:00:33. > :00:36.Hello from Olympic Park. Great Britain are a dizzying third place
:00:36. > :00:41.in the medals table. Medals are being added at a rate that is
:00:41. > :00:49.making us feel giddy. This afternoon will be keeping a close
:00:49. > :00:53.eye on at least four Olympic venues, for maybe more. All three of Great
:00:53. > :00:58.Britain's women's boxers are in quarter-final action at the ExCeL
:00:58. > :01:03.centre and all three could guarantee at least bronze. Three
:01:03. > :01:10.gymnastics medals already for Britain's men so far. Could it
:01:10. > :01:16.finally be Beth Tweddle's turn? She is on the uneven bars final at
:01:16. > :01:22.2:50pm. Silver on horseback for Britain already, now our show
:01:22. > :01:27.jumpers, led by Nick Skelton, go into this afternoon's show jumping
:01:27. > :01:31.in joint second place. From 4:00pm at the Velodrome, Jason Kenny goes
:01:31. > :01:39.for gold in the individual sprint, he has been in scorching form and
:01:39. > :01:43.is hoping to follow in the wheel marks of Sir Chris Hoy.
:01:43. > :01:47.We are zipping back to Eton Dorney Lake, the rowers have made way for
:01:47. > :01:52.the sprint canoeists, flat water, flat out for them. Something that
:01:52. > :01:58.Tim Brabants has been achieving since he first took bronze in his
:01:58. > :02:02.kayak in Sydney. Then another bronze and gold for the 35-year-old
:02:02. > :02:12.doctor in the 1,000m sprint. He is attempting to become only the 4th
:02:12. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:19.man in Olympic history to defend this may be a stretch too far after
:02:19. > :02:29.his injury problems. Coming back well after last year, when he
:02:29. > :02:34.really was in trouble. He is up against some stiff competition. The
:02:34. > :02:40.Canadian is the world champion. The New Zealander alongside him. It is
:02:40. > :02:47.the first four to go through and the remaining go into the B final.
:02:47. > :02:53.Only in the A final can you compete for the medals. The Canadian again
:02:53. > :03:02.goes out strongly. He has a comfortable lead at the moment. He
:03:02. > :03:12.is looking player at the front. -- Clear at the front. He drives the
:03:12. > :03:16.
:03:16. > :03:20.paddle through the water. The first four go into the A final. The Dane
:03:20. > :03:28.will be someone to reckon with, he looked very impressive in his heat.
:03:28. > :03:33.He is up alongside Brabants. The Canadian did not fade in the heats
:03:33. > :03:37.at all. Each of these paddlers have their own game plan it that they
:03:37. > :03:41.will be trying to stick to, trying not to react too much to what is
:03:41. > :03:48.happening around them as the race unfolds. Tim Brabants is looking
:03:48. > :03:51.controlled at the moment. Most of the noise as they approached the
:03:51. > :03:59.stance will be for Tim Brabants but he is beginning to fade as they
:03:59. > :04:04.come up to the halfway mark. Brabants hangs on to the 4th
:04:04. > :04:09.position at the moment. Others are coming up to threaten. A bit of a
:04:09. > :04:19.separation between the first five and the rest. The Canadian is
:04:19. > :04:26.
:04:26. > :04:36.there and just four automatic places. Van Koeverden Is clear in
:04:36. > :04:37.
:04:37. > :04:44.first. The noise begins to swell at Eton Dorney. This is where we will
:04:44. > :04:51.expect a break from Larsson, we expect a quick finish from him.
