:00:02. > :00:07.medal, you know you can just rocket, you have got your mother, so you
:00:07. > :00:12.can just drive. I hope you have a super time for the rest of the day,
:00:12. > :00:16.and yes, good morning to you. If inspiration was a discipline, Team
:00:16. > :00:19.GB would be on course for yet another gold. Huge numbers of one
:00:19. > :00:24.of the athletes all over Britain are signing up to sports clubs to
:00:24. > :00:29.add to this glorious medal tally. But with three days left, there is
:00:29. > :00:34.still plenty to look out for one day 14.
:00:34. > :00:38.Well, as we were just saying, Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell are
:00:38. > :00:43.guaranteed at least a silver medal. Let's hope the wind is on their
:00:43. > :00:48.side as they chased down the Australians for gold medal in the
:00:48. > :00:52.470 class. And in the women's Hannah Mills and
:00:52. > :00:58.Saskia Clark around the same position. They need to beat New
:00:58. > :01:01.Zealand to turn their silver to goal. Their race is at 1 o'clock on
:01:02. > :01:06.BBC Three. And fortune really will favour the
:01:06. > :01:15.brave on the BMX Track. Shanaze Reade's semi-final takes off at 3
:01:15. > :01:22.o'clock. And team-mate Liam Phillips is also
:01:22. > :01:27.there. His BMX battle begins at about five past three.
:01:27. > :01:31.But first, a little gymnastics. It wasn't just our British gymnasts
:01:31. > :01:37.with four models that have made history here. On Tuesday, Epke
:01:37. > :01:41.Zonderland became the first gymnast from the Netherlands to chalk up a
:01:41. > :01:45.metal at the Games, and it came on the high bar final with the
:01:45. > :01:55.gutsiest most entertaining routine I have ever seen sop, so get your
:01:55. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:32.in the world! Zonderland is on track. And he has rescued the swing.
:02:32. > :02:42.He is putting all of his money on this. He cannot afford to move on
:02:42. > :02:45.
:02:45. > :02:52.the dismount. And that's a cracker! There we go. Everybody in the
:02:52. > :03:02.studio applauding that. Have you come down off the ceiling yet?
:03:02. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:06.hear it. A lot of screaming and a lot of shouting. It is quite hard,
:03:06. > :03:11.because after the competition you go to celebrate, but yesterday it
:03:11. > :03:15.was nice to relax for a few hours, and then I could think about it. It
:03:15. > :03:19.was really good. He matched the world record up as far as
:03:19. > :03:23.difficulty is concerned, but your routine is very different to that,
:03:23. > :03:33.you do a lot of twisting. Why do you opt to go for the crazy
:03:33. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:41.somersaults? Well, that is what I am good at. They are my skills, and
:03:41. > :03:45.of course it is very hard, especially to make the combinations.
:03:45. > :03:52.This is how you raise your difficulty above everybody else,
:03:52. > :03:57.because you do one release after another after another. A lot of
:03:57. > :04:05.people at home must be wondering how you do it. It takes a lot of
:04:05. > :04:15.years to be able to do it. In 2007, I did the last two for the first
:04:15. > :04:16.
:04:16. > :04:20.time. And one year later, in practice I did three in a row. But
:04:20. > :04:28.I really didn't believe I was able to do it in a competition, because
:04:28. > :04:34.it is too much risk. It took me 20 tries to make it one time. But a
:04:34. > :04:39.few years later, I was thinking, maybe it is possible, so I tried it,
:04:39. > :04:44.maybe six months ago, when I qualified for the Olympics, and it
:04:44. > :04:54.was much better. After a few weeks, I was confident that it was a
:04:54. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :05:03.Mitch Fenner has worked with you and you coach and he has helped out
:05:03. > :05:09.a little bit. Yes, he is a big support, and especially in how to
:05:09. > :05:14.make the preparation over a long time period. Since January, how do
:05:14. > :05:20.you prepare? How many routines do you have to be able to do to do it
:05:20. > :05:26.at this moment? I have island coach, but I think Mitch Fenner was a
:05:26. > :05:31.great support for my coat. He does well to sit down when he is
:05:31. > :05:35.commentating. I am jumping up and down. You said how much practice
:05:35. > :05:40.you need to do for these routines, but you also have an incredible
:05:40. > :05:46.medical background because you are training to be a doctor. Yes, that
:05:46. > :05:50.is true. Last year it was very hard to make the combination with
:05:50. > :05:56.studying and gymnastics, but in the years before that it was going
:05:56. > :06:03.quite well and I managed to finish the first three years over five
:06:03. > :06:08.years. I hope to continue like this and I will get my full degree in
:06:08. > :06:13.maybe four years. It is incredible how you combine them. But there was
:06:13. > :06:22.a massive celebration for you on Tuesday night. You are one of five
:06:22. > :06:27.Danish gold medallists. Have you seen this back? No, I have not. It
:06:27. > :06:33.was a really amazing crowd. There were about 6000 people screaming
:06:34. > :06:41.your name. Yes, you are right. did not fancy doing a high bar
:06:41. > :06:45.routine for them? A little bit of jumping was OK. I imagine how proud
:06:45. > :06:51.your grand pas would be of all of this, because is it true he wanted
:06:51. > :07:00.to be an acrobat? Mitch was saying he had some equipment in some
:07:00. > :07:06.Barnes on the farm. Yes, he was a farmer and there was no time to
:07:06. > :07:12.spend on hobbies, you had to work. But when he got the time he tried
:07:12. > :07:19.things like handstands and staff. But his apparatus was not the high
:07:19. > :07:24.bar, but the roof of the farm. He stood on one side of the roof and
:07:24. > :07:28.jumped on his hands and walked all the way from one side to the other.
:07:28. > :07:36.I got the genes from him. And your brother and your sister is a
:07:36. > :07:41.gymnast as well. Two brothers and one sister. You are also a
:07:41. > :07:45.windsurfer or, you do that in your spare time. It is definitely hard
:07:45. > :07:50.to do that combination, but especially after competitions like
:07:50. > :07:54.this I try to win serve as much as possible. Enjoy your gold medal,
:07:54. > :08:01.you absolutely deserved it and I cannot wait to see what you come up
:08:01. > :08:11.with next. We are going to head back to Eton Dorney for the second
:08:11. > :08:11.
:08:11. > :09:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:09:02. > :09:08.Balancing is difficult. The Angolan is having a problem. He struggled
:09:08. > :09:13.in the heats. It is a difficult discipline. You might think that
:09:13. > :09:17.everybody competing in the Olympics would be fine, but you can see him
:09:17. > :09:22.struggling with the balance. Even the fastest struggle with the
:09:22. > :09:28.balance, at the end of a race, you can see them struggling with their
:09:28. > :09:36.canoes. He got a big cheer when he got into the start, but that is
:09:36. > :09:45.rather cruel. They did not waste too much time. The Slovakian is
:09:45. > :09:55.very quickly away. A powerful start from him. It is the first two to go
:09:55. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:12.through automatically. There is Lopez from Spain. These two look to
:10:12. > :10:26.
:10:26. > :10:36.as he comes across the line. He got there in the end, enjoying his
:10:36. > :10:41.
:10:41. > :10:45.Olympics. The rush and goes through as the winner. You see the last 15-
:10:45. > :10:51.20 metres where they are tying up, but they have to hold on as much as
:10:52. > :11:01.they can. That is the little dip and it lifts up the bow as they
:11:02. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:08.crossed the line. Let's have a look at Nelson for a moment. And a
:11:08. > :11:13.slight contrast with the Russian. But he will be very encouraged
:11:13. > :11:19.because he has seen the world and European champion heading out in
:11:19. > :11:23.the heats. Whether he did not realise it was everyone to go
:11:23. > :11:33.through, or whether he was ill or injured, he finished 7th and missed
:11:33. > :11:43.out. So things are looking a bit brighter for these men as they go
:11:43. > :11:44.
:11:44. > :11:49.into the final on Saturday. That was much faster than the first heat.
:11:49. > :11:59.These events are new to the Olympics, so these records are all
:11:59. > :12:09.
