BBC One: Day 13: 09.00-11.30

:02:00. > :02:10.COMMENTATOR: Very nice work, Usain Bolt wins it. Blake almost

:02:10. > :02:12.

:02:12. > :02:15.Then Good morning, and welcome once again to Olympic Park, which has

:02:15. > :02:22.witnessed so much excitement and emotion over the last 12 days.

:02:22. > :02:32.Today, there are no less than 23 gold medals to be won. And, at

:02:32. > :02:34.8.55pm this evening: Usain St Leo Bolt has his eyes on another prize.

:02:34. > :02:39.Jamaica's finest is going for an unprecedented second successive

:02:39. > :02:44.sprint double, in the 200 metres tonight.

:02:45. > :02:48.Elsewhere, big British hopes for Keri-Anne Payne this afternoon.

:02:48. > :02:51.After silver in Beijing, could there be open water gold at Hyde

:02:51. > :02:54.Park today? Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell

:02:54. > :03:02.hope to deliver a second sailing gold. Can they overcome the

:03:02. > :03:05.Australian leaders in the men's 470 medal race?

:03:05. > :03:13.Nicola Adams could become the first woman ever to win an Olympic gold,

:03:13. > :03:17.if she can overcome her nemesis, Ren Cancan of China.

:03:17. > :03:25.And, Rachel Cawthorn hopes to get amongst the medals in the canoe

:03:25. > :03:29.sprint at Eton Dorney this morning. That women's kayak single featuring

:03:29. > :03:32.Rachel Cawthorn is at 10.15 today. Keri-Anne Payne's 10k swim is at

:03:32. > :03:36.midday. And Nicola Adams goes for gold at

:03:36. > :03:40.4.30. But it's an early start in the

:03:40. > :03:43.stadium this morning, because the athletics are already underway.

:03:43. > :03:53.Usain Bolt will be making that appearance tonight. But let's see

:03:53. > :03:54.

:03:54. > :04:02.what the morning has in store, with Jonathan Edwards.

:04:02. > :04:05.One the sun is beating done. There ought will understand why we are

:04:05. > :04:15.obsessed with the weather. A lot is happening, urged the decathlon

:04:15. > :04:22.continues, the women's high jump qualification.

:04:22. > :04:29.We are well past halfway in this Olympics. Three gold medals on that

:04:30. > :04:37.first Saturday, things have hit the buffers since then, are we on

:04:37. > :04:45.target? It is looking as if we've not -- we may not hit that eight

:04:45. > :04:50.medal target. But, would I change it for that magical Saturday? Three

:04:50. > :04:57.gold medals. I am not sure I would. That highlight will shine through

:04:57. > :05:03.no matter what happens. Yes, we need Mo Farah to deliver a gold.

:05:03. > :05:11.But, for me, it has been a very rewarding championships. That is

:05:11. > :05:20.interesting, the emotional Saturday night. When the number crunchers of

:05:20. > :05:26.UK Sport sit down with UK Athletics. They will not worry about the

:05:26. > :05:31.emotion. They will be comparing it to other sports. They will say,

:05:31. > :05:36.cycling delivered this, everyone has their own individual

:05:36. > :05:44.expectations. I still think, those three gold medals are magical for

:05:44. > :05:52.us. We want ultimately to inspire others. I wouldn't swap those three

:05:52. > :05:58.gold medals. What happened especially on that

:05:58. > :06:03.first Saturday, in the stadium, the expectation was so high. Every

:06:03. > :06:10.other athlete competing wanted to be part of that. The atmosphere,

:06:10. > :06:14.the energy of the crowd. But it hasn't quite worked out like that.

:06:14. > :06:21.When you think about it, some athletes may not have got a medal

:06:21. > :06:29.but they have set British records, personal bests. I cannot say the

:06:29. > :06:37.team has failed in any way. still have Mo Farah to come, maybe

:06:37. > :06:41.the relay. If we got six, it would be close to what was anticipated.

:06:41. > :06:51.think it will be deemed a very successful Chava ships for us.

:06:51. > :06:58.Those three gold medals, especially Greg Rutherford, and to top it off

:06:58. > :07:08.with Lawrence Clarke in 4th place, an amazing performance.

:07:08. > :07:08.

:07:08. > :07:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:07:52. > :08:02.Over to the action now, the always had very good second days.

:08:02. > :08:19.

:08:19. > :08:25.Particularly in the pole vault a brilliant start yet date in the

:08:25. > :08:35.100m, didn't get away to be well in the long jump and withdrew, injured.

:08:35. > :08:46.

:08:46. > :08:53.Disappointment for the British No. Cuban on the righthand side of the

:08:53. > :09:03.screen. Van Alphen is having difficulty. Coertzen, the south

:09:03. > :09:17.

:09:17. > :09:27.Cuban. He has run quite a long wait under 14 seconds. Figuring out what

:09:27. > :09:28.

:09:28. > :09:35.went wrong. The other Cuban may hang on to -- may struggle to hang

:09:36. > :09:41.on to 6th position. He normally has a very good second day. Lying in

:09:41. > :09:47.6th place going into this event. Not a bad performance from him, not

:09:47. > :09:56.too far away from his best of this year. There they are, together.

:09:56. > :10:05.Garcia, the taller. The other Cuban lacks a little bit of pace, a

:10:06. > :10:15.stocky guy. Hurdling pretty well. Garcia are able to make a little

:10:16. > :10:16.

:10:16. > :10:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:10:56. > :11:06.For the winner, Coertzen of South One more heed to go, featuring the

:11:06. > :11:41.

:11:41. > :11:51.world champion. Let us look back to Jamaicans would come back. A

:11:51. > :11:53.

:11:53. > :11:58.Sorry to confuse you, two more heats in the one harder than 10

:11:58. > :12:04.hurdles in the decathlon. Let us chat about that 200m final.

:12:04. > :12:10.We thought it would be faster. think we had hoped. It is so rare

:12:10. > :12:16.to see someone run under 22 seconds for the women's 200, we really

:12:16. > :12:20.expected her to run quicker. But, a fantastic performance, she was a

:12:20. > :12:25.majestic. A great performer, great to see her finally get back gold

:12:25. > :12:30.medal she so craved, having been silver on so many other occasions.

:12:30. > :12:38.She performed brilliantly, she held her form so well. The others could

:12:38. > :12:48.not catch her. We were really surprised. One of the things which

:12:48. > :12:50.

:12:50. > :12:57.is interesting about the Felix,... Her personal best is only 10.89!

:12:57. > :13:02.But she has a great range of movement. Usain Bolt has the added

:13:03. > :13:08.advantage he can move that stride length very quickly. If she could

:13:08. > :13:17.have a quarter of the turnover of some of her competitors, we would

:13:17. > :13:25.see her running faster. The is that something she could work on? It is

:13:25. > :13:34.part of your DNA. You can only train your muscles so far, your

:13:34. > :13:44.cadence. Luckily, she has great speed and endurance. And you get

:13:44. > :13:45.

:13:45. > :13:51.results like she delivers. didn't Allyson Felix go for the 200

:13:51. > :13:56.and 400 double. She tried that in Daegu, and was not as successful as

:13:56. > :14:01.she would have liked to have been there. She has learned it is not an

:14:01. > :14:08.easy double to do. She needed this Olympic medal. Working on some of

:14:08. > :14:14.the speed has helped her in the 200. But her endurance from the 400,

:14:14. > :14:24.combined, it was a perfect result for her. A surprising second and

:14:24. > :14:26.

:14:26. > :14:35.third, I would say. I would definitely say that. Campbell Brown.

:14:35. > :14:43.She had been slightly in front. Fraser-Pryce has been working on

:14:43. > :14:53.speed and endurance. A wonderful performance. Back to the track for

:14:53. > :15:22.

:15:22. > :15:27.second day. But he needs to find out something outstanding. He is in

:15:27. > :15:32.15th place. I don't know if competing in the European

:15:32. > :15:41.Championships affected him? But the first day did not go very well for

:15:41. > :15:51.him at all. Another man who did not finish off so well. The Ukrainian.

:15:51. > :15:51.

:15:51. > :16:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:16:33. > :16:39.personal best. I thought he had lost it in the middle of the race.

:16:39. > :16:49.But continuing what is turning out to beat a great a Olympic campaign.

:16:49. > :17:02.

:17:02. > :17:09.with that performance. Clattered the first hurdle. But he did not

:17:09. > :17:14.panic. Kept the pedal down and came away in the end. It puts that the

:17:15. > :17:24.pressure on Damian Warner, the Canadian just ahead of him. That

:17:25. > :17:51.

:17:51. > :17:58.was a big hit from his leader leg There is just one heat left in the

:17:58. > :18:08.110-metre hurdles. It does include Ashton Eton. And we will now locker

:18:08. > :18:26.

:18:26. > :18:31.yesterday's final of the 110-metre the mark of a man who knew all the

:18:31. > :18:38.had to do was bring his best form at the right time, and he did it

:18:38. > :18:48.again. It is a shame to see the champion go out like that. That is

:18:48. > :18:48.

:18:48. > :18:57.what he has been doing all year. 12.92! A new personal best. As

:18:57. > :19:04.Steve Cram said, he has been doing Colin Jackson, you must have

:19:04. > :19:09.enjoyed that? He is a great guy, wonderful to talk to, very animated

:19:09. > :19:13.when he is describing his racing. That's what I love about him. We

:19:13. > :19:17.did have a quick word with him in Monte Carlo, to save the most

:19:17. > :19:22.important thing is to win this Olympic title. Don't bother trying

:19:22. > :19:26.to push yourself even more and get a fast time, deliver the

:19:26. > :19:32.performance that mattered. He has done that will stop he can go on to

:19:32. > :19:37.the circuit now with a great platform. Once he has this title,

:19:37. > :19:43.he can go from strength to strength. Laurence Clarke, exceeded all

:19:43. > :19:48.expectations? It was brilliant to see him in this final. It was a

:19:48. > :19:55.pleasant surprise. He accounted a himself very well. It it's a huge

:19:55. > :20:00.sign he has arrived in world-class hurdling. These are the top eight

:20:00. > :20:03.in the world who can make Championship finals. For him to be

:20:03. > :20:09.in this company and then come thought was a real outstanding

:20:09. > :20:15.performance. What we are noticing is he had a clean hurdle race. He

:20:15. > :20:19.gave himself every opportunity to be in contention to get a personal

:20:19. > :20:26.best and be in the mix. It was great to see, he is a wonderful

:20:26. > :20:35.character. He really is a character. Back to Aries Merritt, he has been

:20:35. > :20:41.in this groove of 12.92, 12.93, 12 per 94, DeDee thing he would have

:20:41. > :20:45.gone quicker? It is about a rhythm. Wants to establish it, it is

:20:45. > :20:54.difficult to break out of it, either way. Break out of running

:20:55. > :20:59.slower, he ran 12.94 in the semi- final. You just settle in it will

:20:59. > :21:03.stop it might be difficult to shake himself up a little, push himself.

:21:03. > :21:08.Take the risk of these hurdles coming at you much quicker. But

:21:08. > :21:13.when he will break through and make the change in his life and perhaps

:21:13. > :21:23.take the world records. Laurence Clarke did just missed out on a

:21:23. > :21:27.

:21:27. > :21:33.medal, but and UK Sport will be happy but Charles will be gone?

:21:33. > :21:37.am sure Charles will smile because there were days gone by when head

:21:37. > :21:43.coaches came nowhere near having three gold medals, so he will be

:21:43. > :21:53.happy to take that. This is the final heat of the 110-metre hurdles

:21:53. > :22:25.

:22:25. > :22:30.looking very relaxed this morning. the time he set this year. He is

:22:30. > :22:36.having a cracking couple of days. In third place overnight, Trey

:22:36. > :22:40.Hardee, the former world champion. He really is playing catch-up

:22:40. > :22:50.against the man who broke the world record earlier this year, a couple

:22:50. > :22:54.

:22:54. > :22:59.of lanes outside him. The Lithuanian is in 18th place overall.

:22:59. > :23:06.The German, the top German decathlete in the Olympics at the

:23:06. > :23:14.moment. Then Ashton Eton, the top of former in three out of the five

:23:14. > :23:24.events yesterday, finishes off with a massive score in the 400m. 46.9

:23:24. > :23:26.

:23:27. > :23:36.he ran, which was absolutely brilliant. The Chilean is 13.81

:23:37. > :23:48.

:23:48. > :23:53.wearing the green number because he is in the lead. He has led since

:23:53. > :24:02.the beginning of the first day, the fastest 100-metre runner, 10.35,

:24:02. > :24:09.the greatest long jumper and the best 400m runner at a 46.9! Just as

:24:09. > :24:18.a matter of record, the fastest time in a decathlon hurdles, 13.47,

:24:18. > :24:28.and that was bide the great German in Atlanta in 1996. -- by the great

:24:28. > :24:41.

