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the BMX? I cannot wait. Everyone is nervous. I cannot watch it. First | :00:04. | :00:09. | |
over the line will be really something. This is what we have got | :00:09. | :00:15. | |
coming up over the next couple of hours. Yes, we have reached the | :00:15. | :00:25. | |
business end of the BMX. Thrills and spills are guaranteed. Shanaze | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
Reade and Liam Phillips are carrying British hopes. It is semi- | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
finals day in the men's volleyball. We will see how Russia bears | :00:34. | :00:43. | |
against the inform Bulgarian team. -- fares. From follicle to | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
synchronised swimming. The team event reaches its conclusion today. | :00:49. | :00:56. | |
-- voluble. A wide variety of sports coming up between now and | :00:56. | :01:05. | |
6pm. We will be going back for the BMX finals in a moment. The women's | :01:05. | :01:15. | |
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his first and then the men's On BBC Three at the moment, there | :01:20. | :01:27. | |
is hockey. They will need to improve on her form if they are to | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
defeat New Zealand. -- perform. First up it is cycling. This is BMX | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
racing. It has seen big crashes galore. Back in May we wondered if | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
Liam Phillips would make it after breaking his collarbone in a crash | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
at the World Championships in Birmingham. He was soon back in | :01:52. | :02:02. | |
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training and now he is in the final. You cannot throw yourself off an | :02:06. | :02:13. | |
eight metre start hailed, being scared, you are not going to win. | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
It is as simple as that. It was always going to be difficult. That | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
was when it was going to be tough. Time away and time on the Velodrome | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
allowed me to come to terms with the fact that if I am going to do | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
this sport, you are going to become hurt. I was training with some of | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
the best bike riders in the world but I was not passionate enough | :02:38. | :02:46. | |
about it. It felt like I had unfinished business. A good start | :02:46. | :02:54. | |
by Liam Phillips. He is riding very well. What they crash! That looked | :02:54. | :03:04. | |
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bad. Very heavy. That was a pretty hard for. There is Liam. That was | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
the world championships. I am thankful I have overcome that. It | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
has been and gone. I have had my collarbone fix. There are other | :03:16. | :03:23. | |
injuries. There were bits and pieces that went undetected. It is | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
an Olympics in your home country. I have seen the way in which everyone | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
reacts to major sporting events - football, rugby. Managers referred | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
to a team having an extra man when they are playing at home. It is | :03:39. | :03:49. | |
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quite cool. It has been an eventful journey. He is in the final. That | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
is a contact sport like no other. Let's find add a bit more about | :03:56. | :04:06. | |
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this sport. -- out. BMX. Each race features 8 riders competing on the | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
track. The race starts on an eight metre-high ramp and usually lasts | :04:14. | :04:22. | |
about 40 seconds. Bikes are equipped with one beer and one | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
brake. As a contact sport, collisions are not uncommon. | :04:27. | :04:32. | |
Competitors must not deliberately impeded one another nor force each | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
other off the track. The lead rider may choose their mind around the | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
track. They are not allowed to block the line of any rider trying | :04:42. | :04:52. | |
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to pass. The race is one -- won as the front wheel passes the line. | :04:55. | :05:03. | |
Four -- 48 riders are competing for two gold medals. One for the men | :05:03. | :05:13. | |
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and one for the women. A complex series of races follows, cutting | :05:13. | :05:21. | |
the field down to two semi-finals. The top four will enter the final | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
to race for the medals. If you would like to get involved, go to | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
the website for more information. We are going back live for the | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
finer to see if Shanaze Reade can win the gold medal she so | :05:36. | :05:46. | |
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desperately wants after the After the disappointment of Beijing, | :06:11. | :06:19. | |
will it be heard day today? Let's go back live. There are 6000 people | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
who will be desperate to see Shanaze Reade get the gold medal | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
she deserves. It is one of the most talked-about stories. Everyone | :06:27. | :06:34. | |
knows her name. She wanted to put that to bed a long time ago, didn't | :06:34. | :06:41. | |
she? The attitude is, of Monday morning, start afresh and do not | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
look back. I'm sure she wants to put that to bed today. Fingers | :06:46. | :06:53. | |
crossed, she wailed. I am keeping a beady eye on this lane. -- she well. | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
This is where the BMX riders go. They head to the top of the start | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
gate. When they come down the first ramp, a clock around 40 miles an | :07:05. | :07:11. | |
hour. That is some speed. No room for error. They are hitting back | :07:11. | :07:18. | |
speed. It is awesome to watch. need to really be that seek to go | :07:18. | :07:25. | |
down that ramp. People do not realise how many tactics you need. | :07:25. | :07:33. | |
So much goes through the head of a Ryder to get the perfect rat -- | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
rider to get the perfect lap. one lap, winner takes all. Can she | :07:39. | :07:49. | |
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under starter's orders yet. We will be introduced to all eight riders, | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
and they know that having made it this far, this race is a lottery. | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
You have got your gate selection, which will give you a slight | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
advantage, but you cannot beat yourself up if you do not make the | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
podium, can you? No, at this point they will just try to be calm and | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
collected, because that is when you get good reaction speed. BMX is all | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
about that reaction at the start. From the Netherlands, 18 years old, | :08:19. | :08:26. | |
Laura Smulders. Brooke Crain riding for Arielle Martin, 30 made two | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
crashed last Monday and was unable to make it here. Sarah Walker from | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
