :14:12.have come to these games expecting to win this race, certainly not

:14:12. > :14:22.many thought he could do this. He has completely destroyed this

:14:22. > :14:26.

:14:26. > :14:33.Olympic field. Here so far ahead, and it is Manzano coming through,

:14:33. > :14:43.maybe Centrowitz for the bronze. It was very close. Makhloufi has won

:14:43. > :14:44.

:14:44. > :14:54.the gold medal for Algeria. He won it in a manner which many will find

:14:54. > :14:55.

:14:55. > :15:02.surprising. He was disqualified by the judges in the 800m yesterday,

:15:02. > :15:09.and he looks slightly perplexed, wondering what happened. Kiprop is

:15:09. > :15:15.carrying a bit of hamstring injury, and I can only suspect he wasn't

:15:15. > :15:20.able to function fully. I suspect the fit Kiprop would not have been

:15:20. > :15:30.able to do anything about Makhloufi. Where on earth did he get that

:15:30. > :15:36.

:15:36. > :15:41.from? It was the best run of his life. There goes Iguida. The

:15:41. > :15:46.defending champion is not in it, he can't function. Down the back

:15:46. > :15:54.straight, there goes Makhloufi. The statistician has just told me he

:15:54. > :16:01.ran 12.6 seconds for his 100m stretch. Round the bend, he

:16:01. > :16:06.accelerates, and his time was 12.5 seconds. That blew the field apart.

:16:06. > :16:16.That was the deciding factor, and he comes away, and it looks as if

:16:16. > :16:17.

:16:17. > :16:27.the young Ethiopian was going to get a medal. But here comes Manzano,

:16:27. > :16:27.

:16:27. > :16:37.the American in second place. It was at times confusing and

:16:37. > :16:41.controversial, but Makhloufi wins the gold medal. Brendan, some

:16:41. > :16:46.people will ask what has gone on here because yesterday he had a

:16:46. > :16:52.doctor's note to say he was injured and that is why he had to pull out

:16:52. > :16:56.of the 800m. He was initially taken out for not running properly, and

:16:56. > :17:02.that is because the federation entered him in both events, maybe

:17:02. > :17:07.that was their fault, I don't know. A doctor said this man was injured,

:17:07. > :17:13.there was a doctor's note to say he was injured yesterday, and he has

:17:13. > :17:18.done that today. He was reinstated on the basis that he had a proper

:17:18. > :17:22.injury and the doctor's note was believed, and then he came away and

:17:22. > :17:27.ran the gold medal. He wasn't injured yesterday, but because he

:17:27. > :17:32.had entered he had to go through the motions. The controversy of

:17:32. > :17:36.that is small compared to the conversations that have been going

:17:36. > :17:43.on about this athlete himself. He is there, he has improved

:17:43. > :17:53.drastically this year, and a surprise but remember more subtly

:17:53. > :17:56.

:17:56. > :18:06.won this event back then and it was a fantastic sprint finish. That is

:18:06. > :18:10.

:18:10. > :18:15.the result - a big disappointment for the champions from last time.

:18:15. > :18:20.We had a great champion earlier wrong. It was a fantastic race. She

:18:20. > :18:23.had so much pressure, she did it in brilliant style - Sally Pearson of

:18:23. > :18:27.Australia. Let's hear what she Australia. Let's hear what she

:18:27. > :18:33.thought about her a gold medal performance. What a performance

:18:33. > :18:37.from Sally Pearson, Olympic champion. How special is this

:18:37. > :18:43.moment for you? Our don't even know how to describe it because it is

:18:43. > :18:49.like a dream right now. At the moment I am feeling released, and

:18:49. > :18:55.now it is shock. It is a matter of going through the motions and the

:18:55. > :19:01.emotions. You have seen me through the diamond leaks and everything

:19:01. > :19:06.else. I have worked so hard for the last two years. My goals were to

:19:06. > :19:10.win the World Championships and the Olympic Games, and I have done that.

