BBC One: Day 6: 19.00-22.00 Olympics

Good evening. If you have just been watching on BBC2, you will know

that the day has continued to be an extraordinary one. We will try and

tell you the whole story. As is customary during the first week,

the swimming finals dominate our coverage tonight. One country is

dominating the gold rush down at This gentleman is going to become

the new Olympic champion. Ryan Lochte wins the 400 medley.

She has done it with a terrible finish as well. A terrible finish!

The gold has gone to the USA, a new Olympic medal -- record.

Franklin gets the gold. Franklin has just done a semi-final of the

200 freestyle and she has just won in 58.33.

This is a massive victory. He led that relay in a brilliance

when. Look at that. He was so tough. The USA win gold in the women's 400

freestyle relay. The crowd are starting to stand up

Eight gold medals already for the USA and all the big names are in

action tonight. All-American hero Ryan Lochte already has two gold

medals at these Games and he can double his tally tonight. Michael

Phelps tries to win at three successive Olympics.

Rebecca Soni reclaimed the world record yesterday. She goes for gold

tonight. Great Britain's women's hockey team

are bidding for a third straight win.

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Scotsman Josh Taylor will need to David Florent and Richard Hounslow

qualified as the fastest pair but Britain's other pairing of Tim

Baillie and Etienne Stott were the slowest of the finalists so they

were first to go in the final. -- competing so well over the last

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is one of the trickiest parts of the course. Upstream they go. This

is looking good for Great Britain. seen so far. Absolutely brilliant.

Amazingly, Baillie and Stott led the competition. A great Slovakian

medallist. -- David Florence. They are chasing the time by their

friends and training partners. are setting up the line. There have

du Duc. They will have to maintain this through the most difficult

parts of the course. Etienne and 10 just went brilliantly. They lost a

bit of time there. This is where Baillie and Stott really won it, I

think. They set the fastest time so far. They will have lost a lot of

time, Florence and Hounslow but possibly not enough to push them

below the Hochschorner brothers. Florence and Hounslow have got to

keep it together. They are working hard on the exit of Gate 16 and 17.

They are up on the split. The this would be an incredible performance.

They have shown immense promise so far. Everybody in the stadium is

cheering. Everybody in the commentary area is screening here

for David Florence and Richard Hounslow. They are out in the

middle of the course. Two to go. This could be gold and silver for

Great Britain. Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott lead. Oh, my

goodness! They have got a silver medal. They are the Olympic

What an incredible achievement. The first ever gold medal in this

Olympic sport but also a silver medal as well. It was a gold medal

for Baillie and Stott, a magnificent performance. Afterwards,

all four of them spoke to Jonathan Edwards. We will come to that in a

minute because these were the celebrations. And well might they

celebrate. Brilliant stuff from Baillie and Stott. They receive

their gold medals in front of a huge crowd. Vet's hear from them.

I can hardly put into words what this atmosphere is like. Tell us

what that means to you? It was the most difficult start line we have

ever sat on. We knew the Times had gone really well but we had to try

and really focused on our own run. We put when -- put in a good run.

To win an Olympic medal, we are certainly not disappointed. It was

fantastic. Sitting on the start- line we knew that Britain had got a

gold medal, basically, which on its own was fantastic. We are one team.

It is all about Team GB. But we wanted to put a result in. We

attacked it hard all the way down. It was probably the sprint to the

finish. That was the difference between a Olympic champions and

silver medallists. But it is fantastic. You talk about Olympic

champions, next bring them in. I am sorry to shuffle you out of the way.

This is amazing, Tim Baillie, Etienne Stott, you were the Olympic

champions. It is weird. It does not seem quite like that is what is

happening. This morning, we did not know what could happen, it could

have been a disaster but now it is a complete dream. I do not think so

real covers it. It is incredible. I was really happy that we would be

in the top six at least and made the final. I thought if we finished

4th, that would be a great result, the same as our coach got in Sydney.

For these boys to finish second and for us to win, I don't know. It has

made up for it. There has been huge pressure on the team. The first

couple of days did not go very well so to come out and do this shows

huge heart. We did all feel the pressure. I felt we needed

something to go right. We needed to get boats in the finals. These guys

and thus, in our sport, there is nothing taken for granted. To get

into the final, that was amazing. Just over a year ago I had surgery

on my shoulder and I thought, could that be? That path from then to now,

I cannot get round it. Tim, when you finished that run, you look at

that time, up what did you think that was good enough for? We had no

idea what the Times were on the first runs because we only look at

how far off we were from Dave and Richard when we finished. We asked

if it was a decent time or not. I was hoping it would be good enough

for a medal. You can never tell. It was such a high-quality final. All

the boats were really good. The sport is ins -- inconsistent, hard

to be consistent. I did not expect that. Two little bits of history.

First ever Olympic gold medal for clue -- canoe slalom and you beat

the Hochschorners. They are great champions, amazing athlete. They

are our models. We watch them in the canoe slalom. To beat them,

they had a record to beat today and they are amazing athlete. We have

managed to beat them but it has taken nothing of their achievements.

They are a fantastic crew. They are still the best C2 crew in history.

But you are the best C2 Crewe today. Yes, exactly. I am happy about that.

We all are. We hope to hear from them. They are coming to the studio,

paddling hard. At the same time as that drama was

happening at Lee Valley, Richard Wilson was going for gold in the

shooting event. Richard led by three shots going into the final

round. Could he win the first shooting medal since Sydney in

Peter Wilson started the day well, qualifying with a higher score of

143. His nearest rivals, await's Aldeehani, and Russia's and Vassily

Mosin got off to good start in the final, but Wilson was right up

there with them -- await's lead as the final progressed --

Mosin started to call back the lead is a fine of progress, but Wilson

stayed ahead. We have 20 shots to go in the men's double trap final.

So, Peter Wilson has a one-shot lead. A narrowest of leads Paul

Wilson but his Kuwaiti and Russian opponents were still keeping the

Dahlby got to within two shots of Wilson, who could not afford to

miss with his final effort. And he does it! Peter Wilson has done it.

He has won gold. He sinks to his knees. He has won gold for Great

Britain, the third gold of the game for the host nations. He held his

nerve brilliantly, Peter Wilson, and the crowd here at the Royal

Artillery Barracks rise to salute this 25-year-old from Dorset. A

Olympic gold in the Men's Double And here he is. Peter Wilson.

Congratulations. A remarkable performance and you seem so called.

Well done. The us what everyone said, but I was a bag of nerves.

But it was a great a -- that is what everyone said. I never would

have thought your sport would be brilliant to watch, but I sat there

this afternoon and it was enthralling. Such drama. I tried

missing just to the end to worry everybody. You must Toulon the

bounce and we thought it was all going wrong. -- you missed macro

tutu on the bounce. A I thought I would add a bit of spice of life. -

- two on the bounce. It went down to one shot for the lead when he

went down, so how could you stay that calm under that kind of

pressure? It must be going through your head, gold, gold. I tried not

put too much emphasis on it. I tried to play it as a standard

final. The crowd were amazing and I never experienced anything like it

before but I tried to play down as best I could and try to enjoy it

and enjoy the moment. If you can't enjoy this moment, why are you

doing it? I noticed that you had a line of shooters there, and a few

seconds before every time you lined up, I saw you putting your hand up.

Can you tell me what you doing? the side of my left index finger

and I have marks, just ridges on my hand, but it tells me how high I

can hold the gun from the trap house, which is the concrete pad in

front of me. I have a mark where I hold my hand and I can take a

measure. It means where a borrower underworld, in Dorset or Timbuktu,

I have a point of reference where I hold my gun -- whenever I am in the

world. You can move across and track -- attack the second.

lost your funding four years ago, so a remarkable story behind every

medal. It was tough. It is never easy for anyone who comes out there

that -- to win a gold, but it's very hard to win your -- after you

lose your support. I was able to get back on funding shortly after

the support and got the support of British shooting and the management

and coaches. When you say you had a man became help you, not just a man,

it was an Arab sheikh. Yes, some friends from Dubai. He was a bit

random. He was a friend, so it sounds more crazy then it is, but

we compete together and constantly talk about squash. He was an

international squash player. We became friends over the years of

competing with him and in Beijing I was sent out as part of Ambition

2012, which was a phenomenal thing and the great thing to experience.

