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All yours. Well, Passing the baton. There could be more gold to come.

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Yes, Gemma Gibbons charged into the final after a stunk victory over

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the World Champion, she is guaranteed Britain's first judo

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medal for 12 year, will it be gold or silver? In the velodrome Chris

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Hoy sets the wheels turning in the hunt for more cycling gold medals

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in the company of Jason Kenny and Philip hiens in the team sprint. In

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the women's equivalent Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish have

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their sights on gold in what promises to be one of the most

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fiercely competitive events on the track. And we will have the latest

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sailing news. Ben Ainslie is back on the water trying to find the way

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past the Great Dane who is dominating the Finn class. Time is

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running out for the Olympic champion. So to tell you what time

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you can see this, we are going to the ExCel arena for that final.

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This is wa you can see on BBC Three These are the pictures, this is

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where we are going live and that Kayla Harrison, the World Champion

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of two years ago, from the United States, they haven't won a medal,

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gold medal in judo either, but there is Gemma Gibbons, 7,000

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people have been chanting her name. A stunning victory in the semifinal.

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

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Let us go live and see if it is never won this Olympic gold medal,

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so she has her own reasons, lots of them. Who doesn't want to make

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history, she said in the build-up to this. Who doesn't? Gemma Gibbons

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certainly does. Gibbons, who was introduced to the squad by her

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mother at the Judo Club when she was just six. As long as she can

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remember she has always wanted to be an Olympian. Her mother who was

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her biggest fan and inspiration died aged years ago. Gemma got onto

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the mat after winning her semi- final and said, I love you. This

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might be for her mum. The Olympic final. The American, Kayla Harrison

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and the Londoner, Gemma Gibbons, in blue. We just hope she comes out in

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the same form she has been in all day. She improvises so well. She

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has not let the pressure get out -- get to her. She has been going out

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want to stop her getting her arms and hit a cross. That is the danger.

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That is the strong attack from the periods. The darkest imaginable

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after her coach was sent to jail for 10 years and she did

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contemplate suicide, but she was rescued from that by the USA coach

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who looks after her now, Jimmy Pedro. And she has just notched up

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the first point. Up that was the danger from the American. She gets

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her hips under, but it is only a yuko. A lot of time left on the

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behind because of the first score of the final. Jenner just touching

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down on her side -- Gemma Gibbons just touching down on her side. She

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will be needing a waza-ari to be round the back of the American.

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American coach, Jimmy Pedro, who Kayla Harrison says saved her life.

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Gibbons has already beaten 3 of the world top 10 to get this far. She

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house of pain as we look at the last Olympic medallist a Briton,

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Kate Howey. It was almost written that she should be the coach

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sitting at this side on the day somebody tried to emulate her, and

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that somebody is Gemma Gibbons. is going over the top now. Looking

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for the counter. Did that score? so close, but the Americans stayed

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on her front. You get the feeling that that throw could work. There

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has been nobody prouder of Gemma Gibbons than her partner, who has

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been busy geeing her up in the build-up to this final. He suffered

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his own Olympic Payne, and he knows the harsh edges of this game. But

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he is right behind his goal now, as is the nation. -- behind his girl.

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The referee bringing them back to the start position. 2.38 on the

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clock, and Gemma Gibbons is pushing forward. She needs to get her hips

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in at first. Halfway through this see off her French semi-final

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opponent. And she has conceded another a yuko, but Kate how we is

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raising her hand above her head to suggest it did not count. A long

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break between the first and second techniques there. You can see the

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referee is looking up towards the television officials to see if that

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should have counted. You cannot tell from that replay. It is the

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gap between the two attacks. debate is whether there was too

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long daybreak. And Kayla Harrison was on her knees as she tried the

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chair umpire has conversed with the referee and decided that the point

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did not count. The American is still ahead by one of solitary yuko.

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Into the final two minutes of this final. A good attack from Gemma

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Gibbons, on the grip, and with the morning she was expecting to be

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playing judo in front of David Cameron and Vladimir Putin, but

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they are here today. Vladimir Putin is a black belt, and I don't know

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about David Cameron, but he is rooting for his girl now. 90

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falling to her knees. This is the frustrating part of the game. She

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wants to press the pace and get a move on, but the American is not

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really letting her do that. American is very good at moving her

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hips in first. She has a split second to attack and in that moment

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Harrison has pinned her first, and she has done it again. Another yuko

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scored, so the American leading by two yuko. We know that Gemma

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Gibbons can come up with the most spectacular, as she threw the most

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golden of gold and scores in the semi-finals and she will need

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something similar now. -- of gold and scores. Less than 60 seconds to

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go, she is sure of silver and a place in the history of British

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judo. For she will be thinking that she has one minute to go, and what

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can she do to change it around? And she changed direction or take the

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fight in another direction or go to the same area of the mat? Can she

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champion in 2010, the first from the US in over a decade. She is a

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top level fighter. Of course she is, because she's fighting in an

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Olympic final, but Gemma Gibbons is up there now and what she has done

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for her career over the last couple of hours, whatever happens here,

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life will never be the same for Gemma Gibbons. She has 30 seconds

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left, and these last few seconds are crucial. 30 seconds left to get

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a gold. Just trying to get round the back. Force Kayla Harrison to

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her the gold medal. "You are the Olympic champion if you fight

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smart". One big attack, come on, one more. She will get one more go

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to try and rest the Olympic title from Kayla Harrison. This is it.

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Gemma Gibbons has got to do something now. And it's not going

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to be gold. That is going to go to the USA for the first time in the

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history of their women's judo team. Spare a thought for Kayla Harrison,

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for so many reasons, goodness knows how she has managed to get herself

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into this position. Her life has featured some of the darkest

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moments anyone could imagine, and she points towards Jimmy Pedro, the

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coach who got her through those dark periods. So, she gets the gold,

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but Gemma Gibbons from Great Britain, the 25-year-old from south

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London, from just across the river, gets an Olympic silver medal.

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safe to say she has deserved a silver. She may have lost a goal,

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but she has won a silver medal. -- lost a gold. The smiles from the

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American. But the cheers are largely for Gemma Gibbons as she

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leaves the mat with her hands high above her head. You are the best! I

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am so proud. Another Olympic judo medal for Great Britain, but a

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first in 12 years since the coach, Kate how we did her job. There are

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not many British women who can say they have once judo medals. The

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lady sitting next to me, Nicola Fairbrother, you have someone else

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in your exclusive club, and her name is Gemma Gibbons. And a big

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welcome to the club. I can imagine how she is feeling walking off the

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mat. She has had a fantastic day, but she had come so close to the

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gold and you wish he was just a little bit more. Well, it is silver,

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and she will be sold with that. Because, for the first time in a

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dozen year, Britain's Great Britain judo team can make a contribution

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to the Team GB medal table all If can regulations to Kayla

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Harrison. Another gold for the United States. -- congratulations

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to Kayla Harrison. What Fiat Gemma Gibbons Azad, shoulder surgery,

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moving up -- what a year for Gemma Gibbons, having sold a servery and

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had. Two gold medals and two silvers, and we will see two more

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decided on the track in cycling. Let's go and join Jake at the

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Velodrome. Probably the hottest ticket in town after the success in

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Beijing, not to mention Bradley Wiggins's success yesterday. Can

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any team be facing higher We can't exist without the right

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blood pressure. Day by day, cycle by cycle, the rhythm of your heart

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pumps the blood that keeps your life and make you feel alive.

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Too little... Too much... Just Pressure can also produce magic.

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Moments of sheer brilliance. Pressure pays off, or produce his

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# "Welcome to The Pleasuredome" - And it may be more complicated than

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blowing up a balloon, but if you deal with the pressure, the rewards

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are great, as British Cycling found in Beijing in 2008, and this is

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where the pressure comes from today, the expectant crowd at this

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wonderful Velodrome and after the amazing scenes in the last couple

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of hours for Team GB, now it is the time for cycling to live up to the

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expectation it has not had to live with for decades. They have got

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their sideburns on, the flags are flying and it is time for the

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cyclists to deliver and this is where they will get the chance to

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do that, this inspiring, �93 million Velodrome where we hope to

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continue the British medal rush because it has been an amazing

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afternoon for British success. Alongside me, two men who know

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about the golden generation of British cycling. Before we go any

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further, let's just reflect on that road race from a few days ago. How

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It is OK. Obviously, it was bitterly disappointing. We could

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have not done anything different. We went in with a plan. On another

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day it would have worked out. We count on things which were out of

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our control. That is how it is, that is cycling. It is the most

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complicated part of cycling, the road race and that is what happens

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when you go for it. I love the fact when I asked for Mark, what did you

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do next, he said he got back on the bike and won some races. What about

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2016? I think there will be the road race but still a while to go.

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There are some things before that. There is the Tour de France to come.

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And alongside you, Jamie, you know what it feels like to come inside

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the velodrome, put on side -- put on the G B T shirt and walk away

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with a medal. What are your thoughts? I play a coaching role

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and that was a decision I made about 2.5 years ago. I had to look

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into the future. I would be 39 if I was here competing and I thought I

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would have my work cut-out so I decided to retire and take up

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coaching. Mixed emotions. I live in America now with my wife and kids.

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It is great being back here now, near enough my home town Olympics.

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I'm excited to be here. It will be an amazing atmosphere and I am glad

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to be part of it. I am amazed will land you in here now that you a

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coaching the Americans! It will be a special afternoon for British

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Gold for Sir Chris Hoy today and he is officially our greatest ever

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Olympian. His team will defend the sprint title they won in Beijing.

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Victoria Pendleton is the most successful British female track

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cyclist of all time and alongside Jess varnishes and action later on.

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And it is also the start of the team pursuit. Once again, Great

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Britain defending champions but incredible competition from the

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Australian Quartet. These are the live races we will be

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Just a reminder that you can follow all the cycling action on the red

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button. Let's just have a chat about the two women going for

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action in the team sprints. You are busy writing things down. With the

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knowledge you have of cycling, Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton,

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what are their chances? They work well together. Vicky is so fast.

