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the BMX? I cannot wait. Everyone is nervous. I cannot watch it. First

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over the line will be really something. This is what we have got

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coming up over the next couple of hours. Yes, we have reached the

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business end of the BMX. Thrills and spills are guaranteed. Shanaze

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Reade and Liam Phillips are carrying British hopes. It is semi-

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finals day in the men's volleyball. We will see how Russia bears

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against the inform Bulgarian team. -- fares. From follicle to

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synchronised swimming. The team event reaches its conclusion today.

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-- voluble. A wide variety of sports coming up between now and

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6pm. We will be going back for the BMX finals in a moment. The women's

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his first and then the men's On BBC Three at the moment, there

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is hockey. They will need to improve on her form if they are to

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defeat New Zealand. -- perform. First up it is cycling. This is BMX

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racing. It has seen big crashes galore. Back in May we wondered if

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Liam Phillips would make it after breaking his collarbone in a crash

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at the World Championships in Birmingham. He was soon back in

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training and now he is in the final. You cannot throw yourself off an

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eight metre start hailed, being scared, you are not going to win.

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It is as simple as that. It was always going to be difficult. That

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was when it was going to be tough. Time away and time on the Velodrome

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allowed me to come to terms with the fact that if I am going to do

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this sport, you are going to become hurt. I was training with some of

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the best bike riders in the world but I was not passionate enough

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about it. It felt like I had unfinished business. A good start

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by Liam Phillips. He is riding very well. What they crash! That looked

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bad. Very heavy. That was a pretty hard for. There is Liam. That was

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the world championships. I am thankful I have overcome that. It

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has been and gone. I have had my collarbone fix. There are other

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injuries. There were bits and pieces that went undetected. It is

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an Olympics in your home country. I have seen the way in which everyone

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reacts to major sporting events - football, rugby. Managers referred

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to a team having an extra man when they are playing at home. It is

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quite cool. It has been an eventful journey. He is in the final. That

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is a contact sport like no other. Let's find add a bit more about

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this sport. -- out. BMX. Each race features 8 riders competing on the

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track. The race starts on an eight metre-high ramp and usually lasts

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about 40 seconds. Bikes are equipped with one beer and one

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brake. As a contact sport, collisions are not uncommon.

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Competitors must not deliberately impeded one another nor force each

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other off the track. The lead rider may choose their mind around the

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track. They are not allowed to block the line of any rider trying

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to pass. The race is one -- won as the front wheel passes the line.

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Four -- 48 riders are competing for two gold medals. One for the men

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and one for the women. A complex series of races follows, cutting

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the field down to two semi-finals. The top four will enter the final

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to race for the medals. If you would like to get involved, go to

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the website for more information. We are going back live for the

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finer to see if Shanaze Reade can win the gold medal she so

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desperately wants after the After the disappointment of Beijing,

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will it be heard day today? Let's go back live. There are 6000 people

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who will be desperate to see Shanaze Reade get the gold medal

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she deserves. It is one of the most talked-about stories. Everyone

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knows her name. She wanted to put that to bed a long time ago, didn't

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she? The attitude is, of Monday morning, start afresh and do not

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look back. I'm sure she wants to put that to bed today. Fingers

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crossed, she wailed. I am keeping a beady eye on this lane. -- she well.

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This is where the BMX riders go. They head to the top of the start

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gate. When they come down the first ramp, a clock around 40 miles an

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hour. That is some speed. No room for error. They are hitting back

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speed. It is awesome to watch. need to really be that seek to go

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down that ramp. People do not realise how many tactics you need.

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So much goes through the head of a Ryder to get the perfect rat --

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rider to get the perfect lap. one lap, winner takes all. Can she

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under starter's orders yet. We will be introduced to all eight riders,

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and they know that having made it this far, this race is a lottery.

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You have got your gate selection, which will give you a slight

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advantage, but you cannot beat yourself up if you do not make the

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podium, can you? No, at this point they will just try to be calm and

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collected, because that is when you get good reaction speed. BMX is all

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about that reaction at the start. From the Netherlands, 18 years old,

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Laura Smulders. Brooke Crain riding for Arielle Martin, 30 made two

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crashed last Monday and was unable to make it here. Sarah Walker from

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New Zealand, she had a fantastic seeding run, looked so comfortable.

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She has not had the same effect today, but she has made it into the

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finals. World champion Magali Pottier, then Mariana Pajon, who

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had such a fantastic day today. She should have been first gay

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selection, but she has opted to sit in the middle. -- gate selection.