:19:10. > :19:17.You have the nation's expectations on your shoulders, let's not forget

:19:17. > :19:21.that. For I'm sorry, Australia, but I blocked you out for the last few

:19:21. > :19:29.weeks to concentrate on tonight. Thank you to everyone who supported

:19:29. > :19:36.me. We saw you celebrating with your team and your husband, and you

:19:36. > :19:42.have extended British family here now. Yes, I have my and tea and my

:19:42. > :19:50.uncle, and my cousins. Everyone at home, my antique Janice came to the

:19:50. > :19:55.heats yesterday and I know I will forget some people. Happy birthday

:19:55. > :20:03.to my it's Uncle David. You are one of the most worthy champions I can

:20:03. > :20:08.think of. You thoroughly deserve this. Thank you. Well done indeed.

:20:08. > :20:16.Just before the women's 100m hurdles final we had Robert Harting

:20:16. > :20:20.of Germany doing his lap of honour. He has ripped his vest off,

:20:20. > :20:25.runaround restraint must got in the past, and this time he showed us

:20:25. > :20:30.that the men can't jump. Robert Harting, the Olympic discus

:20:30. > :20:35.champion. He will be in the decathlon and

:20:35. > :20:40.next time. Michael and Denise are here, and we have been joined by

:20:40. > :20:46.Sebastian Coe, twice an Olympic champion at 1,500m. We thought

:20:46. > :20:52.Kiprop might be called that. What was your take on what we have seen?

:20:52. > :20:58.It was a funny race. I'm surprised they allowed it to be run at such a

:20:58. > :21:02.pedestrian pace. They saw in previous rounds Makhloufi had a

:21:02. > :21:09.strong finish and I'm surprised they played into his hands in the

:21:09. > :21:15.way they did. The commentators were speculating that you were

:21:15. > :21:22.discussing pacing in the crowd - were you? We were, but everything

:21:22. > :21:28.with Roger tend to be very analytical and academic. He didn't

:21:28. > :21:32.quite understand why it had been run that way. Over the cost of the

:21:32. > :21:39.last few days, switched the radio 1 and whatever radio station it is,

:21:39. > :21:42.there has been a perennial debate, and I have been asked so many times

:21:42. > :21:48.- answer the question. People try to get tickets, they go on the

:21:48. > :21:53.website, it says tickets are available, they are there for half

:21:53. > :21:59.an hour. They want to go and pay, and it crashes. People are cross.

:21:59. > :22:03.Why? The have a few 1000 tickets and at any time 2 million people

:22:03. > :22:08.trying to access the website. When they are not getting through it is

:22:09. > :22:14.because they are one of over a million people trying to do that.

:22:14. > :22:18.The website is not crashing, it is just the extraordinary demand. Some

:22:18. > :22:24.people we are able to put into the system because we have contracted

:22:24. > :22:29.the space as we have followed through the accredited seating,

:22:29. > :22:39.some of them are a returns, but there is a massive demand.

:22:39. > :22:40.

:22:40. > :22:50.other question is, bringing us back to athletics... Why have I got

:22:50. > :22:50.

:22:50. > :22:56.this? Nobody was able to hear you! You are an athlete - playing rock

:22:57. > :23:00.music during the 800m tonight, do you like that? I thought it was OK.

