BBC One: Day 7: 13.45-16.00 Olympics

It is hard to believe it is already a week since the opening ceremony.

Around 200,000 people in the Olympic Park are enjoying

themselves with the swimming, the cycling and the athletics going on

for the next couple of days. The place is packed, but these are not

the only venues where gold fever has been breaking out today. After

three silver medals, Katherine Grainger finally has a gold medal

around her neck. She and Alan Watkins were emphatic winners in

the women's doubles gold today. There were two other rowing medals

for Great Britain - bronze for Alan Campbell, and bronze for the men's

pair of George Nash and William Satch. Jess -- Jessica Ennis has

had a brilliant start, leading the field after the first seven events

for start German Givens, silver yesterday, and today 32 year-old

Karina Bryant is through to the Karina Bryant is through to the

heavy weight final. -- semi-final. This is confirmation that Great

Britain is in fourth place on the medals table. This is where they

were targeting. We will be live to see Karena Bryant in her semi-final

in around half an hour, but now we are going to the Olympic Stadium.

Johnson-Thompson is going for Great Britain, and this is her attempt in

the high jump, the second of the seven events in the heptathlon.

Jessica Ennis will be going shortly. Let's get back to the commentary

team. A great effort from Johnson- Thompson. Lovely to see the

youngsters really beginning to her side. The crowd will be willing

her over the bar. One-metre 89 just to put pressure on everybody else.

A big disappointment for Jessica Ennis, but it has been a fabulous

first session in the Olympic Stadium. That new British record in

the hurdles. One-metre 86, her best effort in the high jump, and she

will finish this session in the lead in the Olympic heptathlon.

Second attempt was so, so close. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, her

team-mate, will have made huge was simple. Her best event comes on

the second day, when she is a world-class shot putter. She

specialised in that event for some time. It is all over in the high

jump for Jessica Ennis. Katarina Johnson-Thompson will continue. It

has been a long morning for these women. Massive support for these

heptathletes. Hyleas Fountain, one of Jessica Ennis's closest rivals

in this heptathlon competition at the moment. She is also eliminated.

This must be one of the biggest crowds that have ever stayed behind

to watch a single event. Heptathlon high-jump being watched by 80,000

people. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, brilliant, she will go on to jump

higher. Denise, kind of average? Yes, that is a fair assessment.

Jessica Ennis will have desperately wanted one metre 89. It keeps heard

just above everyone else, but she has had problems with the high jump.

It has been an inconsistent event for her in the last year because we

know she can jump high, but she has not been able to do that recently

in the heptathlon. We are still with a long way to go. Those goals

have been out there for two-and-a- half hours, which is a long time.

And it is important what she does relative to everybody else, and

Chernova and Dobrynska there are a little below par. Yes, which is

disappointing because we want to see a contest, but Jessica Ennis is

right way she wants to be. Thinking back to the locker of fear and

horror at the start of the hurdles on Johnson-Thompson's face, she has

really turned it around. Yes, it is great to see her having fun, but

now that she sees herself so passing Jessica Ennis in the high

jump, she will be taking herself more seriously. She will be looking

to try to take this high-jump as far as she possibly can. She will

build off that throughout the entire heptathlon. You have to

remember, she is still a junior. Everything is very new for her. She

has a great coach in Mike Holmes, who has been coaching for a very

long time. He coached Steve Smith to his Olympic bronze medal in 1996,

so she is in good hands. Let's get back to the heptathlon. This is the

Lithuanian champion, former Olympic silver medallist, Skujte. This will

rocket her up the leaderboard in terms of points, and we won't know

precisely who heads that leaderboard until all of the

athletes have finished. Prior to this high jump, we had Hyleas

Fountain, the American, just leading Jessica Ennis. Not prior to

the high jump, but during the high jump. That leaderboard is yet to be

updated. Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the background, I know that she

has moved into the top 10. If she could clear one metre 92, not only

would it be a lifetime best performance, but it would do her

chances of moving into the top six a world of good. Maksimava next,

Steve. It took three goes to clear 89. It almost seems that she needs

a couple of sighters. Coming back to Hyleas Fountain, you feel that

was a significant moment. Maybe it was not a surprise that Jessica

Ennis failed at one metre 89, but you really felt Hyleas Fountain

would go higher, so that was significant. The crowd really

getting behind the youngster. Katarina Johnson-Thompson has only

had one personal best, will this be another? Many people have stayed

behind here. It has been a dream debut in the Olympic Stadium here,

but Katarina Johnson-Thompson, her first attempt at a new lifetime

best, and clatters through it. A little wry smile from the British

athlete. Two more attempts to go to stay in the competition. Not even

sure she managed to take-off on that one. One-metre 89, the new

lifetime best. You can't ask any more of an athlete than that.

Popping over to see Mike, her coat. He has taken to multi- events very

comfortably indeed. You're running is great. Just lean in, and go

through it. And believe me, Mike Holmes knows what he is talking

about. He coached Steve Smith to an Olympic medal in the high jump,

with a height that still stands as a British record. Everybody in this

stadium is watching the heptathlon high jump. Here is Maksimava.

She had a real go at one me to 92. -- 1.92. It's great to have so many

people still watching this. A few people are starting to drift away.

80,000 people have to leave this stadium, and then a different

80,000 people coming in for the Evening Session. For a wonderful

moment beckons for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. She has never

jumped this in her life before. One attempt to go. She is coming in

with so much pace and you can understand the adrenalin pumping.

That personal best of one metre 89, having to reassess, but as yet not

quite there. It has been a good first morning for Jessica Ennis,

and she is speaking to Phillip now. How was it that the very outset?

Yes, just stepping into the stadium before the hurdles blew me away, to

be honest. The crowd, how they got behind me was amazing. It lifted

due to a phenomenal performance, and that would have won the hurdles

as a specialised event at the last Olympics, that is how good it was.

I knew it was a fast track and it is really good conditions. I still

can't believe I ran that time, to be honest. How were the nerves that

that point? Nervous, but strangely more calm than previous

championships. Stepping into the stadium, the crowd really lifted me.

In the high jump you showed great achievements to get ahead of your

nearest rival. Yes, it is not too bad. A tremendous start. All the

best for the next events today? Thank you.

Still one attempts left for wonderfully well. It really lifts

the spirits. Let's hope that crowd has a positive impact on one of the

youngest members of the British P Well, not to worry, she comes

away with a new lifetime best any way. One metre 89. And her name

will appear, I am sure on the first page of results when this

heptathlon high jump is finished. He will be on the first page. Not

too far away from the leader. 19- too far away from the leader. 19-

year-old, what a prospect she is. A super performance from Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. She is having a ball out there. Isn't she Denise?

am thinking whether someone needs to pinch her, she is in the Olympic

Stadium. She has 80,000 people clapping for her, willing her over

that bar, it is sensational. What did you make of Jess's reaction?

was a fair reaction. A heptathletes, they set their benchmark with PB,

they are looking to stay close by, even just surpass it, so Jess is

right. She will be using what she did before as a barometer to where

she is, she is not in bad shape. Your final assessment of this

morn's first session? It has been fantastic. The stadium stands are

full. No empty seats here, it is the number one sport of the Olympic,

this is where it is at. It is early morning, first session, no finals

and it is pack and the atmosphere is incredible. Thank you very much.

Hazellle we are biased here but it has been fantastic. I am not going

to say it's the number one sport but it has been amazing. I am with

you. I have just seen Colin Jackson and we were both in agreement, that

we have never ever seen a crowd like this in the first day of any

major athletics meeting, 80,000 people. It is packed to the rafters.