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Jess has been working solidly on her starts. Everything she has been

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doing in training has been out of the starting gate which you

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typically do not do. She is going after perfection. Some of the

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training, not necessarily on the track, she does a lot of the track,

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they have put a lot of work in. They have some secret up their

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sleeve so we hope they will be in fighting fawn. I know you have

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spent many hours on the track, Mark, and a lot of those hours Vicky

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would have been on the track with you, what would her mindset be? She

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said this is her last Olympic Games and she would love to go out on a

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high. The thing about sprint cycling on the track is the

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fraction of the second, the time difference is so minimal. Every

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little thing is about perfection. And every single start they do,

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every training effort they do is like an Olympic final. Jamie can

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talk more about it and made. I can ride for hours on the back. Every

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single time these athletes are coming to the velodrome, their

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training and they have to prepare like an Olympic final. It is not

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even hundredths of a second, it is thousands of a second which

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separate them. We will find out exactly what happens because the

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racing has already happened here as far as the qualifying is concerned.

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Jess Varnish is one of the newcomers to cycling as far as the

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Olympics is concerned. Half of them have never ridden at an Olympic

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Games before so plenty of pressure on plenty of riders. The British

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pair going the 4th heat. We will join it in the third. We can hand

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over to Hugh Porter and Chris the Netherlands. They are racing

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against France. At the moment, the competition is being led by eight

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Ukraine. France with the quickest start look for the change. Here it

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comes. Now the Netherlands have gone ahead. It is not quick enough

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to be in medal contention but it will be the Netherlands which will

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polish France of here. They come back to the line and there it is,

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the Netherlands take it. They go into the lead in the competition

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ahead of France. That two countries in that heat our first and second.

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I like the look of the Netherlands. We have to take into account that

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was from a standing start. They are travelling at over 60 kilometres

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per hour once up to speed. A great the Dutch pairing. We wait for the

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arrival on the track of the next pair. There will be an eruption of

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applause. I hope the roof is secure because the applause will resonate

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in the arena. You can hear the applause starting. They have not

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come on the track. They have caught a glimpse of them down in the

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middle. We will have some atmosphere here, I can tell you.

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The British record is 32.75 for so it is well within Great Britain's

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compass to take the lead in the competition here with one more heat

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to go. The union flags are waving everywhere. I can hardly hear

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myself speak! Just Varnish could hardly wait to get on to the bike.

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-- Jess Varnish. She wants to get this under way as quickly as

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possible. This is the biggest responsibility she has that ever

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had as an athlete. Victoria Pendleton is in fantastic form but

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it is all down to Jess now. will try and match the fastest

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starter in the business. Jess's personal best -- best is a 37.54.

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She is composing herself. Australia versus Great Britain in the

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penultimate heat. Australia have a personal best of 37.597. This will

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arena is absolutely deafening. This is only the qualification round as

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well. The first 125 metres it is Australia leading. Australia are

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still ahead. Come on, Victoria. Victoria Pendleton trying to get

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back. As they come back to the finishing line, there it is, Great

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Britain, look at the time! It is a new world record for Jessica

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Varnish and Victoria Pendleton. The crowd are going ballistic and that

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his only qualification. A fantastic ride by a Jessica Varnish. She

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needed to do something special. You could see Victoria Pendleton

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waiting to get through. She could not hold herself, she came forwards.

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You could see her gripping the bars and grimacing. That was the most

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important start she had ever done in her life and she delivered.

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the end of the first lap, they were trailing by 0.3 of a second.

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Pendleton, look at the form, she wiped away the deficit, brought

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them home and we have a new world record. It was absolutely fantastic.

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They could not have hoped for more. They will be really pleased with

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that. This is Victoria Pendleton's last competition before she retires.

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She is finishing after these Games. She has certainly come here in good

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shape and she will do it justice. new world record. It was 35.549,

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held by Germany. Now the competitors are preparing

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for the next heat here. This will be China versus Germany. Germany

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are the current world champions and they were the world record holders

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until Great Britain just blazed their way around the board in heat

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four. You have got to come out onto the track now having seen your

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world record taken away so that could force you under pressure, to

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say the least. It is a high pressure event. Imagine being one

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of the starters in this event. You have a single lap of the track to

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get it right in four years. final heat of the women's team

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gone away quicker. They are coached by a Frenchman. That was a very

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quick start. China are holding off the challenge of the world

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champions, Germany. Look at this, improving all the time, they got

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the bronze medal in Melbourne but once again, very impressive. The

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opening lap was the catalyst for setting the new world record.

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have talked about them being the dark horse. Is the first time where

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they have brought everything altogether. They must have seen at

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the World Championships that the potential was there to pull this

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together and get themselves a world title. They are on track at the

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moment. Two world records in the space of five minutes. That is

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staggering. The result of the qualification round, China quickest.

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They are not 0.7 slower, Great Great Britain certainly were not in

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the back foot in that qualifier there. The noise went right three

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when we broke the world record but that is the way it goes in track

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cycling. You do something amazing but then another teen pop up and

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break it. China is a dark horse. Yes, definitely a surprise. They

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look a bit off at the World Championships so definitely a

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surprise. They have had a good chunk of time where they can work.

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There has been a good preparation phase, basically. They have

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obviously been doing their work very well. Team GB will be happy.

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Especially Victoria Pendleton. She managed to bridge the gap. Yes,

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Jess had a good start but it was not the fastest. I think to be able

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to bring it back like that, it shows the details that have put

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into it. Every little better of second counts. That was wicked.

:31:11.:31:18.

are talking of 32.5 compared to 32.4, compared to 32.64 Germany who

:31:18.:31:23.

were the world champions and record-holders. Australia will be

:31:23.:31:29.

looking at that now. Germany, that was a surprise. They are hot and

:31:29.:31:33.

cold. They have not seemed to be able to perfect their timings for

:31:33.:31:37.

these championships. They have had some great performances this year.

:31:37.:31:43.

A little bit off the boil. second-fastest for the British

:31:43.:31:47.

women in the women's team sprint. I think we would call that so far, so

:31:47.:31:57.
:31:57.:32:04.

good. How will the men fare? We sprint getting under way. Use

:32:04.:32:11.

Zealand against Russia. We have a problem fraught New Zealand. Laying

:32:11.:32:15.

off the wheel on purpose, and that has been dropped. They are only

:32:15.:32:19.

allowed to drop back by 15 metres and they are right on the cusp of

:32:19.:32:24.

that. Any more than 15 metres, they are taken out of the race. They

:32:24.:32:29.

might get disqualified here, New Zealand. Let's have a look at the

:32:29.:32:39.

split. Russia leading on 30.24. I must admit the Russians are looking

:32:39.:32:44.

pretty powerful, and they will take this. Here come Russia, and the

:32:44.:32:51.

time is 43.68. That means that Russia are leading the competition,

:32:51.:32:56.

head of China, and New Zealand go third after that right. That was

:32:56.:33:02.

disappointing for the New Zealand 3. They posted 17.5 for the opening

:33:02.:33:08.

lap, and that is world class, so they will be disappointed there.

:33:08.:33:12.

The difficulty with the team sprint event is you need three guys are

:33:12.:33:16.

able to look fill the roles, and possibly the hardest is the second

:33:16.:33:20.

man, because you get no shelter from the start. You are not going

:33:20.:33:24.

fast enough to get the slipstream, but you have to keep up, then they

:33:24.:33:28.

swing away and you have to do the turn. The third man is out there

:33:28.:33:35.

the longest. They have do not let the pace drop off. I am confused

:33:35.:33:39.

why they keep showing this as an Olympic record. Germany set the

:33:39.:33:45.

world record in Colombia in the World Cup to shave the time of

:33:45.:33:49.

Great Britain, and it was faster. don't think we were really

:33:49.:33:55.

expecting the Russians to a format well in this competition. -- to

:33:55.:33:59.

perform that well. We were expecting competition from Germany

:33:59.:34:09.
:34:09.:34:15.

and France. New Zealand are strong, out onto the track, the world

:34:15.:34:18.

champions ready to start their qualification round in the men's

:34:18.:34:23.

team sprint and they are racing against France. This is a revenge

:34:23.:34:28.

match because this was the final earlier this year in Melbourne, and

:34:28.:34:34.

France were pipped to the gold medal by a blistering concluding

:34:34.:34:41.

250. That pushed up the French nose out of joint to claim the gold

:34:41.:34:51.
:34:51.:34:51.

medal. The leading time is currently held by Russia on 43.681.

:34:51.:34:59.

China on 43.7, so it will be really interesting this clash. Olympic

:34:59.:35:04.

bronze medal winners in 2000, Australia. But we are looking at a

:35:04.:35:09.

powerful squad from France. They have been world champions 10 times,

:35:09.:35:16.

France, and have won a medal of any colour in it every Olympics. Left

:35:16.:35:26.
:35:26.:35:38.

Look at this. Australia at the moment just ahead of France in the

:35:38.:35:44.

early stages and that is not the quickest opening 125. Frances Head

:35:44.:35:53.

now -- France have just gone ahead. Can Australia comeback on the final

:35:53.:36:02.

lap? At the final lap has been surrendered, and he is flying down

:36:02.:36:06.

the back straight. Coming back to the line, let's have a look at the

:36:06.:36:13.

time. France take it. 43.097. A very good time by France, as

:36:13.:36:22.

expected, and the time for Australia, 43.377. Well, we

:36:22.:36:28.

expected nothing less from the French trio. An incredibly fast

:36:28.:36:38.
:36:38.:36:40.

starter, consistent as well. 17.3, a phenomenal opening lap. A team

:36:40.:36:46.

with a lot of experience as well. Disappointed after the World

:36:46.:36:51.

Championships. So some revenge there. Slight revenge, yes. The

:36:52.:36:57.

fast opening lap underpins that victory. That is the quickest

:36:57.:37:02.

opening 250 we have had, and then the good work is carried on and

:37:02.:37:06.

that man who has won silver medals in the world championships carries

:37:06.:37:11.

it on. He is the man with all that energy. This will be a real crunch

:37:11.:37:16.

match, Germany, the world record holders, versus Great Britain, the

:37:16.:37:25.

Olympic champions. We can show you the standings. We are really hoping

:37:25.:37:31.

PS. Philip Hindes has been boasting 17.5 in training. -- we are really

:37:31.:37:36.

hoping here. It is asking a lot of them. A massive responsibility

:37:36.:37:39.

resting on the shoulders of this young man. He has to get them off

:37:39.:37:45.

to a good start or they will not be in the competition. 19 years of age,

:37:45.:37:51.