:23:00. > :23:07.I tend to be on the conservative side of these arguments but it

:23:07. > :23:11.seems all right for me. It is not unusual. The world championships,

:23:11. > :23:15.the Diamond League. But these are the Olympic Games. We have full

:23:15. > :23:21.houses here and I think it is important we do that. It feels

:23:21. > :23:25.appropriate to me. Let's talk about the athletics. Michael and Denise

:23:25. > :23:28.were saying they think we have had a pretty good Olympic Games in

:23:28. > :23:33.terms of performance on the track and this could end up being a

:23:33. > :23:39.vintage Olympic Games on the track. What is your take on what we have

:23:39. > :23:44.seen? It has been fantastic. The athletes have risen to the audience

:23:44. > :23:48.here. The spectators have been fantastic, even handed. Of course

:23:48. > :23:52.they will be supporting hometown kids but they have given great

:23:52. > :23:58.respect to the other competitors. When Greg Rutherford was competing,

:23:58. > :24:05.they were still cheering the other athletes on the long jump, and you

:24:05. > :24:15.don't often get that. I think... I have always believed that the

:24:15. > :24:19.

:24:19. > :24:28.success of an Olympic Games is down to the athletes lead as much -- the

:24:28. > :24:33.atmosphere. Last question, you have seen, heaven knows what you have

:24:33. > :24:43.seen on the athletics tracks of the world over the last 50 years, where

:24:43. > :24:45.

:24:45. > :24:51.Right at the top. I just feel he knew more than anybody else in that

:24:51. > :24:57.race about how to conduct himself 40 minutes out. Yohan Blake is an

:24:57. > :25:02.extraordinary talent and might even go on to win the 200. I doubt it!

:25:02. > :25:08.But if you looked at that field and decided who would emerge from that

:25:08. > :25:14.call a terrier after 40 minutes, it would always be Usain Bolt. -- from

:25:14. > :25:20.that call up area. I think it will be a tougher race for him, the 200.

:25:20. > :25:23.I am sure we will talk again. Now you know - as far as the website is

:25:23. > :25:28.concerned, everybody wants tickets but there are not enough to go

:25:28. > :25:33.round. You are back with us tomorrow morning and evening. That

:25:33. > :25:38.is a stun from the Olympic Stadium. Actually, it has stopped raining

:25:38. > :25:43.now so quite be pleasant evening. We will be back in the Olympic

:25:43. > :25:50.Stadium tomorrow night. Let's look back now to earlier in the day and

:25:50. > :26:00.the eagerly awaited men's triathlon. Going for Britain, two men from

:26:00. > :26:01.

:26:01. > :26:11.Yorkshire, two medal hopes. The And they dive into the Serpentine

:26:11. > :26:13.

:26:13. > :26:21.to begin the Olympic triathlon. The Slovakian at Leeds. The Brownlees

:26:21. > :26:31.are in 4th and third position. And then Gomes. Jonny arrives. Gomes is

:26:31. > :26:31.

:26:32. > :26:35.already aboard and pedalling... Here are the leaders. This group of

:26:36. > :26:43.five Exeter the Serpentine together, in transition together, and are

:26:43. > :26:49.leading the race to get the. -- this group of five exited at. You

:26:49. > :26:56.can see the chase group now. They are closing the gap. Just a handful

:26:56. > :27:00.of seconds, so these guys at the front, five it was, now it is 22.

:27:00. > :27:05.This is what Stuart Hayes has been brought in to do. He is leading the

:27:05. > :27:10.competition. The Brownlee brothers right there. We are hearing

:27:10. > :27:20.Jonathan Brownlee might have raised 15 second penalty for mounting his

:27:20. > :27:25.

:27:25. > :27:32.bike too early. If -- might have a The Brownlee brothers now head out

:27:32. > :27:38.for a 10,000-metre run around the park. The boys have opened up a

:27:38. > :27:45.lead of four seconds to the next best. The speed of that, my

:27:45. > :27:50.goodness me! Alistair Brownlee, this is 100% effort right from the

:27:50. > :28:00.very first step. Jonny Brownlee is struggling now to maintain this

:28:00. > :28:03.

:28:03. > :28:09.sort of pace. Time will tick past very slowly. He is away again, and

:28:09. > :28:14.still in third. He'd stumbled as he came out of the penalty blocks.

:28:14. > :28:20.first British triathlon champion in the guise of Alistair Brownlee.

