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Welcome back to the glorious Olympic Park. This morning we saw

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Lutalo Muhammad qualify for taekwondo. Luke Patience and Stuart

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Bithell got silver in the 470 class. And then Eton Dorney, Ed McKeever

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is through to the finals. Now our attention goes to Hyde Park with

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Daniel Fogg in the 10 kilometre open water swim. Let's join our

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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so far. They have about another 50 mostly in open water. Joining us is

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another swimmer who has medals both in the pool and the open water,

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getting a fantastic silver medal in Beijing in the open water and a

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bronze in the 1,500 in Athens. David Davis. This race is the first

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time I have seen so many changes of pace. Now the pack is stretched

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right out and there is a big gap. Daniel Fogg has dropped to 13th in

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the second lap. I think he struggled with his position. He was

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on the outside, behind people. In the third lap he got settled in

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clear water. He is now in touch in 6th place. Now we have seen this

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amazing burst. Any swimmer at home and watching and once and -- wants

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to know how to do freestyle, textbook stuff. This is it. Daniel

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Fogg is still in touch, he is obviously still fighting hard.

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seems like every time that the pack comes together, David is in its.

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The German doing a bit of backstroke looking to his work.

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David, what are you going to do if you are any one else here apart

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from Lily? Do you try and race to get out there, beat him up a little

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bit, what do you do? Beating him up is against the rules! But make it

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difficult for him. And get around him. Only two at the front. If the

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guys behind thing they could swim up alongside him. One of the other

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girls are man-marked Keri-Anne Payne yesterday. Eva Risztov did

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that and then in the latter half she went off and did her stuff. I

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have massive expectations here. But they cannot let him have his own

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way coming he is in clear water. He is swimming on his friend's -- on

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his own at the front, they need to test his tactics. I think what ever

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he tries, he has something to respond? Obviously we are seeing

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the pictures, but we don't know how they feel. It is an accumulative

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thing. They have done three laps and have 2.5 to go. You can always

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hit the warned that is the danger. You have to get your pacing

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absolutely right. You need to have the sprint in the last 8,000 metres.

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If these guys are working hard to stay with the pace, they might be

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feeling OK now, but they could have over done it. It is a tactical game.

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In open water you see a pack, they swim round at a reasonable pace

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most of the time and then there is a race at the end. But we have seen

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a variable amounts of speed. A lot of people have been flipping onto

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their backs to see who is worth. You don't really do that too much.

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There has been a lot of tactical fought going into this race. They

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can tap each other on the feet and annoy each other. A flock of birds

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going off to the left. We do not know how much energy this has taken,

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and the pack in this position. We will have to wait and see what

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happens. We just need Daniel Fogg in the top five or six. At this

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point in the women's race, if you look there there are six winners,

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peeled off just waiting to go quicker. Unique to watch out for

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the last few kilometres, because the leading two have a bit of a

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kick. They will put the hammer down. They are all there. The German

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looks like he is trying to take the pace on himself. He was 10th at the

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World Championships in Shanghai last year. So qualified

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automatically for this Olympic 10 kilometre open water swim. Straight

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ahead of them is the pontoon. It is almost like an obstacle course on a

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school Sportsday. They want to get it right. It is all about the

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energy you have got an to conserve it for the end of the race will

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stop this point is critical. These Swimming Club. It is �20 a year. It

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you fancy it, come down and have an ice Saturday morning swim. Then

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there is the Peter Pan race on off. You don't want to be drinking

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your drink on your back end and somebody gives you a bash with her

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hand. There was a story about a great swimmer whose coach put out

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the drinks for his summer and she missed it. He was so annoyed, he

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pulled the pole back in, took the drink out of the net, and then just

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through the drink. And then it hit another swimmer. And so the coach's

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Greeks when there was given a red card and disqualified straight away.

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Mark Perry, who has done a super job with the British open water

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swim ing. Just picking up on that, accessibility, the Serpentine Club

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here, this is a nice location. Where I live, and my friends

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throughout the country had various Inland Waterways way you can swim.

