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did, you gave everyone so much to Congratulations, what a day has | :00:08. | :00:12. | |
been for Andy Murray after winning the gold medal in the singles after | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
beating up Roger Federer on Centre Court. -- after beating Roger | :00:17. | :00:23. | |
Federer. After Super Saturday, it has been a very successful day for | :00:23. | :00:33. | |
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the Brits today. Here are the other Ben Ainslie became the most | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
successful stay in Olympic history, winning his 4th successful -- | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
successive Olympic gold. Andy Murray, as we have seen, is an | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
Olympic champion, he beat Roger Federer in three straight sets in | :00:49. | :00:57. | |
the final of the men's singles. Lewis Smith lost out by the finest | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
of margins to Hungary's Krisztian Berki in the pommel horse final. He | :01:00. | :01:07. | |
took silver, bronze went to his team-mate, Max Whitlock. | :01:07. | :01:12. | |
It was agony for Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in the Star class, | :01:12. | :01:20. | |
they were forced to settle for So, Ben Ainslie winning his 4th | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
historic gold. Here he is, receiving his medal at the Jurassic | :01:25. | :01:35. | |
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Ben Ainslie, gold medal, his 4th Olympic gold medal. He said, this | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
has been the hardest week of his life. He slept very little over the | :01:44. | :01:51. | |
past few days. Ben Ainslie is the greatest Olympic sailor of all time. | :01:52. | :02:01. | |
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He spent much of this week chasing the man standing to his right. If | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
you looked at the scorecard, it started to look more than difficult. | :02:11. | :02:21. | |
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Put Ben Ainslie on the back foot, he responds. Great Britain expected, | :02:22. | :02:32. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :02:32. | :03:16. | |
One of his childhood heroes was from Denmark, proud of the shape -- | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
he is proud of the man he is shaking hands with. Now, the mantle | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
goes to Britain. STUDIO: Congratulations to Ben | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
Ainslie, the most successful Olympic sailor in the world. You | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
might have noticed that a lot of presenters have been out and about | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
a different venues but Gary has been keeping this seat warm. | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
Tonight, he is over there in the Olympic Stadium ready to witness | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
what promises to be another memorable evening of athletics. | :03:45. | :03:55. | |
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Surely, surely it can't match what Rowing had delivered in the morning, | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
cycling in the evening. What now would light up the night? | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
COMMENTATOR: She has given us a magnificent seven events already. | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
She is going to be the Olympic champion. Everybody is on their | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
feet. Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion, best all-round athlete in | :04:14. | :04:24. | |
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Oh my goodness, just remarkable. Greg Rutherford is the Olympic | :04:29. | :04:39. | |
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champion. And 24 minutes after Mo Farah is kicking on. Has he got | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
enough? He is going for it. It is going to be a glorious, glorious | :04:44. | :04:53. | |
win! Mo Farah for Great Britain, it is gold! 45 minutes that made this | :04:53. | :05:00. | |
the brightest of nights. GARY LINEKAR: Quite something, | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
wasn't it? The finest hour of British sport in Olympic history | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
and how, you might ask, can we better that? Believe you me, we | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
will try. For starters, the 100 metres fight -- the 100 metres | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
final, the fastest men on the planet with less than ten seconds | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
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In a Formula One race I drive almost two would miles. In a tennis | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
match I hit the ball 200 times. played twice a week, all year. | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
have to time to correct a mistake, a second chance. But what if you | :05:44. | :05:50. | |
have only got ten seconds? Ten seconds in four years. The smallest | :05:50. | :05:59. | |
mistake is magnified. There is no second chance. Ten seconds and you | :05:59. | :06:09. | |
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are either... Or the Olympic 100- metre champion. Or you are not. | :06:09. | :06:19. | |
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Usain Bolt will defend his Olympic 100 metres title right here tonight. | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
Who knows what drama will unfold in this magnificent sporting theatre. | :06:44. | :06:54. | |
It promises to be another Usain Bolt says he wants to emerge | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
from these Olympics as a living legend. We will see the fastest man | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
on earth. It takes an extraordinary athlete to beat Bolt. His training | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
partner Yohan Blake has done it twice this summer. Be whether no | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
man known as the Beast. -- be where the man known as the Beast. We have | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
local girl, Christine Ohuruogu, who once again appears to be peaking | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
when it matters. Can she upset the odds and successfully defend the | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
400 metres title? Triple-jumper Yamile Aldama likens her life story | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
to the plot of a Hollywood film. She is looking for an uplifting | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
finale in the triple jump. And it is a short walk to the Olympic | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
Stadium from the home of Perri Shakes-Drayton. She will be looking | :07:41. | :07:48. | |
for a stroll in her 400m hurdles. So it is athletics all the way | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
tonight, with the highlights being the women's 400 metres final at | :07:53. | :08:03. | |
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9:50pm. On BBC Three there is Jake Humphrey is and he is at the | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
cycling but it will be men's hockey shortly. Great Britain against | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
Here we are in the Olympic Stadium. I am joined by Michael Johnson. It | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
is a blue ribband event, the one so many people look forward to. What | :08:25. | :08:31. | |
can we expect? It is blue ribband - - Blue Riband, you are a pier and I | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
have notes, this doesn't normally happen. There are so many great | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
story lines coming into this men's 100 metres. It is not about the | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
times but I do expect some fast times. We might see the first time | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
all meant go under ten seconds. It might take going under ten seconds | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
just to get in the final, which is incredible. The way the heats are | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
set up, there are three heats in the semi-final to get to the final. | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
The top two get into the final in the next -- and the next two | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
fastest times so the league -- so the lane draws and he draws are | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
important. Usain Bolt is in the hardest and toughest heat, which is | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
going to show as a lot from him and what he has got going in terms of | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
the injury he sustained earlier this year and his fitness level. | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
Adam Gemili, he is in the best state he could be in, the easiest | :09:22. | :09:28. | |
vital -- the easiest final, with Tyson Gay. Asafa Powell and Justin | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
Gatlin to, Ryan Bailey, all of these guys, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
all of these guys could figure in these medals so it is not just | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
about the top. I can see seven guys who could all potentially medal. | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
That doesn't usually happen, but is what makes it great. It is so | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
competitive. All eyes will be on Usain Bolt and we will learn a lot | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
from his semi-final. He seemed to be holding plenty back in his heat? | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
He was holding back quite a bit yesterday, how much, we don't know. | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
His demeanour was a little bit different than I have seen before. | :10:04. | :10:11. | |
He was not as jubilant, he was not Dunne he was more focused. He is in | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
a different position. He does not come in as an overwhelming | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
favourite, so will he feel the pressure? Will he be affected by | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
that pressure? Normally he is the kind of athlete who would not be | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
affected by that but this is a different situation. He is a global | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
superstar. Everyone expects great things from him. He will be | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
interesting to see. He knows that Yohan Blake has been him twice this | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
year. Thank you for now, Michael. We look forward to the 100 metres, | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
about 9:50pm. A short while ago we saw one of our heroes collect his | :10:44. | :10:54. | |
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gold medal. Olympic long jump Greg Rutherford, I don't think he | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
can still quite believe that he is the Olympic champion. Once again, | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
an amazing ovation rings out around this magnificent stadium. He lost | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
this competition. The second round, 8.21, that would have been good | :11:10. | :11:17. | |
enough for gold, and he extended it at 8.31 in the 4th round. I really | :11:17. | :11:27. | |
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dominant performance. -- a really Please stand for the national | :11:35. | :11:45. | |
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CROWD: # God save our gracious Queen! | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
# Long live our noble Queen! # God save the Queen! | :11:58. | :12:06. | |
# Send her victorious. # Happy and glorious. | :12:06. | :12:16. | |
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# Long to reign over us. A little smile. He doesn't quite | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
believe it, it has not sunk in yet. Well, Greg Rutherford, you have a | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
lifetime for it to sink in. You are the Olympic champion. | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
Another emotional medal ceremony. He had to wait a long time for that, | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
didn't he? Let's go to John Inverdale to look forward to a | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
wonderful night of track and field. I think we ran out of superlatives | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
last night, didn't we? I was coming through the dictionary for other | :12:57. | :13:03. | |
words, other than amazing, extraordinary, remarkable. Unless | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
Ball or Blake runs 9.4 tonight, it will not be quite as spectacular | :13:09. | :13:12. | |
tonight but it will still be fabulous. Having seen Greg | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
Rutherford's medal ceremony, the great bonus of London traded of us | :13:16. | :13:22. | |
if you win a gold medal, it is you get a commemorative stamp, forever | :13:22. | :13:32. | |
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more. There is Greg Rutherford's. I There is the one for Jessica Ennis. | :13:36. | :13:42. | |
I think they are available at a post office near you, at some point, | :13:42. | :13:52. | |
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Colin and Denise are here. The men's 100 metres tonight, one, two, | :13:53. | :14:03. | |
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three, will be Bolt, Blake, Game. Blake, Bolt, Gay. Fair enough. A | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
final reflection on last night, was that the best night that you have | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
ever enjoyed? Even allowing for your gold medal, was up the most | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
remarkable evening you have ever experienced in athletics? | :14:16. | :14:22. | |
Absolutely, yes. We are having the time of our lives. Last night was | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
the time of our lives and we need to recognise that. It was so | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
special, so unifying and magical. For me, it definitely was. The | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
whole audience here brought the event alive. It made it extra | :14:36. | :14:40. | |
special. The performances were great but the crowds put the icing | :14:40. | :14:43. | |
on the cake. It poured with rain for the marathon this morning. | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
Please, can we have another glorious summer evening for the | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
track and field tonight, and we have got it. It is about 21 Celsius, | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
perfect conditions to run. The action has begun, the women's 400 | :14:57. | :15:07. | |
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metres hurdles heat. Eilidh Child a very long hold. Eilidh Child... | :15:13. | :15:23. | |
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Already, that was Stambolova who took a heavy fall. Stambolova, well, | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
I'm trying to check, was that another one going down, the Kenyan. | :15:28. | :15:38. | |
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Eilidh Child needs to concentrate, Eilidh Child, a quick Quint there. | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
-- there was a quick wind. Eilidh Child, it helped her that stumble | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
over would have been affected. She went down at the second hurdle, but | :16:17. | :16:27. | |
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Eilidh Child is through, that is whilst its sun is shining a little | :16:36. | :16:46. | |
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bit in the Olympic Stadium. But between Eilidh Child and the | :16:59. | :17:09. | |
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She is with me now. You are through to the semis, but not the fastest | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
of times. I do not know what happened in the back straight. My | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
strides were all over the place and I started to panic a bit. I am | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
relieved I have done enough to make the semi-finals. Were you able to | :17:35. | :17:42. | |
keep your nerves in check? I was almost crying when Greg was on the | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
podium and I used that the crowd to get me round. The crowd cheered me | :17:47. | :17:57. | |
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have liked, but she has explained how that happened. The athletes are | :18:14. | :18:24. | |
