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Nice to see you. Thank you for joining us and welcome to the final | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
Friday of the 2012 Olympic Games. In 48 hours, the stadium will be | :00:59. | :01:05. | |
preparing to bid farewell to the athletes, but plenty more to come | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
and this afternoon is not for the faint hearted. Expect passion and | :01:10. | :01:19. | |
power in the boxing ring. We will be back at the BMX a Reina shortly, | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
and taekwondo gold a potential for Britain. | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
The medal races were delayed yesterday in the failing. Luke | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
Patience and Stuart Bithell took silver as the Aussies lived up to | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
their billing as favourites. This is Australia's most successful ever | :01:40. | :01:48. | |
sailing regatta. The women's crew also took silver. Sadly, the Brits | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
gave New Zealand an early lead and they were never able to bridge the | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
gap to take the gold medal. They would have loved to, of course. | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
Obvious disappointment but the thing to remember is that once | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
again, out on the water at Weymouth, we continued our success and that | :02:05. | :02:12. | |
is another two silver medals, so congratulations to them. Defeat | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
today but from the Olympic Games, they can consider themselves | :02:16. | :02:25. | |
winners. A busy afternoon of boxing. Semi-finals featuring two Irish and | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
two British boxing's coming up. Whilst Irish eyes will have been | :02:30. | :02:39. | |
smiling after educated Taylor's win, -- after Katie Taylor's win, let's | :02:39. | :02:49. | |
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take you back to beat ExCeL Centre as the men were continuing. Paddy | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
got a bronze in Beijing and said they were for loses. We join the | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
fight at the start of the second round, Paddy is trailing 8-5. At | :03:01. | :03:11. | |
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least he has some points on the Olympic champion. No. 1 seed for | :03:13. | :03:18. | |
this tournament, although he will be ranked world number two. He beat | :03:18. | :03:27. | |
the Cuban and the boxer from Kazakhstan. Paddy Barnes also got a | :03:27. | :03:37. | |
by. The referee let him get away with that, interesting. The little | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
boy from Belfast, the Commonwealth champion from a deli a couple of | :03:40. | :03:50. | |
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years ago, European Championship the same year -- from Delhi. Paddy | :03:51. | :04:01. | |
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has got to quicken up his feet and You must face your opponent at all | :04:34. | :04:44. | |
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pressure is what is needed from Barnes. He is as crafty as a fox, a | :05:13. | :05:22. | |
rascal. One minute to go now. This round is a little bit closer than | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
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the last but the last was won by to adjust his feet because you know | :05:47. | :05:57. | |
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that the Chinese man will try to man from China. He is not to | :06:03. | :06:13. | |
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everybody's taste but he is a very round by Paddy. Only three points | :06:49. | :06:56. | |
adrift. Tactics will be absolutely crucial. The Irish caller said, it | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
is all or nothing, you have to go for him now. He slowed his feet | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
down coming forward slightly, Barnes. I would send Paddy Barnes | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
out if I had to go one way or another just because of the | :07:11. | :07:21. | |
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hear him there. They are trying to adrift, he needs a non stop | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
punishing round against the man who has been a number one boxer in this | :07:51. | :08:01. | |
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moment, it's 11-8. That's good by Barnes. Barnes is getting a bit | :08:41. | :08:50. | |
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frustrated. He has to pick himself This might just suit him! Does Zou | :09:02. | :09:12. | |
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fancy a tear up? Because Paddy again! He hurt him and he is down! | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
Should that had been a red card, he got him on the canvas? He just | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
turned away didn't he, and sell to the canvas. He is playing into the | :09:49. | :09:59. | |
Irishmen's hands, Zou. I think Barnes has closed the gap! There is | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
still another minute to go. This will be a very difficult minute for | :10:05. | :10:15. | |
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stage. Barnes has just got to go for it now. Threes and four ats, | :10:38. | :10:48. | |
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get to your man, quicken your feet that be the one that goes in his | :10:53. | :11:03. | |
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we have seen from the best boxer in the world. Is it going to be | :11:17. | :11:25. | |
enough? Both sets of hands go up. He reckons he has squeezed it home, | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
Zou, and he might just have. That was a very close last round. This | :11:32. | :11:41. | |
one could go either way. Barnes sustained the pressure terrifically | :11:41. | :11:50. | |
in that last round. A lapse in concentration from Zou in that last | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
round. He took a lot of punishment. Barnes may just have done enough. | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
He threw Reeve, very close. A point either way, it could beat either | :12:01. | :12:09. | |
way. -- it could go either way. That change in tempo for Barnes | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
could be the difference between making that final. Four years ago, | :12:15. | :12:23. | |
in Beijing, Paddy Barnes was very upset at the fact that he was not | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
given a single scoring point on the computer scoring system. He has | :12:28. | :12:38. | |
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overturn the three point difference? Ladies and gentlemen. | :12:47. | :12:54. | |
The judges have scored the bout level at 15 points apiece. The | :12:54. | :13:04. | |
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winner on countback in the red corner, of China, Zou. You opera or | :13:07. | :13:15. | |
supplies for Paddy Barnes. -- your applause, please, for Paddy Barnes. | :13:15. | :13:23. | |
He will be devastated. Pretending to joke his opponent! Decent fellow. | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
He raises his hand as if to say, you were the better man, but only | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
just. We will not see this fellow, and 31 years of age, in another | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
Olympic Games. Last time, Paddy Barnes did not get a single point. | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
This time, he was level with the world number one, who got it on | :13:45. | :13:55. | |
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countback. Paddy Barnes can be Your reaction, please. Bullying -- | :14:00. | :14:06. | |
brilliant performance. I am disappointed. I thought I could get | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
it back. He is a good boxer and I wish him well for the final. That | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
final round, you did so well and you must have thought, I perhaps | :14:15. | :14:21. | |
have done it? I had nothing left in the tank. I tried my hardest. I am | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
devastated. At the end it you sportingly said, Well done, and | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
that takes some doing given the way you lost it. Yes. I have lost three | :14:32. | :14:35. | |
times to him. He is an amazing athlete and I have great respect | :14:35. | :14:40. | |
for him. Will you look back and say you had a great career in the | :14:40. | :14:47. | |
Olympics? Yeah, first time boxing was in it so we made history. | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
Commiserations but very well done. Belfast can be proud of Paddy | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
Barnes. Just to remind you, he did not manage to pick up a single | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
point against his opponent in Beijing, so for it to go back to | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
countback, he can be rightly proud of that performance. More boxing in | :15:06. | :15:13. | |
a moment. Today it was the men's open-water swim. Damn fog was | :15:13. | :15:20. | |
competing for Great Britain. Earlier he made their 1,500m final | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
in the swimming pool, but he swapped it today for the Serpentine. | :15:23. | :15:28. | |
He came in in 5th place. The Tunisian swim it looked really | :15:28. | :15:38. | |
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The Tunisian winning it. Well done to Dan who came in 5th. Over on BBC | :15:51. | :16:00. | |
Three there is live taekwondo. Plenty more coming up on BBC One. | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
You can press the red button whenever you like. Plenty of sport | :16:04. | :16:10. | |
at all times. Now we are going to move up to the men's bantamweight | :16:10. | :16:20. | |
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to see Britain's Nick Campbell in action. First, it is timed for John | :16:22. | :16:30. | |
Joe Nevin. An Olympic gold tomorrow evening is what he really needs. We | :16:30. | :16:40. | |
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will be there live in just a couple of minutes. The BBC is covering the | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
2012 Olympics like never before. Whether it is on TV, online or on | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
the radio or through your mobile. We will make sure you never miss a | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
moment of these historic Games. will be broadcasting from breakfast | :16:59. | :17:06. | |
until 1am. BBC will be showing live action from 9am until 11 o'clock at | :17:06. | :17:12. | |
night. We will be showing more sport on the red button. The BBC | :17:12. | :17:21. | |
website will cover up to 24 light streams of every event. We will | :17:21. | :17:27. | |
have every session of every sport, every day, live. On the website you | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
will find eight-page for every athlete, sport, venue and country | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
as well as the news as it happens. You can access the latest news | :17:37. | :17:41. | |
through our new Olympic application or on the BBC website. You can | :17:41. | :17:50. | |
listen to all the BBC live coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live. If you have | :17:50. | :17:57. | |
got A3 DTB, and you want to see the Games in 3D, you can. We will | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
broadcast daily highlights on the BBC HD channel. London, 2012, on | :18:03. | :18:10. | |
the BBC. We have got the Olympic Games covered. That is the last | :18:10. | :18:14. | |
time I'm going to show you that. If you have not managed to work it out | :18:14. | :18:20. | |
by now, perhaps you never will. A few moments ago we saw real | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
frustration for Paddy Barnes. It went to count back for his fight, | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
but we are hoping that Ireland's John Joe Nevin will give the crowd | :18:29. | :18:39. | |
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something to shout about. He is seats. 10,000 people, says the | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
number 25. The most entertaining semi-final in prospect as we await | :19:04. | :19:11. | |
the arrival of boxers from Cuba and Ireland. Will they please make | :19:11. | :19:21. | |
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their way to the ring. Cuba came here with eight boxes and | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
they have got four through to the medals. Not as good as Beijing when | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
they had six, but they did not come away with a gold, but a quite fancy | :19:43. | :19:49. | |
this fellow. But he has got to get past the quiet man of the Irish | :19:49. | :19:59. | |
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side, seeded No. 5, world No. Four. John Joe Nevin. He looks fairly | :20:01. | :20:08. | |
comfortable as well, I do not think he is faced by this occasion. He is | :20:08. | :20:17. | |
very difficult to catch. He has got to use that style here with Alvarez. | :20:17. | :20:25. | |
Tactics are crucial. The Cuban will be extremely difficult to beat. | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
Nevin is the youngest member of the Irish boxing contingent. Two world | :20:30. | :20:37. | |
bronze medals to his credit. Representing Cuba, the reigning | :20:37. | :20:47. | |
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Nevin! He was pressed all the way through in his three contests. At | :21:07. | :21:17. | |
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lean. Lazaro Alvarez. Won the World Championships last year. He has | :21:44. | :21:54. | |
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looked very comfortable all the way Irish corner will be thrilled with | :22:13. | :22:23. | |
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lead and fall short and then go back with the counter. But it is | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
important he does not make any mistakes going forward and his | :22:34. | :22:44. | |
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counters have got to be so quickly ago. Alvarez is looking very wary | :23:00. | :23:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :23:10. | :24:05. | |
think he scored with four good time he throws that right, the | :24:05. | :24:15. | |
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Irish contingent raw and raised the round. We would like to think so, | :24:28. | :24:34. | |
no buyers intended. It is not very often that you see a Cuban boxer | :24:34. | :24:44. | |