:12:09. > :12:13.Going in the next semi-final is Richard Jefferies. With the world
:12:13. > :12:20.and European champion and, what are his chances? He came third in his
:12:20. > :12:23.heat. Yes, he did. Going into the start of Today Richard was one of
:12:23. > :12:33.those with an outside chance of getting a medal. He was hoping to
:12:33. > :12:36.
:12:36. > :12:40.get into the final, that by the realistic hopes. But with the
:12:41. > :12:48.others being eliminated, that has given hope to everybody else. We
:12:48. > :12:53.saw earlier in the week, 1,000m, not his especial ire -- speciality
:12:53. > :12:59.subject, he did quite well. He has used all that experience ahead of
:12:59. > :13:03.what is going to be his big test this afternoon. He came from the
:13:03. > :13:08.same talent spotting scheme that spot at Helen Glover. He used to
:13:08. > :13:12.play rugby fart Loughborough Town. In the talent-spotting scheme they
:13:12. > :13:16.were hoping he might make a volleyball player or a rower, but
:13:16. > :13:23.he did up succeed, and they sent him to canoeing and he has proved a
:13:23. > :13:27.success. There is a chance he might get into the job. It seems
:13:27. > :13:32.extraordinary. He described the sport as emptying the energy tank
:13:32. > :13:36.in 40 seconds. You see what they are going through and the lactic
:13:37. > :13:41.acid building up, it must be extraordinary over that distance.
:13:41. > :13:46.That is exactly what he said when I spoke to him after the semi-finals
:13:46. > :13:51.earlier on in the week. He said the build up of lactic acid is enormous
:13:51. > :13:55.and you have to hang onto that pain to get you through it. Stamina,
:13:55. > :14:00.aerobic ability and cardiovascular fitness come into it in the longer
:14:00. > :14:05.distances, but over 200m it is being able to sustain the explosive
:14:05. > :14:11.amount of power you need from the start. Those who can sustain it I
:14:11. > :14:15.those who are dominant, so you need to be bigger and stronger. So how
:14:15. > :14:21.much experience comes into it? If you are just going to grit your
:14:21. > :14:28.teeth, Deni to react to what is going on around you? I suppose you
:14:28. > :14:33.need to go flat out from the start. The one think in Team GB's favour
:14:33. > :14:38.is they have got this crowd. When they feel tired and weak and, they
:14:38. > :14:42.have the crowd to let them. All the competitors have said that when
:14:42. > :14:47.they start getting a bit knackered the crowd helps them through the
:14:47. > :14:55.toughest stages of the race. you're offended by that turn of
:14:55. > :15:05.phrase, sorry. Now it is time for that third semi-final. Richard
:15:05. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:17.Jefferies is out on the water. There is the man himself. Andrew
:15:17. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:31.Cotter and Helen Reeves will talk here. Richard Jefferies is up
:15:31. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:42.against it. The third and the 5th places go through to the B final
:15:42. > :16:05.
:16:05. > :16:12.was an early surge. You can get false starts, even though they have
:16:12. > :16:22.got start pockets. We have seen a couple of false starts this week.
:16:22. > :16:28.
:16:28. > :16:38.They have to set themselves up doesn't lose too much in trying to
:16:38. > :16:48.steer the boat in the initial surge. The cries from the crowd of "GB!
:16:48. > :17:04.
:17:04. > :17:11.good surge early on from Cheban from Spain. Cheban with the initial
:17:11. > :17:15.starting, and Jefferies is down in 6th place. Cheban got bronze in
:17:15. > :17:24.last year's European Championships. Look at the distance he has opened
:17:24. > :17:29.up already, half a boat from Harazha of Belarus. And it is still
:17:30. > :17:36.this man, Cheban, out in front. Who will take the automatic second
:17:36. > :17:43.place? It is Harazha shooting his boat forward, and Richard Jefferies
:17:43. > :17:50.trailing down there in 6th place, I think. So he will miss out, but
:17:50. > :17:54.very impressive from Cheban from the start. Nobody really came back
:17:54. > :18:00.at him, and he goes straight through along with Harazha of
:18:00. > :18:06.Belarus. The third-placed man will have to wait and see if he is one
:18:06. > :18:16.of the fastest third places. We will wait for confirmation of that.
:18:16. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:28.6th does not get you through to the B final. Yuri Cheban was the winner.
:18:28. > :18:35.Look at that gap, over 200m. He did deep really early on, and pushed
:18:35. > :18:39.out very fast, pushing it hard through that first stage. Richard
:18:39. > :18:44.Jefferies didn't get a very good start at all, on the back foot and
:18:44. > :18:54.having to chase. We have confirmation of Richard Jefferies'
:18:54. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :19:01.time. We are wondering if he will make it through to the B final.
:19:01. > :19:06.Cheban was particularly good. And you can see they lean back towards
:19:06. > :19:16.the end and shoot the boat forward in a little surge, which might make
:19:16. > :19:16.
:19:17. > :19:25.all the difference. A job well done. He looked pretty comfortable. He
:19:25. > :19:35.got that top end speed very, very quickly. And this is the final
:19:35. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:54.semi-final of three in this men's c 1,200 metres. -- 200m. And
:19:54. > :19:54.
:19:54. > :19:57.Jefferies' time was 43.213. But it is Cheban and Harazha who go
:19:57. > :20:06.automatically through, and we wait to see if Sakamoto is quick enough
:20:06. > :20:15.to make it through as well. The two best third-placed times go through
:20:15. > :20:25.to the final for the medals. Richard Jefferies in 6th. He was
:20:25. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:36.pipped to the line by Vajda. He has only been doing this bought about
:20:36. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:45.five years. He is just going to collect a refreshing drink. He of
:20:45. > :20:48.course is a former rugby player who is giving another sport a try in
:20:48. > :20:52.the hope that he might be able to be involved in the medals, but it
:20:52. > :20:57.takes a long time to build up that strength and ability. He is getting
:20:57. > :21:00.there. Earlier in the week, he was talking about Rea being a
:21:00. > :21:10.legitimate target for a medal for him. We will have a chat with him
:21:10. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:14.What is your assessment of today, Richard? The heat was really good,
:21:14. > :21:18.and I felt really strong, but I don't know what happened there. I
:21:19. > :21:23.got a poor start and had a lot of work to do. It has been a crazy
:21:23. > :21:28.journey and I really happy to be here. I don't know whether or not I
:21:28. > :21:34.will make the B final, but fingers crossed. Ultimately, you are still
:21:34. > :21:40.fairly new to this sport, and Rio 2016 is going to be more realistic.
:21:40. > :21:44.This has been tremendous in that respect? Yes, amazing. I am never
:21:45. > :21:49.going to paddle in front of 30,000 people again. Hopefully I can have
:21:49. > :21:54.a chance to show my best performance tomorrow. It has been a
:21:54. > :22:00.crazy week and an amazing journey. Thank you very much, and hopefully
:22:00. > :22:05.will be here to support the guys later. Eddie is absolutely flying.
:22:05. > :22:09.And Jonny as well, they haven't been off the metal stage. I will be
:22:09. > :22:15.cheering them on. And Jess can always pull something out of the
:22:15. > :22:21.back, as well. They can make it look a bit easy, but she can win it,
:22:21. > :22:26.as well. Thank you very much, good luck. A&E, and watch out for
:22:26. > :22:33.Richard in Rio. And we will see how the rest of our
:22:33. > :22:40.paddlers get on later on. So, we have had a great display of the
:22:40. > :22:46.British seasons, from the deluge during the women's marathon, to a
:22:46. > :22:50.lovely warm summer evening during the 200m final last night. But Luke
:22:50. > :22:53.Patience and Stuart Bithell have had to wait until today because of
:22:53. > :23:00.the lack of wind yesterday. They are in silver-medal position, but
:23:00. > :23:07.they need to beat the Australians by four points with one boat to in
:23:07. > :23:12.between them. Matt, not to windswept today, but it is fab
:23:12. > :23:17.Friday down of the sailing here in Weymouth and Portland. Two medals
:23:17. > :23:22.up for grabs, and Team GB is guaranteed two silver medals today.
