BBC One: Day 4: 14.00-16.00 Olympics

Good afternoon, welcome to a very busy Olympic Park. Once again it is

busy with members of the public getting a real sense of the Games,

and British athletes doing exactly the same thing. Still no gold medal

for Britain, but the silver lining in the equestrian - could there be

individual gold this afternoon? In the pool, Jemma Lowe reached the

200m butterfly semi-final, but Ellen Gandy is out. Michael

Jamieson and Alan Willis progress to the 200m breaststroke final. And

Disappointment in the archery for Naomi Folkard. I suppose we could

Naomi Folkard. I suppose we could describe that as a mixed morning.

This is what the medal table looks United States are still locked at

17 medals apiece. The Chinese have 17 medals apiece. The Chinese have

nine golds to the United States' five so far. We have a very busy

afternoon, including the tantalising conclusion of the canoe

slalom. Stay where you are for that, however the result in front of many

fans in Greenwich Park is the story of the day, particularly for Zara

Phillips. This is 40 years after her father won gold in the Munich

Games. In this case, gold went to the impressive German team, and

Tina Cook going clear was the performance that secured the silver

medal. Mary King also had a flawless run, and afterwards they

spoke to us. Members of the royal family were in the crowd, it was

extraordinary to watch. This is what they have to say.

The you coped magnificently. These are the things you think about, and

you think it won't happen to me. The team have done so well and it

was so close. We could have got silver or nothing, and that would

have been awful. Gold would have been brilliant, silver was

fantastic. Was that the most important round of jumping in your

whole career? I suppose it must have been. I have been fortunate

enough to do a few over the years, but this wasn't front of the home

crowd and they were so supportive. We know it comes to this and the

crowd, they were unbelievable. I got a penalty which has dropped any

an individual place. I have got to try to do better and get an

individual medal, that is what I really want. Will it be hard to

focus? No, we are very much on the Bolton, get in there and see what

they build us. He you can find a Union Jack flag for sale somewhere

in East London, you will do very well, because it looks like they

are all in Greenwich Park. Give us some kind of idea of the atmosphere

as it was for you. It was extremely tense.

It is very quiet when the dressage takes place, also very quiet when

the showjumping takes place, but every time a British rider jumped

the fence out there today, there were tens of thousands of clicks,

then it went quiet, then tens of thousands of clicks again. Every

time they rattled the bar, you could hear a pin drop. Tina Cook

had a big job on her hands when she went out last for Great Britain,

knowing she had to be within the time to make sure Great Britain won

the silver medal. Obviously today is the Davy Medal

is won, but it is three days of hard graft. Your interview with

Zara Phillips is fascinating because I think she thought she had

cost Great Britain a medal. Yes, when she came out into the arena

she had a big smile on her face. I said that to her, and she didn't

even know that because she was so caught up in the moment.

Unfortunately she had the post box down very early on, and I think she

thought that would have cost us the chance of winning the gold medal,

which in a sense it did, but we lost that earlier in the

competition. She held her nerve to go on and do it because it is very

easy when you make a mistake to let your guard down. The horse can feel

your confidence, and she and High Kingdom went clear for the rest of

the round, and in the end she was part of an excellent team

performance. It is definitely worth focusing on the performances of

Tina Cook and Mary King, and their consistency over the last away-days.

First of four, Mary King is 51, appearing at her sixth Olympic

Games, and she said this was perhaps the toughest showjumping

test she had done in her whole life. Her horse yesterday, Imperial

Cavalier, was superbly on the cross-country course. It is a tight

course, and perhaps it would not have suited him because physically

he is a very big horse, but she was able to cope with the tension once

again. She is experienced enough. As for Tina Cook, she has had a

difficult year. Her horse Miners Frolic nearly died a year ago, but

somehow she got him together, back competing, and he has been

brilliant. She has obviously got the individual to come. Personally

for Tina, she lost her father, the trainer who was responsible for a

horse that won the Grand National in 1981 and there is that

correlation between that horse, who was retired and many people thought

he wouldn't make it, but he was brought back to the Grand National

by her father, and she has done something similar with her horse,

Miners Frolic. Bid for we let you go, we will be back with you very

soon when they go for their individual medals, and it is worth

pointing out how close it is at the front - just one fence between the

top four. Currently Sweden in the top four. Currently Sweden in the

lead, Germany's second, then Mary King in third place and Tina Cook

in fourth place. Should they go clear, and Sarah and Michael have

offence go down, we could be talking about gold and silver.

Don't go anywhere, get your Union Don't go anywhere, get your Union

Jack out and you can be waving that later. It is always worth reminding

you that all the sports you can see thorough available via the red

button and the website. Later on BBC Three Tonia Couch and Sarah

Barrow look to go one better than the boys yesterday in the diving.

Meanwhile, on BBC One, time to head 15 miles north of here to Lee

Valley and the canoe slalom. Britain's David Florence just

scraped into the semi-final today. Sadly he hit a gate managing sixth

place so we can now join it towards the end of the semi-final and

David's place in the semi-final the Olympics in Beijing, but since

then he has improved - got a silver medal at the Asian Games, and on

that occasion he finished behind Teng of China. Looking pretty good

at the moment, takes on the spin in gate turn. He has to drive on the

canoe, and then slides into 13. Pushing the about right under the

poles. -- the bow. Tight into 16, the Japanese No. 1. Again, this is

bad news for David Florence and Great Britain. Three gates to go.

Just getting into a bit of trouble coming through 20, and that has

really slowed him down coming through 21. A little bit sideways,

and again losing speed. To yes, caught himself in the stopper and

have to accelerate the canoe once again. This is bad news for David

Florence, but good news for the Japanese, and plenty of support for

him. Actually fourth quickest so that was a big surprise. Just two

more to go, and at the moment David Florence is in eighth place, and at

this stage you have to be a little bit pessimistic and say David

Florence will not make it through to his second consecutive Olympic

final. It is a big ask when you have the champion himself from 2000

date, Michal Martikan, to come down the course. It will be one of the

most difficult places to sit in, as Michal Martikan, former double

Olympic champion, had his second and final run, so the Slovenian was

relegated to second place, but he was a class act. Savsek of Slovenia,

bronze medal at this year's championships. A good start.

just needs to make sure he doesn't take too many hard hits through

these stoppers. They want to keep their nose as dry as possible.