:04:51. > :04:59.Brabants is fading a bit more at the top of your picture. Larsson is
:04:59. > :05:07.making a move now. Brabants is down in 5th at the moment. Those four
:05:07. > :05:12.are looking like the four through to the A final. Tim Brabants'
:05:12. > :05:17.Olympic reign may be coming to an end. He is nearest to the crowd at
:05:17. > :05:25.the top of your picture. He will hear the noise, it is mostly for
:05:25. > :05:31.him. Van Koeverden Is looking strong for Canada. Behind them, a
:05:31. > :05:37.fierce race is developing. The first four go through. At the
:05:37. > :05:47.moment, Brabants, it is so close between him and the Bulgarians for
:05:47. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :06:01.close. It certainly was, he really pushed it down the last section. I
:06:01. > :06:06.am not sure, it is going to be very tight. Van Koeverden Was
:06:06. > :06:14.untouchable in first place, coming through fairly easily. His main
:06:14. > :06:20.threat it is in the next semi-final, Max Hoff. Tim Brabants is true,
:06:20. > :06:24.look how close it was. -- is through. I don't think he's going
:06:24. > :06:28.to threaten for a medal in the final, but just to be in the final
:06:28. > :06:34.as the defending champion is quite an achievement, with the injury
:06:34. > :06:39.problems he has had with his Through to the final by the skin of
:06:39. > :06:43.your teeth. It was certainly a tough race. I tried not to raise
:06:43. > :06:48.too hard in the heat because there is such a short time between the
:06:48. > :06:53.heat and the semi-final. Normally you have two days. I kind of blow
:06:53. > :06:57.the cobwebs away in the heat. Unfortunately I drew the outside
:06:57. > :07:03.lane. The cross wind comes across from the right hand side. When I
:07:03. > :07:09.saw I had lane one I knew I would have my work cut out. The roar of
:07:09. > :07:14.the crowd is incredible. I didn't know quite where I was in the race,
:07:14. > :07:19.I knew I was in touch. I looked across and saw the Bulgarian guide,
:07:19. > :07:23.a very tight race but I am really pleased I made the final. I am not
:07:23. > :07:28.in the Beijing shape but glad to be in the final to try to defend the
:07:28. > :07:35.title. How far do you think you are from Beijing shape? It is hard to
:07:36. > :07:42.say, the quality of the K1 is insane. The last four International
:07:43. > :07:49.races has had a different winner in every race. Any guy could went,
:07:49. > :07:54.Adam is in fantastic form. I am in the final. Anything could happen in
:07:54. > :07:58.the final. I am in good shape. Fantastic, having the support that
:07:59. > :08:03.I have had. You mention that lane one was a negative and you talk
:08:03. > :08:08.about the crowd, the upside was that they roared you on every way.
:08:08. > :08:12.It is incredible. You hear the Rose talking about it, they said it was
:08:12. > :08:16.an amazing experience. Being in lane one, I could really appreciate
:08:16. > :08:24.it. The noise is phenomenal. Waiting for my name to come up in
:08:24. > :08:31.the 4th spot, that is fantastic, when my name came up. I saw my wife
:08:31. > :08:35.and my daughter... Your wife missed out on Beijing? It was massively
:08:35. > :08:40.expensive to fly out there and they get more nervous than I do when it
:08:40. > :08:44.comes to racing. It is nice to have my family here. Hopefully your
:08:45. > :08:54.family and this crowd can lift you in the final. Good luck. I hope so,
:08:54. > :09:02.His final is on Wednesday. He says he is not in Beijing shape when he
:09:02. > :09:07.won the gold. But a terrific achievement, at the age of 35. He
:09:07. > :09:12.is in the final once again. We have had huge crowds down there and huge
:09:12. > :09:17.crowds here. You never get tired of seeing a stadium at the Olympic
:09:17. > :09:21.Games that is chock-a-block at 10 o'clock am. 80,000 people in there.
:09:22. > :09:25.And 80,000 people streaming out and going for a bit of a wander around.
