BBC One: Day 14: 19.00-22.00

:01:33. > :01:41.The king of sprinting. The world Usain Bolt is going to do it again.

:01:41. > :01:50.The only man to have defended the Olympic 200 metre tired pot ever.

:01:51. > :02:00.David Rudisha striding away to become an Olympic champion will

:02:01. > :02:10.

:02:10. > :02:16.Good evening. It does not really get any better in athletics than

:02:16. > :02:23.last night. A tough act to follow but we will do our best. There

:02:23. > :02:32.could be another unprecedented double double as Tirunesh Diababa

:02:32. > :02:36.seeks to be cam champion in the 5000 metres in successive Olympics.

:02:36. > :02:46.Lisa Dobriskey was told to forget the Olympics but she could make it

:02:46. > :02:48.

:02:49. > :02:58.up a successful night. Can Britain grab a Madog in the relay? Batten

:02:58. > :03:04.down hatches for an explosive Women's four by 400 metres final.

:03:04. > :03:09.Weeks after becoming the British record holder, Steve Lewis is vying

:03:10. > :03:14.to become the country's first Olympic pole vault medallist.

:03:14. > :03:20.Former ballet dancer, Sophie Hitchon, is preparing for the

:03:21. > :03:26.performance of her life after leaping into tonight's hammer final.

:03:26. > :03:36.Plenty of courses on the menu. We will head to the Olympic Stadium

:03:36. > :04:00.

:04:00. > :04:09.for the heats of the women's four On BBC Three you will be able to

:04:09. > :04:14.see live coverage of Tom Daley - us Tom Daley's attempts to win in the

:04:14. > :04:24.diving. If you have just cumin, let's bring you are to date with

:04:24. > :04:29.

:04:29. > :04:34.the day's big stories. -- come in. GB women won a bronze medal in the

:04:34. > :04:39.women's hockey. British sailors, Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark could

:04:39. > :04:44.not overhaul New Zealand but a silver medal is the superb

:04:44. > :04:49.achievement for the pair who any team that earlier this year. There

:04:49. > :04:54.was a similar result for Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell. They

:04:54. > :05:03.were assured of silver before today but were unable to prise gold from

:05:03. > :05:11.the Australian pair. Our BMX riders could not keep the wheels turning

:05:11. > :05:18.for Team GB. Shanaze Reade finished 6th and Liam Williams crashed out

:05:18. > :05:28.of the men's final. The Brit did not hang about in the 200 metres

:05:28. > :05:31.

:05:32. > :05:35.We have a busy night of track and field which lies ahead. Let's get

:05:36. > :05:42.straight over to the Olympic Stadium to join John Inverdale and

:05:42. > :05:48.the gang. Another 80,000 happy people in glorious sunshine. This

:05:48. > :05:54.is a great advert for athletics in terms of the rich portfolio that

:05:54. > :06:00.track and field has to offer. We have distance, relays, hammer, pole

:06:00. > :06:07.vault. We have something for everyone. Colin, you are always

:06:07. > :06:13.relentlessly upbeat. Can we get some medals? I hope so. We're

:06:14. > :06:20.looking at Lisa Dobriskey and to see how Steve Lewis will do. He is

:06:20. > :06:28.ranked five in the world. Anything can happen. There is always a

:06:28. > :06:36.calamity in the relays. You just always hope it is not your team. It

:06:36. > :06:39.has been in the case of USA, in fact. The relays should be very

:06:39. > :06:45.interesting. The Great Britain team has a very good chance of a

:06:45. > :06:51.potential medal. I think the US and the Bahamas it will be battling for

:06:51. > :06:56.gold and silver. That is very interesting. There will be a lot of

:06:56. > :07:01.traffic going on and more potential for some calamity. One of the first

:07:02. > :07:10.races we have is the women's four by 400 metres. What our medal

:07:10. > :07:16.chances? They have a good chance. They need to get through. We have a

:07:16. > :07:23.good draw, a good lane order and good women running. One step at a

:07:23. > :07:30.time. Last question - we always known that baton changing is key.

:07:30. > :07:36.How important is it in us? It is important when there is traffic on

:07:36. > :07:46.the changeover. Yesterday we saw some athletes fall. The South

:07:46. > :07:47.

:07:47. > :07:55.African team has not dad and had to be reinstated. -- got knocked out.

:07:55. > :08:01.There is the orbit sparkling in the sunshine. The last part of sunshine

:08:01. > :08:11.on this side of the stadium. Perfect for watching and

:08:11. > :08:19.

:08:19. > :08:23.house. They will be enjoying the relays. It will be the first three

:08:24. > :08:32.and the two fastest losers. You have probably already cottoned on

:08:32. > :08:38.to that by now. The Jamaican team will be strong. The rest of the

:08:38. > :08:43.team are pretty experienced. This will probably not be the quartet

:08:43. > :08:49.that will contest the final for them. They will expect to go

:08:49. > :08:54.through comfortably. The Cuban men were sensational. The second leg

:08:55. > :09:04.runner ran 43.9 rather unnoticed. Will the women do the same thing

:09:05. > :09:19.

:09:19. > :09:29.here? They are in five. France is experienced team. The most

:09:29. > :09:32.

:09:32. > :09:36.experienced person is leading off the team. Nigeria in lane eight.

:09:36. > :09:42.You look at the season's best coming into this and they are

:09:42. > :09:48.almost irrelevant. Italy is on the outside. There are irrelevant in

:09:48. > :09:52.the sense that very few teams have actually contested this race with

:09:52. > :09:59.their best quartet. Great Britain in Helsinki not the quartet they

:09:59. > :10:09.will be using here. Many of these teams took part in the European

:10:09. > :10:18.

:10:18. > :10:27.Championships and Ukraine ended up race, there are extra-long staggers

:10:28. > :10:37.because they do not break until they have run three Benn's. --

:10:38. > :10:39.

:10:39. > :10:48.bends. Jamaica is looking for a good first leg on the inside.

:10:48. > :10:55.Nigeria are starting pretty quickly. In the middle, Belarus had gone

:10:55. > :11:01.well. They had two sisters who are always redoubtable competitors.

:11:01. > :11:10.Italy have made a poor start. The Jamaican quartet will be happy with

:11:11. > :11:16.this leg. They were not be too far away. Just watch the handover. That

:11:16. > :11:26.is the best time to see who it is in their lead. I do not think

:11:26. > :11:35.Jamaica will be too far away from theirs. Jamaica just about first. -

:11:35. > :11:41.- this. Jamaica are just cruising at the moment. They are looking

:11:41. > :11:48.very comfortable coming through to the inside lane. Nigeria and

:11:48. > :11:58.Belarus are trying for the second place. It is amazing they have such

:11:58. > :12:01.

:12:01. > :12:06.a big lead. The chase is certainly on for second and third. The last

:12:06. > :12:15.two athletes are very experienced. She is fading a little bet. It was

:12:15. > :12:21.a very fast first 200 metres. Ukraine have come right back into

:12:21. > :12:30.red. Belarus are trying to scrap. They have lost a couple of places

:12:30. > :12:39.on the changeover to Nigeria. Just the first three to go through.

:12:39. > :12:47.very good Lake by this Jamaican. Nigeria and Ukraine. The Ukraine

:12:47. > :12:54.athlete is tying up a bet. The Nigerians, the French and the

:12:54. > :13:01.Cubans are closing in. The Jamaicans are looking very strong.

:13:01. > :13:10.The French are having an absolutely superb leg. Certainly Tim Aker in

:13:10. > :13:20.control of this race. -- certainly Jamaica in control of this race.

:13:20. > :13:28.

:13:28. > :13:38.Nigeria is in force. BG No George is striding out on the back

:13:38. > :13:42.

:13:42. > :13:51.straight for Nigeria. -- Regina. She was clear at 100 metres ago.

:13:51. > :13:59.Jamaica is well clear. The European champions. On the inside come at

:13:59. > :14:09.the French athlete might just nip through. They are the top three.

:14:09. > :14:19.

:14:20. > :14:25.Rosemary White. She did not need to go faster than that. I would just

:14:25. > :14:31.bring Michael Johnson in for the replay. Let's have a look at the

:14:31. > :14:36.end of that race. Nigeria tried to get in it. They were always going

:14:36. > :14:42.to be a bit behind. They back loaded their team. To make a well

:14:42. > :14:52.out front. They're looking very relaxed. -- Jamaica are well out

:14:52. > :14:55.

:14:55. > :15:04.front. The Ukrainian athlete wants to rant on the inside. That was an

:15:04. > :15:12.amateur mistake. Ukraine qualifies nonetheless in second place. Very

:15:12. > :15:17.relaxed from the Jamaicans. Ukraine are a very tough team. They have

:15:17. > :15:21.run very well this year. They will be fine for the medals. Not as

:15:21. > :15:27.strong as Jamaica has had in the past. They probably will not be

:15:27. > :15:37.able to compete with the US, who will be very tough. They will be in

:15:37. > :15:42.

:15:42. > :15:52.this final tomorrow. Lots of of the two heats. The times may

:15:52. > :15:56.

:15:56. > :16:06.well be significant. Great Britain He did not qualify in 2008. This is

:16:06. > :16:10.

:16:10. > :16:20.this championship was a British record, 5.82. We have been waiting

:16:20. > :16:22.

:16:22. > :16:28.a long time for him to jump that high. A hugely talented athlete.

:16:28. > :16:38.5.50, certainly a tough opening height. Normally you might expect

:16:38. > :16:51.

:16:51. > :16:56.5.35, 5.40, but not here. The good heat, it is quite a strong team.

:16:56. > :17:01.The silver-medallists, Christine Ohuruogu, who throughout these

:17:01. > :17:06.championships has been getting better and better. So expect this

:17:07. > :17:12.stadium to come alive in just a moment. Great Britain are going in

:17:12. > :17:16.lane eight, and the United States of America, defending champions,

:17:16. > :17:21.are in the lane have signed them, so it will be very interesting to

:17:21. > :17:26.see what sort of start Shana Cox can get off to against Kecia Baker.

:17:26. > :17:31.Are not caused the USA, if they want, have still got Sanya

:17:31. > :17:37.Richards-Ross and Allyson Felix, the 400m champion and the 200m

:17:37. > :17:44.champion, to bring into this team. They were part of the United States

:17:44. > :17:51.4x400 relay team when their won this last time. -- they won this

:17:51. > :17:55.last time. Well, along with Keshia Baker, you have got Francena

:17:55. > :18:00.McCorory, who ran in the individual event, and Diamond Dixon and Deedee

:18:00. > :18:10.Trotter, the bronze-medallists who finished just behind Christine

:18:10. > :18:17.

:18:17. > :18:23.catch up now with the Men's pole vault. The opening height of 5.50,

:18:23. > :18:32.every athlete is clear or past except the Igor Bychkov of Spain,

:18:32. > :18:42.the former Ukrainian. He has a poor record in major championships.

:18:42. > :18:45.

:18:45. > :18:55.Unless he clears this, it is set to talked about the support of this

:18:55. > :19:05.

:19:05. > :19:15.championship performance, great effort. The bar will now move to

:19:15. > :19:18.

:19:18. > :19:22.will really love these conditions, warm, not too much wind. It is a

:19:22. > :19:27.little bit breezy, but not enough to bother the pole-vaulters to

:19:28. > :19:37.match, and the generosity of the crowd is superb. This is the line-

:19:38. > :19:56.

:19:56. > :20:05.up for the second semi-final of the second, silver-medallists four

:20:05. > :20:15.years ago against a very powerful American squad. That is a pretty

:20:15. > :20:36.

:20:36. > :20:40.useful for some! Brazil go in lane bronze medal in the 400m hurdles,

:20:40. > :20:44.looking very good in the individual event. We do not know too much

:20:44. > :20:47.about the Polish team, but they are just outside of their national

:20:47. > :20:57.record in qualifying for the Olympic Games this year. Great

:20:57. > :21:01.

:21:01. > :21:06.Olympic Games to the last time Great Britain were not represented

:21:06. > :21:11.in the final. But a real test for Shana Cox, Lee McConnell, Eilidh

:21:11. > :21:15.Child and Christine Ohuruogu, against a powerful quartet from the

:21:15. > :21:19.USA, featuring Keshia Baker, Francena McCorory, Diamond Dixon

:21:19. > :21:24.and the bronze-medallists from the United States, Deedee Trotter.

:21:24. > :21:31.Ireland are right in mane two, Marian Heffernan goes to Joanne

:21:31. > :21:38.Cuddihy, Jessie Barr and Michelle Carey. But Ireland have never been

:21:38. > :21:43.in this final before. The first three will go through to the final,

:21:43. > :21:48.and the two fastest losers. Great Britain have got a great target,

:21:48. > :21:58.the defending champions, United States, are just one lane have

:21:58. > :22:08.Britain! But Keshia Baker of the USA has gone off very quickly

:22:08. > :22:08.

:22:08. > :22:13.already up on Nigeria. In fact, it is the Brazilians, I beg your

:22:13. > :22:16.pardon, but the lead-off runner for the Russians is going so well at

:22:16. > :22:21.the minute, at Shana Cox of Great Britain on the left-hand side of

:22:21. > :22:29.the screen is now beginning to haul in the United States. Shana Cox is

:22:29. > :22:33.having a very good leg indeed. Russians will be in the lead, but

:22:33. > :22:39.Great Britain have had a good first leg, but Keshia Baker has saved a

:22:39. > :22:42.little bit there, she came under pressure from Shana Cox. This is a

:22:42. > :22:45.different team to that which competed in the European

:22:45. > :22:51.Championships, Lee McConnell moved up to the second leg. Eilidh Child,

:22:51. > :22:56.who was the anger in Helsinki, Christine Ohuruogu will do that.

:22:56. > :23:00.Four teams have pulled clear. The Russians, that quartet looked so

:23:00. > :23:04.strong to me. I think it is the Czech Republic and the USA that

:23:04. > :23:09.Britain will have to contend with, but they have got enough muscle

:23:09. > :23:11.with Christine Ohuruogu on the last leg to do that. Lee McConnell is

:23:11. > :23:16.sandwiched between the defending champions, the United States, and

:23:16. > :23:22.the silver-medallists from Beijing. And she is being pressured now by

:23:22. > :23:28.Francena McCorory. Lee McConnell has got to hold a form. The

:23:28. > :23:34.Russians are still in the lead. They had a fantastic leg there. The

:23:34. > :23:38.outgoing runners are waiting, Russia, USA, and the changeover

:23:38. > :23:40.team, Lee McConnell and Eilidh Child not brilliant, Great Britain

:23:41. > :23:46.are still in third place but they lost some distance on the

:23:46. > :23:50.changeover. They lost some distance, but Eilidh Child ran a brilliant

:23:50. > :23:54.leg at the European Championships, and that is why she has been

:23:54. > :23:58.picking up. A lot of 400m hurdlers get a chance in the relay. The

:23:58. > :24:02.Czech Republic are chasing them down, they have a very good bronze-

:24:02. > :24:06.medallist from the 400m hurdles are the last leg, but it is a strongly

:24:06. > :24:10.for Christine Ohuruogu. Just the top three will go through, and

:24:10. > :24:14.Eilidh Child may take another couple of yards out of the Czech

:24:14. > :24:18.Republic in the home straight here. But it is Russia and USA at the

:24:18. > :24:23.front, Great Britain clear in third. The Russian is being overtaken by

:24:23. > :24:27.Diamond Dixon, and this could be a real battle for first place.

:24:27. > :24:30.Christine Ohuruogu, silver- medallist and former Olympic

:24:30. > :24:36.champion, gets away for Great Britain. She looks safe in third

:24:36. > :24:41.place but has Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic chasing out. This is

:24:41. > :24:47.going to be quite a quick time. United States in control at the

:24:47. > :24:51.minute. Christine Ohuruogu just cruising through the first 200m.

:24:51. > :24:56.But we saw in the individual and then to just how strong she was

:24:56. > :25:05.over the last 150. -- individual events. Now Deedee Trotter is being

:25:05. > :25:10.challenged for first place, but the American is holding Russia off. The

:25:10. > :25:14.Russian has got nothing to give back to this race. Deedee Trotter

:25:14. > :25:19.wins it for the USA, Russia in second, Great Britain and Northern

:25:19. > :25:23.Ireland in third place, a very good run by Christine Ohuruogu. She held

:25:23. > :25:30.off Zuzana Hejnova, who never made one metre on the British athlete,

:25:30. > :25:33.and Great Britain once again are in the women's 4x400 metres final. Now,

:25:33. > :25:37.what about the Americans, Michael? They have got some strength to

:25:38. > :25:42.bring into this final, the likes of Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards-

:25:42. > :25:48.Ross. They are looking very, very good indeed. They are looking very

:25:48. > :25:52.good, Sanya Richards-Ross will certainly run the anchor, for sure.