:28:20. > :28:30.Alistair Brownlee is the Olympic triathlon champion! Jonathan comes

:28:30. > :28:33.

:28:33. > :28:39.home for bronze. Alistair Brownlee, And here they are. The brothers,

:28:39. > :28:43.alongside Stuart Hayes, who played an important part. Firstly, many

:28:43. > :28:49.congratulations. A remarkable effort. You run away with it. You

:28:49. > :28:54.must be immensely proud? Thank you very much. It was a tough, tough

:28:54. > :28:58.race. For the first three-quarters of it, I was battling away. On to

:28:58. > :29:08.the bike and then you're on your own, going as hard as you can. I

:29:08. > :29:13.did not know until about two, three kilometres away. And there you

:29:13. > :29:18.grabbed the flak. Lots of people in the office were going, I hope that

:29:18. > :29:25.is allowed! Especially after what happened to Jonny earlier on! Tried

:29:25. > :29:31.to describe your emotions at that point. As you can see from my face,

:29:31. > :29:34.I am absolutely exhausted! So tired. I just want to sit down after

:29:34. > :29:42.crossing the line. It was deceptively hot and humid and that

:29:42. > :29:46.took its toll. An hour and 46 of solid racing so I just wanted to

:29:46. > :29:50.lie down on the carpet! But mentally happy and delighted to

:29:50. > :29:54.cross the finish line and even more happy when Jonny managed to hold on

:29:54. > :30:01.to that bronze medal. Were you concerned about that, because you

:30:01. > :30:06.must have known about his 15 second penalty? And there you are, Jonny.

:30:06. > :30:10.Lovely scenes between the two of you at the end as well. When I

:30:10. > :30:16.crossed the finish line, I went straight to Alastair. We are very

:30:16. > :30:21.close and we trained together. More than just brothers. I went straight

:30:21. > :30:28.to him and gave him a bit of a hug. What happened with the 15 seconds?

:30:28. > :30:34.De Jim Marshall bike too soon? Were you a way you had done that? -- did

:30:34. > :30:39.you mounted your bike? No. I have never got a penalty before in a

:30:39. > :30:46.triathlon. I saw my number come up and first I thought it was my

:30:46. > :30:53.brother. He was No. 30 and I was 31. I saw one of the 30s on the board.

:30:53. > :30:58.I saw the penalty and thought, what an idiot! And then I saw it was me.

:30:58. > :31:02.I realised I was the idiot! And I ask the British coaches would have

:31:02. > :31:06.had done wrong because I didn't think I had done anything wrong.

:31:06. > :31:12.And then I thought, fair point, maybe I have done something wrong.

:31:12. > :31:18.And then I had to countdown for the race. There were literally

:31:18. > :31:26.centimetres in it. It was so harsh. Stuart, you played a very important

:31:26. > :31:31.role? Yes. We decided to go into the race as a team because we had

:31:31. > :31:35.not got a medal. And I was sorely there to make sure the pace was

:31:35. > :31:39.high on the bike and to make the run as easy as possible. And that

:31:39. > :31:44.is what I did. Because there was a slight concern that everybody was

:31:45. > :31:50.going to gang up against you? I knew that could happen so I made

:31:50. > :31:53.sure the pace was as fast as it could possibly be. Alastair was

:31:53. > :31:59.attacking as well and the other countries didn't know what was

:31:59. > :32:06.going on. You know this man a beer, don't you?! We owe him a bit more

:32:06. > :32:10.than that! He has got a few more night of celebration on me. It is

:32:10. > :32:14.so great to be so good in one a particular field. How did you get

:32:14. > :32:22.involved in the first place? It is very popular now but it wasn't a

:32:22. > :32:29.few years ago. We are not entirely sure ourselves. Dad was quite into

:32:29. > :32:34.something so we were outside and doing sport. -- quite into swimming.

