BBC One: Day 14: 09.00-11.30

:01:50. > :01:53.Good morning, and welcome to the Olympic Park which, last night,

:01:54. > :01:58.witnessed history, as Usain Bolt claimed a unique sprint double. The

:01:58. > :02:01.first man ever to retain both the 100 and 200 metre titles. It was a

:02:01. > :02:04.memorable day for Great Britain as well, with three gold medals,

:02:04. > :02:13.including the first ever in taekwondo. And today, two more

:02:13. > :02:16.British fighters are hoping to continue that trend.

:02:16. > :02:26.It's been an emotional journey for Sarah Stevenson, who's looking for

:02:26. > :02:29.

:02:29. > :02:32.a second Olympic medal. Could she make it a gold this time?

:02:32. > :02:36.Lutalo Muhammad finally has his chance at the arena, selected ahead

:02:36. > :02:39.of world number one Aaron Cook. Will he prove the doubters wrong?

:02:39. > :02:44.High hopes for Britain's boxers. This time, it's the men.

:02:44. > :02:47.Can they follow in Nicola Adams' footsteps?

:02:47. > :02:56.And it's another busy morning of canoe sprint. After a disappointing

:02:56. > :02:59.few days, can Great Britain find inspiration on the water?

:02:59. > :03:02.The action from Eton Dorney begins at 9.30, where we'll see Britain's

:03:02. > :03:09.former world champion Ed McKeever, as well as Richard Jeffries and

:03:09. > :03:10.Sarah Stevenson's last 16 contest begins at 10.30. Followed by Lutalo

:03:11. > :03:14.Muhammed. They'll both have afternoon

:03:14. > :03:18.quarter-finals, around 3.30, should they progress.

:03:18. > :03:20.There's a double bill of sailing, if the wind blows in Weymouth.

:03:21. > :03:24.Double medal hopes for Britain there in the 470 class.

:03:24. > :03:26.Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips both feature in the semi-finals of

:03:26. > :03:30.the BMX. And, no action in the Olympic

:03:30. > :03:33.Stadium this morning. But the athletics tonight includes

:03:33. > :03:39.Steve Lewis in the pole vault, Sophie Hitchon in the hammer. And

:03:39. > :03:42.Lisa Dobriskey in the 1500 metre So, plenty for the home crowd to

:03:42. > :03:52.cheer on tonight. Last night, though, wherever you were from, you

:03:52. > :03:56.

:03:56. > :04:06.simply had to sit back and admire a sprinting legend.

:04:06. > :04:06.

:04:06. > :04:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds

:04:54. > :05:00.COMMENTATOR: The moment of truth This, the event where he burst onto

:05:00. > :05:10.the scene as a junior when he was just 15. Winning the World

:05:10. > :05:11.

:05:11. > :05:21.Championships. He has dominated the world of its printing -- sprinting.

:05:21. > :05:39.

:05:39. > :05:43.Not only at 200, but also at 100. clean start. Bolt out of the blocks

:05:43. > :05:49.well, he is already storming around the bend. Blake has a lot to do.

:05:49. > :05:53.Look at Bolt go. As they come into the home straight. Here comes Blake,

:05:53. > :05:57.running him down, but he's not going to catch him. Bolt is going

:05:57. > :06:07.to do it again. Watch the clock, 19.32. Gold all the way. Blake

:06:07. > :06:14.

:06:14. > :06:22.argue that he has no equal. He is just incomparable in the world of

:06:22. > :06:26.Usain, congratulations, you wanted to come here and cement your

:06:26. > :06:31.legend,, you have done that, the double double. Tell me what that

:06:31. > :06:35.means. It is what I wanted, and I got it. I am very proud. I had a

:06:35. > :06:39.rough season. I came here to do what I had to do. Is it all the

:06:39. > :06:42.more special to celebrate with all these guys?. My coach is probably

:06:42. > :06:48.going crazy. We have been working hard all season, and pushed each

:06:48. > :06:53.other. We are happy. Finally, this year has not been the easiest of

:06:53. > :06:57.build-ups. You said you were 95% fit, and yet you have still been

:06:57. > :07:04.able to do this. Sum up what this means, in the context of the whole

:07:04. > :07:09.season? It is hard. For me, it was hard. I am really dedicated to my

:07:09. > :07:14.work and I know what London meant to me. For me, I'm happy. You are a

:07:14. > :07:20.legend. Usain Bolt!

:07:20. > :07:30.Couldn't have said it better myself. The first man to defend this title.

:07:30. > :07:36.

:07:36. > :07:44.His fourth Olympic gold medal. No world records this time. What to a

:07:44. > :07:47.remarkable light. So, two golds for Usain Bolt. And, with all the

:07:47. > :07:50.Jamaican's on the podium, you wouldn't bet against medal number

:07:50. > :07:54.three coming tomorrow night in the relay. A fantastic time of 19.32,

:07:54. > :07:57.but no world record. That was left to Kenya's 800 metre star David

:07:57. > :08:07.Rudisha. For those who hadn't heard of him before these Games, last

:08:07. > :08:13.

:08:13. > :08:23.night ensured that was about to An COMMENTATOR: This man is a very

:08:23. > :08:28.

:08:28. > :08:32.special indeed, he is so dominant David Rudisha, the hottest

:08:32. > :08:37.favourite at these Games in track and field.

:08:37. > :08:42.David Rudisha, as ever, loves to be in front. That is a phenomenal

:08:42. > :08:48.opening. Can they hang on, they are starting

:08:48. > :08:53.to fade. Look at that. It is all about David Rudisha. Already the

:08:53. > :08:58.world record holder, already the world champion. Striding away to

:08:58. > :09:07.become the Olympic champion, how quick but it be, watched the clock?

:09:07. > :09:12.That is the world record! Unbelievable. The greatest ever

:09:12. > :09:17.800-metre race anybody has ever run that I have ever seen.

:09:17. > :09:21.This is the moment I have been waiting for, for a very long time.

:09:22. > :09:26.To come here and break the world record is something unbelievable. I

:09:26. > :09:36.had no doubt about winning, but I was waiting for a perfect finish.

:09:36. > :09:37.

:09:37. > :09:42.Today, the weather was beautiful. David's father Daniel won a silver

:09:42. > :09:46.for Kenya, in the 4x400m team relay. And he was hoping to compete there

:09:46. > :09:49.too. But, with the early stages of that scheduled for yesterday

:09:49. > :09:58.morning, it was probably best he saved himself for that stunning

:09:58. > :10:01.performance last night. There's Great Britain's 4x400m team have

:10:01. > :10:02.made it through to that. It takes place at 9.20.

:10:03. > :10:06.Here's the full plan for the evening.

:10:06. > :10:09.At 7.45, it's the men's sprint relays, with Britain in the first

:10:09. > :10:14.heat, along with Jamaica. And around 8.40, it's the final of

:10:14. > :10:17.the women's 4x100m. USA are hot favourites, despite their baton

:10:17. > :10:20.issues at the last two Olympics. The world champions were top

:10:20. > :10:24.qualifiers, despite resting double sprint medallist Carmelita Jeter,

:10:24. > :10:27.and 200m champion Allyson Felix. And, as we mentioned earlier,

:10:27. > :10:37.plenty of British interest in the stadium in the pole vault, hammer

:10:37. > :10:38.

:10:38. > :10:40.Now over in Weymouth. Olympic sailing has reached its final stage.

:10:40. > :10:45.And yesterday, there was disappointment, as the benign

:10:45. > :10:50.conditions prevented any racing at all. That does mean a bonus double

:10:50. > :10:53.bill today, as both Britain's 470 crews go in search of gold. Luke

:10:53. > :10:56.Patience and Stuart Bithell should be setting off about midday, wind

:10:56. > :11:06.permitting, with Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark in the women's race

:11:06. > :11:08.

:11:08. > :11:14.about an hour later. Let's join I had better ask you for a weather

:11:14. > :11:19.forecast, is it more promising? looks a lot more promising, the

:11:19. > :11:24.direction of the winds should help the sea breezes build. Everyone is

:11:24. > :11:30.pretty confident that racing will happen. A very exciting today for

:11:30. > :11:39.Team GB, guaranteed two silver medals and in the hunt to upgrade

:11:39. > :11:46.those two gold medals. We will see both of these 470 crews in action.

:11:46. > :11:51.First, it is the men. They have to get one boat between them and the

:11:51. > :11:55.Aussies. A great battle which we all laugh. So, we might see them

:11:55. > :11:59.playing a round before the start, tried to get in front of each other,

:12:00. > :12:06.to make sure they start before the other one. I spoke to them

:12:06. > :12:10.yesterday, they said, we are going to attack the Aussies. The Aussies

:12:10. > :12:14.are world champions. They were the favourites coming into this event.

:12:14. > :12:21.But they are used to winning easily, they are not normally challenged

:12:21. > :12:26.like this. They might be on the back foot.

:12:26. > :12:35.If this is one of the smaller classes in the sailing competition?

:12:35. > :12:45.Yes, it is double-handed lightweight. They are small, the

:12:45. > :12:52.boats do not weigh very much. So it is very precise. It is hard to sail.

:12:52. > :12:57.A what about Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark later on?

:12:57. > :13:03.They have been on fire. They have done so well. They were pushed

:13:03. > :13:08.together a year ago, and Hannah Mills stepped in. She was a

:13:08. > :13:12.fabulous seller at youth level, a real talent at this level. She

:13:12. > :13:19.didn't think she would go to the Olympics. Here she is on the last

:13:19. > :13:26.day of the competition on equal points with the Kiwis. They are

:13:26. > :13:31.confident, enjoying the Olympic Games, no sign of nerves.

:13:31. > :13:36.You have been watching all of the sailing from the start. We know

:13:36. > :13:42.about Ben Ainslie. What has the overall Great Britain performance

:13:43. > :13:48.been like? It depends on today. They could be the top nation, with

:13:49. > :13:53.three gold medals, two and silver medals. If not, perhaps the

:13:53. > :13:58.Australians could be the top nation. Britain has been the top nation in

:13:58. > :14:05.sailing, since Sydney, so they will be disappointed to lose that crown.

:14:05. > :14:10.It is a big day in Weymouth, lots of anticipation. When you watch

:14:10. > :14:15.them go out, do you wish you were out there racing again or are you

:14:15. > :14:21.happy to be standing there, talking to us? It is hard work doing this

:14:21. > :14:27.as well. I suppose I know what is behind it, how hard they have to

:14:27. > :14:33.work, how much pressure there is on them. I do not miss that. But it is

:14:33. > :14:40.a beautiful sailing day to day. To put you on the spot, to think we

:14:40. > :14:48.might end up with two gold medals in sailing today? I really do.

:14:48. > :14:54.Their first Olympic Games, Stuart Bithell and Luke Patience. They are

:14:54. > :14:57.really confident. They have nothing Toulouse. I think the Aussies have,

:14:57. > :15:06.there is a lot of expectation on the Australians. They could well

:15:06. > :15:13.deliver. It is Hannah Mills's first Olympic Games. She is guaranteed a

:15:13. > :15:23.silver. They will be more relaxed because of that. Two gold medals

:15:23. > :15:35.

:15:35. > :15:40.Sailing begins in Weymouth around midday. Now, let's talk about

:15:40. > :15:44.boxing because Nicola Adams from leads boxed her way to an Olympic

:15:44. > :15:49.milestone yesterday with her flyweight gold becoming the first

:15:49. > :15:59.the Olympic gold medal for women's boxing. Katie Taylor from Ireland

:15:59. > :16:07.

:16:07. > :16:17.follow suit in the lightweight and COMMENTATOR: Nicola Adams

:16:17. > :16:20.

:16:20. > :16:25.representing Great Britain has come out absolutely blazing. What a

:16:25. > :16:35.stunning right cross from Nicola Adams. A legitimate knockdown, the

:16:35. > :16:38.

:16:38. > :16:45.counter will be issued. The lead has increased further. Nicola Adams

:16:45. > :16:51.has just made history. Olympic champion, representing

:16:51. > :16:56.Great Britain - and Nicola Adams! I have been dreaming about this

:16:57. > :17:03.since I was 12 years old. The moment is finally here and I have

:17:03. > :17:08.my gold medal for Great Britain. was a fantastic performance, you

:17:08. > :17:14.must be surprised at how well it went, especially the knockdown?

:17:14. > :17:19.Definitely! I was very surprised. But this is what I worked for. We

:17:20. > :17:24.got the tactics spot on. I have trained hard and worked hard.

:17:24. > :17:29.Tactics have paid off. I got in there and got the points on the

:17:29. > :17:36.board. All those years of wandering and having a bad injury and

:17:36. > :17:41.thinking, will I be able to box. Now it seems like a dream, does it?

