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Good afternoon. Welcome to day 13 of the games, a day that sees 23 | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
gold medals up for grabs as plenty of sports which the business end of | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
the competition. We will follow all the big stories here on BBC One, | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
including BMX bikes crashing, horses dancing and 25 Women going | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
for a dip in Hyde Park. That is the Olympic Games. Settle down for a | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
busy few hours. Disappointment at the equestrian | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
yesterday, but high hopes of another dressage gold in the | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
individual event today. Britain's trio go from 3:20pm. | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
Liam Phillips has recovered from a broken collarbone to make it to | :01:29. | :01:36. | |
London. Can he follow Shanaze Reade into the BMX semi-finals? | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
In three hours' time, Nicola Adams could become the first woman ever | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
to be crowned an Olympic boxing champion, but only if she can | :01:44. | :01:51. | |
overcome Ren Cancan of China. And it could be another golden day | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
for Britain's sailors, although the weather is looking a bit too good | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
at Weymouth at the moment. So it is disappointing that there | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
is no sailing going on at Weymouth, but you only have to look behind me | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
to realise that thousands of people here on the Olympic Park don't mind | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
too much about the Sun being out. It is a wonderful day to celebrate | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
a 13 of these Olympic Games. But before the lack of action on the | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
water, let's catch up with what happened in the water in one of the | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
most punishing Olympic disciplines, the gruelling 10k open-water swim. | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
These are live shots off the spot that made his debut in Beijing. | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
Keri-Anne Payne has had to wait for her big moment. She was the first | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
British athlete to qualify for these games. She is now finally | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
going for gold and go one better than the silver she managed in | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
Beijing four years ago. The climax of the women's 10k open-water | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
swimming will be live on BBC Two. We will join it for the closing | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
stages. These are the live shots, and Keri-Anne Payne is still in | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
with a chance of picking up victory. At the moment, the Hungarian is | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
leading. Look out for the No. 15 for Keri-Anne Payne. Blue cap. | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
Fingers crossed, she can make it to the front. She likes to lead in | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
these races. She is an experienced swimmer. She is taking a break from | :03:16. | :03:23. | |
a wedding to swim here, so it is important. | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
Now, let's go to the south coast and the men's gold medal race in | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
sailing's 470 class. Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell are guaranteed | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
silver, but a convincing victory over Australia today, and that | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
medal becomes gold. But to do that, they need to get on the water. So | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
far today, that has proved problematic. Shirley Robinson is | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
there for us. Can you explain the problem? Normally, we love it when | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
the sun is out in this country. spectators are here, but as you say, | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
no sailors yet. The sailing in Weymouth has been fantastic. We | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
have had 12 days of great breeze and fantastic conditions. Today, | :04:06. | :04:12. | |
light winds. Just not stable enough to set a course. I did speak to the | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
GB meteorologist, and she is confident that by about 3:30pm, | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
things will be good enough to send the sailors out and hopefully get | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
that gold medal for GB. We are getting some wonderful shots of the | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
crowds, young and old with a Union flags. 20th French flags as well. | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
It's a shame they have not had the chance to see any sailing. How have | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
they worked out that there is not enough wind? Five or six knots | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
means that it is even for the course and fair for everybody. | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
Earlier, we were out and it was classy, like a millpond. Today it | :04:49. | :04:56. | |
looks better. I am optimistic that it will happen later. But the | :04:56. | :05:02. | |
sailors are waiting and the tension is building. For those crowds and | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
our viewers, once the action gets going, what can we expect from the | :05:08. | :05:14. | |
sailing today? For the British duo, they have nothing to lose. They are | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
guaranteed silver. When you speak to them, they are so confident. I | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
asked what the strategy was, and they said attack, attack, attack. | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
They will be going for the Aussies. The Aussies are favourites for this | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
event. They are world champions, but they are on the back foot. They | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
are used to be winning by miles, and now they will be in a street | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
fight. There will be lots of Aussie flags and Union Jacks. We look | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
forward to the big battle. Only a couple of days of sailing left. The | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
Olympic Park is bouncing every day because of the success of Britain | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
in the Games. How has it been down there? What is the feeling about | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
how our sailors have performed? Maurer, we are also guaranteed a | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
silver medal in the 470 women, and they are on equal points with the | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
Kiwis for that gold medal. All in all, that will be five medals. If | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
we don't pull it off today, we could be pulling it off tomorrow. | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
There is a lot to look forward to. We will try and send thousands over | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
to the red button to join you for the start of this life. So you | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
expect there to be some racing later? Don't quote me on that, but | :06:29. | :06:38. | |
you have time for it could have tea. -- a cup of tea. At least you will | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
get a suntan if nothing else. So as you saw, lovely weather down | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
there and here. Haven't we seen fantastic scenes at these -- these | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
games at Greenwich? It has been one of the places to be if you want to | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
see successful British action, despite a disappointing day | :06:54. | :07:04. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :07:04. | :08:00. | |
And in and it is going to be a Nick Skelton, at his very best. It | :08:00. | :08:09. | |
is a wait and see game now. This could be the first gold since 1952! | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
And Britain has got gold. Will they be here to see Britain win their | :08:14. | :08:20. | |
first ever dressage medal? This is gold about to happen. She has made | :08:21. | :08:30. | |
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It has been good, and Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes is down there as | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
everything comes to an end. Before we talk about today, let's talk | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
about yesterday. Nick Skelton, just as we thought he had done it, he | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
knocked over that fence, which was disappointing. Where were you | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
watching? I was watching down here, where the athletes get interviewed. | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
I get -- kept getting troubled by all the other broadcasters. My arms | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
would be in the air whenever anything happened. He was the 6-1 | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
favourite at the start of the competition to win their individual | :09:05. | :09:14. | |
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a muddle. Then # God save our We really thought he was going to | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
win the gold medal, so when it Skelton had that fence down, | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
everyone was like, what? He was so upset. He was crying when he won | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
the gold and he cried when he missed out on the individual. He | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
was very close this year, but Nick Skelton is still a marvel. He had a | :09:31. | :09:38. | |
hip replaced a couple of years ago. He has broken his neck before. Kind | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
of a walking marvel. To be out there riding at his age and doing | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
this well is amazing. The they are all superheroes. What amazing games | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
at Greenwich. You have had a plum job. Talking of superheroes, the | :09:52. | :09:59. | |
American dressage rider Steffan Peters, who is riding behind me, he | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
is riding to Avatar music, or was. Lots of fun music. I was talking | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
earlier to Matt Baker and I was not allowed to say what sort of music | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
we have. It said a strict embargo until 12:30pm. But now I can tell | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
you we have had Black Eyed Peas, Phil Collins, Avatar. But to come, | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
we have some very patriotic music. We have lots of Gustav Holst and | :10:23. | :10:31. | |
escape to victory and Big Ben Charlotte Dujardin is the hot | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
favourite for Britain, part of the gold medal-winning team for the | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
dressage a couple of days ago. She will be trying to nail it at 3:50pm | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
in Greenwich. In football terminology, the Lionel Messi of a | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
horse world is a stunning horse, the horse belonging to Charlotte | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
Dujardin. She is lucky to have that horse. This level is like the | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
Premier League of dressage. She has only been riding at this level for | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
less than two years, so for her to be at an Olympic Games at the age | :11:04. | :11:12. | |
of 26, which is pretty young in a horse turns, is pretty great. The | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
two of them were part of Britain's gold medal-winning team in the | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
Europeans. Lionel Messi has obviously been at the top for a | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
long time, but Charlotte Dujardin has only been doing this for less | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
than two years. Before we let you go, another big crowd there. | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
Obviously plenty of British interest. The big question is, what | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
is the reason for choosing your own music and doing this to music? | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
is called the Grand Prix freestyle. Dressage has three different | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
