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able to speak to Charlotte later in the afternoon. The only | :00:03. | :00:12. | |
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disappointing thing is that those horses dance better than me. Here's | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
what we've got coming up over the next few hours. Nicola Adams will | :00:18. | :00:26. | |
be going for gold in the boxing. Ireland will come to a standstill | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
this afternoon, as Katie Taylor goes for gold in the women's | :00:30. | :00:39. | |
Lightweight boxing final. And there will be plenty of thrills and | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
spills at the BMX track. Liam Phillips will be trying to book a | :00:43. | :00:53. | |
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place in the semi-finals tomorrow. And we will be checking in on the | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
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We will be following the two British athletes in action in the | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
taekwondo. In the BMX, we will see if Liam Phillips can get through to | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
the semi-finals. He went out at this stage in Beijing four years | :01:38. | :01:48. | |
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ago. At 6pm, we move over to BBC The boxing is taking place at the | :01:56. | :02:04. | |
ExCeL, but in another arena there, the taekwondo is taking place. J | :02:04. | :02:11. | |
Jones is just nine team, but she is up against an even younger opponent | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
in the next round. Each bout consists of the rear two-minute | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
rounds. Jade Jones is known as the head hunter, and we are about to | :02:23. | :02:33. | |
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happy with the way things are going, comfortably ahead going into the | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
final round. She has added great composure and concentration to her | :02:49. | :02:58. | |
game. She is very good at covering. Hopefully you're going to see a | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
little bit of composure here. But let's not discount the Japanese | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
athlete, she still bears a threat. But the concern for her is that if | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
she concedes many more points, should be counted out, if the gap | :03:11. | :03:21. | |
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that kyong-go. It helps that you are fluent in Korean, John! | :03:44. | :03:53. | |
helps! She has picked up another point!. She is picking off the | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
Japanese athlete. Hamada knows she has got to keep coming forward, but | :03:59. | :04:09. | |
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every time she does, she is getting with her right leg. 10 seconds to | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
go, and even the most optimistic of Japanese might be closing the book | :04:34. | :04:44. | |
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Wales is finding itself a pocket- sized at battling heroin. Into the | :04:55. | :05:04. | |
She is through to the semi-finals, so close to the medals. She will be | :05:04. | :05:13. | |
facing the world No. 1 and top seed. We will be back for that at around | :05:13. | :05:21. | |
5pm. Now we are going to go to the ExCel to see history made. The | :05:21. | :05:28. | |
biggest of all stages, the Olympic stage, today Britain's Nicola Adams | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
and Ireland's Katie Taylor are fighting for gold and glory. They | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
began boxing before the sport was even sanctioned, but never gave up | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
on their dreams. They are trailblazers for women's boxing, | :05:41. | :05:49. | |
they really are. Clare, as far as Nicola Adams it is concerned, she | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
is an amazing journey, lack of funding and a career-threatening | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
injury. She fell down the stairs in 2009 and hurt a vertebra in a back, | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
she couldn't even lift a glass of milk, she was living with her mum, | :06:06. | :06:13. | |
to stop boxing. She go back on the road, she has worked as a builder, | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
worked on various soap operas on TV, now she has lottery funding, she is | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
here and has a great shot at a gold medal. What can you say about Katie | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
Taylor? Half the crowd are bedecked in the Irish flags. A huge amount | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
of support for the athlete regarded as Ireland's best hope of a gold | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
medal at these Games. She carried the flag for them at the opening | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
ceremony, she is the Irish, European and world champion. She | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
has played Gaelic football and association football for Ireland. | :06:46. | :06:56. | |
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the boxer wearing red, representing Ireland, Katie Taylor! Unbelievable, | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
I don't know if the viewers can get the full appreciation of this | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
atmosphere, but it is blistering. It is more like a football match. | :07:16. | :07:26. | |
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This is a dream come true, to be Taylor! Her experience, her | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
strength, her speed, shone through in that round. I feel like I'm in | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
heaven at the moment. improvement she has made over a | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
short period of time his immense. Katie Taylor, superb. Who would bet | :07:46. | :07:56. | |
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With me here is Lucy O'Connor and Natasha Jonas. How important is | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
Katy Did the sport of boxing? What she'd done for women in boxing? | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
has been an ambassador for boxing far over 10 years, she is a | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
consummate professional in the ring and outside, she is a four time | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
world champion, and an absolute role-model for women's boxing and | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
women's sport as a whole. You have fought against her, in the quarter- | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
finals and what is she like to come up against? Shias the embodiment of | :08:32. | :08:39. | |
the sport -- she is the embodiment of. She is quick, strong, | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
everything you would want in a boxer. It was unfortunate I drew | :08:44. | :08:52. | |
her, yes, she is just an absolute athlete. Is she unbeatable this | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
evening, do you think? And for me personally, I have always said that | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
Katie is the one to beat, she always has been and always will be | :09:00. | :09:06. | |
for as long as she boxes. It is half in the back, but it is never | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
easy in boxing, it only takes one thing to change everything. Among | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
the supporters, two very famous A cracking atmosphere ringside. Two | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
gentleman looking forward to the fight. What do we think? She is | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
going to do a job, she is going to be brisk and efficient, she is | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
pound-for-pound the best woman boxer in the world. I agree with | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
everything he just said. Ireland is going to get a gold today. What is | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
the atmosphere like at home? A I am from the same town as her, and for | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
the last few matches they have a big screens up in this -- in the | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
square. The place has gone bananas for her, she is the biggest face in | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
Ireland at the moment. Friends of mine are flying over from Dublin | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
and they're saying there had been an atmosphere in Dublin like this | :10:03. | :10:12. | |
since Italia 90. What will they do if she wins? They will go out and | :10:12. | :10:18. | |
celebrate. There will be nobody here up for the third bout. If we | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
win, a quick bash at the anthem and then we are gone, celebrating! | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
you were playing this arena now, what a buyer as you would get? | :10:27. | :10:34. | |
is fantastic, they would want us off quickly! They want to see what | :10:34. | :10:44. | |
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they came to see. This will be 99% or Irish. Gentlemen, thank you very | :10:49. | :10:59. | |
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much indeed. This should be a There will be a massive amount of | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
support in here. It is just extraordinary, the excitement is | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
building up, Ireland are hoping for their first goal but all of the | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
Games. Let's talk about Nicola Adams of. What sort of a fighter | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
she is. She has been a trailblazer for British women's boxing, she has | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
been boxing fight over 10 years, but she has had to fight some | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
adversity. She had a period earlier in her career when women's boxing | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
was not allowed in this country, and had to overcome some terrible | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
injuries, in the late part of 2009. So she really has such a mental | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
strength to come through all this adversity to be here, at an Olympic | :11:38. | :11:46. | |
final. What chance to you give her tonight? She has met Wren can-can - | :11:46. | :11:54. | |
- ring can-can three times, she is a to settle for silver. Here, with | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
all this at support of she thrives on that noise, she thrives on that | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
the board. When you come inside here, it feels like it is midnight. | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
We could be in Las Vegas, the music is blaring out. But three great | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