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trailing at the end of a round. John Joe Nevin, 5-3 up. Keep moving, | :24:45. | :24:52. | |
keep pitching the shots. Do not switch off is the most important | :24:52. | :24:55. | |
instruction because the Cuban will change his tactics and he may come | :24:55. | :25:02. | |
out even faster on his feet. The single shots from Nevin, long-range, | :25:02. | :25:08. | |
have been superb. Lovely boxing from Nevin on the back foot. | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
Alvarez might come morgue over his front foot. Nevin has to keep a | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
cool head and key at accuracy going with fast counters and fast | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :25:28. | :26:23. | |
been a great division for the moment we are not going to count | :26:23. | :26:33. | |
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any chickens, but Nevin is out southpaw stance of the Cuban. | :26:43. | :26:48. | |
Nevin's foot work and can speed have negated all the attributes the | :26:48. | :26:58. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :26:58. | :27:42. | |
complain, such is their discipline. Alvarez is starting to work on the | :27:42. | :27:48. | |
inside a little bit better. He is falling in there and that was an | :27:48. | :27:58. | |
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one. Who is your money on? I think Nevin is doing well again. He has | :28:17. | :28:22. | |
got to keep that movement going. That is the attack he has got to | :28:22. | :28:27. | |
watch out for. When he misses with the right hand, he is all over the | :28:27. | :28:37. | |
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closed that gap with a combination of afoot speed and hand speed. He | :28:55. | :29:01. | |
is three points up with three minutes to go. What another round | :29:01. | :29:11. | |
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for John Joe Nevin against the world champion, the world No. 1. | :29:13. | :29:17. | |
You are changing your action and jumping in. You have to keep on | :29:17. | :29:26. | |
doing what you are doing. Good work from Alvarez. A good right hand and | :29:26. | :29:33. | |
the left does not hit the target. He took a couple of shots, but the | :29:33. | :29:43. | |
accuracy again was with the Irishman. That was a left hook. You | :29:43. | :29:53. | |
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could not call that a jab. There is three points up, he leads the world | :30:12. | :30:22. | |
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champion, number one seed, Lazaro points adrift. He is certainly | :30:30. | :30:39. | |
starting well. Nevin is on the retreat now. If Nevin misses when | :30:39. | :30:49. | |
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he throws the right hand, he has to put him along, left cut. -- put in | :30:49. | :30:59. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :30:59. | :31:42. | |
or even countback, Ireland will go is getting frustrated now and there | :31:42. | :31:48. | |
is only one minute to go. Can Nevin poll of the surprise of surprises? | :31:48. | :31:58. | |
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I think he can! -- off? I think he can as well! Nevin is boxing | :32:00. | :32:10. | |
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went to Beijing four years ago, lost to the eventual gold medal- | :32:13. | :32:23. | |
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referee has said to him, no more falling around, get on with the | :32:41. | :32:45. | |
boxing. He has got caught a couple of times but I think Nevin has | :32:45. | :32:54. | |
maintained the gap. No. I think Nevin has won the round if anything. | :32:54. | :32:58. | |
He was three points going into it. Possibly the performance of the | :32:58. | :33:08. | |
tournament. Nevin as saying to himself, I have this in the bag. | :33:08. | :33:11. | |
What a display by Ireland's John Joe Nevin against the world | :33:11. | :33:20. | |
champion! The No. 5 seed, I am pretty certain, has upset the No. 1 | :33:20. | :33:30. | |
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a hammer blow to the gold medal know he has won this and I think | :33:50. | :33:55. | |
the Cuban corner knew as well. Head in hands. Super performance from | :33:55. | :34:01. | |
young Nevin. Is Nevin going to do what Wayne McCullough did 20 years | :34:01. | :34:07. | |
ago in Barcelona in this division, and get to the Olympic final? | :34:07. | :34:14. | |
winner, by a score of 19-14, in the blue corner, John Joe Nevin! | :34:14. | :34:19. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. The youngest member of the Irish boxing team | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
four years ago has got himself into the final to challenge for silver | :34:24. | :34:30. | |
or gold! And you can count the number of times that an Irishman | :34:31. | :34:36. | |
has beating a Cuban on probably the thumbs of one hand, on the hands of | :34:36. | :34:41. | |
John Joe Nevin! That thunderous right and in particular picked this | :34:41. | :34:51. | |
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man off with a wonderful ease and Five points, the victor, John Joe | :34:54. | :34:59. | |
Nevin. In 2008, he only made it through to the second round. As he | :34:59. | :35:04. | |
walked out, you could hear Richie saying, he does not look fazed. The | :35:04. | :35:11. | |
delight on his face. A few moments ago we saw Paddy Barnes beaten | :35:11. | :35:16. | |
while representing Ireland, but no such despair for John Joe Nevin. | :35:16. | :35:22. | |
Alvarez is the world champion. He is an incredible talent. But John | :35:22. | :35:27. | |
Joe Nevin, two a head after the first round, three by the second | :35:27. | :35:32. | |
and he wins it by five points. Brilliant performance, | :35:32. | :35:38. | |
congratulations. I can't believe I beat the world champion. I always | :35:38. | :35:42. | |
said it, I am up with the best in the world and I can be the best in | :35:42. | :35:46. | |
the world if I put my mind to it. My performance is getting better | :35:46. | :35:51. | |
every day and hopefully it will get better for the final. Ritchie said | :35:51. | :35:56. | |
it was arguably the performance of the tournament. It was a good | :35:56. | :36:00. | |
performance. I was up against the world champion so I had to push | :36:00. | :36:08. | |
myself. I am delighted, over the moon. I am going out to head in and | :36:08. | :36:13. | |
relax now and we will think about the next contest tomorrow's. I will | :36:13. | :36:19. | |
enjoy them right now. I am getting better as I go along so hopefully I | :36:19. | :36:29. | |
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will be ready. A cracking Wright, a moving straight on to our | :36:33. | :36:37. | |
next fighter, and this involves a man you saw emerging, Satoshi | :36:37. | :36:42. | |
Shimizu, who serves in the Japanese army. He is a surprise semi- | :36:42. | :36:48. | |
finalist, up against Luke Campbell. He was overlooked for Beijing and | :36:48. | :36:52. | |
said he started boxing as a young man to improve his confidence. He | :36:52. | :36:56. | |
has made it through to the semi- final. He is representing Great | :36:56. | :37:01. | |
Britain. Luke Campbell. Fingers crossed he makes it through to | :37:01. | :37:11. | |
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fight for gold. Let's rejoin the composure. The most important | :37:14. | :37:24. | |
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contest of his distinguished Japan, Satoshi Shimizu! | :37:41. | :37:51. | |
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APPLAUSE This very skilful boxer Britain won a bronze medal in this | :38:16. | :38:21. | |
division. Luke Campbell has already got a guaranteed bronze-medal but I | :38:21. | :38:26. | |
am pretty sure he will not want to settle for that. He is up against a | :38:26. | :38:33. | |
difficult opponent. He had a very difficult contest against the boxer | :38:33. | :38:39. | |
from a desire Sian, who sat down several times in the last round -- | :38:39. | :38:45. | |
from Azerbaijan. There was an appeal, the man from Azerbaijan was | :38:45. | :38:55. | |
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dismissed, and Shimizu came through. What this Japanese boxer likes in | :38:56. | :39:02. | |
skill and ability, he makes up for in determination. He is very, very | :39:02. | :39:12. | |
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fit indeed. It is a pretty for Luke Campbell. He has to keep a | :39:15. | :39:22. | |
high guard, bring him on to those straight shots and just adjust the | :39:22. | :39:27. | |
feet as he goes forward. Satoshi Shimizu has come through every | :39:27. | :39:31. | |
contest with blistering last rounds, so Luke Campbell will want to be | :39:31. | :39:41. | |
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the body and a right hook to the went back in a straight line and | :40:18. | :40:28. | |
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up wide open to the uppercut I attack from Campbell! Sweet left | :40:53. | :41:03. | |
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Campbell, he should be three or four up by the very least after | :41:13. | :41:23. | |
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this. Positive start for the man in from Britain has won the opening | :41:32. | :41:42. | |
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out in this -- the scoreboard says. the end of the story for Satoshi | :41:59. | :42:05. | |
Shimizu. He comes on stronger and stronger. His fitness is his | :42:05. | :42:12. | |
strength. It is important that Campbell stays focused. I know the | :42:12. | :42:18. | |
corner will be giving him the instructions. He needs to stay calm | :42:18. | :42:28. | |
:42:28. | :42:39. | ||
last year in Azerbaijan. European champion in 2008 in Liverpool. The | :42:39. | :42:49. | |
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first Briton for about 50 years to in the last round and put Campbell | :42:59. | :43:03. | |
under pressure and he will be desperate to close the gap, so | :43:03. | :43:06. | |
Campbell needs a few extra points to give him that all important | :43:06. | :43:16. | |
:43:16. | :43:21. | ||
maintains a gap and the space between himself and Shimizu, | :43:21. | :43:25. | |
because that brings the Japanese man into the contest a little bit. | :43:26. | :43:31. | |
Campbell has got to adjust his feet, keep the gap and box at mid- and | :43:31. | :43:41. | |
:43:41. | :43:41. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds | :43:41. | :45:05. | |
shots from Britain's Luke Campbell. move and moves around his opponent | :45:05. | :45:15. | |
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and stays off the ropes. To a good minutes from the man in blue. | :45:35. | :45:45. | |
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he is very predictable and he is open to that left hand. He has got | :45:48. | :45:56. | |
a low left hand and is inviting that shot from Campbell. That was a | :45:56. | :46:02. | |
good finish by Campbell. I think that is an even better round. 6-4 | :46:02. | :46:12. | |
:46:12. | :46:13. | ||
they had given a 2 m. But Campbell leads by five points. Surely here | :46:13. | :46:23. | |
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it will not let this slip. He has got to stay focused now. There will | :46:24. | :46:28. | |
be a big effort from the man in blue, he has done it in his | :46:28. | :46:38. | |
previous contests. Now Campbell has got to do the same type of work. He | :46:38. | :46:46. | |
has to negate his opponent's work on the inside. He is just tiring a | :46:46. | :46:54. | |
little bit, Campbell. This man always comes on like a steam train | :46:54. | :47:04. | |
in the last round. Here we go. Britain's Luke Campbell three | :47:04. | :47:14. | |
:47:14. | :47:15. | ||
minutes away from an Olympic boxing final. There is a five-point gap. | :47:15. | :47:25. | |
:47:25. | :47:42. | ||
Shimizu needs to outscore Campbell unknown and had to qualify in the | :47:42. | :47:48. | |
Asian qualifiers to get here. But he certainly more than justified | :47:48. | :47:52. | |
his selection and is giving Campbell a torrid time in this last | :47:52. | :48:02. | |
:48:02. | :48:21. | ||
round. But Campbell is not going to touching distance. Good footwork by | :48:21. | :48:31. | |
:48:31. | :48:36. | ||
Campbell. Shimizu's fitness and strength seems to have deserted him. | :48:36. | :48:46. | |
:48:46. | :48:46. | ||
Campbell is looking much more confident. We worry about the | :48:46. | :48:56. | |
:48:56. | :49:11. | ||
fitness of Luke Campbell, but he is face. His strength is starting to | :49:11. | :49:18. | |
run out. Campbell has boxed cleverly. We did not see him at his | :49:18. | :49:23. | |
best in the opening contest. But this is the former European | :49:23. | :49:27. | |
champion at his very best. He knew his best would get him into the | :49:27. | :49:37. | |
:49:37. | :50:03. | ||
Olympic final. He is complaining solid all the way through a. | :50:03. | :50:09. | |
Campbell is going to win this. Shimizu tries, but there is nothing | :50:09. | :50:19. | |
:50:19. | :50:19. | ||
left in the attack. An Olympic final for Campbell. The performance | :50:19. | :50:26. | |
of his career. There is more to come. He will try to turn silver | :50:26. | :50:36. | |
:50:36. | :50:39. | ||
into gold. What a prospect. Luke Campbell had the bronze going into | :50:39. | :50:45. | |
this contest and now he has got silver or gold. A great last-round | :50:45. | :50:49. | |
from Campbell. His fitness was tested to write to the last seconds | :50:49. | :50:57. | |
of this round. Then he replies with a straight one, two. He scored with | :50:57. | :51:06. | |
accurate punches down the middle. Going back to the corner absolutely | :51:06. | :51:12. | |
exhausted. That is what you would expect, but he is into the Olympic | :51:12. | :51:19. | |
final. What a performance by Luke Campbell. Ladies and gentlemen, the | :51:19. | :51:29. | |
:51:29. | :51:42. | ||
winner by a score of 2211. The red corner. -- 22-11. The family and | :51:43. | :51:48. | |
friends and supporters are simply ecstatic. What a performance by | :51:48. | :51:58. | |
:51:58. | :52:07. | ||
Luke Campbell. What a display all There is the talent. You are one | :52:07. | :52:15. | |
step closer in Hull to having a golden post box because of this man. | :52:15. | :52:19. | |
To be honest, we expected him to win that, but he dominated that | :52:19. | :52:25. | |
final round. He is a really special, young British talent and he has | :52:25. | :52:33. | |
made it. He will now take on John Joe Nevin and his with Gary. | :52:33. | :52:41. | |
That was a cracking performance. Thank you. Again I was in a very | :52:41. | :52:50. | |
tough bout, it was relentless, but I got the points en. Coming into | :52:50. | :52:55. | |
the final round were you aware of the margin you had? Five points. | :52:55. | :53:02. | |
I thought it was maybe one or two. That is what my corner told me. I | :53:02. | :53:08. | |
made him fight in every round. I have got to be focused. They told | :53:08. | :53:14. | |
you it was two points. That is clever psychology. Maybe, but you | :53:14. | :53:19. | |
cannot switch off at this level. John Joe Nevin is next and you know | :53:19. | :53:26. | |
him. A narrow victory last year. the world championships, a top | :53:26. | :53:31. | |