:24:41. > :24:47.But Ashton Eton going into the lead. Trey Hardee has won it. It will be

:24:47. > :24:52.a photograph. 13.55, but Trey Hardee if confirmed by the winner,

:24:52. > :25:02.that is a new lifetime best. Maybe the destination of this gold medal

:25:02. > :25:07.

:25:07. > :25:17.is not over yet. 1034 points. What a great start for the Americans on

:25:17. > :25:29.

:25:29. > :25:33.Hardee. Ashton Eton hit two hurdles and it put him off balance. Trey

:25:33. > :25:38.Hardee finished a better. Hit the last one himself, but strongly

:25:38. > :25:48.through the line. Only 20 points difference, but it does eat into

:25:48. > :25:51.the lead a little. That is a big run from the two of them. It is a

:25:51. > :25:57.personal best the Trey Hardee and it strengthens his silver-medal

:25:57. > :26:07.position, if nothing else. Ashton- under-Lyne just knocked off balance.

:26:07. > :26:12.

:26:12. > :26:18.and Trey Hardee gets it on the dip. When Ashton Eton broke the world

:26:18. > :26:23.record for the decathlon earlier on this year, he ran 13.7, so it is

:26:24. > :26:30.still faster despite the fact he lost out by a few points to Trey

:26:30. > :26:39.Hardee. Still on course, not for a world record necessarily, but to

:26:39. > :26:45.challenge the magical 9,000 point barrier. He clattered that one. So,

:26:45. > :26:50.his lead was 220 points, that will have been cut by a little bit, but

:26:50. > :26:58.he is still in the lead and still some events to come. Great start

:26:58. > :27:01.for the American. About seven or eight inches in it. Trey Hardee

:27:01. > :27:11.with a new lifetime best performance and you cannot do any

:27:11. > :27:30.

:27:30. > :27:35.deficit by Trey Hardee has been cut a little bit. Damian Warner hanging

:27:35. > :27:45.on to third place, despite the fantastic personal best by the

:27:45. > :27:46.

:27:46. > :27:52.Her it was three gold medals for the Americans last night. Colin,

:27:53. > :28:00.tell us about decathletes, 110- metre hurdles style? Usually they

:28:00. > :28:08.are pretty awful. But today we saw two athletes who are good at that.

:28:08. > :28:17.Denise, de Cathy Reed son not as flexible as athletes tend to be. --

:28:17. > :28:21.decathletes. He did not have to do the shot put? Exactly. I do not

:28:21. > :28:31.like this seven stride approach that so many hurdlers are adopting.

:28:31. > :28:38.

:28:38. > :28:41.It does not get into the frequency apart. I could do, but it is not

:28:41. > :28:48.about that, it is to be as effective and efficient as they can

:28:48. > :28:52.to score as many points as they can. He does show he has range of

:28:52. > :28:57.movement. Because they are heavier, when they hit the barriers, it does

:28:57. > :29:02.not affect them as much. But because there technique is not so

:29:02. > :29:12.sharp, for force created when they do hit them, send them along on

:29:12. > :29:12.

:29:12. > :29:16.their merry way, so they have to First there is this seven to eight

:29:16. > :29:26.strides to the first hurdle. Arras Merritt said he is seven strides

:29:26. > :29:27.

:29:27. > :29:32.now. Why can some athletes hit hurdles, and some athletes cannot?

:29:32. > :29:37.Seven strides, if you are tall and have long legs, I understand

:29:37. > :29:44.because it is the only way you can get into the barrier accurately. It

:29:44. > :29:49.is about being accurate at the first hurdle. Hitting hurdles? It

:29:49. > :29:57.is about your position over the barrier. I used to go into the

:29:57. > :30:01.hurdle committed with my torso. But then I used to land and turn my

:30:02. > :30:08.trail leg in a funny way, which is unique to me, I could not afford to

:30:08. > :30:14.clip a barrier. Because it would always carry me to the direction I

:30:14. > :30:20.wanted to go. Allen Johnson used to put the fours on his front leg and

:30:21. > :30:25.went in a straight line. It is about it sitting used. It is about

:30:25. > :30:35.a fingerprint, very individual and unique. How many strides did you

:30:35. > :30:37.

:30:37. > :30:42.take to the first hurdle, Denise? What is important it isn't feels

:30:42. > :30:48.comfortable, the acceleration into the first hurdle, position played a

:30:49. > :30:55.part in making you feel good, making sure your first foot down is

:30:55. > :31:04.very important. It is about acceleration, comfort, top flight

:31:04. > :31:12.speed. Collins Guide to hurdling is on the BBC website.

:31:12. > :31:22.The big final tonight is the 200m, let us look back to get a date and

:31:22. > :31:48.

:31:48. > :31:55.the qualifications. The -- to look at this semi-final and say,

:31:55. > :32:05.that was a close race. But it doesn't tell the story, Yohan Blake

:32:05. > :32:09.

:32:09. > :32:19.before bringing them up into the set position. Usain Bolt has gone

:32:19. > :32:33.

:32:33. > :32:37.up strolling past. He has a little The scene is set for her Blake

:32:37. > :32:44.against Usain Bolt in the two hundred metres, who is your money

:32:44. > :32:49.on? It has got to be Usain Bolt. He just looks phenomenal again. You

:32:49. > :32:56.question whether he was quite in the shape he wanted to the end, and

:32:56. > :33:01.he has answered that. He is making it look easy. And his confidence,

:33:01. > :33:07.what I have picked up. That is interesting, there has been a

:33:07. > :33:14.transformation since he won that 100m final. He has definitely grown,

:33:14. > :33:23.winning that 100m final, it was never in doubt and it sent a clear

:33:23. > :33:28.message to his competition. He is easing down. Looking easy. Yohan

:33:28. > :33:35.Blake has to step up now. He is the one who needs to show what he has

:33:35. > :33:45.got. I don't think anyone would bet against that man. It is difficult

:33:45. > :33:50.to analyse that. He is not getting anywhere near to running flat out.

:33:50. > :33:54.It was only the 60m of the term before he shut down. We talk about

:33:54. > :34:04.the hurdles and getting into the groove, it is the same with

:34:04. > :34:08.

:34:08. > :34:13.sprinting, getting your tempo. about Yohan Blake and his Vine said.

:34:13. > :34:18.Michael Johnson says, he doesn't think he is under any pressure, he

:34:18. > :34:23.is here for the silver metal. don't think the pressure from us is

:34:23. > :34:28.there, but he put himself under pressure. He does believe he can

:34:28. > :34:36.turn things around. Plenty more coming up in the Olympic Stadium

:34:37. > :34:43.this morning. The big athletics moment in the two

:34:44. > :34:52.hundred metres, just before 9pm. 8:55pm it is the crucial moment. It

:34:53. > :34:56.will be over very quickly. Over at Eton Dorney today, there

:34:56. > :34:59.are more canoe sprint finals. With four gold medals on offer,

:34:59. > :35:02.including in the 500 metre women's kayak single. That's the race where

:35:02. > :35:05.Great Britain's Rachel Cawthorn is hoping for a medal. Yesterday, Tim

:35:05. > :35:08.Brabants hope of defending his Olympic title ended in

:35:08. > :35:18.disappointment. But, before we take you back to Eton Dorney, here's a

:35:18. > :35:28.guide to what you'll see on the The three kayak class has ranged

:35:28. > :35:29.

:35:29. > :35:39.from 5.2 metres long, up to 11 metres long in the largest class.

:35:39. > :35:41.

:35:41. > :35:46.Indeed two canoe classes, these are There are a maximum of eight lanes

:35:46. > :35:51.each measuring nine metres wide, the boats have to stake in the

:35:51. > :35:56.centre or risk disqualification. Combining call straight, upper-body

:35:56. > :36:03.strength and cardiovascular fitness, spenders can reach speeds of 25

:36:03. > :36:09.kilometres per hour. The event will feature a total of 158 men

:36:09. > :36:17.competing in eight events. 88 female athletes, in four events.,

:36:17. > :36:22.and distances are 501,000 metres. For the first time, races will be

:36:22. > :36:29.contested over 200m across all single disciplines. The competition

:36:29. > :36:34.format includes heats, semi-finals of and finals.

:36:34. > :36:40.If you would like to get involved in Olympic sports, go to our

:36:40. > :36:48.website for more information. That is how it is looking at Eton

:36:49. > :36:58.Dorney. The first of the final races on the water is the canoe

:36:59. > :37:07.

:37:07. > :37:15.through. This is one of the favourites. The quickest time in

:37:15. > :37:21.qualifying, they are the reason why Germany are world champions. An

:37:21. > :37:25.unknown, the Chinese team, very impressive in qualifying. They won

:37:25. > :37:35.the second semi-final. And the defending Olympic champions,

:37:35. > :37:47.

:37:47. > :37:57.new. The conditions could not be better

:37:57. > :38:03.at Eton Dorney. The water, a mirror, very little wind, it is warming up.

:38:03. > :38:13.The spectators are here, already making a bit of noise. Look out for

:38:13. > :38:14.

:38:14. > :38:24.Azerbaijan. Prokopenko, the former Ukrainian.

:38:24. > :38:35.

:38:35. > :38:45.The Chinese, night in last year's rhythm. This is a very hard event,

:38:45. > :38:49.

:38:49. > :38:53.are balancing on a knife edge. They make sure they drive that blade

:38:53. > :39:03.into the water at the same time as one another, to prevent any extra

:39:03. > :39:15.

:39:15. > :39:22.of wobble, so as not to disturb the ahead of Germany, with Russia in

:39:22. > :39:26.there as well. Last year's European champions.

:39:26. > :39:31.This really demonstrate how these can but does have to bend at the

:39:32. > :39:41.waist, drive through their front leg. And get those arms into water,

:39:41. > :39:45.putting the power down. Still taking it through, Azerbaijan.

:39:45. > :39:55.European champions a couple of years ago, silver medal in the

:39:55. > :39:59.

:39:59. > :40:04.world champion ships last year, In this 1,000-metre race, each crew

:40:04. > :40:14.will have a plan what they want to do. Try not to let what is going

:40:14. > :40:28.

:40:28. > :40:34.are not quite right. It is a Click Azerbaijan out in front. Beginning

:40:34. > :40:44.to look very comfortable. Picking up pace towards the latter part of

:40:44. > :41:20.

:41:20. > :41:28.the race. We can see the Chinese Azerbaijan. Look at gritting and

:41:28. > :41:33.Kuschela. With every stroke, they are pushing ahead.

:41:33. > :41:41.Journey are looking -- germinate are looking strong. Who denied the

:41:41. > :41:50.world champions at the International trials, and Germany

:41:50. > :41:54.are powering their way to the gold medal. A strong surge from Belarus.

:41:54. > :42:04.The defending Olympic champions coming through to take silver.

:42:04. > :42:04.

:42:04. > :42:14.Germany will take the gold medal. Belarus take silver. What a final

:42:14. > :42:17.

:42:17. > :42:22.surge for the silver medal, they lose their Olympic crown. Utterly

:42:22. > :42:26.spent, what an effort they put in, and they'd find it so carefully,

:42:26. > :42:31.they waited, they were carried along by Azerbaijan, but in the

:42:31. > :42:36.second half of the race they were stronger. They certainly were. They

:42:36. > :42:46.let Azerbaijan do the hard work in the first part of the race, and

:42:46. > :42:50.

:42:50. > :42:58.picked their timing to come through the field. As did the Bahdanovich

:42:58. > :43:07.brothers. Belarus, handing over the Olympic crown, helping Germany to

:43:07. > :43:12.celebrate as well. Kuschela and Kretschmer are the Olympic

:43:12. > :43:16.champions. Russia, coming through to take

:43:16. > :43:26.bronze medal. They were finishing so quickly, the Bahdanovich

:43:26. > :43:30.

:43:30. > :43:40.brothers. Gold medal, no doubt about it, finishing powerfully,

:43:40. > :43:41.

:43:41. > :43:47.Kuschela and Kretschmer. Increasing their stroke rate in that last 250.

:43:47. > :43:56.Demonstrating how they really have to drive with the whole of their

:43:56. > :44:06.body. A great shot to demonstrate the effort it takes, the joy in

:44:06. > :44:06.

:44:06. > :44:11.achieving the greatest moment in your sport, Olympic champions,

:44:11. > :44:21.Kretschmer and Kuschela, confirming their potential coming second

:44:21. > :44:39.

