BBC One: Day 13: 19.00-22.00 Olympics

Good evening. Is there really just three days to go after tonight?

Before we concern ourselves with the life after the Olympics, for

starters we have a Usain Bolt attempting to become the fastest --

first man ever to win the Double Double. Now that's what you call

People can talk, all they can do is talk. When it comes to the

championship, it is all about He is pulling away! He is going to

win the gold! 9.64! De champion becomes a legend. Why did we ever,

If I'd dominated the Olympics come I will be a living legend. It

sounds good, though. Streaking away down the home

straight, three metres clear, five metres clear. He is on his way

towards another gold medal. It is gold for Usain Bolt and a new world

He is something else. The superstar of athletics tops the bill on a

No man has successfully defended both the 102 hundred metres titles

at the Olympics. Usain Bolt is about to make history. But his

training partner you attack -- Yohan Blake beat him at the

Jamaican trials in the 200 metres and says his semi was a walk in the

park. It is going to be interesting!

David Rudisha is as big a favourite to win gold as you will find on the

Olympics track for the 800 metres. Andrew Osagie said he surprised

himself in finishing second in the semi-final. A medal macro in the

800 would be a tremendous achievement. -- a medal.

Lynsey Sharp was a controversial selection but she impressed in her

heat, she is looking to defy her critics once again.

World champion Christian Taylor is favourite for gold in the men's

triple jump final, which is devoid of them have to go abroad. --

We will show you Jade Jones live at 10pm on BBC2 in the tae kwon do

final. We will have highlights later, we won't spoil anything for

you! Elsewhere, the women's football final. You can watch all

of it on the red button. We start with a look back on some of the

day's big moment. After a day without a medal, there were high

hopes that hour dressage riders who one the team gold a few days ago

could get the ball rolling again in Just two days ago Charlotte

Dujardin, Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolsheimer took a team gold for

Britain. Today in front of a packed arena they went head-to-head. Which

one of them, if any, would do the double? Having placed well in the

qualifiers, all three were in the last six to ride. Laura was first

saying a word, but I am happy so far. -- holding my breath. You get

the feeling these two are dancing together to the music. Fantastic!

That is one of the best tests I have ever seen from a British rider

in freestyle. And she knows it. She So she was in the gold medal

position with just three riders to go. Two of them were her team mates.

Slight errors cost him dearly and left him in third place. And after

an impressive round by the Dutch world No. 1 put her into the lead,

it was all about what 27-year-old Charlotte Dujardin could do. Her

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rousing picture tick musical choice gold! 90.89! Charlotte Dujardin has

iced the cake in style, and Britain So Charlotte, who 18 months ago had

never ridden a grand prix event, secured a double Olympic gold.

Team-mate Laura -- Laura Bechtolsheimer took bronze. It has

been Team GB's equestrians most We can talk to our two heroines now.

They joined us from Greenwich. Many congratulations. Before these games

we had never had any medal in dressage, now we have two golds and

a bronze, you must be delighted. are, we still haven't, half feet

haven't touched the ground yet. It has been a tremendous few days for

British dressage to. For Charlotte to have topped it off with an

individual gold is beyond our wildest dreams. Charlotte, two gold

medals, an unbelievable performance from you. How are nervous were you

going last? Did it settled you that you had a golden the back?

guess so. I didn't really get nervous, I just wanted to go out

there, I wanted to have fun and enjoy it. My horse rose to the

occasion, it was fantastic to have the home crowd behind us and be

able to get another gold. It is incredible what you get the horses

to do, it must take so much training and effort, Laura? It does,

it takes a long time. Charlotte's horse is at the beginning of its

career, mine is 17, heading to the end of its Korea, he does take a

long partnership to be able to perform like that in front of a big

crowd like that and do the fancy movements they do, they don't start

competing at that level until they are nine or 10 anyway. So it is a

lot of work, and it paid off! of fancy movement, and some

interesting music ensembles as well! You went for the Lion King,

and Charlotte, you went for a patriotic Popery of Music, who

decides that? We get to choose what we want to ride two. Obviously we

have to make sure that it fits the pace of our horses, and that the

horses are comfortable with that music. Sometimes it is to Basie, it

can upset the horses. -- if it has too much base. Incredible

atmosphere, it does so quiet, you could hear a pin drop, and all the

sudden, as soon as you finish, there is this incredible crescendo

of noise. When you come in as a British rider, you can feel the

crowd are desperate to start showing their appreciation. Luckily,

they are very responsive here, and a lot of them know how horses as

well. They know they need to be quiet for my horse, he is easily

wound up and distracted. When you finish your test, it is an

unbelievable feeling to hear 25,000 people erupt. I had your mum being

interviewed, Charlotte, she said that when she lost her mother,

sadly, she knew she had to spend the inheritance she got on a horse

for you. She said you could make a donkey do anything. You must be

eternally grateful to your mother for that? Obviously I'm very lucky

to have my mum's support, my whole family, really. We were not

financially... It was quite expensive for us to do it, but when

my mum's mum died, we managed to get a horse and I started from

there. How are you going to celebrate this triumph for? We have

a boat on the Thames. We are going to party and party! What time does

it start? 9pm. So we are going to finish up here and head on down,

see everybody, friends and family. It is going to be great to let our

hair down now, as we have finished. Celebrate in the right way! I

sensed you might get a big crowd at the party now you have told

everyone! Many congratulations, you Wonderful stuff, and what a

beautiful evening we have around the Olympic Park. All over the

South of England, in fact. So that took the medal tally to 50 ft of

less than an hour later the tally went up -- goal tally went up to 24,

could see a of Nicola Adams. She made history by winning the first

of a gold medal in women's boxing with an outstanding performance to

beat the three-time world champion, Ren Cancan Of China. She had her

opponent on the floor, and sent the crowd wild. She took the gold

eventually by 16.27. She will be joining us later on. Brilliant

Great Britain's Nicola Adams and earned a place in the history books

as she became the first woman to win her Olympic boxing gold, thanks

to a stunning demolition of China's Ren Cancan.

Kerri-Anne Payne suffered huge disappointment in the 10 kilometres

open waters when, missing out on a medal by just 0.4 seconds after a

gruelling slog in the Serpentine. Jade Jones has guaranteed herself

at least a silver in the women's tae kwon do. She fights for gold at

10:15pm. That is live on BBC2. Fellow Brent Martin Stamper was

knocked out in the semi-final. He still has a chance of bronze,

You know you have got a special evening of athletics when Michael

Johnson comes into the studio. Delighted to see you. Can Usain

Bolt do it? That is the question. Yes, he can do it, there is no

doubt about that. This is going to be a little bit different from what

we saw in the 100 metres. This is not me saying this, to be clear,

but Bolt says he doesn't train as hard as Yohan Blake. He said after

the 100 metres. Training comes into play much more in the 200. Why is

that? Because it is the longer event, so the speed endurance, the

ability to hold a bat speed, we know that Bolt has incredible speed,

superior over Blake, but how long can you hold it? You have to train

for that. So the athlete who trains harder may have an advantage. Blake

is known for training very hard. But there is a trade-off, he is a

shorter athlete. Does that help around the bend? It doesn't. What

does help them is he has a lower centre of gravity, so navigating

the bend is a bit easier for him, but a bit harder because he is so

tight in here, because he is a bulky and muscular athlete. At the

end of the day, you can't bet against Bolt, he is the best there

The other thing that comes into play in this race, much more than

the 100m, is the lane draw. Usain Bolt finds himself out in lane

seven, while Blake is in lane four. Usain Bolt hopes he will never see

Yohan Blake, but that is going to be interesting as well. Why didn't

Usain Bolt run a bit quicker and get himself a good lane? What they

do is, they rank the qualifiers, based on the heat and the fastest

losers, so he goes in the top four of the draw. After that, it is

randomly drawn. It could have been anywhere between four and seven. He

had no control over that. So, he is just unfortunate. You cannot bet

against Bolt. If I knew who was going to win, all of those people

would not be out there. But they are! At the end of the day, like I

said, you can never bet against Bolt. This is his favourite event,

but again, it is very interesting, because Blake is in a perfect

position. He feels this is his best opportunity, and he has got nothing

to lose. If he walks away from here with two civil medals, both to the

greatest man there has ever been, nobody will say anything about that.

So he cannot lose. Looking forward to it, it is going to be a great

evening. Michael will be making his way over to the stadium, it is only

about 200 metres away. About 20 seconds, do you think? Not quite!