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Also the coast. It is active and thriving, coastal swimming. I did

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my torch relay in Felixstowe and now has invited to swim with them

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there. It is active, just get on the internet and have a look, find

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a club. It is not back cold when you work a wetsuit. They do give

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you a good range of movement. do talk a lot about the legacy of

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the Olympic Games. I am sure this is one sport that will take off in

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Britain. We are an island nation and there is plenty of water around

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us. Lots of events and more coming on every year. Notts of the

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swimming pool swimmers -- lots of the swimming pools winners are

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having a go. But the legacy is something London sold itself on,

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and one of the reasons we one a bit. Several different things will

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happen. The interesting Negussie, your high school has done well from

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the Olympics? Yes, my old school I went to in Yorkshire. Both Brownlee

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brothers went as well. It is a massive sports school, and a great

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education establishment. It is a place that encourages a mix, the

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rounded person. I might have been the exception, but they do have

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some intelligent people as well. The college is taking one of the

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training pools from the Olympic Park. They are going to dismantle

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it and put it back together at Kelley College. They will take a

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new 50-metre pool. And they're working with the local authority

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and it will be a fantastic opportunity. Schools winning in

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Britain, school sports in Britain, we have got to get rid of this non-

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competitive, we cannot have competitive sports! Come on, life

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is competitive and not having competition in sports in schools is

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ridiculous. Kelley College is leading the way. There are many

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places now. This idea of inspiration. As a child you can

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watch something and get excited by it. Is it something you can do? I

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think the Olympic Association, Team GB put out a statement yesterday to

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encourage the Government. So they have had conversations on how to

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take a catalytic thing, you like the idea of something, put it into

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practice and make sure the pathways the children who want to do it, not

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just access it, but take it into clubs, learn techniques and be

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coached. The school club link is significant. Anyway, back to the

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race. It is still strong out. -- Ironman competitor and prefers

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swimming in the seat will stop we did not think he would do well here.

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But to be in a medal position he will have to be on the front.

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looks like Andreas watch Burger of Germany is forcing the pace. Going

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with him is the Canadian without a hat. And still tracking, we are now

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in third place, I wonder if Millie is taking a rest. Doesn't look

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quite as smooth as he has done. The bald head of Richard wind Burger,

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who won the test event. But the German is leading. He is looking

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pretty good at the moment. Trying to get on his feet is the Canadian.

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They have to make sure they go through this timing bridge. Four

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laps done. Two to go and it is a 1.67 kilometres. That is each loop.

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The German first and the Canadian second. Talking about carrying the

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torch, the first person to hold the Olympic torch the 2012 was the

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Greek summer. In Athens, he was the guy who got it and started running.

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The field is starting to get strung out, and Richard Weinberger it is

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chasing Waschburger of Germany who is leading.

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Two laps to go. Yesterday, after the women's race was over, I

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witnessed something that genuinely made me cry. That was David Carry,

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due to marry Keri-Anne Payne, finding her, holding her tight, and

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say the things that somebody who loves you says, when you have

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It was really touching, you know what she has been through.

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To do that race, it is so gruelling, emotional. You can see today, it is

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not just a case of, you have your own space, and you swim along. It

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is 10k of fighting. I had done it as well. It is so different to the

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expense I feel when I am swimming, it is totally alien to that. The

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only similarity I can glean is the feelings that my parents get when

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they watch me swim, that is what I was feeling for Keri-Anne.

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wonderful view that he was right there. It was really good to see

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him, I just needed somebody I didn't needs -- and into feel-bad

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sobbing. To have someone who would say, don't worry about it, it's

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still the same, I'm still going to marry you. I have to say, if you

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had said, I am not going to marry you now! You have the rest of your

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life to plan together now. This gives you a natural break from

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swimming. Do you know long turn? Ticking in the back of my head, it

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is the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, it is such a draw, I love competing

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for Scotland. It seems really good. I have also got other things to

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think about. General life to get on with, enjoys spending time with

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Keri-Anne. What I want to do now is enjoy the Olympics, it's not

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something you get very often. To experience it as a sports fan. To

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be part of this incredible event. It epitomises the whole Olympic

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spirit, seeing so many happy people, families coming together. Keri-Anne,