:25:52. > :25:57.I do not think that the Russians will be able to contend with the

:25:57. > :26:01.Americans. I'm sure they will bring in another athlete, but with Sanya

:26:01. > :26:06.Richards-Ross, I do not think they will be added to give her much. The

:26:06. > :26:11.Great Britain team, that was a good run, but it is going to be tough

:26:11. > :26:14.for medals. They are pretty far behind here. If you can key

:26:14. > :26:18.Christine Ohuruogu in contact, you have got a chance, but she is not

:26:18. > :26:23.really in contact with the leaders in his semi-final. Going back to

:26:23. > :26:27.the last heat, you have got Jamaica, who have a decent team, so it is

:26:27. > :26:34.going to be tough for medals, but when you have got Christine

:26:34. > :26:39.Ohuruogu on the anger, there is always a chance. Christine taking a

:26:39. > :26:49.look up at the clock there, she was in a comfortable position for

:26:49. > :27:02.

:27:02. > :27:09.qualifying, but it will be tough place, downstairs talking to Phil

:27:09. > :27:14.Shana Cox, I know you are keen to get in the next straight away, a

:27:14. > :27:19.vital first flag. Yes, definitely important, you want to put your

:27:19. > :27:23.team in a good position, I wanted to and off to Lee McConnell in the

:27:23. > :27:27.best position possible, so she could do what she wanted to do.

:27:27. > :27:32.51.9, how pleased are you with that? It is all right, I will have

:27:32. > :27:37.to run faster in the final, but I am pleased with it, I knew we got

:27:37. > :27:41.into the next round, just got to think positive going into it.

:27:41. > :27:49.flat, and once you are in the next, what is going through your mind at

:27:49. > :27:58.that point, when you are qualified? I wanted to try and stay and close

:27:58. > :28:03.to Russia and America as possible. I just had to fight, halt position,

:28:03. > :28:10.and try it to make up time on the home straight. We ran well as a

:28:10. > :28:15.team. 51.5, Eilidh Child, you had a great lake at the Europeans, back

:28:16. > :28:22.here and done it again. I was happy to come out with the girls, just a

:28:22. > :28:27.case are trying to qualify, give Christine a bus. She did 50.6,

:28:27. > :28:32.fastest across all the teams. With a bit more in attack? And surprise,

:28:32. > :28:35.I did not know what to expect, but it is nice to qualify, get the hard

:28:35. > :28:41.bit out of the way, at least we know we have got another date to

:28:41. > :28:45.fight. Well done the war, we will see you in the final. -- Well done

:28:45. > :28:49.to you all. IOC president Jack Rance described

:28:49. > :28:55.London as the heartbeat of the world, and this city has seen some

:28:55. > :29:00.amazing athletics tonight. -- he Jacques Rogge. David Bidisha said

:29:00. > :29:04.it was his intention to go out and break the world record. -- David

:29:04. > :29:09.Rudisha. Self-belief is an important part of an athlete's

:29:09. > :29:19.armoury, but how many of the medals we have seen won across this

:29:19. > :29:23.

:29:23. > :29:27.magnificent city have actually been This is a place in the Olympic Park

:29:27. > :29:32.that the very few people get to see, it is a dressing room much like any

:29:32. > :29:36.other, white walls, a few benches and coat hooks. But it is in places

:29:36. > :29:46.like this, the nooks and crannies of Olympic venues, that gold medals

:29:46. > :29:51.

:29:51. > :29:57.This is the inner sanctum, where the last few crucial moments are

:29:57. > :30:02.spent before stepping out into the megawatt light of the arena, a few

:30:02. > :30:08.yards down the corridor of. It is here athletes perform secret

:30:08. > :30:14.routines to take them into the zone. Here we will see some truly bizarre

:30:14. > :30:20.things. Some athletes in half trances, pacing from foot to foot.

:30:20. > :30:27.Others with eyes closed, visualising optimum performances.

:30:27. > :30:33.Some Annette bizarre superstitions, others silent prayers. This is one

:30:33. > :30:37.of the most surreal places in sport but also one of the most

:30:37. > :30:43.fascinating. Often, the final few moments before competition are

:30:43. > :30:49.highly solitary. You are alone with your thoughts and demons. In many

:30:49. > :30:56.sports, solitude is impossible. You are designed to spend those final

:30:56. > :31:02.moments with your competitors. It is here that the mind games go into

:31:02. > :31:07.overdrive. From our perspective, the seven guys I need to do battle

:31:07. > :31:13.against, who are standing in my way to get that gold medal. I never

:31:13. > :31:19.thought it was personal. They were simply trying to win. I do not own

:31:19. > :31:24.winning. I just wanted to win. interesting thing is that champion

:31:24. > :31:30.athletes - top athletes - gold medal athletes, that type of

:31:30. > :31:37.athlete, will not see pressure as a problem. They will perceive it as a

:31:37. > :31:42.privilege. I quite enjoyed it. The pressure is so high at that point.

:31:42. > :31:49.All things being equal, it is the person whose handles that moment of

:31:49. > :31:55.pressure he will have the best performance. One competitor asked

:31:55. > :32:01.us all to pray together. I was not going to do that but most of the

:32:01. > :32:07.guys did. I was going into battle. The brittle irony was, however good

:32:07. > :32:13.you are, how ever many sacrifices you have made, it all counts for

:32:13. > :32:18.nothing if you cannot deliver when it really matters. Four years of

:32:19. > :32:26.preparation for a few defining moments of action. This is, in many

:32:26. > :32:30.ways, the ultimate sliding Dawes moment. The key question is, do the

:32:30. > :32:34.psychological rituals that athletes used in the dressing room and

:32:34. > :32:41.continue to use right and hit in the arena actually work? In short,

:32:41. > :32:45.what do we really nerve about the dark part of performance

:32:45. > :32:50.psychologies. You are already under a tremendous amount of pressure in

:32:50. > :32:54.knowing the significance of the moment. This is what you have been

:32:54. > :32:58.preparing for and it is a dream come true. You are that close.

:32:58. > :33:04.You'll always have an internal voice saying, this is dangerous, or

:33:04. > :33:08.run away. A psychologist would always say you control the

:33:08. > :33:14.controllable. Be run not in control of the weather, the opposition, the

:33:14. > :33:19.crowd or the event. -- you are not in control. You can only control

:33:19. > :33:26.how you perform when the gun goes off. You narrow it down to

:33:26. > :33:30.something incredibly simple. Ironic that I have lost my faith now but

:33:30. > :33:35.that gave me some perspective. It was about disassociating myself

:33:35. > :33:41.with the outcome. You do the best you can and let the chips fall as

:33:41. > :33:49.they may. I can only be as good as I could be a pause dubbed it was a

:33:49. > :33:54.calming, focusing and inspiring thought. -- I could be. It is about

:33:54. > :34:00.elimination of doubt. Doubt is sensible thing in many cases. When

:34:00. > :34:05.someone is trying to flog an endurance policy, it makes sense to

:34:05. > :34:10.doubt. In sport, doubt is catastrophic. If you do not believe

:34:10. > :34:16.you will know beforehand or score a penalty, you will almost certainly

:34:16. > :34:23.miss. This can help eliminate doubt. Superstitions provide reassurance

:34:23. > :34:28.and boost self-belief. Superstition is very interesting, particularly

:34:28. > :34:33.in the world of sports psychology. Thoughts become things. What we

:34:33. > :34:39.think affects the way we feel and the way we feel ultimately affects

:34:39. > :34:45.the way we behave and to perform. similar kind of thing happens in

:34:45. > :34:51.the field of medicine. A sugar pill can have incredible effects,

:34:51. > :34:57.reducing pain and anxiety, even eliminating nausea, so long as you

:34:57. > :35:01.believe it well. As Jonathan Edwards said, any believe can have

:35:01. > :35:06.a astonishingly powerful effects providing it is held with

:35:06. > :35:12.sufficient conviction. Maybe that is the key. You need to find

:35:12. > :35:16.something that works for you. Every athlete is an individual. You can

:35:16. > :35:21.take out a training manual, a sports psychology book and say

:35:21. > :35:25.Michael Johnson did this, Carl Lewis did best, and go on and on

:35:25. > :35:33.but numb -- none of them are who you are and you need to find your

:35:33. > :35:37.own way. Delivering under pressure is brutal. It is subjective. Many

:35:37. > :35:41.athletes are overcome with nerves. Others are afflicted with terrible

:35:41. > :35:46.self-doubt. Any wonder they reach for the particular ritual that

:35:46. > :35:52.makes sense for them - that provides a sense of reassurance and

:35:52. > :35:57.control. Preya, superstition, visualisation, take your pick. What

:35:57. > :36:03.is certain is that my new difference between victory and

:36:03. > :36:13.defeat is often to be found not in scale or effort but in the recesses

:36:13. > :36:17.

:36:18. > :36:24.Those two minds, focusing exactly young what I'm going to say when I

:36:25. > :36:29.ask the question. You apart of that film. A team event is different to

:36:29. > :36:33.an individual event. There are so many other factors involved. So

:36:34. > :36:39.often people at home are football fans and they say, why did he do

:36:39. > :36:44.that? He did not have his mind in the right place. The cliche that is

:36:44. > :36:49.always used is about the top two inches. If you were to draw a pie

:36:49. > :36:56.chart about the importance of the mind in producing a champion, what

:36:56. > :36:59.percentage is it? That is not the right approach. You want to be 100%

:36:59. > :37:04.proficient and ready to go physically as well as mentally. You

:37:04. > :37:09.do not want to divide them up and say this one is mental and this

:37:09. > :37:15.match is physical. There is an element of mental preparedness of

:37:15. > :37:21.that is required - mental toughness. What you want to do as an athlete,

:37:21. > :37:25.you want to figure out yourself what works for me. Had they get

:37:25. > :37:30.myself best-prepared to have my best performance and deal with the

:37:30. > :37:36.pressure I am about to be under? What might work for one athlete

:37:36. > :37:41.does not work for another. It has a lot to do with your personality.

:37:41. > :37:47.Once you understand those aspects of your personality and how you can

:37:47. > :37:53.modulate those things, you can then develop a strategy. You can develop

:37:53. > :37:58.a mental strategy. Usain Bolt is the classic example of that. You

:37:58. > :38:03.could not advocate across the board approaching a race like he does to

:38:03. > :38:08.everybody. He is a different situation. If he were to take a

:38:08. > :38:13.much more serious approach, I doubt if the results would be different.

:38:13. > :38:18.Some athletes do need to relax and get themselves in that type of mine

:38:18. > :38:24.set for that type of demeanour when they are not really feeling the

:38:24. > :38:33.pressure. -- mindset. Usain Bolt can do it either way. It is

:38:33. > :38:38.specific to the athlete. I agree with that 110%. For me, it is

:38:38. > :38:42.something that can be improved. You do not start off with great mental

:38:42. > :38:48.control and mental ability to get the best out of yourself. It is

:38:48. > :38:53.something you can develop. It also depends on how healthy you are. In

:38:54. > :39:00.Sydney, I relied on that so heavily because my physical was letting me

:39:00. > :39:03.down. It can vary. It is an individual thing. That is a bit

:39:03. > :39:09.point. It is a much bigger part of the equation when you are not

:39:09. > :39:14.physically ready. When you are not physically ready, it is absolutely

:39:14. > :39:19.crucial - your mental mind. You have so much more to think about.

:39:19. > :39:26.Doubt concrete pin a lot more when you are not able to rely on

:39:26. > :39:29.yourself physically. -- can creep in. You have to have complete

:39:29. > :39:34.belief in a relay that at the changeover the baton will be in the

:39:34. > :39:39.right place and a hand will be in the right place. If you start to

:39:39. > :39:45.worry about it, you will be in trouble. The point that Michael

:39:45. > :39:50.made was, every man, woman and that team, does his or her job. There is

:39:50. > :39:58.no room for doubt. The strong this thing about relaid - they all had

:39:58. > :40:03.to run the best they can. -- the relay. The changeover is crucial.

:40:03. > :40:09.Each individual does have their own responsibilities. The outgoing

:40:09. > :40:14.manner cannot be worried. He cannot see what is going on. His

:40:14. > :40:20.responsibility is to make sure they do not go out of the are sown. You

:40:20. > :40:30.have to really rely on that other team-mate. -- out of these then.

:40:30. > :40:30.

:40:30. > :40:40.room for doubt. Between now and then, let's see what is happening

:40:40. > :40:45.

:40:45. > :40:55.in the field. The pole vault is fared at by 0.65 metres. Steve

:40:55. > :40:59.

:40:59. > :41:04.Lewis has passed. -- failed at 5.65m. That was very nice indeed.

:41:04. > :41:11.Surprising to see every athlete failing their first attempt at this

:41:11. > :41:21.height. They use can count against you. Bjorn Otto, in these very

:41:21. > :41:21.

:41:21. > :41:27.early stages - a slight advantage. It was a very good clearance. In

:41:27. > :41:34.the European Championships he had a head to head and it was compulsive

:41:34. > :41:40.viewing. You did not know who would win gold until the last moment.

:41:40. > :41:48.first round of the women's hammer final. Anita Wlodarczyk is the

:41:48. > :41:56.former record holder. She is a little bit -- it was a little bit

:41:56. > :42:01.off balance but it is flying. Britain has representation. A

:42:01. > :42:07.magnificent performance by Sophie Hitchon. She broke the British

:42:07. > :42:13.record with her last throw in qualifying. If she is going to win

:42:13. > :42:18.a medal she would have to throw much further than her lifetime best

:42:18. > :42:26.but the 21-year-old has done very well to even get to the final.

:42:26. > :42:36.Anita Wlodarczyk leads. Another former world record holder, good

:42:36. > :42:38.

:42:38. > :42:43.balance. She's been -- ate it spins away. That is a heck of a start.

:42:43. > :42:49.Maybe. Very impressive but technically it could have been

:42:49. > :42:54.better. This is the Olympic final - the first round. She did not use

:42:54. > :43:02.her legs in the delivery. It was beautifully balanced and the

:43:03. > :43:12.execution was superb. She is a lovely athlete to watch. She did

:43:12. > :43:22.serve a suspension for a couple of years. She is in the lead. The fall

:43:22. > :43:28.

:43:28. > :43:38.by 100 metres 4x100m is always an anxious watch. Kids Ben Nevis is

:43:38. > :43:45.

:43:45. > :43:55.missing Kym Collins, who was sent home at the beginning of the Games.

:43:55. > :43:57.

:43:57. > :44:07.-- St Kitts and Nevis. Blake joined the team last year. No Usain Bolt.

:44:07. > :44:15.He is being rested. Now the Dutch will be tough. The European

:44:15. > :44:25.champions, Brazil, always strong as well. Most of these teams have been

:44:25. > :44:40.

:44:40. > :44:50.quicker than Britain this year - Malcolm, Dwain Chambers, James

:44:50. > :44:55.

:44:55. > :45:03.Ellington, Daniel tour Beth and Adam Gemili. -- Dani Talbot. --

:45:03. > :45:13.Daniel Talbot. Top three will be there or thereabouts. We do not

:45:13. > :45:14.

:45:14. > :45:24.want to run the risk of being a Jamaica are the favourites in lane

:45:24. > :45:35.

:45:35. > :45:38.fast as he would like, but going well around the bend now. The first

:45:38. > :45:42.change for Britain was safe enough, but we are being run out of it at

:45:42. > :45:49.the moment. Netherlands trying to get past Brazil, Italians going

:45:49. > :45:55.well. Britain is now in third place. Great Britain, after a good leg

:45:55. > :46:02.from Dwain Chambers, Adam Gemili just needs to finish this off. Oh,

:46:02. > :46:07.no! What happened there?! We will have to look at the replay. It is

:46:07. > :46:13.the yellow line that you need to look at. Jamaica got it round

:46:13. > :46:19.safely, as ever. He will have enjoyed his role. Adam Jamelia does

:46:19. > :46:24.not need us to tell him, Colin is shaking his head. My first look at

:46:24. > :46:29.that, did he go off too early? The crowd are cheering because they

:46:29. > :46:32.think Britain are second, but they cannot see what we have seen.

:46:33. > :46:38.scanning down here, looking at the screen, we are looking for the

:46:38. > :46:47.yellow marker on the floor of the track. Do they exchange the baton?

:46:47. > :46:53.No, 100% outside that zone. The yellow mark, just watch this, what

:46:53. > :46:57.the baton. He has gone past it, the baton is not in his hand. He

:46:57. > :47:01.receives and off egos, that is a terrible shame, because that is one

:47:01. > :47:11.of the fastest times the British team has run for a very, very long

:47:11. > :47:12.