boxing matches to look forward to. As far as Nicola Adams is concerned, | :12:13. | :12:23. | |
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she has been speaking to us about Nicola Adams, 51 kilos, two times | :12:30. | :12:37. | |
world medallist. I was 13 years old, I wasn't nervous at all. I couldn't | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
wait to get in there. It all started off, Nicola coming to the | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
gym with me. Was your intention to take her to a boxing session? | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
no, I didn't realise they had boxing. They just went off and did | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
their own thing. I knew she wouldn't get hurt, because they | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
have the trainer's there. It was just something for children to do. | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
At the end of the day, it was very expensive, the equipment, so it | :13:06. | :13:12. | |
hasn't been easy. There was a time not long ago when it was nearly all | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
over for you. I had a serious back injury, I was in bed for three | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
months. I am such a get-up-and-go person, it was really frustrating. | :13:23. | :13:29. | |
I couldn't train, that elections were going on, I went to not being | :13:29. | :13:35. | |
able to do one set-up. Did you think this was it? A few times! The | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
first time I started punching again, I just felt so slow, I was a bit | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
overweight, I just saw everybody else in Team GB flying up and down, | :13:47. | :13:53. | |
I thought, how my ever going to get back to how I was before? I was | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
saying to my coach, am I ready? They were saying, yes, you can do | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
this. She wants to become the Olympic champion, so what she does | :14:03. | :14:10. | |
it is she works hard to do that. It is because of the likes of heard of | :14:10. | :14:20. | |
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Do you believe you can beat Cancan Ren? She has beaten you twice. | :14:23. | :14:31. | |
have done it once this year, I can do it again. 1000 registered in the | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
last year, what do you think what happened after you win the gold? | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
There will be millions! What we need to have our Olympic gold | :14:41. | :14:50. | |
medal? I will give it a whole She has gone from no funding to | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
being based in Sheffield at the National Institute of Sport, that | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
is where you are as well. What difference does it make to be | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
trading with the men, to have the best facilities and the best | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
coaches? Is it makes all the difference, and we have to thank | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
the National Lottery for that. We are trading there, feeding off each | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
other's success, we are all there with the one goal in mind, the | :15:15. | :15:21. | |
Olympics. We have got the best of the best, which makes us a complete | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
athlete. We saw Nicola's mum, it must be hugely important have a | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
mother that is supportive and understanding of the sport of | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
boxing? My mum will tell you, I was a bit of a tomboy growing up, and | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
if I had chosen to be a ballerina or a gymnast she would have worried | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
a bit more than she does with the boxing! She has always been behind | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
me 100%. She does worry, because no parent like to see their child be | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
hit. But she is behind me, she believes I'm good enough not to get | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
hurt. She has always supported me, it makes a difference. Nicholas | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
says that in 10 years she has never had a broken nose or a cut lip -- | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
Nicola. She says, I have a long arms, I try and stay out of trouble. | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
She is built for it, isn't she? Back in Sheffield not long ago, we | :16:17. | :16:23. | |
did a test at to see how long people's reach was the man she had | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
a longer reach than I did. So she is fitter, stronger, faster than | :16:27. | :16:33. | |
she has been all year. I think now is Nicola's time. She is going to | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
come out here in front of a home crowd and do herself justice. | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
Presumably when they come out to a noise like this, the adrenalin | :16:41. | :16:47. | |
surge must be massive. Nothing hurts when the adrenalin is rushing. | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
When I was against Katie Taylor, they have the record of the highest | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
noise of the Games. Just to be part of that was absolutely brilliant. | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
For it to be women's boxing that holds the record for noise level is | :17:01. | :17:11. | |
unbelievable as well. So, our first fight will be run can count against | :17:11. | :17:21. | |
Nicola Adams, -- Cancan Ren against a Nicola Adams. This is an historic | :17:21. | :17:24. | |
afternoon. The first time that medals have been awarded at the | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
Olympic Games for women's boxers. We will bring you thought | :17:28. | :17:38. | |
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COMMENTATOR: We are on the cusp of a profoundly significant moment on | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
the annals of a Olympic history. For the first time, women will | :17:56. | :18:04. | |
compete in an Olympic boxing final here. And the boxers who have | :18:04. | :18:11. | |
earned their place at this historic event with their skill, courage and | :18:11. | :18:17. | |
dedication are from China and Great Britain. The capacity crowd here at | :18:17. | :18:27. | |
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the ExCel arena, once again in Approaching the boxing ring for her | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
third -- third round, the No. 1 seed in the women's flyweight | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
division, the reigning world champion, and tournament No. 1, | :18:39. | :18:49. | |
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Cancan Ren. 5 ft 6 tall, 24 years of age. Just listen to the welcome | :18:50. | :18:55. | |
that will be afforded to the No. 2 seed, Nicola Adams, beaming from | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
ear to ear as she approaches the Olympic boxing ring for this, the | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
flyweight final. The gold medal bout, in front of an adoring home | :19:05. | :19:13. | |
support. What a wonderful ovation she is receiving. That is almost | :19:13. | :19:19. | |
tantamount to a rock concert! is just an incredible atmosphere | :19:19. | :19:25. | |
here. Both boxers, stepping into the ring that is going to make | :19:25. | :19:32. | |
history. Nicola Adams, enjoying every moment. She will not stop | :19:32. | :19:42. | |
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smiling for the entire about and Ladies and gentlemen, in the red | :19:42. | :19:49. | |
corner, representing the People's Republic of China, the reigning | :19:49. | :19:59. | |
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world champion and world No. 1, Great Britain, Nicola Adams! | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
RONALD MCINTOSH: The first women's boxing final in Olympic history is | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
about to take place. So, here we go, the first of the scheduled four | :20:31. | :20:38. | |
two-minute rounds, in the first ever women's Olympic boxing final. | :20:38. | :20:48. | |
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This is in the 51 kg flyweight World Championship gold-medallist, | :20:52. | :21:02. | |
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Ren Cancan. Her rival, representing Great Britain, Nicola Adams. Nicola, | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
29 years of age, from Leeds. This is the biggest bout in both of | :21:10. | :21:20. | |
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their competitive lives. Cancan has beaten Nicola Adams twice, in the | :21:20. | :21:26. | |
last two World Championships. But Nicola has started extremely well | :21:26. | :21:36. | |
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Cancan came in a tournament in Bulgaria earlier on this year. She | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
won by a narrow margin, and this promises to be an equally | :21:46. | :21:53. | |
competitive encounter, on the grandest stage of all. Good | :21:53. | :21:58. | |
exchange of shots there, but it was Nicola who came off best. She had | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
the last word. Adams has said that Cancan is the only boxer on earth | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
who's capable of beating her, but she feels she has turned a corner | :22:06. | :22:11. | |
mentally, and in terms of tactics and skill. She says she will not be | :22:11. | :22:19. | |
denied on this historic occasion. The 10,000 strong crowd are willing | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
her on to victory. It has been a great start, exactly what she | :22:22. | :22:31. | |
needed to do. Cancan is a master of counter boxing. Nicola has to go | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
first and third, which she is doing. It is an excellent start. The bell | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
sounds to bring an end to the first round of boxing, and it is Nicola | :22:41. | :22:50. | |
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with the progress of his boxer. JOSH LEWSEY: I do not blame him, | :23:11. | :23:21. | |
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Nicola has been throwing some This is a rematch of the World | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
Championship final from last year, and Nicola Adams has come out | :24:00. | :24:07. | |
absolutely blazing. Amazing boxing here by Adams. Cancan, just | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
struggling to work out the speed and the combinations. Beautiful | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
left jab again from Adams. The noise level continues to rise here | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
at the ExCel Arena in the London Docklands. It has been a sell-out | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