:23:22. > :23:27.There is plenty of chance to upgrade both of them to gold. In
:23:27. > :23:33.just over an hour, the lightweight double handed class, 470 women, are
:23:33. > :23:37.out to get a medal. There are guaranteed silver, and are in great
:23:37. > :23:42.shape to have that battle between them and the Kiwis. But in just
:23:42. > :23:50.under 10 minutes, there is a battle with Australia for the gold medal.
:23:50. > :23:54.In the Aussie,, Malcolm Page and Matt Belcher, world champions, but
:23:54. > :23:58.they have been rivalled by the British duo Luke Patience and
:23:58. > :24:03.Stuart Bithell. They have been impressive, both on the water but
:24:03. > :24:08.also by their whole approach. Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell
:24:08. > :24:12.have been a breath of fresh air at their first Olympic regatta.
:24:12. > :24:15.hear about a lot of sailors coming from the south coast, and I
:24:15. > :24:23.certainly can't remember a sailor from Rochdale at the Olympics
:24:23. > :24:29.before. We are so patriotic, the Scots. I am here for Team GB, but
:24:29. > :24:34.I'm definitely proud to be Scottish, for sure. We have known each other
:24:34. > :24:37.for nearly 10 years now, and he really is a very close friend.
:24:37. > :24:42.is the first person I would call it there was something fun to do. He
:24:42. > :24:50.is a genuine friend, not a business acquaintance. He is a good boy.
:24:50. > :24:56.doubt we will have a beer tonight, as it is the wee man's birthday.
:24:56. > :25:03.The boat is usually weight and height specific. I am just a small
:25:03. > :25:07.Garway, and Stewart is 6 ft 2. is particularly small. He is the
:25:07. > :25:11.guy that sits at the back of the boat, High King of the side,
:25:11. > :25:16.whereas I am tall and skinny are, and my weight is used to ballast
:25:16. > :25:22.the boat. We are the size we are for a reason, and we feel we are
:25:22. > :25:27.the optimum size for the boat. tall and skinny, and Lucas more.
:25:27. > :25:33.Have you got that BBC man? Asking when summer is coming, because I am
:25:33. > :25:39.freezing. He is a much more feisty person, and I am very mellow and
:25:39. > :25:49.relaxed. I am the feisty Jack Russell in the boat. Stewart is the
:25:49. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:54.Nothing is too serious. You only get one chance at living life, and
:25:54. > :25:57.you would be mad not to have fun along the way. That is at the core
:25:57. > :26:07.of our friendship and our campaign, making sure we enjoy the experience
:26:07. > :26:09.
:26:09. > :26:14.Well, they have certainly been doing that, and today could be the
:26:14. > :26:24.ride of their lives. Guaranteed silver, every prospect of a gold.
:26:24. > :26:38.
:26:38. > :26:44.Weymouth, and Team GB have to New Kids On the Block, Luke Patience
:26:44. > :26:49.and Stuart Bithell, the Olympic debutants who came to London 2012
:26:49. > :26:55.for one reason and one reason only. We fully intend to break the
:26:55. > :27:01.statistics of first time Olympians don't medal. I don't come here to
:27:01. > :27:06.win silver. We have got a medal at two world championships, but our
:27:06. > :27:10.goal since the start was a gold medal in London. We will race every
:27:10. > :27:15.race to the death. We won't leave without standing on the highest
:27:15. > :27:25.place on the podium. It is not an option. We will win the Olympics in
:27:25. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:31.Racing under way, and the Brits' confidence was shining, leading the
:27:31. > :27:34.Australian favourites around the track. Seeing the gold-medal
:27:34. > :27:39.favourites having a difficult time as they have more problem was
:27:39. > :27:43.something, but this was better, because for Great Britain, Luke
:27:43. > :27:51.Patience and Stuart Bithell have started day one with a spectacular
:27:51. > :27:55.first and second. They will be delighted. But the Aussies soon
:27:55. > :28:00.found their expected form. The Australian team seemed to be in a
:28:00. > :28:05.different gear. Their boat speed has just been in a different league.
:28:05. > :28:08.Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell continued to sail the regatta of
:28:08. > :28:11.their lives. The British team come their lives. The British team come
:28:11. > :28:15.in as the new boys, the youngsters. Perhaps many were looking forward
:28:15. > :28:22.to see what they could do in Rio. But not any more. They could win
:28:22. > :28:25.gold. We're going into the metal rays were guaranteed silver, just a
:28:25. > :28:30.few points behind the Australians. We are closer than we have ever
:28:30. > :28:35.been. We just go out there and do all we can. The worst we can get is
:28:35. > :28:39.a silver medal at the Olympic Games. We are happy boys. We didn't come
:28:39. > :28:44.here to get second, we came here to win, and that is firmly within our
:28:44. > :28:54.grasp. It will be a good one to watch, to be sure. We need to that
:28:54. > :28:59.
:28:59. > :29:03.Well, they wanted the crowd, and they are here. Rob Walker is with
:29:03. > :29:07.some very nervous and special supporters.
:29:07. > :29:10.I tell you what, the atmosphere here is absolutely electric, it
:29:10. > :29:14.really is. Britain against Australia, such a great tool. We
:29:14. > :29:18.have got both sets of parents here, and we will be catching up with
:29:18. > :29:23.them and hoping their nerves stay under control over the next 40
:29:23. > :29:32.minutes or so. It is rocking and rolling here. What an occasion, and
:29:32. > :29:35.what a day this could be for British sailing for us.
:29:35. > :29:43.Richard and Lee are commentators, and they can imagine tensions are
:29:43. > :29:53.high aboard the boat. You can only imagine. On board now we are
:29:53. > :30:06.
:30:06. > :30:10.Two nations - Australia, Great Britain, will be battling it out
:30:10. > :30:16.for Olympic gold. Only two nations are in it for gold. This is how
:30:16. > :30:21.they got there. 10 races, each counted every single score, and
:30:21. > :30:26.they were allowed to discard their worst. The British and Australian
:30:26. > :30:31.teams were in a different league to anyone else. So they head into this
:30:31. > :30:35.medal race Final far enough ahead to mean the battle for gold is
:30:35. > :30:41.between Australia and Great Britain. So, how do you win gold? For
:30:41. > :30:46.Australia, simply beat the British team and gold number three will
:30:46. > :30:50.have to Australia. But if Britain wants to win gold, they have to
:30:50. > :30:55.beat the Australian team, and ensure there is a boat between them
:30:55. > :31:05.and the Australians. What can we expect? One minute to go, and we
:31:05. > :31:21.
:31:21. > :31:24.can expect fun and games before the Australia out to secure their third
:31:24. > :31:34.Olympic gold at London 2012. Olympic gold at London 2012.
:31:34. > :31:45.
:31:45. > :31:53.Britain and to secure their second team. It was a good move by the
:31:53. > :31:57.British team. They have right of way behind the Australian boat.
:31:58. > :32:07.referees are out on the water, six seconds to go before the start of
:32:08. > :32:09.
:32:09. > :32:14.the race. Britain and Australia. About 15 seconds before the start,
:32:14. > :32:18.tried to push them over the line. As they both head out to the right
:32:18. > :32:23.side of the course, it is the British team you have the strongest
:32:23. > :32:29.start. They went for the Australians in the previous start.
:32:29. > :32:33.Literally try to attack your rivals with right of way. The Australians
:32:33. > :32:39.were a little bit caught on the Hopp. We are heading to the right
:32:39. > :32:41.side of the course. The Australian team have to greet the British team
:32:41. > :32:47.and gold number three in the sailing competition will go to
:32:47. > :32:53.Australia. Heading over to the right hand side of the course, in
:32:53. > :32:59.these early stages. About 11 minutes up to the top, a fraction
:32:59. > :33:06.less. This race should take no more than 35 minutes. The Australians
:33:06. > :33:12.are at the top of the picture and the wind is very light. They are
:33:12. > :33:16.sat in the bodes, they are not leaning out. The Australians are
:33:16. > :33:21.looking fast in these conditions. The wind is coming from the left,
:33:21. > :33:26.you have to give way. If you meet another Botha on the course, and if
:33:26. > :33:30.the wind is coming from the right, like it is on the British boat, you
:33:30. > :33:36.have right of way. I think the British team felt they were losing
:33:36. > :33:41.out, so they have turned. The Australian team have as well. It is
:33:41. > :33:45.looking very close false stock but British did a great job just before
:33:45. > :33:54.the start. They will have to take the race to the Australians and
:33:54. > :34:01.these conditions and it is difficult for the British to pin
:34:01. > :34:06.them down. But the starter was a continuation of their confidence
:34:06. > :34:12.sailing they have had up over the series so far. This could take
:34:12. > :34:22.place at the back of the fleet, but it isn't. The breeze is very, very
:34:22. > :34:26.