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Laetitia le Corguille fell in the second moto, the semi-finals. And

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then in lane one, a huge roar from the crowds, she has been in this

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position before in Beijing, she had the gold in her sights, she fell on

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the last turn. Can she but those demons to bed now? They are under

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Le Corguille, Shanaze is on the inside, just coasting at the back.

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Mariana Pajon and Sarah Walker in front. Smulders is on the outside,

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Shanaze is caught in traffic, 6th position, just off the back of

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Magalie Pottier. As they come out of the tunnel, Pajon as two lengths,

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Smulders coming through, then walk out. Shanaze Reade is back in 6th

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position at the moment, so much to do. Magalie Pottier is in 5th, just

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in front of her. It is Le Corguille, Mariana Pajon takes gold. Sarah

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Walker, was she in silver? Laura Smulders from absolutely nowhere,

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she has made a nuisance of herself all day, suddenly she comes from

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nowhere. Bitter disappointment for Shanaze Reade. She did not get the

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starchy needed, simple as. Obviously, what was going through

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her mind, the start is the critical point. A well deserved win for

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Mariana Pajon, who has been riding fantastic all week. She well

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deserves the gold medal, absolutely fantastic. It is Colombia's a

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second gold medal and at the Summer Games, it is a huge achievement.

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Mariana Pajon came in as the flag- bearer, and that is a fantastic

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riot for gold. Bronze for the 18- year-old, Laura Smulders, she had a

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fantastic race. Pay a shock for Buchanan and Reade, both of the

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riders may be reacted to all of the pressure, the nerves and anxieties

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which to get brought up here. Shanaze Reade has come across,

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shaking the hands are Magalie Pottier, giving Sarah Walker a dog.

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Sarah Walker has looked out of sorts all day, but he had a great

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start. She did everything right when it counted. Absolutely.

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Looking across, Buchanan, a terrible start. Read Macro, bad

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start. Look cordial, or great start there. But Shanaze did not get out

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of the blocks quickly enough. Mariana Pajon, absolutely

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outstanding. Nobody got close to Pajon and Walker. No, a convincing

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win for her. See them just floating over that second double and into

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the first turn, Walker pushed wide. Laetitia le Corguille being

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followed by... Shanaze just off balance behind Magalie Pottier,

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nothing going right for her there. Sarah Walker, Laura Smulders just a

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running the inside line as they come through the tunnel. Mariana

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Pajon had almost three lengths there. Walker was on the inside,

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this is where Laura Smulders made her move. She found the inside line,

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landed at jump so well and gets a great line. Wow! Laura Smulders,

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already right on the back wheel of Sarah Walker. Shanaze was

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desperately trying to find some speed and the inside to chase

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Magalie Pottier down. They come into the 5th and final turn,

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Shanaze is hunting for it, but she knows there's nothing she can do.

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Walker almost went over the handlebars in silver. Laura

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Smulders looking for the outside line, but it was Sarah Walker or

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silver, Laura Smulders for bronze. No-one had read the script for this

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women's final here. I told you it You were congratulating the new

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Olympic champion, saluting the crowd, bitter disappointment, but

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he did not seem to get the start he needed. Today's schedule has been

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pretty hard with back-to-back laps, at the short recovery, it has been

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hard to get on top of that. I just tried to stay focused and to my

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absolute best, and today it was not good enough, you know. I cannot

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think of the emotion must be like for you, I know how much this has

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met you, the journey you have had to come here. Yeah, at the moment,

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I am pretty a motionless, I have not got any emotion yet, I am sure

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it will sink in, but the Olympic Games is the biggest platform you

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can race at, you have got to give it your best. After the crash at

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the World Championships, to get through to the final, you have done

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us proud, you have had the crowd on their feet. I cannot thank these

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people enough for coming out to support me. I do not really know

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what to say. The gold medal going to Mariana Pajon, she has been

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exceptional today. I do not know how she has got on today, but he is

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a fantastic athlete. I felt I was fast enough and had done all the

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work I needed to, but at the start I did not get the start I wanted or

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needed to win the race, and that was it was a thank-you very much

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evenly matched the field for this race, Jamie. Yes, I'm not even

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going to try to call it. I think Connor Fields has the ability, I

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think Twan van Gendt has the ability, I think Strombergs,

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Phillips, will he, it is a tough gate, this one. The only name he

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did not say was a Oquendo, and he came from nowhere. I will throw him

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in there, Oquendo! Any of them could win it. I am not a betting

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man! Get yourself a five-point harness and strap yourself in, this

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one is going to be a bumpy ride. This immaculate course has

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delivered on every level. It was changed slightly after the test

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event last year. Yeah, they built the track, and obviously they

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invited all the nations for a test events, and quite often you do not

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know if the track flows well enough until you ride on it, so after that

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they listened to everyone and took advice and made some slight changes

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to the course. But I mean, from the TV, it looks like it is computer-

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generated, it is fantastic, absolutely Peter off to look at.

