BBC One: Day 6: 16.00-18.00

:00:03. > :00:13.All yours. Well, Passing the baton. There could be more gold to come.

:00:13. > :00:17.Yes, Gemma Gibbons charged into the final after a stunk victory over

:00:17. > :00:22.the World Champion, she is guaranteed Britain's first judo

:00:22. > :00:25.medal for 12 year, will it be gold or silver? In the velodrome Chris

:00:26. > :00:33.Hoy sets the wheels turning in the hunt for more cycling gold medals

:00:33. > :00:35.in the company of Jason Kenny and Philip hiens in the team sprint. In

:00:35. > :00:39.the women's equivalent Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish have

:00:39. > :00:45.their sights on gold in what promises to be one of the most

:00:45. > :00:49.fiercely competitive events on the track. And we will have the latest

:00:49. > :00:53.sailing news. Ben Ainslie is back on the water trying to find the way

:00:53. > :00:58.past the Great Dane who is dominating the Finn class. Time is

:00:58. > :01:04.running out for the Olympic champion. So to tell you what time

:01:04. > :01:14.you can see this, we are going to the ExCel arena for that final.

:01:14. > :01:39.

:01:39. > :01:43.This is wa you can see on BBC Three These are the pictures, this is

:01:43. > :01:47.where we are going live and that Kayla Harrison, the World Champion

:01:47. > :01:51.of two years ago, from the United States, they haven't won a medal,

:01:51. > :01:57.gold medal in judo either, but there is Gemma Gibbons, 7,000

:01:57. > :02:02.people have been chanting her name. A stunning victory in the semifinal.

:02:02. > :02:12.There is Kate Howey who won 12 years ago. She will be cheering.

:02:12. > :02:18.

:02:18. > :02:22.Let us go live and see if it is never won this Olympic gold medal,

:02:22. > :02:27.so she has her own reasons, lots of them. Who doesn't want to make

:02:27. > :02:36.history, she said in the build-up to this. Who doesn't? Gemma Gibbons

:02:36. > :02:39.certainly does. Gibbons, who was introduced to the squad by her

:02:39. > :02:49.mother at the Judo Club when she was just six. As long as she can

:02:49. > :02:51.

:02:51. > :02:56.remember she has always wanted to be an Olympian. Her mother who was

:02:56. > :03:01.her biggest fan and inspiration died aged years ago. Gemma got onto

:03:01. > :03:07.the mat after winning her semi- final and said, I love you. This

:03:07. > :03:12.might be for her mum. The Olympic final. The American, Kayla Harrison

:03:12. > :03:16.and the Londoner, Gemma Gibbons, in blue. We just hope she comes out in

:03:16. > :03:22.the same form she has been in all day. She improvises so well. She

:03:22. > :03:32.has not let the pressure get out -- get to her. She has been going out

:03:32. > :03:41.

:03:41. > :03:51.want to stop her getting her arms and hit a cross. That is the danger.

:03:51. > :04:08.

:04:08. > :04:13.That is the strong attack from the periods. The darkest imaginable

:04:13. > :04:18.after her coach was sent to jail for 10 years and she did

:04:18. > :04:26.contemplate suicide, but she was rescued from that by the USA coach

:04:26. > :04:31.who looks after her now, Jimmy Pedro. And she has just notched up

:04:31. > :04:36.the first point. Up that was the danger from the American. She gets

:04:36. > :04:46.her hips under, but it is only a yuko. A lot of time left on the

:04:46. > :04:51.

:04:51. > :04:57.behind because of the first score of the final. Jenner just touching

:04:57. > :05:07.down on her side -- Gemma Gibbons just touching down on her side. She

:05:07. > :05:12.

:05:12. > :05:19.will be needing a waza-ari to be round the back of the American.

:05:19. > :05:24.American coach, Jimmy Pedro, who Kayla Harrison says saved her life.

:05:24. > :05:34.Gibbons has already beaten 3 of the world top 10 to get this far. She

:05:34. > :05:49.

:05:49. > :05:57.house of pain as we look at the last Olympic medallist a Briton,

:05:57. > :06:01.Kate Howey. It was almost written that she should be the coach

:06:01. > :06:09.sitting at this side on the day somebody tried to emulate her, and

:06:09. > :06:15.that somebody is Gemma Gibbons. is going over the top now. Looking

:06:15. > :06:22.for the counter. Did that score? so close, but the Americans stayed

:06:22. > :06:29.on her front. You get the feeling that that throw could work. There

:06:29. > :06:34.has been nobody prouder of Gemma Gibbons than her partner, who has

:06:34. > :06:41.been busy geeing her up in the build-up to this final. He suffered

:06:41. > :06:48.his own Olympic Payne, and he knows the harsh edges of this game. But

:06:48. > :06:55.he is right behind his goal now, as is the nation. -- behind his girl.

:06:55. > :07:02.The referee bringing them back to the start position. 2.38 on the

:07:02. > :07:12.clock, and Gemma Gibbons is pushing forward. She needs to get her hips

:07:12. > :07:21.

:07:21. > :07:30.in at first. Halfway through this see off her French semi-final

:07:30. > :07:34.opponent. And she has conceded another a yuko, but Kate how we is

:07:34. > :07:40.raising her hand above her head to suggest it did not count. A long

:07:40. > :07:44.break between the first and second techniques there. You can see the

:07:44. > :07:51.referee is looking up towards the television officials to see if that

:07:51. > :07:55.should have counted. You cannot tell from that replay. It is the

:07:56. > :08:01.gap between the two attacks. debate is whether there was too

:08:01. > :08:11.long daybreak. And Kayla Harrison was on her knees as she tried the

:08:11. > :08:17.

:08:17. > :08:25.chair umpire has conversed with the referee and decided that the point

:08:25. > :08:29.did not count. The American is still ahead by one of solitary yuko.

:08:29. > :08:39.Into the final two minutes of this final. A good attack from Gemma

:08:39. > :08:42.

:08:42. > :08:46.Gibbons, on the grip, and with the morning she was expecting to be

:08:46. > :08:50.playing judo in front of David Cameron and Vladimir Putin, but

:08:50. > :08:57.they are here today. Vladimir Putin is a black belt, and I don't know

:08:57. > :09:07.about David Cameron, but he is rooting for his girl now. 90

:09:07. > :09:12.

:09:12. > :09:15.falling to her knees. This is the frustrating part of the game. She

:09:16. > :09:20.wants to press the pace and get a move on, but the American is not

:09:20. > :09:25.really letting her do that. American is very good at moving her

:09:25. > :09:29.hips in first. She has a split second to attack and in that moment

:09:29. > :09:38.Harrison has pinned her first, and she has done it again. Another yuko

:09:38. > :09:46.scored, so the American leading by two yuko. We know that Gemma

:09:46. > :09:48.Gibbons can come up with the most spectacular, as she threw the most

:09:48. > :09:53.golden of gold and scores in the semi-finals and she will need

:09:53. > :10:00.something similar now. -- of gold and scores. Less than 60 seconds to

:10:00. > :10:04.go, she is sure of silver and a place in the history of British

:10:04. > :10:08.judo. For she will be thinking that she has one minute to go, and what

:10:08. > :10:14.can she do to change it around? And she changed direction or take the

:10:14. > :10:24.fight in another direction or go to the same area of the mat? Can she

:10:24. > :10:45.

:10:45. > :10:47.champion in 2010, the first from the US in over a decade. She is a

:10:47. > :10:53.top level fighter. Of course she is, because she's fighting in an

:10:53. > :10:56.Olympic final, but Gemma Gibbons is up there now and what she has done

:10:56. > :11:02.for her career over the last couple of hours, whatever happens here,

:11:03. > :11:08.life will never be the same for Gemma Gibbons. She has 30 seconds

:11:08. > :11:13.left, and these last few seconds are crucial. 30 seconds left to get

:11:13. > :11:23.a gold. Just trying to get round the back. Force Kayla Harrison to

:11:23. > :11:38.

:11:38. > :11:48.her the gold medal. "You are the Olympic champion if you fight

:11:48. > :11:50.

:11:50. > :11:57.smart". One big attack, come on, one more. She will get one more go

:11:57. > :12:03.to try and rest the Olympic title from Kayla Harrison. This is it.

:12:03. > :12:08.Gemma Gibbons has got to do something now. And it's not going

:12:08. > :12:14.to be gold. That is going to go to the USA for the first time in the

:12:14. > :12:18.history of their women's judo team. Spare a thought for Kayla Harrison,

:12:18. > :12:22.for so many reasons, goodness knows how she has managed to get herself

:12:22. > :12:27.into this position. Her life has featured some of the darkest

:12:27. > :12:33.moments anyone could imagine, and she points towards Jimmy Pedro, the

:12:33. > :12:37.coach who got her through those dark periods. So, she gets the gold,

:12:37. > :12:43.but Gemma Gibbons from Great Britain, the 25-year-old from south

:12:43. > :12:48.London, from just across the river, gets an Olympic silver medal.

:12:48. > :12:55.safe to say she has deserved a silver. She may have lost a goal,

:12:55. > :13:00.but she has won a silver medal. -- lost a gold. The smiles from the

:13:00. > :13:09.American. But the cheers are largely for Gemma Gibbons as she

:13:09. > :13:19.leaves the mat with her hands high above her head. You are the best! I

:13:19. > :13:23.am so proud. Another Olympic judo medal for Great Britain, but a

:13:23. > :13:30.first in 12 years since the coach, Kate how we did her job. There are

:13:30. > :13:34.not many British women who can say they have once judo medals. The

:13:34. > :13:38.lady sitting next to me, Nicola Fairbrother, you have someone else

:13:38. > :13:42.in your exclusive club, and her name is Gemma Gibbons. And a big

:13:42. > :13:47.welcome to the club. I can imagine how she is feeling walking off the

:13:47. > :13:51.mat. She has had a fantastic day, but she had come so close to the

:13:51. > :13:56.gold and you wish he was just a little bit more. Well, it is silver,

:13:56. > :14:03.and she will be sold with that. Because, for the first time in a

:14:04. > :14:13.dozen year, Britain's Great Britain judo team can make a contribution

:14:14. > :14:16.

:14:16. > :14:20.to the Team GB medal table all If can regulations to Kayla

:14:20. > :14:26.Harrison. Another gold for the United States. -- congratulations

:14:26. > :14:30.to Kayla Harrison. What Fiat Gemma Gibbons Azad, shoulder surgery,

:14:30. > :14:40.moving up -- what a year for Gemma Gibbons, having sold a servery and

:14:40. > :14:41.

:14:41. > :14:45.had. Two gold medals and two silvers, and we will see two more

:14:45. > :14:49.decided on the track in cycling. Let's go and join Jake at the

:14:49. > :14:53.Velodrome. Probably the hottest ticket in town after the success in

:14:53. > :15:03.Beijing, not to mention Bradley Wiggins's success yesterday. Can

:15:03. > :15:05.

:15:05. > :15:09.any team be facing higher We can't exist without the right

:15:09. > :15:14.blood pressure. Day by day, cycle by cycle, the rhythm of your heart

:15:14. > :15:24.pumps the blood that keeps your life and make you feel alive.

:15:24. > :15:36.

:15:36. > :15:44.Too little... Too much... Just Pressure can also produce magic.

:15:44. > :15:54.Moments of sheer brilliance. Pressure pays off, or produce his

:15:54. > :16:33.