:09:25. > :09:30.There were 50,000 people in Greenwich Park, it seems a long
:09:30. > :09:34.time ago, when the three-day event team won their silver medal. That
:09:34. > :09:39.was last Tuesday. Since then the dressage event has got under way
:09:39. > :09:44.and yesterday it was the turn of the show jumpers. Qualification to
:09:44. > :09:49.place with the team that medals to be decided today. Nick Skelton has
:09:49. > :09:53.been riding for Great Britain since 1980, these are his six games. We
:09:53. > :10:01.will be showing you how he fared a little bit later on, but let's give
:10:01. > :10:06.you a quick reminder of what is Equestrian jumping. Jumping is
:10:06. > :10:12.contested in an enclosed arena over a course of 500 to 600 metres in
:10:12. > :10:18.length. There are between 12 and 16 obstacles. They must be negotiated
:10:18. > :10:22.in a specific order. A set time is allowed to complete the course.
:10:22. > :10:26.Scoring is in the form of penalties for a range of indiscretions. If
:10:26. > :10:31.penalty points are equal, competitors will be separated
:10:31. > :10:35.according to the time taken. It doesn't matter how ungainly a horse
:10:35. > :10:42.or rider may appear. Style is not under consideration in the judging
:10:42. > :10:47.of showjumping. The Olympic showjumping medals will be
:10:47. > :10:52.contested over five rounds in total. The first round his qualification,
:10:52. > :10:56.the individual competition. The second and third round decide the
:10:56. > :11:01.medals in the team competition. The 4th and 5th rounds are the final
:11:01. > :11:04.stages of the individual competition. Consistently clean
:11:04. > :11:08.rounds are the most important element in determining the winner,
:11:08. > :11:12.although time is also of the essence and can become the deciding
:11:12. > :11:22.factor. If you would like to get involved
:11:22. > :11:27.in Olympic sports, go to our The situation after the qualifying
:11:27. > :11:31.rounds yesterday looks good. Saudi Arabia, very surprising they are up
:11:31. > :11:40.there in first position, after an there in first position, after an
:11:40. > :11:44.excellent effort from their team. Britain has not won a jumping medal
:11:44. > :11:45.for 28 years but things look good for Nick Skelton and his team,
:11:45. > :11:53.for Nick Skelton and his team, going in the final round this
:11:53. > :11:58.afternoon. Lizzie green what use is in Greenwich. It is looking
:11:58. > :12:04.exciting and promising, but surprised with Saudi Arabia at the
:12:04. > :12:10.top? It was a surprise. It was not a complete surprise because they
:12:10. > :12:13.have been creeping up the rankings. One of the riders came second in
:12:13. > :12:21.the World Championships two years ago. One of the biggest surprises
:12:21. > :12:27.is that they are at the top with just one fault. There are three
:12:27. > :12:30.countries who are not even through, who you would have expected to.
:12:30. > :12:37.Considering the pedigree of Great Britain's show jumpers, another
:12:37. > :12:42.surprise. What do you put the lack of medal success down to? It is
:12:42. > :12:47.difficult. British showjumping has been in the doldrums since 1984,
:12:47. > :12:51.the last time they won any medal in the showjumping. The last time they
:12:51. > :12:56.won a gold was in 1952. They won a couple of bronze medals at European
:12:56. > :12:59.level. It is down to the horses. The reason that Saudi Arabia are
:12:59. > :13:03.doing well is that they have quite a lot of money behind them, they
:13:03. > :13:11.have worked very hard, they have enough cash to keep horses in their
:13:11. > :13:16.country. Britain has already lost a horse to the Saudis. We need owners
:13:16. > :13:19.who are prepared to keep their horses. I think showjumping is one
:13:19. > :13:25.of the others competitions to win an Olympic medal. There are 16
:13:25. > :13:28.fences out there. 32 in total, this is the second round. Every single
:13:28. > :13:31.one of those fences could be the difference between gold and no
:13:31. > :13:36.medal at all. If you look at that building in the background with the
:13:36. > :13:40.pointy roof, number-one Canary Wharf. They say that to win a medal,
:13:40. > :13:46.to complete the team showjumping here at an Olympic Games, every
:13:46. > :13:50.team will have jumped in total, the height of that building. About 300
:13:50. > :13:58.metres. A lot of fences and a lot of room for error. It has got
:13:58. > :14:01.bigger, it is already pretty big. Apparently the time will be quite
:14:01. > :14:09.difficult to get, we are set for an exciting final day of showjumping