:17:41. > :17:46.After my injury, I never thought I would box again. To think I have

:17:46. > :17:50.come back and got a gold medal, I could not ask for more. This is

:17:50. > :17:55.what dreams are made for. I would like to thank my family, my mum and

:17:55. > :18:01.brother who have come here and supported. I spoke to your brother

:18:01. > :18:06.before and asked him how he felt. He said, I never knew nerves like

:18:06. > :18:14.this will stop but he needn't have worried? Absolutely not. Nicola

:18:14. > :18:19.Adams is from leads, which means another medals for Yorkshire. Now

:18:19. > :18:29.it is for the men, and it gets under way about 1pm at the ExCel

:18:29. > :18:34.arena. Also, the BMX, and over the first two days we have seen it all.

:18:34. > :18:39.Today it gets serious in the semi- finals. Shanaze Reade was the

:18:39. > :18:47.Olympic favourite in Beijing, but finished 8th. Could 2012 bring the

:18:47. > :18:52.gold medal to the goal from crew? - - girl.

:18:52. > :19:02.To win the Olympic Games is everything to me. I want to be the

:19:02. > :19:14.

:19:14. > :19:18.COMMENTATOR: She has crashed! Beijing made me part of what I am.

:19:18. > :19:23.I have a fantastic support team. My coach has brought me back from the

:19:23. > :19:28.bottom. I was in a bad place from the Olympics. It is about the

:19:28. > :19:32.support team and getting the right people around you. That has been

:19:32. > :19:39.the biggest key of how I got over Beijing and moved on and learn from

:19:39. > :19:44.it, is the team around me. Beijing was a stop-off on the wake to the

:19:44. > :19:49.Olympics and London. Now London is here, it feels right. Some other

:19:49. > :19:54.athletes might be feeling the pressure, but I am excited. I have

:19:54. > :19:59.been round the track and it is a good course. It suits everyone, it

:19:59. > :20:04.has a bit of everything, technical and speed. It will make for great

:20:04. > :20:10.racing. You have got to be so relaxed and calm at the start gate,

:20:10. > :20:16.because if you are not things can go wrong. You have got to want to

:20:16. > :20:20.go out and get out in front, but also be very calm. Become be hard,

:20:20. > :20:24.but it is the final and everyone is lined up and all the other

:20:24. > :20:30.competitors want to do the same thing. You have to learn to control

:20:30. > :20:36.your mind. I think for a long time I did not think I was capable of

:20:36. > :20:41.being an Olympic champion. It was a dream. I used to think, I am a fast

:20:41. > :20:47.BMX rider but don't think I can pull it all together. There was

:20:47. > :20:51.doubt in my mind. But now, if I am watching TV, and so much sport on

:20:51. > :20:58.the TV, I can relate to the Olympic champions and I think I can do this

:20:58. > :21:03.now and be the Olympic champion. Good luck to Shanaze Reade. She

:21:03. > :21:07.starts at 3pm this afternoon with Liam Phillips shortly after that.

:21:07. > :21:16.The canoe sprint races are almost upon us. At Eton Dorney both canoe

:21:16. > :21:25.and Kayak heats are set to take place. We have Ed McKeever in the

:21:25. > :21:29.200m Kay one. He is a former world champion. We have Richard and Helen

:21:29. > :21:35.Reeves at Eton Dorney. We have perfect conditions for a

:21:35. > :21:41.regatta. We have Helen Reeves, Athens bronze-medallist in canoeing.

:21:41. > :21:46.A lot of our hopes in the 200-metre races a going. What are the chances

:21:46. > :21:51.of Jon Schofield and Liam Heath? They have been successful since the

:21:51. > :21:55.discipline was introduced as an Olympic category in 2010. They have

:21:55. > :22:00.been on the podium in every race. We are holding they can hold on,

:22:00. > :22:06.there is only one more race. What about the women's kayak single?

:22:06. > :22:15.Jess Walker has already competed, but this is her a strong event?

:22:15. > :22:22.has been training specifically over the winter and changed coaches. In

:22:22. > :22:25.the K-For, the stroke rate is very high, so she will be looking to

:22:25. > :22:29.come out this morning I used the experience she gained earlier in

:22:29. > :22:35.the week. She needs to get out quickly on this first race and I

:22:35. > :22:41.think it will give her confidence going into the semi-final. The 200-

:22:41. > :22:47.metre races is not so demanding, but it is about explosive power?

:22:47. > :22:53.Absolutely, they work on the gym on the power. Lifting tons of waits a

:22:53. > :23:00.week. And they do need to get muscles going. They don't have the

:23:00. > :23:06.opportunity to let it anything rest. They come out of the blokes --

:23:06. > :23:11.blocks, start their stroke strokes and it is who can hold on the

:23:11. > :23:16.fastest. Richard Jeffries, we saw him earlier in the week. He only

:23:17. > :23:22.has one speed, which is very fast, but that is not good over 1,000m,

:23:22. > :23:27.surely that will be a massive bonus for him? 200m is discipline and he

:23:27. > :23:34.was here to compete in the 1,000m. He will be in his comfort zone

:23:34. > :23:38.today. This is what he spends his time training to do. He will go out

:23:38. > :23:44.there and try and execute it will stop he is someone who came through

:23:44. > :23:49.the same talent spotting scheme Helen Glover did and she had gold

:23:49. > :23:53.medal success in these waters? I don't think he will get a gold

:23:53. > :24:01.medal, but he will be looking for the experience, for him it is about

:24:01. > :24:08.Rio in 2016. Ed McKeever is in the Kayak single, 200m and he will be

:24:08. > :24:14.first out. He has been likened to the Usain Bolt of canoeing? He is

:24:14. > :24:19.the fastest man in a canoe. He came out all guns blazing in 2010 and

:24:19. > :24:25.set a target. He will want to come out and show he is back on form. He

:24:25. > :24:29.has a heat with the guy he was top of the podium at the European

:24:29. > :24:33.Championships. He will want to go into the semi-finals which will be

:24:33. > :24:38.more of a competition to him. haven't had a medal down here in

:24:38. > :24:42.canoeing sprint, what do you think our chances are? We knew it was

:24:42. > :24:50.going to be about Friday and Saturday for British canoeing. We

:24:50. > :24:56.did hope we could get one somewhere else. Chances are great. We have

:24:56. > :25:03.decay one and the K2. Both have not been of the podium since 2010.

:25:03. > :25:08.McKeever goes at 9:37am. Also raising the nation's hopes.

:25:08. > :25:12.They will be fast and furious and on the water. Whether it is the

:25:12. > :25:17.career with the double ended blades and the canoeists with their

:25:17. > :25:24.singles. This is the guide from Eton Dorney.

:25:24. > :25:31.Canoe sprint, there are two distinct types. A canoe and Kayak.

:25:32. > :25:39.The Kayak his race by one, two or for competitors. Known as K1, K2

:25:39. > :25:47.and K four, and Kayak events are contested by men over distances of

:25:47. > :25:54.201,000 metres. Women compete over 205 hundred metres. There are one

:25:54. > :25:59.or two competitors are known as C1, and C2. It is contested over

:25:59. > :26:04.201,000 metres. It is propelled from a kneeling position using a

:26:04. > :26:10.single bladed pedals and using a stroke on one side. The first to

:26:10. > :26:14.cross the finish line is a winner, but a Photofit to confirm results.

:26:14. > :26:20.Dead heats during qualifying stages will see both competitors progress,

:26:20. > :26:23.but they might be forced to do the but they might be forced to do the

:26:23. > :26:33.race again if limited places. If you would like to get involved

:26:33. > :26:34.

:26:34. > :26:39.: in terms of what you are about to see it is the shorter 200m you are

:26:39. > :26:42.about to see. It is dominated by Germany and Hungary. But there was

:26:42. > :26:47.a gold medal for Australia here so they, and we could see Great

:26:47. > :26:51.Britain doing well. There will be a series of heats with the best

:26:51. > :26:55.progressing to the semi-finals later. Let's start of a journey

:26:55. > :27:00.from the Olympic Park over to where it will all be happening at Eton

:27:00. > :27:04.Dorney, right over to the West of London. 25 miles West. It is the

:27:04. > :27:08.home of the growing so you will have seen this stretch of water

:27:08. > :27:14.from the start. Great Britain has done very well on this stretch of

:27:14. > :27:18.water. We will be starting with the men's 200-metre kayak singles. On

:27:18. > :27:24.the water, lookout for Ed McKeever, Great Britain's former world

:27:24. > :27:34.champion. He will be going in the second of the three heats. Let's

:27:34. > :27:38.

:27:38. > :27:46.join Helen Reeves alongside Andrew Championships and the European

:27:46. > :27:56.Championships, but they off fast, explosive and buried exciting. We

:27:56. > :27:56.

:27:56. > :29:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds

:29:09. > :29:14.4th Olympic Games. He was a world for Ecuador. Murray Stuart, we are

:29:14. > :29:24.told after his celebrations winning Australia so they, might be feeling

:29:24. > :29:34.fragile. The Tunisian, finished 5th in the K1 500m at the World Cup in

:29:34. > :29:34.

:29:34. > :29:39.hungry last year. Conditions, just perfect for racing this morning.

:29:39. > :29:45.Tactics here, Helen Reeves is go out hard and hang on. Technique

:29:45. > :29:49.does come into it but there is raw power? Absolutely, they will get

:29:49. > :29:59.her strike-rate up very high. Then it will be about who can hold on to

:29:59. > :30:23.

:30:23. > :30:29.the finish line. The first five go high. Canada, initially with the

:30:29. > :30:39.lead. Siemionowski hanging with them. Maybe with something in

:30:39. > :30:55.

:30:55. > :31:01.reserve. De Jonge takes it for maybe the Tunisian, Mrabet.

:31:01. > :31:07.The De Jonge of Canada, winning that one, in just over 35 seconds.

:31:07. > :31:13.It is about making sure you are in there, and getting a decent lane

:31:13. > :31:18.for the semi-final. Those six going through. But Mrabet offered to

:31:18. > :31:24.busier, missing out. An explosive start, they can't

:31:24. > :31:30.afford to lose anything at the start of this 200 metres race.

:31:30. > :31:40.Getting that stroke rate extremely high. And that drive through those

:31:40. > :31:41.

:31:41. > :31:47.paddle blades. Almost three strokes a second as they power out. Then it

:31:47. > :31:56.is about maintaining that speed. You can see Ed McKeever is one of

:31:56. > :32:06.the quickest starters of the game, one of the lighter men. There are

:32:06. > :32:17.

:32:17. > :32:23.more powerful men but it is about fastest 6th place going through to

:32:23. > :32:29.the semi-final, so time is important. Siemionowski, the world

:32:29. > :32:35.champion from Poland looking comfortable. I think he had some or

:32:35. > :32:45.in reserve. In the semi-finals, will be looking for a decent lane

:32:45. > :32:51.

:32:52. > :32:56.draw into the final. De Jonge going A couple more of these heat on the

:32:56. > :33:02.way. This is really an intense sprinting distance.

:33:02. > :33:11.Yes, indeed. I spoke to Ed McKeever, going for Great Britain in the next

:33:11. > :33:19.heat. He said, aerobically, it doesn't require that much. But what

:33:19. > :33:25.it does require is plenty of power, you need to be flying from the

:33:25. > :33:31.start. Ed McKeever is the fastest man, the best in the world. He was

:33:31. > :33:36.world champion and European champion, silver this year. He has

:33:36. > :33:42.said that has made him more hungry to win the gold medal here at the

:33:42. > :33:48.Olympics. He has put everything to one side, including his impending

:33:48. > :33:52.marriage in September. He has led her to plan anything on her own, to

:33:52. > :33:59.concentrate on winning a gold medal for Great Britain. It's not the

:33:59. > :34:06.first time I have heard that kind of story. A few more days before he

:34:06. > :34:13.can do that. How well does he have to do in this heat? He is almost

:34:13. > :34:18.guaranteed a spot. What is important is you want to do well

:34:18. > :34:25.because you want a decent lane draw in the semi-finals. There won't be

:34:25. > :34:30.much easing down as you have seen from Usain Bolt. Because over 200

:34:30. > :34:37.bidders, you have to go hard from the start and everyone is flat out.

:34:37. > :34:44.You said yesterday, it was the Germans and Hungarians dominating

:34:45. > :34:51.the longer distances. This is a little more shared, Poland

:34:51. > :35:01.providing the main challenge to Ed McKeever. Later on, John Schofield

:35:01. > :35:07.

:35:08. > :35:13.and Liam Heath have a huge chance. 90 strokes within that time. The

:35:13. > :35:19.chance of something going slightly wrong will have a huge impact. We

:35:19. > :35:23.know that Ed McKeever, Liam Heath and John Schofield have proven in

:35:23. > :35:30.the past they are capable of being the best in the world and we hope

:35:30. > :35:38.they can prove that today. Their heat is coming up in a moment.