:16:33. > :16:37.# "Welcome to The Pleasuredome" - And it may be more complicated than

:16:37. > :16:42.blowing up a balloon, but if you deal with the pressure, the rewards

:16:42. > :16:45.are great, as British Cycling found in Beijing in 2008, and this is

:16:45. > :16:49.where the pressure comes from today, the expectant crowd at this

:16:49. > :16:53.wonderful Velodrome and after the amazing scenes in the last couple

:16:53. > :16:56.of hours for Team GB, now it is the time for cycling to live up to the

:16:56. > :17:00.expectation it has not had to live with for decades. They have got

:17:00. > :17:03.their sideburns on, the flags are flying and it is time for the

:17:03. > :17:08.cyclists to deliver and this is where they will get the chance to

:17:08. > :17:12.do that, this inspiring, �93 million Velodrome where we hope to

:17:12. > :17:15.continue the British medal rush because it has been an amazing

:17:15. > :17:19.afternoon for British success. Alongside me, two men who know

:17:19. > :17:24.about the golden generation of British cycling. Before we go any

:17:24. > :17:34.further, let's just reflect on that road race from a few days ago. How

:17:34. > :17:34.

:17:34. > :17:39.It is OK. Obviously, it was bitterly disappointing. We could

:17:39. > :17:46.have not done anything different. We went in with a plan. On another

:17:46. > :17:52.day it would have worked out. We count on things which were out of

:17:52. > :17:55.our control. That is how it is, that is cycling. It is the most

:17:55. > :18:01.complicated part of cycling, the road race and that is what happens

:18:01. > :18:06.when you go for it. I love the fact when I asked for Mark, what did you

:18:06. > :18:13.do next, he said he got back on the bike and won some races. What about

:18:13. > :18:17.2016? I think there will be the road race but still a while to go.

:18:17. > :18:23.There are some things before that. There is the Tour de France to come.

:18:23. > :18:28.And alongside you, Jamie, you know what it feels like to come inside

:18:28. > :18:33.the velodrome, put on side -- put on the G B T shirt and walk away

:18:33. > :18:37.with a medal. What are your thoughts? I play a coaching role

:18:37. > :18:42.and that was a decision I made about 2.5 years ago. I had to look

:18:42. > :18:46.into the future. I would be 39 if I was here competing and I thought I

:18:46. > :18:52.would have my work cut-out so I decided to retire and take up

:18:52. > :18:56.coaching. Mixed emotions. I live in America now with my wife and kids.

:18:56. > :19:01.It is great being back here now, near enough my home town Olympics.

:19:01. > :19:05.I'm excited to be here. It will be an amazing atmosphere and I am glad

:19:05. > :19:09.to be part of it. I am amazed will land you in here now that you a

:19:09. > :19:19.coaching the Americans! It will be a special afternoon for British

:19:19. > :19:23.

:19:23. > :19:27.Gold for Sir Chris Hoy today and he is officially our greatest ever

:19:27. > :19:31.Olympian. His team will defend the sprint title they won in Beijing.

:19:31. > :19:38.Victoria Pendleton is the most successful British female track

:19:38. > :19:44.cyclist of all time and alongside Jess varnishes and action later on.

:19:44. > :19:47.And it is also the start of the team pursuit. Once again, Great

:19:47. > :19:54.Britain defending champions but incredible competition from the

:19:54. > :20:04.Australian Quartet. These are the live races we will be

:20:04. > :20:20.

:20:20. > :20:24.Just a reminder that you can follow all the cycling action on the red

:20:24. > :20:29.button. Let's just have a chat about the two women going for

:20:29. > :20:35.action in the team sprints. You are busy writing things down. With the

:20:35. > :20:40.knowledge you have of cycling, Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton,

:20:40. > :20:45.what are their chances? They work well together. Vicky is so fast.

:20:45. > :20:48.Jess has been working solidly on her starts. Everything she has been

:20:48. > :20:53.doing in training has been out of the starting gate which you

:20:53. > :20:57.typically do not do. She is going after perfection. Some of the

:20:57. > :21:01.training, not necessarily on the track, she does a lot of the track,

:21:01. > :21:05.they have put a lot of work in. They have some secret up their

:21:05. > :21:09.sleeve so we hope they will be in fighting fawn. I know you have

:21:09. > :21:13.spent many hours on the track, Mark, and a lot of those hours Vicky

:21:13. > :21:17.would have been on the track with you, what would her mindset be? She

:21:17. > :21:24.said this is her last Olympic Games and she would love to go out on a

:21:24. > :21:28.high. The thing about sprint cycling on the track is the

:21:28. > :21:33.fraction of the second, the time difference is so minimal. Every

:21:33. > :21:37.little thing is about perfection. And every single start they do,

:21:37. > :21:42.every training effort they do is like an Olympic final. Jamie can

:21:42. > :21:45.talk more about it and made. I can ride for hours on the back. Every

:21:45. > :21:50.single time these athletes are coming to the velodrome, their

:21:50. > :21:54.training and they have to prepare like an Olympic final. It is not

:21:54. > :21:58.even hundredths of a second, it is thousands of a second which

:21:58. > :22:03.separate them. We will find out exactly what happens because the

:22:03. > :22:07.racing has already happened here as far as the qualifying is concerned.

:22:07. > :22:10.Jess Varnish is one of the newcomers to cycling as far as the

:22:10. > :22:14.Olympics is concerned. Half of them have never ridden at an Olympic

:22:14. > :22:20.Games before so plenty of pressure on plenty of riders. The British

:22:20. > :22:30.pair going the 4th heat. We will join it in the third. We can hand

:22:30. > :22:33.

:22:33. > :22:39.over to Hugh Porter and Chris the Netherlands. They are racing

:22:39. > :22:46.against France. At the moment, the competition is being led by eight

:22:46. > :22:56.Ukraine. France with the quickest start look for the change. Here it

:22:56. > :22:59.comes. Now the Netherlands have gone ahead. It is not quick enough

:22:59. > :23:04.to be in medal contention but it will be the Netherlands which will

:23:04. > :23:11.polish France of here. They come back to the line and there it is,

:23:11. > :23:17.the Netherlands take it. They go into the lead in the competition

:23:17. > :23:23.ahead of France. That two countries in that heat our first and second.

:23:23. > :23:27.I like the look of the Netherlands. We have to take into account that

:23:27. > :23:37.was from a standing start. They are travelling at over 60 kilometres

:23:37. > :23:47.

:23:47. > :23:51.per hour once up to speed. A great the Dutch pairing. We wait for the

:23:51. > :23:55.arrival on the track of the next pair. There will be an eruption of

:23:56. > :24:00.applause. I hope the roof is secure because the applause will resonate

:24:00. > :24:04.in the arena. You can hear the applause starting. They have not

:24:04. > :24:10.come on the track. They have caught a glimpse of them down in the

:24:10. > :24:15.middle. We will have some atmosphere here, I can tell you.

:24:15. > :24:19.The British record is 32.75 for so it is well within Great Britain's

:24:19. > :24:24.compass to take the lead in the competition here with one more heat

:24:24. > :24:31.to go. The union flags are waving everywhere. I can hardly hear

:24:32. > :24:38.myself speak! Just Varnish could hardly wait to get on to the bike.

:24:38. > :24:43.-- Jess Varnish. She wants to get this under way as quickly as

:24:43. > :24:47.possible. This is the biggest responsibility she has that ever

:24:47. > :24:54.had as an athlete. Victoria Pendleton is in fantastic form but

:24:54. > :25:04.it is all down to Jess now. will try and match the fastest

:25:04. > :25:04.

:25:04. > :25:09.starter in the business. Jess's personal best -- best is a 37.54.

:25:09. > :25:18.She is composing herself. Australia versus Great Britain in the

:25:18. > :25:28.penultimate heat. Australia have a personal best of 37.597. This will

:25:28. > :25:45.

:25:45. > :25:53.arena is absolutely deafening. This is only the qualification round as

:25:53. > :26:02.well. The first 125 metres it is Australia leading. Australia are

:26:02. > :26:09.still ahead. Come on, Victoria. Victoria Pendleton trying to get

:26:09. > :26:16.back. As they come back to the finishing line, there it is, Great

:26:16. > :26:21.Britain, look at the time! It is a new world record for Jessica

:26:21. > :26:27.Varnish and Victoria Pendleton. The crowd are going ballistic and that

:26:27. > :26:31.his only qualification. A fantastic ride by a Jessica Varnish. She

:26:31. > :26:38.needed to do something special. You could see Victoria Pendleton

:26:38. > :26:42.waiting to get through. She could not hold herself, she came forwards.

:26:42. > :26:46.You could see her gripping the bars and grimacing. That was the most

:26:47. > :26:52.important start she had ever done in her life and she delivered.

:26:52. > :26:57.the end of the first lap, they were trailing by 0.3 of a second.

:26:57. > :27:03.Pendleton, look at the form, she wiped away the deficit, brought

:27:03. > :27:07.them home and we have a new world record. It was absolutely fantastic.

:27:07. > :27:15.They could not have hoped for more. They will be really pleased with

:27:15. > :27:20.that. This is Victoria Pendleton's last competition before she retires.

:27:20. > :27:30.She is finishing after these Games. She has certainly come here in good

:27:30. > :27:36.shape and she will do it justice. new world record. It was 35.549,

:27:36. > :27:43.held by Germany. Now the competitors are preparing

:27:43. > :27:48.for the next heat here. This will be China versus Germany. Germany

:27:48. > :27:51.are the current world champions and they were the world record holders

:27:51. > :27:57.until Great Britain just blazed their way around the board in heat

:27:57. > :28:00.four. You have got to come out onto the track now having seen your

:28:00. > :28:05.world record taken away so that could force you under pressure, to

:28:05. > :28:10.say the least. It is a high pressure event. Imagine being one

:28:10. > :28:16.of the starters in this event. You have a single lap of the track to

:28:16. > :28:26.get it right in four years. final heat of the women's team

:28:26. > :28:47.

:28:47. > :28:54.gone away quicker. They are coached by a Frenchman. That was a very

:28:54. > :29:04.quick start. China are holding off the challenge of the world

:29:04. > :29:11.

:29:11. > :29:17.champions, Germany. Look at this, improving all the time, they got

:29:18. > :29:23.the bronze medal in Melbourne but once again, very impressive. The

:29:23. > :29:30.opening lap was the catalyst for setting the new world record.

:29:30. > :29:33.have talked about them being the dark horse. Is the first time where

:29:33. > :29:36.they have brought everything altogether. They must have seen at

:29:36. > :29:40.the World Championships that the potential was there to pull this

:29:41. > :29:46.together and get themselves a world title. They are on track at the

:29:46. > :29:52.moment. Two world records in the space of five minutes. That is

:29:52. > :30:02.staggering. The result of the qualification round, China quickest.

:30:02. > :30:11.

:30:11. > :30:15.They are not 0.7 slower, Great Great Britain certainly were not in

:30:15. > :30:19.the back foot in that qualifier there. The noise went right three

:30:19. > :30:23.when we broke the world record but that is the way it goes in track

:30:23. > :30:28.cycling. You do something amazing but then another teen pop up and

:30:28. > :30:32.break it. China is a dark horse. Yes, definitely a surprise. They

:30:32. > :30:37.look a bit off at the World Championships so definitely a

:30:37. > :30:41.surprise. They have had a good chunk of time where they can work.

:30:41. > :30:47.There has been a good preparation phase, basically. They have

:30:47. > :30:53.obviously been doing their work very well. Team GB will be happy.

:30:53. > :30:58.Especially Victoria Pendleton. She managed to bridge the gap. Yes,

:30:58. > :31:03.Jess had a good start but it was not the fastest. I think to be able

:31:03. > :31:11.to bring it back like that, it shows the details that have put

:31:11. > :31:18.into it. Every little better of second counts. That was wicked.

:31:18. > :31:23.are talking of 32.5 compared to 32.4, compared to 32.64 Germany who

:31:23. > :31:29.were the world champions and record-holders. Australia will be

:31:29. > :31:33.looking at that now. Germany, that was a surprise. They are hot and

:31:33. > :31:37.cold. They have not seemed to be able to perfect their timings for

:31:37. > :31:43.these championships. They have had some great performances this year.