But it is a massive night which lies ahead. Over to you, John

Inverdale. When Michael gets here, he will find this stadium more on

edge than it was at the weekend. The hysteria in here is going off

the scale. We are 1.5 hours or so away from the race. It is the most

extraordinary crowd in here tonight. 60,000 people stayed for 3.5 hours

to watch the pole vault today, an unbelievable display. We are all

very excited about this. We are, but we are trying to keep still, we

promised! The thing about it if any, we can all marvel at greatness, but

we also love a contest, which is what makes it so exciting. You were

both very convinced about Bolt in the 100m, after you had seen the

semi-finals, but there is an element of doubt in the air this

evening. There is, and it is very small, but because we know it is

there, it is mouth-watering, the fact that we do not want Bolt to

lose, but at the same tongue, we quite like the fact that he might.

I think that means it is quite exciting, and if anybody is going

to do it, it is going to be Blake. I have still got to go for Usain

Bolt, that has got to be clear. But I wanted to be a clear race. I

think we might see Blake coming at him down the final straight. Yohan

Blake obviously is a fraction away from the world record, and Usain

Bolt is the owner of the world record, so it is going to be tied.

Just to mark your card, 8:55pm tonight for that one. London has

been magnificent today, and the landscape of the city changes all

the time. If you get the chance to go on that cable-car across the

River Thames, take it, it is fantastic. The other thing which

has changed the landscape is the advent of the Shard. Today, for

want of so where better to go, Garry Richardson took our new long

some -- long jump champion, Greg Rutherford, to see one of London's

newest landmarks. Look at that view. So, you made it right to the top as

an Olympic champion, but of course, you might have had another career

as a footballer with Aston Villa? Yes, there was the potential for

that route when I was a bit younger, but I was a bit lazy, to be honest.

Once you had decided upon athletics, you started to make your mark in

the long jump, but the new decided you had had enough at the age of

16? Yes, my coach decided to quit at the time, and I decided to take

a break, be a to we will rebellious teenager. All of a sudden, somebody

else came along and invited me to come back and to do a bit of

training. Luckily, here I am. has made you an Olympic champion?

There are a lot of sportsmen and women who are extremely talented,

but they find it difficult to do the extra bits, the Sleep, the

Nutrition, the training. It can be incredibly hard, when it is pouring

down with rain or snow, and you have got to go out and do your

stuff. It can be hard to get yourself motivated. But the ones

that really have that age, they do not care, all they want to do is to

become a champion. There is another tower to visit now. Exactly. Do you

have a head for heights? I think we So, the 69th floor of the Shard.

Absolutely spectacular. A few days later, has it sunk in, what you

have done? I don't think, to be honest. It has been a bit of a

whirlwind since it happened. When the final was under way, you set

down a marker for the rest. plan always was to try to get a

decent jump in early. When you try harder in the long jump, you do not

jump further. And you're watching your competitors, and thinking,

please do not beat me. Yes, of course. Every time I was thinking,

is this going to be the moment I am going to have to react? But

fortunately for me, it did not happen. The Feeling at the moment

was what? I cannot really put it into words. You have just been told

everything you ever wanted, you know have. It is all I have ever

dreamt of. I literally could not get any words out for the national

anthem. It was incredibly emotional. So, 69th floor, and you have got so

more statistics? Yes, I think it is the... Thank you very much!

have spoken about the pressure of your job, but how do you fancy

that? Nothing in comparison to that, it is absolutely insane. It is the

most amazing thing I have ever seen. Look at him, nerves of steel, just

sitting there. Could you imagine coming to work every day, and doing

this, on the side of the tallest building in Europe? It is just

insane. We have arranged for you to Anyway, Greg Rutherford, his life

is different now, it is so different, in fact, they have

changed the name of one of the roads in Milton Keynes for him. Can

you remember how you work four days after winning in Sydney? Did you

feel that life would never be the same again? No, it was several

weeks before the gold medal really hit home. It will be several weeks

for our gold-medallists to come to terms with their new life. It is

almost a dream. It is still disbelief that it has happened to

you. You think, where did this happen? What happened? It is a

magical feeling. Then, as I said, it is about going home, they will

look at all the newspaper cuttings, the videotapes, because they will

not have had a chance to see any of this, and they will take stock of

how momentous it really was. Looking at the positive and

negative side, we were hoping to see Goldie Sayers in the javelin

tonight, but that has not happened, and also, we will not be seeing

Phillips Idowu in the triple jump, either. If you want to see either

of those family -- finals, you can do so. But one person we will be

watching tonight is Lynsey Sharp. Yes, and she has been improving.

She has run personal bests this year. She may have felt a bit of

responsibility on her shoulders, because of the way she was selected,

but I hope that she has got all of that out of her sister now. She is

there because people have believed in her. Maybe that could be a

motivation. Exactly. Here we go, with our track action this evening.

It's the first semi-final of the Women's 800m, and for that, it is

chance for Lynsey Sharp to show what she can do. She is an

ambitious young lady, and she has run with a lot of authority to get

here. The overall standard of the first round was not great, but for

these semi-finals, it is a different story. The first two and

the two fastest will go through to the final on Saturday. This is what

that is a roundabout the form she has shown this year. She is the

Colombian record holder. That silver medal at the European

Championships pretty much got Sharp selected for this. It is a huge

opportunity for her. But this will be tough. Silver-medallist at the

World Indoor Championships, Nataliia Lupu, is having a good

year. The defending champion, from Kenya, the first ever female

Olympic champion for them, Pamela Jelimo. Many people's favourite for

the gold medal. Now, Alice Schmidt, representing the United States.

Representing Russia, their national champion of this year, who has had

an incredible burst through in terms of form, Poistogova. Almanza

of Cuba, just 20 years of age. Great talent for the Cubans. And

who will go off the hardest, and everybody will be following her.

Lynsey Sharp might want to drop-off a little bit, not too far, though.

It is about pacing your race well, and she may well have to run the

best 800m of her life. Something under two minutes may be required

to get near the top two. Don't forget, there are two fastest

hoping that Lynsey Sharp, from Edinburgh, can show the sort of

talent she undoubtedly has on this biggest of stages. I think they all

look to Jelimo, it looks as though she doesn't really want to pick it

up. This could be slow. Lynsey Sharp will not be too disappointed,

she has the kind of pace that could be dangerous in the last 200.

Everybody is watching the champion, Jelimo, an old into a false sense

of security. She has got the ability and the talent, and I'm

looking at Lynsey Sharp, wisely keeping out of trouble. It is not

very fast, so she will have an awful lot of running to do, and she

doesn't look as if she is in the right place at the moment. Jelimo

in the middle of the grid, Lynsey Sharp now starting to pick up the

pieces, she has to do an awful lot of running. A little bit surprised

she gave herself up so much to do. It is not excessively fast yet.

They will be thinking they have a chance yet, it will come down to

the big cake. Lynsey Sharp does have a good kick. Lupu is looking

comfortable, Lynsey Sharp is going to have to find a lot in the last

200 he/she is going to even get close, only the top two get through.

Garcia is looking good. Lynsey Sharp a long way off the top two,

she is struggling. Jelimo and Poistogova are pulling away, Garcia

will try and keep going for the fastest loser has barred. But

lovely, controlled running from the front two. Round about the two

minute Sharpe. Lynsey Sharp coming in in 7th place there. I think that

first round for her was something she was able to enjoy it and

qualifier and run well, but when you get to the semi-finals, these

athletes can run off a fast pace, a slower pace, and then everybody can

kick. What she might be disappointed about his not running

a personal best. But she has given it the best she possibly could, but

she was never really in it. She is still flat on the track, having a

hard one here. Jelimo decided not to make it quick, the rest of them

obeyed her orders. The champion, you do have that aura of

invincibility rewire as good as she is. They decided it was up to her

how she wanted to run the race. Poistogova of Russia looks ominous,

leaving it gently on the inside. 28.9 last 200 metres by Jelimo,

that is pretty good running, but I think she had it easier than she

expected. A I think Lynsey Sharp, digging deep in the finishing

straight, just not able to take them on terms. She wasn't able to

get there on the bell. She wasn't able to be competitive, she tried

as hard as she could. She has come on awful long way in a year, she

has acquitted herself well, but that was a very hard run, and she

was very, very tired, she will find quick enough, but those two races

A real sense of frustration, to put it Martley? E s. I just got in a

really bad position. And on the second lap, there was just a wall

in front of me. It wasn't a very clever race. What happened in front

of you? Just to hang onto the lead group, I found the whole group was

at the front... I just found myself at the back because of the British

and I got myself into at the break. I didn't execute it properly.

have had a lot to deal with in the build-up, was that any kind of

factor for you? No, I am in great shape. It didn't go my way to

become I know I am in PB shade, and it didn't happen on the day.

have carried yourself admirably, commiserations, but I'm sure this

is just the start for you. Thanks men's triple jump now. The European

champion in Helsinki, do not have. -- de Nieto. Way over the leading

from at Donato. There is no Phillips Idowu. The favourite for

this competition is Christian Taylor, the world champion. But

real disappointment for the crowd here, no Phillips Idowu. A big

57, the American champion. Caster Semenya, still only 21 years old,

and now coached by the great Maria Mutola, who was the multi- world

champion are back in two thousandths of -- back in 2000. In

the last Olympic Games it was Kenny at one and two. She one the silver.

outside two minutes this year. Then the European champion, Arzhakova or,

holder. All eyes, you suspect will be on the Kenyan. As well as an an

Olympic silver medallist, she got silver in 2009 in the world

through to the final. The big three have gone off pretty quickly.