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you have done so much to promote swimming amongst youngsters. And

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you're broadcasting is top class. We don't really know what is going

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to happen, no one can make a decision until we see where things

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are going, the World Championships. At the moment, I am looking forward

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to training, after a break, the wedding. We have lots to look

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forward to before making any decision. Have a wonderful wedding,

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bring that pace up. That is a faster speed than before. We think

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this stringing out will be definitive. Some of the guys in the

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middle will be working very hard to stay on the pace. The question is,

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of the leading five, are they prepared to keep it going to break

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away. Once the break away starts, there are three medals for grabs,

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it gets interesting. What is fascinating is Waschburger of

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Germany, 25, doesn't have form in open water. He was 10th in the

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World Championships. He doesn't have a string of medals on the

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world circuit. European Chadli ships, 17 in the 10k. -- European

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Championships. 10k, what makes you want to do that? Medals! There is

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one lady, I do think she has tried to do the seven great crossings

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around the world, something amazing. They are starting to string out.

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There was a pack of seven bunched together. Waschburger of Germany is

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pushing the pace. He is around first. Mellouli was looking a bit

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ragged, but he is back to looking fairly comfortable. If they string

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it out, going one by one, two metres per person, you could find

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yourself an awful long way back. Dan Fogg, two thirds of the way

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down the pack, he found this lap difficult. Mellouli, to the left,

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he has to start -- he has decided to take the lead. Thomas Lurz there.

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I got the impression then that Mellouli will be making a little

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burst. Spyridou Gianniotis is also there, some of the great names, in

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the leading group. This goes at a metres to go. It is about half an

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hour of swimming still to go, probably slightly more. Still, it

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is an awful long way. If you think of the whole 10k race, they're

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coming to the end of it, past three quarters. There is a massive

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overhead camera which runs almost the full length of the Serpentine,

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extraordinary. Mellouli, he has covered that break. Now taking over.

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Is that the last we have seen of Waschburger. He got caught going

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around the buoy. That looks like Thomas Lurz. David? I was really

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surprised with Waschburger. We have not talked about him much. He put a

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big break on in the last two laps. I don't know whether he did that to

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help Thomas Lurz, it has spread this pack out, a long line of

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swimmers. In the instant areas, the buoys and feeding stations --

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incident areas. We saw pictures of Dan Fogg, looking up an awful lot

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more. That is a sign of feeling tired or, failing to respond to the

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pace. Your body keeps looking up, where am I going? Disorientation.

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Maybe he is finding it difficult. He dropped from six, to 22, at the

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last time check. The Russian, disqualified in the Olympic Games,

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he has qualified here. He was at 10th at the last time check,

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someone still to watch out for. This last lap will be exciting.

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Thank you, David, maybe 150 metres. It has started to become very

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important, the feeding station. Mellouli is trying to break again,

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every time he has done it, they have strong out. When he tries to

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apply the pressure, they cannot live with him. But, one person,

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every single time, he continues to track him, Thomas Lurz. The three

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of us were having a chat half an hour before this, and talking about

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the editor of eight domestique in cycling, who does the work for you.

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-- the idea of a domestique in cycling. Waschburger, reveals he

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cannot get a medal, maybe a deal has been done.

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Thomas Lurz has every medal in his pocket, apart from this one.

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Mellouli is challenging. Thomas Lurz has an Olympic medal, but not

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gold. We saw Mellouli a couple of laps ago, he made a big move in

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this straight down to the feeding station. He seemed to do it so he

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could take some food and drink, and still come out, in the leading pack.

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I wonder if he will do the same sort of thing. He does work awfully

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hard to make sure he is reading into the feeding station,

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interesting tactic. It looks like he is going very wide. If you are

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in the pack, do you follow Mellouli and go to the right, now to the

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left. Or, do you go to the right. Hardly any of them doing it. That

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is really interesting. You saw a few people building up, he is not

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feeding. I planned to. But if I do, I will miss the pace. A couple of

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them decided they would maybe feed, and didn't. Added think anybody has

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taken a feed. The top of Group, the top four, have opened up a gap.