:31:43. > :31:47.A little bit off the boil. second-fastest for the British

:31:47. > :31:57.women in the women's team sprint. I think we would call that so far, so

:31:57. > :32:04.

:32:04. > :32:11.good. How will the men fare? We sprint getting under way. Use

:32:11. > :32:15.Zealand against Russia. We have a problem fraught New Zealand. Laying

:32:15. > :32:19.off the wheel on purpose, and that has been dropped. They are only

:32:19. > :32:24.allowed to drop back by 15 metres and they are right on the cusp of

:32:24. > :32:29.that. Any more than 15 metres, they are taken out of the race. They

:32:29. > :32:39.might get disqualified here, New Zealand. Let's have a look at the

:32:39. > :32:44.split. Russia leading on 30.24. I must admit the Russians are looking

:32:44. > :32:51.pretty powerful, and they will take this. Here come Russia, and the

:32:51. > :32:56.time is 43.68. That means that Russia are leading the competition,

:32:56. > :33:02.head of China, and New Zealand go third after that right. That was

:33:02. > :33:08.disappointing for the New Zealand 3. They posted 17.5 for the opening

:33:08. > :33:12.lap, and that is world class, so they will be disappointed there.

:33:12. > :33:16.The difficulty with the team sprint event is you need three guys are

:33:16. > :33:20.able to look fill the roles, and possibly the hardest is the second

:33:20. > :33:24.man, because you get no shelter from the start. You are not going

:33:24. > :33:28.fast enough to get the slipstream, but you have to keep up, then they

:33:28. > :33:35.swing away and you have to do the turn. The third man is out there

:33:35. > :33:39.the longest. They have do not let the pace drop off. I am confused

:33:39. > :33:45.why they keep showing this as an Olympic record. Germany set the

:33:45. > :33:49.world record in Colombia in the World Cup to shave the time of

:33:49. > :33:55.Great Britain, and it was faster. don't think we were really

:33:55. > :33:59.expecting the Russians to a format well in this competition. -- to

:33:59. > :34:09.perform that well. We were expecting competition from Germany

:34:09. > :34:15.

:34:15. > :34:18.and France. New Zealand are strong, out onto the track, the world

:34:18. > :34:23.champions ready to start their qualification round in the men's

:34:23. > :34:28.team sprint and they are racing against France. This is a revenge

:34:28. > :34:34.match because this was the final earlier this year in Melbourne, and

:34:34. > :34:41.France were pipped to the gold medal by a blistering concluding

:34:41. > :34:51.250. That pushed up the French nose out of joint to claim the gold

:34:51. > :34:51.

:34:51. > :34:59.medal. The leading time is currently held by Russia on 43.681.

:34:59. > :35:04.China on 43.7, so it will be really interesting this clash. Olympic

:35:04. > :35:09.bronze medal winners in 2000, Australia. But we are looking at a

:35:09. > :35:16.powerful squad from France. They have been world champions 10 times,

:35:16. > :35:26.France, and have won a medal of any colour in it every Olympics. Left

:35:26. > :35:38.

:35:38. > :35:44.Look at this. Australia at the moment just ahead of France in the

:35:44. > :35:53.early stages and that is not the quickest opening 125. Frances Head

:35:53. > :36:02.now -- France have just gone ahead. Can Australia comeback on the final

:36:02. > :36:06.lap? At the final lap has been surrendered, and he is flying down

:36:06. > :36:13.the back straight. Coming back to the line, let's have a look at the

:36:13. > :36:22.time. France take it. 43.097. A very good time by France, as

:36:22. > :36:28.expected, and the time for Australia, 43.377. Well, we

:36:28. > :36:38.expected nothing less from the French trio. An incredibly fast

:36:38. > :36:40.

:36:40. > :36:46.starter, consistent as well. 17.3, a phenomenal opening lap. A team

:36:46. > :36:51.with a lot of experience as well. Disappointed after the World

:36:52. > :36:57.Championships. So some revenge there. Slight revenge, yes. The

:36:57. > :37:02.fast opening lap underpins that victory. That is the quickest

:37:02. > :37:06.opening 250 we have had, and then the good work is carried on and

:37:06. > :37:11.that man who has won silver medals in the world championships carries

:37:11. > :37:16.it on. He is the man with all that energy. This will be a real crunch

:37:16. > :37:25.match, Germany, the world record holders, versus Great Britain, the

:37:25. > :37:31.Olympic champions. We can show you the standings. We are really hoping

:37:31. > :37:36.PS. Philip Hindes has been boasting 17.5 in training. -- we are really

:37:36. > :37:39.hoping here. It is asking a lot of them. A massive responsibility

:37:39. > :37:45.resting on the shoulders of this young man. He has to get them off

:37:45. > :37:51.to a good start or they will not be in the competition. 19 years of age,

:37:52. > :37:58.Philip Hindes. Following the boots of Jamie stat. What a noise in the

:37:58. > :38:05.arena. Deafening as the Great Britain team line-up in the back

:38:05. > :38:08.straight. We were expecting world records to fall in the event. It is

:38:08. > :38:12.a little bit colder in the arena than it was three-quarters of an

:38:12. > :38:18.hour ago. The air-conditioning kicking in. Nicer for us but it

:38:19. > :38:27.does not the edge of the time. Reports from the camp are that the

:38:27. > :38:35.chasing Kenny is in fantastic form. Germany not using their strongest

:38:35. > :38:39.man to do the third lap. That is interesting, because the man came

:38:39. > :38:44.in this competition from been ended -- entered in the mountain bike

:38:44. > :38:51.race. Philip Hindes leading us off, then Jason Kearney and Chris Hoy.

:38:51. > :38:56.Two survivors from Beijing -- Jason Kearney. So the final heat, Germany

:38:56. > :39:04.in the phone straight, the world record holders -- the home straight.

:39:04. > :39:09.And Britain, the Olympic champions. A problem for the British team.

:39:09. > :39:14.Well, it look like a problem with the steering. He went off the track,

:39:14. > :39:19.Philip Hindes. He took no pressure off the pedals, but the front wheel

:39:19. > :39:24.was slipping. It was Philip Hindes, I think. My goodness me. We will

:39:24. > :39:29.have to find out what the problem is. Certainly not the kind of start

:39:29. > :39:35.Great Britain wanted. Let's have a look. Hopefully we can see a replay

:39:35. > :39:43.and maybe get an idea. There was the problem, problem with steering,

:39:43. > :39:52.it looks like. So, we are not sure what has happened there. Dear, oh

:39:52. > :40:02.dear. It looked to me like a failure of the steering. Something

:40:02. > :40:04.

:40:04. > :40:12.restart. Nothing he could do about that. They will find out what the

:40:12. > :40:18.problem was. It is a mechanical problem. Certainly not the start

:40:18. > :40:28.and 19-year-old will be wanting. did snap out of the gate very

:40:28. > :40:28.

:40:28. > :40:35.quickly. He is straight on to the spare bike. Ian Dyer, the British

:40:35. > :40:41.coach, running back to the centre, trying to sort things out. He is

:40:41. > :40:47.not panicking. Straight on to the spare bike to roll around. There is

:40:47. > :40:57.Ian Dyer, trying to find something in there. It looks like another

:40:57. > :41:01.

:41:01. > :41:05.going for a restart. Normally when there is a problem with the start

:41:05. > :41:12.they are often put straight back on the bikes, but with a mechanical

:41:12. > :41:16.issue like that they would be put into the last heat, but it's not

:41:16. > :41:23.possible in this case. But they will give them a little time. The

:41:23. > :41:30.track is being inspected. Doesn't seem to be a problem. The fastest

:41:30. > :41:40.time we have had 43.097. That time posted by France. Let's hope that

:41:40. > :41:57.

:41:57. > :42:03.as us. They cannot quite work it out. From the shots we got, he did

:42:03. > :42:08.very well not to come down heavily. Well, we will have to wait for the

:42:08. > :42:15.autopsy. Let's hope there isn't one! There was clearly a mechanical

:42:15. > :42:19.problem. Spare bikes in the middle for just this eventuality. They are

:42:19. > :42:27.still rolling around, so we will find out what they are actually

:42:27. > :42:31.going to do there. They got out of the gate really nicely. Always some

:42:31. > :42:41.drama in the track racing. They will start to pull the gate to back

:42:41. > :42:49.

:42:49. > :42:55.raced in Germany at junior level. He has aged your passport as his

:42:55. > :43:05.father was a soldier. -- he had a dual passport. He was eligible to

:43:05. > :43:16.

:43:16. > :43:21.Well, a dramatic entrance to British Cycling for Philip Hindes.

:43:21. > :43:26.He made his debut just a few months ago, and making his way back onto

:43:26. > :43:31.the bike. Jamie is alongside me and he has performed the exact role

:43:31. > :43:34.here, the man leading out the team. We will have a look back at what

:43:34. > :43:39.happened, but now it looks like they are gearing up to go again.

:43:39. > :43:49.Real drama in the Velodrome to kick-start the track cycling. Here

:43:49. > :43:51.

:43:51. > :44:01.again, and the good news is that young Philip Hindes, the 19-year-

:44:01. > :44:17.

:44:17. > :44:24.old, that has not fazed him a tall. fastest time, 43.097. Looking for a

:44:24. > :44:29.far staff. The Germans come out of the gate here. Look for the leading

:44:29. > :44:37.time after the opening 125. Here they come. A good start from

:44:37. > :44:43.Germany and they are the fastest, but we will see after the first 250.

:44:43. > :44:47.17.227 for the Germans, and that is unreal. What can the two

:44:47. > :44:52.experienced riders do. The crowd are really getting behind them here

:44:52. > :44:57.and Germany have been pushed back. Terrific riding by Kenny. And now

:44:57. > :45:04.it is all about the treble Olympic gold medallist to put the fastest

:45:04. > :45:08.time down. Here they come. Oh, great Britain are the quickest.

:45:08. > :45:14.43.065. The fastest of the qualifiers and the big man clenches

:45:14. > :45:21.his fist and says, anything you can do, we can do better. What a ride,

:45:21. > :45:24.Chris Hoy! That was incredible. To watch them have problems. I saw

:45:24. > :45:28.this as few years back when we were held in the gate and it destroyed

:45:28. > :45:35.the chances of a medal and my heart was in my mouth watching that.

:45:35. > :45:39.Philip Hindes has posted 17.5 seconds and delivered again. His

:45:39. > :45:43.first time at an event of this magnitude, the most important

:45:43. > :45:47.moment on the track of his young life and he delivered a solid time

:45:47. > :45:52.to get the other two into the race. That was a fantastic piece of

:45:52. > :45:56.riding. And what a tonic for the British team. The women have set a

:45:56. > :45:59.world record and now we have great Britain has the fastest in the

:45:59. > :46:06.men's competition. They will be so pleased with that. They did not

:46:06. > :46:12.know if this would be a medal shot, but look how pleased they are.

:46:12. > :46:15.Fantastic, there. Chris Whalley is delighted with that. -- Chris

:46:15. > :46:25.Gohouri is delighted with that. Look at the muscle development of

:46:25. > :46:28.

:46:28. > :46:32.phenomenal. I reckon that is the 4th fastest time ever, so we have a

:46:32. > :46:35.got a good standard up here. have heard world records are

:46:35. > :46:40.expected to go, but maybe not in the final because they are so close

:46:40. > :46:43.together. Let's confirm the qualifiers. Eight will go through

:46:43. > :46:53.into the first round with Great Britain sitting right there at the

:46:53. > :46:59.

:46:59. > :47:03.top of the qualifiers with a very There is a huge screen here in the

:47:03. > :47:08.arena. It says, make some noise. There was plenty of noise but it

:47:08. > :47:12.was not cheers, it was gasps when this happened for Great Britain.