disciplines. You have the Grand Prix, the first part of the team | :11:48. | :11:54. | |
test. Then you have the Grand Prix special, which is more difficult | :11:54. | :12:00. | |
movements. Then you have the Grand Prix freestyle, when you can do | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
what you want. They have six minutes to impress the judges. They | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
are not just looking for technical ability, but also artistic | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
impression. So it is important that they wow them with some good music. | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
Traditionally, some of the dressage to music was a bit peaky blokey. My | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
manager thought it would not be very good. But we had some Black | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
Eyed Peas, and everyone was like, wow! Daegu of very good marks for | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
their artistic impression. People make a living out of making music | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
for dressage riders, so this is a big competition. It has been packed | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
every day, but we probably have the most avid out today, because this | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
is the favourite dressage competition for the spectators. | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
Finally, what time can we expect the British riders out? Laura | :12:50. | :12:57. | |
Bechtolsheimer does at 3:20pm. Car Hester is not far behind. He goes | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
at 3:30pm and then Charlotte Dujardin is the last to go at | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
3:50pm. We look forward to hearing the music and seeing the routines. | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
We will bring you that live on BBC One. Now we returned to the | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
Serpentine in central London. It is a stunningly beautiful location for | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
a stunningly Britain event. 25 swimmers battling the water and | :13:18. | :13:21. | |
each other to be the first of the finish line. Keri-Anne Payne is | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
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the black hat. Anderson is closer to us from the USA. Keri-Anne Payne | :13:44. | :13:51. | |
is in fourth position. Risztov has led all the way through. Will she | :13:51. | :14:00. | |
get the gold? Risztov of Hungary gets it. Goodness me, the Proms has | :14:00. | :14:04. | |
gone to grow mouldy of Italy. Keri- Anne was just behind in fourth | :14:04. | :14:12. | |
position. -- the bronze went to go Malby of Hungary. So close, but the | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
gold, deservedly, Eva Risztov of Hungary almost led from the gun. | :14:18. | :14:26. | |
She is out already. How has she done that after so much effort? She | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
led all the way. I don't know how she can walk, Andy. Congratulations | :14:34. | :14:41. | |
to Risztov from Hungary. It is an example of how fit she is to hop | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
straight out of water and hardly look out of breath. We have | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
swimmers come out of the water and be wheeled away in wheelchairs. | :14:49. | :14:51. | |
Keri-Anne Payne will be disappointed with fourth place. We | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
know she picked up silver in Beijing four years ago. She was | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
desperately hoping to improve on that and pick up the gold medal | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
here. She has been an amazing open- water swimmer for the past few | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
years. It is her specialist discipline. After 10 kilometres, | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
Keri-Anne Payne was four seconds away from the winner. But that is | :15:13. | :15:23. | |
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the way it goes. Well done for And well done to the crowds for | :15:25. | :15:28. | |
turning up in Hyde Park. Yes, you can get tickets to be at the | :15:28. | :15:32. | |
Olympic Park, but when events are free and people can turn up for the | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
triathlon, road racing, wonderful crowds are there. Now, today at | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
Wembley Arena, it is the qualifying stages in the women's all-round | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
rhythmic gymnastics. Britain's Frankie Jones is desperate for home | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
support to inspire her to something special. We will be on the road to | :15:49. | :15:58. | |
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Wembley shortly. First, here is how All performances take place on the | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
floor, a 30 metre square carpet laid over a sprung wooden base. | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
There are four pieces of apparatus used. Hooper, a bore, club and | :16:10. | :16:20. | |
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There are two distinct competitions, individual and group. 24 gymnasts | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
perform four routines, one with each other apparatus. The top 10 | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
progress to the all-around final. Each individual routine lasts a | :16:42. | :16:51. | |
maximum of 90 seconds. 12 groups of five gymnasts perform two routines | :16:51. | :16:58. | |
and the top eight progress to the final. Routines last a maximum of | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
2.5 minutes. For the first routine all groups use just one piece of | :17:03. | :17:09. | |
apparatus and in the second they use a combination of two. Group | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
exercises must show exchanges of apparatus between the gymnasts as | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
well as intricate formations. If you would like to get involved in | :17:18. | :17:28. | |
Olympic sports coat to the website. We said we had a mix of sport this | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
afternoon. Before long we are back to Greenwich for the dressage and | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
we have got BMX action as well. Now it is time to see Frankie Jones. | :17:38. | :17:44. | |
She needs to get into the top 10 today to go through to the final. | :17:44. | :17:54. | |
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Let's join Mitch Fenner and to the floor in the form of Frankie | :17:57. | :18:07. | |
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Jones. We were not represented in Beijing, but here is Frankie Jones | :18:13. | :18:22. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :18:23. | :19:46. | |
in London. A fabulous piece of great start for a frank people stop | :19:46. | :19:54. | |
two words, graceful and controlled. The audience are full of Union | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
Jacks and they are not disappointed with that. That was a lovely start, | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
probably her favourite apparatus. She negotiated it well. Not quite | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
some of the huge difficulty we have seen from some of the more | :20:10. | :20:19. | |
experienced competitors, but that was a really good performance. | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
4th all-around in the 2010 Commonwealth and a silver medallist | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
with hopes. She knows how to produce a performance under | :20:27. | :20:37. | |
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pressure. Francesca Jones trains at Birmingham rhythmic gymnastics club. | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
She has been a very committed gymnast over the years. Three years | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
she worked full-time in centralised training. Really pushing herself | :20:52. | :20:59. | |
here. It is a good score, it is difficulty that pulls her down. She | :20:59. | :21:08. | |
It left her 4th at that stage and she eventually finished 21st and | :21:08. | :21:15. | |
the aim is to be in the top 10. There was a partisan British crowd | :21:15. | :21:22. | |
cheering -- cheering her on. Next she picked up a silver medal in | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
this in 2010, so would it be enough to send her through? This is what | :21:28. | :21:37. | |
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she did that on her first performance. Here is an apparatus | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
that she got silver in the Commonwealth Games in 2010. Dare we | :21:48. | :21:56. | |
hope for a higher score? We dare. I asked her before what was her best | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
apparatus and she said this was the one she found the hardest. She has | :22:02. | :22:12. | |
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confidence is showing through in this performance. Keep it up, | :22:38. | :22:48. | |
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was a bit strange what the whistle. It is not a whistle, more a | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
dramatic couture, indicating the end of the routine, but the music | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
kept going. It is unusual because the music is very well timed and | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
rehearsed and practice. Whether that was a slight problem or a | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
technical hitch with the machines, it was a very clean, good | :23:45. | :23:51. | |
performance. A very confident performance. She is building in | :23:51. | :23:58. | |
confidence, you were right. She has certainly done herself and the | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
sport very proud so far. Eight top 10 placing is a bit beyond her, but | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
she will be looking to post two very good scores. It is the | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
difficulty that will be a problem for her. Really good artistry and | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
executions caused. She has achieved what she has set out to do, | :24:22. | :24:32. | |
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Sitting 11th after those routines and doing herself proud. If you | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
would like to follow that, you can press the red button. She has got a | :24:38. | :24:45. | |
good array of teddy bears as well. Time to talk taekwondo. If it is | :24:45. | :24:53. | |
new to you, this is what you need to know. The competition is divided | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
into four weight categories for women and four men. Each division | :24:57. | :25:03. | |
has 16 athletes who are competing for gold. Each competition date | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
will feature one male and one female category. It is a straight | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
knockout tournament with a repechage for bronze medal places. | :25:11. | :25:18. | |
The final contest will decide who wins gold and who wins the silver. | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
One point is scored by a powerful, accurate punch to the torso, | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
although punching to the face is forbidden. One point is scored by a | :25:27. | :25:32. | |
kick to the torso. The impact has to be with the ft below the ankle. | :25:33. | :25:38. | |
Technical excellence is rewarded. If the athlete uses a continuous | :25:38. | :25:45. | |
rotating movement, they will be awarded two points. Speed, timing | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
and flexibility are required for head kicks. They are worth three | :25:49. | :25:58. | |
points. The most spectacular are head kicks involving a continuous | :25:58. | :26:05. | |
pain. They are worth four points. If you would like to get involved | :26:05. | :26:13. | |
in Olympic sports, go to the website. If you do not fancy | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
getting involved, perhaps this will inspire year. This was the | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
preliminary round and competing for Great Britain was Jade Jones for | :26:22. | :26:29. | |
Wales. She was victorious taking on her Serbian opponent. You can see | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
the score on the screen, 15-1. Building up to this tournament she | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
has had help from local businesses in a full-length in Wales so she | :26:39. | :26:48. | |
could carry on competing. Here she is through to the quarter-finals. | :26:48. | :26:58. | |
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But who would she face? In the Blue is Croatia's sportswoman of the | :26:58. | :27:08. | |
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style. Hence the quick-fire start. The centre referees have been | :27:32. | :27:39. | |
called in, sorry the centre referee has called in the corner judges. | :27:39. | :27:46. | |
There is a head shot scored on the board. That is for the Croatian. I | :27:46. | :27:54. | |
think the point has gone to the Japanese athlete. That is my take | :27:54. | :28:04. | |