When you look round, you get a real hint of the spirit that there is

here, in London. It has been a wonderful time so far. If it is

live sport that you want, and 200,000 people certainly do, you

can watch it, and this is where, we have men's and women's singles

going on on BBC Three. That is Roger Federer in a bit of

difficulty. Now, he looks like he might be on the way to taking the

might be on the way to taking the second set. He has lost the first

set against Juan Martin Del Potro and only three sets so he has work

to do here. If you want to keep watching that, then Andrew Castle

is on parade at Wimbledon. We have the mixed doubles gold medal match

in a while. We have the Men's Singles going on there. That is all

the badminton at Wembley for you today. Quite a few closing stages

of the events there. And there is boxing from the ExCel Centre, we

are down to the last 16 in the men's Fly. Britain's European

champion, Freddie Evan, a Welshman in action in the welterweight

division later today. We will drop into that one in a little while. So,

it is all getting tasty round the venues and it is getting tasty at

Weymouth as the sailing coming to a boil with the first of the medal

reaches approaching on Sunday. Tempers are coming to the boil too.

Shirley Robertson is there for us. Ben Ainslie's Finn class really

heating up. He has had one race almost today what is the latest?

How tetchy is that event becoming now? I know, you can feel the

intensity, and yesterday, when they hit the shore in the mix, lots of

arrangey bargey Ben complaining about them ganging up on him. The

heat is on. In his first race he got beaten by the Dane by one point,

so he is four points behind now. Which isn't a great deal but it

means this race, that is just about to start, it is the tenth race, the

final race before the medal race, is crucial. Ben will want to limit

those, that points difference, going into big Sunday. Race ten is

about to start, and our commentators is Richard Simmons and

Lee mechanic mill listen lead us through it. What we will do is talk

you through this, but it is all about Ben Ainslie versus the Dane.

The start line is between those two orange mast, exactly between them,

you have to be lined up there, you have to be to the right of that

line before the start, but it is all about starting right on the

line with speed, and which end you decide, well, that depends which

way you want to go up the racecourse, but there is a sting in

the tail, because the tide is trying to push the boats up from

right to left, you get there too early you are pushed over the line,

you have to recross it. Something that beansly will want to avoid. It

has become a real head-to-head -- Ben a Ainsley, it has become a

head-to-head between Britain and Denmark. There is a Danish sailor

close to him, Ben Ainslie, the atmosphere between them is not good

at the moment. 40 seconds to the start. Only the top ten will head

into Sunday's final. At the moment Ainsley is trailing the Danish

sailor. He is in theed in middle of the pack. We can see New Zealand,

we can see Yousaf Raza Gilani A who are fighting for their life here.

We are looking for flag. Ben Ainslie trying to get his nose out

in front. Important to get off the line, clearly, without other boats

taking your wind. So he will not want boats to his left. This is the

line up to the start. Two seconds and that is the start and Ben

Ainslie is in the front row. Ainsley looking to the right,

looking for the flag and Ainsley is in that pack with the Danish sailor,

that is no surprise because he will not want to be far away from him.

In the commentary box with me Lee McMillan, he has competed for the

British team in a couple of games. We have seen the Danish sailor tack

off. He did not have a good start. That is significant to, see the

Danish just tacking out after the start, it means he didn't get on

the front row. He got spat out the back, that means that boats were

taking his air, he has dirty air, the boat goes slow and he had to

tack out to try and find a new bit of race track. At the moment it is

an early stage but that blue line is the gain line that shows who is

leading. It shows that Ben Ainslie is in second. The Danish sailor was

getting the wind taken from his sails, so he tacked, turned and

tries to get out in clear sea, he is coming across the racecourse,

and these are the early stages, if you are just joined us on the Finn

race. That man Big Ben and that competition, Big Ben against the

Great Dane. It's the battle of the bay, and this is the battle for

gold, which will be decided in the medal race and that is coming up on

Sunday. They are heading up wind now and Ben Ainslie is in the

middle of the course. When you see a wind swing on the early stage,

you can see the it change to one side of the course or others..

was a nice start from Ben Ainslie. It is one of the best starts we

have seen from Ben at the crunch time in this event. We talked about

the tide like a conveyor belt but Shirley you on the water, you have

a couple of Olympic Golds, how would that affect your race if you

were out there sailing? We are a long way nowt the bay, so the tide

is very strong you have to go to the left hand side of the course,

it is a more favourable tide. So significant that the Great Dane got

bounced to the wrong side of the field of play. And right in the

correct side of the field of play, according to the lady with a couple

of gold medals to her name is Ben Ainslie. There he is, the Union

flag, if you see a Union flag it will be berpbgs only one nation per

class. The breeze now has increased a little. It dropped this morning,

not as wild as the conditions were yesterday, but 12-14 knots out on

the racecourse, so Ben Ainslie heading to the left hand side where

the conveyor belt like tide is sliding him up to the top mark. We

are seeing he is in first position. The Dutch sailor is second, but

look down there, where is the Danish sailor. Seventh at the

moment. There he is, Christiansen. Last night there was a real bit of

edge because Ben Ainslie was forced or felt force dod a penalty turn

for hitting a mark he felt he didn't go close to. During the race,

the Danish sailor Christiansen, the Dutch sailor said "You have hit the

mark, you have hit the mark." Ainsley didn't feel he hit the mark

but did a penalty turn in case the two nations took him to the protest

room and two against one may persuade the juryry to penalise him.

Could have thrown him out the racement. But he was sure, but he

was livid. He is turning that ayetion into speed. This is the

Danish sailor who is way out on the right hand side of the course, the

side that Shirley Robertson was saying isn't favourable in her view

because of the strong current. It is better current pushing from you

right the left there is Great Britain, middle of the track, nose

out ahead. Ben Ainslie, he is in as good a position on the first leg of

race as we have seen him in any race here at London 2012. This is a

fantastic start from Ben. He has such a good start, like he said,

one of the best we have seen him have, he wants to convert this, as

Shirley has been talking about the left hand side of the beat. As you

stand behind the boat you look up to the wind, you have to pick one

side or the other, you have to tack up wind and the left has been

showing to have really good form, so the sailors have been fighting

for the left a lot. Ainsley working his boat through the waves. Tiny

chop by yesterday's standards. Using his body weight. He is one of

the oldest sailors. His bolt is one of the olders ones, in 2004 this

but a boat he won Olympic Gold. It went to the national Maritime

Museum in Falmouth. Then he hauled it out. He said I still that is

faster than any boat I can find. He is still sailing that boat. He won

gold in Beijing. He said new equip. Ehas developed new equipment. This

is his beloved Rita. The boat that has taken him to glory so many time,

the boat he decided to sail in these games, and this Olympic,

Ainsley has been playing second fiddle to a Danish man who has

found an extra gear. At the and there is still time because it is

medal race on Sunday, with the top ten qualify, and you take all the

points, from the races up until Sunday, but you cannot count your

worst result is your best nine you take them into Sunday's medal race

which is a double pointer. If you are far enough ahead, you don't

have to win the medal race, it is just a total points score. So what

Ainsley is trying do is go into that medal race with a points

advantage, over Christiansen and every time that Ben Ainslie has

taken someone on in a head to head in a medal race, he has forced his

way to the top, he has been brute - - brutal in execution and clinical

in effectiveness to go back to view, and interestingly, after the

start he didn't have a good start. He tacked out to the right, but he

is following Ben to the left hand side of the track, so everyone is

on starboard, that means the wind is coming from the right hand side.

It is like a drag race. They like the left hand side of the track,

they are all going as far as they - - fast as they can into that side.

That side of the course, to try and get the biggest advantage as

possible. This is Christiansen, the man who was a director in the music

business, the man who, after missing a medal in skpwraing

decided to take a break from sailing, and he came back and found

out that he did think he had the speed, and then in 2011 in November

he said full-time. I am going for I he has a couple of Wham! Ships

behind him, at the moment, he is eyeing Olympic Gold. That is what

that yellow circle on the sail is as we look at the fleet, sailing in

from the right hand side of the course. The Spanish sailor is worth

a mention. The silver medallist from Athens is in danger of missing

the cut. Only ten boat also qualify for the Sunday's medal race, the

rest of them can pack up their Olympic bags and head for home.

