BBC One: Day 14: 09.00-11.30 Olympics

Good morning, and welcome to the Olympic Park which, last night,

witnessed history, as Usain Bolt claimed a unique sprint double. The

first man ever to retain both the 100 and 200 metre titles. It was a

memorable day for Great Britain as well, with three gold medals,

including the first ever in taekwondo. And today, two more

British fighters are hoping to continue that trend.

It's been an emotional journey for Sarah Stevenson, who's looking for

a second Olympic medal. Could she make it a gold this time?

Lutalo Muhammad finally has his chance at the arena, selected ahead

of world number one Aaron Cook. Will he prove the doubters wrong?

High hopes for Britain's boxers. This time, it's the men.

Can they follow in Nicola Adams' footsteps?

And it's another busy morning of canoe sprint. After a disappointing

few days, can Great Britain find inspiration on the water?

The action from Eton Dorney begins at 9.30, where we'll see Britain's

former world champion Ed McKeever, as well as Richard Jeffries and

Sarah Stevenson's last 16 contest begins at 10.30. Followed by Lutalo

Muhammed. They'll both have afternoon

quarter-finals, around 3.30, should they progress.

There's a double bill of sailing, if the wind blows in Weymouth.

Double medal hopes for Britain there in the 470 class.

Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips both feature in the semi-finals of

the BMX. And, no action in the Olympic

Stadium this morning. But the athletics tonight includes

Steve Lewis in the pole vault, Sophie Hitchon in the hammer. And

Lisa Dobriskey in the 1500 metre So, plenty for the home crowd to

cheer on tonight. Last night, though, wherever you were from, you

simply had to sit back and admire a sprinting legend.

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COMMENTATOR: The moment of truth This, the event where he burst onto

the scene as a junior when he was just 15. Winning the World

Championships. He has dominated the world of its printing -- sprinting.

Not only at 200, but also at 100. clean start. Bolt out of the blocks

well, he is already storming around the bend. Blake has a lot to do.

Look at Bolt go. As they come into the home straight. Here comes Blake,

running him down, but he's not going to catch him. Bolt is going

to do it again. Watch the clock, 19.32. Gold all the way. Blake

argue that he has no equal. He is just incomparable in the world of

Usain, congratulations, you wanted to come here and cement your

legend,, you have done that, the double double. Tell me what that

means. It is what I wanted, and I got it. I am very proud. I had a

rough season. I came here to do what I had to do. Is it all the

more special to celebrate with all these guys?. My coach is probably

going crazy. We have been working hard all season, and pushed each

other. We are happy. Finally, this year has not been the easiest of

build-ups. You said you were 95% fit, and yet you have still been

able to do this. Sum up what this means, in the context of the whole

season? It is hard. For me, it was hard. I am really dedicated to my

work and I know what London meant to me. For me, I'm happy. You are a

legend. Usain Bolt!

Couldn't have said it better myself. The first man to defend this title.

His fourth Olympic gold medal. No world records this time. What to a

remarkable light. So, two golds for Usain Bolt. And, with all the

Jamaican's on the podium, you wouldn't bet against medal number

three coming tomorrow night in the relay. A fantastic time of 19.32,

but no world record. That was left to Kenya's 800 metre star David

Rudisha. For those who hadn't heard of him before these Games, last

night ensured that was about to An COMMENTATOR: This man is a very

special indeed, he is so dominant David Rudisha, the hottest

favourite at these Games in track and field.

David Rudisha, as ever, loves to be in front. That is a phenomenal

opening. Can they hang on, they are starting

to fade. Look at that. It is all about David Rudisha. Already the

world record holder, already the world champion. Striding away to

become the Olympic champion, how quick but it be, watched the clock?

That is the world record! Unbelievable. The greatest ever

800-metre race anybody has ever run that I have ever seen.

This is the moment I have been waiting for, for a very long time.

To come here and break the world record is something unbelievable. I

had no doubt about winning, but I was waiting for a perfect finish.

Today, the weather was beautiful. David's father Daniel won a silver

for Kenya, in the 4x400m team relay. And he was hoping to compete there

too. But, with the early stages of that scheduled for yesterday

morning, it was probably best he saved himself for that stunning

performance last night. There's Great Britain's 4x400m team have

made it through to that. It takes place at 9.20.

Here's the full plan for the evening.

At 7.45, it's the men's sprint relays, with Britain in the first

heat, along with Jamaica. And around 8.40, it's the final of

the women's 4x100m. USA are hot favourites, despite their baton

issues at the last two Olympics. The world champions were top

qualifiers, despite resting double sprint medallist Carmelita Jeter,

and 200m champion Allyson Felix. And, as we mentioned earlier,

plenty of British interest in the stadium in the pole vault, hammer

Now over in Weymouth. Olympic sailing has reached its final stage.

And yesterday, there was disappointment, as the benign

conditions prevented any racing at all. That does mean a bonus double

bill today, as both Britain's 470 crews go in search of gold. Luke

Patience and Stuart Bithell should be setting off about midday, wind

permitting, with Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark in the women's race

about an hour later. Let's join I had better ask you for a weather

forecast, is it more promising? looks a lot more promising, the

direction of the winds should help the sea breezes build. Everyone is

pretty confident that racing will happen. A very exciting today for

Team GB, guaranteed two silver medals and in the hunt to upgrade

those two gold medals. We will see both of these 470 crews in action.

First, it is the men. They have to get one boat between them and the

Aussies. A great battle which we all laugh. So, we might see them

playing a round before the start, tried to get in front of each other,

to make sure they start before the other one. I spoke to them

yesterday, they said, we are going to attack the Aussies. The Aussies

are world champions. They were the favourites coming into this event.

But they are used to winning easily, they are not normally challenged

like this. They might be on the back foot.

If this is one of the smaller classes in the sailing competition?

Yes, it is double-handed lightweight. They are small, the

boats do not weigh very much. So it is very precise. It is hard to sail.

A what about Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark later on?

They have been on fire. They have done so well. They were pushed

together a year ago, and Hannah Mills stepped in. She was a

fabulous seller at youth level, a real talent at this level. She

didn't think she would go to the Olympics. Here she is on the last

day of the competition on equal points with the Kiwis. They are

confident, enjoying the Olympic Games, no sign of nerves.

You have been watching all of the sailing from the start. We know

about Ben Ainslie. What has the overall Great Britain performance

been like? It depends on today. They could be the top nation, with

three gold medals, two and silver medals. If not, perhaps the

Australians could be the top nation. Britain has been the top nation in

sailing, since Sydney, so they will be disappointed to lose that crown.

It is a big day in Weymouth, lots of anticipation. When you watch

them go out, do you wish you were out there racing again or are you

happy to be standing there, talking to us? It is hard work doing this

as well. I suppose I know what is behind it, how hard they have to

work, how much pressure there is on them. I do not miss that. But it is

a beautiful sailing day to day. To put you on the spot, to think we

might end up with two gold medals in sailing today? I really do.

Their first Olympic Games, Stuart Bithell and Luke Patience. They are

really confident. They have nothing Toulouse. I think the Aussies have,

there is a lot of expectation on the Australians. They could well

deliver. It is Hannah Mills's first Olympic Games. She is guaranteed a

silver. They will be more relaxed because of that. Two gold medals

Sailing begins in Weymouth around midday. Now, let's talk about

boxing because Nicola Adams from leads boxed her way to an Olympic

milestone yesterday with her flyweight gold becoming the first

the Olympic gold medal for women's boxing. Katie Taylor from Ireland

follow suit in the lightweight and COMMENTATOR: Nicola Adams

representing Great Britain has come out absolutely blazing. What a

stunning right cross from Nicola Adams. A legitimate knockdown, the

counter will be issued. The lead has increased further. Nicola Adams

has just made history. Olympic champion, representing

Great Britain - and Nicola Adams! I have been dreaming about this

since I was 12 years old. The moment is finally here and I have

my gold medal for Great Britain. was a fantastic performance, you

must be surprised at how well it went, especially the knockdown?