crowd for every single session of boxing, and this is the 24th | :24:24. | :24:30. | |
session, an historic day, the first time ever that women are competing | :24:30. | :24:36. | |
in the boxing at the Olympic Games. And this is a gold medal bout. What | :24:36. | :24:42. | |
a stunning right cross from Nicola Adams! What an amazing shot. If | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
that has not caught the eye of the judges, I do not know what will. | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
That's beautiful! Cancan has gone to the canvas! That was a | :24:52. | :24:55. | |
legitimate knock-down, the count will be issued. Remember, in | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
Olympic boxing, it is only one point. As we approach the closing | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
30 seconds of this second-round, with the momentum very much in | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
favour of Nicola Adams. She is the boxer in the ascendancy. If she can | :25:08. | :25:14. | |
retain her concentration, Ren Cancan, the reigning world number 1 | :25:14. | :25:17. | |
and world champion, will have a significant deficit to try to claw | :25:17. | :25:27. | |
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back in the final two rounds. Good single right from Adams. She cannot | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
afford to get as excited as we are. She has got to keep our discipline, | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
keep her hands high, not give away any silly shots. This is a | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
brilliant performance from Adams. As the bell sounds to bring the end | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
of round two, Nicola Adams has extended her advantage. It now | :25:50. | :26:00. | |
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stands at five. Plenty of time. Great stuff, great stuff. Level | :26:01. | :26:09. | |
three up. This was the flurry at the beginning of the round, my | :26:09. | :26:17. | |
goodness! Repeated, solid straight shots, snapping back the head of | :26:17. | :26:24. | |
her opponent. Beautiful right hand. Steps back, and comes in with a | :26:24. | :26:34. | |
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beautiful one-two. Unbelievable. What a great shot. The RONALD | :26:44. | :26:53. | |
MCINTOSH: So, the top two boxers in the world at 51km step into the | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
ring once again. And once again, it has been a great | :26:57. | :27:01. | |
start to the round from Nicola Adams, wearing blue. She temporary | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
lost her balance, but she is scoring effectively off the back | :27:04. | :27:12. | |
foot. Ren Cancan needs to change our tactics, trailing by five with | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
just two rounds of boxing to go. She is noticeably more aggressive, | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
attempting to get onto the front foot, to take the contest to Adams, | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
who's continuing to boxed beautifully, able to measure the | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
distance with that left jab. Yes, Cancan is still very much a danger | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
woman, however. You can see her hand speed. Adams needs to keep our | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
discipline, and just kick-boxing the way she has been doing. It is | :27:37. | :27:43. | |
beautiful. Adams is also a master of the counter boxing. Both of | :27:44. | :27:53. | |
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these boxers received byes in the opening round, by virtue of their | :27:54. | :28:02. | |
seeding. In the two bouts they have each had since, they have been | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
masterful, winning without getting out of second gear. But with the | :28:07. | :28:11. | |
Olympic gold medal at stake, both of them have brought their a game, | :28:11. | :28:15. | |
they have both prepared diligently, there can be no excuses, and both | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
are executing at the very top of their game, but it is Adams who has | :28:20. | :28:23. | |
a significant advantage as we come towards the final 30 seconds of the | :28:23. | :28:27. | |
third round. Adams knows that she is building up an even bigger lead. | :28:27. | :28:36. | |
You can see her tactics changing. Just a little bit scrappy there. | :28:36. | :28:41. | |
Shuffling left and right, just to keep out of the way. Adams | :28:41. | :28:50. | |
countering beautifully there. Cancan in danger of walking onto | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
shots, as she attempts to pursue Adams. And the lead has extended | :28:54. | :29:04. | |
:29:04. | :29:04. | ||
even further! It is now up to nine points! Well, can we believe it? | :29:04. | :29:11. | |
Let's just listen to the corner... Can we believe that Nicola Adams is | :29:11. | :29:16. | |
boxing the former world champion, beating her 14-5? Yes, we can, | :29:16. | :29:21. | |
because we have seen some tremendous flurries by Adams. This | :29:21. | :29:26. | |
was a beautiful right hand, and Cancan is just punching the air, | :29:26. | :29:36. | |
:29:36. | :29:53. | ||
As we move into the fourth and final round of this women's 51km | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
flyweight final, only two minutes stands between Nicola Adams, | :29:57. | :30:06. | |
wearing blue, and the Olympic immortality. She is leading the | :30:06. | :30:10. | |
reigning World Championship gold- medallist, Ren Cancan of China, by | :30:10. | :30:20. | |
:30:20. | :30:23. | ||
14-5. Unless Ren Cancan can bring about a punch to bring about a | :30:23. | :30:27. | |
finish and take Adams down to the canvas, one would suspect that | :30:27. | :30:31. | |
Nicola Adams is on her way to Olympic gold. Concentration will be | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
absolutely crucial for Adams. She does not want to let the occasion | :30:35. | :30:39. | |
get to her, she will have to stay in the moment. She landed a good | :30:39. | :30:42. | |
left hook at close quarters there. She will not want to be thinking | :30:42. | :30:47. | |
about the outcome. Her focus must remain absolute on the task in hand. | :30:47. | :30:52. | |
This is absolutely admirable discipline, which Adams is | :30:52. | :30:56. | |
demonstrating now. She knows she has got a comfortable lead, but she | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
is maintaining a very tight guard, picking her shots. That was a | :31:00. | :31:04. | |
really good right hand once again. She is not being complacent, she is | :31:04. | :31:08. | |
keeping her hands nice and high, she knows that Ren Cancan remains a | :31:08. | :31:15. | |
danger, right to the last bell. Nicola Adams began boxing at the | :31:15. | :31:20. | |
age of 12. She struggled to find opponents, it was her mother who | :31:20. | :31:24. | |
took her down to an after-school club in Leeds, and while her mother | :31:24. | :31:28. | |
was doing aerobics, Nicola Adams was getting inside a boxing ring | :31:28. | :31:33. | |
and trying it out. It was there that her other-worldly talent was | :31:33. | :31:40. | |
first discovered. Here she is now, on the cusp of becoming the first | :31:40. | :31:44. | |
ever Olympic woman boxer. Just seconds away, and the crowd begin | :31:44. | :31:54. | |
to count it down by clapping their hands and stomping their feet! The | :31:54. | :31:58. | |
Ali Be shuffle from Adams, and as the closing bell sounds, she | :31:58. | :32:05. | |
produces a fast Lorig, to underline her superiority! And now, the | :32:05. | :32:13. | |
celebrations begin in earnest, because there is no doubt in the | :32:13. | :32:16. | |
Great Britain corner that Nicola Adams has just made history, by | :32:16. | :32:25. | |
brilliantly boxing her way to the first ever Women's a limpet Boxing | :32:25. | :32:31. | |
title. Her coach congratulating his charge, and didn't she boxed | :32:31. | :32:37. | |
brilliantly, from first to last? Three contests these two had fought | :32:37. | :32:43. | |
previously, and it was Ren Cancan who held the advantage, including | :32:43. | :32:46. | |
the last two World Championships. But that did not make a blind bit | :32:46. | :32:51. | |
of difference, Adams came good when it mattered most, and surely this | :32:51. | :33:01. | |
:33:01. | :33:05. | ||
announcement is about to crown her Ladies and gentlemen, the winner, | :33:05. | :33:15. | |
:33:15. | :33:16. | ||
by a score of 16-7, and the Olympic champion, in the blue corner, | :33:16. | :33:22. | |
representing Great Britain, Nicola Adams! | :33:22. | :33:27. | |
Nicola Adams of Great Britain has just made sporting history! She is | :33:27. | :33:32. | |
the first Olympic boxing champion in history in the women's | :33:32. | :33:40. | |
tournament! And it is sheer delight for the 29-year-old from Leeds, who | :33:40. | :33:43. | |
has conquered the boxer who was previously her nemesis. She | :33:43. | :33:48. | |
produced a commanding display, from first round to last, and what a | :33:48. | :33:53. | |
place to do it, what a stage on which to do it, in this magnificent | :33:53. | :33:56. | |
amphitheatre of boxing. Nicola Adams is the Olympic champion! When | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
she began boxing at the age of 12, the possibility of emulating her | :34:01. | :34:04. | |
Olympic heroes Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali were but a distant | :34:04. | :34:14. | |
:34:14. | :34:15. | ||
dream. But now, not only is it a reality, she has just, over four | :34:15. | :34:19. | |
two-minute rounds, guaranteed herself a place in a Olympic | :34:19. | :34:26. | |
sporting history as the greatest Olympic female boxer in history. | :34:26. | :34:34. | |
Well done, Nicola Adams! Olympic champion, many | :34:34. | :34:42. | |
congratulations - how does that sound? Fairly good! It is a dream | :34:43. | :34:48. | |
come true, you know? I have wanted this all my life. I have finally | :34:48. | :34:55. | |
done it. All the support, you know, it has really made my day. | :34:55. | :34:59. | |
knocked her down in the second round, and you were on your way. | :34:59. | :35:04. | |
Definitely. It is just one of those things, it just happened. I would | :35:04. | :35:08. | |
like to thank all the supporters here, all the supporters back home. | :35:08. | :35:13. | |
I have brought that gold medal back to Leeds. Talking of which, we have | :35:13. | :35:17. | |
got to let you go, shortly you're going to go and get it - what will | :35:17. | :35:23. | |
that feeling be like? Absolutely amazing, to see the flag lifted, I | :35:23. | :35:33. | |
:35:33. | :35:39. | ||
Unbelievable scenes here at the ExCel, everyone on their feet, but | :35:39. | :35:44. | |
now on their feet and cheering in the Katie Taylor. Look at this all | :35:44. | :35:49. | |
around me. This was the hottest ticket of the Games. They all | :35:49. | :35:52. | |
wanted to come here, because they knew they had a favourite for gold | :35:52. | :35:59. | |
here. We go from Nicola Adams, who wins Great Britain's first boxing | :35:59. | :36:07. | |
medal for women, to Katie Taylor, at 26, Ireland's biggest hope for | :36:07. | :36:12. | |
gold. Incredible chanting or around, and they expect. What a performance | :36:12. | :36:17. | |
for me gladdens to beat the five- time world champion and then to | :36:17. | :36:22. | |