Great Britain are in a good position, also good is their not

way out on one side of the course, because that can be dangerous going

out on your own, as we can see... Yes, you see the fleet is spreading

out quite a lot here, so the opportunity has the opportunities

become big, the wind changes direction, it can swing left or

right and as that happens the advantage can change from one side

to the other. You have to be careful not to be too extreme with

your plan. That is the leader on the right hand side, could be the

Netherlands, the man who has had the last best three results. He is

a man with a big character who is starting to deliver and is fighting

it out for medals. A good start for Ainsley. Big Ben is beating the

Great Dane. Let us remind you are we are on the points score. The

Danish sailor is on 23. Ben Ainslie who has beaten him in two race but

has lost against him in seven, is chasing, but close, 27, others to

look out for Croatia, the Netherlands and France, close

between second and fifth. 13 points in it. But we are expecting the

Duel at the top of the table to deliver one of those two the gold

on Sunday. Netherlands, bottom of your screen there, left hand side,

breeze is getting slightly, slightly stronger. They have the

advantage on the left hand side. If it gets windier, Ben Ainslie hasn't

got the body weight of some of the sailors in this fleet. So for him

keeping it up right. Having the same leverage, sometimes a bit more

of a struggle. We are look at him now, if you look at the body,

talking, he is trying to work the boat over the waves. He can see his

feet in the middle of the boat. They are locked in. They have a

strap over the top. So that is locked into the boat. He is leaning

right out, all of his leg muscles really working hard, holding the

rest of his body, and really locked in position, into the boat. You

will see him rocking back, flicking back, and every time he does that,

it just pumps the sail, pumps the boat and punches it through the

wave. This is Ainsley, the support for him is growing week-by-week, I

saw on his Facebook page where he shares his latest update, the whole

of the harn Quinn teams are wearing red and green sock, the support of

Ben Ainslie, that is the support that seems to be growing, the

support is on the nose on Sunday will be there. Ainsley has huge

support. His profile in Britain changed so much when he was given

the honour of carrying the Olympic torch, the day after he won the

2012 World Championships. These animation show you the picture, the

mark is off on the left there, as we look at Christiansen, he is some

distance away from Ben Ainslie. The Spanish sailor heads out to the

right hand side of the racecourse. Ainsley has just tacked in front of

the Dutch sailor, one of the two sailors, that Ainsley referred to,

really upset him yesterday. He said Denmark and Netherlands you better

watch out. Head-to-head now. Ainsley and Netherlands. And now he

is working his boat really trying to get the advantage over the Dutch

sailor. He will be trying to point as far as he can to his left to get

closer to that top mark. But if you get too close to the wind you don't

use it most effectively and you slow down. The technique between

the two sailors. Ainsley working ahead, his wind were the first Ben

Ainslie, and he will slow down. is one of the smaller guys in the

Finn fleet, and he had to work so hard to get his strength up to be

comparable with the men he is racing against. He has had to put

on at least 15 kilos since the days of laser. We had a wonderful

picture of him earlier, how much harder his body is having to work

to make up for the disadvantage. It is hard physical work for Ben, but

he is doing it in a serious breach. He spent so much of his earlier

life in Falmouth, Cornwall. There is nothing in it, as we saw,

between the competitor from the Netherlands and Ben Ainslie.

Earlier in the year he convincingly beat the Danish sailor in his home

town of farmer. He was born in Macclesfield, spotted as a young

talent, and went on to thrive and win a world championships as a

junior. As a fresh-faced, shying 19 year-old he arrived on the Olympic

scene in 1996 and so nearly won gold. Four years later, he came

back to Sydney, where he had another epic duel with a Brazilian,

almost a boxing match on water it was so aggressive. The young sailor

came out on top and since then he has won a medal at the Olympic

Games every time since 2000 and there is only one colour that Ben

Ainslie wants. Three gold medals, and another one here. He will

become truly world class because the current greatest-ever Olympic

Kristian sent out to the right hand side. -- Hogh-Christensen.

can't move in the bad wind for too long to may have to find your own

nice bit of water before you can start building your strategy for

the race. His strategy is to go left. You have to have a good start

and that is what we saw from Ben, a brilliant start. It is one of the

few times we have seen him not really battling to get his own

space. On the left-hand side can be you can see Ben Ainslie has lost a

little bit of ground to the man from the Netherlands. The Dutch

sailor has gained a bit. Yes, he had the advantage he was leading

into the left so he was further down the line, further to the left

as we saw it earlier on, and that meant he could sail faster into the

left. Often been sailing, if you are first into the favouring corner,

then the advantage can go to you but we have seen some fantastic

comebacks from Ben so far. He has struggled off the start line a

couple of times, but really come into the fleet. Being up here will

really playing to his hands as he starts to fly down wind. These

pictures can be deceptive but we can see the Danish sailor on the

back four - that is the wrong thing to say in the early stages, but he

had a struggle at the start and went to the side of the course that

was less favourable. when the wind is from the right, you have right

of way, as if you're standing behind the boat, and Hogh-

Christensen has right of way over the key week on the other side. --

and Ben Ainslie has attacked for the mark. That line known as the

Labour line is a separation between the competitors. It seems the man

from the Netherlands has gained. As the breeze increases, Ben Ainslie

plans to take on how many birds behind? Canada, Greece and Spain.

Three boats behind, and Hogh- Christensen, the Danish sailor, has

already started the claw back. Eyes focused on the man he made so angry

yesterday. He wound Ben Ainslie up. Ben Ainslie came to Rob Walker last

night and he had something in his eyes. He is turning the anger and

frustration into speed. He is in second place, Denmark in sixth

place. He must be delighted. Yes, this is a fantastic way to finish

off the series before you go into the medalled race. Ben Ainslie has

got himself into a really strong position. We are going across the

wind and the boat's really start to fly now. He will be wanting to reel

in the Dutch guy, and I am sure he will do it on the downward leg.

Ainslie now, we are looking straight at him. Fighting at the

front of the fleet. He had a super start, using the conveyor-belt of

tied under his boat to slide him up wind ahead of the Danish sailor. He

is now in second position, the Netherlands in the lead. Eight

knots, I know it doesn't sound fast, but it is when you are on the water.

Ben Ainslie is on the attack, pumping the sale to make it go

faster downwind. Ben Ainslie looking to go in there, and

wouldn't it be fantastic from a British perspective if he could go

into the medal race leading. Charging down wind now, a great

technique. He is pumping his arm into his chest, and that is

attached by one roped onto the boom. Every time he does that, he

accelerates, and you can see how effective that is now. Look at this,

Ben Ainslie, the man with the reputation for making mincemeat of

people as he charges behind them turns his race around. The man with

so much expectation on his shoulders. If it stays like this,

Ben Ainslie for the first time at more than 2012 is in gold medal

position. If he stays like this, he will become the greatest British

sailor of all time. He has made his mark, and his Danish competitor,

the man who made him angry yesterday, is on the charge. Ben

Ainslie, when he finds that extra gear, when he gets angry - you saw

it in 2004 - he went into his own shell and on the water he came out

a different man. I really feel this is what we are seeing here. He is

pumping the sail. His parents have been so supportive. Ben Ainslie is

in the gold medal position at the moment for the first time at London

2012. Hogh-Christensen is chasing the battle in the bay, it couldn't

be more exciting. What an afternoon in Weymouth and Portland.