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have spoken to the riders, they say it is perfect, absolutely perfect.

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A bit of everything, some good gaps to get good francs in, plenty of

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technical jumps, as we have seen, a nice, longer than section. Every

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jump you could think of is in this course. And you only need to make

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one mistake and it will slow you down for the entire section. You

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can try to rebuild the speed, but we have seen so many of these races

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where it ends and blows, people who have bad starts have got back in.

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This is how they are going to line- tactical? No... I am not going to

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say! He might have got pushed out a little bit. The surprise is lane

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eight, one of the top riders here this weekend, he will be struggling.

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I am going to put my money on Connor Fields. You have got to call

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someone! Who are you going to go for? I am going to go with Liam

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Phillips, I think, the home advantage is going to play here.

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will be powered around by the crowd. I am a big fan of Sam Willoughby,

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the Australian, and I am hoping that he and Phillips will pull each

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other out of the start. The one thing they all know right now is

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that a good start is absolutely critical if you are serious about a

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a lot of the athletes will be putting pressure on themselves,

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saying to themselves, I need to get a good start, which from a

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psychological point of view is the worst thing you can do. You need to

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focus on something else, on another point in the second, not the start.

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These guys do these starts day-in, day-out. Raymon van der Biezen, the

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fastest man in seeding, has chosen the lane eight. Jimenez in lane six,

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three. He has got a good chance. Twan van Gendt, he has come through.

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He has not been as prolific as Connor Fields or Sam Willoughby,

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but Twan van Gendt has made his presence felt when he needed to.

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Connor Fields is in a lane one. fantastic start for Maris

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Strombergs and Liam Phillips. -- the 2008. Philips is looking for

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the inside line, Raymon van der Biezen, it has not worked for him.

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Sam Willoughby is in silver, but remaining a Olympic champion is

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holding on to the gold spot. Then it's got a bad gap, he is down!

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clipped it on the second straight, he lost position and was caught up

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in the second turn. Maris Strombergs is in the gold medal

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position, Sam Willoughby in second, Jimenez in third. Maris Strombergs

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is a double Olympic gold-medallists, a phenomenal achievement by the

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Latvian. The UN Australian, Sam Willoughby, takes silver. And then

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it was Oquendo, the last man on your list, who might medal to take

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bronze! The while, Strombergs is known for pulling it out when he

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needs to. Sam Willoughby deserves second place. Van der Biezen will

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be disappointed with 4th. Unlucky for Liam Phillips. He was clipped

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down the second straight, after the second step up double, unable to

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clip back in. Liam Phillips is still OK, no serious injury, he is

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rolling back down the straight. And he is going to complete the course.

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But Number 81, Maris Strombergs, they call in the machine. -- they

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call him at the Machine. And he was in perfect working order for the

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finals. He struggled through qualifying, he did not have a

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settled and the easy semi-final, but his experience and his

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composure during that race... even a little bit surprised, trying

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to take it in, realising what has happened. So Maris Strombergs, a

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very, very happy man. Soaking that out, making his way out in front of

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the fans and raising his fist. Silver medal for Sam Willoughby,

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just 20 years old. He has had a fantastic season, he won the world

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championships in Birmingham, and as much as that gold medal would have

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meant to him, he will love having a silver. And then Oquendo from out

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of nowhere. Liam Phillips had such a fantastic start. He did! He just

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could not quite get position in the first turn, and I think he got

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caught up with someone. Look at Twan van Gendt and Connor Fields,

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he effectively neutralised Connor Fields there. It is all about the

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start. Strombergs and Liam Phillips over that jump in the lead, Oquendo

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and Jimenez at the back of the pack there. So Liam Phillips just

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drifting sideways through that step up, step down, and he is pushed

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wide here. Twan van Gendt sitting on his wheel. He comes in

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underneath, from nowhere! Fantastic work from Oquendo. Sticking to the

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asphalt. Liam Phillips over that jump nicely. He came out of his

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clips and could not get back in. Off-balance, clipped out.