I got the opportunity to speak to Ahmed, One 2 One and said it was

guaranteed a would lose my funding and would he consider helping me. I

said I would quit after Beijing and that was enough. He said he would

be delighted to have a chat with me. A few months later I was in Dubai,

sitting in his palace, and we were sitting on some coffee and we did

some deals over a coffee and a handshake. I saw a lovely embrace

with your father to stop you got a medal. He is joining us now, little

surprise, from the headquarters of Team GB. Charles, I believe! How

emotional was that for you? can't hear anything! He is half

death! Let's try and sort that out over the next few seconds. Coming

back T U, Peter. -- coming back to you, Peter, you got snowboarding

injury and then you went into shooting from that. A friend of

mine, who is almost my little brother, he hates it when I said I

was a decent cricketer or squads I, and he's called Humphrey Gibbs, but

I wasn't very good like him. But I love playing squash and cricket,

and that is why I love sport and I love the Olympics because it is a

great place to be. I dislocated the nerves in my shoulder and it meant

I was out of playing any sort of games for about a year and I was no

good at chess or tiddlywinks, so sitting down doing nothing was not

an option. I began to shoot one handed with my arm in a sling. Then

I went from strength to strength, came back to sport and realised I

was worse at cricket and squash than I was to begin with and had a

go at shooting full-time. I was lucky. I went to Millfield School

in Somerset and they have a wide and diverse sports curriculum and I

was given the opportunity to shoot there and went from strength to

strength. Can you hear us now, Charles? Good news. How emotional

was that? It was absolute torture until the point where he won. I

would love an explanation as to why he missed that pair. He has already

told us that he did it on purpose to keep everyone interested. Well,

next time let us know. It must be an unbelievable thrill to wash --

watch your son winning an Olympic gold medal. It is exactly that.

Something you are never ready for, especially in his first Olympics,

to go into the final with what was only a small advantage and to

actually lose the advantage in one pair and then fight back which

showed enormous character. I am very, very impressed by what he has

done. You can tell him to a man. How proud are you? I am proud

enough! No, I am absolutely thrilled. Not just for him, but for

all the people who shoot in Great Britain and all the club shooters

and up to international level. What he has done is shone a light for

all of us, which is invaluable. Thank you for joining us. That is

what is about, the great emotion. It is a wonderful sport. I think

the most important thing I could have done by winning is that it

brings more attention to shooting, and it is a wonderful sport. I was

saying earlier today that I would encourage anyone to take it up.

People were asking when when I would stop? I could go until I was

50, dad's age. Grey and gold. of you, thanks very much for

joining us. Well done again, just a brilliantly thrilling afternoon.

The spectacular Velodrome made its Olympic debut today with

aspirations for Team GB extremely high. Seven goals came away in

Beijing or limiting each nation to one rider per event and a change in

disciplines were certain to make that achievement difficult to match.

We will start with the women's team sprint. Going for Great Britain,

Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish who set a new record but saw him

beaten by the Chinese pair minutes later. They were up against Ukraine,

to be one of the two fastest teams Jayesh varnish and Victoria Ben

Watson. -- Jayesh varnish and Victoria Pendleton. -- Jess Varnish.

There they go. Britain hoping to replicate their ride in the first

round and a great start. Varnish is on fire. She will release Victoria

and awesome. 18.954. -- she will release of Victoria Pendleton. This

is Victoria Pendleton, back to her imperious best. 32.5674 Great

Britain. Only just a tad slower than the ride in the first round,

so it does show that Great Britain are backing this up. It is looking

very much like it could be China versus Great Britain in the clash

for gold. What is happening here? The commisaire are looking at the

change windows? I was watching the British pair and looking at the

changeover and Victoria Pendleton was coming through fast and I think

they are not allowed to overtake before the first rider completes

the lap. They are having a strong discussion in the centre. Dave

Brailsford not looking happy. means that Great Britain are

relegated, as they were clearly in for a ride for the gold and silver

We did not changeover in the right zone on the track. When you are

going that speed and Diane Wright on her wheel it is so easy if she

moves up slightly, I move but -- and I moved up to her will. We have

never had an illegal change before and I've never been concerned about

it in the past. It's just one of those things that happens. It is

not my fault or her fault, we are both partly to blame. We were

probably just a bit too overwhelmed by the excitement and a bit too

eager. We should have kept a lid on it a bit more. Such a shame, but

putting a brave face on. Now to the men's team sprint final, and four-

time gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy went with Jason Kenny and the

new lean of man, Philip Hindes were in sensational form to reach the

And Great Britain in at the ride off went very quick to record a

world record of 42.9. Listen to the raw -- the roar of the crowd, and

they are standing up as they greet Philip Hindes, who blazed his rate

round in a 17.2 in the previous round and there is Chris Hoy

preparing, and in the middle is Jason Kenny. Kenny and Chris Hoy

with medals in their pockets from four years ago and it will be the

formidable trio of France against world, and on the other side of the

track is Philip Hindes -- the fastest starter. He has to produce

a personal best again if they will stay in contention. This will be a

thriller. Away we go. The final of the men's team's brand. And Philip

Hindes leads off and has to post another 17.2. France are already

behind, and Philip Hindes is really rising to the challenge. Let's have

a look. Great Britain are leading. Another 17.2 by Philip Hindes.

Jason Kenny, can he storm around on the second lap? France on the back

foot. And 0.2 behind. France will never pull his back. Here comes

Chris Hoy to the final turn. And the crowd are going absolutely mad.

Gold medal for Great Britain and the new world record! 42.6. I don't

believe what I have seen here. They are going quicker and quicker, and

That will be the British team then. The the applause is that allowed

Philip Hindes, Jason Kearney and Philip Hindes, what an occasion, an

Olympic champion. Kenny gets his second Olympic gold medal, he was

in the team that won in Beijing, and Sir Chris Hoy gets his 5th

Olympic gold medal. His voracious appetite for winning a gold medals

continues. And at the silver that he won in 2000 in Sydney and he has

not quite a record, but a haul of medals from the Olympic Games of

six, just one shot of the record by Bradley Wiggins. Great Britain are

the Olympic gold medal winners for Please stand for the national

anthem of Great Britain. # God save our gracious Queen.

# Long live our noble Queen. # God save the Queen.

# Send her victorious. # Happy and glorious.

# Long to reign over us. What a fantastic night. Are we

going to replicate our achievements in Beijing? We have certainly

started off right. World records falling all over the place. A

sensational atmosphere. And the crowd are really pleased to be here.

What a fantastic performance from the three British men, Chris Hoy,

Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny. Chris Hoy is led up the constantly

changing leader board of most successful British athletes. If you

do it in this way where gold medals come first, Chris Hoy edges out

Steve Redgrave by virtue of the fact he has a silver whereas Steve

Redgrave has a bronze. Bradley Wiggins has the most medals of all.

That could change as well. Let's hear from the victorious trio. They

are with Jill Douglas. Massive congratulations. What an amazing

moment here in the velodrome. Philip, your first Olympics, you

have been on this team for a couple of years, what a time to smash your

personal best? I cannot believe it. I still cannot believe I am an

Olympic champion. It is a dream come true. Especially after what

happened with the first race? it to get a restart. My first start

was not the greatest. I thought to get a restart. So there was a bit

of, you were trying to pull a fast one? Yes, I was trying to get the

fastest time and get everything perfect. Well done, amazing to see

with that gold medal. Jason, your second gold medal. I suppose you

were very careful with that changeover? Yes, after the World

Championships went disastrously wrong, it was something we wanted

to get absolutely spot on. It was devastating to see it happen to the

girls as well. Especially after that we kept everything really

tight. We went through the motions, unbelievable. Double Olympic

champion. I know, it is frightening. I cannot believe how quick we have

gone here today. Phil just went like an absolute rocket and we were

trying to keep up with him. It is unbelievable. Just found that half

a second in the space of a year and delivered it perfectly. It looks

good for the individual sprint. I know the French will be looking at

the very carefully. Yes, there are a few guys here, the Germans,

French and Aussies who are absolutely flying. It was the

quickest competition I have ever seen. There is no reason to believe

the sprint will be anything else. And finally to the anchorman, Sir

Chris Hoy, I'm not sure what they will do to now, that does your 5th

gold medal, the most successful ever British Olympian, there seemed

to be some emotion there on the podium there. It was quite

overwhelming. We knew it was possible but this did not come out

of the blue. We knew we could put together the best possible race on

the day but it is easier said than done. We timed it perfectly, we had

an excellent training camp and we had the full support behind us. We

nailed it. The real question for me was the three rides so close

together. I dug deeper than I have ever done before. I knew the

importance of what it was. I did not want to let the boys down. It

was just immense pride to be able to do it in front of our home crowd

here in the UK. It was phenomenal. You can not overstate what it means

to us in front of a home crowd. This is a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity. We have enjoyed it and given it our all. You certainly

delivered. Let's have a quick look at your gold medal. Thank you very

much! I had better let you go. We will see you later in the week.