Great excitement here. The men and the women are both in great place,

but the Ben Ainslie race, what a battle that will be and what to

build up for Sunday. A battle between the Great Dane and Ben

Ainslie. I wouldn't want to be in that battle. He is a man used to

winning races, used to be eating people on one-on-one. It will be a

very exciting day. Iain Percy also doing very well and winning the

star races. Great news for Team GB We will be back at Weymouth for the

closing stages of that race, but look at this - 80,000 people

spilling out of the Olympic Stadium after watching the heptathlon, and

all of them trying to get something to eat. Note to self, bring a

packed lunch if you are coming. Everyone will be delighted that the

progress in the heptathlon because I can't confirm Jessica Ennis leads

the competition after two event by 25 points, ahead of Hyleas Fountain

of the United States. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, the teenager from

likes of Dobrynska, the defending champion, and Chernova of Russia in

16th place. The shop-bought is at 7 o'clock tonight, and another event

which will then Rapple 11 hours of competition for them on the opening

day. We are winding ourselves up for more judo, you remember jemmied

Givens taking the medal yesterday. It is a fantastically complex sport

- let's give you the guide to what is going on. Judo. The plane area

is called the tartare me. It is surrounded by a safety area. The

referee stays in the combat area throughout the contest. During a

contest, a variety of techniques ippon which secures immediate

victory. This can be achieved by throwing your opponent on their

back, holding them down, gaining submission or with an arm-lock or a

strangle. Waza-ari is award whend a move culminates in an opponent

being thrown on their back without the force or control of an ippon. A

yuko is awarded for a throw when the opponent does not land on their

Gemma Gibbons did yesterday. But now it is the turn of Karina Bryant.

This is her fourth Olympic game, she has never got any further than

the quarterfinal, that was eight years ago, here she is in her first

Olympic semifinal. And as we fly our way over to ExCel Centre, let

us show you the journey we will be taking as we get there. What a

moment for this heavyweight, she has been a stall wart of British

judo over the last 12 years or so and she has an almighty battle

against suggest Moto from Japan. -- the heart of what used to be the

old Docklands where all the produce of the empire used to come ashore.

Perhaps gold and silver and bronze. It is up for grabs now. This is

Sugimoto. The Japanese who stands between Great Britain's Karina

Bryant and a place in the final. Olympic veteran now, marked her

games debut in Sydney when she was just 21. She has been waiting for

this moment for a dozen years. The world champion is Sugimoto. So the

climbs don't get much steeper than this, Karina for gold suggests the

flag. Japanese won't necessarily agree with that from the country

that gave us the sport. The one that dominated the Olympic judo

competition since its debut appropriately enough in Tokyo. In

1964. They have not been in the best form here so far, the Japanese

squad. But, Sugimoto has been in fine form, she really has. Out of

all the Japanese she has come out fighting and he is looking good.

Karina Bryant fighting well. Totally focused on the job in hand.

So here with go, Olympic heavyweight semifinal. In the white

Sugimoto, the World Champion, from Japan, in the blue. Great Britain's

Karina Bryant. It is vital Karina doesn't skip with the Japanese

fighter. She is very fast. Karina we can see. That is the best part

of seven inches. 5'5 plays six foot. The taller Briton. She is three

kilos kwhrever at round 16 stones. Karina going over the top for the

home supporters about half an hour ago to get them going again. Karina

Bryant would have heard the ovation for Britain's silver medallist

yesterday, and in some way it would have taken the pressure off her,

because pretty much for last years she has carryed the hopes of the

home nation, she has often been the Britain as looked to to deliver

medals and it has often proved too much for her. Because she has

fought on the last day, it puts enormous pressure on you. Karina

Bryant doing well to evade the deadly right foot of a Japanese

that was coming in looking to do untold mischief. The best part of

two minutes. It is scoreless. Judo contests scheduled to last five.

Ippon, waza-ari and yuko in descending order of importance, if

you get ippon,... Bryant has got a good counter, she is waiting now,

for the Japanese to put in an move a lot. Into the second half of

this Olympic semifinal. Karina Bryant in the blue. Sugimoto the

World Champion from Japan in the the mate called, breaking the

action just before that throw from Sugimoto. One thing I suspect she

didn't have to do was put out an appeal on the internet for cash to

buy a car, which is what Karina Bryant had to do. Her old banger

finally packed up. She was relying on friend to get to and from

training so she set up a fundraising website to try and

raise a few quid to get a new one, or at least one that worked. It is

to the face. Doing well to stay off her back there and avoid the score.

There is the passivety warning for Karina for not attack, now she has

to get the attacks in. A second penalty and she will concede the UK

owe and she will fall behind as we bear down on the last minute of

this women's heavyweight semifinal. That right leg continues to be a

Japanese menace. Karina dominating now with the grips. Looking to get

her hips across. Can only go when the technique is on, she has to

significant 45 seconds of Karina Bryant's life. She is waiting there

for the pick up. She can't grab the leg until your opponent attack, you

can't grab a direct leg. She has cob seeded the warning we feared. -

- conceded. The Japanese fighter moves ahead with 30 seconds to go.

Two penalties. Karina Bryant got to go forward into the last 22 seconds.

Got to put pressure. Looking for, good attempt, took Sugimoto down on

to her knee, this last 90 seconds. There is a penalty to the Japanese

fighter for blocking out. Time stops with nine seconds to go. 12

years to get to this point. Nine seconds, to rescue a place in the

Olympic final. She did it glerl the closing seconds, can she do it

again? -- earlier. No. It is to be the nation who with the Chinese

have dominated this women's heavyweight division, who have a

representative in the final, it will be Sugimoto, but all not lost

for Karina Bryant. She will go into the play-off for the bronze medal.

She may well still have something very significant to takeaway from

her efforts at these games. It was lovely to see the two of them

coming together. It is the honour of the sport. At the end of it

Sugimoto has won, Bryant has lost, but they are mates at the end of it.

You have to respect her opponent and that is great to see, even

though she must be bitterly disappointed with that, she still

has the bronze coming up and has to be focused on that. Ultimately the

Japanese was an immovable object. Karina Bryant needs to refocus,

because she is moving towards a the defeat of the Chinese defending

champion, so Sugimoto will go into the final against the cue ban Ortiz

as the favourite, having seen off Karina Bryant here. Yes, and here

is the foot sweep, lovely timing on that. The Japanese fighter very

stylish judoka. So a silver medal for Great Britain yesterday, still

hopes of a bronze today, but it will be a Japanese fighter going

will be a Japanese fighter going for gold. Yes Sugimoto very

impressive but as cien that was saying she will be -- Karina, she

will be going against the Ukraine, who won the repechage so she still

has a chance to go for bronze, that will be round half an hour's time,

quarter past three. But there have been a couple of significant

moments already, not least for Karina in the judo, but for other

nations too. Look at this. This is nations too. Look at this. This is

a first for Saudi Arabian sport. She is the first woman to compete.

16-year-old. She had been in the spotlight before her event because

judo officials said she couldn't wear her headscarf. She wore a

tight fitting black cap as a compromise, she lost, but very many

congratulations to the 16-year-old trailblazer today. And on a lighter

note or maybe not this is 34-and-a- half stones worth of Guam judoka.

He beat his opponent who weighed 21 stones. But the big fella came to

griefment -- grief. Very interesting scenes down there at

ExCel Centre, it takes all shapes and sizes. We have been following

vents at Weymouth and the all- important tenth race for Ben

Ainslie in his Finn class, we left it with Ben leading the waves as it

were. We will head back to get the latest from Shirley. It is good

news. I am following the Starace, and they are leading that, they are

extending their lead in the gold medal position. Great new there's.

Back to commentary of Ben Ainslie and his battle with the Dane. What

a battle it is because Ben Ainslie, the news is good. He is leading, he

is extending. He is round 150 metres ahead of second place boat,

from a British perspective I don't need to tell you, it is him. Hogh-

Christensen. Denmark, hard to shake him off his tail. But it is an

opportunity now, for Ainsley to at least put another point on him.