fighter, and it will be a great final. Very well done. Thank you | :53:31. | :53:37. | |
very much. Is that not fascinating, being told by the corner that he is | :53:37. | :53:42. | |
only a couple of points ahead of his opponent. You can see Luke | :53:43. | :53:47. | |
Campbell up against John Joe Nevin on the BBC. It is Ireland versus | :53:47. | :53:52. | |
Great Britain for a gold medal. It has been great, all the action from | :53:52. | :53:56. | |
the Excel Arena. The only disappointment is Paddy Barnes to | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
struggle to make it through being beaten once again, even though it | :54:00. | :54:05. | |
went all the way to countback. Let's get some thoughts from Amir | :54:05. | :54:14. | |
Khan. He won no the boxes very well. Yes, he does. He was his former | :54:14. | :54:20. | |
room-mate, Luke Campbell. Yes, he was. Since being an amateur and all | :54:20. | :54:25. | |
the way through, we shared a room together and he is a good friend. | :54:25. | :54:30. | |
Are you happy with the way he performed? He had to dig in. He did | :54:30. | :54:35. | |
what he had to do. The first couple of rounds he won very comfortably | :54:35. | :54:41. | |
and in the third round the other guy came out stronger. He was up | :54:41. | :54:48. | |
five points anyway, so it was very good. There is only one year's | :54:48. | :54:55. | |
difference between you and him, and you have turned pro in what seems | :54:55. | :55:01. | |
like a long time. I am only one year older than him and we shared a | :55:01. | :55:05. | |
room together and went to the world championships and the European | :55:05. | :55:10. | |
Championships together. I have seen his career go on from that. I also | :55:10. | :55:16. | |
went to the Olympics with him. He is the first man to be in the | :55:16. | :55:20. | |
finals in the 2012 Olympics. I think he will win a gold medal and | :55:20. | :55:25. | |
he is one of the fighters I said who would go the whole way. You may | :55:26. | :55:33. | |
well be proved right. He is one of the four British men. We have been | :55:33. | :55:38. | |
set up really early Friday average boys. Paddy Barnes was unlucky it | :55:38. | :55:42. | |
went to count back against the world No. 1. I had him winning that | :55:42. | :55:52. | |
:55:52. | :55:55. | ||
fight. Yes, I the Chinese man won the last Olympics in Beijing. He | :55:55. | :55:59. | |
threw more punches and was more accurate, but he did not get it. | :55:59. | :56:05. | |
Also, he is 31 years old and maybe his time is coming to an end. Rio | :56:05. | :56:11. | |
de Janeiro as far as Paddy is concerned is almost his to lose. | :56:11. | :56:17. | |
Definitely, at that age this will be his last Olympics and maybe an | :56:17. | :56:22. | |
Olympics to come if he stays amateur. Staying with the Irish | :56:22. | :56:26. | |
theme, John Joe Nevin up next against Luke Campbell in the final, | :56:26. | :56:30. | |
it will be a fantastic final, particularly in this arena. I am | :56:30. | :56:34. | |
not sure who will get the better of the support, the Irish are the | :56:34. | :56:39. | |
British. One thing about the Irish is they can make noise. I have been | :56:39. | :56:44. | |
here a couple of days and they make a lot of noise. But Nevin is a good | :56:44. | :56:50. | |
fighter and we saw him beat the Cuban and my good friend Luke | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
Campbell is another good fighter and it will be a good fight. I will | :56:54. | :56:59. | |
not tell you who is going to win that fight. Can all came third in | :56:59. | :57:04. | |
the semi-finals of the world championships. Also talking about | :57:04. | :57:09. | |
the home support and the margin of victory at the end, nine points. | :57:09. | :57:15. | |
Being given that element of confidence before the Olympics' | :57:15. | :57:22. | |
final. I think that will give him confidence. He was boxing a great | :57:22. | :57:27. | |
fight and he had his hands tied. He was doing everything perfectly of | :57:27. | :57:33. | |
offensively and defensively. It will be a close fight against Nevin. | :57:33. | :57:38. | |
But look knows what to do and he is a better boxer and more skilful. He | :57:38. | :57:43. | |
has got a lot more technique in his style. It will be a close fight, | :57:43. | :57:53. | |
but I think Luke Campbell will take it. He was unbeaten over 23 fights | :57:53. | :57:59. | |
last year, which is a phenomenal effort. Lots more to come, Fred | :57:59. | :58:04. | |
Evans and Anthony Ogogo and Anthony Joshua. Three fighters to look | :58:04. | :58:09. | |
forward to today. Definitely and Luke Campbell's when it will give | :58:09. | :58:14. | |
them confidence. It will drive them a little bit. They are going to | :58:14. | :58:22. | |
think if he can do it, we can do it. They are going to be full of | :58:22. | :58:27. | |
confidence and the crowd is brilliant. The crowd drives you on. | :58:27. | :58:30. | |
Especially in the last round when you thought he was slowing down a | :58:30. | :58:36. | |
bit, the crowd motivated him. Anthony Ogogo is coming up sharply | :58:36. | :58:40. | |
and he has an unbelievable story with his mum in hospital and she | :58:40. | :58:43. | |
was in intensive care for a while with a brain haemorrhage and we | :58:43. | :58:48. | |
wish him all the very best. That is not the ideal backdrop to go into | :58:48. | :58:53. | |
the ring. Mentally he is very strong and he knows what is going | :58:53. | :58:59. | |
on around him. I think he has put what is going on outside the ring | :58:59. | :59:06. | |
to the side. This is life-changing for him. I am sure he will be | :59:06. | :59:12. | |
thinking of his family and everything. But to be in the | :59:12. | :59:17. | |
Olympics on top of all that at the same time... He does not mind the | :59:17. | :59:22. | |
limelight. We know about that. Let's see how he fares this | :59:22. | :59:32. | |
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afternoon. We will go back to you over in the studio. We will be back | :59:32. | :59:39. | |
with the boxing at about 3:10pm. You will see Anthony Ogogo fighting | :59:39. | :59:47. | |
here live on BBC One just after 3 o'clock. Make a date for Saturday | :59:47. | :59:57. | |
:59:57. | :59:59. | ||
at 8:45pm with Luke Campbell up Another sport that is all about | :59:59. | :00:04. | |
Punch and counter-punch but this time on the water. The men were | :00:04. | :00:10. | |
made to wait 24 hours. Despite all of that, based till when not able | :00:10. | :00:19. | |
to think of a wave to out Fox their Australian opponents. -- they still | :00:19. | :00:27. | |
were not able to think of a way to outdo their Australian opponents. | :00:27. | :00:35. | |
You said you were going to attack. What a gutsy race! We tried it. We | :00:35. | :00:43. | |
got the better of them at the start. We managed to sneak ahead. We were | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
hoping the fleet would be there. They sailed a fantastic race. We | :00:50. | :00:58. | |
tried to attack when a kid. They held their nerve. They were worthy | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
champions. -- when they could. First Games - silver medal. | :01:06. | :01:14. | |
Fantastic! It is so good. It has been three, four years' hard work | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
together. 15 years up there and we're standing on an Olympic podium. | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
It is not gold but there is plenty of time. We're young boys and we | :01:25. | :01:33. | |
mean business. For now, enjoy the moment. We are happy. We have loved | :01:33. | :01:41. | |
watching you. Two great mates on an amazing journey. What a week! | :01:41. | :01:50. | |
a place! We are in paradise. It is so cool. Isn't that lovely? What a | :01:50. | :01:57. | |
week! Congratulations to them both. That was their Olympic debut. Out | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
on the water as well, the Blairs were being late for our British | :02:04. | :02:11. | |
women. Also in the 470 class. Here is Han and Saskia. They are | :02:11. | :02:21. | |
:02:21. | :02:21. | ||
celebrating a silver medal. -- Hannah. They are celebrating in | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
style with all the fans on the water's edge. Let's see how they | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
are feeling. We feel a bit gutted that we did not put on the good | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
show. We had the Kiwis on the start-line and we let them go to | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
the right. We were wedged in with a few boats and did not follow them | :02:40. | :02:49. | |
out there. Renewed the gold medal was gone from us. The wind made it | :02:49. | :02:59. | |
so tricky to predict. -- we knew. It was tricky. We wanted to get the | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
left because it had a better breeze. The wind died and it was game over. | :03:05. | :03:12. | |
Pretty gutted to be honest. We have had a wicked 18 months together. We | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
have had a great time. It has been a phenomenal Jenny. You have | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
progressed so quickly. You are getting a bit wet. It has been a | :03:23. | :03:33. | |
:03:33. | :03:34. | ||
great journey. Hannah Said she wanted to do it for you to make up | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
for your disappointment in China. She is an absolute legend. We have | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
had a wicked 18 months. 18 months ago, we put everything in to try | :03:45. | :03:52. | |
and qualify for the team. It was just about qualifying. To have a | :03:52. | :03:58. | |
medal together, it has been up and down all the way. We have had a | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
wicked time. Go and enjoy the celebrations. It has been a great | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
campaign. Well done for the silver. We will be watching when you get on | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
the podium. Well done! Look at that! One of the stand out things | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
about these Games is the emotion when a pair picks up a medal | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
together is lovely. They had a celebratory cuddle. Congratulate us | :04:26. | :04:33. | |
to everyone down on the water today. -- congratulations. I'm still | :04:33. | :04:39. | |
recovering from the carnage on the BMX track yesterday. It is | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
compelling to watch. Victoria Pendleton tweeted a bit earlier to | :04:44. | :04:51. | |
say, I have just been denied access to the BMX. I think these days her | :04:51. | :04:59. | |
base is have passed. A little later she said, I am at the BMX. It is a | :04:59. | :05:05. | |
beautiful day. We are focusing on Liam Phillips and Shanaze Reade. We | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
will be there live for the action in a while. Now we will speak to | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
Helen Skelton. The crowds are out in force once again. So far they | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
had done what they needed. Shanaze Reade did the time trial and put in | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
a solid performance. She got the 5th fastest time. Liam did | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
phenomenally well yesterday. He got out there - got at -- got round in | :05:33. | :05:40. | |
one piece - and he only did three runs of the five. Today we have 32 | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
riders getting ready for the Olympic battle. We have the semi- | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
finals and the finals of the men's and women's competition. You talked | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
about it being compelling to watch. Back bed, the number of | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
photographers has gone up for fault since yesterday. They are all | :05:58. | :06:05. | |
gathered around the corner. -- four fault. Despite the crashes | :06:05. | :06:11. | |
yesterday, at no one was seriously injured. No major injuries. | :06:11. | :06:16. | |
Thankfully, the structure was not needed yesterday. With me is that | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
five times BMX champion. You are Britain's best BMX racer ever. | :06:21. | :06:27. | |
Jamie Staff has told me that so it must be true. Thank you. A pretty | :06:27. | :06:34. | |
good career. This is a new event on the BMX Callander. It debuted in | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
2008. How bigger deal is this to BMX riders? We have been trying for | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
a long time. You can tell from the heats yesterday, the guys are | :06:44. | :06:53. | |
pretty nervous. It comes around every four years. They are excited. | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
You cannot imagine a BMX rider being nervous, bearing in mind what | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
they take on. You are speaking to the defending champion, Maris | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
Strombergs. He said he had to work hard yesterday and do all the five | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
runs to get into the final. He said it took him a couple of laps to get | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
into it. Hopefully he can continue that today. You'll find that with | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
most of the riders. Liam just did the three runs. This is a really | :07:22. | :07:28. | |
demanding course. We have no suspension. It does take it out of | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
you, doesn't it? They trained for that. It is about being precise in | :07:33. | :07:41. | |
the jumps and being precise on landing and taking off. Shanaze | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
Reade, when every mention hat in Britain that people say, Beijing. | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
But I was her, I would want to put that behind me. Because the people | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
like me she has not been able to do that. It is dramatic and a story we | :07:54. | :08:02. | |
like to tell. I totally agree. I'm sure she's sick of talking about it. | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
It is four years later and she is on the gate for the Olympic Games. | :08:06. | :08:13. | |
I'm sure she wants to put it to bed and win this raced -- race. | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
gets her times to put it behind her today to stop her uncle and mother | :08:18. | :08:27. | |
and in the crowd today. She has family watching home as well. I'm | :08:27. | :08:33. | |
sure they will be as loud as the crowd here. That has been signature | :08:33. | :08:40. | |
of these Games. After all the crashes on that yesterday, loads of | :08:40. | :08:47. | |
photographers today. Five-times world champion in BMX, he does not | :08:47. | :08:54. | |
world champion in BMX, he does not need to watch this. BMX - each race | :08:54. | :09:00. | |
features eight riders competing on the track with lumps, bumps and | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