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already out on the track for the next heat. There is the fastest | :18:39. | :18:46. | |
woman in the field this year. 31 years old. Her fastest time was | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
winning the Russian championships. Spencer is the 9th fastest in | :18:50. | :18:58. | |
history. She has only run 54.39 this year. She finished third in | :18:58. | :19:06. | |
the London Diamond League. She is the Nigerian record holder, twice | :19:06. | :19:16. | |
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the African champion. 54.75. 53.96 was the winner of the first heat. | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
If she can repeat the sort of form she showed in the Russian | :19:23. | :19:33. | |
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championships, she should stroll round here and win comfortably. We | :19:36. | :19:44. | |
should not forget the Polish record holder. She starts in lane six. The | :19:44. | :19:54. | |
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first four will progress through to gone tearing off, past more Hamed. | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
She has got the Malaysian outside her and she has drawn level with | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
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the Jamaican now. Natalia Antyukh is such a powerful runner. She wins | :20:43. | :20:53. | |
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it and she goes through. 53.90. She is showing us why she won the | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
Olympic bronze medal in 2004 on the flat. Her flat speed is absolutely | :21:05. | :21:15. | |
excellent. She is a 52nd runner over the flat. We have been looking | :21:15. | :21:19. | |
at Kaliese Spencer for many years to be the Olympic champion, but | :21:19. | :21:25. | |
injury caused a bit of a problem. Natalia Antyukh has been dominant | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
for many years, so this result is not a surprise, but what is | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
surprising are the times. They are turning it on when it matters, at | :21:36. | :21:43. | |
the Olympic Games. She is a solid hurdler. She is quite good with the | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
rhythm and she keeps her timing well and she keeps focused on what | :21:47. | :21:54. | |
she needs to do. Now she has matured into this event. She comes | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
from the 400m flat, but she is showing a lot of skill as a hurdler, | :21:59. | :22:05. | |
which is really good to see. I am a perfectionist over the barrier, so | :22:05. | :22:15. | |
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I am happy to see somebody hurdling. It was a great night last night, | :22:15. | :22:22. | |
what do we have in store tonight? There is Yohan Blake. His training | :22:22. | :22:30. | |
partner is the man he wants to beat here. I have been asked by about 20 | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
different people if Usain Bolt will win. I have no idea. Keep watching | :22:34. | :22:43. | |
and we will find out. We will, do not worry. Before the Games began | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
it has been, have you got tickets for the opening ceremony? Have you | :22:48. | :22:54. | |
got tickets for the men's 100m? The ticket holders here tonight are the | :22:54. | :22:59. | |
luckiest people. Some of them got it in a ballot and they simply | :22:59. | :23:09. | |
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could not believe it, the only Each venue as an observer, does | :23:09. | :23:14. | |
tonight not give you an extra tingle? It is the most fantastic | :23:14. | :23:20. | |
drama and we have no idea how it is going to conclude a. The 100m is | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
the blue Riband event of the Olympics and athletics at the | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
Olympic Games, but this one is different than any I have ever seen | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
before because of the great story lies coming into it. Usain Bolt, | :23:32. | :23:37. | |
the greatest there has ever been, but not at his best. Yohan Blake | :23:37. | :23:43. | |
has beaten him twice this year. The Americans are coming back with | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailie. It is an unbelievable | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
evening. We have to mention the 18 year-old Adam Gemili as well in the | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
semi-final. It is an incredible evening. We will see in the semi- | :23:58. | :24:03. | |
finals a lot more than what we saw yesterday. Getting down to business | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
for the final. We will see so much and be able to tell a lot about | :24:07. | :24:15. | |
what is going to happen. Half an hour to go. Do you almost hope | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
Usain Bolt wins regardless? It propels sport to the widest | :24:19. | :24:25. | |
possible audience. Yes, I do. Part of me wants him to win because he | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
has done so much for athletics globally since his complete | :24:29. | :24:35. | |
dominance in 2008. Everybody wants to see that continue. How well the | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
story unfold? Should he win here tonight, it will be very exciting. | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
My feet I tingling and it is in a couple of hours. There is a lot | :24:46. | :24:53. | |
happening on the track, there is the triple jump and the hammer. We | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
have designated channels for every single field final. If you are a | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
fanatic of the hammer, you can watch it on the Web. On BBC Three | :25:03. | :25:11. | |
we have got the hockey match between the British men and the | :25:11. | :25:21. | |
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Australians. Let's go back down to Disappointment for the Liberian, | :25:40. | :25:50. | |
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the season for Lashinda Demus. I watched her on television and | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
thought, what has gone wrong with her? But she won the American trial, | :26:29. | :26:35. | |
but she was beaten in Monaco recently. This young lady thought | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
she would be a factor. But she has had a bad fall in training and has | :26:41. | :26:47. | |
twisted her ankle a little bit. It will be interesting to see how she | :26:47. | :26:57. | |
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goes. She is new to the event, not like Lashinda Demus. She was 5th in | :27:00. | :27:10. | |
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the European Championships. Elena Churakova. There are only five | :27:15. | :27:25. | |
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heats. Perri Shakes-Drayton goes in the last of the five. We have 24 | :27:27. | :27:37. | |
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athletes to contest three semi- We Lashinda Demus do the same? Away | :27:54. | :28:00. | |
cleanly this time and Lashinda Demus has started quickly. She | :28:00. | :28:06. | |
easily rises first and is leading as expected. Denisa Rosalova is | :28:06. | :28:16. | |
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running a little bit tentatively, but she is going OK, in the middle. | :28:16. | :28:20. | |
The Danish athletes in lane nine is setting the pace as she has decided | :28:20. | :28:26. | |
she has got to get out hard. I am not sure she will be able to hold | :28:26. | :28:36. | |
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it in the main. A good battle on she is going to be one of the | :29:09. | :29:15. | |
fastest losers. A real battle going on for the minor places. That | :29:16. | :29:23. | |
battle is very strong indeed. Lashinda Demus in the inside lane | :29:23. | :29:28. | |
looked really competent from the beginning. I watched how she drove | :29:28. | :29:34. | |
out from the blocks. She went into that 15 stride hurdle pattern that | :29:34. | :29:40. | |
she has. Consistent, you expect this from the world champion. I am | :29:40. | :29:49. | |
sure she would like to add the Olympic title to where she is. | :29:49. | :29:54. | |
Focused on the barrier, approaches it well. A little glance over the | :29:54. | :29:58. | |
side, but she should have known by- now that there was nobody around | :29:58. | :30:06. | |
her. She could just focus on what she needed to do. Once she goes | :30:06. | :30:11. | |
over the final barrier, she can relax. That is exactly what she did | :30:11. | :30:21. | |
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and strode away comfortably to the Portuguese in third place. Denisa | :30:34. | :30:43. | |
Rosalova is looking good for the fastest loser spots. This is the | :30:43. | :30:52. | |
big stage, the big screen. 20,000 people. It is Henman hell on... I | :30:52. | :30:59. | |
do not know, but whatever. It is fantastic. Somebody Michael alluded | :30:59. | :31:07. | |
to earlier on, an 18 year-old who this time last year was playing at | :31:07. | :31:10. | |
right-back on loan in the Blue Square South and now he finds | :31:10. | :31:20. | |
:31:20. | :31:23. | ||
himself in the semi-finals of the What a moment for Adam Gemili. | :31:23. | :31:26. | |
had to make a decision between staying with football choosing the | :31:26. | :31:29. | |
track and I chose the track for this year and that is when I | :31:29. | :31:32. | |
decided to stick with it properly and dedicate the rest of my year to | :31:32. | :31:38. | |
it. I had a big discussion with my parents. Also with my coach. To | :31:38. | :31:41. | |
find out where I could go and what the progression could be like. We | :31:41. | :31:45. | |
knew I could progress well, but we never expected so much to happen so | :31:45. | :31:52. | |
quickly. It feels like I am dreaming still. It is a whole new | :31:52. | :31:56. | |
experience for me. I have never done anything like this in my life | :31:56. | :32:03. | |
before. How many people can say they have run in the Olympics | :32:03. | :32:06. | |
against Usain Bolt or Tyson Gay or Yohan Blake, ought anybody like | :32:06. | :32:12. | |
that? People talk about with pressure with me. I am not feeling | :32:12. | :32:18. | |
much pressure because I am 18 and have a few more years in this sport, | :32:18. | :32:24. | |
so I am going out there to enjoy it, really. His first taste of the | :32:24. | :32:30. | |
Olympic Games has been a very sweet one indeed. | :32:30. | :32:34. | |
JOHN INVERDALE: There was a debate with a small the about whether Adam | :32:34. | :32:38. | |
Gemili should compete in the Olympic Games, whether he was too | :32:38. | :32:42. | |
young, whether it would have an impact on his career going for. I | :32:42. | :32:47. | |
am glad -- a Betis team are glad he took the chance. You have to take | :32:47. | :32:52. | |
the opportunities. You see young world juniors, European juniors, | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
who never come through, so when he presented with opportunities like | :32:56. | :32:59. | |
this and it does not get better than this then he would be foolish | :32:59. | :33:03. | |
not to take it and he will learn so much, regardless of what happens in | :33:03. | :33:08. | |
his semi-final. He is loving it. He always has a smile on his face. He | :33:08. | :33:13. | |
could do well. He's -- he could sneak into the final. It is a | :33:13. | :33:16. | |
debate within the sport. Mark Lewis-Francis could have run in the | :33:16. | :33:19. | |
individual event in Sydney 12 years ago, but they said he was not ready | :33:19. | :33:24. | |
for it and the chance never comes again? Who knows what is the right | :33:24. | :33:27. | |
thing to do. Regardless of what happens with Adam here, the most | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
important thing is that he continues to develop and continues | :33:32. | :33:37. | |
to be on the track to develop and improve. Even if he makes the final | :33:37. | :33:41. | |
here and finish -- finishes 7th or 8th, it would be a great result for | :33:41. | :33:46. | |
him but that is not the end. You want to be getting medals. That is | :33:46. | :33:50. | |
the most important thing, to take something from this and for people | :33:50. | :33:56. | |
to help him develop be a great sprinter. It is 21 minutes now | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
until the semi-finals of the men's 100 metres. Before that, here is | :34:01. | :34:11. | |
heat four of the women's 400m won the European Championship a few | :34:11. | :34:18. | |
weeks ago, Davydova. 53.77 this year. Second in the London Diamond | :34:18. | :34:23. | |
leak. That was the last time we saw her. There is the line-up for heat | :34:23. | :34:33. | |
:34:33. | :34:44. | ||
fastest woman in the field but she has also got the inside lane and | :34:44. | :34:52. | |
that could be a big disadvantage. This woman is in lane eight. A new | :34:52. | :34:59. | |
star, perhaps, Moline of the United States. She has made massive | :34:59. | :35:03. | |
improvements over the last 12 months, down to 54.33. She came | :35:03. | :35:08. | |
second in the US trials and was beaten by Demus, who won the last | :35:08. | :35:13. | |
heat so impressively. I bet she has never run in front of 80,000 people | :35:13. | :35:18. | |
before, either. This could be her first track race outside of the | :35:18. | :35:28. | |
:35:28. | :35:34. | ||
couple of years ago it was 53.95. Davydova is in a very quick time | :35:34. | :35:44. | |
:35:44. | :35:57. | ||
for her. He'd four of the women's four, the Turkish record holder, | :35:57. | :36:03. | |
who stood up when the starter said, set, and she just went away. Now, | :36:03. | :36:09. | |
what is the starter going to say about that? Having a little | :36:09. | :36:14. | |
conference there. What do you think, Colin? This is going to be an | :36:14. | :36:17. | |
interesting and a really interesting one. I am looking at | :36:17. | :36:21. | |
what the starter is saying, what they are going to do. Whether they | :36:21. | :36:25. | |
will do a yellow card, or a straight red. There you go come off | :36:25. | :36:33. | |
she goes. Her Olympic Games is over. So the Turkish woman is out. That | :36:33. | :36:38. | |
was fairly straightforward. I don't know whether we can see that again. | :36:38. | :36:43. | |
When they went to set, she did not settle, she just went out of her | :36:43. | :36:53. | |
:36:53. | :36:57. | ||
blocks. There is a big gap now between the Costa Rican. As they | :36:57. | :37:07. | |
:37:07. | :37:36. | ||
went to set, she went, and she is quickly. The American is getting | :37:36. | :37:46. | |
:37:46. | :37:50. | ||
have not talked much about her, but she finished 4th at the World | :37:50. | :37:55. | |
Championships five years ago and she is still a very good athlete. | :37:55. | :38:05. | |
:38:05. | :38:09. | ||
She is beginning to get into her but it is this youngster, Moline, | :38:09. | :38:13. | |
the new kid on the block, who is streaking away with this. 22 years | :38:13. | :38:19. | |
old. What a baptism. She is in her first Olympic Games, she is going | :38:19. | :38:29. | |
:38:29. | :38:31. | ||
to get it. Davydova and Wilson are in a photograph. 54.32. That, if | :38:31. | :38:37. | |
confirmed, will be a new lifetime best for Moline of the United | :38:37. | :38:42. | |
States. Well done. Well deserved personal best. It is the first time | :38:42. | :38:46. | |
I have seen her run in the flesh. I was interested to see what her | :38:46. | :38:50. | |
technique was like. I have seen her results prior to the competition. | :38:50. | :38:55. | |
She seems very competent. That was the only hurdle she struggled on, | :38:55. | :38:59. | |
hurdle mind, she was caught between her stride pattern but she was | :38:59. | :39:09. | |
:39:09. | :39:14. | ||
pushed into the final barrier. I am they make the adjustment, the | :39:14. | :39:18. | |
stride length changes as they going to the 9th hurdle and she just did | :39:18. | :39:22. | |
very well indeed and prepared herself for this final hurdle. She | :39:22. | :39:27. | |
cleared it nicely and moved on, no looking backwards or forwards, kept | :39:27. | :39:37. | |
:39:37. | :39:40. | ||
driving hard to the line and was JOHN INVERDALE: We have been having | :39:40. | :39:44. | |
a debate about the hurdling technique. We have one more heat to | :39:44. | :39:48. | |
come, including a British runner, one of the faces of the Games, we | :39:48. | :39:56. | |
hope, a child of the East End who can see this stadium from her road. | :39:56. | :39:59. | |
Perri Shakes-Drayton looking to rubber-stamp purged credentials | :39:59. | :40:03. | |
going into the Olympic competition. This could be a great race for | :40:03. | :40:07. | |
Great Britain, Perri Shakes-Drayton. She comes into the home straight | :40:07. | :40:12. | |
well ahead of everybody. This is a brilliant run for the youngster. | :40:12. | :40:17. | |
Perri Shakes-Drayton has taken this field apart! She is in form at | :40:17. | :40:21. | |
exactly the right time in her life. I think you were seen as a great | :40:21. | :40:26. | |
talent, if you make the title -- the final, potentially challenge | :40:26. | :40:30. | |
for a fine -- for a medal. People were saying you could win a medal? | :40:30. | :40:36. | |
I would be over the moon. It has taken a long while for me to run | :40:36. | :40:39. | |