:34:26. > :34:31.light. Mathew Belcher of Australia. Malcolm Page, won the gold in 2008
:34:31. > :34:38.behind Italy and Argentina, that is the battle for bronze. The British
:34:38. > :34:48.team, they have the advantage. The first market is right off the left-
:34:48. > :34:50.
:34:50. > :34:57.hand side of your screen. -- the first mark. They have to get there
:34:57. > :35:02.in the shortest distance. That boat with more white at the front is
:35:02. > :35:07.going quicker. Looks like the Australians are going a little
:35:07. > :35:17.quicker now for stocky it is crucial in this stage of the race.
:35:17. > :35:25.Britain needs to get into a position where they can affect the
:35:25. > :35:30.wind speed of the Australians. They will be able to slow them down. It
:35:30. > :35:35.they can do that, they can push them back into the pack, which will
:35:35. > :35:41.make it good for the British team. The Australians who have dominated
:35:41. > :35:48.this class coming into these Olympic Games. They are the world
:35:48. > :35:53.champions. Ranked No 1 for the last three years. Mathew Belcher, we
:35:53. > :36:00.were just on board with him. This is the view from Luke Patience and
:36:01. > :36:04.Stuart Bithell. The British team are trying to squeeze up to the
:36:04. > :36:09.Australians, sailing closer to the wind so they can affect the
:36:09. > :36:14.Australian team. They are doing a good job, they are sailing a bit
:36:14. > :36:19.higher, but managing to keep their speed. Every time they do that,
:36:19. > :36:24.they get closer to Australia. When they get into close contact with
:36:24. > :36:33.them, they can affect them and slow them down. If they can do that,
:36:33. > :36:37.they can get some distance between them. Then they can expect to get
:36:37. > :36:47.maybe two boats between them. It is getting better all the time for the
:36:47. > :36:48.
:36:48. > :36:55.British boat. Great Britain, the strongest sailing nation in the
:36:55. > :37:02.world in this arena since Sydney. Australia have the opportunity to
:37:02. > :37:06.change things at London 2012. The market is around about the middle
:37:06. > :37:16.of your left hand side of the screen. It shows the Australians
:37:16. > :37:21.have headed off. The British team have a small advantage. Luke
:37:21. > :37:25.Patience is trying to point as far to his right. Look at the
:37:25. > :37:29.concentration on his face. They looked pretty happy at the moment.
:37:29. > :37:35.It is going well for them. And they are happy and having a little joke
:37:35. > :37:39.on the boat. The guys are looking comfortable and enjoying this race.
:37:39. > :37:46.The Australians are under pressure, they put pressure on them at the
:37:46. > :37:51.start. It is a good sign at this point in the race. It could be a
:37:51. > :38:01.Olympic gold-Great Britain. This is the first lap of this race. Against
:38:01. > :38:01.
:38:01. > :38:09.the wind. Light winds. Back of the boat, Luke Patience. 25 years old.
:38:09. > :38:17.Calls himself the terrier on board. Stuart Bithell, the calming
:38:17. > :38:21.influence. They may have extremes of personalities, and the different
:38:21. > :38:24.heights, but they have an incredible chemistry between them.
:38:24. > :38:30.If you meet them after racing in the bar, or meet them out of the
:38:30. > :38:34.water, they are just perfectly matched. They went into this race
:38:34. > :38:39.absolutely thrilled to be there. I'm not sure how many times I have
:38:39. > :38:45.seen someone smiling and looking as content as we did it when we saw
:38:45. > :38:50.Luke Patience. Extraordinary. Great Britain are leading, Australia are
:38:50. > :38:55.in 5th position. If it stays like this, it is a Olympic gold number
:38:55. > :39:03.two for Great Britain. But these are the early stages as we had to
:39:03. > :39:09.the first mark. Argentina, plenty of reason to cheer because they are
:39:09. > :39:13.in a battle for the bronze against Italy. They also could be New
:39:13. > :39:18.Zealand and France in that contest. If the Australians and British and
:39:18. > :39:22.managed to get through the fleet. They are sailing well. The British
:39:22. > :39:26.team in need to slow the Australian team down to get them back into the
:39:26. > :39:30.fleet and get the other boats engaged in this race. If they sail
:39:30. > :39:35.out in front too far, it will be easy to the Australians to stick
:39:35. > :39:39.with the British team and not escape their clutches. You see all
:39:39. > :39:44.this twisting and turning as they head up to the top mark, it is
:39:44. > :39:51.against the wind. Left is great Britain and right is Australia.
:39:51. > :39:55.When the boat on the right terms, they will have the advantage. It is
:39:55. > :40:00.showing a 21-metre advantage to Great Britain will start Mick could
:40:00. > :40:06.not be more tense on the walk up. Is there tension flowing ashore,
:40:06. > :40:13.Rob Walker Quentin --? I am with Stuart's mother, how are you
:40:13. > :40:18.coping? Terribly. I will be glad when they get round the mark.
:40:18. > :40:22.positive here at the moment, but it is tense. Rochdale will be watching.
:40:22. > :40:28.Scotland will be watching, Great Britain will be watching. In
:40:28. > :40:34.Australia, where some of the stars of London 2012, from their
:40:34. > :40:43.perspective, there will be anxiety, tension. This is an Olympic final.
:40:43. > :40:47.It it Great Britain against Australia. We expect to see the
:40:47. > :40:57.British team at turn left soon and put themselves between the next
:40:57. > :41:00.
:41:00. > :41:03.Mark. There it is, interesting watching this race. Britain and not
:41:03. > :41:09.engaging the Australians at the moment, they have their own
:41:09. > :41:13.strategy. They are letting it Australians sailed their own race.
:41:13. > :41:20.They are relying on other boats coming through the field. At this
:41:20. > :41:25.stage, it is a different strategy than I expected. The British team
:41:25. > :41:31.have the right of way. This is perfect because there is a boat
:41:31. > :41:36.between them. Luke Patience With the wind behind, let's the sail out
:41:36. > :41:41.to get maximum force from the wind. Downwind it will be nail-biting
:41:41. > :41:45.because the wind coming from behind will reach the boats behind first.
:41:46. > :41:50.You are in the Australian boat, the pressure is on, what do you do?
:41:50. > :41:54.They have to chase down the Croatian team in front of them.
:41:54. > :42:00.They have to sail cleanly, affect their air. They have to stay with
:42:00. > :42:05.the British team, and stay in contact. They are fast, consistent
:42:05. > :42:10.and they know how to handle pressure. The British have to hope
:42:10. > :42:18.that relations sail a fast race themselves. It could not be any
:42:18. > :42:23.closer -- closer themselves. -- the Croatians sail. The Croatians could
:42:23. > :42:29.win the race but not the gold medal. That is because of the points
:42:29. > :42:39.system. Battle of the bronze is between Italy and Argentina. The
:42:39. > :42:43.
:42:43. > :42:52.advantage at the moment. We will be looking at the Croatians to sail
:42:52. > :42:59.one of the races of their lives. They are 8th over all. That is the
:42:59. > :43:08.tension up there. Australia in third at the moment. Great Britain
:43:08. > :43:16.are leading. The wind has increased just a little. The threat-Great
:43:16. > :43:24.Britain from the Australians to the right side of the picture. That
:43:24. > :43:30.picture of being on board give you a perspective. The boat looked as
:43:30. > :43:38.though it had a little bit of speed, but now a little bit of separation.