Thanks to everyone back home and all the supporters on Twitter. It

has been incredible. Welt said. From one that sports

Personality of the Year to the reigning sports Personality of the

Year, Mark Cavendish. 8 phenomenal effort. -- a phenomenal effort. I

think it bodes well. Yes, the records were going by the teams

before and then Britain was beating them. It was incredible. It was

unfortunate with the girls getting relegated. Was that the right

decision, do you feel? It is hard. It is like offside in football.

There is a line. It can be close but it is or it isn't, that is how

it works unfortunately. With the Olympic Games, nerves can come into

play. It should have been worked with before that but they have got

other events. Jess does not so she will be bitterly disappointed. We

are off to a great start. brilliant performance from the guys.

That was incredible. To do it in a world record time. Young Philip, it

is his first Olympics, he was not part of it a few months ago. It

would have been so easy to step up and be overwhelmed by it but he

stepped up and delivered a blistering first lap. Jason to

Cover, Christa Kovac and they were going faster and faster. -- Jason

took over and Chris took over. Jason got a gold four years ago and

then Sir Chris Hoy or Lord Hoyle whatever he will be called in

future. I think they will have to think of more words for him. He is

incredible. He is the most successful Olympian we have ever

had now, six gold medals and a silver. More to come? Yes, there is

his preferred event, the Kieran sprint and I think he will get a

6th gold medal. What is it like in the velodrome? It is incredible.

The velodrome is a closed roof and the theatre. There are only 6,000

spectators but the noise it generates gives you goose bumps.

Especially today, it was something I do not think I will ever feel

again. At one stage where you think of entering this side of things?

was. It is quite annoying. I had a look at going on the track but you

had to win a World Cup in the last two years to do it. I had not

because I was concentrating on the road. I was lining up on the road

race and one of the French sprinters was on the start line up

with us. He could enter the road race to ride the track and the

Germans have got someone in the mountain bike. They found a

loophole that we missed? It is quite frustrating. But the team

today smashed the world record. time to head off to the swimming

pool and due to the amount going on at the Olympics, Ian Thorpe will be

at the Aquatics Centre with Clare Balding and Mark Foster.

We will take good care of him, he will be fine with us. We have a few

bricks in action, Fran Halsall is coming up in the final of the 100m

freestyle. We will see Michael Phelps twice, Ryan Lochte twice and

we will see Chad le Clos in the 100m semi-final. The first event is

the 280 breaststroke where we have the defending champion Rebecca Soni.

I thought you made a mistake but you did not. We will see Rebecca

Soni try to become the first swimmer to successfully defend her

title? It is surprising. We are already getting to the end of the

meat and no one has been out to defend their Olympic title. If she

does not do it, next is Ryan Lochte and then Phelps. Ryan Lochte and

Michael Phelps have such a busy night. They will not have a lot of

time to recover. South Africa have had a fantastic week already.

Chad's dad is a new hero. He is our hero anyway. Interestingly, Chad le

Clos has pulled out of I am to concentrate on this. -- the

individual medley. There is Rebecca Soni. What I did forget to say it

is we will see James Goddard in the final of the 200m individual medley.

I apologised to James for that. How would you read this final? It is

one of those things, I think it will be very difficult for anyone.

I don't know how to pronounce Rebecca Soni's main. It is like a

song. She is the defending Olympic champion. There is very little

Olympic experience in this field because she is the only one who has

won a medal. She will win, it will be a question of how quick she goes

and whether she beat the record. have an age range between 20-27.

The 27-year-old is Sally Foster from Australia. I think she might

be related to mark! And Adrian Moorhouse and Andy Jamieson are the

ones trying to make themselves heard above this huge and roaring

crowd here. Let's join them for the final of the 200m women's

ready to go. That is Rebecca Soni. I thought she was going to be the

first woman in history to go under two minutes 20 in the semi-final,

six. The defending Olympic champion and world record holder, Rebecca

start. On the 100m she lost on the start. It amazes me because she

loses maybe half a second on the start. To give away that sort of

time, not against the rest of the field but against the world record,

here she goes. She is starting to move through the field. The rest of

bronze medals. The silver is up for pacing of her own time from last

Dragging along his Suzuki in lane she is really swimming well. That

line is her in the semi-final. rest of the field are having

balsams wins. They are not intimidated at all. -- they are

having awesome swimmers. I do not know what will happen down here.

The Russian swimmer is coming back like a train. It looks like Rebecca

Soni in the centre will take the world record. She is just ahead of

that world record. See if we can see the first woman under two

brilliant swim. That was definitely her target in the semi-final and

she missed it by 1,100 the second. We have never seen that before. The

first woman under 2.20 and second and third both went out to 0.20.

Suzuki second, so the Japanese getting the silver. And Rebecca

Soni, this is just stunning. A wonderful swim. Pumping the air,

and that is brilliant. I never thought I would see a woman go

below 2.20. Fantastic swimming. You know what, because the rest of the

field were so close I wasn't sure she was swimming that well, but she

was winning incredibly well. But the rest of them wrote to the

challenge. You have to give Suzuki big applause for the guts she

showed. So historic barrier goes, the first woman ever. And Suzuki

and Efimova, brilliant. I didn't think I would see three making that

sort of time. Efimova in the pink cow passed be pleased. Utterly

brilliant. -- in the pink cap has to be pleased. She had really lost

the 100 metres, but that has surely made up for it. A wonderful gold

medal. Rebecca Soni with a new You are the first Olympian to

actually defend your title at the Games. I wasn't thinking about any

of that. I kept that all out of my mind and just stuck to the race.

I'm so excited. You said yesterday you wanted to get under 20, and you

did it. I did it. I have been chasing that for years and years.

Back when I was in high school, the coach told me I would make 2.18 and

I had been keeping that myself as a secret goals, but now I've done

that great time. Trying to inspire young people at a home Olympics is

one of those things, but even now you are saying your first coach is

important to you. Absolutely. He believed in me more than any coach

I have ever known. I have had tons of great coaches along the way, but

he was someone I looked up to and he really pushed me to keep working

harder. Than she very much. Well What a fantastic way to start the

evening. That is Rebecca Soni's second world record of the games

and she defends her title, going under 2.20 and we move straight on

to the of Men's backstroke final. Tyler Clary and Ryan Lochte of the

US, Lochte already a winner of the 400 metres individual melody. --

medley. What does he do in terms of this race? Can he devoted all --

give it his all and the same again later? That is a tough question. I

would be saying that you have trained to be able to swing

multiple races and events, and when you compare the races to what the

guys do in training, he should be able to back it up in time. If he

gets in a good swim here he will be hyped and ready to go. He comes,

the defending champion in the event. Having had no one successfully

defend an Olympic title, we could have two one after the other. Teen

USA on their feet already. I think the thing is here, it is a case of

that Lochte should win the race. If he goes fall out, he will win the

race, but how much does he's back and save it for the individual

medley. I think you'll do what is needed to win. I think the big race,

the 200, later, he will need everything. Will we do lactate

testing in training, and you give yourself 30 minutes, even 10

minutes and go again and you did that - learn to deal with the pain.

This is one of the most fatiguing races. Use -- used big muscles in

your legs that produced the lactic acid. He will be tired, the one she

start recovering from that, your body knows how to process it.

lens of the pool -- four lengths. How many strokes to they know they

have got coming? Everybody has their own stroke break. All eyes on

Irie. At the big boys in lane four and five and difficult to see past

them. The defending champion is Ryan Lochte, the world champion as

well, but not the world record qualifier, but Ryan Lochte, we have

not seen him at full bore. We wonder how he will swim this

because he has the massive 200 medley came to head with the

Michael Phelps threat shortly. think Lochte has to put everything

into the race and swimmers if it is his only final tonight. We saw him

in the heats and the semis playing around and then he blasted in the

last length. But here he should be leading all the way. He will not

give Tyler Clary a sniff, to be frank. Clary cannot have the

confidence to be on his shoulder, but this is a race for Lochte to

lose. Beautiful technique and Kawecki going well in lane number

two. Lochte first to the turn. Ryosuke Irie quick to the turn and

he has not destroyed the field like he has done on the turns, and Tyler

Clary is starting to attack him. This is not over. It is not over

and he is looking a bit groggy. He is holding the water well, but

coming into the turn he will need a massive one. He has lost a bit of

his lead and they will turn close together. Lochte stays and a longer

than the rest and comes up and this is going to be very big. I wonder

if he can hold this. He did not have the best turn at all. Tyler

Clary with a better one of the three. Tyler Clary looking good.