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on it anyway. It was the Croatian wrong way around, perhaps. We will | :28:24. | :28:32. | |
find out. The video replay is designed for situations like this. | :28:32. | :28:37. | |
We have got a view of it in the stadium and I am sure you will get | :28:37. | :28:47. | |
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underneath, and that is why we need the centre referee and the video | :29:22. | :29:32. | |
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the Japanese. This is an upset to the form book so far. That was a | :30:12. | :30:22. | |
:30:22. | :30:23. | ||
good spin from the Croatian, but she did not get the distance right. | :30:23. | :30:28. | |
If you are new to the sport, you probably will not know they are | :30:28. | :30:34. | |
wearing electronic body armour. If you hit the body armour, you will | :30:34. | :30:40. | |
get one point. You have seen a couple of head shots. Those are | :30:40. | :30:44. | |
worth three points. If you do a spin before that, it would be worth | :30:44. | :30:54. | |
:30:54. | :30:54. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :30:54. | :32:19. | |
De Gracia looked as if she had grabbed one upstairs, but didn't. | :32:19. | :32:25. | |
There was the body shot on their inside. Great head shot again from | :32:25. | :32:35. | |
:32:35. | :33:00. | ||
But Hamada is looking strong and composed. She will have seen the | :33:00. | :33:05. | |
efforts of her team-mate yesterday. She performed well. Didn't really | :33:05. | :33:15. | |
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threaten the podium, but this is a differential here. Hamada looks | :33:33. | :33:41. | |
much more powerful. That is the athlete in red, against the thin | :33:41. | :33:51. | |
:33:51. | :33:56. | ||
air frame of the Croatian. Hamada looks strong. I eat my words there, | :33:56. | :34:04. | |
as Hamada leads the foot of her opponent. The young Croatian has | :34:04. | :34:12. | |
clawed herself back into this match here. Good attempt at a head shot | :34:12. | :34:22. | |
:34:22. | :34:23. | ||
again from the Japanese female. That kyong-go was given by the | :34:23. | :34:32. | |
Puerto Rican referee. Kyong-gos are a management. If you do anything | :34:32. | :34:36. | |
that inhibits the fair process of the match, you take a kyong-go, | :34:36. | :34:41. | |
just as both ladies take 8 point each there. Another push from the | :34:41. | :34:48. | |
Croatian makes it nine to it. Those punishments, at the kyong-gos, can | :34:48. | :34:58. | |
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lacking for Croatian support at this event. The Japanese athlete | :35:27. | :35:33. | |
needs five good meals a day to keep the weight on. Five meals a day. | :35:33. | :35:43. | |
Food heaven! Probably works fairly hard to keep the weight manageable. | :35:43. | :35:47. | |
But every so often, competitors have to work hard to keep the | :35:47. | :35:52. | |
weight of. For her, it is the other way round. She will be training | :35:52. | :35:57. | |
three hours a day, two hours per session. So you need at least 6000 | :35:57. | :36:01. | |
calories to sustain that effort. It is understandable. Quite enviable | :36:01. | :36:11. | |
:36:11. | :36:21. | ||
country's first taekwondo champion when she took the under 53 class in | :36:21. | :36:31. | |
:36:31. | :36:42. | ||
shot over the top restores her lead. This is of mild significance to the | :36:42. | :36:44. | |
potential British entrance today. If Jade Jones were successful, she | :36:44. | :36:51. | |
would meet either of these two females in her next match. She has | :36:51. | :36:59. | |
the Serbian, Gladovic, and that is coming up in a short while. She | :36:59. | :37:05. | |
will fight against the Serbian. But it is back to Japan and Croatia | :37:05. | :37:15. | |
:37:15. | :37:28. | ||
indicating that he thought it was a head shot in the flurry go exchange | :37:28. | :37:38. | |
:37:38. | :37:58. | ||
yesterday. The Frenchman is on the right hand side. The other is a | :37:58. | :38:08. | |
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Singaporean. They will both look at this. If that is the action that | :38:11. | :38:21. | |
the Japanese coach has asked to review, well... You never like to | :38:21. | :38:26. | |
be critical of a coach's efforts. They see different things than we | :38:26. | :38:32. | |
do, but they're certainly looked to be limited or zero contact. Perhaps | :38:32. | :38:38. | |
just touched to the back of the head. Successful. Well, I eat my | :38:38. | :38:44. | |
words there yet again, because that has made the biggest difference. | :38:44. | :38:52. | |
These video replays are coming to fruition here. There was the | :38:52. | :39:02. | |
:39:02. | :39:03. | ||
mildest of contacts to the back of the head. That will be a three | :39:03. | :39:11. | |
point a head shot. Hamada has done just enough. Can she sustain it? | :39:11. | :39:21. | |
:39:21. | :39:32. | ||
Ana Zaninovic will be kicking Zaninovic. This is a three point | :39:32. | :39:40. | |
game. A head shot would change it. Hamada staying active, and on the | :39:40. | :39:50. | |
verge of upsetting things here. The oak, is that in the last second? | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
Unbelievable taekwondo action. Don't look away, or you will miss | :39:54. | :40:04. | |
:40:04. | :40:04. | ||
it. But it is taken away by the referee. The head shot was scored, | :40:04. | :40:11. | |
but excellent refereeing from the Puerto Rican, are holding and | :40:11. | :40:21. | |
:40:21. | :40:35. | ||
head shot. It was wiped away by the Centre referee. It is now 14-11. A | :40:35. | :40:39. | |
video replay card has been used by the Japanese coach, and I am not | :40:39. | :40:43. | |
going to criticise, because the last time he did it, he was spot on. | :40:43. | :40:48. | |
But at this stage, because the points have been wiped away, it | :40:48. | :40:53. | |
really is almost irrelevant. To be fair to me, he has now noticed the | :40:53. | :41:00. | |
scoreboard. And after that frenetic exchange, the winner of the | :41:00. | :41:10. | |
:41:10. | :41:11. | ||
contest... Hamada of Japan. That could change things for later. | :41:11. | :41:16. | |
There may well be another Croatian medal at the end of today, but only | :41:16. | :41:26. | |
:41:26. | :41:30. | ||
now if Hamada makes her way into Something of an upset there. Jade | :41:30. | :41:40. | |
:41:40. | :41:40. | ||
is in action at 3:30pm against Japan's Hamada on BBC Three. | :41:40. | :41:45. | |
Jade, you can't have asked for a much better start? Yeah, the points | :41:45. | :41:50. | |
were going really good. The plan was perfect. I didn't feel at my | :41:50. | :41:59. | |
sharpest. I felt sharper warming up. But the tactics were perfect. | :41:59. | :42:08. | |
Stepping it up now? Hopefully. hair, the Japanese athlete, is she | :42:08. | :42:12. | |
the fire to your expected? I was expecting Croatia to get through, | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
but I have studied all of them, so I will go back through the tactics | :42:16. | :42:23. | |
again. Talk me through that home crowd when he walked out for the | :42:23. | :42:26. | |
first time? In it was amazing. I did not expect it when I came out, | :42:26. | :42:33. | |
it was crazy, people shouting my name. The atmosphere is amazing. | :42:33. | :42:37. | |
Congratulations to her. That is not the only good news for British | :42:37. | :42:42. | |
taekwondo today. This is Britain's Martin Stamper, who was also in | :42:42. | :42:46. | |
quarter-final action this afternoon. He fights later, after another | :42:46. | :42:52. | |
impressive victory. He struggled towards the end. He was leading at | :42:52. | :42:56. | |
one point and then got into trouble for running away from the Mexican. | :42:56. | :43:00. | |
But with a couple of seconds left, he makes it through. More joy from | :43:00. | :43:06. | |
the crowd. Martin, a tense couple of rounds, | :43:06. | :43:12. | |
but you pulled it out of the last one. Yeah. It is really hard to | :43:12. | :43:15. | |
score on the body armour. Maybe because they are brand new and they | :43:15. | :43:20. | |
are quite hard. I just needed to bide my time. I was doing the right | :43:20. | :43:24. | |
things. I thought I was unlucky with a few back kicks where I | :43:24. | :43:28. | |
thought I hit the body armour. But I was doing the right thing. I just | :43:28. | :43:33. | |
waited, and he was the first one to crack and take a risk. Then he was | :43:33. | :43:39. | |
open to the head. How difficult is it to stay calm when you are at an | :43:39. | :43:43. | |
Olympic finals and your scores are not hitting in the first couple of | :43:43. | :43:48. | |
rounds? It was tough, but me and my coaches went back and decided to | :43:48. | :43:53. | |
stick to the plan. Like I said, he took one risk and then he was | :43:53. | :44:00. | |
opened. Stick with your coat and interact and make sure you stay | :44:00. | :44:07. | |
calm under pressure. Serbia rather than Peru in the next round. Yeah, | :44:08. | :44:11. | |
the one I beat in the Europeans. But he is really good, so I have | :44:11. | :44:16. | |
got to go back, recover, look at some videos and do my best. Some of | :44:17. | :44:20. | |
what it means to be out here at these Games after you missed out | :44:20. | :44:27. | |
four years ago? It is unreal. I felt like dancing. I was just | :44:27. | :44:33. | |
buzzing. The crowd just erupted, everyone chanting your name. It | :44:33. | :44:38. | |
might have looked a bit of a boring fight, 0-0 for two rounds, but they | :44:38. | :44:43. | |
still kept behind and took me through to the wind. | :44:43. | :44:47. | |
If he is as good at one dancing as he is at taekwondo, I would like to | :44:47. | :44:51. | |
see his dancing. If you would like to see him against the Peruvian, | :44:51. | :44:58. | |
that is at 3:45pm. Jade goes at 3:30pm. The live taekwondo will be | :44:58. | :45:01. | |
on BBC Three. If you are just joining us, I'm afraid to say there | :45:01. | :45:06. | |
is disappointing news for Keri-Anne Payne. She would have been so keen | :45:06. | :45:10. | |
friend medal in the 10k open-water swimming. She came in fourth, but | :45:10. | :45:14. | |
she was up against the best swimmers in the world. She has | :45:14. | :45:19. | |
interrupted preparations for her wedding to swim in this. Her fiance | :45:19. | :45:23. | |
was watching. After 10 kilometres of swimming around the Serpentine | :45:23. | :45:28. | |
in Hyde Park, Keri-Anne Payne came in in the blue hat in fourth place. | :45:29. | :45:33. | |
Four seconds off the lead. Let's see how she is feeling after that | :45:33. | :45:39. | |
exertion. It did not go my way from the start, | :45:39. | :45:46. | |
unfortunately. I tried to lead, but it just shows that they played me | :45:46. | :45:52. | |
at my own game by leading from the front. She did such a good job. The | :45:52. | :45:58. | |
top 25 in the world are here, so to come forth is not too bad. It was | :45:58. | :46:04. | |
really close as well. Not quite what I wanted for the crowd and all | :46:04. | :46:10. | |
the people who have worked so hard to get me here, but yeah. It was a | :46:10. | :46:14. | |
terrific effort. How much were you hurting during the last lap? I was | :46:14. | :46:22. | |
hurting for most of the swim. have always said open water is | :46:22. | :46:26. | |
about making the right decisions at the right time. I had to go and | :46:27. | :46:31. | |
feed, and I missed the bottle. From then, I struggled to get back. I | :46:32. | :46:36. | |
was probably working too hard compared to how I normally take the | :46:36. | :46:41. | |
place. I did not have enough at the end. I know you have about 50 | :46:41. | :46:47. | |
family members here. David is here to. They are so proud of you. | :46:47. | :46:54. | |
you. The support has been fantastic. I would like to thank my coach is | :46:54. | :47:03. | |
and all the guys. Also Ben and Simon and lead and Sarah. And my | :47:03. | :47:08. | |
family and Dave. I would not be here without them. Is that it the | :47:08. | :47:16. | |
EU in open-water swimming? I don't know how things will go. It will be | :47:16. | :47:22. | |
my last one for a while. I need a break. But we will say. It is not | :47:22. | :47:32. | |
:47:32. | :47:34. | ||
David wants to say a word. That was so hard watching and that last bit | :47:34. | :47:37. | |
you picked it up again and you did everything you could and we are | :47:38. | :47:44. | |
also proud of you. Well done. Really quite emotional scenes and | :47:44. | :47:48. | |
David Davies was the open-water swimmer who picked up a silver | :47:48. | :47:55. | |
medal in Beijing. He tried to swim in the 1,500m and did not qualify. | :47:55. | :47:58. | |
As far as Keri-Anne Payne is concerned now is not the time to | :47:58. | :48:03. | |
look to the future, because making these decisions when you are so | :48:03. | :48:08. | |
emotional is not the best thing to do. Elizabeth Simmonds says, you | :48:08. | :48:14. | |
are a hero, well done, an incredibly tough race. Becky | :48:14. | :48:18. | |
Adlington says, absolutely so proud of Keri-Anne Payne, I cannot | :48:18. | :48:24. | |
believe I get to call her a friend. She is amazing, 4th in the world | :48:24. | :48:31. | |
and such a tough event. She was quite emotional, but a strong and | :48:31. | :48:34. | |
impressive performance from her. Let's hope it is not the last time | :48:34. | :48:40. | |
we see her swimming. We are going live to the BMX a little bit later | :48:40. | :48:46. | |
on and also the dressage. Right now a place on the top step of the | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
podium and a place in the record books awaits Nicola Adams if she | :48:51. | :48:55. | |
can overcome a current world champion and become the first ever | :48:55. | :49:05. | |
:49:05. | :49:16. | ||
woman to claim an Olympic boxing I am a 15 kg and two-times world | :49:16. | :49:21. | |
medallist. I was 13 years old, I was not nervous at all. I just | :49:21. | :49:26. | |