:35:39. > :35:46.Getting ready for that heat, let us join our commentators.

:35:46. > :35:50.A roar from the crowd for this man in lane five. A real hope for a

:35:50. > :35:59.gold medal, he hasn't been away from the podium in the last few

:35:59. > :36:09.years. Du gus macro, almost one foot

:36:09. > :36:18.

:36:18. > :36:26.taller than the keeper macro -- but with tremendous upper-body

:36:26. > :36:36.strength. He has a fast start, as the slightly lighter man. He will

:36:36. > :36:37.

:36:37. > :36:42.invariably be leading at 100 metres. He, the Siemionowski, and Ronald

:36:42. > :36:52.Rauhe from Germany, they are the real medal contenders.

:36:52. > :36:53.

:36:53. > :36:57.It is the first five, plus the fastest six, will go through. Tim

:36:57. > :37:07.Hornsby has gone into the wrong lane, not the ideal start for the

:37:07. > :37:30.

:37:30. > :37:39.first three strokes, that is what he is concentrating on, initially.

:37:40. > :37:49.A roar from the largely British crowd. Ed McKeever leads at the

:37:50. > :37:51.

:37:51. > :38:00.moment from no vac macro. Into the second half of the race -- Novak.

:38:00. > :38:10.The Serbian, just moving up, alongside the cleaver macro. --

:38:10. > :38:17.

:38:17. > :38:22.More to come from him. Job done again. He gets out so well.

:38:22. > :38:30.jumped out from the start. You could see a little bit towards the

:38:30. > :38:36.end, an attack coming through. He will be pleased. The Serbian won

:38:36. > :38:46.the European Championship ahead of him earlier this year.

:38:46. > :38:51.

:38:51. > :38:58.Just over 35 seconds. But pushed hard. You can see the power, the

:38:58. > :39:04.boat swaying and jumping from side to side. They really use their legs

:39:04. > :39:11.hard, driving everything. It is important to get out the connection

:39:11. > :39:17.and that timing and to hold on to that good technique down the course.

:39:17. > :39:27.He has a long reach, just five feet eight inches. He has won a couple

:39:27. > :39:29.

:39:29. > :39:36.of World Cup events this year. European champion. Two years ago.

:39:36. > :39:40.He has a fine pedigree. A fine hope for the home fans. Waving to the

:39:40. > :39:50.crowd as he moves through to the semi-finals this morning. Looking

:39:50. > :39:51.

:39:51. > :40:01.good. This fairly quiet man from the west Country. Once he gets in

:40:01. > :40:02.

:40:02. > :40:10.the boat, a different beast. Just easing him into the semi-finals.

:40:10. > :40:17.Siemionowski, also looking good. Expect it also Ronald Rauhe in the

:40:17. > :40:22.next heat, and Beaumont, to figure for the medals. As we said, he

:40:22. > :40:28.hasn't been off the podium at any level of competition in the last

:40:28. > :40:33.three years. Announced in 2090 it would become an Olympic event. He

:40:33. > :40:42.wasn't so strong over the longer distances. Using his speed in the

:40:42. > :40:51.latter stages. The 200 metres has been a blessing for them. A new

:40:51. > :40:56.Olympic best. He is safely through Very well done indeed, when in that

:40:56. > :41:02.heat. A good start to the day at Eton Dorney for Great Britain. What

:41:02. > :41:07.did you make of it? It was very impressive, just what he wanted.

:41:07. > :41:12.Easing a fraction in the closing stages. He is the dominant force

:41:12. > :41:18.over 200 metres. He looked very good from the start. Straightaway,

:41:18. > :41:23.the start is vitally important, he has dominated. Chatting to him a

:41:23. > :41:29.few days ago, he was saying he wanted to be explosive out of the

:41:29. > :41:34.start, on top of every one. He was talking about taking on opposition,

:41:34. > :41:40.how he views the opposition, you want to destroy the opposition. He

:41:40. > :41:48.has got that in his armoury. He was the world and European champion in

:41:48. > :41:52.2010. He remains the best among the world in the last 12 months. He

:41:52. > :41:56.hasn't got the amount of gold medals he wanted in the last 12

:41:56. > :42:02.months. But it is all about the London Olympics and the next 24

:42:02. > :42:10.hours. What we have seen is an impressive start. The semi-finals

:42:10. > :42:15.budget at 11:15am and he has put himself in end -- an excellent

:42:15. > :42:21.position for a good lane. We are expecting to be on the podium for

:42:21. > :42:28.Great Britain. 11:15am is the time of this semi-final. You can see how

:42:28. > :42:33.much power goes into this. These athletes, at peak condition. Indeed.

:42:33. > :42:39.I was thinking about perhaps taking up his bought myself but when I

:42:39. > :42:45.look at the physique of these men, I am so puny in comparison, and do

:42:45. > :42:49.not think I would get past 50m. The lactic acid would have destroyed me

:42:50. > :42:56.at that point. They are in tremendous shape. It is all about

:42:56. > :43:00.strength. Helen was saying it is about working out in the gym,

:43:00. > :43:07.building up that explosive power. This is what they are good at over

:43:07. > :43:10.these short distances. Extremely strong and powerful. It is the tide

:43:10. > :43:15.of spot where you don't need to do lots of running or endurance

:43:15. > :43:22.training. You need to be extremely strong. I don't think I'll be able

:43:22. > :43:32.to do that. I do not know, I feel a potential 2016 Rio journey coming

:43:32. > :43:46.

:43:46. > :43:56.white boat, for Germany, in a lane five. The man who has won medals at

:43:56. > :44:03.the three Olympic Games. On the K2 with his partner. A force to be

:44:03. > :44:11.recognised. The way they go in this final heat

:44:11. > :44:15.in the 200 metres. Five to go through. Craviotto from Spain

:44:15. > :44:23.making a promising start. Ronald Rauhe leaving himself a little to

:44:23. > :44:33.do. Beaumont in the blue, for France, going strongly. Craviotto

:44:33. > :44:34.

:44:34. > :44:44.taking them out. The final 60m. Ronald Rauhe being taken over. All

:44:44. > :44:49.

:44:49. > :44:55.of those four go through. It was close at the end. Just six in this

:44:55. > :45:05.race, everyone going through. The real winner, Craviotto, he took it

:45:05. > :45:17.

:45:17. > :45:23.ease off too much. That was very close. When we get to the semi-

:45:23. > :45:30.finals and the finals we will see a lot of that. It is a race that is

:45:30. > :45:40.one by inches and feet. This is an indicator about the form people are

:45:40. > :45:42.

:45:42. > :45:47.in. Cram Rio toe has had a lot of success with Perez. Using the

:45:47. > :45:57.length of his arms as he was driving the pedal into the water up.

:45:57. > :46:00.

:46:00. > :46:05.He was leaning forward more than some of the other athletes. Saving

:46:05. > :46:15.some think that the semi-finals later on today. I am sure there is

:46:15. > :46:37.

:46:37. > :46:47.plenty more in the lock-up. The those times. 35.55 to. About half a

:46:47. > :46:50.

:46:50. > :47:00.second slower than Ed McKeever. -- 35.552.

:47:00. > :47:08.

:47:08. > :47:13.That's the third of the heats. 11:15am is the time to see Ed

:47:13. > :47:22.McKeever in his semi-final. He has been on fantastic form this morning

:47:22. > :47:29.and we will have the canoe single heats coming up. Later, we will be

:47:29. > :47:33.looking to taekwondo, because Sarah Stevenson and Italian Muhammad will

:47:33. > :47:43.be in action. It yesterday is anything to go by, it will be worth

:47:43. > :47:47.

:47:47. > :47:54.a watch. -- Lutalo Muhammad. A COMMENTATOR: Jade Jones ahead in

:47:54. > :48:01.this Olympic final. Jade Jones of Great Britain has

:48:01. > :48:10.something very special. The gold medal is getting closer and closer.

:48:10. > :48:20.The countdown will begin. You little beauty! A teenage kicking

:48:20. > :48:24.superstar from North Wales is the Olympic champion.

:48:24. > :48:32.It feels crazy, it doesn't feel real. I have dreamt about it for

:48:32. > :48:37.ages. It is amazing. The crowd have been amazing. You have won a use

:48:37. > :48:43.the Olympic gold medal before, how does this compare? That was special

:48:43. > :48:48.at the time, because I was a junior. But this is amazing. To win an

:48:48. > :48:55.Olympic gold is special, but to my family been here, my friends. At

:48:55. > :49:01.home they had pictures up, it has gone crazy. Jade Jones, Olympic

:49:02. > :49:05.champion - congratulations! I can get used to hearing that.

:49:05. > :49:11.deserves that success. It was a gruelling day for her, her first

:49:11. > :49:16.fight was in the morning and a gold medal fight did not happen until

:49:16. > :49:21.10:15pm. So a fantastic effort from Jade Jones, the first taekwondo

:49:21. > :49:27.gold medal for this country. Idowu will be high hopes for Britain's

:49:27. > :49:30.two fighters today. It represents the moment of truth for Lutalo

:49:30. > :49:37.Muhammad and de taekwondo selectors who took the controversial decision

:49:37. > :49:42.to select him and not Aaron Cook. don't think being selected over

:49:42. > :49:49.anyone made much of a difference. But been selected for the home

:49:49. > :49:54.Olympic Games, I am a Londoner, it is fantastic. I was elated, over

:49:54. > :50:00.the moon when it was announced. I still am, I am excited going into

:50:00. > :50:05.this. My preparation is going well and I feel I am ready to deliver

:50:05. > :50:10.results. When we have met at tournaments or abroad, it has

:50:11. > :50:15.always been very civil and friendly. Very courteous. We are both

:50:15. > :50:20.athletes in the same weight category and we both do really well.

:50:20. > :50:25.Obviously there is a respect for each other, but I have no problems

:50:25. > :50:29.with him and I would like to think he has no problems with me. My

:50:29. > :50:35.focus is winning the gold medal. I'm almost thinking beyond that, I

:50:35. > :50:39.want to focus on the job at hand. It would mean the world to me and

:50:39. > :50:45.it is what I have been dreaming about since I was a little buoy.

:50:45. > :50:50.will be in action at 10:45am. We will have one of the most poignant

:50:50. > :50:55.moments of London 2012 as Sarah Stevenson enters the ExCel to get

:50:55. > :50:59.her taekwondo title hopes under way. She won a bronze in Beijing but has

:50:59. > :51:04.struggled with fitness after suffering a cruciate knee injury in

:51:04. > :51:10.February. It will be an emotional day for the world champion who

:51:10. > :51:14.hopes to dedicate that any medal to her parents who both died last year.

:51:15. > :51:18.In the name of all the competitors, I promise we shall take part in the

:51:18. > :51:24.Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern

:51:24. > :51:30.them. I cannot explain it, it was amazing.

:51:30. > :51:38.It was very scary. Everyone asked me, you did not looked nervous at

:51:38. > :51:43.all. My hands were shaking, my legs were shaking. You do still think of

:51:43. > :51:52.yourself as a person who has had nothing and then all of a sudden

:51:52. > :51:58.you are an inspiration. People say to me, because of Beijing do you

:51:58. > :52:02.owe it to yourself to win, put everything right? No, it is a

:52:02. > :52:07.competition like every other competition I have been two. But it

:52:07. > :52:12.is my dream to win and I it will do my best and go for it. I cannot put

:52:12. > :52:17.everything right, it is not my God given right to do that. It you

:52:17. > :52:22.think an amazing mum and dad, they were amazing. They gave me

:52:22. > :52:29.everything I needed, helped me to get everywhere I am. They kept me

:52:29. > :52:36.grounded. Definitely kept me grounded! There was no getting

:52:36. > :52:41.above my station, ever. 2011 the was horrendous. I use that now to

:52:42. > :52:45.put things in perspective. If I am moaning about that, I say to myself,

:52:45. > :52:53.this time last year, you had just lost your dad and you had been told

:52:53. > :52:59.your mum was not going to be around. One specific day I had last year, I

:52:59. > :53:06.went through with my husband. I stopped and I said to him, the

:53:06. > :53:15.Olympics is nothing, taekwondo is nothing. I would quit, I wanted

:53:15. > :53:20.someone to keep me the option to quit. I would swap it to keep my

:53:20. > :53:25.mum and dad. This is a competition, just a competition. Hopefully this

:53:25. > :53:31.will help me to do my best. I want to do my best on the day and had no

:53:31. > :53:35.regrets and go for it. And I don't think I can lose, no matter what.