Definitely! I was very surprised. But this is what I worked for. We

got the tactics spot on. I have trained hard and worked hard.

Tactics have paid off. I got in there and got the points on the

board. All those years of wandering and having a bad injury and

thinking, will I be able to box. Now it seems like a dream, does it?

After my injury, I never thought I would box again. To think I have

come back and got a gold medal, I could not ask for more. This is

what dreams are made for. I would like to thank my family, my mum and

brother who have come here and supported. I spoke to your brother

before and asked him how he felt. He said, I never knew nerves like

this will stop but he needn't have worried? Absolutely not. Nicola

Adams is from leads, which means another medals for Yorkshire. Now

it is for the men, and it gets under way about 1pm at the ExCel

arena. Also, the BMX, and over the first two days we have seen it all.

Today it gets serious in the semi- finals. Shanaze Reade was the

Olympic favourite in Beijing, but finished 8th. Could 2012 bring the

gold medal to the goal from crew? - - girl.

To win the Olympic Games is everything to me. I want to be the

COMMENTATOR: She has crashed! Beijing made me part of what I am.

I have a fantastic support team. My coach has brought me back from the

bottom. I was in a bad place from the Olympics. It is about the

support team and getting the right people around you. That has been

the biggest key of how I got over Beijing and moved on and learn from

it, is the team around me. Beijing was a stop-off on the wake to the

Olympics and London. Now London is here, it feels right. Some other

athletes might be feeling the pressure, but I am excited. I have

been round the track and it is a good course. It suits everyone, it

has a bit of everything, technical and speed. It will make for great

racing. You have got to be so relaxed and calm at the start gate,

because if you are not things can go wrong. You have got to want to

go out and get out in front, but also be very calm. Become be hard,

but it is the final and everyone is lined up and all the other

competitors want to do the same thing. You have to learn to control

your mind. I think for a long time I did not think I was capable of

being an Olympic champion. It was a dream. I used to think, I am a fast

BMX rider but don't think I can pull it all together. There was

doubt in my mind. But now, if I am watching TV, and so much sport on

the TV, I can relate to the Olympic champions and I think I can do this

now and be the Olympic champion. Good luck to Shanaze Reade. She

starts at 3pm this afternoon with Liam Phillips shortly after that.

The canoe sprint races are almost upon us. At Eton Dorney both canoe

and Kayak heats are set to take place. We have Ed McKeever in the

200m Kay one. He is a former world champion. We have Richard and Helen

Reeves at Eton Dorney. We have perfect conditions for a

regatta. We have Helen Reeves, Athens bronze-medallist in canoeing.

A lot of our hopes in the 200-metre races a going. What are the chances

of Jon Schofield and Liam Heath? They have been successful since the

discipline was introduced as an Olympic category in 2010. They have

been on the podium in every race. We are holding they can hold on,

there is only one more race. What about the women's kayak single?

Jess Walker has already competed, but this is her a strong event?

has been training specifically over the winter and changed coaches. In

the K-For, the stroke rate is very high, so she will be looking to

come out this morning I used the experience she gained earlier in

the week. She needs to get out quickly on this first race and I

think it will give her confidence going into the semi-final. The 200-

metre races is not so demanding, but it is about explosive power?

Absolutely, they work on the gym on the power. Lifting tons of waits a

week. And they do need to get muscles going. They don't have the

opportunity to let it anything rest. They come out of the blokes --

blocks, start their stroke strokes and it is who can hold on the

fastest. Richard Jeffries, we saw him earlier in the week. He only

has one speed, which is very fast, but that is not good over 1,000m,

surely that will be a massive bonus for him? 200m is discipline and he

was here to compete in the 1,000m. He will be in his comfort zone

today. This is what he spends his time training to do. He will go out

there and try and execute it will stop he is someone who came through

the same talent spotting scheme Helen Glover did and she had gold

medal success in these waters? I don't think he will get a gold

medal, but he will be looking for the experience, for him it is about

Rio in 2016. Ed McKeever is in the Kayak single, 200m and he will be

first out. He has been likened to the Usain Bolt of canoeing? He is

the fastest man in a canoe. He came out all guns blazing in 2010 and

set a target. He will want to come out and show he is back on form. He

has a heat with the guy he was top of the podium at the European

Championships. He will want to go into the semi-finals which will be

more of a competition to him. haven't had a medal down here in

canoeing sprint, what do you think our chances are? We knew it was

going to be about Friday and Saturday for British canoeing. We

did hope we could get one somewhere else. Chances are great. We have

decay one and the K2. Both have not been of the podium since 2010.

McKeever goes at 9:37am. Also raising the nation's hopes.

They will be fast and furious and on the water. Whether it is the

career with the double ended blades and the canoeists with their

singles. This is the guide from Eton Dorney.

Canoe sprint, there are two distinct types. A canoe and Kayak.

The Kayak his race by one, two or for competitors. Known as K1, K2

and K four, and Kayak events are contested by men over distances of

201,000 metres. Women compete over 205 hundred metres. There are one

or two competitors are known as C1, and C2. It is contested over

201,000 metres. It is propelled from a kneeling position using a

single bladed pedals and using a stroke on one side. The first to

cross the finish line is a winner, but a Photofit to confirm results.

Dead heats during qualifying stages will see both competitors progress,

but they might be forced to do the but they might be forced to do the

race again if limited places. If you would like to get involved

: in terms of what you are about to see it is the shorter 200m you are

about to see. It is dominated by Germany and Hungary. But there was

a gold medal for Australia here so they, and we could see Great

Britain doing well. There will be a series of heats with the best

progressing to the semi-finals later. Let's start of a journey

from the Olympic Park over to where it will all be happening at Eton

Dorney, right over to the West of London. 25 miles West. It is the

home of the growing so you will have seen this stretch of water

from the start. Great Britain has done very well on this stretch of

water. We will be starting with the men's 200-metre kayak singles. On

the water, lookout for Ed McKeever, Great Britain's former world

champion. He will be going in the second of the three heats. Let's

join Helen Reeves alongside Andrew Championships and the European

Championships, but they off fast, explosive and buried exciting. We

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4th Olympic Games. He was a world for Ecuador. Murray Stuart, we are

told after his celebrations winning Australia so they, might be feeling

fragile. The Tunisian, finished 5th in the K1 500m at the World Cup in

hungry last year. Conditions, just perfect for racing this morning.

Tactics here, Helen Reeves is go out hard and hang on. Technique

does come into it but there is raw power? Absolutely, they will get

her strike-rate up very high. Then it will be about who can hold on to

the finish line. The first five go high. Canada, initially with the

lead. Siemionowski hanging with them. Maybe with something in

reserve. De Jonge takes it for maybe the Tunisian, Mrabet.

The De Jonge of Canada, winning that one, in just over 35 seconds.

It is about making sure you are in there, and getting a decent lane

for the semi-final. Those six going through. But Mrabet offered to

busier, missing out. An explosive start, they can't

afford to lose anything at the start of this 200 metres race.

Getting that stroke rate extremely high. And that drive through those

paddle blades. Almost three strokes a second as they power out. Then it

is about maintaining that speed. You can see Ed McKeever is one of

the quickest starters of the game, one of the lighter men. There are

more powerful men but it is about fastest 6th place going through to

the semi-final, so time is important. Siemionowski, the world

champion from Poland looking comfortable. I think he had some or

in reserve. In the semi-finals, will be looking for a decent lane

draw into the final. De Jonge going A couple more of these heat on the

way. This is really an intense sprinting distance.

Yes, indeed. I spoke to Ed McKeever, going for Great Britain in the next

heat. He said, aerobically, it doesn't require that much. But what

it does require is plenty of power, you need to be flying from the

start. Ed McKeever is the fastest man, the best in the world. He was

world champion and European champion, silver this year. He has

said that has made him more hungry to win the gold medal here at the

Olympics. He has put everything to one side, including his impending

marriage in September. He has led her to plan anything on her own, to

concentrate on winning a gold medal for Great Britain. It's not the

first time I have heard that kind of story. A few more days before he

can do that. How well does he have to do in this heat? He is almost

guaranteed a spot. What is important is you want to do well

because you want a decent lane draw in the semi-finals. There won't be

much easing down as you have seen from Usain Bolt. Because over 200

bidders, you have to go hard from the start and everyone is flat out.