:44:39. > :44:44.behind the Romanians earlier. And, It gold medal for Germany at Eton

:44:44. > :44:49.Dorney. They have a good chance in the next race coming up. It will be

:44:49. > :44:57.a busy day at Eton Dorney because there are four gold medal races and

:44:58. > :45:04.one of them features Rachel Cawthorn. We started to have a

:45:04. > :45:08.sense of what they go through, so much exertion over 1,000m? He has,

:45:09. > :45:13.talking to them yesterday, they talk about the amount of lactic

:45:13. > :45:19.acid they build up over the first 200m and find it difficult to

:45:19. > :45:24.dispel that. Even at the end of the race there is the build up, and

:45:24. > :45:28.they have to put up with the pain. It is very demanding. It is very

:45:28. > :45:33.tiring. We are hoping Rachel Cawthorn can go through the pain

:45:33. > :45:39.barrier because she goes in the third of those finals. Germany are

:45:39. > :45:45.favourites in all of them. Rachel does at about 10:14am. She was

:45:45. > :45:52.second fastest in her semi-final. The Hungarians probably have the

:45:52. > :45:58.advantage. They have already won a gold medal. But Rachel has an

:45:58. > :46:03.outside chance of a medal. After the disappointment of Tim Brabants,

:46:03. > :46:09.at Eton Dorney, we have to hope for better things? We must bear in mind,

:46:09. > :46:14.Rachel is the youngest member of the field, she is only 23. The

:46:14. > :46:19.oldest is the Italian, appearing at her 8th Olympics, 47 years old, she

:46:19. > :46:22.won in Sydney in 2000. There is a lot of improvement to come from

:46:22. > :46:26.right foot, but she has shown enormous amounts of potential at

:46:26. > :46:31.the European Championships, the World Championships. If she can

:46:31. > :46:36.sneak a medal, it is a bonus, but she does have the potential.

:46:36. > :46:40.have seen the gold medal for Germany. What about the next race,

:46:40. > :46:45.because they have a good chance in this one? Canoe sprint has been

:46:45. > :46:51.dominated by Germany and hungry. Germany are the favourites, Hungary,

:46:51. > :46:59.as always of their biggest danger. And in the double, for the women it

:46:59. > :47:02.is expected to be dominated by Germany. They are the two nations

:47:02. > :47:09.that have dominated canoe sprint and we expect them to do so again

:47:09. > :47:11.this morning. We are hoping for on Little Britain, 23 years old just

:47:11. > :47:17.Little Britain, 23 years old just might get in the mix. Nearly time

:47:17. > :47:27.for the second race of the day. This is the men's four. Let's

:47:27. > :47:35.

:47:35. > :47:44.rejoin Andrew Coltart. Athens. And they were both part of

:47:44. > :47:50.the winning K-For last year. Denmark are the reigning European

:47:50. > :47:54.champions. But disappointing in qualifying. It will have to be a

:47:54. > :48:03.strong performance from them to get amongst the medals. Lookout for

:48:03. > :48:07.Slovakia. The silver-medallist in Beijing. They are in lane five. I

:48:07. > :48:13.have a sneaking feeling Australia. They were quickest in the semi-

:48:13. > :48:23.finals. Sometimes it is not the truest guide because of conditions.

:48:23. > :48:23.

:48:23. > :48:33.But Australia were looking strong. So the final of the men's K-For

:48:33. > :48:40.1,000m. Romania in lane one, Czech Republic in two, Australia in 3,

:48:40. > :48:45.Hungary in lane four. Slovakia in five, Germany in six, Russia is in

:48:45. > :48:53.seven and Denmark in lane eight. They have just been calls for what

:48:53. > :48:59.a little more. Ready. No, a false start. Looks Like It might have

:48:59. > :49:05.been Australia or Hungary. You wonder how you can get a false

:49:05. > :49:12.start because you get the start pockets which drop. If they get

:49:12. > :49:16.their timing spot on, they can get a little fraction ahead. But it is

:49:16. > :49:23.a risky game to play. Mick you get it wrong, you get a false start

:49:23. > :49:28.like this, and you have to be recalled back, which takes of this

:49:28. > :49:35.and a long time. They pass each other on the way round going in

:49:35. > :49:43.various directions. This is the start. Remind have been hungry, it

:49:43. > :49:53.might have been Australia. Australia out quickest. -- it might

:49:53. > :49:54.

:49:54. > :50:04.have been. If you get a warning, you don't get disqualified. The

:50:04. > :50:05.

:50:05. > :50:11.false start has been given to Hungary, as we thought. The

:50:11. > :50:18.Hungarian at the front of the boat made his Olympic debut in 1996.

:50:18. > :50:27.They qualified directly for the final by winning their initial heat.

:50:27. > :50:33.Slovakia, silver medalists in Beijing. They had a last minute

:50:33. > :50:43.change when the brothers were replaced. It did not go down well.

:50:43. > :50:49.

:50:49. > :50:53.All sorts of allegations, but they looked good in qualification.

:50:53. > :51:00.have been told not to delay, straight to the start line. This

:51:01. > :51:09.does take a long time to reset. The facts they are on live television

:51:09. > :51:15.is the last thing on their minds. They want to get the best start.

:51:15. > :51:20.All bodes to the start line, please. The it'll be interesting to see how

:51:20. > :51:26.quick the Hungarian is get away. If they did that again they will be

:51:26. > :51:33.caught disqualified. And -- all bodes. It is not an immediate

:51:33. > :51:39.disqualification as it is in athletics. You do get one chance.

:51:39. > :51:49.You pay the price if you do it a second time. A reminder of the

:51:49. > :51:49.

:51:49. > :52:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:52:36. > :52:42.success yesterday. They do start as false start again. It is all

:52:42. > :52:52.frantic fury from these quartets as they set off at a vicious pace.

:52:52. > :52:54.

:52:54. > :53:04.They will drop down into a rhythm. Australia are looking strong

:53:04. > :53:06.

:53:06. > :53:13.through the first 100. They will now settle into the middle part of

:53:13. > :53:21.the race. Hungry, the silver medalists at the watch

:53:21. > :53:27.championships I just aim front. Slovakia inferred. These are the

:53:27. > :53:33.favourites coming into the race. The front man sets the pace and the

:53:33. > :53:39.rhythm. The second man tries to make sure the connection is good to

:53:39. > :53:49.the power houses at the back two seats. Hungry sitting alongside

:53:49. > :53:50.

:53:50. > :53:57.Australia. It is Australia out there at the moment. Slovakia in

:53:57. > :54:02.lane five. Germany sitting back a little bit at the moment. They are

:54:02. > :54:12.trailing as they come through the halfway mark. It distil Australia

:54:12. > :54:14.

:54:14. > :54:24.from hungry. Australia, hungry and Slovakia in that order as they come

:54:24. > :54:28.

:54:28. > :54:35.to the final quarter of the race. Beginning to open up a gap. They

:54:35. > :54:40.are moving an inch further forward. All working in Unison together,

:54:40. > :54:50.driving the bodes smoothly through the water. Slovakia looking to

:54:50. > :55:07.

:55:07. > :55:14.creep back a little bit. It is all moment. Coming up while is the

:55:14. > :55:24.Czech Republic. Ensued if final 150 metres, it is Australia. They won't

:55:24. > :55:27.

:55:27. > :55:34.be caught now. It is about silver and bombs. -- bronze. Australia get

:55:34. > :55:41.the gold medal. Hungary look as though they've got the silver and

:55:41. > :55:51.the Czech Republic the bronze. Gold medal for the men in gold. Take

:55:51. > :55:58.

:55:58. > :56:03.Smith at the front celebrating believe what has happened. They

:56:03. > :56:08.jumped out the start and they control the race. Every time a push

:56:08. > :56:13.came from the Hungarian is all the Slovakians, they edged ahead again.

:56:13. > :56:18.They certainly dominated the race. It is the brave way to do it, going

:56:18. > :56:24.out from the front and holding on. Hungary celebrate their medal as

:56:24. > :56:30.well. Ben Maher faded a little bit, but coming through strongly with

:56:30. > :56:36.the Czech Republic. They knew they had a stronger second half. Dave

:56:36. > :56:42.Smith almost falling in with his celebrations. It was close at the

:56:42. > :56:52.end. Hungry just coming through ahead of the Czech Republic to take

:56:52. > :56:53.

:56:54. > :56:58.the silver. Germany in fourth place. Nothing for the fancied German crew.

:56:58. > :57:08.Australia like the conditions at Eton Dorney, it is very warm.

:57:08. > :57:10.

:57:10. > :57:16.That's what it means to win an Olympic gold medal. It is so

:57:16. > :57:22.important to keep the timing exactly together. It is what was so

:57:22. > :57:32.well executed. Smith at the front of the Australian crew, setting a

:57:32. > :57:34.

:57:34. > :57:39.great pace for the others to follow. Murray Stuart from the manly kayak

:57:39. > :57:49.Club. The Australian commentators are not a million miles away and

:57:49. > :57:55.

:57:55. > :57:59.What a fantastic race. The 6th gold medal for Australia, no wonder they

:57:59. > :58:04.are pleased with that. Germany won the earlier gold medal, and how

:58:04. > :58:09.fantastic it is to watch canoeing and Kayaking. If you feel the same

:58:09. > :58:15.way, look at the BBC website because that is where we have a

:58:15. > :58:20.guide to this sport and ways to get into it. The focus is now going to

:58:20. > :58:27.be on the women's races coming up. We will be back in about 20 minutes

:58:27. > :58:31.to see Rachel Cawthorn go in the women's kayak final. Later this

:58:31. > :58:37.afternoon Luke Patience and Stuart before go for gold in Weymouth at

:58:37. > :58:42.around 1pm. Just before that, Keri- Anne Payne dives into the

:58:42. > :58:50.Serpentine in Hyde Park looking for gold glory. Can she go better

:58:50. > :58:59.today? Open water is all about who is the best on the day, who makes

:58:59. > :59:03.the right choices at the right time. People can tell me 100 million

:59:03. > :59:11.times I have the gold medal. I don't, I wish it was as easy as

:59:11. > :59:16.that. I am going to make sure I am on the pontoon about to dive in,

:59:16. > :59:26.and I am happy with my preparation and I know I will get in there and

:59:26. > :59:44.

:59:44. > :59:51.Last season took a lot out of me. I have been doing this for 12 years,

:59:51. > :59:57.I am only 24. 12 years of long- distance training on my body. I had

:59:57. > :00:07.a few injuries which took a while to get over. And then I had a

:00:07. > :00:13.

:00:13. > :00:18.For me open-water has been incredible how much it has grown

:00:18. > :00:23.over the last four years. If I can say I inspired a couple of people

:00:23. > :00:33.to get into the open water and try it out, to get families open

:00:33. > :00:36.

:00:36. > :00:46.swimming, I will feel happy about that. 10 kilometres under way. And

:00:46. > :00:56.

:00:56. > :01:01.Keri-Anne Payne is going to take silver. What a race that was.

:01:01. > :01:11.have to focus on what I am doing and so cut the atmosphere and all

:01:11. > :01:12.

:01:12. > :01:18.the cheering. I have to do my absolute best. We wish her the best

:01:18. > :01:24.of luck for her swim. She will dive off the pontoon into the Serpentine

:01:24. > :01:34.at 12 noon. Rebecca Adlington is here in the village and I'm sure

:01:34. > :01:38.there will be a lot of support for She will do well to match America's

:01:38. > :01:48.star of the pool, four gold medals, record world holder Missy Franklin

:01:48. > :02:12.

:02:12. > :02:22.We just want to do our best Diane. If that gets us a gold medal, it is

:02:22. > :02:31.

:02:31. > :02:36.I have been in love with water and always wanting to be in it. I still

:02:36. > :02:41.have that same passion for swimming that I did when I was five years

:02:41. > :02:47.old. When you go back to the United States, do you think there is going

:02:47. > :02:54.to be pressure on you to maybe go professional. I think there are

:02:54. > :03:00.always going to be opinions to go professional or stay amateur. This

:03:00. > :03:05.decision is totally mine and my family's. I am going to do what is

:03:05. > :03:10.best for us and for me. I am 17 years old and I am too young for a

:03:10. > :03:19.swimming to be my job. They are forcing me to put a price on things

:03:19. > :03:25.that are priceless in my eyes, like friendship and team-mates. Michael

:03:25. > :03:30.Phelps, his 80th Olympic gold medal. Will anyone ever get anywhere near

:03:30. > :03:37.what he has achieved? 18 gold medals, do you think you can get

:03:37. > :03:42.there? He has set the bar extremely high. He was joking around with me

:03:42. > :03:50.and he was saying, I challenge you to beat me. I said, how many do you

:03:50. > :03:56.have? Our think it is 38. And he said, only 36 more to go. He has

:03:56. > :04:03.just set the bar so high for every Olympian and it is awesome. My

:04:03. > :04:13.first gold medal was the most emotional. By 100m backstroke.

:04:13. > :04:15.

:04:15. > :04:24.Probably the most meaningful was the relay. Well done, Team USA!

:04:24. > :04:27.are a family, we were so close, we did everything together. When you

:04:27. > :04:32.get up there and you realise you are part of something so much

:04:32. > :04:39.bigger than you are and you not only got a gold, but got a gold for

:04:39. > :04:43.teen USA with three other girls, it is just incredible. 17 years old,

:04:44. > :04:50.Missy Franklin, and she seems to love every moment of being in the

:04:50. > :04:55.water. She is my candidate for the best smile of London 2012. In the

:04:55. > :05:01.athletics stadium it has been quite a morning. It is looking absolutely

:05:01. > :05:09.beautiful here at Olympic Park. Jonathan I was a bit envious of you

:05:09. > :05:14.being in that fresh air in that fantastic stadium.