:14:09. > :14:14.here in Greenwich. How many fences will they have to negotiate? It is
:14:14. > :14:20.13 fences, 16 obstacles. Some of the fences are combinations. Nick
:14:20. > :14:28.Skelton, six Olympics, not counting Moscow when Britain boycotted the
:14:28. > :14:30.Games. Ben Maher, Nick and Ben have not had a single fence down. They
:14:30. > :14:36.are on joint first place in the individual competition which
:14:36. > :14:46.concludes on Wednesday. Scott brash is on eight faults, Peter Charles
:14:46. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:54.has had eight fences down in each We will be back life for that,
:14:54. > :14:58.enjoy. You may remember that history was made with the start of
:14:58. > :15:02.the women's boxing events at the Games. I noted that women's boxing
:15:02. > :15:05.is actually a demonstration event at the St Louis Games of 1904, when
:15:05. > :15:12.the ladies completed in knickerbockers. How times have
:15:12. > :15:22.changed, thankfully. Nicola Adams starter campaign today. The world
:15:22. > :15:37.
:15:37. > :15:43.silver medallist takes on petrol or Nicola, a two-time world medallist.
:15:43. > :15:48.I was 13 years old, and I wasn't nervous at all. I just wanted to
:15:48. > :15:54.get in there. It all started off with Nicola coming down to the gym
:15:54. > :15:59.with me. Was it your intention to take it to a boxing session? No, I
:15:59. > :16:03.didn't even realise they had boxing. She went off and did her own thing.
:16:03. > :16:08.I knew she wouldn't get her and, because there were trainers and
:16:08. > :16:16.coaches there. It was something for the kids to do. It is very
:16:17. > :16:22.expensive, all of the equipment, so it hasn't been easy. To do a's --
:16:22. > :16:28.the days of boxing be Olympic sport for men only are over. Women boxers
:16:28. > :16:38.will be able to compete at the Olympics. I think if women want to
:16:38. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:47.I wasn't very interested in women's boxing, I didn't like to see girls
:16:47. > :16:54.getting hit. But I could see the determination in the girls. Within
:16:54. > :16:59.18 months, we had five in the world's top 10 at their weight. In
:16:59. > :17:06.2008, European Championships, we got seven medals. How do you feel
:17:06. > :17:10.about women's boxing now? I love it. She has got this amazing smile, a
:17:10. > :17:17.slight frame. She doesn't strike you as someone you would associate
:17:18. > :17:27.with boxing. Exactly. She has flat feet, so she wouldn't be a runner.
:17:28. > :17:31.
:17:31. > :17:36.There was a time, not so long ago, when it was nearly all over for you.
:17:36. > :17:42.I had a really serious back injury. I was in bed for three months,
:17:42. > :17:46.which is frustrating, because I was such a get-up-and-go person. The GB
:17:46. > :17:52.selections were going on, and I couldn't train. I went from being
:17:52. > :17:57.able to do 300 sit-ups a day to not being able to do one. Did you think
:17:57. > :18:03.this was it the you? I thought that a few times. When I started
:18:03. > :18:09.punching a game, I was so slow and a bit overweight. I saw everybody
:18:09. > :18:13.on the GB team, flying up and down. I thought, I can never get back to
:18:13. > :18:19.how I was before. I said to the coaches, am I ready to come back at
:18:19. > :18:26.this level so quickly? And they said, yes, you can do this. She was
:18:26. > :18:36.to become Olympic champion world champion, so she works hard. It is
:18:36. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:45.because of the Nicolas that the I have been boxing for so long, and
:18:45. > :18:50.I have won a lot of tournaments. The European Championships, getting
:18:50. > :18:54.old, and a silver medal at the worlds. I couldn't have asked for a
:18:54. > :19:01.better career. And what would it mean to have an Olympic gold medal
:19:01. > :19:06.about there. I would give that Olympic medal a whole shelf! I knew
:19:06. > :19:11.I was up against it. The five-time world champion. I thought, this is
:19:11. > :19:16.my dream, this is my time, and the bell went and I went out and did
:19:16. > :19:23.the business! Talk me through the moment you knew you had qualified
:19:23. > :19:29.for the Olympics. I can't describe it. All the hard work, the tears,
:19:29. > :19:34.the ups and downs, it was all for that moment. I think Nicola has got
:19:34. > :19:38.the brightest smile in boxing. We will see her fighting live later
:19:38. > :19:48.this afternoon on BBC Three. Quite a weekend in the Olympic Stadium,
:19:48. > :19:58.wasn't it? And Golden Globe for the Olympics on Saturday, and a silver
:19:58. > :20:00.