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Incredible that he stays on the bike that long. So he is pumping

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the bike but without... Connor Fields, back in 7th. Raymond Van

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der Biezen, he dominated the quarter-finals, back in 7th.

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crazy thing about BMX, these guys could race next week and it would

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be a completely different outcome. We could do it again in 10 minutes!

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Strombergs coming so well through that first step up, turn 3,

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stepping out into turn four, looking comfortable. I'm surprised

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that he did not make more ground in a rhythm section. And I think we

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just saw Liam Phillips getting caught up on Jimenez, on the step

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up. Look at Twan van Gendt, working on Oquendo there. That when no does

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so well to hold a Mark. -- Oquendo. That medal battle for bronze. That

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was Connor Fields, looking for position there. Maris Strombergs

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runs it, and in this position he knows that the gold medal is within

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touching distance. Jimenez and Connor Fields have gone in the

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background. Oquendo chasing down Sam Willoughby for the finish.

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Strombergs gold, Sam Willoughby is silver, and the outsider Oquendo or

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Bitter disappointment for us to abuse said that his BMX. What

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happened? -- bitter disappointment. You said, that his BMX. I had the

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best start probably in my own life. That is what you rein to do it at

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the Olympics. I came out of the gate so fast. -- you aim. Still to

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go into the first turn right at the front and on the step-up. Sam

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changed which way he was going. I thought I was going to crash then.

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I managed to and clip then. It is be Sir - As a good bitter

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disappointment. I am pleased. -- it is bitter disappointment. I had

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surgery on my collarbone and whips. I have defied all expectations

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really to be here, let alone be a contender. At the moment I am

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disappointed. What about the crowd? They wanted to see you come round.

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They have given you a fantastic few days of competition. I am just

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speechless - the sort of reception that both Shanaze Reade and myself

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have had. I am honoured to have had an extra day's racing to have

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experienced this. They have been fantastic. There are 6000 people

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who have put their hands in their pockets to watch the sport I have

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been involved with since I was five years old. It really is special. I

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am already thinking about Rio. It is mad. Last year I thought my BMX

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days were over but I am back. you very much. You have to give

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credit to Liam Phillips and Shanaze Reade. Probably the last thing you

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want to do after that raising his head over and give an interview.

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Liam finished with a smile on his face. You said he is young and he

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will come back from this. He was in medal contention. On the second

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jump he unclipped. I am sure he will build on this. It is not the

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end of him. You are clipped in, aren't you? It is to get that up

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stroke. The riders can do that on BMX as well. That is why they can

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go faster. Shanaze Reade, she came into this looking so strong. You

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were concerned by the gate choice. Lane one, she was riding fast. She

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could have been more conservative and taken an outside lane. That

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would have given her more chance of a mad dog or even win. She put it

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on the line like she did in Beijing. -- a medal. It really is an

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enviable attitude. She has this gold or bust mentality the stub it

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did not work in Beijing and it did not work today. I am gutted for her.

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She is a lovely person. She has done a lot for the sport. She has

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taken BMX, especially in the UK, out of the circle. Hopefully that

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is not the end of have. She is a great role model for BMX and four

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women athletes as well. I think I should say, you are a little

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emotional. You are heavily involved with Maris Strombergs. I am his

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team manager in the US. I know what he has been through. To regain the

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Olympic golds and what it means to him. To see him win it, it is huge

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for him. Congratulations to you and everyone in the team. No medals

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here but no major injuries. We can take some heart from that. This has

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been a fantastic opportunity for BMX. Fingers crossed it will be the

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last time we see it on BBC One. Fantastic entertainment. No medals

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but they did themselves proud. The 6000 people who were watching, they

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have had a wonderful afternoon. Not the end of cycling. We turn our

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attention to the mountain biking which starts tomorrow with the

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women's race. The men's race is on Sunday. It will be about 28 degrees

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or tomorrow. That really will be a stern test for them. Moss Si King

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coming from Essex tomorrow. The BMX has been one of their hits of the

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Games. It is a similar story in the Winter Olympics where snowboarding

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has we -- has been one of the most Sean White, Welcome to London 2012.

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How does it feel to be here? It is my first Olympics I have ever

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spectator at. You are normally When swimmers and runners are

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breaking world records, it is because of people watching. I doubt

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they do that practising. You need that pressure to motivate yourself.