New Zealand, she had a fantastic seeding run, looked so comfortable. | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
She has not had the same effect today, but she has made it into the | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
finals. World champion Magali Pottier, then Mariana Pajon, who | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
had such a fantastic day today. She should have been first gay | :08:50. | :08:57. | |
selection, but she has opted to sit in the middle. -- gate selection. | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
Laetitia le Corguille fell in the second moto, the semi-finals. And | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
then in lane one, a huge roar from the crowds, she has been in this | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
position before in Beijing, she had the gold in her sights, she fell on | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
the last turn. Can she but those demons to bed now? They are under | :09:16. | :09:26. | |
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Le Corguille, Shanaze is on the inside, just coasting at the back. | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
Mariana Pajon and Sarah Walker in front. Smulders is on the outside, | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
Shanaze is caught in traffic, 6th position, just off the back of | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
Magalie Pottier. As they come out of the tunnel, Pajon as two lengths, | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
Smulders coming through, then walk out. Shanaze Reade is back in 6th | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
position at the moment, so much to do. Magalie Pottier is in 5th, just | :09:55. | :10:05. | |
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in front of her. It is Le Corguille, Mariana Pajon takes gold. Sarah | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
Walker, was she in silver? Laura Smulders from absolutely nowhere, | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
she has made a nuisance of herself all day, suddenly she comes from | :10:16. | :10:22. | |
nowhere. Bitter disappointment for Shanaze Reade. She did not get the | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
starchy needed, simple as. Obviously, what was going through | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
her mind, the start is the critical point. A well deserved win for | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
Mariana Pajon, who has been riding fantastic all week. She well | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
deserves the gold medal, absolutely fantastic. It is Colombia's a | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
second gold medal and at the Summer Games, it is a huge achievement. | :10:46. | :10:52. | |
Mariana Pajon came in as the flag- bearer, and that is a fantastic | :10:52. | :10:59. | |
riot for gold. Bronze for the 18- year-old, Laura Smulders, she had a | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
fantastic race. Pay a shock for Buchanan and Reade, both of the | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
riders may be reacted to all of the pressure, the nerves and anxieties | :11:09. | :11:15. | |
which to get brought up here. Shanaze Reade has come across, | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
shaking the hands are Magalie Pottier, giving Sarah Walker a dog. | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
Sarah Walker has looked out of sorts all day, but he had a great | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
start. She did everything right when it counted. Absolutely. | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
Looking across, Buchanan, a terrible start. Read Macro, bad | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
start. Look cordial, or great start there. But Shanaze did not get out | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
of the blocks quickly enough. Mariana Pajon, absolutely | :11:44. | :11:51. | |
outstanding. Nobody got close to Pajon and Walker. No, a convincing | :11:51. | :11:58. | |
win for her. See them just floating over that second double and into | :11:58. | :12:08. | |
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the first turn, Walker pushed wide. Laetitia le Corguille being | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
followed by... Shanaze just off balance behind Magalie Pottier, | :12:13. | :12:20. | |
nothing going right for her there. Sarah Walker, Laura Smulders just a | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
running the inside line as they come through the tunnel. Mariana | :12:24. | :12:29. | |
Pajon had almost three lengths there. Walker was on the inside, | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
this is where Laura Smulders made her move. She found the inside line, | :12:34. | :12:42. | |
landed at jump so well and gets a great line. Wow! Laura Smulders, | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
already right on the back wheel of Sarah Walker. Shanaze was | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
desperately trying to find some speed and the inside to chase | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
Magalie Pottier down. They come into the 5th and final turn, | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
Shanaze is hunting for it, but she knows there's nothing she can do. | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
Walker almost went over the handlebars in silver. Laura | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
Smulders looking for the outside line, but it was Sarah Walker or | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
silver, Laura Smulders for bronze. No-one had read the script for this | :13:11. | :13:21. | |
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women's final here. I told you it You were congratulating the new | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
Olympic champion, saluting the crowd, bitter disappointment, but | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
he did not seem to get the start he needed. Today's schedule has been | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
pretty hard with back-to-back laps, at the short recovery, it has been | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
hard to get on top of that. I just tried to stay focused and to my | :13:39. | :13:44. | |
absolute best, and today it was not good enough, you know. I cannot | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
think of the emotion must be like for you, I know how much this has | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
met you, the journey you have had to come here. Yeah, at the moment, | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
I am pretty a motionless, I have not got any emotion yet, I am sure | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
it will sink in, but the Olympic Games is the biggest platform you | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
can race at, you have got to give it your best. After the crash at | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
the World Championships, to get through to the final, you have done | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
us proud, you have had the crowd on their feet. I cannot thank these | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
people enough for coming out to support me. I do not really know | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
what to say. The gold medal going to Mariana Pajon, she has been | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
exceptional today. I do not know how she has got on today, but he is | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
a fantastic athlete. I felt I was fast enough and had done all the | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
work I needed to, but at the start I did not get the start I wanted or | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
needed to win the race, and that was it was a thank-you very much | :14:37. | :14:47. | |
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evenly matched the field for this race, Jamie. Yes, I'm not even | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