:20:00. > :20:09.lining yesterday in the women's little out of the blocks, but is
:20:09. > :20:13.quickly up. And that is a fast start from the American. And so is
:20:13. > :20:18.Christine Ohuruogu, writing this from the beginning. The Russian
:20:18. > :20:25.goes past Sanya Richards-Ross, but Christine Ohuruogu has really
:20:25. > :20:31.attacked this first 200m. DeeDee Trotter is trying to get into this,
:20:31. > :20:36.but Christine Ohuruogu has a chance here. There are five or six of them
:20:36. > :20:44.here. DeeDee Trotter is coming through, and Christine Ohuruogu is
:20:44. > :20:48.coming again. Can she get it this time? Will she make it? Sanya
:20:48. > :20:53.Richards-Ross takes the gold. Christine Ohuruogu, a Stirling,
:20:53. > :21:02.sterling effort to get the silver. For a moment, I thought it was
:21:02. > :21:08.going to happen all over again, just like four years ago. But Sanya
:21:08. > :21:15.Richards-Ross is a worthy champion. She is a great 400m runner. And of
:21:15. > :21:19.the silver to Christine Ohuruogu. What can you say about Christine?
:21:19. > :21:24.Every time, saves her best for the Olympics, for the World
:21:24. > :21:29.Championships. Forget all the other races, this is the one that matters
:21:29. > :21:35.to her, and she gets the best out of herself again. Only ever runs
:21:35. > :21:40.under 50 seconds in major finals. A remarkable run for her, but hats
:21:40. > :21:50.off to Sanya Richards-Ross. The overwhelming reaction? I was
:21:50. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:02.stunned. I was... I just... I was heartbroken, actually, I really was.
:22:02. > :22:06.To have... To lose your title like that, it was tough. But Sanya is a
:22:06. > :22:11.worthy competitor, and she ran a good race. I have to be happy with
:22:11. > :22:16.what I got. It could have been worse. It looked like it could have
:22:16. > :22:21.been Beijing all over again as you charged down that straight. I know,
:22:21. > :22:27.but I tightened up. I could feel my shoulders lifting. It is really
:22:27. > :22:32.hard to control when you are under fatigue. I thought I had more time,
:22:32. > :22:41.but the line came too soon. I always came here for one thing only,
:22:41. > :22:50.to continue my reign as Olympic Cham -- champion, so I am a bit
:22:50. > :22:55.Well, it was a pugnacious attempted to a title. You said last night
:22:55. > :23:00.your heart broken. 15 hours later, have you revise your assessment?
:23:00. > :23:05.Yes, I did a lap of honour afterwards, and just seeing how
:23:05. > :23:11.proud the people were of May, it kind of brought home that even
:23:11. > :23:15.though I didn't get gold, it was like having your family out there.