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The Winter Olympics has done what the summer Games needs to and

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embraces more extreme sports. have realised the demographics have

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changed. They want people who are more open-minded and younger and

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doing different things. It is more of a lifestyle than a sport. There

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is a culture behind it. I do not remember any one on a skateboard

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dress like this. There is going to be the MX- 3 stabbed in the next

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summer and Games. That is pretty cool. -- BMX freestyle. They

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deserve to have that world stage. You have gone from naked in a park

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to an Olympian. It was frowned upon to do the sport. -- a child in a

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park. Do you think, at any point we will seek skateboarding in the

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summer Games? I would love to. It would be amazing. To be the winner

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in summer, it would be ultimate. wanted to get closer to the Olympic

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Park but lots of these people might want to say hello. We are going to

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say hello and we will see you soon. Let's do it. Let's say hello. There

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you go! One of the characters in sport. Lovely to see him here.

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Hopefully he will be skateboarding in the summer Olympics. Volleyball

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in just a moment. On BBC Three, celebrations are happening out on

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the hockey pitch. That means Great Britain has beaten New Zealand in

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the bronze-medal play-off match. After that disappointing lost to

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Argentina in the semi-finals, they have a medal. The first match of

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for 20 years in women's hockey. Maybe the men can follow suit. --

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medal. Baby New Zealand 3-1. So, that is great news. We are heading

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off because the men's volleyball tournament has reached the semi-

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final stage. Italy will play Brazil in the semi-finals. This

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afternoon's game features of Bulgaria. They were in disarray

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prior to be Games when the coach forced a number of senior players

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to crypts and then resigned himself. They are through to the semi-finals

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for the first time since 1980. It is the best of five sets up.

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Pressure has a won the first two They have struck back. Russia will

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not be happy with that defence. You with think they would get on top of

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that and play a nice easy ball. There was missed communication. --

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miscommunication. He has scored just seven points in this match. He

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scored 22 in the quarter-final. Here is why. The Serbs are not

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functioning. I am surprised they brought him on at the beginning of

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the sad. -- the set. They were Oh, dear! Has he hurt himself? It

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is a technical time out. Is that disappointment? Did he damaged his

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finger? It looks like disappointment. That was a gift.

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did have three people in front of him. It looked as if he swung into

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

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We have had two technical time outs. Will we be having another set? Can

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of Russia close it out? That is good enough to draw level. It is

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this belief, this momentum. Bulgaria took the second set but

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never got in the groove. This is more like it. Crucially, Russia are

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still very much in touch. Off the block. A huge block. That was

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excellent penetration. Time out for Russia have played a little bit of

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a card there to disrupt them. Bulgaria's intentions have got to

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be clear, too close this set out. That serve was a good start. Russia

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are not happy. It looked from here that the ball was touched off the

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block which is what Russia was calling for but the referee has

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He is playing a staggering role in that middle blocker performance. He

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was very impressive against Poland. That looked long. Was there a

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touch? There was. Some of the players do not agree. But the

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referee from Japan is telling them to calm down. It is difficult to

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see from here. That was not conclusive. This is good for

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Bulgaria. They need to take these points and use the momentum. That

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was another error. That is their 4th serving error in this set. They

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could almost be home in the set. They go three points clear, as it

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Much better play from Bulgaria, the It is getting a bit messy on the

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Russian side of the neck, they are not quite communicating. But now

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they have established order. Two players going for the ball on two

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That was a good block but it is difficult to take out enough space

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when there is only one of you at That was out. That was long. He may

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not like it, he may not agree. is calling for the touch of the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

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Bulgaria are going for the time out That was dropped in. 21-20. Good

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anticipation from the Russian bloggers. They knew it was going

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out to the left side attacker. Their key attacker not only blunted,

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He almost got that back, what a recovery that would have been. We

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are never again. -- we are level again. He was unable to control the

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ball, it looked as if it went into Oh, no! That was serving error

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number five in this set. It is really important that players

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coming off the bench come on warm and ready to go. So often they come

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off the bench to serve and then That is a point. They are going to

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fight all the way, 22-22. It was at this stage in the first set that

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they sagged badly and allowed A specialist server has come on.

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This has got to be good. This has The serve was decent. Two. Now

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needed by Russia. They are back in 23-23. They are drawing out the

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tension. They are making it more That was in and it is much point.