:05:14. > :05:18.What is amazing is there are 80,000 people in the stadium. It is not

:05:18. > :05:24.the most packed schedule this morning. We have got the Men's

:05:24. > :05:30.decathlon and the women's high jump. But the crowd want their Olympic

:05:30. > :05:35.experience. There are a few end PCTs, but pretty much 80,000 people

:05:35. > :05:41.here, fantastic for the decathlete. Yes, they have worked so hard and

:05:41. > :05:45.the second day is always tough. This crowd have been cheering. We

:05:45. > :05:50.have got no British interest at all in the decathlon and the women's

:05:50. > :05:55.high jump, but they are loving it. They are cheering everybody and

:05:55. > :06:00.being very supportive. Disappointment for Daniel Awde, he

:06:00. > :06:06.ran a personal best in the 100m, then injury got the better of him.

:06:07. > :06:12.Yes, but he was clearly not 100% coming into the championships. The

:06:12. > :06:16.strapping on his knee were bothering him. No interest in the

:06:16. > :06:23.women's high jump, but we have the relay team going for qualification.

:06:23. > :06:27.Should we be concerned about it? It is one of our medal chances.

:06:27. > :06:32.have gone on about this a lot, the experience of the crowd and how the

:06:32. > :06:36.crowd will energise people. If there is an event where the crowd

:06:36. > :06:41.can make a difference it will be in the four by four relay. We have an

:06:41. > :06:45.opportunity to qualify. How we do in the final is anybody's call,

:06:46. > :06:51.because there is so much jostling that goes on. I'm glad I never did

:06:51. > :06:58.it. The women's high jump qualification is under way and Paul

:06:58. > :07:03.Dickenson can tell us what has been happening in that. The qualifying

:07:03. > :07:13.competition is under way. The target now is 1.85 for all of the

:07:13. > :07:20.

:07:20. > :07:24.athletes. That is a nice, easy 1.96 is what is required to go

:07:24. > :07:34.through to the final on Saturday. The conditions are absolutely

:07:34. > :07:38.

:07:38. > :07:48.around the top bend on this warm date. She has been having perfect

:07:48. > :07:52.

:07:52. > :07:59.clearances. This is the fantastic world champion from last year. Not

:07:59. > :08:04.a problem. She has been in great form and she will be tough to beat.

:08:05. > :08:12.She became a mother in 2010. A lot of people were surprised how well

:08:12. > :08:22.she came back last year. She took the world championship title. A

:08:22. > :08:25.

:08:25. > :08:29.bronze medallist four years ago. This is a former world champion. I

:08:29. > :08:39.do not think anybody blames her for wearing sunshades on a day like

:08:39. > :08:42.

:08:42. > :08:52.today. A nice jump. Deceptively powerful, the German. That curved

:08:52. > :08:58.

:08:58. > :09:02.Nice and easy for her as well. A couple of question marks as to

:09:02. > :09:08.whether she would be here in 2012 to defend that title. She carried

:09:08. > :09:18.the flag for Belgium in the opening ceremony. There are many going

:09:18. > :09:29.

:09:29. > :09:37.clear at this early stage. 1.96 is easy. 1.96 is one centimetre higher

:09:37. > :09:42.than the British record. That is shared by a couple of athletes,

:09:42. > :09:52.including Jessica Ennis. An easy entry into this qualifying

:09:52. > :09:54.

:09:54. > :10:02.competition. She is always very entertaining to watch. There you go,

:10:02. > :10:06.the American. Nice and easy. It will be interesting to see whether

:10:06. > :10:16.the standard is higher in the women's high jump than in the men's,

:10:16. > :10:33.

:10:33. > :10:38.which was a very tight competition. decathlon discus competition in its

:10:38. > :10:48.first round. That was a very gentle start for Damian Warner, the young

:10:48. > :10:49.

:10:49. > :10:59.Canadian. He is in third place, but only three points ahead of the next

:10:59. > :11:09.competitor, from the Ukraine. He has taken over the mantle of

:11:09. > :11:10.

:11:10. > :11:14.Canadian multi- events from the great Mike Smith. Not a bad start.

:11:14. > :11:18.One man who knows Olympic arenas very well, he is working just below

:11:19. > :11:24.us for an Australian television company, the one and only Daley

:11:24. > :11:34.Thompson. He has hardly changed a bit since his heyday when he won

:11:34. > :11:37.

:11:37. > :11:42.He is looking a bit grey around the edges. We will be back sharply. We

:11:42. > :11:48.have got the business in the decathlon and the four by four

:11:48. > :11:53.relays. But we are going to race back to you.

:11:53. > :11:57.The decathlon ends tonight with the 1,500m race in the Stadium this

:11:57. > :12:04.evening. Let's take you back to canoe sprint at Eton Dorney because

:12:04. > :12:10.there are two files left including the 500m singles race involving

:12:10. > :12:15.Rachel Cawthorn. She was a bronze medallist in 2010 in the European

:12:15. > :12:20.Championships. She is no minutes away from her race. I'm in awe

:12:20. > :12:24.after watching the canoeists in action this morning. What an

:12:24. > :12:29.incredibly demanding sport. imagine jealousy as well because

:12:29. > :12:32.perfect conditions down here with the sun shining. But you are right

:12:32. > :12:37.about these athletes, it is extremely demanding physically and

:12:37. > :12:41.they get very tired in the closing stages. They are gasping for breath

:12:41. > :12:47.when they come off their boats and they come to these interviews. It

:12:47. > :12:55.is difficult to watch for somebody as unfit as I am. Rachel Cawthorn -

:12:55. > :12:59.- Rachel Cawthorn is only 23. The oldest racer is 47. Rachel is in

:13:00. > :13:09.lane seven. She was second fastest in her semi-final and has got an

:13:10. > :13:24.

:13:24. > :13:28.Sheeny still make a strong start. She was saying yesterday that the

:13:28. > :13:33.crowd helped to left her. We are hoping that combination of a good

:13:33. > :13:41.fares and the crowd roaring her on might just get her into medal

:13:41. > :13:45.position. But being in lane seven, how might that affect her? If there

:13:45. > :13:50.was a cross wind, then it might well be an issue, but there is not

:13:50. > :13:56.much of a cross wind. When the canoeists come into the final

:13:56. > :14:02.stages, the last few hundred metres, it is like a tunnel, so the effect

:14:02. > :14:10.of the wind is minute. We are hoping there will not be any effect,

:14:10. > :14:18.other than the fact that she is next to the favourite. Danuta Kozak.

:14:18. > :14:28.This is a sport that is dominated by the Germans and the Hungarians.

:14:28. > :14:28.

:14:28. > :15:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:15:15. > :15:25.well in lane seven. All the medals are up for grabs. Danuta Kozak is

:15:25. > :15:36.

:15:36. > :15:42.moving up nicely, the Hungarian. champion of the Ukraine, Inna

:15:42. > :15:52.Osypenko-Radomska, does she have the strength to have our? Rachel

:15:52. > :15:52.

:15:52. > :15:58.Cawthorn will have to finish very strongly. 250 metres to go now. It

:15:58. > :16:06.is still at Inna Osypenko-Radomska or taking it out. Bridgitte Hartley

:16:06. > :16:11.of South Africa going well. Inna Osypenko-Radomska, the Ukrainian,

:16:11. > :16:16.is in the lead. Rachel Cawthorn is trailing never back of the field at

:16:16. > :16:22.the moment. She is starting to come through in that Union flag, but at

:16:22. > :16:28.the moment it is still Ukraine, Inna Osypenko-Radomska, then Danuta

:16:28. > :16:36.Kozak. And Danuta Kozak is pinning -- beginning to edge up on the

:16:36. > :16:40.Ukrainian. She is fighting hard for a medal. It is surely Danuta Kozak

:16:40. > :16:47.for a metal. Inna Osypenko-Radomska or is fading. Danuta Kozak will

:16:47. > :16:54.take the gold. Hungary take the silver, and then it is Ukraine.

:16:54. > :17:00.Rachel Cawthorn was just out of it, perhaps fourth or fifth. But Danuta

:17:00. > :17:06.Kozak takes it for Hungary. The European champion last year now

:17:07. > :17:11.becomes the Olympic champion. may have thought she had a slow

:17:12. > :17:16.start, but then you saw her really putting in the energy through those

:17:16. > :17:22.blades as she crouched over and drove that boat passed the

:17:22. > :17:29.Ukrainian in the last part of that race. Inna Osypenko-Radomska really

:17:29. > :17:32.did start to wane a bit, but managed to hold on better than she

:17:32. > :17:38.did in the heats and the semi-final. Danuta Kozak handled that

:17:38. > :17:45.beautifully. She timed it to perfection. She edged up on the

:17:45. > :17:55.Inna Osypenko-Radomska and then held on. Rachel Cawthorn of, for

:17:55. > :17:56.

:17:56. > :18:06.Great Britain,... We can see the confirmation. I think she was in

:18:06. > :18:06.

:18:06. > :18:11.sixth place. Very close, as we expected it to be. Here we see

:18:11. > :18:15.Danuta Kozak's style as she drives her knees and arms, really getting

:18:15. > :18:25.a connection with the boat. We have had confirmation that Rachel

:18:25. > :18:27.

:18:27. > :18:31.Cawthorn was in sixth place. After that initial very good start from

:18:32. > :18:36.Rachel Cawthorn, it was the next stage of the race that she did not

:18:36. > :18:40.do enough, but she finished well. We often see the opposite from

:18:40. > :18:45.Rachel. She comes through the later stages of the race. It was unusual

:18:45. > :18:51.to see her go out solar hard, and then drop off. She did come back,

:18:51. > :18:58.but left it a bit too late. timing for Danuta Kozak was perfect.

:18:58. > :19:04.The 25-year-old from Budapest is the champion. We have seen so much

:19:04. > :19:14.success here. It is traditionally a very strong support for Hungary.

:19:14. > :19:16.

:19:16. > :19:26.They had so much success yesterday and today. We are just waiting for

:19:26. > :19:29.the timings. Rachel Cawthorn was in sixth place. Those Hungarian fans

:19:29. > :19:38.have been making themselves known throughout the morning, even before

:19:38. > :19:45.the racing, and now they are really celebrating. Inna Osypenko-Radomska

:19:45. > :19:55.or raced very well also, just hanging on this way. She put up a

:19:55. > :20:03.

:20:03. > :20:08.third place, Bridgitte Hartley of South Africa. The Ukraine, Inna

:20:09. > :20:17.Osypenko-Radomska took silver. And the gold medal went to Danuta Kozak

:20:17. > :20:27.of Hungary. Rachel Cawthorn What is your assessment of your

:20:27. > :20:31.performance? I don't know. Just seemed to be over so quick. Just

:20:31. > :20:37.the kind of got a good start and then I was trying to go with my

:20:37. > :20:41.race plan but... Yeah. We know you are a very good strong finisher.

:20:41. > :20:47.Were you happy with where you were halfway, or did you want to be much

:20:47. > :20:56.closer? I was probably a bit too far down, so it was too much to

:20:56. > :21:00.come back. I kind of wish I could do it again! It was all right. I

:21:00. > :21:09.wish I could have done better. Still firmly in experienced. You

:21:09. > :21:15.had athletes like just a server -- Josefa Idem. You must fill this was

:21:15. > :21:22.a good stepping stone? Yeah, it is good. But it is such a long time to

:21:22. > :21:25.wait now to have another bash at it! By yeah, I can take a lot away

:21:25. > :21:35.from this experience. It has been amazing. The crowd has been

:21:35. > :21:44.incredible. I was so Praf myself -- I was so proud of myself after the

:21:44. > :21:47.semis. In the final, it probably hit me, what this means.

:21:47. > :21:54.Congratulations. You can be very proud of your performers. In four

:21:54. > :21:57.years' time in Rio, let's hope we are celebrating success. Well done.

:21:57. > :22:01.Disappointing race for Rachel Cawthorn. She finished in sixth

:22:01. > :22:05.place, so out of the medals, but it was always going to be hard for her,

:22:05. > :22:09.because it was a strong field and the gold medal went to Hungary,

:22:09. > :22:14.Danuta Kozak winning the race. There are still two days of the

:22:14. > :22:17.canoe sprint at Eton Dorney, so let's hope for muddles later.

:22:17. > :22:22.Now on to the boxing. Great Britain's Micky Adams goes straight

:22:22. > :22:25.from yesterday's stunning semi- final victory into today's big for

:22:25. > :22:29.a gold medal. This afternoon, she faces Ren Cancan of China in the

:22:29. > :22:34.final of the women's fly after beating five time champion Mary Kom

:22:35. > :22:38.of India. Her fight is the first day, which means that if she wins

:22:38. > :22:48.the gold, she will be the first woman in Olympic history ever to do

:22:48. > :22:58.