that time. People probably expected that maybe last year or something | :40:39. | :40:47. | |
but it did not happen and that day, I was on fire. It went to plan. It | :40:47. | :40:53. | |
was nice, a nice feeling and hopefully I can repeat it again. | :40:53. | :40:57. | |
Once you have been there and done it, maybe it takes that obstacle | :40:57. | :41:01. | |
from you in a mental sense? Yes, now it is for me to believe in | :41:01. | :41:05. | |
myself. I have done it once and I am sure I am capable of doing it | :41:05. | :41:08. | |
again. I am trying not to think about it too much that it is an | :41:08. | :41:14. | |
Olympic Games. I have done how many races? It is a 400-metre track. I'm | :41:14. | :41:17. | |
used to running in it except of the crowd and they don't scare me | :41:17. | :41:27. | |
:41:27. | :41:29. | ||
because they are there behind be. - Gunnell goes forehead ten gets it | :41:29. | :41:33. | |
right, she goes for gold. You have somebody like Sally Gunnell saying | :41:33. | :41:38. | |
she sings you can win it. What do you say for that -- what do you say | :41:38. | :41:43. | |
to that? It is nice people have belief in me every girl in the 400 | :41:43. | :41:46. | |
metres hurdles is going to have some kind of fire in make-up, there | :41:46. | :41:50. | |
is only three medals that can be won and I am going to go out there | :41:50. | :42:00. | |
and do my best and hopefully it Natasha Danvers, who got a bronze | :42:00. | :42:06. | |
medal in the 400 -- in Beijing, is doing commentary tonight on our 3D | :42:06. | :42:11. | |
IHD service, if you want to have it in super deluxe quality. There is | :42:11. | :42:16. | |
Perri Shakes-Drayton. Can it really be 20 years, Sally Gunnell, Linford | :42:16. | :42:19. | |
Christie, all that, goodness me! What about her prospects here, | :42:19. | :42:25. | |
Denise? Like she said, she is one of several girls here that could | :42:25. | :42:30. | |
take the title, could really perform out of their skin here. But | :42:30. | :42:36. | |
I think she has a great gift. She has great flat speed, turning | :42:36. | :42:39. | |
technique has tidied up somewhat and that running she didn't Crystal | :42:39. | :42:43. | |
Palace was pretty amazing and we always felt she was capable of | :42:44. | :42:49. | |
running quickly and that 53.77 that she did would put her right in the | :42:49. | :42:53. | |
frame. Michael, a quick thing about personality and attitude to | :42:53. | :42:58. | |
competing. Mo Farah before the race last night was grinning. He was so | :42:58. | :43:02. | |
relaxed, it was almost like he was flat out. Perri Shakes-Drayton has | :43:02. | :43:05. | |
that quality as well. In crucial moments it can make the difference, | :43:05. | :43:09. | |
can't it? It depends on the athlete and each athlete will understand | :43:09. | :43:13. | |
what is best for them and how to get in the right mindset for the | :43:14. | :43:19. | |
race. Perri Shakes-Drayton is jubilant after the race, we love it | :43:20. | :43:23. | |
when she is interviewed, but right now she is focused on serious and | :43:23. | :43:27. | |
she understands the magnitude of what she is about to attempt to do. | :43:27. | :43:32. | |
Steve Cram will the start -- well described it for it -- Steve Cram | :43:32. | :43:42. | |
:43:42. | :43:59. | ||
world champion, she has been in the top two in the last three global | :43:59. | :44:08. | |
title races, Walker. It is someone for Shakes-Drayton to run down here. | :44:08. | :44:13. | |
A couple of good markers for her. The top Saw, that is all that is | :44:13. | :44:21. | |
required. No mistakes. -- the top four. Perri Shakes-Drayton has | :44:21. | :44:26. | |
started well. She has taken some ground out of one of the other | :44:26. | :44:33. | |
athletes. Walker has gone quickly through the first 200 metres. | :44:33. | :44:37. | |
Shakes-Drayton is sticking to her race strategy, her stride pattern, | :44:37. | :44:42. | |
which will be strong in the home straight. She needs to be sensible | :44:42. | :44:45. | |
here and she should qualify comfortably. It would be good to | :44:45. | :44:50. | |
get past Walker, she has done that and she is looking strong. She is | :44:50. | :44:53. | |
announcing herself as a real contender here, Perri Shakes- | :44:53. | :45:01. | |
Drayton. Walker is struggling, the defending champion. If she can | :45:01. | :45:10. | |
coasting, just about, Shakes- Drayton wins it. Well, that was | :45:10. | :45:14. | |
really good from Perri Shakes- Drayton, a really tactical race and | :45:14. | :45:19. | |
was -- a route -- she really attacked the race. She stuttered a | :45:19. | :45:25. | |
little at the penultimate one. 54.62, she made it look comfortable. | :45:25. | :45:30. | |
Colin? I was happy to see her aggressive from the blocks, get | :45:30. | :45:34. | |
into her stride pattern very quickly indeed. She did 15 Gaz, | :45:34. | :45:41. | |
when she was nice and fresh. She started to change down and ordered | :45:41. | :45:45. | |
her stride into the race. She does that very well indeed from the top | :45:45. | :45:51. | |
corner. That set it up very nicely for an easy run-in to the line at | :45:51. | :45:58. | |
54.62. From the blocks, very strong, very aggressive. At this moment she | :45:58. | :46:02. | |
will not see any of the barriers because she will be running hard. | :46:02. | :46:06. | |
She will not focus it and will a bit later on. She will switch on to | :46:06. | :46:11. | |
where she needs to be. Right now, she thinks, right, I am working | :46:11. | :46:16. | |
where I am, I need to get my 15 stride pattern in round this corner | :46:16. | :46:20. | |
while I am fresh, get into a rhythm. She has taken the barriers with the | :46:20. | :46:25. | |
same leg each time, which means she is on a Orde strike -- stride | :46:25. | :46:31. | |
length, 15 strides. As she goes round the corner, she decides it is | :46:31. | :46:37. | |
time to change down, she is doing a 16 strides. She takes that one with | :46:37. | :46:44. | |
her right leg, this one is the left leg. She dropped down to a 17 there. | :46:44. | :46:52. | |
Here we go. That is another. -- that is another 17. Good focus, an | :46:52. | :47:02. | |
:47:02. | :47:12. | ||
athlete in control of what she hurtling. She will be frustrated | :47:12. | :47:22. | |
:47:22. | :47:35. | ||
she did 17s. But she will be happy Safely through and impressively | :47:35. | :47:43. | |
through, what was your approach? Obviously I thought I had to treat | :47:43. | :47:49. | |
it like a final and I could not hold it back. I tried to stay | :47:49. | :47:54. | |
relaxed. The main thing was to qualify for the next round. Were | :47:54. | :48:01. | |
you looking to put a marker down? Not really, but I wanted to win. It | :48:01. | :48:07. | |
is a good start, you know. I am through to the semis tomorrow. | :48:07. | :48:12. | |
about the experience in front of his crowd? I love it. I'm not fazed | :48:12. | :48:19. | |
by this. I have been to the stadium before. I expected it to be louder | :48:19. | :48:24. | |
than what it actually was. But the crowd were lovely and I appreciated | :48:24. | :48:30. | |
it. Good luck for the semis and the final, hopefully. Hello to | :48:30. | :48:35. | |
everybody. A terrific start for Perri Shakes-Drayton and I have | :48:35. | :48:40. | |
been joined by our Olympic champion Greg Rutherford. Congratulations. | :48:41. | :48:47. | |
You had to wait a long time to get hold of that medal. I was with the | :48:47. | :48:52. | |
press today and I was with Jessica today and I thought something was | :48:53. | :48:57. | |
missing and everybody was saying where is your medal? Finally I have | :48:57. | :49:02. | |
got it and it is brilliant. It is nice to have something to look | :49:02. | :49:07. | |
forward to. It is great to get back into the stadium and in front of | :49:07. | :49:12. | |
the fans again. This is a home Olympics with all these people | :49:12. | :49:18. | |
going absolutely mad for your. I have enjoyed every minute. That was | :49:18. | :49:24. | |
your magic moment, 8.31. Did you think that would be enough? | :49:24. | :49:29. | |
never know in the long jump. If somebody get something right and | :49:29. | :49:36. | |
everything right, they have jumped a massive jump. I did not think I | :49:36. | :49:41. | |
was safe and I had it in the bag. I knew it was good for a medal. But I | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
did not expect to win it at that time. I was waiting for somebody to | :49:46. | :49:52. | |
react to that, but fortunately they did not and I took the gold. | :49:52. | :49:57. | |
Describe to us mere mortals what that feels like. It is the most | :49:57. | :50:04. | |
amazing feeling of my life. From inside I was trying not to cry. It | :50:04. | :50:11. | |
is such an emotional moment. It was blood, sweat and tears and it was | :50:11. | :50:16. | |
always more tears. I was going to try and sing along, but every time | :50:16. | :50:21. | |
I opened my mouth, it did not happen. I was fighting back the | :50:21. | :50:27. | |
tears. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You nearly quit four | :50:27. | :50:33. | |
years ago after Beijing pulls up I'm glad you did not. Yes, I'm glad, | :50:33. | :50:39. | |
it was a bad decision. So many people go through so many downs and | :50:39. | :50:43. | |
the ups are very rare, so it is about cherishing the moments when | :50:43. | :50:49. | |
you get them. At that time I did not have many ups and I was | :50:49. | :50:54. | |
wondering why I was doing it. But I have a great family and nowadays I | :50:54. | :50:59. | |
have a fantastic coach and a fantastic team and they have kept | :50:59. | :51:04. | |
my body in great condition. Because of that I managed to win an Olympic | :51:04. | :51:11. | |
gold medal. You certainly did. Sue had a lot of injuries, 17 hamstring | :51:11. | :51:17. | |
pulls, and you switch to almost copying Carl Lewis. Because I had a | :51:17. | :51:21. | |
terrible hamstring we had to look at what was causing the that and | :51:21. | :51:27. | |
the way I was taking off and it was loading the hamstring far too much. | :51:27. | :51:31. | |
We looked at somebody who ran very fast and Carl Lewis was a great | :51:31. | :51:39. | |
example of that. We decided to incorporate his depth. My coach | :51:39. | :51:44. | |
said this was what I needed to work on. We are now trying to copy the | :51:44. | :51:49. | |
latter part of the jump as well, but that is a big technical change. | :51:50. | :51:56. | |
Once I get that, I could get some bigger distances. Were you aware of | :51:56. | :52:02. | |
everything going on with Mo Farah and Desert Ennis? We knew what was | :52:02. | :52:06. | |
coming, she is incredible, an amazing athlete and again with Mo | :52:06. | :52:11. | |
Farah he is a fantastic athlete. All of a sudden I thought I had won | :52:11. | :52:14. | |
a gold medal as well and people were saying it was the greatest | :52:14. | :52:19. | |
night in British history and to be a part of that was amazing. That | :52:19. | :52:26. | |
has not struck home yet. I am so proud to be part of that. You made | :52:26. | :52:31. | |
a massive impact and you will be responsible for parents being | :52:31. | :52:35. | |
driven to distraction with their kids leaping over the sofas in the | :52:35. | :52:44. | |
living rooms. I was wondering whether last night | :52:44. | :52:48. | |
would lead to a national holiday in this country at some point. I saw | :52:48. | :52:53. | |
Tony Blair being interviewed a few moments ago and David Cameron was | :52:53. | :52:58. | |
here last night. I looked up to see if a national holiday had ever been | :52:58. | :53:03. | |
created because of sporting success in the Olympic Games and they had a | :53:03. | :53:09. | |
national holiday in Jamaica in 1952 after their four by four relay team | :53:09. | :53:16. | |
beat the USA. There was a huge rivalry at that time. I wonder if | :53:16. | :53:23. | |
Jamaica got a 1, 2, 3 and the 100m that they would have a holiday. | :53:23. | :53:30. | |
There is also Asafa Powell and T is the forgotten man of the 100m. | :53:30. | :53:34. | |
could be dangerous because he is a much more relaxed athlete now. He | :53:34. | :53:40. | |
is no longer the centre of attention. Before that he was not | :53:40. | :53:44. | |
able to deliver and could not handle the pressure. Since Bolt has | :53:44. | :53:49. | |
become the focus, Asafa Powell has become a better competitor. He will | :53:49. | :53:56. | |
be much more dangerous tonight. They need to keep their eye on him. | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
This is where the Countdown star's. The final is in about two-and-a- | :54:00. | :54:10. | |
:54:10. | :54:23. | ||
European champion. This stadium has just come to live. I wonder why. | :54:23. | :54:33. | |
:54:33. | :54:41. | ||
That is the Gambian record holder. One of the great Jamaicans. Asafa | :54:41. | :54:51. | |
Powell is a form her world record holder at 9.72 seconds. There were | :54:51. | :54:54. | |
question marks about Jimmy Vicaut and his hamstring and whether it | :54:55. | :54:59. | |
would heal enough or quickly enough for the Olympic Games. But he | :54:59. | :55:06. | |
looked pretty good in the heats. A personal best by this man from the | :55:06. | :55:16. | |
:55:16. | :55:22. | ||
Ivory Coast. A surprise package. The Olympic champion in 2004. The | :55:22. | :55:28. | |
American champion in 2012, Justin Gatlin. Next to him Keston Bledman | :55:28. | :55:33. | |
from Trinidad and Tobago. One of the quickest in the world before | :55:33. | :55:38. | |
these Games. He did not look so good in qualification. Listen to | :55:39. | :55:48. | |
:55:49. | :55:49. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :55:49. | :56:50. | |
that cheer. James Dasaolu on the will be the American, the storming | :56:50. | :57:00. | |
:57:00. | :57:04. | ||
through oh, my word. He was looking at them to say, keep up. 9.82. You | :57:04. | :57:10. | |
heard what they said. If we weren't expecting anything quick in the | :57:10. | :57:14. | |
final of these Olympic Games, that has been thrown out of the window, | :57:14. | :57:20. | |
that is just the semi-final. Powell was out quick. When Gatlin got | :57:20. | :57:29. | |
moving, and no holding him back. He wasn't flat out all the way through. | :57:29. | :57:34. | |
He has announced himself that he is here to do business. Asafa Powell I | :57:34. | :57:39. | |
always expected to explode at the blocks. He really focused and kept | :57:39. | :57:45. | |
working towards the line. Justin Gatlin kept looking around thinking, | :57:45. | :57:51. | |
where are they? Impressive run by him. Strong at the blocks, very | :57:51. | :57:59. | |
long stride. Putting a lot of power through his feet. Just glancing | :57:59. | :58:07. | |
around. Let's go, are the blocks. Segers long strides, completely | :58:07. | :58:16. | |
different to Asafa Powell. His stride length is long. Glances over, | :58:16. | :58:20. | |
quite cheeky. He will not be able to do that in the final, that is | :58:20. | :58:30. | |
:58:30. | :58:33. | ||
for sure. He was good and Powell was run out of the second place. A | :58:33. | :58:42. | |
new national record for Martina. Further down, James Dasaolu, 10.18. | :58:42. | :58:51. | |
7th place. You needed a rest after the last couple of days, at the | :58:51. | :58:56. | |
emotions, but you have acquitted yourself ready well. My heats | :58:56. | :59:00. | |
yesterday were really good but today expected to run a bit quicker. | :59:00. | :59:05. | |
Got off to a good start but didn't stay with the rest of the guys. | :59:05. | :59:10. | |
seemed relaxed at the start, he smiled when you were introduced. | :59:10. | :59:14. | |
Obviously the crowd are great and I had to acknowledge them. Once I | :59:14. | :59:18. | |
went into my blocks are refocused. What were you thinking | :59:18. | :59:22. | |
realistically, it did you think you could make the final? I wanted to | :59:22. | :59:24. | |
run a personal best and hopefully that would have got me into the | :59:24. | :59:34. | |
final. Went slower than my heat so disappointed. The women's triple | :59:34. | :59:44. | |
:59:44. | :59:48. | ||
jump final on the way, of Kettering about when -- Caterine Ibarguen. | :59:48. | :59:58. | |
:59:58. | :00:04. | ||
Heavily strapped, not going to help her. She goes into the lead. We | :00:04. | :00:12. | |
have got Aldama in this. We had the men's long jump yesterday, very | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
open. We know what happened, Greg Rutherford has just been down to | :00:16. | :00:26. | |
:00:26. | :00:31. | ||
the commentary box, talked about if there are any TV screens down | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
there, he knows where the cameras are, doesn't he? He certainly does, | :00:37. | :00:46. | |
I bet he does know just how fast Justin Gatlin Ryan. -- ran. There | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
is Yamile a Aldama. What a journey it has been. The world indoor | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
champion. If she gets it together she could be right in the next. | :01:00. | :01:10. | |
:01:10. | :01:12. | ||
Just a little bit of hesitation. Possibly could be in the lead. It | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
is hard out there for the athletes to get a rhythm because of the wind. | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
She will jump further than that, she is very experienced. That was | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
just a little gentle opener. Would have been nice to have gone long in | :01:28. | :01:38. | |
:01:38. | :01:56. | ||
the first round. Is this evening when Usain Bolt comes to life. | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