Slightly up on the split, now pushing out on to the wave and

going for the spin, as we have seen going through 11, but very

satisfactory in terms of his form so far. Typed out of 16, pushing

hard across the river before he turns it round. He is getting in

fractions of time down this course. Another spin, but nicely controlled.

Don't want to see him slip out to twenty-one and out as a hard as

possible. No problem into the final, and that means unfortunately that

David Florence is out of this the Olympic competition. Massive

disappointment for the British supporters. They will realise that

now. They have seen the giant scoreboard, so no medals for Great

Britain on this first day of finals at the Lee Valley Whitewater Centre.

How will that affect the British team, Helen? It will be a big

disappointment. We would have expected to see David in the final,

he would have expected to see himself in the final. He picked up

some penalties and didn't quite seem to find his rhythm. Sometimes

when you have to put in the extra strength, you don't get the

smoothness and the run on the boat. The tremendous run by Savsek. The

German still holds on to the lead, but can't be taken away by this

man? We can safely say he is the best paddler we have seen, in terms

of the Olympic Games anyway. A double Olympic champion, always

favours the red boat. Martikan, we saw his first run in the heat and

he totally messed it up, but then champion here, he messed up his

first heat run. His we had to wait until his second he until we could

find out what was good about his C1 pattern. Go we see how we is down

wave. Now into 13. He has got to drive back before he sets up the

that is for sure. Heading towards 17. The precision through the

uprights, there. He spins him away and across to the fast-moving water

gets to upstream. They go glided through 18 backwards but then he

dropped low. He needs to make sure he keeps his composure. Gather he

lines up the canoe so he can make this and to the finish. He he's

going to make the final but he is Florence, and a chance of a repeat

performance of four years ago in medal behind this man, Michal

Martikan. He got caught at the first gate, but we saw in the heats

he didn't get off to a good start either, but then he blew the field

away with a super performance. It will be interesting to see what

happens this afternoon, but David Florence will be gutted to miss out

on the final. We just got a glimpse of some of the British paddlers

walking away, looking a bit disconsolate. The Australian came

here ranked 40 plus in the world and has made it through to the

Olympic final. A great performance by the Australian, and David

Absolutely gutted for you, your reaction to what has happened.

Obviously, very disappointed. Didn't really go my way. Not quite

sure what happened. It wasn't good enough today. Sometimes that is the

way of the sport. I know it is an on the day sport. Do you think the

pressure of being in front of have massive home crowd, the place where

you train day-in and day-out, did that contribute? It is hard to say

exactly what went wrong. I don't think so. We do a lot of races

every year. I have finished first, second, 9th, 25th. And here, not

good enough. It is up and down. This was the race I wanted to

perform at, and I haven't. Yeah, a huge disappointment. Sorry for all

the people who have supported me in the last four years. Yeah, I gave

it I all today, obviously. I didn't set out to put out a bad run. I

will have to refocus, I have a couple of days before the sea to,

really try to pick things up then. Was there one particular place

where you felt you lost it? really. I just wasn't really fast

enough the whole way down, to be honest. There was nothing that went

really wrong, just nothing that ran particularly quickly either. Really

sorry for what happened, but get ready for the sea to with Richard

Hounslow and thanks for speaking to Only 48 hours until he is back on

the water. Jonathan Davies is at Lee Valley, it is fair to say that

he is shell-shock. Absolutely shell-shocked, I don't think he

could believe what has happened. He lives close by and has been

training here for 18 months. He has probably imagines the semi-final a

million times over, and it never won't like that in his dreams at

all. He didn't really have an answer -- it's never won't like

High go I wonder if it is the expectation. It is hard to train

somewhere and then see it transformed into an Olympic venue,

and to cope with that different frame of reference that you have.

He did not turn up today. He was ranked number one in the world.

What is it like when you are number one in the world. He had eight

silver medal in Beijing, it seemed so set up. I can only say it is

pressure. When I came off the track as an athlete, you don't feel like

a pressure got to you, you just don't have an answer. In 1992 in

Barcelona I was in great shape, went through my qualifying round,

jumped horrendously. It was almost as if it had gone like that and I

didn't know what happened. I think it was pressure and expectation, it

becomes too much and you just perform way below your best but you

don't have an answer. If you can, take us into the mind of an elite

athlete. In 48 hours he has to go again, with Richard Hounslow in the

second class. How difficult is it to go back and find a performance

that was missing? He will be very hard, I don't think you'll sleep a

wink for two nights. Get back on the water -- I don't think he will

sleep. He will talk to his friends and family and his sports

psychologist. Paddling with Richard Hounslow will help, he is not there

on his own. Richard goes tomorrow in the final of the K one. I don't

think we should have expectations of Richard getting a medal.

Hopefully Richard can lift him up and that is what team-mates should

do. Get hold of your hand, give you a hug and make sure he is right for

two days time. We hope to see a smile on your face in a couple of

days' time. Thank you. It goes to show the drama and

emotion of the Olympic Games. Two miles south of here we have seen

wonderful celebrations for Great Britain. 50 miles north at Lee

Valley, real devastation for David. From the south to the north, to the

south-west, let's head to Portland. Shirley Robertson is there for us,

you are out on the water, lovely to see where you belong, yesterday it

was fair to say it was a pretty mixed day for our sailors, what is

the latest today? Probably next again. The man of the matches in

the Star class, returning gold- medallist from Beijing, Iain Percy

and Andrew Simpson. They led the first race by a very long way.

Trailing behind, they predicted opponent from Brazil. Mixed

fortunes on the British camp in the 4-9 at last. An average day

yesterday. We are out here watching Ben Ainslie racing. In the first

race he finished 4th. More importantly, the man who was in

front of him was from Denmark, he has beaten them in every single

race. We are watching his 6th race now, and he is ahead of the Dane,

and he needs to start to begin to limit the points difference in this

series, or otherwise it will be getting worrying. It is developing

into quite a nice battle between the two of them. It is a real

battle and perhaps slightly unexpected. Everyone assumed the

gold medal was in Ben Ainslie's pocket and he wouldn't have any

major opposition, but that has not been the case. Jonas has been

really strong upwind and down when, he has been fast and sailing smart.