You said yesterday, it was the Germans and Hungarians dominating

the longer distances. This is a little more shared, Poland

providing the main challenge to Ed McKeever. Later on, John Schofield

and Liam Heath have a huge chance. 90 strokes within that time. The

chance of something going slightly wrong will have a huge impact. We

know that Ed McKeever, Liam Heath and John Schofield have proven in

the past they are capable of being the best in the world and we hope

they can prove that today. Their heat is coming up in a moment.

Getting ready for that heat, let us join our commentators.

A roar from the crowd for this man in lane five. A real hope for a

gold medal, he hasn't been away from the podium in the last few

years. Du gus macro, almost one foot

taller than the keeper macro -- but with tremendous upper-body

strength. He has a fast start, as the slightly lighter man. He will

invariably be leading at 100 metres. He, the Siemionowski, and Ronald

Rauhe from Germany, they are the real medal contenders.

It is the first five, plus the fastest six, will go through. Tim

Hornsby has gone into the wrong lane, not the ideal start for the

first three strokes, that is what he is concentrating on, initially.

A roar from the largely British crowd. Ed McKeever leads at the

moment from no vac macro. Into the second half of the race -- Novak.

The Serbian, just moving up, alongside the cleaver macro. --

More to come from him. Job done again. He gets out so well.

jumped out from the start. You could see a little bit towards the

end, an attack coming through. He will be pleased. The Serbian won

the European Championship ahead of him earlier this year.

Just over 35 seconds. But pushed hard. You can see the power, the

boat swaying and jumping from side to side. They really use their legs

hard, driving everything. It is important to get out the connection

and that timing and to hold on to that good technique down the course.

He has a long reach, just five feet eight inches. He has won a couple

of World Cup events this year. European champion. Two years ago.

He has a fine pedigree. A fine hope for the home fans. Waving to the

crowd as he moves through to the semi-finals this morning. Looking

good. This fairly quiet man from the west Country. Once he gets in

the boat, a different beast. Just easing him into the semi-finals.

Siemionowski, also looking good. Expect it also Ronald Rauhe in the

next heat, and Beaumont, to figure for the medals. As we said, he

hasn't been off the podium at any level of competition in the last

three years. Announced in 2090 it would become an Olympic event. He

wasn't so strong over the longer distances. Using his speed in the

latter stages. The 200 metres has been a blessing for them. A new

Olympic best. He is safely through Very well done indeed, when in that

heat. A good start to the day at Eton Dorney for Great Britain. What

did you make of it? It was very impressive, just what he wanted.

Easing a fraction in the closing stages. He is the dominant force

over 200 metres. He looked very good from the start. Straightaway,

the start is vitally important, he has dominated. Chatting to him a

few days ago, he was saying he wanted to be explosive out of the

start, on top of every one. He was talking about taking on opposition,

how he views the opposition, you want to destroy the opposition. He

has got that in his armoury. He was the world and European champion in

2010. He remains the best among the world in the last 12 months. He

hasn't got the amount of gold medals he wanted in the last 12

months. But it is all about the London Olympics and the next 24

hours. What we have seen is an impressive start. The semi-finals

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

position for a good lane. We are expecting to be on the podium for

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

much power goes into this. These athletes, at peak condition. Indeed.

I was thinking about perhaps taking up his bought myself but when I

look at the physique of these men, I am so puny in comparison, and do

not think I would get past 50m. The lactic acid would have destroyed me

at that point. They are in tremendous shape. It is all about

strength. Helen was saying it is about working out in the gym,

building up that explosive power. This is what they are good at over

these short distances. Extremely strong and powerful. It is the tide

of spot where you don't need to do lots of running or endurance

training. You need to be extremely strong. I don't think I'll be able

to do that. I do not know, I feel a potential 2016 Rio journey coming

white boat, for Germany, in a lane five. The man who has won medals at

the three Olympic Games. On the K2 with his partner. A force to be

recognised. The way they go in this final heat

in the 200 metres. Five to go through. Craviotto from Spain

making a promising start. Ronald Rauhe leaving himself a little to

do. Beaumont in the blue, for France, going strongly. Craviotto

taking them out. The final 60m. Ronald Rauhe being taken over. All

of those four go through. It was close at the end. Just six in this

race, everyone going through. The real winner, Craviotto, he took it

ease off too much. That was very close. When we get to the semi-

finals and the finals we will see a lot of that. It is a race that is

one by inches and feet. This is an indicator about the form people are

in. Cram Rio toe has had a lot of success with Perez. Using the

length of his arms as he was driving the pedal into the water up.

He was leaning forward more than some of the other athletes. Saving

some think that the semi-finals later on today. I am sure there is

plenty more in the lock-up. The those times. 35.55 to. About half a

second slower than Ed McKeever. -- 35.552.

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

McKeever in his semi-final. He has been on fantastic form this morning

and we will have the canoe single heats coming up. Later, we will be

looking to taekwondo, because Sarah Stevenson and Italian Muhammad will

be in action. It yesterday is anything to go by, it will be worth

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

this Olympic final. Jade Jones of Great Britain has

something very special. The gold medal is getting closer and closer.

The countdown will begin. You little beauty! A teenage kicking

superstar from North Wales is the Olympic champion.

It feels crazy, it doesn't feel real. I have dreamt about it for

ages. It is amazing. The crowd have been amazing. You have won a use

the Olympic gold medal before, how does this compare? That was special

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

Olympic gold is special, but to my family been here, my friends. At

home they had pictures up, it has gone crazy. Jade Jones, Olympic

champion - congratulations! I can get used to hearing that.

deserves that success. It was a gruelling day for her, her first

fight was in the morning and a gold medal fight did not happen until

10:15pm. So a fantastic effort from Jade Jones, the first taekwondo

gold medal for this country. Idowu will be high hopes for Britain's

two fighters today. It represents the moment of truth for Lutalo

Muhammad and de taekwondo selectors who took the controversial decision

to select him and not Aaron Cook. don't think being selected over

anyone made much of a difference. But been selected for the home

Olympic Games, I am a Londoner, it is fantastic. I was elated, over

the moon when it was announced. I still am, I am excited going into

this. My preparation is going well and I feel I am ready to deliver

results. When we have met at tournaments or abroad, it has

always been very civil and friendly. Very courteous. We are both

athletes in the same weight category and we both do really well.

Obviously there is a respect for each other, but I have no problems

with him and I would like to think he has no problems with me. My

focus is winning the gold medal. I'm almost thinking beyond that, I

want to focus on the job at hand. It would mean the world to me and

it is what I have been dreaming about since I was a little buoy.

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

moments of London 2012 as Sarah Stevenson enters the ExCel to get

her taekwondo title hopes under way. She won a bronze in Beijing but has

struggled with fitness after suffering a cruciate knee injury in

February. It will be an emotional day for the world champion who

hopes to dedicate that any medal to her parents who both died last year.

In the name of all the competitors, I promise we shall take part in the

Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern

them. I cannot explain it, it was amazing.

It was very scary. Everyone asked me, you did not looked nervous at

all. My hands were shaking, my legs were shaking. You do still think of

yourself as a person who has had nothing and then all of a sudden

you are an inspiration. People say to me, because of Beijing do you

owe it to yourself to win, put everything right? No, it is a

competition like every other competition I have been two. But it

is my dream to win and I it will do my best and go for it. I cannot put

everything right, it is not my God given right to do that. It you

think an amazing mum and dad, they were amazing. They gave me

everything I needed, helped me to get everywhere I am. They kept me

grounded. Definitely kept me grounded! There was no getting

above my station, ever. 2011 the was horrendous. I use that now to

put things in perspective. If I am moaning about that, I say to myself,

this time last year, you had just lost your dad and you had been told

your mum was not going to be around. One specific day I had last year, I

went through with my husband. I stopped and I said to him, the

Olympics is nothing, taekwondo is nothing. I would quit, I wanted

someone to keep me the option to quit. I would swap it to keep my

mum and dad. This is a competition, just a competition. Hopefully this

will help me to do my best. I want to do my best on the day and had no

regrets and go for it. And I don't think I can lose, no matter what.