could not wait to get in there. all started with her coming down to | :49:26. | :49:33. | |
the gym with me. Did you intend to take her to a boxing session? | :49:33. | :49:37. | |
did not realise they had boxing, she just went off and did her own | :49:37. | :49:42. | |
thing. I knew she was not going to get hurt because they have got the | :49:42. | :49:47. | |
trainers and the coaches there and it is something for the kids to do. | :49:47. | :49:52. | |
It is very expensive, the choices we had to make, the equipment and | :49:52. | :49:57. | |
everything and it has not been easy. The days of boxing being an Olympic | :49:57. | :50:02. | |
sport for men only are over. Women boxers will be able to compete at | :50:02. | :50:07. | |
the London Olympics. His women's boxing what we want in London 2012? | :50:07. | :50:16. | |
A woman wants to box, she should be allowed to. I was not interested in | :50:16. | :50:23. | |
women's boxing and I did not like to see young girls get hit. I could | :50:23. | :50:30. | |
see the determination in the girl. Within 18 months we have got five | :50:30. | :50:36. | |
in the world's top 10 in their weight. In the 2008 European | :50:36. | :50:40. | |
Championships we got seven medals. How do you feel about women's | :50:40. | :50:46. | |
boxing now? I love it. She has got this amazing smile, she has got a | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
slight frame and she does not strike you as someone you would | :50:50. | :50:55. | |
associate with boxing. Exactly, she has got flat feet and she is not a | :50:55. | :51:00. | |
good runner, she has got asthma. She has got sheer determination and | :51:00. | :51:04. | |
if it had not been for boxing, she would have been a little villain. | :51:04. | :51:12. | |
Really? Yes. There was a time when it was nearly all over for you. | :51:12. | :51:16. | |
had a serious back injury which left me in bed for a few months, | :51:16. | :51:22. | |
which was frustrating because I am such a get up and go person. At the | :51:22. | :51:26. | |
time the GB selections were going on and I could not train. I went | :51:26. | :51:31. | |
from being able to do 300 sit-ups a day to not being able to do one. | :51:31. | :51:37. | |
Did you think, this is it? That thought crossed my mind a few times. | :51:37. | :51:42. | |
When I started punching again, I was so slow and I was overweight | :51:42. | :51:47. | |
and I saw everybody else on the GB team fly up and down and I was like, | :51:47. | :51:53. | |
how am I ever going to get back to like how I was before? I was saying | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
to the coaches, will I be ready to come back to this level? They said, | :51:57. | :52:04. | |
yes, you can do this. She wants to become the world champion, so she | :52:04. | :52:13. | |
works hard to do that. It is because of girls like her that it | :52:13. | :52:20. | |
is all going right. I have been boxing for so long and I have won a | :52:20. | :52:26. | |
lot of tournaments. The European Championships, getting gold, and | :52:26. | :52:31. | |
silver medals at the World Championships. What would it mean | :52:31. | :52:37. | |
to have an Olympic gold medal? would give that Olympic medal a | :52:37. | :52:46. | |
whole shelf. What a fighter and what a day for her. It is the first | :52:46. | :52:51. | |
ever boxer to pick up a women's gold medal. You can see her this | :52:51. | :52:59. | |
afternoon at 4:30pm. Her nickname his baby face, but she is a super | :52:59. | :53:06. | |
tough fighter. But also Ireland's Katie Taylor has amazed us not just | :53:06. | :53:16. | |
:53:16. | :53:18. | ||
with her talents, but with her considerable fan base as well. | :53:18. | :53:22. | |
a long wait it has been it for the boxer wearing red representing | :53:22. | :53:32. | |
Ireland, Katie Taylor. Unbelievable, I do not know if the viewers can | :53:32. | :53:36. | |
appreciate this atmosphere, but it is blistering. It is more like a | :53:36. | :53:46. | |
:53:46. | :53:48. | ||
football match. This is a dream come true for me. A standing | :53:48. | :53:54. | |
ovation for a Katie Taylor. experience, her strength, her speed | :53:54. | :54:01. | |
is shone through in that bout. feel like I'm in Heaven just now. | :54:01. | :54:06. | |
The improvement she has made over a short period of time is immense. | :54:06. | :54:16. | |
:54:16. | :54:17. | ||
Katie Taylor, absolutely superb. Who would bet against her? Big, big | :54:17. | :54:23. | |
day for British and Irish boxing. Nicola Adams is an action at 4:30pm | :54:23. | :54:27. | |
on BBC One and after that Katie Taylor from island steps into the | :54:27. | :54:33. | |
ring. Let show you what is happening at the BMX area. It is | :54:33. | :54:38. | |
next to the Velodrome which has given us some remarkable action. | :54:38. | :54:41. | |
Today the men are in action and they are looking to make it through | :54:41. | :54:47. | |
to their seeding round. You can see what an amazing course this is. | :54:47. | :54:52. | |
Everything here has been built from scratch. There are just warming up. | :54:52. | :54:58. | |
The men and the women compete on different courses. They are lovely, | :54:58. | :55:02. | |
beautiful shots. Ian Phillips is going to be competing for Great | :55:02. | :55:08. | |
Britain. We are also going to Greenwich for some dressage as well. | :55:08. | :55:12. | |
Plenty of British interest. Many people believe we can pick up yet | :55:12. | :55:17. | |
another medal. Hopefully a gold. Look how beautiful Greenwich is | :55:18. | :55:22. | |
looking. What a wonderful idea to hold the equestrian action down | :55:22. | :55:32. | |
:55:32. | :55:49. | ||
here. We can go live to see what is this year. This is a key test in | :55:49. | :55:59. | |
:55:59. | :55:59. | ||
the build-up to the individual dressage medals. She has provided a | :55:59. | :56:05. | |
very good start. I would say she is going better than she did in the | :56:05. | :56:10. | |
Grand Prix Special and no major mistakes so far. Lovely half passes | :56:10. | :56:18. | |
with the backdrop of the Queen's House. Sometimes a horse gets a | :56:18. | :56:28. | |
:56:28. | :56:31. | ||
little bit downhill. We want to see him carrying himself. The extended | :56:31. | :56:41. | |
:56:41. | :56:42. | ||
canter up to the judges' heart. -- heart. One-and-a-half pier West and | :56:42. | :56:52. | |
:56:52. | :57:13. | ||
a slight loss of balance. No Three from Great Britain and one | :57:13. | :57:20. | |
very strong contender from the Netherlands. This next hour or so | :57:20. | :57:30. | |
:57:30. | :57:35. | ||
it is going to be electric before we get to those gold medals. As we | :57:35. | :57:39. | |
come to the conclusion of her performance, it is her last chance | :57:39. | :57:49. | |
:57:49. | :57:49. | ||
to really show the judges what the horse is made of. She has got the | :57:49. | :57:53. | |
reins in one hand and turning the course, are showing she has got | :57:53. | :57:57. | |
great control. A little loss of balance in the transition coming | :57:57. | :58:07. | |
:58:07. | :58:16. | ||
out. The same again. That was a better transition. Some real | :58:16. | :58:23. | |
highlights here. That is to keep the judges in a good humour as she | :58:23. | :58:33. | |
:58:33. | :58:33. | ||
comes towards the end of her test. Equestrian theatre at its a very, | :58:34. | :58:39. | |
very best. The Germans are not going to go down without a very | :58:39. | :58:49. | |
:58:49. | :58:55. | ||
good fight. The three young ladies have started off in form. The score | :58:56. | :59:01. | |
to be at the moment is 82%. The judges are marking for artistic | :59:02. | :59:07. | |
impression and technical merit. This is the extended trot. The | :59:07. | :59:12. | |
horse up slide across the arena with all four feet off the ground, | :59:12. | :59:16. | |
controlled beautifully by this diminutive little rideable stop | :59:16. | :59:26. | |
:59:26. | :59:33. | ||
brought his hind legs together for a one stride. The judges will take | :59:33. | :59:43. | |
:59:43. | :59:44. | ||
that into account. She looks very pleased. She is happy with her | :59:44. | :59:49. | |
first Olympic Games. It is a very hot afternoon with very hot | :59:49. | :59:56. | |
competition. Remember the leading Mark is 82% and that lead is with | :59:56. | :00:04. | |
Holland at the moment. Adelinde Cornelissen is de to come, the | :00:04. | :00:14. | |
:00:14. | :00:17. | ||
reigning European champion. Now there is the usual stewards cheque | :00:17. | :00:23. | |
for the Spurs to make sure they are all within the rules. Those marks | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
are coming in just a moment. We have got a little pause for 10 | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
minutes or so before we go into the last six. Everyone of the 21,000 | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
will be back in here for that very exciting finish to this Olympic | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
:00:48. | :00:50. | ||
Games. The equestrian Olympics are better than ever. They go into | :00:50. | :00:59. | |
second. That is a tremendous performance for this young 25 year- | :00:59. | :01:05. | |
old Stark in what is her very first year in senior competition. A | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
tremendous performance. Two more for Germany, three for Britain and | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
one for Holland in the build-up to the individual medals for the | :01:14. | :01:24. | |
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Germany have had such success in the press side over the years. I am | :01:25. | :01:31. | |
as excited about the performance as I am over the music. Yesterday that | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
BMX competition opened with a bang. One expert described the day as a | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
success because no-one left the track on a stretcher. It is that | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
kind of sport and the freshness of it has led to a lot of interest. | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
You cannot get a ticket to watch it live, but we will show you the | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
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Each race features 8 riders competing on a track with jumps, | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
bumps and corners. The race that starts on an eight metre-high ramp | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
and usually lasts about 40 seconds. The bikes are equipped with just | :02:09. | :02:16. | |
one gear and one break. As a contact sport, collisions are not | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
uncommon in BMX, although competitors must not deliberately | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
impede one another or force another off the track. The lead rider may | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
choose their line around the track, but on the final straight is not | :02:29. | :02:35. | |
allowed to block the line of any rider trying to pass. The Grands | :02:35. | :02:43. | |
Prix one as the front wheel crosses the finishing line. -- the race is | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
won as the front wheel crosses the finishing line. 48 riders are | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
competing for just two gold medals, one for the men and one for the | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
women. The competition begins with a time trial qualification one | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
where each rider races solely against the clock to determine | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
their seeding for the main competition. A complex series of | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
races follows, cutting the field down to two semi-finals. The top | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
four from the semi-finals will enter the final to race for the | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
medals. If you would like to get involved in Olympic sports, go to | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
the BBC Sport website for more information. | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
There are so many variables with this. We saw Shanaze Reade crashing | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
out in Beijing. She did the same at the World Championships. She was in | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
action yesterday and perform well, but it is quarter-finals day today | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
for the men and Britain's Liam Phillips is looking to make his | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
first Olympic semi-final. He needs to go quicker than he did weeks ago | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
in the world championships, when he crashed and broke his collarbone. | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
But in BMX racing, when you fall off, you get straight back on and | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
go again. Helen Skelton is with Jamie staff at the Olympic Park. We | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
are getting a wonderful shot of the BMX track. This is one of the | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
hottest tickets on the Olympic Park today. He there are families who | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
have never been to the Olympics who were desperate to come to the BMX | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
because it is something kids relate to. You see banners all over the | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
place saying, inspired a generation. That is fitting, because this is | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