Philip Hindes. Following the boots of Jamie stat. What a noise in the

:37:52.:37:58.

arena. Deafening as the Great Britain team line-up in the back

:37:58.:38:05.

straight. We were expecting world records to fall in the event. It is

:38:05.:38:08.

a little bit colder in the arena than it was three-quarters of an

:38:08.:38:12.

hour ago. The air-conditioning kicking in. Nicer for us but it

:38:12.:38:18.

does not the edge of the time. Reports from the camp are that the

:38:19.:38:27.

chasing Kenny is in fantastic form. Germany not using their strongest

:38:27.:38:35.

man to do the third lap. That is interesting, because the man came

:38:35.:38:39.

in this competition from been ended -- entered in the mountain bike

:38:39.:38:44.

race. Philip Hindes leading us off, then Jason Kearney and Chris Hoy.

:38:44.:38:51.

Two survivors from Beijing -- Jason Kearney. So the final heat, Germany

:38:51.:38:56.

in the phone straight, the world record holders -- the home straight.

:38:56.:39:04.

And Britain, the Olympic champions. A problem for the British team.

:39:04.:39:09.

Well, it look like a problem with the steering. He went off the track,

:39:09.:39:14.

Philip Hindes. He took no pressure off the pedals, but the front wheel

:39:14.:39:19.

was slipping. It was Philip Hindes, I think. My goodness me. We will

:39:19.:39:24.

have to find out what the problem is. Certainly not the kind of start

:39:24.:39:29.

Great Britain wanted. Let's have a look. Hopefully we can see a replay

:39:29.:39:35.

and maybe get an idea. There was the problem, problem with steering,

:39:35.:39:43.

it looks like. So, we are not sure what has happened there. Dear, oh

:39:43.:39:52.

dear. It looked to me like a failure of the steering. Something

:39:52.:40:02.
:40:02.:40:04.

restart. Nothing he could do about that. They will find out what the

:40:04.:40:12.

problem was. It is a mechanical problem. Certainly not the start

:40:12.:40:18.

and 19-year-old will be wanting. did snap out of the gate very

:40:18.:40:28.
:40:28.:40:28.

quickly. He is straight on to the spare bike. Ian Dyer, the British

:40:28.:40:35.

coach, running back to the centre, trying to sort things out. He is

:40:35.:40:41.

not panicking. Straight on to the spare bike to roll around. There is

:40:41.:40:47.

Ian Dyer, trying to find something in there. It looks like another

:40:47.:40:57.
:40:57.:41:01.

going for a restart. Normally when there is a problem with the start

:41:01.:41:05.

they are often put straight back on the bikes, but with a mechanical

:41:05.:41:12.

issue like that they would be put into the last heat, but it's not

:41:12.:41:16.

possible in this case. But they will give them a little time. The

:41:16.:41:23.

track is being inspected. Doesn't seem to be a problem. The fastest

:41:23.:41:30.

time we have had 43.097. That time posted by France. Let's hope that

:41:30.:41:40.
:41:40.:41:57.

as us. They cannot quite work it out. From the shots we got, he did

:41:57.:42:03.

very well not to come down heavily. Well, we will have to wait for the

:42:03.:42:08.

autopsy. Let's hope there isn't one! There was clearly a mechanical

:42:08.:42:15.

problem. Spare bikes in the middle for just this eventuality. They are

:42:15.:42:19.

still rolling around, so we will find out what they are actually

:42:19.:42:27.

going to do there. They got out of the gate really nicely. Always some

:42:27.:42:31.

drama in the track racing. They will start to pull the gate to back

:42:31.:42:41.
:42:41.:42:49.

raced in Germany at junior level. He has aged your passport as his

:42:49.:42:55.

father was a soldier. -- he had a dual passport. He was eligible to

:42:55.:43:05.
:43:05.:43:16.

Well, a dramatic entrance to British Cycling for Philip Hindes.

:43:16.:43:21.

He made his debut just a few months ago, and making his way back onto

:43:21.:43:26.

the bike. Jamie is alongside me and he has performed the exact role

:43:26.:43:31.

here, the man leading out the team. We will have a look back at what

:43:31.:43:34.

happened, but now it looks like they are gearing up to go again.

:43:34.:43:39.

Real drama in the Velodrome to kick-start the track cycling. Here

:43:39.:43:49.
:43:49.:43:51.

again, and the good news is that young Philip Hindes, the 19-year-

:43:51.:44:01.
:44:01.:44:17.

old, that has not fazed him a tall. fastest time, 43.097. Looking for a

:44:17.:44:24.

far staff. The Germans come out of the gate here. Look for the leading

:44:24.:44:29.

time after the opening 125. Here they come. A good start from

:44:29.:44:37.

Germany and they are the fastest, but we will see after the first 250.

:44:37.:44:43.

17.227 for the Germans, and that is unreal. What can the two

:44:43.:44:47.

experienced riders do. The crowd are really getting behind them here

:44:47.:44:52.

and Germany have been pushed back. Terrific riding by Kenny. And now

:44:52.:44:57.

it is all about the treble Olympic gold medallist to put the fastest

:44:57.:45:04.

time down. Here they come. Oh, great Britain are the quickest.

:45:04.:45:08.

43.065. The fastest of the qualifiers and the big man clenches

:45:08.:45:14.

his fist and says, anything you can do, we can do better. What a ride,

:45:14.:45:21.

Chris Hoy! That was incredible. To watch them have problems. I saw

:45:21.:45:24.

this as few years back when we were held in the gate and it destroyed

:45:24.:45:28.

the chances of a medal and my heart was in my mouth watching that.

:45:28.:45:35.

Philip Hindes has posted 17.5 seconds and delivered again. His

:45:35.:45:39.

first time at an event of this magnitude, the most important

:45:39.:45:43.

moment on the track of his young life and he delivered a solid time

:45:43.:45:47.

to get the other two into the race. That was a fantastic piece of

:45:47.:45:52.

riding. And what a tonic for the British team. The women have set a

:45:52.:45:56.

world record and now we have great Britain has the fastest in the

:45:56.:45:59.

men's competition. They will be so pleased with that. They did not

:45:59.:46:06.

know if this would be a medal shot, but look how pleased they are.

:46:06.:46:12.

Fantastic, there. Chris Whalley is delighted with that. -- Chris

:46:12.:46:15.

Gohouri is delighted with that. Look at the muscle development of

:46:15.:46:25.
:46:25.:46:28.

phenomenal. I reckon that is the 4th fastest time ever, so we have a

:46:28.:46:32.

got a good standard up here. have heard world records are

:46:32.:46:35.

expected to go, but maybe not in the final because they are so close

:46:35.:46:40.

together. Let's confirm the qualifiers. Eight will go through

:46:40.:46:43.

into the first round with Great Britain sitting right there at the

:46:43.:46:53.
:46:53.:46:59.

top of the qualifiers with a very There is a huge screen here in the

:46:59.:47:03.

arena. It says, make some noise. There was plenty of noise but it

:47:03.:47:08.

was not cheers, it was gasps when this happened for Great Britain.

:47:08.:47:12.

Alongside me is Jamie Staff. Just explain what you think happened

:47:12.:47:19.

here too young Philip Heinz. basically is slightly waited to one

:47:19.:47:25.

side. It is like a domino effect. He did the perfect thing there. As

:47:25.:47:28.

a bike ride that he might have been able to get back on the bike and

:47:28.:47:32.

start writing again that he would have been so far behind Jason and

:47:32.:47:36.

Chris. He did the right thing. He fell off so he got a restart. It

:47:36.:47:41.

was probably part nerves so I am sure. If it probably was, he is

:47:41.:47:45.

only a teenager and has only been involved in the British set-up for

:47:45.:47:50.

a few months. Mark, you have ridden in the team pursuit for years. What

:47:50.:47:54.

with the feeling have been like from Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy when

:47:54.:48:01.

they were looking at Philip? It is all about trust, isn't it? It is

:48:01.:48:05.

all about believing in yourself. You can do everything to get your

:48:05.:48:09.

fitness up but you have to have the trust in the other guys. It is

:48:09.:48:16.

about trusting everyone else. Those four getting everything right on

:48:16.:48:20.

the day. It is a big thing and big pressure. It is not just yourself

:48:20.:48:24.

you are worrying about, it is everyone else. To then turn that

:48:24.:48:29.

round against a German team who have said the team at the sprint is

:48:29.:48:34.

our priority and to allow that time, or to performance from Team GB?

:48:34.:48:40.

was amazing. He did a 17.5 which is on par. Anything above that would

:48:40.:48:46.

have been fantastic. I know Jason is in the form of his life will

:48:46.:48:55.

Stott they clawed back into second place I believe after that lap. It

:48:55.:49:00.

was an amazing ride. We are not counting any chickens but it has

:49:00.:49:04.

been an incredible day so far. You can see the action continues thick

:49:04.:49:08.

and fast and it it is time for the first round in the women's sprint.

:49:08.:49:12.

The aim is that the two fastest make it through to the gold medal

:49:12.:49:22.
:49:22.:49:33.

race, the second two fastest will world record set by Great Britain.

:49:33.:49:38.

The Tube teams settle down to the challenge. At the moment, Australia

:49:38.:49:48.
:49:48.:49:49.

have the quickest start -- the two teams settled down. And Nurburg

:49:49.:49:59.

trademark start by Anna Mears. -- another trademark start. It is

:49:59.:50:09.
:50:09.:50:45.

an event which lasts just two laps of the track.

:50:45.:50:52.

This brings onto the track the team of France. They will be racing

:50:52.:51:02.
:51:02.:51:18.

against Germany who why the current record taken away from them by

:51:18.:51:25.

Great Britain. In the back straight it is the team of France. France

:51:25.:51:29.

have got some work to do here because Germany where the third

:51:29.:51:36.

quickest in the time-trial round. Germany have got away more sweetly

:51:36.:51:43.

with good style away from the starting blocks. France will never

:51:43.:51:47.

pull that back now. So Germany blazing their way round here to

:51:48.:51:52.

assure victory. They will wait and see who they ride against in the

:51:52.:52:02.
:52:02.:52:21.

and France is one second, that is a massive window of advantage in two

:52:21.:52:27.

lapse. The French pair will be very disappointed with that right. They

:52:27.:52:32.

expected to be challenging hard in this event. It shows how closely

:52:32.:52:39.

fought it is between four different countries here. The Germans are

:52:39.:52:49.
:52:49.:53:05.

world champions. They are very heat. This is going to be between

:53:05.:53:15.
:53:15.:53:37.

Great Britain who are already out here against Ukraine. The world

:53:37.:53:47.
:53:47.:54:07.

record was set by China. Two world the right that they did in the

:54:07.:54:14.

first round. It was a quick start. Jessie varnish is on fire here. --

:54:14.:54:19.

just varnish is on fire here. They are beating Ukraine at the moment

:54:19.:54:26.

for a start this is Victoria Pendleton back to her imperious

:54:26.:54:36.
:54:36.:54:49.

last dried. They are coming thick and fast. This one is about

:54:49.:54:53.

advancing in the competition. World records are nice to have but most

:54:53.:55:02.

important is getting through to the final. A sterling effort here from

:55:02.:55:10.