:23:15. > :23:19.I probably any new a small percentage of them, but it really
:23:20. > :23:27.felt special to have everybody cheering you on regardless of how I
:23:27. > :23:31.thought I did. And on the podium, everyone still waiting behind to
:23:31. > :23:37.watch me receive my medal, and to have them all there was really
:23:37. > :23:41.special. In years to come, people will ask you to do seminars on how
:23:41. > :23:47.to save your best for major championships, and use the rounds
:23:47. > :23:52.to your advantage. How do you do it? It is not something I do. I
:23:52. > :23:56.wish I could run a lot faster and set myself up, but it just never
:23:56. > :24:02.happens. This year was a bit unusual because I lost a lot of
:24:02. > :24:06.ground, so I was in effect starting a game try to learn the 400 rhythm
:24:06. > :24:12.again. The 400 is not just about having speed or endurance, it is
:24:12. > :24:16.about being able to learn your rhythm. I would like to going
:24:16. > :24:21.running faster, but it is never the case. You just have to go into the
:24:21. > :24:28.championship, and I know that once I'm in there and I have three days
:24:28. > :24:31.to work, I invariably work, and it always works out. It does, because
:24:31. > :24:36.the three times you have run under 50 seconds have been in the
:24:36. > :24:41.absolute key moment that you needed to! Yes, and I am glad that I have
:24:41. > :24:45.that skill and I know how to get my body to work and how to be able to
:24:45. > :24:50.operate under that kind of pressure. Looking back on the race, is there
:24:51. > :24:56.anything you would, could, should have done differently? I don't want
:24:56. > :25:00.to come out and say would, could, should. But the top bend, I think I
:25:01. > :25:06.got a little bit lost, I remember just blinking and then seeing the
:25:06. > :25:11.whole world in front of me, and I thought, not again. It was almost
:25:11. > :25:15.like a repeat, but I was on the outside. I think being far out in
:25:15. > :25:20.lane eight, it was a lot harder to judge, because you are so far from
:25:20. > :25:23.what is going on. But I think maybe I lost a little bit of focus coming
:25:23. > :25:28.into the top, maybe it was a little bit of apprehension that the race
:25:28. > :25:32.was going to be over soon. I think maybe I could have started my prep
:25:32. > :25:38.for the home straight a lot earlier, which are neglected to do. That
:25:38. > :25:45.might have got me my gold. Everybody was delighted with silver,
:25:45. > :25:50.and the way you ran it was huge. Yes, me and my coach went back
:25:50. > :25:56.afterwards, and they think we can say that I'm happy with it. There
:25:56. > :26:02.is always more I am learning about the four, and there is always more
:26:02. > :26:06.I am learning, so there is always more to do. The whole atmosphere of
:26:06. > :26:10.the Olympics, which has overwhelmed many people so far, didn't really
:26:11. > :26:15.hit you until you stood on the podium itself. You looked
:26:15. > :26:20.overwhelmed at that point. What was going through your mind? A think
:26:20. > :26:26.that was the first time I allowed it to sink in. All the other times
:26:26. > :26:31.I was competing, I had to just focus on what I had to do. I knew
:26:31. > :26:34.if I got too emotionally wrapped up, it would be to my detriment. Other
:26:34. > :26:39.people can handle that, but I don't handle the excitement very well in
:26:39. > :26:44.terms of not allowing it to affect my performance, so I was just
:26:44. > :26:47.trying really hard to focus on my job. There was only the first few
:26:47. > :26:51.days, I had loads of time afterwards to soak up the
:26:51. > :26:56.atmosphere. And had you wanted to, you could have jogged home. You're
:26:56. > :27:02.from about a mile away! Yes, I spoke to my mum and dad, and they
:27:02. > :27:08.walked home from the stadium. Which is quite funny. It is really weird.