The -- and downwind. He was over the line at the start, he started

way too early and had to restart behind the entire fleet. He has got

up to about fizz and he is one place behind Ben Ainslie. You are

bobbing up and down a little more than normal, it looks incredibly

choppy, what are the conditions like? I bet it is nice and

comfortable in the studio. It is pretty hard work, it is very choppy

and windy and there is lots of tide. We have had great success in the

Laser radial class, which is the women's single-handed. Alison Young

was selected rate -- late into the team. She is currently racing her

second race of the day. Leading that race, Annelise Murphy of the

island, who has won all of the races so far, so an impressive

performance from Ireland. Congratulations to them. The

weather is not putting off the fans? I don't know if there are

many people on the beach! They are pretty hard core, the British, you

never know. The thank you very much. It is nice and warm in the studio

but I am sure you'll get a cup of coffee when you get back to dry

We will tell you what else you can see from the Olympic Games courtesy

of the BBC this afternoon. Plenty of action across London. If you

would like to check in with the tennis, you can do that. Andy

Murray and Marconi men and are playing each other. This is live on

BBC Three. Andy is in trouble. He is looking strong in that set, 5-2

are. -- 5-2 up. There is also some Badminton, the British number one

is in action in the men, Susan Engel star of competing for Great

If handball is your game, Great Britain are in action in the Copper

Box. They are playing Sweden, it is handshakes at the moment. It won't

be handshakes for too long, it is fast and furious. Sweden were if

The action is far from over in Greenwich from what we saw this

morning, it has been a hugely popular venue. Individual efforts

in Greg -- in getting Team GB to the final have sealed individual

the final have sealed individual it will be a full arena again. The

top 25 individuals, after the completion of the team medals. We

are climbing to the top and the marks get very close indeed. There

are only three fences for the last 15, 16 competitors. That is nothing.

It is not such a difficult course, it is bigger, not so many defences.

But remember, this is the second show jumping round. It is after the

rigours of yesterday's cross country. He have been around a

course. Take us around. -- you have been around the course. It is a

bigger track, it is not so long as this morning. There are fewer

offences but they are all at the maximum. One-litre 30 high -- fewer

offences. One-litre 35. They are able to go wider with the parallel

bars. The first fence is one-litre with a bang. There could be seven

or eight strides, another vertical to an oxer, a 360 turn it back to

the wide parallel bars, six strides to the planks. The white flags are

really difficult to see, they blend into the fencing around the arena.

They double back to the Stonehenge combination at eight. That is two

strides, then there is a short eight and a bending line it to

number nine. A huge white boxer as the final fence. Ferry testing --

Mark has done a lot of show jumping and it has benefited the cross-

country and the showjumping rounds he has had. He represented Ireland

in the World Equestrian Games two years ago. This is a new ride for

him at this level. He had four in the first round this morning and

comes in with the score of 71.9 it was this morning. Very good over

the vertical. Ins a densely, time and gnarled in this round -- time

allowed, 58 seconds and he is just over. I thought it might be easier,

but I don't think it is. That is for the first individual round. We

are jumping in reverse order of their placings after the show

jumping round this morning. I do think it will be possible to do the

time. It is not as twisty as this morning - they can keep travelling

on this course. You can see he rubbed the pole. Jessica Phoenix,

14th in the round this morning, had a couple of time faults. In that,

71.2. Lying in 24th place. The situation here, just to remind you,

there is only a maximum of three individuals per nation. Some, for

instance like William Fox-Pitt, who was within the top 25 scores, but

not possible for him to come in because he was rider number for --

number four. This is the only competition in which they have to

ride two showjumping rounds after the cross-country, so they are not

always used to it. These bigger fences are working out better for

Jessica. He is certainly trying. Again, over the time. That time

faults to add as well for exponential, so 13 in all. 81.20

the final score with everything added. That is Jessica Phoenix for

Canada, the only Canadian that has got through to the final round. It

is certainly a round that has provided, since it came in in 2004,

the first time this formula came forward and it has certainly

hasn't had the good fortune in this Olympics. They won the team gold

for years ago, and France have got two riders through. Another big

horse with a big jump, a slightly slow Jonk. -- jump. This more open

track should suit him. The plank doors rather blend into the

jumped into that combination not really travelling enough. He has

been jumping rather slowly. Landed a bit short, and ended on the third

stride, and there is no way the horse could get out of that. It had

no real chance put a stop at the difference to his final time. A

total of 23. He got a penalty for the refusal, a penalty for the

knock-down, and for the time. can see the horse knocked the pole

out with his chest, and then he couldn't get his feet out properly

so have no choice but to stop at the final element. The other French

rider will come later, but this is Phillip Dutton, who had 23 in the

showjumping round this morning. Only just managed to get in. He was

a twice Olympic gold medallist in Australia. His life based in

Pennsylvania with a big training yard. You mentioned earlier, Ian,

about the tail carriage of this horse. It is very unusual.

Sometimes a horse with Arab breeding can carry its tail high

behind him, but it is an unusual sight for his tale to be sticking

up like that, and I wondered if it had damaged its tail or if it was

part of its breeding. He had that surprise stopped in the first round.