:47:12. > :47:16.time. Watch again. Can we make it any clearer? It is definitely not

:47:16. > :47:22.there, unfortunately. Jamaica, a sound performance. One was wrong

:47:22. > :47:28.there? I do not think he went are fairly, the mark seemed to be hit,

:47:28. > :47:33.Talbot was moving well enough. Did he go out too quickly? Let's wanted

:47:33. > :47:39.all the way around, I cannot see where the blame was. You always say

:47:39. > :47:43.it is the outgoing runner's fault. You should only use your hand as a

:47:43. > :47:47.target, the incoming runner should push it in. The blind man is not

:47:47. > :47:56.the one to blame, so that would have been Adam Gemili. Let's have a

:47:56. > :48:01.look. Everything goes well until now. Did he go before the mark? I

:48:01. > :48:11.did not see where it was. Perhaps he was a little bit inexperienced,

:48:11. > :48:26.

:48:26. > :48:30.he was not sure how far into the that, I think Danny could have

:48:30. > :48:37.given him the baton a bit sooner, he took more strides than necessary.

:48:37. > :48:42.As soon as he called hand, you have tooth throw it straight out. I

:48:42. > :48:52.think Daniel will look back at the pictures and say, yes, when I

:48:52. > :48:55.

:48:55. > :49:00.called hand, I should have pushed disqualified, the quartet are with

:49:00. > :49:05.Phil Jones. At least three of them are. As one of the more experienced

:49:05. > :49:09.team members, trying to comfort Adam. Let me start with you, you

:49:09. > :49:14.have been through this before as a team, and I know you stick together

:49:14. > :49:18.at a time like this. Yeah, you have to, man. It is unfortunate, it is

:49:18. > :49:21.one of these things that happens. It is a fantastic performance,

:49:21. > :49:26.Danny has come in at the last moment, both of them ran a

:49:26. > :49:31.fantastic, the youngsters. It is a big stadium, do you know what I

:49:31. > :49:36.mean? It can be overwhelming, these guys ran hard at. Again,

:49:36. > :49:40.unfortunately, these things happen. Danny, how did you see it? I don't

:49:40. > :49:44.know what happened. I just could not catch him. I feel bad for the

:49:44. > :49:49.team, because we have tried so hard, so much training. I am really

:49:49. > :49:53.gutted, the fact that we have been disqualified, devastating, really.

:49:53. > :49:57.When you were shouting, what were you trying to communicate? A just

:49:57. > :50:04.try to shout hand, we were just a bit too late. It is unfortunate,

:50:04. > :50:09.really. Adam, how were you saying it? Oh, I don't know, I just... I

:50:09. > :50:14.went off, I have got to see the video. Maybe I went early, maybe I

:50:14. > :50:18.went a bit hard. I don't know, it is disappointing, because we ran

:50:18. > :50:25.37.9, the changeover was sloppy, we could have been in contention in a

:50:25. > :50:30.final if we had made it. It is disappointing. We have got a

:50:30. > :50:37.monitor at the side here, you can see what happened. Maybe you can

:50:37. > :50:42.explain. I think I went on the Czech marque, yeah, I went on the

:50:42. > :50:47.Czech marque, maybe a tiny bit early. I did not... In a stadium

:50:47. > :50:56.like this, it is hard to hear hand, I just put my hand back, waiting

:50:56. > :50:59.for it. And then it did not come. Oh! It is so close. Dwain Chambers

:50:59. > :51:04.has joined us as well. You would have been in contention, obviously

:51:04. > :51:07.this is not the way you want your Olympics to end, but you can feel

:51:07. > :51:11.for the younger guys. There, at the end of the day, we are proud of

:51:11. > :51:15.being here representing our country, and Adam has had a fantastic start

:51:15. > :51:19.to his season. This is his second year in athletics. It was a big

:51:19. > :51:22.task, and I am proud of him, more than anything else. We are not

:51:22. > :51:26.going to take anything away from that. We have been billed as a team

:51:26. > :51:31.and hopefully do better throughout the summer and next year. Can I

:51:31. > :51:37.just say thanks to all the other guys in the squad, Simeon, Mark,

:51:37. > :51:42.James? Especially James, he has had a hardier. He and a hard time in

:51:42. > :51:50.the 200, is that out, and he would have been our third leg. Sorry we

:51:50. > :51:54.cannot get it round. I appreciate About the only certainty we had

:51:54. > :51:58.before the race was that there would be one calamity, Michael said,

:51:58. > :52:03.you just hope that it does not happen to you. It happens, in that

:52:03. > :52:08.situation it looked like Adam Gemili when... A little bit early,

:52:08. > :52:11.or even from his goal mark. He is already on the outside lane, he has

:52:11. > :52:17.that strapping on his shoulder, Danny puts his hand out to the left,

:52:17. > :52:22.instead of straight back, which compounded the problem. He knew at

:52:22. > :52:25.that point... I do not know, you work on these changeovers, and you

:52:25. > :52:29.try to walk on them at a speed that he will actually compete at, but

:52:29. > :52:34.you cannot ever really match that speed, so it could have been a

:52:34. > :52:38.situation where Adam was just so excited with his crowd, with his

:52:38. > :52:48.moment and this opportunity, that he was running a little bit faster

:52:48. > :52:52.

:52:52. > :52:59.I can see. He was very close to the mark. You can see the white mark,

:52:59. > :53:04.Adam has already gone before the incoming runner hit the mark. And

:53:04. > :53:08.then I think it was compounded by him just running so fast Bach the

:53:08. > :53:13.start, probably faster than they have practised, and they could not

:53:13. > :53:18.make the connection. He actually ran into the next-door lane as well.

:53:18. > :53:22.Without further ado, they are ready to go in the second of these heats,

:53:22. > :53:27.and the Americans are in this. They have not had a great track record

:53:27. > :53:37.in Beijing and Berlin and elsewhere, so let see what happens here. Paul

:53:37. > :53:44.

:53:44. > :53:48.in the year 2000. As far as Britain are concerned, they finished in

:53:48. > :53:53.second place behind them in Athens in 2004. They did not finish in

:53:53. > :53:58.their heat in Beijing four years ago. Of course, in the final

:53:58. > :54:02.Jamaica went on to break the world record and take the gold medal.

:54:02. > :54:09.This time it is Jeffery Demps to Leeds off, Darvis Patton, Trell

:54:09. > :54:13.Kimmons, who is in good form, and Justin Gatlin, bronze-medallist in

:54:13. > :54:23.the individual. The French team includes Christophe Lemaitre, sixth

:54:23. > :54:28.

:54:28. > :54:31.And so are the Germans, just outside them. The Germans recently

:54:31. > :54:36.broke their national record. The first changeover is OK, the

:54:36. > :54:42.Japanese are right and outside, absolutely Fabulous! He is having a

:54:42. > :54:48.storming leg. The Americans are safe this time. To the USA going

:54:48. > :54:55.well, but so are France. The outgoing leg for France was a bit

:54:55. > :55:01.slow away. Here come the USA! Trinidad & Tobago, perhaps coming

:55:01. > :55:04.through, USA win, Japan's second, Trinidad & Tobago taking the Orland

:55:04. > :55:09.curtained third qualifying spot. But the silver-medallists, Trinidad

:55:09. > :55:14.& Tobago, we will have to have a look at that. They did not run a

:55:14. > :55:20.particularly good race at all. Winning time of 37.38, that has

:55:20. > :55:25.been adjusted. So very, very quick indeed. Colin, what do you think?

:55:25. > :55:31.We talk about his being a Jamaican High in USA battle, and we could be

:55:31. > :55:41.right, they are virtually neck-and- neck. -- Jamaica-the US Dave

:55:41. > :55:47.

:55:47. > :55:52.been practising, and of course they have got Tyson Gay coming into this

:55:52. > :56:00.team, so this is going to be a sensational race. Out of the

:56:00. > :56:06.blocks... Nice and steady running around the turn. Trell Kimmons. And

:56:06. > :56:11.this was a very good exchange to Darvis Patton. An experienced relay

:56:11. > :56:18.runner, remember he had a little problem last year when Harry

:56:18. > :56:24.Aikines-Aryeetey broke his shoulder. This is Trell Kimmons, actually,

:56:24. > :56:31.giving the baton to Justin Gatlin. And Justin Gatlin had an excellent

:56:31. > :56:38.100m race. The time, 37.38, a new national record for the United

:56:38. > :56:43.States. It is the second fastest time in history to the Jamaicans.

:56:43. > :56:48.There you go, the USA, new national record will give them huge

:56:48. > :56:52.confidence by the time they get to the final. Japan, a fabulous time.

:56:52. > :56:56.Trinidad & Tobago have got a bit of work to do on their baton changing,

:56:56. > :57:04.but France and Australia go through to the final as well as the fastest

:57:04. > :57:08.losers. Just a footnote to the British disqualification. I can

:57:08. > :57:11.tell you, in case you did not already know, the European

:57:11. > :57:15.Championships the men did not finish, the women were disqualified,

:57:15. > :57:18.at the juniors, the men were disqualified, the women did not

:57:18. > :57:28.finish, and at the Olympics the women are not here and our men have

:57:28. > :57:50.

:57:50. > :57:56.been disqualified. 100% fairly at European title, that great battle

:57:56. > :58:03.against Bjorn Otto. He is also clear at 5.65. And here is nous

:58:03. > :58:13.Sophie Hitchon. If she can repeat the form that she showed in the

:58:13. > :58:16.

:58:16. > :58:21.qualifying competition, we could be but it is close to 70 metres, that

:58:21. > :58:28.is a real confidence booster in his final also the Itchen. She is by

:58:28. > :58:36.far and away the youngest woman in the final. -- the force Sophie

:58:36. > :58:44.Hitchon. She sits low. 69.33, Sophie Hitchon, a car or more rose

:58:44. > :58:54.to go to get even further. -- a couple more to Rose. Already 72.96

:58:54. > :59:13.

:59:13. > :59:18.the moment, but a Zhang Wenxiu has put herself in the next. We are not

:59:18. > :59:24.even at the end of... Well, this is effectively the beginning of around

:59:24. > :59:30.two, so we could even have the best women's hammer final ever been a

:59:30. > :59:34.major global championship. That was long, 76.34, very close to her

:59:34. > :59:44.Asian record. The third and final attempt for Steve Hooker, his

:59:44. > :59:51.

:59:51. > :00:01.disappointment. We thought he might challenge for the world record, but

:00:01. > :00:02.

:00:02. > :00:08.That takes us back to our piece about it all being in the mind. Now,

:00:08. > :00:11.if you want to watch the final of the women's hockey, it is coming up

:00:11. > :00:15.imminently on BBC Three, Great Britain won bronze earlier this

:00:15. > :00:20.afternoon by the New Zealand 3-1, and it is the Netherlands against

:00:20. > :00:24.Argentina in just a couple of moments time. We are building up to

:00:24. > :00:27.the 5,000m for women, and Brendan Foster has joined us are here,

:00:27. > :00:37.because he is the man when it comes to that kind of thing. We could

:00:37. > :00:42.

:00:42. > :00:46.It is incredible. Tirunesh Diababa, the favourite for this race, won

:00:46. > :00:53.the 10,000 convincingly the overnight. No woman has ever won

:00:53. > :01:00.more than three individual Olympics medals. Last night we saw two

:01:00. > :01:06.pieces of Olympic history. I think we will see another tonight. In

:01:06. > :01:10.Ethiopia, they're getting really excited. They have four a massive

:01:10. > :01:16.screens. There are hundreds of thousands of people watching the

:01:16. > :01:26.London Olympics. It is incredible. If you look at the history of

:01:26. > :01:29.

:01:29. > :01:39.Ethiopian distance running, Bekele is the most successful athlete with

:01:39. > :01:43.

:01:43. > :01:49.three golds. Who else could upset things? Her own team-mate, Meseret

:01:49. > :01:56.Defar. Vivian Cheruiyot as well. We have one up outstanding athlete. If

:01:56. > :02:04.she is in form, I think we will be on the edge of a piece of history.

:02:04. > :02:09.Jo Pavey is next door to her. We probably expect this to be an

:02:09. > :02:16.Ethiopian/Kenyan cartel as it tends to be. What are our athletes aiming

:02:16. > :02:21.for? It is the 4th Olympics final for Jo Pavey. I cannot think of

:02:21. > :02:26.anyone else who has done that in British history. She has been a

:02:26. > :02:31.fantastic performer who has run extremely well so far. She is at

:02:31. > :02:41.the slightly advanced age for a distance runner. She has done

:02:41. > :03:03.

:03:03. > :03:07.really well. Julia is also doing a in the 10,000 metres. Vivian

:03:07. > :03:12.Cheruiyot last year would have been a contender. I'm not sure she has

:03:12. > :03:16.done enough to take on Tirunesh Diababa. She has had a few injury

:03:16. > :03:26.problems coming into the Olympic Games and that has curtailed any

:03:26. > :03:32.

:03:32. > :03:42.challenge she could have had. Gelete Burka if it were slow, it

:03:42. > :03:44.

:03:44. > :03:54.might give her something to think about. Daba, a former Ethiopian,

:03:54. > :04:04.

:04:04. > :04:09.now running for Bahrain. Julia Bleasdale. A big personal best -

:04:09. > :04:19.two personal bests. One in the 10,000 final and the other in the

:04:19. > :04:32.

:04:32. > :04:39.5000 heats. Sally Kipyego, coached champion from Helsinki. Julia

:04:39. > :04:49.Bleasdale was in that race. The former world junior champion has

:04:49. > :05:07.

:05:07. > :05:15.this young lady - Tirunesh Diababa. She is back to her burst. -- best.

:05:15. > :05:20.A huge cheer for Jo Pavey, one of Britain's favourite athletes. The

:05:20. > :05:26.world champion in 2007 when Tirunesh Diababa just decided to

:05:26. > :05:33.run the 10,000. As well as these the Olympic golds, do not forget

:05:33. > :05:43.she has won four European Championship gold medals at

:05:43. > :05:46.

:05:46. > :05:55.50101000 metres. -- 5000 and 1000 metres. Jo Pavey is going straight

:05:55. > :06:00.to the front. She would not want to come to be it Olympic final and

:06:00. > :06:06.lead 12.5 laps normally. Maybe that is getting rid of a few early

:06:06. > :06:13.nerves and settling down into hopefully a nice, steady pace for

:06:13. > :06:19.the race. I think she has wisely put herself in the front of the

:06:19. > :06:25.pack. It is a sensible move. She is trying to encourage them to run the

:06:25. > :06:30.steady pace. She has been training for the marathon. She wanted to run

:06:30. > :06:37.the marathon in the Olympic Games. I'm delighted she is running the

:06:37. > :06:43.10,000 metres. This is not bad. It is pretty good tactics. Because it

:06:43. > :06:50.is Jo Pavey, Tirunesh Diababa has moved into 4th place. Just behind

:06:50. > :06:59.that is Julia please tell. Two personal bests, you cannot do

:06:59. > :07:04.better than that. A few months ago, she could not dream of being on the

:07:04. > :07:13.same track as Tirunesh Diababa. There she is - on the shoulder of

:07:13. > :07:20.the great one - Tirunesh Diababa, and running comfortably. It was

:07:20. > :07:25.around 72.5 first lap. Well outside 15 minutes pace. I am sure Julia

:07:25. > :07:32.Bleasdale will be hoping to dip under 15 minutes for the first time

:07:32. > :07:41.in this final. Jo Pavey is ranked No. Two on Britain's all-time list,

:07:41. > :07:45.behind Paula Radcliffe. They both had a right British tussle in the

:07:45. > :07:53.10,000. Jo Pavey turned on the pace she has always been able to call

:07:53. > :07:58.upon during her career. The crowd are loving the fact there are two

:07:58. > :08:02.British women in this final and they can cheer them on. I do not

:08:02. > :08:08.think there are any expectations of medals. They are enjoying this

:08:08. > :08:14.stint at the front. It is a steady pace. Nothing that the bigger names

:08:14. > :08:24.cannot contend with. It gets them moving along nicely. Jo Pavey is

:08:24. > :08:24.

:08:24. > :08:29.doing the job, doing the business. Tirunesh Diababa has been jogging

:08:29. > :08:32.along. Vivian Cheruiyot is starting to move through the field. Jo Pavey

:08:32. > :08:37.will have analysed the event and realise the Kenyans and Ethiopians

:08:37. > :08:42.did not run as a team in the 10,000 metres until the very late stages

:08:42. > :08:50.of. She wants to keep it steady so that when the cream rises to the

:08:50. > :09:00.top, she is in amongst it. That is the steady pace. They will go up a

:09:00. > :09:02.