:27:08. > :27:13.I am just so proud of the whole thing. And this is always going to
:27:13. > :27:16.be my area, it is where I was born and raised. In which case, you look
:27:16. > :27:20.at what is here, and you have seen this develop over the last seven
:27:20. > :27:26.years. What is it doing to your community, and what you hope it
:27:26. > :27:30.will do? I hope ultimately that we will continue with the spirit of
:27:30. > :27:33.the Olympics. If it is something that people can use to pull them
:27:33. > :27:38.together and to continue to move the community for what, I think
:27:38. > :27:42.that is great. It is great to have that, especially for the youngsters
:27:42. > :27:46.that grow up here and can go back to school in September and say, I
:27:46. > :27:49.was at the stadium. And they experience all this, this is just
:27:49. > :27:56.something that I don't think any of us could have imagined would happen
:27:56. > :28:05.when we were growing up. I really couldn't have seen this happening
:28:05. > :28:10.as a child growing up, never. it is not finished. 4x400m. Yes, I
:28:10. > :28:17.have got one day off, and then I get back into training tomorrow,
:28:17. > :28:23.hopefully I will meet up with the girls, and it looks good. From what
:28:23. > :28:28.we saw yesterday in the final, I think we really have a good chance.
:28:28. > :28:33.I just want to finish by taking you back to about a year ago. When you
:28:33. > :28:39.qualified, you came off the track and you told everybody, I am broken.
:28:39. > :28:44.And 12 months on, a silver medal at the Olympic Games. How did you fix
:28:44. > :28:49.it? And what are you going to do now? Coming back from debut was one
:28:49. > :28:54.of the biggest shocks I have ever had. It wasn't so much the
:28:54. > :28:59.disqualification, but how the wind. It was one of the hardest years I
:28:59. > :29:03.have ever had. With the injury, and then Crystal Palace where I
:29:03. > :29:09.finished last, and then me and my coach had three weeks to try to
:29:09. > :29:13.turn it round, and we trained until the last moment, managed to get a
:29:13. > :29:20.400m run out of me, and then to know that we did all that work and
:29:20. > :29:28.get disqualified in the first round, it just compounded about fortune on
:29:29. > :29:34.top of bad fortune. But I went back to work, and I love what I do, so
:29:34. > :29:37.going back to training was never a problem. It was just a matter of
:29:37. > :29:46.believing in what I have and believing in my face and keeping
:29:46. > :29:53.everything together. -- believing in my faith it is an amazing
:29:53. > :29:58.comeback story. Before you go, can we have a look at this? I should go
:29:58. > :30:05.and get my Beijing one from home as well. Yes, you could just go
:30:05. > :30:15.clinking around the park. Yes, this is like gold to me. It is like gold
:30:15. > :30:19.
:30:19. > :30:29.to ask, too. Lovely to see you, It is getting tense and twitchy in
:30:29. > :30:32.
:30:32. > :30:41.the traditional indoor version of The key moves within a phase of
:30:41. > :30:49.play are the surf, the pass, the set, the spike, the block and the
:30:49. > :30:56.dig. There are two main types of serve. The jump serve is an
:30:56. > :30:59.overhand smash that generates power. The float serve is hit without spin,
:30:59. > :31:06.making the flight of the ball unpredictable and hard to read for
:31:06. > :31:13.the opponents. The pass is used by the player receiving the ball from
:31:13. > :31:17.a service, and is an attempt to pass the ball to the team's setter.
:31:17. > :31:24.The set is where the player positions the ball, enabling their
:31:24. > :31:30.team to attack. The spike, also known as the smash, involves
:31:30. > :31:37.players hitting the ball over wrong, in an attempt to finish a rally and
:31:37. > :31:41.win a point. The block is -- involves fund -- front court
:31:41. > :31:45.players attempting to block the ball at the net, in order to win a
:31:46. > :31:50.point for their team. The dig is a defensive move, and is used when
:31:50. > :31:54.players receive the ball after a spike. Athletes will do whatever it
:31:54. > :32:04.takes to keep the ball off the floor, sometimes in spectacular
:32:04. > :32:09.
:32:09. > :32:16.We are offering the men's competition now, Russia against
:32:16. > :32:22.Serbia, who need to win this final group game to progress to the
:32:22. > :32:25.middle stages. Serbia have never won a medal in their history, they
:32:25. > :32:33.thought Novak Djokovic would be the man yesterday but he was not to be
:32:33. > :32:38.at Wimbledon. Russia won the first two sets. It is 19-18 and
:32:38. > :32:48.commentary comes from Jonathan commentary comes from Jonathan
:32:48. > :32:51.