The incredible journey of Sarah Stevenson. She was the first person

who ever won a taekwondo Olympic medal for Great Britain, and has a

special place of being a trailblazer for her sport in this

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

Hopes for a gold medal for Sarah Stevenson, and later we will be

joined by two British women who won individual medals in dressage

yesterday. Charlotte Dujardin and also Laura Bechtolsheimer who won

the bronze medal. We will be welcoming them in a moment. Now

back to Eton Dory as Richard Jeffries goes in the men's canoe

single. Richard, I am getting my head around these different races.

Now it is the canoeists? Yes, the kayak his word the

canoeists sit in the Kayak and a pedal with a double bladed Kayak.

Canoeists have the single bladed pedal. Richard Jeffries, he was

disappointed in his race earlier in the week. But it is not his main

event, he said he was using it to gain some experience of the course.

Normally he competes in front of a couple of birds, but they have

thousands of people shouting at him. There is a huge contingent from the

Isle of Wight where Richard Jeffries is from. This is more his

event in the 1,000m, after he raced in the week, I asked him what it

was like. He said I only know one speed, and that is to go fast. Not

so good over the 1,000m. Richard Jeffries came through the same

talent spotting scheme as Helen Glover. Richard was heading towards

rowing, but did not cut its, so he was directed to canoeing. He has

proved to be quite adept at it. As Helen Reeves was saying, this will

be a stepping-stone to Rio. But we are hoping for a good showing from

Richard today. It is fantastic to see thousands of people out there

to support the canoe sprint events. This is the last couple of days of

this competition, so it later on, the semi-finals. How common is it

people move from one distance in people move from one distance in

these races to another? A number of the Great Britain athletes have

moved from 1,000m down to 200m. We saw Richard Jeffrey its in the

1,000m and is now in the 200. They do have their specialities. Most of

our specialists are over 200 and best medal chances are over 200m.

But we have athletes from other countries who have the option of

switching. It is something that happens often. We are hoping

Richard Jeffries approves of the 200m is his No 1 effort. He and the

others are out there on the water, getting ready and over to a

commentators. The noise there was for Richard

Jeffries. He may struggle, not in this heat, everybody goes through,

it is just about getting the numbers right for the semi-final.

Richard Jeffries looked more as I hoped for Rio been for years.

Sebastien Brendel who has won the 1,000m, the European champion in

this distance for the last three years as well. The Mexican, we are

still reeling from the last heat where we saw Mallon team them in a

coat from Azerbaijan, the current world champion finished 7th. In

that heat we are assured it is the first six to go through. Unless he

knows something, he is ill or injured, because he struggled badly.

So as we understand it, he is out already. But everybody in this heat

will go through. It is a chance to at the moment, he is been told to

go forward. He is just struggling, wasn't quite in the right line. He

tried to line himself back up. think he went into the wrong lane

as well as the American did before. He has got to reverse and do a

three-point turn and come back again. Maybe he is a little bit out

classed here. But everybody going through. You like to Bangor your

boat depending on which side you pedal on. The -- angle your boat.

You don't want to lose too much pace in trying to steer at the

start. Here we are in the second heat. About 40 seconds they will

cover this 200m. Richard Jeffries going out hard. At the moment it is

these three. Richard Jeffries is in third place at the moment. It

perhaps just about conserving a bit of energy. The German has a long

strokes. He is picking the pace up as he charged towards the line.

Just dips the stern. Richard Jeffries in third. He will be

pleased with that. He got out well and got himself in touch with the

top runners and held on. The winner is a class act in this discipline.

He will be going through to the semi-final and the final which

plate -- takes place tomorrow. Things will get more interesting in

through in a third. All six going through. See how difficult it is to

steady yourself in the start pocket. I am not quite sure he was event in

it when it went down. These canoes are incredibly difficult to get a

stable platform. The top guys make it look easy as they get that

balance between their front leg which is flat on the bottom of the

boat and the back leg kneels. Tremendous power and the lunch. We

have had it confirmed that the current European and world champion

from Azerbaijan is out. A big shock in the heats. Apart from that it is

business as usual. Everybody you would expect to go through and some

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temperature is lifting and there is And there we have the next lot of

the heats in the canoe competition. There is plenty going on at Eton

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

semi-final involving Ed McKeever. Let show you more of a friend of

our morning show, Charlotte Bouchard than he won the individual

dressage competition. She was the last rider to go out in Greenwich

yesterday and needed to score over 88.196 to claim the individual

title in front of an expectant the end. 18 months ago this girl

had not ridden at serious international level. Here she is on

the edge of a potential individual pirouette, but she came out in time.

She goes in for the double pirouette and gets it. It will all

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rest on this line. She did the she needs to go for a bit more.

What a performance, what a temperament. She has really not

come from a background which would put her in this situation, but

sheer talent has been spotted. Here she has put a performance in which

Not just touching distance, it was a gold and that was her reaction

when she realised she had not only won the gold, but broke the Olympic

record with her horse Valegro. A very stirring routine with Land of

Hope and Glory and the Big Ben chimes. I am delighted to welcome

her back this morning. And your team-mate Laura Bechtolsheimer.

Congratulations, you won the bronze. How did it feel to be both on the

podium to get there? It was amazing. To do it the first time round was

very special. Obviously to do it again individually and to have the

gold and Laura to have the bronze was very special, very emotional.

It must have been. Do you help each other? Have you watched her routine

a million times. I got to watch her test because I had already finished,

so I was pretty emotional and had my fingers crossed so hard for her.

I had not seen the Dutch girl, but I hurt it was a good routine. I was

riding all of her changes with her and all of her pirouettes with her.

If anyone was going to win gold I wanted it to be a Brit. Charlotte

trains with Carl Hester and it was very emotional for all of us.

whole nation was thinking, how on earth do you get the horse to do

this? Talk us through it. Anyone out there who is thinking maybe

I'll have a go at a bit of freestyle Desai's. How do you do

it? It takes a long time. We have been riding these horses were a

very long time. I have had my horse for eight years. He was very good,

but you start at very low level learning how to control a horse and

do the basic movements. It takes years of training to get a horse

together to perform all of the Grand Prix movements. On the other

side of it they have to have the strength and the balance and the

co-ordination to physically perform those movements. They have to be

about nine or 10 years old. Why did you choose that music? The Lion

King takes me back to my childhood. And Kenya is my favourite country

and I have been there a few times on holiday and it makes me feel

happy and comfortable and I think it does the same for the horse.

have worked a lot with Valegro and he is incredible and we have heard

him named the Lionel Messi of dress size. You start training with the

basic movements and then you decide the music, do you put the medley

together? Yes, we get the chance to choose our own music. I was

competing at another championship and there was a British thing over

there and I had the great escape before some of my music over there,

which gave me the idea to have the British theme here. I thought it

would be great to have that music with the home crowd. You can have

music which people know as well. Obviously, it has to fit the horse.

The horse has to settle in with the music and it does not have too many

bass notes. So some horses do not like that? Yes, they can react a

little bit to the music. It depends on your horse. It depends what kind

of music you can take. When you say they can react, that means they get

thrown off kilter? Yes, they get tension and it upsets their

performance. We need to keep them relaxed and calm to be able to do

what we need to do. You decide on the music and then what happens? Do

you try it out and see if the horse takes to it? You try and write the

colour -- choreography that suits your horse. You have to perform all

of the Grand Prix movements, but you can choose what order you show

them in and you can add more funky stuff to make it more difficult

because you get marked out of difficulty as well. Once you have

got your routine sorted, you get someone to put their music together.

Is it about you particularly training and the team effort? Can

somebody else take the horse out and put him through his paces?