Jessica Varnish. She is a member of the Halesowen cycling club and I

:55:10.:55:15.

know they have a big screen rig up there in the clubhouse and it will

:55:15.:55:25.
:55:25.:55:46.

be full to capacity as they roar to race for gold. We just wait for

:55:46.:55:56.
:55:56.:55:56.

official confirmation of that. nearest to them is Australia. We

:55:57.:56:03.

have China in the next heat. Venezuela are a country mile Shier

:56:03.:56:08.

of the time of Great Britain. It looks like it could be China versus

:56:08.:56:17.

Great Britain in the class for gold. We will see that in a moment. We

:56:18.:56:22.

can guarantee that the British team will be in the final. What is

:56:22.:56:28.

happening here? I actually was looking at the British pair and

:56:28.:56:32.

watching the changeover. Vicky Pendleton was coming through very

:56:32.:56:36.

fast. They are not allowed to overtake the for the first rider

:56:36.:56:40.

has completed the lap. They are having a strong discussion in the

:56:40.:56:47.

centre. There is David Brailsford. I sincerely hope they will not

:56:47.:56:51.

disqualified somebody for not being in the window of change. They did

:56:52.:56:55.

this in the world championships and it ruined the competition. They are

:56:55.:56:59.

trying to make it fair for everybody but the rules are the

:56:59.:57:03.

riders know where the points of change are. It is a very difficult

:57:03.:57:06.

thing to do at high speed. Dave Brailsford is not looking very

:57:06.:57:15.

happy there. He is not looking happy. They are going away for a

:57:15.:57:21.

discussion. You can see clearly with hand gestures in the middle.

:57:21.:57:28.

Would it be a disqualification Corey relegation? Have to wait and

:57:28.:57:33.

see. Dave Brailsford has been asked to back off and let them have a

:57:33.:57:39.

discussion. Everybody in the arena here is wondering what is going on.

:57:39.:57:45.

Next move the competition on. We are 15 seconds away from the final

:57:45.:57:49.

heat. This is between China who why the new world record holders

:57:49.:57:59.
:57:59.:58:02.

against Venezuela. They are almost two seconds slower than China. We

:58:02.:58:12.
:58:12.:58:28.

1.1 second up. China are blazing their way around the boards here

:58:28.:58:32.

where they will be riding against Great Britain if they are not

:58:32.:58:40.

disqualified. Chris, that is a another new world record by China.

:58:40.:58:49.

That is is amazing. They are unbelievable. I think that goes

:58:49.:58:55.

down to the fantastic start. We did say they were the dark horse. They

:58:55.:59:00.

have really managed to put it together. A fantastic start out of

:59:00.:59:10.
:59:10.:59:10.

the gate. It is a fantastic pairing. They have been around for a while.

:59:10.:59:15.

They were third in the world championships earlier this year and

:59:15.:59:18.

the year before. They have always been knocking on the door and we

:59:18.:59:23.

both had a discussion in the hotel the other day to say, let's watch

:59:23.:59:27.

China, they are improving all the time. That is the coach of the

:59:27.:59:33.

Chinese. He must be elated with the performances. And subject to no

:59:33.:59:37.

relegation here for the British, the final for the gold and silver

:59:37.:59:41.

should be between China and Great Britain. There is no announcement

:59:41.:59:47.

yet. Days Brailsford is still down there having discussions. What will

:59:47.:59:51.

happen in the arena if they are disqualified? I am just listening

:59:51.:59:57.

to the announcers as well. Dave Brailsford has planted himself in

:59:57.:00:04.

the judge's compound waiting to see what the outcome is. It will be

:00:04.:00:14.
:00:14.:00:15.

such a shame if the British pair did not get to ride in this final.

:00:15.:00:19.

Something is being announced but I cannot quite catch what the message

:00:19.:00:26.

is. We will be issued with a -- an official communique if they are

:00:26.:00:33.

taken out of the competition. It would be nice if we could see some

:00:33.:00:43.
:00:43.:00:43.

images of the incident that they are discussing. Still deliberating.

:00:43.:00:48.

We know there is still a possibility here. Looking at the

:00:48.:00:53.

body language in the centre, it does not look to be good --

:00:53.:00:58.

necessarily going the British team's way. He looks to be trying

:00:59.:01:03.

to gently influence the outcome. That is his job to look after his

:01:03.:01:08.

own troops, to fight for them. The discussion looks like an

:01:08.:01:14.

explanation to me. We remember this, Sir from New Delhi. He was a pretty

:01:14.:01:21.

sharp with some of his decisions. They did say when they took out the

:01:21.:01:25.

British trio for an infringement in the changeovers then that they were

:01:25.:01:33.

not going to do anything. They are saying gold medal final, that

:01:33.:01:41.

cannot possibly be right. Unless more than one squad has been

:01:41.:01:50.

disqualified? It is getting very complicated here. Our scoreboards

:01:50.:01:54.

are not Updating at the moment. They are showing but everybody

:01:54.:01:59.

qualified. We have Australia, Germany, Great Britain and China

:01:59.:02:03.

and subject to that gentleman there if deciding there was an

:02:03.:02:06.

irregularity with a ride by the British, it should be Australia

:02:06.:02:13.

Germany for bronze and Great Britain versus Trina for gold. --

:02:13.:02:23.
:02:23.:02:44.

verses China. We go back now to the the British cycling team at the

:02:44.:02:48.

moment, Dave Brailsford, he is having in-depth discussions. Behind

:02:48.:02:53.

having in-depth discussions. Behind us, the racing continues. Give us

:02:53.:02:57.

an idea of what may have been the issue. We saw an issue in the

:02:57.:02:59.

changeover in the world championship with Philip Hindes,

:02:59.:03:04.

how hard is it to get it right? don't know in the team sprint, I

:03:04.:03:08.

have never done it. We don't actually know what is going on

:03:08.:03:16.

right now. It is such a fine line. You are talking about these minute

:03:16.:03:26.
:03:26.:03:29.

metres and seconds. James will explain it better. There is 15

:03:29.:03:35.

metres its side of the pursuit line. The rider behind the front of his

:03:35.:03:45.
:03:45.:03:46.

will, that cannot pass the guy in front. -- of his wheel. At the

:03:46.:03:50.

World Championships there were a number of disqualifications. We are

:03:50.:03:53.

assuming it may be that at the moment. It could be an equipment

:03:53.:03:57.

issue, I really don't know, I don't want to speculate too much. The

:03:57.:04:01.

fact we saw some of those graphics on the screen, it is not instilling

:04:01.:04:08.

us with confidence at the moment. Very little clarity at the moment.

:04:08.:04:11.

Just to be totally clear, we are expecting Great Britain against

:04:11.:04:15.

China to ride for the gold medal, and Australia and Germany to ride

:04:15.:04:20.

for the bronze. Can you shed any more light on it? They've

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Brailsford is talking to be, says. The, CS said they would use

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discretion when it came to issues like this. It seems to be that Jess

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Varnish pulled off outside of the box, and Victoria Pendleton went

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through. Similar to what happened to Philip Hindes in Melbourne. That

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is the understanding of the British team and David Brailsford is

:04:49.:04:52.

explaining that there should be some discretion, but rules are

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rules and if they have taken over at the wrong point, there is little

:04:56.:05:00.

they can do. At the moment, they are hoping that the judges might

:05:00.:05:05.

use their discretion -- discretion in favour of Great Britain.

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fact they have discretion to use is probably good news at this point. I

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think we can have a look at the changeover and maybe you can talk

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changeover and maybe you can talk changeover and maybe you can talk

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us through it and explain if you see any issues, from your knowledge

:05:17.:05:24.

of riding and coaching. Unfortunately, the shot is not that

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wide. Victoria was well under Jess which leads me to think she was

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already passed her back wheel prior to the past point. We are still

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really speculating. We would need some still photography. I am sure

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somebody got the shot we are somebody got the shot we are

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looking for, give me an idea of the protocol, is it and -- down to Dave

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Brailsford to fight for Team GB? is a tough call, normally what the

:06:01.:06:05.

judges say will stick, I have had my fair argument and they don't

:06:05.:06:10.

budge. If this is the case and someone has made that call, it is

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up to the judge and normally that stance. There is not normally... I

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was the victim of that in 2000 done for, disqualified by the judges'

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decision and there it is no recall, unfortunately. Let's focus on what

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was good about that race. It was an impressive start from Jess Varnish,

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but Victoria Pendleton go much going even quicker. She was a

:06:38.:06:42.

little bit slow on the first lap, Victoria picked up a speed. It was

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a solid ride, a very good ride. I thought technically it looked very

:06:48.:06:53.

smooth and very fast. As things pan out, it will put them up to the

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gold medal, so fingers crossed. There is some breaking news, I

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think, can you explain what you know? No, doesn't seem that we can

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hear from jail at the moment. -- from the jail at the moment. But it

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does seem that we are not getting disqualified. We would try to shed

:07:20.:07:25.

some light as things progress. I am being told that she is there, what

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do you know? Sorry. Initially, we did think that Great Britain were

:07:30.:07:35.

going to be allowed to ride. I have just looked across at Dave

:07:35.:07:39.

Brailsford and set up or down, and this is what he did. We haven't had

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the official disqualification, but that suggests we will not see

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Jessica or Victoria ride in the final. We are given use they are in,

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then that they are out. I think it conveys how confusing it is up here

:07:57.:08:01.

in the Velodrome at the moment. It is difficult, there is not much

:08:01.:08:05.

news coming through. Sue, we are going to try to get the bottom of

:08:05.:08:09.

what is going on, all of us have our fingers crossed that Victoria

:08:09.:08:13.

Pendleton and Jess Varnish get to race for the gold medal. As soon as

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that is clarified, we will be right but.

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Thank you very much. I think it probably isn't going to be great

:08:21.:08:26.

news. Britain's men will hopefully be going for a gold later on.

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Elsewhere as far as the Olympics is concerned, there has been so much

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to celebrate as far as the British team is concerned.

:08:37.:08:42.

Dorset marksman Pippa Wilson held his nerve to take gold for Britain

:08:42.:08:52.
:08:52.:08:53.

in the men's double trap. -- Peter. It was a British one-two for David

:08:53.:08:59.