come here, and beaten the world No. 1 -- what a performance from Nicola | :36:22. | :36:27. | |
Adams. She was so quick, so agile, so confident. Her face was just lit | :36:27. | :36:33. | |
up with joy afterwards. Now we will be enjoying and expecting a | :36:33. | :36:43. | |
:36:43. | :36:45. | ||
wonderful display from Katie Taylor. COMMENTATOR: Of the crowd he are in | :36:45. | :36:51. | |
absolute rapture. Because Katie Taylor, the four-time world | :36:51. | :36:54. | |
championship gold medallist and pawn and the No. 1 seed, is about | :36:54. | :37:00. | |
to engage in battle once again with her great rival, and No. 2 seed, | :37:00. | :37:10. | |
:37:10. | :37:46. | ||
So the referee, making a final check on the equipment, the clubs, | :37:46. | :37:50. | |
the gumshield, everything correct and in place. And now this women's | :37:50. | :38:00. | |
:38:00. | :38:04. | ||
60 kilogram lightweight final, is And when Katie Taylor takes the | :38:04. | :38:09. | |
boxing ring to demonstrate her vast array of skills, the entire nation | :38:09. | :38:13. | |
comes to a standstill. You can guarantee that all eyes across the | :38:13. | :38:21. | |
nation will be glued to their TV sets, looking to see whether Katie | :38:21. | :38:25. | |
Taylor, who has proved absolutely superior to all her rivals on the | :38:25. | :38:30. | |
global stage, whether she can add an integral to the four world | :38:30. | :38:40. | |
:38:40. | :38:44. | ||
championships and five European The top two seeds in the tournament, | :38:44. | :38:53. | |
doing battle. A tentative style -- started from the orthodox and the | :38:53. | :38:58. | |
southpaw, just getting an idea about each other. They are not | :38:58. | :39:02. | |
unfamiliar with each other, having met on numerous occasions in the | :39:02. | :39:07. | |
past. Katie has won the majority of these bouts, but she got caught | :39:07. | :39:14. | |
with a left hand from Ochigava. This is a rematch of the most | :39:14. | :39:17. | |
recent world championship final of just a few months ago. On that | :39:17. | :39:25. | |
occasion, it was Taylor who prevailed en route to her first off | :39:25. | :39:30. | |
-- for the title. Ochigava has released some statements to the | :39:30. | :39:38. | |
press saying that Katie Taylor's dominance means that she already | :39:38. | :39:44. | |
starts 10 points ahead Foster perhaps trying to plant some seeds | :39:44. | :39:53. | |
of doubt into the mindset of the judges. Blistering punch pace, but | :39:53. | :39:57. | |
Katie, as you say, getting the best out of that last sequence, catching | :39:57. | :40:05. | |
the eye of the judges, I am sure. Relatively even in this first-round. | :40:05. | :40:15. | |
:40:15. | :40:17. | ||
What a right hand just before the At the end of that round, the score | :40:17. | :40:27. | |
:40:27. | :40:34. | ||
Some positive comments and there from her father and coach, saying | :40:34. | :40:39. | |
she is doing brilliantly. What he wants her to do is throw that Body | :40:39. | :40:46. | |
Shop, and finished it with the left hook to the head. Katie, landing a | :40:46. | :40:56. | |
:40:56. | :41:09. | ||
Into the second round we go of this women's 60 kilogram lightweight | :41:09. | :41:14. | |
Olympic final between the number one seed, the four-time and | :41:14. | :41:17. | |
reigning world championship gold medallist, Katie Taylor, wearing | :41:17. | :41:23. | |
red, representing Ireland. Her opponent is her arch-rival, with | :41:23. | :41:33. | |
:41:33. | :41:33. | ||
the southpaw stance, number two, Ochigava. A really tight, | :41:33. | :41:39. | |
competitive opening round, as you would expect. Just trying to draw | :41:39. | :41:42. | |
an opening from the opposition. this is the key, they both have to | :41:42. | :41:46. | |
try and draw each other on so they can counter each other. Very | :41:46. | :41:55. | |
accomplished character boxes. -- counter. She just needs to listen | :41:55. | :42:01. | |
to her father. She knows that Ochigava is vulnerable on that left | :42:01. | :42:09. | |
hook. A good left-hander from Ochigava, another impersonation of | :42:09. | :42:14. | |
the Ali shuffle. Cassius Clay rose to prominence in the Olympic ring, | :42:14. | :42:19. | |
of course, in 1960, and what an inspiration he has proved to be | :42:19. | :42:25. | |
down the years for boxes both male and female. As we stand here, on | :42:25. | :42:29. | |
this historic day of the Olympic boxing finals, how many youngsters | :42:29. | :42:36. | |
will take inspiration from these boxes? Competing on the highest | :42:36. | :42:40. | |
stage of all, in front of a crowd that is absolutely enthralled by | :42:40. | :42:46. | |
the spectacle taking place in front of them. Two quick right hands | :42:46. | :42:53. | |
landed by Katie Taylor. The crowd, voicing their displeasure at the | :42:53. | :42:57. | |
intelligent tactics being applied by Ochigava as the Irish heroine | :42:57. | :43:03. | |
was impeded from doing her work. She needs to be careful here, | :43:03. | :43:07. | |
Ochigava, the referee has an eye on her. She doesn't want to be | :43:07. | :43:12. | |
employing the holding tactics too obviously. She may be subject to a | :43:12. | :43:17. | |
caution. And for the first time, the No. 1 seed, Katie Taylor, is | :43:17. | :43:24. | |
trailing at the end of the second round. The score is a 4-3 in favour | :43:24. | :43:34. | |
:43:34. | :43:41. | ||
Furious instructions in both corners there. Katie is just | :43:41. | :43:45. | |
getting caught with that signature check hook which Ochigava is so | :43:45. | :43:52. | |
known for. She tries to come back with her Riyak hand, and Ochigava | :43:52. | :44:02. | |
:44:02. | :44:13. | ||
As we move into the third round of this a women's 60 kilogram | :44:13. | :44:17. | |
lightweight final, the boxer wearing red, representing Ireland, | :44:17. | :44:23. | |
K Taylor, the world No. 1, four- time world champion, is trailing | :44:23. | :44:28. | |
her arch-rival from Russia, by two. But what a cracking right cross, | :44:28. | :44:34. | |
following a blazing jabber. Ochigava was keen to hold on. | :44:34. | :44:41. | |
Beautiful shot there. She just needs to throat the right hand to | :44:41. | :44:48. | |
the body, that will take out that check left hook. Kate Taylor's | :44:48. | :44:54. | |
first bout here in the Olympic Games, the decibel level here at | :44:54. | :44:59. | |
London's Docklands was measured at 113.7, louder than a jumbo jet | :44:59. | :45:05. | |
taking off. Another cracking combination, the crowd are doing | :45:05. | :45:08. | |
their best to lift their box, because she was trailing by one of | :45:09. | :45:16. | |
the end of the second round. -- lift their boxer. She has responded | :45:16. | :45:26. | |
:45:26. | :45:26. | ||
Katie, beginning to settle a little bit more now. She is doing what she | :45:26. | :45:30. | |
does so beautifully, which is to throw fast, swift combinations, | :45:30. | :45:36. | |
getting her feet in and getting them out. Ochigava, in pursuit of | :45:36. | :45:46. | |
:45:46. | :45:53. | ||
power. The referee having to issue Naughty! Ochigava just let Taylor | :45:53. | :46:00. | |
have one around the ribs. We are into the final 30 seconds. The | :46:00. | :46:06. | |
concentration of both boxers remains absolute. Taylor was caught | :46:06. | :46:16. | |
:46:16. | :46:18. | ||
in two minds, almost Art, she Much better by Taylor here. She is | :46:18. | :46:22. | |
getting in and out without getting caught on the counter. This is her | :46:22. | :46:27. | |
boxing, this is where she is at home. And this is what she means to | :46:27. | :46:33. | |
do to overcome -- needs to do to overcome Ochigava and her account | :46:33. | :46:38. | |
the boxing style. As the bell sounds, at the conclusion of the | :46:38. | :46:43. | |
third round, look at the reaction of the Irish fans in attendance. | :46:43. | :46:47. | |
What does signify is is that their poster girl, their amateur boxing | :46:47. | :46:57. | |
:46:57. | :47:09. | ||
superstar, has taken a two-point Relax, says Peter in the corner | :47:09. | :47:14. | |
there. Not as easy to do as you would think in this Olympic boxing | :47:14. | :47:20. | |
final! Very difficult to relax, but Taylor is a consummate professional. | :47:20. | :47:24. | |
She will not consider the score, she will box as disciplined and | :47:24. | :47:34. | |
:47:34. | :47:37. | ||
professionally as she can till the Sir Steve Redgrave, in attendance. | :47:37. | :47:44. | |
As we begin this 4th and final round of this lightweight final, | :47:44. | :47:49. | |
Ireland's Katie Taylor, the best boxer in the world, the reigning | :47:49. | :47:55. | |
world championship gold medallist. She Stansted two minutes away from | :47:55. | :48:04. | |
Olympic gold medal glory. She responded like a champion does. | :48:04. | :48:09. | |
What a brilliant round of boxing she produced to outscore her arch- | :48:09. | :48:16. | |
rival from Russia by a score of four points to one. The tactics | :48:16. | :48:19. | |
were no doubt change from Ochigava, she will have to take the contest | :48:19. | :48:25. | |
to Taylor, but Taylor's for at work is so sublime, she is staying out | :48:25. | :48:33. | |
of harm's -- harm's way. Ochigava would prefer to sit on the back | :48:34. | :48:41. | |
foot, but she can work on the front foot as well. Taylor catches | :48:42. | :48:47. | |
Ochigava were a flying left hook there. We have passed the halfway | :48:47. | :48:52. | |
stage in this 4th and final round. Katie Taylor has heeded the | :48:52. | :49:01. | |
instructions of her coach to 80. He was an Irish amateur champion. It | :49:01. | :49:07. | |
was his a shadow-boxing in the kitchen at home where Katie Taylor | :49:07. | :49:15. | |
first absorbed her lover for this board. -- this bought. She lands a | :49:15. | :49:21. | |
beautiful right hand. Who knew that prodigious talent would take her to | :49:21. | :49:26. | |
the very pinnacle of the women's amateur game? It wasn't even an | :49:26. | :49:31. | |
Olympic sport when she began boxing. She stands here now on the cusp of | :49:31. | :49:36. | |
a Olympic gold medal glory. She continues to boxed brilliantly as | :49:36. | :49:46. | |
:49:46. | :49:52. | ||
we approach the final bell. But as Forcing her to move her feet. | :49:52. | :49:57. | |
Ochigava struggling to find a shot to register with the judges. De | :49:57. | :50:02. | |
Kraupp are counting down the final seconds. -- of the crowd are | :50:02. | :50:07. | |
counting down the final seconds. Katie Taylor beats her chest in | :50:07. | :50:10. | |
celebration and receives a cuddle from her coaching team, because | :50:10. | :50:14. | |
they can be no doubt that the woman who was the best boxer in the world | :50:14. | :50:22. | |
has done enough. She has overcome her arch-rival from Russia, Sofia | :50:22. | :50:26. | |
Ochigava, who gave it how all, and was in the lead after two rounds, | :50:27. | :50:32. | |
but Katie Taylor responded as a champion should. She dug deep to | :50:32. | :50:36. | |
have an advantage going into the 4th and final round. She maintained | :50:36. | :50:42. | |
her concentration, and surely that is enough to see her crown as the | :50:42. | :50:47. | |
inaugural Olympic women's lightweight champion. In a nation | :50:47. | :50:52. | |
where boxing is revered, Katie Taylor stands on at the cusp of | :50:53. | :51:02. | |
joining the Irish boxing immortals. The crowd continuing to GM and clap | :51:02. | :51:07. | |
and anticipation. And what must be going through her mind -- Shia and | :51:07. | :51:17. | |
:51:17. | :51:19. | ||
Ochigava gave all in what was a fantastic contest. They will | :51:19. | :51:23. | |