Most riders at the top would be able to get on your horse and do

the same. It will not work as well probably. Only the fact we have

been riding our horses for about eight years and they know us inside

out. Everybody rides differently and everybody has different buttons

and the horses have to adapt to each rider. Laura, you said

yesterday that your horse is coming to the end of its dressage live. It

is one of the older horses. Could it be back for Rio de Janeiro?

he might have another championship next year in him. I do not know. I

will see how he feels, he is 17 so another Olympics is out of the

question. You are looking for another horse? I have got some

young horses I am producing at home, so hopefully for Rio de Janeiro I

will have one too fell 1/2's big shoes. What happens next for you?

am at the same. I have other horses and I am very lucky to be able to

have another string of horses and hoped to go onwards and upwards and

hopefully again to be in the team with Laura and Carl Hester. I want

to ask you about the relationship. There is a bit of healthy

competition. He did not end up on the podium yesterday. Are you still

talking? Absolutely, he is great, he is so supportive. He has helped

me so much. I owe a lot to him. I have a great relationship with him

and I want to stay with him. He has been my inspiration from the start.

What better way to learn than to be with somebody like him. I have

still got so much more to learn. He is the person I want to learn with.

I think you can start at the teaching ends now, rather than at

the learning end up a your performance yesterday. One of the

things people have been asking Clare Balding a lot, and she knows

everything there is to know, is why do you wear a top hat? You do not

wear a top hat when you go out. is going to be a rule for wearing a

crash hat. I fell off and fractured my skull not through wearing a hat.

I was so lucky to escape from that. Now it is something I always do. I

feel unsafe without my hat on. People say you do not always need

it, but for me especially in these atmospheres, you never know what

can happen and I always stick with my crash hat. In is it time for you

to trade the pop across to mark I probably should set an example.

do not know, I fear it looks wrong wearing a crash helmet especially

with my tail coat. It is vanity really. Obviously I wear a crash

helmet when I am at home training and things like that. But I guess

it is a personal choice. I have to say I am quite relieved to see you

both here. You did tell Gary that you were off to a big party on the

river last night. It is great that you are still bright and early this

morning. Thank you very much and it So, it has all been very exciting

in those equestrian events, but it is now time to talk taekwondo. We

will be off to the ExCel shortly, because there are two British

fighters in the Arena today. Before we take you to today's action, he

The taekwondo competition area is eight metres square with a safety

boundary around the outside. Fights are contested over three two-minute

rounds with a minute's rest in between. If the score is tied after

three rounds, the fight goes into a sudden death 4th round. The scores

are reset to nil and the first point to score wins the contest.

The aim of taekwondo is to land kicks and punches to your

opponent's scoring zones. Moves are worth between one and four points

depending on the mode of attack. The referee oversees the action

which is scored by three judges. At least two judges have to call a

point in order for it to be valid. Competitors wear protective

equipment including a head guard and a chest protector. The chest

protector validates points when a powerful, accurate kick is

All athletes wear sensored socks which protect your feet and

register points. Points can also be recorded through penalties - half-

point penalties called Kyong-gos and full-point penalties known as

If you'd like to get involved in Olympic sports, go to

bbc.co.uk/sport for more So, for Great Britain, we are about

to see Sarah Stevenson and also Lutalo Muhammad. Before we show you

those, time to show you one of the really fantastic stand out

Olympians in this sport, and it is Steven Lopez of the United States.

He has been in action today against a Ramin Azizov of Azerbaijan, and

if he wins, he will be the most decorated Olympian in taekwondo of

Steven Lopez, the two-time Olympic champion. He is a figurehead in the

sport. He is facing the top seed from Azerbaijan. One more muddle

for Lopez of any colour and he will become the most decorated

competitor in taekwondo that the world has ever known. He had to

The first time he has been able to You won't always see the fireworks

and the explosive stuff straight away. Straight away they have got

into close range stuff. We talk before about having a metre of Matt

between you. These men here have about half of that distance here.

There are looking for options. They Lopez is just feeling his way into

this match here. It is very unusual for Steven Lopez to have a taller

opponent. He is noted as a head kicker when he gets into the right

The penalty going against the name of the American. As early as it is

in the match, those details can prove crucial, because Steven Lopez

is a master who used to win games The ability to win a plea is just

as important as the fantastic kicks we have seen. Ahead right on the

buzzer at the end of the first buzzer at the end of the first

round. His sister Diane just missed a featherweight medal yesterday.

His brother is the coach doing the talking now. This is Azizov talking

about that. He had a painful defeat in Manchester in May. It was 11-all

in the final, he stepped out of the ring for a second and was

Yes, defeated by Aaron Cook, the GB fighter, who has defeated both of

these men here. These guys are going to ruff House, Battle, Pickup

the knees. This is going to be a The second of three two-minute

rounds. As a Bijan's top seed Ramin Azizov is just a little subdued

here. The front leg, the leg closest to him, of Lopez, getting

picked up here. That was always There are deductions hanging over

Lopez realised the energy was wrong, conserved the energy, didn't throw

As expected, it is not going to be a high-scoring encounter just yet.

But Lopez is beginning to find the Azizov has a big, long, jabbing

left leg. Lopez goes over the shoulder with the the head shot,

doesn't score. He lacked concentration for a second and got

picked off. Ramin Azizov, good work picked off. Ramin Azizov, good work

there from him. Yes, they're very good round. He started it behind

The contest between two men who haven't embraced the final yet. It

is a shame that one of them has to go out so soon. I F -- I expect it

is a fair assumption that whoever wins this may well go on to the

final and bring the other back into You never know just how much this

can take out of the tank. There are a lot of other fighters there, let

Taylor Mohammed goes later on. They will be looking at this and be more

than grateful that the two men are having to fight the first match

And that closed the stance with the same league leg in front, it offers

Lopez is going to have to up the ante. Now we are going to see the

fighting style of Steven Lopez. He has a minute and a half to do

something. But if you rush in, you All the years of dominance,

training, superiority, great victories for Steven Lopez of

America, he is going to have to produce something here. He tries

It is hard to step on the gas. Which way will the. Go? Neither.

Lopez certainly working for that, looking for that. The centre

Azizov, he is going to get one this And the late charge expected from

Lopez just never came. Azizov too Yes, it is he who wins the battle

of the big guns right at the start Further indication perhaps that the

sun is beginning to set on the glittering career of Steven Lopez.

That was a victory for Azerbaijan, and a disappointment for Steven

Lopez. He could still get a medal if he goes through the repechage

round, we are not certain how this could work, but he does end up with

a bronze, he will become the most decorated Olympian in taekwondo

ever. But it is a big day for Great Britain in taekwondo, because we

will see both Lutalo Muhammad and Sarah Stevenson. Many Shashin is

watching it over at the ExCel arena. Many of the athletes involved in

London 2012, there are stories of inspiration and courage, and for

Sarah Stevenson, it is certainly no different, because after what she

has gone through, everybody will be cheering her on for the next four

fights potentially to see her claim gold. She will never want to go

through the year 2011 again, when she lost both her parents to cancer

within the space of three months. You could have forgiven her for

leaving the sport altogether, if not at least taking a break. But

she has been spurred on by her mum's quotes to her, one of her

final words was to go to London 2012 and try to win gold for me.