:22:58. > :23:04.Nicola Adams, 51 kg, two-time world medallist. I was 13. I was not

:23:04. > :23:08.nervous at all. Couldn't wait to get in there. It all started with

:23:08. > :23:12.Nicola coming down to the gym with me. Was it your intention to take

:23:13. > :23:17.her to a boxing session? No. I did not even realise they had boxing,

:23:17. > :23:21.and then she went off and did her own thing. I knew she would not get

:23:21. > :23:25.it hurt, because they had the trainers and coaches there, so it

:23:25. > :23:30.was just something for the kids to do. It has been tough. The choices

:23:30. > :23:37.we have had to make, it is expensive. All the equipment. It

:23:37. > :23:42.has not been easy. The days of boxing being an Olympic sport for

:23:42. > :23:47.men-only are over. We men boxers will be able to compete at the

:23:47. > :23:54.London Olympics. Is women's boxing really what we want in London 2012?

:23:54. > :24:02.If women want to box, they should be allowed to. I was not interested

:24:02. > :24:05.in women's boxing. I did not want to see young girls getting hit. I

:24:05. > :24:11.could see the determination in the girls, but they were lacking a bit

:24:11. > :24:16.of skill. But within 18 months, we have got five in the world's top

:24:16. > :24:21.ten for their weights. In the 2008 European championships, we got some

:24:21. > :24:25.metals. How do you feel about women's boxing now? A love it.

:24:26. > :24:29.Everything you ask, they will do. She has an amazing smile and a

:24:29. > :24:33.fairly slight frame. She does not strike you as someone you would

:24:33. > :24:43.associate with boxing. Exactly.. She has flat feet and is not a good

:24:43. > :24:44.

:24:44. > :24:51.runner. She has asthma. It is sheer determination and will power.

:24:51. > :24:54.was a time not so long ago when it was nearly all over for you. I know.

:24:54. > :24:58.I had a serious back injury which left me in bed for three months,

:24:58. > :25:02.which was really frustrating because I am such a get-up-and-go

:25:02. > :25:06.person. At that time, the GB selections were going on and I

:25:06. > :25:11.couldn't train. I went from being able to do 300 sit-ups a day to not

:25:11. > :25:17.being able to do one. Did you think, this is it? That thought crossed my

:25:17. > :25:22.mind a few times. The first time I started punching again, I felt so

:25:22. > :25:26.slow. I was a bit overweight. I just saw everybody else on the GB

:25:26. > :25:31.team flying up and down, punching so fast, and I was like, how will I

:25:31. > :25:35.ever get back to how I was? I was saying to the coaches, will I be

:25:35. > :25:39.ready to come back at this sort of level so quickly? And they were

:25:39. > :25:44.like, yeah, you can do this. wants to become the Olympic

:25:44. > :25:50.champion and the world champion. Nicol Adam worked hard to do that.

:25:50. > :26:00.It is because of the Nicolas that the game is going into another

:26:00. > :26:01.

:26:01. > :26:06.level. I have been boxing for so long, and I have won a lot of

:26:06. > :26:10.tournaments. At the European Championships, getting gold and

:26:10. > :26:16.silver medal at the worlds, it could not have asked for a better

:26:16. > :26:21.career. What would it mean to have an Olympic gold medal? I would give

:26:21. > :26:25.that Olympic gold medal a whole shelf! Lets a hope she gets it.

:26:25. > :26:29.She is such a down-to-earth, committed girl. I met her when she

:26:29. > :26:32.was a torch-bearer in Sheffield before the Games began. Best of

:26:32. > :26:38.luck to Nicola this afternoon. Her fight against Ren Cancan of China

:26:38. > :26:42.will be live on BBC One at 4:30pm. Now, some of the athletes we have

:26:42. > :26:45.watched so far at the Olympics have been immersed in their sport since

:26:45. > :26:49.childhood. Others are relative newcomers. Great Britain's Jade

:26:49. > :26:53.Jones, who fights for its gold medal today in taekwondo, only took

:26:53. > :27:00.it up four years ago at the age of 15. Before we see her in action,

:27:00. > :27:03.here are some tips if you are new to the sport.

:27:03. > :27:07.Taekwondo. The taekwondo Competition There is eight metre

:27:07. > :27:10.square, with a safety boundary around the outside. Fights are

:27:10. > :27:15.contested over three two-minute rounds with a minute's West in

:27:15. > :27:20.between. If the score is tied after three rounds, the fight goes into a

:27:20. > :27:24.sudden-death 4th round. The scores are reset to zero and the first

:27:24. > :27:28.person to score wins the contest. The aim of taekwondo is to land

:27:28. > :27:32.kicks and punches to your opponent's scoring zone. Moves are

:27:33. > :27:37.worth between one and four points, depending on the attack. A referee

:27:37. > :27:41.oversees the action, which is scored by three judges. At least

:27:41. > :27:45.two judges have to call a point for it to be valid. Competitors wear

:27:45. > :27:51.protective equipment, including head guard and a chest protector.

:27:51. > :27:54.The chest protector validates points when a powerful kick is

:27:54. > :28:00.delivered by the opponent. All athletes wear censored it socks,

:28:00. > :28:08.which protect their feet and register points. Points can also be

:28:08. > :28:14.recorded through penalties. Half son penalties and four. Penalties.

:28:14. > :28:20.The few would like to get involved in Olympic Sportsday, go to the BBC

:28:20. > :28:25.sport website for more information. Jade Jones is 19 and from Flint in

:28:25. > :28:28.Wales. She is a medal prospect today, having reached last year's

:28:28. > :28:32.world championship final. All the more impressive, given that she has

:28:33. > :28:37.only been doing taekwondo for four years. Let's take you over to where

:28:37. > :28:42.it is happening, away from the Olympic Park and over to the excel.

:28:42. > :28:46.This venue hosts no less than seven Olympic sports, and this is where

:28:46. > :28:51.we will see Jade in action for the first time today. She is up against

:28:51. > :29:01.Dragana Gladovic of Serbia, fighting for a place in this

:29:01. > :29:09.

:29:09. > :29:14.afternoon's quarter-final. Let's fight before we get our first look

:29:14. > :29:23.at the great British hope. It is a men's fight between the Serbian in

:29:23. > :29:26.the red and the Peruvian, Peter Lopez. Taekwondo is made up of

:29:26. > :29:32.three two-minute rounds. We are nearing the conclusion of this

:29:32. > :29:36.match. The Serbian is ahead and is also creating a slice of Serbian

:29:36. > :29:40.Olympic history. At 18, he is the youngest member of the team and the

:29:40. > :29:45.first man to fly the flag for his country in this sport. Dragana

:29:45. > :29:52.Gladovic, who is up against Jade Jones next, was beaten to the

:29:52. > :29:55.accolade by 15 minutes, by the luck of the trough. The Serbian man is a

:29:55. > :30:05.minute away from reaching the quarter-finals here. He is

:30:05. > :30:15.

:30:15. > :30:21.performing really well, covering electronic body protectors, so the

:30:21. > :30:26.scores go up automatically. If you kick to the body it is one point.

:30:26. > :30:32.If you kick up to the face it is three. There are four points for

:30:32. > :30:42.the head shots. At this stage it is all about push kicking and good

:30:42. > :30:55.

:30:55. > :31:05.himself right back in base in the final 10 seconds and is just one

:31:05. > :31:07.

:31:07. > :31:17.point down. The Serbian got in the final blow. He will take his place

:31:17. > :31:18.

:31:18. > :31:28.in the quarter-finals. Peter Lopez has to bow out earlier than he

:31:28. > :31:32.might have expected. He has been around for a decade. One of the

:31:32. > :31:38.changes in the sport, the decision to use the electronic body armour

:31:38. > :31:44.has changed the way athletes approach it. Youngsters like this

:31:44. > :31:49.young man are making the most of it. It is all score against New School.

:31:49. > :31:57.Lopez was a fantastic competitor for a number of years, and he loses

:31:57. > :32:03.out to the young man in red. That was right upstairs to the head, a

:32:03. > :32:11.three-point shots. I am sure Jade Jones will be trying to do that.

:32:11. > :32:20.But also there is a little sensor on the bottom of the foot. And they

:32:20. > :32:26.score. That is the most fundamental difference from Beijing until now.

:32:26. > :32:33.We also have the replays which we might see over the next few minutes

:32:34. > :32:41.as Jade Jones prepares to come onto the mat. Taekwondo was born in

:32:41. > :32:46.Korea, and now it is enjoying its 4th Olympics. An ancient martial

:32:46. > :32:53.art has been around the Korean peninsula for the best part of two

:32:53. > :32:58.centuries. The modern form evolved in the 1950s. It captivated a young

:32:58. > :33:08.Jade Jones when she was first introduced to its in Wales as an 8

:33:08. > :33:14.

:33:14. > :33:18.year-old. 11 years on, here she is. Greg cannot Ludovic becomes the

:33:18. > :33:26.second Serbian to compete in the Olympic Games, beaten to that title

:33:26. > :33:31.by her male compatriots by quarter of an hour. Up against Jade Jones.

:33:31. > :33:34.The Serbian has the honour of leading them onto the mat. The

:33:34. > :33:44.first woman to represent her country in this sport of Ty

:33:44. > :33:50.

:33:50. > :33:56.taekwondo at the Games. Here is Jade Jones. 19 years of age, world

:33:56. > :34:05.championship silver medallist last year. Bronze at the European

:34:05. > :34:10.Championships in Manchester in May. It is easy to imagine that not a

:34:10. > :34:17.lot of work is being done in North East Wales at the moment where she

:34:17. > :34:22.is born. The Dragana Gladovic is a rough, tough fighter and has beaten

:34:22. > :34:31.some decent names on the way. Absolutely, she is a redoubtable

:34:31. > :34:41.fighter a. She comes in with a very strong pedigree and this will be by

:34:41. > :35:01.

:35:01. > :35:05.through the European qualification tournament as the top fighter.

:35:06. > :35:15.Let's not underestimate the quality of the opponent up against Jade

:35:16. > :35:18.

:35:18. > :35:28.Jones. The Serbian in the blue. Once the formalities are completed,

:35:28. > :35:38.it will be Jade Jones for Great Britain. Here we go. The pushing

:35:38. > :35:55.

:35:55. > :36:00.cakes that we mentioned. Jade gets spinning kick. Jade has flexibility

:36:00. > :36:10.and artistry, and she has to get the timing right. But the Serbian

:36:10. > :36:12.

:36:12. > :36:18.is very much a force in this opening exchange. If you are new to

:36:18. > :36:23.disport, do not just keep an eye on the legs and that beat, but also on

:36:23. > :36:31.the arms, because they are the defenders, the soldiers to stay

:36:31. > :36:35.behind, guarding the front wall. has been good covering so far from

:36:35. > :36:45.Jade Jones because there was a back kick thrown there and they are

:36:45. > :36:57.

:36:57. > :37:01.worth two points. Again the same attempt from the Serbian. It you

:37:01. > :37:07.encroached into that zone, you are likely to get a slap around the

:37:07. > :37:17.chops. The Serbian has drawn level in the closing seconds of this

:37:17. > :37:26.

:37:26. > :37:33.first of three rounds. It is tied up nicely. One point apiece. Maybe

:37:33. > :37:37.any nerves that were coursing through their young veins of Jade

:37:37. > :37:42.Jones might have gone. Somebody else will be selling the sausages

:37:42. > :37:47.at the butchers because that is where mum works. Her grandad as

:37:47. > :37:52.well who introduced her to the sport. Even her old head teacher

:37:52. > :37:57.from her high school is here. I cannot imagine many people are left

:37:57. > :38:07.in Flint. People will be glued to the television watching their young

:38:07. > :38:09.

:38:09. > :38:14.heroine in the Olympics. That is connecting with the body are met

:38:14. > :38:21.and that was the return shot. It registers on the electronic

:38:21. > :38:31.scoreboard. Nothing to choose between them as the scoreboard

:38:31. > :38:32.

:38:32. > :38:37.which indicate. The second of three rounds. The contests are six

:38:37. > :38:47.minutes long, divided into three rounds. Jade Jones from Great

:38:47. > :38:52.

:38:52. > :38:58.Britain is in the red. The Serbian, Dragana Gladovic is in the blue. A

:38:58. > :39:08.head shot from Jones, three points. A little flurry of activity. She

:39:08. > :39:13.

:39:13. > :39:23.has established some daylight between her and the serve. That

:39:23. > :39:23.

:39:23. > :39:27.gives her the opportunity to move it further ahead. This has been a

:39:27. > :39:32.very good 50 seconds at the start of the second round. Half-a-dozen

:39:32. > :39:36.points already in the bag. Often when you have an aggressive fighter

:39:36. > :39:43.like the Serbian, when you open a gap on them, that can pursue them

:39:43. > :39:53.and give them pause for thought. That will play into the flexibility

:39:53. > :40:00.

:40:00. > :40:04.of Jones, particularly in her front leg, the one nearest her opponent.

:40:04. > :40:12.There is a metre mark that gives them an idea of where they need to

:40:12. > :40:19.be standing within their range. mats are a metre in length. You

:40:19. > :40:22.have an optimum distance you want to be at. Most of the female

:40:22. > :40:32.fighters will stand in a save his own and try to operate from within

:40:32. > :40:34.