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No? What happened there. referee is overruling the

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linesman's call again, giving the ball out and the point Bulgaria's

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To me, that looks in. Bulgaria have The time-out is nothing more than

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to break the concentration of Here comes the captain. He is

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serving for the set. And that is in! That was an ace. The big man

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has done it and we are into a 4th SUE BARKER: Great scenes. We can

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move on to the 4th set with Russia If Russia win this set, they win

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the match and they are in the final. That was just long. I good service

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That look out. It is long and it is Quickset, 16-14. A perfect site

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doubt from Russia. Really tidy volleyball. -- a perfect side out

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

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from Russia. Russia ahead by two Russia need nine points to reach

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That was an excellent angle on that That was a good leap and he found

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The last time Russia reached the final, they lost to Cuba and they

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were at two sets 20 up. Cuba came back and took the last two sets. We

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are a long way from that, not even in the final -- they were at two

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He cannot believe it. He looked around left and right, where did

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This man served like a demon to send Bulgaria into a fourth set.

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Russia are in front and his country Still Russia survive. A bit too

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much. Is that good? Yes, it is! 18- 18! The captain comes on. And the

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teams are level. A clever second ball. You can see the blockers in

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front and a new there was a gap behind him. How did he do that

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because he moved it with one hand and flicked it backwards!

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

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Ooh, that is long. And that's him And being called for a double hit.

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When you set the ball in volleyball, it needs to be one fluid movement.

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Bulgaria, 8-5 up on the first. Then down again. Here we are, level at

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19-19. Critics prurience on both sides of the net. World champions

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both sides of the net. -- great experience. And that was wide. A

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rare error on the spike. Are Bulgaria really going to take us

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into a fifth set? Looking drained in the second. The very, very weak,

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certainly at the start of the third. But they gradually gathered

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Whatever Bulgaria may claim, have both referees have no doubt. An

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immediate chance to atone for that Off the block and they get the

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point. You can really feel the tension has risen in the whole

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arena as well, through the crowd and the players on the court.

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in the last couple of minutes as well. From 19-19, from the fact

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that Bulgaria were leading and a lead again it now. Russia, number

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Here is Mr Reliable for Russia. What a serve. He immediately rocks

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As dainty and as clever as you like. Nothing he could do with that. If

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such a clever play there. He saw the defenders were deep. He came

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into this match as the spica with the best efficiency. Now he is

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That would have been a crucial This could make or break the

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Olympics for both of these two teams. And now a time-out. We have

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really caught fire now. It was good Three more points and Russia will

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be in the final. Off the block! And He just landed awkwardly after that

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block. I don't think he will feel it for the moment because there is

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adrenaline pumping and Russia are two points away from the Olympic

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final. That is in! It's and ace. And it is much point for Russia. --

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It is out. One match point saved. This could cause problems! It is in

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The tournament's top scorer has sent Russia into the volleyball

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final! 25-23. Three sets to one. The best in Athens and Beijing and

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now they have their chance to go for gold.

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SUE BARKER: yes, Russia go through and they will face Brazil or

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bitterly in the final. We showed you the women's hockey team

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celebrating bronze after defeating New Zealand. They were very

:01:44.:01:48.

disappointed with their performance in the semi-finals but they bounced

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straight back to defeat the black sticks. We show Judy celebrations

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so now let's show you how they won Stanton. Maybe they could have done

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with her lead run. She gets into pace on the track. A full-length

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dive. And you can see her going in to save the defection and that

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takes it over the top. -- that is a penalty corner. She held

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the ball long enough to draw the Dutch-bred towards her -- the New

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penalty corner Britain have got. If they got trapped at the top. Crista

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Cullen, keeping the ball load but enough height off the ground to

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make it awkward for the goalkeeper. I cannot see New Zealand coming

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players, then, in attacking positions. Well played by Henrik

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Ingebrigsten cloud. Driving brilliant! What a comeback this has

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been! What an absolutely fantastic penalty-corner routine. Initially

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running in, drawing the New Zealand Yes, and those celebrations

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continued for some time, I can tell you. The first medal for women's

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hockey in 20 years, and hopefully the men can do the same against

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Australia. That will be tomorrow afternoon. Let's take a check on

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the headlines from earlier. British sailors Luke Patience and

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his partner picked up a medal at down on the south coast.

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And that achievement was matched by the women's 470 crew, coming second

:06:10.:06:20.

And Britain's Luke Campbell cruise to in the bantamweight final. It

:06:20.:06:25.

should be some atmosphere at the ExCel Centre. He will be fighting

:06:25.:06:29.