going to try to call it. I think Connor Fields has the ability, I | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
think Twan van Gendt has the ability, I think Strombergs, | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
Phillips, will he, it is a tough gate, this one. The only name he | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
did not say was a Oquendo, and he came from nowhere. I will throw him | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
in there, Oquendo! Any of them could win it. I am not a betting | :15:22. | :15:28. | |
man! Get yourself a five-point harness and strap yourself in, this | :15:28. | :15:34. | |
one is going to be a bumpy ride. This immaculate course has | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
delivered on every level. It was changed slightly after the test | :15:37. | :15:44. | |
event last year. Yeah, they built the track, and obviously they | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
invited all the nations for a test events, and quite often you do not | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
know if the track flows well enough until you ride on it, so after that | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
they listened to everyone and took advice and made some slight changes | :15:55. | :16:02. | |
to the course. But I mean, from the TV, it looks like it is computer- | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
generated, it is fantastic, absolutely Peter off to look at. | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
have spoken to the riders, they say it is perfect, absolutely perfect. | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
A bit of everything, some good gaps to get good francs in, plenty of | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
technical jumps, as we have seen, a nice, longer than section. Every | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
jump you could think of is in this course. And you only need to make | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
one mistake and it will slow you down for the entire section. You | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
can try to rebuild the speed, but we have seen so many of these races | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
where it ends and blows, people who have bad starts have got back in. | :16:40. | :16:50. | |
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This is how they are going to line- tactical? No... I am not going to | :17:03. | :17:10. | |
say! He might have got pushed out a little bit. The surprise is lane | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
eight, one of the top riders here this weekend, he will be struggling. | :17:15. | :17:21. | |
I am going to put my money on Connor Fields. You have got to call | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
someone! Who are you going to go for? I am going to go with Liam | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
Phillips, I think, the home advantage is going to play here. | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
will be powered around by the crowd. I am a big fan of Sam Willoughby, | :17:34. | :17:38. | |
the Australian, and I am hoping that he and Phillips will pull each | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
other out of the start. The one thing they all know right now is | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
that a good start is absolutely critical if you are serious about a | :17:48. | :17:58. | |
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a lot of the athletes will be putting pressure on themselves, | :17:58. | :18:04. | |
saying to themselves, I need to get a good start, which from a | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
psychological point of view is the worst thing you can do. You need to | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
focus on something else, on another point in the second, not the start. | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
These guys do these starts day-in, day-out. Raymon van der Biezen, the | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
fastest man in seeding, has chosen the lane eight. Jimenez in lane six, | :18:24. | :18:34. | |
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three. He has got a good chance. Twan van Gendt, he has come through. | :18:45. | :18:49. | |
He has not been as prolific as Connor Fields or Sam Willoughby, | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
but Twan van Gendt has made his presence felt when he needed to. | :18:53. | :19:03. | |
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Connor Fields is in a lane one. fantastic start for Maris | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
Strombergs and Liam Phillips. -- the 2008. Philips is looking for | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
the inside line, Raymon van der Biezen, it has not worked for him. | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
Sam Willoughby is in silver, but remaining a Olympic champion is | :19:30. | :19:38. | |
holding on to the gold spot. Then it's got a bad gap, he is down! | :19:38. | :19:42. | |
clipped it on the second straight, he lost position and was caught up | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
in the second turn. Maris Strombergs is in the gold medal | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
position, Sam Willoughby in second, Jimenez in third. Maris Strombergs | :19:51. | :19:57. | |
is a double Olympic gold-medallists, a phenomenal achievement by the | :19:57. | :20:03. | |
Latvian. The UN Australian, Sam Willoughby, takes silver. And then | :20:03. | :20:09. | |
it was Oquendo, the last man on your list, who might medal to take | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
bronze! The while, Strombergs is known for pulling it out when he | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
needs to. Sam Willoughby deserves second place. Van der Biezen will | :20:18. | :20:24. | |
be disappointed with 4th. Unlucky for Liam Phillips. He was clipped | :20:24. | :20:30. | |
down the second straight, after the second step up double, unable to | :20:30. | :20:36. | |
clip back in. Liam Phillips is still OK, no serious injury, he is | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
rolling back down the straight. And he is going to complete the course. | :20:42. | :20:51. | |
But Number 81, Maris Strombergs, they call in the machine. -- they | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
call him at the Machine. And he was in perfect working order for the | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
finals. He struggled through qualifying, he did not have a | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
settled and the easy semi-final, but his experience and his | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
composure during that race... even a little bit surprised, trying | :21:10. | :21:17. | |
to take it in, realising what has happened. So Maris Strombergs, a | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
very, very happy man. Soaking that out, making his way out in front of | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
the fans and raising his fist. Silver medal for Sam Willoughby, | :21:28. | :21:33. | |
just 20 years old. He has had a fantastic season, he won the world | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
championships in Birmingham, and as much as that gold medal would have | :21:36. | :21:42. | |
meant to him, he will love having a silver. And then Oquendo from out | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
of nowhere. Liam Phillips had such a fantastic start. He did! He just | :21:48. | :21:53. | |
could not quite get position in the first turn, and I think he got | :21:53. | :21:58. | |
caught up with someone. Look at Twan van Gendt and Connor Fields, | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
he effectively neutralised Connor Fields there. It is all about the | :22:02. | :22:08. | |
start. Strombergs and Liam Phillips over that jump in the lead, Oquendo | :22:08. | :22:15. | |