Ryosuke Irie coming back. This is going to be really tight. It looks

like it will be Tyler Clary or maybe even Ryosuke Irie. I my

goodness me, it is Clary, a new Olympic record, and he wins gold,

the silver goes to Ryosuke Irie of Japan, and Lochte gets the bronze.

Well, Ryan Lochte is not superhuman after all, again. He has won more

to recover and it is something that has shaken him. Clary cannot

believe it, I think. He was behind on the first hundred. He was on

Lochte shoulder and on the last term I thought Lochte looked tired.

I am surprised he did not make the big difference there. He will go

away, trying have a rest down for the 200 medley and Michael Phelps

might be thinking, that is interesting. This is just

extraordinary. Don't bet on swimming. It's not a good idea.

Unbelievable. Look at that. He did not have the best turn with 25 to

go. He was not leading and got caught up. In the end it wasn't

actually that close. 53.41 it. 53.9 made by Ryan Lochte E. He lost by

half a second. That is huge. will have to regroup. You said it

would have to be brutal to win boast finals, but take nothing away

from Clary, he paced it fantastically well and not

intimidated at all. The thing about the backstroke easy finish and you

can see the scoreboard straight If I need to say thank-you to NBC

because they are giving me the great American's first. You looked

a little surprised at the end. is not really how I planned on the

race panning out, but I stuck to my game plan and it worked out this

time. I don't even really know what to say right now. You always think

about having a result like that, but the first time it happens it is

pretty incredible. You can wake me up now! Is your family in the

audience? Have they been able to come over? My whole family is here

and I imagine there are a lot of tears flowing. I love all of them

and I am so happy they are here. Tell us about the nose clip. How

important is it you? Everybody else blows air out through their nose,

but I find it is it easier to do it under water with this. I am not

able to keep water out of my nose as much as everyone else, so that

is why I use it. Well good for you, and now you are an Olympic champion.

so. He upset stockholder -- and he sets an Olympic record in doing so

and he upsets Ryan Lochte. Ryan Lochte made the mistake of saying

that Michael Phelps had got there on talent alone. A big cheer behind

us, because Lizzie Simmons is coming out for the semi-final of

the 200 metres backstroke. She has got her big ear defenders on. But

how surprised I either with Tyler Clary and all the talk before and

has delivered? It was a different event about Michael. But around the

hype, it was around another race, but he does fall into a very elite

club where some of the things he can say now people will take more

notice of. So well done to him. He surprised us. We thought it was all

Lochte. I was going to say it is a good job we do not bet, because we

would have lost a lot on that. You peg down some of the swimmers,

thinking, they will win that one, they will win that one, but it

shows that anything can happen and to retain your title he's really

difficult. So when these guys are going for three in a row, it shows

Good on Tyler Clary, and now he can savour that. Yeah, the right

headlines now. He will be happy he is in the newspapers. Elizabeth

diesel will be pretty hot favourite. The top eight times will go through

to the final tomorrow. It is not about way you finish in the heat,

it is about the time that she said. Let's rejoin Andy. -- the time that

of the picture. A great silver medal for her on the medley. The

Chinese just flew pastor to take gold. On the left-hand side of the

shot, she will be at the top of the needs to control her nerves and

control the first 25 metres and pick it up from there. Right at the

normally, and a very good start there. And look at that red hat at

the top. She needs control it. perfect start from Lizzie. She is

leading all the way through now. overwhelmed there, but the crowds

are now starting to shout for Lizzie. Great first 50 metres.

Great use of the wall and she is outside the rest of the field. She

is right on the Green Lane line, almost like she doesn't want to be

in the same race. The rest are starting to come back a bit, and

she has gone out pretty quick. The first 25 was just under the British

record pace set by Gemma Spofforth. It looks like she will be in the

hunt. Turning in third, but the top four are close. Great turn again.

Very deep, though. Coming up again, same sort of angle. She is right on

the line again. It is fascinating to watch, actually, almost like she

doesn't want to be in the same race. for the last 50. If you can hold

what will now be 4th, or third place just, she will be fined. She

is still under water. These terms are fantastic quality. She came out

back in third place. Let's see what she has got left in her legs.

field are coming back at Lizzie. She needs to get going. She is 4th,

but may be starting to fall into semi-final heat. Mega in was second.

I can only maybe C3 people that will go faster than that. As you

have said before, the form book is out of the window. Elizabeth Beisel

was very strong, finishing on the wall. Looking at the clock as she

finishes, obviously happy with that. That was the best time for her,

2.618. The reaction says she has is it fast enough? The guys are

just saying, is a fast enough? a little bit disappointed. It was

better than this morning. I would have liked a little bit better.

Still a decent swim. Experiencing this and being with the crowd,

thank you to everyone who came to light. Don't count yourself out

next -- yet. I will definitely be watching the next one. It could be

very good to sneak in tomorrow night but I think I could miss out.

We will keep our fingers crossed for you.

I hope she does make it. The swimmers coming out now are for the

second semi-final and includes Missy Franklin and Kirsty Coventry.

She is 11 years older than Mr Franklin. It is amazing the age

range. Something about Lizzie Simmonds, she is an insomniac, she

reads a lot at night because she struggles to sleep. So swimming at

night could be better? Yes, I have mentioned this before. In a country

which does not have such strength and depth like America, she is not

used to be shown herself in the morning. If you are an insomniac

and not sleeping in the evening, she will probably have arrested

during the day. A huge reception for Missy Franklin. And Kirsty

Coventry who has been such a star over so many years. What

consistency. The consistency as well and for a long time was the

bridesmaid. She never won the gold at the Olympics but she has done

that now and I was very glad to see that. With Kirsty Coventry, she is

also the one going for three in a row. She won in 2004 and 2008.

Stephanie Proud has got and handing -- a standing ovation. The home

crowd is very much behind Turtle Stott she was a European junior

championship. -- the home crowd is Missy Franklin of the USA. Kirsty

Coventry, great to see her back. Olympic champion in 2004 and 2008.

Coventry is in lane five, Franklin in lane four. Steph Proud will be

Franklin. Not so good for staff proud. She trains with Gemma

Spofforth at the University of Florida. Write off the pace in

Coventry could repeat from 2004 and Andy's microphone has gone so why

will keep going. Missy Franklin in the centre already has two gold

medals and a bronze. Coventry is slipping back. Sinead Russell is

fantastic here. Stephanie Proud is working hard to get back into the

wonder if she's going for the world record. She is really working hard.

Stephanie Proud is in the hunt. She is starting to catch up with Sinead

rustle of Canada. This is great from Steph Proud. She gets the

touch in 4th. I think she is out and Lizzie Simmonds is in with that.

I think she did. Simmons is in 7th and Steph prowled is a night. Not

in, she is out. Lizzie Simmonds talked about thinking that it was

not enough, she was not going to make it. Missy Franklin, a good

swim but Elizabeth Beisel did a faster time in the first semi.

Franklin dominating this particular final but apart from her, it was

second semi-final has been won by Mrs Franklin. The double champion

from the last two Olympic Games did you break your leg or

something? I dislocated my knee cap at the end of March and then I got

pneumonia in May. Guy I am really happy with that and making finals,

I am pretty excited. It would be so lovely seeing you defend a title.

am still going to try my best. I think it will be a lot harder than

I wanted it to be. Life throws challenges that he and it is my 4th

Olympics so I am enjoying being here and swimming with these

awesome ladies. You are an amazing athlete, it is tough when they are

11 years older. Yes, I think they recover a little quicker than I did

but it is still really good! They it may bring Steph in. It was

almost either you or Lizzie to get into the final spot. It is great

that you are here. This is your chance to be in a home Olympics.

Yes, I have just got to put everything into perspective. It is

so hard. 4th is probably worst. least I can come back tomorrow and

cheer on everybody. Thank you to talk to us and I am really glad to

Oh, poor Stephane proud, that is awful. Unless somebody pulls out,

she will not make it into I would not mind seeing the

qualifiers for the 200m breaststroke final. Kirsty Coventry,

one of the rare things she does is go to the opening ceremony which is

very rare for swimmers and she carried the flag for Zimbabwe here.

What we saw here, none of the swimmers from the British team went.

On the first couple of days they generally say do not go. Sometimes

it is sensible. Kirsty Coventry in 2008 carried the flag round. I

remember I carried the flag. I said, what are you doing here, at the

Games begin tomorrow and she said the games do not begin until I walk.

She loves the Olympic Games. Don't rule Kirsty commentary out of a

medal. Elizabeth Beisel will be fastest but Paul Stephanie Proud

start. The white hat of Brazil, the defending champion going well.

