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Welcome to Olympic Park. If you were watching on BBC1, we will be

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heading back to the equestrian event. But Tom Tayly and Pete

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Waterfield finished out of the medals in the diving final. They

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just made a couple of mistakes and finished in fourth. But both the

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guys have tweeted. Pete said, sorry, we gave it a good go, thanks for

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your support. He signs it gutted. Tom Daley says, sorry everyone we

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tried our best, but you cannot afford to miss a dive at this level.

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And back to the equestrianism and there is the last of the British

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team. Let's see William as we team. Let's see William as we

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rejoin our commentary team. William Fox-Pitt is ranked no one in the

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world and he is on a score of 44 and he does need to come inside the

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time. Fox-Pitt, Lionheart, ten- year-old, 44.1 at the third. Quite

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a young, inexperienced horse, but he has a man with real class on

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board. You can just see the scope of Lionheart and the way he has

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jumped these fences. He is flying. He knows the time is tight. He is

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on a young horse, but a great young horse with lot of ability. Now look

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at that score. Britain can get a few marks closer to Germany with

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show jumping in mind. They can't get ahead, whatever William does.

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But William could tuck himself into the individual title. 44.1 at the

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moment. With two show jumping rounds to come that wouldn't stop

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William Geding a medal individually. He is an out and out jumper,

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Lionheart. We have seen that in the past. He is one of the most careful

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horses in the show jumping arena. He has won 49 major three-day

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events around the world. This is the one he would love. Oh he has

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gone. Oiwa, the leader, he is out. He got unseated. It was just a

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question of unseated rider. The horse does nothing wrong. Yoshy is

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a fraction forward and gets propped out ot - of the saddle. What a

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nightmare. Such a great day in the dressage, it was going so well. He

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will be gutted. Drama from start to finish. William fix pit on the

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course. -- Fox-Pitt. There can be no bigger competition that we have

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needed getting accurate timing. Malin Pietersen, the last for

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Sweden. So far so good. He can't improve the Swedish score. She has

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been in the Swedish team in several of the, in fact the last two

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European games. She is away. Riding So Far So Good. An Irish mare.

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William, flying down the hill. To 13. You can fly too fast on this

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going. But William beautifully over 13. He is coming back to the sun

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his line now for the sun dials. Just pops over this. Gets the four

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strides and then quickly back into the gallop. Straight into the Ai

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that. To these incredible crowds: They're up standing on their feet.

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William won't stop to look at that. Now 4.33 and he is on target. Ooh

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hang on, it's a tight turn. Got it. And away. Fasten your safety belts

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at home, William Fox-Pitt is on his way! William, won a bronze four

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years ago. He was unlucky not to win a silver when his horse was

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withdrawn after cross country in Athens. He so wants an Olympic gold.

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Can it with done? The water. Ooh an enormous jump in. But he has

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quickly rebalanced and lined up on the way out. Brilliant! Brilliant

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William. He is well over six foot, he is huge, but he crouchs low. He

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is a great judge of pace and he normally knows how to get horses

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fit. Malin Petersen, so far so good. And there is one more to go, the

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great Mark Todd. Just to give us a final fling. There he is. Mark Todd.

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Four New Zealand. He could bring them still closer. And he is away.

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39.1 after dressage. If they can drop the score of Caroline Powell,

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they will come close to Britain, Germany and Sweden. The great Mark

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tord is away. Now back with Sweden. When you look at William Fox-Pitt

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and then Malin, there is a bit of difference in the aggression and

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speed, but she is getting the job done and jumping the fences. Just a

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problem with the brakes down there down to the fence 13. The east end

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barrows fence. The Swedish picture can't be improved by Malin Petter

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son Sen. -- Malin Petersen. This is as good as Sweden's going to get.

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But this man can change the Kiwi situation. The horse is only a ten-

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year-old. Quite young, but Todd has given him the mileage to get him

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here. He has had to ride him in the right state of mind and with the

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right amount of experience. Smooth piece of riding from Todd. 56 years

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old. Back-to-back gold medals can Charisma. He never looks as if he

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is in a hurry, but he always comes up with a good time. The rirt m is

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so important. -- rhythm is so important. This is the situation as

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we see it. We're watching Mark Todd come down the mill. If he could go

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clear inside the time, ooh and there is a lot of legs go and a lot

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of elbows going! He would put New Zealand on a score of 133. Britain

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on 130. Sweden on 131. Will you have any nails left by tomorrow?