the one sport born out of kids being inspired by motocross. This | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
is the quarter-finals, the first elimination phase for the man. By | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
the end of today, 50% of the men's field will end their Olympic Jenny. | :04:30. | :04:36. | |
Shanaze Reade -- Shanaze Reade competes tomorrow. With me now is | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
Jamie staff, former BMX world champion and track gold medallist. | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
Liam is in foreign gruelling day, because the quarter-finals is done | :04:45. | :04:54. | |
over five runs, not to mention the competition. Yes, he has a tough | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
day. He has also had surgery to deal with. Hopefully, he will be | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
going fast. Yesterday, we saw most of the riders just wanting to get | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
round in a safe manner. Unfortunately, we saw a few | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
accidents and a couple of minor injuries. But all the guys will be | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
ready for today and the girls for tomorrow. Not to scare people, but | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
to give the riders the respect they deserve, we are mentioning the | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
injuries. You cannot downplay the lottery element. In Liam's 8, he is | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
alongside seven other riders, including some who have suffered | :05:31. | :05:37. | |
massive injuries. These injuries are getting worse. As the tracks | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
have got bigger, the accidents are getting worse. We are starting to | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
get internal injuries to organs. Guys' hearts have stopped beating, | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
we are tearing livers and kidneys. It is getting pretty hardcore. You | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
have to give these guys their due. But after a few weeks of surgery, | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
they are back on the track doing what they love. They deserve | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
respect. I will let you hot tear it up to the commentary position. | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
Jamie will be alongside the Ed Leigh throughout the quarter-finals. | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
A long day for Liam Phillips. He will hope to be in the top two | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
after three runs. If he is, he goes straight through to the semi-finals. | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
It is blisteringly hot. You cannot back on what will happen. You can | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
only be certain that the reception for Lynn Phillips will be as warm | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
as the tarmac. -- the reception for Liam Phillips. I wonder what the | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
atmosphere is like up there, because there is also the mountain | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
biking up there. How much are they feeding off what we have seen on | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
the road and in the velodrome? and Shanaze Reade have a constant | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
reminder. Over my shoulder, you can see the velodrome. When they leave | :06:48. | :06:54. | |
the gates, that will be on their horizon. So I hope it provides them | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
with inspiration. I was with Annie Last at Hadleigh Farm the other day, | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
and she has only been to the Olympic Village ones. It is hard | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
for them not to get distracted. Shanaze Reade is in an Olympic | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
apartment block alongside Victoria Pendleton. No doubt Victoria | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
Pendleton has been celebrating, but that makes it difficult for Shanaze | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
Reade. Those guys are trying to keep their focus. Do we expect Liam | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
to go through today? He is a dark horse. He bounced back from that | :07:25. | :07:30. | |
collarbone, but the guys behind the scenes are calling him a dark horse. | :07:30. | :07:37. | |
He has strong competition. Pick a expect one of the others to take a | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
medal. I was speaking to a multiple world champion earlier who won all | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
his world titles when he was not the fastest. Liam is not the | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
fastest. Anything could happen. Particularly in front of a home | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
crowd. A soap, Helen will gear herself up | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
for the action. Jamie is off to the commentary box and we are nearly | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
ready to go there, but first, let's hear from him Phillips himself. He | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
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You can't throw yourself off a hill and jump 40 ft jumps, being scared. | :08:20. | :08:30. | |
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You will not win, simple as that. It was always going to be difficult. | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
It was going to be tough. Time away allowed me to come to terms with | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
the fact that if I am to do this sport, you are going to get hurt. I | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
was training with some of the best bike riders in the world, but | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
ultimately, there was a passion about it. It was always going to be | :08:49. | :08:58. | |
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tough. Good start by Phillips. Oh, what a crash! Phillips has gone | :09:01. | :09:09. | |
down. That look too bad to me. was a pretty hard for. It is the | :09:09. | :09:17. | |
infamous step up. Crashed at the World Championships. But I am | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
thankful that I have overcome that. It has been and gone. I have had | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
the surgery and had the collar bone fixed. Afterwards, there were other | :09:25. | :09:32. | |
injuries. There were bits and pieces that went undetected. It is | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
the Olympics in your home country. I have seen the way in which | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
everybody reacts to major sporting events - the football, the Rugby. | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
Managers refer to the team having an extra man when they are playing | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
at home. That is something to draw on. To be at the centre of that is | :09:51. | :09:59. | |
cool. I can't believe the accident we | :09:59. | :10:09. | |
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just saw was only weeks ago. You can follow him on twitter. He said, | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
I can't wait to get out there again. Weeks ago, he broke his collarbone. | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
Today he looks to make it through to the next round in the men's BMX. | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
We will be there in a few moments. If you were tuning in this | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
afternoon to watch the sailing, it is beautiful weather here on the | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
Olympic Park. Lovely and calm, hardly a cloud in the sky, but not | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
good for the sailing. In the men's 470, it is GB against Australia. | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
They are racing for gold, but at the moment, there is not any racing | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
going on. But those flattering -- fluttering flags are surely good | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
news. Shirley told us they expect to get going around 3:30pm. We will | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
keep you updated. Elsewhere on the BBC, you can see water polo on BBC | :10:59. | :11:07. | |
Three at the moment. That is Italy against Hungary. It is tight, just | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
one point in it. If you press the red button, there are all sorts of | :11:12. | :11:22. | |
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things. You can see taekwondo and other things. The BBC is covering | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
the 2012 Olympics like never before. Whether it's on TV, online, on the | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
radio or through your mobile. make sure you never miss a moment | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
of these historic Games. On BBC One, we'll be broadcasting from | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
Breakfast right through until one in the morning. Whilst BBC Three | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
will be showing live action uninterrupted from nine in the | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
morning to 11 o'clock at night. We'll also be showing more sports | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
on the red button. Just click to see what's available. And the BBC | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
websites will cover up to 24 live streams of every event. Go to | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
bbc.co.uk/sport to see our new interactive sport player. We'll | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
have every session of every sport every day live. On the website, | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
you'll find a page for every athlete, sport, venue and country | :12:03. | :12:09. | |
as well as all the news as it happens. If you're on the move, you | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
can access the latest news through our new Olympic app or on the BBC | :12:12. | :12:16. | |
mobile website. And you can listen to all the live coverage on BBC | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Olympics Extra, the new Olympics | :12:19. | :12:28. | |
station. And if you've got a 3D TV and you want to see the Games in 3D, | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
you can. We'll broadcast daily highlights on the BBC HD Channel as | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
well as live coverage of the ceremonies and the 100m final. | :12:35. | :12:45. | |
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London 2012 on the BBC. We've got You can see that closing ceremony | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
in 3-D if that is your thing. Cumbersome live sport now. Let's | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
take you to the brand new BMX track that has been built on the Olympic | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
Park especially for these Olympic Games. It is right next to the | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
velodrome. As Helen Skelton told us a few moments ago, that is a | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
constant reminder of the success of British cycling at the moment. Dave | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
Brailsford, the brains behind British cycling, is not just behind | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
what happens on the track and the road, he is also behind the | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
mountain biking and the BMX. Fingers crossed that can rub off on | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
Liam Phillips, who is going for Great Britain. Let's hand over to | :13:27. | :13:37. | |
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the intrigue and interested in each. We will have five races | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
for each quarter final. The riders will score points according to | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
their positions in each race. If you come first, you get one point, | :13:54. | :13:59. | |
if you come second, two and so on. The riders with the lowest points | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
then go straight into the semi- finals. We will have the final two | :14:04. | :14:11. | |
races with just six riders. They will then join the others in the | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
semi-finals. Five races in total. After three races, we take two out | :14:16. | :14:22. | |
and then we have just two races with another two riders. Looking | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
through the course, the track splits after the first turn. Jamie, | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
we have been looking at this finish straight here. It is a lethal | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
finish straight. A lot of the riders commentator on that | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
yesterday. It does not look challenging from where we are stood | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
and on TV. But there are some pretty steep transitions. And it is | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