:32:34. > :32:40.He first gave me the idea and it carried on from there. And you

:32:40. > :32:46.followed on? Yeah, he is the older one so I pretty much followed him

:32:46. > :32:48.into the sport and copied his training. And he be me today it!

:32:49. > :32:52.There were many remarkable statistics but one that came out

:32:52. > :32:58.today was that your 10,000-metre time, you wouldn't have even been

:32:58. > :33:02.asked in the final in the 10,000 metres of the athletics stadium,

:33:02. > :33:11.and 20 seconds behind Mo Farah. That is quite remarkable after you

:33:11. > :33:15.have swam and been on the back for so long. Yes, I was quite pleased

:33:15. > :33:20.with that. I thought it wasn't very accurate but it was. I think that

:33:21. > :33:27.is the fastest I have ever done in a triathlon and faster than any has

:33:27. > :33:35.-- any body has done. It is enormous. Probably bigger than

:33:35. > :33:38.going two or three minutes slower. Jonny, the crowds in Hyde Park, it

:33:38. > :33:47.must have been incredible? Hundreds of thousands of people, it seemed

:33:47. > :33:55.to me? Yeah. 50 Deepak some point. We couldn't even talk to each other.

:33:55. > :34:03.I was shouting at him and he couldn't hear me! -- 50 people deep

:34:03. > :34:07.at some point. Yorkshire are doing OK at these Games! A final thing -

:34:07. > :34:13.you were expected to win and it must have put a lot of pressure on

:34:13. > :34:17.you to deliver? And you did it? I was pretty relieved. A lot of

:34:17. > :34:22.pressure and expectation but I think we did a good job of getting

:34:22. > :34:26.it right, removing ourselves from the Olympics and treating it as a

:34:26. > :34:32.normal race. Thank you so much to the three of you. Lovely to see

:34:32. > :34:37.your medals. London looked a picture today. Hyde Park looked

:34:37. > :34:42.amazing. And you did your home nation crowd. Thank you so much.

:34:42. > :34:52.A net's turn our attention to boxing. Great Britain's men are in

:34:52. > :34:55.a grid position to contest for some medals. -- a great position. If

:34:55. > :35:03.Selby could fight his position against Ramirez, you could

:35:04. > :35:13.guarantee himself a medal. The commentators at the excel arena are

:35:14. > :35:23.

:35:23. > :35:27.there for us now. -- the ExCel Cuba. Ramirez. And his opponent is

:35:27. > :35:31.the world number one ranked boxer, Andrew Selby, the reigning European

:35:32. > :35:39.champion, world championship, silver medallists -- silver

:35:39. > :35:43.medallist from last year. A fast start by both boxers once again but

:35:43. > :35:51.finding themselves pinned to the ropes. That is not where you want

:35:51. > :35:57.to be. No, he has got a fine position in the ring. When he is

:35:57. > :36:03.breaking away he is coming with his hands too low. Just looking for a

:36:03. > :36:13.response from Ramirez. A far more difficult proposition for Ramirez

:36:13. > :36:22.

:36:22. > :36:27.boxing out of the stamps momentarily. He does have the

:36:27. > :36:31.ability to do that. Such a talented boxer. And you said himself,

:36:31. > :36:36.sometimes he doesn't know what he is going to do. But so much

:36:36. > :36:40.training has gone into that. So many things are automatic and

:36:40. > :36:50.distinctive for this young man. He is demonstrating his range of

:36:50. > :37:01.

:37:01. > :37:11.ability here. Back to the orthodox for two offences. I think what

:37:11. > :37:14.

:37:14. > :37:23.Selby needs now is a few friends. False attack and then launch into

:37:23. > :37:29.another one. And then a long hook a round that guard. An exchange of

:37:29. > :37:35.books between the two boxes. Good, straight shots from Selby but then

:37:35. > :37:39.he was pinned on the ropes. Ramirez, recovering effectively to repel

:37:39. > :37:49.those flurries from Selby. Ramirez moves away effectively before

:37:49. > :37:56.