She says she is holding on to not grieving both her parentss' losses

quite yet until after 2012. Away from that, as if she has not had

enough to deal with, fitness concerns also for Sarah Stevenson,

because she suffered cruciate ligament injury back in February,

which meant she couldn't retain her European title in May, so she maybe

lacks a certain amount of match fitness, considering her last

competitive match was over 12 months ago in May 2011. Those are

her main concerns, but she puts it all in stark perspective. She has

got experience, and bags of it. This is her 4th Olympic Games. She

picked up bronze in Beijing in 2008, and victory at London 2012 will be

cheered on. And that bronze was such a

milestone for taekwondo in this country, because it was the first

ever Olympic medal in the sport that Great Britain had one. It will

be quite a gruelling day for her if she does progress all the way

through. The beginning end it is Yes, they came back with a record

haul of seven medals in the last world championships and Sarah got

the first medal for a Brit in Beijing, paving the way for Jade

Jones to come away with that dramatic gold last night and trade

paid tribute to Sarah in her interview. We are going through a

rich spell in taekwondo as far as GB medal hopefuls are concerned. I

think Sarah will be coming out shortly. She takes on a Paige

McPherson of the United States. Nobody will be more worthy of gold

than her. It is her 4th Olympic Games and she will be so desperate

to do theirs. We are looking down at the arena where will be seeing

the Sarah Stevenson who will come out in a moment for that fight

against Paige McPherson. It is looking absolutely packed. Yes, it

is. Massive support for taekwondo here. That is the cheering for

Sarah Stevenson. It goes against all the publicity that the sport

received in London in the run-up to London 2012 with Aaron Cook being

excluded and Lutalo Muhammad coming end. But they reckon he is a real

medal hopeful. I am looking over my shoulder and this could be Sarah

Stevenson entering the arena. There is incredible support for here. It

gets your hairs rising on the back of your neck, it is one of these

moments. With all that she has gone through, everybody is rooting for

her hair. There she is, walking into the arena, Sarah Stevenson,

Britain's big hope in this category of taekwondo.

This is the first lady of British taekwondo, despite Jade Jones'

Olympic medal. This is her American opponent, Paige McPherson, a 21

year-old marking her first Olympic Games. A quarter-finalist in last

year's Korean championships. It is barely 10 hours since those who

were here last night to watch Jade Jones filed out into the London

night full of their memories. Is this 29 year-old from Doncaster or

going to give this lot memories to take away with them today? The

American has gone through her routine this morning, braiding her

hair and reading passages from the Bible. Sarah suffered a cruciate

knee injury in February and there was a brief time when we wonder at

it she would be fit enough to take Here she is biting in the memory of

her mum and dad who are not here to watch her in the Olympics. Sarah

Stevenson is in red and in the blue is the American, Paige McPherson.

Paige McPherson will not be intimidated by her reputation. She

is a very strong athlete. If you kick to the body it is one point.

There are electronic sensor socks on the feet. There was a tech

enough -- technical hitch in one of the earlier fights. They were not

sure if the censors were working. You mentioned the knee injury, not

so much a physical rust, but more ring rust. Good flexibility from

the American. Those three points will steady her nerves. Sarah

Stevenson is still very much in this contest. She is Amen to two

young Jade Jones. Talking about nerves, she said she was shaking

like a leaf at the opening ceremony. She has got McPherson moving around

the ring. There have been good It is the American's round. They

kick to the head clocked up three. She sets the early pace. Silver

medallist at last year's Pan- American Games. She would not have

been happy to have been drawn against Sarah Stevenson. Twice a

world champion a decade apart. That was the moment she fell behind.

Clear contact. There is the three- time American Olympian. He will be

happy with the work of his charge. She hobbled on to the medals podium

in Beijing on crutches. She heard She was in floods of tears taking

the bronze. She has got her heart set on bronze four years later, but

she has got some work to do. The American has just stretched that

lead to five points. A couple of simple push kicks to the body

extends that league. It has been a tactical battle. There is an open

stance and a closed stance. If you have the same foot in front as your

opponent, it is a closed stance. But the open stance drawers in the

injured leg of Stephenson. She is struggling a little bit here.

top seed from Egypt today went out in the very first contest in the

first round. Now it is Sarah Stevenson's turn to give her

supporters some concern. Five points down going into the second

half of her opening encounter. an insurmountable lead at this

stage. Spinning kicks up to the head will give you four or five

points, but they are so difficult Good cover from McPherson. It is

just as important to drop the hands. Establishing a lead is important,

but maintaining it is equally soap. Sarah Stevenson weighing up how

close she can be without conceding Before her mother dive, she told

her daughter to go to London and win it for them. She has got a

tattoo that says, because of you. Paige McPherson is a tough, little

21 year-old. If she has got nerves, she is covering them up well.

has indeed. She has got the tactics right, but also mentally in terms

of dealing with this arena with the partisan crowd. Macpherson has

operated well in the distance. It is all about distance. Her legs,

That is her coach and her husband. She has got two minutes left to

save her Olympic bacon. Sarah Stevenson from Great Britain in the

red. From the States in the blue, Paige McPherson. Positive signs in

this opening exchange. Sarah Stevenson beginning to find her

range. She needs to get on with it, because time continues to take a

weight in this third and final round. Still she is four points

adrift. That was a back kick attempt, but a tribute to Paige

McPherson, her tactics and her timing has been spot on. She has

not been injured and she looks like that sitter of the two. Sarah

Stevenson was convinced that mist. She is going to pick up a penalty

because she put the appeal in herself. It needed to come from the

coach, Stephen Jennings, her husband, but she is prepared to

take the penalty to have a look at this video replay. If you watched

this yesterday, you will know how this works. The referee goes across

to the head of the team and he will go across to his two friends and

explain what they are looking for it. We are looking to see whether

Sarah Stevenson was hit on the head. I think that mist. The technical

delegate have fired cameras to look at. The appeal is successful, a

very good appeal. He has kept his wife Sarah Stevenson in the hunt at

these Olympics. It is time for Sarah Stevenson to go to work will

stop she will need to find a head shot of her own. Paige McPherson is

using the ring and moving around and covering well. She wants to and

she is right. An extended short kick from Paige McPherson. Explain

why they kick she put in two first and did not show up on the

scoreboard. If there is not enough power and sustained impact, it will

not register. It is not the domain of objective -- subjective scoring.

It is one of the vagaries of the sport that you can hit somebody in

the stomach and not get a point for it. It she has been brushed by an

American toe, she will concede three points. That is on the

shoulder. She has avoided it again. What did we do before it video

replays? We had controversy. It is because of Sarah Stevenson that we

have replaced. We all remember what happened four years ago. The

And for someone of Sarah's skills, The American is closing the ring

Sometimes the Hollywood ending doesn't happen. And after all Sarah

Stevenson's been through, it is not her morning. The American Page

Macpherson who fought brilliantly Macpherson who fought brilliantly

takes her place in the quarter- finals. And we may yet see Sarah

Stevenson fight for a bronze medal right at the end of the day, but

that would rely on Macpherson going all the way to the final, and she

is going to have to keep it up now. Jennings, the husband, and share --

Sarah Stevenson just sharing a hug there. Let's not get too heavy

about this, but it is one of the things that Sarah was talking about

ahead of these games. It is taekwondo, and after all she's gone

through, it is not the most important thing in the world, and

maybe that is running through her mind. Yes, you have to maintain a

bigger picture perspective here. The entire programme of taekwondo

was built on the back of her success, and youngsters like Jade

Jones have built on that. But when you have done you cruciate ligament

in February, this is a massive ask, and even somebody with her

recovering powers, it was just too much. Did she fight to her best, or

did the injury play its part, or was it just the American was just

too good? A definite combination of all of that. She couldn't have

given any more. Page Macpherson couldn't have fought any better.

That is why we have the result. was a glory night for British

taekwondo yesterday, and stare sit -- Sarah Stevenson might yet end up

Sarah is with us now. Very unlucky, not the opening fight you are

hoping for. There must admit, I did do near enough my best, and that is

all I can do. It has been hard, hard build up, so my aim was to

come here and go for it, and I felt like I did. That's it. Nobody would

have blamed you, you have done your best year for all that went on in

2011. Did they cruciate ligament injury spark? Not today. It has

been a mental fight every single day for the last 18 months, every

single day. And I did my best, and I just came here, my dad would want

me to be here, so I am here, and I know they would be proud. You do

realise you are a source of inspiration that everybody watching.

Taekwondo is not at the top of your priorities right now. To be here at

London 2012 is in itself a massive achievement, almost beyond words.