:47:12. > :47:19.Alongside me is Jamie Staff. Just explain what you think happened

:47:19. > :47:25.here too young Philip Heinz. basically is slightly waited to one

:47:25. > :47:28.side. It is like a domino effect. He did the perfect thing there. As

:47:28. > :47:32.a bike ride that he might have been able to get back on the bike and

:47:32. > :47:36.start writing again that he would have been so far behind Jason and

:47:36. > :47:41.Chris. He did the right thing. He fell off so he got a restart. It

:47:41. > :47:45.was probably part nerves so I am sure. If it probably was, he is

:47:45. > :47:50.only a teenager and has only been involved in the British set-up for

:47:50. > :47:54.a few months. Mark, you have ridden in the team pursuit for years. What

:47:54. > :48:01.with the feeling have been like from Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy when

:48:01. > :48:05.they were looking at Philip? It is all about trust, isn't it? It is

:48:05. > :48:09.all about believing in yourself. You can do everything to get your

:48:09. > :48:16.fitness up but you have to have the trust in the other guys. It is

:48:16. > :48:20.about trusting everyone else. Those four getting everything right on

:48:20. > :48:24.the day. It is a big thing and big pressure. It is not just yourself

:48:24. > :48:29.you are worrying about, it is everyone else. To then turn that

:48:29. > :48:34.round against a German team who have said the team at the sprint is

:48:34. > :48:40.our priority and to allow that time, or to performance from Team GB?

:48:40. > :48:46.was amazing. He did a 17.5 which is on par. Anything above that would

:48:46. > :48:55.have been fantastic. I know Jason is in the form of his life will

:48:55. > :49:00.Stott they clawed back into second place I believe after that lap. It

:49:00. > :49:04.was an amazing ride. We are not counting any chickens but it has

:49:04. > :49:08.been an incredible day so far. You can see the action continues thick

:49:08. > :49:12.and fast and it it is time for the first round in the women's sprint.

:49:12. > :49:22.The aim is that the two fastest make it through to the gold medal

:49:22. > :49:33.

:49:33. > :49:38.race, the second two fastest will world record set by Great Britain.

:49:38. > :49:48.The Tube teams settle down to the challenge. At the moment, Australia

:49:48. > :49:49.

:49:49. > :49:59.have the quickest start -- the two teams settled down. And Nurburg

:49:59. > :50:09.trademark start by Anna Mears. -- another trademark start. It is

:50:09. > :50:45.

:50:45. > :50:52.an event which lasts just two laps of the track.

:50:52. > :51:02.This brings onto the track the team of France. They will be racing

:51:02. > :51:18.

:51:18. > :51:25.against Germany who why the current record taken away from them by

:51:25. > :51:29.Great Britain. In the back straight it is the team of France. France

:51:29. > :51:36.have got some work to do here because Germany where the third

:51:36. > :51:43.quickest in the time-trial round. Germany have got away more sweetly

:51:43. > :51:47.with good style away from the starting blocks. France will never

:51:48. > :51:52.pull that back now. So Germany blazing their way round here to

:51:52. > :52:02.assure victory. They will wait and see who they ride against in the

:52:02. > :52:21.

:52:21. > :52:27.and France is one second, that is a massive window of advantage in two

:52:27. > :52:32.lapse. The French pair will be very disappointed with that right. They

:52:32. > :52:39.expected to be challenging hard in this event. It shows how closely

:52:39. > :52:49.fought it is between four different countries here. The Germans are

:52:49. > :53:05.

:53:05. > :53:15.world champions. They are very heat. This is going to be between

:53:15. > :53:37.

:53:37. > :53:47.Great Britain who are already out here against Ukraine. The world

:53:47. > :54:07.

:54:07. > :54:14.record was set by China. Two world the right that they did in the

:54:14. > :54:19.first round. It was a quick start. Jessie varnish is on fire here. --

:54:19. > :54:26.just varnish is on fire here. They are beating Ukraine at the moment

:54:26. > :54:36.for a start this is Victoria Pendleton back to her imperious

:54:36. > :54:49.

:54:49. > :54:53.last dried. They are coming thick and fast. This one is about

:54:53. > :55:02.advancing in the competition. World records are nice to have but most

:55:02. > :55:10.important is getting through to the final. A sterling effort here from

:55:10. > :55:15.Jessica Varnish. She is a member of the Halesowen cycling club and I

:55:15. > :55:25.know they have a big screen rig up there in the clubhouse and it will

:55:25. > :55:46.

:55:46. > :55:56.be full to capacity as they roar to race for gold. We just wait for

:55:56. > :55:56.

:55:57. > :56:03.official confirmation of that. nearest to them is Australia. We

:56:03. > :56:08.have China in the next heat. Venezuela are a country mile Shier

:56:08. > :56:17.of the time of Great Britain. It looks like it could be China versus

:56:18. > :56:22.Great Britain in the class for gold. We will see that in a moment. We

:56:22. > :56:28.can guarantee that the British team will be in the final. What is

:56:28. > :56:32.happening here? I actually was looking at the British pair and

:56:32. > :56:36.watching the changeover. Vicky Pendleton was coming through very

:56:36. > :56:40.fast. They are not allowed to overtake the for the first rider

:56:40. > :56:47.has completed the lap. They are having a strong discussion in the

:56:47. > :56:51.centre. There is David Brailsford. I sincerely hope they will not

:56:52. > :56:55.disqualified somebody for not being in the window of change. They did

:56:55. > :56:59.this in the world championships and it ruined the competition. They are

:56:59. > :57:03.trying to make it fair for everybody but the rules are the

:57:03. > :57:06.riders know where the points of change are. It is a very difficult

:57:06. > :57:15.thing to do at high speed. Dave Brailsford is not looking very

:57:15. > :57:21.happy there. He is not looking happy. They are going away for a

:57:21. > :57:28.discussion. You can see clearly with hand gestures in the middle.

:57:28. > :57:33.Would it be a disqualification Corey relegation? Have to wait and

:57:33. > :57:39.see. Dave Brailsford has been asked to back off and let them have a

:57:39. > :57:45.discussion. Everybody in the arena here is wondering what is going on.

:57:45. > :57:49.Next move the competition on. We are 15 seconds away from the final

:57:49. > :57:59.heat. This is between China who why the new world record holders

:57:59. > :58:02.

:58:02. > :58:12.against Venezuela. They are almost two seconds slower than China. We

:58:12. > :58:28.

:58:28. > :58:32.1.1 second up. China are blazing their way around the boards here

:58:32. > :58:40.where they will be riding against Great Britain if they are not

:58:40. > :58:49.disqualified. Chris, that is a another new world record by China.

:58:49. > :58:55.That is is amazing. They are unbelievable. I think that goes

:58:55. > :59:00.down to the fantastic start. We did say they were the dark horse. They

:59:00. > :59:10.have really managed to put it together. A fantastic start out of

:59:10. > :59:10.

:59:10. > :59:15.the gate. It is a fantastic pairing. They have been around for a while.

:59:15. > :59:18.They were third in the world championships earlier this year and

:59:18. > :59:23.the year before. They have always been knocking on the door and we

:59:23. > :59:27.both had a discussion in the hotel the other day to say, let's watch

:59:27. > :59:33.China, they are improving all the time. That is the coach of the

:59:33. > :59:37.Chinese. He must be elated with the performances. And subject to no

:59:37. > :59:41.relegation here for the British, the final for the gold and silver

:59:41. > :59:47.should be between China and Great Britain. There is no announcement

:59:47. > :59:51.yet. Days Brailsford is still down there having discussions. What will

:59:51. > :59:57.happen in the arena if they are disqualified? I am just listening

:59:57. > :00:04.to the announcers as well. Dave Brailsford has planted himself in

:00:04. > :00:14.the judge's compound waiting to see what the outcome is. It will be

:00:14. > :00:15.

:00:15. > :00:19.such a shame if the British pair did not get to ride in this final.

:00:19. > :00:26.Something is being announced but I cannot quite catch what the message

:00:26. > :00:33.is. We will be issued with a -- an official communique if they are

:00:33. > :00:43.taken out of the competition. It would be nice if we could see some

:00:43. > :00:43.

:00:43. > :00:48.images of the incident that they are discussing. Still deliberating.

:00:48. > :00:53.We know there is still a possibility here. Looking at the

:00:53. > :00:58.body language in the centre, it does not look to be good --

:00:59. > :01:03.necessarily going the British team's way. He looks to be trying

:01:03. > :01:08.to gently influence the outcome. That is his job to look after his

:01:08. > :01:14.own troops, to fight for them. The discussion looks like an

:01:14. > :01:21.explanation to me. We remember this, Sir from New Delhi. He was a pretty

:01:21. > :01:25.sharp with some of his decisions. They did say when they took out the

:01:25. > :01:33.British trio for an infringement in the changeovers then that they were

:01:33. > :01:41.not going to do anything. They are saying gold medal final, that

:01:41. > :01:50.cannot possibly be right. Unless more than one squad has been

:01:50. > :01:54.disqualified? It is getting very complicated here. Our scoreboards

:01:54. > :01:59.are not Updating at the moment. They are showing but everybody

:01:59. > :02:03.qualified. We have Australia, Germany, Great Britain and China

:02:03. > :02:06.and subject to that gentleman there if deciding there was an

:02:06. > :02:13.irregularity with a ride by the British, it should be Australia

:02:13. > :02:23.Germany for bronze and Great Britain versus Trina for gold. --

:02:23. > :02:44.

:02:44. > :02:48.verses China. We go back now to the the British cycling team at the

:02:48. > :02:53.moment, Dave Brailsford, he is having in-depth discussions. Behind

:02:53. > :02:57.having in-depth discussions. Behind us, the racing continues. Give us

:02:57. > :02:59.an idea of what may have been the issue. We saw an issue in the

:02:59. > :03:04.changeover in the world championship with Philip Hindes,

:03:04. > :03:08.how hard is it to get it right? don't know in the team sprint, I

:03:08. > :03:16.have never done it. We don't actually know what is going on

:03:16. > :03:26.right now. It is such a fine line. You are talking about these minute

:03:26. > :03:29.

:03:29. > :03:35.metres and seconds. James will explain it better. There is 15

:03:35. > :03:45.metres its side of the pursuit line. The rider behind the front of his

:03:45. > :03:46.

:03:46. > :03:50.will, that cannot pass the guy in front. -- of his wheel. At the

:03:50. > :03:53.World Championships there were a number of disqualifications. We are

:03:53. > :03:57.assuming it may be that at the moment. It could be an equipment

:03:57. > :04:01.issue, I really don't know, I don't want to speculate too much. The

:04:01. > :04:08.fact we saw some of those graphics on the screen, it is not instilling

:04:08. > :04:11.us with confidence at the moment. Very little clarity at the moment.

:04:11. > :04:15.Just to be totally clear, we are expecting Great Britain against

:04:15. > :04:20.China to ride for the gold medal, and Australia and Germany to ride

:04:20. > :04:27.for the bronze. Can you shed any more light on it? They've

:04:27. > :04:33.Brailsford is talking to be, says. The, CS said they would use

:04:33. > :04:37.discretion when it came to issues like this. It seems to be that Jess

:04:37. > :04:45.Varnish pulled off outside of the box, and Victoria Pendleton went

:04:45. > :04:49.through. Similar to what happened to Philip Hindes in Melbourne. That

:04:49. > :04:52.is the understanding of the British team and David Brailsford is

:04:52. > :04:56.explaining that there should be some discretion, but rules are

:04:56. > :05:00.rules and if they have taken over at the wrong point, there is little

:05:00. > :05:05.they can do. At the moment, they are hoping that the judges might

:05:05. > :05:10.use their discretion -- discretion in favour of Great Britain.