provide the pomp and pageantry of a party and supported Katie Taylor | :51:23. | :51:30. | |
with the purpose of a pilgrimage. Thousands made their way to The | :51:30. | :51:33. | |
Excel Arena and will find out if there punching poster girl will be | :51:33. | :51:40. | |
crowned the Olympic champion. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner, | :51:40. | :51:46. | |
by a score of 10-8, and Olympic champion, in the red corner, | :51:46. | :51:53. | |
representing Ireland, Katie Taylor! Katie Taylor collapses to the | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
canvas in absolute delight. She has just been crowned the Olympic | :51:57. | :52:05. | |
champion. The culmination of a lifetime of work. She learned the | :52:05. | :52:11. | |
noble art by copying her father, Peter, who is giving her a hug and | :52:11. | :52:18. | |
the red corner. The fans in the XL arena are in rapture. -- The Excel | :52:18. | :52:25. | |
Arena. She now takes the time to acknowledge the crowd who supported | :52:25. | :52:33. | |
her without hesitation and without failure through the course of those | :52:33. | :52:36. | |
four rounds, and perhaps the magnitude of the achievement is | :52:36. | :52:40. | |
just beginning to sink in. Katie Taylor, the four-time world | :52:40. | :52:44. | |
champion, five-time European champion, dances with delight, | :52:44. | :52:49. | |
having just been crowned as the first ever women's Olympic | :52:49. | :52:54. | |
lightweight champion. She has made history. She drapes herself in the | :52:54. | :52:59. | |
Irish flag and as a lap of honour around the ring as she joins the | :52:59. | :53:05. | |
Irish boxing immortals, in a country where boxing tradition or | :53:06. | :53:09. | |
runs deep and rich, she stands at the pinnacle of Irish boxing | :53:09. | :53:12. | |
achievement, becoming just the second Olympic champion he in Irish | :53:12. | :53:22. | |
:53:22. | :53:29. | ||
This moment belongs to Katie Taylor, Ireland's favourite boxing daughter, | :53:29. | :53:34. | |
having just been crowned Olympic champions and the ovation is | :53:34. | :53:39. | |
carrying her towards the zone where she will meet the world's media. | :53:40. | :53:45. | |
The world No. 1, she overcame the deficit in the third round, and | :53:45. | :53:49. | |
responded, as champions do, by digging deep and finding something | :53:49. | :53:54. | |
extra, adapting her tactics and strategy. But we should make note | :53:54. | :54:04. | |
of Sofia Ochigava who provided a wonderful contest. But Katie Taylor, | :54:04. | :54:09. | |
what a moment for her. And you suspect that this accomplishment | :54:09. | :54:14. | |
are becoming the first Olympic women's lightweight champion will | :54:14. | :54:21. | |
surpass everything she has achieved combined to this point in her | :54:21. | :54:26. | |
career. A wonderful moment, and one that will live with Katie Taylor | :54:26. | :54:32. | |
forever. She is the inaugural women's Olympic lightweight | :54:32. | :54:40. | |
champion. And I promise you, you have never heard anything like it. | :54:40. | :54:45. | |
This Irish crowd have bought out the Excel Arena today. There are | :54:45. | :54:49. | |
people in green, with Irish flags, all of them jumping up to celebrate | :54:49. | :54:55. | |
the victory of Katie Taylor who was embraced by Barry McGuigan as she | :54:55. | :55:01. | |
left the ring. What an appropriate gold medal for both of them. Like I | :55:01. | :55:08. | |
said earlier, Nicola is stronger, faster. She did everything right in | :55:08. | :55:13. | |
that about. She stayed calm and even when she knew she was ahead, | :55:13. | :55:18. | |
listened to her corner, and it was Nicola's time and I had no doubt | :55:18. | :55:22. | |
after the way she had been training and all the effort you put in, the | :55:22. | :55:28. | |
ups and downs, it was Nicola's time and I'm so happy for women's boxing | :55:28. | :55:33. | |
and her. It has been a fabulous late afternoon. A gold medal for | :55:33. | :55:37. | |
Ireland, the first of the Games, and in the space of half an hour, a | :55:37. | :55:41. | |
gold medal in dress arch and the first-ever gold medal in women's | :55:41. | :55:47. | |
boxing which was quite a contrast - - dressage. Summing up the Olympic | :55:47. | :55:51. | |
spirit there. Negative comments prior to the game's about whether | :55:51. | :55:56. | |
women's boxing should be here, well, no more doubt, because those fights, | :55:56. | :56:00. | |
where we saw masterclasses of speed, power and technical ability, what | :56:00. | :56:05. | |
an advert for women's boxing. Women's galore -- medals galore, | :56:05. | :56:10. | |
possibly, because here is Jade Jones in the semi-final of the tae | :56:10. | :56:16. | |
kwon do but she is up against it against the world No. 1, Chen of | :56:16. | :56:26. | |
:56:26. | :56:32. | ||
China. Let's see if she can get The woman from Chinese Taipei | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
standing between Jade Jones and the Olympic guaranteed a medal. The | :56:37. | :56:47. | |
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loser will get the opportunity to go for runs at the end of the day. | :56:49. | :56:57. | |
Tseng in blue. Jade Jones in red. She was European bronze medallist | :56:57. | :57:00. | |
in Manchester a few months ago, but this is a different level and a | :57:00. | :57:10. | |
Jade Jones already behind against the No. 1 seed in the world. She | :57:10. | :57:14. | |
got her Olympic place in style, beating the Olympic champion in | :57:14. | :57:21. | |
qualifying. You do not get much tougher than her. Starting | :57:21. | :57:25. | |
explosively, picking up the Popper let -- top leg and popping it into | :57:25. | :57:32. | |
the body to take a 1-0 lead. But Jade Jones is capable of every shot | :57:32. | :57:36. | |
in the book and will have to fight her heart out today. We do know the | :57:37. | :57:42. | |
Jade Jones is four of heart. has rapidly become the finest from | :57:42. | :57:50. | |
Flint. That is what she was dumped by the people who provided the | :57:50. | :57:55. | |
money to send her to the junior Olympics, and they will be watching | :57:55. | :58:02. | |
and thinking it is money well spent. But she is behind early on. It is | :58:02. | :58:10. | |
made up of two three-minute rounds. There is the counter, the front leg, | :58:10. | :58:15. | |
closest to the opponent. We refer to it as the front leg. Every time | :58:15. | :58:20. | |
Jade Jones moves in, she picks up with great accuracy. That is the | :58:20. | :58:27. | |
difference so far. The two fighters have never actually met, so it will | :58:27. | :58:30. | |
have all been about the research beforehand and what they could have | :58:30. | :58:36. | |
learnt about the woman from Chinese Taipei. They knew how good she was, | :58:36. | :58:41. | |
and Jade Jones, two points down in the first round. Just getting | :58:41. | :58:46. | |
caught on the hop. Tries to get her friend Lady in, but she also | :58:46. | :58:56. | |
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grabbed her leg on the way in and took that first score. Korean is | :58:57. | :59:01. | |
the language of choice and the sport given that it was a bunch of | :59:01. | :59:05. | |
Koreans in the 1950s together the various strands of centuries old | :59:05. | :59:09. | |
martial arts and brought them together into this that we now know | :59:09. | :59:19. | |
:59:19. | :59:20. | ||
The ice pack to call down the head, because deep lines of very hot. | :59:20. | :59:24. | |
Keep cool under pressure, that is what Jade Jones is coach will be | :59:24. | :59:31. | |
saying. Jade Jones are very much in the match that has to calm down for | :59:31. | :59:35. | |
a minute and keep her composure. Every time Jade Jones moves into | :59:35. | :59:44. | |
the distance, her front leg picks up the shot to the body. The | :59:44. | :59:49. | |
scoring shot, plus the leg hold, there is the ground. You are not | :59:49. | :59:57. | |
allowed to hold your opponent. The Taipei's coach delighted with her | :59:57. | :00:03. | |
work so far, and she is good value for it. A wonder if Jade Jones's | :00:03. | :00:13. | |
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father can care to take his seat What would you do if your daughter | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
was fighting in an Olympic final? Could you watch? A incredible | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
tension. It would be hard to set aside the emotion. She scores this | :00:26. | :00:31. | |
time, Nick. He fears wandering around, that Shea will cheer him up, | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
because -- if he is wandering around, the cheering will cheer him | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
up, because that is her first call other semi-final. That is the value | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
of keeping it can't. 2-One is nothing at this stage. -- that is | :00:45. | :00:55. | |
:00:55. | :01:13. | ||
Approaching the halfway point of this three round semi-final inside | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
The Excel, the vast conference centre that has crippled -- | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
sprinkle some medal magic on the judo players. Maybe there is some | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
dust left for the tae kwon do competitors. It is the front leg | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
again at that is jabbing out and giving Jade Jones cause for concern. | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
That is why she's taking her time, and she is right to do so. She has | :01:36. | :01:43. | |
to be patient and try and draw that high pay female into hers alone. -- | :01:43. | :01:50. | |
that high pay female. -- the Chinese Taipei female. We can see | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
how hard Jade Jones is grieving. The number of tae kwon do fighters | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
to say it is not about the physical aspect, it is about technique and | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
intelligence and strategy. You're going nowhere without the right | :02:03. | :02:11. | |
strategy, and that is what we are seeing here. It is like a game of | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
Risk played out on a rubber mat, eight metres by eight. With someone | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
trying to knock your head off, That round belonged to Jade Jones. | :02:26. | :02:33. | |
She scored the only point. She followed her brother into the sport | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
as a nine-year-old, but Jade Jones, as an eight-year-old, followed her | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
grandfather in to a tae kwon do gym. She was introduced to a lot of | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
other sports and was not bothered by them, but when she saw tae kwon | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
do, she thought to look interesting. Trying to kick somebody's head off? | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
I will try and have a bit of that! It has been the body work from the | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
Chinese Taipei athlete. A good response from Jade Jones as she | :03:01. | :03:10. | |
came straight out. Paul Green, the world silver medallist. He is her | :03:10. | :03:18. | |
coach here. A world championship silver for his charge in Korea last | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