:43:38. > :43:44.Luke Patience looks round. Stuart Bithell is focused on the spin at
:43:44. > :43:52.that. Croatians have the advantage. From a British perspective, they
:43:52. > :43:55.don't want that. I think the British pair wish there were more
:43:55. > :44:00.boats around to put between them. Will they try to take the
:44:00. > :44:06.Australians back into the pack to mix it up a bit? With the Croatians
:44:06. > :44:11.sliding through, maybe they will change their strategy. They are
:44:11. > :44:15.leaving the Australians alone, and did not engage them at all on the
:44:15. > :44:21.open lane. It does not matter where they finished in this race as long
:44:21. > :44:25.as they have boats between them and Australia. We only have one more
:44:25. > :44:35.lap when we get to this mark. They do need to slow them down if they
:44:35. > :44:40.can. That is the view from the Australian boat. Like was looking
:44:40. > :44:46.difficult for the Australians, but they have gained on his leg and Rob
:44:46. > :44:51.Walker is with some of the Australian support. I am, I am with
:44:51. > :44:56.Michael -- Malcolm Page's dad. What did he say last night? He said he
:44:56. > :45:01.was ready and wanted to get it over and done with. Is it as close as
:45:01. > :45:06.you thought it would be? No, I thought it would be closer than
:45:06. > :45:12.this. More drama to come. A little bit of tension in the Australian
:45:13. > :45:17.camp, you sense. There may be tension, but from an Australian
:45:17. > :45:25.perspective with the wind behind, Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page
:45:25. > :45:29.have gained. On board, this is the view from the British boat. To win
:45:29. > :45:38.the gold they need to overtake the Australians hand have one boat
:45:38. > :45:42.between them. Can they do it? Where ever you are in the world, this is
:45:42. > :45:51.a head-to-head, a sporting duel between Australia and Great Britain
:45:51. > :45:57.for the Olympic gold. Shirley Robertson, you are out on the water
:45:57. > :46:01.and you can see the boats heading towards Jews. I'm not sure you had
:46:01. > :46:04.such a close battle for your Olympic gold medals, but what would
:46:04. > :46:09.you be doing. Obviously the British team have to get past the
:46:09. > :46:14.Australians, but would you sail them back and slower than down to
:46:14. > :46:20.let the others catch up? I think it is the best option. And if you look
:46:20. > :46:24.behind the leading two, it is a big pack of boats. Denise like winds,
:46:24. > :46:29.the bad her coming of your sails extends. A lot of opportunities if
:46:29. > :46:35.they get them back into the trailing pack. The Australians do
:46:35. > :46:39.look fast, Richard? They do. Before the tactics of wondering what to do
:46:39. > :46:44.when they had the Australians in the grip of their hands, first they
:46:44. > :46:54.have to overtake them and downwind. As we look at Matthew Bell to, aged
:46:54. > :47:02.34 Stock his wife is competing in the women's 470, and finished 8th.
:47:02. > :47:08.-- Mathew Belcher. The boat was built by Mathew Belcher's father in
:47:08. > :47:15.law. On board now with Luke Patience. The Australians have
:47:15. > :47:20.looked fast on this leg. They are draping almost, struggling to keep
:47:20. > :47:25.them filled with wind. The Australians have shown great speed
:47:25. > :47:30.in these light winds. Getting past both the British and the Croatian
:47:30. > :47:34.team. It will be difficult it with the Australians getting through, it
:47:34. > :47:44.will be difficult a for Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell to get
:47:44. > :47:50.
:47:50. > :47:55.wind on the right or the left? I do not want to say, it is hard to
:47:55. > :48:00.know. It is a really tough course, with that all on the righthand side
:48:00. > :48:05.which can affect the breeze. The righthand side looked pretty good
:48:05. > :48:09.last time, I wonder if the Australians will try to defend that.
:48:09. > :48:15.The Australian's head up the righthand side, as Shirley
:48:15. > :48:19.Robertson suggested they may. The Croatians are in second. Great
:48:19. > :48:25.Britain are in third. From a British perspective, it is perhaps
:48:25. > :48:31.of some interest that the Croatians are stocked in the mix, but prefer
:48:31. > :48:41.not to go up the left-hand side of the course, with them. The British
:48:41. > :48:44.
:48:44. > :48:49.team will get the bad wind from the Croatian sale -- sail. Italy, a
:48:49. > :48:55.rolling in to attack. The British team now, at slightly it on the
:48:55. > :49:01.back foot, after that spectacular start. Great Britain lead in the
:49:01. > :49:11.early stages and were in the gold medal position. Australia, now, are
:49:11. > :49:13.
:49:13. > :49:20.now in the gold medal position. Tense times now a sure -- ashore.
:49:20. > :49:27.There is still a long way to go. is still quite early. Another 20
:49:27. > :49:33.minutes to go. We needed to wait and see. As you know, it is
:49:33. > :49:43.extremely light on this course, who knows what could happen. Luke
:49:43. > :49:47.
:49:47. > :49:54.Patience is a great fighter, hang the pendulum has swung to the seven
:49:54. > :50:02.hemisphere, Australia have the advantage. On these waters of
:50:02. > :50:07.Weymouth and Portland. The when they attack, to turn the
:50:07. > :50:14.course, we will discover if they have an advantage. I just saw the
:50:14. > :50:20.Australian boat head to their left, that is not the angle they want.
:50:20. > :50:25.Page is inside the middle of the boat, the less you are keeping the
:50:25. > :50:35.boat upright. A critical moment. Great Britain come across, they do
:50:35. > :50:38.not have right of way, but have they gained on the Australians?
:50:39. > :50:45.This is looking good, they are closer to the Croatians. They were
:50:45. > :50:50.leading a moment ago. If they can engage Australia in a match race.
:50:50. > :50:57.It looks like they have got through. They need to start affecting the
:50:57. > :51:04.Australians, if they can. This is the last lap. Great Britain
:51:04. > :51:12.now, that is the view from the British boat. They must have been
:51:12. > :51:16.confident that the wind was right for them to attack, I thought they
:51:16. > :51:20.might head out on the same side of the course as Australia. In many
:51:20. > :51:25.ways, you would have expected and to do that, but this team not only
:51:26. > :51:33.have to beat the Australians, they need to get a boat in between them,
:51:33. > :51:42.to be on top of the podium, celebrating a Olympic gold.
:51:42. > :51:51.Belcher, Page. The pressure perhaps now swinging more their way. With
:51:51. > :51:57.the wind behind, they looked fast. The British have now let them go to
:51:57. > :52:03.the other side of the course. Shirley Robertson, it feels perhaps
:52:03. > :52:13.there is more breeze? Definitely. The boats are moored
:52:13. > :52:20.
:52:20. > :52:26.powered up, the wins -- winds are that the wind angle was better by
:52:26. > :52:31.turning away from the Australians. But, as we look out of Argentina
:52:31. > :52:35.who are in bronze medal position, if you look at the back, the
:52:35. > :52:43.British are coming across. The British team would have to give way,
:52:43. > :52:47.the winds are coming from the left. This turned it is vital. The
:52:47. > :52:54.Australians turned because the winds from the British would have
:52:54. > :52:58.slowed them down. It is so close. You can see they
:52:59. > :53:04.are trying to get into contact with Australia, it slowed them down. It
:53:04. > :53:09.is a bit too close. The Australians able to keep clear. They need a
:53:09. > :53:19.couple more metres to get on top of the Australians and slow them down.
:53:19. > :53:23.Come on, says that, that is my boy out there. He is so close to
:53:23. > :53:31.bringing gold home for Britain and Scotland. Remember, if you have
:53:31. > :53:34.just joined us, the final race in the men's 470. You carry your
:53:34. > :53:39.points forward to this race. To win a gold medal, Australia have to
:53:39. > :53:43.beat the British team. For the British team to walk away as
:53:43. > :53:49.Olympic champions, they have to beat the Australians and have a
:53:49. > :53:55.boat between them and Australia. Just two boats been it for the
:53:55. > :54:01.battle for a Olympic gold. The winds have increased. Malcolm Page
:54:01. > :54:09.out to defend his Olympic title from Beijing. His feet in contact
:54:09. > :54:16.with the boat. The Australians, have they gained? I think they have.
:54:16. > :54:22.The British team, it's vital cross, the final few minutes. An Olympic
:54:22. > :54:29.medal final. The British team now have lost about a boat length. As
:54:29. > :54:38.we expect, the Australians have turned. Luke Patience slowing down,
:54:38. > :54:48.to give him some space. His dad likes that. Trying to force the
:54:48. > :54:49.