Semenya, just settling in there. He's in onto the shoulder of the

American. When Busienei broke onto the scene, we thought we had seen

the new-generation of 800 metres runners. Then along came Pamela at

Jelimo who beat her as well. So the two Kenyans have been outstanding.

On the outside, the former world champion, Caster Semenya. This

young South African athlete to have -- has had all her troubles, but

here she is, out and competing, that is what she likes to do. So

far, much faster than the first semi-final. If you look at Semenya,

she is leaving herself a little bit 200 metres to go. In the heat, she

looked absolutely superb. The four of them are bunched together. The

European champion, Arzhakova, is right in the middle. She is right

second, Caster Semenya comes home first. That is swift. And I think

there is a lot more to come from Caster Semenya as well, safely

through to the final. That was an impressive performance from Caster

Semenya of South Africa. She hasn't shown much form in recent times,

but today, for which a judge to that race, she gave herself a

little bit to do in the back straight, starting to move through,

starting to move quickly. And this is a class athlete, the Kenyan, but

Caster Semenya, the way she controlled it, not excessively

quick, she was just moving through, and then into the finishing

straight, the strength of this busy watching Carter so many are

running her best time of the season, that was impressive -- watching

Caster Semenya. Look how controlled she is. She is driving on through,

the Kenyan is coming under real pressure. She is going to have to

wait now, Busienei. She may qualify as one of the fastest losers, but

this was an impressive warning to the other athletes, Semenya is back

in action, ready to challenge for a South Africa have a go pretty good

Olympic -- Olympic Games. What did you make of car to so many of

there? Very good qualification. We know she has the talent, from what

she has shown in the past. Last year was a let-down. But she is now

back on her game, it seems. That was a very impressive qualification,

based on what we have seen in the past. She is well and truly into

the final, Lynsey Sharp is out. I'm sure there will be commentators,

some of the crowd saying, that goes to show, they should have picked

Marilyn Okoro, Jenny Meadows, what would you say? Benefit of hindsight.

Yes, the girls watching at home, Emma Jackson, Marilyn Okoro is

probably ready for the relay now, they will be sitting there feeling

aggrieved at this moment, but at the end of the day, Lynsey Sharp

did what she needed to do when it mattered, and that is the most

important thing. Yes, there will be some corners saying, just maybe

Charles van Commenee got it wrong. And are they right? I think... Who

shall I say is right here? The one who is right! I think she did

nothing wrong, she did what was required of her, she left to do the

people who are technically should know to make the decision, and if

Charles makes the decision, he is the boss, he says this is the

person he wants to represent us, he makes the decision and whatever the

answer is, he lives with it. He knows if it was good, he will be

the Messiah. If it is bad, he will take a lot of fire. The end of the

day, we will have to look at the Times the other girls have produced,

when a quick enough to get through? Possibly not. Could you only pick

one person? Yes, it was complex! wasn't over here! A lot of trees

were felled for the forest oath newsprint written about that! Easy

to be wise after the event. Anyway, one more semi-final in the women's

the middle one was the tougher of the free. This one has Cherono

is one of them, Niyonsaba, she is just 19 years of age, and I think

this might be her -- the 6th race of her career. She is a real raw

talent. She one the African championships, -- she won the

African championships, then she qualified for this and is now

lining up against the world champion. I think Niyonsaba is

someone who you will have to watch, she is not quite sure what she is

doing, just because of inexperience. She is not sure about where to

place herself. It is better for her if it is a good, hard race. That

last race was the 6th fastest in the world. The fastest losers but

confidence in the world in her kick. You can see how slowly Niyonsaba

gets off the start line, but she is a huge talent. So is Koech on the

inside, the youngster from Kenya. So, some new names to look out for

here. As I suggested, Savinova immediately goes to the back of the

field, she has no interest in making this one. There's the world

champion, just sitting and watching, with the youngster Niyonsaba just

behind her. BRENDAN FOSTER: She knows the

strength of her second lap, and she is happy to follow in that group.

Just behind her, the young African Niyonsaba, who has now decided to

move forward. Look how quickly she moved there, that's fantastic, when

you see a young athlete arriving on the world scene like that. After

having only half-a-dozen races in your whole life, this is raw talent,

but that's what we want to see, the arrival of raw talent, together

with the more calculated style of the world champion, Savinova. She

is really closing them down now. Niyonsaba was probably thinking,

hang on, I am supposed to be near the front. Just look at this

youngster Niyonsaba. Savinova has timed her effort perfectly. Watch

this youngster go again. Running with awe of her heart to try to get

ahead of the world champion. What a talent she is going to be. She is a

raw talent at the moment. That's almost a personal best, just about

matching it, for the young athlete. That will mean that our two fastest

losers will come from that second semi-final. I am pleased she has

made it through. Savinova looked good, but we have just seen a

bright new talent at 800m. Just eating up the yarns, the champion,

growing with confidence, as we expected. In second place, the

youngster Niyonsaba, running the sixth race of her whole life, which

is absolutely incredible. To me, that is real African talent. There

goes the precise workings of the Russian world champion, and into

the finishing straight, the young African comes through, deciding

that it is time to kick. Look at that, she almost stumbled there,

that was strange, as Savinova glided up alongside her. That, for

me, was incredible, that's what the Olympic Games is all about. When

she learns how to run properly...! She is doing pretty well at the

That is around 17.50. The world indoor champion, Claye. Taylor is

the world outdoor champion. It really is the big guns from America

in this triple jump, together with two very good Italians as well. He

switched from the long jump, and some questioned whether that was a

good decision. Will Claye goes into two good Italians, and this is one

of them. This triple jump competition is coming alive.

STEVE CRAM: these are the athletes who are through to the final of the

Women's 800m. I'm sure that youngster will be an athlete to

contend within that final. Now, we move on to the Men's 800m.

His dad won a silver medal in 1968, he has run the four fastest times

in the world this year, and one day, he might even run 800m in 100

seconds. No wonder David Rudisha is the most hotly tipped favourite of

any event in these Games. COMMENTATOR: This man is very, very

special indeed. He is so dominant over 800m. Sometimes, people ask me,

are you David Rudisha?! The Olympics is the biggest thing, and

I understand that billions of people are watching. To participate

here is special, and of course, doing something special would be an

honour. He is unrivalled at the moment on the world scene. Your

father, Daniel, competed in the 1968 Olympics - I guess that has

inspired you, going into these Games? Absolutely, he has been a

big inspiration to me, he is the reason why I am here, the reason

why I am running. Because I knew him as a father, and he was a great

athlete. I said, I have to do it, because if my father did it, then I

can do it. You're a big fan of Sebastian Coe, I understand you

have spent many evenings watching him on YouTube? Yes, many times. He

was a beautiful one. He is also a good friend of mine. He has

inspired me a lot. He has told me, you are the only man who's able at

this time to break the world record. It was a big thing for me, because

I know what an athlete he was, and he knows what it takes to break the

world record. If he has told me that, then I say, let me just put

it in action. I was happy. What will it mean to Kenya for you to be

there standing in front of the world with an Olympic gold medal?