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That was a moment maybe where the break was made.

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Mellouli has gone. There is clear Lurz. Thomas Lurz is working very

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hard to get back. Look at that, a gap of maybe three metres between

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Mellouli. Let us see around this buoy. Not an awful lot of turn on

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this one, a slight redirection. Mellouli around it first, Thomas

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Lurz second. Thomas Lurz is working very hard, Andy. There is the pack

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coming around. The world champion from Shanghai last year. Three-

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times Olympian as well, Sydney, Athens. His best result was 5th in

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Athens. In the 1,500m. 400 as well. Spyridou Gianniotis is a very

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race. When Risztov started to push the pace and tried to make it a war

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of attrition, to keep it moving and moving. The bridge which divides

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Kensington Gardens, and the Long Water of the Serpentine. In a

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couple of laps, they will do this next buoy. There will be a streak

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sprint into the finish. -- straight this time. They have about 400m to

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go straight and now and then one lap to go. That is why Mellouli has

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put his hammer down. He has changed about a second faster than the rest

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of the field. They cannot live with it. Key has been sitting around the

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field. It took too much energy to stay up with him. Lurz will be

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working his socks off to stay up with him. It is growing by the

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centimetre. And that is Gianniotis in third, I think. The Greek world

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champion. Been 4th it is still the Canadian, Weinberger. This is what

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happens when you push the pace nice you have as few people in the final

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sprint as possible. If those guys stay together there will be four

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men going for three medals. Mellouli, Lurz, Weinberger, and

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Gianniotis. Mellouli knows exactly what he has done. He has probably

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gone with about 3,000 metres to go. It is very unusual. Mellouli has

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Gun earlier than he has done in any previous race. He won the qualifier

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in Portugal in June of this year. 9th June, he just a couple of

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months ago. He was first, Weinberger was second. Lurz didn't

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do it because he had already qualified, and neither did

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Gianniotis because he had already qualified. From last year's World

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Championships you have got a fascinating race coming up to one

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lap to go. Mellouli is taking them in. 1.6 and a bit kilometres still

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to go. Mellouli, there was maybe two metres, I think Lurz may have

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just real that in a tiny bit. -- not been dropped yet. This is

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fascinating. My thought when Mellouli was going to go come I

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thought he would go in decisive fashion and that would be the end

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of that. But he has not done that, Lurz is covering. And also covering

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him a very well indeed is Richard Weinberger from Canada. There is

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one out on his own, and that it might be Waschburger. Waschburger

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is finding himself caught in the middle. Daniel Fogg has done quite

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well, he is in 15th place. He is still in there for start he won't

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get into the medals, it will be so hard to bridge the gap. Mellouli is

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opening a decisive lead. It looks like the other three will be

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swimming with each other in a minute. As they have entered their

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final lap in his men's 10,000m opal water swim at the Olympic Games,

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fantastic crowds all the way around the edge of the Serpentine.

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And amongst those crowds, with a silver medal, Michael Jamieson, and

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Rebecca Adlington, and it makes you the most successful British swimmer.

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There will always be a little hint of a disappointment. I did expect

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more with my time. It wasn't how I wanted it to go, but looking back

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it has been incredible. The crowd and support has been amazing. We

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couldn't ask for any more support with what we have been given.

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Beijing was amazing. Maybe it would have been nice to do it the other

:34:36.:34:42.

way around. But I have had an amazing career so far. If somebody

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said to me, you have will get a four Olympic medals, I would have

:34:46.:34:55.

has has been a dream come true. Michael, a silver medal. Would you

:34:55.:34:59.

have had that reaction if somebody said to you you will get a silver

:34:59.:35:05.

medal at a London Games? It has been a perfect week. I have enjoyed

:35:05.:35:11.

it. The result is better than I hoped it would be. I was always the

:35:11.:35:16.

outside tip at best. I have had a great week and I have been trying

:35:16.:35:22.

to soak it up this week. What does it make you want to do now, it is

:35:22.:35:28.

the Commonwealth Games in your sights, Rio in your site? I hope so,

:35:28.:35:33.