corners. The race starts on an eight metre-high rank and usually - | :09:05. | :09:12. | |
- ramp and usually lasts 40 seconds. They have one gear and one break. | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
As a contact sport, collisions are not uncommon. Competitors must not | :09:18. | :09:24. | |
deliberately impeded each other or false one another of the trap -- | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
track. The lead rider may choose his line but they are not allowed | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
to block the line of any rider trying to pass. The race is a won | :09:35. | :09:45. | |
:09:45. | :09:50. | ||
as the front will crosses the gold medals. One for the men and | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
one for the women. It begins with a time to a qualification round where | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
each rider races solely against the clock, to determine their ceiling | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
for the main race. The complex series of races followers. The top | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
four from the semi-finals will enter the finals in a race for the | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
medals. If you would like to get involved in Olympic sports, goat | :10:16. | :10:25. | |
:10:26. | :10:30. | ||
Some of the accidents and incidents we saw yesterday were unreal. They | :10:30. | :10:37. | |
were sweeping teeth of the track. Fingers crossed, no one badly | :10:37. | :10:44. | |
injured today. It is super dramatic. It is not just physical scars which | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
will be affecting Shanaze Reade, she is still haunted by the | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
disappointment of Beijing, where she finished 8th after that big | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
accident. She is still the talk of BMX. It is now time to walk the | :10:58. | :11:08. | |
To win the Olympic Games is everything. I want to be Olympic | :11:08. | :11:18. | |
:11:18. | :11:26. | ||
Shanaze Reade is in the silver- medal position. She has crashed. | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
Beijing made me part of what I am. I have a fantastic support team | :11:30. | :11:36. | |
around me. My coach has pulled me back from the bottom. Others in a | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
bad place after the Olympics. That is about my support team in getting | :11:40. | :11:46. | |
the right people around you. I think that has been the biggest | :11:46. | :11:54. | |
part of getting over Beijing. Beijing was a stop off on the way | :11:54. | :12:01. | |
to the Olympics in London. Now it is light, London is here. It feels | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
right. I'm really excited to go there and represent my country. I | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
have been on the track. I think it is a really good course. It suits | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
everyone. It has a bit of everything. It will make for a | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
great race. You have to be so relaxed and so calm on the start | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
gate. If not, that is when things go wrong. You need to be wanting to | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
go, wanting to go out in front but be calm as possible. It can be hard. | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
Especially when you are in the final and everyone is lined up. | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
Girls are on the gate wanting to do the same as you. You need to learn | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
to control your mind. For a long time I did not think I was capable | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
of being Olympic champion. It was a dream. I thought, I am a fast BMX | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
rider but I do not know if I can put it all together. There is doubt | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
in my mind. Quite a few times a day, even if I am watching television - | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
they are so many sports on the television - a Relate two Olympic | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
champions. I can do this now and I can be Olympic champion. For the | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
last four years, have focus has been on the Olympics. Have because | :13:18. | :13:23. | |
this afternoon is making it through to the final a bit later on. -- | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
have focused this afternoon. The top four progressed to the final. | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
David Beckham has been such a great supporter of these Olympics. Today | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
he is supporting Shanaze Reade. We told you everyone wanted a ticket. | :13:39. | :13:46. | |
He is among the 6000 packed in. He is there for the action. Let's hand | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
:13:56. | :14:12. | ||
you over to your commentators. start gate and how. Nodes are | :14:12. | :14:21. | |
absolutely jangling. -- start gate now. There is a vertical plate to | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
keep the front wheels from going forward. There is a hydraulic | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
system which were extremely quickly. It is a random start. There is a | :14:34. | :14:41. | |
time bracket for the gate to fall. There is no cheating. The official | :14:41. | :14:48. | |
says, riders ready. Between two and five seconds later, the gate will | :14:48. | :14:58. | |
:14:58. | :15:03. | ||
Lane seven, Brooke Crain, she took an horrendous crash in seeding, | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
which is why she has got a bad gait, but very powerful, just 19 years | :15:08. | :15:18. | |
:15:18. | :15:23. | ||
Getting Ready, this is her biggest events, she has been looking | :15:23. | :15:30. | |
forward to this for four years, can she go out there in style? Very | :15:30. | :15:39. | |
important, this first race. Stefany Hernandez, the Venezuelan. She has | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
got a bit of pedigree, but it will be a big jump for her to make the | :15:43. | :15:53. | |
:15:53. | :15:55. | ||
finals. Alise post, one of the most daring young riders. Laetitia LOCOG | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
deal, I think you're referred to her as the grandmother of this heat. | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
:16:09. | :16:24. | ||
but Buchanan were the insider line. She is tucked in just behind | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
Caroline Buchanan. A lot of space there. Posters in third place, | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
Buchanan out in front, this is the first of three races for this semi- | :16:34. | :16:44. | |
:16:44. | :17:14. | ||
riders, they just want to get around smoothly with no accidents. | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
The last thing you want to do is an accident in your first heat. | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
Shanaze Reade keeping low on the second jump, but Buchanan has the | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
inside line, a slight advantage into the first turn. Popping out | :17:29. | :17:36. | |
into the second turn. Shanaze had done so much work to cut off the | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
Venezuelan, who used sea going down there. -- whom you see. Over the | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
widow Maker. All of the riders taking that very comfortably, | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
jumping that rather than trying to pump their way over it. I think | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
that is definitely the safer option. The first ride for Shanaze Reade, | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
nice and solid, she will be a lot calmer in the next run, we will see | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
:18:10. | :18:12. | ||
more of a challenge against considering she came from lane | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
seven. Yes, and she absolutely replaced their Iain Martin from the | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
USA, who was supposed to be out here today, up but she suffered an | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
injury the day before coming here. -- Ariel marten. So the second | :18:27. | :18:37. | |
:18:37. | :18:57. | ||
semi-final is up at the start Sarah Their first Olympics. From the | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
Czech Republic, Romana Labounkova. Then the Latvian, sorry, the | :19:01. | :19:11. | |
:19:11. | :19:17. | ||
just 18 years old, the Dutch team have come in so strong to these | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
Olympics. Magalie Pottier, the world number one, the most | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
consistent rider of 2012. Mariana Pajon, the Colombian, world | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
champion in 2011, has not had a great 2012. Sarah Walker in the | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
lane one. With the aggressive time- trial, let's see if she can repeat | :19:36. | :19:42. | |
that performance today. A lot of people thought her Olympics was | :19:42. | :19:52. | |
:19:52. | :19:56. | ||
over after breaking a collarbone at fantastic start, though. Mariana | :19:56. | :20:03. | |
Pajon keeps the inside, nice turn. She has done so little through 2012, | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
and suddenly, when it counts, in the first Olympic semi-final, she | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
cuts in. Magalie Pottier having a look on the inside, Laura Smulders | :20:14. | :20:20. | |
coming through, a great battle. I think it is Aneta Hladikova in 4th. | :20:20. | :20:25. | |
Laura Smulders has the inside line. Mariana pack on very comfortable in | :20:25. | :20:32. | |
front. -- Maryam attack on. Disappointing ride for Sarah Walker, | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
she was one of the fastest in the time-trial. She is not the best at | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
the start, but if given a clean lap, she can perform, but she was cut | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
out, unable to get everything that she wanted. Aneta Hladikova did a | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
lot of good work, battling it out through the rhythm section. But | :20:51. | :20:54. | |
Walker, I think, illustrating perfectly just how important a good | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
start is here. Yes, absolutely, she was pulling back on the rhythm | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
section, but then Laura Smulders put her up in the last turn, took | :21:04. | :21:11. | |
airline, and she was unable to claim that for spot. Interestingly, | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
oh, we have got the spinal boards out, which is never a good sign. | :21:18. | :21:24. | |
Quite often this is just protocol, they just do it in a safe manner. | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
Once the riders get back to the pit, 99% of the time they are able to | :21:28. | :21:34. | |
walk away. It is just protocol, playing it safe. All of the riders, | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
between their helmet and chest protection have a neck brace that | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
stops the helmet rotating too far. It prevents a lot of spinal | :21:42. | :21:50. | |
injuries. You can say that Marianna Akron in two, oh, they go, the | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
Brazilian, Squel Stein, she got the first double wrong. She took | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
advantage of the bad start from Sarah Walker and was able to close | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
everybody else off. She is definitely a threat for this | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
competition, absolutely, she has been getting really good start. | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
she is huge in Colombia. A lot of these riders have a good profile, | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
but she was the flag-bearer for Columbia, and I can guarantee you | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
that a medal will put her home town on fire, they will be screaming and | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
shouting. -- Columbia. So two very interesting semi-finals for the | :22:29. | :22:39. | |
:22:39. | :22:48. | ||
the world champion and Shanaze Reade, both first and second looked | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
very comfortable, like the rider has come up once they got a second | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
place cemented, they were not going to do something stupid. They were | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
happy to take second. There is a lot of pressure on these riders, | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
but when you get to that first turn and your position is somewhat set, | :23:06. | :23:11. | |
you have come out of the first turn in second or third, a lot of the | :23:11. | :23:14. | |
pressure is relieved and you are focusing on trying to get a smooth | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
lap, Shanaze Reade was just cruising around, trying to stay | :23:18. | :23:24. | |
upright, just finished, get a safe score, and that is what she did in | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
second place. Looking at the replay, you could see the Brazilian, Squel | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
Stein, landing in the grass and bouncing. To be honest, if the | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
grass was not there, head back wheel might not have been grabs so | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
much. She jumped, launched off the take-off, the back wheel came down | :23:42. | :23:46. | |
short, and that probably through her body weight forward. As the | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
back wheel went over the crest of the second one, that threw her over | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
the handlebars, and she has landed about 20 feet past the end of that | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
jump. I'm sure she has gone down with a big thumb. Hopefully, it is | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
just standard protocol and she is not injured too much. But currently | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
we are holding the men off until she is removed from the circuit. | :24:07. | :24:17. | |
:24:17. | :24:19. | ||
This is the men's cause, over the two doubles. -- Course. Then we go | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
on to the right hand side of the fork. Over the crossover, the step | :24:23. | :24:30. | |
up, the right hand turn, another step up, into the rhythm section. | :24:30. | :24:33. | |