:32:51. > :33:01.serve, which completely went off the top. It almost disappeared
:33:01. > :33:26.
:33:26. > :33:36.stage left. He looks like he was change -- take a bow. The was it an
:33:36. > :33:55.
:33:55. > :34:01.ace? It was, what a great serve. needed to be playing all day, wipe
:34:01. > :34:11.it off the top of the block. These are good serves. It is so easy to
:34:11. > :34:25.
:34:25. > :34:35.say it. Again, testing those in the mountainous one. Both of the
:34:35. > :35:05.
:35:05. > :35:09.players, nice and tight together. In the end to, it was killed.
:35:09. > :35:14.going crosscourt the whole time. His approach was crosscourt, is
:35:15. > :35:17.facing crosscourt, I am not sure why. At the last moment, the
:35:17. > :35:27.Russian blocker dropped his hands to the right to try to take the
:35:27. > :36:06.
:36:06. > :36:16.shot away. It had already gone too he was trying to do a familiar
:36:16. > :36:22.
:36:22. > :36:32.ball coming towards him and the Russian blogger getting up there. -
:36:32. > :36:41.- the Russian blocker. That was way along. The Russians are quite happy
:36:41. > :36:51.to just trade points. Another step closer. Three more and it is match
:36:51. > :36:51.
:36:51. > :37:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:37:32. > :37:42.Russia, dig, said, Spike, take that they were doing, they had
:37:42. > :38:02.
:38:02. > :38:06.The big man. -- he stirs himself. We have not seen the number 18 at
:38:06. > :38:12.all. I believe he has only played in one game so far. It could be
:38:12. > :38:20.that Russia are keeping their cards close to their chest. It is a treat
:38:20. > :38:29.to watch him, he is really natural and sharp. That so much point. --
:38:29. > :38:35.that his match point. We have played for 69 minutes. Russia, a
:38:36. > :38:45.number two in the world, the bronze medallists four years ago, are
:38:46. > :38:50.
:38:50. > :38:55.They have been a different proposition since the number two
:38:55. > :38:59.has come on. There has been freedom and enjoyment about his play.
:38:59. > :39:09.doesn't have anything to prove, because the team is normally
:39:09. > :39:41.
:39:41. > :39:49.struggling when he is brought on, He started with the first serve, he
:39:49. > :39:56.has finished with the final shot. It is 3-0 to Russia. Serbia are out
:39:56. > :40:05.of the Olympic Games. Because they needed to win to pressure Germany.
:40:05. > :40:15.But Russia stride on. While we wait to watch the USA against Tunisia,
:40:15. > :40:31.
:40:31. > :40:41.nonsense, no messing. In particular, the performance of the knee high
:40:41. > :40:52.
:40:52. > :40:56.laugh, 86% efficiency with his to the camera and the crowd. The
:40:56. > :41:06.big man did the damage in the first set, and then left. There is
:41:06. > :41:17.
:41:17. > :41:22.and they go out. The European Serbia are out. Great Britain's
:41:22. > :41:29.volley ball as also know they are going out but they have one last
:41:29. > :41:39.game against Argentina at 4:45pm. You cannot catch up with that and
:41:39. > :41:44.
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:41:53. > :41:56.we'll be broadcasting from Breakfast right through until one
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:42:59. > :43:02.highlights on the BBC HD Channel as well as live coverage of the
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:43:12. > :43:15.
:43:15. > :43:24.You can go to Weymouth and Portland now. The end of the women's medal
:43:24. > :43:30.race in the Laser class. Bennett will be the laser for men. Paul
:43:30. > :43:37.Goodison has had problems with his back -- then it will be the laser.
:43:37. > :43:43.Paul Goodison will not be defending his title. At 2:50pm it is the time
:43:43. > :43:48.for Beth Tweddle on the uneven bars. She has won everything, it is the