Kenyans have a lot of hope in me. They know that I am going to bring

this gold medal home. So far, they have been following my performance,

and they have no doubt. Everyone I have met is encouraging me, you are

able, just go for it. So, I want to do it. I want to do it for my

father and for myself. It almost feels like an African evening here

in London tonight, with this beautiful weather. There is the man.

We started that piece by saying, the greatest athlete you have never

heard of. And for most people watching, I'm sure, today, they

might vaguely have an awareness of him, but he does not cross over

from athletics into the wider landscape. Not until now, I hope.

For people who follow athletics religiously, in the Diamond League,

they would have seen him run, they will have watched him in Paris,

with that fantastic time. He is the most beautiful runner. If Sebastian

Coe can almost anoint him, to say he is the man he predicts will

break that world record again, then, he really is that person. He said

in that piece that the people of Kenya have no doubts that he's

going to win this - do you have any doubt, Michael? Not at all. He is

undefeated, two-time world record holder, he is almost two seconds

faster this year than anyone else in the field. And he is not the

type of athlete who will tactically mess this up, as has happened in

the past. Seb Coe will talk about his own failure as world record-

holder coming into the Olympics. It has happened in the past with

Wilson kicky to as well. He was the world record, who did not win. I do

not see that happening here. way he is going to run will be as

he often does, he likes to lead from the front. Once he hits the

front, there is no turning back. So, everybody's fighting for silver and

bronze. Is Andrew Osagie an outside contender for a medal? Why not? We

have seen him going really well on the circuit. He has gone under one

minute 45 on numerous occasions. He has got lots of experience from

running in the Diamond League, alongside these top guys. I suppose

we could say this is top of the undercard, if you like. Bolt

against break is coming up at 8:55pm this evening, but this is

not about support act. Over to Steve Cram.

STEVE CRAM: So, Andrew Osagie joins an illustrious group of men in

contesting this 800m. It is packed with young men, apart from David

Rudisha, almost the old man, at 23! Timothy Kitum, just 17 years of age.

Nijel Amos, just 18. Mohammed Aman, 18. Then we have the experience of

Mohammed Aman and Duane Solomon. Well, he was spotted in Kenya, a

country which has obviously had some great champions. He was

spotted when he was 14 years of age running 200m, and he was impressive

then. He has even done a bit of Decathlon. He is joined by Andrew

Osagie tonight. Well done to him for making it through to this final.

Timothy Kitum, the Commonwealth youth champion, just 17 years of

age. Second in the world junior championships this year, which were

held in Barcelona. The world champion, who broke two world

records in one week in 2010. Let's see what he has in store for us

tonight. The hottest favourite, as has been said, at these Olympic

Games, in track-and-field. The new world junior champion, who beat

Timothy Kitum in that race, Nijel Amos, of Botswana. This is another

fantastic young talent. Will it be the Ethiopian Aman who can get in

amongst the medals? Teenagers with titles galore. Duane Solomon, very

impressive, coached by the great Johnny Gray. Nick Symmonds, coached

by Great Britain's Mark Rowland, over in Oregon. Abubaker Kaki,

twice the world indoor champion and silver-medallist behind David

Rudisha in Daegu last year. Brendan, a quick word about this man?

BRENDAN FOSTER: What a fantastic athlete he is. I spoke to his

manager this afternoon, and he said to me, he is going to run his

normal race. That means about 50 seconds for the first lap, and then

just keep going as hard as he can. He knows about the tradition of the

Olympic Games, he loves the tradition, and he is going to put

his stamp on it. He was introduced as the sideshow to Usain Bolt, he

is not bothered about that, but he wants to make sure that his

performance here goes in the record books as a great one. He may

determine the other medals as well - will they follow him, will they

go as fast as him, and will they be race of his life against the world

champion, who is now attempting to become the Olympic champion. David

Rudisha, loves to be in the front. Kaki comes along in his customary

position. For now, it is following the script everybody thought would

happen. Rudisha at the front. stretching it out there. He is

looking for a decent, solid at 52nd a kind of time. Kaki is following

him. 49.2, that is a phenomenal opening, and he knows about

performances. There have been world records set in the Olympic Games in

the 800 metres. That is a bit quick for Andrew Osagie. But Rudisha, the

great athlete that he is... They are sucked in to dine with him down

the back straight, can they hang on? They are all starting to fade.

That is really quite! Amos moves into second place. Kitum is moving

into third, Andrew Osagie is at the back, but it is all about David

Rudisha, already the world record holder, already the world champion.

Striking a way to become the Olympic champion. How quick will it

be? That is a world record! ever 800 metres race anyone has

ever run, that I have ever seen, obviously. What a privilege to be

here. All on his own, done to take. champion. He talked a lot about the

Olympic Games, and what he could do, he would like to put on her show,

and in the last few weeks he started to play that down a bit.

That was just to take the pressure off. I have to say, Amos, an

incredible run for him in silver. I am going to tell you this, you will

see the results are shorter, but all 80 men have either run a

season's best, or a personal best - phenomenal performance. He is going

to be so delighted. But we were delighted to watch... Look at a

mast chasing him, everybody knew he was going to do, he ran 49.2 for

the opening 400 metres. Into the finishing straight, striding along,

Amos is finishing so quickly. Never, ever threatening, but that was

fantastic running by David Rudisha. The pride of the Masai wins the

Olympic Games in a world record time. I said at the start, he

didn't mind being the second act to Usain Bolt, but it wasn't a bad

second act, was it? What a brilliant run-out. The athlete that

everyone admires, a fantastic man as well. We have been sitting here,

privileged to watch this, power and strength and performance. Trained

by an Irish priest, managed by an Australian, the pride of the Masai,

David Rudisha, the pride of the stadium here. The star, so far, of

the Olympic Games, the only world record we have had so far. I have

just got the split times, 23 for the first 200, 25 for the second

200, and 26.1 for the last 200. That is what a world record looks

like. He is the greatest. I am still struggling for words, I have

to tell you. Not just because of his performance, because I think we

have always known that this man can go under 1.41 day, but the

performances behind him, simply stunning. I will go through all of

this for you. That is a world record to take the gold medal. Amos,

a new national record, that puts him a joint third on the all-time

list. That is the same time as Sebastian Coe broke the world

record all those years ago, and he is only 18. The 17-year-old takes

the bronze medal, a personal best for Timothy Kitum. Duane Solomon

has just missed the American record by less than two-tenths of a second.

A massive personal best for Nick Symmonds in 5th. A new national

record for Ethiopia in sick for Muhammad are mine. A season's best

for Kaki, and Andrew Osagie, a big, big new personal best for him. He

He can indeed, I think that puts you 4th in the UK all-time list. To

be part of that occasion, that world record, for you to deliver

bad performance, some it all up for me if you can? Any other Olympics...

Those times would normally get medals in any other championship,

because David is in such form, people were predicting he might go

for a world record, everybody thought he might try, but didn't

think he would actually do it! It was an honour to be in that race, I

have come to the Olympics, I have run aid PB, I have run quicker than

I wanted to come, but I have come last, so mixed emotions at the

moment. When you see that kind of performance and all the youngsters

coming through, what does that do for you coming forward, would you

need to do to build on this fantastic Olympics you have had?

final was on Tuesday, trying to get through, it was such a big run for

me, I knew I was in the shape to run well in the final if I could

get there. I got there, a ran a PB, but it wasn't the performance I

wanted. What is going through your mind when you see him tearing off

like that and you have to hang in there? I was hoping everybody would

come back to me a bit more, I ran quicker than I've ever had through

600, I thought they would come back, but it is the Olympics and everyone

gives it their all. On the day I wasn't quick enough. Great effort.

Can I just thank everyone again, my family, my coach, thank you, that

is about it, really. I have had a great time. Watch out for me in the

A personal best, but he was simply the best and you call deer to it,

Denise, that is the moment he went in the athletics world to being

beyond that. A I'm still tingling, it was just such an incredible race

to witness. We have seen him in the Diamond League, to run the way he

has run here, having had to warm up, cool down, get himself into shape,

is truly sensational, it is incredible. What he can go and do

now is it inspire a whole new generation of younger David

Rudishas, who want to have this opportunity to shine on the world

stage. Unlike Steve, the thing that was so incredible was not just his

time, but the entire field. Normally an 800 metres at this

point is so spread out. Rudisha actually served as the rabbit for

all of these guys, which is incredible, people do more to a

personal best, national records, just an incredible, a high quality

race. We don't see that many of these in the 800 metres, that is

normally a race that is so tactical, it is a difficult race to get the

tactics rice. Often you will see 1.45 in the championships. So this

is just incredible, what we saw here tonight. I have to disagree,

unfortunately, I think for David Rudisha, who is such an incredible

athlete, this sport has not allowed to many people to transcended and

become a celebrity in the wider public. It is a huge problem I have,

because it is the responsibility of the sport to showcase incredible

athletes to the world. I have decided irrespective of that,

whatever happens in the men's 200 metres, that will dwarf what has

just happened in the papers tomorrow. That is the nature of it.