:37:56. > :38:01.giving a hard right hand to the this contest by both boxers. And no

:38:01. > :38:11.discernible drop in pace, tempo or quality as we look to an end to the

:38:11. > :38:12.

:38:12. > :38:18.second round. Remember, Ramirez led by one, 5-4 at the end of the third.

:38:18. > :38:28.-- of the first. He has extended his advantage further and now has a

:38:28. > :38:28.

:38:28. > :38:33.five-buoy advantage, Selby. can't be on them. The way he is

:38:33. > :38:40.doing his temper, follow around him. The coach is saying, don't stay on

:38:40. > :38:47.the ropes. And that is the mistake he has made here, Selby. He Musa

:38:47. > :38:55.wear game but that is the mistake he is making. -- he stays away

:38:55. > :39:01.again. And he is caught. He will get away with that but nine times

:39:01. > :39:07.out of 10 only, but with the Cuban, he is well balanced. The quality is

:39:07. > :39:13.definitely coming from the Cuban. Stay away from the Ritz, the

:39:13. > :39:18.instruction was crystal clear. -- from the ropes. As we move into the

:39:18. > :39:24.third and final round, the boxer wearing blue, representing Great

:39:24. > :39:33.Britain, the world ranked number one, Andrew Selby. He has to

:39:33. > :39:42.overturn a five-point deficit if he wants to join his team-mates on the

:39:42. > :39:52.podium. If he wants to join their ranks, he will have to find a way.

:39:52. > :40:04.

:40:04. > :40:08.Away to overcome a five-point in attack. He needs to switch his

:40:08. > :40:13.attack from the head to the body. That was better, that one got

:40:13. > :40:23.through, and that is what he has got to do. The Cuban is blocking

:40:23. > :40:27.well to the head, maybe downstairs he could be vulnerable.

:40:27. > :40:32.The place of confinement allows Ramirez to work away without reply,

:40:33. > :40:37.and it was during the second round that he opened a five point

:40:37. > :40:44.advantage which Andrew Selby is desperate to overturn as we

:40:44. > :40:54.approach the final stage of this third and final round. The crowd

:40:54. > :40:55.

:40:55. > :40:59.doing their best to encourage self- -- to encourage Andrew Selby. A

:40:59. > :41:07.couple of those shots got through, particularly the final one to the

:41:07. > :41:17.body. He is flowing very well now, Andrew Selby, but you feel that

:41:17. > :41:20.

:41:20. > :41:25.Ramirez with that peek-a-boo style is not giving anything away. Inside

:41:25. > :41:34.the final minute, and Ramirez again bulldozing Andrew Selby back

:41:34. > :41:39.towards the ropes. The crowd continuing to encourage Andrew

:41:39. > :41:45.Selby, but they know what the difficult task this is going to be

:41:45. > :41:51.to overturn five points in the final round against a boxer as

:41:52. > :41:58.talented as Ramirez. Just 20 years old, the youth champion from two

:41:58. > :42:04.years ago, and upon on game's senior champion from last year. An

:42:04. > :42:12.immensely talented boxer, and could he be standing between Andrew Selby

:42:12. > :42:17.and a place on the Olympic podium? It is a strong finish to this

:42:17. > :42:23.contest by the Cuban who beats his chest and then lands with a good

:42:24. > :42:29.left Hough. Going toe to toe in a furious exchange to end the contest.

:42:29. > :42:33.Ramirez is confident he has done enough. He led by five going into

:42:33. > :42:37.the final round. Andrew Selby gave it everything but that was always

:42:37. > :42:41.going to be a difficult margin to overturn and his body language

:42:41. > :42:49.suggests he does not think he has done enough. He gave it everything

:42:49. > :42:57.at the end. He was a feeling the pace of the contest in this final

:42:57. > :43:03.round. Worked well to the body, then sticks in a left hook as well.