He is not stopping here, but a relatively new ride for Philip so

they will still be getting to know each other. Some good victories on

the American circuit, but they have not shown to their very best here

so Phillip Dutton, 83. 10th is his final score. That is one of the

surprises of this Olympic Games. He was very much fancied to beat a

gold -- an Olympic medal contender. You can't really blame the horse

for that. This is one of two individuals who have come from

Italy. Stefano was very much at the head of affairs, led the dressage

foreign while, but then ended in third place. Yesterday ended up

with quite a few time faults. The horse got a little bit tired, and

in the first round again showed a lot of capabilities, really gave

some big jumps and only have one down. Didn't really look as

convincing as perhaps he might. He has just learnt that the time

allowed has been changed to 60 seconds, which is exactly what the

grand jury can do. They can't just the time if they feel it is a

little bit too fast. -- they can adjust the time. The other news is

that Ingrid Klimke has withdrawn from this round. I don't think she

would enjoy coming back and having more fences down, particularly when

the horse has given its best. It dropped out of contention this

morning, had two down. A Belgian reverse order of merit. Tina Cook

is in fourth place, and Mary King with Imperial Cavalier lying in

bronze medal position, less than a fence behind the lead. The lead

that is currently held by Sara Algotsson Ostholt, with Michael

Jung behind. Two down for the leading Italian rider. He goes on

to 69. Turn. A reminder that the time has been changed, so a time

fault has been taken off a number of the competitors. Actually it

means that the Irish competitor is the only one inside the time even

with that alteration to the time allowed. Now Joseph Murphy. Very

much get the impression he has loved these Olympic Games. He has

certainly produced some very good results. A double clear round this

morning, 13 of those, clear jumping and inside the time. This course

really provided an excellent final phase test. There is absolutely no

doubt, Ian, you have seen the sport for many years from both sides of

the fence, this technical ability of the show jumping now is a much

bigger factor than it was 10 years all recognition. The standard is so

high. Electric Cruise jumped a fantastic round this morning and it

looks like another fantastic round this afternoon. He has been

incredibly consistent. He certainly has. Ireland have come out of these

Games very well indeed. He has jumped two double clear rounds and

you can't do better than that. He could well climb higher. So well

done. Had a word with Ginny Elliot over the break between the two rows

and I said, well done, you must be pleased with his position. --

between the two rounds. She said no, I wanted a bronze. But Ireland have

done very well indeed. He has done himself no harm on the

international stage. No, he has done a great job. I should think

for the future of the Irish team, we will be using him more and more.

The horse looks amazing, looks in great condition. Has performed to

his best. Andrew Hoy, based in Great Britain, ever since 1978,

either in Britain or in Europe on the mainland. He with this young 9-

year-old, on a score 57.3. He had eight in this morning's round, two

fences down. It is a young horse that is improving, competition by

competition. Impressive yesterday. Andrew, remember, a three-time

Olympic champion. 92, 96 and 2000, when Australia won those three gold

medals on the trot. In Sydney he won the individual silver as well.

The I think that the fewer jumps and the easier it turns has

certainly helped Andrew's was this afternoon. Fantastic Clear round

and well inside the time -- Andrew's horse. He is a man who

wants to complete eight Olympic Games, this is his 7th and his

horse could easily take into the eighth. A great round. He stays. On

the same score. And we are going in reverse order of merit. And the

pressure is building. As the Australians celebrate, they haven't

had a lot to celebrate but certainly, Andrew Hoy has more than

kept up his end. He was quite a late selection. But he has

certainly proved it was a good one. Now France, and Nicolas Touzaint,

Hildago de L'Ile. A score of 57.2, is the best of the French. Just

before he starts, let's remind you how close it is at the top. There

is no Ingrid Klimke, but Sarah Algotsson Ostholt, a brilliant

clear round this morning on Wega. Just over a mark ahead of Michael

Jung, the world and European champion on stamp. Mary King, on

42.1. And Tina Cook, all within one fence. Now Nicolas Touzaint. He has

already had one down this morning and it already another one gone. It

is not easy to keeping careful. Nicolas Touzaint -- to keep him

careful. Nicolas Touzaint, one of the world's top riders. The horses

have got to want to leave these jumps up. Taking chances, there!

Slightly guessing at the jumps. Prices for home, but he is over the

didn't do it in Hong Kong because his horse went wrong before the

competition started. Whereas four years before that, he went into the

final round he just like this, leading and on for a gold. It all

fell apart and he didn't win any individual medal at all. Now Niklas

Lindback. Sweden finished 4th in the team, with Mister Pooh. Niklas

Lindback didn't have the round he really wanted. He had a couple of

fences down. Mister Pooh, on a tighter lines into these offences.

-- of these offences. Just fighting all the way down that line, it was

never settled. -- these fences. They have got to be in balance and

able to use their head and neck. He 5th at Badminton, but it hasn't

been the case here, and he has gone over the time allowed. Those

seconds added haven't made too much difference at the moment. He is on

British, will be coming in three the ring is Karin Donckers. The

very experienced Belgian rider. Gazelle de la Brasserie, 55.6. She

is at the moment in 16th place. But those clear rounds of Joe Murphy

and Andrew Hoy have already got those horses on the rise. The Clear

rounds in the end of what is required to put you near to the top

of the leaderboard. This mare did have her faults this morning, but

she is normally very careful in the show jumping. Accelerating around

trying to steady the mare, she knew she had gone a bit bold, just

couldn't shorten in the middle. time penalties and a fence down,

that completes the round for STUDIO: We will return to Greenwich

very shortly. Just to bring you up to date with everything else that

is happening. Andy Murray and Jarkko Nieminen are playing at

Wimbledon. That is on BBC Three. Following on from that, it is the

women's ten-metre synchro platform. If you would like to press the red

button, the British number one Badminton player will be in action.

You just need to press red and see what is going on. And in the Copper

Box, Great Britain looking to bounce back from their opening

defeat. Plenty of live sport. Zara Phillips is up shortly in the

Victoria Panizzon with Borough Pennyz. -- Italy's the Victoria

Hong Kong. He would love to finish up the order, even the top 10 --

she would love. A clear round might give further option. Stood a long

way off the boxer, bouncing all the way to the upright planks. An

enormous jump. This is one horse that all the riders which they were

sitting on in the show jumping phase. Oh, taking chances there.

But even the way she hits the defence... He easily inside the

the moment, but how high will she everything. Will she get into the

top 10 with that, clear inside the she is very polished in this round,

she jumped a lovely double clear on Mr Medicott. He won team gold in

Hong Kong with Frank Ostholt and for the same rider at the world's

championships. Double clear this more relaxed this afternoon. He

jumped well this morning but he was doing a lot of fighting. He looks

much softer and easier for Karen to get him to use his head and neck

this horse in the spring in America. They have worked at it, as have the

O'Connors, being gruelling people for not only training themselves

but also their students. A little bit lucky, there. She stays 14th.