Joe Nevin for the gold. Anthony Ogogo had to settle for

:06:29.:06:35.

bronze after losing his semi-final this afternoon.

:06:35.:06:40.

After gold last night, it has been a disappointing day for Britain in

:06:40.:06:44.

taekwondo. Sarah Stevenson Andrew Taylor Mohammed both lost in the

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:06:54.:06:54.

knockout stages. -- and Lutalo Muhammad.

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The basketball has now moved over to the North Greenwich Arena and it

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is Dream Team USA against Argentina. But first, Spain versus Russia.

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That is live on BBC Three. Russia on needing14 -- are leading 27-14

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in that one. We are moving on, and synchronised

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swimming is a far cry from the speed, power and aggression we see

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elsewhere. But it is demanding and it is like performing a gymnastics

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routine underwater. It might be a new sport for many of you at home,

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The competition pool is 25 metres wide, 30 metres in length and three

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metres deep. Swimmers are not permitted to touch the bottom but

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will create the illusion of doing so by using their body strength to

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perform lifts. The athletes will spend up one minute at a time under

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the surface. There are 14 judges looking on, with up to 100 points

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available for each routine. The technical routine is judged on

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execution and overall impression. In the free routine, artistic

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impression and technical merit are 104 athletes will compete for two

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titles. Each competition will comprise of two routines. Technical

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and free. 24 duets will perform both routines, with the top 12

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progress into the final. Eight groups will compete in the team

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event final for which there are no preliminaries. The technical

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routine includes predetermined elements which must be performed in

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a specific order, but the free routine has no requirements and is

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a chance for the swimmers to get creative.

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If you would like to get involved in Olympic sports, go to the

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Today, the eight teams in the final perform their routine to music.

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Robin Cousins, the Olympic figure skater has been helping the British

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team. British -- Team GB were lying Any moment now, you will see the

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team from GB led by Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici. The screen

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from the crowd will tell you they are on their way. They have spent

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two years preparing, choreographing and perfecting the routine you will

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see today. It is to the theme of Peter Pan. Things to watch out for

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in this, Tinkerbell will be in there, pirates, flying, a crocodile

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as well and also Peter Pan himself will feature. A higher risk start

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Robin Cousins, the Olympic medallist for ice-skating. He has

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been working with the team. When he saw the team, he asked if there

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could be voice-overs. They said, yes. He phoned his friend, Michael

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Crawford. That is who is doing the water with the sculling action.

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Beautiful interpretation. Such allowed to use the bottom of the

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muscle strength holding on to those verticals bins. Great, keep it

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going. This is the best I have seen them swim. They are doing a

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

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learn as a basic for synchronised but they count every beat to make

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sure the synchronisation is per Randall being left at the end there.

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That is the best I have seen them swim. Their coaches will be so

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pleased with that performance. Absolutely brilliant. It really was

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a spectacular way to get this team's final under way. Look at

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this opening lift from Jenna Randall. It is high risk to start

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the routine but she got it absolutely spot on. That was very

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impressive from Team GB. They have 88.140 his first goal. -- is their

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and all the hard work they have put in has paid off. We cannot blame

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them for milking the applause of the crowd. What an experience.

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Spain are the reigning silver medallists from the Olympic Games

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four years ago in Beijing. They had a world championship bronze last

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year behind China. And the duet took silver earlier in the week.

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The music they have chosen for this is called the Ocean. You will see

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some pretty scary speed -- sea monsters. But it will be creative

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monsters in your mind as you watch the performance as the choreography

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incredible. -- stunning. To get that much height in the water and

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

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everything. Those angles are so hard to synchronise but they are

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absolutely perfect. The panel of artistic judges, this will

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definitely get a high score from when they have got two legs out of

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the water, that is important and they are travelling fast through

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

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rapturous applause. -- the crowd from the team from Spain. The crowd

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absolutely love it. Such talented and gifted athletes. I really love

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the costumes as well. They are new ones. They had different ones when

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they came here for the test event. That is a fantastic theme of the

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sea monsters and it really told the much on a par with what they got

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yesterday. They will be in first place for the moment. I think they

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are relieved to know their fate, Olympic medals are up for grabs

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here. You have got to get it right. That goes for the judges as well as

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the swimmers. The team currently leading the competition, the

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defending Olympic champions in both the teams and duets are Russia.

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They are on average the oldest team here, 26 years old on average.