and Jimenez at the back of the pack there. So Liam Phillips just | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
drifting sideways through that step up, step down, and he is pushed | :22:19. | :22:24. | |
wide here. Twan van Gendt sitting on his wheel. He comes in | :22:24. | :22:30. | |
underneath, from nowhere! Fantastic work from Oquendo. Sticking to the | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
asphalt. Liam Phillips over that jump nicely. He came out of his | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
clips and could not get back in. Off-balance, clipped out. | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
Incredible that he stays on the bike that long. So he is pumping | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
the bike but without... Connor Fields, back in 7th. Raymond Van | :22:51. | :22:56. | |
der Biezen, he dominated the quarter-finals, back in 7th. | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
crazy thing about BMX, these guys could race next week and it would | :23:00. | :23:06. | |
be a completely different outcome. We could do it again in 10 minutes! | :23:06. | :23:11. | |
Strombergs coming so well through that first step up, turn 3, | :23:11. | :23:17. | |
stepping out into turn four, looking comfortable. I'm surprised | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
that he did not make more ground in a rhythm section. And I think we | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
just saw Liam Phillips getting caught up on Jimenez, on the step | :23:25. | :23:32. | |
up. Look at Twan van Gendt, working on Oquendo there. That when no does | :23:32. | :23:38. | |
so well to hold a Mark. -- Oquendo. That medal battle for bronze. That | :23:38. | :23:42. | |
was Connor Fields, looking for position there. Maris Strombergs | :23:42. | :23:46. | |
runs it, and in this position he knows that the gold medal is within | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
touching distance. Jimenez and Connor Fields have gone in the | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
background. Oquendo chasing down Sam Willoughby for the finish. | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
Strombergs gold, Sam Willoughby is silver, and the outsider Oquendo or | :24:00. | :24:10. | |
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Bitter disappointment for us to abuse said that his BMX. What | :24:15. | :24:22. | |
happened? -- bitter disappointment. You said, that his BMX. I had the | :24:22. | :24:28. | |
best start probably in my own life. That is what you rein to do it at | :24:28. | :24:37. | |
the Olympics. I came out of the gate so fast. -- you aim. Still to | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
go into the first turn right at the front and on the step-up. Sam | :24:43. | :24:49. | |
changed which way he was going. I thought I was going to crash then. | :24:49. | :24:59. | |
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I managed to and clip then. It is be Sir - As a good bitter | :24:59. | :25:06. | |
disappointment. I am pleased. -- it is bitter disappointment. I had | :25:06. | :25:13. | |
surgery on my collarbone and whips. I have defied all expectations | :25:13. | :25:20. | |
really to be here, let alone be a contender. At the moment I am | :25:20. | :25:28. | |
disappointed. What about the crowd? They wanted to see you come round. | :25:28. | :25:36. | |
They have given you a fantastic few days of competition. I am just | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
speechless - the sort of reception that both Shanaze Reade and myself | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
have had. I am honoured to have had an extra day's racing to have | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
experienced this. They have been fantastic. There are 6000 people | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
who have put their hands in their pockets to watch the sport I have | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
been involved with since I was five years old. It really is special. I | :26:03. | :26:11. | |
am already thinking about Rio. It is mad. Last year I thought my BMX | :26:11. | :26:19. | |
days were over but I am back. you very much. You have to give | :26:19. | :26:22. | |
credit to Liam Phillips and Shanaze Reade. Probably the last thing you | :26:22. | :26:29. | |
want to do after that raising his head over and give an interview. | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
Liam finished with a smile on his face. You said he is young and he | :26:33. | :26:43. | |
:26:43. | :26:45. | ||
will come back from this. He was in medal contention. On the second | :26:45. | :26:52. | |
jump he unclipped. I am sure he will build on this. It is not the | :26:52. | :27:01. | |
end of him. You are clipped in, aren't you? It is to get that up | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
stroke. The riders can do that on BMX as well. That is why they can | :27:07. | :27:13. | |
go faster. Shanaze Reade, she came into this looking so strong. You | :27:13. | :27:20. | |
were concerned by the gate choice. Lane one, she was riding fast. She | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
could have been more conservative and taken an outside lane. That | :27:25. | :27:31. | |
would have given her more chance of a mad dog or even win. She put it | :27:31. | :27:39. | |
on the line like she did in Beijing. -- a medal. It really is an | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
enviable attitude. She has this gold or bust mentality the stub it | :27:44. | :27:51. | |
did not work in Beijing and it did not work today. I am gutted for her. | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
She is a lovely person. She has done a lot for the sport. She has | :27:56. | :28:02. | |
taken BMX, especially in the UK, out of the circle. Hopefully that | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
is not the end of have. She is a great role model for BMX and four | :28:07. | :28:14. | |
women athletes as well. I think I should say, you are a little | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
emotional. You are heavily involved with Maris Strombergs. I am his | :28:20. | :28:26. | |
team manager in the US. I know what he has been through. To regain the | :28:26. | :28:32. | |
Olympic golds and what it means to him. To see him win it, it is huge | :28:32. | :28:38. | |
for him. Congratulations to you and everyone in the team. No medals | :28:38. | :28:44. | |
here but no major injuries. We can take some heart from that. This has | :28:44. | :28:49. | |
been a fantastic opportunity for BMX. Fingers crossed it will be the | :28:49. | :28:56. | |
last time we see it on BBC One. Fantastic entertainment. No medals | :28:56. | :29:03. | |
but they did themselves proud. The 6000 people who were watching, they | :29:03. | :29:09. | |
have had a wonderful afternoon. Not the end of cycling. We turn our | :29:09. | :29:13. | |
attention to the mountain biking which starts tomorrow with the | :29:13. | :29:20. | |
women's race. The men's race is on Sunday. It will be about 28 degrees | :29:20. | :29:26. | |
or tomorrow. That really will be a stern test for them. Moss Si King | :29:26. | :29:33. | |
coming from Essex tomorrow. The BMX has been one of their hits of the | :29:33. | :29:38. | |
Games. It is a similar story in the Winter Olympics where snowboarding | :29:38. | :29:48. | |
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has we -- has been one of the most Sean White, Welcome to London 2012. | :30:18. | :30:23. | |
How does it feel to be here? It is my first Olympics I have ever | :30:23. | :30:33. | |
:30:33. | :30:54. | ||
spectator at. You are normally When swimmers and runners are | :30:54. | :30:59. | |
breaking world records, it is because of people watching. I doubt | :30:59. | :31:05. | |
they do that practising. You need that pressure to motivate yourself. | :31:05. | :31:11. | |
The Winter Olympics has done what the summer Games needs to and | :31:11. | :31:17. | |
embraces more extreme sports. have realised the demographics have | :31:17. | :31:22. | |
changed. They want people who are more open-minded and younger and | :31:22. | :31:28. | |