:09:02. > :09:09.lot faster in the last 1000 metres. You do not need a calculator. It is

:09:09. > :09:14.a pretty slow pace. They are running 75 second laps. The big

:09:14. > :09:21.names are not interested in getting anywhere near the front at this

:09:21. > :09:25.stage. All of that plays into the pace of Tirunesh Diababa. Vivian

:09:25. > :09:32.Cheruiyot might have thought, I wonder if I can out kick her but

:09:32. > :09:36.she has been a bit off her game. Once Tirunesh Diababa was into her

:09:36. > :09:43.stride, she is so small, you wonder where the power comes from. She is

:09:43. > :09:49.so quick at the end of the race. She is quick at the end of the race.

:09:49. > :09:56.She needed a big British record to get into the top eight. She just

:09:56. > :10:00.saw the German into the bronze medal position. Sophie Hitchon

:10:00. > :10:08.finishes in 12th place. It is a brilliant performance by her to

:10:08. > :10:17.make the final. Alex Smith made the final of the men's hammer. This has

:10:17. > :10:27.been a very successful games for them. I was chatting about a couple

:10:27. > :10:31.

:10:31. > :10:41.of people about Rio. We're talking about people who had done while for

:10:41. > :10:42.

:10:42. > :10:52.Britain. Nothing much has changed. In her day, Meseret Defar has had

:10:52. > :10:58.some great tussles with Tirunesh Diababa in her day. There is nobody

:10:58. > :11:02.I think has anything to offer in terms of taking on Tirunesh Diababa.

:11:02. > :11:08.Sally Kipyego already has a silver medal in the bag. Maybe she is

:11:08. > :11:15.looking for another one. What will Labour do? It is difficult. She is

:11:15. > :11:20.strong and can stay with you. She can out sprint you. I am looking

:11:20. > :11:25.closely at Tirunesh Diababa. On her right leg she has the blue plaster

:11:25. > :11:32.on her hamstring and down the back of her knee. She has had lots of

:11:32. > :11:34.injuries over the last few years. She has not won the World

:11:34. > :11:39.Championships for a cross-country championships since Beijing. She

:11:39. > :11:44.has been troubled all the time with injury. She has a blue plaster on

:11:44. > :11:49.the back of her leg. I wonder if there is some strain in the

:11:49. > :11:59.hamstring. She is a little bit brittle these days. I have been

:11:59. > :12:03.speaking to a few people who are going in the 1500 metres. Everyone

:12:03. > :12:07.is saying the same thing, a hard track. Distance runners have come

:12:08. > :12:17.off it more saw them they would normally. It is fast as printers

:12:18. > :12:19.

:12:19. > :12:29.but is taking its toll on the legs. -- for the sprinters. The baht is

:12:29. > :12:30.

:12:30. > :12:40.up 5.725 metres. Can Steve Lewis be the first one clear? Nur Tatar. He

:12:40. > :12:42.

:12:42. > :12:52.will have two more attempts. -- No. Jo Pavey is now out into second

:12:52. > :12:53.

:12:53. > :12:58.place. That was a 76.6 seconds a lap - the slowest lap of the race.

:12:58. > :13:05.-- second lap. It was late in the day when they move and accelerate

:13:05. > :13:15.in the 10,000 metres. Jo Pavey is running strongly. Julia Bleasdale

:13:15. > :13:15.

:13:15. > :13:23.has done fantastically well and made great progress. On the inside,

:13:23. > :13:32.still on the inside, not moving an inch is the great Tirunesh Diababa.

:13:32. > :13:36.For the first time, Meseret Defar. Her team-mate, Gelete Burka, who I

:13:36. > :13:43.think has been outstanding in cross-country. We have never seen

:13:43. > :13:47.that form in an outside Championship. You would think

:13:47. > :13:56.Vivian Cheruiyot may have something to say about the pace of an is

:13:56. > :14:00.raised. She is quick. Six laps to go. -- pace of this race. They

:14:00. > :14:06.would not thank you for adding another 5000 on. This is hard

:14:06. > :14:12.enough. Quite a few of these women already run the 10,000 metres final

:14:12. > :14:18.- 5000 metre heats. They will complete 50 laps of those hard

:14:18. > :14:23.track. The Italian is still leading and Jo Pavey is in second. They

:14:23. > :14:29.built the tracks to be fast. When you have got 50 laps to run, like

:14:29. > :14:36.Mo Farah has tomorrow, and like Tirunesh Diababa and Vivian

:14:36. > :14:41.Cheruiyot tonight, it can take its toll. A soft track favours distance

:14:41. > :14:51.runners and Haag tracks they their sprinters and you get fast times in

:14:51. > :14:52.

:14:52. > :14:56.the sprints. Do you please tell is going alongside Jo Pavey. -- Julia

:14:56. > :15:05.Bleasdale. There are too many who are outstanding in the last couple

:15:05. > :15:12.of laps. Meseret Defar is strong in the final stages. She could be a

:15:12. > :15:17.danger to Tirunesh Diababa. That is still very slow. In the diamond

:15:17. > :15:24.lead, Tirunesh Diababa, on another occasion in New York, when she

:15:24. > :15:29.wanted to show what shape she was in, she ran a fantastic five laps.

:15:29. > :15:37.The last four laps were incredible. She might have got through the

:15:37. > :15:47.heats of the 1500 here with that time. That is the sort of... Bat

:15:47. > :15:53.and as to everyone she was back in great shape. -- bat announced. Two

:15:53. > :15:58.British athletes with Tirunesh Diababa in between. Down the back

:15:58. > :16:08.straight, I was watching Tirunesh Diababa. You could see her looking

:16:08. > :16:15.

:16:15. > :16:20.on the big screen. She's getting junior champion, this would be a

:16:20. > :16:26.season's best. It is a good time for a season's best, the first

:16:26. > :16:34.athlete clear. Well, Tirunesh Dibaba has decided it is about time,

:16:34. > :16:38.just less than four laps to go, and she is beginning to strike out, and

:16:39. > :16:44.the first three, the talent, the three fastest women in history,

:16:44. > :16:47.Tirunesh Dibaba, the world record holder, Meseret Defar, second

:16:47. > :16:51.fastest, and right behind them Vivian Cheruiyot, the third fastest,

:16:51. > :16:55.and the good news is that Julia Bleasdale is right in amongst it,

:16:55. > :17:05.her confidence is really high, and his exceptional to get amongst

:17:05. > :17:07.

:17:07. > :17:13.these athletes. Tirunesh Dibaba Kipyego got herself are the Kerber

:17:13. > :17:17.rather smartly as soon as Dibaba started picking it up. -- off the

:17:17. > :17:22.curve. This is reminiscent of the race in New York, she got to the

:17:22. > :17:28.front and started to go quicker and quicker. The previous lap was 73,

:17:28. > :17:32.now we have 68.9, the quickest lap of the race by a long way. Now it

:17:32. > :17:37.is getting serious and the pressure is beginning to tell, the group is

:17:37. > :17:42.having to work for position, gaps are beginning to open, but Julia

:17:42. > :17:46.Bleasdale is running a terrific race so far, coming up to 1,000m to

:17:46. > :17:50.go, and if you're asked last autumn, she will not have believed she

:17:50. > :17:56.could have been here, especially after running the 10,000. But here

:17:56. > :18:01.comes Tirunesh Dibaba. Julia Bleasdale moved up into fourth

:18:01. > :18:05.place, right in amongst it with the oak pins and the Kenyans. -- the

:18:05. > :18:10.Ethiopia's. The pace is gradually burning them off at the back, the

:18:10. > :18:14.group is getting smaller, but the two British athletes are still in

:18:14. > :18:19.it, Jo Pavey working hard to stay with it, that as effectively two

:18:19. > :18:23.athletes from Bahrain, originally from Ethiopia, five Ethiopia's,

:18:23. > :18:28.three Kenyans at two British athletes as we come down to the

:18:28. > :18:33.final with just two laps de Galle. This is very interesting, we know

:18:33. > :18:38.how quick Tirunesh Dibaba is Annie Last lap, but she knows some of

:18:38. > :18:43.these other athletes are quick. -- is on the last lap. She is trying

:18:43. > :18:47.to run the finish out of Meseret Defar, run the finish out of Vivian

:18:47. > :18:51.Cheruiyot, and this is a brave way to do it, and you need to be

:18:51. > :18:56.confident champion to run like this, but it is impressive so far. But

:18:56. > :19:01.the athletes who she will have worried about our right on her

:19:01. > :19:05.shoulder, and they have got her in their sights. Now, his is going to

:19:05. > :19:12.be an upset? As Tirunesh Dibaba leads, using the screen for

:19:12. > :19:16.information. Sue Pavey -- Jo Pavey and Julia Bleasdale have been

:19:16. > :19:20.running very well, trying desperately to stay with the surge.

:19:20. > :19:30.Jo Pavey may well be there to knicker off on the last lap, but

:19:30. > :19:30.

:19:31. > :19:34.now it is between Ethiopia and Kenya. Kipyego moves to the inside,

:19:34. > :19:39.Tirunesh Dibaba is watching the screen all the time. She is

:19:39. > :19:43.watching the screen, winding the pace up, and she is coming up

:19:43. > :19:50.against her great rival, Meseret Defar. We have seen her sprint

:19:50. > :19:55.before, as she still got the power she showed in a 10,000m? There is

:19:55. > :19:58.just an inch altar growing, but now it is important. Vivian Cheruiyot

:19:58. > :20:04.on the outside, Meseret Defar and the outside, and is the champion

:20:04. > :20:08.going to defend her title? Meseret Defar, the former and innit

:20:08. > :20:12.champion, Tirunesh Dibaba, the current Olympic champion, are

:20:12. > :20:17.finding it hard to make history here, but she has not got this won.

:20:17. > :20:21.Vivian Cheruiyot is gathering confidence, Tirunesh Dibaba is

:20:21. > :20:26.under pressure. Meseret Defar has cater for a long time, at Cheruiyot

:20:26. > :20:30.is looking for room. The two go toe to toe down the home straight, and

:20:30. > :20:35.it is going to be Meseret Defar, Cheruiyot finishing quickly, but

:20:35. > :20:42.Meseret Defar, after winning eight years ago, comes back to take the

:20:42. > :20:50.Olympic title. What a shock! Cheruiyot and then Tirunesh Dibaba

:20:50. > :20:57.are. 7th for Jo Pavey, Julia Bleasdale in a blaze, could run

:20:57. > :21:03.from the British athletes. 60 seconds for the last lap. -- in 8th

:21:03. > :21:07.place, good run from the British athletes. Only the might of Africa

:21:07. > :21:12.is better than these two, but goodness me, that is a shock

:21:12. > :21:17.results, and Meseret Defar can probably hardly believe it, because

:21:17. > :21:21.she has been second best for so long, second best to Tirunesh

:21:21. > :21:27.Dibaba, to Vivian Cheruiyot last year, and now she has somehow

:21:27. > :21:30.rediscovered the old form of that she showed back in Athens. Meseret

:21:30. > :21:34.Defar, well, I think that is one of the biggest shocks. I know it will

:21:34. > :21:41.not get the headlines, but it is one of the biggest shocks on the

:21:41. > :21:45.track at the Games. 450 metres raining -- remaining, and she has

:21:45. > :21:48.put herself in the position of the pacemaker. The champion is trying

:21:48. > :21:53.to defend their title with the former champion on her shoulder.

:21:53. > :22:02.Vivian Cheruiyot is in a good position, but the sprint is not

:22:02. > :22:06.outstanding so far. There goes the champion with not a gap at all.

:22:06. > :22:10.Meseret Defar is now in a perfect position. At some points in her

:22:10. > :22:15.life, she has been able to pull away from them, but not tonight.

:22:15. > :22:21.Here they come, it arrivals, these two, team-mates for Ethiopia but

:22:21. > :22:26.both want the gold medal. In 2004, it was Meseret Defar, in 2008 it

:22:26. > :22:32.was Tirunesh Dibaba, but Meseret Defar has ran a clever race. Has

:22:32. > :22:36.she got anything left? The answer is no. Here comes Meseret Defar,

:22:36. > :22:40.running strongly, and here comes Vivian Cheruiyot, I do not think

:22:40. > :22:45.she gave herself every chance, she did not get close enough. She was

:22:45. > :22:50.finishing strongly, but Meseret Defar, the second fastest runner in

:22:50. > :22:57.history, takes the gold medal. And a salute to Ethiopia, and I can

:22:57. > :23:01.imagine the scenes in Addis Ababa. They all came to watch Tirunesh

:23:01. > :23:08.Dibaba try and win again, but they saw their team-mate, the previous

:23:08. > :23:14.winner, win it this time, and Cheruiyot split the two Ethiopians.

:23:14. > :23:17.And here comes a really strong and exciting performance, once again Jo

:23:17. > :23:22.Pavey follows Julia Bleasdale into the finishing straight, the spread

:23:22. > :23:26.that he used to have over the years has not deserted Jo. 7th and 8th

:23:26. > :23:31.they finish, as they were in the 10,000m. They have kept British

:23:31. > :23:37.distance running proud, we are all proud of Jo in her 4th Olympic

:23:37. > :23:41.Games, 7th in the 5,000, 7th in a 10,000, Juliet AIDS in both. A

:23:41. > :23:47.terrific performance, they have done extremely well in a race which

:23:47. > :23:54.is a little bit disappointing for some, but Meseret Defar, two times

:23:54. > :24:04.a Olympic champion, well done to her. Well, there is the results,

:24:04. > :24:33.

:24:33. > :24:40.not one I thought I would be perfect! He has never won a world

:24:40. > :24:42.of Olympic outdoor title, world indoor champion this year. And this

:24:42. > :24:50.event is that the most capricious of all, you're never quite sure

:24:50. > :24:54.what is going to happen. The great Sergei Bowker only won 1 Olympic

:24:54. > :25:04.Thai cop, amidst six world titles. Renaud Lavillenie going well at the

:25:04. > :25:09.

:25:09. > :25:15.yes, that is brilliant, putting him right in the next in his pole vault

:25:15. > :25:20.competition! He certainly is, and the next night, 5.85, would be a

:25:20. > :25:23.new British record if he gets it. More importantly, it would probably

:25:24. > :25:33.seal an Olympic medal. That is fantastic, equal third place at the

:25:34. > :25:50.

:25:50. > :25:56.highest vaults about. Well done, this time by Meseret Defar, looking

:25:56. > :26:01.a bit perplexed but continuing her lap of honour, enjoying it, we hope.

:26:01. > :26:05.The British girls did incredibly well, Jo Pavey and Julia Bleasdale,

:26:05. > :26:09.they are downstairs with Phil Jones. Steve Cram said it in commentary,

:26:09. > :26:13.it took the might of Africa to beat the pair of you, and it was the

:26:13. > :26:19.same end the 10,000 as well. I know you are exhausted, what a week you

:26:19. > :26:23.Yeah, just to have another chance to run in front of his amazing home

:26:23. > :26:29.crowd, we did ourselves proud doubling up, it is always tough,

:26:29. > :26:32.but I was really worried whether my leg would hold out, I wore two

:26:32. > :26:37.compression socks, I have never done that before! I thoroughly

:26:37. > :26:39.enjoyed it, hard, but really pleased, we should both be pleased,

:26:39. > :26:45.thank you to everyone who has helped me, the crowd has been

:26:45. > :26:48.amazing, I have loved it. Julia, this is relatively new to you, Jo

:26:48. > :26:54.has been through these things before, what is the overriding

:26:54. > :26:58.memory you will take with you? came here not for the tracksuits,

:26:58. > :27:01.and over the last eight days I have shown that am capable of competing

:27:02. > :27:07.on the best in the world, so the next phase is to ensure that I'm

:27:07. > :27:12.capable of beating the very best in the world. But for now I am pretty

:27:12. > :27:16.happy! That is a tremendous attitude. Jo, a final word, what

:27:16. > :27:21.for you now? You have come back to the track and done so well, a

:27:21. > :27:24.personal best in the 10, where do you go from here? I will probably

:27:24. > :27:30.do a marathon in the autumn, because I was to gain some more

:27:30. > :27:33.experience at that, but I'm so glad I got to compete in the Olympic

:27:34. > :27:43.Stadium, I have loved it, it has been an awesome experience. Well

:27:44. > :27:44.

:27:44. > :27:50.done to you both, thanks for quote. Bjorn Otto, one of the

:27:50. > :28:00.world's leading pole-vaulters. Very easily cleared, that means Steve

:28:00. > :28:07.

:28:07. > :28:17.himself with that the earlier failure at 5.50. -- I think. So are

:28:17. > :28:18.

:28:18. > :28:22.Steve Lewis really any mix in this Well, the Olympian macro on 2016

:28:22. > :28:28.may have not yet taken up their sport, but everybody needs to start

:28:28. > :28:30.somewhere, whether as a teacher, parent or friend who will inspire

:28:31. > :28:40.you, someone will light the flame that will change the rest of your

:28:41. > :28:42.