:40:34. > :40:44.that. This has been a very good round for Great Britain and Jade

:40:44. > :40:59.

:40:59. > :41:06.do. The 57 kg women, around nine stones in old money. Excellent

:41:06. > :41:10.stuff from Jones. She looked composed from the start. Dragana

:41:10. > :41:15.Gladovic does not have the same flexibility to go upstairs as

:41:15. > :41:24.resolutely and as quickly as Jones does. They call her the head hunter

:41:24. > :41:31.for the way she attacks during hours and hours of training. 200

:41:31. > :41:36.miles north of here and they head hunter did her business. A lovely

:41:36. > :41:46.front leg turning kick, straight upstairs into the front shot of

:41:46. > :41:46.

:41:46. > :41:54.Dragana Gladovic. Paul Green, the British coach, delighted with the

:41:54. > :42:04.work of his charge. Jade Jones is keen to clock on at the start of

:42:04. > :42:05.

:42:05. > :42:14.this third and final round. Taekwondo points can be clocked up

:42:14. > :42:19.very quickly and Jones will be aware of that. Jones is in the red

:42:19. > :42:25.and the Serbian is in the blue. blink and you'll miss it. Jones has

:42:25. > :42:30.come out like a house on fire. She is pushing hard and trying to give

:42:30. > :42:40.her opponent lot to think about. A back kick attempt from the young

:42:40. > :42:46.

:42:46. > :42:51.Serbian. Jones has taken a decisive lead. She went upstairs again. She

:42:51. > :42:57.leads by 10. If she gets another couple of points, it will be all

:42:57. > :43:02.over, because biters go 12 points clear and the match is ended. She

:43:02. > :43:08.needs one more to bring a premature conclusion to this one. She went to

:43:08. > :43:13.bed last night and dreamt of how her debut might go and it would

:43:13. > :43:19.have looked like this. She is on the verge of a place in the

:43:19. > :43:25.quarter-finals. She has been composed throughout and has not

:43:25. > :43:35.been intimidated by education. She is the Youth Olympic champion and

:43:35. > :43:49.

:43:49. > :43:55.would love to add the real deal to Dragana Gladovic. She is no mug.

:43:55. > :44:02.She has been mugged here and has been confused all the way through.

:44:02. > :44:06.Jones is very professional and more than worthy of this win.

:44:06. > :44:13.quarter finals will be in the second session after lunch. That

:44:13. > :44:21.will do. Jade Jones, British Olympian, emphatic winner in the

:44:21. > :44:28.first round. She has sprinted into the quarter-finals. A wonderful

:44:28. > :44:32.effort. The pictures tell the story. So flexible and so adept at the

:44:32. > :44:42.head shots. She did not have to bother with too many efforts to the

:44:42. > :44:59.

:44:59. > :45:05.body. Paul Green, her coach, the in this contest for Jones, and

:45:05. > :45:14.these were just a few of them. The head hunter, hunting head. The

:45:14. > :45:24.Serbian eating a foot sandwich to get her debate going. -- to get her

:45:24. > :45:29.

:45:29. > :45:34.day going. She has got a real Jade, you can't have asked for a

:45:34. > :45:40.better start? Yeah, the points were going really well and the plan was

:45:40. > :45:46.perfect. I felt really sharp warming up, but I need to a bit a

:45:46. > :45:51.bit. But the tactics were perfect. Easing into the first round and

:45:51. > :45:59.then stepping it up? Yeah, hopefully. Then Japan in the next

:45:59. > :46:07.round. I was expecting Croatia to get through, but I have studied all

:46:07. > :46:12.of them, so I will go through the tactics again. Dock me through the

:46:12. > :46:16.home crowd when you walked out? was amazing. I did not expect it

:46:16. > :46:22.when I came out. It was crazy, people shouting my name. The

:46:22. > :46:26.atmosphere is amazing. Good luck in the quarter-finals.

:46:26. > :46:31.Well done to Jade Jones, a commanding performance. She is only

:46:31. > :46:41.19 and has done fantastically well. She goes on now to fight against

:46:41. > :46:44.

:46:44. > :46:52.the Japanese taekwondo who are... Coming out now is Martis Dumbo of

:46:52. > :46:57.Great Britain, taking on Erick Osornio Nunez of Mexico. He is

:46:57. > :47:07.Britain's world bronze medallist. He will be hoping to make a strong

:47:07. > :47:10.

:47:10. > :47:13.impression this time after a knee games, the highlight of his life

:47:13. > :47:16.has so far. The bulk of the audience here in the ExCel Arena,

:47:16. > :47:22.who are British, will hope it remains the highlight of his life

:47:23. > :47:29.so far. Martin Stamper, the 25- year-old from Liverpool, marks his

:47:29. > :47:33.Olympic debut with a wind. -- will hope he can mark his Olympic debut

:47:33. > :47:38.with a win. It is the kind of raw he will never have heard before in

:47:38. > :47:43.his taekwondo career, the kind of trauma that makes all those years

:47:43. > :47:53.of dedication worthwhile. -- is the kind of raw from the audience that

:47:53. > :48:00.

:48:00. > :48:04.makes the years of dedication is in the blue. The rituals of this

:48:04. > :48:13.sport are observed. Martin Stamper of Great Britain on the right hand

:48:13. > :48:22.side in the red. A three two-minute rounds. If you get to 12 points, it

:48:22. > :48:26.is all over. The electronic body armour protects the toss of. There

:48:26. > :48:30.are sensors on the bottom of the socks that the athletes have to

:48:30. > :48:34.wear now. Occasionally, you will see kicks going in that perhaps in

:48:34. > :48:38.the old days, before the technology, might have been countered by the

:48:38. > :48:43.referees. But the body armour is so sensitive that it occasionally

:48:43. > :48:46.doesn't naturally register. You are looking for a prolonged contact and

:48:46. > :48:50.impact. You will see a feature of how much blocking and covering goes

:48:50. > :48:55.on from the opposing athletes. They want to reduce the target that is

:48:55. > :49:05.available. Martin Stamper started with a good back kick. He tried it

:49:05. > :49:12.again. But Erick Osornio Nunez has fought him before in the Dutch Open.

:49:12. > :49:17.And it was the Mexican who was victorious on that occasion.

:49:17. > :49:24.martyrs Bamber comes here on a bit of a role. Bronze medallist at last

:49:24. > :49:29.year's world championships in Korea. The highlight of his career so far.

:49:29. > :49:36.Then the championships were held in Manchester in May. He came away

:49:36. > :49:44.with a bronze then. It is the quietest we have heard the arena

:49:44. > :49:51.for around a bay and a half. That is a good point, because the job

:49:51. > :49:58.off the Mexican is to subdue the partisan crowd, reduce the tempo.

:49:58. > :50:05.He wants to keep the scores low at the beginning. He took a blow in an

:50:05. > :50:14.area that needs protecting. Might take some time to find his balance.

:50:14. > :50:24.Couple of deep breaths, and the Mexican is up and kicking again. We

:50:24. > :50:25.

:50:25. > :50:30.are heading towards a pointless opening two-minute period. That is

:50:30. > :50:33.where we stand. Martin Stamper marches his way back. He said

:50:33. > :50:37.becoming a bad for the first time in the last year has given him a

:50:37. > :50:42.different outlook on life -- becoming a dad has helped his

:50:42. > :50:48.taekwondo. I am not sure what his one year old daughter would make of

:50:48. > :50:53.this noise, or, more to the point, the silence at the moment. I am

:50:53. > :50:58.sure she will enjoy these pictures of her dad making his debut in the

:50:58. > :51:02.Olympics when she is older. He seems to have reacted well to

:51:02. > :51:06.becoming a father. It has given him a certain amount of peace and

:51:06. > :51:10.calmness in the way he approaches his work. He has a gap between life

:51:10. > :51:13.and training, and that has worked for him, because he is one of these

:51:13. > :51:22.fighters who can either be fantastic or doesn't quite produce

:51:22. > :51:30.it. It is all-or-nothing for Martin. He is a lot more calm. Before, he

:51:30. > :51:36.would try and Rush, and now he is a much more composed fighter. Second

:51:36. > :51:46.round. The Mexican it is in the blue. Stamper, the 25-year-old from

:51:46. > :51:52.

:51:53. > :52:02.Liverpool, appropriately enough in the red. The Mexican, with a double

:52:03. > :52:12.

:52:12. > :52:18.kick. They are not easy to get on stamper. Just enough power to

:52:18. > :52:27.register. He is getting closer. the naked eye, it looked like it

:52:27. > :52:31.was worth a point, but electronically, it wasn't.

:52:31. > :52:38.Mexico has switched stance to give himself a broader target. Martin

:52:38. > :52:43.Stamper does the same to shut that target down. Good cover from both.

:52:44. > :52:53.We sought a high-scoring encounter previously, but it is really hard

:52:54. > :52:55.

:52:55. > :53:01.to score points. The ring is becoming smaller. Before Beijing,

:53:01. > :53:07.it was 12 metres by 12. Here, it is eight by eight. Little by little,

:53:07. > :53:11.the areas you can run away in are becoming increasingly scarce.

:53:11. > :53:18.players are more than adept at kicking and moving. Unfortunately,

:53:18. > :53:27.that was a low blow to the top of the thigh. Often, the compact

:53:27. > :53:31.strays below the area where you are trying to aim at. All the talk is

:53:31. > :53:37.about Aaron Cook and the controversy of his non-selection of

:53:37. > :53:41.the British team. But he is here today. He has got himself some �20

:53:41. > :53:50.tickets somewhere, so he is up with everyone else, watching somewhere

:53:50. > :53:57.in the crowd. He has not been picked, but could not bear not to

:53:57. > :54:00.be here. Goodness knows what he is thinking at the moment. This is the

:54:00. > :54:03.division he would have been fighting -- This is not the

:54:03. > :54:13.division he would have been fighting in. That will come

:54:13. > :54:19.tomorrow. But now, it is all about Martin Stamper and the rest. Samuel

:54:19. > :54:26.Stevenson fights tomorrow as well. This second round has come and gone

:54:26. > :54:36.in a flash. It is as kg an affair as we have seen. You get everything

:54:36. > :54:43.an Olympic taekwondo - high-scoring matches, head kicks, and kg matches.

:54:43. > :54:47.The Mexican and Martin Stamper have thought before. And it has been the

:54:47. > :54:51.same here. There have been expansive kicks Perone, good

:54:51. > :54:56.strategies, but at this level, it is like Italian football, where

:54:56. > :55:01.they cancel each other out. You could see them almost connecting

:55:01. > :55:06.with the body armour. But almost is not good enough at this level.

:55:06. > :55:15.final word on Aaron Cook, by the way. It is not clear what his long-

:55:15. > :55:20.term plans are. But I don't think it is settled that he will be

:55:20. > :55:25.around in Rio, fighting for Britain in four years' time. He has clearly

:55:25. > :55:30.been scarred by what went on. But Martin Stamper has his own problems

:55:30. > :55:38.to think about. He is in the red, up against Erick Osornio Nunez in

:55:38. > :55:44.the blue, from Mexico. After this, we had to a golden score and a

:55:44. > :55:50.fourth round. The Egyptian referee is making sure both fighters are

:55:50. > :55:53.active all the way through. There has been an admonishment against

:55:53. > :55:58.Martin Stamp Bug, a penalty if you are holding or avoiding anything

:55:58. > :56:03.that stops the progress of the match. That could prove important

:56:03. > :56:06.later, because at this stage, both fighters are not managing to get on

:56:06. > :56:10.the scoreboard with legitimate kicks. It will only be important if

:56:10. > :56:20.he gets another warning, because then the Mexican will be given a

:56:20. > :56:21.

:56:21. > :56:25.point. That was better from stamper. It was the kind of running, kicking

:56:25. > :56:29.routine that looks like it deserves to get a point for artistic

:56:29. > :56:35.impression if nothing else, but those pesky electronic body armour

:56:35. > :56:45.suits are not registering anything. They have now -- Martin Stamper is

:56:45. > :56:45.

:56:45. > :56:52.ahead for the first time. Good counter from Martin stamper. The

:56:52. > :57:02.but will that one point be enough? He is claiming the head shot, and

:57:02. > :57:03.

:57:03. > :57:06.he has got it. Now, the Mexican coach is bringing out the blue card

:57:06. > :57:13.to signify that he wants that checked. This is another innovation

:57:13. > :57:20.we have had since Beijing, not just the body armour. The British coach

:57:20. > :57:24.is handing out instructions. Lots of you will be watching at home who

:57:24. > :57:28.remember Sarah Stevenson, the British fighter, being done in cold

:57:28. > :57:33.water, -- in cold blood, let's not beat around the bush, by the judges,

:57:33. > :57:37.in her big match against the Chinese favourite when she almost

:57:37. > :57:41.knocked the Chinese fighter's head off, but it was not noticed by the

:57:41. > :57:47.officials. So we have a replay system now. The players have one

:57:47. > :57:52.attempt to question the system, and the Mexicans are asking, did that

:57:52. > :57:58.kick really connect? Be is hard to tell, but they did look to be the

:57:58. > :58:02.lightest of compact to the head. We will have to wait for the

:58:02. > :58:07.adjudication of the Video Review Panel. They have been busy men over

:58:07. > :58:12.the last few days. The Singaporean on the right hand side of your

:58:12. > :58:16.screen makes the final decision. They have five cameras and one

:58:16. > :58:24.above, to have the best possible view. This is all very dramatic.