Maybe not, because Bolt has already one the -- won the 100, so...

thing is, you're talking about very different personalities. David

Rudisha is mild-mannered, he is a wonderful ambassador for his

country, a Masai warrior of, Bolt brings a whole different package to

this party. We just need to respect this party. We just need to respect

both of them for the great both of them for the great

individuals they are. The medal and ceremony is taking place, so it is

a good time to say go deep into Lawrence Clarke who ran so

brilliantly last night. I'm sure you have been inundated with

messages saying well done. It is even more surreal watching it here

tonight, these are the people who inspired me. The last day has been

a roller-coaster of emotions. To come 4th has been a dream come true.

There we have, one of the American medallists from last night. Clarke

came 4th, although I have to say, with a 17-year-old and an 18-year-

old, in that 800 metres, you are over the hill! The peak years are a

bit later, Colin broke the world record when he was 27. So the next

Olympic Games is my target, I will be 26. You didn't expect to be in

the final, so before you get to the blocks, what do you think?

didn't know what to think, to be honest. I really didn't expect to

be there. I just wanted to focus on the 10 hurdles. I clashed arms with

the guy next to me, it put me off a little bit, I couldn't believe I'd

be up to the world champion on the finish line. I'm glad to hear you

didn't have anything in your mind, I think that is good. No baggage,

you were free, it was a clean hurdles race. All round, needed a

great job. That may have even benefited you, because you were not

expecting to be there, I thought before, this will be a tremendous

amount of fun for you, the other guys are going to run a tight, D

think that helped? I was hoping they would do the same thing as

they did in Daegu, and I would slip it in the outside! That did happen

in Daegu! Andy Turner, I ran 13.34 last night, but it is one of those

events where anything can happen, as you saw in the first round.

will be at your peak in Rio, we look forward to seeing you there.

We have got the 200 final starting shortly, steeped in history, Tommy

Smith winning it in 1968, the first time anybody ran under 20 seconds,

but that is a third night for the significance, it provided one of

The archive is well served a writ comes to the story of the civil

rights struggle in the US. The struggle would travel south to

Tommy Smith and John Carlos, about to be spread by an Australian. --

The two Americans were about to make their stand. But what of the

silver medallist, Peter Norman? Alongside his medal, a badge

supporting the cause. It was Norman who suggested, when Carlos forgot

his black gloves, that they share them. One on the left hand, one on

Smith and Carlos were sent home from the Games, and Norman returned

to Australia to be rebuked and ostracised. He was banned for two

years. This was the badge that could cost him dear. Despite

returning to athletics and qualifying for the next Olympics,

he was not selected. His time of plenty 0.06 still stands as the

Australian record. He fell on hard times, and when he died at the age

of 64, Smith and Carlos were They had told him what they planned

to do in Mexico City, and he had replied - I will stand by you.

It is a great story, and kids grows was over here last year. -- Tommie

Smith was over here last year. He spoke with such dignity. His

position went beyond the sporting world. Absolutely. He was really

the architect of that entire thing. The Black Power salute. He got John

Carlos involved in it. Those guys, Tommie Smith knew when he did that

that there would be problems back home, and certainly their work,

they were actually sent home from the Games, they were shunned, they

could not get jobs. It was a very difficult time in America, but what

they did, in standing up for something they believe in, was

incredible. Additionally, Tommie Smith was an incredible athlete at

both 200m and 400m. A quality individual. Someone in American

history who is a hero. Absolutely, he is a hero, and John Carlos as

well. They were phenomenal athletes, but also individuals who put the

civil rights issue in America ahead of themselves. I think as a young

kid, understanding and learning about the sport, that salute on the

podium was just iconic. As you start to learn your history, and

American history, it resonated for any young black person at the time,

it did not matter whether you were in the US or in Britain. There were

such struggles going on, and that salute in itself just said, we do

not forget. 46 years on, just a quick word, where is everybody at

the moment? How much time do we have? 40 minutes. They will be

leaving the warm-up track, going to have all of their chicks, -- checks,

they will probably be on the warm- up track. 37 minutes and counting

until the most eagerly awaited event of the evening. And they have

got some act to follow, after what David Rudisha did in the Men's 800m.

But before that, we have some interesting women's relay heats,

which sadly do not feature a will explain more about that later

on. But here are the line-ups. Great Britain were ranked highly

enough, they thought, after their heat in the European Championships,

but they were eventually disqualified, down into 17th place

in the rankings, so did not qualify for these Olympic Games. The USA,

in lane two, outside them, Nigeria. Next comes Trinidad and Tobago.

Baptiste, a veteran of so many Olympic Games and World

Championships, on the second leg. Japan have certain national record

this year. Switzerland, with the two sisters are among their ranks.

Brazil, out in lane seven. Then the Netherlands. Samuel, a very good

young sprinter on the last leg for them. The Bahamas have got a

veteran, believe it or not, from the time they won this event back

in 2000, Sturrup by, on the second leg. The United States have got

Williams on the last leg. If they make it through to the final, they

have got the likes of Allyson Felix to come into the team. So strong in

the women's sprints. Only the first three and the fastest two losers

from the semi-finals will make it through to the final. The USA have

Ferguson from the Bahamas has gone absolutely blasting off, as has the

American. But what about the first change? The USA are OK, so while

the Bahamas. The Americans are absolutely flying. Their third

runner gets the baton safely. She goes tearing past Trinidad and

bringing the baton home. This is going to be quick. America,

Trinidad and Tobago and the Netherlands will qualify for the

final. That's only five hundredths of a second outside of East

Germany's Olympic record, and that was set back in Moscow, way back in

1980. That was a stunning run by the USA, with some of their second-

string runners in the quartet. That was brilliant.

COLIN JACKSON: How scary is that?! Blistering pace displayed by the

USA, and very, very good baton changes. I was wondering whether

they were going to go off a little bit too quick, but you could see,

they were spot on. There was a bit of white take on the floor, which

is exactly where Williams took off, and boy, did she take off?! 41.64,

the winning time, and they have made it clear, they are here to

take the gold medal. Every single runner in this team will be

thinking, I could be in the final, and want to keep my place. So they

are working hard not to make any mistakes, to keep everything as

mistakes are made, no medals are given out in the semi-finals. The

United States have made it clear that they can be safe and fast. It

was a brilliant run. That certainly makes amends for four years ago,

when they did not even make it through the heats. And this was the

fourth fastest time in history, let alone the Olympic Games. I don't

know what I would do if I was the American coach, because those four

athletes obviously worked very well together. Do I bring in somebody

Taylor, the favourite for this event, the world champion, needs to

get one in... Oh, he has. Let me tell you, that is not a nice

position to be in. I do not blame him for being that far behind the

board. The lead is still held by Will Claye from the second round.

Taylor, well, he has got into the final three jumps.

STEVE CRAM: I have popped downstairs, so many people are

talking about this race. A brilliant run from David Rudisha,

and he spoke to Phil Jones. Congratulations, What a Performance

- a world record and gold medal, can you describe the moment? I am

very happy. I have been waiting for this for a very long time. To come

here and do this is unbelievable. To plan to win the gold medal is

one thing, to plan to do it with a world record is another - how long

has it been in the making? I had no doubt about winning, but I was

waiting for perfect conditions to break the world record. I knew that

this year, I was in the shape to do it. But today, the weather was

beautiful, so I decided just to go for it. You have done it for your

dad, who won silver in 1968, and also for Sebastian Coe. Sebastian

Coe is a very good friend of mine. I was here in February, he told me

what I could do, and he brought me around the stadium. I said I wanted

USA there. Brazil and Nigeria, we will have to wait and see whether

they can go through as a fastest loser, but it was a very, very

quick time by the nine-times champion's the USA. Christian

Taylor will be very relieved to get gold medal jump he has gone way

past. We saw in Daegu last year that this man can compete. I

thought Idowu had won the world title last year, and then this man

did 17.96. He has shown here this evening once again what he can do.