year. This is just about the most important two minutes of Jade | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
Jones's life. If he can be a good one, she will be an Olympic | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
finalist at the end of it. Only a point behind, but she is playing | :03:30. | :03:40. | |
:03:40. | :03:41. | ||
the best in the world. Again, using the front leg to do the back kick. | :03:41. | :03:51. | |
:03:51. | :03:55. | ||
Banshee is level! -- and she is Jones was two points down, but now | :03:55. | :04:05. | |
:04:05. | :04:08. | ||
Just retreating into her shell, stuck in the corner of the ring. | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
Jones, for the first time, changing the dynamic and trying to go for | :04:12. | :04:20. | |
the head shot. To just over one minutes to go. This is a time for | :04:20. | :04:30. | |
:04:30. | :04:35. | ||
As soon as the referee called them back, she was back to work. But | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
Jones was very, very close. In fact, the chair umpires have raised a | :04:39. | :04:46. | |
hand. Was that a 0.4 Jones? Were they looking at something her | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
opponent did? And Paul Green comes in with his little red card which | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
will get the video officials having a look at perhaps what the chair | :04:54. | :05:04. | |
:05:04. | :05:13. | ||
a red card could be very bad news. In taekwondo, it could be very good | :05:13. | :05:23. | |
:05:23. | :05:28. | ||
news. Jones reacted instantly. That was a flick to the chain. She felt | :05:28. | :05:35. | |
she had got it. There is a replay of that being shown inside the | :05:35. | :05:45. | |
arena as well. Rarely has so much depended on three men looking at a | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
computer screen. There is a question as to whether she was | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
close enough Fen or if it fell short. It is going to be a matter | :05:56. | :06:05. | |
:06:06. | :06:06. | ||
of millimetres. Memories inevitably drawn back to what happened to | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
Sarah Stevenson in Beijing four years ago when she missed out and | :06:10. | :06:19. | |
it was eventually brought back in. The officials are looking to see if | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
there is a tiny bit of Jade Jones' effort which caught the face of Li- | :06:24. | :06:32. | |
Cheng. The decision is that there was not. It is more than that, they | :06:32. | :06:42. | |
:06:42. | :06:43. | ||
have given the 0.2 Li-Cheng. It is level-pegging. Jade Jones is a head | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
for the first time. Now it is time to clear the head and mount the | :06:49. | :06:59. | |
:06:59. | :07:02. | ||
Defence says. It is 5-34 Jade Jones. 15 seconds to go. Jade Jones from | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
North Wales on the brink of an Olympic final, but now it is time | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
for the blue card to be brought in and this means that the Chinese | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
coach thinks she has seen something that might work in Li-Cheng's | :07:16. | :07:26. | |
:07:26. | :07:31. | ||
favour. There has been so much going on. Jade Jones has sneaked | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
ahead at 5-3. Let's see what the trio of adjudicators will come up | :07:36. | :07:43. | |
with. You are behind with 15 seconds to go, you might as well | :07:43. | :07:53. | |
play your hand and see if anything comes of it. That was a push, just | :07:53. | :08:00. | |
touching the mouth. That could change the dynamic of this match. | :08:00. | :08:07. | |
will be behind because a kick to the head is worth three points and | :08:07. | :08:14. | |
her lead his two. This is an able demonstration of how important | :08:14. | :08:24. | |
these video cards are. If you play them in the right way, you can | :08:24. | :08:30. | |
change the course of a match. Jones is ahead and she is three | :08:30. | :08:40. | |
:08:40. | :08:41. | ||
points ahead. Li-Cheng has lost her head completely. As she charged end, | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
Jade Jones knocked it off. Time for a little foot of sand which at | :08:47. | :08:56. | |
teatime. She has done it. She is an Olympic finalist. She has got her | :08:56. | :09:06. | |
eye on silver or gold. If there has been a final moment in the history | :09:06. | :09:13. | |
of taekwondo in this country, none of us have ever seen it. What a | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
little treasure Jade Jones from Wales is. She is guaranteed a | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
silver or a cold and that will be the best ever performance by a | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
Briton at an Olympic Games. found this part and the shot that | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
was needed and went straight upstairs when it was required. | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
Forget about the controversy of the video replay. She maintained her | :09:38. | :09:46. | |
composure and she changed the game. The most difficult skill in | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
taekwondo is to go upstairs and get the three-point shot. The attempted | :09:52. | :10:01. | |
reverse of Li-Cheng just missing. We should soon see the head shot. | :10:01. | :10:11. | |
:10:11. | :10:13. | ||
That was it. Right across the eyeball and into the semi-final. | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
he was pacing outside, he can now come back in because his daughter | :10:17. | :10:27. | |
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get here, and it was small businesses in her home town of Lent | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
that helped her get here. She could end up with a gold tonight. She has | :10:55. | :11:01. | |
put out the favourite and is into the final. That is at 10:15pm | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
tonight. But another Brit is about to enter the arena, Martin Stamper. | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
It was heartbreak for him in Beijing four years ago when a knee | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
injury kept him out. This is his first Olympics and he is through to | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
the semi-final, but he is up against the favourite to take the | :11:21. | :11:31. | |
:11:31. | :11:34. | ||
title. The bronze medallist from Beijing and the reigning world | :11:34. | :11:41. | |
champion, double European champion. He is facing a 25 year-old | :11:41. | :11:49. | |
Liverpudlian, Martin Stamper. He is on a bit of a role himself. He had | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
a great year, bronze at the end of the European Championships held in | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
Manchester in May. It is perhaps an indication of how his expectations | :11:59. | :12:05. | |
have risen is the bronze was not what he was looking for. No, he was | :12:05. | :12:15. | |
on track for a gold. He was up against this man in the world | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
championship semi-final, but he was on the end of a bit of a beating | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
because this young man turned it on. But he has beaten him and it is a | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
one apiece for these two fighters. If there was ever a time before | :12:32. | :12:42. | |
:12:42. | :12:46. | ||
Martin to turn it on, it has got to be today. The Turk is looking for | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
what would be the crowning achievement of his career. He has | :12:50. | :12:57. | |
got every medal there is apart from this one. It is a sport full of | :12:57. | :13:06. | |
ritual. It befits its 2000 year history. It is time to put the | :13:06. | :13:16. | |
:13:16. | :13:18. | ||
crash helmets on before they try and knock each other's block off. | :13:18. | :13:28. | |
:13:28. | :13:29. | ||
The Olympic semi-final. In the Blue is a Turk, and in the red is a | :13:29. | :13:39. | |
:13:39. | :14:12. | ||
They are continuing to size each other up, to work out how close | :14:12. | :14:19. | |
they can get. It is interesting to note the stance both have chosen | :14:19. | :14:27. | |
here, and open stance, offering the front of the body it. Martin knows | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
that his opponent's back kick is the most dangerous shot. He has got | :14:33. | :14:43. | |
:14:43. | :15:03. | ||
three points for connecting with by this man. That is an indication | :15:03. | :15:13. | |
:15:13. | :15:14. | ||
of what he is trying to overturn. He took his European Championship | :15:14. | :15:23. | |
in Manchester and he barely broke sweat, the Turk. Martin Stamper has | :15:23. | :15:29. | |
the agility and the quickness, but he has to be very careful. If you | :15:29. | :15:36. | |
rush in taekwondo, you never get the chance to do it again. That has | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
been a very challenging first round for Martin Stamper. He is showing | :15:41. | :15:48. | |
why he is just one of the greatest exponents of this sport. It is a | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
bit like Murray and Federer. You are looking at one of the best | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
athletes in his sport. Martin Stamper is a young athlete, up and | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
coming. But he has not done anything wrong, other than drop his | :16:01. | :16:10. | |
guard on a couple of occasions. That was a jumping shot kick. | :16:10. | :16:20. | |
:16:20. | :16:20. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds | :16:20. | :17:01. | |
Perfectly executed. Balletic skill. time. And his confidence is up. He | :17:01. | :17:07. | |
has to remind his opponent that he is in a fight. He has to stamp his | :17:07. | :17:17. | |
:17:17. | :17:29. | ||
is also about the blocking. They are really busy, trying to fend off | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
the attacks. That would have been a two-point shot because of the | :17:34. | :17:44. | |
:17:44. | :17:44. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds | :17:44. | :18:43. | |
it, but such is the sport's that opponent in for the reverse kick. | :18:43. | :18:50. | |
But the Turk is so languid and free and loose in his movement. Apart | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
from his athletic aerial ability, he has the ability to change the | :18:54. | :19:04. | |
angles. It is ballroom dancing with menace, isn't it? Strictly with a | :19:04. | :19:14. | |
:19:14. | :19:17. | ||
little bit of pain attached to the end of the foot. That is how | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
exhausted he is. We have talked about the unique conditions in the | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
Excel Arena. The lights are much brighter than you would get when | :19:26. | :19:36. | |
you are travelling around the world. It has taken it out of the fighters. | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
It was an early start this morning, not long after 9 o'clock this | :19:40. | :19:47. | |
morning. If you want to win a gold medal, you will still be clocking | :19:47. | :19:53. | |
on at around 11 o'clock. They put the shifts in. The reward at the | :19:53. | :20:02. | |