Glasgow in two years will be a homecoming. The pool were the

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swimming will be taking place is where I swam when I was five or six

:35:37.:35:42.

years of age. The Scots have such a strong breaststroke contingent now.

:35:42.:35:48.

Making the team will be hard enough. I will be delighted to be there.

:35:48.:35:53.

For years is a long time until Rio. But now I would love to be there as

:35:53.:36:03.
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duties at Keri-Anne and David's wedding coming up and then you have

:36:06.:36:14.

a cycle ride? Keri-Anne's wedding, I cannot wait for that, and her hen

:36:14.:36:22.

do. Are you organising that? her sister is. We have been passing

:36:22.:36:27.

ideas back and forth. I have some cycle training, something different.

:36:27.:36:33.

I have not been on a bike in 10 years. It will be keeping fit and

:36:33.:36:38.

it is the charity, which is the reason we are doing it. I love to

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go back to the guys who really need it. I know you mentioned you would

:36:43.:36:46.

like to do Strictly Come Dancing, if the offer comes, maybe it

:36:46.:36:52.

already has, what the cycle ride rule you out? Yes it would come

:36:52.:36:56.

about raising money for charity, it is more important. Obviously a

:36:56.:37:01.

would love to do strictly, it has been my dream, to learn how to

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dance, but the charity work is more important and that I cried

:37:06.:37:16.
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definitely comes first. Brilliant sure he goes around the right side

:37:20.:37:27.

of this buoy. If he goes alongside, it is a straight red card and you

:37:27.:37:35.

are out. -- the wrong side. He has to go round the far side of it. He

:37:35.:37:41.

is looking up. He did a big correction. He has to be careful

:37:41.:37:46.

coming into the finish. Doing the same loop all the time, he doesn't

:37:46.:37:56.
:37:56.:37:56.

want to go wrong. This is the final turn. Short distance between those

:37:56.:38:02.

sausage-shaped things! Technical turn. This is the east end of the

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leg. They have to go all the way to the West end. About three-quarters

:38:09.:38:19.
:38:19.:38:29.

go. For Mellouli that should be pretty good, about 1,500m for start

:38:29.:38:36.

he knows it very well. The Olympic champion in Beijing in the pool on

:38:36.:38:42.

1,500. And I wonder if he knows how far ahead he is? That is the bottom

:38:42.:38:52.
:38:52.:38:56.

end. He hasn't dropped them as much as I thought he would. Lurz is

:38:56.:39:03.

still there. Gianniotis has caught up with Weinberger. It is not over.

:39:03.:39:10.

Gianniotis looks as though he has got some energy. Both Lurz and

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Laura Bechtolsheimer have some scrappy strokes, compared to the

:39:14.:39:19.

guys in first and second place. Sihine is looking to see if he

:39:19.:39:25.

wants to bridge the gap. He is on the feat of Weinberger. I think he

:39:25.:39:31.

is giving them a little tap, which is very annoying. And he is

:39:31.:39:35.

crawling up the body. The referee is looking very carefully at what

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is going on. If he sees something on towards, in his opinion, he will

:39:40.:39:45.

get the yellow-card out. David Davis, we have seen some people get

:39:45.:39:51.

red cards, and yellow-card in the final lap of these major

:39:51.:39:55.

championships? As it gets to the closing stages, people want to be

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in the right position. There is four of them now, one leading and

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three in the chasing group. It is a decisive split. The three behind

:40:09.:40:15.

Mellouli are working hard. He is not kicking too hard, there is not

:40:15.:40:22.

much splash. He still has another gear to go. But the guys behind him,

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we are seeing a lot of splash just to stay in touch. It will be a

:40:28.:40:36.

fight for the lower medals. They have always been the main players.

:40:36.:40:44.

One kilometre to go. 1,000m. 9,000 metres have gone. Look at the

:40:44.:40:49.

battle for silver and bronze. I think that is Mellouli leading. He

:40:49.:40:58.

has about a ten-metre lead, still. On the left, his Gianniotis. And

:40:58.:41:04.

Weinberger is on the right. Lurz is still there, I thought he had gone,

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but he is on the feat of Weinberger. I don't think they can catch

:41:09.:41:16.