Florence and Richard Hounslow getting silver. There was another

:08:59.:09:02.

medal on the water when Britain's lightweight men's four own silver

:09:02.:09:11.

with a thrilling final at Eton Dorney. And Gemma Gibbons landed a

:09:12.:09:19.

superb silver in judo, it is men's first medal for 12 years. --

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Britain's first medal. Commiserations, but you are an

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Olympic silver medallist, how does that sound? It doesn't really seem

:09:27.:09:33.

real at the minute, but amazing. could see in your face you really

:09:33.:09:36.

wanted to go for the gold, this crowd wanted to help you over the

:09:36.:09:40.

line, where did you find the strength? The crowd were amazing, I

:09:40.:09:46.

couldn't have done it without them. I wish I could have got the gold

:09:46.:09:54.

but unfortunately it was not to be. What has it taken for you to get

:09:54.:10:02.

here? A lot of hard work. Dedication. Surrey... Don't be

:10:02.:10:07.

sorry. You have done your mum proud and this country proud. What do you

:10:07.:10:13.

think this does for GB Judea, you have been a hero to these guys?

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hope it does a lot for Great Britain judo. We have not had a

:10:17.:10:23.

medal until today but are great -- guys are training so hard. We'll

:10:23.:10:27.

deserve medals and they were unlucky to have a horrible draws

:10:27.:10:33.

first time around. The whole of the Scott -- what are training so hard

:10:33.:10:40.

and the other guys deserve more than what they got. I hope we can

:10:40.:10:49.

get more and more great results because the team are worthy of it.

:10:49.:10:54.

You are an Olympic silver medallist, congratulations. Tears of

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disappointment but she has so much to be proud of. 7,000 people on

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their feet, chanting, Gemma, Gemma. Britain's first medal for 12 years.

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She has done her mother and herself proud. This is a moment that I hope

:11:09.:11:14.

she will appreciate far more when she realises what she has achieved.

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An Olympic silver medal to add to Britain's tally, well done to Gemma

:11:18.:11:26.

Gibbons at the XL centre. -- ExCel centre. It is not the only medal

:11:26.:11:31.

that Britain has received this afternoon. We are going to head

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about 30 miles north and joined Paul Dickenson for a gold and

:11:36.:11:46.

To achieve their medals here today, they had to be the very best in the

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world, not just this year but in any year. Pavel and Peter

:11:52.:11:55.

Hochschorner from Slovakia, it three times in the past they have

:11:55.:12:00.

come away with the Olympic gold medal. This time, their only win a

:12:00.:12:09.

bronze. They certainly are the best the world has ever seen. But on

:12:09.:12:13.

this occasion, they were beaten not just by one British crew, but by

:12:13.:12:23.
:12:23.:12:30.

They certainly will go down in the history books as the greatest sea

:12:30.:12:40.

to perform as ever. But what about the performances over the last few

:12:40.:12:47.

days of David Florence on the left- hand side and Richard Hounslow. A

:12:47.:12:53.

wonderful moment for these two young men. What a comeback after a

:12:53.:12:57.

disappointing first half of the week, to come back and get this all

:12:57.:13:00.

the medals. They were absolutely delighted when they cross the

:13:00.:13:06.

finish line, and so they should be. We had gold and bronze in the men's

:13:06.:13:09.

cycling time trial yesterday. The canoe slalom team have gone one

:13:10.:13:18.

better. We have got Cilla, but we have got gold as well. -- we have

:13:18.:13:28.
:13:28.:13:33.

On the right hand side, Etienne Stott, along with Tim Bayley. The B

:13:33.:13:38.

two Olympic champions in canoe slalom -- the C two Olympic

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champions. 12,000 people going wild in celebration, a double

:13:44.:13:54.
:13:54.:13:54.

celebration of British expertise in this remarkable sport. A magical

:13:54.:14:00.

moment for the sport, and fought these young men. Absolutely. Our

:14:00.:14:04.

first gold medal. They missed out four years ago, to be on the top of

:14:04.:14:08.

the podium at the Olympic Games, I don't think they can quite believe

:14:08.:14:18.
:14:18.:14:19.

it and we are so excited to have Please stand for the national

:14:19.:14:29.
:14:29.:14:55.

# God save our gracious Queen # Long live our noble Queen

:14:55.:14:57.

# God save the Queen # Send her victorious

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# Happy and glorious # Long to reign over us

:14:59.:15:09.
:15:09.:15:15.

# God save the Queen. The greatest moment in British

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canoe slalom history, the moment when two crews climbed the medal

:15:19.:15:23.

rostrum in the Olympic Games. Silver going to David Florence and

:15:23.:15:27.

Richard Hounslow. The champions, the gold medallists, Etienne Stott

:15:27.:15:31.

and Tim Bayley, brilliant. SUE BARKER: They really were

:15:31.:15:36.

brilliant, amazing scenes at Lee Valley. It is nice to hear the

:15:36.:15:40.

national anthem, so why don't we hear it one more time, as we had

:15:40.:15:46.

over to the shooting, where Peter held his nerve to win Britain

:15:46.:15:55.

It is gold for will some of Great Britain, qualified with hundred and

:15:55.:16:02.

43, shot 45 in the finals, he won by two, the father son from Dorset,

:16:02.:16:11.

winning gold for Great Britain, following -- farmer's son from

:16:11.:16:16.

Dorset. He will hope to have his funding restored. The funding for

:16:16.:16:26.
:16:26.:16:27.

shooting was slashed in Great Britain for after Beijing, even

:16:27.:16:33.

though Wilson was too young. The youngest finalist by 13 years, six

:16:33.:16:39.

feet seven inches tall. The farmer's son from Dorset. He has

:16:39.:16:43.

taken the gold medal for Great Britain. A triumph for him and his

:16:43.:16:51.

coach, Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum. He has been with him since the funding

:16:51.:16:55.

was removed, and now we will have the national anthem of Great

:16:55.:17:05.
:17:05.:17:05.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 69 seconds

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Pippa Wilson her, the farmer's son from Dorset, has one gold.

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Britain now has four gold medals, six silver and four bronze and we

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are at 5th place in the medal table. We were hoping to add to that tally

:18:25.:18:29.

at the Velodrome but it is not good news from the Valegro. What is the

:18:29.:18:32.

latest? Thank you very much and what have -

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- and what after what has been a good day for Team GB, the good news

:18:38.:18:41.

does not continue. Jess Varnish and Vicky Pendleton posted a stunning

:18:41.:18:45.

time, that would have put them through to raise for the gold medal

:18:45.:18:50.

against China but then questions were being asked and we saw days

:18:50.:18:53.

Brailsford in the centre discussing what was happening and what could

:18:53.:18:57.

potentially see them not race in that final and I am afraid to say

:18:57.:19:01.

they will not be riding for a gold medal. Victoria Pendleton has been

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speaking to Jill Douglas to explain why.

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Victoria, one minute, elation, the next minute, despair. What

:19:09.:19:16.

happened? Well, it was just we did not change over in the right zone

:19:16.:19:21.

on the track. It is really hard at that speed and I am focusing on

:19:21.:19:25.

Jess Varnish's wheel. It is so we see if she moves up slightly, I

:19:25.:19:29.

just go, that is what happened. We never really had any legal change

:19:29.:19:32.

before so it is not something we have been too concerned about in

:19:32.:19:37.

the past but it is one of those things that happens. It is not

:19:37.:19:41.

Jessica Varnish's fault, it is not my fault, it is both of us partly

:19:41.:19:47.

to blame. We were overwhelmed and excited and to and bit too eager.

:19:47.:19:51.

We should have kept a lid on it a bit more, I think. I can't imagine

:19:51.:19:54.

how many times you have rehearsed for this moment hands the number of

:19:54.:20:00.

times you have trained for this. For this to happen, how can it be

:20:00.:20:08.

explained? It is just one of those things, really. Now and again,

:20:08.:20:12.

rubbish things happen and this is one of those days. On the whole we

:20:13.:20:17.

have had an excellent run. We were pleased with our time. We hoped to

:20:17.:20:24.

go about faster, with a gear change in the final, we wanted a gold and

:20:24.:20:28.

silver ride. The only positive I can take is that my form is really

:20:28.:20:33.

good. That is my fastest lap, I backed it up with a second ride.

:20:33.:20:38.

All I can do is keep my head down, focus on tomorrow and the sprint

:20:38.:20:42.

competition the day after that and give it everything I have got.

:20:42.:20:46.

Jess Varnish, but his herd Games over. You can at least get back on

:20:46.:20:53.

the bike. It is not quite per Games over, she has many more Olympic

:20:53.:20:58.

Games to go to. It is an amazing opportunity for her, and experience

:20:58.:21:04.

of the Games environment. I am sure she will go into Rio and smash it.

:21:04.:21:09.

I hope so, thank you, Victoria. Thank you.

:21:09.:21:14.

I imagine Rio feels a long wait a weight for Jess Varnish. Full

:21:15.:21:17.

credit to Victoria Pendleton for being honest and saying it may have

:21:17.:21:22.

been my fault and she is the senior member of that team. Yes, the way

:21:22.:21:26.

she said you get carried away in the moment and you are focusing on

:21:26.:21:30.

your lap. You have to have perspective. You are travelling at

:21:30.:21:34.

close to 50 miles an hour on a track coming out of the turn, you

:21:34.:21:37.

cannot see the markers on the floor. You are looking at the Ryder in

:21:37.:21:42.

front of you. I have had this argument before. It is hard to see

:21:42.:21:46.

that and judge it. By the nature of turns and the centre of gravity,

:21:46.:21:50.

you gain speed going through the turn. She has come out of that last

:21:50.:21:53.

turn being Capita -- being catapulted out of the turn and it

:21:53.:21:58.

can be hard to control. Having said that, this is why they are here.

:21:58.:22:03.

They should be perfection at the Olympic Games. We can make excuses,

:22:03.:22:08.

but I feel for Jessica Varnish. This was her only event here. There

:22:08.:22:14.

is another four years, a long time to wait. Mark, despite it being

:22:14.:22:18.

different circumstances, I am sure you can relate to how Jessica is

:22:18.:22:21.

stealing because four years ago in Beijing every cyclist on the track

:22:22.:22:25.

left for the medal apart from yourself. What would your message

:22:25.:22:30.

be to her? To focus on Rio? said it there, she will have to

:22:30.:22:37.

question, she will feel left out. But you come back and make it right.

:22:37.:22:42.

She will not come back and right this time but yes, it is a shame.