:28:42. > :28:47.Growing up in Jarrow on South Tyneside was not... I don't know,

:28:47. > :28:53.it did not seem to be the best place in the world at the time. A

:28:53. > :28:57.lot of unemployment, shipyards closing. Having said that, as a kid,

:28:57. > :29:03.you ride through a lot of that and concentrate on your own little

:29:03. > :29:07.environment, which was great. I ran my first race, 400m, for the school.

:29:07. > :29:11.I remember this guy came up to me afterwards and said, you know,

:29:11. > :29:15.you're not a bad little runner, you should come down the Athletic Club.

:29:15. > :29:22.I didn't even know there was one, and that was when I met Jimmy

:29:22. > :29:27.Hedley, I came down a week later. A lot of kids come to an athletics

:29:27. > :29:31.club, they try it out, but for me it was the friends I made, the

:29:31. > :29:36.atmosphere when I came here, a different group of kids, we used to

:29:36. > :29:40.play football, table tennis, yes, go for a run, but it was great fun.

:29:40. > :29:45.It was like a youth club, you know, I did not know what I thought it

:29:45. > :29:49.was like, but it was a fun place to go two nights a week. And then

:29:49. > :29:53.there were girls as well, which always help. I did a lot of my

:29:53. > :29:56.training until I was almost a world champion on this year, and you

:29:56. > :30:00.would not get at least doing that his days, they would think it was

:30:00. > :30:05.not good enough. I run my first race for the club, and I came

:30:05. > :30:15.second. And I was kind of road. Jimmy was really good at getting me

:30:15. > :30:23.

:30:23. > :30:31.to realise that this was something One time I remember racing here, I

:30:31. > :30:39.had been selected. I was injured all the time leading up to 1983. I

:30:39. > :30:46.needed a race to decide whether or not to go to Los Angeles. He rang

:30:46. > :30:51.you and others to come and help out, didn't he? It was about 9pm on

:30:51. > :30:58.Thursday. He said current can you get some lads down here? Steve is

:30:58. > :31:03.going to do a time trial. I got a few of the lads and every one of

:31:03. > :31:11.them said they would take time off and come down here, 12:00pm on

:31:11. > :31:15.Saturday, to try to help Steve. You were respected. I am glad I did. I

:31:15. > :31:21.got the silver medal and I would not had an not demand. I do not

:31:22. > :31:30.think people realise what top Olympians do behind closed Dawes in

:31:30. > :31:36.the privacy of your own track. People say, that must be a great

:31:36. > :31:41.feeling. It is. It is also great when you are 16 and you break four

:31:41. > :31:47.minutes for the 1500 for the first time. Steve Cram of Jarrow has had

:31:47. > :31:56.the race of his life. He has not only broken four minutes, he has

:31:56. > :32:06.smashed it asunder. If you would like to get involved in the Olympic

:32:06. > :32:08.

:32:08. > :32:13.Brendan was saying to us off camera earlier on that Eamonn Martyn, the

:32:13. > :32:22.former middle distance runner and marathon runner, said his club has

:32:22. > :32:29.been inundated with people wanting to get involved. Kids want to play

:32:29. > :32:34.handball. This is the legacy, isn't it? It is. It is great. That peace

:32:34. > :32:38.was lovely. The summer before I had been on holiday with my parents and

:32:38. > :32:45.gone to the Olympic Park in Munich three weeks before the start of the

:32:45. > :32:51.Games. I was ready. When Jimmy Topping Out was quite good, I

:32:51. > :32:56.remembered what I watched on television. -- told me I was quite

:32:56. > :33:01.good. I was fortunate to grow up in a community where sport was just...

:33:01. > :33:06.You walked outside the house and there were kids playing sport. That

:33:06. > :33:12.is the way it was. You wanted to be outside with your friends. If you

:33:12. > :33:18.wanted to play with them, you played sport. These programmes are

:33:18. > :33:28.extremely important around the world to give the kid a place to go.

:33:28. > :33:35.It has gone. Everything is so organised now. Kids just go in and

:33:35. > :33:44.go in teams as coaches, athletes and referees. Everything. Do you

:33:44. > :33:50.owe you gold medal to one person? Not one. I loved running. I have

:33:50. > :33:56.watched the 1980 Moscow Olympics. That was it. I was hooked. Take me

:33:56. > :34:02.to the track. The rest is history. The first coach is important. They

:34:02. > :34:06.keep the interest. Mum and dad are very important. Talk about coaching

:34:07. > :34:15.career you a coach to somebody in the final. At cannot believe you

:34:15. > :34:21.have just said that actually. Laura always had ambition to get to the

:34:21. > :34:28.final. She cannot wait. She is loving it. She has done very well

:34:28. > :34:32.to get to the final. I am looking forward to it. A bit like I was in

:34:32. > :34:37.1980, I was delighted to be there but I was wondering if Sebastian

:34:37. > :34:45.Coe and Steve Ovett were going to win. It is great to see them there

:34:45. > :34:50.and I think Lisa has a great chance. How big a chance? She has a great

:34:50. > :34:54.chance. What Lisa does when she is fit and ready, she races really

:34:54. > :34:59.well in championships. That will stand her in really good stead.

:34:59. > :35:05.There are some good athletes but without that experience. If she

:35:05. > :35:10.makes some good choices in this race, she has a great chance.

:35:10. > :35:20.will see that raise very shortly. Kelly Holmes would join us up here

:35:20. > :35:27.

:35:27. > :35:34.sent abs a throw which looked as if it would have got her in amongst

:35:34. > :35:41.the medals. -- sent up a throw pebbles stuck there was a problem

:35:41. > :35:47.and officials measured it and they knocked about five metres off. They

:35:47. > :35:53.allowed her to have another throw, which is not unprecedented. She was

:35:53. > :35:59.desperately unlucky. This one just went into the net. She only has one

:35:59. > :36:03.more throw to move up from 8th place. Confirmation that Sophie

:36:03. > :36:11.Hitchon of Great Britain set the British record in qualifying. She

:36:11. > :36:18.finished in 12th. Anita Wlodarczyk now in round five. She keeps it

:36:18. > :36:22.nice and long and whips it away. A hammock is absolutely flying. The

:36:22. > :36:31.middle yellow line superimposed on the ground. She is the leader at

:36:31. > :36:37.the moment. Tatiana Lysenko, that is close. The throw in the first

:36:37. > :36:42.round has taken everyone else, up until the 5th round, and in

:36:42. > :36:49.particular Anita Wlodarczyk, a long long time to be warmed up. She has

:36:49. > :36:58.another throw left. She could nip in for the gold medal. Second place,

:36:58. > :37:07.at 77.10 metres. 14 athletes started the pole vault final and

:37:07. > :37:17.now then up only six left. One of them is Steve Lewis. -- there are

:37:17. > :37:22.

:37:22. > :37:28.only six left. The Olympic silver medallist is still in the

:37:28. > :37:33.competition. We feel that today that Steve Lewis is coming of age.

:37:33. > :37:41.He broke the British record in the competition leading up to this. He

:37:41. > :37:49.is now really in the mix in the Men's pole vault final. That was

:37:49. > :37:59.not close. The bark is at 5.85 metres. There really is a stellar

:37:59. > :38:11.

:38:11. > :38:17.line-up in the women's four by 100 brought home by Blessing Okagbare,

:38:17. > :38:27.who made the Olympic 100 metre final earlier on in the Games. She

:38:27. > :38:28.

:38:28. > :38:35.ran so well. They have got the good quartet. Brazil in lane three. They

:38:35. > :38:41.set a new national record to qualify. Trinidad and Tobago,

:38:41. > :38:50.slightly faster than the Brazilians. Certainly Kelly-Ann Baptiste has

:38:50. > :39:00.been in this situation before. Very slick. 42.31 they have run this

:39:00. > :39:00.

:39:00. > :39:07.year. Then the Ukraine. The European indoor champion. She

:39:07. > :39:14.starts for them. Shirley-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson,

:39:14. > :39:20.Veronica Campbell-Brown and, on the last leg, Kerron Stuart. The same

:39:20. > :39:25.team which did not finish in Beijing. Then comes the United

:39:25. > :39:35.States. They ran the 4th fastest time in history. They have brought

:39:35. > :39:45.in the big guns. One of the farm and -- fast as women on earth,

:39:45. > :39:45.

:39:45. > :39:50.Carmelita Jeter, bringing the baton home. The Germans, exactly the same

:39:50. > :39:55.team. The Netherlands, the same team that won silver in the

:39:55. > :40:00.European Championships in Helsinki a couple of weeks ago. They set a

:40:00. > :40:05.national record as well in the heats. A quick word from Colin

:40:05. > :40:13.Jackson. Is it just a case of Jamaica against the United States?

:40:13. > :40:19.I am going to say that. My money is on the USA. Carmelita Jeter waiting

:40:19. > :40:25.for her chance on the last leg to bring the baton home. One of the

:40:25. > :40:32.greatest 100 metres in history. The double 100 metre gold medallist,

:40:32. > :40:41.Shelly and raise the Price, she leads of for Jamaica. -- Shirley-

:40:41. > :40:47.Ann Fraser-Pryce. She was slow to rise. She gets a way to a good

:40:47. > :40:53.start but so does the American. She is flying into the back straight.

:40:53. > :41:00.The changeover is good. There goes Allyson Felix. They're being chased

:41:00. > :41:06.by the Jamaicans. The Americans are really going well. On the third leg

:41:06. > :41:16.for the USA, she will hand over to Carmelita Jeter. It looks like the

:41:16. > :41:20.

:41:20. > :41:26.USA it all over the dead. Kerron Stuart can do-nothing. -- -- it

:41:26. > :41:32.like - as rabbit it looks like the USA it all over it. A new world

:41:32. > :41:38.record. They have beaten the record set by the East Germans in 1985.

:41:38. > :41:48.That is one of the longest-lasting world records ever. It takes East

:41:48. > :41:58.Germany off the record books for ever. That was incredible. Just to

:41:58. > :42:00.

:42:00. > :42:06.remind you, what a quartet for America! A solid quartet. I was

:42:06. > :42:13.screaming when I saw that time. 40.82. The USA did some very slick

:42:13. > :42:19.baton changes. They were confident and happy to extend. I still think

:42:19. > :42:24.there could be more to come from this team. Incredible, absolutely

:42:24. > :42:34.phenomenal. Jamaica cannot complain. Four to 1.421, a new national

:42:34. > :42:34.

:42:34. > :42:42.record for Jamaica. -- 41.421. America has come here today in the

:42:42. > :42:49.final. There will be a big cheer if Steve Lewis goes cheer -- Claire.

:42:49. > :42:54.It was so close. It would have put him in the lead in the pole vault

:42:54. > :43:00.final. We are in for some drama in the next half an hour. Steve Lewis

:43:01. > :43:06.has brought his best form into the Olympic Stadium. You can see, from

:43:06. > :43:16.the look on his face, a little glance towards his coach. It was

:43:16. > :43:22.

:43:22. > :43:29.not far away. Maddison is absolutely lightning. So it is

:43:29. > :43:35.Shirley-Ann Fraser-Pryce. It was a great exchange. We knew Sherone

:43:35. > :43:42.Simpson would have a hard time trying to deal with Allyson Felix.

:43:42. > :43:49.Another great Exchange tonight. They have Carmelita Jeter on the

:43:49. > :43:54.last leg. She really was not going to mess about. They had excellent

:43:54. > :44:00.times in the qualifying rounds. They knew they could do something

:44:00. > :44:10.special. Carmelita Jeter brings the United States home to renew record.

:44:10. > :44:10.

:44:10. > :44:15.If you divide 40.825 four, it is 10.2 seconds for each of those legs.

:44:15. > :44:20.That is turning. Just a word on the Jamaicans. They ran the third

:44:20. > :44:24.fastest time in history for their new national record and the silver

:44:24. > :44:31.medal. Talk us through the last changeover and the form of

:44:31. > :44:38.Carmelita Jeter. No messing around. She wanted this. She knew they were

:44:38. > :44:43.capable of it and, boy oh boy, aggressive always through. She was

:44:43. > :44:49.pumping her arms very quickly and pointing to the clock with a big

:44:49. > :44:55.smile. Straight in the hands and no messing about. Look at this! Then

:44:56. > :45:00.these are pumping high. Kerron Stuart of Jamaica working hard.

:45:00. > :45:10.Knowing that their team was going well also. There was no mistake as

:45:10. > :45:16.

:45:16. > :45:21.she got close to the clock, there changeover! She loved that, two

:45:21. > :45:26.individual medals in the sprint, now gold for Carmelita Jeter.

:45:26. > :45:31.Allyson Felix, another gold medal for her, part of a brilliant

:45:31. > :45:36.quartet to just set a magnificent world record. They did not just

:45:36. > :45:46.beat the old world record, they absolutely listed. What a final,

:45:46. > :45:51.

:45:51. > :45:59.USA get the gold medal, 40.82, a superbly for a new national record

:45:59. > :46:04.Well, the world record had stood for 27 years, an Olympic record for

:46:04. > :46:09.32 years, from the days of the East Germans. Michael, you were cheering

:46:09. > :46:13.them home big-time. That was an incredible run, just fantastic, the

:46:13. > :46:17.speed was what that was all about. The exchanges were not great, they

:46:18. > :46:23.were not as crisp as we saw yesterday. But I think that his

:46:23. > :46:29.team, after yesterday's performance, 4th fastest time ever, knew that

:46:29. > :46:34.bringing in Allyson Felix and Carmelita Jeter, God medallists in

:46:34. > :46:39.the 200 and silver in the 100, they had incredible speed. -- gold. They

:46:39. > :46:45.decided to go with slightly saved and not. Madison has been on fire

:46:45. > :46:51.this year, Great out of the box, great starter. This exchange year,

:46:51. > :46:55.not great. A little bit dangerous there. Allyson Felix, gratefully

:46:55. > :47:00.back stretch, 200m runner, this is exactly where you want her. This

:47:00. > :47:04.one is a bit tricky, Bianca Knight ran an incredible bend yesterday

:47:04. > :47:09.and did the same thing today to put them in an incredible position.

:47:09. > :47:13.Carmelita Jeter, that was not great, but very safe, which is what you

:47:13. > :47:18.want when you have been disqualified so many times, as the

:47:18. > :47:22.USA has been. So this is a great result for the US, who have had so

:47:22. > :47:29.many problems with the baton exchanges over the years, men and

:47:29. > :47:35.women disqualified in the gate Olympics. So to smash the world

:47:35. > :47:40.record here, that is an incredible time. Carmelita Jeter, no God in a

:47:40. > :47:46.100m, but a world record and gold here in the relay, and the reaction

:47:46. > :47:51.she gave afterwards was just great. -- no gold. That was great to see

:47:51. > :47:55.for that team, having had so many problems in the past. And it feels

:47:55. > :48:01.the fire of the great American- Jamaican rivalry. Terrific

:48:01. > :48:06.competition in the pole vault, genuine medal contender for GB.

:48:06. > :48:11.certainly do, Steve Lewis just sitting there, thinking about 5.85,

:48:11. > :48:21.his first attempt. He is in equal fourth place at the moment, just

:48:21. > :48:29.

:48:29. > :48:39.six athletes left and the medals showing why, brilliant from the

:48:39. > :48:44.

:48:44. > :48:47.That is a competition that is boiling, and we will keep you in

:48:47. > :48:53.touch all way through the evening. You can probably see Dame Kelly

:48:53. > :48:59.Holmes is here, how are you? Very well, how great is your view?!

:48:59. > :49:03.is not a bad place to be! We will talk about the 1,500 men is in a

:49:04. > :49:10.moment or so, but we have spoken a lot in the last week about the

:49:10. > :49:15.great plastic bricks debate that has been going on, people finding

:49:15. > :49:19.themselves the Olympians by default, which is convenient because it is

:49:19. > :49:25.the 5,000 and the 10,000, and we can go back to the Los Angeles

:49:25. > :49:35.games that were remembered for that amazing spaceman that land in the

:49:35. > :49:40.