:54:49. > :54:56.Australians into ridicule -- a duel. To force the Australians into a
:54:56. > :55:03.mistake, but sublime sailing. Come on, says dad.
:55:03. > :55:09.Let us go again, we will roll then in, will they make a mistake? The
:55:09. > :55:17.Australians hold their nerve and carry on. Aggressive selling by
:55:17. > :55:22.Britain. But, the Australians have held their nerve. Those two boats,
:55:22. > :55:27.having their own fight, has allowed other boats to catch up which is
:55:27. > :55:32.significant. It has brought the fleet back into the game. The
:55:32. > :55:39.Australians still have the advantage. The Argentinian team are
:55:39. > :55:46.in the mix now. It is very close. They just need to get in touch with
:55:46. > :55:51.the Australians in this downwind. Every opportunity still in this
:55:51. > :55:54.race, the final downwind, they just need to be in contact with the
:55:54. > :56:00.Australians to have a chance, it is so close.
:56:00. > :56:05.From a British perspective, that is difficult. There are more nations
:56:05. > :56:13.in between them and the Australians. The Australians are around this top
:56:13. > :56:22.mark for the final time, this could be a gold Rush for Australia. Two
:56:22. > :56:29.Olympic golds already won. Now, it is Great Britain on the back foot.
:56:29. > :56:32.Remember, Great Britain will win the Olympic silver. If they do not
:56:32. > :56:38.so cure of gold. The next few minutes will determine the top of
:56:38. > :56:47.the podium, of Whitby Australia or Great Britain, Olympic champions,
:56:47. > :56:52.here in the men's double-handed 470 class. The Argentinians have plenty
:56:52. > :57:00.to play for. They went into this medal race in bronze position. That
:57:00. > :57:05.will guarantee Australia a bronze medal. This is the rear-view mirror,
:57:05. > :57:09.on board Argentina. Looking to defend against the British. But,
:57:09. > :57:15.they do not want to waste too much time doing that. They just want to
:57:15. > :57:21.stay in front of their rivals, Italy. The British team have headed
:57:21. > :57:25.out. Away from the chasing pack, to try to get clear wind. On board
:57:25. > :57:31.with the Australians. A really tough situation for Great
:57:31. > :57:35.Britain. They tried to sail high, to affect the wind of the
:57:35. > :57:41.Australian team, to slow them down, to engage them, to bring them back
:57:41. > :57:45.into the race with the other boats. The more chance they will have.
:57:45. > :57:52.They have sailed so well. The Australians are very fast in these
:57:52. > :57:58.conditions. Halfway down this last downwind leg, not much time left.
:57:58. > :58:06.There is still time. We have seen it go against the British team.
:58:06. > :58:10.just saw a red flag. Someone has been penalised. A penalty for the
:58:10. > :58:16.British team. Devastating for them, they were pumping too much, using
:58:16. > :58:21.the sales. You are not allowed to do that in these winds. It will
:58:21. > :58:25.give advantage to Australia. British team, it may have been a
:58:25. > :58:31.combination of anxiety, but the eagle eyed judges, their judgment
:58:31. > :58:41.was at the British team were using their own body weight to pump the
:58:41. > :58:51.sails. A minuscule difference between being illegal, and being a
:58:51. > :58:54.penalty. -- being legal. I am sure they were trying to keep inside the
:58:54. > :59:03.rules, there is no point tried to break the with the umpire just
:59:03. > :59:09.behind them. The Australians are in second. If it stays like that, gold
:59:09. > :59:14.medal number three full head down under to a nation which has been
:59:14. > :59:20.celebrating success on the water. There have been some great moments
:59:20. > :59:25.for Australia. 1983, they took the America's Cup away from the United
:59:25. > :59:30.States after the longest winning streak in sport. 2000, they
:59:30. > :59:37.celebrated sailing from Sydney Harbour in the Olympic Games. 2012,
:59:37. > :59:41.no question, if they secured Olympic gold number three at London
:59:41. > :59:48.2012, that will be an Olympic moment that will be remembered
:59:48. > :59:52.forever in Australia. The British team, who have sailed so well, at
:59:52. > :59:59.one point they were in gold medal position. They were given a penalty
:59:59. > :00:04.turn on this leg. The umpires judging they were using their own
:00:04. > :00:10.weight, to rock the boat, to give a little speed advantage. And, they
:00:10. > :00:15.paid the price for that. Penalties given so many times here. The
:00:15. > :00:20.Croatians are leading this race. This is the middle race that
:00:20. > :00:24.everyone, all 10 nations who have qualified, they take the overall
:00:24. > :00:29.points into this race. The Croatians will have too many points
:00:29. > :00:34.to be in contention for a medal. The Australians, though, they seem
:00:34. > :00:41.determined to secured gold in some style. They don't have to win the
:00:41. > :00:45.race, they just have to beat the Bish -- British. You really feel
:00:46. > :00:50.for Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell. It is amazing how
:00:50. > :00:55.confident they are sailing, not just today, but throughout, we are
:00:55. > :00:58.looking at the future of the British sailing team. This
:00:58. > :01:05.confidence in their performance they have put in, we will see a lot
:01:05. > :01:13.more from them. What a result, securing silver before this race.
:01:13. > :01:17.Still some distance, the chance for the winds to change. You would
:01:17. > :01:22.expect the Australians to be able to take his back to the finish and
:01:22. > :01:26.secured a win. What a performance from the British team. Very tough.
:01:26. > :01:31.They had the lead, they could have potentially engaged the Australian
:01:31. > :01:36.team more, to keep the fleet in touch and slow them down. But, we
:01:36. > :01:44.know they are fast, it is difficult to pin them back. The final runway
:01:44. > :01:54.to the finish. Croatia, well placed to when the weather will -- to win
:01:54. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:13.Olympic campaign, the years that have seen two best mates target a
:02:13. > :02:18.medal. And this man, Mathew Belcher head down to the finish. They were
:02:18. > :02:26.on the back foot at the beginning. It did look like advantage Great
:02:26. > :02:36.Britain. But as the Croatians win the race, what a memory that will
:02:36. > :02:37.
:02:37. > :02:42.be. But the Olympic champions, they are just behind. Croatia come down
:02:42. > :02:49.to take the wind. But just behind them, four years ago, four years
:02:49. > :02:57.ago, Mathew Belcher was driving at television motorboat out on the
:02:57. > :03:03.Olympic course or whilst his partner, Matthew -- Malcolm Page
:03:03. > :03:13.was winning gold. It is gold medal for Australia. It started advantage
:03:13. > :03:15.
:03:15. > :03:20.Australia, and that is how it finished. Great Britain, Luke
:03:20. > :03:25.Patience and Stuart Bithell, well done. A super Olympic competition.
:03:25. > :03:32.Dad it will be proud of you, Britain are proud of you. The
:03:32. > :03:35.Olympic silver for Great Britain, but it is gold for Australia. That
:03:35. > :03:40.celebration of a silver, rather than the despair of losing out,
:03:40. > :03:50.they will be delighted. Great friends. Done lots of training
:03:50. > :03:50.
:03:50. > :03:55.together. It is a great moments for the sailors. It is a great moments
:03:55. > :04:01.of for those close to them, their families who are watching their
:04:01. > :04:06.success out of the water. Both boats upside down, but I am sure,
:04:06. > :04:12.Rob Walker, there will be celebrations? There certainly are,
:04:12. > :04:16.the Australians are delighted. Misses Page, is there a tear in the
:04:16. > :04:20.eye behind the sunglasses? there is, he is still my little
:04:20. > :04:27.buoy. De you think this one will mean more because he had to fight
:04:27. > :04:32.so hard to come home ahead of the British duo? On many counts, it is
:04:32. > :04:38.a fitting way to finish a long career. His this the gold and
:04:38. > :04:41.finish? Yes, it is supposed to be the golden finish. He has done it
:04:41. > :04:48.in style, he has broken some British hearts, but a worthy
:04:48. > :04:53.champion. That's them moment. They have got everything right in his
:04:53. > :04:57.programme. But three years, they have dominated. Broken hearts for a
:04:57. > :05:06.moment, but that has passed because out on the water it was an intense
:05:06. > :05:11.battle. Australia are celebrating, but so it is Luke Patience's family.