They are heading up wind for the second time. We are watching Ben

Ainslie now. Smooth, comfortable sailing, he is just making his way

into the top leg, again looking back, where is the Dane? He is

caught up in second. Nothing I can do, really. Except stay here and

hope the others can do a job for me. Overtake him. Well, let us just

leave Ben Ainslie for a moment, where Rob Walker has over action,

how is it going on the 470s? It is double good news for Great Britain,

because the men and women are both leading. Excellent news for sacks

ka Clark and nan mills. They had a disappointment in the first race,

they ended up in sixth place because they took a personality

turn before the start line, but here they are, now, coming into the

finish, a huge lead and this is more like it. They came into the

regatta, as one of the favourites for gold, a long way to go here,

but there was huge expectation and a lot of attention on this duo,

they have gelled quickly, they have only been together for 18 months

and we expected big things so a mistakes from them in the first

race, but this is much, much better, Hannah and Saskia, winning the

second race of the day, excellent stuff. Great news there, for the

470 women. First outing today. They can celebrate. We will have a

breather. Now we go straight back to Ben Ainslie. Heading up wind for

the second time. Three classes, Iain Percy is leading, last race

before his medal race on Sunday. think he is starting to play with

the Danish sailor. The ice is a moment I have never seen outside a

medal race at the Olympic Games. Ben Ainslie has got far out in

front and he is going to go for the Danish sailor and try to push him

down the fleet. Last night in an interview that has been widely

watched, he said "he made me angry, he shouldn't have done that. I am

going to go for him", words similar to that. Now he is looking behind.

It took us a moment to work out what was happening. He is looking

at the Danish sailor and thinking I am sure of going on the attack.

These are extraordinary moments in the Olympic sailing world. Ben

Ainslie is thinking what to do. At the moment he will be in second

place overall. Will he go on the attack? Is he protecting his

position? He has had a big lead thought of this point in this race

and I'm certain that he has just been thinking Hogh-Christensen is

in second place, that is not good enough. I want to put a boat

between myself and Hogh-Christensen so he has slowed down. It will be

more of a match race scenario. He will try to give him some dirty air,

try to push him back further through the fleet. He might even

try to get a penalty on the sailor so it is of significance situation

here. We are seeing something I have never seen in the Olympic

competition prior to the medals race. Ben Ainslie leading by 150

metres appears to have slowed down. You heard the words of Lee

Macmillan who has competed in the Olympic Games twice, and we could

be looking at Ben Ainslie about to go on the attack. The battle has

been raging between himself and the great Dane, but after this race we

will head into the medals race on Sunday. If Ben Ainslie stays ahead

and the great Dane has a chance, Ben Ainslie could get into the

final leading in gold medal position, defending a lead instead

of attacking the gold medal potential winner of Denmark. That

could be what he is doing. Certainly the thoughts of Lee

Macmillan as he slowed himself down, and what will be going through the

mind of the Danish sailor? Sailing along, and suddenly this man starts

to slow down. We have seen Hogh- Christensen, he has been very

focused so far, not to affected by the pressure on him. You can see

the wind is probably coming directly from Ben to the Danish

sailor so he will be wanting to slow him down. He will want to get

him behind the Dutch sailor. Hogh- Christensen will be thinking of his

own game here, focused on non- being too affected by Ben, probably

trying to stay out of his way and not get involved in a situation

that Ben will create. It is significant, from where the first

time before a medals race I have seen someone slowing-down and

waiting for the fleet to catch up. These are extraordinary pictures.

If saving is not your game, forget about the sport, it is about the

Battle of the personalities. Hogh- Christensen sailing up towards a

man who is acting not in the normal way in a sailing competition. Not

just looking forward. What is he thinking? This was a moment when we

were caught a little by surprise. Ben Ainslie here, looking back,

slowing down, looking around. A little confusing. Looking back at

the Danish sailor and thinking race. Not pushing hard leaning into

the boat, not hanging out the side of the boat. Looking back towards

the Danish sailor. The big risk if he goes for the Danish sailor,

because if he does there is always the potential that things could go

wrong. Another look back at the Danish sailor. This is the moment,

a different sort of sailing. What do you seek in the body language?

We are so used to seeing him looking forward, punching the boat

and being aggressive. This is very different, he is still, and looking

back. The whole time he has been thinking about what to do. That was

a little earlier on this leg, and this is what has happened since.

Ben Ainslie has attacked. This is the 3D animation putting that

perspective on the situation behind. He will be also looking to see if

anyone else can do the job for him because the Danish sailor is

engaged in a battle of his own with a sailor from the Netherlands. Ben

Ainslie thought they had got together to attack him yesterday,

that is what he was upset about. Ben Ainslie attacks. I don't think

we could have forecast for this. There has been so much talk in the

wider sporting world, the man who was given the Olympic torch for the

first time in Great Britain, he carried that after his 2012

championship win, the man with more expectation than pretty much any

other British athlete, the man having a head to head from Hogh-

Christensen of Denmark. He watched the interview last night, you heard

that Ben Ainslie is angry, furious with what he did. He felt the man

from Denmark and the man from the Netherlands were saying he had hit

the mark. Heeded the penalty turn Fascinating, and hard to call.

and he has got the cover on the Danish sailor, but Hogh-Christensen

is doing exactly the same so every time Ben slows down, Hogh-

Christensen does the same. Here still and a strong position to be

able to do the same to the Dutch sailor every time, and they are

running out of room on this up wind leg. He will be hoping that, if he

can slow these two down, others could overtake. Shirley, this is

pretty extraordinary. It is. Ben is definitely trying to get some votes

in between. From Ben Ainslie, there is no point being miles ahead. You

only need to win by centimetres so he is using his advantage to slow

the Danish competitor down, trying to limit the points for him. From

where you are standing out there, is Ben Ainslie affecting them yet?

I think he did. When you spoke about it in commentary, it was

affecting him. He was getting tangled up, and now he is sailing

along, keeping an eye on what is happening behind. I wouldn't be

surprised to see him going back, giving him some bad air. Have you

ever seen this in a race at the Olympic Games before the medal race

decider? I think as you start to get to the medalled race, you know

who you are racing, it is no longer the entire fleet. I have seen those

starting to keep an eye on each other. We saw a little bit of it in

the star class. You know who we will be up against for the medals.

The thing with Ben is, he is intimidating and terrifying and the

Danish sailor knows that he is coming for him. I think I would be

feeling pretty nervous if I was him. When we saw those pictures of him

slowing down, we saw Ben Ainslie heading back, this is something

quite special. We saw the battle between Brazil and Great Britain in

the star class, but here it feels rather different, doesn't it?

there is definitely a grudge match that has been developing over the

last six days and there is a significant battle happening in

this race as Ben Ainslie looks back once more. It looks like it has

worked so far. The Dutch sailor has got through, as we look at this

graphic, but has Ben Ainslie done enough? He is clearly up in front

at this point. If the fleet was more closely bunched, Ben Ainslie

might fail it is easier to make the move, but he has to hold a man back

who he knows is very fast and then put some votes behind him. There is

not a pack of boats behind and that is what is very hard. Like you say,

it is unusual to see the Finn fleet spread out like this and it does

mean there is very little opportunity. There is only one boat

in contention at this point for him to get him back. The difficulty is

that he is in this downwind. If you have just joined us, where watching

Ben Ainslie leading in the Finn class and hears -- he is in the

lead. The man from the Netherlands is overtaking Hogh-Christensen,

that is another point gained. Shirley Robertson, I want to put

you in Ben Ainslie's boat - what would you do now? What would I do

now? I think I would keep an eye on what is happening behind him. He

has done a great job, getting the Dutch man in between, and that one

point could be vital going into the medal race on Sunday. Ben is a long

way ahead. He stopped and waited, and he is still a good minute ahead

of everyone so he has options. I would be looking behind, seeing if

there were any other opportunities. For it would close the gap,

wouldn't it, Lee? What would you do now? What I think he did

effectively, he managed to get the wind, take the wind from the Danish

sailor by sailing on the same part of the water. Exactly, so what we

saw, we are travelling up wind so the wind was coming from above them,

so he put his boat between the Danish sailor and the wind. That

means he has less wind, and that makes use lower so he was

constantly slowing him down and staying between him and the wind at

every opportunity. If you are writing the script for a sporting

contest, a battle between one and two, the story this week has been

about Great Britain - the man going to be the greatest ever British

Olympic sailor. The story has been Denmark Great Britain throughout

the week, advantage Denmark. Hogh- Christensen has been leading. Their

intention on the water over spills and Denmark and the Netherlands,

two Ben Ainslie's perspective, teamed up and went against him

yesterday, and now we have Denmark and the Netherlands with the wind

behind, chasing Ben Ainslie. Ben Ainslie would dearly love to have

more votes between him and the Danish sailor. He has closed down

with a lead of about 150 metres. With the wind coming behind, little

the can do except hope that the man from the Netherlands stays ahead of

the Danish sailor. There is such huge hit significance here as well.