doing different things. It is more of a lifestyle than a sport. There | :31:28. | :31:33. | |
is a culture behind it. I do not remember any one on a skateboard | :31:33. | :31:39. | |
dress like this. There is going to be the MX- 3 stabbed in the next | :31:39. | :31:47. | |
summer and Games. That is pretty cool. -- BMX freestyle. They | :31:47. | :31:53. | |
deserve to have that world stage. You have gone from naked in a park | :31:53. | :32:02. | |
to an Olympian. It was frowned upon to do the sport. -- a child in a | :32:02. | :32:09. | |
park. Do you think, at any point we will seek skateboarding in the | :32:09. | :32:17. | |
summer Games? I would love to. It would be amazing. To be the winner | :32:17. | :32:23. | |
in summer, it would be ultimate. wanted to get closer to the Olympic | :32:23. | :32:29. | |
Park but lots of these people might want to say hello. We are going to | :32:29. | :32:37. | |
say hello and we will see you soon. Let's do it. Let's say hello. There | :32:37. | :32:47. | |
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you go! One of the characters in sport. Lovely to see him here. | :32:48. | :32:53. | |
Hopefully he will be skateboarding in the summer Olympics. Volleyball | :32:53. | :32:59. | |
in just a moment. On BBC Three, celebrations are happening out on | :32:59. | :33:04. | |
the hockey pitch. That means Great Britain has beaten New Zealand in | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
the bronze-medal play-off match. After that disappointing lost to | :33:09. | :33:16. | |
Argentina in the semi-finals, they have a medal. The first match of | :33:16. | :33:26. | |
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for 20 years in women's hockey. Maybe the men can follow suit. -- | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
medal. Baby New Zealand 3-1. So, that is great news. We are heading | :33:33. | :33:38. | |
off because the men's volleyball tournament has reached the semi- | :33:38. | :33:45. | |
final stage. Italy will play Brazil in the semi-finals. This | :33:45. | :33:51. | |
afternoon's game features of Bulgaria. They were in disarray | :33:51. | :33:55. | |
prior to be Games when the coach forced a number of senior players | :33:55. | :34:00. | |
to crypts and then resigned himself. They are through to the semi-finals | :34:00. | :34:08. | |
for the first time since 1980. It is the best of five sets up. | :34:08. | :34:18. | |
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Pressure has a won the first two They have struck back. Russia will | :34:42. | :34:48. | |
not be happy with that defence. You with think they would get on top of | :34:48. | :34:58. | |
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that and play a nice easy ball. There was missed communication. -- | :35:01. | :35:09. | |
miscommunication. He has scored just seven points in this match. He | :35:09. | :35:15. | |
scored 22 in the quarter-final. Here is why. The Serbs are not | :35:15. | :35:20. | |
functioning. I am surprised they brought him on at the beginning of | :35:20. | :35:30. | |
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the sad. -- the set. They were Oh, dear! Has he hurt himself? It | :35:42. | :35:49. | |
is a technical time out. Is that disappointment? Did he damaged his | :35:49. | :35:56. | |
finger? It looks like disappointment. That was a gift. | :35:56. | :36:02. | |
did have three people in front of him. It looked as if he swung into | :36:02. | :36:12. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :36:12. | :37:02. | |
We have had two technical time outs. Will we be having another set? Can | :37:02. | :37:12. | |
of Russia close it out? That is good enough to draw level. It is | :37:12. | :37:20. | |
this belief, this momentum. Bulgaria took the second set but | :37:20. | :37:27. | |
never got in the groove. This is more like it. Crucially, Russia are | :37:27. | :37:37. | |
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still very much in touch. Off the block. A huge block. That was | :37:46. | :37:56. | |
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excellent penetration. Time out for Russia have played a little bit of | :38:30. | :38:36. | |
a card there to disrupt them. Bulgaria's intentions have got to | :38:36. | :38:46. | |
be clear, too close this set out. That serve was a good start. Russia | :38:46. | :38:52. | |
are not happy. It looked from here that the ball was touched off the | :38:52. | :38:57. | |
block which is what Russia was calling for but the referee has | :38:57. | :39:07. | |
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He is playing a staggering role in that middle blocker performance. He | :39:36. | :39:41. | |
was very impressive against Poland. That looked long. Was there a | :39:41. | :39:49. | |
touch? There was. Some of the players do not agree. But the | :39:49. | :39:59. | |
:39:59. | :40:00. | ||
referee from Japan is telling them to calm down. It is difficult to | :40:00. | :40:05. | |
see from here. That was not conclusive. This is good for | :40:06. | :40:14. | |
Bulgaria. They need to take these points and use the momentum. That | :40:14. | :40:23. | |
was another error. That is their 4th serving error in this set. They | :40:23. | :40:28. | |
could almost be home in the set. They go three points clear, as it | :40:28. | :40:38. | |
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Much better play from Bulgaria, the It is getting a bit messy on the | :41:13. | :41:17. | |
Russian side of the neck, they are not quite communicating. But now | :41:17. | :41:27. | |
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they have established order. Two players going for the ball on two | :41:27. | :41:37. | |
:41:37. | :41:41. | ||
That was a good block but it is difficult to take out enough space | :41:41. | :41:51. | |
:41:51. | :41:56. | ||
when there is only one of you at That was out. That was long. He may | :41:56. | :42:03. | |
not like it, he may not agree. is calling for the touch of the | :42:03. | :42:13. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :42:13. | :43:18. | |
Bulgaria are going for the time out That was dropped in. 21-20. Good | :43:18. | :43:20. | |
anticipation from the Russian bloggers. They knew it was going | :43:20. | :43:30. | |
out to the left side attacker. Their key attacker not only blunted, | :43:30. | :43:40. | |
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He almost got that back, what a recovery that would have been. We | :43:46. | :43:56. | |
are never again. -- we are level again. He was unable to control the | :43:56. | :44:06. | |
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ball, it looked as if it went into Oh, no! That was serving error | :44:23. | :44:29. | |
number five in this set. It is really important that players | :44:29. | :44:34. | |
coming off the bench come on warm and ready to go. So often they come | :44:34. | :44:44. | |
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off the bench to serve and then That is a point. They are going to | :44:53. | :45:03. | |
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fight all the way, 22-22. It was at this stage in the first set that | :45:03. | :45:13. | |
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they sagged badly and allowed A specialist server has come on. | :45:18. | :45:28. | |
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This has got to be good. This has The serve was decent. Two. Now | :45:51. | :46:01. | |
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needed by Russia. They are back in 23-23. They are drawing out the | :46:03. | :46:13. | |
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tension. They are making it more That was in and it is much point. | :46:35. | :46:41. | |
No? What happened there. referee is overruling the | :46:41. | :46:46. | |
linesman's call again, giving the ball out and the point Bulgaria's | :46:46. | :46:56. | |
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To me, that looks in. Bulgaria have The time-out is nothing more than | :47:16. | :47:26. | |
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to break the concentration of Here comes the captain. He is | :47:42. | :47:48. | |