end of it is about as great as you Martin Stamper is back in the next | :20:02. | :20:07. | |
year in what could be the final period. Starting again quickly, a | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
quick return shot from Martin Stamper and he is back in this. | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
There is the head shot. What Stamper has to be careful about is | :20:22. | :20:28. | |
going to the floor deliberately to avoid those. It is the tumbling | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
tuck, and he gets one for falling over, but in the flailing of the | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
limbs are there was a head shot. At least, an appeal for one. That is | :20:37. | :20:43. | |
what the Turkish coach thinks, so the blue card comes out, brandished | :20:43. | :20:53. | |
with a flourish, a little pomp and Did he keep him in the head, he | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
whispers to his friend. Singaporean at the video referee | :20:58. | :21:08. | |
there. There is so much that is regal about trying to find out if | :21:08. | :21:18. | |
:21:18. | :21:31. | ||
something pretty base and brutal. From our point to other view, it | :21:31. | :21:38. | |
looks all right. They crossed arms show the appeal is unsuccessful. | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
There will be no more appeals from him. The referee has pocketed the | :21:42. | :21:52. | |
:21:52. | :21:53. | ||
Martin Stamper is two points behind. He has given himself a bit of a | :21:53. | :22:01. | |
lifeline. Stamper in the red, and he is up to within a point! He is | :22:01. | :22:08. | |
slipping and sliding his way back into the match. The Turkish fighter | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
spinning to the body, and that is a double. Shott, giving him the | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
:22:22. | :22:34. | ||
three-point advantage. So, not just He has to go for the head to pull | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
himself back into this. Not yet at the moment, but if the Turkish | :22:39. | :22:48. | |
fighter scores again, it will be desperation time. It is the side | :22:48. | :22:58. | |
:22:58. | :23:06. | ||
Martin Stamper needs a head shot. He gets himself back on the board, | :23:06. | :23:11. | |
and he is mastering the movement like a matador. If Martin Stamper | :23:11. | :23:21. | |
:23:21. | :23:26. | ||
can get a spinning head shot in, he will snatch the lead. Martin | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
Stamper is strictly speaking not allowed to do that. He will get a | :23:30. | :23:38. | |
penalty, but he is inviting Stephen Jennings to play the red card and | :23:38. | :23:41. | |
have a look at the video replay. He is prepared to pay the price for | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
the penalty if he thinks he cannot lead that to anything more. He is | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
asking for an extra point for pushing Martin Stamper to the floor. | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
He is alleged to have pushed the British fighter to the ground, but | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
also a tactical blow for Martin Stamper because he will get his | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
breath back. You mention the emotional and physical tests, and | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
this video replay confabs will allow him to rethink his tactics. | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
It is interesting how the review system has been used tactically, | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
especially towards the end of the big fights. Core no question about | :24:20. | :24:27. | |
it, tactics and timing and it looks finely poised. The Turkish fighter | :24:27. | :24:34. | |
a good value for the lead, but he's still in it, a Stamper. That | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
particular review has been turned down. So, both fighters have lost | :24:39. | :24:45. | |
the ability to ask for a review. Five seconds to go and Stamper has | :24:45. | :24:53. | |
to do something extraordinary, and he was very close to it. But the | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
world's best will fight to be the Olympic best. Martin Stamper will | :24:57. | :25:02. | |
still get the opportunity, however, to go for the Olympic bronze via | :25:02. | :25:12. | |
:25:12. | :25:16. | ||
the repechage. He will be in the It was always going to be a tough | :25:16. | :25:19. | |
one for Martin Stamper, but still the chance of a bronze medal. He | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
will be back for that later on. We mentioned Jade Jones, and we will | :25:24. | :25:33. | |
be back to see she can win the gold. The town of flint has played a big | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
part in helping her achieve her dreams and you will be tuning in at | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
10:15pm. You can see the crowds at the Olympic park and they are | :25:41. | :25:46. | |
heading off to the stadium because we have the Bolt factor. He is up | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
against Yohan Blake in the 200 metres final, so we will see if he | :25:50. | :25:56. | |
can do another historic double. That is later on, and we are moving | :25:56. | :26:03. | |
on. One word describes the cash will bike ride is due from the top | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
of the three meet a ramp, but this is the start of a roller coaster by | :26:07. | :26:10. | |
crime that delivers numerous crashes. It is a rough and tumble | :26:10. | :26:13. | |
sport and one of the must watch events of the Games. Today it is | :26:13. | :26:23. | |
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the men's quarter-final swift eight riders. Liam Phillips goes first. | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
After three runs, the top two riders, those with the lowest | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
scores go through to the semi-final. The remaining riders continue after | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
that. Liam but finished second after his first two runs and we can | :26:37. | :26:47. | |
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the spot in the semi-final. A good finish will put them straight into | :26:48. | :26:55. | |
the semis. The Latvian looking good, but van der Biezen has a real him | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
back. A bad crash from Marc Willers. Pickard is not getting up quickly | :27:05. | :27:11. | |
there. Van der Biezen out in front, although he is undoubtedly claiming | :27:11. | :27:21. | |
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his spot in the semi-final. A great him, he really wanted that and | :27:26. | :27:36. | |
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needed it after the first run crash. Therkildsen 5th has got up there, | :27:41. | :27:46. | |
because he has kept his nose clean in every race. This format is all | :27:46. | :27:51. | |
about consistency. And I do not know what happened to him under the | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
step up and stepped down. That was a bad accident. He's just getting | :27:55. | :28:05. | |
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picked up now. Hopefully he is OK. Getting carried off the track. | :28:06. | :28:16. | |
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Pickard has the door closed on him. Raymon van der Biezen is away. They | :28:16. | :28:20. | |
did not actually crashing to each other, or maybe they did on the | :28:20. | :28:25. | |
take-off, but they were not going to make that. Both of them catching | :28:25. | :28:28. | |
the knuckle, almost like synchronised falling. This is a | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
fantastic shot. You should not laugh, but it is great television. | :28:34. | :28:44. | |
All of these guys accept the risk. I reckon he took a mouthful out the | :28:44. | :28:54. | |
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back of that last jump. Treimainis, what a story. He has fought his way | :29:00. | :29:05. | |
back in and will advance into the semi-final. So, Vanda Venus -- van | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
der Biezen, you can take a rest. You can see the pressure they are | :29:09. | :29:16. | |
under, because the numbers after three rides, second place, 12., | :29:16. | :29:26. | |
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that is extremely high. -- 12 took out Hyhaug. Baier also taken | :29:40. | :29:50. | |
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out. Moo Caille. A all of these guys know they will be in it for | :29:52. | :30:00. | |
the long haul. Liam Phillips and Connor Fields have had some | :30:00. | :30:04. | |
fantastic runs. Interesting that Liam Phillips got picked up the | :30:04. | :30:09. | |
post and has been pushed down just one lane. That will not bother him. | :30:09. | :30:13. | |
He has been in number three at least once or twice. He will be | :30:13. | :30:17. | |
more than confident in that position. But will we see the same | :30:17. | :30:25. | |
thing? Liam Phillips and Connor Fields taking the race. Liam | :30:25. | :30:31. | |
Phillips has an incredible start, and again he get sick. Liam | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
Phillips and Connor Fields battling out for the first line. Staying | :30:35. | :30:38. | |
higher and clean, both of the riders. Traffic building up for | :30:38. | :30:47. | |
third place. Tory has done well to put himself in 5th. Connor Fields | :30:47. | :30:52. | |
cleaning his wheels as he comes into the third straight. Liam | :30:52. | :30:59. | |
Phillips as the Latvian rider on his tail, but he has done well. | :30:59. | :31:04. | |
Liam Phillips clinging on to second, and that is a guaranteed semi-final | :31:04. | :31:10. | |
place for Connor Fields and Liam Phillips there. A brilliant ride by | :31:10. | :31:14. | |
Liam and Connor Fields. They are both going to be chuffed with that. | :31:14. | :31:17. | |
They both seem to have found their stride well and are confident. Liam | :31:17. | :31:22. | |
Phillips has had three astonishing starts which has put him through to | :31:22. | :31:26. | |
the semi-finals. Connor Fields starting to get better. You can see | :31:26. | :31:34. | |
the strength, just able to pick up Liam into the first term. He seems | :31:34. | :31:37. | |
happy to slot in behind him, he will accept that he is not coming | :31:37. | :31:41. | |
after him now and will take the semi-final position. In that final, | :31:41. | :31:45. | |
if you get a good start, you will cut the opponents up and come | :31:45. | :31:49. | |
across, that is what you do. Establish your position in the | :31:49. | :31:53. | |
front of the race. From the inside you push to the middle, close the | :31:53. | :31:57. | |
door and look for the first line through the corner. He s, make it | :31:57. | :32:01. | |
hard for the others behind you. Nice to see all the eight riders | :32:01. | :32:07. | |
finish. We have had some huge pile ups, and it feels like everyone has | :32:07. | :32:11. | |
now settled down a bit and got into the racing. Confirmation of the | :32:11. | :32:21. | |
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but how different will they be in a minutes' time? Again, we have two | :32:44. | :32:48. | |