53.8. Two very polished rounds. Two inside the time. We will see what

the team think. The groom's works so hard. Mr Medicott, enjoying the

her first Olympic Games. -- outside it is the lady. At 31-year-old Zara

Phillips on the great Toytown, coming in on this High Kingdom. A

brilliant round yesterday. Very much part of a team silver medal

that Britain has clinched in the final show jumping today. He now

coming to get glory in the individual. At the moment she is

lying in 13th place. She ended up with a fence down and some time

faults in round one. Kanju jumped a clear round? She jumped a very good

round at crammed on to clinch a wonderful performance -- can she

this horse. He is still improving and I fancy that is why he was

is not unlucky for Zara full stock Zara Phillips, in her first

Olympics, one very happy Mahler, and Peter Phillips -- happy mother.

It is drizzling here, but the crowd don't know that. The Duchess of

Cornwall, enjoying that moment. And what a performance by this young

lady. She has another horse for her superb temperament and talent.

Great for Great Britain. Will it take her further up the order?

enormous jump over the second, and already turning, pitched her up his

neck. Fortunately they stayed but the atmosphere is electric. It

is Taggart, the man who looks like another Mark Todd -- it is Paget.

He was 7th in the world, he is currently lying 12th in his current

Olympics. He had one down this morning. New Zealand, winning the

Olympic bronze. It was an unlucky one down this morning. He doesn't

strike me as though he wants to the Worlds. He is now based in

Britain. He is a definite prospect that he does get a time fault. Zara

Phillips moves up one place. 54.1, 53.9 rather, Zara Phillips on 53.1.

And in fact Karen O'Connor moves up he has got that time fault. He is

thrilled to be in the cut for this Murphy, now even Clarke -- he for

to base a team on for the future. They certainly are. She jumped a

brilliant round this morning. Horse and rider look as though they are

loving it, having great fun. European championship's leading

from the dressage right until the end, another great performance here.

Seabird clear round from Aoife The competition is over, what are

the assessment of your performers? Quite relieved. Incredible, the

whole weekend, a couple of mistakes, I am so pleased. Tiny little scare

in the show jumping round, but the way he held it together. Straight

out this time. What is this cause like?

It is bigger and the time is tight again. After yesterday, and the

second round, you have just got to get on with it again. It is good,

he jumped fantastic. Had a chance to reflect on the team silver?

really. We should have been able to do more but unfortunately the --

unfortunately they were too good for us. We didn't go down. The team

has been awesome this week, massive performance. A real honour to ride

with everybody. I will let you with everybody. I will let you

himself no harm. It is Ludvig Svennerstal. With Shamwari coming

down the final alive. He has had three down, he slips because he was

in touch. He was in touch with the leaders. It was a horse that was

looked at very closely this morning. They let him through but I am not

sure it was necessarily in his best interests. He now finishes on 72.1.

Aoife Clarke goes up, so does Zara Phillips. And Shamwari goes a long

way down the line. I think they probably were right to let him

through. He is a little bit stiff and a little bit tired and that

showed in the second round. There is the current position. Into the

Top Ten comes the Frenchman and this week. Zara Phillips is just

outside at the moment but certainly in touch. Now Christopher Burton,

HP Leilani of Australia, one down this morning, he is on 50.10, this

is where it gets very close indeed. There are at least four horses and

had the best record. Only one down this morning. He started his first

couple of jumps, he jumped really well. He is a horse that has not

way to end. We will hear a lot more of this man, Christopher Burton.

Zara Phillips is up into 9th place now. He finishes on 62.1.

Christopher Burton, Australia. Australia really have had a bit of

a nightmare Olympics by their very high standards. There is no Ingrid

Klimke now, that lifts everybody up one place. It is the great Mark

Todd, twice Olympic champion, got to go back to 84 and 88, Los

Angeles, and then in Korea, riding a ferry -- fairly inexperienced

horse, Campino. He was literally within less than one mark of the

lead. This horse hasn't quite got this phase together. He was a

little bit tired at the end of the cross-country. Mark was only one

second over the time. He is an inexperienced horse so I think he

will mature and strengthen up from this had developed from it. Next

year he will be a bigger, stronger horse. We know how good he is in

all three phases. I would imagine he would come out at Badminton next

year and bring out a clear round. Zara Phillips is up now into 8th

place. And the man who drops down is the great Mark Todd. He goes on

to 54.5. Again, clear round. They win medals. Five places in all with

those two fences down. We are now into the top six for the Olympic

individual medals. Here is a man who has won a bronze in the worlds,

can he go clear and put the pressure on? He has got at least

just one fence between him and a bronze medal. Just one fence, clear

round, put pressure on. Still to come, Sandra Oh for off -- Sandra

Auffarth. The bigger the fence, the better he will jump. Because they

are bigger he is able to write him to defences more than he was this

morning. Just 5.7 marks. Just run through the contact a little bit.

Big jump, couldn't really get him back. For a moment I thought he was

going to pick a stride out. -- Take a stride out. At the moment, if the

rest of the fences stay intact, and they do, he will not drop a place.

He was in sixth, he will stay there. He has got a silver medal, a bronze

medal, I should say. For New Zealand in the team. I am not sure

it will be any more. Five left. Germany, Sandra Auffarth, she

showed her show jumping background, that is the leaders at the moment

with those five to go. Zara Phillips up to 8th position. If the

rest went clear. Zara Phillips, on fences down and still stay above

Zara Phillips. But what it also means, her chance of an Olympic

medal would go. She has already won an individual silver in her first

dreadfully wrong for her to have two down, the way this horse is

jumping. Another one that almost looks as if it is relishing the

and scope. The it has. -- it has. It looks all very easy. Bred in

Germany. They have had a successful stud for many years. On goes the

pressure, stays on 44.8, that is just a little more than one fence

behind the lead, but less than one fence behind the bronze medal. At

the moment, in the bronze position, 42.1, so three time faults would

put Sandra in touch with a bronze from any of the next three. The

next two of those three are British. Tina Cook, Tina who won bronze in

Hong Kong, a superb second round four years ago, climbed from 10th

up to the bronze medal, what can she do now? She is lying in fourth

place, less than one mark behind Mary King. She just had tapped that

first fence but it has gone. And another one. Sadly, she is not

going to repeat the bronze individual medal from the last

Olympics. She has got to keep him last. What a pity. She has done a

tremendous job. She would have loved to have got a medal. She has

got a team silver. Zara is still just behind Tina. Listen to them

responding. 51 is her final score. Three to jump. You can see the

disappointment for Tina. What About Mary Kane? She has put up a great

performance. Can she now finish it off? Bronze medal position at the

is going to drop down the leaderboard. The same two fences

have gone for both the British riders. They will be absolutely

gutted. But they have won a silver medal. But the team has won a

silver medal and done a fantastic job. It would have been nice to

have finished in style, but it is has moved up. Could it be bronze

for Germany? Can history be made with the last two riders. Waiting

to come in is the world and European champion, Michael Jung.