Justin Gatlin get within 200 this of his lifetime best. Surely this | :02:00. | :02:10. | |
:02:10. | :02:10. | ||
will be his night. There is his mother and publicist, one of his | :02:11. | :02:20. | |
:02:21. | :02:22. | ||
many managers. Jamaica in the crowd will be here in force, this is the | :02:22. | :02:32. | |
:02:32. | :03:07. | ||
in the front. Dwain Chambers, run one of his fastest times ever in | :03:07. | :03:16. | |
the previous round to reach this stage, 10.02, the British No. One. | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
And Daniel Bailey, 4th and 5th in the last two World Championships, | :03:22. | :03:32. | |
:03:32. | :03:33. | ||
10.10 this year. This guy could be a surprise. Ryan Bailey of the | :03:33. | :03:43. | |
:03:43. | :03:47. | ||
United States, he ran 9.88 in his medals from Beijing. The 100 metres | :03:47. | :03:55. | |
and the relay. Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson. From the | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
Zambia, a man who used to live in Great Britain, a former Yorkshire | :04:00. | :04:10. | |
:04:10. | :04:25. | ||
and English champion, Gerald Finley. first two will make it through | :04:25. | :04:35. | |
:04:35. | :04:44. | ||
automatically to the final. That is of his life to make it through here, | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
there are some class act in this field, not just Usain Bolt but | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
quite a few others as well. Usain Bolt, the world record holder, the | :04:52. | :05:00. | |
fastest man who has ever lived, goes in lane four. Bolt has a | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
decent start, so has Chambers. SEAL is going well. Here goes Usain Bolt, | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
turning it on. Ryan Bailey, the American, claims the second | :05:13. | :05:22. | |
qualifying spot. 9.874 Usain Bolt. Dare I say it, flattening a little | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
bit, but he is in shape. A wry smile on the face of Dwain Chambers. | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
It will be interesting to see how fast he has run, the fastest | :05:33. | :05:41. | |
loser's spot at the moment is 9.94 and 10.04. Richard Thompson has run | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
10.02, so Dwain Chambers will not go through to the final. But he did | :05:45. | :05:52. | |
run well, no doubt about it, his personal best is 10.05. Look at the | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
return to form of Usain Bolt. Anybody who thought he was not in | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
shape, he has answered those questions straight away. Out of the | :06:00. | :06:07. | |
blocks well enough, as sufficient, nothing to special. He literally | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
strides the crossed the line for a 9.87 performance. Brilliant. A lot | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
of time we talk about the acceleration, when people come out | :06:17. | :06:25. | |
of the blocks, how do people do it, but he demonstrated how people are | :06:25. | :06:35. | |
:06:35. | :07:02. | ||
supposed to do it. It was lovely to time for Ryan Bailey. He is in line | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
for a possible all a very own position, Richard Thompson. Still a | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
fast time for the British No. 1. He will not make it. Let's hear how he | :07:13. | :07:21. | |
feels about that race. Tell everybody your first reaction. | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
A fast time as was yesterday, nonetheless sum up the whole | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
occasion. I wanted to do well and get to the final, I am happy to be | :07:31. | :07:38. | |
here. I really am. I am gutted I didn't make the final, but you | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
cannot have it all. Was it worth all the heartache? Worth every | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
moment, to feel that atmosphere, money cannot buy that, I am glad I | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
fought this hard to get to this position. I look forward to round | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
two, whenever that is. Tummy about running alongside Usain Bolt and | :07:57. | :08:05. | |
your verdict? He is flying. I thought I had him and killed 60m | :08:05. | :08:15. | |
:08:15. | :08:43. | ||
then I ran out of petrol. He has in the semi-finals, I was impressed. | :08:43. | :08:53. | |
:08:53. | :09:08. | ||
that will take the lead. Army net started at 40.10, quite a strong | :09:08. | :09:18. | |
:09:18. | :09:30. | ||
women's triple jump competition. She won the Ukrainian Championships. | :09:30. | :09:40. | |
:09:40. | :09:52. | ||
ready to go. Kemar Hyman of the Cayman Island not starting so there | :09:52. | :10:02. | |
:10:02. | :10:11. | ||
will only be eight of them. Adam coach was watching the first heat | :10:11. | :10:21. | |
:10:21. | :10:26. | ||
of the semi-final and as a good luck. He cannot wait to go. He was | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
in one of the easier qualification heats. Tyson Gay has just seen his | :10:31. | :10:40. | |
:10:41. | :10:46. | ||
team mate. Return to good form by Gatlin, has Lunn -- won the London | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
race since then. The surprise package, the Japanese comic new | :10:52. | :11:01. | |
:11:02. | :11:05. | ||
personal best to qualify. The world champion, Yohan Blake. Known as the | :11:05. | :11:15. | |
:11:15. | :11:32. | ||
beast. Nice guy. What an atmosphere he is enjoying every second of this. | :11:32. | :11:39. | |
Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas. Hasn't broken 10 seconds this year, | :11:39. | :11:48. | |
has done in the past, though. And then Warner from Canada. This is | :11:48. | :11:56. | |
the easiest of the semi-finals, Adam Gemili has got a really good | :11:56. | :12:04. | |
chance of doing well here. And anything close to 10 seconds, 10.02, | :12:04. | :12:14. | |
:12:14. | :12:36. | ||
or quicker, if he was third, would Gay do here? Photo-finish numbers | :12:36. | :12:46. | |
:12:46. | :13:03. | ||
Gay. Adam Gemili trying to get involved, well done to the | :13:03. | :13:10. | |
youngster. Finished very strongly. The three winners, very impressive. | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
Tyson Gay may be holding back a little. This young man, third in an | :13:16. | :13:21. | |
Olympic final at the age of 18, what an experience. I hope he is | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
loving this experience. He is looking to see if he has made it, | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
10.06, just outside. Still a tremendous performance by Adam | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
Gemili, he did not embarrass himself at all in this type of | :13:35. | :13:38. | |
company and he has announced himself he will be a contender in | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
years to come, great performance by him. We must look further up on the | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
field, a head-to-head race between Tyson Gay and Yohan Blake. I think | :13:47. | :13:55. | |
Tyson Gay, he slightly mistimed his first couple of steps. But once | :13:55. | :14:02. | |
these two got going I think they were just playing with each other. | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
Out the blocks, Adam Gemili, very fast, very explosive. One of the | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
best part of his race. I am so looking forward to seeing this | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
young man run indoors. Get up quickly, it moves on through the | :14:15. | :14:21. | |
field, and he seems to get caught with everybody else's movement as | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
he seems to get quicker and quicker as he gets towards the line, really | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
showing he has got good plans for the future. He has got a great | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
future. So happy to see that. He is chatting now with Phil Jones. | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
A real sense of frustration from Adam. What is the problem? I have | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
been working really hard with my coach recently to get my start, | :14:43. | :14:51. | |
help me out and it wasn't really there. 10.06, I am happy, I am all | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
right with that. Just a little fraction that cost you a place in | :14:55. | :15:01. | |
the final. It cost me a lot. Obviously I was behind, I had to | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
try and maintain my form. I came third in the semi-final of the | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
Olympics, that is great. 18 years of age, you only picked up the | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
sport seriously in January. Exactly. And very pleased that I have come | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
here and I have done what I needed to do. I can get better and better. | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
You have got a great future, all the very best. Can I just wish my | :15:25. | :15:33. | |
mum a happy birthday? Thank you very much. Happy birthday indeed | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
and what a nice present, very good performance from Adam Gemili in | :15:37. | :15:43. | |
third place, just outside his personal best. The two qualifiers | :15:43. | :15:51. | |
in the final later on tonight, Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay. | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
The big guns or stand their ground and the men's 100m final line-up | :15:55. | :16:05. | |
:16:05. | :16:06. | ||
will be exactly what we hoped it would be, using Blake, -- Yohan | :16:06. | :16:16. | |
:16:16. | :16:22. | ||
Blake, Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay. What He is ready, he ran at the Jamaican | :16:22. | :16:30. | |
trials to get second place. 9.8 is not slow. People have a lot of fun | :16:30. | :16:39. | |
talking about Blake. We like rivalries. But look at this, great | :16:39. | :16:45. | |
Stark from Usain Bolt, he doesn't have to get a great start. Here is | :16:45. | :16:53. | |
where he is at his best, when he separates. At 60m, the race is over. | :16:53. | :17:00. | |
Reminiscent of the Beijing race. The race was over for him at that | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
point. How much quicker could he have gone? At least two-tenths of a | :17:05. | :17:13. | |
second, it could be more. We will talk more about that, 9:50pm, the | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
final of the men's 100 metres. And last night we were getting too was | :17:18. | :17:22. | |
the closing stages of a spectacular men's 10,000m and you know what | :17:22. | :17:32. | |
:17:32. | :17:37. | ||
What a night it was last night. I don't know if Mo Farah had any | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
sleep. It was a pleasure to be here, he was our third gold medal. I know | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
for the man sitting next to me he took great pleasure in watching him | :17:47. | :17:53. | |
when, not only because it was a great when, as we see Bekele stay | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
put for the bronze medal. Finished ahead of his brother who could not | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
defend his title. They hear the noise and what it means for British | :18:01. | :18:06. | |
athletics. You have waited years for it to happen and then such a | :18:06. | :18:16. | |
:18:16. | :18:20. | ||
brilliant race. Two men coached by A Keighley, the brother reformer | :18:20. | :18:27. | |
champion, the training partner of Mo Farah, he ran it terrific race. | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
It was competitive and close. But for us, in Great Britain, the | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
distance running community has been inspired for the next generation, | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
has been inspired by more -- by Mo Farah. He has been a delight, a joy | :18:41. | :18:48. | |
to behold. He is now the great Mo Farah. And listen to the stadium in | :18:48. | :18:55. | |
two seconds. Gold medallist and Olympic champion, representing | :18:55. | :19:05. | |
Great Britain, Mo Farah. What a moment for Mo Farah. The stadium | :19:05. | :19:14. | |
erupts come as it did last night. In adulation, in respect and in | :19:14. | :19:23. | |
joyful celebration. 27.30, the winning time, that is irrelevant. | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
The manner of his victory suggests more to come in the 5,000 metres as | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
well. Talking to his nutritionist this morning, he has done a | :19:31. | :19:37. | |
fantastic job with him, as has UK Athletics. Now, the moment we have | :19:37. | :19:46. | |
CROWD: # God save our gracious Queen! | :19:46. | :19:55. | |
# Long live our noble Queen! # God save the Queen! | :19:55. | :20:05. | |
:20:05. | :20:06. | ||
# Send her victorious. # Happy and glorious. | :20:06. | :20:16. | |
:20:16. | :20:28. | ||
# Long to reign over us. Well, it has been a long time | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
coming, Mo Farah giving everyone what they wanted but giving himself | :20:33. | :20:38. | |
what he deserved. Well done. We look forward to seeing you back in | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
the 5,000 metres. The heats are on Wednesday. Well done to his | :20:43. | :20:53. | |
:20:53. | :20:58. | ||
training partner for the USA, their It is very and hard to be impartial | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
on occasions like that. I am delighted to say that our | :21:02. | :21:06. | |
commentary team last night, they were right in The Thick Of It in | :21:06. | :21:16. | |
:21:16. | :21:43. | ||
It was all for that! Denise is very proud of her response there. That | :21:43. | :21:49. | |
was brilliant, Denise, absolutely brilliant. It was. If you are | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
wondering, I was trying to hear what we are doing next. There is so | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
much noise I have no idea. It is not an infrequent occurrence. The | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
whole thing about these Games, everybody in Team GB is feeding of | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
everybody else so after the unbelievable demolition of Roger | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
Federer on Centre Court today, to win the gold medal, he had this to | :22:10. | :22:16. | |
say about Mo Farah last night. of the events I watched, I watched | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
the athletics last night, it was amazing. Did it inspire you? Yes, | :22:20. | :22:26. | |
it was amazing, the way Mo Farah one. I do 400-metre repetitions in | :22:26. | :22:32. | |
my training and when I am completely fresh I can run it in 57 | :22:32. | :22:39. | |
seconds. His last lap after 9,600 metres was 53 seconds. It is | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
unbelievable fitness and it gave me a boost coming in today. The | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
momentum the team has had the last couple of days. The triumphant Andy | :22:48. | :22:53. | |
Murray today won gold and silver at tennis. Here with me, I don't know | :22:53. | :22:55. | |
what you saw the gymnastics earlier today but it really was quite | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
something. Two young men who joined me earlier a few days it that so -- | :23:01. | :23:04. | |
days ago after winning bronze in the team event, silver for Louis | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
Smith today and Max haste -- and Max Whitlock, bronze. It was so | :23:09. | :23:15. | |
close, Louis Smith, factions from a goal. It was too close for comfort. | :23:15. | :23:20. | |
I performed better than I have done in my life and to come so close to | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
gold and get bumped down to silver, it was hard to swallow but I am | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
very happy. You seemed calm going on to the pommel horse and with | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
such pressure on you, I was so impressed by that. Did you feel | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
that wait inside as well? It was a friend I was trying to put on, | :23:35. | :23:38. | |
trying to trick myself into thinking everything was fine. I | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
went out like usual listening to my reggae music. I managed to perform | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
the rest -- the best routine I have ever done in my life. You had to | :23:47. | :23:51. | |
wait and the last competitor went, the Hungarian come on one of the | :23:51. | :23:54. | |
top men in the game. It must have been incredibly nerve-wracking. Did | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
you think you had edged it? Personally, I thought I had done | :23:58. | :24:03. | |
enough to get the gold medal. Waiting for your sport to come up | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