If Hogh-Christensen finishes third and Ben wins this race, all he has

to do in the medal race is beat Hogh-Christensen to beat him

overall. The difference between Hogh-Christensen being third and

second in this race is the difference of having to beat him or

having to put a boat between himself and Hogh-Christensen to get

the gold medal. The difference here is absolutely everything in terms

of strategy going into the medal to head back, you're not going to

go back. The significance of the pictures will tell the story of

this race, will be where is the Danish sailor. Can the Danish

sailor overhauled the man from the Netherlands? The moment, 148 metres

of Ben, about 25 metres behind. This is the battle that will make

such a difference to the strategy going into the medal race. The

Netherlands, and the Danish sailor now. It will totally changed his

tactics going into the medal race if he can sail past. Hard on this

perspective, we will look at the animations in a moment. That will

show you who has got the advantage. The Netherlands competitor is in

contention for a medal. There is every reason for him to be battling

here. At the moment it is likely to be bronze. Now, what these sailors

are doing, heading downwind. The reason they are so far away is

eight are using the waves up to zigzag. When they get a little surf,

they get on top of the wave and accelerate. Ainslie up ahead. If

you are joining this race, Ben Ainslie is leading. He slowed down

to try and slow the Danish sailor, who was second back into third

place. He has done that at the moment. Well, Ben Ainslie's tactics

were planned Prix race. -- before the race. This is the points

standing going into this race. This tells you what Ben Ainslie has to

do. This has happened as the Danish man comes third, Ben Ainslie, 28

points and the Netherlands competitor, 32. It becomes a much

race in the final. If Jonas Hoegh- Christensen finishes second, Ben

will have to try to bring the boat between him and Jonas Hoegh-

Christensen to get gold, but if the Dutch soldier -- sailor beats him,

and it is staying that way, it is of huge significance. It means what

Ben did on that beat is everything going into the medal race. It is

very clever Seyerling and something I think only Ben can really do.

Jonas Hoegh-Christensen, if he can get back into second place, he will

go in with the advantage into the medal race. At the moment he will

have Ben Ainslie, his job to try and push him down the fleet. There

are no more discards. That plays into it of course. And you have to

count your medal race score. Well, we have seen epic battles in the

medal race of Ben Ainslie. One of the moments of the 2000 Games, you

may remember it, was won the 24- year-old from Great Britain, a big

job to do against a Brazilian and he may have been a lot -- a lot

younger but he was clinical in his execution. He literally did

everything, aggressive sailing. But within the rules. So often these

medal races turn into a head to head at the top of the fleet.

Depending on the results today, but expect to see another battle at the

top of the fleet. At the moment the Netherlands are up and defending

their position. Denmark are third. You will see Ben Ainslie crossed

the line. You will see him stop. You will see him watch. You say

that, I was just thinking, I would not be surprised, once again Ben

has worked a big lead. The last opportunity for him to affect this

race is as we come round the mark and reach across the wind to the

finish and it is quite a safe position that, reaching places can

change but it is a lot save -- say for downwind. There is more

opportunities to get away from competitors and find your own patch

of water and look for different wind. The boats have to go around

the mark before they take they last reached to the finish. Maybe we

will see Ben slow down again there, just to watch these two sailors,

the Dutch and Jonas Hoegh- Christensen come down to the bottom

mark to make sure his work is done and he does not get back involved

to get the Danish sailor pushed back once again. The critical point

will be down there and the wind is coming across. At the moment it is

directly behind. It is coming from his left as he bounced that mark.

What he will be trying to do there is get the wind from his sale to

slow down the Danish sailor, if he is in second, if he decides to do

that. But the man from the Nolan -- from the Netherlands at the moment

is doing enough. Ms Lee may be more aggressive in this if there were

more boats around but at the moment these three are a long way from the

rest of the pack -- Lenzly. We are looking at Ben Ainslie leading.

Today has been good for Ben Ainslie. The second race, the first race he

is one point behind. He got in the lead today. The Danish sailor

worked his way through from six. A quick look back, making sure that

Denmark is behind Holland. The Netherlands. He is working downwind,

not trying to squeeze an extra ounce of speed. He is not pushing

as hard. He is looking to be comfortable. This is what I was

talking about. He is fully aware of the situation, he has it planned

out. I can only assume the only reason for him to look back is to

decide if he needs to get back involved, if he needs to take the

race back for the Danish sailor. The this is the last mark. He will

turn left at this mark. Here we have Denmark. If the Netherlands

are in second, expect to see Ben Ainslie sailed towards the finish.

If he is not, expect to see him stay. He will stay far enough ahead

to be comfortable to read -- to win the race. He will not put that at

risk. There he goes again. Expect him to spend a lot of time over the

next a few minutes to the end of this race with intuition keeping

the boat going forward, but his mind looking back. There you are,

get round, head into the wind. Head towards the finish. He is looking

for his head turned. That is what I am looking for, looking behind. The

Netherlands are ahead of Denmark. Is it Jonas Hoegh-Christensen, the

man who has been dominating this fleet, dominating Ben Ainslie, and

now the man he was so furious with yesterday from the Netherlands is

the man who Ben Ainslie is relying on. The irony of that. This is what

Ben would be looking out for, looking back, making sure the Dutch

sailor is in front of the Danish sailor here and it is critical for

Ben that it stays this way round. Ben Ainslie is heading towards the

finish. Not looking back. We are looking at the animations. Ben

Ainslie is going on now to win this race. I am expecting him to slow

down and be looking back. Well, Britain, Ben Ainslie, that is a big

moment, a huge moment. The final race going into the medal race and

he has beaten the Danish sailor again. It is much closer at the

front, but is he going into that race just to beat the Dane? Make

the Danish sailor get gold. The man that Ben Ainslie was furious with

is now his friend because he has overtaken the Danish sailor and his

friend, as far as positions are concerned. Denmark are heading in

4-2. This is a race we saw Ben Ainslie leads from the beginning in

a day that was crucial for him and it is now the Dutch sailor looking

back, heading towards the finish. Ben Ainslie has won the race. Ben

Ainslie is reeling the man from Denmark in right where it matters

as the man from the Netherlands finishes second and that could not

be more significant or better for Britain, looking for gold in the

Finn class, the battle of the bait is heading closer to shore on

Sunday. The man from Denmark, who has held the advance, is going to

square up to Ben Ainslie on Sunday for an intense match. There is more

than rivalry between them. This is What an exciting race that Wall's.

How important that move was for Ben Ainslie. He waited, he slowed down,

he affected the great Dane so that the Netherlands could get in front.

Now that means that when they go into the big match, the medal race

on big Sunday, but all Ben has to do is beat the day to win that gold

medal. What a extraordinary grace from Ben

Ainslie. I am sure you, like me, was thinking back to 2000, when he

had to beat the Brazilian and he kept in at the back of the fleet.