Here he comes. Michael Jung, quite relaxed. He won the World

Championships in 2010 in Kentucky. He is on this wonderful horse, Sam.

An Irish horse. He is on a score of 40.6. He will go below Sandra if he

has a fence down. If he jumps clear, he would put himself in with the

chance of being the first man ever to hold the world, the European and

the Olympic title at the same time. circuit. And the horse is jumping

better this afternoon than it did this morning. This will be the big

test. Brilliant. He stays where he wonderful training partnership.

They have given a brilliant demonstration. Remember, he was

11th after dressage, he is now second. It is all on, the last to

go, Sara Algotsson with Wega. She is literally 1.3 ahead. A pat on

the neck, a lot of pats on the neck. Do you like those motorbike cat?

I did. What is wrong with good old fashioned proper riding hats?

is the one that is battling for gold. A piece of history here,

could Sara Algotsson Ostholt be the first lady rider to win an Olympic

eventing title? Home-bred, out of the mare that her sister wrote

earlier, finished just out of the medals. They can put all that right

with this wonderful combination, so impressive this morning. Got to

jump clear. Just one time fault could be afforded, but no more.

Under pressure in the Europeans last year, did fall apart, they

think it is allergic to these jumps at the moment! You could hear a pin

She goes on to 43.3 and she will stay with the silver. It is not to

be the first lady ever to win gold. But it is the first time that

anyone has held the world, the European and the Olympic title and

that is Michael Jung. Nice to see the sweets smiling because that

will be a huge disappointment. They have really performed so well here.

And the horse is fantastic. horse is amazing. You could tell

she was fiddling with the stride and it did not happen. So Michael

Jung that now holds all three major titles with Sam. Germany finish off

in style. Remember they won the team gold earlier today. The

individual bronze went to Sandra Auffarth. Consolation all round.

What a tremendous Olympics it has been for the eventing discipline.

Certainly one of the most exciting Very emotional in Greenwich.

Congratulations, Michael Jung. Let's head back there. Rishi Persad

is with Tina and Mary. Team silver medallists, but no medals in the

individual competition and I detected some disappointment. But

performances to be proud of all round. Mary, in your 6th Olympics.

I was thrilled to jump at clear round in the team, it was my first

clear round in an Olympic Games. Fantastic and disappointed with my

two down. I made a big mistake and there is a big lion in the middle

of the arena and I went near it and it scared him. Because of that he

was a bit scared during the first part of the cause. You had both the

same fences down. I saw the look on your face, but I wanted to say, you

have done OK. It has done really well, but you want to go in and

jumped a clear round. I am beating myself up, but I will get over it.

You want to be they are going for gold, so I am disappointed, but I

am thrilled for the team. Gold would have been amazing, but Selva

is great. Because both of you have been in a position where you could

have won a medal in the individual, there is an air of disappointment.

But when you reflect on it the performance was fantastic,

especially when you are up against a very strong German team. They did

a better job than we did and they deserve the medals they have got.

We will have to keep working for the next four years and Rio de

Janeiro, here we come. It has been a tough year for you, you talked

about Miners Frolic earlier on, but your dad passing away in February.

How difficult has it been for you to get to where you are today?

has been emotionally difficult, but you have to look at the positive

things. We missed dad because we were a very close family. But we

still work from home and Imam has still not been able to get rid of

us. But coming to an Olympics is amazing for anybody and it has been

brilliant and we did a good job and we have had a lot of fun. You have

all been fantastic and you can be proud of your performances. You

probably want to carry on, but your daughter is hot on your heels.

Emily is keen to follow on my footsteps and she seems to have the

drive that is needed at the minute. We will catch up with you after the

medals ceremony. A great display from teen and a

special display from the British team. It was so nervous sitting

here watching it with you, but you make it worse. It I was making a

lot of noise. Mary was talking about going to Brazil. Mark Todd

was competing, he is 56, there is no upper age limit in eventing as

long as you are physically fit enough and can keep putting

yourself through it and can steered clear of injuries. She broke her

neck in 2001 and those things happen in horse sports. Tina is

thinking, well I ever have a horse as good as Miners Frolic again? She

does not have the same numbers as William Fox-Pitt and does not have

quite the same set-up. It may be harder for Tina to find the right

for us than it will be for Mary. But for a merry the sun is always

shining. If anybody deserves success in the individual event it

is Mary, let's hope that happens in four years time. Converge elations

for Michael Jung. I was thinking of Sara he thought she had left the

last fence up and her husband is German. He was on the German team

when they won the gold four years ago. I think there was only one

hand available and he wanted his wife to win. Nationality did not

matter. She thought she had, but it got snatched away from her. Not

unlike diving, which you are going to see in a minute. The tiniest

thing makes a difference and it is all over in a flash. Tina and Mary

disappointed at the end. But it puts into perspective what a -- an

impressive display from Zara Phillips. She knows it she had done

that this morning we would have put so much pressure on Germany we

might have won a gold medal. Anything can happen and people

react under pressure. But they have won the team and individual gold,

Germany. They will be hot favourites for the dressage gold,

but Britain might win their first Olympic medal in dress size. Zara

Phillips described her horse as such a dude. Let's go into the

Aquatics Centre because today the British women are hoping to go one

better. Disappointment yesterday for Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield.

Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow are in great form. As you can see by the

hands over the faces they are struggling a little now. They are

in 6th place with one died left to go. That is on BBC thought. That is

a shame. It was emotional in there with Tom and peat. You look at Tom

Daley and he is only 18. Pete copes with being in the shadow of Tom

Daley, but Tom has to deal with the full glare and you know about the

Twitter round. Only a young guy who clearly is saying stupid things. I

think I have had tweets from him. There are quite a lot of people who

will say idiotic things, but that is the kind of pressure pump is

under. They are clearly disappointed and straight away he

is sanguine and eloquent and gracious in defeat. He did every

single interview and was still doing interviews when I left. They

cope with failure as well as with success. When we talk about what is

inspiring about sport I personally Earth this will ring is good fun,

but so is the canoe slalom, just as wet, but we sort David Florence not

make it through to the final. We can join the final, five left to go,

out on a bronze medal four years ago. Just over a second to Robin

Bell of Australia. Can he produce the goods this time? If he wants a

medal he will have to go faster than one of 5.73, which is the lead

at the moment. Four superb athletes yet to come. Keeping the speed on

the boat, wants to roll through its seven, the 88, trying to jump over

as much as he can. He is up at the split. He is pushing out hard on to

the wave, quick spin. He surfs across the waves into the gate.

That was number 12, coming across for 13. The Spaniard looking very

good, very powerful, economic or with his strokes. Drops down, gets

the little bits stuck losing fractions of a time and energy. He

is up 4.91 seconds. This looks like a fantastic run. This could be

tough to beat. He really got stuck there. He comes up safely through

the upstream, number 19, down 320, no penalty so far. 21 could be a

real test for him. To tight around the polls, pushing back round.

dropped out of the way of 23, this is good, it won a 2.61, lost a bit

of time over the last four or five gates but in the lead by a

considerable margin. There they are, just down in a holding pen after

the fish. Elosegi in pole position. For kept it nice and tight, they

want to be in and out of those eddies as quickly as possible.

turned out to be a real textbook runner for the Spaniard. Heath has

-- he has set an incredibly high standard. The rest of the team

delighted. Only two men have dipped under the 100 barrier at the moment,

in the first run, and Savsek. Martikan. He was

uncharacteristically a bit slow early wrong. He has sat on top of

the Olympic rostrum twice in his life, taking the silver medal

position twice in his life. And on his day he can be a very special

performer indeed. A much better start for this final than we saw in

the semi-final where he got stuck in gate one. If getting his boat

moving sleuth -- smoothly. It comes in a nice and tight around 89. He

is taking it on forward, the first athlete to do that. The Slovakian

paddlers are superstar's back in the Rhone country, it is virtually

a national sport over there. -- back in their own country. They

know how good this man is, so far so good for Martikan. He has picked

up a mountain of time ahead of the Spaniard, can he keep it together

over the last few gates? Getting a little bit stuck but nice and tight

into 19. He will try to keep the run he has had throughout the whole

of this course to make sure he doesn't lose any speed. Two days to

go, pushes hard out. We won a big strike to get into 21, and out of

21. He is absolutely flying. That is the fastest time we have seen on

his Olympic course. No mistakes. That is the mark of a brilliant

champion. Can anybody be that? a fantastic run, he kept the speed

on the boat, the momentum. The only paddler out there in this final and

semi-finals to take it on forward. He is well into his thirties now

but no mistaking the mark of greatness, already twice an Olympic

champion, this could be gold medal number three. He really did

demonstrate why he has become a Olympic champion twice, why he has

won the world championship medals and why he is the man to beat out

there on this course. He will note the next competitor is another man

vying for the title of the greatest ever. There is the situation so far,

Martikan leads. Estanguet has stood on top of the rostrum twice in his

life. What a standard has been set in his final. Estanguet has got to

fly down the sports -- fly down this course. He is getting the line

nice and straight-A 36, got to keep it direct if he can. Tied into gate

nine. -- tight. Nicely done. Estanguet is flying. If he can hold

it together over the whole of the course I don't think anybody will

come course. -- come close. Everybody thought of Martikan was

untouchable. Not giving anything away here. 1.75 seconds up, this is

going from good to excellent. Puts a big pit in there, he needs to get

some good speed, driving up into 19. He gets knocked sideways coming

down 320. He has maintained his control. Driving all the way

through the finish. Estanguet is flying, it will be quick, it is

very quick. 97.06. Again, you see the fastest time on the course

during these Olympics, absolutely shattered this time. Martikan... If

looks could kill. S Then why it of France is the master -- Estanguet.

Still to competitors to go. Estanguet it is guaranteed a medal.

What a performance, making sure he didn't leave anything to chance,

didn't give away any seconds there, kept it running, used every bit of

speed and wave he could on the course to put in such a fantastic

performance and lay down such a time to beat. The French supporters

that were waiting for him at the finished work delirious with joy.

That was a stunning performance by Tony Estanguet. There is the

situation, the two great names at the top of the table. The Spaniards

still in third place, in with a chance of a medal. We are down to

our final two competitors, Savsek. He has just seen it two remarkable

men complete his course in under one minute. Off to a nice start.

Comes into tight on gate three. There is a to second penalty

already. With those times that have been set this could be a real

challenge to take the lead. He has got to keep maintaining the

momentum that he set up now, Estanguet, the fastest split so far.

He is 2.53 seconds behind, it is all going wrong at the moment for

this really strong Slovenian. He is all over the place at the moment.

Surely Tony Estanguet will be guaranteed a silver medal, with

only Tasiadis of Germany to come. Now he is upside down and back up

again, the pressure has got to him. It is all unravelling. Another to

his second penalty, a total of 104 seconds of time already added.

is really overcooking it. He has got no chance of any placing now

except at the bottom of the table. The maximum number of penalty

points so far by any of the previous competitors is just two.

He has tried his best. He really has tried hard. So cross with

himself, this is the untidy is run he has had in the whole competition

so far, having done so consistently well. One upstream gated go, then

the two downstream dates -- date it to go. A massive cheer from the

crowd knowing he has tried his hardest. What a frustrating run for

the Slovenian, after such a great Olympic campaign. He goes into 7th

place. What a fascinating situation, Tony Estanguet sitting at the top

of the table, within reach of his third Olympic gold medal. The

Slovakian in second place, he will possibly win a third silver medal

to add to the two gold medals. The Spaniard hasn't won a medal yet, he

is sitting in third place at the moment. Just Tasiadis he produced

the fastest time in the semi-finals, he is the last man down the course.