Colin James, the 6 ft 5 giant of an freestyle. George Bovell of

Trinidad, a giant 6 ft 5, fastest 58 swimmers started out in that and

it has the broadest range of countries represented as well. It

was your event, Mark, can you pick a winner? It is a blanket. Carwyn

Jones, it is one of those events where the stroke, event and finish.

That was about the speed and Ryan log to is about recovery. There he

is in the diving pool gently warming down. -- and Ryan Lochte.

He will be back shortly for the final of the men's 200m individual

medley. A lovely shot. We have not seen that, seeing somebody do extra

laps to get the recovery. Ryan Lochte is doing it in the diving

pool. Absolutely. We will be back here later.

Thank you. I have canoe slalom heroes with us, Etienne Stott and

Tim Baillie, many congratulations, a brilliant performance. Can you

believe it has happened? No. Saying it is unbelievable a hundred times

will not do it justice. It is just a dream. What can you say? Tim,

describe your emotions to us? totally surreal, really. I'm just

basking in the glow a little bit. It is really nice. It has not

really sunk in yet. It is Britain's first ever gold medal in canoeing,

you are proudly showing them off, quite right, too. You were not even

be fancied pairing because the other guys qualified fastest, David

Florence and Richard Hounslow. You went first because you wear the

slowest qualifiers? Yes, we had not had the best run in the semi-final

but we managed to get in and spent time looking at the video to see

where we wanted to improve our time and we just got out there and had a

go at it. It is an incredible event, isn't it? When you are going

upstream, it looks incredibly tough. This, the upstream gates are in the

slack water so some people feel you are paddling against the water, you

actually trying to paddle with the water. You are harnessing the power

of the river at all points and it Is it a contrast in workload from

the front and the back? You get a different view from the front, but

from the back you get more control, say you have to do the same thing

at the same time. Are you shouting at each other at that stage? A we

don't communicate in the run. The reason we trained together is so we

have the same way of looking at everything. We plan very carefully

before we start, and once we are going we haven't got the spare air

to be talking. If we have a big mistake, then we might say

something to switch to the other plan, but normally it is just all

guns blazing. And they're all sorts of people watching. Great crowds

there as well. Could you hear them as you were going? Yes, he was

amazing. Whenever there was a British boat on the Starline you

could hear it from miles away. -- the start line. Lots of support

from people, friends and family, and it was great so many people

were there to share it. It is an achievement for the sport as a

whole. So, you set the time at the start, going first, and you must

have felt you had done well. Then you sit back and have to watch the

other five teams going. I know it is not very sporting, but you must

hope they make some mistakes. People say that, and there is a

part of the that does that, but the way we set the race up was to go

out and give it our best. To absolutely hit the run as hard as

we could. In the end the run started to look as though it was

the 6th best, then the 5th, then the 4th and by the end it was the

best, and how did that happen? We were really very happy to be in

that place and raced so hard. of messages of support and

congratulations. David Florence They were the last team to go, and

it must be slightly mixed emotions for all four of you. I think so. We

would prefer to win, but the chance of us getting first and second was

amazing, and we had done our best, and if they did better than they

deserved to win and it would have been fair enough and we would have

been happy with the silver. When we made it to the final, we thought we

would be at least six, and we just kept ticking our way up. Because it

is not a head to head, as such, the rivalries is more like a

camaraderie because it is every one against the course. You also be the

twins who have been invincible in this Olympic event. 4th they are

the model crew. We watched them all the time, they are the reference

point of our sport. It was a great shot they were going for to get

another title, but somehow we managed to get in the way. You said

your greatest achievement was being Bedfordshire Sports personality of

the year it before now, and I think you might have matched it. It is

one of the achievements I put on my CV! It is a crazy things we have

done today. It is a massive thing for our sport and for ourselves,

and hopefully we have helped Great Britain out a little bit. One of

you said that you came out as the same guys going into the event, but

a few hours after, are you? For a exactly. The things I do for the

next couple of days are a bit different, but the stuff we are

looking forward to doing, and getting into over the next few

weeks is the same. With your gold medals are sure you'll be a

contender for the team award for Sports personality of the year.

Thanks for coming. Brilliant stuff. Back to Clare, Mark and Ian at the

To congratulate shins to the guys, but we were discussing the quick

turnaround for the guys. Ryan Lochte got straight into the diving

Lochte got straight into the diving pool because he is in the final of

this and so is James Goddard of Great Britain, he will be the first

to walk out in a second or two, trying to win his first medal at a

world or Olympic event. A huge noise for James. And he is really

enjoying this. 29 years old now. A Commonwealth Games double gold

medallist in Delhi. You are making fun of his rucksack. I just thought

it looked like he was going to school! He finished 4th in the 2004

Olympic Games and six in 2008 and it would be amazing if he could win

a medal in this race because it is packed full of superstars. And you

dinner with last night. He now has 19 Olympic medals to his name, 15

of them gold and he is trying to win this 200 metres individual

medley for the third time in a row. Ryan Lochte coming out still wet,

you can see it through his T-shirt, because he has had not time to dry

off. What was your quickest turnaround between finals? Eight

minutes. He has had nearly 28. is saying he has had it easy.

not say that at all. But have you got enough time to get your head

right? It is telling yourself to calm down but you have to be up for

the final. This guy could be a danger, Tiago Ferreira. -- Thiago

Pereira. The field is stacked. I would say that these guys are going

in fresh and I might give it to Lochte, with the disappointment of

the 200 backstroke, Michael Phelps will have been sat there thinking

they are rested and ready. If they are going to get in, they will get

him now. This guy, Markus Deibler get Sir -- Markus Deibler gets a

place in the final. One qualifier decided to focus on the 200

butterfly, which could be bad news for Michael Phelps because he has

already beaten him in the 100 butterfly. Now he is taking him on.

But can Michael Phelps win this for his third Olympic Games in a row?

Can Ryan Lochte get a goal? Can James Goddard get a medal? All

questions that will be answered in absolute shocker on his 400 medley.

He raced Michael Phelps and they went a bit too slow. Phelps just

made the finals and Laszlo jaded not. He should be an angry man here.

-- Laszlo Cseh 8 did not. This is his last chance. He is in No. 5. He

could be dangerous. Lochte Int four, the double defending champion,

metres individual medley and a good start from Michael Phelps. Tactics

will be interesting because Phelps has the fastest flight but after

that it is interesting. Lochte has the best backed strike. Goddard are

doing quite well on the fly. And usually he has a blue cap rather

than the red ones the British have been wearing. I think he is a

Manchester City fan. Lochte needs to make a move on the back straight.

There has been a lot of analysis of the splits from the coaches and

Lochte looking to make a move, but he is not. Phelps is very, very

determined here. Look at that. Big, strong arm course. Gone are not out

of it but Lochte the best breaststroke a -- Goddard not out

of it. Michael Phelps has worked his legs massively hard. First on

the turn, then second was Thiago Pereira. But if Lochte is going to

get this he has to go now. He needs to make a big move. Goddard right

at the top and he is in 4th or 5th. The rest of the field in the centre

coming back at Phelps. But look at Phelps go. If I cannot see him

losing this. Phelps is really, really determined. Just off world

record pace. Lochte had a good. I wonder if he has enough energy.

Surely he will go for the gold. Phelps has to hang on. Lochte looks

like he's coming back. He is right on the world record. This is an

awesome final. Michael Phelps may get it back, but Lochte are not

giving up. He is coming back, but I think it will be Phelps. It is

Lochte's world record, and it still is, but gold to Phelps. Finally he

wins gold. Three in a row. Well, we spent a long time talking about it,

but the great Michael Phelps has just won his 20th Olympic medal.

And finally he has won it, and individual gold medal, and look at

his face. The relief after he won Finally he has won an individual

one, three titles in a row. Athens, gold, Beijing, gold, and the way he

attacked the he did not want to give it up. He said after his last

leg in the McFly, once he had broken through most of the medals

ever it was like the weight of the world was off his shoulders and

this was the race he desperately wanted to win. He looks like he

committed everything he had got. That is a big gold medal for

Michael Phelps, showing the class that he has. Committed, determined.

He is not finished there, but he is now. To get three gold medals like

this, and other historical landmark. individual gold at London 2012.

it is goals to Michael Phelps in very nearly world record pace. --

If I am so pleased. He is utterly James, you had to go for that, boom

or bust? Yes, I did have to go for it. I paid for it down the back 100

metres. A fantastic experience and to be at this Olympic Games is a

treat. Not the most perfect of preparations. A bit of a tough year

with the training and all sorts of situations at home. But this is

hopefully not the end of you, James. You been around a long time. I just

need to go back and evaluate. not know it Eike -- how I have not

gone as quick. I have been training great, but I just don't know why.