These are hard-nosed tactics, entirely legal. What do you make of

it all? I don't think you have seen anything yet. Wait until you see

Sunday. If I was the great day I would be quaking in my boots. He is

a fantastic match racer. He uses tactics well. I have not seen him

lose a medal race. He is America's Cup sailor as well. When he has the

bit between his teeth he is hard to beat. The Danish sailor is going to

be going into Sunday very nervous. I am sure he will. He is behind you

at the moment. I would not get any his wake, the sort of mood he is in

at the moment! Thank you very much. Cheers. You know that expression

always the bridesmaid, never the bride? It is something Katherine

Grainger was all too familiar with after three consecutive silver

medals and near-misses in the Olympics in various boats but the

36-year-old, together with Anna produce a happy ending and they

have done. The most sought-after, harder and gold off any athletes

and the British team, it has been a long time in the making. They have

had time to calm down and let it soak in and they have been speaking

to John and Steve at Eton Dorney Here we are, however long it is

after the event, How are you feeling inside now? I don't even

have words, unusually. Still just ecstatic, so pleased. The smile has

not stopped. We said during the commentary, I don't think any

others have anybody seen so happy with the gold medal, of the

hundreds and hundreds of people in the disciplines of Sport, we have

never seen anybody so fulfilled, like a thunderbolt had hit you and

what is the? You tell me. The is, finally. I think the whole nation

heaved a sigh of relief that it is done. We have not got to hear that

woman again talking about getting the gold medal. What are we going

to talk about now? It is done. it done? You walked into that one!

That was the jab, the punch back. Do you know what, the whole journey

has been until this point today and we have not thought about it and I

am going to enjoy the moment. is a political answer, there is a

career for you. Anna Watkins, you have been a bit-part player, but

you were 50%, every bit as important. How is this moment for

you? It has started to sink in, going past the crowd and getting

away from everybody has let us finally so Cup this amazing

atmosphere that has been building around this lake and we have been

trying to keep our heads calm and focus on our own boat and finally

we can release ourselves from that and appreciate where we are and the

day we are in, what we have in our boat had to show the rest about --

and to show the rest of the world what we have got in our boat. I am

so proud of us. We have known we can do it for a long time but it is

not the same as doing it. Today was the biggest challenge. I could not

contemplate how awful it would have been if we had not won. How were

you when you were cut this morning? Really nervous. You don't want to

be nervous but there is nothing you can do. We try to keep breathing

and stay calm hope I did not feel sick after my breakfast. Class C.

When you got on the water, people say it is the moment the whistle

goes and you kick the ball, was it the same or the water? We are happy

here, I know what to do, let's go The nerves don't go completely, but

it is when we feel the best, when we are in our boat. You get a sense

in the warm-up if it is as good as it needs to be, and it was. There

is a lot of adrenalin coursing through you at the start up. It

brings the best out of us and the boat. A couple of questions about

the race, at the halfway point, you were in command. Did any doubt

creep into your mind the Australians might come back?

only point in the race where we have to be decisive was in the

second 500. The Australians got up better than they did in the heat.

When they were very much in touch with us. If they had managed to do

a big push the then we would have had a struggle on our hands. We

were very decisive when we moved away and I thought, there is no way

this is not going to be our day. The do you go along with that?

Absolutely. There was a sense that nobody was going to take this from

us. It is our day, our time and crowd. It was our moment and we

took it. Have you had any champagne yet? Not yet, but it is coming.

Somebody has got to go for a drug test. He is the best champagne

Popper Between the two of you? Everything is so competitive.

look at these glasses. They don't have any bottoms to them. They are

plastic. And it is a �4.99 bottle of champagne, but don't worry about

it. Don't to want to waste it. are going to toast, don't spill it

over the top. We are going to toast...

Well deserved. I think the headlines will say Catherine the

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We have indeed. John Inverdale talked about the sense of

fulfilment talk by Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins. Carina

is also in her 4th Olympic games. She now has a chance to fight for

the bronze. She is facing a 21- year-old from the Ukraine. Our

fingers are crossed for the silver medal for Gemma Gibbons at the s

Today. Karina Bryant it is a 31- year-old from London. We go back to

dozen contest in the judo competition. The first of the

bronze medal contests against the Ukraine and Great Britain's Karina

Bryant. This is how the Ukrainian got here. She lost her quarter-

final to the defending champion, who was the defending champion.

Karina Bryant has it within her to take the bronze. It is the

Ukrainian who leads the march to the match. Karina Bryant's march to

an Olympic judo match with an Olympic medal dangling above it has

taken a dozen years false start she has never done herself justice in

an Olympics. This is her 4th Games and it may be her last. Here she is,

finally showing the world what she shows the world most Gisin between

the Olympics. She is fighting so well today. She just seems so

focused. Karina Bryant, R best heavyweight of all time. She is

consistently up first winning the World medals and European medals.

Let's hope she can get the Olympic one. This time yesterday it would

have been 12 years since Great Britain's last Olympic medal. Today

it has been 24 hours. The Ukrainian has won a pile of World Cup medals

over the past few years. Nothing ever at the biggest championships.

She has rolled Carina over onto her back. It is a powerful start for

the Ukrainian. Corrina caught up in the grip and she has got her arm

trapped so she cannot do anything about that. She is the best part of

20 stones, 125 kg. The Ukrainian. Karina Bryant it is 16 stones. She

has to try and equal out the way different somehow. She needs to up

the pace of this fight. She needs to get the attack great higher and

get her opponent moving. Olympic veteran marked her Olympics

debut in Sydney, she was only 21 the arm up? She is applying the

leverage to the elbow. She got to roll over but the Ukrainian rolling

out. You try and hold down somebody you is the best part of 20 stones

and see how long you last. That is the challenge for Karina Bryant.

One of the issues is the business of finding opponents who are as big

as her in this country. Machine is in a small group of heavyweights

over here? -- she is in a small group. She does end up sparring

with the men. Karina Bryant and leading to up the pace. She has to

force the pressure and get the Ukrainian to make a mistake. She

got the counter! It has even the this caused up. She waited so well

for the counter. She is level. She could not begin until she did that.

But in getting there leg out, the Ukrainian dislodged herself.

Fantastic counter. It is all even. Karina Bryant or one has 7th medal

in the spring. I dare say she would swap them all for the one on offer

here. An Olympic bronze in London. into a position to fight here in

the Games. She must six months last year with a neck injury. She has

really come into these Games on form, winning a bronze in the

Europeans in May this year. She has to watch getting caught on the leg.

The Ukrainian is back in front. can see Karina Bryant at waiting

for the counter. She is letting the Ukrainian come on with the grip in

the hope of turning her, like she did earlier. So this bronze-medal

match, the women's heavyweights on the final day of the judo inside

the ExCel. She has got the rotation. It is an Ippon! Karina Bryant has

got an Olympic bronze medal. Yesterday, they have none. Today

they have got themselves two. The contest is concluded. Karina Bryant,

who has been on the longest of Olympic journeys. She now has a

Olympic medal work to show for all the hard work. Sympathy for the

Ukrainian, but Karina Bryant deserves this. She waited her

moment. She allowed the Ukrainian to come on and did the counter

twice. For so long she has been the figurehead of the British team, all

of them down there to watch. For so long she has kept the flag flying

in years when it has not been easy. There have been dark times for

British judo, and so often Karina Bryant has been the shining light.

Her team mates hugging and Olympic bronze-medallist. She deserves this

medal probably more than any one. She has come through the

disappointment of the last Games, and now it has all been worthwhile.

The 33-year-old from Camberley. I'm not sure we will see her in Rio,

she will be 37. This might be an appropriate time to say farewell to

the Olympic games. This might be her final Olympic moment. And if it

is, it is the best of moments to say farewell. She is pressurising,

fighting against it, but she puts the lead over and gets the turn.