a bit technical. It has been catching riders out, so it will be | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
interesting to see what happens. Hopefully, the riders have figured | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
it out. The reigning Olympic champion said there are a lot of | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
lips and some compressions coming through. Some riders have nicknamed | :15:04. | :15:11. | |
the first obstacle the widow Maker! Hopefully, it is not! They will | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
have taken a closer look in practice. These guys have been | :15:15. | :15:21. | |
training for several days. A typical BMX rider puts a lot of | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
effort into the first, second and third straight and does not focus | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
so much on the last straight, but they will have paid attention after | :15:29. | :15:39. | |
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the accident yesterday. We are in the start date with the first of | :15:40. | :15:50. | |
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Quentin is one of the riders to look out for. The Australian is the | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
wild child, absolutely covered in tattoos. But a lot of people are | :16:19. | :16:29. | |
tipping him for great things. main man to watch is the rider in | :16:29. | :16:39. | |
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Gate One. They are under starter's was trying to squeeze through, and | :17:16. | :17:23. | |
he has dropped back. The Brazilian Renato Rezende has had a fantastic | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
race. Khalen Young went down hard just there on the rhythm section. | :17:28. | :17:38. | |
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Just got it wrong. So, van der Biezen in first. The Latvian Edzus | :17:42. | :17:48. | |
Treimanis went down very hard yesterday. That was a very, very | :17:48. | :17:58. | |
good race for van der Biezen. But Khalen Young has taken a big hit. | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
That's very bad news for him. We mentioned him as one of the wild | :18:03. | :18:12. | |
cards. Yes, he just could not quite get the inside line. For some | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
reason, he had a big accident down on that third straight in the | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
rhythm section, whether he just lost focus. You just have to lose | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
focus for a split-second, and you're going down. It is such a | :18:26. | :18:30. | |
technical sport, there is no room for error. | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
ED LEIGH: We had a couple of people tweeting yesterday asking about the | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
gearing on the bikes... Here we go. JAMIE STAFF: He just mistimed it, | :18:39. | :18:47. | |
he hit the next lip, which sent him flying over the bars. But he is up | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
and walking around, I think he is going to be OK. Hopefully he will | :18:51. | :18:57. | |
be able to challenge for the next ride. He is a big man, he is | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
wrapped in plenty of muscle, I reckon he should be able to shake | :19:01. | :19:08. | |
that off. So, confirmation of that first run. The Brazilian, a total | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
outsider, no-one saw that coming. He capitalised on Khalen Young | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
going down. Then you have got the Ecuadorian in third place, Falla | :19:17. | :19:27. | |
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Buchely. Over to the second heat. Fields, with Jimenez in the second | :19:47. | :19:57. | |
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lane. JAMIE STAFF: Lane is still a good | :19:59. | :20:09. | |
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official will say, riders ready... Within five seconds, the gate will | :20:19. | :20:29. | |
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with a great start. Beautiful start. But coming up on the inside is | :20:46. | :20:52. | |
Connor Fields. Connor Fields is leading. Good battle going on | :20:52. | :20:58. | |
between the Frenchman and the Belgian. The Canadian Tory Nyhaug | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
in third position. He had his spleen removed about 2.5 once ago, | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
so he is just ecstatic to be here. But at the moment, fantastic race | :21:08. | :21:18. | |
for Connor Fields. Tory Nyhaug came in in third place, and Liam | :21:18. | :21:25. | |
Phillips got second. What a start from Liam Phillips Jason Day it was | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
an amazing start, he got so much speed coming off the ramp, but | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
unfortunately, Connor Fields just beat him to the first turn. How | :21:33. | :21:40. | |
much of that was to do with the gate? Yes. It is important. But on | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
the start, you have got to be super alert, and he was, and he got a | :21:44. | :21:53. | |
brilliant start. But Connor Fields just got him for the first turn. | :21:53. | :22:02. | |
The guy who broke his neck, Jelle van Gorkom, down in seventh. The | :22:02. | :22:12. | |
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Latvian, Rihards Veide, was in for the podium, Connor Fields, | :22:24. | :22:30. | |
finished first in that heat. Now, onto the next one. Remember, there | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
are five races for each quarter final, so this is just the start, | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
but consistency is the key. Yes, consistency is rewarded. After the | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
first three rides, if you fall in the first two, then you transferred | :22:46. | :22:51. | |
to the semi-final, you do not have to ride the remaining two. And that | :22:51. | :23:01. | |
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powerful. Consistently one of the picked the inside lane. Gates down, | :23:39. | :23:49. | |
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and they are out. The New Zealander just getting out in front. Big | :23:49. | :23:59. | |
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crash there! He has taken the whole field with him! This is BMX, ladies | :24:00. | :24:08. | |
and gentlemen, anything can happen, and anything did happen! That is | :24:08. | :24:15. | |
absolutely unreal. I am pretty sure it was Nicolas long that went down | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
first. I think he might have done his collarbone, which would be | :24:20. | :24:30. | |
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typical. The two US guys have gone down. From what I saw, it looked | :24:34. | :24:41. | |
like David Herman actually caused that crash, when his front wheel | :24:41. | :24:51. | |
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just grabbed. That was phenomenal. We need to see a replay of that. | :24:52. | :25:02. | |
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Willers, The only rider who escaped! Everyone's searching for | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
the same line in that first turn, so if one rider goes down, they all | :25:09. | :25:19. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :25:20. | :26:10. | |
These guys are clipped in, so they at the start of Euro Olympics. | :26:10. | :26:14. | |
huge blow for the Americans. Under starter's orders for the fourth | :26:14. | :26:24. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :26:24. | :27:41. | |
the top ranked rider in the world, caught up! He managed to stay clear | :27:41. | :27:51. | |
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crossing the line, you cannot do that in BMX. This is unbelievable, | :28:04. | :28:08. | |
all of these riders so desperate for a good start, they are putting | :28:08. | :28:14. | |
it all on the line. Kirkham eventually crosses in seventh. But | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
I think it was the German who really struggled, he went down so | :28:19. | :28:29. | |
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hard. Kirkham did not have a second to react, he actually ran him over. | :28:34. | :28:42. | |
Willoughby Was unable to keep the league in that race. They come | :28:42. | :28:47. | |
round, and you can see the German in third, losing his front wheel. | :28:48. | :28:52. | |
And Kirkham goes straight through the back of him. It is phenomenally | :28:52. | :28:59. | |
quick. We saw this at the World Championships, just silly mistakes, | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
and don't forget, these guys have practised this track time and time | :29:03. | :29:09. | |
again. Whether they are just super anxious, not focusing 100%, but | :29:09. | :29:19. | |
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silly mistakes are happening. Interestingly, we have got three | :29:19. | :29:23. | |
matchmm of limestone on the top, I don't think that will be making it | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
any more slippery, but certainly, we have got guys brushing it down | :29:27. | :29:37. | |
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accident for the Colombian. Helen, I think that has summed up BMX | :29:44. | :29:50. | |
racing, four races, three big accidents. There is only one word | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
to describe what we have seen so far, and it is absolute carnage. | :29:55. | :29:59. | |
Liam Phillips is fine, he is in one piece at the moment. We have done | :29:59. | :30:04. | |
just one run out of five which we will see in the quarter-finals. In | :30:04. | :30:09. | |
the third heat, we saw an absolute monster. Everybody went out apart | :30:09. | :30:17. | |
from the first rider. In the end, it was the New Zealander Willers | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
who got his get out of jail free card. He looked over his shoulder | :30:22. | :30:25. | |
and it looked like he could not believe what was going on, you just | :30:25. | :30:29. | |
saw everybody else picking up the pieces of their bikes. It has been | :30:29. | :30:33. | |
difficult to watch, difficult for anybody who knows anybody out on | :30:33. | :30:36. | |
the track, exciting for those who are coming to this for the first | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
time. I think this should have come with a public health warning before | :30:41. | :30:48. | |
we put it on to BBC One. Let's just focus on Liam Phillips for a moment. | :30:48. | :30:51. | |
The aim of BMX racing is to stay out of trouble, as we have seen, | :30:51. | :30:56. | |
which is exactly what he did. Phillips did fantastically well on | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
his first run. He got out early, which is what they want to do, to | :31:00. | :31:04. | |
get clear of the traffic. Liam Phillips and Shanaze, because they | :31:04. | :31:08. | |
have not raced that much this year on the World Cup series, some | :31:08. | :31:11. | |
people have been saying that they have not got enough experience in | :31:11. | :31:15. | |
traffic. But he was able to get away from the pack and put in a | :31:15. | :31:25. | |
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really fast time. He did really well in the Time Trial, but you do | :31:26. | :31:31. | |
not get a medal for that, unfortunately. Just worth reminding | :31:31. | :31:34. | |
people that Liam Phillips is still recovering from not just a big | :31:34. | :31:44. | |
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Birmingham in May and crashed on a corner, and snapped his collarbone. | :31:49. | :31:57. | |
The awful thing about this sport is a broken arms and, Bourne's -- | :31:58. | :32:04. | |
collarbones are kinder for par for the course! I expect there is | :32:04. | :32:09. | |
another broken collarbone out there already. People can see that live | :32:09. | :32:13. | |
on the red button at just after half past three. Don't get too | :32:13. | :32:20. | |
close to the action! I will try and hang out over here. I will take one | :32:20. | :32:25. | |
step away from the rail and let the action unfold as safely as possible | :32:25. | :32:34. | |
behind me. You can see that on the From the BMX track to the dressage | :32:34. | :32:40. | |
arena, only at the Olympics! As the riders get to choose the music in | :32:40. | :32:45. | |
the form to, I'm looking forward to see who opts for Justin Bieber. No | :32:45. | :32:53. | |
scores are carried forward, we have some good hopes for Great Britain, | :32:53. | :33:00. | |
Charlotte Dujardin and, is that still the case, having seen the | :33:00. | :33:03. | |
competition out there? It is certainly getting a lot tighter. | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
The British riders are going to have to ride out of their skin, | :33:07. | :33:12. | |
probably achieving a PB, because the marks of the Olympics are much | :33:12. | :33:16. | |
lower than you would see in general competition. We are down to the | :33:16. | :33:21. | |
business and, the top six riders have been in action in the last | :33:21. | :33:28. | |
third of the action, Germany had just gone into the lead, with a | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
very, very high score. Not an Olympic record, but not far off it. | :33:34. | :33:42. | |
A few minutes until Laura Bechtolsheimer rides, her mark is | :33:42. | :33:48. | |
expected to be a liar. I have got to know my voice because I will -- | :33:48. | :33:53. | |
lower my voice to do so will be told off it by end to nowt. They | :33:53. | :33:58. | |