:49:40. > :49:44.opening ceremony, for Carl Lewis, The 1984 women's 3000m final, Mary

:49:44. > :49:50.Decker against Zola Budd. Solar bird from Bloemfontein, South

:49:50. > :49:55.Africa, and now Britain, thanks to a passport delivered in

:49:55. > :49:59.suspiciously double quick time. -- Zola Budd. Mary Decker, the all-

:49:59. > :50:05.American Golden girl, running in Los Angeles, the film set when

:50:05. > :50:12.nothing could go wrong. The world champion is now flat out on the

:50:12. > :50:16.infield! Zola Budd briefly led the field but, as if conscious of the

:50:16. > :50:21.wreckage on the infield, she slowed and to a chorus of boos from the

:50:21. > :50:26.crowd, she finished 7th. Still well ahead of Mary Decker. Whose fault

:50:26. > :50:32.was it? Zola Budd was immediately disqualified, but on reviewing the

:50:32. > :50:37.incident, she was reinstated. As for relations between the two, they

:50:37. > :50:42.would be reconciled one year later, but for the moment the Golden girl

:50:42. > :50:49.was in no mood to forgive. She came to you and try to express their

:50:49. > :50:53.sorrow. I said, don't bother. Well, extraordinary memories, and

:50:53. > :50:58.she found herself in the middle of a remarkable soap opera, and she

:50:58. > :51:03.held the British 1,500m record for 12 years, and their new broker.

:51:03. > :51:06.1997, I remember it well, because it was the Games that inspired me,

:51:06. > :51:11.watching Sebastian Coe and that race, and I remember the whole

:51:11. > :51:14.story, she was just a young girl who had the opportunity to run

:51:14. > :51:21.because South Africa were going through their problems. I remember

:51:21. > :51:26.that she held it for that 12 year period, I broke it in Sheffield in

:51:26. > :51:32.1997, running 3.584 star we will talk about what might happen

:51:32. > :51:42.tonight, because we have genuine medal hopes in the 1,500m. Steve

:51:42. > :51:43.

:51:43. > :51:50.Lewis, Jonathan, this is a big two failures at 5.85, as has

:51:50. > :51:55.Holzdeppe, the two athletes in equal 4th with Steve Lewis. Bjorn

:51:55. > :52:05.Otto has at one failure. Renault Ballymoney -- the Renault

:52:05. > :52:13.

:52:13. > :52:22.Lavillenie is the only man clear, Olympic title, is he set to do the

:52:22. > :52:32.same? Steve Lewis, we have only ever had one Olympic finalist, 6th

:52:32. > :52:36.

:52:37. > :52:46.strides out that it was not quite there. He will have one more

:52:47. > :52:47.

:52:47. > :52:52.It is a great event, Pol Pot. This race tonight is fascinating,

:52:52. > :52:58.because it is wide open. For Lisa Dobriskey, it poses extra problems

:52:58. > :53:02.about running and no tactics. Tell us, if you find yourself in that

:53:03. > :53:12.situation, how you approach a race like this. You are right to say it

:53:13. > :53:16.

:53:16. > :53:19.is quite wide open, I could not call it, although you will see that

:53:19. > :53:22.the athletes with their season's bests, but the way that Lisa

:53:22. > :53:27.Dobriskey runs it frightens me, because she holds the inside lane,

:53:27. > :53:30.and in a tactical race like the 1,500m, you have got to be so

:53:30. > :53:35.careful to break out at the right time. It is the shortest route, and

:53:35. > :53:43.sometimes you get a lucky break, the inside lane will open up, but

:53:43. > :53:48.you have to be careful. How often are people consciously trying to

:53:48. > :53:54.block others? I do not really think that is what their intention is out

:53:54. > :54:00.here, because they all representing Kenya and Ethiopia it is not like

:54:00. > :54:04.there are three Kenyans, for example. It is how the race will be

:54:04. > :54:10.run, whether Lizo or Laura has a chance. If it is slow, they both

:54:10. > :54:13.have a great finish. Laura, her first Olympics, she has gone

:54:13. > :54:18.through the rounds, I do not know what else she has in the tank, but

:54:18. > :54:22.she is a fighter. Lisa Dobriskey has pedigree, championship wins,

:54:22. > :54:28.Commonwealth champion, she is not afraid to attack, but the other

:54:28. > :54:33.three girls have gone below four minutes this year, so if they are

:54:33. > :54:39.out for a big race, it will be a fast time. I cannot call it, it

:54:39. > :54:47.depends on how the race is run. The Ethiopians are so fast, though, and

:54:47. > :54:51.the Kenyans on the last lap. intriguing three candidates minutes,

:54:51. > :54:55.Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman, opposite ends of the Experian scale,

:54:55. > :55:05.but it is a big moment for Steve Cram, not just commentating, but

:55:05. > :55:06.

:55:06. > :55:12.because he is Laura's coach. Enjoy a great reception, I am sure. --

:55:12. > :55:22.two. This is a wide-open final, I think. Shannon Rowbury of the USA,

:55:22. > :55:22.

:55:22. > :55:32.two very good Turkish athletes. Kareiva came through with the same

:55:32. > :55:40.

:55:40. > :55:48.the Americans, and on the outside Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman.

:55:48. > :55:53.-- Morgan Uceny. A huge cheer for Lisa Dobriskey, thought the four

:55:53. > :55:57.years ago, no defending champion here incidentally. -- 4th. Nancy

:55:57. > :56:03.Langat did not make it through, she has had problems in the last couple

:56:03. > :56:07.of years. For Laura, the goal was to get to the semi-final and then

:56:07. > :56:15.who knows? To be in the final, you can tell, you can see what it means

:56:15. > :56:21.to have. Uceny, last year was meant to be her year, tripped in the

:56:21. > :56:26.world championship final, and his team mate went on to win gold.

:56:26. > :56:30.Kostetskaya, much-improved Russian, former world junior champion, 400m

:56:30. > :56:35.hurdles, believe it or not. The partner of Steve Hooker, who went

:56:35. > :56:39.out in the pole vault final earlier. A former world champion, always

:56:39. > :56:45.somebody to consider, Jamal, she has had Achilles problems this year.

:56:45. > :56:54.She could still figure. Watch out for the European champion, Kharkiv

:56:55. > :57:00.are taking -- Cakir Alptekin, there have been Turkish flags flying, the

:57:01. > :57:05.booze might be because she served a doping ban for a couple of years.

:57:05. > :57:09.Aregawi of Ethiopia, not like the normal Ethiopians, not part of the

:57:09. > :57:16.system, she is based in Sweden and has taken Swedish citizenship

:57:16. > :57:22.recently, but a running thought Ethiopia here. Hellen Obiri, very

:57:22. > :57:26.dangerous world indoor champion at 3000m of staff Tatyana Tomashova at,

:57:26. > :57:36.another who has had a couple of years away with suspension. Kelly

:57:36. > :57:42.

:57:42. > :57:45.close. Oh, he is going to finish in equal 5th place, a great

:57:45. > :57:52.performance from Steve Lewis. He will look back on this day with

:57:52. > :57:57.pride. Great competition from Steve Lewis. And lots for the crowds to

:57:57. > :58:01.keep their eyes on here. Gamze Bulut has surprised many, the 20-

:58:01. > :58:11.year-old from Turkey. And then Shannon Rowbury, the bronze-

:58:11. > :58:19.

:58:19. > :58:25.medallist from the World under way, two British athletes,

:58:25. > :58:29.and as ever in the 1,500m, tactics can go all sorts of different ways

:58:29. > :58:36.and bring into plays all sorts of different athletes. Immediately,

:58:36. > :58:42.what often happens, they set off at a sprint for 100m, then they stop,

:58:42. > :58:48.and the nerves now start to build. The brain cells start wearing! And

:58:48. > :58:52.that is something which Lisa Dobriskey knows, you need to stay

:58:52. > :58:57.calm, keep your wits about you and not panic, even though you are only

:58:57. > :59:00.jogging and it is the Olympic fine of. They really are jogging, this

:59:00. > :59:04.is tough, you are coming down the home straight, the crowds are

:59:04. > :59:09.getting anxious, and eventually somebody is going to bolt from the

:59:09. > :59:15.pack because you cannot stay at his pace for ever. This is not a 1,500m

:59:15. > :59:19.race, it is a 1,200 metres race, and again no plan emerging from

:59:19. > :59:23.anyone. This is partly to do with the Diamond League circuit, where

:59:23. > :59:29.they get pacemakers every time. They are not used to doing it

:59:30. > :59:34.themselves. But this is going to be made into a distance race, some

:59:34. > :59:38.because they have just completed a lap and 73 seconds. I was guilty so

:59:38. > :59:47.I could do that, I probably couldn't, but Steve probably could!

:59:48. > :59:53.Debatable! Gamze Bulut stretching out a bit now. Jamal on the inside.

:59:54. > :59:56.Shannon Rowbury just boxed-in mayor, Kostetskaya outsider. The two

:59:56. > :00:00.British athletes are really in the right position, you just need to

:00:00. > :00:05.sit and watch when it is like this, give yourself a bit of room if

:00:05. > :00:15.anything takes off, stay close enough. It is OK being where Lisa

:00:15. > :00:24.

:00:24. > :00:28.fifth place at the moment. And Uceny, the very quick American,

:00:28. > :00:34.going well at the moment. They have spent so much time getting here

:00:34. > :00:42.that it is a different kind of strength, test and race. We thought

:00:42. > :00:46.Gamze Bulut might do some pace. Lisa Dobriskey is in a decent

:00:46. > :00:51.position there but she has now got to become really conscious of every

:00:51. > :00:56.move. She has got to be getting herself closer. It doesn't matter

:00:56. > :01:05.which lane, just stay on the outside. She is looking for gaps on

:01:05. > :01:09.the inside and that will not always deliver for. She always does that.

:01:09. > :01:13.She has done a fantastic job getting here and she is

:01:13. > :01:23.experiencing an Olympic final, which is beyond her wildest dreams,

:01:23. > :01:25.

:01:25. > :01:35.but she has done so well. I don't like where Lisa is at the moment.

:01:35. > :01:37.

:01:37. > :01:42.She has dipped through on the inside. Per and then look! Dear me!

:01:42. > :01:49.Is that Uceny again? It looks like it. She fell last year. And now we

:01:49. > :01:52.have got a sprinters' race. The Ethiopian is now attacking and

:01:52. > :02:00.where is Lisa Dobriskey? She has found herself a gap but she has a

:02:00. > :02:05.problem now. She is really going to have to work to try to close it.

:02:05. > :02:11.She would have been able to work up a good pace, Dobriskey, but I don't

:02:11. > :02:17.know if she can keep it up for the last lap. Maryam Jamal, can she

:02:17. > :02:23.summon something again? Gamze Bulut is trying to get there and they are

:02:23. > :02:27.fighting. It is Turkey at the front! And the European champion is

:02:27. > :02:35.going to become the Olympic champion. Gamze Bulut takes the

:02:35. > :02:45.silver. And that will be Turkey's first ever Olympic athletics gold

:02:45. > :02:48.

:02:48. > :02:57.medal. Men are or women. B58 last lap. -- a fifth D8 last lap. This

:02:57. > :03:07.was not a race to sue Lisa Dobriskey. It did not sue the

:03:07. > :03:08.

:03:08. > :03:13.British athletes. -- it did not suit. As I said, well, somebody who

:03:13. > :03:19.has had her problems with the authorities. She has served a band.

:03:19. > :03:28.Never nice to say that but we guess she will say, I have served my time.

:03:29. > :03:33.But what do you say about her? Uceny goes to the ground, and that

:03:33. > :03:40.is what is going to happen when you have too many athletes. And Lisa

:03:40. > :03:44.Dobriskey, giving herself so much to do. And here comes the former

:03:44. > :03:54.world champion. She has accelerated really quickly down the back

:03:54. > :03:59.straight. Lisa Dobriskey has so, so much to do. The gaps are huge now.

:03:59. > :04:06.Absolutely no chance that she can come back now. And a brave attack

:04:06. > :04:12.from Maryam Jamal coming around the outside. That 400 metres around the

:04:12. > :04:18.bend was 14 seconds and that is why they were struggling to get there.

:04:18. > :04:26.She is in second and suddenly it goes completely. Gamze Bulut in

:04:27. > :04:33.second. Maryam Jamal is exhausted, too. A very disappointing race from

:04:33. > :04:40.every point of view, I would think. But you're going to say that Asli

:04:40. > :04:44.Alptekin gave a great tactical race. You are in the middle of a crowd

:04:44. > :04:51.and you don't know what is going to happen behind or in front, and

:04:51. > :05:01.therefore accidents do happen. But Asli Alptekin of Turkey wins the

:05:01. > :05:06.race. You can see there, her legs complete debacle. And the other

:05:06. > :05:11.Turkish athlete, they come racing on through to get the. A doping

:05:11. > :05:16.suspension in the past four Asli Alptekin. And the athletic

:05:16. > :05:26.fraternity will be a bit disappointed with that. -- in the

:05:26. > :05:32.

:05:32. > :05:36.That was a messy final Volikakis yes, really messy. -- really messy?

:05:36. > :05:42.I found I did not really have it there. But Graham pleased I have

:05:43. > :05:49.come into an Olympic final, a major championship. -- but I am really

:05:49. > :05:53.pleased. You have been through the whole gamut of emotions? I am

:05:53. > :05:57.bruised but I loved it out there. The crowd of brilliant and I have

:05:57. > :06:03.loved it and I cannot think everybody enough who has supported

:06:03. > :06:07.me. And Steve as well, who is probably listening to this. And you

:06:07. > :06:14.are hungry for more? Yes, I believe there is much more in the future

:06:15. > :06:23.and this will push me on now. you so much, Laura. Let's bring in

:06:23. > :06:28.Lisa. Again, you have the marks down your legs. I was expecting it

:06:28. > :06:34.to go a bit earlier than it did. With the fall I found myself in the

:06:34. > :06:39.wrong place and I left myself far too much work to do. You need to be

:06:39. > :06:45.on it to be with the girls and I was too far back. Ahead of the race,

:06:45. > :06:49.many of us were talking about you as a medal hope. Were you going

:06:49. > :06:54.into that with that confidence? Definitely. It would have been a

:06:54. > :07:04.tough asked to get a medal but have always believed I could so I feel

:07:04. > :07:25.

:07:25. > :07:32.dejected and a bit disappointed now. he has got it! Five metres and 91.

:07:32. > :07:42.Forte brilliant performance. Bronze medallist in the championships in

:07:42. > :07:47.

:07:47. > :07:57.Helsinki and a junior champion in now his team mate, Otto. His first

:07:57. > :08:00.

:08:00. > :08:07.attempt at 5.91. He was second in Helsinki. He has got it, too. And

:08:07. > :08:15.an even better clearance and his team mate. And now comes the

:08:15. > :08:21.Frenchman, Lavillenie. He was in first and now he is down in third.

:08:21. > :08:28.A big, powerful man. Execute perfectly. Will daylight there

:08:28. > :08:37.between him and the bar. -- real daylight. Under more pressure now

:08:37. > :08:47.than he has ever been thus far, Lavillenie. And it shows. So, at

:08:47. > :08:52.

:08:52. > :09:00.the moment it is Holzdeppe and Otto. A Turkish one, two, gold and silver.

:09:00. > :09:05.They have never done that before. Maryam Jamal coming through for a

:09:05. > :09:15.gutsy bronze ahead of Tatyana Tomashova. And then Lisa Dobriskey

:09:15. > :09:24.and Laura Weightman in 10 and 11. And how dreadful must Morgan Uceny

:09:24. > :09:29.be feeling? It wasn't the most enjoyable 1,500 metres, was it?

:09:29. > :09:34.Unless you are Turkish! We're going to leave that for a moment because

:09:34. > :09:44.we have a very special guest with us. David Rudisha, welcome and

:09:44. > :09:49.

:09:49. > :09:55.The first man to go under one:41. How do you feel? I am still very

:09:55. > :09:59.surprised. I can't believe what I did. You are watching the women's

:09:59. > :10:06.1,500 metres there, and they are going so slowly that you were

:10:06. > :10:10.shaking your head. You just went all the way away from them? Yes.

:10:10. > :10:19.When you want to run macro I fast race in a championships like this

:10:19. > :10:24.you have to do something special. - - run a fast race. You have to have

:10:24. > :10:30.good tactics. It certainly was. Before the race, did you think to

:10:30. > :10:35.yourself, not only do I want to get the medal but I want to break the

:10:35. > :10:41.record? Well, coming into these championships I was very confident.

:10:41. > :10:46.My main aim was to break the Olympic record since 1996. But

:10:46. > :10:50.coming here, we have the perfect conditions and as I was going for

:10:50. > :10:54.the Olympic record, I couldn't believe when I crossed the line and

:10:54. > :11:04.saw I had broken the world record. Describe your emotions at that

:11:04. > :11:07.

:11:07. > :11:16.stage. Not only a gold butter a world record? -- but a world

:11:16. > :11:20.record? Well, I think of my father. From 1968. I always wanted to win

:11:20. > :11:30.and to get the gold medal was fantastic. When I cross the line, I

:11:30. > :11:34.was very happy. That was the first Because when I cross the line, I

:11:34. > :11:41.wanted to see if I had got the stadium record but then I saw the

:11:41. > :11:45.world record and then I was like, wow! Because the 800 is

:11:45. > :11:52.unbelievable to break the world record without pace-setting.