few big rowers, a big cascade before you join up with the women's | :24:34. | :24:37. | |
cause, and then over the widow Maker that everybody is jumping. | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
And then into the finish, 450 metres in total for the men, a | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
little bit longer than they are used to, but they are hitting 65 | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
kph, just over 40 mph as they hit the bottom of the start ramp. We | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
talked about this during the quarter finals, it is not top speed | :24:57. | :25:03. | |
as such, it is the speed that you can get there, the acceleration. | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
is the acceleration, and you will see them pedalling so fast, | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
everyone will think, why wouldn't use a bigging year, but the start | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
is so important. If you can sustain that and get yourself into the | :25:16. | :25:19. | |
front of the race first ahead of your competition, quite often you | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
can dictate the race. To be honest, these jumps are actually on the | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
smaller side. They could jump twice as far if they really wanted to. So | :25:29. | :25:32. | |
there is a huge element of acceleration out of the start, | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
establish yourself in the race, tried to get to the front, and then | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
it your body is absorbing the energy being thrown at the bike as | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
it goes over those jumps. You're trying to keep it as low as | :25:44. | :25:47. | |
possible so you can get back on the ground as quickly as possible and | :25:47. | :25:55. | |
get the cranks in before the next jump. Well, at the moment, the | :25:55. | :26:04. | |
Brazilian, Squel Stein, is just being carried off the course. In | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
fact, it is because of the design of the draws and just how tightly | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
packed everything is, that is what I have been trying to do, navigate | :26:14. | :26:19. | |
a safe way off, but they are off now, and the guys are starting to | :26:19. | :26:26. | |
line-up, the first of the men's semi-finals. First place in seeding, | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
he won every single quarter-final, Raymon van der Biezen, he is the | :26:31. | :26:39. | |
man to beat. Connor Fields, he won all of quarter-final No. Two. The | :26:39. | :26:49. | |
:26:49. | :26:54. | ||
Colombian, very good qualifying for taped up, I think. The Australian, | :26:54. | :27:04. | |
:27:04. | :27:06. | ||
Khalen Young. Tattooed wild child! Edzuz Treimanis. You can see the | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
bandages on his nose, keeping it in place! Holding a lot of those tubes | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
open, making sure he can breathe properly. Expect a big role here | :27:16. | :27:24. | |
for Liam Phillips. He is in lane five. Quentin Calderon, a fast | :27:24. | :27:34. | |
:27:34. | :27:39. | ||
favourites here, looking very sharp in the quarter-finals. That will be | :27:39. | :27:46. | |
a very tight battle between him and Raimond van doo-doo to get out of | :27:46. | :27:54. | |
the traffic -- Raymon van der Biezen. A lot of work for Liam | :27:54. | :28:00. | |
Phillips. A great start for Edzuz Treimanis, but Connor Fields and | :28:00. | :28:07. | |
Raymon van der Biezen, a great start for Liam Phillips! Khalen | :28:07. | :28:15. | |
Young has gone down. We have got five riders down. Liam Phillips is | :28:15. | :28:21. | |
in second, he has just got to stay on his bike. Fantastic work, I do | :28:21. | :28:24. | |
not know how much Liam Phillips for Raymon van der Biezen know about it, | :28:24. | :28:29. | |
but they are showing everyone a clean pair of heels. The two | :28:29. | :28:33. | |
Latvians are chasing him down. But right now it is Raymon van der | :28:33. | :28:39. | |
Biezen followed by Liam Phillips, and then he M&S, a fantastic first | :28:39. | :28:45. | |
race for Liam Phillips. I think Edzuz Treimanis is right on his | :28:45. | :28:51. | |
back. It looks like Connor Fields gets fourth place. These guys, if | :28:51. | :28:55. | |
that was me, I would have been peddling across the line, every | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
position counts at this level of events. A big accident in the first | :29:00. | :29:05. | |
turn, the tarmac is just grabbing those wheels. Khalen Young is | :29:05. | :29:15. | |
having the worst London 2012. was Quentin Calderon who caused | :29:15. | :29:20. | |
that accident. He went into Connor Fields. Nothing he could do, | :29:20. | :29:27. | |
innocent bystander. Nowhere to go but come down. Khalen Young | :29:27. | :29:32. | |
actually catches someone spiked right there, he goes down, too. -- | :29:32. | :29:39. | |
Yeah, I do not think I will take up BMX racing, that looks too | :29:40. | :29:44. | |
dangerous to me! That is the drama unfolding by the Velodrome, and we | :29:44. | :29:50. | |
will be back later, three heats in the semi-finals, but so far prayed | :29:50. | :29:54. | |
for Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips. These are live shots from the | :29:54. | :30:00. | |
maxing ring. Anthony Ogogo rang his mum after his last win, he has got | :30:00. | :30:03. | |
more reason than most, because his mother suffered a brain haemorrhage | :30:03. | :30:08. | |
a few weeks ago. That is inspiring him to put a smile on her face at | :30:08. | :30:15. | |
these Games. So far, so good, he is about to take on Brazil's Esquiva | :30:15. | :30:25. | |
:30:25. | :30:38. | ||
dozen people on the edge of their seats to see if Anthony Ogogo can | :30:38. | :30:44. | |
come through against the man who beat him in the world championships | :30:44. | :30:51. | |
in Azerbaijan last year full stump he is the 22-year-old - Esquiva | :30:51. | :31:01. | |
Falcao Florentino pulls up -- last year. He overturned him by 17 | :31:01. | :31:06. | |
points to 12 last year will start Anthony Ogogo had to go to the | :31:06. | :31:15. | |
European qualifiers as a result. The referee is having a word with | :31:15. | :31:23. | |
them. Anthony Ogogo is the taller of the two. First thoughts are on | :31:23. | :31:33. | |
:31:33. | :31:34. | ||
what has been building up to an interesting contest will stump -- | :31:34. | :31:38. | |
contest. Anthony Ogogo needs to quicken his beat up and closed the | :31:38. | :31:48. | |
:31:48. | :31:49. | ||
gap dam will stop -- ft up and close the gap down. He is against | :31:49. | :31:57. | |
an opponent who can hit hard with both hands. He has a good right | :31:57. | :32:05. | |
hook. He needs to bury his approach. Good solid punching from Esquiva | :32:05. | :32:15. | |
:32:15. | :32:16. | ||
Falcao Florentino. -- very his approach will start -- vary his | :32:16. | :32:26. | |
:32:26. | :32:26. | ||
approach. Anthony Ogogo is trying to put his man off. I do not think | :32:26. | :32:35. | |
that punch landed. The referee broke them up. Anthony Ogogo needs | :32:35. | :32:44. | |
to keep out of the weight of the body shots of the Brazilian. -- the | :32:44. | :32:48. | |
way. He has had all sorts of injury problems and his mother has not | :32:48. | :32:58. | |
been very well. He prefers Anthony Ogogo to be in at close quarters. | :32:58. | :33:07. | |
He needs to find room to land the shops downstairs. Esquiva Falcao | :33:07. | :33:17. | |
:33:17. | :33:17. | ||
Florentino has come steaming back. He uses his fists whenever he can. | :33:17. | :33:22. | |
The last 20 or so in his opening round and who is your money on? | :33:22. | :33:32. | |
:33:32. | :33:32. | ||
is very even. It could be an even round. A tempting left hand from | :33:33. | :33:41. | |
Anthony Ogogo, teasing his man for it. He is having none of it. The | :33:41. | :33:50. | |
left hand is danger. Do not ducked into the shot. Three apiece. He had | :33:50. | :33:59. | |
a good look at the man who beat him last it in a world. Dust relax and | :33:59. | :34:09. | |
:34:09. | :34:14. | ||
let it blow. -- just relax. Relax and let it blow. -- flow. I totally | :34:14. | :34:24. | |
:34:24. | :34:25. | ||
agree with him was dug he does need to relax. Tactically, if you can | :34:25. | :34:33. | |
get your nose in front after the next grant -- at next round, it | :34:33. | :34:43. | |
:34:43. | :34:52. | ||
second round. The judges could not separate them after their first | :34:52. | :35:02. | |
:35:02. | :35:06. | ||
three minutes. He is bidding to be the first brothers to make it -- | :35:06. | :35:12. | |
reached the Olympic finals since 1976. I think Anthony Ogogo needs | :35:12. | :35:17. | |
to target the left hook. The Brazilian has come forward a couple | :35:17. | :35:26. | |
of times. He has a low lead hand. It is very low. He needs to take | :35:26. | :35:32. | |
advantage of that. He sent shockwaves around the world of | :35:32. | :35:37. | |
middleweight boxing having beaten the man from the Dominican Republic. | :35:37. | :35:43. | |
He got the decision against the world No. 1 will start it was 18 | :35:43. | :35:51. | |
apiece on the judges' scoring. -- world No. 1. On the countback, they | :35:51. | :35:58. | |
went in favour of Anthony Ogogo. He then beat a good German to get to | :35:58. | :36:03. | |
the semi-final. He is about five minutes away from an Olympic final | :36:03. | :36:11. | |
but he has some work to do. He has to do first and third balls dug he | :36:11. | :36:21. | |
:36:21. | :36:22. | ||
faints the first attack and that triggers off the response. -- first | :36:22. | :36:31. | |
and third. Back they come again. Esquiva Falcao Florentino tried to | :36:31. | :36:40. | |
tease Anthony Ogogo to come in. A bit better on the inside by Anthony | :36:40. | :36:45. | |
Ogogo. He needs to keep his cover up. He responds to the Body Shop | :36:45. | :36:55. | |
:36:55. | :36:58. | ||
from Esquiva Falcao Florentino will start -- body shot. Esquiva Falcao | :36:58. | :37:04. | |
Florentino gets very committed with his left hand. He needs to step | :37:04. | :37:10. | |
back and work downstairs to the body with one shots. You'd have | :37:10. | :37:19. | |
committed the Brazilian is. -- look have committed the Brazilian is. | :37:19. | :37:25. | |
Anthony Ogogo is fresh and strong. Not a lot getting through from | :37:25. | :37:34. | |
either boxer. That is better. Downstairs, switched the attack. | :37:34. | :37:41. | |
Feint that the front foot. Make him commit and work downstairs. This is | :37:41. | :37:50. | |
another close one. Anthony Ogogo needs another point. One either way. | :37:50. | :37:56. | |
That was a good shot by Esquiva Falcao Florentino at the end of the | :37:56. | :38:00. | |
rand. He finished strongly and Esquiva Falcao Florentino has won | :38:00. | :38:10. | |
:38:10. | :38:12. | ||
at the round. He really dead in. We thought the feet were slow. -- Dag | :38:12. | :38:18. | |
in. The last 15, 20 seconds, the rand was even but then he started | :38:18. | :38:28. | |
:38:28. | :38:30. | ||
to get home with the left hand. -- be round. It was the one-twos that | :38:31. | :38:34. | |
did the match - is a good the damage. Esquiva Falcao Florentino | :38:34. | :38:41. | |
was starting to get through with his own punches. -- did the damage. | :38:41. | :38:50. | |
They certainly affected him. can do this. Let the shot scope. | :38:50. | :38:59. | |
needs to create the room to punch. That is what he has to do. Three | :38:59. | :39:07. | |
points adrift. That was a slip. Demand picking himself up from the | :39:07. | :39:12. | |
canvas is Anthony Ogogo. - us the man. The shot caught him while he | :39:12. | :39:19. | |
was off balance. That will only count as one scoring. But it will | :39:19. | :39:29. | |
not do his confidence any bid. Now there is a four point gap took over | :39:29. | :39:32. | |
Campbell's de Esquiva Falcao Florentino is quicker with his | :39:32. | :39:42. | |
:39:42. | :39:42. | ||
hands. Anthony Ogogo is in a bit of trouble. If he takes a third count | :39:42. | :39:49. | |
in this round, it is all over. He will not want to lose on stoppage. | :39:49. | :39:56. | |
He has to get his focus back and just depend for about the next 30 | :39:56. | :40:01. | |
seconds or serve until the head clears. Esquiva Falcao Florentino | :40:01. | :40:11. | |
:40:11. | :40:13. | ||
punches like a meal. Anthony Ogogo is in a bit of trouble. -- a mule. | :40:13. | :40:17. | |
Very fast punches from Esquiva Falcao Florentino at the beginning | :40:17. | :40:23. | |
of the round. Anthony Ogogo has walked on to a couple. He is making | :40:24. | :40:29. | |
mistakes and falling short. He needs to clear his head, get close | :40:29. | :40:38. | |
to his man and start again. About 30 seconds or so have lapsed since | :40:39. | :40:45. | |
the second knock-down. He is swinging widely. The rhythm is | :40:45. | :40:50. | |
deserting him. Esquiva Falcao Florentino is looking far too | :40:50. | :40:55. | |
strong. Those punters have really taken their toll. His beat has | :40:55. | :41:04. | |
slowed down. -- punches. He needs to stay there. That was a bit low. | :41:04. | :41:11. | |
Just over a minute to go. He was three points adrift at the start of | :41:11. | :41:18. | |
the round. He took two standing counts. That was not a bad right | :41:18. | :41:23. | |
hand but it was not delivered with a lot of them. Esquiva Falcao | :41:23. | :41:28. | |
Florentino is so tough. Good footwork from the Brazilian. | :41:28. | :41:33. | |
Anthony Ogogo is giving it everything, as we knew he would | :41:33. | :41:43. | |
:41:43. | :41:47. | ||
will start had ago, at San! Fast hands. -- have a go, son! From the | :41:47. | :41:53. | |
opening 45 seconds of this last round, I think he has done enough. | :41:53. | :41:59. | |
Good right by Anthony Ogogo. Can he do it against the number four seed | :41:59. | :42:05. | |
and the bronze medallist from last year? He had a bad start to the | :42:06. | :42:11. | |
round. The crowd is stamping their feet and rising to his efforts. He | :42:11. | :42:17. | |
gets caught again. Keep your head up! Esquiva Falcao Florentino has | :42:17. | :42:24. | |
won this contest. There was a period of maybe 45 seconds when he | :42:24. | :42:30. | |
scored a lot of points, but Anthony Ogogo on the cambers. An exhausted | :42:30. | :42:36. | |
Anthony Ogogo moves back to his corner. -- the canvas. Unless we | :42:36. | :42:43. | |
have read it completely wrongly, his Olympic dream is over. It will | :42:43. | :42:47. | |
be Esquiva Falcao Florentino who had answers to the middleweight | :42:47. | :42:51. | |
final. Anthony Ogogo gave it everything but did not recover from | :42:51. | :43:00. | |
those two shots. It was a good left hand. It was a terrific punch that | :43:01. | :43:06. | |
caught Anthony Ogogo. He never really recovered. That took a lot | :43:06. | :43:12. | |
out of him, that shot. Such a brave effort from Anthony Ogogo. He was | :43:12. | :43:21. | |
off balance. His legs seemed slower from that point. This man has won | :43:21. | :43:25. | |
it. Brazil will do well to keep him in the amateur ranks to the next | :43:25. | :43:32. | |
Olympics in Rio in four years' time. The Brazilians are celebrating | :43:32. | :43:39. | |