:53:35. > :53:40.The incredible journey of Sarah Stevenson. She was the first person

:53:40. > :53:43.who ever won a taekwondo Olympic medal for Great Britain, and has a

:53:43. > :53:50.special place of being a trailblazer for her sport in this

:53:50. > :53:54.country. We will be watching her as it begins at the ExCel at 10:30am.

:53:54. > :53:57.Hopes for a gold medal for Sarah Stevenson, and later we will be

:53:57. > :54:03.joined by two British women who won individual medals in dressage

:54:03. > :54:08.yesterday. Charlotte Dujardin and also Laura Bechtolsheimer who won

:54:08. > :54:11.the bronze medal. We will be welcoming them in a moment. Now

:54:11. > :54:17.back to Eton Dory as Richard Jeffries goes in the men's canoe

:54:17. > :54:22.single. Richard, I am getting my head around these different races.

:54:22. > :54:29.Now it is the canoeists? Yes, the kayak his word the

:54:29. > :54:34.canoeists sit in the Kayak and a pedal with a double bladed Kayak.

:54:34. > :54:37.Canoeists have the single bladed pedal. Richard Jeffries, he was

:54:37. > :54:43.disappointed in his race earlier in the week. But it is not his main

:54:43. > :54:48.event, he said he was using it to gain some experience of the course.

:54:49. > :54:53.Normally he competes in front of a couple of birds, but they have

:54:53. > :54:58.thousands of people shouting at him. There is a huge contingent from the

:54:58. > :55:03.Isle of Wight where Richard Jeffries is from. This is more his

:55:03. > :55:09.event in the 1,000m, after he raced in the week, I asked him what it

:55:09. > :55:15.was like. He said I only know one speed, and that is to go fast. Not

:55:15. > :55:19.so good over the 1,000m. Richard Jeffries came through the same

:55:19. > :55:25.talent spotting scheme as Helen Glover. Richard was heading towards

:55:25. > :55:31.rowing, but did not cut its, so he was directed to canoeing. He has

:55:31. > :55:36.proved to be quite adept at it. As Helen Reeves was saying, this will

:55:36. > :55:41.be a stepping-stone to Rio. But we are hoping for a good showing from

:55:41. > :55:46.Richard today. It is fantastic to see thousands of people out there

:55:46. > :55:55.to support the canoe sprint events. This is the last couple of days of

:55:55. > :55:59.this competition, so it later on, the semi-finals. How common is it

:55:59. > :56:02.people move from one distance in people move from one distance in

:56:02. > :56:09.these races to another? A number of the Great Britain athletes have

:56:10. > :56:15.moved from 1,000m down to 200m. We saw Richard Jeffrey its in the

:56:15. > :56:21.1,000m and is now in the 200. They do have their specialities. Most of

:56:21. > :56:25.our specialists are over 200 and best medal chances are over 200m.

:56:25. > :56:29.But we have athletes from other countries who have the option of

:56:29. > :56:34.switching. It is something that happens often. We are hoping

:56:34. > :56:39.Richard Jeffries approves of the 200m is his No 1 effort. He and the

:56:39. > :56:43.others are out there on the water, getting ready and over to a

:56:43. > :56:48.commentators. The noise there was for Richard

:56:48. > :56:54.Jeffries. He may struggle, not in this heat, everybody goes through,

:56:54. > :56:59.it is just about getting the numbers right for the semi-final.

:56:59. > :57:06.Richard Jeffries looked more as I hoped for Rio been for years.

:57:06. > :57:12.Sebastien Brendel who has won the 1,000m, the European champion in

:57:12. > :57:18.this distance for the last three years as well. The Mexican, we are

:57:18. > :57:23.still reeling from the last heat where we saw Mallon team them in a

:57:23. > :57:27.coat from Azerbaijan, the current world champion finished 7th. In

:57:27. > :57:34.that heat we are assured it is the first six to go through. Unless he

:57:34. > :57:39.knows something, he is ill or injured, because he struggled badly.

:57:39. > :57:49.So as we understand it, he is out already. But everybody in this heat

:57:49. > :58:06.

:58:06. > :58:13.will go through. It is a chance to at the moment, he is been told to

:58:13. > :58:17.go forward. He is just struggling, wasn't quite in the right line. He

:58:17. > :58:23.tried to line himself back up. think he went into the wrong lane

:58:23. > :58:28.as well as the American did before. He has got to reverse and do a

:58:28. > :58:35.three-point turn and come back again. Maybe he is a little bit out

:58:35. > :58:45.classed here. But everybody going through. You like to Bangor your

:58:45. > :58:48.boat depending on which side you pedal on. The -- angle your boat.

:58:48. > :58:58.You don't want to lose too much pace in trying to steer at the

:58:58. > :58:58.

:58:58. > :59:08.start. Here we are in the second heat. About 40 seconds they will

:59:08. > :59:09.

:59:09. > :59:19.cover this 200m. Richard Jeffries going out hard. At the moment it is

:59:19. > :59:20.

:59:20. > :59:30.these three. Richard Jeffries is in third place at the moment. It

:59:30. > :59:30.

:59:30. > :59:37.perhaps just about conserving a bit of energy. The German has a long

:59:37. > :59:46.strokes. He is picking the pace up as he charged towards the line.

:59:46. > :59:51.Just dips the stern. Richard Jeffries in third. He will be

:59:51. > :59:58.pleased with that. He got out well and got himself in touch with the

:59:58. > :00:02.top runners and held on. The winner is a class act in this discipline.

:00:02. > :00:07.He will be going through to the semi-final and the final which

:00:07. > :00:17.plate -- takes place tomorrow. Things will get more interesting in

:00:17. > :00:40.

:00:40. > :00:47.through in a third. All six going through. See how difficult it is to

:00:47. > :00:55.steady yourself in the start pocket. I am not quite sure he was event in

:00:55. > :01:00.it when it went down. These canoes are incredibly difficult to get a

:01:00. > :01:07.stable platform. The top guys make it look easy as they get that

:01:07. > :01:17.balance between their front leg which is flat on the bottom of the

:01:17. > :01:18.

:01:18. > :01:22.boat and the back leg kneels. Tremendous power and the lunch. We

:01:22. > :01:29.have had it confirmed that the current European and world champion

:01:29. > :01:33.from Azerbaijan is out. A big shock in the heats. Apart from that it is

:01:33. > :01:43.business as usual. Everybody you would expect to go through and some

:01:43. > :01:43.

:01:43. > :02:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds

:02:26. > :02:30.temperature is lifting and there is And there we have the next lot of

:02:31. > :02:37.the heats in the canoe competition. There is plenty going on at Eton

:02:37. > :02:42.Dorney this morning, so we will be back there. At 11:15am there is the

:02:42. > :02:48.semi-final involving Ed McKeever. Let show you more of a friend of

:02:48. > :02:53.our morning show, Charlotte Bouchard than he won the individual

:02:53. > :02:58.dressage competition. She was the last rider to go out in Greenwich

:02:58. > :03:08.yesterday and needed to score over 88.196 to claim the individual

:03:08. > :03:25.

:03:25. > :03:31.title in front of an expectant the end. 18 months ago this girl

:03:31. > :03:41.had not ridden at serious international level. Here she is on

:03:41. > :04:06.

:04:06. > :04:16.the edge of a potential individual pirouette, but she came out in time.

:04:16. > :04:18.

:04:18. > :04:28.She goes in for the double pirouette and gets it. It will all

:04:28. > :04:28.

:04:28. > :05:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds

:05:22. > :05:31.rest on this line. She did the she needs to go for a bit more.

:05:31. > :05:39.What a performance, what a temperament. She has really not

:05:39. > :05:49.come from a background which would put her in this situation, but

:05:49. > :05:59.sheer talent has been spotted. Here she has put a performance in which

:05:59. > :06:00.

:06:00. > :06:08.Not just touching distance, it was a gold and that was her reaction

:06:08. > :06:15.when she realised she had not only won the gold, but broke the Olympic

:06:15. > :06:21.record with her horse Valegro. A very stirring routine with Land of

:06:21. > :06:26.Hope and Glory and the Big Ben chimes. I am delighted to welcome

:06:27. > :06:31.her back this morning. And your team-mate Laura Bechtolsheimer.

:06:31. > :06:38.Congratulations, you won the bronze. How did it feel to be both on the

:06:38. > :06:44.podium to get there? It was amazing. To do it the first time round was

:06:44. > :06:49.very special. Obviously to do it again individually and to have the

:06:49. > :06:53.gold and Laura to have the bronze was very special, very emotional.

:06:53. > :07:01.It must have been. Do you help each other? Have you watched her routine

:07:01. > :07:05.a million times. I got to watch her test because I had already finished,

:07:05. > :07:11.so I was pretty emotional and had my fingers crossed so hard for her.

:07:11. > :07:19.I had not seen the Dutch girl, but I hurt it was a good routine. I was

:07:19. > :07:25.riding all of her changes with her and all of her pirouettes with her.

:07:25. > :07:29.If anyone was going to win gold I wanted it to be a Brit. Charlotte

:07:30. > :07:34.trains with Carl Hester and it was very emotional for all of us.

:07:34. > :07:39.whole nation was thinking, how on earth do you get the horse to do

:07:39. > :07:44.this? Talk us through it. Anyone out there who is thinking maybe

:07:44. > :07:50.I'll have a go at a bit of freestyle Desai's. How do you do

:07:50. > :07:57.it? It takes a long time. We have been riding these horses were a

:07:57. > :08:01.very long time. I have had my horse for eight years. He was very good,

:08:01. > :08:06.but you start at very low level learning how to control a horse and

:08:06. > :08:12.do the basic movements. It takes years of training to get a horse

:08:12. > :08:16.together to perform all of the Grand Prix movements. On the other

:08:16. > :08:22.side of it they have to have the strength and the balance and the

:08:22. > :08:31.co-ordination to physically perform those movements. They have to be

:08:31. > :08:36.about nine or 10 years old. Why did you choose that music? The Lion

:08:36. > :08:40.King takes me back to my childhood. And Kenya is my favourite country

:08:40. > :08:47.and I have been there a few times on holiday and it makes me feel

:08:47. > :08:54.happy and comfortable and I think it does the same for the horse.

:08:55. > :09:01.have worked a lot with Valegro and he is incredible and we have heard

:09:01. > :09:05.him named the Lionel Messi of dress size. You start training with the

:09:05. > :09:15.basic movements and then you decide the music, do you put the medley

:09:15. > :09:17.

:09:18. > :09:22.together? Yes, we get the chance to choose our own music. I was

:09:22. > :09:27.competing at another championship and there was a British thing over

:09:27. > :09:33.there and I had the great escape before some of my music over there,

:09:33. > :09:39.which gave me the idea to have the British theme here. I thought it

:09:39. > :09:46.would be great to have that music with the home crowd. You can have

:09:46. > :09:51.music which people know as well. Obviously, it has to fit the horse.

:09:51. > :09:57.The horse has to settle in with the music and it does not have too many

:09:57. > :10:03.bass notes. So some horses do not like that? Yes, they can react a

:10:03. > :10:08.little bit to the music. It depends on your horse. It depends what kind

:10:09. > :10:15.of music you can take. When you say they can react, that means they get

:10:15. > :10:20.thrown off kilter? Yes, they get tension and it upsets their

:10:20. > :10:25.performance. We need to keep them relaxed and calm to be able to do

:10:25. > :10:32.what we need to do. You decide on the music and then what happens? Do

:10:32. > :10:36.you try it out and see if the horse takes to it? You try and write the

:10:36. > :10:40.colour -- choreography that suits your horse. You have to perform all

:10:40. > :10:44.of the Grand Prix movements, but you can choose what order you show

:10:44. > :10:48.them in and you can add more funky stuff to make it more difficult

:10:48. > :10:54.because you get marked out of difficulty as well. Once you have

:10:54. > :11:02.got your routine sorted, you get someone to put their music together.

:11:02. > :11:07.Is it about you particularly training and the team effort? Can

:11:07. > :11:12.somebody else take the horse out and put him through his paces?

:11:12. > :11:18.Most riders at the top would be able to get on your horse and do

:11:18. > :11:23.the same. It will not work as well probably. Only the fact we have

:11:23. > :11:28.been riding our horses for about eight years and they know us inside

:11:28. > :11:35.out. Everybody rides differently and everybody has different buttons

:11:35. > :11:39.and the horses have to adapt to each rider. Laura, you said

:11:39. > :11:45.yesterday that your horse is coming to the end of its dressage live. It

:11:45. > :11:51.is one of the older horses. Could it be back for Rio de Janeiro?

:11:51. > :11:57.he might have another championship next year in him. I do not know. I

:11:57. > :12:02.will see how he feels, he is 17 so another Olympics is out of the

:12:02. > :12:10.question. You are looking for another horse? I have got some

:12:10. > :12:15.young horses I am producing at home, so hopefully for Rio de Janeiro I

:12:15. > :12:20.will have one too fell 1/2's big shoes. What happens next for you?