Mellouli now. It is about 20 ends of an Olympic pool. I think this is

:41:16.:41:26.

good night, he is going to his legs. I think David is correct, this is

:41:26.:41:36.
:41:36.:41:38.

the ear to go. Mellouli, maybe in putting in two beats, I think

:41:38.:41:43.

you're right. The second group won't catch him on this now. It

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will be a real scrap the the silver. Just at the bottom of your screen

:41:49.:41:53.

by the boat, Mellouli on the right and then those three of those guys

:41:53.:42:00.

are only going to get two medals. Gianniotis is looking for the

:42:00.:42:10.

freshest. Maybe the clever tactics is Lurz. He needs to make sure he

:42:10.:42:16.

will be climbing up shortly. With about 800m to go, they have some

:42:16.:42:23.

work to do. I do think Mellouli looks good, but the has not

:42:23.:42:29.

completely drop them. He does look good and when he was in the pool,

:42:29.:42:34.

his last 400m was very strong. He came back on the field. I wouldn't

:42:34.:42:44.
:42:44.:42:45.

be surprised if he is built for this. He has put on a couple of kg

:42:45.:42:49.

to make sure he can take the colder water. That is what a couple of the

:42:49.:42:54.

women did. He had a great swim in the pool. Not as great as he can do

:42:55.:42:59.

in the pool, and I think everything has been geared up to this.

:42:59.:43:03.

Everything has been geared up to give Mellouli the best chance for

:43:03.:43:08.

some he has been travelling around experiencing open-water swimming.

:43:08.:43:14.

He has the turn of speed. Coming into this, he was talked about as

:43:14.:43:18.

the one to watch, the one to beat and the one who will take this

:43:18.:43:22.

sport on to another level. Again we are seeing somebody he won't let

:43:22.:43:31.

this go. There are some wonderful swimmers in there, Great experience.

:43:31.:43:37.

They will be doing all sorts of things trying to gain advantage

:43:37.:43:42.

over each other, positioning wise. The referee boat is tracking those

:43:42.:43:52.
:43:52.:43:54.

guys. Just to check it is all right. So, Mellouli has passed the middle,

:43:54.:43:58.

pink buoy and coming to where the feeding station is. But they won't

:43:58.:44:08.
:44:08.:44:10.

be going into there. All coaches alongside. They are all on the pink

:44:10.:44:17.

pontoon. They will be encouraging as much as they can. I think that

:44:17.:44:23.

is Lurz in the white cap just behind Mellouli. It looks quite

:44:23.:44:31.

close, but it is still about 12, 13 metres. The gap is slowly

:44:31.:44:35.

increasing between Mellouli of Tunisia. He looks very good indeed.

:44:35.:44:44.

The chasing pack have some serious work to do. They do have a bit of a

:44:44.:44:51.

fight going on, it looks like it might be Lurz. It might be Lurz on

:44:51.:44:56.

the chasing pack. Gianniotis it is in there, and so is Weinberger of

:44:57.:45:06.

Canada. His Mellouli going to create some history? He has already

:45:06.:45:16.
:45:16.:45:18.

won a bronze medal freestyle in the pool. He is absolutely going now.

:45:18.:45:23.

He has two turns to go. Us to swim along the end of the late, along

:45:23.:45:33.
:45:33.:45:46.

Gianniotis, maybe in the third place, with wine Berger -- Richard

:45:46.:45:51.

Weinberger of Canada. I had thought Thomas Lurz would make him move,

:45:51.:46:01.
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but he did not come up with it. In that chasing pack, Dan Fogg. I

:46:02.:46:09.

cannot see Mellouli losing this, having a fantastic swim. He still

:46:09.:46:19.
:46:19.:46:20.

hasn't done the kick we know he can It will be fantastic to see Dan

:46:20.:46:26.