:05:11. > :05:16.The two new boys to the Olympic competition. They do talk
:05:16. > :05:19.themselves up, but they delivered. The Australians came in as world
:05:20. > :05:25.champions and dominated the fleet for three years. But Stuart before,
:05:25. > :05:32.Luke Patience some of the old guard in the British team will be
:05:32. > :05:42.considering options for the future. But, there is a great new team
:05:42. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:51.coming through. And that is a man, Viktor, Blanco, was awarded a medal
:05:51. > :05:57.in the Queen's birthday Honours. He is known as the medal maker.
:05:57. > :06:01.Australia finished second, Great Britain 4th, Argentina third. Spare
:06:01. > :06:08.a thought for Croatia who had a last final moment of Olympic
:06:08. > :06:14.celebration. But Luke Patience has done himself proud, done his family
:06:14. > :06:24.proud. Rob Walker is with his dad. We saw a lot of him watching the
:06:24. > :06:30.competition, but an incredibly It certainly is, the two fathers
:06:30. > :06:37.have come over to congratulate one another. It was on the gold, but
:06:37. > :06:43.your body has done great Britain proud? We are just having a ball.
:06:43. > :06:48.We are so pleased about this. I have a gold on my left and a silver
:06:48. > :06:55.on my right. It is fantastic. know you would have loved the gold
:06:55. > :07:01.medal, but just like your son, yet he is a fine ambassador for the
:07:01. > :07:06.sport and he is an Olympic medallist. It is fantastic, the
:07:06. > :07:12.spirit here has been wonderful. Great atmosphere here, Shirley
:07:12. > :07:17.Robinson, what is it like on the water? It is mad on the water. You
:07:17. > :07:25.said you are going to attack today, and what's a confident race.
:07:25. > :07:31.Brilliance. We tried it. We got the better of them at the start and
:07:31. > :07:36.managed to sneak ahead. We sneaked ahead, but we hope the rest of the
:07:36. > :07:41.fleet would be there. But they sailed a fantastic race. Will we
:07:41. > :07:50.tried to take them when we could but hands up to them, they held
:07:50. > :07:55.their nerve and they are worthy champions. We are happy with second.
:07:56. > :08:03.First Games, silver medal it is fantastic? It is great isn't it? It
:08:03. > :08:07.has been a few years hard work together, 15 years up there. We are
:08:07. > :08:13.standing on an Olympic podium. It is not the gold, but there is
:08:13. > :08:22.plenty of time, we are only young and we will be coming back. For now,
:08:23. > :08:29.enjoy the moment. There Stuart is a legend and we are happy. We have
:08:29. > :08:35.watched you, two great mates on an amazing journey, what a week?
:08:35. > :08:40.a way, what a great place, we are in paradise. Congratulations. What
:08:40. > :08:46.a race it was and what a battle with Australia. Silver medal for
:08:46. > :08:50.Team GB. More to follow, the ladies are about to start, and they want
:08:50. > :08:56.to beat the Kiwis in the women's double hander.
:08:56. > :09:01.Huge congratulations. When we cross over to BBC Two, we will be
:09:01. > :09:06.focusing on the men's 10 K open water swim. Yesterday saw Keri-Anne
:09:06. > :09:16.Payne just 0.4 of a second away from a medal in Hyde Park. Again,
:09:16. > :09:17.
:09:17. > :09:20.the British public are out to to Hu Daniel Fogg. After his swimming in
:09:20. > :09:27.the pool, he has switched to the open water. We have been chatting
:09:27. > :09:33.to him. What is the strategy behind it? Talking to Keri-Anne, Sue likes
:09:33. > :09:38.to go out and lead, that is not your strategy? There is a lot of
:09:38. > :09:44.tactics. I tried that in Shanghai, and the lead for the first nine
:09:44. > :09:53.kilometres. The last 1,000m a was so long and hard, everyone went
:09:53. > :09:58.past me. I have tried to do other things. Just to know what is going
:09:58. > :10:05.on around me, and in the closing stages, go for home. It is a bit
:10:05. > :10:11.rough at times? Yes, there is a referee in a boat, and unless you
:10:11. > :10:16.are caught hitting and punching someone, they let it go. There is a
:10:16. > :10:25.lot of foot-tapping and bumping, which is going to happen. There is
:10:25. > :10:31.a lot of turning on this course? What we are used to his four laps,
:10:31. > :10:37.but this is six laps and quite a lot of turns. It could be an
:10:37. > :10:40.opportunity to be more physical. But in some boxing training. Are
:10:40. > :10:44.you looking forward to the crowd? The home crowd is something every
:10:44. > :10:49.athlete would love to have that experience and this generation are
:10:49. > :10:52.very lucky to have that opportunity? It is once in a
:10:52. > :10:57.lifetime, but I don't think it is that often this opportunity will
:10:57. > :11:03.come around. I have a lot of friends and family who will be
:11:03. > :11:08.there and the open water will be one of the best crowds. To have
:11:08. > :11:12.that to walk out to and listen to them cheering, it is something no
:11:12. > :11:18.one else is going to get. On the day it could make a massive
:11:18. > :11:21.difference. This is BBC Three at the moment.
:11:22. > :11:28.This is BBC Three at the moment. The boys in the water for the 10
:11:28. > :11:34.kilometre open-water swim. The Canadian is leading I think from
:11:34. > :11:44.Germany in second. From what I can work out, Daniel Fogg is a round
:11:44. > :11:46.
:11:46. > :11:52.You can watch that on BBC Three. We will be keeping you up-to-date when
:11:52. > :12:02.we cross over to BBC Two at 1pm. It is back to Eton Dorney and more
:12:02. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:18.semi-final races, including Jess morning. The Jess Walker trying to
:12:18. > :12:44.
:12:45. > :12:54.force herself into the top two. It Walker have a great Britain in lane
:12:55. > :13:09.
:13:09. > :13:19.two false stop Japan is also going Britain. She is being lifted by the
:13:19. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:36.place. She makes it into the final. Fine effort from her. The Japanese,
:13:36. > :13:46.after a good start will have to see if she makes it as one of the
:13:46. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:52.fastest losers. Jess Walker coming through. As she came into the last
:13:52. > :14:00.154 start she didn't feature so much in the first 50m. Then she got
:14:00. > :14:06.herself up and running. finished 8th in the European
:14:06. > :14:10.Championships this year. The cheering that has just gone up his
:14:10. > :14:20.from the largely British crowd because they have just seen it
:14:20. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:52.confirmed Jess Walker automatically You said you didn't think you are
:14:52. > :14:55.going to make it? I have had a bit of a rubbish year. Going off my
:14:55. > :15:00.results from World Cups and the Europeans, you wouldn't have put me
:15:00. > :15:06.down for this. I am happy with that. And it hasn't hurt as much as
:15:06. > :15:11.normal. Why do you think that is? don't know. Maybe because you are
:15:11. > :15:15.through to an Olympic final? What are we thinking when you crossed
:15:15. > :15:21.the line? I thought the Japanese girl beat me. I don't think I had
:15:21. > :15:25.beaten her before. It is the best time to do it. I have been easier
:15:25. > :15:31.semi-final I would say. But the goal that it when it is pretty good,
:15:31. > :15:35.so at least I can be part of it. You are only 22 and it is your
:15:35. > :15:40.second Olympics already. The difference between Beijing, when
:15:40. > :15:44.you're a baby, and now, is enormous. For years is quite a long time. I
:15:44. > :15:54.think I already and match and after Beijing I would be aiming to do
:15:54. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :16:00.these events. I am just happy I won the National's. Big final tomorrow,
:16:00. > :16:05.we wish you the best of luck. Do us proud. Thanks.
:16:05. > :16:15.It is now time for the K2, and the European champions and the world
:16:15. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :17:02.silver-medallists, Liam Heath and tense silence to the music. These
:17:02. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:26.Britain are struggling here. Look at the strength and power for
:17:26. > :17:34.Russia, they are eating up the water, five metres out. Heath and
:17:34. > :17:44.Schofield have come back now, in second. The Russians, a
:17:44. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:53.demonstration of power. Once again, as it was in the heats, Russia, if
:17:53. > :18:02.they do that in the final, they will win. That was a demonstration.