:11:52. > :12:01.Normally we need somebody to do the fast lap. And always nice to get

:12:01. > :12:10.one over on your dad! This year, I was very confident that this time

:12:10. > :12:16.was possible. And I still have the final competition in Zurich and I

:12:16. > :12:26.pray I get the perfect competition and see if I can improve my half a

:12:26. > :12:31.

:12:31. > :12:36.second or even better than that. But below 1:40 is possible. I have

:12:36. > :12:40.been running in races like the Diamond League and smaller races,

:12:40. > :12:45.running fast. But to do something like this in the Olympics is

:12:45. > :12:52.something special because a lot of people over the world are watching

:12:52. > :12:58.because many people love sport and the Olympics especially. And I

:12:58. > :13:03.think today, while I was walking, everybody knows me now! Yes. Your

:13:03. > :13:06.coach said it was the performance of the Games. You have followed him

:13:07. > :13:13.so that must mean a lot. You will get a great reception when you go

:13:13. > :13:18.home to Kenya? Yes. I received a phone call from Kenya and some text

:13:18. > :13:23.messages and they were very happy, excited. They were watching at home

:13:23. > :13:29.and it is just unbelievable. David, it was a privilege to watch you and

:13:29. > :13:36.thank you so much for coming to the studio. Thank you so much. We will

:13:36. > :13:41.hand you back to the Olympic Stadium.

:13:41. > :13:51.JOHN INVERDALE: The record had been held by the East Germans for 27

:13:51. > :13:51.

:13:51. > :13:57.years. And we have another race coming up, the men's for by four.

:13:57. > :14:04.But Lisa got caught up in an extraordinary race that was 20

:14:04. > :14:09.seconds outside the world record. How do you explain that? I think it

:14:09. > :14:14.was a very disappointing race. It is such a slow race to run. People

:14:14. > :14:18.were chopping and changing and we had a fall. But when it starts

:14:18. > :14:24.picking up, unless you are in contention on the break, you are

:14:24. > :14:28.never going to pick it up. I would like to have seen Lisa to go for it

:14:28. > :14:34.a bit more. But people are fighting for their place once the pace gets

:14:34. > :14:40.quicker. And then there our legs and arms everywhere! I am a

:14:40. > :14:47.complete novice with the 1,500 metres. Why on earth would Lisa not

:14:47. > :14:53.taking it on when she sees the pace? I am sure after the first lap,

:14:53. > :14:57.people were saying, Lisa, take it on! Yes, but it is hard when you're

:14:57. > :15:03.in there because you don't know when it is going to go. Lisa would

:15:03. > :15:13.have known that with 700, 800 to go at least. Actually, it is a slow,

:15:13. > :15:16.

:15:16. > :15:23.gradual wind-up. A four minute 800 is... The gradual build-up will be

:15:23. > :15:30.good for the likes of the Kenyans and Ethiopians because they always

:15:30. > :15:34.have a race like that. I am just surprised Lisa done thing to run up.

:15:34. > :15:38.She prove me wrong in the first bit because she ran on the outside. But

:15:39. > :15:43.if you are not used to running like that, you cannot take that mould.

:15:43. > :15:48.And just before that, we showed Mary Decker falling and then the

:15:48. > :15:52.American bites the dust. We haven't had this conversation almost a tour

:15:52. > :15:58.through the Games but the sport does not want a drugs offender to

:15:58. > :16:03.be Olympic champion, and that is what it got there? Yeah, but we

:16:03. > :16:10.think in this situation, and I am not sure of these circumstances

:16:10. > :16:13.around her drugs suspension, we have talked about different people

:16:13. > :16:18.having drugs offences in the past and the different circumstances, so

:16:18. > :16:25.as much as we like to put them in one category there are different

:16:25. > :16:29.situations, so I am not sure about this. She served as suspension so

:16:29. > :16:35.she is allowed to run. She is back in the sport and she will be tested

:16:35. > :16:40.tonight. -- served her suspension. It has been very good news in this

:16:40. > :16:50.Games that we have not had any news, at least then the athletics, of any

:16:50. > :16:59.

:16:59. > :17:03.Let's get a good look at this. This is history before our eyes. The

:17:03. > :17:11.East German world record for many years. You got the team off to a

:17:11. > :17:16.flying start. Yes, I wanted to get off to a flying start. Did you

:17:16. > :17:20.always believe a world record was possible? We knew that it was

:17:20. > :17:27.possible. I was thinking an Olympic record but then I thought, Oh my

:17:27. > :17:32.gosh, is that the world record, it is crazy! When you realised the

:17:32. > :17:37.record had been set, what was your first reaction? I ran another

:17:37. > :17:43.hundred. I knew we could get the Olympic record a world record, I

:17:43. > :17:47.did not see that one. It was just a surprise, a big surprise. What a

:17:47. > :17:50.collection of records you have got from this, a world record puts the

:17:50. > :17:54.top hat on it and your face was a picture as you cross the line.

:17:54. > :17:59.knew these women were all going to run their lead. I had so much

:17:59. > :18:03.respect for all these women. I knew they would do their job. I was not

:18:03. > :18:09.worried. All I had to do was bring the stick home. I am so happy for

:18:09. > :18:14.us and so proud of us. I knew we were going to come out and run fast.

:18:14. > :18:23.You did not just beat the world record, you obliterated it!

:18:23. > :18:33.Congratulations! Thank you. The last track event of the evening

:18:33. > :19:04.

:19:04. > :19:09.well to reach this final. Trinidad and Tobago, Gordon won a bronze

:19:09. > :19:19.medal in the individual event. He leads them off. Then great Williams.

:19:19. > :19:21.

:19:21. > :19:28.Conrad Williams has gone on to the first leg. Martyn Rooney is a

:19:28. > :19:35.veteran from four years ago. The Bahamas were of silver medallist

:19:35. > :19:44.four years ago. Chris Brown leads them off. Then the favourites,

:19:44. > :19:49.going for a hat-trick of victories. Angelo Taylor is the veteran 400m

:19:49. > :19:59.hurdler who has won the Olympics twice. Potentially one of the best

:19:59. > :20:03.

:20:03. > :20:08.teams here, Belgium. And a very good Cuban Quartet. Right on the

:20:08. > :20:18.inside, this team did not finish in the semi-finals yesterday. They got

:20:18. > :20:26.

:20:26. > :20:33.obstructed by Kenya but then they going for taekwondo bronze on a BBC

:20:33. > :20:36.Three, if you are a taekwondo fan but this is the men's 4 x 400m

:20:36. > :20:45.final. Great Britain have got a good chance but they have to run

:20:45. > :20:55.the race of their life. They are in lane five. The USA are 16 times the

:20:55. > :21:03.

:21:03. > :21:10.deafening. Conrad Williams has got Chris Brown to chase. He is one of

:21:10. > :21:13.the best lead-off runners in the world. The Bahamas won the silver

:21:13. > :21:22.medal four years ago and they are giving nothing away on this first

:21:22. > :21:26.leg. Conrad Williams going well for Great Britain. We will not get an

:21:26. > :21:33.idea of what the differences are on the legs until the end. Cuba are

:21:33. > :21:40.going well out in lane nine. USA coming through, upon the shoulder

:21:40. > :21:44.of Belgium. Come on, Conrad, keep it going. He will hand over to Jack

:21:44. > :21:48.Green who ran brilliantly in the semi-finals yesterday. Chap will

:21:48. > :21:54.have to work hard to get Great Britain in the medals match. It is

:21:54. > :22:00.Bahamas and the USA, as expected, setting the pace. The guy running

:22:00. > :22:06.for Cuba on this leg ran a fast time yesterday. The Cuban is moving

:22:06. > :22:12.through. He has already passed a two people. Jack Green has to get

:22:12. > :22:18.with him. There are gaps developing. Jack Green is flying. He is already

:22:18. > :22:23.level-pegging with Russia. Bahamas, the USA, Trinidad and Tobago. Great

:22:23. > :22:27.Britain and Northern Ireland are back in 5th place. The next runner

:22:27. > :22:34.for Great Britain is Dai Greene. He has got to run a fantastic 400m

:22:34. > :22:44.here. Dai Greene has been brought in. What is his flat speed of

:22:44. > :22:44.

:22:44. > :22:49.light? Cuba have pulled up. There is a big, big gap. Look at the

:22:49. > :22:56.ground which has been eaten up by Jonathan Borlee. Can Dai Greene at

:22:56. > :23:00.least give Martin really a chance on the last leg? The USA, behind

:23:00. > :23:06.those in the second, Trinidad treading water. Belgium have got a

:23:06. > :23:12.fantastic run on the last leg. The USA changeover first, then the

:23:12. > :23:18.Bahamas, then Trinidad and Tobago. What has Martin really got on this

:23:18. > :23:25.last leg? He is in 5th place at the moment -- Martin Rini. The US they

:23:25. > :23:34.are going for title 17. Angelo Taylor has a huge amount of

:23:34. > :23:41.experience. Martyn Rooney is Delyn with a shout of a medal. He has

:23:41. > :23:48.Trinidad and Tobago and Russia ahead of him. The Bahamas are

:23:48. > :23:55.challenging the United States. Martyn Rooney is into 4th. Can he

:23:55. > :24:05.make third? The Bahamas are going to be the champions. USA second.

:24:05. > :24:06.

:24:06. > :24:12.Great Britain are just out of it for the bronze medal. It was a

:24:12. > :24:18.silver medal four years ago for the Bahamas. Today, they will be

:24:18. > :24:24.absolutely jubilant to have won the gold. Champions for the very first

:24:24. > :24:34.time. They cannot believe it. The last leg runner must have run an

:24:34. > :24:34.

:24:34. > :24:41.incredible time. Martyn Rooney and his Quartet certainly ran the race

:24:41. > :24:48.of their lives. It was so, so close. We did not expect that result.

:24:48. > :24:54.Michael. Did not expect it completely but I said before I

:24:54. > :25:03.think the Bahamas smells blood. This was a weakened US team. Dai

:25:03. > :25:09.Greene they're trying to challenge one of the ball Lees -- one of the

:25:09. > :25:13.Balti brothers. This is also a weakened Great Britain team. He

:25:13. > :25:17.should have made a move right here on the back stretch. I would have

:25:17. > :25:27.made a move here. I think he thought he would have a bit more of

:25:27. > :25:29.

:25:29. > :25:36.on the anchor leg. He is making a move here on the kerb. Trinidad was

:25:36. > :25:44.just too tough. They always knew they would have a tough team. That

:25:45. > :25:49.was a good finish from Martin Rooney, an incredible race. Here

:25:49. > :25:53.was a race between the Bahamas and the US. Angelo Taylor with

:25:53. > :25:58.incredible experience. He feels that this point he does not have

:25:58. > :26:04.much left, you can tell. He did not look very swift down the back

:26:04. > :26:14.stretch. The Bahamas to go over at this Ivan Dychko. 16 times, the US

:26:14. > :26:14.

:26:14. > :26:24.has won this event and the Bahamas are the Olympic champions. The team

:26:24. > :26:26.

:26:26. > :26:32.was weakened when... The Bahamas took advantage. Now they are

:26:32. > :26:38.Olympic champions. -- the American team was weakened when Lashawn

:26:38. > :26:44.Merritt went down. Well, what a race. The Bahamas have their first

:26:44. > :26:49.ever medal in track and field events. USA are weakened but they

:26:49. > :26:54.will not get the hat-trick of victories they wanted. Trinidad and

:26:54. > :27:04.Tobago get the bronze medal. They are just 1.3 seconds ahead of Great

:27:04. > :27:24.

:27:24. > :27:32.Olympic record height. Or so of Germany went clear. -- Bjorn Otto

:27:32. > :27:42.went clear. He has got it! Absolutely brilliant! He is the

:27:42. > :27:43.

:27:43. > :27:51.world leader. That could be the world -- gold-medal winning jump

:27:51. > :28:01.for Renaud Lavillenie. Everybody expected him to win and there he

:28:01. > :28:16.

:28:16. > :28:23.was, his final attempt a five final attempt. He is guaranteed a

:28:23. > :28:29.medal. Not to be. He has had a brilliant competition. He finished

:28:29. > :28:37.third in the European Championships and he is third here in London.

:28:37. > :28:42.Great Britain 4th in that relay team. A good time. Martyn Rooney

:28:42. > :28:48.44.1, one of the fastest last legs ever by a British athlete. They are

:28:48. > :28:52.downstairs talking to Phil. Paul, they certainly gave it everything,

:28:52. > :28:56.Conrad you had a switch of duty from yesterday, why was that?

:28:56. > :29:02.think we needed somebody in the first leg who held their nerve.

:29:02. > :29:06.Nigel did a great job yesterday but I am used to back leg. That is what

:29:06. > :29:14.it was, to give these guys something because we knew it would

:29:14. > :29:20.be almost a record to win it. put Jack in a good position.

:29:20. > :29:25.Looking at that, I feel I should have got the crew -- Cuban and

:29:25. > :29:32.Trinidad guy but we were in a good position to get a medal. We ran

:29:32. > :29:37.well but I think I had more to give and I apologise to the guys. Sport

:29:37. > :29:41.can be cruel sometimes and two fourth-place finishes for you here.

:29:41. > :29:47.Yes, it is the worst place to finish, it has happened twice now.

:29:47. > :29:51.But as a team, we ran faster than we did yesterday. Unfortunate, we

:29:51. > :29:58.did not quite finish in the medals but I think we did a good job.

:29:58. > :30:03.have got to proud of what you did. Martin, 44.1 for you on the last

:30:03. > :30:08.leg, you could not have done much more. The guys ran amazing today.

:30:08. > :30:12.It was unfortunate, it was the one Russian who was twice the size of

:30:12. > :30:15.everyone else, otherwise I would have gone past him on the back

:30:15. > :30:21.straight and I could attack the Trinidad guy. We clashed a little

:30:21. > :30:26.bit. 4th place again in an Olympics is a gutting feeling. I am proud of

:30:26. > :30:34.the guys how they ran. I am also proud of how Great Britain 400m

:30:34. > :30:43.have improved. I think the groups that a here, Linford Christie's

:30:43. > :30:53.group, our group, I want to shout out all those guys. Thank you very

:30:53. > :31:03.

:31:03. > :31:13.Lavillenie go clear. So at the moment it is Lavillenie in gold.

:31:13. > :31:23.Otto is in silver, and this to move into the lead. Not too bad.

:31:23. > :31:23.

:31:23. > :31:31.Lavillenie is the Olympic champion. But Otto very clearly happy with

:31:31. > :31:37.the silver medal. And Holzdeppe with the bronze. Well, there

:31:37. > :31:43.certainly has been drama all the way in the hammer. Tatyana Lysenko,

:31:43. > :31:47.leading from the first round. It took her five rounds to improve.

:31:47. > :31:57.Very close to the world record figures but the former world

:31:57. > :32:00.

:32:00. > :32:05.record-holder herself improved to 78.18. Anita Wlodarczyk. This is

:32:05. > :32:12.her closest rival, and she gave it everything. Just about half a metre

:32:13. > :32:22.short. 77.60. So that looked as though the medals had been decided.

:32:22. > :32:28.Wenxiu Zhang, the Chinese-Asian champion, reckon she had got a

:32:28. > :32:35.bronze medal. But a very long throw was then disallowed. The British

:32:35. > :32:39.officials came back and gave her an extra ago. Heidler argued that toss

:32:39. > :32:43.with them but a very good British official said to her, actually, we

:32:43. > :32:48.did measure it and we know we measured it incorrectly. We have

:32:48. > :32:54.got the measurement right now, so all of a sudden, China would be

:32:54. > :33:04.heartbroken. But Betty Heidler was delighted. That happened in the 5th

:33:04. > :33:07.

:33:07. > :33:10.round. So let's just check on the result. Tatyana Lysenko, who,

:33:10. > :33:16.earlier in the day had been disqualified for a drugs

:33:16. > :33:22.infringement, comes back with a new Olympic record. Anita Wlodarczyk

:33:22. > :33:28.got the silver and Betty Heidler at last gets the bronze, after waiting

:33:28. > :33:38.for its Rat the competition. Sophie Hitchon, the British record holder,

:33:38. > :33:38.

:33:38. > :33:42.12th place, which is a great, great performance. I know a few people

:33:42. > :33:52.who have said we have been partisan but we obviously thoroughly

:33:52. > :33:57.