Fogg finish in the top 10. Got under 15 minutes this year for the

:46:26.:46:32.

first time. Made the Olympic final, to getting the top 10 would be a

:46:33.:46:38.

good year for Dan Fogg. We are looking here, but somebody I think

:46:38.:46:43.

he has made a wonderful transition from swimming pool to open water,

:46:43.:46:53.
:46:53.:47:05.

righthand side. He does not have far to go, maybe 500 metres. Hasn't

:47:05.:47:10.

he swum well? He has kept on pushing the pace, adding a little

:47:10.:47:15.

bit more pressure, then letting the field come back, then put in on the

:47:15.:47:23.

pressure. He has a 25-metre lead. Mellouli from Tunisia, he trains in

:47:23.:47:32.

a Saturdays. A big scrap for silver and bronze medal. That will be

:47:32.:47:37.

really tight. Thomas Lurz is in there, Spyridou Gianniotis, and

:47:37.:47:41.

Richard Weinberger who has worked so hard.

:47:41.:47:48.

The following pack has strung out again. Mellouli is coming to

:47:48.:47:58.
:47:58.:48:04.

victory. In the chasing pack, they have strung out. That is Thomas

:48:04.:48:14.
:48:14.:48:18.

Lurz in the silver cap. Richard Weinberger to the left of him.

:48:18.:48:24.

Spyridou Gianniotis, falling off the pace. We are looking at a

:48:24.:48:29.

Tunisian Olympic champion. The ace is incredible. He swam in

:48:29.:48:34.

the pool in the 1500m freestyle. And he has come into the Serpentine,

:48:34.:48:44.
:48:44.:48:57.

to swim the 10 -- 10k open water. Thomas Lurz, not dropping back. In

:48:57.:49:02.

their position is one burgher of candour. But, nobody will catch

:49:02.:49:09.

this man. At the moment, Mellouli will take a fantastic gold medal,

:49:09.:49:18.

10,000 metres in the Serpentine. has executed it perfectly. A

:49:18.:49:25.

wonderful swimmer. I think there is going to be a cracking battle for

:49:25.:49:30.

second. Thomas Lurz will not want to give it away. They are fighting

:49:30.:49:38.

back. He has some work to do, Mellouli. He doesn't get caught on

:49:38.:49:48.
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the lane lined -- mustn't get caught on the lane line. Mellouli

:49:51.:49:56.

is creating history. A silver medal battle, it looks like Thomas Lurz

:49:56.:50:03.

will get it. The gold will go to Mellouli of Tunisia. He won the

:50:03.:50:13.
:50:13.:50:29.

gold fabric in Beijing in the 1500m world champion, Spyridou Gianniotis

:50:29.:50:38.

of Greece. So sad one of those four men had to be out of the medals.

:50:38.:50:44.

I am not sure if that is Dan Fogg. Coming in, in 5th place. A

:50:44.:50:52.

fantastic swimmer, how has he done that? He has done 1,500 in the pool

:50:52.:50:59.

as well. 8th in the pool in the 1,500. That is a brilliant swim

:50:59.:51:04.

from Dan Fogg, the future of British distance soaring, looking

:51:04.:51:14.
:51:14.:51:16.

very good indeed. Well done. -- distance swimming.

:51:16.:51:23.

What a great swim from Dan Fogg, to come through, destroying that big

:51:23.:51:33.
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pack in that last 1,500, his best ever position. Mellouli, just

:51:35.:51:42.

rolling on to his back. First Olympic gold medal for Tunisia in

:51:42.:51:49.

open water. He got a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics in the pool,

:51:49.:51:58.

in the 1,500m. Dan Fogg, what a finish. I have never seen him

:51:58.:52:04.

finished so well. Very impressive. To have anything left after the

:52:04.:52:14.
:52:14.:52:18.

1500m freestyle. Then, to come here. There he is, so pumped up. What

:52:18.:52:25.

does it mean to him. Bronze medal in the pool in the 1,500, now a

:52:25.:52:35.
:52:35.:52:52.

stand up and salute this man. He is trying to work up the crowd.

:52:52.:52:57.

Mellouli is walking around. Pumping his fist at anyone who will look at

:52:57.:53:07.
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him. Coming in now, not the last swimmer. Schulte is still half a

:53:10.:53:20.
:53:20.:53:25.

lap a way. -- away. That is the Kazakhstan's swimmer.