Do you wish you had Swanage differently? A no, I had to go for

it. It was kind of the only way. I spoke to my coach and we said,

let's just go for it, and that is what I did. EV will always be proud

A shame for Goddard. We may see him at the Commonwealth Games in

Glasgow. Reaction from you, Ian, to Michael Phelps winning his 16th

gold medal and his 20th in total. It is extraordinary. The first man

in the world to be able to defend his Olympic title twice, so the

three consecutive Olympic golds in this event for Michael Phelps.

Bravo. The first one to defend a title was Rebecca Sony, but to do

it twice is an incredible achievement -- Rebecca Soni. I am

glad that he has swam well and it is now that Michael Fox can relax a

bit. And this is the last time we will see Michael Phelps swimming

competitively. He was heaving at the end. He had put everything his

body had been to the race and it paid off. With every race, his

favourite event, he didn't win it. And coming into this, if Lochte had

been fresh, who knows? The answer is Phelps, and he still has his

semi-final to come and there will be more from the guys. If you would

like to watch basketball on BBC Three, the British men are in

action, playing Spain. And for or Dr Who fans, you will be looking

So how much trouble are we in? You've got me. What are you waiting

We are very cross with you! Masters, the Daleks, all the people

died because of my mercy. This is what happens when you travel alone

for too long. Don't be scared. Who killed all of the Daleks?

Let go back in time. In judo it had been a disappointing week for Team

GB with no one progressing beyond the quarter-finals until today. The

pressure was on for Gemma Gibbons, 25-year-old local London and

girlfriend of Euan Burton who was so disappointed after his defeat

yesterday. Could Gemma deliver a second judo medal since her coach

Kate Howey 12 years ago? She won a smashed the Portuguese to the floor

with an ippon. And she has brought the ExCel centre alive. All she has

ever wanted to be is an Olympian. She never dreamt she would mark her

debut with an ippon against one of the better players in the world.

Gemma Gibbons. The mountain has just got a bit steeper. The

Mongolian mountain might be a tougher one to Crest. She has

turned it. And German Gibbons is ahead with the yuko. She has done

it -- Gemma Gibbons. She has only gone and booked a place in the

semi-final. She is nearly there. mum is her biggest inspiration. She

died eight years ago. Some way she is watching her daughter fight at

the London Olympics. -- somewhere. year bridge has been bridged in

glorious fashion. The tears of an Olympic finalist. Gemma Gibbons

will win a medal. The Olympic final. The American Kayla Harrison, the

Londoner Gemma Gibbons. She has just notched up the first point.

She has a split second to attack. Another yuko scored. The American

is now a leading by two yukos. Gemma Gibbons has got to do

something now. And it is not going to be gold. That will go to the USA.

For the first time in the history of their women's judo team.

still hasn't sunk in. It feels a bit like a dream but amazing at the

And here she is. You were ranked 42 in the world, you were injured for

six months, you could not have dreamt of doing that. Kate Howey is

alongside you. Were you surprised by your achievements? They

obviously thought I could do something which is why I carried on

training full-time but I am pretty surprised at how well I have done

today. I was hoping obviously to win a couple of matches and get in

the top seven but I have exceeded all my own expectations today.

crowd really got behind you, the atmosphere seemed amazing, even on

television. Yes, the crowd were phenomenal, each and every fight

they got behind me and kept me going. There were some pretty tough

fights out there and hearing them in the background spurred me on.

Kate, you were the last woman to win a medal 12 years ago, are you

proud? Unbelievably proud. I wanted to get help when -- help people win

Olympic medals. To sit here 12 years on with somebody who I have

been with since they were 16 or 17 years old is phenomenal. It is such

an immense emotion. That is why I started to cry. Is it nerve-

racking? Yes, terrible. I said, at least when you worry fighter, you

were in control. When you're on the side watching, I want to jump out

and help but full credit to Gemma. Absolutely fantastic. There are a

couple of special messages and tweets which are coming through all

the time. Lots of goodwill messages. This was early on. Some great

moments, this was the only round. You turned things around. Yes, I

managed with the support of the crowd to turn a contest which

wasn't going my way around. when you won that semi-final, you

looked up to the sky, was that a message to your mum? I said, I love

you, mum. She did everything tell me succeed in judo and I do not

good chance to say thank you so that was mine away. An amazing

emotion. You did yourself proud and everybody proud. A thanks. When you

were in there and you have got to the final, it is such a massive

advantage because they can hang on, you were desperately trying to get

another ippon like you had got in the semi-finals. I gave it

everything and unfortunately it was not enough this time. I tried my

best and a good day all round. you look at the screen you will see

lots of different messages going through from athletes at the

Olympics. Zoe Smith, the weightlifter says you are

incredible. I was sat in the BBC room, there were 100 people

absolutely glued to the TV and cheering the one. There was no

bigger cheer than when you got the ippon in the semi-final, it was a

magical moment. We were all on our feet for a throw in judo. Who would

have thought?! That is the thing. Judo is not a big sport in Britain

and I hope this metal today can change that. That message is from

your boyfriend. He says, I am so proud of my girl. You were watching

him in the first round. He broke down in the interview after he lost

because he was so upset. Yes, obviously really hard for him. It

is probably one of his last Olympic Games and he is one of the best

people out there. Going out and not realising his dream, it was really

disappointing for him and everyone who loves him. That was pretty hard.

It is brutal, Sport. Four years is the big moment and it can turn,

especially in judo, one little flip and it is all over. One minute you

can be in the lead and then something has happened under a flat

on your back and you have lost it. Sometimes it can be four years of

work for ten seconds on a judo mat. What does this mean for British

judo? I think for the next generation that is coming through,

it is a massive boost for British judo. There has been a 12 year wait

for a metal so to get the youngsters in and for an idle to be

looked at, just to get everybody engrossed in it. She has done the

job. The whole thing has lifted the mood, the team is starting to win

medals, is that noticeable within the village? I have not been there

at all today. I have not been back. When GB got their first gold, I

think the mood did lift a little and everyone thinks, we can do this

now and everyone is getting behind each other. You are a London girl

so an Olympics in your home town and a silver medal does not get

much better? Only one better and it is pretty fantastic. It was totally

impressive and you did your country proud, you really did. Well done.

Thank you. We can go back to the swimming. Fran Halsall is coming up.

We can join Clare Balding, Ian and Mark.

Lots of people are asking what is the temperature of the swimming

pool and is it heated? 25.7 to 26 degrees. They have a swimming --

they have the public pool warmer because people swim slower so they

have that at 30 degrees. If you were a public swimmer, you would

think that Paul was cold. -- that swimming pool.

The only unheated swimming is in the open-water swimming which will

be next week. That will beat in the Serpentine. I would not be able to

do that because I would not know where to go. We have seen Ryan

Lochte twice, it did not pay off for him, only a bronze and silver

where he expected to win two golds. Is that bad luck or bad planning?

What we do not know is how strong the races will be. Ryan Lochte

would have thought he could come into this, recover from the semi-

finals and do all of these things and have good shots that all of

these races. It may have been a mistake. Having hindsight on your

side, to be spread across so many races. But it also could be the

fact that he knew Michael Phelps was the main one, he might have

concentrated more on the medley than his backstroke. Lochte's loss

was Tyler Clary's game. He has just picked up his metal. And also

Michael Phelps' game. He keeps extending his record-breaking

achievements. He has gone far beyond what anyone has done before

and what anyone is likely to do again. It has been phenomenal

watching Michael Phelps at his last Olympic Games. We move on to the

100m freestyle. We have the 6 ft 1 metre tall Missy Franklin. She has

a wingspan bigger than her height. Is your wingspan bigger than your

height? I have arms, not wings! You-know-what I mean. She is only

17, she has been lovely through these games. It may be taking its

toll. The smile when she walks out but it drops quite quickly. A

little bit different when we first saw her. Ranomi Kromowidjojo has a

good chance for the Netherlands. This is the event in which Dawn

Fraser won back to back medals in 1956, 1960 and 1964, one of the

After Yi Tang you will see Fran Halsall who says her disadvantage

in this is she is very slight. There is not a lot of her. She is

no where near the others in height. But she is pretty laid back and

pretty cool and she will enjoy this. The beauty of Fran is she loves the

crowd, she loves the noise. She is a showgirl. She is crab-like across

the surface of the water. Are it is at skimming a rock across the pond.