:43:03. > :43:08.Here, pulling short with an attack and getting caught with a counter.

:43:08. > :43:18.Andrew Selby this is this and walks on to a perfect left hand counter

:43:18. > :43:22.from Ramirez. Perfect counter punching. Andrew Selby, the

:43:22. > :43:28.reigning European champion, is about to find his fate here at

:43:28. > :43:38.London 2012. They ladies and gentlemen, the winner with the

:43:38. > :43:39.

:43:39. > :43:44.score of 16-11, in the red corner representing Cuba, Ramirez!

:43:44. > :43:53.Andrew Selby won the final round but they can be no doubt about the

:43:53. > :43:58.victor. He moves to the Olympic podium, progressing to the final

:43:58. > :44:04.four after a 16-11 victory over England's Andrew Selby who gave it

:44:04. > :44:10.everything. The world number one Fighter has been eliminated, there

:44:10. > :44:14.has been an upset on the cards. Andrew Selby has been eliminated

:44:14. > :44:17.from London 2012. Disappointment from London 2012. Disappointment

:44:17. > :44:22.for him, but those Cubans can fight. When we switch channels at 10

:44:22. > :44:28.o'clock, we will see how Fred Evans gets on in his quarter-final. The

:44:28. > :44:33.cycling here has been sensational, especially for Team GB, and more

:44:33. > :44:41.medals were assured today. In the medals were assured today. In the

:44:41. > :44:46.keirin, Sir Chris Hoy was defending his Olympic title.

:44:47. > :44:55.Max levy is still on the mudguard of the racing bike, and the crowd

:44:55. > :45:03.are starting to get behind the riders. Two laps to go and Chris

:45:03. > :45:08.Hoy has already ignited the burners. Hears on the front, and Max levy of

:45:08. > :45:14.Germany in second place at the moment. Sir Chris Hoy hits the line

:45:14. > :45:21.with one lap to go. It is shoulder to shoulder now as they come off

:45:21. > :45:29.the ground of the bend. Who will get it? Chris Hoy gets the gold

:45:29. > :45:34.medal here in the keirin. That is his sixth gold medal. He is the

:45:34. > :45:37.greatest British Olympian. His tally, six gold medals and one

:45:37. > :45:44.tally, six gold medals and one silver medal. Sir Chris Hoy is the

:45:44. > :45:48.Olympic champion for the keirin. How good was that! Here he is. I

:45:48. > :45:56.know that is the first time you have seen it. Pretty good, isn't

:45:56. > :46:02.he? I left it a bit late, didn't I? I am still in shock. I thought it

:46:02. > :46:06.was all over when the German guy, Max levy... Where did you find it

:46:06. > :46:11.from? For I knew I had to hold on because if he got a full bike

:46:11. > :46:16.length ahead of me, he could take the line. I had to fight to hold

:46:16. > :46:22.the inside line, which is a shorter distance. I gave it every ounce of

:46:22. > :46:32.effort I had in my body, closed my eyes, and lunch, realised I had got

:46:32. > :46:34.

:46:34. > :46:39.it. -- lunged. I have held it together pretty well during these

:46:39. > :46:46.Olympic Games, but you did me on the podium. I was gone, as were

:46:46. > :46:51.year. I wasn't crying, it was allergies to the flowers. I was a

:46:51. > :46:55.bit of the state. I hadn't even got on the podium and I was crying.

:46:56. > :47:05.What was going through your mind? just the realisation that it worked

:47:05. > :47:10.out. There were so many moments with losses and defeats, and when

:47:10. > :47:15.you finally get there and experience the crowd and the

:47:15. > :47:21.incredible atmosphere... I look a right state. It is an amazing

:47:21. > :47:25.feeling. The best you have had? it is. I thought the team sprint

:47:25. > :47:31.could not be topped last week, but her realise now you still have your

:47:31. > :47:37.mind set on what is still to come so you can't completely let it all-

:47:37. > :47:40.out. There was by far, you know, I have been so lucky to have so many

:47:40. > :47:48.moments in my career that was special but that was the most

:47:48. > :47:52.special. We have sound effects from clanking medals. What about the

:47:52. > :47:57.British cycling team - why has it been so phenomenally successful?