already and we feel with fairly decent reason. A piece of paper has | :43:39. | :43:44. | |
been handed to the man on the PA system. The winner come up by a | :43:44. | :43:54. | |
score of 16.29, Esquiva Falcao Florentino. From the moment Anthony | :43:54. | :43:59. | |
Ogogo went down for his second time in the third and last round, the | :43:59. | :44:06. | |
contest was always moving in the direction of the man from the sale. | :44:06. | :44:13. | |
Congratulations to Anthony Ogogo, who has overcome so many problems. | :44:13. | :44:18. | |
-- from Brazil. His family will be proud of his efforts. Esquiva | :44:18. | :44:22. | |
Falcao Florentino has moved on to the final of the middleweight | :44:22. | :44:31. | |
division. What a performer he is! 16-9 over all. Anthony Ogogo will | :44:31. | :44:41. | |
:44:41. | :44:47. | ||
have to be content with that for celebrations from the Brazilian | :44:48. | :44:53. | |
corner. It just goes to show how hard it is to win a gold medal at | :44:53. | :44:59. | |
the boxing in the Olympics. Anthony Ogogo is still leaves these games | :44:59. | :45:03. | |
with a medal. He can add that to the silver medal he picked up in | :45:03. | :45:09. | |
the Commonwealth Games a few years ago. Now back to the BMX racing. We | :45:09. | :45:15. | |
have seen some amazing pictures. The kind of thing that has | :45:15. | :45:20. | |
attracted that man to watch. So far, Shanaze Reade and Liam are riding | :45:20. | :45:30. | |
:45:30. | :45:40. | ||
really well. They both finished find her position. Sandra | :45:40. | :45:43. | |
Aleksejeva, she did not manage to pull herself up the rankings, that | :45:43. | :45:49. | |
is the least favourite lane for everyone pretty much. Maris | :45:49. | :45:53. | |
Strombergs somehow seems to be able to turn it to his favour. Stefany | :45:53. | :45:59. | |
Hernandez in seven. Lauren Reynolds did not have the best start, she | :45:59. | :46:06. | |
has not managed to pull herself up through the gates. Shanaze has | :46:06. | :46:12. | |
again picked gate 5 there. If she gets the good start, she can cut | :46:12. | :46:22. | |
:46:22. | :46:23. | ||
across. Brooke Crain, lane four. Laetitia le Corguille, one of two | :46:23. | :46:29. | |
French women in these semi-finals. And in two, Alise Post, a little | :46:29. | :46:39. | |
:46:39. | :46:41. | ||
ball of dynamite, so explosive. And then Caroline Buchanan, first in a | :46:41. | :46:51. | |
:46:51. | :46:58. | ||
seeding and first in the last semi- Oh! And it is Laetitia le Corguille | :46:58. | :47:03. | |
who has gone down, Shanaze has got a very clean line into the first | :47:03. | :47:09. | |
turn. Somehow Buchanan has got caught up at the back. They are | :47:09. | :47:13. | |
chasing Shanaze and out of the tunnel, but she has got a lot of | :47:13. | :47:19. | |
space. That was Alise Post who went down. Stefany Hernandez in second, | :47:19. | :47:24. | |
Buchanan trying to trace her down in third. Lauren Reynolds then | :47:24. | :47:29. | |
Brooke Crain, but Shanaze Reade having an absolutely dream start, a | :47:30. | :47:36. | |
dream finish. Shanaze Reade is almost guaranteed a place in the | :47:36. | :47:40. | |
finals now. Somehow, Caroline Buchanan, from a terrible start, | :47:40. | :47:48. | |
managed to claw that one back. Alise Post, she felt -- she felt | :47:48. | :47:53. | |
almost... As we see from the start, Buchanan did not get the start she | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
wanted. Shanaze Reade, good lane Choice, Out Of Trouble. Laetitia le | :47:58. | :48:05. | |
Corguille did not even make it over the first and second jump. There | :48:05. | :48:13. | |
must have been some contact with Buchanan. That is Brooke Crain and | :48:13. | :48:18. | |
Hernandez... Sorry, that was Posed. Just getting off balance, unable to | :48:18. | :48:25. | |
stay on the bike in the turn two. Buchanan taking just enough evasive | :48:25. | :48:31. | |
action, fantastic slow-motion. Shanaze, with three features | :48:31. | :48:34. | |
distance between her and second place, Buchanan, who somehow | :48:34. | :48:38. | |
managed to reel in Hernandez. is really good for Shanaze, she | :48:38. | :48:42. | |
will take huge confidence, and I could see the difference in the way | :48:42. | :48:46. | |
she was riding, a lot more confident. This was the big | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
question, she has not raised in any of the big races this year, how | :48:51. | :48:55. | |
will she bear in traffic? But she was emphatic. That was a brilliant | :48:55. | :49:00. | |
ride by Shanaze, she seems to be in the zone. Let's hope she can keep | :49:00. | :49:10. | |
:49:10. | :49:17. | ||
it up, and then I can pretty much women's semi-finals. -- they line | :49:17. | :49:21. | |
up. Sarah Walker very disappointed, having come through the seedings so | :49:21. | :49:29. | |
well. She had a very difficult start. She was knocked down the | :49:29. | :49:34. | |
rankings of lane choice. Fantastic run for Mariana Pajon of Colombia, | :49:34. | :49:42. | |
who had the dream season in 2011. But 2012 so far has not been that | :49:42. | :49:51. | |
impressive. The crowd here get a little cue from the commentators | :49:51. | :49:55. | |
just to quieten down, and you get this lovely hash just before they | :49:55. | :50:05. | |
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usual. She did very well in Beijing, I think is was 4th. Laura Smulders, | :50:17. | :50:26. | |
just 18. She is coping so well with the pressure. Aneta Hladikova at. | :50:26. | :50:36. | |
:50:36. | :50:37. | ||
Squel Stein from Brazil will not be racing. Just seven riders now. Then | :50:37. | :50:47. | |
:50:47. | :50:58. | ||
Mariana Pajon from Colombia in lane a clean start, Sarah Walker does | :50:58. | :51:05. | |
much better this time. She and Mariana Pajon out in front, Magalie | :51:05. | :51:09. | |
Pottier a underneath Walker, taking second spot. Laura Smulders, Walker | :51:09. | :51:13. | |
gets caught again, she is pushed wide and did not have any speed to | :51:13. | :51:21. | |
clear. Mariana Pajon and Magalie Pottier out in front. Warfare is | :51:21. | :51:27. | |
coming back, making her presence felt. -- Walker. They look like | :51:27. | :51:31. | |
they are settled as they come into the final straight, Mariana Pajon | :51:31. | :51:35. | |
just picking it up, Magalie Pottier accelerating but could not take | :51:35. | :51:41. | |
care on the line. So Mariana Pajon, two semi-finals down, one to go, | :51:41. | :51:49. | |
and she has two first places. Dream races. Absolutely. I am surprised | :51:49. | :51:52. | |
by Sarah Walker, she seems to be handed off the boil. She had the | :51:52. | :51:56. | |
lead coming down the first straight, but as she came out of the first | :51:56. | :52:06. | |
:52:06. | :52:15. | ||
turn, she seemed to back off, Liam Phillips and Shanaze Reade are | :52:15. | :52:20. | |
doing well so far, just to clarify, there are two heats in the semi- | :52:21. | :52:24. | |
finals, and each one goes three times. Shanaze has been around | :52:25. | :52:29. | |
twice, she came in second in the first run, but you were surprised | :52:29. | :52:34. | |
by her gate choice. She took the middle gate, and I ensue will be | :52:34. | :52:38. | |
really confident and will start heading to they can incite gate. | :52:38. | :52:45. | |
That will make it easier for her. Leah Phillips -- Liam Phillips, | :52:45. | :52:49. | |
should he be feeling confident? has not made a mistake all weekend. | :52:49. | :52:53. | |
Consistency is what it is about in the semi-finals, Top four would do | :52:53. | :52:58. | |
it. That is the thing about this format, it rewards the most | :52:58. | :53:03. | |
consistent rider. Definitely, we normally only run one semi-final, | :53:03. | :53:07. | |
but it is three at the Olympics, and it is a way of getting the | :53:07. | :53:12. | |
fastest guys through to the finals, it is working out. Five-time world | :53:12. | :53:15. | |
BMX champion, is this a scene you ever thought you would see? We have | :53:15. | :53:25. | |
:53:25. | :53:25. | ||
as a fan it is amazing, it is good for the sport, they are loving it, | :53:25. | :53:31. | |
and I think the riders and fans are loving it, it is a dream country to | :53:31. | :53:35. | |
see BMX racing at the Olympics. Time now for Liam Phillips to go | :53:35. | :53:45. | |
:53:45. | :53:51. | ||
for his second run in the semi- up into the start gate, Liam | :53:51. | :53:55. | |
Phillips there, Khalen Young, another disastrous run for him. He | :53:55. | :54:05. | |
:54:05. | :54:06. | ||
is out in lane late. -- 8. Quentin Calderon, a few people would have | :54:06. | :54:11. | |
been looking sideways at him on the finish line, his mistake caused the | :54:11. | :54:17. | |
crash macro in the heat. Edzuz Treimanis, his face is fully taped | :54:17. | :54:22. | |
up, he smashed himself on the widow Maker at the start of the home | :54:22. | :54:26. | |
straight, and now he has taped his nose to try to keep the airways | :54:26. | :54:32. | |
open. Liam Phillips there, Connor Fields is their huge threat next to | :54:32. | :54:42. | |
:54:42. | :54:50. | ||
them. But he was taken down by result here in London 2012 apart | :54:50. | :54:55. | |
from first so far. A good tactical move from Liam Phillips in lane | :54:56. | :55:05. | |
:55:06. | :55:12. | ||
start for Liam Phillips. Charging down the first straight, but Connor | :55:12. | :55:16. | |
Fields is in action, to. Liam Phillips trying to find a clear | :55:16. | :55:20. | |
line, he goes inside Connor Fields. He will have the inside line over | :55:20. | :55:25. | |
the gap but outside into this complex. He is very happy there, | :55:25. | :55:31. | |
everybody looks quite happy. Quentin has been trouble for a | :55:31. | :55:35. | |
couple of people. Liam Phillips finding a clear line, but Connor | :55:35. | :55:39. | |
Fields takes the lead in front of Raymon van der Biezen, the first | :55:39. | :55:44. | |
person to pass him. They are neck- and-neck down the last straight. | :55:44. | :55:49. | |
Smart riding by Liam Phillips, not driving himself to Crazy, a nice, | :55:50. | :55:56. | |
safe finish, he will take third place. You saw Connor Fields fly | :55:56. | :56:00. | |
down the rhythm section, he is so good on the track. He got a really | :56:00. | :56:04. | |
good start, Liam Phillips really making him work for it. That is | :56:04. | :56:08. | |
exactly what we were looking for, somebody challenging Raymon van der | :56:08. | :56:14. | |
Biezen. Great first straight, so much for Liam Phillips to be | :56:14. | :56:18. | |
confident about here through these semi-finals. He is racing against | :56:18. | :56:24. | |
the two strongest riders we have seen, barring Sam Willoughby, maybe. | :56:24. | :56:30. | |
He is holding his own very comfortably. Connor Fields will be | :56:30. | :56:35. | |
very happy with that, building some more confidence. In the annex, it | :56:35. | :56:40. | |
is all about confidence, finding rhythm, building confidence. -- in | :56:40. | :56:50. | |
:56:50. | :56:54. | ||
graphics now. Raymon van der Biezen has a first and a second. Connor | :56:54. | :56:57. | |
Fields is level with Liam Phillips, but he has a first place, so he | :56:58. | :57:04. | |
goes ahead of them, but a big gap, four points back to Jiminez. Then | :57:04. | :57:10. | |
there is a bit all -- bit of a battle going on, any of them could | :57:10. | :57:20. | |
:57:20. | :57:33. | ||
take fourth place. Now the second Marc Willers up at the gate. He | :57:33. | :57:38. | |
took a nasty crash, he did not finish the first race, and it does | :57:38. | :57:46. | |
not look as if he will be lining up for the second semi-final race. Oh, | :57:46. | :57:52. | |
no, they're he is! The dark horse, the last man to get on the startled. | :57:52. | :57:56. | |
The black outfit against the black background, the Stealth bomber. | :57:56. | :58:04. | |
Roger Rinderknecht in the lane eight. Then Marc Willers, so deadly | :58:04. | :58:10. | |
in yesterday's quarter-finals, he has just gone off the boil here. | :58:10. | :58:17. | |
Joris Daudet has not had the run he wanted. He will be desperate to get | :58:17. | :58:27. | |
:58:27. | :58:27. | ||
back in this. Twan van Gendt, his countryman of Raymon van der Biezen, | :58:27. | :58:32. | |
then the reigning Olympic champion, Maris Strombergs, they call them | :58:32. | :58:38. | |
the Machine. Not looking so good this weekend. The Colorado Kid, | :58:38. | :58:46. | |
David Herman. Carlos Oquendo Zabala, very good at staying out of trouble. | :58:46. | :58:55. | |
Sam Willoughby, gate one. Can he win the second heat in a row? | :58:55. | :59:05. | |
:59:05. | :59:15. | ||
there. Rates start for Twan van Gendt. -- the right start. Joris | :59:15. | :59:20. | |
Daudet on the outside, Maris Strombergs is just behind. Twan van | :59:20. | :59:25. | |
Gendt has got two lengths in front of Sam Willoughby. Joris Daudet | :59:25. | :59:31. | |
just behind, then Maris Strombergs. Carlos Oquendo Zabala coming in at | :59:31. | :59:36. | |
the inside. We'll be taking the lead into the last turn, a | :59:36. | :59:41. | |
brilliant move. Joris Daudet has overcooked it, he could not get | :59:41. | :59:51. | |
:59:51. | :00:01. | ||
through. I think it belongs to the strong, isn't he? He was like a big | :00:01. | :00:08. | |
cat, waiting in the undergrowth. He was waiting for him to make a | :00:08. | :00:14. | |
mistake. He took him on the last corner. He lets Sam Willoughby know | :00:15. | :00:22. | |
he will pick his line. Maris Strombergs was tucked in just under | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
:00:32. | :00:48. | ||
Joris Daudet. Sam Willoughby shut Willoughby. He stayed in contact | :00:48. | :00:56. | |
with Twan van Gendt. He changed his line coming into the third straight. | :00:56. | :01:04. | |
He positioned himself perfectly. set it up perfectly. Here we come - | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
:01:14. | :01:20. | ||
The action is coming thick and fast this afternoon. We will be back | :01:20. | :01:30. | |
:01:30. | :01:30. | ||
with BMX in a while. Now we will take you to Sam live taekwondo her. | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
This man, Lutalo Muhammad, it is his moment of truth. He was | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
controversially selected for these Games ahead of Aaron Cooke. Was it | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
the right decision? Will he make it through to fight for a medal today? | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
:01:57. | :02:03. | ||
They have been busy painting a postbox this morning in gold. J | :02:03. | :02:13. | |
:02:13. | :02:16. | ||
Jones has the stamp with her face on it. -- Jade. He needs to prove | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
he is the best man for the job. If he carries on winning, the chapter | :02:21. | :02:31. | |
:02:31. | :02:31. | ||
will not matter. From Walthamstow. He lives no more than five miles | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
away from here in the crook of the River Thames. He is up against | :02:36. | :02:46. | |
:02:46. | :02:47. | ||
Nicolas Garcia Hemme. He is in the blue and Lutalo Muhammad is in the | :02:47. | :02:57. | |
:02:57. | :03:05. | ||
Lutalo Muhammad will have seen the work of J Jennings and Martin | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
:03:15. | :03:17. | ||