is a horrible feeling, a weird feeling come but I have to give | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
credit to the guy who beat me. He has a fantastic competitor, a world | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
champion. I will be back with a vengeance in four years. | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
Whitlock, a bronze medal, you must be delighted. Was it your aim to | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
get a medal? My aim was to do was good job as I could and my target | :24:26. | :24:29. | |
was to get in an individual final, but to come home with two bronze | :24:29. | :24:33. | |
medals, I could not ask for more than that. You have done | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
brilliantly well. Louis Smith, I was so impressed with the way you | :24:36. | :24:42. | |
handled that decision, the fact that you lost by a fraction. You | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
did it in a very gentleman, sporting way. A real example to | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
sportsmen everywhere. Thank you. The guy I got beaten by will be | :24:50. | :24:54. | |
known as one of the world's best pommel horse workers and to come | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
second was a pleasure. Thank you very much indeed and many | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
congratulations. It is time for the semi-finals of the women's 1,500 | :25:02. | :25:12. | |
:25:12. | :25:19. | ||
one British athlete in each of them, Ross Murray. Let's hope the young | :25:19. | :25:25. | |
man can make it through. It will be a tall order. The first Pride go | :25:25. | :25:35. | |
:25:35. | :25:44. | ||
another person in Beijing, but was subsequently disqualified for a | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
doping offence and to prop became - - and Kiprop became champion. He | :25:48. | :25:55. | |
has dominated world 1,500 metre running since then. Gebremedihin | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
will be a danger, anyone in this semi-final is a danger. Brendan, a | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
quick word on Ross Murray. He has come on fantastically this year, | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
but he has always been a great talent? He has been a talent from | :26:09. | :26:19. | |
:26:19. | :26:19. | ||
being a young man. Makhloufi is tough and strong. Ross Murray | :26:19. | :26:29. | |
:26:29. | :26:30. | ||
started the year at 3.43, now 3.34. You have to appreciate the crowd. | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
He has his own act now, well done. This is his first major | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
international, the Olympic Games semi-final. There are ten athletes | :26:40. | :26:43. | |
who have run faster than Ross Murray but I promise you, they will | :26:43. | :26:48. | |
not all beaten today. He will respond to this. He is a young man | :26:48. | :26:55. | |
with a big appetite. So the Olympic 1,500 metre semi-final, right on | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
:27:05. | :27:06. | ||
the inside in the Qatari strip is the world junior champion, Driouch. | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
Kiprop is round the outside, the European champion Ingebrigtsen is | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
from Norway. I have mentioned a few titles, it gives you an indication | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
of the job at hand for Ross Murray. He has gone to the back, that is OK | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
at this stage. He has good speed and is learning all the time, | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
certainly at this level where to put himself a place himself and the | :27:28. | :27:31. | |
Olympic champion is controlling it at the front. Ross Murray things, | :27:31. | :27:37. | |
OK, I will get closer, he is good. He is right to do that but it is | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
very slow. The Olympic champion is dictating the pace. It is | :27:40. | :27:46. | |
excessively slow, 46 seconds for 300 metres. They are jogging. It | :27:46. | :27:51. | |
looks as though they are jogging. This is difficult, the speed of the | :27:52. | :27:56. | |
first heat and the qualifying fastest loser will be removed and | :27:56. | :28:01. | |
the advantage comes in the second. There is Gregson from Australia | :28:01. | :28:04. | |
moving up on the outside. 63 seconds on the first lap, it is | :28:04. | :28:11. | |
tough to have a fast time. Ross Murray needs to finish in the first | :28:11. | :28:15. | |
five and keep out of trouble because they are tightly packed | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
together and he needs to respond to the crowd. They will cheer him all | :28:19. | :28:23. | |
the way. It is for him they are cheering. They will know that | :28:23. | :28:26. | |
Kiprop is champion but they know that the young Briton is here at | :28:26. | :28:32. | |
will do his best. Manzano is quick and always manages to find a way | :28:32. | :28:38. | |
through, the American champion. He is good in slow races. Gregson and | :28:38. | :28:42. | |
Murray are good friends. Makhloufi, who was very impressive in | :28:42. | :28:46. | |
qualification, just looking for room on the inside as they start to | :28:46. | :28:50. | |
push and shove and they want to get going. Ross Murray has got into a | :28:50. | :28:58. | |
good position, got out of trouble very nicely. They are moving into | :28:58. | :29:05. | |
lane two. Driouch is stuck on the inside. Kiprop is having a look, | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
another slow lap. Now the race is on. Ross Murray is in a good | :29:09. | :29:16. | |
position. It is a test of 800 metres speed rather than endurance. | :29:16. | :29:20. | |
Ross Murray -- Ross Murray ers on the side of endurance. The most | :29:20. | :29:25. | |
important thing is to take close order and don't give them a start | :29:25. | :29:32. | |
at the bell. They have to work on to the outside. This is boiling and | :29:32. | :29:36. | |
bubbling, the last lap being dictated by Kiprop, the Olympic | :29:36. | :29:41. | |
champion. He is vulnerable in a slow races and there is Ross Murray | :29:41. | :29:44. | |
with a wall of athletes in front of him. He has to try to get out of | :29:44. | :29:49. | |
that. He had got a good position but it is messy again. He is not | :29:49. | :29:53. | |
too far off the lead and he has to have a clear run, not panic. They | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
are starting to kick at the front. Wheating at the back is taking the | :29:58. | :30:01. | |
long route round. Murray is starting to go down the back | :30:01. | :30:07. | |
straight. Kiprop, Driouch and Gebremedihin at the front. Their | :30:08. | :30:13. | |
event. They are running away from Ross Murray. There is bumping. Ross | :30:13. | :30:17. | |
Murray is being tested now, unfortunately. He will keep | :30:17. | :30:22. | |
fighting. The top five will go through and two fastest losers | :30:22. | :30:27. | |
spots and these are the sprinters. I have never seen this man run like | :30:27. | :30:32. | |
this before, never, that is unusual to see, the Algerian being this | :30:32. | :30:37. | |
good. Look at Kiprop struggling. Manzano does well. Right on the | :30:37. | :30:45. | |
inside, Ingebrigtsen, they are the five. Ross Murray coming in with | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
Weeting, round about night -- coming in with Wheating. He will | :30:49. | :30:52. | |
learn from that, getting to the semi-final was as good as we would | :30:53. | :30:59. | |
expect. I am not sure what I am watching with Radcliffe and there, | :30:59. | :31:04. | |
surprising in the heats and equally eye-catching in a semi-final -- | :31:04. | :31:09. | |
Radcliffe. -- Makhloufi. The Olympic champion was left wanting. | :31:09. | :31:13. | |
Ross Murray, baptism of fire and the Olympic semi-final but he has | :31:13. | :31:16. | |
come a long way, giving them too much start in the back straight, | :31:16. | :31:21. | |
getting chopped four speed. We always thought it was going to be | :31:21. | :31:27. | |
difficult with that extension. Look at that loose, extending in the | :31:27. | :31:33. | |
finishing straight, running like a sprinter. It was a sprint race. | :31:33. | :31:39. | |
Sometimes Kiprop is vulnerable in a sprint finish but here comes the | :31:39. | :31:42. | |
others, nipping through on the inside is Ingebrigtsen, the | :31:42. | :31:46. | |
European champion. They will not be fast qualifiers for this round but | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
he does not seem to be troubled at all, Mac loose, he looks totally | :31:50. | :31:57. | |
comfortable there. Kiprop, the reigning champion, the man who was | :31:57. | :32:02. | |
thought would win this race, now there is a question over Kiprop's | :32:02. | :32:12. | |
:32:12. | :32:17. | ||
ability to compete in a slow run triple jump. Not much happening at | :32:17. | :32:27. | |
:32:27. | :32:27. | ||
the moment. Still the Ukrainian, 14.56. Kimberly Williams in third | :32:27. | :32:35. | |
place. That is a little bit more like it. One of the Troubles | :32:36. | :32:41. | |
athletes have, they want to relax those first few strides, you have | :32:41. | :32:46. | |
to work hard, it compromises you take-off position and sometimes | :32:47. | :32:56. | |
accuracy is compromised. Very powerful, it bar when, into the | :32:56. | :33:06. | |
:33:06. | :33:11. | ||
lead. -- Caterine Ibarguen. Yamile Aldama is still struggling. The | :33:11. | :33:21. | |
:33:21. | :33:23. | ||
world indoor champion now. 14.54, the third place at the moment. It | :33:23. | :33:31. | |
is big. That is better. That is towards 50 metres. It is some | :33:31. | :33:33. | |
statistic. Since September to theirs and intent there have been | :33:33. | :33:40. | |
no legal chums higher than 50 metres. That looks like a massive | :33:40. | :33:48. | |
jump. It may have been deceptive. It could well have been part of her | :33:48. | :33:58. | |
:33:58. | :33:59. | ||
shoulder or arm making a mark. 14.98, the big lead. Halfway | :33:59. | :34:09. | |
:34:09. | :34:09. | ||
through this final. Both Yamile Aldama is down in 10th place, it | :34:09. | :34:19. | |
:34:19. | :34:21. | ||
used to improve to get into the top eight. -- she needs to improve. A | :34:21. | :34:31. | |
:34:31. | :34:36. | ||
absolutely crucial. Need something above 14.20. It is better. It is | :34:36. | :34:40. | |
going to be a nervous wait. You can see the strapping on her shoulders, | :34:40. | :34:50. | |
:34:50. | :34:55. | ||
she injured herself in Rome. Well behind the board. Was 4th in Sydney, | :34:55. | :35:05. | |
:35:05. | :35:09. | ||
in Athens 50. She will get three of Kiprop who isn't good in slowly- | :35:09. | :35:18. | |
run races. Ross Murray, a learning process for him, conducted himself | :35:18. | :35:25. | |
well in the heats. He is with Phil. Your first Olympics, that was a | :35:25. | :35:34. | |
real baptism. Disappointed. I think I am better than that. I am not | :35:34. | :35:43. | |
sure what went wrong. I suppose if you told me a year ago, or even | :35:43. | :35:45. | |
eight months I would be disappointed with missing out on | :35:45. | :35:48. | |
the final of the Olympics I would probably laugh in your face. Just | :35:48. | :35:56. | |
one of these things, I have got to learn from it, most of these guys | :35:56. | :36:00. | |
have been going hard for four years, I've had six or seven months | :36:00. | :36:05. | |
training. What is the biggest thing you will take from this experience? | :36:05. | :36:13. | |
The whole thing. The crowd, everything like that. I will look | :36:13. | :36:17. | |
back on this and think it was a fantastic experience. But I will | :36:17. | :36:25. | |
use it as motivation. I will try to do better. Get back into training. | :36:25. | :36:35. | |
:36:35. | :36:41. | ||
semi-final, Andrew Baddeley on the inside aiming to make his second | :36:41. | :36:45. | |
consecutive Olympic final. Up against very strong opposition, | :36:45. | :36:50. | |
Silas Kiplagat, one of two Kenyans in the field, Nicholas, the Olympic | :36:50. | :36:54. | |
silver-medallist from four years ago, just running towards the back | :36:54. | :37:01. | |
of the pack. Wearing the famous silver fern of New Zealand. A tough | :37:01. | :37:11. | |
:37:11. | :37:13. | ||
ask for Andrew Baddeley. Leaving at the moment, the runner from Bahrain. | :37:13. | :37:17. | |
The advantage of the second heat is they know what they have got to do, | :37:17. | :37:20. | |
seven of the qualifiers should easily come from this heat which | :37:20. | :37:24. | |
makes it easier for Andrew Baddeley, at the back of the pack there, out | :37:24. | :37:29. | |
of trouble, gives himself a chance. There he is, right at the back. | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
When I think about the final of the men's 1,500 metres the chairman of | :37:33. | :37:37. | |
the organising committee in his own event, certainly wants a British | :37:37. | :37:41. | |
athlete in the final. Andrew Baddeley is the one, the pressure | :37:41. | :37:47. | |
is on now. The leader is going quick, Andrew is watching Nick | :37:47. | :37:54. | |
Willis. Already they away faster. Andrew Baddeley has got to work his | :37:54. | :37:58. | |
way through the field, finish in the first seven at this sort of | :37:58. | :38:08. | |
:38:08. | :38:11. | ||
pace. That is the right thing to do. Chepseba has got a lead. Very good | :38:11. | :38:15. | |
Moroccan in third place. Nicholas sitting back in 9th or 10th place. | :38:15. | :38:20. | |
Andrew Baddeley is sitting right at the back. Chepseba or, third | :38:20. | :38:23. | |
fastest in the world, the Kenyans are dominating the world rankings | :38:23. | :38:32. | |
with a top three. This is much quicker. Andrew Baddeley has to dig | :38:32. | :38:36. | |
in. He is getting a lid on a plate for them, a test of his running | :38:36. | :38:42. | |
ability. These tactics are dead easy, you have just got to follow | :38:42. | :38:51. | |
the leader. Still a good pace. Andrew Baddeley needs to be in that | :38:51. | :38:56. | |
group, he is working his way through. A bit of a stumble there. | :38:56. | :38:59. | |
He just slipped round the inside. He needs to move and put himself a | :38:59. | :39:07. | |
bit closer. He is in 10th place, he needs to be 7th. The Frenchman who | :39:07. | :39:13. | |
suffered worst out of that. He is towards the back of the field. | :39:13. | :39:21. | |
Chepseba of Kenya, as they head towards the bell, the Kenyan coming | :39:21. | :39:27. | |
through his Kiplagat, they are hoping to dominate. The German a | :39:27. | :39:30. | |
quick finisher as well. Getting a bit nervous for Andrew Baddeley, | :39:30. | :39:34. | |
hope he has got something down the back straight in the finishing | :39:34. | :39:39. | |
straight because they are starting to gather momentum. There is Nick | :39:39. | :39:42. | |
Willis in the famous black vest of New Zealand. Andrew Baddeley is | :39:42. | :39:52. | |
BDDP, going hard, trying to get there. He has got to beat the three | :39:52. | :39:54. | |
athletes under two Kenyans are dictating the pace, dictating the | :39:54. | :40:04. | |
:40:04. | :40:04. | ||
race. The Moroccan looking superb. Kiplagat and Chepseba, second and | :40:04. | :40:12. | |
third. Nicholas thinks he can win the Olympic final. But rather like | :40:12. | :40:21. | |
the first heat we have and how right leader, he is sprinting away. | :40:21. | :40:29. | |
Chepseba qualifies as well. Andrew Baddeley looking rather forlorn | :40:29. | :40:39. | |
:40:39. | :40:41. | ||
there, he tried, we think he was in about 8th place. A disappointing | :40:41. | :40:46. | |
run by Andrew Baddeley, the pace was laid down, he had to finish in | :40:46. | :40:52. | |
the first seven. He was giving them far too much starch. The two | :40:52. | :40:56. | |
Kenyans running smoothly. Doesn't make Willis in fourth place, | :40:56. | :41:06. | |
:41:06. | :41:06. | ||
looking over his shoulder. Chepseba has got no problems at all. | :41:06. | :41:10. | |
Nicholas looks impressive, he is getting better, timing is right. | :41:10. | :41:16. | |
Here comes a charge from Andrew Baddeley on the edge of the picture. | :41:16. | :41:20. | |
8th place, he is out of it, we don't have a runner in the final of | :41:20. | :41:26. | |
the Olympic 1,500 metres, that is disappointing. Seb Coe is very | :41:26. | :41:30. | |
disappointed. Andrew Baddeley will be very disappointed. A | :41:30. | :41:35. | |
disappointing run, he had every chance, just had to run 3.36, 3.37, | :41:36. | :41:43. | |
just wasn't able to do it today. Disappointing. The cut has been | :41:43. | :41:46. | |
made in the women's triple jump final. You mean a Aldama has made | :41:47. | :41:55. | |
it in 6th place. -- Yamile Aldama. The Colombian in the silver-medal | :41:55. | :42:01. | |
position. The Ukrainian in third. Both of those are within the | :42:01. | :42:08. | |
compass, a 39-year-old Aldama, she is 40 years old in nine days, a | :42:08. | :42:18. | |
:42:18. | :42:19. | ||
remarkable longevity. A hop and step was good, she just lost it. | :42:19. | :42:23. | |
She has got this beautiful, fluid technique. Good to see that smile | :42:23. | :42:28. | |
back. She knows it is in her legs, that is a great feeling. The first | :42:28. | :42:32. | |
time she has hit the ball. Just lost momentum there, couldn't keep | :42:32. | :42:37. | |
it going. If she had have done she would have been way over at the | :42:37. | :42:44. | |
required distance. Lovely lady who has served triple jumping so well | :42:44. | :42:54. | |