Gutsy judo, going for it. -- get their leg over. It is becoming a

familiar sight for British judo. It will be a long time before they

tire of it. Do we need to say it? 12 years they have waited for a

medal. Since Kate Howey in Sydney, Gemma Gibbons yesterday ended the

drought. And now look at this, Karina Bryant with a bronze to go

with yesterday's silver. Hard to believe the British Judo in this

Well, the Liberals has been a long time in the making for Karina

Bryant -- DEC bronze has been a Bryant and British judo, because

that doubles the target that was set for them coming into the Games.

Britain are still in 4th place but just consolidating their position.

They have the 7th bronze medal and we will hear from Karina Bryant as

soon as Helen Skelton can get to We are going to look at equestrian

events now. Great Britain's three- day event has have done their bit

with a silver medal and now it is the turn of the pure dressage

riders. I am not sure, and I am not sure you are as well, if you know

your dressage moves, but we will shortly find out. This is a real

test, a mesmerising test of horse and rider as well. Great Britain

has never won a medal in a list -- in Olympic history in the pure

dressage events and they have good chances. This was the situation

yesterday. It is Carl Hester, the world number two, who hails from

Sark. He took the lead in the competition in the individual on

every competitor has to complete and then they complete on Tuesday,

in the Grand Prix special, which is a more difficult Test against set

moves. The top qualifiers go through to the freestyle section,

which is set to music next Thursday. Laura Bechtolsheimer and her horse

took second place in the individual standings, although the 27-year-old

Laura, who is completing -- competing in her second Olympics,

said she was gutted. It was her lowest score in years, she was not

expecting it. Great Britain were in first place overnight in the team

standings, thanks to their collective efforts, with Charlotte

Dujardin coming today on board Valegro. She set a world record and

the Grand Prix special event and she trains out of Carl Hester's

year-old Charlotte Dujardin. She needs to get near 80%. In fact, at

88.02 %, she got a world record. racking moment, for you, Judy,

because you and Carl Hester have been involved in this young lady's

to the limit. Yes, she came to me as a 16-year-old young lady out of

the showing world with a very determined glint in her eye, wanted

to do well in the world of dressage and, my gosh, walked, there she had

a loss of contact. This horse is ahead shaker and sometimes has a

glitch with his contact but it will not upset her. It will give her a

wake-up call. Take us through these movements. A good half past, a good

start, a good bend. Travelling very well. Now she has to collect him in

this corner, getting on his hind legs to make a good hold and rein

controlled. Really mature riding. She gives the horse every chance to

draw breath and take his time. She does not rush. This is one of this

horse's highlights. He has many highlights. He does fabulous

extended trot so antique she did that very well. Active, good, keep

bad bounce, that spring. Beautiful. Absolutely stunningly beautiful. A

little bit early, you can see the marker coming up now, but smooth,

harmonious and well done. No loss of rhythm at all through that turn,

and now we come into the extended walk. This is not his good point,

the extended walk, but he can do it well enough. Total us, the horse

that reached the bar in the dressage world, some three or four

years ago, but this horse being talked of in terms of raising the

bar still higher. That is what but also collected. This is a

collected walk. It is an important mark. The horse is content to get

upset and anticipate the next movement but she has kept him very

steady indeed. It could have been a stronger transition, more powerful,

but it is easy from sitting here. That is good. Those marks at the

moment, Judy, around the 82.89 %. Yes, she dropped down a bit after

the extended walk, which we expected. But she had room to. This

is a difficult transition into canter. He ran a little bit into it,

was not perfect, but it will do. Perfect is at ten, but and eight or

nine will do. Nightmare as we have to change is coming up. Keep your

concentration, Charlotte, keep your pat to say thank you for that. His

nickname is Blueberry in the stadium. -- in a stable. Look at

the crowd. An extended canter. This is where Carl Hester and Laura

Bechtolsheimer made the mistake. Don't let it happen. Good girl.

Well done. Now she comes to the zigzag. 82.76 of a marks at the

either side. Lovely changes. OK, one-time changes now, bring him

beautiful. Let's hope the judges think the same. The last couple of

difficult movements, the canter time. Come out, well done, good.

Now a change, now bring him back again, keep him collected, make him

80%. She will come up a bit now, I think. -- still on the 82%. The

leader is from Germany. What a transition, what power, what risk-

taking. Flamboyance of youth, Mike! Let's keep it up. Right, this last

line, this should really bring the hands steady, bringing him back now,

a good condition. Keep going, keep going. Keep going. Keep going, but

-- keep going and now come out. Good. And straight. Straight, good.

This is unbelievable. She has done the most fantastic job. 26 years

old, coming to the halt. A stand still. Good boy. She maintains the

hold. This young lady moves to Carl Hester as a stable rider and now

she stands on the edge of a possible Olympic medal, both team

and individual. That was a sensational Test. She was a show

pony rider when she started. She won title after title with that,

actually when she was a child was helped by its Tim Stockdale's wife,

Laura, and then moved to Judy Harvey, then Carl Hester. What

about the score for that, Judy? It is looking around 82%, 83%. Would

you be happy with that? She did a fantastic job, Mike. What guts.

Looking at those movements again, let's remind you this is the third

rider from Britain. Germany took the lead with the second rider and

they have one to come, but this score is one that really could set

the Germans a real challenge. But when we finish today we are only

halfway through the team test. There is one more to come next week.

I think we should go back to the old rules. What Judy means there is

the medals would be decided after this competition. Well, we will see,

because it is going to be nip and tuck with the Germans. There is

Germany and Holland to come, two very strong nations. Remember,

Germany has not been beaten in an Olympic team competition since 1976.

83.78 %, that is confirmed. That Mark puts Charlotte out ahead of

That is an Olympic record for Charlotte Dujardin, an absolutely

super test of horse and rider. I am no equestrian expert but it is

great teamwork to watch. It means that Great Britain's team go into

the Grand Prix Special on Tuesday leading the standings. Incidentally,

Richard Davison on Artemis was also performing today in the individual

event. He does not go in the team. His score of 72.796 is likely to

see him qualify for the next stage as well, so going very well down at

Greenwich. All going very well at ExCel as we saw with Karina

Bryant's ippon, securing her first medal in four Olympics. She was

giving away four stones to her Ukrainian opponent. Karina Bryant

is a bronze medallist at last and Helen Skelton has managed catch up

with her. Congratulations, you must beat

ecstatic? Over the moon, lost for words for once. It has been an

emotionally and physically draining day for you, hasn't it? Yes, very

very emotional. I tried to keep my head together, really. It is my 4th

Games. I wanted to do myself justice. I feel I have done that

today. This feels like a gold medal. Is it definitely the 4th and last?

I don't know. I quite enjoyed it today so, so who knows. Excellent

athletic skills. He was that you had? My Big Brother. This is my

family in this corner. I will see them shortly. I can't believe that

guy tried to stop you seeing your family, do can take him! He is the

boss, so I had better not. Huge congratulations. Thank you very

much. I would let her get her medal first before she tries that. We

have seen a very good start in the women's heptathlon for Jessica

Ennis, who is leading the standings after two events today. They will

be back in the Olympic Stadium at 7pm for the shot put and the 200

metres to come. We have seen the stadium packed to the rafters in

the morning heats for the athletics events and the noise generated for

Jessica Ennis and Dai Greene and Christine Ohuruogu was pretty

special. But you can bet that the decibel level will ratchet up this

evening in the pool at about 7:45pm, when Mansfield's most famous export,

Becky Adlington, attempts to become the first British swimmer ever to

successfully defend an Olympic title. Standing in her way, her

You have the most amazing friendship and rivalry? She is

amazing. We have been racing each other since 2004. We have been

through the junior seen together and one year I will win, the next

she will win. I hope it doesn't mean she will win this year because

I won last! She works hard, so do I. It is about who will get the finish.

He will get the finished tonight? Sue Barker, huge night in the