PAUL DICKENSON: He absolutely nailed that, and that could be a

gold medal for Christian Taylor. STEVE CRAM: Well, that was a quick

first semi-final, and these teams know what they have to do. Two

fastest losers' spots, but Jamaica will not be looking for that.

Veronica Campbell-Brown and Shelly- Ann Fraser Price are not here, so

they will be hoping that this obviously a fast track, and as

David Rudisha said, it is a lovely night. Jamaica, in lane six, Russia

outside them. Germany will go well get the baton round safely, as they

did in that first heat. Jamaica have started well. That was not the

best of changes, however. The Russians have had a nightmare! They

might get a red flag, we will have to wait and see. Jamaica leading at

the moment. That's terrible! Germany going well in nine. Ukraine

have come into it. It could be Ukraine... It is going to be close.

Jamaica get it. That was 42.35, with horrible changeovers. We saw

some horrible changeovers. Germany probably had the most trouble-free

run, in third. Let's see if Colin can sort this out. We think Jamaica

might have gone out... I think their third runner went off a bit

too soon, her arm was all over the place, she was not focusing. I

think she may have just got the baton in time, and then tidied it

up in time, but if there is a red flag, they will be scrutinising it

very closely. Jamaica were totally relying on leg speed, relying on

their athletes being faster than the others. They have ended up

qualifying, but only just. Out of the blocks, it was a really nice

first leg. She did her job very well indeed. But even this

changeover here, it was a really safe effort. Simpson going down the

back straight, passes it on, but watch this... Give me the baton!

Thank you very much! Just got it in not stable, and it is a very

difficult when you are moving at speed, if someone is moving their

hand, that is the target you are trying to aim for. But they got

away with it this time. She tries to grab instead of keeping it,

Simpson is saying to herself, what are you doing?! They will not want

to do this in the final. Not if they want to have any chance of

beating the United States. The US are looking very strong at the

moment. Jamaica have Fraser-Pryce to bring in, maybe Campbell-Brown,

who has not been running so well, it will be interesting to see what

team lines up for them, but they have the ability to be quicker than

that. We saw that from that changeover if nothing else. So they

round the outside. The fastest losers will come from the first

Just over 22 minutes until Bolt against Blake and the rest of. Let

me show you a bit more read a footage, a very different kind.

This is what happened this morning in the heats. Look at the man in

first 200 metres with two legs, and the last with one leg. He broke his

leg at the 200 metres mark. You can see he is running in an awkward

fashion. In his quiet afterwards he said he actually felt his leg break

at the 200 metres point, and the first thought that came into his

mind was, I have got to finish. That is a great team mate to have!

Running on a broken leg! Just very quickly, the British men ran pretty

well this morning. They did, very well indeed. All the legs, they ran

grade, but in particular for me, Jack Green was superb. I think he

clocked the fastest of the four dies. Moving on, this is a subject

that doesn't get raised very often, but the fact is, not a single white

athlete has contested the men's 100 metres final for 32 years in the

Olympics. The only one is Christophe Lemaitre or, who is

running tonight. So it brings the whole issue of nature or nurture

In a man -- November 1859, when Origin of species by Charles Darwin

was published, it was condensed by Herbert Spencer, survival of the

fittest. Darwin wrote, by means of natural selection. But it wasn't

long before scientists were experimenting with less natural

means. They wanted to accelerate an evolutionary process. Eugenics was

the science of improving the genetic composition of a population.

There was a negative side, the elimination of defective this, who

corrupted the gene pool. The most distorted manifestation of this was

Nazi Germany. Hitler thought he could breed the Aryan race. Through

eugenics, those deemed undesirable, the promiscuous, Communists, the

Roma, the entire Jewish race, could be exterminated. Genetic cleansing

In this room will be discussed and resolved the vital issues between

which the East and West are divided. After a second world war the EU

very short -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirmed that men

and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality

or religion, have the right to marry and found a family. And that

should have been that, the end of the dangerous idea. But two things

happened. The first had already happened, back in 1936 at the

Berlin Olympic Games. Hitler's supposed showpiece for his ideas.

Making a mockery of Nazi ideology with it -- his achievements was to

see a wins, the winner of four gold medals. Ironically, this destroyer

of the Aryan myth was an oppressed schism in his own land. Born in

Alabama in what was called the segregated South. The lot of the

black man in America would barely improved over the next 32 years.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos chose the Olympic rostrum in Mexico City

to demonstrate just that. We wanted to symbolise that we are at a meet

in track and field, we are black Black power, that is the second

thing. But the past 80 years, -- for the past 80 years, sprint

events have been dominated by black athletes. From Jesse Owens to Usain

Bolt and Yohan Blake right now. The there have been Dwight winners, but

only one white sprinter has ever run under 10 seconds for the 100

metres, Christophe Lemaitre, and he is a long way behind the Jamaicans.

Even those who have one the Best Of Canada or Britain, just about all

of them can trace their ancestry back to West Africa. That is, to

slaves. And here we come back to eugenics, the theory of accelerated

selection. Who was it that survived being put in shackles, packed into

slave ships and taken across the ocean? Who was it who survived the

sugar plantations? Of the fittest. Only the fittest could survive. The

latest suggestion it in the science of sprinting is that you need be

none muted version of the skeleton of muscle gene, who could argue

with that? Except, given what are sometimes come out of the

laboratory for sprinters, we should perhaps remain a little sceptical.

The point is, the scientists are back in the gene pool, fishing. Is

it dangerous? Do we know where it will lead? Gene doping is the next

great fear or among people who were trying to keep sport clean. But now,

we are no where near saying that child X will win one day because he

has inherited the right cocktail of genes. For the moment we are as

unpredictable and full of mystery as ever. As Darwin said, from so

simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful

have been and are being involved. - - evolved. Fascinating stuff. I'm

sure all the kids at home are saying I don't want to do biology

until September! Colleen, your Oram authority on this, what is your

take? I was lucky to be part of a BBC programme where they took

biopsies, etc, to see what my genetic make-up was. One of the

things we found out was that what I had was I had a fast stretch

muscles, and when they cross- referenced with other Afro-American

and Caribbean athletes, it was about 98% of the whole genetic pool

had this type of musculature. About 80% of European -- white European

athletes had this as well, and the ability to run fast. So they put it

down to the fact that it is more about the merger, because we

haven't quite found the white man yet he was got blonde hair and blue

eyes he can do it. Are we at the point that if you were a talented

athlete at 14, 15, there is almost an institutional programme that

brings you will be able to compete at the highest level in the sprint?

I don't fix it, I did a programme on this as well, we looked at the

slave trade and how that may have affected genes, we interviewed a

lot of scientists and historians and they all have different

philosophies. At the end of the day, what we come back to is no matter

what the situation, you may be predisposed to being a sprinter or

have the talent to be a sprinter, but doesn't necessarily mean you

are going to get there. There are so many different factors that

played into whether an athlete will succeed or not and whether they

will alter it to reach their full potential. If you're playing the

laws of probability, if a two people have broken 10 seconds, 81

of them are black, surely that is so overwhelming it is

incontrovertible. It is not. Because look at Jamaica, for

example. There is no doubt about that part of the reason Jamaica has

such great sprinters in that tiny country, you cannot deny the fact

that not only is athletics the national sport, sprinting is the

national sport, so kids grow up seeing sprinters will look like

them, who come from the same neighbourhoods they come from,

those of their role models and heroes. If you have that same

situation with white sprinters, if you have a five Christophe

Lemaitres, and they are heroes in that neighbourhood, in that

community, those kids are going to want to do that as well. The more

you decide you want to follow that path are more likely you are to

find them. Genes can contribute, and if you have a version of the

gene, you have a slight advantage in terms of your probability to

become a great sprinter, but doesn't mean you are going to be.

Denise, you're desperate to get in. I was going to ask whether climate

has a part to play, warm conditions, environment, as you clearly said,

motivation by fellow athletes, the inspiration... I think the

environment certainly has something to do with it, access to facilities,

coaching, all of those things, motivation. Live pictures here from

the warm-up track. There is the man. It is getting nearer and nearer to

the moment of truth for him and Blake. It must be interesting

walking down the street with Usain Bolt, in an area with a lot of CCTV.