:12:20. > :12:27.am at the same. I have other horses and I am very lucky to be able to

:12:27. > :12:32.have another string of horses and hoped to go onwards and upwards and

:12:32. > :12:36.hopefully again to be in the team with Laura and Carl Hester. I want

:12:36. > :12:41.to ask you about the relationship. There is a bit of healthy

:12:41. > :12:47.competition. He did not end up on the podium yesterday. Are you still

:12:47. > :12:57.talking? Absolutely, he is great, he is so supportive. He has helped

:12:57. > :13:00.

:13:00. > :13:06.me so much. I owe a lot to him. I have a great relationship with him

:13:06. > :13:10.and I want to stay with him. He has been my inspiration from the start.

:13:10. > :13:17.What better way to learn than to be with somebody like him. I have

:13:17. > :13:20.still got so much more to learn. He is the person I want to learn with.

:13:20. > :13:25.I think you can start at the teaching ends now, rather than at

:13:25. > :13:28.the learning end up a your performance yesterday. One of the

:13:28. > :13:37.things people have been asking Clare Balding a lot, and she knows

:13:37. > :13:44.everything there is to know, is why do you wear a top hat? You do not

:13:44. > :13:53.wear a top hat when you go out. is going to be a rule for wearing a

:13:53. > :14:01.crash hat. I fell off and fractured my skull not through wearing a hat.

:14:01. > :14:06.I was so lucky to escape from that. Now it is something I always do. I

:14:06. > :14:12.feel unsafe without my hat on. People say you do not always need

:14:12. > :14:18.it, but for me especially in these atmospheres, you never know what

:14:18. > :14:26.can happen and I always stick with my crash hat. In is it time for you

:14:26. > :14:31.to trade the pop across to mark I probably should set an example.

:14:31. > :14:36.do not know, I fear it looks wrong wearing a crash helmet especially

:14:36. > :14:42.with my tail coat. It is vanity really. Obviously I wear a crash

:14:42. > :14:47.helmet when I am at home training and things like that. But I guess

:14:47. > :14:52.it is a personal choice. I have to say I am quite relieved to see you

:14:52. > :14:56.both here. You did tell Gary that you were off to a big party on the

:14:56. > :15:06.river last night. It is great that you are still bright and early this

:15:06. > :15:09.

:15:09. > :15:13.morning. Thank you very much and it So, it has all been very exciting

:15:13. > :15:18.in those equestrian events, but it is now time to talk taekwondo. We

:15:18. > :15:24.will be off to the ExCel shortly, because there are two British

:15:24. > :15:34.fighters in the Arena today. Before we take you to today's action, he

:15:34. > :15:37.

:15:37. > :15:40.The taekwondo competition area is eight metres square with a safety

:15:40. > :15:43.boundary around the outside. Fights are contested over three two-minute

:15:43. > :15:46.rounds with a minute's rest in between. If the score is tied after

:15:46. > :15:50.three rounds, the fight goes into a sudden death 4th round. The scores

:15:50. > :15:53.are reset to nil and the first point to score wins the contest.

:15:53. > :15:56.The aim of taekwondo is to land kicks and punches to your

:15:56. > :16:01.opponent's scoring zones. Moves are worth between one and four points

:16:01. > :16:04.depending on the mode of attack. The referee oversees the action

:16:04. > :16:10.which is scored by three judges. At least two judges have to call a

:16:10. > :16:14.point in order for it to be valid. Competitors wear protective

:16:14. > :16:16.equipment including a head guard and a chest protector. The chest

:16:16. > :16:23.protector validates points when a powerful, accurate kick is

:16:23. > :16:27.All athletes wear sensored socks which protect your feet and

:16:27. > :16:30.register points. Points can also be recorded through penalties - half-

:16:30. > :16:38.point penalties called Kyong-gos and full-point penalties known as

:16:38. > :16:48.If you'd like to get involved in Olympic sports, go to

:16:48. > :16:50.

:16:50. > :16:55.bbc.co.uk/sport for more So, for Great Britain, we are about

:16:55. > :16:59.to see Sarah Stevenson and also Lutalo Muhammad. Before we show you

:16:59. > :17:04.those, time to show you one of the really fantastic stand out

:17:04. > :17:08.Olympians in this sport, and it is Steven Lopez of the United States.

:17:08. > :17:13.He has been in action today against a Ramin Azizov of Azerbaijan, and

:17:13. > :17:23.if he wins, he will be the most decorated Olympian in taekwondo of

:17:23. > :17:28.

:17:28. > :17:38.Steven Lopez, the two-time Olympic champion. He is a figurehead in the

:17:38. > :17:45.sport. He is facing the top seed from Azerbaijan. One more muddle

:17:46. > :17:49.for Lopez of any colour and he will become the most decorated

:17:49. > :17:59.competitor in taekwondo that the world has ever known. He had to

:17:59. > :18:16.

:18:16. > :18:20.The first time he has been able to You won't always see the fireworks

:18:20. > :18:30.and the explosive stuff straight away. Straight away they have got

:18:30. > :18:31.

:18:31. > :18:38.into close range stuff. We talk before about having a metre of Matt

:18:38. > :18:48.between you. These men here have about half of that distance here.

:18:48. > :18:49.

:18:49. > :18:57.There are looking for options. They Lopez is just feeling his way into

:18:57. > :19:02.this match here. It is very unusual for Steven Lopez to have a taller

:19:02. > :19:12.opponent. He is noted as a head kicker when he gets into the right

:19:12. > :19:30.

:19:30. > :19:36.The penalty going against the name of the American. As early as it is

:19:36. > :19:46.in the match, those details can prove crucial, because Steven Lopez

:19:46. > :20:05.

:20:05. > :20:13.is a master who used to win games The ability to win a plea is just

:20:13. > :20:19.as important as the fantastic kicks we have seen. Ahead right on the

:20:19. > :20:23.buzzer at the end of the first buzzer at the end of the first

:20:23. > :20:33.round. His sister Diane just missed a featherweight medal yesterday.

:20:33. > :20:37.

:20:37. > :20:44.His brother is the coach doing the talking now. This is Azizov talking

:20:44. > :20:49.about that. He had a painful defeat in Manchester in May. It was 11-all

:20:49. > :20:59.in the final, he stepped out of the ring for a second and was

:20:59. > :21:01.

:21:01. > :21:08.Yes, defeated by Aaron Cook, the GB fighter, who has defeated both of

:21:08. > :21:18.these men here. These guys are going to ruff House, Battle, Pickup

:21:18. > :21:24.

:21:24. > :21:34.the knees. This is going to be a The second of three two-minute

:21:34. > :21:45.

:21:45. > :21:53.rounds. As a Bijan's top seed Ramin Azizov is just a little subdued

:21:53. > :22:03.here. The front leg, the leg closest to him, of Lopez, getting

:22:03. > :22:22.

:22:22. > :22:32.picked up here. That was always There are deductions hanging over

:22:32. > :22:36.

:22:36. > :22:46.Lopez realised the energy was wrong, conserved the energy, didn't throw

:22:46. > :22:56.

:22:56. > :23:06.As expected, it is not going to be a high-scoring encounter just yet.

:23:06. > :23:12.

:23:12. > :23:19.But Lopez is beginning to find the Azizov has a big, long, jabbing

:23:19. > :23:23.left leg. Lopez goes over the shoulder with the the head shot,

:23:23. > :23:31.doesn't score. He lacked concentration for a second and got

:23:31. > :23:36.picked off. Ramin Azizov, good work picked off. Ramin Azizov, good work

:23:36. > :23:46.there from him. Yes, they're very good round. He started it behind

:23:46. > :23:51.

:23:51. > :23:59.The contest between two men who haven't embraced the final yet. It

:23:59. > :24:04.is a shame that one of them has to go out so soon. I F -- I expect it

:24:04. > :24:14.is a fair assumption that whoever wins this may well go on to the

:24:14. > :24:15.

:24:15. > :24:21.final and bring the other back into You never know just how much this

:24:21. > :24:28.can take out of the tank. There are a lot of other fighters there, let

:24:29. > :24:33.Taylor Mohammed goes later on. They will be looking at this and be more

:24:33. > :24:43.than grateful that the two men are having to fight the first match

:24:43. > :24:58.

:24:58. > :25:08.And that closed the stance with the same league leg in front, it offers

:25:08. > :25:13.

:25:13. > :25:18.Lopez is going to have to up the ante. Now we are going to see the

:25:18. > :25:28.fighting style of Steven Lopez. He has a minute and a half to do

:25:28. > :25:42.

:25:42. > :25:46.something. But if you rush in, you All the years of dominance,

:25:47. > :25:51.training, superiority, great victories for Steven Lopez of

:25:51. > :26:01.America, he is going to have to produce something here. He tries

:26:01. > :26:37.

:26:37. > :26:41.It is hard to step on the gas. Which way will the. Go? Neither.

:26:41. > :26:51.Lopez certainly working for that, looking for that. The centre

:26:51. > :27:13.

:27:13. > :27:23.Azizov, he is going to get one this And the late charge expected from

:27:23. > :27:23.

:27:24. > :27:33.Lopez just never came. Azizov too Yes, it is he who wins the battle

:27:34. > :27:37.

:27:38. > :27:43.of the big guns right at the start Further indication perhaps that the

:27:43. > :27:47.sun is beginning to set on the glittering career of Steven Lopez.

:27:48. > :27:53.That was a victory for Azerbaijan, and a disappointment for Steven

:27:53. > :27:57.Lopez. He could still get a medal if he goes through the repechage

:27:57. > :28:02.round, we are not certain how this could work, but he does end up with

:28:02. > :28:07.a bronze, he will become the most decorated Olympian in taekwondo

:28:07. > :28:17.ever. But it is a big day for Great Britain in taekwondo, because we

:28:17. > :28:19.

:28:19. > :28:29.will see both Lutalo Muhammad and Sarah Stevenson. Many Shashin is

:28:29. > :28:31.

:28:31. > :28:35.watching it over at the ExCel arena. Many of the athletes involved in

:28:35. > :28:38.London 2012, there are stories of inspiration and courage, and for

:28:38. > :28:42.Sarah Stevenson, it is certainly no different, because after what she

:28:42. > :28:47.has gone through, everybody will be cheering her on for the next four

:28:47. > :28:51.fights potentially to see her claim gold. She will never want to go

:28:51. > :28:57.through the year 2011 again, when she lost both her parents to cancer

:28:57. > :29:01.within the space of three months. You could have forgiven her for

:29:01. > :29:05.leaving the sport altogether, if not at least taking a break. But

:29:05. > :29:10.she has been spurred on by her mum's quotes to her, one of her

:29:10. > :29:17.final words was to go to London 2012 and try to win gold for me.

:29:17. > :29:27.She says she is holding on to not grieving both her parentss' losses

:29:27. > :29:32.quite yet until after 2012. Away from that, as if she has not had

:29:32. > :29:36.enough to deal with, fitness concerns also for Sarah Stevenson,

:29:36. > :29:41.because she suffered cruciate ligament injury back in February,

:29:41. > :29:44.which meant she couldn't retain her European title in May, so she maybe

:29:44. > :29:49.lacks a certain amount of match fitness, considering her last

:29:49. > :29:55.competitive match was over 12 months ago in May 2011. Those are

:29:55. > :29:59.her main concerns, but she puts it all in stark perspective. She has

:29:59. > :30:07.got experience, and bags of it. This is her 4th Olympic Games. She

:30:07. > :30:10.picked up bronze in Beijing in 2008, and victory at London 2012 will be

:30:10. > :30:13.cheered on. And that bronze was such a

:30:13. > :30:17.milestone for taekwondo in this country, because it was the first

:30:17. > :30:21.ever Olympic medal in the sport that Great Britain had one. It will

:30:21. > :30:31.be quite a gruelling day for her if she does progress all the way

:30:31. > :30:34.