:22:42.:22:47.

She is a great goal. How hard did you find it? It was pretty hard.

:22:47.:22:53.

I've found it hard, the questions getting asked. Every single person,

:22:53.:22:58.

what is it like to be on the track side without a medal? That was the

:22:58.:23:04.

continual reminder, I would probably have forgotten about it.

:23:04.:23:09.

It is the Olympic Games, the biggest thing. It it is the biggest

:23:09.:23:15.

thing in the world, to aspire to, four years of work, to be lost in a

:23:15.:23:19.

fraction of a second. The real frustration here is they had the

:23:19.:23:23.

speed, they made it through to the gold Red Bull -- the gold medal

:23:23.:23:29.

race. Victoria was looking on gold medal for. She is going to race in

:23:29.:23:33.

the women's sprint and the Keirin as well. They need to stay strong.

:23:33.:23:37.

Yes, she looked emotional on the screen. I am sure she will leave

:23:37.:23:42.

here and be disappointed, in herself, and there will be a bunch

:23:42.:23:46.

of emotions going through. Hopefully she can pick herself up.

:23:46.:23:50.

She has other events. I think she will be fine. There is a team

:23:50.:23:55.

around her to pick her up. She knows how to do this now. It is a

:23:55.:23:59.

process we go through. Being a sportsman. Real frustration in the

:23:59.:24:04.

Velodrome. The men's team spent, they put in a fantastic performance.

:24:04.:24:08.

We will see how they fare later. The men's team pursuit, qualifying

:24:08.:24:12.

today, you can keep across the cycling live by pressing the red

:24:12.:24:15.

button and you can crossed -- you can watch race after race with

:24:16.:24:19.

commentary. It is not just about having the best equipment in the

:24:19.:24:22.

world, it is making sure that when you get to a major competition,

:24:22.:24:27.

mentally, you are right. As far as the bike is concerned, it helps to

:24:27.:24:35.

have decent technology it under 20 years ago a bloke from the rural

:24:35.:24:41.

was busy revolutionising the world of cycling. Bolstering formidable

:24:41.:24:45.

athletic talent with technology. Olympic gold and yellow jerseys

:24:45.:24:50.

followed, before turning his attention to designing equipment

:24:50.:24:55.

for the next generation. They were the secret squirrel Club.

:24:55.:24:59.

Lovely to see Chris Boardman. This is the modern version of his helmet,

:24:59.:25:04.

this is the key Pendleton's for this Olympic Games. I know about

:25:04.:25:09.

aerodynamics. It is back-to-front! How much of a real effect does this

:25:09.:25:14.

kind of thing had. Surprisingly, 80% of the energy that are right

:25:14.:25:18.

expense is simply pushing air out of the way, so aerodynamics is

:25:18.:25:22.

massive in the sport, particularly on track. Riders are totally

:25:22.:25:25.

involved in the process. They understand the value of

:25:25.:25:29.

aerodynamics and they all have been to the wind tunnel, they have

:25:29.:25:33.

looked and tweaked their position. A tiny change to their elbow can

:25:33.:25:40.

mean more than changing the entire bike. We are having an incredible

:25:40.:25:46.

small head -- I have an incredibly small head. I can fit into a bitter

:25:46.:25:52.

Pendleton's helmet. I will be mobbed for autograph. It is like?

:25:52.:25:58.

Yes, the shape is really important because of aerodynamics. The inside

:25:58.:26:03.

is called. Rather than using foam, it is hard to take you seriously

:26:03.:26:08.

with that helmet on. Rather than you used foam -- rather than use

:26:09.:26:13.

them, they use aluminium honeycomb. It is good at absorbing the impact

:26:13.:26:19.

and deceleration and it is Super light. This is Pendleton's sprint

:26:19.:26:29.
:26:29.:26:32.

bike. What gets you particularly shapes and it has the right shapes

:26:32.:26:36.

with tubes and handlebars. It gets aerodynamic. One of the new bits on

:26:37.:26:41.

this year's bike is these cracks, these carbon-fibre cranks. They are

:26:41.:26:48.

made with 180 separate pieces of carbon fibre, laid it on to a

:26:48.:26:52.

special metal. The whole thing goes into the mauled. It turned to

:26:52.:26:58.

liquid at 50 degrees, runs out and they are hollow. They took one side

:26:58.:27:02.

and hung the equivalent of a lift full of people on it and it still

:27:02.:27:09.

did not break. Let's talk materials and fabric. There is still in the

:27:09.:27:16.

tyres? Yes. Why? It holds a lot of pressure. There are three

:27:16.:27:21.

atmospheres, these hold 14, even more for race days. What about the

:27:21.:27:25.

riders and what they wear. It did look like they were wearing rubber

:27:25.:27:29.

in Beijing, then there was a rumour that after the Games the suits were

:27:29.:27:36.

banned and they were shredded by They were using a rubberised

:27:36.:27:40.

material, in Beijing, they did not want people to change shape with

:27:40.:27:46.

materials. They were not shredded. They were not shredded, they are

:27:46.:27:49.

sitting in a box in a store room somewhere. This time around, they

:27:49.:27:54.

are made of more conventional micro material. There is another group of

:27:54.:27:59.

British cycling called the marginals Games team headed by Matt

:27:59.:28:02.

Parker, looking at the physiological side of it. One of

:28:02.:28:05.

the things they have come up with, I can't believe people have not

:28:05.:28:10.

done it before, is hot pants. We are seeing people warming up, the

:28:10.:28:15.

gay they get the pumps on them, it keeps muscles warmed and told the

:28:15.:28:23.

moment that they get onto the track. The UCI, the governing body, were

:28:23.:28:27.

hacked off after Beijing? There was a lot of press about the technology

:28:27.:28:31.

and because of the medals, people thought they have won nearly

:28:31.:28:35.

everything, so the you see I is seeing everything we I using. All

:28:35.:28:39.

this work at the Secret squirrel Club, they have been involved in

:28:40.:28:43.

the development sand they are happy now. This stuff none must now be

:28:43.:28:47.

for sale. You can go to the UK Sport website can purchase more of

:28:47.:28:53.

these if you wanted to. What would it cost me? Less than �20,000 for

:28:53.:28:58.

that piece of hi-tech kit. exactly this, Victoria Pendleton's

:28:58.:29:04.

sprint bike, �20,000. And your consultancy, around a hundred

:29:04.:29:10.

grand? We can talk about it later. Chris Boardman is very expensive to

:29:10.:29:14.

hire. We can talk about what it is like to have that equipment and you.

:29:14.:29:18.

You can't talk about the specifics but we know you had a special bike

:29:18.:29:22.

for the road race here at these Games. How much added confidence do

:29:22.:29:26.

you get on the start line, when you know about the thought that has

:29:26.:29:30.

gone and you regret that? further the race, the more Games

:29:30.:29:38.

you will get. It is as easier -- as easy as that. If you can see the

:29:38.:29:43.

numbers on a spreadsheet, you can multiply it by to run 50 kilometres,

:29:43.:29:49.

it is incredible to see. It is not just about aerodynamics. I put out

:29:49.:29:54.

not as much as the track sprinters, but I have a lot of power. The bike

:29:54.:29:59.

can be lighter and aerodynamic but you need to have confidence in it.

:29:59.:30:05.

Did you can have aerodynamics and stiffness and wait, it gives you

:30:05.:30:12.

massive confidence that you are not wasting energy on every little bit.

:30:12.:30:17.

Is it something you used to enjoy? Chris clearly loves the science of

:30:17.:30:21.

cycling. He says the riders are so involved, he said remarkably that

:30:21.:30:24.

if the Ryder does not like a certain think they have designed,

:30:24.:30:28.

it does not go on the bike because you guys make that final decision?

:30:28.:30:32.

You have to believe it what you are using. I had faith in the frames

:30:32.:30:37.

and the parts and to this day that frame, quite a few years old now,

:30:37.:30:41.

no one has come close to replicating that, or anything of

:30:41.:30:46.

that quality. Like Mark said, it is pretty light and so stiff and you

:30:46.:30:53.

do notice the level, I do put out more power than you. You are

:30:53.:30:58.

putting out so much power. That is the equivalent of a high-

:30:59.:31:02.

performance race car, a lot of force on the bottom bracket ten did

:31:02.:31:09.

it is swaying, it is lost energy. As we saw, thousandth of a second,

:31:09.:31:15.

so marginal Games. They nickname themselves the Secret squirrel Club.

:31:15.:31:19.

Do you get excited when the guys from the high Performance team say

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they have something to discuss, do you think this could be it? They

:31:22.:31:27.

were promising these tricks four years ago, I am glad to see them

:31:27.:31:34.

here but it has taken quite a while. It is exciting, as a mature athlete

:31:34.:31:37.

I was pretty interested in it. I would like to learn more about it

:31:37.:31:43.

and take it back to the US, give them tips here and there. No one

:31:43.:31:49.

can come close to what they are manufacturing. What they have done

:31:49.:31:52.

is got this equipment to rule it out for these Olympic Games, no one

:31:52.:31:57.

knows what they have at their disposal? You saw the controversy

:31:57.:32:03.

in Beijing, from the rumours from the press, the teams, the UCI,

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wanted to say what they want. That is why things have been said, so we

:32:11.:32:15.

they can make this from the Olympics and on the nearside, the

:32:15.:32:19.

UCI will Bennett, so it is a good thing to keep it out and it gives

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you an added incentive. If these guys are winning and second at the

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World Championships, they know they have the extra few seconds for the

:32:28.:32:33.

Olympic Games, it is confidence and hopefully faster times. OK, it is

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nice to know the Beijing since were not shredded afterwards come as

:32:36.:32:41.

though you might get yours back one day. We have spoken about the

:32:41.:32:44.

sprinters and the endurance riders are getting the same equipment are

:32:44.:32:48.

these Olympic Games. Before long, you will see the team pursuit has a

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contract as they start their bid for glory at these Games. There

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have been changes to the team but they are still confident they have

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Pursuit, there is something about it, you are in it together, there

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are four of you together, training, you have been living out of it

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other's pockets since November. We have been with each other more than

:33:10.:33:16.

our own girlfriends. You go through so much together. The whole journey,

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all the way to that one day where you have got to perform at your

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best. All of you getting to your physical peak, it is a big ask.