:33:57. > :34:03.objective! -- we are obviously. And just now, I asked Colin, who won

:34:03. > :34:10.that race, the relay? And he said, USA! It shows we were just not

:34:10. > :34:16.watching! We were watching a totally different race! Do you

:34:16. > :34:20.think he was given too much to do? He said he had to get down the back

:34:20. > :34:24.straight but he said he could not move because the Russian guy was

:34:24. > :34:29.just a way to strong and too big. He needed to keep his energy for

:34:29. > :34:33.the big kick and he had a race plan but it was altered. And you could

:34:33. > :34:41.see it on all their faces. They were really frustrated with their

:34:41. > :34:48.performance. You didn't know who won either? I was only focused on

:34:48. > :34:53.one race! But they ran brilliantly. I am sure everybody was on the edge

:34:53. > :35:00.of their seeds. The relay never disappoints. But not to take

:35:00. > :35:03.anything away from the Bahamas? They ran a great race. They knew

:35:03. > :35:09.they had an opportunity and that they will weaken and the USA team.

:35:09. > :35:14.LaShawn Merritt was out, though. No men representing the US and that

:35:14. > :35:23.spells disaster for the US team. They had a go at Angelo Taylor, who

:35:23. > :35:28.looked really tired. He has run much faster. Unfortunately, he was

:35:29. > :35:33.not able to, so 16 times in a row, the US has won this event at the

:35:33. > :35:38.Olympics, and this, their first loss. It sends a signal to the West

:35:38. > :35:48.that something has to happen when you don't have any body in that

:35:48. > :35:52.

:35:52. > :35:55.race. No medal in the 200 and it is not looking very good at all.

:35:55. > :36:00.women are about to receive their medals and this is how the table

:36:01. > :36:07.looks at the moment. The US they are at the top, so we are not going

:36:07. > :36:12.to feel too sorry for them! We are for. Thank heavens for Super

:36:12. > :36:18.Saturday, because since then, we have just had a silver and a bronze.

:36:18. > :36:22.At we starting to have an inquest? We have got to look to Mo tomorrow,

:36:22. > :36:29.because he is up against East Africa, as usual, but we have to

:36:29. > :36:35.look into add to the medal table. But for Ethiopia and Kenya, job

:36:35. > :36:39.well done. The target was between 5 and eight set by UK sport. Charles

:36:39. > :36:46.thought it might be eight. Our athletes have not quite hit the

:36:46. > :36:56.mark. With it is pressure, high imitations, this is what it is. --

:36:56. > :36:58.

:36:58. > :37:07.weather it is. But it is down to Mo. Yeah, she is on at 7:30pm. -- he is

:37:07. > :37:15.on. Let's go back to Gary for the In a short while, we have boxing

:37:15. > :37:25.for you. Amir Khan is with me. He has a Taibach will? Yes. He will be

:37:25. > :37:30.nervous. -- he has got a tough battle? But if he sticks to his

:37:30. > :37:40.game-plan, I am sure he can get through this. Yesterday, nice, calm

:37:40. > :37:47.and collected. He has to listen to his corner and go from there.

:37:47. > :37:54.Freddie Evans, THE world champion, so a terrific fight and a wonderful

:37:54. > :38:02.atmosphere. -- Freddie Evans up against the world champion. Penises

:38:02. > :38:12.sustain I sent calm because he is fighting the world champion. -- he

:38:12. > :38:12.

:38:12. > :39:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:39:01. > :39:06.welterweight final. The world went number one of the Ukraine about to

:39:06. > :39:16.meet the world ranked No. Two, Freddie Evans, for a place in the

:39:16. > :39:19.

:39:19. > :39:27.gold medal bar. Here we go. A three-minute round between the

:39:27. > :39:30.boxer wearing red, representing Ukraine. The reigning world

:39:30. > :39:35.championship gold medallist and the tournament number one seed and

:39:36. > :39:44.ranked world number one. And his opponent, representing Great

:39:44. > :39:54.Britain, Freddie Evans. From Wales. And he is the reigning European

:39:54. > :40:05.

:40:05. > :40:12.down, get behind his jab and get into a rhythm. A thing the

:40:12. > :40:20.Ukrainian, who has not looked his best in this tournament, -- I think,

:40:20. > :40:30.he will need to stop quickly. But the crowd are loving it. -- he will

:40:30. > :40:51.

:40:51. > :40:57.gold medal bout. In the second contest, the quarter-final stage,

:40:57. > :41:02.he prevailed by the slimmest possible margin on the countback

:41:02. > :41:09.against the two-time Olympian. A contest that many thought he was

:41:09. > :41:14.fortunate to prevail in, and he was far from his best. Evans has got to

:41:14. > :41:24.target the left hand here. He drops his right hand ever-so-slightly as

:41:24. > :41:27.

:41:27. > :41:36.he is attacking. There he is again. Missed the opportunity. But his

:41:36. > :41:46.where Evans has got to come back, with that fast hand. He hasn't been

:41:46. > :42:09.

:42:09. > :42:17.and he prevailed over the Lithuanian as well. Then he

:42:17. > :42:26.switched off somewhat in his next fight. The scores tied at 14-14. At

:42:26. > :42:36.the end of that first round... A round of applause. Great Britain's

:42:36. > :42:48.

:42:48. > :42:53.Freddie Evans has his nose in front there. -- good start. He tends to

:42:53. > :43:00.switch off when he is told he is a few up, like he did last time, so

:43:00. > :43:10.now he has got to stay on the ball. A straight right hand there. They

:43:10. > :43:25.

:43:25. > :43:30.will be pleased. But a long way to this second round. The winner will

:43:30. > :43:36.progress through to the gold medal fight. The reigning European

:43:37. > :43:41.champion is leading the reigning world champion. The number one seed

:43:41. > :43:47.and world ranked number one, the Ukrainian. The score at the moment

:43:48. > :43:52.- a 4-1. The tempo of this second round, you would expect the

:43:52. > :44:02.Ukrainian to come forward a bit more. Evans just has to keep his

:44:02. > :44:04.

:44:04. > :44:12.timing. Bring his feet in. Concentrate on his punches. Ukraine

:44:12. > :44:18.were the top nation, coming away with the silver as well in

:44:18. > :44:26.Azerbaijan. And sinking in there, just above the belt. The pace has

:44:26. > :44:31.certainly suited him. This looks fine from where we are sitting. And

:44:31. > :44:41.a left hand there from Evans. Blazing speed from that left hand

:44:41. > :44:46.

:44:46. > :44:51.from Evans, but Ukrainian boxes almost in a tumultuous fashion. --

:44:51. > :44:56.but the Ukrainian. Now at the halfway stage of this second round

:44:56. > :45:06.and concentration will be absolutely crucial for Freddie

:45:06. > :45:06.

:45:06. > :45:13.Evans, who tried to walkaway macro from it right jab. -- who tried to

:45:13. > :45:21.walk away from that right jab. Evans is planting a right jab of

:45:21. > :45:31.his own. That's nice from Evans but what we need to see is a one, two

:45:31. > :45:35.

:45:35. > :45:45.second round, and he is being cheered on by this home crowd at

:45:45. > :45:46.

:45:47. > :45:54.the excel -- the ExCel Centre. He will be attempting to unload his

:45:54. > :46:00.own punishing shots. Yes. Important to keep his opponent off balance.

:46:00. > :46:04.Step in there and then, with that right hand, just counter-attack him.

:46:05. > :46:14.Just keep coming forward and keep him off balance, push him back now

:46:15. > :46:27.

:46:27. > :46:31.continues to block his way forwards. It is really effective as we

:46:31. > :46:38.approached the bar of the second round. At the end of the second

:46:38. > :46:48.round, it remains a three point advantage, scored in an even round,

:46:48. > :47:02.

:47:02. > :47:11.four points apiece. Fred Evans straight jab. Right jab through the

:47:11. > :47:21.guard from Fred Evans. That was He just drifts away. This kid will

:47:21. > :47:28.

:47:28. > :47:38.come strong now, this world Do you want are being that final,

:47:38. > :47:39.

:47:39. > :47:44.Fred Evans? Into the third and final round we go. You heard in the

:47:44. > :47:49.encouragement being issued by his coach. He stands three minutes away

:47:49. > :47:53.from a place in an Olympic final. He gets a good right hand of his

:47:53. > :47:58.own but Taras Shelestyuk, the reigning world champion and

:47:58. > :48:04.tournament number one seat is sure to mount a furious rally, in an

:48:04. > :48:11.effort to book his place in the gold medal bout. Evans is being

:48:11. > :48:19.encouraged by the crowd. The tempo set by Evans has suited him down to

:48:19. > :48:23.the ground. He has got to keep it going. He must respond to his

:48:23. > :48:31.corner. He is fresh enough to do this. It is up to him. He has got

:48:31. > :48:36.to step on the gas. A minute gone in this third and final round.

:48:36. > :48:41.Taras Shelestyuk is continuing to try and find a way to land his own

:48:41. > :48:50.shot. A beautiful finish from Evans. Excellent work from the young man

:48:50. > :48:55.from Wales. Taras Shelestyuk is closing his man down. Evans is

:48:55. > :49:00.concentrating in this third round today it. He was in the third round

:49:00. > :49:04.against Custio Clayton in the quarter-finals and allowed the

:49:04. > :49:08.Canadian to grow in confidence and get back into the contest. No such

:49:08. > :49:13.laps in this point in the third round as we have just passed the

:49:13. > :49:22.halfway stage. Evans has got to keep the movement going. The

:49:22. > :49:27.gumshield came out there. He has got to keep it going here. Then he

:49:27. > :49:36.must stand momentarily and fired two or three shops. That will keep

:49:36. > :49:42.the referee happy. Taras Shelestyuk chasing shadows as the movement of

:49:42. > :49:46.Fred Evans continues to leave him out of punching range. We

:49:46. > :49:50.approached the final minute of this third round. Fred Evans first

:49:50. > :49:55.walked into a boxing ring at the age of four. He runs into a right

:49:55. > :50:01.jab. No time for Fred Evans to be losing concentration of getting

:50:01. > :50:11.ragged. His concentration must remain absolute. He must remain

:50:11. > :50:15.

:50:15. > :50:20.concentrated on the task at hand. One, two, Wright took is the order

:50:20. > :50:26.of the day. He has got to come back with the right hook. Keep going,

:50:26. > :50:31.you can do this, you can beat this world number one. What a momentous

:50:31. > :50:41.victory this would be. Taras Shelestyuk will continue to press

:50:41. > :50:42.

:50:42. > :50:46.right up until the final bell. Fred Evans must remain focused. The

:50:46. > :50:50.crowd are on hand here, beginning to count down the closing seconds

:50:51. > :50:55.of this third and final round. As the bell sounds, Fred Evans raising

:50:55. > :50:59.his hands in celebration because he feels he has done enough and surely

:50:59. > :51:05.he has done enough to book his place in the welterweight gold

:51:05. > :51:10.medal bout here at the Games of the 30th Olympiad. A wonderful

:51:10. > :51:15.performance. He receives an embrace from his coaches in the blue corner.

:51:15. > :51:20.How richly he deserves this because everybody knows about the

:51:20. > :51:25.extravagant gifts that Fred Evans possesses. Sometimes he can be

:51:25. > :51:33.guilty of switching off but no such danger of laps in concentration

:51:33. > :51:40.tonight. That was a better round from him. He got caught with the

:51:40. > :51:43.odd shot, defraud, but he worked throughout the round. Look at the

:51:43. > :51:49.coach's. They have done their job and their boxer has done his. He

:51:49. > :51:58.has won it this contest. Just awaiting the official announcement

:51:58. > :52:08.that will surely confirm Fred Evans as a welterweight finalist. Ladies

:52:08. > :52:11.

:52:11. > :52:16.and gentlemen, the winner in the blue corner, Fred Evans! He has

:52:16. > :52:21.done it. Great Britain's Fred Evans has booked his place in B69

:52:21. > :52:25.kilogram welterweight final and in doing so, he has defeated the world

:52:25. > :52:30.number one, the tournament number one seed, the reigning world

:52:30. > :52:40.champion has been eliminated by Great Britain's Fred Evans, after a

:52:40. > :52:42.

:52:42. > :52:47.Now he begins to enjoy the applause from the crowd. He skips back to

:52:47. > :52:55.the blue corner before a hasty exit from the boxing ring. He will be

:52:55. > :52:59.back on Sunday cook on -- to contest the gold medal bout and

:52:59. > :53:04.possibly be crowned Olympic champion. What a wonderful moment

:53:04. > :53:11.for Fred Evans and for the Great Britain coaching staff. They played

:53:11. > :53:14.their part in strategy rising this contest. The world number one, his

:53:14. > :53:20.Olympics is over but the prospect of gold remains very much alive for

:53:20. > :53:29.Fred Evans. Well done, young man, you're an Olympic finalist. If you

:53:29. > :53:39.did not know the name Fred Evans, you do know now. This chap is in an

:53:39. > :53:42.

:53:42. > :53:46.Olympic final. I had a game-plan. I thought I had a point. I stuck to

:53:46. > :53:53.my game plan and it when good. won the first round 4-1, you must

:53:53. > :53:58.have been aware of the crowd. crowd give you a lift. It is

:53:58. > :54:01.unbelievable. Against plating you switched off a little bit but

:54:01. > :54:11.tonight you maintain your composure and your concentration. -- against

:54:11. > :54:13.

:54:13. > :54:18.Clayton. I did not take him too much as a big name. But you have to

:54:18. > :54:22.be spot on all the way through. you believe you are in an Olympic

:54:22. > :54:29.final, when you step in a ring as a kid aged four, did you believe you

:54:29. > :54:34.would be in an Olympic final on Sunday? Not at all. It has always

:54:34. > :54:39.been a dream, now I am in the final, I cannot believe it. Your family

:54:39. > :54:45.are coming to support you, your friends are here. The support is

:54:45. > :54:49.unbelievable, unbelievable. Good luck on Sunday. Thank you.

:54:49. > :54:53.Britain has another finalist. We were entertained last night by J

:54:53. > :54:59.Jones, now we have had a cracking fight from Fred Evans, guaranteed

:54:59. > :55:02.at least silver, he was brilliant. He won the first and second

:55:02. > :55:06.comfortably. He started to tell in the third round but the way he put

:55:06. > :55:10.his punches together, the combinations he was throwing,

:55:10. > :55:14.catching and beating the world champion, I think he did a

:55:14. > :55:18.brilliant job. I think that was more of a final for him, beating

:55:18. > :55:22.the Ukraine world champion for us at going into the next round, he

:55:22. > :55:25.needs to keep his nerves nice and calm but I think he can go all the

:55:25. > :55:30.way and win the gold medal. It is important to make sure he does not

:55:30. > :55:34.think the hard work has been done? He has to stay focused and not let

:55:34. > :55:38.the occasion get to him. The occasion can easily get to when he

:55:38. > :55:43.beat the world number one. He needs to stay calm, stick to his game

:55:43. > :55:48.plan, go back to the room and chill. It must be hard having fights so

:55:48. > :55:54.close together. What is the secret between fights? The secret in

:55:54. > :55:58.between fights his you have to fight five times in the two weeks.

:55:58. > :56:03.The secret is to chill-out and relax and not think about anything,

:56:03. > :56:09.just focus on what your job is. Your job is to win the gold medal

:56:09. > :56:13.and you just need to, you need tunnel vision. The only person to

:56:13. > :56:17.speak to is the train and your team friends. That is what I did in

:56:17. > :56:25.Athens. Great news. Before we switch channels, let's remind you

:56:25. > :56:29.of the day's headlines. Ethiopian Meseret Defar deprived her team-

:56:29. > :56:36.mate Tirunesh Dibaba of a second successive Olympic double by

:56:36. > :56:41.claiming the 5,000m title which she won in 2004.

:56:41. > :56:46.Turkey won their first ever Olympic gold medal in athletics as Asli

:56:46. > :56:51.Cakir Alptekin won a slow 1,500m race. Her compatriot Gamze Bulut

:56:51. > :56:55.earned silver. USA it star studded sprint relay

:56:55. > :57:00.team shattered the twenty-seven- year-old world record previously

:57:00. > :57:06.held by East Germany. Carmelita debtor and could the team.

:57:06. > :57:11.The Bahamas upset defending champions USA to win the men's 4 x

:57:11. > :57:15.400m title. Great Britain were in agonising 4th for the second

:57:15. > :57:22.successive Olympics. Another botched baton exchanged by

:57:22. > :57:24.the sprint relay team cost them a place in the Olympic final. It is

:57:25. > :57:34.their 5th failing in the last six championships.

:57:34. > :57:41.Renaud Lavillenie a set a record to win the pole vault gold medal.

:57:41. > :57:45.Britain's Stephen Lewis was joint 5th.

:57:45. > :57:50.No gold medals for Great Britain today but they are still well up on

:57:50. > :57:55.the leaderboard. A couple of silvers and bronzes and more medals