over the years. 14.32 in the 4th round. Just have a look at the | :42:54. | :43:01. | |
results of that last race. Kiplagat qualifying, Nick Willis, silver- | :43:01. | :43:11. | |
medallist four years ago. Andrew Baddeley there, 3.36, much faster | :43:11. | :43:15. | |
than the winner of the first semi- final, but when you are drawn in | :43:15. | :43:19. | |
the second you know what you have got to beat and he didn't make it | :43:19. | :43:29. | |
Earlier today Britain struck gold yet again, Britannia ruled the | :43:29. | :43:32. | |
waves as Ben Ainslie won a gold medal for the 4th successive | :43:32. | :43:37. | |
Olympic Games in the Finn class and I am delighted to say he joins me | :43:37. | :43:42. | |
live down in Weymouth. Many congratulations. You have done it | :43:42. | :43:50. | |
again. This time they didn't all go your own way. -- it didn't. It was | :43:50. | :43:56. | |
a tough event, a lot of competition, particularly from Jonas. A tough | :43:56. | :44:03. | |
fight all the way through. I managed to drag the points back and | :44:03. | :44:07. | |
got it right but it was a difficult race, the wind was very shifty, a | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
tricky course. But we had a lot of fancy it. That made the huge | :44:12. | :44:16. | |
difference. It didn't seem right there was a | :44:16. | :44:22. | |
lot of wind, you were drifting slowly. There was somebody else | :44:22. | :44:28. | |
ahead, you are quite well back but always just one place ahead of | :44:28. | :44:32. | |
Christenson he was the big threat to throw out. Did you feel in | :44:32. | :44:38. | |
control? I would like to say I controlled the race the whole way | :44:38. | :44:43. | |
through, but no, it was difficult. Jonas and I had a bit of a jump on | :44:43. | :44:47. | |
the rest of the Fleet Sir we were keeping an eye on each other, | :44:47. | :44:55. | |
basically who beat he would win a gold. At times, with the wind | :44:55. | :44:59. | |
changing, it was difficult to get that right all the time. Thankfully | :44:59. | :45:02. | |
it came together and I held that lead over the Danish sailor to take | :45:02. | :45:07. | |
the gold. Four successive gold medals, the | :45:07. | :45:10. | |
British sailor in Olympic history. Try and describe how that makes you | :45:10. | :45:18. | |
feel. I am really proud. It is more for | :45:18. | :45:21. | |
everybody who has supported me over the years, as a youngster growing | :45:21. | :45:25. | |
up in Cornwall, learning to sail there, and everybody over the years | :45:25. | :45:29. | |
who has helped me and supported me, it is really for them, once again a | :45:29. | :45:32. | |
huge thanks for all the support and the support from everybody across | :45:32. | :45:41. | |
the nation for Team GB. Will you go on to Rio, 2016 and try | :45:41. | :45:44. | |
and equal Sir Steve Redgrave, five gold medals? | :45:44. | :45:48. | |
Will you still be doing much of the day by then? I don't know, it is a | :45:48. | :45:54. | |
long way off. The Olympics is a great event, so glad I have been a | :45:54. | :45:59. | |
part of it, so we will see. Thank you very much for speaking to | :45:59. | :46:05. | |
us. Well done. Brilliant effort. Appreciated by everybody in the | :46:05. | :46:10. | |
country, thank you. I'm sure many of you will be | :46:10. | :46:15. | |
watching hour coverage in high- definition but if you have all the | :46:15. | :46:22. | |
relevant equipment you can enjoy the rest of the action in 3 D. | :46:22. | :46:26. | |
Simply switch to the BBC HD Channel, but on your glasses and if you have | :46:26. | :46:36. | |
:46:36. | :46:38. | ||
I think we have some hockey action to show you, a fantastic game, | :46:38. | :46:45. | |
Australia against Great Britain. Australia are 3-0 up. There is | :46:45. | :46:48. | |
James Tindall, a fantastic goalscorer, getting an equaliser | :46:48. | :46:55. | |
with four minutes to go. It finished 3-3. It means Great | :46:55. | :47:00. | |
Britain still had chances of making it through to the last four and | :47:00. | :47:04. | |
marking your card, I think it is tomorrow night, Great Britain's | :47:04. | :47:09. | |
women play Australia, --, they play us -- they play the Netherlands to | :47:09. | :47:14. | |
see if they can qualify for the quarter-finals. Luke Campbell from | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
Hull, one of our real serious contenders for a medal, will be | :47:18. | :47:22. | |
fighting shortly. Wherever you look, there are medal contenders. One of | :47:22. | :47:28. | |
the you look here, we are eyeing the 100 metres final at 9:50pm | :47:28. | :47:33. | |
tonight. If you missed the semi- finals earlier on, Blake was | :47:33. | :47:39. | |
fantastic, Bolt was Bolt. That is all you need to know. We are very | :47:39. | :47:46. | |
excited. Moving on now to the semi- finals of the men's 400m. Is the | :47:46. | :47:49. | |
400m the last of the sprint events, or is it the first of the endurance | :47:49. | :47:53. | |
events? Added a fantastic interview with Martyn Rooney and that | :47:53. | :47:57. | |
programme today, congratulations to doing -- to those people doing the | :47:57. | :48:02. | |
daily programme, it is terrific. He says, you have to be stupid to run | :48:02. | :48:07. | |
the 400 metres. It hurts so much. You wonder why you're doing it, | :48:07. | :48:11. | |
then you go and do it again. Colin Jackson offers us his guide to what | :48:11. | :48:21. | |
:48:21. | :48:25. | ||
The 400 metres is considered one of the most brutal events in track and | :48:25. | :48:32. | |
field. Why? Because the body has to use two different energy sources. | :48:32. | :48:38. | |
Anaerobic and aerobic. This event pushes both systems to the max. The | :48:38. | :48:44. | |
first 200 metres is a sprint, so the big, fast muscle fibres are | :48:44. | :48:49. | |
needed to propel the body to maximum speed. But anaerobic energy | :48:49. | :48:54. | |
can only get the human body so far. A switched to the aerobics system | :48:54. | :49:00. | |
has to happen in order to keep the body moving. The time that switch | :49:00. | :49:05. | |
happens, every single muscle is full of painful lactic acid and | :49:05. | :49:10. | |
that will bring most people down to their knees. To stand a chance of | :49:10. | :49:15. | |
winning, the second half of the race has to be at least 95% as | :49:15. | :49:20. | |
quick as the first. Michael Johnson was the master at this event. He | :49:20. | :49:27. | |
would get through the first 200 metres at around 90% of his world | :49:27. | :49:31. | |
record 200-metre time, but when he crossed the finish line, his second | :49:31. | :49:37. | |
200 metres would often be less than a second slower than his first half. | :49:37. | :49:45. | |
Remember, athletes have to go fast but the fastest doesn't always win. | :49:45. | :49:55. | |
:49:55. | :50:05. | ||
Sprints are always about you come -- and you have just seen | :50:05. | :50:12. | |
how it should be done. Henry will be on the inside. Conrad Williams | :50:12. | :50:22. | |
:50:22. | :50:46. | ||
Newham Beatles. He has been part of our team for many years now. 46. | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
World in qualification, he will have to be quicker than that here. | :50:50. | :50:56. | |
The first two and fastest two will go through to the final. I don't | :50:56. | :51:05. | |
think Conrad will mind me saying he has to go some here. Henry was 4th | :51:05. | :51:08. | |
in two World Championships, indoors in Istanbul earlier on this year. | :51:08. | :51:13. | |
It seems ages ago now, in March. And at the World Championships | :51:13. | :51:19. | |
three years ago in Berlin. Tough in lane two for him. He came through | :51:19. | :51:23. | |
as a fastest loser despite the fact he ran quicker than Conrad Williams. | :51:23. | :51:28. | |
It was the look of the draw. There was some very fast heats in the | :51:28. | :51:33. | |
first round. We will see one or two men in this race two, who ran fast. | :51:33. | :51:39. | |
There are one or two in the other semi-finals. Levine will go in the | :51:39. | :51:47. | |
second semi-final, Martyn Rooney in the third. Oscar Pistorius is in | :51:47. | :51:56. | |
the second semi-final as well. Here he is, Conrad Williams. He is from | :51:56. | :52:03. | |
Kent AC, just down the road. He has run 45.08, this year. If he could | :52:03. | :52:08. | |
get close to that, he could get close to this man, the new European | :52:08. | :52:13. | |
champion. He was under 45 in qualification, as was the Bahamas | :52:13. | :52:20. | |
athlete. He has run 44.7 this year. Very impressed with this young man, | :52:20. | :52:30. | |
:52:30. | :52:48. | ||
a big new PB. Just 19 years of age. personal best for him to get | :52:48. | :52:57. | |
through, 45.0. This man spends a fair bit of time in the UK. He came | :52:57. | :53:02. | |
to Britain it must be ten years ago now, based in the north-east at | :53:02. | :53:12. | |
:53:12. | :53:12. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :53:12. | :54:01. | |
times. So, crunch time for Conrad too much showing yet. Pindar is | :54:01. | :54:06. | |
going well. Steven Solomon is trying to chase down Gordon, who | :54:06. | :54:10. | |
started quickly in the first 200 metres. Conrad Williams is still | :54:10. | :54:20. | |
:54:20. | :54:20. | ||
involved. Conrad Williams is running very well here. This is | :54:21. | :54:28. | |
anybody's race, here. I said that Williams would have to run the race | :54:28. | :54:35. | |
of his life here. Solomon is finishing quickly. Gordon wins it. | :54:35. | :54:43. | |
It is close. Pindar gets it, ahead of Solomon. 44.58. That is another | :54:43. | :54:48. | |
personal best. So many athletes coming in the rounds and now the | :54:48. | :54:58. | |
:54:58. | :55:03. | ||
semi-final finding something new, round jump. She will attack this | :55:03. | :55:09. | |
with confidence, I am sure. It is better, fractionally short of the | :55:09. | :55:14. | |
bronze medal distance which is the Ukrainian. She will have one more | :55:14. | :55:21. | |
jump. One more chance to try and win a medal in London. What a story | :55:21. | :55:31. | |
:55:31. | :55:36. | ||
that would be, after all that she improvement but she is still in 6th | :55:36. | :55:46. | |
:55:46. | :55:53. | ||
Tobago, huge personal best here. Very conservative through the first | :55:53. | :55:56. | |
200 metres but he attacked this turn and put himself in a great | :55:56. | :56:01. | |
position. Conrad Williams was in a great position but lacks speed | :56:01. | :56:09. | |
endurance. Gordon, a huge personal best, down from 45.02-44.08, that | :56:09. | :56:14. | |
will set him up very well for the final. He is looking at the clock. | :56:14. | :56:19. | |
He knows that it is a fast time. Athletes know when they are running | :56:19. | :56:23. | |
a race on personal best pace and he was a huge personal best pace. That | :56:23. | :56:30. | |
is what you have to do at the Olympic Games. Conrad Williams, a | :56:30. | :56:36. | |
very good attempt. Great execution through the first 200 metres. From | :56:36. | :56:41. | |
200, to 300, he was a bit too quick perhaps and not enough to hold on | :56:41. | :56:44. | |
to the great position he put himself in with 100 metres to go. | :56:44. | :56:49. | |
We want to put yourself in a great position, but you can't rush it and | :56:49. | :56:53. | |
I feel he rushed it the better at 200 metres. He took off up that | :56:53. | :56:58. | |
point and you have to gradually get into that pace from 200 to 300. He | :56:58. | :57:04. | |
was a bit too quick today. Conrad has with Phil now, let's find out | :57:04. | :57:11. | |
We can't accuse you of not attacking it but you did not have | :57:11. | :57:14. | |
it in the home straight? I wanted to attack it and give people | :57:14. | :57:19. | |
something to cheer for. I knew it was tough to go through and I tried | :57:19. | :57:25. | |
my best and I am glad that I went out in the race. I went out to try | :57:25. | :57:31. | |
and win it. Through 200 metres to 300 metres, you may have gone a bit | :57:31. | :57:39. | |
too fast? Most probably. Year, but I wanted to set the race for me | :57:39. | :57:44. | |
under I lost about half a second there. It is something to work on. | :57:44. | :57:48. | |
I had to go out in that race. I could not sit and wait back because | :57:48. | :57:52. | |
yesterday I qualified as a fastest loser and I wanted to make sure I | :57:52. | :57:59. | |
was up for it. You gave it a good go, thanks, Conrad. Cheers. | :57:59. | :58:02. | |
Some impressive performances there. There was a personal best for | :58:02. | :58:12. | |
:58:12. | :58:17. | ||
for the Australian. In three-and-a-half weeks we will | :58:17. | :58:27. | |
see a lot of Oscar Pistorius but we A remarkable athlete. The debate | :58:27. | :58:31. | |
still goes on about whether he should be allowed to compete in | :58:31. | :58:35. | |
able-bodied races. Would you stand, Denise Christian are he is a great | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
guy, a great ambassador. We have come to love him in Britain, we | :58:39. | :58:43. | |
have seen him on posters and commercials. From a humanitarian | :58:43. | :58:48. | |
point of you, why not? Where will it end? Should he start winning, | :58:48. | :58:54. | |
getting into finals? That would start a fresh debate, whether it is | :58:54. | :58:59. | |
fair, or whether he has an advantage of not? Is the debate | :58:59. | :59:02. | |
that if he was challenging for medals we might view it | :59:02. | :59:05. | |
differently? While it is still a noble effort to get into the final, | :59:05. | :59:09. | |
we are with him the whole way. But if he was suddenly deny Martyn | :59:09. | :59:13. | |
Rooney a medal, we would start to say, hang on a moment? Well, if he | :59:13. | :59:17. | |
is good enough to be here and he can qualify for the team, there is | :59:17. | :59:20. | |
no reason why not. He should get out there and perform and let's see | :59:20. | :59:24. | |
what happens. It is a different lead now. This is the big test, | :59:24. | :59:29. | |
this will be come a week keep talking about athletes making | :59:29. | :59:32. | |
history but this would be history if Oscar Pistorius was to make it | :59:32. | :59:42. | |
:59:42. | :59:47. | ||
through to the final of the men's of South Africa. He certainly will | :59:47. | :59:51. | |
be getting used to this track. He will be running extensively in the | :59:51. | :59:59. | |
Paralympic Games and a few weeks' time. This man is in good shape at | :59:59. | :00:06. | |
the moment, 44. Mehdi five this season. There is a month not | :00:06. | :00:10. | |
running as well as he was last year but still running quickly. -- there | :00:10. | :00:20. | |
:00:20. | :00:30. | ||
is a man. The world champion from man who finished second in the US | :00:30. | :00:36. | |
trials this year, McQuay, 44.49. There is the full line-up for semi- | :00:36. | :00:46. | |
:00:46. | :00:52. | ||
yesterday. -- ran superbly yesterday. The first two go through. | :00:52. | :00:56. | |
Oscar Pistorius, I think, will have to run the first 200 metres very | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
hard indeed. He does come back strongly in the home straight. It | :01:02. | :01:08. | |
is the first 200 metres where he lacks a bit of real speed. Levine | :01:08. | :01:18. | |
:01:18. | :01:32. | ||
is going to have to get close to Oscar Pistorius already. The | :01:32. | :01:39. | |
Belgian record belonged to his twin brother Kevin. Kirani James, the | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
world champion, striding down the back straight. Tony McQuay is going | :01:44. | :01:54. | |
:01:54. | :01:55. | ||
well on the outside lane. Here comes Jonathan Borlee. How much has | :01:55. | :02:05. | |
:02:05. | :02:12. | ||
Kirani James got left? Kirani James, Chris Brown, they will qualify. | :02:12. | :02:19. | |
Kirani James is really in shape. That was within 100 of a second of | :02:19. | :02:28. | |
the winner of the first semi-final. It looked very, very easy. Chris | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
Brown qualifies for the Olympic final. I do not know if any of the | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
losers will be fast enough to go through. That was impressive from | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
the world champion, Michael. Yes, it was. He needed to answer some | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
questions for himself. He was able to finish strong. Jonathan Borlee | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
ran an incredible race yesterday. He was not in such great form. His | :02:56. | :03:03. | |
left arm was different from the right arm. Kirani James is very | :03:03. | :03:10. | |
gangly with his form. That will have to improve for him. That bodes | :03:10. | :03:17. | |
well for his chances in the final of the 400m. A very relaxed run | :03:17. | :03:22. | |
from him. I am sure that yesterday was not as very good race for him | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
in his mind and he wanted to change in his mind and he wanted to change | :03:24. | :03:32. | |
that today. A tremendous performance again and a nice touch | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
at the end swapping their names. Tell me about that. Oscar is | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
someone special to us in our sport. This is a memorable moment for me | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
to be out here with him. A special performance bodes well for the | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
final. We will get ready. It is going to come hot. Everybody is | :03:56. | :04:06. | |
:04:06. | :04:08. | ||