But very fast turnover. She is very three for the USA. They are the

fastest women in the world. Ranomi Kromowidjojo has recovered from

viral meningitis. Fran Halsall has looked very good. Used the crowd,

Fran, use the crowd. The medals could come from either side. Fran

and just occur in 7 and 8 are strong. It is one of those final

switch is too tough to call. She could get a medal. She will need

middle by Ranomi Kromowidjojo. But also very quick, Jeanette Ottesen

Gray from Denmark. It is a good position for Halsall. She needs to

but she is in a decent place at the moment. She could win this. The

fastest woman in the world is Ranomi Kromowidjojo from the

Netherlands in the centre. Come on, Adrian. I didn't know she could get

through it. At 75 metres she had put herself in a great position,

but Kromowidjojo still too strong. A very strong girl. He the two

world champions we saw at the top of the race, they took out the race.

Kromowidjojo coming out of the Turn second, breathing over to the left,

but she would have known where they were. A good, straight arm. Taking

the extra stroke. The favourite takes the gold. At the top of your

picture, Kromowidjojo. That was bizarre. She got there and stopped

and just touched them. Well, that is what it means. The Olympic

champion, Ranomi Kromowidjojo. Herasimenia in silver. Yi Tang in

bronze. And in 6th, Fran Halsall. great silver in a lane one for

Herasimenia. She used to speed, she has great speed. Kromowidjojo and

coping with the pressure. A pretty partisan crowd. But she managed to

I know you gave that everything you have got, and it is also close.

Like you say, just didn't have it today. One of those things, isn't

it? Can't change it now, but I gave it my best shot. That's all I can

do. Quite a lot of races at the Olympics that don't go to form.

Look at the guys racing, Lochte and Phelps, just racing. It is just

racing. I knew I needed to put in a good race tonight and the time just

was not there. Not really much more right can say. Police I still have

the 50 metres to come. -- at least I still have the 50 metres to come.

For you go and get your swim down, Paul Fran Halsall. Anything you

could say to her that would make her feel better? She sounds so

broken. It is devastating. World silver medallist last year, and

that was not fast. 53.0 was not that tough, but she knows she could

have come away with a medal at 53.3 and it shows how disappointing it

is. It is one of those things. You have to get it right at the right

time. Michael Jamieson is the only swimmer who has set a new personal

before as a member of Team GB. We will be back in the Paul it later,

but that was the first non-American gold medal, so the Dutch have a

chance to celebrate -- back in the swimming pool. The athletics *

tomorrow and every Olympic Games tends to have one athlete above all

of us who becomes the focus of the host nation's hoax. -- hopes.

the opportunity of a lifetime. To compete at a home Olympics should

be an experience to enjoy, to treasure. Book for just a handful

of athletes the honour has been accompanied by an indescribable

burden, because they are the face of the Games. This phenomenon is

about timing and a talent burning at its brightest, fuelled by craft

and dedication. The embers of expectations stoked by the public

hopes and dreams become a roaring inferno fed by the media consumed

worldwide. Everywhere you look, every way you turn, you will see

the face of the Games. The first Olympian subjected to such scrutiny

was Carl Lewis in Los Angeles in 1984. Equalling Jesse Owens's four

gold medals and a games catapult at him to a sporting great. -- at

eight games catapulted him to a sporting great. At Atlanta, he was

me. Could I be the first man to win both the 204 hundred at an

Olympics? People predict, they assume, of course he will do it --

the 204 hundred metres. But those guys at the start line are not

making up the numbers. No one else is going to run it for you. People

talk about getting into the zone, tunnel vision. You are out of that

finish line, crystal-clear, surroundings irrelevant. The crowd

may scream and sheer, but we hear nothing but the Bank of the gun. --

the band of the gun. In Sydney 12 years ago, Cathy Freeman was

representing the past, present and future. Lighting the flame in the

opening ceremony was an ordeal in itself. It took guts to step away

from those vital preparations just days before the competition started.

It required an appreciation of the bigger picture, of what hosting the

Olympics meant for the nation. Right now I want to go home and

have a cry, to be honest. In the face of the Games does not

guarantee triumph. Four years ago in Beijing the greatest withdrew

after aggravating an old injury. is almost in tears. Why see even

fit to compete? You cannot underestimate the pressure that

comes with 1 billion fans urging you to race for them. So who is the

face of London 2012? Step forward Jessica Ennis. Hopes of home gold

are higher than we have ever known. It is a lot to take. The pressure

cooker of expectation. Her talent is burning bright, fuelled by hard

graft and dedication. The embers of expectation, stoked by the British

public's hopes and dreams, have become a roaring inferno fanned by

the media consumed world wide. This quiet girl from Sheffield has it

all, except one thing. Her dream, her nation's dream, home and

This is where it all unfold over the next week or so. The nation's

expectations or on the shoulders of a young girl. Someone who knows

what that pressure is like is Denise Lewis, who won this event,

Jessica Ennis's event 12 years ago. You know exactly what it takes,

Denise. Has she got what it takes? I know what it takes to win and

Jessica absolutely has that. But can she cope with the pressure? I

think she can. I really do. I think she brings a unique quality to the

event. She is calm, she has focused, she is driven and I think one of

the prerequisites for a great games is a healthy body, and she has that

as well. I hope she wasn't watching it because it put goose bumps down

the back of my neck, but that might be Michael Johnson's voice. But the

expectancy is large and the nation is willing her to do well, and

sometimes that can be a hard thing to handle. As I said, Jessica has a

great team around her. She is very focused, driven and has been away

preparing in Portugal, so she has removed herself from this pressure

cooker. She is back now, she flew in yesterday. Judging from the

people I have spoken to they said she seems really relaxed. And I

think that in itself says a lot about her. She missed Beijing and

that hurt her badly, so she knows what it means, to be at the Olympic

Games and be in with a shot of delivering her best performance. I

feel confident, based on what I've seen. She has been in good form.

She broke your record, quite recently. She broke the British

record in May and what pleased me about that record was that the

events that caused her the most problems like the javelin, which

was a tricky event for her, which cost her the gold medal last year

in Daegu, she got a personal best. The long jumper can be inconsistent

but she got a personal best as well, 6.51, which puts their right up

there. Her second day was always a bit dodgy, but now she is in with a

shot. She will certainly have the nation's support and we wish her

well. She starts tomorrow morning Olympics here in London to the

undoubted international face of these games and the games before

and the one before, Michael Phelps, collecting his gold medal for the

His body was heaving after that. He gave everything, and this is the

16th time he has stood on a podium with a gold medal around his neck

and heard the American national anthem played in his honour. At the

Aquatics Centre here in London are on their feet to salute the

greatest Olympian ever, 20 medals in all, 16 of them gold, and he

still looks as though he cannot quite believe it. 27 years old, his

final ever competition. And the final attempts he has to extend his

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

And the question every swimmer, every Olympian, will ask themselves,

is how does he do that? Ian Thorpe, you know him well. You can

appreciate the achievement more than anyone. How does he do it?

is not an easy question. It's a really difficult question and I

cannot wrap it up. He simply does it by being better than everyone

else. If anyone knows how to back up from a race, it is Michael

Phelps. He knew what Lochte was coming up against him, but he

wanted this from the first day. In the shorter events, he will be

stronger and he's on form. I would love to back him on his humour in

the press conference, and also his generosity, and also showing Chad

le Clos round, and seeing his historical understanding of what

he's doing. You saw the human side. With Chad le Clos you saw the human

side of Michael Phelps. When he won eight everybody saw the amazing man,

but like a robot, the then you saw that human side. That touched

everybody. I think Michael has prepared in this games to show

another side of himself. He may have felt it was some sort of four

before this competition and it was the sort of facade coming up, but

it was a different Michael Phelps. He could have made his programme

easier and he has taken out one event, but he is about to come and

swim the semi-final of the 100 metre butterfly. The fact you have

said it, it is his last race. Does he appreciate it more question

whereas in Beijing he knew he was going to London. The last hundred

metres ever, he has ticked the box. He never has the opportunity to do

it again. It is pretty incredible to think about it that way. Knowing

what he has coming up, he will be a enjoying this. You had dinner with

his mother last night. Do they have any idea about what he might do in

that life after swimming? A I do not know if I should be talking

about dear old Mrs Phelps. Michael has a great family around him. They

are great supporters, and I think his mother is his biggest supporter

out of everyone. She is really his litmus test to see what it is for

him. Michael has established a charity and then a number of

different things, so he knows how to transition away from the sport.

I do not know if the sport is ready to transition away from Michael

Phelps. You have gone away from the sport and comeback, so could you

see any thing? Would you give him If he asks for advice, you keep

straining straight after this competition for about three months.