Yes. I would have been forgiven to quit and sit in a corner and cry,

but I am not a quitter, and I would never have quit. I have no regrets,

and I want to wake up tomorrow and have no regrets, and I think I

might be able to do that. Obviously I am a bit disappointed, but that

was my aim. There is a ray of hope, and there is the avenue of the

repechage for you. Yes, and I will keep going and hope she gets

The other man in the Aaron Cook selection school. Only David

Beckham commanded as many column inches as cook. This is lit J-Lo

Mohammed, and this is his opponent Low Otello Mohammed is an Olympian,

and he is fighting against Farkhod Negmatov from Tajikistan. He has

got that flexibility with the front leg, and the speed over the

shoulder. Negmatov is going to have to cover higher. That athleticism

that Muhammad brings, as we mentioned before, he is at full

strength. He has just come down a weight, and Negmatov is coming up

He is the attempted shot from Muhammad. They are both tall

The winner of this will be into the quarter-finals. There is the double

kick, two kicks consecutively in mid-air from Negmatov. He drops

And the dynamic quickness of Lutalo And the dynamic quickness of Lutalo

Muhammad, so important. It has been a nervy, cagey opening two minutes.

A young man who has had to put up with a lot. He got criticism which

didn't seem entirely fair, the selection decision wasn't his, but

he has had to put up with more than anyone looking forward to

representing his country. Aaron Cook was here yesterday to watch

Jade Jones when her gold medal. He is not here today. I think he has

got tickets from the basketball. He couldn't bear to be here today, but

this is Lutalo Muhammad's day. Negmatov's name was apparently last

year on the the top 10 list of Tajikistan athletes. He is

Tajikistan athletes. He is Muhammad's first-round opponent in

this Olympic taekwondo competition. This is the men's welterweight, 80

kg, around 12 and a half stone. 21- year-old Lutalo Muhammad hails from

He has found the range of his leg. But for the cover skills of

But as much as he is good in attack, Muhammad has to be resolute in

Negmatov knows that he cannot rush It is Negmatov trying to stepping,

the reverse turning kick there. A The referee let it go without a

Kyon-go, taekwondo's penalty. The sport is spoken in the language of

That left leg came chopping down on the head of the two cheeky Stan

He has been very good on defence. He has kept in that open stance,

giving Negmatov less chance to score. The coach will have to give

some good advice to his athlete here, because continually trying to

do the same thing again and again and expecting a different result

doesn't always played dividends. It hasn't been an easy introduction to

this arena for Muhammad. There was the attempted reverse. And there's

the chop. Just avoided by the the chop. Just avoided by the

merest of margins. I think that might have been worth a video

replay card. I think the toes just caught the the side of the blue hat.

I wonder where Utoeya Mohammad -- Lutalo Muhammad's dad Joseph is. He

brought his son into the sport when he was just three. He was around

It is tough watching at the moment, because Negmatov has his tactics

perfectly. This could come down to a Kyon-go match, come down to

As yet, the scoreboard is yet to be brought into operation, and it is

the final round. Negmatov is far from one of the favourites here,

but he is having a favourable round. Lutalo Muhammad, that was the Kyon-

go, both of them have got it. word from the referee to get on

with it. They came here to fight, and are trying to do that now.

There is the chop from a Muhammad, and he is ahead! That was the three.

Head shot, it has taken the best part of five minutes, but finally

the big moment belongs to Britain. But he needs to keep his wits about

him. What a perfect time to score it. He has a three-point advantage

over Negmatov, who will have to And the British League is now up to

A flurry of limbs, and we watch the clock ticked down, but the flurry

once again works in the Britain's favour. He is now six points clear

And he is heading into the quarter- finals. The young man at the centre

of a storm that was not of his making can now call himself an

Olympic quarter-finalist. Magic is beginning to rise again inside the

beginning to rise again inside the ExCel. It was a difficult opponent,

but he pawn on the pressure and stuck to his tactics, and that is

what made the difference. He really got his act together in that third

round. The first couple of rounds were, to be frank, pretty dull. As

soon as the referee told them to get on with it, he thought, right,

I will be the first to get on with it. That will do his confidence a

lot of good. He handled the occasion well. He is still a little

confused and over awed by the occasion, but the more time you

spend on the mat, the better you get. Negmatov got the tactics right,

but it was the flexibility in the end, the second kick, that was the

double tap shot that the British It was a bit of a trouble --

struggle in the end the 21-year-old Latika Muhammad, but he can

contemplate a place in the Olympic You left it late, didn't you?

but I am glad to have got through. I feel much more confident going

into the next round. You are looking a bit shocked by it all,

are you OK? Yes, it is OK, the a as fear is fantastic, but I feel a lot

better I have got it out of the way. Does that relieve come up with what

has gone on to the build-up to these Games? No, not at all. It is

like any other tournament and I do not feel any different. I am in the

quarter-final and hopefully I can progress. You talk about the

reception of the fans, it was a terrific reception. I am from east

London, born and bred and I want to give the crowd a gold medal. Well

done, Lutalo Muhammad. That was a decisive final few moments in his

bout. He is through to the quarter- final which will happen at about

3:45pm this supplement. Everything is packed into one day for all of

the fighters. If he gets through to the final, it will be tonight. He

will be hoping to emulate what Jade Jones did yesterday. Sarah

Stevenson in the women's fight still has the possibility of a

bronze medal if her opponent makes it through to the final tonight. We

will have to wait and see what happens there. Plenty of excitement

at the taekwondo. Just before we move on, we can remind you that

there will be no rest for at Manish Bhasin at the Excel centre because

they will be football continuing It is hard to imagine the football

season is almost upon us. It kicks off a week on Saturday on BBC One.

There are still three days of Olympic action to enjoy, so let's

get back to Eton Dorney. Next up in Only one drops out. Lane 34 China

is looking strong. The Spaniard is ahead, but Jess Walker is going

strong in lane three. Nice smooth, long strokes. The Spaniards takes a

lead in this race. Jess Walker came in third, I think. The Spaniard

takes the wind. Six go through. She looked very strong, almost a length

clear at the finish. She had a great start as well. We have

already commented about how important it is to get that great

start at the 200m and then get the pace up as quickly as you can,

generally hit it at 50m and then hang on. The Spaniard has been

world champion, but that was 2002 and 2005. Just getting in in third

place. Jess Walker is in fourth place and that gets a cheer from

the crowd as it is announced. The Spaniard looks very impressive

A good result for Jess Walker of Great Britain who is into the semi-

finals. William Heath and Jon Schofield are beginning their quest

for gold in the men's kayak double. They are European champions and

world silver medallists. They start their campaign in lane five of the

second heat and the top five will make it through to tomorrow's semi-

for the last three years, but this is a step up. The Belgians are more

1,000m specialists really. The second heat, the final heat in the

men's KT22 hundred metres. Five to looking to get away strong need.

They are out quickest at the moment. But Argentina are also going

strongly in yellow. Belarus are coming back at them and they are

leading as they come into the final 100m. And Belarus finishes strongly.

Liam Heath and Jon Schofield were in second place. Belarus are

looking strong, two very powerful figures. We will know more when we

come to the semi-finals. It is a tough competition out there with

Belarus. They are quite a contrast to our two, who are lighter and

smaller framed. I did not feel we got as good a start as we sometimes

do. They might look at that. Belarus with a couple of metres on

the British boat. It is Sarah Murphy to the K1, 200m. -- similar.