very motivated and very hungry. the best for that. Thank-you. | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
is Oscar. He will be seen again in this stadium. He runs the 4 x 400 | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
:04:26. | :04:36. | ||
Kirani James is coming into form at just the right time. Jonathan | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
Borlee may well be one of the fastest losers, but there is still | :04:41. | :04:51. | |
:04:51. | :04:53. | ||
one semi-final to come. The hammer final has already started. This is | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
the defending champion. British athlete, Alex Smith, is the first | :04:58. | :05:08. | |
British athlete to contest the hammer final for almost 20 years. | :05:08. | :05:18. | |
:05:18. | :05:41. | ||
This man is attempting to become this year. 79.14 for the Hungarian. | :05:41. | :05:51. | |
:05:51. | :06:21. | ||
One more jump left for Yamile too high on her hop. Took all the | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
speed out of her jump going horizontally board. I do not think | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
I explained that very well. I think it is going to be agonisingly close | :06:31. | :06:41. | |
:06:41. | :06:42. | ||
for her. I bet the team at the thought she could win this one. It | :06:42. | :06:52. | |
:06:52. | :06:53. | ||
was a good jump, but not far enough for a medal. This is the last semi- | :06:53. | :07:03. | |
:07:03. | :07:19. | ||
was 6th in the last Olympic Games. He has always seemed possessed of | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
so much for hundred metre talent. Is this the time for him to realise | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
it? Kevin Borlee and his brother Jonathan seemed to trade Belgian | :07:29. | :07:39. | |
:07:39. | :07:46. | ||
records. He has just seen his brother finish third. They have got | :07:46. | :07:56. | |
:07:56. | :07:56. | ||
to run under 45 seconds. Martyn Rooney has got to know that, surely. | :07:56. | :08:03. | |
That is the Saudi Arabian on the outside. The one to watch here is | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
Santos in lane five. The world junior champion. Just 18 years of | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
:08:20. | :08:54. | ||
quickly, but Rooney has not gone off quickly. Mellor is storming | :08:54. | :09:01. | |
down the back straight. Santos is going well. Rooney is now moving a | :09:01. | :09:09. | |
bit better. Santos is starting to come through and Rooney is in | :09:09. | :09:19. | |
contention, but he has to be strong in the home straight. Here comes | :09:19. | :09:29. | |
:09:29. | :09:29. | ||
Rooney. Can he get under 45 seconds? Kevin Borlee wins it, then | :09:29. | :09:39. | |
Sandoz, Ben Bryshon Nellum. 44.78 for the youngster. I think we are | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
going to see a new era of 400m running. Not good enough in the end | :09:45. | :09:52. | |
for my 10 Rooney. This season began with good promise for him. Not able | :09:52. | :09:58. | |
to deliver here tonight. He is outside 45 seconds and that might | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
disappoint him most, Michael. think so. Like Conrad Williams he | :10:04. | :10:11. | |
ran a great first 200. Unfortunately it was not there. But | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
look at Santos. Great execution from him. Only 18 years old. He is | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
giving Kevin Borlee everything he can handle. Santos is extremely | :10:23. | :10:32. | |
relaxed. He will give Kirani James a run for it. Only 18 years old. | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
Great technique down the last 100m. Looking around. You do not want to | :10:38. | :10:47. | |
try too hard at this point, just relax. Very nice from the young 18 | :10:47. | :10:57. | |
:10:57. | :11:33. | ||
position, but it will be a nervous wait for her. | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
I have just asked our statisticians if there has ever been two twins | :11:38. | :11:48. | |
:11:48. | :11:59. | ||
. Obvious disappointment, you are attacked it. Tell me about the race | :11:59. | :12:09. | |
:12:09. | :12:09. | ||
plan. It was all right, but just not good enough. I can only | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
apologise to the people who have put four years of effort into | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
meatballs stock I have trained hard, done all the sacrifices, I have | :12:18. | :12:28. | |
lost a life, living in an altitude ten. I want to apologise for my | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
girlfriend -- to my girlfriend. Thank you to my family and | :12:32. | :12:42. | |
:12:42. | :12:44. | ||
everybody. Thanks to them and I apologise. I let them down. I am | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
sure they will not quite view it that way. What do you do now going | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
forward having gone through all that to get to this point? Sort it | :12:54. | :13:04. | |
:13:04. | :13:04. | ||
out. I have got a relay in the next couple of days. It was an | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
opportunity to win a medal and I did not make it. It was the biggest | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
opportunity of my life. And to have the crowd shouting Rooney before | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
you go in I thought, it is great, and I wish I could have lived up to | :13:19. | :13:29. | |
:13:29. | :13:45. | ||
background. He is in a good position. | :13:45. | :13:53. | |
45 minutes from the big showdown. The world will be watching. I know | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
17 million were watching Mo Farah last night. But everybody has been | :13:59. | :14:06. | |
talking about the men's 100m final. It is at 9:50pm tonight. Before | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
that we have got the women's 400m final with Christine Ohoruogu. The | :14:12. | :14:22. | |
:14:22. | :14:27. | ||
men's steeplechase follows that. It culminates with the 100m final. I | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
mentioned Christine Ohoruogu and the time is now for her. There have | :14:32. | :14:38. | |
been more downs than ups for her since Beijing. For her the Olympics | :14:38. | :14:48. | |
:14:48. | :14:49. | ||
have come home because she was born Christine Ohoruogu is Britain's | :14:49. | :14:56. | |
only ever a woman to have won an Olympic gold at the 400m. She also | :14:56. | :15:02. | |
picked up the world title in 2007. But since then her form has not | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
been great and it is only the relay gold that she won in the world | :15:06. | :15:13. | |
indoors that may cause concern to her rivals. She has only ever won | :15:13. | :15:19. | |
two sub 52nd times in her career. Compare that to her major | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
competitors tonight and you can see that she has got a job on her hands. | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
But she can draw inspiration from where she ran those times. At the | :15:30. | :15:33. | |
World Championships and the Olympic Games and on both occasions she won | :15:33. | :15:41. | |
the gold medal. It is a bit -- about her building process. In | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
Osaka she improved on her time in each heat and one year later she | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
repeated that performance in Beijing. Each heat was faster than | :15:50. | :15:55. | |
the last. Contrast that with her performance in single race events | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
in 2011 and she failed to win any. But this year has been more | :15:59. | :16:05. | |
promising. Her times have been consistent and she beat Amantle | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
Montsho at Crystal Palace a few weeks ago. What about her | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
performance in London? It is a downward curve again. Better in the | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
semi than she was in the heat. Can she repeated Beijing heroics in | :16:19. | :16:29. | |
:16:29. | :16:40. | ||
front of this patriotic home crowd University. She has got to raise | :16:40. | :16:47. | |
well, she has got a level head. Right now she has got to be very | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
comfortable and confident. She always progresses well through the | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
rounds and she knows what the results have been an she is getting | :16:53. | :16:59. | |
quicker. She just needs to do what she can do best. She has been | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
belligerent when people have been asking her saying, where has it | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
gone wrong? She has kept saying it will come right in the end. Tonight | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
may be the vindication. Absolutely. She has climbed to erode personal | :17:12. | :17:19. | |
Everest to be here, she has raced with a brain and her heart. If | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
anybody deserves the rewards for what she has been through, it is | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
her but she will have to run smart, she is in an outside lane, she has | :17:28. | :17:36. | |
to be aware of the danger. Will this be a typical race where she | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
just has to stay in contention for the first 250, they just come | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
through the field? Absolutely, no two ways about it, she doesn't have | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
the natural speed of some of the others. People like Richards-Ross, | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
she has got a great personal best, superior to Christine's. She has | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
got to stay contention, maintain the form. It is about maintaining | :18:02. | :18:12. | |
:18:12. | :18:13. | ||
the speed which will win this race. If she is in contention and she | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
comes of that final bend, the crowd Wiltshire her home and she will | :18:18. | :18:28. | |
:18:28. | :18:31. | ||
deliver something special. She has not spoken to anyone, she has just | :18:31. | :18:37. | |
been keeping the focus. Christine Ohuruogu retain her | :18:37. | :18:47. | |
:18:47. | :18:56. | ||
of all, Williams-Mills in lane two, of Rosemarie Whyte in three, | :18:56. | :19:06. | |
:19:06. | :19:11. | ||
Christine Ohuruogu, Great Britain, individually. Williams-Mills, she | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
was leading with just yards to go at the World Championships in 2007 | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
when Christine Ohuruogu came past in the last few strides to take | :19:20. | :19:28. | |
Pensilva. Her team-mate, Rosemarie Whyte, outside her in lane three. | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
Williams-Mills has been quicker this year but that is the way the | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
draw has gone. DeeDee Trotter, bit of a revelation, second in the | :19:36. | :19:46. | |
:19:46. | :19:50. | ||
American trials, but even quicker very hard through the first 200 | :19:50. | :19:59. | |
metres. The world's leading 400m runner in terms of time in 2012. | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
Krivoshapka of Russia. Richards- Ross, by most people's reckoning, | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
is the number one in the world, in terms of victories, quick 3,200 as | :20:10. | :20:17. | |
well, it ran a personal best, that could be significant. The world | :20:17. | :20:22. | |
champion from austere, also the Commonwealth champion from 2010, | :20:22. | :20:32. | |
:20:32. | :20:33. | ||
Montsho. But one have never won an Olympic medal. -- but y'know. -- | :20:33. | :20:41. | |
Botswana. Can Christine do what no British female Olympian has ever | :20:41. | :20:51. | |
done and defend an Olympic title? Francena McCorory will be on the | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
outside, quick, from Michael Johnson and I know you have been | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
talking about Richards-Ross, and Krivoshapka, the draw, she's going | :21:01. | :21:09. | |
to go out hard? Krivoshapka may not go out as hard as she has in the | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
past but she may have learnt their lesson from the semi-final, if she | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
doesn't go out hard and let Richards-Ross set the pace, that | :21:18. | :21:28. | |
:21:28. | :21:46. | ||
could set up a great race down the Christine Ohuruogu do It Again? | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
Richards-Ross almost stumbles a little bit out of the blocks but is | :21:50. | :21:57. | |
quickly up. Montsho, a fast start from the American. Christine | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
Ohuruogu is right in this from the beginning and that is what she | :22:00. | :22:08. | |
needed to do. Krivoshapka, the Russian, goes past Richard Ross. | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
Richards-Ross now start to get moving, so does not show. DeeDee | :22:11. | :22:15. | |
Trotter trying to get into this. Krivoshapka and Christine Ohuruogu | :22:15. | :22:21. | |
is going to chance it. Right on the outside, the American. DeeDee | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
Trotter coming through. Richards- Ross coming through, Christine | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
Ohuruogu is coming again, can she get there this time? Christine | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
Ohuruogu is coming, was to make it, Sanya Richards-Ross takes the gold, | :22:36. | :22:44. | |
Christine Ohuruogu, a sterling effort to get the silver medal. For | :22:44. | :22:48. | |
a moment I thought it was going to happen all over again, just like | :22:48. | :22:57. | |
four years ago. But Sanya Richards- Ross is the champion. She is a | :22:57. | :23:06. | |
great 400m runner. The silver to Christine Ohuruogu, what can you | :23:06. | :23:12. | |
say about Christine? Every time saves her best for the Olympics, | :23:13. | :23:16. | |
for the World Championships, forget all the other races, this is the | :23:16. | :23:21. | |
one that matters to her that she gets the best out of herself again, | :23:21. | :23:30. | |
only ever runs under 57 -- 52nd in a major final. Remarkable. | :23:30. | :23:36. | |
prayed that one very good, very conservative, not the most pleasing | :23:36. | :23:41. | |
times but a great race down the home stretch. Krivoshapka didn't | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
play it as well. Christine Ohuruogu always in position if the others | :23:46. | :23:52. | |
faltered. Krivoshapka faltered. With Christine, she could have won | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
that, because Sanya Richards-Ross didn't run the best race, she ran | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
almost too conservatively. Christine had Francena McCrory | :24:02. | :24:08. | |
outsider for setting the pace but Krivoshapka, a little too fast, a | :24:08. | :24:16. | |
great finish. Sanya Richards-Ross not looking as good as she did in | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
the semi-finals, but Christie without strong finish, everybody | :24:20. | :24:27. | |
does cleaning, it all coming down to the lead at the very end. DeeDee | :24:27. | :24:33. | |
Trotter, sunnier Richards-Ross fighting. She doesn't know | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
Christine is back there but she knows Christine has beaten her in | :24:37. | :24:45. | |
the past in these championships, she would have been aware of that. | :24:45. | :24:48. | |
Richards-Ross has come into many a championship as the favourite, but | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
didn't take home the gold. I am sure this is a great moment for her, | :24:53. | :25:00. | |
coming through finally. Christine Ohuruogu, knowing she has got just | :25:00. | :25:07. | |
about all of the competition on the inside, fortunately she did have | :25:07. | :25:16. | |
Francena McCrory on the outside. Long strides, she knows she has got | :25:16. | :25:23. | |
to get finished, she will not know where everybody else is, I don't | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
think she looked at the screens. This is where she comes into her | :25:27. | :25:32. | |
own, and a little bit of trouble coming off the curve but she knows | :25:32. | :25:37. | |
she has got the strength. If she had come out a couple of strides | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
ahead of that she probably would have won. Sony Richards-Ross in her | :25:41. | :25:49. | |
side, trying to capture, doesn't get her begets the silver. -- but | :25:49. | :25:54. | |
she gets the silver. Great finish but all hats off to Richards-Ross | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
finally coming home with the win, I am sure Christine will be happy | :25:59. | :26:08. | |
:26:09. | :26:11. | ||
with that. Her championship record is incredible, to be honest. Sanya | :26:11. | :26:17. | |
Richards-Ross, the gold medal for the USA. Just a couple of strides | :26:18. | :26:21. | |