:18:02. > :18:10.Sheer power, leaving Heath and Schofield behind. They didn't get a
:18:10. > :18:16.great start as they normally do, left in the starting buckets.
:18:16. > :18:21.Setting an Olympic best, the Russians. Heath and Schofield,
:18:21. > :18:31.taking second place, they will have to be could get out, to threaten
:18:31. > :18:42.
:18:43. > :18:48.Through to the final, what a lot of supporters would have expected, are
:18:48. > :18:52.you pleased with what you have done? We have had two good, solid
:18:52. > :18:58.races, we are looking forward to stepping it up tomorrow.
:18:58. > :19:05.Russians are looking pretty smart, your main opposition? Yes, today,
:19:05. > :19:11.they were better than us. We have got more in the tank. We can't
:19:11. > :19:21.afford to give much of to them at the start, next time we will have
:19:21. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:30.to look to get out faster. start sets up the whole race, it is
:19:30. > :19:34.hard to pick up speed and carry it down to the end. If you nailed that
:19:34. > :19:38.start, you will fly down the rest of that course. Every time you team
:19:38. > :19:43.up together and compete, you are always in the medals, we have
:19:43. > :19:46.massive expectations tomorrow. will try to put it out of our mind,
:19:46. > :19:52.tomorrow it is a race that has never happened before, a clean
:19:52. > :20:01.slate. Lots of messages of good luck, I believe you had one from
:20:01. > :20:11.Kylie Minogue. My girlfriend's mum is an air hostess and she got a
:20:11. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:22.signature from Kylie Minogue! have Rachel coarsen, -- Cawson. U2
:20:22. > :20:28.make the canoeing couple. She had a fantastic Regatta, disappointed not
:20:28. > :20:32.to come away with a medal. But I know she has the talent to do it in
:20:33. > :20:42.the future. She is a cheering me on now. We wish you the very best of
:20:43. > :20:44.
:20:44. > :20:48.luck for the final. It is a beautiful day in, a little
:20:48. > :20:52.bit quiet, there has been no morning action in the Olympic
:20:52. > :20:59.Stadium. But things are getting ready for the evening action which
:20:59. > :21:05.begins at 7pm. Tonight sees the women's 5,000 metres. In the Los
:21:05. > :21:10.Angeles Olympics, the furthest women van was 3,000 metres. 28
:21:10. > :21:20.years on, beat two runners that people are still talking about,
:21:20. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:38.The 1984 women's 3,000 metres final. Mary Decker against Zola Budd. The
:21:38. > :21:43.now running for Britain, thanks to a British passport delivered in
:21:43. > :21:47.suspiciously fast time. Mary Decker, the All American golden goal,
:21:47. > :21:57.burning in has actually is, when nothing could go wrong.
:21:57. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:05.COMMENTATOR: People champion is now down. Budd briefly led. But, she
:22:05. > :22:12.slowed down, to a chorus of Christ from the crowd, finishing 7th,
:22:12. > :22:21.still well ahead of Mary Decker. Whose fault was it? Budd was
:22:21. > :22:24.disqualified. Then, the judges reinstated her. They would be
:22:24. > :22:32.ruined and start a year later. But at that time, the golden girl was
:22:32. > :22:42.in no mood to forgive. I said to her, don't bother.
:22:42. > :22:42.
:22:42. > :22:46.What a story. We have had a very successful
:22:46. > :22:55.warning on the water, we have seen it semi-final action, a silver
:22:55. > :22:58.medal in the sailing. Now we go over to Hyde Park for an update on
:22:58. > :23:05.the 10 kilometre or open water swim, with Dan Fogg.
:23:05. > :23:10.First of all, gorgeous conditions for the spectators and the swimmers,
:23:10. > :23:20.the water is two degrees warmer than yesterday. Dan Fogg started
:23:20. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:37.very well. David can explain, Dan The main player this -- players are
:23:37. > :23:43.there, Mellouli is looking effortless. They are halfway
:23:43. > :23:49.through. I don't know whether he is making them work hard, he knows he
:23:49. > :23:54.has the most speed at the end. clean a race is it, how well is
:23:54. > :24:00.anyone behaving? I have seen one yellow card given, I am not sure
:24:00. > :24:06.why. That is the nature of the sport, it is a compact sport. The
:24:06. > :24:16.pack is quite stretched out. In the women's race, they were bunched up.
:24:16. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:23.In the men's race, the pace at the as bunched up as yesterday.
:24:23. > :24:31.Difficult for the commentators to identify the swimmers. Dan Fogg is
:24:31. > :24:36.wearing number 19. He is bare- chested. Most of the other swimmers,
:24:36. > :24:46.apart from the Canadian, are in full body suits. Dan Fogg is
:24:46. > :24:50.
:24:50. > :24:58.wearing a blue cap. on the course. When you go around a
:24:58. > :25:08.corner that tight, you can almost do a corkscrew, a backstroke and a
:25:08. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:17.front crawl. You do get dizzy doing it. Keri-Anne is a fantastic
:25:17. > :25:27.propellant for that and she really uses it. Age and, a great pace. --
:25:27. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:38.Adrian. It is fantastic for the swimmers, if you can get a few
:25:38. > :25:48.seconds on a turn. For swimming pool swimmers, there are more turns,
:25:48. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:53.those times are quicker. This is a wonderful venue. It really
:25:53. > :26:03.showcases the sport. I would encourage you, nothing better at
:26:03. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:21.the weekend. Just try it. There is that quaked -- great swim
:26:21. > :26:29.
:26:30. > :26:39.series. They have them in Salford, Suffolk, in London. There's one in
:26:40. > :26:40.
:26:40. > :26:46.Scotland. I remember the Salford one, 15 degrees, freezing. The one
:26:46. > :26:56.in Strathclyde Park, a think that is where the opening is going to be
:26:56. > :26:58.
:26:58. > :27:03.for the Commonwealth Games, two years' time. I just saw Richard
:27:03. > :27:13.Weinberger, the Canadian. He went on to his back to see where
:27:13. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:20.the rest of the field were. That is Dan Fogg. Just the half
:27:20. > :27:26.suit. He is still in there. leader, breeding backwards to see
:27:26. > :27:31.where the rest of the field is. They are starting to bunch again.
:27:31. > :27:36.That black hat. He is starting to get buffeted about. He hasn't been
:27:36. > :27:42.in this position at all, the first time, I wonder how he will take it.
:27:42. > :27:49.Coming up to the timing bridge, the end of a third lap of six. In
:27:49. > :27:54.theory, the halfway mark. They have that sprint at the end. They have
:27:54. > :28:04.to come this way a tiny bit. If they miss that timing bridge, they
:28:04. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:10.will be disqualified. First through, Waschburger. Dan Fogg is doing well,
:28:10. > :28:17.moving up into 6th position. When dear field gets stretched out, he
:28:17. > :28:25.stays calm and stays there. When it gets bunched, he gets back into
:28:25. > :28:30.that leading bunch. Conserving his energy. Good tactics.
:28:30. > :28:35.This field is interesting. The only thing I can think, why the field is
:28:35. > :28:42.a stretched out, and contracting, it is simply that some of the
:28:42. > :28:48.fastest swimmers are using bursts of energy to break the pack. They
:28:48. > :28:58.will have used different amounts of energy. When it comes to the final
:28:58. > :28:59.
:28:59. > :29:09.laps, somebody like Mellouli who is a strong finisher, will kick. He
:29:09. > :29:23.
:29:23. > :29:30.uses a bit of energy, then breasts Richard Weinberger is next to him.
:29:30. > :29:38.These are the five now. We saw in the women's race, five established
:29:38. > :29:47.themselves. A Risztov was a let this, a war of attrition, she just
:29:47. > :29:56.kept on driving it. Just gone halfway in his men's
:29:56. > :30:06.10,000 metres open water. Mellouli still in front. It has bunched up
:30:06. > :30:07.
:30:07. > :30:10.again. Very interesting. Very cat and mouse at the moment. Dan Fogg
:30:10. > :30:16.right in the middle of the pack, conserving his energy reasonably