serving for the set. And that is in! That was an ace. The big man | :47:48. | :47:58. | |
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has done it and we are into a 4th SUE BARKER: Great scenes. We can | :48:03. | :48:13. | |
:48:13. | :48:36. | ||
move on to the 4th set with Russia If Russia win this set, they win | :48:36. | :48:45. | |
the match and they are in the final. That was just long. I good service | :48:45. | :48:55. | |
:48:55. | :49:31. | ||
That look out. It is long and it is Quickset, 16-14. A perfect site | :49:31. | :49:39. | |
doubt from Russia. Really tidy volleyball. -- a perfect side out | :49:39. | :49:49. | |
:49:49. | :49:49. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :49:49. | :50:50. | |
from Russia. Russia ahead by two Russia need nine points to reach | :50:50. | :51:00. | |
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That was an excellent angle on that That was a good leap and he found | :51:30. | :51:40. | |
:51:40. | :52:16. | ||
The last time Russia reached the final, they lost to Cuba and they | :52:16. | :52:24. | |
were at two sets 20 up. Cuba came back and took the last two sets. We | :52:24. | :52:31. | |
are a long way from that, not even in the final -- they were at two | :52:31. | :52:41. | |
:52:41. | :53:08. | ||
He cannot believe it. He looked around left and right, where did | :53:08. | :53:18. | |
:53:18. | :53:24. | ||
This man served like a demon to send Bulgaria into a fourth set. | :53:24. | :53:34. | |
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Russia are in front and his country Still Russia survive. A bit too | :53:40. | :53:49. | |
much. Is that good? Yes, it is! 18- 18! The captain comes on. And the | :53:49. | :53:56. | |
teams are level. A clever second ball. You can see the blockers in | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
front and a new there was a gap behind him. How did he do that | :54:00. | :54:05. | |
because he moved it with one hand and flicked it backwards! | :54:05. | :54:15. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :54:15. | :54:56. | |
Ooh, that is long. And that's him And being called for a double hit. | :54:56. | :55:03. | |
When you set the ball in volleyball, it needs to be one fluid movement. | :55:03. | :55:13. | |
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Bulgaria, 8-5 up on the first. Then down again. Here we are, level at | :55:42. | :55:52. | |
19-19. Critics prurience on both sides of the net. World champions | :55:52. | :56:00. | |
both sides of the net. -- great experience. And that was wide. A | :56:00. | :56:07. | |
rare error on the spike. Are Bulgaria really going to take us | :56:08. | :56:15. | |
into a fifth set? Looking drained in the second. The very, very weak, | :56:15. | :56:19. | |
certainly at the start of the third. But they gradually gathered | :56:19. | :56:29. | |
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Whatever Bulgaria may claim, have both referees have no doubt. An | :56:38. | :56:48. | |
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immediate chance to atone for that Off the block and they get the | :56:56. | :57:04. | |
point. You can really feel the tension has risen in the whole | :57:04. | :57:09. | |
arena as well, through the crowd and the players on the court. | :57:09. | :57:15. | |
in the last couple of minutes as well. From 19-19, from the fact | :57:15. | :57:21. | |
that Bulgaria were leading and a lead again it now. Russia, number | :57:21. | :57:31. | |
:57:31. | :57:53. | ||
Here is Mr Reliable for Russia. What a serve. He immediately rocks | :57:53. | :58:03. | |
:58:03. | :58:05. | ||
As dainty and as clever as you like. Nothing he could do with that. If | :58:05. | :58:12. | |
such a clever play there. He saw the defenders were deep. He came | :58:12. | :58:17. | |
into this match as the spica with the best efficiency. Now he is | :58:17. | :58:27. | |
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That would have been a crucial This could make or break the | :58:48. | :58:57. | |
Olympics for both of these two teams. And now a time-out. We have | :58:57. | :59:07. | |
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really caught fire now. It was good Three more points and Russia will | :59:43. | :59:53. | |
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be in the final. Off the block! And He just landed awkwardly after that | :00:01. | :00:07. | |
block. I don't think he will feel it for the moment because there is | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
adrenaline pumping and Russia are two points away from the Olympic | :00:12. | :00:22. | |
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final. That is in! It's and ace. And it is much point for Russia. -- | :00:23. | :00:33. | |
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It is out. One match point saved. This could cause problems! It is in | :01:06. | :01:16. | |
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The tournament's top scorer has sent Russia into the volleyball | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
:01:27. | :01:27. | ||
final! 25-23. Three sets to one. The best in Athens and Beijing and | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
now they have their chance to go for gold. | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
SUE BARKER: yes, Russia go through and they will face Brazil or | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
bitterly in the final. We showed you the women's hockey team | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
celebrating bronze after defeating New Zealand. They were very | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
disappointed with their performance in the semi-finals but they bounced | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
straight back to defeat the black sticks. We show Judy celebrations | :01:52. | :02:02. | |
:02:02. | :02:18. | ||
so now let's show you how they won Stanton. Maybe they could have done | :02:18. | :02:28. | |
:02:28. | :02:43. | ||
with her lead run. She gets into pace on the track. A full-length | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
dive. And you can see her going in to save the defection and that | :02:50. | :03:00. | |
:03:00. | :03:13. | ||
takes it over the top. -- that is a penalty corner. She held | :03:14. | :03:20. | |
the ball long enough to draw the Dutch-bred towards her -- the New | :03:20. | :03:30. | |
:03:30. | :03:48. | ||
penalty corner Britain have got. If they got trapped at the top. Crista | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
Cullen, keeping the ball load but enough height off the ground to | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
make it awkward for the goalkeeper. I cannot see New Zealand coming | :03:59. | :04:09. | |
:04:09. | :04:17. | ||
players, then, in attacking positions. Well played by Henrik | :04:17. | :04:27. | |
:04:27. | :04:41. | ||
Ingebrigsten cloud. Driving brilliant! What a comeback this has | :04:41. | :04:49. | |
been! What an absolutely fantastic penalty-corner routine. Initially | :04:49. | :04:59. | |
:04:59. | :05:37. | ||
running in, drawing the New Zealand Yes, and those celebrations | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
continued for some time, I can tell you. The first medal for women's | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
hockey in 20 years, and hopefully the men can do the same against | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
Australia. That will be tomorrow afternoon. Let's take a check on | :05:51. | :05:59. | |
the headlines from earlier. British sailors Luke Patience and | :05:59. | :06:04. | |
his partner picked up a medal at down on the south coast. | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
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 | :06:44. | :06:54. | |
:06:54. | :06:54. | ||
knockout stages. -- and Lutalo Muhammad. | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
The basketball has now moved over to the North Greenwich Arena and it | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
is Dream Team USA against Argentina. But first, Spain versus Russia. | :07:04. | :07:14. | |
:07:14. | :07:17. | ||