Settle into what is going to be a normal exercise routine, rather

than just stopping. Because your body goes through changes from

being an elite athlete that has processing different things and

knowing its adrenalin, all of these things, and it changes into a more

normal body. It is important to get some training in at that stage as

that trade -- us that change goes through. It is good for your mind

to think about the next phase. feel watching Phelps that he is

still a child. I mean it in a complementary way. He is 27, but he

stands there and you can see the teenager in her. He looks like a

boy. There is an element of that. Any athlete, when you come to

retire, it is like you are too old to do it any more. Is he a young

because he is in a sport and childlike in that sport? When you

come out of the sport, you go into the real world. What will he do

next? Who knows, it is a new chapter. We see the 15-year-old, I

think it was come from the Sydney Games. That is why we see him as a

child. When he is up there, he we have witnessed this, the great

American swimmer. He delivered more than we expected. What is that

child Magnus, the competitive person in you. You want to keep

going, having fun. He is about to walk out, now, and he has the big

ear defenders on. He is covering his face because you said he was a

child! Do you know what music he listens to? He is into classical

music. It isn't, it is hip hop! Imagine, it is really funny. Adrian

Moorhouse and ended -- and Andy Jameson have been enjoying that

action. You wonder what Phelps can do now. He has to qualify and he

probably will. I think you are right, he just has

to qualify and I think he probably will. He is utterly stunning. He

has gone 49.84 or 100m Butterfly and that would have made hour

freestyle metre dash relay team. It would have beaten one of the guys

in the freestyle relay here. It is incredible. He has a job to do.

This might be one of the slower off the semi-finals. That is that a

record set in Rome. He has a job to do. He cannot be sluggish down the

first 50 metres. They will leave him behind. It is not 200 metres.

There are not four lengths to make it through the field. If you

remember how he has won his heat. Last after the first legs? Last

after 50 metres and first after 100 metres. Extraordinary. Sirnak in

five -- Czerniak in five. 20 medals at the Olympics. You would not bet

him past getting another one in this and in the medley relay, so we

are may be looking at 22 medals for him. A very good start in three.

Phelps is going quicker than the first 50 metres but he did in the

heat. That is good for 50 metres. Set a personal best time in the

heats to qualify for these semi- finals. He is on form, turning

first by half a second. Starke, his compatriot, in lane eight. This is

strong, really good. Phelps is not messing around at all. He knows he

is going to sleep tonight. He is going to give it everything.

looks like he is working very hard indeed. It is fascinating. He went

for it at the turn. 50.86. That is fast. The first guy to hit 50 and

that is pretty impressive, pretty impressive from Michael Phelps, to

win the first semi-final of the men's 100m fly. He is shaking his

head a little bit, that will do. See you later. That is outstanding!

Off the back of that 200m medley. Crikey. Impressive. Tonight, he

swam like the old Michael Phelps, he has committed himself. He let

Deibler take it out. I think he got a shock when he looked hundred saw

Deibler way ahead. I know, but Phelps dug in.

Michael Phelps wins the first semi- You have had a pretty good night,

haven't you? Tired. I bet you are. You can come here with a number of

things you wanted to achieve, but one of them you did tonight, the

triple? That was called. I knew that beating Ryan would be tough

and coming of the 200 metres back, it is a hard double. I wanted to

try to force it as much as I could. It is a gold medal. Pretty pleased.

Someone special menu, yesterday, didn't they? Yes, the President

called me yesterday. It was pretty cool. Somebody called and asked for

me and they said, hold, please, for the President of the United States.

I was like, OK! It was kind of cool. He said everyone is supporting me

and everyone at home was rooting for me, so that was very special.

He wanted me to say hi to his -- to my mum. And he tweeted you? Yes,

Brian and I have been treating. It has been fun. -- tweeting.

That is one of the reasons we persuaded you to join Twitter so

you can get tweets from cool people. He gets the call from a Obama and

it is Hull, please. He had to hold, I don't understand? Was Obama was

put on hold for Michael Phelps. they understand it. The big

question is in this race, could we the BBC, because's dad. His son.

Chad, 20, he will want to book down a marker in this. He could be the

nuclear -- the new kid on the block. You would expect this semi-final,

would you not, to be between Cavic and Le Clos. It will be between

those. Cavic goes out fast on the first length. The beauty of this,

when you walk out for final, when you stand behind the blog can see

you would read -- your world record on the screen at the end and

everyone knows you have done it, it gives you confident. It is when

they announced, that is the big deal. And world record-holder,

defending Olympic champion. Michael Phelps has that a lot of the time.

The last race of the night is the second men's 100-metre butterfly.

Here is the green hat off chad a class of South Africa, the gold

medallist of the 200 metres flight -- Le Clos. What a fantastic

swimmer that was. Dunford is closest to us, the Commonwealth

champion on 50m life. Cavic, in third, he touched the wall but did

not stop the clock and Dodds got it. -- Phelps got it. The Green Hat in

the centre is chad Le Clos of South Africa and the pink suit is Cavic

off Sobir. A similar thing happened in the heats. Cavic is on world

will come through. He is out, just outside world record pace. I am not

sure he has done enough to come back quick enough. Cavic has some

work to do if he is going to make the final. The rest of the field

will come back at him. Le Clos gets it. He gets a touch and wins the

second semi-final. Second, McGill, third, Cavic. That was mightily

close. It was close, slower than the first semi-final. Le Clos is a

great 200 metres champion but he is going to have to work harder and I

am not sure he has enough sprint in it. I don't think swimming like

that will get him to beat Michael Phelps in the 100 metres. Cavic

went out for it and did not hold on, so he is struggling. It is a bit

like Liam Tancock, a brilliant 50 metres, but can't hold on at the

end. The rest of the field just eating away, eating up the water,

who ring him in. Cavic, or the finish, look at that. Actually make

-- lane six, McGill, went in first. Le Clos takes an extra stroke and

gets the race. Good swimmers. You would just just road so that when

your hands come, it is possible to do -- you adjust your stroke. Le

Clos is happy and wins the second semi-final of the men's 100m five.

-- butterflies. The first three are through to the semi-final. It looks

like Michael Phelps will go in half You are slimmer than you were four

years ago. Slimmer? Yes, slimmer. don't know, maybe it is possible.

Without the suits we needed to make some changes. I will never be as

good looking as this guy, for example, but everybody has got

there could... Still a comedian, that is good. Tell me about your

back. You had a bad back injury. Is it sorted out? I have to deal with

it every single day of my life. I have to do call work every day to

keep it going. I am lucky to be here. This is something that has

never been done before. Literally never been done before. Hopefully,

if I achieve a medal tomorrow, I will be the first guide to win an

Olympic medal after such an operation. -- the first person to

win an Olympic medal. I feel like I have had a second chance, here I am.

That will be good for me, the end of my career after 19 years. It has

been a good run. A hell of a career. Have you grown your fingernails?

am going to let them go until tomorrow but just to be here, it

has not been done before and I am happy to be here. We keep talking

about a rematch against Phelps but it seems like he is out of my

league and I am just hoping for any medal. It does not matter, any

medal will be good enough. Good luck to you. Thank you.

Cavic, good fun to hear from him but he will be up against it was Le

Clos as well. He really was. Did you saw Le Clos, the same thing in

the two would have metres butterfly. He looked to the side and head down

the middle. Looked to you, looked to you, thank you to you both.

Another stunning night in the pool. Phelps was unbelievable, taking the

200-metre individual medley for the third time to with his 16th gold

Adlington defence her 800 metres title at 7:45pm. You might have to

forgive mark and I have you get It Adlington gets it, it will be

great for team beat a cheat -- Great but Team GB. Be as excited as

you like. You should see what happened earlier. He tried to knock

him off. A divided, I did not mean to. He has he read he is going to

help. He will help Rebecca to defend her title. We will bring it

to you like. Cent you for your insights and humour. We are having

a ball. We hope we will be back for more a bit tomorrow night.

Having a ball everywhere. What a phenomenal athlete, Michael Phelps.

Isn't he something else? It has been a busy night so a couple of

changes to our schedule. The women's gymnastics will be on BBC

Two at 10pm. Before then, boxing with Josh Taylor in action. First,

another of Britain's great hopes for the Games, Mo Farah. His first

finalists the 10,000 metres on His mission, should he choose to

excepted, is to complete the five and 10 golden double. In an age of

African domination he has seen what seemed improbable probable. Be

under no illusion about the enormity of his mission. African

nations have swept the medals in the last five Olympics over 10,000

metres, taking gold in the last six. Over 5,000 metres, the African

countries have swept the medals table and the last four games. The

training came with the assignment, know the enemy, follow their ways.