He seems to know exactly where every camera is the meetings to be

looking for them wherever he goes. And he has got big guns, to! That

is to tutor! Fattest nature and nurture. That is all a larger. I

cannot do that. It is Frank Lampard! Goodness me, and next door

to one of the Chelsea's most famous fans, Seb Coe on his left. The

Premier League season starts in nine days' time. There is a

thought! The Charity Shield is on Sunday. But anyway, please, the

Olympic Games, carrying on for another three days. In terms of the

other seven, we talked a bit about Blake, but we have forgotten the

other six. Is there any body in there who can consider a silver

medal tonight or are they all going for bronze? They have to be aware

that something could happen to one of the big guns, they have to be

ready to take advantage. What we have here is an exciting race for

the bronze, if we are going to give the gold and silver to Blake and to

Bolt. We have got Wallace Spearmon, Christophe Lemaitre from France, we

also have the young kid, Warren Weir out of Jamaica. That is going

to be a great race behind Bolt and Blake. Those three guys are very

evenly matched. Talk about the importance of the lane draw, with

The lane draw is going to be interesting, and I think Lemaitre

is the man who's going to suffer the most from it. He is drawn in

lane two. He might struggle to get his long legs around the bend. But

it is similar to the Jamaican Championships, and Yohan Blake

managed to sneak up on Usain Bolt when it really mattered, coming

towards the line. So, Usain Bolt will know this, he has been here

before with Yohan Blake, and I think he will enjoy this. He will

go for it and say, OK, if you want this title, you're going to have to

catch me. When did Ecuador last have a top international sprinter?

They have altitude, which maybe helps. Actually, Quinonez has done

very well, he has saved his best performances for the Olympic Games.

But back to the lane draw, I think Wallace Spearmon is in the best

position. Weir is in the worst, he has got Bolt just behind him, out

in lane eight. I don't think it is that take that it is going to

actually cause him any trouble getting round the bend. He knows

exactly what he needs to do. sure a lot of people watching will

say, there are nine lanes - why are they not using the outside two?

is just that lane one is very tight. So, you give everybody a little bit

of relief, by moving them outwards. You can see the stadium now. Dusk

is falling at the moment, and we are building up to the main event

of the evening, the Men's 200m Final. It is a busy night in the

Olympic Park, with Great Britain player in the Netherlands in the

semi-finals of the hockey. They're fighting for the right to play

Germany, who played some unbelievable hockey this afternoon,

in beating Australia. Something you cannot quite see in that picture,

up to the right, up at Wembley Stadium, the final of the Women's

Football, that's Japan against the United States. We have got the

women's javelin taking place tonight, and you can also follow,

if you wish, the final of the Men's Triple Jump. I always think it is

quite old fashioned to see the man carrying a sign like that. It is no

different from the old footage of the Olympic Games! Anyway, here

they come. A great reception for these great athletes. Seven minutes

to go - what tactics is Blake going to employ, Michael? I think he is

in a good position, being behind Bolt, so he can see him. He is

going to try to run him down. He will want to make sure that Bolt

does not get too far ahead, but he is not going to try to come off the

curved ahead of ball macro, he will try to come off even with him, and

then hope that all the training he does, he will try to use that

coming down the home stretch to try to catch Bolt. The only problem for

him - Bolt might already be gone. This is all happening in just over

19 seconds - how are you able to formulate these tactical ideas in

your mind, running at that speed? How do you assimilate that

information and assess the race? That is the brilliance of being a

sprinter, and what is so amazing about sprinters. We marvel at

sprinters, at what we see, but what you do not see his incredible, the

analysis which is going on during the race, and the assessments which

are going on. That's why I am such a great analyst here, because of

all of the analysis that will have had to do! I have worked hard

analysing those competitors out there! So, this is a breeze. That

is why you're leaving us, and going to the commentary box! Colin, in

terms of how you expect this race to pan out this evening, is it a

two-horse race? I believe it is. Usain Bolt has always said he wants

to win this title, he wants to retain his 200m crown. In the

Jamaican Championships, after Yohan Blake beat him, he said something

really simple, that he would never let that happen again. Well, let's

see if that's true. Almost two race is going on within the one. Like

Michael says, Wallace Spearmon, if he runs Mocholi, like we know he

can, he could really upset what we might consider to be a Jamaican

clean sweep. It is going to be interesting. I cannot wait. I will

try to stay in my seat, but I cannot promise. You have got form

for leaping out of that seat during these Championships! Anyway,

JOHN INVERDALE: Well, the world stopped for just under 10 seconds

at the weekend, and it is going to stop for double that time, or

thereabouts, tonight. Steve Cram is going to describe it.

STEVE CRAM: A little word of encouragement, perhaps, to the

youngster Warren Weir. So, what are you doing later on? Can you run a

little bit? He is so relaxed. It was nice to see the little gesture

between these two, the same has happened in the 100m, just a little

acknowledgement. The two training partners, friends, and now rivals.

So, the Men's 200m Final will line up like this... Well, a false start

for us on the start list! Here it here, it is all yellow and green.

So much support for him - his family are here, Jamaican flags all

round the bend. They look relaxed. I'm sure the nerves are jangling

just a little. Just waiting for these last few, anxious moments. It

never seems to bother Bolt or Blake. Most people are expecting that Bolt

will strike again. Just to talk about the conditions briefly, we

have been watching the triple-jump, and the wind has come up a bit.

Just looking at some of the jumps in the last couple of rounds, the

wind is in their face, which means it will be with these 200m

sprinters down the home straight, which augurs well. We have had one

world record tonight - are we going to get another? He is watching

himself on the big screen. They are playing the semi-finals at the

moment. Lemaitre, the Frenchman, who ran brilliantly last year to

take the bronze medal at the World Championships. He was four tenths

behind Bolt, and that remains Lemaitre's personal best. Can

Jamaica get a clean sweep here, or will Lemaitre and Martina, also

class, I guess, as a European, he is the European champion,

originally from the Dutch Antilles, winning for the Netherlands...? He

finished second to Bolt four years ago but was disqualified on that

occasion for running out of his lane. There's a great atmosphere

here. The flashes are going around already. The crowd are trying to

soak up the atmosphere. So, from the inside... The tall, I hesitate

to say elegant, figure of Christophe Lemaitre. Because

sometimes, it is not the most beautiful sprinting from the

Frenchman. Yohan Blake, the world champion at 100m, silver-medallist

India Olympic Games, known to most that race, was disqualified. Just

listen to this... APPLAUSE AND CHEERING the royal

wave from the King of sprinting. 22 years of age, former hurdler now

turned world-class sprinter Warren Weir. And on the outside, from

South Africa, Jobodwana. Here we go, then. Bolt versus Blake II. This,

the event which he started at, the event where he burst onto the scene

as a junior, when he was just 15, winning the World Championships.

Since then, he has dominated the world of sprinting not only at 200,

but also at 100. Silence descends upon the Olympic Stadium. The Men's

the blocks really well! Blake has got a lot to do! Look at Bolt go!

He leads by three metres, coming into the home straight! Here comes

Click. But he is not going to catch him! Bolt is going to do it again!

Watch the clock. 19.32. Gold all the way. Well, he is unique. You

cannot argue that he has no equal. He is just incomparable in the

world of sprinting. The only man ever to have defended the Olympic

200m title, and that's just the latest statistic in what is

becoming a long, long list of superlative performances for Usain

Bolt. Warren Weir has got the bronze. A Jamaican clean sweep. And

the man who was brushing them all away at the front, as ever, Usain

Bolt. No world record tonight. One of the quickest 200m ever, though.

The world record is held by the man sitting next to me, and he did it

back in 1996. Just for maybe 10-15 metres, it looked as though Yohan

Blake was closing him down, but it was a brilliant blend from Bolt.

And what about Warren Weir, with a personal best? What a night for

moments to himself. But he never has any privacy. Not before now,

and certainly not in the future. His exploits on the track mean that

the whole world wants to know his every move and want to listen to

his every word. Michael, let's analyse the race. A great start in

the 200, and another great start here after the 100. Yohan Blake got

up and found that Bolt was already gone. He displayed some speed in

this race that I hadn't seen. Starting to Labour a little bit at

the end, but he drops his arms and did not need to run through the

finish line. He is looking at the clock and he sees it's not going to

be a world record, and he knows he is not on the pace, so he

celebrates a little bit early. But a great race by eight Usain Bolt

nonetheless. And a very good race from Yohan Blake. And then Warren

Weir, a sweep for Jamaica for the medals. He takes another look over.