That is live on BBC Three. Russia on needing14 -- are leading 27-14 | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
in that one. We are moving on, and synchronised | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
swimming is a far cry from the speed, power and aggression we see | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
elsewhere. But it is demanding and it is like performing a gymnastics | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
routine underwater. It might be a new sport for many of you at home, | :07:36. | :07:46. | |
:07:46. | :07:50. | ||
The competition pool is 25 metres wide, 30 metres in length and three | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
metres deep. Swimmers are not permitted to touch the bottom but | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
will create the illusion of doing so by using their body strength to | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
perform lifts. The athletes will spend up one minute at a time under | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
the surface. There are 14 judges looking on, with up to 100 points | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
available for each routine. The technical routine is judged on | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
execution and overall impression. In the free routine, artistic | :08:17. | :08:27. | |
:08:27. | :08:28. | ||
impression and technical merit are 104 athletes will compete for two | :08:28. | :08:38. | |
titles. Each competition will comprise of two routines. Technical | :08:38. | :08:44. | |
and free. 24 duets will perform both routines, with the top 12 | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
progress into the final. Eight groups will compete in the team | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
event final for which there are no preliminaries. The technical | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
routine includes predetermined elements which must be performed in | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
a specific order, but the free routine has no requirements and is | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
a chance for the swimmers to get creative. | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
If you would like to get involved in Olympic sports, go to the | :09:10. | :09:20. | |
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Today, the eight teams in the final perform their routine to music. | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
Robin Cousins, the Olympic figure skater has been helping the British | :09:30. | :09:40. | |
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team. British -- Team GB were lying Any moment now, you will see the | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
team from GB led by Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici. The screen | :09:52. | :09:58. | |
from the crowd will tell you they are on their way. They have spent | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
two years preparing, choreographing and perfecting the routine you will | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
see today. It is to the theme of Peter Pan. Things to watch out for | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
in this, Tinkerbell will be in there, pirates, flying, a crocodile | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
as well and also Peter Pan himself will feature. A higher risk start | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
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Robin Cousins, the Olympic medallist for ice-skating. He has | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
been working with the team. When he saw the team, he asked if there | :11:09. | :11:15. | |
could be voice-overs. They said, yes. He phoned his friend, Michael | :11:15. | :11:25. | |
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Crawford. That is who is doing the water with the sculling action. | :11:36. | :11:46. | |
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Beautiful interpretation. Such allowed to use the bottom of the | :11:58. | :12:08. | |
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muscle strength holding on to those verticals bins. Great, keep it | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
going. This is the best I have seen them swim. They are doing a | :12:37. | :12:47. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :12:47. | :14:18. | |
learn as a basic for synchronised but they count every beat to make | :14:18. | :14:28. | |
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sure the synchronisation is per Randall being left at the end there. | :14:33. | :14:40. | |
That is the best I have seen them swim. Their coaches will be so | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
pleased with that performance. Absolutely brilliant. It really was | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
a spectacular way to get this team's final under way. Look at | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
this opening lift from Jenna Randall. It is high risk to start | :14:56. | :15:02. | |
the routine but she got it absolutely spot on. That was very | :15:02. | :15:12. | |
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impressive from Team GB. They have 88.140 his first goal. -- is their | :15:15. | :15:25. | |
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and all the hard work they have put in has paid off. We cannot blame | :15:30. | :15:37. | |
them for milking the applause of the crowd. What an experience. | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
Spain are the reigning silver medallists from the Olympic Games | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
four years ago in Beijing. They had a world championship bronze last | :15:47. | :15:57. | |
year behind China. And the duet took silver earlier in the week. | :15:57. | :16:03. | |
The music they have chosen for this is called the Ocean. You will see | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
some pretty scary speed -- sea monsters. But it will be creative | :16:10. | :16:20. | |
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monsters in your mind as you watch the performance as the choreography | :16:44. | :16:54. | |
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incredible. -- stunning. To get that much height in the water and | :17:20. | :17:30. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :17:30. | :18:33. | |
everything. Those angles are so hard to synchronise but they are | :18:33. | :18:37. | |
absolutely perfect. The panel of artistic judges, this will | :18:37. | :18:47. | |
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definitely get a high score from when they have got two legs out of | :19:26. | :19:29. | |
the water, that is important and they are travelling fast through | :19:29. | :19:39. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :19:39. | :20:39. | |
rapturous applause. -- the crowd from the team from Spain. The crowd | :20:39. | :20:46. | |
absolutely love it. Such talented and gifted athletes. I really love | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
the costumes as well. They are new ones. They had different ones when | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
they came here for the test event. That is a fantastic theme of the | :20:56. | :21:06. | |
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sea monsters and it really told the much on a par with what they got | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
yesterday. They will be in first place for the moment. I think they | :21:20. | :21:24. | |
are relieved to know their fate, Olympic medals are up for grabs | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
here. You have got to get it right. That goes for the judges as well as | :21:29. | :21:37. | |
the swimmers. The team currently leading the competition, the | :21:37. | :21:44. | |
defending Olympic champions in both the teams and duets are Russia. | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
They are on average the oldest team here, 26 years old on average. | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