stamper. -- Jade Jones. Typical front leg style. He has moved into | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
a closed stance. That means both players have the same Front lake in | :03:23. | :03:33. | |
:03:33. | :03:35. | ||
front. They are trying to invite the other player in. It took Lutalo | :03:35. | :03:45. | |
:03:45. | :03:46. | ||
Muhammad some time to find his range in that match against Farkhod | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
Negmatov. The first penalty goes against the Spaniard. If he gets | :03:51. | :04:00. | |
two, it turns red and there will be a point for the Britain. At this | :04:00. | :04:07. | |
stage back it is much of a muchness in terms of tactics and strategy. | :04:07. | :04:16. | |
He cannot let Lutalo Muhammad run at him. When he does, he is very | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
dangerous indeed. He has found a place into this match and has got | :04:21. | :04:31. | |
:04:31. | :04:37. | ||
We draw to a close at the end of the first two-minute round. Lutalo | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
Muhammad, deep breaths. He has worked hard to deal with all manner | :04:44. | :04:52. | |
of offstage noises since he got his place ahead of their own code. He | :04:53. | :05:02. | |
:05:03. | :05:11. | ||
The only proof will be in the match itself. Lutalo Muhammad will be | :05:11. | :05:18. | |
focused. He retains the full support of everyone. That shot from | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
Garcia for some it was the low blow. Someone not watching his bearing | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
could foster he has been talking to little earlier saying he could not | :05:29. | :05:39. | |
:05:39. | :05:45. | ||
bear to be here. -- is air and Coke. -- Aaron Cook. He has gone to the | :05:45. | :05:54. | |
basketball instead. The 5th seed against Lutalo Muhammad. He is just | :05:54. | :06:03. | |
21 and he is on the charge. That was over exuberance from the | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
youngster. Garcia was on the Matt, incapacitated. Lutalo Muhammad will | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
have to watch that. That was unnecessary and dangerous. | :06:15. | :06:22. | |
overly costly on the scoreboard. They both got a point apiece. 30 | :06:22. | :06:29. | |
seconds gone in the second round. Just getting over excited. He came | :06:29. | :06:39. | |
over the top. That is why there was a full point deduction. The Front | :06:39. | :06:49. | |
:06:49. | :06:50. | ||
lake is the one closest the opponent and vice versa. -- front | :06:50. | :06:59. | |
leg. If you are wondering what all the fuss is about, those electronic | :06:59. | :07:07. | |
sensors are triggered when the foot hits it. They used to be barefooted. | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
Those white socks have devices inside which will show up the score | :07:12. | :07:19. | |
when the body is hit. Sometimes they show up the school. I think | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
that Lutalo Muhammad was convinced one of those kicks ought to have | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
registered. Unless it goes on the scoreboard, the automatic points | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
scored by the computer system and not the corner judges. It may be | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
that corner judges that decide the match. Probably Lutalo Muhammad is | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
better at going to be heard. That could be the changing shot. -- at | :07:47. | :07:57. | |
their head. That was well blocked by the Spaniards. The judges have | :07:57. | :08:04. | |
hand-held consoles. If they press them within half a second at the | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
same time and agree with each other, then the head shot is given. It has | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
to be a consensus. A penalty goes against the name of Lutalo Muhammad. | :08:15. | :08:22. | |
He needs to be careful. He is treading a fine line. There have | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
been a few breaches and contraventions of the laws of the | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
land. He will not mind if he can keep it at one apiece at this stage | :08:30. | :08:38. | |
was dug he is saying the head shots and not working. -- this stage. | :08:38. | :08:44. | |
Taekwondo is the art of kicking and punching and the art of blocking. | :08:44. | :08:51. | |
Their hands are always up, always raised, trying to cover. That is | :08:51. | :08:58. | |
unacceptable. That is why he lost a full point. The referee actually | :08:58. | :09:06. | |
tried to stop him from doing it. Not clear to see what the danger | :09:06. | :09:13. | |
was. It does not get any better at the third time of looking at it. | :09:14. | :09:21. | |
The Spaniard, I think we have seen he is not exactly their answer to | :09:21. | :09:30. | |
Barcelona. He is an awkward opponent. He is providing more than | :09:30. | :09:40. | |
:09:40. | :09:42. | ||
awkward enough. A good head shot from the Spaniard. No laughing | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
matter. Garcia has the three points that puts Lutalo Muhammad behind. | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
But, the British coach has seen something he was not entirely happy | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
with and he is suggesting that a head shot did not connect. That is | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
the reason for the red card. Spanish coaches have the blue card. | :10:04. | :10:11. | |
It is all very formal. It occurs in the middle of a sport where two | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
blokes are trying to knock each other's blocks off. It is up to him | :10:18. | :10:28. | |
to view the footage. Let's have a look at it for ourselves. That is | :10:28. | :10:35. | |
not the shot we're trying to look at. There is an issue. The video | :10:35. | :10:42. | |
replay that the judges are looking at, while it is this one at the | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
moment, they do have other angles as well. There are five separate | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
cameras. We can see that the British appeal has been in vain. | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
The referee will pocket the card. That means there are no more coming. | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
Lutalo Muhammad is on his own now. He does have the strength and | :11:04. | :11:11. | |
intensity to keep him on the back foot. If he can knock him down like | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
that, once or twice more, the referee will start to look at | :11:16. | :11:25. | |
deductions. That could pay dividends for Lutalo Muhammad. Not | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
with enough accuracy. You need sustained impact for the two point | :11:32. | :11:42. | |
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shots. Raising the leg. Whether You can see the socks with the | :11:52. | :12:00. | |
electronic sensor on the bottom - on the instep. Whatever electrical | :12:00. | :12:07. | |
devices are in man. The pits under the feet of Lutalo Muhammad have | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
not committed enough with the torso. He needs to give the Spaniard at | :12:12. | :12:22. | |
Hove sandwich or two. That was the good flurry of action. Into the | :12:22. | :12:29. | |
final quarter of a minute. Good the 10th to kick over the shoulder. It | :12:29. | :12:37. | |
did not seem there was much contact. -- good attempt. He might have to | :12:37. | :12:47. | |
change his tactics. It has been off front leg chops. Will he let it go? | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
He is born and bred in his London. He is fighting in a part of the | :12:52. | :13:00. | |
world he knows best. -- East London. Time is ticking away. There is the | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
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front leg counter. It has been all Garcia. There has been a lot of | :13:10. | :13:15. | |
effort going into the twists and turns and kicks from Lutalo | :13:15. | :13:21. | |
Muhammad but the sad truth is come up from a British point of view, it | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
:13:31. | :13:36. | ||
One or two seconds. The end. It might not be the end of the great | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
British taekwondo debate. With Lutalo Muhammad having gone out in | :13:40. | :13:48. | |
the quarter-finals, there will be those who say it should have been | :13:48. | :13:58. | |
:13:58. | :14:00. | ||
Aaron Cook. He has been defeated many times by Aaron Cooke. That is | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
the key point. As much as Lutalo Muhammad is the other man in the | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
selection storm, it is not his fault. He was offered the place and | :14:09. | :14:16. | |
he took it. He has come up short but it will be a Spaniard and not a | :14:16. | :14:26. | |
:14:26. | :14:29. | ||
Briton going into the Olympic semi- very shortly as Shanaze Reade and | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
Liam Phillips looked to make it through to the finals of the action. | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
Shanaze Reade is in gate 1, let's joined the action. | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
One of the biggest start hills in Britain. At the bottom of that hill, | :14:47. | :14:55. | |
they have accelerated to 65 kph. Lauren Reynolds with her pink ribs | :14:55. | :15:04. | |
and pink shoes, lane eight. From Latvia, Sandra Aleksejeva. After | :15:04. | :15:14. | |
that fall on the first jump, Laetitia le Corguille. Alise Post | :15:14. | :15:23. | |
so strong this year in supergrass. -- Supergrass. Stefany Hernandez of | :15:23. | :15:29. | |
Venezuela. And then dethroned from her first place seeding, Caroline | :15:29. | :15:36. | |
Buchanan in three. That was for Arielle Martin, the woman she | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
replaced at the start of this week. But with a big cheer from the crowd, | :15:40. | :15:50. | |
:15:50. | :16:00. | ||
Shanaze Reade in lane one. They are Buchanan, but Shanaze is floating | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
very nicely. She clipped the second one a little bit, and Buchanan has | :16:04. | :16:10. | |
got in front. Shanaze is holding up his second at the moment. Laetitia | :16:10. | :16:16. | |
le Corguille is not making a move as they go into the hole. Shanaze | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
is being challenged by Laetitia le Corguille, but she is holding their | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
off. Buchanan has taken the lead, Shanaze just needs to stay upright. | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
They come through the last turn and into the finish straight, she has a | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
chance to take you can and if she wants. Just happy to coast in in | :16:34. | :16:43. | |
seconds, very good work. So Lauren Reynolds just coming off on the | :16:43. | :16:49. | |
second straight. Very interesting race. Alise Post on the last | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
straight. Giving it absolutely everything. She is hurt, she is | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
trying to get up, she wants to finish the race. She is absolutely | :17:00. | :17:05. | |
desperate, she knows she stands a chance. She is crawling up the face | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
of the jump! And there will be two who did not finish, by the looks of | :17:10. | :17:20. | |
it. These BMX riders, ladies and gentleman, they have big hearts. | :17:20. | :17:24. | |
All they want to do is finish that race. Alise Post is being walked to | :17:24. | :17:34. | |
:17:34. | :17:47. | ||
the finish line, she is absolutely early. Thumping her fist in | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
frustration. Going down so quickly, you just do not have time to react | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
to that. You do not. Shanaze Reade taking the safe option, letting | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
Buchanan take the lead. She just wanted to come out safe. She just | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
wanted a smooth lap, that was a tactical move. Laetitia le | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
Corguille putting a lot of pressure on Shanaze, very interesting to see | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
Shanaze deal with that as well. We have talked about it so much, she | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
has not had a race experience, she has not been in traffic, but she | :18:21. | :18:24. | |
held off Laetitia le Corguille and Brooke Crain and gave Buchanan a | :18:24. | :18:30. | |
run for their money. So the qualifying spots go to Caroline | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
Buchanan, Shanaze Reade, Brooke Crain and Laetitia le Corguille, | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
even after she fell. So those four riders will go into the Olympic | :18:39. | :18:47. | |
final. No surprises, no major surprises anyway. And this is how | :18:47. | :18:53. | |
the next semi-final lines up, Mariana Pajon from Colombia has two | :18:53. | :19:03. | |
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first places. She is out in lane eight. Romana Labounkova, the | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
Lithuanian, Vilma Rimsaite. Aneta Hladikova has hung around the back | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
of the pack in some of these races, she has not managed to get into the | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
top four. Sarah Walker, big smile. She is always smiling, she has | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
always got a fantastic attitude. She is going to have to work at. | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
Laura Smulders, seven points, sitting in third. That is good for | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
her. Magalie Pottier. As long as she can come through this | :19:33. | :19:39. | |
relatively unscathed, she will be looking comfortable. The explosive | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
ball of Colombian power, Mariana Pajon. Two first places from their | :19:44. | :19:49. | |
semi-final. So big performances needed from Sarah Walker and Laura | :19:49. | :19:57. | |
Smulders and Aneta Hladikova. She is looking to break into the top | :19:57. | :20:04. | |
four and qualify for the final. The gate is down, and it is a great | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
start for Magalie Pottier in two. Mariana Pajon clothing that jump, | :20:10. | :20:17. | |
and it is Walker as they come into the first corner. Now, all three of | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
them, great work from Magalie Pottier A, she looks very | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
comfortable, but Sarah Walker finally looking comfortable on her | :20:23. | :20:29. | |
bike. But Laura Smulders making a nuisance of herself. Walker, | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