He was concerned about Blake. But that is something that shows you a

little bit about Bolt in this race, he was a little bit concerned. He

knew that Blake would have a better chance of possibly getting ahead of

him. He was always confident in the 100 but was concerned with Blake in

the 200 because he works harder, and Bolt admits that. But the draw

made him more concerned, being out in No. 7, with Blake in four. So he

did look for him a few times, but he never found him. Usain Bolt

defends his title and takes the 200 run of his career. And the clean

sweep completed by young Warren we're, taking the bronze. Us --

of journeys to Visa Olympic finals for Usain Bolt. All the conjecture

about the state of his fitness which was something that was

starting to build, and it did add to the sense of occasion, that

perhaps we thought he could get beaten. We have the temerity to

just hold the thought for the shortest period of time that

perhaps Blake could come and use up -- usurp the great man. You cannot

just call him the greatest, because that belongs to Muhammad Ali, so

they will have to find some other title for Bolt. But he is, and

always will be, standing above the world of sprinting, and maybe in

the sport of track and field. I don't know if the sport has ever

seen such a hero. Only time will tell. Only time will tell how his

exploits argued in the future and how he is compared to the greats

such as Jesse Owens. That in terms of his performances, I don't think

he can be compared to anyone. And just like the other night, the

British fans enjoyed a fantastic hour or so. Somebody will be saying

they were there, and it will be the There is always a measure of luck

involved in sport, and Yohan Blake might be thinking he is unlucky to

be born when he was, because it is just not fair. A great race and an

extraordinary exhibition. And was it five times he glanced across,

the master to the pupil, to make sure that Blake knew his place? And

Bolt's place in history is assured. Denise, you were excited. That was

fantastic. The glancing over, I do not know if it was the pupil and

teacher, or whether he was worried he was coming, but it was a great

race. We just knew it would be a great race like this. It was

fantastic to watch, great to see Yohan Blake looking at Warren we're

-- a Warren Weir, almost like he That Stadium tonight has seen one

of the great athletics races. In 1988 and 1984 there were clean

sweeps for the Americans, but now for the Jamaicans. I think the

Jamaicans will be very happy. First three in the trials, and they

delivered the first three medals. Fantastic to see that. An exciting

performance from Usain Bolt, but really only that satisfactory. He

knew he was up against it. I think he is saying to his critics,

silence, I have done it. On these occasions you look ahead,

irrespective and maybe he will want to find the Swedish handball team

at 3am in the morning, but people asked if he can do this again in

four years' time, but as we spoke after Beijing, does he think about

doing the 400, or nothing to do with athletics? I think people

under estimate how smart and in tune with himself he is. That is

consistent with most athletes. He knows and understands himself. He

knows he does not want to work so close to Usain Bolt before. Not

over 200 metres. He was a bit concerned with this, and it shows

something about him, in this race, that he knew, and everybody knew,

that this was the one where Blake could beat him. He delivered, and

that is what I think he was saying when he crossed the line and put

his fingers to his lips. He showed that he could run under any

circumstances, even if he is not at his best. And he was a little

concerned, with those glances over. But the sweep by the Jamaicans is a

real loud and clear message. In 2008 in Beijing they took a lot of

medals and people thought it was the first time it would happen and

it is just a little flash-in-the- pan, but they are here to stay.

Here he is, taking pictures. How can you not love Usain Bolt? He is

so great for the sport and the Olympic Games. He is the man. You

have got to give it to him. He is such a phenomenal athlete, but a

great person. He has fun, people love him. This kind of thing is

what the sport needs. And the other thing as well, as Blake tries to

get in, and I don't blame him because it's a great time to be a

Jamaican sprinter, lots of people are trying to delay, but they don't

look like him. When they do their little antics on the start line,

they don't look like Bolt. He spoke to the girl in charge of the draw

and was having a conversation with her, two minutes before running a

race like that. Just extraordinary. He is very much in control. Even

though he is doing those things, he is thinking about the race and

concentrating. I couldn't do that. I had to be totally focused and

silent and could not speak to anyone. It is not that he was

relaxed and taking it lightly, he was just as focused when the gun

goes off as when I was doing it, but he have the ability to switch

But doesn't he personified Jamaican personality? It is what to expect

on that island, and they will be rocking from Kingston, to Antonio

and everywhere in between. Any time is party time. It is fantastic to

see. Like Michael said, he's been himself and he brings something

very unique to the world of athletics. The biggest global

superstar in sport, I think you can say that. Maybe Tiger Woods or

Roger Federer at that time, but from Ecuador to the Philippines and

all parts in between, he is the man. I am pleased that he achieved what

he set as a target. This is his goal. He wanted to do it, so he has

trained and delivered, so he should sit back and whatever he decides,

he should do it for himself. As far as I can see, he has been the best

track and field sprinter we have ever seen and the best Olympia 2 --

Olympian as well, no doubt. Where does he go next? When people start

to expect a world record after world record, Olympic records, what

is the motivation? You are exactly right. He gets to the point where

it becomes so very difficult. I was criticised for not winning a race

by enough, and that is when you know that you have nowhere to go.

But he is going to find himself in that position very quickly. He said

to me that he needed to repeat as an Olympic champion at the 102

hundred to consider himself a true legend, even though we consider him

a legend. Now he has achieved it, and he has talked about the long

jump, but I don't see it happening. It is the obvious incentive to wait

a third time? I don't think it holds any motivation for him. I do

not think it is there. It does not sound like that, three times.

also the margins are getting closer. We talked about the distance in

Beijing, but it is not that any more, we are talking about two

metres or one metre in the hundred metres. He is now bigger celebrity

than he was before. And Michael said about what you have to put

your body through to get the performances out, it is tough

training and tough competing and with the addicts -- the added

expectation of the world, that makes it a bit of a bind. It gets

to the point where it is no longer fun, and that is when it is

difficult. We are hoping to have an interview with Usain Bolt, but he

has gone off for another run. He is going for another lap of honour.

Does he not understand his media obligations, for heaven's sake?

has made it clear that the fans come first. Great scenes. We are

lucky to be here and we are lucky to watch it at home, but the 80,000

in here tonight, when you see greatness, in whatever shape or

form, you have to take a step back and think how fortunate you were to

see it. The other thing we talked about was Blake, but you talk about

him being the most unlucky because he is in the era of Bolt, but what

a great time to beer -- to be a Jamaican sprinter. Yohan Blake is

not suffering, believe me. He has got the two silver medals and that

is a great performance and he is caught up in a fantastic time for

Jamaica, as a country. Usain Bolt won, but he didn't break the world

record. But a medal ceremony is We have had a couple of

unbelievable races tonight, and that 200 was good, but this will go

down as the greatest 800 metre race in history, led by David Rudisha. A

gold medal for him and for Kenya, and a new world record. 1.4 0.91.

The first man to go under 1.41. And on the rostrum, the two teenagers,

Amos, the world junior champion, and Timothy Kitum, with a whole

host of personal bests behind Russia -- Rudisha. This man may

eventually go down as the greatest 800 metre runner in history. He is

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

We now have the national anthem of David Rudishar, the pride of Kenya.

A new world record will be something I will remember for the

rest of my life. He may well go on to run faster, but to do it in the

Olympic final was truly memorable. Our sport is blessed at the moment

with some fantastic champions. He represents I was all very well, but

this is the man whose picture goes around the world. I hope Rudy she

get some credit for what he's done tonight. - at Rudisha. Inevitably

for headlines will be about this man and the fact that the Jamaican

sprinter has managed a one-two- Come in. Bring your team mates.

Congratulations, you wanted to come here and cement to legend, you have

done that. Tell me what it means. This is what I wanted and I got it.

I'm very proud of myself. I came here to do what I had to do. Is it

more special to celebrate with these guys? I know my coach will be

going crazy right now. We have been working all season, we have pushed

each other. This is the end product. What about this guy? You have

pushed him hard all year. First and foremost, I have to thank God. He

has been there. Usain Bolt has motivated me all season. I have to

give thanks to Warren weir. Warren, go Dubai know the national anthem

is playing. Go tell me what this performance does for you going

forward. You have it delivered today. It is a great honour to come

here and do what my country wanted. I would like to thank my mother, my

fiancee, everybody. You are sharing a lot of love with people in the

crowd. Yes. The Laursen in London is very, very good. -- have a laugh

in London. One Love, Jamaica. lot of Jamaican flags flying. He is

a ploy Ding Rudishar and he applauds -- deserves it. -- he is