:05:10. > :05:13.fact they have discretion to use is probably good news at this point. I

:05:13. > :05:15.think we can have a look at the changeover and maybe you can talk

:05:15. > :05:17.changeover and maybe you can talk changeover and maybe you can talk

:05:17. > :05:24.us through it and explain if you see any issues, from your knowledge

:05:24. > :05:32.of riding and coaching. Unfortunately, the shot is not that

:05:32. > :05:39.wide. Victoria was well under Jess which leads me to think she was

:05:39. > :05:47.already passed her back wheel prior to the past point. We are still

:05:47. > :05:49.really speculating. We would need some still photography. I am sure

:05:49. > :05:54.somebody got the shot we are somebody got the shot we are

:05:54. > :06:01.looking for, give me an idea of the protocol, is it and -- down to Dave

:06:01. > :06:05.Brailsford to fight for Team GB? is a tough call, normally what the

:06:05. > :06:10.judges say will stick, I have had my fair argument and they don't

:06:10. > :06:14.budge. If this is the case and someone has made that call, it is

:06:14. > :06:20.up to the judge and normally that stance. There is not normally... I

:06:21. > :06:26.was the victim of that in 2000 done for, disqualified by the judges'

:06:26. > :06:31.decision and there it is no recall, unfortunately. Let's focus on what

:06:31. > :06:38.was good about that race. It was an impressive start from Jess Varnish,

:06:38. > :06:42.but Victoria Pendleton go much going even quicker. She was a

:06:43. > :06:48.little bit slow on the first lap, Victoria picked up a speed. It was

:06:48. > :06:53.a solid ride, a very good ride. I thought technically it looked very

:06:53. > :06:58.smooth and very fast. As things pan out, it will put them up to the

:06:58. > :07:05.gold medal, so fingers crossed. There is some breaking news, I

:07:05. > :07:12.think, can you explain what you know? No, doesn't seem that we can

:07:12. > :07:19.hear from jail at the moment. -- from the jail at the moment. But it

:07:20. > :07:25.does seem that we are not getting disqualified. We would try to shed

:07:25. > :07:30.some light as things progress. I am being told that she is there, what

:07:30. > :07:35.do you know? Sorry. Initially, we did think that Great Britain were

:07:35. > :07:39.going to be allowed to ride. I have just looked across at Dave

:07:39. > :07:46.Brailsford and set up or down, and this is what he did. We haven't had

:07:46. > :07:51.the official disqualification, but that suggests we will not see

:07:51. > :07:57.Jessica or Victoria ride in the final. We are given use they are in,

:07:57. > :08:01.then that they are out. I think it conveys how confusing it is up here

:08:01. > :08:05.in the Velodrome at the moment. It is difficult, there is not much

:08:05. > :08:09.news coming through. Sue, we are going to try to get the bottom of

:08:09. > :08:13.what is going on, all of us have our fingers crossed that Victoria

:08:13. > :08:16.Pendleton and Jess Varnish get to race for the gold medal. As soon as

:08:16. > :08:21.that is clarified, we will be right but.

:08:21. > :08:26.Thank you very much. I think it probably isn't going to be great

:08:26. > :08:29.news. Britain's men will hopefully be going for a gold later on.

:08:29. > :08:37.Elsewhere as far as the Olympics is concerned, there has been so much

:08:37. > :08:42.to celebrate as far as the British team is concerned.

:08:42. > :08:52.Dorset marksman Pippa Wilson held his nerve to take gold for Britain

:08:52. > :08:53.

:08:53. > :08:59.in the men's double trap. -- Peter. It was a British one-two for David

:08:59. > :09:02.Florence and Richard Hounslow getting silver. There was another

:09:02. > :09:11.medal on the water when Britain's lightweight men's four own silver

:09:12. > :09:19.with a thrilling final at Eton Dorney. And Gemma Gibbons landed a

:09:19. > :09:23.superb silver in judo, it is men's first medal for 12 years. --

:09:23. > :09:27.Britain's first medal. Commiserations, but you are an

:09:27. > :09:33.Olympic silver medallist, how does that sound? It doesn't really seem

:09:33. > :09:36.real at the minute, but amazing. could see in your face you really

:09:36. > :09:40.wanted to go for the gold, this crowd wanted to help you over the

:09:40. > :09:46.line, where did you find the strength? The crowd were amazing, I

:09:46. > :09:54.couldn't have done it without them. I wish I could have got the gold

:09:54. > :10:02.but unfortunately it was not to be. What has it taken for you to get

:10:02. > :10:07.here? A lot of hard work. Dedication. Surrey... Don't be

:10:07. > :10:13.sorry. You have done your mum proud and this country proud. What do you

:10:13. > :10:17.think this does for GB Judea, you have been a hero to these guys?

:10:17. > :10:23.hope it does a lot for Great Britain judo. We have not had a

:10:23. > :10:27.medal until today but are great -- guys are training so hard. We'll

:10:27. > :10:33.deserve medals and they were unlucky to have a horrible draws

:10:33. > :10:40.first time around. The whole of the Scott -- what are training so hard

:10:40. > :10:49.and the other guys deserve more than what they got. I hope we can

:10:49. > :10:54.get more and more great results because the team are worthy of it.

:10:54. > :10:58.You are an Olympic silver medallist, congratulations. Tears of

:10:58. > :11:03.disappointment but she has so much to be proud of. 7,000 people on

:11:03. > :11:09.their feet, chanting, Gemma, Gemma. Britain's first medal for 12 years.

:11:09. > :11:14.She has done her mother and herself proud. This is a moment that I hope

:11:14. > :11:18.she will appreciate far more when she realises what she has achieved.

:11:18. > :11:26.An Olympic silver medal to add to Britain's tally, well done to Gemma

:11:26. > :11:31.Gibbons at the XL centre. -- ExCel centre. It is not the only medal

:11:31. > :11:36.that Britain has received this afternoon. We are going to head

:11:36. > :11:46.about 30 miles north and joined Paul Dickenson for a gold and

:11:46. > :11:52.To achieve their medals here today, they had to be the very best in the

:11:52. > :11:55.world, not just this year but in any year. Pavel and Peter

:11:55. > :12:00.Hochschorner from Slovakia, it three times in the past they have

:12:00. > :12:09.come away with the Olympic gold medal. This time, their only win a

:12:09. > :12:13.bronze. They certainly are the best the world has ever seen. But on

:12:13. > :12:23.this occasion, they were beaten not just by one British crew, but by

:12:23. > :12:30.

:12:30. > :12:40.They certainly will go down in the history books as the greatest sea

:12:40. > :12:47.to perform as ever. But what about the performances over the last few

:12:47. > :12:53.days of David Florence on the left- hand side and Richard Hounslow. A

:12:53. > :12:57.wonderful moment for these two young men. What a comeback after a

:12:57. > :13:00.disappointing first half of the week, to come back and get this all

:13:00. > :13:06.the medals. They were absolutely delighted when they cross the

:13:06. > :13:09.finish line, and so they should be. We had gold and bronze in the men's

:13:10. > :13:18.cycling time trial yesterday. The canoe slalom team have gone one

:13:18. > :13:28.better. We have got Cilla, but we have got gold as well. -- we have

:13:28. > :13:33.

:13:33. > :13:38.On the right hand side, Etienne Stott, along with Tim Bayley. The B

:13:38. > :13:44.two Olympic champions in canoe slalom -- the C two Olympic

:13:44. > :13:54.champions. 12,000 people going wild in celebration, a double

:13:54. > :13:54.

:13:54. > :14:00.celebration of British expertise in this remarkable sport. A magical

:14:00. > :14:04.moment for the sport, and fought these young men. Absolutely. Our

:14:04. > :14:08.first gold medal. They missed out four years ago, to be on the top of

:14:08. > :14:18.the podium at the Olympic Games, I don't think they can quite believe

:14:18. > :14:19.

:14:19. > :14:29.it and we are so excited to have Please stand for the national

:14:29. > :14:55.

:14:55. > :14:57.# God save our gracious Queen # Long live our noble Queen

:14:57. > :14:59.# God save the Queen # Send her victorious

:14:59. > :15:09.# Happy and glorious # Long to reign over us

:15:09. > :15:15.

:15:15. > :15:19.# God save the Queen. The greatest moment in British

:15:19. > :15:23.canoe slalom history, the moment when two crews climbed the medal

:15:23. > :15:27.rostrum in the Olympic Games. Silver going to David Florence and

:15:27. > :15:31.Richard Hounslow. The champions, the gold medallists, Etienne Stott

:15:31. > :15:36.and Tim Bayley, brilliant. SUE BARKER: They really were

:15:36. > :15:40.brilliant, amazing scenes at Lee Valley. It is nice to hear the

:15:40. > :15:46.national anthem, so why don't we hear it one more time, as we had

:15:46. > :15:55.over to the shooting, where Peter held his nerve to win Britain

:15:55. > :16:02.It is gold for will some of Great Britain, qualified with hundred and

:16:02. > :16:11.43, shot 45 in the finals, he won by two, the father son from Dorset,

:16:11. > :16:16.winning gold for Great Britain, following -- farmer's son from

:16:16. > :16:26.Dorset. He will hope to have his funding restored. The funding for

:16:26. > :16:27.

:16:27. > :16:33.shooting was slashed in Great Britain for after Beijing, even

:16:33. > :16:39.though Wilson was too young. The youngest finalist by 13 years, six

:16:39. > :16:43.feet seven inches tall. The farmer's son from Dorset. He has

:16:43. > :16:51.taken the gold medal for Great Britain. A triumph for him and his

:16:51. > :16:55.coach, Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum. He has been with him since the funding

:16:55. > :17:05.was removed, and now we will have the national anthem of Great

:17:05. > :17:05.

:17:05. > :18:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 69 seconds

:18:14. > :18:20.Pippa Wilson her, the farmer's son from Dorset, has one gold.

:18:20. > :18:25.Britain now has four gold medals, six silver and four bronze and we

:18:25. > :18:29.are at 5th place in the medal table. We were hoping to add to that tally

:18:29. > :18:32.at the Velodrome but it is not good news from the Valegro. What is the

:18:32. > :18:38.latest? Thank you very much and what have -

:18:38. > :18:41.- and what after what has been a good day for Team GB, the good news

:18:41. > :18:45.does not continue. Jess Varnish and Vicky Pendleton posted a stunning

:18:45. > :18:50.time, that would have put them through to raise for the gold medal

:18:50. > :18:53.against China but then questions were being asked and we saw days

:18:53. > :18:57.Brailsford in the centre discussing what was happening and what could

:18:57. > :19:01.potentially see them not race in that final and I am afraid to say

:19:01. > :19:07.they will not be riding for a gold medal. Victoria Pendleton has been

:19:07. > :19:09.speaking to Jill Douglas to explain why.

:19:09. > :19:16.Victoria, one minute, elation, the next minute, despair. What

:19:16. > :19:21.happened? Well, it was just we did not change over in the right zone

:19:21. > :19:25.on the track. It is really hard at that speed and I am focusing on

:19:25. > :19:29.Jess Varnish's wheel. It is so we see if she moves up slightly, I

:19:29. > :19:32.just go, that is what happened. We never really had any legal change

:19:32. > :19:37.before so it is not something we have been too concerned about in

:19:37. > :19:41.the past but it is one of those things that happens. It is not

:19:41. > :19:47.Jessica Varnish's fault, it is not my fault, it is both of us partly

:19:47. > :19:51.to blame. We were overwhelmed and excited and to and bit too eager.

:19:51. > :19:54.We should have kept a lid on it a bit more, I think. I can't imagine

:19:54. > :20:00.how many times you have rehearsed for this moment hands the number of

:20:00. > :20:08.times you have trained for this. For this to happen, how can it be

:20:08. > :20:12.explained? It is just one of those things, really. Now and again,

:20:13. > :20:17.rubbish things happen and this is one of those days. On the whole we

:20:17. > :20:24.have had an excellent run. We were pleased with our time. We hoped to

:20:24. > :20:28.go about faster, with a gear change in the final, we wanted a gold and

:20:28. > :20:33.silver ride. The only positive I can take is that my form is really

:20:33. > :20:38.good. That is my fastest lap, I backed it up with a second ride.