Estanguet on the verge of becoming the greatest paddler of all time,

especially when you look into his Olympic record. But can it be

Germany's day? The last time they climbed to the top of the medal

rostrum was back in 1972. In those days it was East Germany who won

the gold medal. Tasiadis of Germany is seeing if he can beat the time

set by Tony Estanguet. If he can he will win the Olympic gold medal.

And nicely around the first three gates. Over to gate five. He can

get a smooth and fast line 37 and 8. This split could be crucial. It is

not insurmountable. The secret of Estanguet's success was consistency.

He had fantastic speed over the middle part of the course. He built

throughout his run. Quite tight at 13. Get caught a little bit in the

stopper as he pursues over to the course on the left-hand side.

will see the next split. Estanguet will either be in pole position or

not. He certainly is at the moment. He is certainly in touch to win a

bronze medal ahead of the Spaniard. Tasiadis has got to keep it

together now. Entirely to the upstream gate. A little bit stuck.

The last upstream gate on the course, two downstream gates to go.

The bronze medal is that one or 2.61, the silver and 98.31. I think

we know who the champion is. This is a fantastic finish. My goodness,

he has leapfrogged Martikan. The Spaniard is out of the medals

altogether. He finished 4th in Beijing, he finishes fourth this

time. The champion for the third time in his career, Tony Estanguet

produced a remarkable finish. That was brilliant, worthy of a champion.

It's certainly was, he kept his cool and he knew what he had to do

and there was absolute delight when he crossed the line. There is

Michael Martikan, for the 5th time on the podium. It almost breaks out

into a smile. But Sideris Tasiadis produced one of the performances of

this competition so far. If it had not been for the superlative form

of Tony Estanguet, he would have been champion. I do not know a huge

amount about canoe slalom, but that was genius. How was it for you?

First, I want to say it is a real pleasure to be with you here today.

Yes, it is a special moment for me. It was a big fight for me to return

after Beijing and my knight plays. I am really, really satisfied. It

is like a dream because in this water, just one detail can put you

off. I am really satisfied. After you saw Michael Martikan go down,

what were your emotions? I was sure he would be at the meeting today

and tea is really strong and I knew all so I could do it. I just tried

to stay focused on my line and looked at the gates and the speed

of the current and go as fast as possible. One of your best runs

ever? No, probably not, because with this it is hard to be at your

best, but for the Olympics it is not so bad. Congratulations. Thank

you Johnathan and thank you for the He is the only person saying thank

you for the rain. Congratulations to Tony. Two times Olympic champion

and he finished 9th in 2008, so what an incredible year for him.

The women's 10m synchronised diving has just finished. No medal

yesterday for Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield and the same applies

today. Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow were looking for a medal. There was

plenty of hope for them, but they finished in 5th. That is despite

the fact they came into this in good form. Surprise, surprise,

China picked up the gold medal. Tonight at Wembley Stadium they are

expecting a crowd of around 75,000 people for Team GB's women's match.

If you are planning to go to Wembley, please get there early.

And from Wembley Stadium to Wembley Arena. This is the Badminton. This

it has been an extraordinary match. Rajiv won the first set and was

leading 14-11 and had a sitter at the net and missed it. Now it is

was cross it and that was the best shot he could do. He moved it away

from Kevin's forehand. Rajiv was a silver medallist in the

Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010. The last British hope to

reach the knockout stages. This is in effect a knockout match. Whoever

wins this match goes through to the last 16. Whoever loses his out of

the tournament. That was long. That was just on that far baseline. 19-

19. It is the first to 21 provided you have a two-point lead. That was

a brilliant shot. He reaches match point first. That is clever play.

He has been so effective with his smash. Rajiv was expecting the

badminton tournament is over. Reggie kicks his racket away in

disgust. Guatemala is a country with no history of Badminton at all.

Stunned the world in the World Tour Championships to reach the quarter-

finals. Now he has reached the last 16. Rajiv we look back on that City

that he had when he led in the final game. He won no that was his

chance. I'm afraid he blew it. had all the chances to win that

match. Especially in the first half of that last game, he was so

dominant at the neck. He was using his attack and his angles so well.

Just some really basic errors. In the end they were just so costly.

It has to be said this has been a desperately disappointing

tournament for the British badminton team. They did not

qualify in the men's doubles or women's doubles, and now no-one has

got through to the knockout stages. That was the last British interest

But plenty of interest in the equestrian. We can go live it back

to Greenwich. A wonderful silver medal for Great Britain. Here they

are about to receive their medals. They gave it everything and were so,

so close. Her Royal Highness presenting the first silver medal

to William Fox-Pitt. He is the world's number one, but he could

not quite clinch it for Britain. Now for Nicola Wilson, a late call-

up. Now Zara. Yes, how good to see you. Tremendous, such a lovely

young lady. One that can only do the sport proud in the future. Then

Mary King, what a performance. Then finally Tina Cook. She has now got

a team bronze and a team silver. Will it be Rio de Janeiro where it

is Britain's turn to win gold again? Don't they look happy? And

so they should. A nice hug from the Princess, the president of the

The gold medallists and Olympic champions representing Germany.

step forward for their second Olympic title in a row and they

deserve it. They were excellent in all phases. Peter Thomson, his

second gold medal. Dirk is becoming a regular member of the team.

Sandra Auffarth is certainly going to become a regular member. This is

the first Olympic Games for this man. And now on his birthday today

he wins his first Olympic gold and one hesitates to say it could be

the first of many. Ingrid would have loved and Olympic gold, but

she withdrew her horse for the last round. It is her second team gold

that she will cherish. Here come the flowers. What a birthday

present for Michael Jung. And this looks a very powerful team. Britain

is going to have to pull out all the stops, as are any of the other

teams, to get ahead of this very powerful German team, the Olympic

champions. Peter Thomson on the left, the senior member. But now we

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds

come to the national anthem of the Congratulations Germany. Great

Britain sits in 20th place in the medal table. Germany are 7th, that

was their second gold medal of the Games. Another gold in the Aquatics

Centre in the diving for China. They are looking strong. We have

got gymnastics coming up. What did you make of that yesterday? It was

wonderful and heartbreaking at the same time. It took Great Britain