ahead of Christine Ohuruogu. A brilliant silver medal for her. | :26:21. | :26:26. | |
DeeDee Trotter coming through for perhaps a surprise bronze medal for | :26:26. | :26:36. | |
:26:36. | :26:36. | ||
We discussed last night whether she would be the surprise champion for | :26:36. | :26:42. | |
Britain, she needed it. Do you think she almost might be thinking | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
if only I had put the afterburners on five metres earlier I might have | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
snatched it. I can imagine her thinking right is Mehmet thinking, | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
goodness gracious Me. But all in all, it was a tremendous | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
performance, no two ways about it. She would have looked at this race, | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
seen her lane draw and would have thought any to concentrate on what | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
I need to do. She knows time and time again she has been able to | :27:09. | :27:12. | |
reel the field in. When Richards- Ross was so close you must have | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
thought, I have really got a good chance. I cannot wait to hear what | :27:17. | :27:24. | |
she says about this race. A ensure we will hear it for her in his | :27:24. | :27:31. | |
second but she is doing a lap of honour. Denise, your thoughts? | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
was close to being one of the performances of the championship, | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
always going to be a tall order for somebody to retain their Olympic | :27:38. | :27:45. | |
title. Her journey has been an immense one. To be within striking | :27:45. | :27:50. | |
distance of that gold medal is just brilliant. It is a fantastic result | :27:50. | :27:58. | |
for a girl that lives down the road. How inspiring is that? She is | :27:58. | :28:02. | |
determined, she has believed in herself, and what she can do, that | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
is good. We will hear from her when she gets round to our bit of the | :28:07. | :28:11. | |
track but she is on the other side at the moment. That is what the | :28:11. | :28:14. | |
Olympic Stadium in London looks like on this Sunday evening, the | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
most eagerly anticipated Sunday evening of the championships, as | :28:19. | :28:25. | |
the flame burns and he will be the fastest man on the earth in less | :28:25. | :28:30. | |
than half-an-hour? The great thing about sprinting, you think it is | :28:30. | :28:37. | |
about legs, shoulders, arms. Actually there when there is often | :28:37. | :28:47. | |
:28:47. | :29:02. | ||
the man who is strongest in the He Shea, unadulterated power. | :29:02. | :29:07. | |
get to the final and he is looking solid and sombre, be concerned. | :29:07. | :29:12. | |
is a psychological warfare, you have got to know your opponent in | :29:12. | :29:18. | |
their mind. Justin Gatlin, he is jumping up and down unsmiling, | :29:18. | :29:28. | |
:29:28. | :29:30. | ||
doing posies, be concerned. If you thought that 9.58 seconds when you | :29:30. | :29:33. | |
do hundred metres, you were wrong. The race begins before the starting | :29:33. | :29:41. | |
gate. There are always those who smile, those who are anonymous in | :29:41. | :29:51. | |
:29:51. | :29:54. | ||
that they are in their own so and completely. -- zone. I take the | :29:54. | :29:58. | |
emotion out of it, I always think about pushing out of the blocks, | :29:58. | :30:02. | |
the elements, the technical elements and that's what allows me | :30:02. | :30:07. | |
to be successful. I thought, it doesn't feel right, can we have it | :30:07. | :30:12. | |
tomorrow? I thought, get a hold of yourself, mate, you will not get | :30:12. | :30:21. | |
another chance. I would look at that anger, yes, Ben that energy. - | :30:21. | :30:26. | |
- burnt. That is right, pays for everybody else. I would you do have | :30:26. | :30:36. | |
:30:36. | :30:37. | ||
your attention diverted. A great poker face. You don't know if he is | :30:37. | :30:41. | |
nervous, you don't know anything, just smiles a lot of time, crazy | :30:41. | :30:49. | |
stuff. One year ago the previously invincible Usain Bolt had the smile | :30:49. | :30:59. | |
:30:59. | :31:07. | ||
It was the 100m final, I said set. An athlete broke hugely early. | :31:07. | :31:13. | |
Ridiculously early. I knew it was plain five. By that time a focus on | :31:14. | :31:20. | |
the fact it was using bolt he already had his vest off. -- Usain | :31:20. | :31:30. | |
:31:30. | :31:32. | ||
Bolt. All hell broke loose. Cameras in his face, he did deserve that | :31:33. | :31:37. | |
this is the first Olympic 100m final with the new rule, one false | :31:37. | :31:47. | |
:31:47. | :31:51. | ||
Wait for the gun, it is not rocket science. You get down to your mark. | :31:51. | :32:01. | |
:32:01. | :32:05. | ||
You go into set. You wait for the gun to shoot and then you go. | :32:05. | :32:12. | |
the beat of the gun. If an athlete commences their starting motion | :32:12. | :32:17. | |
before a 0.1 of a second after the gun it is deemed a false start. | :32:17. | :32:22. | |
Humans cannot react in less than that time. | :32:22. | :32:31. | |
When the starter says set, Ken Usain Bolt keep it all together? | :32:32. | :32:37. | |
When he starred on the beat of bang? The public perception is he | :32:37. | :32:42. | |
is weakened and his aura of invincibility is gone. Therefore | :32:42. | :32:51. | |
that opens the door to everyone. opens the door, but the door has | :32:51. | :33:01. | |
:33:01. | :33:01. | ||
almost been shack with Yohan Blake. We have got a chance, no, we have | :33:01. | :33:10. | |
not. The lights are on and everybody is at home waiting for | :33:10. | :33:16. | |
the final of the men's 100m. It will take place in this magnificent | :33:16. | :33:23. | |
arena in less than half an hour's time. Some people take it | :33:24. | :33:29. | |
differently, some people look very serious and focused and some people | :33:29. | :33:34. | |
will grain and lava to deflect the pressure. Who do you think is the | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
strongest in terms of willpower? would say Yohan Blake because he | :33:40. | :33:47. | |
has less to lose. He is positioned after the semi-finals as a silver | :33:47. | :33:52. | |
medallist and possibly a gold medallist. If he takes silver, no- | :33:52. | :33:56. | |
one is going to say he should have won that because he is running | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
against the best there has ever been. He has trained really hard | :34:01. | :34:06. | |
and that is why they have called him the beast. He has got a steely | :34:06. | :34:11. | |
reputation and is a very strong athlete. But Usain Bolt is very | :34:11. | :34:16. | |
relaxed. We saw a very different Usain Bolt this afternoon, much | :34:16. | :34:23. | |
more relaxed. He is not far behind in terms of his determination. Bold | :34:23. | :34:28. | |
feels like this is his to lose. It is his to lose. I do not think | :34:28. | :34:32. | |
there will be much of a difference between them in terms of mind set, | :34:32. | :34:38. | |
but there will be a big difference in the race. With every second of | :34:38. | :34:43. | |
that goes by we get closer to knowing the answer. Who is the | :34:43. | :34:49. | |
fastest man on earth? It is not long to go. These are not the men | :34:49. | :34:55. | |
who are going to be running 100m. They are going to be running 3000 | :34:55. | :35:05. | |
:35:05. | :35:14. | ||
metres with a few jumps in between. The defending champion is Brimin | :35:14. | :35:24. | |
:35:24. | :35:26. | ||
Kipruto of Kenya. That is his team- mate, Abdul my tie. -- Umar Farouk | :35:26. | :35:34. | |
Abdulmutallab tie. The Kenyans have dominated this event. They have won | :35:34. | :35:44. | |
:35:44. | :35:51. | ||
six in a row. Just over seven and a half laps of the track. We should | :35:51. | :36:01. | |
:36:01. | :36:35. | ||
Brendan. Unlike the Diamond League circuit where the pacemakers run a | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
:36:45. | :37:09. | ||
into the silver medal position. Yamile Aldama will be disappointed | :37:10. | :37:19. | |
:37:20. | :37:20. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :37:20. | :38:05. | |
in 5th place. Just over one lap have attended the Olympic Games | :38:05. | :38:12. | |
they have come over and got a gold medal. I don't think there will be | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
anything different tonight. The Ethiopians are taking the | :38:17. | :38:22. | |
steeplechase a bit more seriously. There are some good times from the | :38:22. | :38:32. | |
Ethiopians. They are taking their time, moving when they can, | :38:32. | :38:40. | |
successful water jump. Just catch up with the men's hammer, this was | :38:40. | :38:45. | |
Alexander Smith in the third round. An absolutely brilliant performance, | :38:45. | :38:53. | |
a Manchester club member, to make his Olympic final. There was 71.47, | :38:54. | :39:00. | |
he finished in 12 place. This, though, is the leader, Krisztian | :39:00. | :39:06. | |
Pars of Hungary, second in the world list, 82 metres and 28 | :39:06. | :39:14. | |
centimetres. He produced the competition first 80-metre throw. | :39:14. | :39:23. | |
80.59. The Americans at the front and I just wonder if the | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
performance of the American silver- medallists in the 10,000m has given | :39:27. | :39:34. | |
the American distance running a well-earned beast. I am sure it has. | :39:34. | :39:38. | |
I am sure they are using the steeplechase as an event to come | :39:38. | :39:43. | |
back with, and I was talking to the head of British endurance he said | :39:43. | :39:47. | |
it was the next event we will move on to, some of our good distance | :39:47. | :39:50. | |
runners will be persuaded to try and give it a chance because at the | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
end of the day we have treated it as the poor relations, we haven't | :39:54. | :40:02. | |
had a British finalist here today and we won a medal in 1988. The | :40:02. | :40:07. | |
coach, and I think that is a good initiative. You have seen what they | :40:07. | :40:17. | |
:40:17. | :40:39. | ||
do with Mo Farah or, maybe they can take this race by the scruff of the | :40:39. | :40:48. | |
neck just yet. They are waiting. 2.52 for the opening 1,000m and | :40:48. | :40:54. | |
that is low by their standards. We have got the defending champion, | :40:54. | :41:01. | |
Brimin Kipruto and also Ezekiel Kemboi. We saw strange tactics from | :41:02. | :41:08. | |
him in his heat. He ran a pretty strange race. Now it is time to get | :41:08. | :41:14. | |
serious. They want that gold medal. They want that record straight to | :41:14. | :41:23. | |
keep going. Kipruto, the defending champion, out of the picture at the | :41:23. | :41:33. | |
:41:33. | :41:42. | ||
moment. The pace is now beginning to pick up. Abdel Mutai is leading. | :41:42. | :41:47. | |
The three Kenyans move into the first four positions. Into the | :41:47. | :41:52. | |
water jug you will see a variety of tactics. Some of them will not | :41:52. | :42:02. | |
:42:02. | :42:11. | ||
touch the barrier. The leader did their way to the front. Roba Gari | :42:11. | :42:21. | |
:42:21. | :42:24. | ||
is looking good and strong, the Ethiopian record holder. Benabbad | :42:24. | :42:27. | |
is moving quite comfortably up towards the shoulder of the | :42:27. | :42:37. | |
:42:37. | :42:40. | ||
defending champion. Brimin Kipruto fell. He tried desperately to get | :42:40. | :42:48. | |
back into the race. He has lost about 20 metres. At the moment they | :42:48. | :42:51. | |
are still not travelling too quickly, he could get up to them | :42:51. | :42:58. | |
and close to them. He has been stung into action now. Abdel Mutai | :42:58. | :43:07. | |
leads over the water. Roba Gari of Ethiopia looks good. It looks as if | :43:07. | :43:13. | |
it is going to be too much for Kipruto. Is this going to break the | :43:13. | :43:23. | |
:43:23. | :43:25. | ||
Kenyan sequence? Roba Gari is being hunted down by Ezekiel Kemboi. | :43:25. | :43:30. | |
Ethiopians have never won the steeplechase title. Roba Gari is | :43:30. | :43:38. | |
away and being chased by the former champion. Ezekiel Kemboi went very | :43:38. | :43:43. | |
fast over that barrier. The defending champion is valiantly | :43:43. | :43:52. | |
trying to get into the race was stopped he is close. What a race | :43:52. | :44:02. | |
:44:02. | :44:07. | ||
this is turning out to be. Look at this finish. It looks as though the | :44:07. | :44:13. | |
Kenyans have done it again. Benabbad is heading for a silver | :44:13. | :44:23. | |
:44:23. | :44:27. | ||
medal. My goodness. What a champion at Ezekiel Kemboi has been. And | :44:27. | :44:32. | |
Olympic champion eight years ago and an Olympic champion once more. | :44:32. | :44:37. | |
What a performance and a strange finish. Why he came into lane eight | :44:37. | :44:47. | |
:44:47. | :44:48. | ||
we do not know. He took his chance. The 2004 champion. Abdel Mutai, the | :44:48. | :44:54. | |
other Kenyan athlete with a medal. A Ezekiel Kemboi is a character. He | :44:54. | :44:58. | |
has got a bit of a problem at home and has got a court case hanging | :44:59. | :45:06. | |
over his head. He has been up on a charge of stabbing. They said he | :45:06. | :45:11. | |
could come to the Olympic Games. He is a pick up a dancer. He watches | :45:11. | :45:16. | |
Usain Bolt. He does not run as quick as Usain Bolt, but he has got | :45:16. | :45:23. | |
his second medal. There is the silver medallist in second place, | :45:23. | :45:33. | |
Benabbad. Kipruto gets tricked. He stumbles, but gets up and comes | :45:33. | :45:38. | |
back. The race was not going so quickly and I thought he might get | :45:38. | :45:45. | |
close, but he was not able to. Maybe Ezekiel Kemboi knew what was | :45:45. | :45:52. | |
happening and took his chance. He glances over his shoulder. Into the | :45:52. | :45:59. | |
last water jump and Ezekiel Kemboi, 2004, the Olympic champion, he has | :45:59. | :46:05. | |
been world champion and Commonwealth champion. Abdel Mutai | :46:05. | :46:10. | |
in second place. Kipruto, the defending champion, cannot get | :46:10. | :46:20. | |
:46:20. | :46:30. | ||
not enough. Abel Mutai it. Over the last hurdle, the race going on | :46:30. | :46:36. | |
behind, he knows he is clear, what is he doing, here he comes, you did | :46:36. | :46:40. | |
see distance runners ever in lane eight, they never even get that far | :46:40. | :46:45. | |
out. No. 1, Ezekiel Kemboi is heading down to the mixed zone, he | :46:45. | :46:49. | |
will do his dance, do the interviews, he will eventually | :46:49. | :46:53. | |
collect another gold medal for himself and the famous Kenyan | :46:53. | :47:00. | |
tradition. The Kenyans have won at least two medals in every game | :47:00. | :47:04. | |
since 1980 it, they have done it again. Ezekiel Kemboi, champion | :47:04. | :47:10. | |
eight years ago, champion once more. Not a fast time but a great race. | :47:10. | :47:14. | |
The Frenchman picked up another silver-medal, just as he did in | :47:14. | :47:20. | |
Beijing. Abel Mutai, not fancied for a medal, but part of a great | :47:20. | :47:29. | |
nation of runners, and the Kenyans absolutely brilliant once more. | :47:29. | :47:33. | |
to go well for Christine Ohuruogu to get round to speak to us, she | :47:33. | :47:38. | |
did a great lap of honour, enjoyed every single moment of it. Here is | :47:38. | :47:44. | |
what she said afterwards. He raced here in Strafford in the Olympic | :47:44. | :47:54. | |
:47:54. | :47:57. | ||
Stadium tonight, a silver medal -- Stratford. Reaction? I was stunned. | :47:57. | :48:06. | |
I was heartbroken, actually. I was heartbroken, really was. To lose | :48:06. | :48:14. | |
your title like that, it was tough. But she is a worthy competitor and | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
she ran a good race. I have to be happy with what I got, it could | :48:19. | :48:24. | |
have been worse! You were charging down at her straight, looked like a | :48:24. | :48:27. | |
good have been Beijing all over again. I know, but I tightened up, | :48:27. | :48:33. | |
I could feel my shoulders lifting. It is really hard to control when | :48:33. | :48:39. | |
you are under fatigue. I thought I still had some time, but then the | :48:39. | :48:44. | |
line came too soon and I thought, it is gone. After that | :48:44. | :48:48. | |
inspirational night last night how much did that age you on for what | :48:48. | :48:53. | |
you needed to do? He was great, they did really well. We are all | :48:53. | :48:58. | |
surprised. I always came into the camp with one thing, and one thing | :48:58. | :49:08. | |
only, continue my reign as Olympic champion. A bit disappointed. | :49:08. | :49:12. | |
you enjoy that lap of honour because you got such a fantastic | :49:12. | :49:16. | |
reception? A I just wanted to say thank you to all the people who | :49:16. | :49:20. | |
have come up, made these games special, everybody I have spoken to, | :49:20. | :49:23. | |
and on British athletes have also what a great crowd you have an | :49:23. | :49:29. | |
great atmosphere. It is great everybody has got behind the Games. | :49:29. | :49:34. | |
They have all helped to make it the games that it is, they did it. We | :49:34. | :49:38. | |
are just here to perform, but the crowd turn up and supporters, even | :49:38. | :49:45. | |
when it is raining and cold. Thank you for getting behind us. It means | :49:45. | :49:48. |