are going all out for the individual competition, Germany are | :33:58. | :34:03. | |
leading and also have the bronze medal position as well. But five | :34:03. | :34:08. | |
forces are left to go, we will know in about half-an-hour. One more | :34:08. | :34:11. | |
question, when we watch the cross country, we understand it is all | :34:11. | :34:15. | |
about getting over the obstacles in the quickest time, and the show | :34:15. | :34:19. | |
jumping, we understand getting over the fences. For people new to this, | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
explain what we are looking out for. Slightly more complicated with the | :34:24. | :34:28. | |
freestyle, because the writers can do what they want and are marked | :34:28. | :34:32. | |
accordingly. But they do have to perform a certain number of things | :34:32. | :34:39. | |
in it, when you think about ice- skating, you have to perform some | :34:39. | :34:44. | |
things to get a good mark. They will be trying to perform with | :34:44. | :34:48. | |
artistic impression, and there is no Justin Bieber, I have got to | :34:48. | :34:52. | |
tell you. The better and more dynamic than music, the more the | :34:52. | :34:58. | |
marks 10 to creep up. That is where Charlotte Dujardin will capitalise, | :34:58. | :35:04. | |
we have got pond and circumstance coming, she has died Big Ben chimes, | :35:04. | :35:10. | |
hopefully the judges will love it. We saw, plenty of smiles and flag- | :35:10. | :35:17. | |
waving from the Germans, we have seen plenty of that in Greenwich. | :35:17. | :35:23. | |
Let hand you over to our commentators. Fingers crossed for | :35:23. | :35:33. | |
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second of three challengers it from Germany. They have put down a | :35:41. | :35:47. | |
challenge here for the individual medals. That is what is on this | :35:47. | :35:57. | |
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afternoon. We are into the last horses. She will be riding to the | :35:57. | :36:07. | |
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music of the Black Swan. We are expecting AA very good score. The | :36:10. | :36:20. | |
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three-time Olympic champion is in second place at the moment. The 18- | :36:21. | :36:26. | |
year-old horse is due to retire after these Games. We have now got | :36:26. | :36:36. | |
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to the dramatic and exciting part of the afternoon. The house, it is | :36:37. | :36:42. | |
at 98.5% fall, I would think that just the odd seat Jake Batten. | :36:42. | :36:50. | |
Braised in historic -- glorious sunshine it in this historic venue. | :36:50. | :36:59. | |
Seven judges, and the next Test is the first of the British riders. | :36:59. | :37:06. | |
27-year-old Laura Bechtolsheimer. It is the 6th year of a partnership | :37:06. | :37:12. | |
with her horse. They have achieved so much. They were in that team | :37:12. | :37:21. | |
silver which put Britain on the map in the Europeans. That might bridge | :37:22. | :37:26. | |
the German in third place at the moment, but the lead stays with her | :37:26. | :37:36. | |
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compatriot. -- that Mark puts the medal -- silver medal in the | :37:45. | :37:51. | |
Europeans, she also one individual bronze. She has got some very good | :37:51. | :37:58. | |
freestyle performances, her best performance last April, 87.6, which | :37:58. | :38:04. | |
was her British freestyle record, but it has been beaten. What can | :38:04. | :38:12. | |
she do? Her music comes from the Lion King soundtrack. The first of | :38:12. | :38:22. | |
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three rides for Great Britain, personal best, surely. Indeed, and | :39:00. | :39:10. | |
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than he has so far? I am holding my breath and not saying a word! But | :39:59. | :40:09. | |
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dancing together to the music. test. And if Laura went to the top | :43:12. | :43:17. | |
of the leaderboard with three to go, and would mean Britain would | :43:17. | :43:27. | |
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time changes. -- one a very small mistake. Delighted to hear you say | :44:01. | :44:07. | |
that, that is exactly my feeling. This is into the very last part of | :44:07. | :44:17. | |
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bronze, or one individual silver in the worlds. Her father and mother | :44:25. | :44:35. | |
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there. And that is, surely, a personal best. Just remember, if | :44:36. | :44:44. | |
she beats 84.303 per cent, Britain will win an individual medal for | :44:44. | :44:53. | |
certain, with two more for -- to come. Fantastic! That is one of the | :44:53. | :44:59. | |
best tests I have ever seen from a British rider in freestyle. And she | :44:59. | :45:06. | |
knows it. She comes from Gloucestershire. And now, this | :45:06. | :45:16. | |
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crowd have suddenly come a week. -- world too often. Could those gold | :45:26. | :45:36. | |
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getting. A can't believe the focus this horse had today. Just having a | :45:55. | :46:02. | |
wonderful time. And let's remember, four years ago when they first went | :46:02. | :46:08. | |
to the Olympics, this horse was younger and a lot more spooky. | :46:08. | :46:12. | |
Spotted the big screens and didn't give of his best. But today, on the | :46:12. | :46:22. | |
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Here come the Marks... She goes into the lead. 88% artistic score, | :46:46. | :46:50. | |
which means Britain will definitely win an individual medal, but what | :46:50. | :46:58. | |
colour will it be? There are two more British riders to come and one | :46:58. | :47:07. | |
from Holland. Oh, dear, it's going to be another very, very exciting | :47:07. | :47:12. | |
competition! Now, Carl Hester, the man who has inspired British | :47:12. | :47:22. | |
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dressage, the man born in Sark, and they are going to have a gold- | :47:28. | :47:38. | |
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painted postbox there. What can he Britain, Carl Hester, and Utopia. | :48:14. | :48:18. | |
This is the first time we have seen this, but I have had very good | :48:18. | :48:24. | |
reports of the music. It certainly sounds like a good beginning. | :48:24. | :48:34. | |
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wow! Both horse and rider have such mistake there. Back into another | :51:39. | :51:49. | |
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pirouette... Second pirouette, very another good pirouette, hopefully | :52:41. | :52:51. | |
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he has made up for that tiny little from one of the best riders in the | :53:54. | :54:03. | |
world? A tremendous performance, and let's put it into perspective. | :54:03. | :54:09. | |
If he does more than 84.303%, Britain will have at least two of | :54:09. | :54:12. | |
the three individual medals, and that has to be a strong possibility, | :54:12. | :54:22. | |
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after that test. That was fantastic. A man who has just completed his | :54:23. | :54:33. | |
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fourth Olympics, 12th time in the British team. He rode in Barcelona, | :54:33. | :54:37. | |
Sydney, Athens, and now here. And the crowd are on their feet yet | :54:37. | :54:47. | |
again. He was part of that wonderful European Championship win | :54:47. | :54:57. | |
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in Rotterdam on this lovely horse. And he could be on for an a Olympic | :54:59. | :55:09. | |
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medal here. So, one rider still to come. Carl Hester is pretty | :55:11. | :55:18. | |
emotional, which is quite a surprise. He is such a superlative | :55:18. | :55:23. | |
rider. Two riders to come, a strong challenge from the Netherlands, and | :55:23. | :55:31. | |
of course, then, the young 26-year- old Charlotte Dujardin, a pupil, a | :55:31. | :55:35. | |
stable rider, of this very man coming out of the ring now, Carl | :55:35. | :55:40. | |
Hester. Everyone looking to the scoreboard. Let's have a look at | :55:40. | :55:44. | |
some of the movements for the moment. This was the real highlight, | :55:44. | :55:54. | |
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the extended trot, this horse is wonder whether he will be just a | :56:31. | :56:38. | |
shade disappointed with that. But one more British rider to come. | :56:38. | :56:42. | |
That score means that Laura Bechtolsheimer is guaranteed an | :56:42. | :56:48. | |
Olympic medal here in London. Fingers crossed it gets confirmed. | :56:48. | :56:51. | |
I was hoping I could come home with a medal today after that | :56:51. | :56:57. | |
performance. I get emotional thinking about it. He is 17 years | :56:57. | :57:02. | |
old, and he has given me so much. That was the best performance of | :57:02. | :57:06. | |
the week for us. He was just beautiful to ride, so powerful, but | :57:06. | :57:16. | |
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so easy. I was just thinking and he was doing it for me. He is always a | :57:20. | :57:25. | |
big, powerful horse, but music has never been his favourite thing. In | :57:25. | :57:29. | |
this last 12 months, he has really knuckled down to it. They cannot | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
practise music that often, and this music I have only practised once in | :57:33. | :57:38. | |
competition. I have been through it 1,000 times in my head. But he did | :57:38. | :57:42. | |
exactly what I asked, he dealt with the atmosphere, he dealt with the | :57:42. | :57:46. | |
loud music, he gave me his heart and soul today, and it makes me | :57:46. | :57:51. | |
very proud of him, because at the end of the day, it is a living | :57:51. | :57:55. | |
animal, which you have worked very hard to have a partnership with. | :57:55. | :58:03. | |
When they fight for you like that, it means everything. You have got | :58:03. | :58:08. | |
Charlotte Dujardin to come last - what are your chances for a gold? | :58:08. | :58:15. | |
To be honest, I have no idea. I just hope that, touch wood, I would | :58:15. | :58:20. | |
get to stand on the podium at the end. If anybody is to beat me, | :58:20. | :58:25. | |
obviously, I wanted to be Charlotte, she has had such fantastic rides | :58:25. | :58:28. | |
over the last few days. She has done a fantastic job with that | :58:28. | :58:33. | |
horse. I do not wish anyone anything bad, but if anyone is | :58:33. | :58:43. | |
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going to be above me, I hope it is with Parzival, the challenge from | :58:50. | :58:54. | |
the Netherlands, and it is a strong one. She won the European | :58:54. | :58:58. | |
championships last year, ahead of the British riders. She also won | :58:58. | :59:04. | |
the World Cup Finals, with a brilliant performance. The horse | :59:04. | :59:09. | |
has been off during the summer, he was brought into the team quite | :59:09. | :59:14. | |
late because of health reasons - will he be at his best? If he is, | :59:14. | :59:24. | |
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produce some fantastic work. The lovely music from the Nutcracker | :59:39. | :59:49. | |
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Suite as well. The get tremendous height there, really bouncing. I | :59:52. | :59:56. | |
think this is all going to be down to little mistakes and errors, in | :59:56. | :00:06. | |
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little bit tight in his neck, unlike Uthopia. But this horse has | :00:44. | :00:54. | |
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other highlights. Lovely extended two, they have had five years of | :01:10. | :01:20. | |
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international experience competing rather big. -- that appear or | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
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music? Per fitly in time. -- Netherlands has done a great test. | :04:45. | :04:52. | |
They are very, very happy. Well, now the marks are going to be very, | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
very interesting. Let's put you in the picture again. Laura | :04:57. | :05:07. | |
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Bechtolsheimer, on 84.339 per cent. Carl Hester for Britain with a | :05:09. | :05:19. | |
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2.857. -- 82.857. Laura Bechtolsheimer, waiting to see the | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
mark. She is the current leader. She will definitely win at a medal | :05:25. | :05:32. | |
for Great Britain. Britain will definitely get a medal. What colour | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
it will be remains in the balance, with one Test to come from | :05:37. | :05:45. | |
Charlotte Dujardin. Yes, and what a fantastic performance she has given. | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
If there is any ray of hope for the British it is that the horse | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
sometimes comes behind the vertical, and is not always as good in the | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
mouth as it might be. But no mistakes, she has not left anything | :05:58. | :06:08. | |
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to chance. You see that appear wet from above, really amazing. -- that | :06:08. | :06:18. | |
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won at its first ever dressage medal earlier in the week, it would | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