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That is the challenge and what makes it so unique and so great to

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be a part of. When you have a right, like at the worlds, or you get the

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Rock were caught, it is almost effortless. -- or you get the world

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record. You are in this zone. You can hear the noise around two but

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you're looking at the wheel and just thinking about turning added

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almost happens in slow motion. -- and it almost happens. You feel the

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crowd, what is going on around you, it is a strange feeling, you have

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to give it everything. Here come Great Britain! Great Britain are

:34:08.:34:18.
:34:18.:34:18.

the world champions. A new world Training has been going well and we

:34:19.:34:23.

are all buzzing. I really want to win gold. It is all about the team

:34:23.:34:27.

pursuit. I want to come away with a gold medal and I think the best

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chance is with the team pursuit, I am going to focus on that. The Home

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Olympics is massive, I think a world record will go, and we are

:34:37.:34:47.
:34:47.:34:48.

capable of it. It is going to be Jamie is continuing to study the

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form. Team GB are on fire in this event. You can talk about this now.

:34:55.:35:01.

No more saying that Jamie is the expert, what do you expect from the

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British boys? I am expecting them to smash it. Four of the strongest

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guys in the world, the best team pursuit in the world, Ed Clancy

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with Darren Thomas. They are going to come here, they are on form. --

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Geraint Thomas. I really think they're going to break the world

:35:24.:35:31.

record. Australia will be something of a wounded animal, because GB

:35:31.:35:34.

went to their backyard and grab themselves a gold medal and the

:35:34.:35:38.

Aussies describe that as a serious kick in the teeth. It might make it

:35:38.:35:46.

a bit tasty. Fingers crossed that GB go out there and win, I have all

:35:46.:35:50.

faith in the boys, I have seen them myself, they are in good form and

:35:50.:35:57.

ready to go. With this equipment, it adds the extra bit of confidence,

:35:57.:36:00.

getting on the line with the bikes, knowing that the bikes and

:36:00.:36:08.

equipment is the best in the world. They will go out and fly. Two of

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them cried for professional teams. That -- ride for professional teams.

:36:13.:36:16.

That is their day job and they have been missing that to concentrate on

:36:17.:36:26.

this. Being in a professional team gives you a massive boost. Talking

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of a boost, how much will they have been inspired by what they saw of

:36:29.:36:34.

Bradley Wiggins. He is a former team-mate of two of these guys.

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think every athlete would be. In the team pursuit, he is

:36:41.:36:48.

concentrating on the road. These guys have grown, they have bonded.

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They have been growing up since Athens, really. They will go out

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and hopefully do the business. you find that in 2008, as soon as

:37:00.:37:05.

something incredible happened out of the village, it feeds back into

:37:05.:37:09.

the village and the athletes feed off that. Absolutely. I remember

:37:09.:37:14.

when Nicole won, even commented to someone that the floodgates have

:37:14.:37:21.

opened. Even though I never see the road racing, it is the confidence

:37:21.:37:25.

that we are on form and the coaches have got it right, and here we go.

:37:25.:37:30.

It didn't work for me! Poor old Mark Cavendish! We tried not to

:37:30.:37:36.

remind you of it. It Spain and Denmark are going wheel to wheel,

:37:36.:37:46.
:37:46.:37:54.

the qualification round. Here comes buying. That puts Spain into the

:37:54.:38:04.
:38:04.:38:06.

second position. Still leading the competition, Denmark. A nice ride

:38:06.:38:16.
:38:16.:38:22.

by Denmark, they got the silver Zealand will be next and then it

:38:22.:38:27.

will be Great Britain. We are moving towards the serious end of

:38:27.:38:31.

the competition. New Zealand is expected to post a strong time now

:38:31.:38:41.
:38:41.:38:56.

come out, New Zealand. New Zealand rode very well in Beijing, got

:38:56.:39:06.
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themselves a bronze medal. They stopped the clock on 3.50 7.776 so

:39:09.:39:19.
:39:19.:39:32.

they have the ability to go quicker so was Ryan. And Bewley, so just

:39:32.:39:42.
:39:42.:39:45.

one change, Gough has come in to replace Rolston. We are expecting

:39:45.:39:50.

the next four teams to become the fastest in this competition. It is

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only a question of what order. New Zealand have a strong pedigree in

:39:55.:40:03.

this event. We are expecting four sub four minute rides in the next

:40:03.:40:08.

few minutes. New Zealand were third in the world championships earlier

:40:08.:40:14.

this year. They are going to go quicker than Denmark, who are

:40:14.:40:17.

fellow leaders. The way the competition is beginning to unfold,

:40:17.:40:23.

it is looking very much like we could end up with the medal

:40:23.:40:31.

contenders as Australia, Denmark, New Zealand and Great Britain. And

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of course, we have also got Russia in there as well. Ryan got them off

:40:38.:40:45.

to a good start, or a lap and a quarter turn to get it up to speed.

:40:45.:40:50.

He Bewley has taken on the speed. He will be injecting more space

:40:50.:40:56.

into the foursome. A good start. The Kiwis, with the bit between

:40:56.:41:02.

their teeth in the opening four laps. Just look at the quality of

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the team pursuit. They always hold the black line, as though they are

:41:06.:41:11.

on a rail, then they swing high to drop back into the pace of the rest

:41:11.:41:19.

of the team. That is the fastest first four laps we have had. They

:41:19.:41:23.

are riding harder now, we can see they know how important the opening

:41:23.:41:28.

kilometre was. They have got themselves up to speed. Now they

:41:28.:41:37.

will start to possibly write some longer turns. Bewley swings of the

:41:37.:41:44.

front. The national record is 55.2, they are right on that. The way

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they are going, they could beat it, they said that when they won the

:41:48.:41:57.

oceanic Games in 2011. They trained at the only indoor track in New

:41:57.:42:05.

Zealand, right on the southern tip of the law island. The -- Block

:42:05.:42:15.
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turn, stir it -- Gough just put in a single lap turn. I think he is

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going to do a two lap turn here, that is a big turn at these speeds.

:42:36.:42:41.

Sergent rides on the professional scene. He wasn't at the World

:42:41.:42:43.

Championships but he is here now and it has made a big difference.

:42:44.:42:47.

They are looking good at the moment. The 4th man is losing the pace

:42:47.:42:52.

slightly. I don't think Ryan is having a good ride, he has just

:42:52.:42:57.

done half a lap in this competition, that is not good at all. It will

:42:57.:43:01.

cost you nearly a tenth of a second every time you make a change. You

:43:01.:43:05.

will want to make as few as you possibly can. We have seen them

:43:05.:43:09.

post brilliant rides in the three, as before. And then they have just

:43:09.:43:19.
:43:19.:43:20.

disintegrated. High if they can maintain this, it could be

:43:20.:43:27.

something like 3.56. They are pushing themselves very hard. They

:43:27.:43:31.

have to do that. There is some real disparity between the abilities in

:43:31.:43:35.

here and you have to be careful. You can use that to help or it can

:43:36.:43:39.

do a lot of damage to the weaker members of the team, when you need

:43:39.:43:43.

three to finish. Getting towards the closing stages of the

:43:44.:43:53.
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qualification round. 3.58 0.2 is There will be looking to try to

:43:57.:44:00.

eclipse the time of Denmark. I think they could just about shade

:44:00.:44:10.
:44:10.:44:11.

it. Coming up to the line. 3.57 0.6. Nearly three-quarters of a second

:44:11.:44:19.

than Denmark. That cost them a lot. The problems they had, about a

:44:19.:44:24.

kilometre and a half to go. Just about held it together, a fantastic

:44:24.:44:28.

ride by Sergent. He is clearly on form. A huge chunk of the

:44:28.:44:32.

pacemaking, and saw them to the finish, as well. In terms of

:44:33.:44:40.

technique, very well drilled. About the team pursuit, it is learning to

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live on the edge and manage the problems as you go along. They did

:44:44.:44:49.

that well. It takes a lot of courage to throw in a half a lap

:44:49.:44:53.

turn and not do what is written down on a piece of paper, do what

:44:53.:44:59.

is best for the team. The noise is building in the arena. That is

:44:59.:45:05.

because the British quartet are now coming out onto the track, to

:45:05.:45:09.

settle on their bikes, ready for the qualification round. This is

:45:09.:45:16.

going to be something special. Ed Clancy will lead off, Steven Burke,

:45:16.:45:21.

Peter Kenny at third wheel and 4th could the Geraint Thomas. He has

:45:21.:45:25.

been a little off-colour on the final build up. I am told he is

:45:25.:45:29.

back to something like his best. Great Britain will be the next

:45:29.:45:39.
:45:39.:45:45.

champions. They will be led away by Ed Clancy, the fastest data in the

:45:45.:45:50.

world. He is their secret weapon, not very it secret -- fastest

:45:50.:45:56.

starter in the world. There he is, from Huddersfield original. The

:45:56.:46:01.

Yorkshireman gets the team under way. They hold the world record.

:46:01.:46:04.

There has been a lot of talk about them lowering that world record

:46:04.:46:11.

today. This is a very nice start. The polished unit of Great Britain,

:46:11.:46:17.

coming around to complete the first lap. The already well up on

:46:18.:46:24.

schedule. He we can watch him stepping along the line, to

:46:24.:46:29.

indicate. He did say they wanted to be 0.1 of a second up on the

:46:29.:46:33.

schedule all the way through, which would put them on world record pace.

:46:33.:46:39.

He has stepped three times, they are well on course for a fast time.

:46:40.:46:43.

Almost a second up on Denmark, this is going to be some ride. Let's

:46:43.:46:53.
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formidable here, as the first kilometre or is almost completed.

:46:57.:47:04.

Watch the clock for the split up. They are well inside the world

:47:04.:47:10.

record pace. Kennaugh and Thomas are expected to do one-and-a-half

:47:10.:47:13.

laps all the way through this race now and it is going to be down to

:47:13.:47:18.

them. Ed Clancy has done his part, put them on a fantastic start.

:47:18.:47:23.

Steven Burke has got them off to a flying first kilometre. A terrific

:47:23.:47:31.

piece of riding here. Three of this squad were members of, two of this

:47:31.:47:35.

squad, I should say, were riding in the Beijing team that won the gold

:47:35.:47:41.

medal, Graham Thomas and Ed Clancy. They are coming back to their

:47:41.:47:45.

starting station and there is no hint of fatigue year. A brilliant

:47:45.:47:53.

display of effort as the squad come down towards the line again for the

:47:53.:48:00.

midway split. Let's look at this, very, very quick indeed. They are

:48:00.:48:04.