:30:34. > :30:39.through. The beginning end it is Yes, they came back with a record

:30:39. > :30:43.haul of seven medals in the last world championships and Sarah got

:30:43. > :30:47.the first medal for a Brit in Beijing, paving the way for Jade

:30:47. > :30:52.Jones to come away with that dramatic gold last night and trade

:30:52. > :30:59.paid tribute to Sarah in her interview. We are going through a

:30:59. > :31:03.rich spell in taekwondo as far as GB medal hopefuls are concerned. I

:31:03. > :31:08.think Sarah will be coming out shortly. She takes on a Paige

:31:08. > :31:12.McPherson of the United States. Nobody will be more worthy of gold

:31:12. > :31:20.than her. It is her 4th Olympic Games and she will be so desperate

:31:20. > :31:23.to do theirs. We are looking down at the arena where will be seeing

:31:23. > :31:28.the Sarah Stevenson who will come out in a moment for that fight

:31:28. > :31:37.against Paige McPherson. It is looking absolutely packed. Yes, it

:31:38. > :31:42.is. Massive support for taekwondo here. That is the cheering for

:31:42. > :31:49.Sarah Stevenson. It goes against all the publicity that the sport

:31:49. > :31:55.received in London in the run-up to London 2012 with Aaron Cook being

:31:55. > :32:05.excluded and Lutalo Muhammad coming end. But they reckon he is a real

:32:05. > :32:05.

:32:05. > :32:13.medal hopeful. I am looking over my shoulder and this could be Sarah

:32:13. > :32:18.Stevenson entering the arena. There is incredible support for here. It

:32:18. > :32:22.gets your hairs rising on the back of your neck, it is one of these

:32:22. > :32:28.moments. With all that she has gone through, everybody is rooting for

:32:28. > :32:35.her hair. There she is, walking into the arena, Sarah Stevenson,

:32:35. > :32:40.Britain's big hope in this category of taekwondo.

:32:40. > :32:48.This is the first lady of British taekwondo, despite Jade Jones'

:32:48. > :32:56.Olympic medal. This is her American opponent, Paige McPherson, a 21

:32:56. > :33:03.year-old marking her first Olympic Games. A quarter-finalist in last

:33:03. > :33:07.year's Korean championships. It is barely 10 hours since those who

:33:07. > :33:16.were here last night to watch Jade Jones filed out into the London

:33:16. > :33:26.night full of their memories. Is this 29 year-old from Doncaster or

:33:26. > :33:31.

:33:31. > :33:35.going to give this lot memories to take away with them today? The

:33:35. > :33:43.American has gone through her routine this morning, braiding her

:33:43. > :33:47.hair and reading passages from the Bible. Sarah suffered a cruciate

:33:47. > :33:57.knee injury in February and there was a brief time when we wonder at

:33:57. > :34:01.

:34:01. > :34:07.it she would be fit enough to take Here she is biting in the memory of

:34:07. > :34:17.her mum and dad who are not here to watch her in the Olympics. Sarah

:34:17. > :34:21.Stevenson is in red and in the blue is the American, Paige McPherson.

:34:21. > :34:28.Paige McPherson will not be intimidated by her reputation. She

:34:28. > :34:38.is a very strong athlete. If you kick to the body it is one point.

:34:38. > :34:43.

:34:43. > :34:48.There are electronic sensor socks on the feet. There was a tech

:34:48. > :34:58.enough -- technical hitch in one of the earlier fights. They were not

:34:58. > :34:59.

:34:59. > :35:03.sure if the censors were working. You mentioned the knee injury, not

:35:03. > :35:13.so much a physical rust, but more ring rust. Good flexibility from

:35:13. > :35:15.

:35:15. > :35:20.the American. Those three points will steady her nerves. Sarah

:35:20. > :35:26.Stevenson is still very much in this contest. She is Amen to two

:35:26. > :35:36.young Jade Jones. Talking about nerves, she said she was shaking

:35:36. > :35:38.

:35:38. > :35:48.like a leaf at the opening ceremony. She has got McPherson moving around

:35:48. > :36:00.

:36:00. > :36:06.the ring. There have been good It is the American's round. They

:36:06. > :36:12.kick to the head clocked up three. She sets the early pace. Silver

:36:12. > :36:19.medallist at last year's Pan- American Games. She would not have

:36:19. > :36:29.been happy to have been drawn against Sarah Stevenson. Twice a

:36:29. > :36:31.

:36:31. > :36:40.world champion a decade apart. That was the moment she fell behind.

:36:40. > :36:49.Clear contact. There is the three- time American Olympian. He will be

:36:49. > :36:59.happy with the work of his charge. She hobbled on to the medals podium

:36:59. > :37:01.

:37:01. > :37:07.in Beijing on crutches. She heard She was in floods of tears taking

:37:07. > :37:15.the bronze. She has got her heart set on bronze four years later, but

:37:15. > :37:25.she has got some work to do. The American has just stretched that

:37:25. > :37:31.lead to five points. A couple of simple push kicks to the body

:37:31. > :37:35.extends that league. It has been a tactical battle. There is an open

:37:35. > :37:44.stance and a closed stance. If you have the same foot in front as your

:37:44. > :37:54.opponent, it is a closed stance. But the open stance drawers in the

:37:54. > :38:00.

:38:00. > :38:04.injured leg of Stephenson. She is struggling a little bit here.

:38:05. > :38:11.top seed from Egypt today went out in the very first contest in the

:38:11. > :38:15.first round. Now it is Sarah Stevenson's turn to give her

:38:15. > :38:22.supporters some concern. Five points down going into the second

:38:22. > :38:28.half of her opening encounter. an insurmountable lead at this

:38:28. > :38:38.stage. Spinning kicks up to the head will give you four or five

:38:38. > :38:52.

:38:52. > :38:57.points, but they are so difficult Good cover from McPherson. It is

:38:57. > :39:02.just as important to drop the hands. Establishing a lead is important,

:39:02. > :39:12.but maintaining it is equally soap. Sarah Stevenson weighing up how

:39:12. > :39:17.

:39:17. > :39:22.close she can be without conceding Before her mother dive, she told

:39:22. > :39:31.her daughter to go to London and win it for them. She has got a

:39:31. > :39:37.tattoo that says, because of you. Paige McPherson is a tough, little

:39:37. > :39:42.21 year-old. If she has got nerves, she is covering them up well.

:39:43. > :39:50.has indeed. She has got the tactics right, but also mentally in terms

:39:50. > :39:58.of dealing with this arena with the partisan crowd. Macpherson has

:39:58. > :40:08.operated well in the distance. It is all about distance. Her legs,

:40:08. > :40:22.

:40:23. > :40:29.That is her coach and her husband. She has got two minutes left to

:40:29. > :40:36.save her Olympic bacon. Sarah Stevenson from Great Britain in the

:40:37. > :40:46.red. From the States in the blue, Paige McPherson. Positive signs in

:40:46. > :40:53.this opening exchange. Sarah Stevenson beginning to find her

:40:53. > :40:58.range. She needs to get on with it, because time continues to take a

:40:58. > :41:04.weight in this third and final round. Still she is four points

:41:04. > :41:09.adrift. That was a back kick attempt, but a tribute to Paige

:41:09. > :41:17.McPherson, her tactics and her timing has been spot on. She has

:41:17. > :41:22.not been injured and she looks like that sitter of the two. Sarah

:41:22. > :41:28.Stevenson was convinced that mist. She is going to pick up a penalty

:41:28. > :41:33.because she put the appeal in herself. It needed to come from the

:41:33. > :41:39.coach, Stephen Jennings, her husband, but she is prepared to

:41:39. > :41:46.take the penalty to have a look at this video replay. If you watched

:41:46. > :41:51.this yesterday, you will know how this works. The referee goes across

:41:51. > :41:56.to the head of the team and he will go across to his two friends and

:41:56. > :42:06.explain what they are looking for it. We are looking to see whether

:42:06. > :42:09.

:42:09. > :42:17.Sarah Stevenson was hit on the head. I think that mist. The technical

:42:17. > :42:26.delegate have fired cameras to look at. The appeal is successful, a

:42:26. > :42:36.very good appeal. He has kept his wife Sarah Stevenson in the hunt at

:42:36. > :42:38.

:42:38. > :42:43.these Olympics. It is time for Sarah Stevenson to go to work will

:42:43. > :42:53.stop she will need to find a head shot of her own. Paige McPherson is

:42:53. > :42:55.

:42:55. > :43:03.using the ring and moving around and covering well. She wants to and

:43:03. > :43:08.she is right. An extended short kick from Paige McPherson. Explain

:43:08. > :43:13.why they kick she put in two first and did not show up on the

:43:13. > :43:23.scoreboard. If there is not enough power and sustained impact, it will

:43:23. > :43:27.

:43:27. > :43:31.not register. It is not the domain of objective -- subjective scoring.

:43:31. > :43:40.It is one of the vagaries of the sport that you can hit somebody in

:43:40. > :43:46.the stomach and not get a point for it. It she has been brushed by an

:43:46. > :43:54.American toe, she will concede three points. That is on the

:43:54. > :44:01.shoulder. She has avoided it again. What did we do before it video

:44:01. > :44:07.replays? We had controversy. It is because of Sarah Stevenson that we

:44:07. > :44:17.have replaced. We all remember what happened four years ago. The

:44:17. > :44:28.

:44:28. > :44:38.And for someone of Sarah's skills, The American is closing the ring

:44:38. > :44:50.

:44:50. > :44:57.Sometimes the Hollywood ending doesn't happen. And after all Sarah

:44:57. > :45:00.Stevenson's been through, it is not her morning. The American Page

:45:00. > :45:04.Macpherson who fought brilliantly Macpherson who fought brilliantly

:45:04. > :45:08.takes her place in the quarter- finals. And we may yet see Sarah

:45:08. > :45:12.Stevenson fight for a bronze medal right at the end of the day, but

:45:12. > :45:19.that would rely on Macpherson going all the way to the final, and she

:45:19. > :45:27.is going to have to keep it up now. Jennings, the husband, and share --

:45:27. > :45:30.Sarah Stevenson just sharing a hug there. Let's not get too heavy

:45:30. > :45:35.about this, but it is one of the things that Sarah was talking about

:45:35. > :45:38.ahead of these games. It is taekwondo, and after all she's gone

:45:38. > :45:43.through, it is not the most important thing in the world, and

:45:43. > :45:51.maybe that is running through her mind. Yes, you have to maintain a

:45:51. > :45:55.bigger picture perspective here. The entire programme of taekwondo

:45:55. > :46:00.was built on the back of her success, and youngsters like Jade

:46:00. > :46:04.Jones have built on that. But when you have done you cruciate ligament

:46:04. > :46:10.in February, this is a massive ask, and even somebody with her

:46:10. > :46:14.recovering powers, it was just too much. Did she fight to her best, or

:46:14. > :46:20.did the injury play its part, or was it just the American was just

:46:20. > :46:24.too good? A definite combination of all of that. She couldn't have

:46:24. > :46:33.given any more. Page Macpherson couldn't have fought any better.

:46:33. > :46:39.That is why we have the result. was a glory night for British

:46:39. > :46:49.taekwondo yesterday, and stare sit -- Sarah Stevenson might yet end up

:46:49. > :46:58.Sarah is with us now. Very unlucky, not the opening fight you are

:46:58. > :47:03.hoping for. There must admit, I did do near enough my best, and that is

:47:03. > :47:13.all I can do. It has been hard, hard build up, so my aim was to

:47:13. > :47:18.come here and go for it, and I felt like I did. That's it. Nobody would

:47:18. > :47:27.have blamed you, you have done your best year for all that went on in

:47:27. > :47:31.2011. Did they cruciate ligament injury spark? Not today. It has

:47:31. > :47:39.been a mental fight every single day for the last 18 months, every

:47:39. > :47:45.single day. And I did my best, and I just came here, my dad would want

:47:45. > :47:48.me to be here, so I am here, and I know they would be proud. You do

:47:48. > :47:53.realise you are a source of inspiration that everybody watching.

:47:53. > :47:57.Taekwondo is not at the top of your priorities right now. To be here at

:47:57. > :48:03.London 2012 is in itself a massive achievement, almost beyond words.

:48:03. > :48:09.Yes. I would have been forgiven to quit and sit in a corner and cry,

:48:09. > :48:13.but I am not a quitter, and I would never have quit. I have no regrets,

:48:13. > :48:17.and I want to wake up tomorrow and have no regrets, and I think I

:48:17. > :48:24.might be able to do that. Obviously I am a bit disappointed, but that

:48:24. > :48:28.was my aim. There is a ray of hope, and there is the avenue of the

:48:28. > :48:38.repechage for you. Yes, and I will keep going and hope she gets

:48:38. > :48:49.

:48:49. > :48:59.The other man in the Aaron Cook selection school. Only David

:48:59. > :49:00.

:49:00. > :49:10.Beckham commanded as many column inches as cook. This is lit J-Lo

:49:10. > :49:43.

:49:43. > :49:51.Mohammed, and this is his opponent Low Otello Mohammed is an Olympian,

:49:51. > :49:54.and he is fighting against Farkhod Negmatov from Tajikistan. He has

:49:54. > :50:01.got that flexibility with the front leg, and the speed over the

:50:01. > :50:09.shoulder. Negmatov is going to have to cover higher. That athleticism

:50:09. > :50:15.that Muhammad brings, as we mentioned before, he is at full

:50:15. > :50:25.strength. He has just come down a weight, and Negmatov is coming up

:50:25. > :50:26.