riders with very low point. Marc Willers is only on three, and Joris | :32:48. | :32:58. | |
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and Joris Daudet. Pizarro has struggled a bit. The Americans, | :33:05. | :33:10. | |
they are the interesting prospects, Herman and Long. Taken out in the | :33:10. | :33:13. | |
huge pile up in the first run. Found their way back into the | :33:13. | :33:16. | |
middle of the field and I don't think they stand a chance of making | :33:16. | :33:22. | |
the semi-finals in this third round. But they have to get a good run if | :33:22. | :33:28. | |
they want to challenge for the top two after five runs. Marc Willers, | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
he has done very well, and Joris Daudet. Interesting that Marc | :33:32. | :33:39. | |
Willers has opted for that. Actually, I'm sorry, Joris Daudet | :33:39. | :33:49. | |
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won the last one, which is why he This is where he is strong -- Marc | :33:50. | :33:55. | |
Willers. He has fantastic tactics to close the door. What can Joris | :33:55. | :34:00. | |
Daudet do? The Americans doing well. Long in third. A little clip, that | :34:00. | :34:07. | |
won't be good. So, Marc Willers looking very good, Joris Daudet on | :34:07. | :34:14. | |
the inside, but a clean line for Marc Willers in the third straight. | :34:14. | :34:18. | |
Herman coming up, and he will look for the inside line. A very | :34:18. | :34:24. | |
important corner for Herman, but he clipped the second one. It is Long | :34:24. | :34:30. | |
and Herman battling into the finish. It looked like Herman and Long had | :34:30. | :34:39. | |
a tie on the line. Extremely close. I very good race. The Swiss rider | :34:39. | :34:44. | |
able to hang with the young kids. The senior citizen hanging with the | :34:44. | :34:47. | |
young kids. We talked about how many injuries you sustain and how | :34:47. | :34:51. | |
unflinching you have to have in terms of confidence but we have a | :34:51. | :35:01. | |
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31-year-old keeping up with the qualified. Great right from him. He | :35:08. | :35:13. | |
showed remarkable presence. He kept the door has closed all the way | :35:13. | :35:20. | |
through and rode the finish straight all the way through. | :35:20. | :35:25. | |
Herman was just unfortunate. He was able to claw his way back into a | :35:25. | :35:31. | |
good position, but he had a slight wobble down the 4th straight and it | :35:31. | :35:41. | |
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start Hill. I know we have petrified a lot of kids away from | :36:03. | :36:09. | |
the sport at this stage. You do not start on a course like this. | :36:09. | :36:15. | |
would not take my kids to this type of circuit. There are plenty of | :36:15. | :36:25. | |
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tracks out there and that are a reigning Olympic champion doing in | :36:36. | :36:46. | |
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that gate? A lot of work for him to think Samuela be is one of the | :37:10. | :37:16. | |
riders we are going to see up there. Absolutely, we just need to see a | :37:16. | :37:26. | |
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little bit more consistency. Maris Strombergs, that is Olympic class. | :37:39. | :37:45. | |
That is the Colombian just tucked in behind him. Then it is Sam it | :37:45. | :37:55. | |
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for a Maris Strombergs and he needed that desperately. Yes, that | :38:04. | :38:10. | |
was a good show of his talent level. That was a fantastic ride. He got | :38:10. | :38:15. | |
the start he needed and was able to use his horse power and pull | :38:15. | :38:20. | |
himself into that first-term first. I am sure that will instil him with | :38:20. | :38:30. | |
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Look at that commitment from Maris Strombergs. To make that move you | :38:45. | :38:55. | |
have got to be sure. This guy is a very skilled athlete. Still well | :38:55. | :39:00. | |
within his comfort zone, I think. Just finding his rhythm and | :39:00. | :39:06. | |
building his confidence. He knew how much speed the others were | :39:06. | :39:12. | |
carrying and he was on the outside of that course. He loves stay out | :39:12. | :39:16. | |
of trouble and getting a good clean start on the outside and then | :39:16. | :39:22. | |
cutting in. He starts have not been good today, but he turned it around | :39:22. | :39:32. | |
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both got eight points, but Maris Strombergs beat him on the last | :40:01. | :40:11. | |
heat, so he will take that second spot. I think Sam knows that as | :40:11. | :40:18. | |
long as he keeps his nose clean, he should be fine in the next races. | :40:18. | :40:22. | |
These are the ones who are transferred automatically into the | :40:22. | :40:32. | |
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Well done to Ian Phillips. He will be competing tomorrow along with | :40:34. | :40:39. | |
Shanaze Reade. We are now going to head back to the Excel Arena | :40:39. | :40:44. | |
because earlier this afternoon Nicola Adams made history by | :40:44. | :40:47. | |
winning the first women's boxing gold medal at the Olympic Games. | :40:47. | :40:53. | |
And she did it in style beating the three-times world champion Ren | :40:53. | :41:00. | |
Cancan. Her smile lit up the arena as she left and I'm sure she is | :41:00. | :41:10. | |
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still doing the same. Let's go back to see her receiver that gold medal. | :41:13. | :41:18. | |
She cannot contain her joy as she makes history by becoming the first | :41:18. | :41:23. | |
women's Olympic boxing champion in the history of the Olympic Games. | :41:23. | :41:28. | |
What better place to do it and before her home crowd here in | :41:28. | :41:35. | |
London at the Games of the 30th Olympiad. Absolutely wonderful. | :41:35. | :41:44. | |
This 29 year-old began boxing at the age of 12. She received the | :41:44. | :41:54. | |
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most a rousing ovation from this # God save our gracious Queen. | :42:13. | :42:18. | |
# Long live our noble Queen. # God save the Queen. | :42:19. | :42:21. | |
# Send her victorious. # Happy and glorious. | :42:21. | :42:31. | |
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# Long to reign over us. A sport that is always one of the | :42:46. | :42:52. | |
showcases at any Olympic Games. That has just turned a page on a | :42:52. | :42:57. | |
whole new chapter of Olympic achievements. We have just | :42:57. | :43:00. | |
witnessed the coronation of the first women's Olympic boxing | :43:00. | :43:06. | |
champion and it is Nicola Adams from Leeds who has topped the pile | :43:06. | :43:11. | |
at the first women's Olympic boxing championship in history. She joins | :43:11. | :43:21. | |
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the immortals of the Olympic boxing You got the medal, how does that | :43:26. | :43:33. | |
feel? I am absolutely over the moon. I cannot believe I did my dream | :43:33. | :43:38. | |
today. It is a dream come true for me. I have been dreaming about this | :43:38. | :43:47. | |
since I was 12 years old. I have got my medal for Great Britain. | :43:47. | :43:51. | |
was a fantastic performance all the way through. You must have been | :43:51. | :43:56. | |
surprised how well it went, especially the knock-down. Yes, | :43:56. | :44:01. | |
definitely, I was surprised, but this is what I have been working | :44:01. | :44:06. | |
for a. We got the tactics spot on. I had trained and worked hard for | :44:06. | :44:11. | |
the last eight weeks and the tactics paid off. I got in there | :44:11. | :44:16. | |
and started fast to get the points on the board. All those years of | :44:16. | :44:22. | |
wandering and having a bad injury and thinking, well I box? Now this | :44:22. | :44:27. | |
must seem like a dream. Definitely, especially after my injury and I | :44:27. | :44:37. | |
To come back again and when a gold medal, this is what dreams are made | :44:37. | :44:42. | |
of. I would like to thank my fans as my mother and everybody who has | :44:42. | :44:47. | |
come here to support me. I spoke to you before and you said, I have | :44:47. | :44:54. | |
never known nerves like this, but you did not have to worry. No. | :44:54. | :45:01. | |
the celebrations go on for several days? Yes, definitely, I think so. | :45:02. | :45:09. | |
I just want to go to Nando's! During the next few days you will | :45:09. | :45:15. | |
go home to Yorkshire. What we doing? I will be going around Leeds | :45:15. | :45:21. | |
and showing off my gold medal and thanking them all for the support | :45:21. | :45:26. | |
they had shown me over the years. The City of Leeds has given us | :45:26. | :45:32. | |
great sporting heroes and you are one of them now. Yes, I am so proud | :45:32. | :45:38. | |
to be families and to add myself to that table of many great athletes. | :45:38. | :45:46. | |
Many congratulations, thank you very much. This is a nice moment | :45:46. | :45:54. | |
for you as well. Yes, definitely. I have known him since he was in the | :45:54. | :45:58. | |
England camp and I have not seen him for a while. She did better | :45:58. | :46:03. | |
than me and she got the gold medal and that is what we wanted. | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
well know how she feels. Yes, she will be over the moon. All that | :46:09. | :46:15. | |
training has paid off. Nicola, thank you very much indeed. Let's | :46:15. | :46:21. | |
get you to assess the site. It was routine for her. Yes, she did | :46:21. | :46:27. | |
exactly what she had to do. Great footwork, great hands and great | :46:27. | :46:32. | |
combinations. She got up in points in the early rounds and towards the | :46:32. | :46:36. | |
end in the 4th round she was 10 points up and she walked right | :46:36. | :46:42. | |
through it. A great performance and being such a young age as well. The | :46:42. | :46:45. | |
girl who she was fighting was already the three-times world | :46:45. | :46:49. | |
champion, so she put in a great performance and has to be proud of | :46:49. | :46:54. | |
herself. Once you have won an Olympic medal, it changes your life | :46:54. | :47:01. | |
for ever more of. Yes, definitely. I won a silver medal and I was a | :47:01. | :47:04. | |
household name. Everywhere I went in England people were so happy for | :47:04. | :47:09. | |
me and they wanted to take pictures. Nicola well get the same thing | :47:09. | :47:14. | |
happening to her. A lot of people will want to meet her and take | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
pictures of her. Now she is the face of British boxing, especially | :47:18. | :47:24. | |
for women. And she is such an engaging personality. The she is | :47:24. | :47:31. | |
always smiling and happy. I do not think I have never seen her not | :47:31. | :47:35. | |
smile. She is very chilled out and calm and that is what I like about | :47:35. | :47:41. | |
her. Wells said. It is a wonderful story and she has fought so hard | :47:41. | :47:46. | |
for that gold medal. There were thousands of Irish fans to cheer on | :47:46. | :47:52. | |
Katie Taylor who won the gold medal in the lightweight division. One | :47:52. | :47:59. | |
other title was decided to date. It went to 17 year-old American | :47:59. | :48:08. | |
Claressa Shields. She won the women's and middleweight title. She | :48:08. | :48:13. | |
beat her 19-12 in the final. The Six o'clock News is coming up on | :48:13. | :48:19. |