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There have won every gold medal since 2000. Russia are the world

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and European champions. This will be amazing. Their theme is the lost

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throughout all of the Russian position -- performances. There

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the spacing between them is absolutely perfect. They are

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supposed to swim as close together as they can so they can very

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quickly changed formation. And a fantastic view of this sculling

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line into a diagonal, back in two the water at times but they have

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crammed in so much difficulty into this routine. That is so hard to

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Totally inspirational. I love watching the Russians swim. They

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are the Olympic champions, the current Olympic champions. They

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will be very, very difficult to beat. On the artistic side, I

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enjoyed Spain as much but on the technical side, they are high in

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the water than Russians -- than the Russians and they put in moves that

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nobody else would be able to attempt. And look at that height in

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the water. And some high, high Marx. Both of those out of 50 and a total

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of 197.03 for Russia. I think that will pretty much guarantee the gold

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medal at yet again for Russia. And now this is China. They currently

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lie in second place in the standings. They are going to want

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to hold on to that. They were so disappointed to have lost out to

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Spain in the duets with the silver medal. Their theme now his

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your mind as you are watching this choreographer read because it

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really is beautiful. -- as you are watching this choreography. They

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cannot afford to make one error if they want to hold onto that silver-

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from one transition to another. No time is wasted setting up for

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things. Having said that, that was a bit long there, setting up. I

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would have liked that to have been performance. The theme of

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butterflies. Technically, they were so fantastic. I would not like to

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be a judge! It is going to be so hard to choose probably Russia, who

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will take the gold. They are just a bit too foreign head. But so close

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between China and Spain, and just look at that vertical line. Just

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amazing. Tense moments here for It puts them ahead of Spain, and

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they were so death -- so desperate for the silver medal in the duets.

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Tears of joy for China after the tears of disappointment on Tuesday.

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And from their coach as well. What an emotional week it has been.

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Russia, celebrating the medal with more tears from them. And you can

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see why they call it the kiss and cry corner. And the result is

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confirmed. Russia take the gold, china, silver, and Spain the bronze.

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Canada in 4th, Japan in 5th, Great Britain in six, and then Egypt and

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Australia. And Team GB, do you think they will be happy with what

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they got? I think they did a fantastic swim today. Their coach

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will be looking at that video to see if they can improve but it is

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the best I have ever seen them swim. Their aim was to finish in the top

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six and they did that and they really nailed their performance

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today. A at the top teams were at streets ahead of everybody else and

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the Russian celebrations can now A well-earned gold but a good

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performance from the British team on their Olympic debut. Earlier, we

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showed you the celebrations as the women's hockey team won against New

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Zealand. And we can hear from their captain because a week ago she was

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hit in her face and fractured her jaw. She came back to rejoin the

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team wearing a protective mask in the quarter-final stage. Nothing

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would stop her from trying to win an Olympic medal.

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Bronze medallist! How does that sound? Are it sounds amazing!

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fouled we were not going to go home empty-handed. We promised ourselves

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we were not going to go home. We swept the New Zealand's team aside

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and I am so proud of the girls. The whole 28 squad. We did it for all

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of them. And I remember it well - some of the girls were heartbroken

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and they did not want to talk to us. What happened in the pre-match

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today? It was just a quiet confidence and assurance and the

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knowledge that we knew we would give everything. We have done some

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difficult things together over the last few years. We have been in the

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Marines and been put through our paces. You missed a couple of

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chances in the first half and did you think, this is not going to be

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our day? Never! I believe we had enough in us and we knew that if

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the chances came in the second half, we would take them. I hope this is

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the start of something very special for Great Britain and hockey.

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you said you were not going home empty-handed, I believe you! I saw

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the determination in your eyes. And you got off to a blistering start

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today? Yes. We thought if we could railroad them in the first five, 10

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minutes, we could do it. Once we broke them, we knew we could take

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them. I have said is probably a hundred times to my colleagues - if

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anybody deserves a gold medal for bravery. You fractured jaw jaw and

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got back to playing. It is an unbelievable, remarkable story.

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don't think it will hit me until a few weeks' time. I have been so

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focused on getting a medal and once we did not get the gold, we were

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focused on getting the bronze, and in a few weeks' time, it will hit

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me. What a crazy two weeks it has been! And what has this dumb for

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British hockey? It is massive, isn't it? -- what has this done?

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has been such a fantastic tournament. So many Games played

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and we want everybody, all ages, get out there and pick up a hockey

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stick. And one of the spectators, watching you today? Yes. She is a

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