interestingly, we have seen some ghost rider footage of the ones to | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
jump those, and it paid off for Sarah Walker. Mariana Pajon | :20:37. | :20:44. | |
comfortably in early. Laura Smulders is 4th. That is the top | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
four riders to progress through to the final. The other four really | :20:48. | :20:55. | |
not getting a look-in there. No, no major surprises, Mariana Pajon | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
definitely standing her authority today, she looks fantastic. With | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
those results, she will get first gate selection in the final. | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
lowest points of anyone going into the final, she will probably pick | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
number one, like she did in this heat. Fantastic start from her, | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
Sarah Walker getting a really good start, not able to get into first | :21:17. | :21:24. | |
position there. Magalie Pottier A Lucking at Mariana Pajon, hunting | :21:24. | :21:31. | |
head down. -- looking. Wore her taking a little bit of a higher | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
line, coming down on the inside. Walker. Mariana Pajon, she must | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
have incredible power output for the size, she is more, but she is | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
really thumping away through these tense. She is a good bike rider, | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
great skill, handling this track with these, even throwing in the | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
kick out! Laura Smulders, the Dutch lady in 4th, does not have the | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
greatest start. Right. But she has made a nuisance of herself by the | :21:59. | :22:09. | |
:22:09. | :22:12. | ||
is definitely into the final later this afternoon, so she will be | :22:12. | :22:19. | |
going for gold. It was gold or bust in Beijing, it did not pay off, she | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
will be hoping to put that to bear this afternoon. Dale Holmes, former | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
champion, I feel ill with nerves. have not raced for a while, and my | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
stomach is churning! You feel for the riders, the pressure, what they | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
have gone through to qualify, to be so close to making the final and | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
going for a medal. It is nerve- racking for everybody involved. | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
is unusual for the riders to have such a big crowd, and they are | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
desperate to put on a great show. This is new for our sport. After | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
Beijing, it is our chance for the sport to get out in the real world | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
and for the riders to financially make some money, maybe attract some | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
sponsorship. You know, all of that is important, but the guys still | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
wants to win as well. It is different, but we are like in it. | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
It is nail-biting, bones are being broken. We have just seen Alise | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
Post being walked over the line, fingers crossed it is a better day | :23:14. | :23:20. | |
for Liam Fox -- Liam Phillips, who is about to go on his third run in | :23:20. | :23:30. | |
:23:30. | :23:31. | ||
Great Britain. Raymon van der Biezen, the fastest man until the | :23:31. | :23:37. | |
last race, which he lasts to this man, his first loss, and it went to | :23:37. | :23:43. | |
Connor Fields. He one each of yesterday's quarter-finals. -- E | :23:43. | :23:53. | |
:23:53. | :24:03. | ||
clean. Rates start from Liam Phillips. B and Connor Fields, Liam | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
Phillips looking very comfortable. Raymon van der Biezen getting | :24:07. | :24:10. | |
schooled down the first straight, but now we're starting to make his | :24:10. | :24:17. | |
presence felt. Edzuz Treimanis are on the inside, Liam Phillips just | :24:17. | :24:21. | |
tagging that John. It is Connor Fields followed by Edzuz Treimanis. | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
Raymon van der Biezen dropped back to 4th. Edzuz Treimanis has a clean | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
line, just behind the back wheel of Connor Fields. Liam Phillips, but | :24:31. | :24:39. | |
from nowhere it is Jimenez. Liam Phillips was shaking his head. | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
did make a couple of mistakes. He will be disappointed with that. | :24:44. | :24:50. | |
an incredible ride from Edzuz Treimanis, from lane eight, it was | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
like he had taken a set of Maris Strombergs power, you should not be | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
doing that from there. A great start, he just cuts across. You are | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
allowed to do that, as long as it is not too aggressive. Obviously | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
you want to be on the inside. Amazingly, Jimenez is on the far | :25:08. | :25:15. | |
left of the picture, somehow he fights his way back. Great racing. | :25:15. | :25:18. | |
Connor Fields, Liam Phillips, Raymon van der Biezen all coming | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
through, Edzuz Treimanis and the outside. Raymon van der Biezen not | :25:22. | :25:28. | |
really impressing in that third moto. Connor Fields took control, | :25:28. | :25:35. | |
looking fantastic. We just saw the back of Liam Phillips bouncing off | :25:35. | :25:41. | |
the knuckle of the jump between the stand up and turn four. So Connor | :25:41. | :25:48. | |
Fields, Edzuz Treimanis... Liam Phillips just getting done by | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
Jimenez on the line, you can see what it means to him. So Edzuz | :25:53. | :26:00. | |
Treimanis, despite an incredible performance, does not qualify. It | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
is Jimenez with 12, Liam Phillips with nine, Raymon van der Biezen | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
with 8, Connor Fields with sex, a very open field. What I am looking | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
at right now, Liam Phillips, nine points, that will not getting a | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
great gate choice, probably 5th or sixth. You say that, a lot of | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
riders are already on nine points, only Twan van Gendt and Sam | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
Willoughby can stay and do that. Unless Twan van Gendt gets second | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
or better, he will slip down the rankings of it, so it may not be | :26:34. | :26:42. | |
disastrous for Liam Phillips. Sam Willoughby, an immaculate ride from | :26:42. | :26:49. | |
him so far today. The Australian is on the right hand side. He is | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
presiding over the other riders in the gate, from the throne of gate | :26:53. | :27:03. | |
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number one. Roger Rinderknecht, semi-final, just seven points for | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
Oquendo, currently third. The reigning Olympic champion, eight | :27:17. | :27:23. | |
points, Maris Strombergs. The Frenchman, Joris Daudet, nine | :27:23. | :27:30. | |
points. Twan van Gendt is on seven points, you can see as we come | :27:30. | :27:36. | |
through, Sam Willoughby on two. Twan van Gendt on seven, second | :27:36. | :27:41. | |
place, and then their men in sixth place on nine. Only two points | :27:41. | :27:46. | |
separating them. Maris Strombergs needs to beat Joris Daudet and | :27:46. | :27:54. | |
Herman. Out of the Day, a bad start for Sam Willoughby, Twan van Gendt | :27:54. | :27:58. | |
does very well. Maris Strombergs and Twan van Gendt looking very | :27:58. | :28:06. | |
good. Takeover hard through that first berm. Joris Daudet... Oh, he | :28:06. | :28:13. | |
is down! Somehow, the American has not caught up again, he has had bad | :28:13. | :28:17. | |
luck in crisis. Twan van Gendt is out Air France, Maris Strombergs in | :28:17. | :28:23. | |
second. -- out in front. Willoughby is so fast down the | :28:24. | :28:28. | |
rhythm section. He could take Maris Strombergs CEOP. Twan van Gendt, | :28:28. | :28:36. | |
Maris Strombergs, Sam Willoughby, Oquendo. A very, very good race | :28:36. | :28:41. | |
there 4 Twan van Gendt. He has not been that good on the back section | :28:41. | :28:45. | |
of the course, a lot of riders have caught up with him, but he held on | :28:45. | :28:51. | |
to that lead all the way. I think that was the leading man giving him | :28:51. | :29:01. | |
:29:01. | :29:02. | ||
Strombergs and the pressure, I told you he could step up when there was | :29:02. | :29:12. | |
:29:12. | :29:26. | ||
pressure, and he proved right there Stadium Twan van Gendt. He gets the | :29:26. | :29:35. | |
line up the inside. -- turn for Twan van Gendt. He did very well. | :29:35. | :29:45. | |
:29:45. | :29:45. | ||
He took that perfectly pulls up Ben Joris Daudet catches David Herman. | :29:45. | :29:55. | |
:29:55. | :29:56. | ||
That is the end of his race. Maris Strombergs manages to make his way | :29:56. | :30:03. | |
into second place. He is just off Twan van Gendt. You talked about | :30:03. | :30:09. | |
Sam Willoughby. His speed is phenomenal. He comes flying past | :30:09. | :30:15. | |
the Colombian. We did not quite see his challenge down the third | :30:15. | :30:25. | |
:30:25. | :30:27. | ||
straight but Sam Willoughby is so If you want to watch the sport S X | :30:27. | :30:35. | |
two so excited to feel sick, this is the one to go fog. -- watched a | :30:35. | :30:44. | |
sport that gets you so excited. Shanaze Reade, after all the media | :30:44. | :30:50. | |
and hype, she is showing she is here for gold. She is riding a | :30:50. | :30:55. | |
smart race. She has not raced match this year. A lot of people are | :30:55. | :31:02. | |
saying she does not have the experience in traffic. -- raced | :31:02. | :31:06. | |
match. Staying home and training can be good. But you can lose | :31:06. | :31:11. | |
confidence in not being on the circuit. Those on the circuit are | :31:11. | :31:17. | |
raising a lot. We would go - as Abba we will find out which one | :31:18. | :31:25. | |
works. Liam Phillips came in 12 p yesterday. -- we will find out. | :31:25. | :31:31. | |
has not made a mistake all weekend. He is riding consistently, seconds | :31:32. | :31:38. | |
and thirds all day. He is putting himself on the big show. No major | :31:38. | :31:43. | |
shocks in the women's final. Some of the big hitters for the men are | :31:43. | :31:51. | |
already out. David Herman is bad. Only eight guys make the final. -- | :31:51. | :31:56. | |
is out. Eight guys in the final, only three of them will go home | :31:56. | :32:03. | |
with medals. Will it be Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips? We will | :32:03. | :32:13. | |
:32:13. | :32:20. | ||
find out later. If it is to match for Dale, surely it is to match for | :32:20. | :32:27. | |
us. -- too much. In the final, first over the line takes the gold | :32:27. | :32:33. | |
medal. It has been bad news for British taekwondo. We saw Lutalo | :32:33. | :32:38. | |
Muhammad being knocked out of the competition. Just to remind you the | :32:38. | :32:43. | |
British taekwondo number one decided he should watch these Games | :32:43. | :32:48. | |
at home on the television rather than compete. They selected Lutalo | :32:48. | :32:54. | |
Muhammad and he got beaten earlier. Lutalo Muhammad, he is the European | :32:54. | :32:59. | |
bronze medallist and the tough opponent. What is your assessment? | :32:59. | :33:05. | |
I had it in me to win the fight. I am disappointed. I apologise to the | :33:05. | :33:10. | |
home fans who make the atmosphere terrific. I did try. I guess it was | :33:10. | :33:17. | |
not enough to Dave. There was a lot of talk in the lead up to it about | :33:17. | :33:23. | |
your ability to score with head kicks. He is a good opponent. He | :33:23. | :33:29. | |
did his homework. It is no excuse. I wanted to win today. It is not | :33:29. | :33:35. | |
meant to be. Bankia their match. One quick word on the crowd. -- | :33:35. | :33:41. | |
thank you very much. Her wonderful support. I am grateful to all the | :33:41. | :33:47. | |
crowd. I'm sorry I did not deliver. The decision to select him was no | :33:47. | :33:54. | |
slight on him. A bad news for Sarah Stevenson as well. She was beaten | :33:54. | :34:04. | |
:34:04. | :34:05. | ||
by page with the assent this morning. -- Paige MacPherson. Other | :34:05. | :34:11. | |
news concerning the triathlon. If you saw the finished, it was the | :34:11. | :34:16. | |
most remarkable thing. Sweden has appealed to the Court of | :34:16. | :34:20. | |
Arbitration for Sport for Lisa Norden to be awarded a gold medal | :34:20. | :34:24. | |
and the share of first place. It was decided that despite this | :34:24. | :34:32. | |
votive finish, Lisa Norden took the silver medal. -- photo finish. We | :34:32. | :34:38. | |
started the afternoon with an amazing -- amazing array of boxing. | :34:38. | :34:44. | |
We saw Anthony Ogogo struggle. It was not his day today. We caught up | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
with him after his defeat. Commiserations on the result. Your | :34:49. | :34:58. | |
first thoughts? I am devastated. I'm really sad. I have overcome a | :34:58. | :35:06. | |
lot of obstacles. That was one too many. He was a brilliant opponent. | :35:06. | :35:12. | |
I'm gracious in defeat. It was not my night tonight. I know I can beat | :35:12. | :35:18. | |
him. I think it was one Aberu Kebede a step too far. It is lovely | :35:18. | :35:22. | |
there you should speak the way you have about an opponent when you are | :35:22. | :35:27. | |
so disappointed. In a few weeks committee will say, I am | :35:27. | :35:32. | |
disappointed but I had a pretty good Olympic Games. -- in a few | :35:32. | :35:40. | |
weeks, you will save. It will hurt for of the month. I wanted it so | :35:40. | :35:50. | |
much. -- it will hurt for a month. He is a really good fighter. It was | :35:50. | :35:56. | |
not my night tonight. I have beaten people better than him. I tried my | :35:56. | :36:03. | |
best but it was not to be. He has been a great ambassador for British | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
boxing. He can be proud of his efforts was up he sent the tweet | :36:08. | :36:16. | |
after the fight. He said, sitting hit in drug control, bitterly | :36:16. | :36:19. | |
disappointed but I want to let you all know and gave it my all. Surrey | :36:19. | :36:29. | |
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