:20:38. > :20:42.All I can do is keep my head down, focus on tomorrow and the sprint

:20:42. > :20:46.competition the day after that and give it everything I have got.

:20:46. > :20:53.Jess Varnish, but his herd Games over. You can at least get back on

:20:53. > :20:58.the bike. It is not quite per Games over, she has many more Olympic

:20:58. > :21:04.Games to go to. It is an amazing opportunity for her, and experience

:21:04. > :21:09.of the Games environment. I am sure she will go into Rio and smash it.

:21:09. > :21:14.I hope so, thank you, Victoria. Thank you.

:21:15. > :21:17.I imagine Rio feels a long wait a weight for Jess Varnish. Full

:21:17. > :21:22.credit to Victoria Pendleton for being honest and saying it may have

:21:22. > :21:26.been my fault and she is the senior member of that team. Yes, the way

:21:26. > :21:30.she said you get carried away in the moment and you are focusing on

:21:30. > :21:34.your lap. You have to have perspective. You are travelling at

:21:34. > :21:37.close to 50 miles an hour on a track coming out of the turn, you

:21:37. > :21:42.cannot see the markers on the floor. You are looking at the Ryder in

:21:42. > :21:46.front of you. I have had this argument before. It is hard to see

:21:46. > :21:50.that and judge it. By the nature of turns and the centre of gravity,

:21:50. > :21:53.you gain speed going through the turn. She has come out of that last

:21:53. > :21:58.turn being Capita -- being catapulted out of the turn and it

:21:58. > :22:03.can be hard to control. Having said that, this is why they are here.

:22:03. > :22:08.They should be perfection at the Olympic Games. We can make excuses,

:22:08. > :22:14.but I feel for Jessica Varnish. This was her only event here. There

:22:14. > :22:18.is another four years, a long time to wait. Mark, despite it being

:22:18. > :22:21.different circumstances, I am sure you can relate to how Jessica is

:22:22. > :22:25.stealing because four years ago in Beijing every cyclist on the track

:22:25. > :22:30.left for the medal apart from yourself. What would your message

:22:30. > :22:37.be to her? To focus on Rio? said it there, she will have to

:22:37. > :22:42.question, she will feel left out. But you come back and make it right.

:22:42. > :22:47.She will not come back and right this time but yes, it is a shame.

:22:47. > :22:53.She is a great goal. How hard did you find it? It was pretty hard.

:22:53. > :22:58.I've found it hard, the questions getting asked. Every single person,

:22:58. > :23:04.what is it like to be on the track side without a medal? That was the

:23:04. > :23:09.continual reminder, I would probably have forgotten about it.

:23:09. > :23:15.It is the Olympic Games, the biggest thing. It it is the biggest

:23:15. > :23:19.thing in the world, to aspire to, four years of work, to be lost in a

:23:19. > :23:23.fraction of a second. The real frustration here is they had the

:23:23. > :23:29.speed, they made it through to the gold Red Bull -- the gold medal

:23:29. > :23:33.race. Victoria was looking on gold medal for. She is going to race in

:23:33. > :23:37.the women's sprint and the Keirin as well. They need to stay strong.

:23:37. > :23:42.Yes, she looked emotional on the screen. I am sure she will leave

:23:42. > :23:46.here and be disappointed, in herself, and there will be a bunch

:23:46. > :23:50.of emotions going through. Hopefully she can pick herself up.

:23:50. > :23:55.She has other events. I think she will be fine. There is a team

:23:55. > :23:59.around her to pick her up. She knows how to do this now. It is a

:23:59. > :24:04.process we go through. Being a sportsman. Real frustration in the

:24:04. > :24:08.Velodrome. The men's team spent, they put in a fantastic performance.

:24:08. > :24:12.We will see how they fare later. The men's team pursuit, qualifying

:24:12. > :24:15.today, you can keep across the cycling live by pressing the red

:24:16. > :24:19.button and you can crossed -- you can watch race after race with

:24:19. > :24:22.commentary. It is not just about having the best equipment in the

:24:22. > :24:27.world, it is making sure that when you get to a major competition,

:24:27. > :24:35.mentally, you are right. As far as the bike is concerned, it helps to

:24:35. > :24:41.have decent technology it under 20 years ago a bloke from the rural

:24:41. > :24:45.was busy revolutionising the world of cycling. Bolstering formidable

:24:45. > :24:50.athletic talent with technology. Olympic gold and yellow jerseys

:24:50. > :24:55.followed, before turning his attention to designing equipment

:24:55. > :24:59.for the next generation. They were the secret squirrel Club.

:24:59. > :25:04.Lovely to see Chris Boardman. This is the modern version of his helmet,

:25:04. > :25:09.this is the key Pendleton's for this Olympic Games. I know about

:25:09. > :25:14.aerodynamics. It is back-to-front! How much of a real effect does this

:25:14. > :25:18.kind of thing had. Surprisingly, 80% of the energy that are right

:25:18. > :25:22.expense is simply pushing air out of the way, so aerodynamics is

:25:22. > :25:25.massive in the sport, particularly on track. Riders are totally

:25:25. > :25:29.involved in the process. They understand the value of

:25:29. > :25:33.aerodynamics and they all have been to the wind tunnel, they have

:25:33. > :25:40.looked and tweaked their position. A tiny change to their elbow can

:25:40. > :25:46.mean more than changing the entire bike. We are having an incredible

:25:46. > :25:52.small head -- I have an incredibly small head. I can fit into a bitter

:25:52. > :25:58.Pendleton's helmet. I will be mobbed for autograph. It is like?

:25:58. > :26:03.Yes, the shape is really important because of aerodynamics. The inside

:26:03. > :26:08.is called. Rather than using foam, it is hard to take you seriously

:26:09. > :26:13.with that helmet on. Rather than you used foam -- rather than use

:26:13. > :26:19.them, they use aluminium honeycomb. It is good at absorbing the impact

:26:19. > :26:29.and deceleration and it is Super light. This is Pendleton's sprint

:26:29. > :26:32.

:26:32. > :26:36.bike. What gets you particularly shapes and it has the right shapes

:26:37. > :26:41.with tubes and handlebars. It gets aerodynamic. One of the new bits on

:26:41. > :26:48.this year's bike is these cracks, these carbon-fibre cranks. They are

:26:48. > :26:52.made with 180 separate pieces of carbon fibre, laid it on to a

:26:52. > :26:58.special metal. The whole thing goes into the mauled. It turned to

:26:58. > :27:02.liquid at 50 degrees, runs out and they are hollow. They took one side

:27:02. > :27:09.and hung the equivalent of a lift full of people on it and it still

:27:09. > :27:16.did not break. Let's talk materials and fabric. There is still in the

:27:16. > :27:21.tyres? Yes. Why? It holds a lot of pressure. There are three

:27:21. > :27:25.atmospheres, these hold 14, even more for race days. What about the

:27:25. > :27:29.riders and what they wear. It did look like they were wearing rubber

:27:29. > :27:36.in Beijing, then there was a rumour that after the Games the suits were

:27:36. > :27:40.banned and they were shredded by They were using a rubberised

:27:40. > :27:46.material, in Beijing, they did not want people to change shape with

:27:46. > :27:49.materials. They were not shredded. They were not shredded, they are

:27:49. > :27:54.sitting in a box in a store room somewhere. This time around, they

:27:54. > :27:59.are made of more conventional micro material. There is another group of

:27:59. > :28:02.British cycling called the marginals Games team headed by Matt

:28:02. > :28:05.Parker, looking at the physiological side of it. One of

:28:05. > :28:10.the things they have come up with, I can't believe people have not

:28:10. > :28:15.done it before, is hot pants. We are seeing people warming up, the

:28:15. > :28:23.gay they get the pumps on them, it keeps muscles warmed and told the

:28:23. > :28:27.moment that they get onto the track. The UCI, the governing body, were

:28:27. > :28:31.hacked off after Beijing? There was a lot of press about the technology

:28:31. > :28:35.and because of the medals, people thought they have won nearly

:28:35. > :28:39.everything, so the you see I is seeing everything we I using. All

:28:40. > :28:43.this work at the Secret squirrel Club, they have been involved in

:28:43. > :28:47.the development sand they are happy now. This stuff none must now be

:28:47. > :28:53.for sale. You can go to the UK Sport website can purchase more of

:28:53. > :28:58.these if you wanted to. What would it cost me? Less than �20,000 for

:28:58. > :29:04.that piece of hi-tech kit. exactly this, Victoria Pendleton's

:29:04. > :29:10.sprint bike, �20,000. And your consultancy, around a hundred

:29:10. > :29:14.grand? We can talk about it later. Chris Boardman is very expensive to

:29:14. > :29:18.hire. We can talk about what it is like to have that equipment and you.

:29:18. > :29:22.You can't talk about the specifics but we know you had a special bike

:29:22. > :29:26.for the road race here at these Games. How much added confidence do

:29:26. > :29:30.you get on the start line, when you know about the thought that has

:29:30. > :29:38.gone and you regret that? further the race, the more Games

:29:38. > :29:43.you will get. It is as easier -- as easy as that. If you can see the

:29:43. > :29:49.numbers on a spreadsheet, you can multiply it by to run 50 kilometres,

:29:49. > :29:54.it is incredible to see. It is not just about aerodynamics. I put out

:29:54. > :29:59.not as much as the track sprinters, but I have a lot of power. The bike

:29:59. > :30:05.can be lighter and aerodynamic but you need to have confidence in it.

:30:05. > :30:12.Did you can have aerodynamics and stiffness and wait, it gives you

:30:12. > :30:17.massive confidence that you are not wasting energy on every little bit.

:30:17. > :30:21.Is it something you used to enjoy? Chris clearly loves the science of

:30:21. > :30:24.cycling. He says the riders are so involved, he said remarkably that

:30:24. > :30:28.if the Ryder does not like a certain think they have designed,

:30:28. > :30:32.it does not go on the bike because you guys make that final decision?

:30:32. > :30:37.You have to believe it what you are using. I had faith in the frames

:30:37. > :30:41.and the parts and to this day that frame, quite a few years old now,

:30:41. > :30:46.no one has come close to replicating that, or anything of

:30:46. > :30:53.that quality. Like Mark said, it is pretty light and so stiff and you

:30:53. > :30:58.do notice the level, I do put out more power than you. You are

:30:59. > :31:02.putting out so much power. That is the equivalent of a high-

:31:02. > :31:09.performance race car, a lot of force on the bottom bracket ten did

:31:09. > :31:15.it is swaying, it is lost energy. As we saw, thousandth of a second,

:31:15. > :31:19.so marginal Games. They nickname themselves the Secret squirrel Club.