:47:57. > :48:01.is hard to explain. People always want to know the secret to success

:48:01. > :48:07.and there are so many things going in to it that you can't pinpoint

:48:07. > :48:17.one. It is the planning, the coaching, the talented athletes,

:48:17. > :48:17.

:48:17. > :48:22.facilities, Investment that went in 15 years ago. This has happened

:48:22. > :48:27.since 1997. It is a privilege to be part of that and to have seen it

:48:27. > :48:32.develop. Does it annoy you, the suggestions by the French - what is

:48:32. > :48:39.going on here? Is that bad losing? For I thought it was a joke when I

:48:39. > :48:45.saw the comment. It is funny because the French make the wheels

:48:45. > :48:53.for us so they should know exactly what wheels we are using. You look

:48:53. > :48:57.at the skin suits, the diet, the training, it is all optimised. It

:48:57. > :49:02.happened after Beijing as well, they pointed the finger then. When

:49:02. > :49:08.you lose, it is easier to say to yourself they are winning because

:49:08. > :49:12.they are doing something we are not. It is harder to look in the mirror

:49:12. > :49:19.and think about what you are not doing. They made it harder to win

:49:19. > :49:23.because now you are only allowed one person for each event. In

:49:23. > :49:27.swimming, can you imagine if you didn't have Michael Phelps versus

:49:27. > :49:34.Ryan Lochte? But you still managed to overcome that and get as many

:49:34. > :49:43.medals. The plan was to stop one nation winning everything but they

:49:43. > :49:49.have not stopped that. In the 100m final, if he had only one Jamaican

:49:49. > :49:53.and one American, it would not be the same. To be honest with you,

:49:53. > :49:58.personally, Jason was still always going to be the man who was the

:49:58. > :50:02.first choice for the sprint and I was so pleased for him. I have been

:50:02. > :50:06.impressed by everyone in the team but his performance in the sprint

:50:06. > :50:12.was my stand out one. I was so proud of him because Gregory Bauge

:50:12. > :50:16.is a difficult man to beat. You have more gold medals than any

:50:16. > :50:21.other British athlete in the Olympic Games, that must feel quite

:50:21. > :50:26.good, and Sir Steve Redgrave was there. He was hiding, and then he

:50:26. > :50:31.just popped up. It is hard to explain. Everyone knows he is a

:50:31. > :50:36.legend, and I used to do some rowing when I was at school and I

:50:36. > :50:46.looked up to him. To have him there to congratulate me was quite so

:50:46. > :50:47.

:50:48. > :50:53.real really. Rio? The eye will be watching in the stands. The

:50:53. > :50:59.challenge is the Commonwealth Games in two years. Perhaps you can drive

:50:59. > :51:02.the little motorbike at the front. Thanks for coming in. It has been a

:51:02. > :51:12.privilege to watch you over the years.

:51:12. > :51:13.

:51:13. > :51:18.That is it from us on BBC One, although we will have a round-up

:51:18. > :51:22.programme later. Victoria Pendleton has had a gold and silver medal

:51:22. > :51:32.today, on what has been another golden day for Great Britain.

:51:32. > :52:06.

:52:06. > :52:11.Britain. Great Britain are the world champions and now they are

:52:11. > :52:17.going to become the Olympic champions. They are on fire. They

:52:17. > :52:22.are on fire! Here comes Chris Hoy, a gold medal for Great Britain and

:52:22. > :52:27.a new world record. Jason Kenny has got the head of the race and

:52:27. > :52:36.Gregory Bauge will not take it. Jason Kenny is the sprint champion.