:50:26. > :50:36.He is the attempted shot from Muhammad. They are both tall

:50:36. > :51:04.

:51:04. > :51:12.The winner of this will be into the quarter-finals. There is the double

:51:12. > :51:22.kick, two kicks consecutively in mid-air from Negmatov. He drops

:51:22. > :51:35.

:51:35. > :51:39.And the dynamic quickness of Lutalo And the dynamic quickness of Lutalo

:51:39. > :51:44.Muhammad, so important. It has been a nervy, cagey opening two minutes.

:51:45. > :51:49.A young man who has had to put up with a lot. He got criticism which

:51:49. > :51:53.didn't seem entirely fair, the selection decision wasn't his, but

:51:53. > :51:59.he has had to put up with more than anyone looking forward to

:51:59. > :52:05.representing his country. Aaron Cook was here yesterday to watch

:52:05. > :52:14.Jade Jones when her gold medal. He is not here today. I think he has

:52:14. > :52:24.got tickets from the basketball. He couldn't bear to be here today, but

:52:24. > :52:26.

:52:26. > :52:34.this is Lutalo Muhammad's day. Negmatov's name was apparently last

:52:35. > :52:36.year on the the top 10 list of Tajikistan athletes. He is

:52:36. > :52:41.Tajikistan athletes. He is Muhammad's first-round opponent in

:52:41. > :52:50.this Olympic taekwondo competition. This is the men's welterweight, 80

:52:50. > :53:00.kg, around 12 and a half stone. 21- year-old Lutalo Muhammad hails from

:53:00. > :53:06.

:53:06. > :53:16.He has found the range of his leg. But for the cover skills of

:53:16. > :53:26.

:53:26. > :53:36.But as much as he is good in attack, Muhammad has to be resolute in

:53:36. > :54:00.

:54:00. > :54:10.Negmatov knows that he cannot rush It is Negmatov trying to stepping,

:54:10. > :54:14.

:54:14. > :54:24.the reverse turning kick there. A The referee let it go without a

:54:24. > :54:31.

:54:32. > :54:41.Kyon-go, taekwondo's penalty. The sport is spoken in the language of

:54:42. > :54:53.

:54:53. > :55:03.That left leg came chopping down on the head of the two cheeky Stan

:55:03. > :55:12.

:55:12. > :55:20.He has been very good on defence. He has kept in that open stance,

:55:20. > :55:25.giving Negmatov less chance to score. The coach will have to give

:55:25. > :55:28.some good advice to his athlete here, because continually trying to

:55:28. > :55:35.do the same thing again and again and expecting a different result

:55:35. > :55:45.doesn't always played dividends. It hasn't been an easy introduction to

:55:45. > :55:48.

:55:48. > :55:54.this arena for Muhammad. There was the attempted reverse. And there's

:55:54. > :55:57.the chop. Just avoided by the the chop. Just avoided by the

:55:57. > :56:02.merest of margins. I think that might have been worth a video

:56:02. > :56:12.replay card. I think the toes just caught the the side of the blue hat.

:56:12. > :56:25.

:56:26. > :56:30.I wonder where Utoeya Mohammad -- Lutalo Muhammad's dad Joseph is. He

:56:30. > :56:40.brought his son into the sport when he was just three. He was around

:56:40. > :56:50.

:56:50. > :56:55.It is tough watching at the moment, because Negmatov has his tactics

:56:55. > :57:05.perfectly. This could come down to a Kyon-go match, come down to

:57:05. > :57:05.

:57:06. > :57:10.As yet, the scoreboard is yet to be brought into operation, and it is

:57:10. > :57:16.the final round. Negmatov is far from one of the favourites here,

:57:17. > :57:21.but he is having a favourable round. Lutalo Muhammad, that was the Kyon-

:57:21. > :57:29.go, both of them have got it. word from the referee to get on

:57:29. > :57:34.with it. They came here to fight, and are trying to do that now.

:57:34. > :57:38.There is the chop from a Muhammad, and he is ahead! That was the three.

:57:38. > :57:43.Head shot, it has taken the best part of five minutes, but finally

:57:43. > :57:49.the big moment belongs to Britain. But he needs to keep his wits about

:57:49. > :57:59.him. What a perfect time to score it. He has a three-point advantage

:57:59. > :58:00.

:58:00. > :58:10.over Negmatov, who will have to And the British League is now up to

:58:10. > :58:14.A flurry of limbs, and we watch the clock ticked down, but the flurry

:58:14. > :58:24.once again works in the Britain's favour. He is now six points clear

:58:24. > :58:28.

:58:28. > :58:33.And he is heading into the quarter- finals. The young man at the centre

:58:34. > :58:37.of a storm that was not of his making can now call himself an

:58:37. > :58:44.Olympic quarter-finalist. Magic is beginning to rise again inside the

:58:44. > :58:47.beginning to rise again inside the ExCel. It was a difficult opponent,

:58:47. > :58:55.but he pawn on the pressure and stuck to his tactics, and that is

:58:55. > :59:02.what made the difference. He really got his act together in that third

:59:02. > :59:05.round. The first couple of rounds were, to be frank, pretty dull. As

:59:05. > :59:14.soon as the referee told them to get on with it, he thought, right,

:59:14. > :59:22.I will be the first to get on with it. That will do his confidence a

:59:22. > :59:25.lot of good. He handled the occasion well. He is still a little

:59:25. > :59:32.confused and over awed by the occasion, but the more time you

:59:32. > :59:39.spend on the mat, the better you get. Negmatov got the tactics right,

:59:39. > :59:49.but it was the flexibility in the end, the second kick, that was the

:59:49. > :59:51.

:59:51. > :59:55.double tap shot that the British It was a bit of a trouble --

:59:55. > :00:05.struggle in the end the 21-year-old Latika Muhammad, but he can

:00:05. > :00:07.

:00:07. > :00:12.contemplate a place in the Olympic You left it late, didn't you?

:00:12. > :00:16.but I am glad to have got through. I feel much more confident going

:00:16. > :00:22.into the next round. You are looking a bit shocked by it all,

:00:22. > :00:27.are you OK? Yes, it is OK, the a as fear is fantastic, but I feel a lot

:00:27. > :00:33.better I have got it out of the way. Does that relieve come up with what

:00:33. > :00:39.has gone on to the build-up to these Games? No, not at all. It is

:00:39. > :00:43.like any other tournament and I do not feel any different. I am in the

:00:43. > :00:48.quarter-final and hopefully I can progress. You talk about the

:00:48. > :00:56.reception of the fans, it was a terrific reception. I am from east

:00:56. > :01:02.London, born and bred and I want to give the crowd a gold medal. Well

:01:02. > :01:08.done, Lutalo Muhammad. That was a decisive final few moments in his

:01:08. > :01:12.bout. He is through to the quarter- final which will happen at about

:01:12. > :01:17.3:45pm this supplement. Everything is packed into one day for all of

:01:17. > :01:22.the fighters. If he gets through to the final, it will be tonight. He

:01:22. > :01:26.will be hoping to emulate what Jade Jones did yesterday. Sarah

:01:26. > :01:29.Stevenson in the women's fight still has the possibility of a

:01:29. > :01:35.bronze medal if her opponent makes it through to the final tonight. We

:01:35. > :01:40.will have to wait and see what happens there. Plenty of excitement

:01:40. > :01:48.at the taekwondo. Just before we move on, we can remind you that

:01:48. > :01:58.there will be no rest for at Manish Bhasin at the Excel centre because

:01:58. > :02:31.

:02:31. > :02:40.they will be football continuing It is hard to imagine the football

:02:40. > :02:44.season is almost upon us. It kicks off a week on Saturday on BBC One.

:02:44. > :02:54.There are still three days of Olympic action to enjoy, so let's

:02:54. > :03:22.

:03:22. > :03:32.get back to Eton Dorney. Next up in Only one drops out. Lane 34 China

:03:32. > :03:34.

:03:34. > :03:44.is looking strong. The Spaniard is ahead, but Jess Walker is going

:03:44. > :03:47.

:03:47. > :03:57.strong in lane three. Nice smooth, long strokes. The Spaniards takes a

:03:57. > :04:03.

:04:03. > :04:13.lead in this race. Jess Walker came in third, I think. The Spaniard

:04:13. > :04:18.takes the wind. Six go through. She looked very strong, almost a length

:04:18. > :04:21.clear at the finish. She had a great start as well. We have

:04:21. > :04:29.already commented about how important it is to get that great

:04:29. > :04:34.start at the 200m and then get the pace up as quickly as you can,

:04:34. > :04:44.generally hit it at 50m and then hang on. The Spaniard has been

:04:44. > :04:46.

:04:46. > :04:56.world champion, but that was 2002 and 2005. Just getting in in third

:04:56. > :05:02.

:05:02. > :05:06.place. Jess Walker is in fourth place and that gets a cheer from

:05:06. > :05:16.the crowd as it is announced. The Spaniard looks very impressive

:05:16. > :05:38.

:05:38. > :05:42.A good result for Jess Walker of Great Britain who is into the semi-

:05:42. > :05:47.finals. William Heath and Jon Schofield are beginning their quest

:05:47. > :05:52.for gold in the men's kayak double. They are European champions and

:05:52. > :05:56.world silver medallists. They start their campaign in lane five of the

:05:56. > :06:06.second heat and the top five will make it through to tomorrow's semi-

:06:06. > :06:30.

:06:30. > :06:40.for the last three years, but this is a step up. The Belgians are more

:06:40. > :06:45.

:06:45. > :06:55.1,000m specialists really. The second heat, the final heat in the

:06:55. > :07:15.

:07:15. > :07:21.men's KT22 hundred metres. Five to looking to get away strong need.

:07:21. > :07:27.They are out quickest at the moment. But Argentina are also going

:07:27. > :07:37.strongly in yellow. Belarus are coming back at them and they are

:07:37. > :07:39.

:07:39. > :07:49.leading as they come into the final 100m. And Belarus finishes strongly.

:07:49. > :07:58.Liam Heath and Jon Schofield were in second place. Belarus are

:07:58. > :08:04.looking strong, two very powerful figures. We will know more when we

:08:05. > :08:14.come to the semi-finals. It is a tough competition out there with

:08:15. > :08:16.

:08:16. > :08:22.Belarus. They are quite a contrast to our two, who are lighter and

:08:22. > :08:30.smaller framed. I did not feel we got as good a start as we sometimes

:08:30. > :08:40.do. They might look at that. Belarus with a couple of metres on

:08:40. > :08:44.

:08:44. > :08:54.the British boat. It is Sarah Murphy to the K1, 200m. -- similar.

:08:54. > :09:03.

:09:03. > :09:13.They get out very quickly and then hang on a little bit. There is a

:09:13. > :09:22.

:09:22. > :09:27.difference in their physique as you Certainly fast and furious as we

:09:27. > :09:32.imagined at the start of the day. We are now into the semi-final

:09:32. > :09:39.phase of the day and there are lots of races in the next hour. Ed

:09:39. > :09:43.McKeever's is about 11:20am. One of the voices you heard in commentary

:09:43. > :09:47.was Helen Reeves. Over the course of these Olympics we have been

:09:48. > :09:57.trying to tell the stories of the members of our BBC team and about

:09:58. > :10:07.

:10:07. > :10:11.how they got into their particular I first got into canoeing through

:10:11. > :10:17.my brother. He saw a programme on the television and decided he

:10:17. > :10:23.wanted to have a go. Being a younger sister I got dragged to

:10:23. > :10:27.gone -- along. When I got there I got about half a metre away from

:10:27. > :10:31.the bank and burst into tears, so it was not the most successful

:10:31. > :10:36.start to my canoeing Korea. The canal was only a couple of hundred

:10:36. > :10:41.metres up the road, so I used to walk from my house to the canal,

:10:41. > :10:45.but the older I got there more embarrassing this became an

:10:45. > :10:51.particularly when I got to college age. It was not a cool thing to be

:10:51. > :10:55.doing. There are ate a lot of very competent canoeist who took her

:10:55. > :10:59.under their wing and saw her potential very quickly. My friends

:10:59. > :11:02.at school thought I was crazy, but they were incredibly supportive and

:11:02. > :11:10.would sit there with their umbrellas watching the car around

:11:10. > :11:15.in circles. As time went on at they thought I was less crazy. Helen was

:11:15. > :11:20.a very good all-round athlete anyway, so was always very well co-

:11:21. > :11:27.ordinated and a very good runner. Once she got the basics she got

:11:28. > :11:33.success very quickly. The Olympic experience was so much bigger than

:11:33. > :11:37.I had anticipated. We had lots of talks about how it would be a

:11:37. > :11:42.different experience and I did not believe half of it. I thought I

:11:42. > :11:47.would just turn up and I would do what I do every time, but it was

:11:47. > :11:52.just incredible. When you first go out into the stadium, there is this

:11:52. > :11:58.big stand in front of you and I thought, Oh, my goodness, this is

:11:58. > :12:03.all for us. The day I remember of the final I remember having this

:12:03. > :12:09.massive rush of energy and I thought, this is it. The countdown

:12:09. > :12:15.felt so slow. Then I went off the start and I hit the gate three. I

:12:15. > :12:21.thought, I have to keep it together. There was a disastrous part where I

:12:21. > :12:29.actually missed the gate. The commentators said there was no

:12:29. > :12:34.chance of a medal. I ended up in fourth place. The end was nerve-

:12:34. > :12:40.racking because of the way the results came. It was like a mistake,

:12:40. > :12:44.so to finish 4th is good, but it is disappointing. Halfway through that

:12:44. > :12:49.interview I heard a screaming noise from my physio and I looked across

:12:49. > :12:56.and it had popped up that I was third. Do you want to chat with

:12:56. > :13:01.them? I have got a medal somehow. From that point it was a roller-

:13:01. > :13:07.coaster. Fantastic news, Helen Reeves has got the bronze medal and

:13:07. > :13:14.the French are relegated into 4th. That felt like a gold medal to me.