:58:24. > :58:30.Trial by video. If they decide that Martin Stamper's nail on his big

:58:30. > :58:33.toe did hit, that is all it needs. He will be awarded the three points

:58:33. > :58:39.for the shot to the head. It looks like it might have been clipped.

:58:39. > :58:43.The appeal has been turned down. Martin Stamper gets the three

:58:43. > :58:53.points he was initially given. The Mexicans have now lost the ability

:58:53. > :59:00.

:59:00. > :59:03.to make any more challenges in the an appeal and you win, you get to

:59:03. > :59:07.hang on to the Cup to make more. But if you lose it, you have lost

:59:08. > :59:17.the cup for the duration. You only get one shot at playing your race

:59:17. > :59:23.card at. The Mexican coach had a game of poker and came second.

:59:23. > :59:27.Mexican managed a little shocked to reduce that gap to two. Asked

:59:27. > :59:37.Bamber is now under lots of pressure and is being forced out of

:59:37. > :59:42.the ring. If he concedes another, it will be getting tight. Not that

:59:42. > :59:48.it isn't tight enough. Sweaty palms. Final 20 seconds for Martin Stamper

:59:49. > :59:55.to hang on. He has stretched his lead. Three points ahead. 10

:59:55. > :00:05.seconds away from a place in the Olympic quarter-final.

:00:05. > :00:09.

:00:09. > :00:13.AUDIENCE: Five, four, three, two, mouse. But in the end, it was won

:00:14. > :00:21.by the Liverpudlian cat. Martin Stamper takes his place in the

:00:22. > :00:26.taekwondo quarter-finals. He really had to battle, John. He had to dig

:00:26. > :00:30.that one out. They knew each other coming in. They changed their

:00:30. > :00:35.strategies. It was Stamper that produced the best of it. Just

:00:35. > :00:44.simple body shots. Good footwork. Not always the acrobatic shots

:00:44. > :00:48.score. The TV replay takes time, but has it been well received?

:00:48. > :00:58.was a game changer, and that is the evidence that it is all you need.

:00:58. > :01:05.

:01:05. > :01:12.In the end, the best athlete wins. the Mexican was a little bit short.

:01:12. > :01:22.That was the head shot. That was the telling difference in this

:01:22. > :01:25.

:01:25. > :01:31.match. I think he enjoyed it! had a bit on their plate, the

:01:31. > :01:35.taekwondo squad, leading up to these Games. They did not make life

:01:35. > :01:42.easy for themselves, they took a difficult decision to leave our own

:01:42. > :01:48.cook out of the squad. But they are up and running and it has been a

:01:48. > :01:53.very good 15 minutes for Britain's taekwondo players. Jade Jones and

:01:53. > :02:00.Martin Stamper are into the quarter-finals. You pulled it out

:02:00. > :02:08.in the last round. It is really hard to score on the body armour.

:02:08. > :02:14.It is brand-new and it is quite hard. I was doing the right thing.

:02:14. > :02:19.I failed to hit the body armour with a few kicks. I just waited and

:02:19. > :02:24.was patient and tea was the first one to crack and he took a risk.

:02:24. > :02:33.Here are an experienced fighter, but how difficult visit to stay

:02:33. > :02:38.calm at an Olympic finals? It was tough but me and my coaches went

:02:38. > :02:44.back and kept the same game plan. He took one rescanned he was open

:02:44. > :02:52.to the high and I got him with my reaction. It is done by your

:02:52. > :02:57.coaches interacting and making sure you stay calm. You have a Peruvian

:02:57. > :03:01.in the next round. Yes, he is really good on his protecting. I

:03:01. > :03:05.have got to look at some other videos and do the best in my next

:03:05. > :03:14.fight. What does it mean to be out here after missing out four years

:03:14. > :03:18.ago? It is unreal. I came out and I felt like dancing. I was just

:03:18. > :03:23.buzzing, the crowd erupted and everyone was chanting my name. It

:03:23. > :03:32.might have been a bit of a boring fight, but they still kept behind

:03:32. > :03:36.me. That took me through to the wind. Good luck in the quarters.

:03:37. > :03:46.Do not dance at just yet, Martin, because you still have your

:03:47. > :03:49.

:03:49. > :03:55.What a strong start for Great Britain in that high taekwondo for

:03:55. > :04:00.Great Britain. More of that on the red button. Live on BBC Three it is

:04:00. > :04:09.the women's diving. This is the ten-metre platform and the semi-

:04:09. > :04:13.final is taking place. Very exciting so far in that taekwondo.

:04:14. > :04:19.Martin Stamper says his recent good form has been down to the birth of

:04:19. > :04:25.his daughter two years ago and that has given him a healthy focus. He

:04:25. > :04:29.did very well indeed as did Jade Jones. Let's take you back inside

:04:29. > :04:34.the Olympic Stadium. We had our athletics team basking in the

:04:34. > :04:39.sunshine. Let's see if they can make a bit of time for us. I hope

:04:39. > :04:45.we are not interrupting. No, you are not, we are slightly

:04:45. > :04:55.overdone. But we are loving it. is perfect conditions for the

:04:55. > :05:01.

:05:01. > :05:05.Dickenson. The sun continues to keep the crowd beat a plea warm.

:05:05. > :05:12.The athletes in the decathlon and the qualifying competition for the

:05:12. > :05:19.high jump. They are enjoying these conditions. This is the defending

:05:19. > :05:25.Olympic champion. If she keeps going with that sort of form, she

:05:25. > :05:33.will have no problem at all. That was 1.93. Looking very comfortable

:05:33. > :05:40.indeed. The qualification automatically is 1.96. At 1.93, so

:05:40. > :05:50.many women still involved. It is the first-time clearances that are

:05:50. > :06:03.

:06:03. > :06:13.favourite on the circuit. She is in appropriately-named, but she is a

:06:13. > :06:16.

:06:16. > :06:26.real entertainer in the high jump. Anna Chicherova was the world

:06:26. > :06:27.

:06:27. > :06:37.champion last year. She won an Olympic bronze medal in Beijing.

:06:37. > :06:37.

:06:37. > :06:41.Not as fast as the American. But very elegant. Demonstrates the

:06:41. > :06:51.Fosbury Flop technique almost perfectly. A lovely jump by the

:06:51. > :07:07.

:07:07. > :07:13.conditions. This is the new European champion. It was in

:07:13. > :07:22.Helsinki and it was a little colder than this. A nice, easy clearance.

:07:22. > :07:27.All of the big names looking in very good form. She had a real

:07:27. > :07:37.tussle in winning the gold medal in the European Championships at last

:07:37. > :07:38.

:07:38. > :07:44.for her. Getting towards the end of her career. That was her second

:07:44. > :07:50.attempt at 1.93 and it is better, just. She has been over two metres

:07:50. > :08:00.this season when she finished second in the US Olympic trials.

:08:00. > :08:10.

:08:10. > :08:14.time she gets it right. She has had a difficult couple of years.

:08:14. > :08:19.Remember that bronze medal in Berlin in 2009? See how much that

:08:19. > :08:26.meant to her. She has had a difficult season. It took three

:08:26. > :08:36.efforts to get over it. But that was much better. She had a little

:08:36. > :08:42.bit to spare as well and she will need it if she is to go over 1.96.

:08:42. > :08:47.Interesting that 13 women have gone over 1.93. Only 12 should make it

:08:47. > :08:52.through to the final. Will they make an argument as the pole vault

:08:52. > :09:02.as did the other day to take everybody through? There are 14

:09:02. > :09:05.

:09:05. > :09:10.women clear. Think, all 14. They are trying to persuade them to pass,

:09:10. > :09:17.then everybody can go through, but the official needs an answer. If

:09:17. > :09:24.they all pass, they all go through. All I need is you to say jump or

:09:24. > :09:29.pass. What I'm saying is that is not fair. Because if other people

:09:29. > :09:34.jump and I say past... Do you get what I am saying? There are 14

:09:34. > :09:40.women Clear, but Friedrich is not in the top 12 because she had two

:09:40. > :09:45.failures at 1.93, but she is trying to get them all to agree to pass,

:09:45. > :09:50.which means all 14 women would go through. Barratt is saying it she

:09:50. > :09:56.says yes, I am passing, at it someone else decides to jump at

:09:56. > :10:06.1.96, then she could end up not having a place in the final. They

:10:06. > :10:13.

:10:13. > :10:23.either all need to agree or they go out. That is yet to be resolved.

:10:23. > :10:29.

:10:29. > :10:35.The Bar has gone up to 1.96. The shop steward has said she has to

:10:35. > :10:41.get his second attempt at 1.96. I wonder what happened to all of

:10:41. > :10:45.those athletes who said that they would pass? She was persuading

:10:45. > :10:54.people to fans and some told the official on the basis that everyone

:10:54. > :10:59.was going through, that they would pass. That is not looking good for

:10:59. > :11:07.her at the moment. She has not been in good form this year.

:11:07. > :11:17.decathlon discus. The Belgian getting that out towards 50m and

:11:17. > :11:22.that would be a massive improvement for him. He is in 5th place overall.

:11:22. > :11:27.He is 100 points off a medal position at the moment. That is

:11:27. > :11:37.still held by Damian Warner, the young Canadian, but that is a great

:11:37. > :11:37.

:11:37. > :11:46.throw. That was a Daley Thompson moment. He produces his best when

:11:46. > :11:52.he can. That is a lifetime best. Damian Warner is not a great discus

:11:52. > :12:01.thrower, but he is holding his own. This athlete is in third place

:12:01. > :12:08.overall. He is very slow and deliberate, but he gets it out into

:12:08. > :12:18.the sector, straight down the middle. 45 metres would bring the

:12:18. > :12:20.

:12:20. > :12:26.Canadian an extra to the odd points. The better throwers go in the B

:12:26. > :12:36.group in a little while. But Damien Warner trying desperately to hang

:12:36. > :12:45.

:12:45. > :12:55.on to third place. A great effort for him. Leonel Suarez is in all

:12:55. > :12:57.

:12:57. > :13:02.sorts of trouble. A poor effort of 25 metres in the second round. He

:13:02. > :13:08.needs a good distance here and that was solid and that is long as well.

:13:08. > :13:14.A good effort. A young Cuban, who won an Olympic bronze medal four

:13:14. > :13:20.years ago, had to make sure of the footwork and the release and it was

:13:20. > :13:27.good. Much better than anything else he has achieved here so far to

:13:27. > :13:31.date in the discus. It is a fascinating contest. The two

:13:31. > :13:36.Americans are still at the top of the table, Ashton Eaton and Trey

:13:36. > :13:40.Hardee. But the battle for bronze has been hotting up ever since the

:13:41. > :13:50.110 metres hurdles this morning. He keeps the pressure on those above

:13:51. > :13:53.

:13:53. > :13:59.him. Ashton Eaton is yet to take his first round throat. He has got

:13:59. > :14:06.Trey Hardee his team-mate, America one and two at the table at the

:14:06. > :14:11.moment. There is the javelin and 1,500m and there is a lot to be won

:14:11. > :14:21.and lost over the course of day two. It comes down to this after all

:14:21. > :14:23.

:14:23. > :14:29.that discussion. She did not clear and we have got 12 left end. It

:14:29. > :14:35.would have been another season's best. It has been a troubled year

:14:35. > :14:40.for her, and she goes out. We have got 12 left and they can advance to

:14:40. > :14:50.the final. After all that chatter, it came down to hide something in

:14:50. > :14:50.

:14:50. > :14:55.the end. It was so close. Certainly she has cleared 1.96 in the past,

:14:55. > :15:05.but as Steve was saying she has had a lot of problems over the last 18

:15:05. > :15:10.

:15:10. > :15:14.How great when Daley Thomson came through on his third throw. It

:15:14. > :15:23.happens. This is the stress of the event. You know you only get three

:15:23. > :15:29.attempts to get it right. It is a big day for Suarez. The one thing

:15:29. > :15:34.Daley Thompson did not do was breathe a sigh of relief. We have

:15:34. > :15:37.two big finals tonight. We have the men's 200m and immense triple jump.

:15:37. > :15:45.No Phillips Idowu. With the benefit of a couple of days to think about

:15:45. > :15:48.it, what do you make of that saga? Did has been interesting. His whole

:15:48. > :15:52.demeanour has been difficult -- different to what we expected him

:15:52. > :15:56.to be like. He arrived here with no dyed hair, which you normally

:15:56. > :16:06.expect. Many things were different about his whole presence. And the

:16:06. > :16:07.