There have won every gold medal since 2000. Russia are the world | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
and European champions. This will be amazing. Their theme is the lost | :21:59. | :22:09. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :22:09. | :23:11. | |
throughout all of the Russian position -- performances. There | :23:11. | :23:21. | |
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the spacing between them is absolutely perfect. They are | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
supposed to swim as close together as they can so they can very | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
quickly changed formation. And a fantastic view of this sculling | :24:00. | :24:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :24:10. | :25:39. | |
line into a diagonal, back in two the water at times but they have | :25:39. | :25:47. | |
crammed in so much difficulty into this routine. That is so hard to | :25:47. | :25:57. | |
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Totally inspirational. I love watching the Russians swim. They | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
are the Olympic champions, the current Olympic champions. They | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
will be very, very difficult to beat. On the artistic side, I | :26:35. | :26:40. | |
enjoyed Spain as much but on the technical side, they are high in | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
the water than Russians -- than the Russians and they put in moves that | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
nobody else would be able to attempt. And look at that height in | :26:50. | :27:00. | |
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the water. And some high, high Marx. Both of those out of 50 and a total | :27:06. | :27:12. | |
of 197.03 for Russia. I think that will pretty much guarantee the gold | :27:12. | :27:21. | |
medal at yet again for Russia. And now this is China. They currently | :27:21. | :27:25. | |
lie in second place in the standings. They are going to want | :27:25. | :27:29. | |
to hold on to that. They were so disappointed to have lost out to | :27:29. | :27:39. | |
Spain in the duets with the silver medal. Their theme now his | :27:39. | :27:49. | |
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your mind as you are watching this choreographer read because it | :28:07. | :28:17. | |
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really is beautiful. -- as you are watching this choreography. They | :28:20. | :28:25. | |
cannot afford to make one error if they want to hold onto that silver- | :28:25. | :28:35. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :28:35. | :29:25. | |
from one transition to another. No time is wasted setting up for | :29:25. | :29:33. | |
things. Having said that, that was a bit long there, setting up. I | :29:33. | :29:43. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :29:43. | :31:58. | |
would have liked that to have been performance. The theme of | :31:58. | :32:05. | |
butterflies. Technically, they were so fantastic. I would not like to | :32:05. | :32:10. | |
be a judge! It is going to be so hard to choose probably Russia, who | :32:10. | :32:16. | |
will take the gold. They are just a bit too foreign head. But so close | :32:16. | :32:21. | |
between China and Spain, and just look at that vertical line. Just | :32:21. | :32:31. | |
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amazing. Tense moments here for It puts them ahead of Spain, and | :32:44. | :32:52. | |
they were so death -- so desperate for the silver medal in the duets. | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
Tears of joy for China after the tears of disappointment on Tuesday. | :32:57. | :33:04. | |
And from their coach as well. What an emotional week it has been. | :33:04. | :33:10. | |
Russia, celebrating the medal with more tears from them. And you can | :33:10. | :33:16. | |
see why they call it the kiss and cry corner. And the result is | :33:16. | :33:22. | |
confirmed. Russia take the gold, china, silver, and Spain the bronze. | :33:22. | :33:28. | |
Canada in 4th, Japan in 5th, Great Britain in six, and then Egypt and | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
Australia. And Team GB, do you think they will be happy with what | :33:32. | :33:38. | |
they got? I think they did a fantastic swim today. Their coach | :33:38. | :33:41. | |
will be looking at that video to see if they can improve but it is | :33:41. | :33:46. | |
the best I have ever seen them swim. Their aim was to finish in the top | :33:46. | :33:48. | |
six and they did that and they really nailed their performance | :33:48. | :33:53. | |
today. A at the top teams were at streets ahead of everybody else and | :33:53. | :34:03. | |
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the Russian celebrations can now A well-earned gold but a good | :34:05. | :34:09. | |
performance from the British team on their Olympic debut. Earlier, we | :34:09. | :34:14. | |
showed you the celebrations as the women's hockey team won against New | :34:14. | :34:19. | |
Zealand. And we can hear from their captain because a week ago she was | :34:20. | :34:25. | |
hit in her face and fractured her jaw. She came back to rejoin the | :34:25. | :34:28. | |
team wearing a protective mask in the quarter-final stage. Nothing | :34:28. | :34:33. | |
would stop her from trying to win an Olympic medal. | :34:33. | :34:39. | |
Bronze medallist! How does that sound? Are it sounds amazing! | :34:39. | :34:44. | |
fouled we were not going to go home empty-handed. We promised ourselves | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
we were not going to go home. We swept the New Zealand's team aside | :34:49. | :34:54. | |
and I am so proud of the girls. The whole 28 squad. We did it for all | :34:54. | :34:58. | |
of them. And I remember it well - some of the girls were heartbroken | :34:58. | :35:02. | |
and they did not want to talk to us. What happened in the pre-match | :35:02. | :35:06. | |
today? It was just a quiet confidence and assurance and the | :35:06. | :35:10. | |
knowledge that we knew we would give everything. We have done some | :35:10. | :35:14. | |
difficult things together over the last few years. We have been in the | :35:14. | :35:19. | |
Marines and been put through our paces. You missed a couple of | :35:19. | :35:22. | |
chances in the first half and did you think, this is not going to be | :35:22. | :35:27. | |
our day? Never! I believe we had enough in us and we knew that if | :35:27. | :35:31. | |
the chances came in the second half, we would take them. I hope this is | :35:31. | :35:37. | |
the start of something very special for Great Britain and hockey. | :35:37. | :35:42. | |
you said you were not going home empty-handed, I believe you! I saw | :35:42. | :35:45. | |
the determination in your eyes. And you got off to a blistering start | :35:45. | :35:52. | |
today? Yes. We thought if we could railroad them in the first five, 10 | :35:52. | :35:56. | |
minutes, we could do it. Once we broke them, we knew we could take | :35:56. | :36:01. | |
them. I have said is probably a hundred times to my colleagues - if | :36:01. | :36:07. | |
anybody deserves a gold medal for bravery. You fractured jaw jaw and | :36:07. | :36:12. | |
got back to playing. It is an unbelievable, remarkable story. | :36:12. | :36:17. | |
don't think it will hit me until a few weeks' time. I have been so | :36:17. | :36:20. | |
focused on getting a medal and once we did not get the gold, we were | :36:20. | :36:24. | |
focused on getting the bronze, and in a few weeks' time, it will hit | :36:24. | :36:30. | |
me. What a crazy two weeks it has been! And what has this dumb for | :36:30. | :36:36. | |
British hockey? It is massive, isn't it? -- what has this done? | :36:36. | :36:41. | |
has been such a fantastic tournament. So many Games played | :36:41. | :36:45. | |
and we want everybody, all ages, get out there and pick up a hockey | :36:45. | :36:55. | |
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stick. And one of the spectators, watching you today? Yes. She is a | :37:00. | :37:06. |