:13:14. > :13:19.If he would like to get involved in the sport, get along to the website.

:13:19. > :13:29.That is Helen's story, the story behind her success and she is part

:13:29. > :13:34.

:13:34. > :13:42.of our commentary team. Let's join we she Daz Rishi Persad.

:13:42. > :13:52.Ed McKeever goes in the semi-finals of his event at 1123. One of his

:13:52. > :13:56.big rivals is Poland. It came through the quickest in his heat

:13:56. > :14:01.and was very impressive and is one of the outstanding 200m kayak

:14:01. > :14:06.singles competitors in the world. The way he performed, the confident

:14:06. > :14:10.manner in which he started, and he was able to ease off in the last

:14:10. > :14:16.few metres and it suggests he is in great shape going into the semi-

:14:16. > :14:20.finals. It has looked absolutely beautiful at Eton Dorney would be

:14:20. > :14:25.the poor weather, but also are the conditions on the water difficult

:14:25. > :14:31.with the wind today? It that you look behind me at the flags, they

:14:31. > :14:39.are barely flattering. It is perfect conditions at Eton Dorney.

:14:39. > :14:44.Lovely sunshine, hardly a breath of wind. It is perfect for a regatta.

:14:44. > :14:48.When the canoeists go down to the start, because the races are over

:14:48. > :14:53.200m, they are basically in a tunnel anyway and there is not that

:14:53. > :15:03.much of an effect. It would not be too bad for the canoeists and

:15:03. > :15:04.

:15:04. > :15:09.everything is set for some fast Now it is the turn of the canoe

:15:09. > :15:14.sprinters. It is just about time for this next semi-final to begin,

:15:14. > :15:24.so let's join Andrew Cotter and Helen Reeves.

:15:24. > :15:25.

:15:25. > :15:35.Things start to get serious nerve. It is the first four -- four From H

:15:35. > :15:43.

:15:43. > :15:53.rather new, and the atmosphere has been fantastic. They go down to

:15:53. > :15:57.

:15:57. > :16:07.near silence at the start, and a drumbeat to ramp up the tension.

:16:07. > :16:23.

:16:23. > :16:33.Lookout for the Spanish and the competitor is just leading ahead of

:16:33. > :17:12.

:17:12. > :17:20.extremely tight finish. I think he just, just got it. It is very hard

:17:20. > :17:30.to tell. This title may be settled by a matter of inches. We will

:17:30. > :17:31.

:17:31. > :17:41.confirm that on a photo finish. We are actually getting our results,

:17:41. > :17:51.which are unofficial, the Canadian getting it. It will be decided.

:17:51. > :17:59.

:17:59. > :18:09.They went off very strongly at the start. De Jonge Just got it on the

:18:09. > :18:11.

:18:11. > :18:15.Well, we will have more semi-finals from the Ecco Newsprint coming up,

:18:15. > :18:19.but we are also keeping an eye on another watery seemed a Olympic

:18:19. > :18:25.event, the men's open-water swimming, which is going to take

:18:25. > :18:30.place once again in the Serpentine in Hyde Park. Let's join Clare

:18:30. > :18:34.Balding he was down there today. Thanks, Michelle. Again, taking

:18:34. > :18:40.place in beautiful conditions, and with me is Keri-Anne Payne who

:18:40. > :18:45.finished 4th yesterday. How are you today? I am gutted about yesterday,

:18:45. > :18:49.to be honest. When you just work so hard and trained for so long, and

:18:49. > :18:54.so much people have put time and energy into you, I feel gutted

:18:54. > :18:58.about that. But this has not been a great season for me with injuries

:18:58. > :19:06.and illnesses, and a change of coach as well, so I am really proud

:19:06. > :19:10.of where I came. It is a brutal race. Look at Keri-Anne Payne's me,

:19:10. > :19:15.all bandaged up. After the race she found it a bit of the struggle to

:19:15. > :19:19.walk. I have never had a problem with my knees before, but I went

:19:19. > :19:24.back to the hotel and laid down for five minutes, and when I got up and

:19:24. > :19:29.started walking around, it hurt really badly. I don't know why.

:19:29. > :19:33.They don't think it affected anything in the race. But it shows

:19:33. > :19:40.how much your body is put through on a race like this, and things you

:19:40. > :19:43.didn't feel worse or yesterday are absolutely killing me today.

:19:43. > :19:47.have been discussing the things that happened, that you are still

:19:47. > :19:53.having flashbacks to, and one of the moment was the Fien station on

:19:53. > :19:56.lap three, trying to get over there to get your energy drink. Yes,

:19:56. > :20:02.there is always a great moment in sport, a moment you have to do, at

:20:02. > :20:06.the moment to me was that I had to go and feed. It is always part of

:20:06. > :20:10.my plan. The the station wasn't in the best position, because

:20:10. > :20:16.everybody had to be on the right to turn the corner, but the station

:20:16. > :20:21.was on the left, so my choice was to feed or not and hope that I had

:20:21. > :20:25.enough energy. So I made the choice to try to do that, and I was

:20:25. > :20:29.getting pushed constantly, and I struggled to get across to the left,

:20:29. > :20:35.and I missed the bottle the first time, and by the time I grabbed the

:20:35. > :20:39.second time, the girls behind caught up and swam over me, and I

:20:39. > :20:44.got kicked a couple of times and disorientated, and before I knew it

:20:44. > :20:50.I had gone from first to 7th or 8th, and I had to work hard to get back

:20:50. > :20:54.to a position where I was in fresh out. And I was -- you are not a

:20:54. > :21:00.naturally aggressive person, are you? You are almost too nice for

:21:00. > :21:06.this. Yes, we have done that some bits and pieces with a psychologist,

:21:06. > :21:10.and am definitely a lover and not a fighter, so I try to get out in

:21:10. > :21:15.front and be away from the pack fighting, but it is a great tactic

:21:15. > :21:21.because it worked for the Hungarian yesterday. She was definitely the

:21:21. > :21:29.best athlete on the day. But I did absolutely everything that I could

:21:29. > :21:33.yesterday, and I was so close, 0.4 of a second away from a medal. I am

:21:33. > :21:37.really proud of where I have come and how I got here. You have done a

:21:38. > :21:43.terrific job, and they know how much the crowd lifted you back. You

:21:43. > :21:49.will be part of the crowd today cheering on downfall. What you hope

:21:49. > :21:52.for? I think the boys will be hoping a bit more of the race than

:21:52. > :21:56.yesterday. We had the same conditions we did in Beijing, and

:21:56. > :22:06.we were three minutes quicker, so I think everybody will be a bit on

:22:06. > :22:09.age. We have pool swimmers in there, but also some big champions in

:22:09. > :22:14.open-water swimming, so it'll be interesting to see which one takes

:22:14. > :22:20.it out, and how fast the last lap will be. We are really looking

:22:20. > :22:23.forward to watching it. Thomas alerts is probably the favourite.

:22:24. > :22:29.Coverage starts on BBC Three at 3 o'clock.

:22:29. > :22:33.That description of what it is like, so difficult for the athletes. We

:22:33. > :22:43.go straight back to Eton Dorney, because this is going to be Ed

:22:43. > :22:48.

:22:49. > :22:55.McKeever's semi-final in the men's four to go through to the file. De

:22:55. > :23:05.Jong won the first semi-final. McKeever was quickest in the heats.

:23:05. > :23:06.

:23:06. > :23:12.He goes in lane five for Great Britain. And they are away so

:23:12. > :23:22.quickly. Ed McKeever has a good power-to-weight ratio that carries

:23:22. > :23:28.

:23:28. > :23:33.him forward. He is setting the pace a little at Ed McKeever. Ed

:23:33. > :23:40.McKeever is hanging on as they come into the final 50. In fact, his

:23:40. > :23:43.lead is stretching a little. Ed Nikki Gregg takes a victory in the

:23:43. > :23:48.second semi-final, and we will wait for exact confirmation of a time,

:23:48. > :23:55.but he looked comfortable and strong. He is safely through to the

:23:55. > :24:03.final and he has done it in winning style. Fantastic, he jumped out of

:24:03. > :24:10.the bucket and got himself up and running. A real dominant

:24:10. > :24:16.performance there from Ed McKeever. We were concerned about the form of

:24:16. > :24:26.the world champion from Poland. And there is the time, just a fraction

:24:26. > :24:32.slower than the first semi-final. Beaumont took second. The defending

:24:32. > :24:37.world champion who had a wrist injury is in fact out. Not so

:24:37. > :24:42.McKeever. Just look at the style here. Just dipping his head,

:24:42. > :24:47.reaching forward and powering on. Sometimes he is a little more

:24:47. > :24:52.ragged. There is plenty of raw power there. It is difficult to

:24:52. > :24:57.make sure you keep the control and technique throughout the 200m.

:24:57. > :25:07.Lactic acid starts kicking in with around 50m to go, and your arms are

:25:07. > :25:16.

:25:16. > :25:26.just hanging on to get the last few years ago, silver last year in the

:25:26. > :25:28.

:25:28. > :25:31.world championship. Szymanowski is out. McKeever, his work is done.

:25:32. > :25:39.delight he was fighting with those guys, don't touch the boat.

:25:39. > :25:47.Precious cargo. There is the confirmation. Ed McKeever is

:25:47. > :25:57.through, just ahead of Beaumont. Ed McKeever is through to tomorrow's

:25:57. > :25:58.

:25:58. > :26:06.Ed McKeever is just going to grab a drink before he comes to have a

:26:06. > :26:09.chat with us here. He has had to wait a little bit. He went off with

:26:09. > :26:15.the Great Britain commuting to Barcelona in preparation for this

:26:15. > :26:18.event. They have missed being at a hotel with the rollers. But he said

:26:18. > :26:24.that they were keeping an eye on what was going on, and it has

:26:24. > :26:29.helped to inspire the team. Ed, we all just eulogising about that

:26:29. > :26:33.tremendous effort. It seems you are coming to your peak? Yes, it is

:26:33. > :26:37.good. We are coming back from a good training camp, feeling good

:26:37. > :26:41.and looking forward to racing tomorrow now. You had to almost

:26:41. > :26:45.keep yourself caged for the first few days, watching the other guys

:26:45. > :26:50.compete. It has been really frustrating watching everyone else

:26:50. > :26:58.go out and Great Britain winning so many medals, and it is just

:26:58. > :27:02.annoying. Quickest time overall in the semis? Yes, and hopefully we

:27:02. > :27:05.will see what happens tomorrow. Well done, and we will see what

:27:05. > :27:10.happens tomorrow. Thank you very much.

:27:10. > :27:14.A Ed McKeever, a strong performance from him in the morning's heat. His

:27:14. > :27:19.final will take place at about half-past nine tomorrow morning, so

:27:19. > :27:22.we will hope perhaps for an early middle from Great Britain. The

:27:22. > :27:25.canoe sprint action will continue with the rest of those semi-finals

:27:25. > :27:30.coming up over the course of the next hour.

:27:30. > :27:34.And for that you were going to be in the capable hands of Matt Baker.

:27:34. > :27:39.You have also got the sailing, haven't you? Thank goodness that

:27:39. > :27:43.was cancelled yesterday because of light wind. That will be going off

:27:43. > :27:50.at 12 o'clock, and our boys are guaranteed a silver. Can they beat

:27:50. > :27:54.the Australians? First Olympics, so nothing to lose. Shirley Robertson