0.2 inside the world record. It is going to be close. They have

:48:04.:48:09.

settled now, slightly ahead of their own schedule. Still stepping

:48:09.:48:14.

up to indicate they are ahead of the schedule they have set and that

:48:14.:48:18.

schedule was for a world record. 2.1 seconds faster than the

:48:18.:48:25.

competition leaders, New Zealand, who went 3.57. They come through

:48:25.:48:30.

the finishing straight. The crowd are loving it. Five laps to go the

:48:30.:48:35.

next time they come around. Thomas putting in a massive turn. It is so

:48:35.:48:39.

important that everyone does their separate part in this race. Thomas

:48:39.:48:48.

still on the French now. They have so much horsepower. Thomas has

:48:48.:48:51.

completed the four -- the Tour de France, former national road

:48:51.:48:59.

champion, he is so versatile. They are just off world record pace, but

:48:59.:49:03.

they are easily the quickest. Clancy taking them to do a lap and

:49:03.:49:08.

have turned there, that is his last big turn of the race. It is down to

:49:08.:49:13.

Stephen ten -- down to Steven Burke, to do his final turn, be -- before

:49:13.:49:19.

handing over to Peter Kennaugh. had problems but he has dismissed

:49:19.:49:27.

them. They are loving it, the crowd! Look at this, 4.6 seconds

:49:27.:49:30.

faster than the leaders, New Zealand. This is sending a serious

:49:30.:49:38.

message to Australia, who are still to come. 250m to go. What are they

:49:38.:49:45.

going to stop the clock at? It is down to the three survivors. Here

:49:45.:49:49.

they come. Lining up for the blanket finish, what will they

:49:49.:49:59.

record? Look at this, a new world record! Great Britain have shown

:49:59.:50:03.

the rest of the opposition that they mean business. What a terrific

:50:03.:50:11.

piece of team pursuit think! -- a terrific team pursuit! A world

:50:11.:50:17.

record, what a display of clinical efficiency. It is more amazing, I

:50:17.:50:22.

had a discussion with Dan Hunt. He said, here is the schedule, wrote

:50:22.:50:26.

it on a piece of paper the length of turn that each rider would do

:50:26.:50:31.

and I said, had they done terms of that length before? He said, no,

:50:31.:50:35.

not when it has worked. This is a massive, massive gamble from them.

:50:35.:50:40.

They really wanted to go out there and break the world record. They

:50:40.:50:46.

have done it, they can't ask for more. Eight tensed sliced off the

:50:46.:50:51.

world record. A huge margin. This is one team on the track. When

:50:51.:50:56.

there is another team on the track, they do get an aerodynamic benefits,

:50:56.:51:00.

so we could expect in a match situation to see the time come down

:51:00.:51:04.

further. A hugely impressive performance and the alarm bells are

:51:04.:51:08.

ringing for the final two teams to go, Russia and Australia. I do not

:51:08.:51:12.

think they will make any changes. If they are so confident and they

:51:12.:51:16.

can ride like that, they will keep the same squad. That was another

:51:16.:51:20.

part of the discussion of I was having. I said, will you put Andy

:51:20.:51:24.

Tennant into the team? He is on fantastic form. He said, I will

:51:24.:51:29.

wait to see how it goes in the opening round, so it was that fluid.

:51:29.:51:34.

I can't see a reason to change the team, which is desperately sad for

:51:34.:51:38.

Andy Tennant. That is the worst scenario, to be the 5th man. We

:51:38.:51:42.

will have to wait and see if there are any changes, we will let you

:51:42.:51:52.
:51:52.:52:01.

It is going to be... Away we go, the penultimate country starting

:52:01.:52:11.
:52:11.:52:18.

are just seen a team post a world record of that significance. Russia

:52:18.:52:22.

were 4th in the world championships earlier this year in Melbourne,

:52:22.:52:26.

under four minutes, but they are not in the class of the British.

:52:26.:52:31.

a test event here they did not bring their best team and they are

:52:31.:52:35.

the dark horse in this competition. A lot of it is expected of Russia.

:52:35.:52:39.

I will be interested to see what they can post. We don't have a lot

:52:39.:52:43.

of information. They are nearly a second down on the British four at

:52:43.:52:53.
:52:53.:52:58.

the moment but it is early stages the world, got the British team off

:52:58.:53:03.

to a fantastic start. The Russians are holding the British team, they

:53:03.:53:08.

are making inroads, starting to come back on that time. It is 0.7.

:53:08.:53:13.

Rumours were correct, Russia have come here with at crack squad.

:53:13.:53:21.

have a very good coach, a world famous coach. He formerly worked

:53:21.:53:26.

with the British team, so he knows how they will prepare. He will have

:53:26.:53:34.

brought this team on. Only the second team to have posted this

:53:34.:53:40.

sort of time. They are nibbling away, 0.5 of a second behind,

:53:40.:53:45.

swinging between 0.5 and 0.7. There is a disparity within their team,

:53:45.:53:50.

that shows. Good riding by the Russian quartet. Years ago, they

:53:50.:53:57.

were the team to beat. The Olympics in 1988, they won the gold medal,

:53:57.:54:06.

they lost the way. They have a weak man in their team. They lost a huge

:54:06.:54:15.

chunk of time. They lost 1.77 seconds, in a single term. They are

:54:15.:54:21.

slower than Great Britain. They were quicker than New Zealand at

:54:21.:54:25.

the 2,000-metre mark. A respectable ride by the Russians, the final

:54:25.:54:34.

team to go. You have to take risks in this competition if you want to

:54:34.:54:39.

medal. There is no possibility of easing your way in. The first

:54:39.:54:43.

kilometre is crucial. Now is the time you start paying the price.

:54:43.:54:47.

Nowhere to hide, you have to get it spot-on. One rider has dropped

:54:47.:54:52.

already. He has dropped off. Very early to drop out of the

:54:52.:54:56.

competition. A lot of work left for the three. They will see four laps

:54:56.:55:01.

to go, one kilometre remaining and that could cost them dearly. Such a

:55:01.:55:05.

promising start, as fast as the British team once they had got up

:55:05.:55:09.

to pace but really started to pay the price admit distance, nearly

:55:09.:55:15.

four seconds in arrears now. So the promising good start is beginning

:55:15.:55:20.

to evaporate, although they are only just slower than New Zealand.

:55:20.:55:24.

Maybe they will pressurise Denmark. It is going to be between Denmark

:55:24.:55:29.

and Russia for the third quickest time. Two laps to go. I don't think

:55:29.:55:34.

they will go quick enough for these three. It is a terrible sound do

:55:34.:55:38.

here, when you hear somebody shout three and you are suffering. I have

:55:38.:55:43.

been in teams when I wanted to bail out and somebody bailed out first.

:55:43.:55:48.

The third man is struggling to stay in contention. The times taken on

:55:48.:55:52.

the third rider to finish and that gap could be costly. He could make

:55:52.:55:56.

a tremendous difference with the time. Here they come, back up to

:55:56.:56:01.

the line. Let's look at the finishing time for Russia. Inside

:56:01.:56:08.

Sport minutes. -- four minutes. They are the 4th quickest --

:56:08.:56:14.

quickest squad at the moment. One more heat to go. That will bring

:56:14.:56:20.

onto the track the team of Australia. The bikes are appearing

:56:20.:56:24.

at the start of the track, the starting game -- gate is out while

:56:24.:56:29.

we watch some replace. We watch images of the technique of the

:56:29.:56:39.
:56:39.:56:43.

Russian quartet. They are the 4th For the first time at these Olympic

:56:43.:56:48.

Games, the roof is lifted off the Velodrome. There were a few empty

:56:48.:56:51.

seats when we turned up, which we was slightly concerned about, but

:56:51.:56:56.

they have been filled and all 6,000 people were on their feet for the

:56:56.:56:59.

men's team pursuit, they broke the world record. What an incredible

:56:59.:57:06.

performance? Incredible, they looked so smooth. We saw Ed Clancy.

:57:06.:57:12.

That is crazy, his opening lap. I did not do anything like that. An

:57:12.:57:18.

incredible feat to be able to do that. They stayed so smooth,

:57:18.:57:23.

consistently kept going at the time and you knew it was going to be

:57:23.:57:27.

there and I think they have more to come. I truly believe they have

:57:27.:57:33.

more to come. They really have to keep a little back but I believe

:57:33.:57:38.

they can go quicker. They are asking for silence in the Velodrome.

:57:38.:57:41.

There was not silence five minutes ago when GB were on the track and

:57:41.:57:45.

Mark says there is more to come. They are five seconds ahead of the

:57:45.:57:50.

nearest challengers, New Zealand. Remarkable? Yes, we will see

:57:50.:57:54.

Australia here soon. They will be the closest competitors. In about

:57:54.:57:58.

four minutes we will know. They looked sharp, super-smooth, they

:57:58.:58:02.

went out there and executed extremely well. They get plenty of

:58:02.:58:07.

rest in between rides. There could be more to come. Please don't throw

:58:07.:58:11.

cushions at your television, you will see the Australian attempt in

:58:11.:58:15.

fall in a few moments on BBC Two. We have to leave the action on BBC

:58:15.:58:20.

One in a moment before the news. Four people who do not join us on

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BBC Two, our first afternoon in the Velodrome has been mixed. Really

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disappointing for the women in the team spent. As far as the men are

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concerned, they are on form. think it will be good, a lot of

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medals will be seen. We are pushing the Australians. I think we will

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see a lot of medals today. those people thinking about going

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to BBC Two, come on, it is the men's team sprint final and we hope

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GB have has shout at the gold medal. I am printer -- pretty confident.

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They are going to put on a good show for stab all smiles here,

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plenty of confidence as well. can press the red button to see as

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much cycling as you like, otherwise we will be on BBC Two in a few

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moments and trust me, you will not miss a thing as the men's team

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sprinters go looking for gold. Seat you shortly.

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We will catch up with anything, I promise. We have to make way on BBC

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One for the Six O'Clock News come as though we are moving to BBC Two.

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They are confident the men will bring another medal but they have

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been many medals for Britain today. held his nerve to win the men's

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double trap. -- Pippa Wilson. Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott won the

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gold in the canoe double slalom, British want to who with David

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Florence and Hounslow getting silver. There was another medal on

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the water when the lightweight men's four and silver after a

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thrilling fight lap Eton Dorney. It was so close. And Gemma Gibbons

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landed a superb silver in the women's half heavyweight event.

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Britain's first judo medal for 12 That is it. Coming upon one, Gary

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will be here at 7pm. Another four gold medals decided in the pool.

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Fran Halsall will be going in the women's 100 freestyle. She

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