:16:07. > :16:13.information he gave was honest. It was interesting to listen to him

:16:13. > :16:18.are actually telling his story. I am sure that next year, we will

:16:18. > :16:22.find out more about the story of 2012 from Phillips Idowu. One of

:16:22. > :16:27.the questions to ask is, why did you have to be so secret about his

:16:27. > :16:33.injury? What was the great drama about saying, I am injured and I am

:16:33. > :16:39.working hard to get fit? It just boils down to Philip's' way. He

:16:39. > :16:45.just wanted to prepare how he wanted to prepare for. Or maybe he

:16:45. > :16:52.didn't want to acknowledge how bad the injury was. Like Colin says,

:16:52. > :16:56.with hindsight, he may have done things differently. We don't know

:16:56. > :17:02.how much communication was going on behind the scenes. It just was not

:17:02. > :17:06.brought to light. He did not jump badly. Even with everything he has

:17:06. > :17:11.been through. When you are carrying a severe injury, he will clearly

:17:11. > :17:17.have surgery, so it was a bad injury. He did not look too bad. He

:17:17. > :17:20.probably could have got through qualification. And then the final

:17:20. > :17:25.would have been another day. You have been through that yourself.

:17:25. > :17:29.You know what it is like. It was blustery and difficult. It was one

:17:29. > :17:32.of the things we were wandering about, the fact that he hadn't

:17:32. > :17:37.competed takes you out of the groove of that competition and

:17:37. > :17:42.dealing with the environment. You can experience it on a regular

:17:42. > :17:47.basis, but it is always different until you come back and do it again.

:17:47. > :17:53.We also have these 200m final. If Usain Bolt retains his title, it

:17:53. > :18:03.will go down in history writ large. In Mexico, the 200m also created

:18:03. > :18:09.

:18:09. > :18:17.The archive is well-served when it comes to the story of the civil

:18:17. > :18:27.rights struggle in the United States. The struggle would travel

:18:27. > :18:28.

:18:28. > :18:38.south to Mexico. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, about to be split by

:18:38. > :18:40.

:18:40. > :18:44.an Australian. Tommie Smith wins! A new world record. The two Americans

:18:44. > :18:50.were about to make their stand. But what of the silver medallist, Peter

:18:50. > :18:55.Norman? Alongside his medal, a badge supporting the cause. It was

:18:55. > :19:05.Norman who suggested, when Carlos forgot his black clothes, but they

:19:05. > :19:07.

:19:07. > :19:11.share them, one black glove, -- one right glove, one left. By Smith and

:19:11. > :19:15.Carlos were sent home from the Games, and Norman returned to

:19:15. > :19:22.Australia to be rebuked and ostracised. He was banned for two

:19:22. > :19:24.years. This was the badge that would cost him dear. Despite

:19:24. > :19:31.returning to athletics and qualifying for the next Olympics,

:19:31. > :19:35.he was not selected. His time of 20.06 seconds still stands as the

:19:35. > :19:42.Australian 200m record. He fell on hard times, and when he died at the

:19:42. > :19:47.age of 64, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were bearers at his funeral.

:19:47. > :19:57.They had told him what they planned to do in Mexico City, and he had

:19:57. > :20:01.replied with a four simple words. "I'll Stand By You".

:20:01. > :20:04.Still an incredibly powerful image. Colin and Denise, before we

:20:04. > :20:08.discussed what happened there and its impact, what do you think would

:20:08. > :20:15.happen if an athlete tried to do a similar thing today? I don't think

:20:15. > :20:19.they would be allowed to. Everything is literally scrutinised

:20:19. > :20:23.when you are at medal position. You can't take anything on the track

:20:23. > :20:27.with you apart from literally your presentation uniform. It would be

:20:28. > :20:32.difficult for a protest at like that to take place. And on a

:20:32. > :20:35.simplistic level, when the Jamaican team were deemed to be being

:20:36. > :20:39.disrespectful on the rostrum, it might have been Beijing, when they

:20:39. > :20:44.were a bit too jolly and not appearing respectful to the other

:20:44. > :20:50.athletes, they got cautioned. higher Cisse sport and politics

:20:51. > :20:56.don't mix. Slightly naive? I think so. There has always been

:20:56. > :21:02.controversy surrounding all Olympics. Even if we look back to

:21:02. > :21:07.1972. At that time, there was so much civil unrest in the United

:21:07. > :21:12.States. Making sure that athletes competing in those games,

:21:12. > :21:15.especially black American athletes, they did not want to be removed.

:21:15. > :21:19.They wanted to acknowledge that they were very much connected and

:21:19. > :21:23.thinking about their people. It was such a strong message. Lot of

:21:23. > :21:28.things were involved in that protest. The fact that they walked

:21:29. > :21:32.out to receive them medals with no shoes was to recognise the poverty

:21:32. > :21:35.of the black Americans at that time. They kept their shirt collars Open,

:21:35. > :21:40.which was linked with the blue- collar workers of the United States,

:21:40. > :21:45.to say, we understand your fight. They warn necklaces with the beads

:21:45. > :21:49.to represent all the people who had hanged and suffered. All these

:21:49. > :21:54.things were little protests, and only things -- be anything we

:21:54. > :21:58.physically remember is that blood, because it was such a black -- an

:21:58. > :22:02.iconic moment for the Black Panther movement. The fact that we still

:22:02. > :22:06.discussing today shows that it has had an impact. In it resonated so

:22:06. > :22:12.much around the world. It made people focus and really think about

:22:13. > :22:19.what was going on in America at that time. There was solidarity

:22:19. > :22:27.with Peter, acknowledging that this is not right. It is still powerful

:22:27. > :22:33.today. Well, that men's 200m final tonight at is off at 8:55pm. Make

:22:33. > :22:43.sure you don't miss it. It is Bolt versus bike, take two. In case you

:22:43. > :22:44.

:22:44. > :22:51.need your appetite wetting, this My hands were shaking and by

:22:51. > :23:01.nervous system was in some kind of shock. Then, silence got blown

:23:01. > :23:05.

:23:05. > :23:15.blocks. Here comes Usain Bolt! He is pulling away. He is going to win

:23:15. > :23:49.

:23:49. > :23:59.the gold! 9.64! The champion did we ever, ever, ever doubt the

:23:59. > :24:01.

:24:01. > :24:05.It is like your favourite movie, you never tire of watching it. Is

:24:05. > :24:12.he the greatest ever? In the world of sprinting, yes. World record

:24:12. > :24:15.holder and Olympic champion, twice, of the 100m. In terms of sport

:24:15. > :24:19.overall, I remember people saying when he came into the village, he

:24:19. > :24:26.created the greatest stirrer of any of the athletes. More than Djokovic

:24:26. > :24:31.or Sharapova. At Semitic. Imagine being a first time Olympian, and

:24:31. > :24:37.have this man walk through the village. It is a big deal. He

:24:37. > :24:44.transcends athletics. He is a global icon, and people admire him.

:24:44. > :24:53.And yes, if he does the double or even the trouble here at this games,

:24:53. > :24:58.legendary status. We will come to the relay leg to. That men's 200m

:24:58. > :25:08.final is off at 8:55pm. Now we catch up with the men's discus in

:25:08. > :25:15.

:25:15. > :25:19.their throws very shortly. Here is the world record holder and the

:25:19. > :25:27.current leader of this Olympic decathlon. When he broke the world

:25:27. > :25:33.record, he was just over 42 metres. He is not a great thrower. That is

:25:33. > :25:37.a very naive technique. But it is about the same distance he threw in

:25:37. > :25:42.the United States, when he broke the world record. He did not smash

:25:42. > :25:48.the world record, just finessed his way over the figures that Roman

:25:48. > :25:55.Sebrle set some time before. It was a prodigious total of over 9000

:25:55. > :25:59.points. In this country, we still think of 8000 as a very good target.

:26:00. > :26:07.Ashton Eaton has obviously got his mind on different matters at the

:26:07. > :26:14.moment, winning the gold medal. A modest start, but still good points.

:26:14. > :26:21.Here is the chaser. 217 points behind Ashton Eaton. He would like

:26:21. > :26:31.to get one here well INXS of Ashton Eaton's first broke. That was a

:26:31. > :26:38.

:26:38. > :26:48.better technique. Ashton Eaton scored 716 points. The gap is 217

:26:48. > :27:06.

:27:07. > :27:11.at the moment, so you can do your Now, our very own Nostradamus,

:27:11. > :27:16.Colin Edwards. What will happen in the 200m? In it will be a new

:27:16. > :27:23.Olympic record. At the moment, it stands at 19.30. So quicker than

:27:23. > :27:28.that. So can and third? Blake, and probably a European. There is only

:27:28. > :27:37.one in the final, Joseph Jamaica. What about the young Jamaican?

:27:37. > :27:42.have your own prediction! So what is it? I will definitely go with

:27:42. > :27:47.the first two. Tier him? I think Colin is right. He is usually very

:27:47. > :27:55.accurate. So I will not go against that. You are always disagreeing

:27:55. > :28:01.with him! Maybe 19.4 for Blake. I want to say the new young Jamaican

:28:01. > :28:07.might get a sneak in. That would be special. So Spearman also looked

:28:07. > :28:09.good. Will be back on BBC Three short to. But is it for us on BBC

:28:09. > :28:13.One. We have to hold them to all these

:28:13. > :28:16.predictions! We will see how it pans out. We have been talking

:28:16. > :28:21.about the fantastic weather we have been enjoying at the Olympic Park,

:28:21. > :28:25.but actually, the weather is possibly too good at the moment in

:28:25. > :28:29.Weymouth for the sailing. The wind is too light, which is causing some

:28:29. > :28:35.concern amongst race officials. They are going to check the

:28:35. > :28:39.conditions at about 11:30am. This is how it is looking right now. The

:28:39. > :28:44.470 medal race was due to start at midday, but we are not sure what

:28:44. > :28:49.will happen. The final call will come later from the authorities in

:28:49. > :28:54.Weymouth, but there is a cut-off point at 4:30pm. If they have not

:28:54. > :28:58.started racing by then, they will not race today. Keep an eye out if

:28:58. > :29:02.you are interested in the sailing for that announcement. However, the

:29:02. > :29:07.conditions are looking good for the open water swim. The women's race

:29:07. > :29:10.will start in half an hour, when they will be diving off the pontoon

:29:10. > :29:15.in Hyde Park. Keri-Anne Payne is the big British medal hope here.

:29:15. > :29:20.Clare Balding is in Hyde Park to see this today. You have former

:29:20. > :29:23.silver medallist David Davies with you. Fee I have, and were have just

:29:23. > :29:27.seen the swimmers a pair. They are hiding away in their

:29:27. > :29:31.preparation tent. You said it will be carnage in there. What happens?

:29:31. > :29:36.The last hour before a water Grands Prix different to what you do in a

:29:36. > :29:40.pool. It is a hot bay, and they will be putting suncream on. All

:29:40. > :29:50.the swimmers have to be numbered. They will take their last HyperCard

:29:50. > :29:51.

:29:51. > :30:01.trip -- carbohydrate gels. The last hour is always frantic.

:30:01. > :30:02.

:30:02. > :30:05.Lots of support down their for her, Clare? Yes, and her fiance is there.

:30:05. > :30:10.They are getting married in September. Becky Adlington is here

:30:10. > :30:15.and all the swim team are here. have all come down. They will be

:30:15. > :30:20.ready when the Grands Prix going on. And that is how it should be. It is

:30:20. > :30:26.still a very important race for us. Berry still conditions, so more

:30:26. > :30:30.like a pool -- very still conditions. Swimming covers every

:30:30. > :30:34.extreme. You can swim in the sea, with a shark nets around you and

:30:34. > :30:39.jellyfish in the water, or you can swim in a nice, still like like

:30:39. > :30:45.this. This would be my preference. It is perfectly flat, hopefully not

:30:45. > :30:55.too cold. Amazing setting, right in the centre of London. Everyone will

:30:55. > :30:59.

:30:59. > :31:03.I am definitely with a gig in taking the Serpentine over any

:31:03. > :31:10.shark infested oceans. Clare Balding will be with you for the

:31:10. > :31:16.open waters went later on. Abuse one in there? Yes, I have. Do not

:31:17. > :31:21.ask, it was a Christmas Day thing. Even worse. Here are going to be in

:31:21. > :31:26.charge of things this afternoon. And for that taekwondo, we had a

:31:26. > :31:32.fantastic start. Yes, and through to the quarter-finals with Martin

:31:32. > :31:37.Stamper, what a great name that is for the taekwondo. I am sure all of

:31:37. > :31:41.North Wales is wondering what is going to happen for Jade Jones.

:31:41. > :31:45.you will have Keri-Anne Payne in the swimming. Everybody is very

:31:45. > :31:50.expectant and all of the British swimmers are down there and we are

:31:50. > :31:55.looking forward to seeing what happens. A good Olympic experience

:31:55. > :32:01.so far? Yes, yesterday was brilliant and I got down to

:32:01. > :32:06.Greenwich Park for the showjumping and I came back to what the 200m.