:53:25.:53:34.

What a sensational race. A really fantastic swimmer. Still no gold

:53:35.:53:40.

medal for Thomas Lurz. The bronze medal, very well earned, or Richard

:53:40.:53:50.
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David Davies and I, lost in admiration for Mellouli. He has

:53:54.:54:00.

made history, the first to win a pool and open water medal in the

:54:00.:54:06.

same Games. He has destroyed a very good field. A massive gap, it is

:54:06.:54:12.

normally a tight finish. Amazing all the way through. Dan Fogg, 5th

:54:12.:54:20.

is his best. He a great performance. On the third lap, he was down to 20.

:54:20.:54:29.

He finished strongly. He ended up in 5th place. He has had a

:54:29.:54:37.

fantastic Games. What about Thomas Lurz, such an experienced open

:54:37.:54:43.

water swimmer? He will be the people's choice, he has been around

:54:43.:54:48.

for a long time. A very hard worker, a great ambassador for the sport. A

:54:48.:54:55.

bronze in Beijing, silver here today. At any stage, did you think,

:54:55.:55:04.

I wish I was in there? Only to cool off! You need to be in great

:55:04.:55:11.

condition, Mellouli showed that today. He beat Thomas Lurz by a

:55:11.:55:16.

good five-10 seconds. He has mood of this sport on massively. I was

:55:16.:55:26.

glad to watch today. We're waiting for the swimmers to pass by. The

:55:26.:55:32.

sun is beating down on us. It feels like we are in Rome. He is making

:55:32.:55:40.

his way over now. Taking on plenty of fluids. A word for Spyridou

:55:40.:55:45.

Gianniotis of Greece had finished 4th. Born in Liverpool. We are very

:55:45.:55:51.

pleased for him. Dan Fogg, congratulations, a stunning swim,

:55:51.:55:57.

and how on earth you came back into it on the last lap. We don't even

:55:57.:56:07.
:56:07.:56:09.

know where I came. 5th. I am really pleased with that. I was picking

:56:09.:56:14.

off a person at a time. I was surprised I had quite a bit left, I

:56:14.:56:20.

was feeling repeat in the middle. The pace picked up on the last two

:56:20.:56:30.

laps. It was amazing to watch. You got a good start. Some people were

:56:30.:56:37.

left. Mid-race, you slipped back as far back as 22. Suddenly, you're

:56:37.:56:42.

there on the last lap. I was happy with my first lap, it felt easy, I

:56:42.:56:51.

was at the feet of Mellouli. Then, people were fighting quite a lot,

:56:51.:56:57.

bunched together. It was a case of fighting to the front. Keri-Anne

:56:57.:57:01.

said in the last lap, she was feeling horrible but she listened

:57:01.:57:06.

to the crowd and went for it. Coming down the back straight, I

:57:06.:57:10.

was a matter of metres away from people screaming, and it really

:57:10.:57:15.

made a difference. In a race so tough and hard like this. I just

:57:15.:57:21.

wish I was closer towards the end to be in the race. But I am happy

:57:21.:57:25.

to get up to 5th. You did a great job, well done.

:57:26.:57:30.

Dan Fogg, he gets a hug from the last Olympic silver-medallist,

:57:30.:57:36.

David Davies. That was stunning not just for the quality of sport, but

:57:37.:57:41.

for the setting, and how much it has done for the sport of swimming.

:57:41.:57:48.

This is central London, these crowds, a fantastic place.

:57:48.:57:55.

Congratulations to Mellouli, for Tunisia.

:57:55.:58:01.

We have more news from the water, from Weymouth. What a result,

:58:01.:58:09.

silver medal for Great Britain, Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills, in

:58:09.:58:15.

the 470 class, the second silver medal of the day. The men and the

:58:15.:58:22.

woman. They were just pipped by New Zealand who won the gold medal.

:58:22.:58:30.

Huge congratulations. We have boxing with Luke Campbell

:58:30.:58:35.

in the men's semi-finals of the men's bantamweight. Just to the

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right, behind the Velodrome, the BMX Track. You can see action from

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