be icing on the cake for British dressage if they could win another | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
gold medal. It is not going to be easy, because this Dutch lady has | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
done a very good test. Laura is looking to the scoreboard, waiting | :06:51. | :06:58. | |
for the mark. These anxious moments, waiting for the results to go up. | :06:58. | :07:08. | |
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It seems an age. Here it is, it is an enormous one. Now, Charlotte | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
Dujardin has got to produce her own personal best. Laura will be a | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
little disappointed. The best she can do is a bronze, with one to | :07:18. | :07:26. | |
come. It is all in the hands of the last British rider. A Ricky a year | :07:26. | :07:36. | |
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ago, going for gold, she has got to beat 88.25, she has done it, but to | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
do it in her first final would be something else. Here comes | :07:44. | :07:54. | |
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depending on what this lady does -- Laura could still get silver. She | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
came to ride when she left school, she knows this wonderful young | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
rider inside out. But then Charlotte went to Carl Hester, he | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
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realised her potential, he put her on this lovely, lovely horse. None | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
has Blewbury, he is only 10. They are partnership which Britain has | :08:28. | :08:38. | |
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is a very emotive, let me tell you, want to see an extended frame like | :10:09. | :10:19. | |
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there is ever a time to ride for your life, it is now, Charlotte. | :11:07. | :11:17. | |
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And she is doing it, she is doing months ago, this girl had not | :13:14. | :13:21. | |
ridden at serious international level. Here she is, on the edge of | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
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Perot wet, but came out just in bit more now. Well, what a | :15:09. | :15:18. | |
performance, what a temperament. She has not come from a background | :15:18. | :15:25. | |
that would put her with money to buy horses worthy of a title like | :15:25. | :15:31. | |
the Olympic gold medallist, but sheer talent speaks volumes. It has | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
been worked by the likes of Carl Hester, and here she is but a | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
performance in which is in touching distance of a gold. She has got to | :15:41. | :15:51. | |
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be the score of 88.196. -- beat the cheers knowing if she has one gold, | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
or could it be this girl? She certainly has lived up to all the | :16:09. | :16:16. | |
expectations. She got a 90% of British record in Gloucestershire, | :16:16. | :16:24. | |
if she does that again, she could win the gold medal. Has she? She | :16:25. | :16:34. | |
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has a very big score to beat, it is the back. It will be the crowd that | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
tells her, I suspect, who has won. At the moment, Adelinde Cornelissen | :16:46. | :16:56. | |
is in the lead. In third place at the moment, Helen Langehanenberg, | :16:56. | :17:05. | |
with Damon Hill. This horse has lovely, correct work, but did not | :17:06. | :17:15. | |
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have the power, and that one fallen absolutely silent. She has | :17:26. | :17:36. | |
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done it! Charlotte Dujardin has iced the cake in style! What a | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
performance! Britain wins gold and bronze in the last of the | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
equestrian Olympic disciplines, the Individual Dressage! Well, that is | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
something which is very special to be witnessing here this afternoon. | :18:02. | :18:10. | |
And it must be so special for you. It is incredible. I did not think | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
she had done enough. The great thing is that the judges have | :18:15. | :18:20. | |
really rewarded this horse's correct training, and the harmony | :18:20. | :18:27. | |
that they had together. There's the man who said, come and work for me, | :18:27. | :18:33. | |
Charlotte. Oh, and why don't you try it on this lovely horse | :18:33. | :18:41. | |
Valegro? And now, she is Olympic champion! This lady has got a story | :18:41. | :18:49. | |
to tell! Richard Davidson, who has done so much for the sport. And | :18:50. | :18:59. | |
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there is Mum. These are magical moments. There's the owner, and | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
what an owner she has been. And one has to say, the lottery funding has | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
also played a huge part, not just in the success of dressage, but | :19:09. | :19:15. | |
indeed in all of the Olympic medals we have won, right back to the | :19:15. | :19:23. | |
silver in eventing. The lottery has really shown what support can do. | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
The world-class performance manager there, he has been so much part of | :19:27. | :19:33. | |
putting the structure in behind the riders. He will have a big smile on | :19:33. | :19:43. | |
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his face. You do not often see a smile on Will's face, but we have | :19:44. | :19:53. | |
got one today. Charlotte has got such a temperament, a temperament | :19:53. | :20:00. | |
which has brought her the gold medal! Charlotte Dujardin has won | :20:00. | :20:10. | |
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Well, that's absolutely magical. She promised me she would not cry | :20:16. | :20:22. | |
is she won gold. I am joined now by Charlotte's mother. She was | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
phenomenal. Absolutely. The pressure was really on her. I am so | :20:27. | :20:34. | |
proud, it is just unbelievable. is important to point out that | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
you're not a family with jet loads of money, you have worked really | :20:37. | :20:44. | |
hard to get to this point. Yes. We had a transition from show ponies | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
to dressage, and we never had the financial backing. When my mum died, | :20:48. | :20:51. | |
I was lucky enough to have some inheritance money, and I knew that | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
I had to put that towards buying Charlotte a horse, and fortunately, | :20:57. | :21:05. | |
she was able to make a donkey do anything. She made her first horse | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
into a great horse. After that, thank goodness, I managed to get | :21:10. | :21:17. | |
hold of Carl Hester, to put her in the right hands from then on in. | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
Every parent wants lessons for their child, I just knew she needed | :21:22. | :21:26. | |
a lucky break. She had the talent, but I never had the financial | :21:26. | :21:31. | |
backing. So many times, you see children that cannot afford to go | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
forward, and if you get a lucky break, which truly we had, it is | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
just unbelievable. The British performance director has called her | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
the ultimate Olympian, he says she is so focused, she does not see the | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
razzmatazz of the Olympics - where does that come from? When we used | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
to do showing, the big competitions, I used to tell her, it is just | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
another show. So maybe it has just come from that grounding, who | :21:59. | :22:07. | |
knows? She is a cool customer. team gold medal was incredible, and | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
you and I had a conversation about how incredible it would be if | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
Charlotte could win gold, but you must have been a bag of nerves. | :22:13. | :22:18. | |
was. Everybody expects it, and that is the thing, when you know she can | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
do it, as well as the combination of horse and rider, it is | :22:23. | :22:30. | |
phenomenal. And what about the music? Yes, she did a pre- run of | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
the test, with the music by Tom Hunter. We talk about doing | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
something patriotic, because it was on home ground, and he did a | :22:38. | :22:48. | |
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fantastic job. And so did your Isn't that lovely? Not the first | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
proud mother we have seen at these Olympic Games. And this is what it | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
means for the medal table. Those two medals have taken us up to the | :23:02. | :23:12. | |
half-century. It is our 23rd gold medal. Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes - so | :23:12. | :23:15. | |
many people across the country will think, dress size is not something | :23:15. | :23:20. | |
which is open to me, but this shows it can be? I think that is really | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
important. We saw the German rider earlier, but it is very hard to | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
keep hold of these horses. Carl Hester, you have worked very hard | :23:30. | :23:36. | |
to keep hold of Uthopia, as well as Valegro, you have managed to keep | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
them in Britain... It has been emotional for us to keep the horses | :23:40. | :23:47. | |
going. Anybody who works with horses will know that without the | :23:47. | :23:56. | |
horse, we are nothing. To keep two horses at this peak, to finish in | :23:56. | :23:59. | |
the top five at the Olympics, is very hard, it takes a lot of | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
management. In the last few weeks, we have really had to cross our | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
fingers. Every morning, you walk out into the yard and you think, | :24:08. | :24:11. | |
please let them be all right this morning. You know that when you | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
wake up as an athlete, or as a rider, you know how you feel, but | :24:17. | :24:22. | |
the horse obviously cannot tell you. We have had so much back-up. Thank | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
goodness for the lottery, and for the world-class team behind us. | :24:27. | :24:30. | |
Because we treat them as super athletes, and I think they have | :24:31. | :24:33. | |
repaid everybody with what they have done for Great Britain and for | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
the team. You have done so much for British dressage, you were part of | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
the gold medal-winning team earlier in the week, but it was | :24:42. | :24:47. | |
disappointing for you not to get an individual medal today. It is not | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
that disappointing, actually, because Charlotte is obviously my | :24:51. | :24:58. | |
other half, so... Not literally, but my other half of my work side, | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
we rely on each other. I always said that would give me a huge | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
pleasure, and I always said that she was the gold-medallist. He is | :25:08. | :25:11. | |
the best horse in the world, and Uthopia does not quite have what is | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
needed on this last day, which is what happened to me today, I think, | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
I just struggled a bit to keep his energy up. But Valegro is just the | :25:22. | :25:28. | |
consummate professional. Well done, and if you're going to be beaten, I | :25:28. | :25:35. | |
suppose, be beaten by the lady you have trained! | :25:35. | :25:39. | |
Well done to Carl Hester, and huge congratulations to Charlotte | :25:39. | :25:48. | |
Dujardin. Here she is, soaking up the applause. I must also say well | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
done to Laura Bechtolsheimer, who picked up the bronze medal. We must | :25:51. | :26:01. | |
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not forget her. It has been a remarkable Games for our Equestrian | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
riders. Yes, it is an amazing story with Charlotte, the fact that she | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
only competed in this style for the first time in January of last year, | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
in the Grand Prix Freestyle. It is a meteoric rise. You have had a | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
real mix of sport this afternoon. Yes, it is not often you go from | :26:22. | :26:28. |