They get out very quickly and then hang on a little bit. There is a

difference in their physique as you Certainly fast and furious as we

imagined at the start of the day. We are now into the semi-final

phase of the day and there are lots of races in the next hour. Ed

McKeever's is about 11:20am. One of the voices you heard in commentary

was Helen Reeves. Over the course of these Olympics we have been

trying to tell the stories of the members of our BBC team and about

how they got into their particular I first got into canoeing through

my brother. He saw a programme on the television and decided he

wanted to have a go. Being a younger sister I got dragged to

gone -- along. When I got there I got about half a metre away from

the bank and burst into tears, so it was not the most successful

start to my canoeing Korea. The canal was only a couple of hundred

metres up the road, so I used to walk from my house to the canal,

but the older I got there more embarrassing this became an

particularly when I got to college age. It was not a cool thing to be

doing. There are ate a lot of very competent canoeist who took her

under their wing and saw her potential very quickly. My friends

at school thought I was crazy, but they were incredibly supportive and

would sit there with their umbrellas watching the car around

in circles. As time went on at they thought I was less crazy. Helen was

a very good all-round athlete anyway, so was always very well co-

ordinated and a very good runner. Once she got the basics she got

success very quickly. The Olympic experience was so much bigger than

I had anticipated. We had lots of talks about how it would be a

different experience and I did not believe half of it. I thought I

would just turn up and I would do what I do every time, but it was

just incredible. When you first go out into the stadium, there is this

big stand in front of you and I thought, Oh, my goodness, this is

all for us. The day I remember of the final I remember having this

massive rush of energy and I thought, this is it. The countdown

felt so slow. Then I went off the start and I hit the gate three. I

thought, I have to keep it together. There was a disastrous part where I

actually missed the gate. The commentators said there was no

chance of a medal. I ended up in fourth place. The end was nerve-

racking because of the way the results came. It was like a mistake,

so to finish 4th is good, but it is disappointing. Halfway through that

interview I heard a screaming noise from my physio and I looked across

and it had popped up that I was third. Do you want to chat with

them? I have got a medal somehow. From that point it was a roller-

coaster. Fantastic news, Helen Reeves has got the bronze medal and

the French are relegated into 4th. That felt like a gold medal to me.

If he would like to get involved in the sport, get along to the website.

That is Helen's story, the story behind her success and she is part

of our commentary team. Let's join we she Daz Rishi Persad.

Ed McKeever goes in the semi-finals of his event at 1123. One of his

big rivals is Poland. It came through the quickest in his heat

and was very impressive and is one of the outstanding 200m kayak

singles competitors in the world. The way he performed, the confident

manner in which he started, and he was able to ease off in the last

few metres and it suggests he is in great shape going into the semi-

finals. It has looked absolutely beautiful at Eton Dorney would be

the poor weather, but also are the conditions on the water difficult

with the wind today? It that you look behind me at the flags, they

are barely flattering. It is perfect conditions at Eton Dorney.

Lovely sunshine, hardly a breath of wind. It is perfect for a regatta.

When the canoeists go down to the start, because the races are over

200m, they are basically in a tunnel anyway and there is not that

much of an effect. It would not be too bad for the canoeists and

everything is set for some fast Now it is the turn of the canoe

sprinters. It is just about time for this next semi-final to begin,

so let's join Andrew Cotter and Helen Reeves.

Things start to get serious nerve. It is the first four -- four From H

rather new, and the atmosphere has been fantastic. They go down to

near silence at the start, and a drumbeat to ramp up the tension.

Lookout for the Spanish and the competitor is just leading ahead of

extremely tight finish. I think he just, just got it. It is very hard

to tell. This title may be settled by a matter of inches. We will

confirm that on a photo finish. We are actually getting our results,

which are unofficial, the Canadian getting it. It will be decided.

They went off very strongly at the start. De Jonge Just got it on the

Well, we will have more semi-finals from the Ecco Newsprint coming up,

but we are also keeping an eye on another watery seemed a Olympic

event, the men's open-water swimming, which is going to take

place once again in the Serpentine in Hyde Park. Let's join Clare

Balding he was down there today. Thanks, Michelle. Again, taking

place in beautiful conditions, and with me is Keri-Anne Payne who

finished 4th yesterday. How are you today? I am gutted about yesterday,

to be honest. When you just work so hard and trained for so long, and

so much people have put time and energy into you, I feel gutted

about that. But this has not been a great season for me with injuries

and illnesses, and a change of coach as well, so I am really proud

of where I came. It is a brutal race. Look at Keri-Anne Payne's me,

all bandaged up. After the race she found it a bit of the struggle to

walk. I have never had a problem with my knees before, but I went

back to the hotel and laid down for five minutes, and when I got up and

started walking around, it hurt really badly. I don't know why.

They don't think it affected anything in the race. But it shows

how much your body is put through on a race like this, and things you

didn't feel worse or yesterday are absolutely killing me today.

have been discussing the things that happened, that you are still

having flashbacks to, and one of the moment was the Fien station on

lap three, trying to get over there to get your energy drink. Yes,

there is always a great moment in sport, a moment you have to do, at

the moment to me was that I had to go and feed. It is always part of

my plan. The the station wasn't in the best position, because

everybody had to be on the right to turn the corner, but the station

was on the left, so my choice was to feed or not and hope that I had

enough energy. So I made the choice to try to do that, and I was

getting pushed constantly, and I struggled to get across to the left,

and I missed the bottle the first time, and by the time I grabbed the

second time, the girls behind caught up and swam over me, and I

got kicked a couple of times and disorientated, and before I knew it

I had gone from first to 7th or 8th, and I had to work hard to get back

to a position where I was in fresh out. And I was -- you are not a

naturally aggressive person, are you? You are almost too nice for

this. Yes, we have done that some bits and pieces with a psychologist,

and am definitely a lover and not a fighter, so I try to get out in

front and be away from the pack fighting, but it is a great tactic

because it worked for the Hungarian yesterday. She was definitely the

best athlete on the day. But I did absolutely everything that I could

yesterday, and I was so close, 0.4 of a second away from a medal. I am

really proud of where I have come and how I got here. You have done a

terrific job, and they know how much the crowd lifted you back. You

will be part of the crowd today cheering on downfall. What you hope

for? I think the boys will be hoping a bit more of the race than

yesterday. We had the same conditions we did in Beijing, and

we were three minutes quicker, so I think everybody will be a bit on

age. We have pool swimmers in there, but also some big champions in

open-water swimming, so it'll be interesting to see which one takes

it out, and how fast the last lap will be. We are really looking

forward to watching it. Thomas alerts is probably the favourite.

Coverage starts on BBC Three at 3 o'clock.

That description of what it is like, so difficult for the athletes. We

go straight back to Eton Dorney, because this is going to be Ed

McKeever's semi-final in the men's four to go through to the file. De

Jong won the first semi-final. McKeever was quickest in the heats.

He goes in lane five for Great Britain. And they are away so

quickly. Ed McKeever has a good power-to-weight ratio that carries

him forward. He is setting the pace a little at Ed McKeever. Ed

McKeever is hanging on as they come into the final 50. In fact, his

lead is stretching a little. Ed Nikki Gregg takes a victory in the

second semi-final, and we will wait for exact confirmation of a time,

but he looked comfortable and strong. He is safely through to the

final and he has done it in winning style. Fantastic, he jumped out of

the bucket and got himself up and running. A real dominant

performance there from Ed McKeever. We were concerned about the form of

the world champion from Poland. And there is the time, just a fraction

slower than the first semi-final. Beaumont took second. The defending

world champion who had a wrist injury is in fact out. Not so

McKeever. Just look at the style here. Just dipping his head,

reaching forward and powering on. Sometimes he is a little more

ragged. There is plenty of raw power there. It is difficult to

make sure you keep the control and technique throughout the 200m.

Lactic acid starts kicking in with around 50m to go, and your arms are

just hanging on to get the last few years ago, silver last year in the

world championship. Szymanowski is out. McKeever, his work is done.

delight he was fighting with those guys, don't touch the boat.

Precious cargo. There is the confirmation. Ed McKeever is

through, just ahead of Beaumont. Ed McKeever is through to tomorrow's

Ed McKeever is just going to grab a drink before he comes to have a

chat with us here. He has had to wait a little bit. He went off with

the Great Britain commuting to Barcelona in preparation for this

event. They have missed being at a hotel with the rollers. But he said

that they were keeping an eye on what was going on, and it has

helped to inspire the team. Ed, we all just eulogising about that

tremendous effort. It seems you are coming to your peak? Yes, it is

good. We are coming back from a good training camp, feeling good

and looking forward to racing tomorrow now. You had to almost

keep yourself caged for the first few days, watching the other guys

compete. It has been really frustrating watching everyone else

go out and Great Britain winning so many medals, and it is just

annoying. Quickest time overall in the semis? Yes, and hopefully we

will see what happens tomorrow. Well done, and we will see what