:31:19. > :31:22.Do you get excited when the guys from the high Performance team say

:31:22. > :31:27.they have something to discuss, do you think this could be it? They

:31:27. > :31:34.were promising these tricks four years ago, I am glad to see them

:31:34. > :31:37.here but it has taken quite a while. It is exciting, as a mature athlete

:31:37. > :31:43.I was pretty interested in it. I would like to learn more about it

:31:43. > :31:49.and take it back to the US, give them tips here and there. No one

:31:49. > :31:52.can come close to what they are manufacturing. What they have done

:31:52. > :31:57.is got this equipment to rule it out for these Olympic Games, no one

:31:57. > :32:03.knows what they have at their disposal? You saw the controversy

:32:03. > :32:11.in Beijing, from the rumours from the press, the teams, the UCI,

:32:11. > :32:15.wanted to say what they want. That is why things have been said, so we

:32:15. > :32:19.they can make this from the Olympics and on the nearside, the

:32:19. > :32:24.UCI will Bennett, so it is a good thing to keep it out and it gives

:32:24. > :32:28.you an added incentive. If these guys are winning and second at the

:32:28. > :32:33.World Championships, they know they have the extra few seconds for the

:32:33. > :32:36.Olympic Games, it is confidence and hopefully faster times. OK, it is

:32:36. > :32:41.nice to know the Beijing since were not shredded afterwards come as

:32:41. > :32:44.though you might get yours back one day. We have spoken about the

:32:44. > :32:48.sprinters and the endurance riders are getting the same equipment are

:32:48. > :32:51.these Olympic Games. Before long, you will see the team pursuit has a

:32:51. > :32:55.contract as they start their bid for glory at these Games. There

:32:55. > :33:03.have been changes to the team but they are still confident they have

:33:03. > :33:07.Pursuit, there is something about it, you are in it together, there

:33:07. > :33:10.are four of you together, training, you have been living out of it

:33:10. > :33:16.other's pockets since November. We have been with each other more than

:33:16. > :33:20.our own girlfriends. You go through so much together. The whole journey,

:33:20. > :33:25.all the way to that one day where you have got to perform at your

:33:25. > :33:29.best. All of you getting to your physical peak, it is a big ask.

:33:29. > :33:35.That is the challenge and what makes it so unique and so great to

:33:35. > :33:40.be a part of. When you have a right, like at the worlds, or you get the

:33:40. > :33:45.Rock were caught, it is almost effortless. -- or you get the world

:33:45. > :33:48.record. You are in this zone. You can hear the noise around two but

:33:48. > :33:58.you're looking at the wheel and just thinking about turning added

:33:58. > :34:01.almost happens in slow motion. -- and it almost happens. You feel the

:34:02. > :34:08.crowd, what is going on around you, it is a strange feeling, you have

:34:08. > :34:18.to give it everything. Here come Great Britain! Great Britain are

:34:18. > :34:18.

:34:19. > :34:23.the world champions. A new world Training has been going well and we

:34:23. > :34:27.are all buzzing. I really want to win gold. It is all about the team

:34:27. > :34:34.pursuit. I want to come away with a gold medal and I think the best

:34:34. > :34:37.chance is with the team pursuit, I am going to focus on that. The Home

:34:37. > :34:47.Olympics is massive, I think a world record will go, and we are

:34:47. > :34:48.

:34:48. > :34:55.capable of it. It is going to be Jamie is continuing to study the

:34:55. > :35:01.form. Team GB are on fire in this event. You can talk about this now.

:35:01. > :35:08.No more saying that Jamie is the expert, what do you expect from the

:35:08. > :35:13.British boys? I am expecting them to smash it. Four of the strongest

:35:13. > :35:19.guys in the world, the best team pursuit in the world, Ed Clancy

:35:19. > :35:24.with Darren Thomas. They are going to come here, they are on form. --

:35:24. > :35:31.Geraint Thomas. I really think they're going to break the world

:35:31. > :35:34.record. Australia will be something of a wounded animal, because GB

:35:34. > :35:38.went to their backyard and grab themselves a gold medal and the

:35:38. > :35:46.Aussies describe that as a serious kick in the teeth. It might make it

:35:46. > :35:50.a bit tasty. Fingers crossed that GB go out there and win, I have all

:35:50. > :35:57.faith in the boys, I have seen them myself, they are in good form and

:35:57. > :36:00.ready to go. With this equipment, it adds the extra bit of confidence,

:36:00. > :36:08.getting on the line with the bikes, knowing that the bikes and

:36:08. > :36:13.equipment is the best in the world. They will go out and fly. Two of

:36:13. > :36:16.them cried for professional teams. That -- ride for professional teams.

:36:17. > :36:26.That is their day job and they have been missing that to concentrate on

:36:26. > :36:29.this. Being in a professional team gives you a massive boost. Talking

:36:29. > :36:34.of a boost, how much will they have been inspired by what they saw of

:36:34. > :36:41.Bradley Wiggins. He is a former team-mate of two of these guys.

:36:41. > :36:48.think every athlete would be. In the team pursuit, he is

:36:48. > :36:53.concentrating on the road. These guys have grown, they have bonded.

:36:53. > :37:00.They have been growing up since Athens, really. They will go out

:37:00. > :37:05.and hopefully do the business. you find that in 2008, as soon as

:37:05. > :37:09.something incredible happened out of the village, it feeds back into

:37:09. > :37:14.the village and the athletes feed off that. Absolutely. I remember

:37:14. > :37:21.when Nicole won, even commented to someone that the floodgates have

:37:21. > :37:25.opened. Even though I never see the road racing, it is the confidence

:37:25. > :37:30.that we are on form and the coaches have got it right, and here we go.

:37:30. > :37:36.It didn't work for me! Poor old Mark Cavendish! We tried not to

:37:36. > :37:46.remind you of it. It Spain and Denmark are going wheel to wheel,

:37:46. > :37:54.

:37:54. > :38:04.the qualification round. Here comes buying. That puts Spain into the

:38:04. > :38:06.

:38:06. > :38:16.second position. Still leading the competition, Denmark. A nice ride

:38:16. > :38:22.

:38:22. > :38:27.by Denmark, they got the silver Zealand will be next and then it

:38:27. > :38:31.will be Great Britain. We are moving towards the serious end of

:38:31. > :38:41.the competition. New Zealand is expected to post a strong time now

:38:41. > :38:56.

:38:56. > :39:06.come out, New Zealand. New Zealand rode very well in Beijing, got

:39:06. > :39:09.

:39:09. > :39:19.themselves a bronze medal. They stopped the clock on 3.50 7.776 so

:39:19. > :39:32.

:39:32. > :39:42.they have the ability to go quicker so was Ryan. And Bewley, so just

:39:42. > :39:45.

:39:45. > :39:50.one change, Gough has come in to replace Rolston. We are expecting

:39:50. > :39:55.the next four teams to become the fastest in this competition. It is

:39:55. > :40:03.only a question of what order. New Zealand have a strong pedigree in

:40:03. > :40:08.this event. We are expecting four sub four minute rides in the next

:40:08. > :40:14.few minutes. New Zealand were third in the world championships earlier

:40:14. > :40:17.this year. They are going to go quicker than Denmark, who are

:40:17. > :40:23.fellow leaders. The way the competition is beginning to unfold,

:40:23. > :40:31.it is looking very much like we could end up with the medal

:40:31. > :40:38.contenders as Australia, Denmark, New Zealand and Great Britain. And

:40:38. > :40:45.of course, we have also got Russia in there as well. Ryan got them off

:40:45. > :40:50.to a good start, or a lap and a quarter turn to get it up to speed.

:40:50. > :40:56.He Bewley has taken on the speed. He will be injecting more space

:40:56. > :41:02.into the foursome. A good start. The Kiwis, with the bit between

:41:02. > :41:06.their teeth in the opening four laps. Just look at the quality of

:41:06. > :41:11.the team pursuit. They always hold the black line, as though they are

:41:11. > :41:19.on a rail, then they swing high to drop back into the pace of the rest

:41:19. > :41:23.of the team. That is the fastest first four laps we have had. They

:41:23. > :41:28.are riding harder now, we can see they know how important the opening

:41:28. > :41:37.kilometre was. They have got themselves up to speed. Now they

:41:37. > :41:44.will start to possibly write some longer turns. Bewley swings of the

:41:44. > :41:48.front. The national record is 55.2, they are right on that. The way

:41:48. > :41:57.they are going, they could beat it, they said that when they won the

:41:57. > :42:05.oceanic Games in 2011. They trained at the only indoor track in New

:42:05. > :42:15.Zealand, right on the southern tip of the law island. The -- Block

:42:15. > :42:26.

:42:26. > :42:36.turn, stir it -- Gough just put in a single lap turn. I think he is

:42:36. > :42:41.going to do a two lap turn here, that is a big turn at these speeds.

:42:41. > :42:43.Sergent rides on the professional scene. He wasn't at the World

:42:44. > :42:47.Championships but he is here now and it has made a big difference.

:42:47. > :42:52.They are looking good at the moment. The 4th man is losing the pace

:42:52. > :42:57.slightly. I don't think Ryan is having a good ride, he has just

:42:57. > :43:01.done half a lap in this competition, that is not good at all. It will

:43:01. > :43:05.cost you nearly a tenth of a second every time you make a change. You

:43:05. > :43:09.will want to make as few as you possibly can. We have seen them

:43:09. > :43:19.post brilliant rides in the three, as before. And then they have just

:43:19. > :43:20.

:43:20. > :43:27.disintegrated. High if they can maintain this, it could be

:43:27. > :43:31.something like 3.56. They are pushing themselves very hard. They

:43:31. > :43:35.have to do that. There is some real disparity between the abilities in

:43:36. > :43:39.here and you have to be careful. You can use that to help or it can

:43:39. > :43:43.do a lot of damage to the weaker members of the team, when you need

:43:44. > :43:53.three to finish. Getting towards the closing stages of the

:43:54. > :43:57.

:43:57. > :44:00.qualification round. 3.58 0.2 is There will be looking to try to

:44:00. > :44:10.eclipse the time of Denmark. I think they could just about shade

:44:10. > :44:11.

:44:11. > :44:19.it. Coming up to the line. 3.57 0.6. Nearly three-quarters of a second

:44:19. > :44:24.than Denmark. That cost them a lot. The problems they had, about a

:44:24. > :44:28.kilometre and a half to go. Just about held it together, a fantastic

:44:28. > :44:32.ride by Sergent. He is clearly on form. A huge chunk of the

:44:33. > :44:40.pacemaking, and saw them to the finish, as well. In terms of

:44:40. > :44:44.technique, very well drilled. About the team pursuit, it is learning to

:44:44. > :44:49.live on the edge and manage the problems as you go along. They did

:44:49. > :44:53.that well. It takes a lot of courage to throw in a half a lap

:44:53. > :44:59.turn and not do what is written down on a piece of paper, do what

:44:59. > :45:05.is best for the team. The noise is building in the arena. That is

:45:05. > :45:09.because the British quartet are now coming out onto the track, to

:45:09. > :45:16.settle on their bikes, ready for the qualification round. This is

:45:16. > :45:21.going to be something special. Ed Clancy will lead off, Steven Burke,

:45:21. > :45:25.Peter Kenny at third wheel and 4th could the Geraint Thomas. He has

:45:25. > :45:29.been a little off-colour on the final build up. I am told he is

:45:29. > :45:39.back to something like his best. Great Britain will be the next

:45:39. > :45:45.

:45:45. > :45:50.champions. They will be led away by Ed Clancy, the fastest data in the

:45:50. > :45:56.world. He is their secret weapon, not very it secret -- fastest

:45:56. > :46:01.starter in the world. There he is, from Huddersfield original. The

:46:01. > :46:04.Yorkshireman gets the team under way. They hold the world record.

:46:04. > :46:11.There has been a lot of talk about them lowering that world record

:46:11. > :46:17.today. This is a very nice start. The polished unit of Great Britain,

:46:18. > :46:24.coming around to complete the first lap. The already well up on

:46:24. > :46:29.schedule. He we can watch him stepping along the line, to

:46:29. > :46:33.indicate. He did say they wanted to be 0.1 of a second up on the

:46:33. > :46:39.schedule all the way through, which would put them on world record pace.

:46:40. > :46:43.He has stepped three times, they are well on course for a fast time.

:46:43. > :46:53.Almost a second up on Denmark, this is going to be some ride. Let's

:46:53. > :46:57.

:46:57. > :47:04.formidable here, as the first kilometre or is almost completed.

:47:04. > :47:10.Watch the clock for the split up. They are well inside the world

:47:10. > :47:13.record pace. Kennaugh and Thomas are expected to do one-and-a-half

:47:13. > :47:18.laps all the way through this race now and it is going to be down to

:47:18. > :47:23.them. Ed Clancy has done his part, put them on a fantastic start.

:47:23. > :47:31.Steven Burke has got them off to a flying first kilometre. A terrific

:47:31. > :47:35.piece of riding here. Three of this squad were members of, two of this

:47:35. > :47:41.squad, I should say, were riding in the Beijing team that won the gold

:47:41. > :47:45.medal, Graham Thomas and Ed Clancy. They are coming back to their

:47:45. > :47:53.starting station and there is no hint of fatigue year. A brilliant

:47:53. > :48:00.display of effort as the squad come down towards the line again for the

:48:00. > :48:04.midway split. Let's look at this, very, very quick indeed. They are

:48:04. > :48:09.0.2 inside the world record. It is going to be close. They have

:48:09. > :48:14.settled now, slightly ahead of their own schedule. Still stepping

:48:14. > :48:18.up to indicate they are ahead of the schedule they have set and that

:48:18. > :48:25.schedule was for a world record. 2.1 seconds faster than the

:48:25. > :48:30.competition leaders, New Zealand, who went 3.57. They come through

:48:30. > :48:35.the finishing straight. The crowd are loving it. Five laps to go the

:48:35. > :48:39.next time they come around. Thomas putting in a massive turn. It is so

:48:39. > :48:48.important that everyone does their separate part in this race. Thomas

:48:48. > :48:51.still on the French now. They have so much horsepower. Thomas has

:48:51. > :48:59.completed the four -- the Tour de France, former national road

:48:59. > :49:03.champion, he is so versatile. They are just off world record pace, but

:49:03. > :49:08.they are easily the quickest. Clancy taking them to do a lap and

:49:08. > :49:13.have turned there, that is his last big turn of the race. It is down to

:49:13. > :49:19.Stephen ten -- down to Steven Burke, to do his final turn, be -- before

:49:19. > :49:27.handing over to Peter Kennaugh. had problems but he has dismissed

:49:27. > :49:30.them. They are loving it, the crowd! Look at this, 4.6 seconds

:49:30. > :49:38.faster than the leaders, New Zealand. This is sending a serious

:49:38. > :49:45.message to Australia, who are still to come. 250m to go. What are they

:49:45. > :49:49.going to stop the clock at? It is down to the three survivors. Here

:49:49. > :49:59.they come. Lining up for the blanket finish, what will they

:49:59. > :50:03.record? Look at this, a new world record! Great Britain have shown

:50:03. > :50:11.the rest of the opposition that they mean business. What a terrific

:50:11. > :50:17.piece of team pursuit think! -- a terrific team pursuit! A world

:50:17. > :50:22.record, what a display of clinical efficiency. It is more amazing, I

:50:22. > :50:26.had a discussion with Dan Hunt. He said, here is the schedule, wrote

:50:26. > :50:31.it on a piece of paper the length of turn that each rider would do

:50:31. > :50:35.and I said, had they done terms of that length before? He said, no,

:50:35. > :50:40.not when it has worked. This is a massive, massive gamble from them.

:50:40. > :50:46.They really wanted to go out there and break the world record. They

:50:46. > :50:51.have done it, they can't ask for more. Eight tensed sliced off the

:50:51. > :50:56.world record. A huge margin. This is one team on the track. When

:50:56. > :51:00.there is another team on the track, they do get an aerodynamic benefits,

:51:00. > :51:04.so we could expect in a match situation to see the time come down

:51:04. > :51:08.further. A hugely impressive performance and the alarm bells are

:51:08. > :51:12.ringing for the final two teams to go, Russia and Australia. I do not

:51:12. > :51:16.think they will make any changes. If they are so confident and they

:51:16. > :51:20.can ride like that, they will keep the same squad. That was another

:51:20. > :51:24.part of the discussion of I was having. I said, will you put Andy

:51:24. > :51:29.Tennant into the team? He is on fantastic form. He said, I will

:51:29. > :51:34.wait to see how it goes in the opening round, so it was that fluid.

:51:34. > :51:38.I can't see a reason to change the team, which is desperately sad for

:51:38. > :51:42.Andy Tennant. That is the worst scenario, to be the 5th man. We

:51:42. > :51:52.will have to wait and see if there are any changes, we will let you

:51:52. > :52:01.

:52:01. > :52:11.It is going to be... Away we go, the penultimate country starting

:52:11. > :52:18.

:52:18. > :52:22.are just seen a team post a world record of that significance. Russia

:52:22. > :52:26.were 4th in the world championships earlier this year in Melbourne,

:52:26. > :52:31.under four minutes, but they are not in the class of the British.

:52:31. > :52:35.a test event here they did not bring their best team and they are

:52:35. > :52:39.the dark horse in this competition. A lot of it is expected of Russia.

:52:39. > :52:43.I will be interested to see what they can post. We don't have a lot

:52:43. > :52:53.of information. They are nearly a second down on the British four at

:52:53. > :52:58.

:52:58. > :53:03.the moment but it is early stages the world, got the British team off

:53:03. > :53:08.to a fantastic start. The Russians are holding the British team, they

:53:08. > :53:13.are making inroads, starting to come back on that time. It is 0.7.

:53:13. > :53:21.Rumours were correct, Russia have come here with at crack squad.

:53:21. > :53:26.have a very good coach, a world famous coach. He formerly worked

:53:26. > :53:34.with the British team, so he knows how they will prepare. He will have

:53:34. > :53:40.brought this team on. Only the second team to have posted this

:53:40. > :53:45.sort of time. They are nibbling away, 0.5 of a second behind,

:53:45. > :53:50.swinging between 0.5 and 0.7. There is a disparity within their team,

:53:50. > :53:57.that shows. Good riding by the Russian quartet. Years ago, they

:53:57. > :54:06.were the team to beat. The Olympics in 1988, they won the gold medal,

:54:06. > :54:15.they lost the way. They have a weak man in their team. They lost a huge

:54:15. > :54:21.chunk of time. They lost 1.77 seconds, in a single term. They are

:54:21. > :54:25.slower than Great Britain. They were quicker than New Zealand at

:54:25. > :54:34.the 2,000-metre mark. A respectable ride by the Russians, the final

:54:34. > :54:39.team to go. You have to take risks in this competition if you want to

:54:39. > :54:43.medal. There is no possibility of easing your way in. The first

:54:43. > :54:47.kilometre is crucial. Now is the time you start paying the price.

:54:47. > :54:52.Nowhere to hide, you have to get it spot-on. One rider has dropped

:54:52. > :54:56.already. He has dropped off. Very early to drop out of the

:54:56. > :55:01.competition. A lot of work left for the three. They will see four laps

:55:01. > :55:05.to go, one kilometre remaining and that could cost them dearly. Such a

:55:05. > :55:09.promising start, as fast as the British team once they had got up

:55:09. > :55:15.to pace but really started to pay the price admit distance, nearly

:55:15. > :55:20.four seconds in arrears now. So the promising good start is beginning

:55:20. > :55:24.to evaporate, although they are only just slower than New Zealand.

:55:24. > :55:29.Maybe they will pressurise Denmark. It is going to be between Denmark

:55:29. > :55:34.and Russia for the third quickest time. Two laps to go. I don't think

:55:34. > :55:38.they will go quick enough for these three. It is a terrible sound do

:55:38. > :55:43.here, when you hear somebody shout three and you are suffering. I have

:55:43. > :55:48.been in teams when I wanted to bail out and somebody bailed out first.

:55:48. > :55:52.The third man is struggling to stay in contention. The times taken on

:55:52. > :55:56.the third rider to finish and that gap could be costly. He could make

:55:56. > :56:01.a tremendous difference with the time. Here they come, back up to

:56:01. > :56:08.the line. Let's look at the finishing time for Russia. Inside

:56:08. > :56:14.Sport minutes. -- four minutes. They are the 4th quickest --

:56:14. > :56:20.quickest squad at the moment. One more heat to go. That will bring

:56:20. > :56:24.onto the track the team of Australia. The bikes are appearing

:56:24. > :56:29.at the start of the track, the starting game -- gate is out while

:56:29. > :56:39.we watch some replace. We watch images of the technique of the

:56:39. > :56:43.

:56:43. > :56:48.Russian quartet. They are the 4th For the first time at these Olympic

:56:48. > :56:51.Games, the roof is lifted off the Velodrome. There were a few empty

:56:51. > :56:56.seats when we turned up, which we was slightly concerned about, but

:56:56. > :56:59.they have been filled and all 6,000 people were on their feet for the

:56:59. > :57:06.men's team pursuit, they broke the world record. What an incredible

:57:06. > :57:12.performance? Incredible, they looked so smooth. We saw Ed Clancy.

:57:12. > :57:18.That is crazy, his opening lap. I did not do anything like that. An

:57:18. > :57:23.incredible feat to be able to do that. They stayed so smooth,

:57:23. > :57:27.consistently kept going at the time and you knew it was going to be

:57:27. > :57:33.there and I think they have more to come. I truly believe they have

:57:33. > :57:38.more to come. They really have to keep a little back but I believe

:57:38. > :57:41.they can go quicker. They are asking for silence in the Velodrome.

:57:41. > :57:45.There was not silence five minutes ago when GB were on the track and

:57:45. > :57:50.Mark says there is more to come. They are five seconds ahead of the

:57:50. > :57:54.nearest challengers, New Zealand. Remarkable? Yes, we will see

:57:54. > :57:58.Australia here soon. They will be the closest competitors. In about

:57:58. > :58:02.four minutes we will know. They looked sharp, super-smooth, they

:58:02. > :58:07.went out there and executed extremely well. They get plenty of

:58:07. > :58:11.rest in between rides. There could be more to come. Please don't throw

:58:11. > :58:15.cushions at your television, you will see the Australian attempt in

:58:15. > :58:20.fall in a few moments on BBC Two. We have to leave the action on BBC

:58:20. > :58:24.One in a moment before the news. Four people who do not join us on

:58:24. > :58:27.BBC Two, our first afternoon in the Velodrome has been mixed. Really

:58:27. > :58:31.disappointing for the women in the team spent. As far as the men are

:58:31. > :58:36.concerned, they are on form. think it will be good, a lot of

:58:36. > :58:42.medals will be seen. We are pushing the Australians. I think we will

:58:42. > :58:46.see a lot of medals today. those people thinking about going

:58:46. > :58:50.to BBC Two, come on, it is the men's team sprint final and we hope

:58:51. > :58:55.GB have has shout at the gold medal. I am printer -- pretty confident.

:58:55. > :59:00.They are going to put on a good show for stab all smiles here,

:59:00. > :59:04.plenty of confidence as well. can press the red button to see as

:59:04. > :59:07.much cycling as you like, otherwise we will be on BBC Two in a few

:59:07. > :59:11.moments and trust me, you will not miss a thing as the men's team

:59:11. > :59:17.sprinters go looking for gold. Seat you shortly.

:59:17. > :59:21.We will catch up with anything, I promise. We have to make way on BBC

:59:21. > :59:24.One for the Six O'Clock News come as though we are moving to BBC Two.

:59:24. > :59:34.They are confident the men will bring another medal but they have

:59:34. > :59:35.

:59:35. > :59:42.been many medals for Britain today. held his nerve to win the men's

:59:42. > :59:46.double trap. -- Pippa Wilson. Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott won the

:59:46. > :59:50.gold in the canoe double slalom, British want to who with David

:59:50. > :59:54.Florence and Hounslow getting silver. There was another medal on

:59:54. > :59:59.the water when the lightweight men's four and silver after a

:59:59. > :00:04.thrilling fight lap Eton Dorney. It was so close. And Gemma Gibbons

:00:04. > :00:12.landed a superb silver in the women's half heavyweight event.

:00:12. > :00:16.Britain's first judo medal for 12 That is it. Coming upon one, Gary

:00:16. > :00:21.will be here at 7pm. Another four gold medals decided in the pool.

:00:21. > :00:25.Fran Halsall will be going in the women's 100 freestyle. She