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Mark Todd is on course, but so is William Fox-Pitt. Over the rose

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garden. And still Lionheart gaps. Ooh! William can improve Britain's

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position by a couple of marks. But no more. There the Brazilian rider

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has got them home and he is Dee lighted -- delighted. But his

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target is Rio, no doubt about that. We have seen couple of Hick ups at

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this -- hiccups at this fence today. But no problem. Well ridden. Ma Len

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Petersen on to the top of the hill and over the last eight fences. All

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on the flat. Mark Todd comes flying down the hill. Heels down. The pony

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club would like that! Now Fox-Pitt, the horse just beginning to look a

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trifle weiry. What is the time? Oh it is going to be close! He is not

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going to do that I think.Less going to do it. He is going to get

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a few time penalties and we want him around that tree and he want

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him desperately. Here he comes. And there is not a huge amount of

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petrol left in this tank. So Britain's position is not going to

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be improved. At the last, jumps the last, 9.2 to add to William Fox-

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Pitt's time. I don't think it's going to be gold individual for

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William and Lionheart. But here is Todd in the ring. He could get

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himself into the hunt. He is taking chances now. He is smelling

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success! Just to confirm Britain will finish on 130.2. They will

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stay ahead of Sweden. They will still say in silver medal position,

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behind Germany. Germany, remember, are on 134.7. Only six marks just a

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lilt less than Great Britain. final horse in the final water jump

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of the day. Makes it look like taking sweeties from babies.

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does. The New Zealanders have put a lot of time and effort into now a

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scheme that looks after the riders. They have got support for all the

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riders. They have looked at what is going on around the world and they

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have put a great team of support for both the youth and senior

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riders and my word it is paying off. Sarah Harris, the girl that leaves

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out and another one to slip on that corner. He loses his reins, but he

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will pick up the knitting quickly. He has got it all together.

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notice the hill, for this horse. Toddy's got him as fit as anyone

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can get a horse. A bit of a liberty with the flowers there. Mark Todd

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he is on that score of 39.1. And that would put him individually in

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a very strong medal position. Petersen only two to go. Sles not

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going to far away. She has never looked quick, but her time is

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impressive. Her dressage score will be her handicap, 60.4. She will do

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this time. Yes she is. She is going to be close to it any way. And

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watching her earlier on, you would never have guessed that. A very

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deaccept tifr stride. Is she is -- a very deceptive stride. Two

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seconds over! 0.08 add. So 61.2 I think. Let's remind you, 39.1, tord

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stays on that and he will -- Todd stays on that he would be on gold

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medal position and New Zealand would be in fourth place, but right

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Here he comes. He is still galloping. In fact the horse is

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looking good. He has got a huge stride. He comes back for the... It

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the century in the equestrian world. He has won so much for New Zealand.

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He put New Zealand eventing on the map, started back in 1980 when he

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won Badminton. He gave up after Sydney when he won the individual

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bronze medal. He came back in Hong Kong. He did not feature but it

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whetted his attitude to come back and try for London. He is 56 years

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old. He could still be in the lead after cross-country. He is flying.

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He has got to. The next cheque time it is at the second last. He needs

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to be there and he will do it. is looking good. The horse is

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looking a little weary though. He says come on, couple more to do,.

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Even if he does not, he will be in a strong position. He just gives

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the horse so much confidence. The horses running until their one gas.

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He has plenty of time to get home. He is still galloping. He needs to

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be in the site. -- in the site. Come on, toddy. 0.4, we will give

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him back. What a man. New Zealand will go forth and it is game on for

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the show jumping tomorrow. No doubt. He goes on to 39.5. That means he

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can sleep easy tonight with show jumping to come. Remember for the

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individuals, there are two showjumping classes. I think that

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is Michael Jung. I wonder if he said well done, Toddy. He certainly

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should have done because he rode like a star yet again. It took all

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of his fitness as well as the horse's fitness to get round in

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that time. If he had not just missed that the last fence, I am

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sure he would have made that time. He asked for another big one and

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the horse said, I do not think I can do that. Germany are one fence

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ahead of Great Britain. It has to be the best three scores. Sweden

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are in the bronze-medal position. And New Zealand. All those teams

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are within a fence. United States in prospect for the medals tomorrow.

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There is the individual situation. Michael Jung, the world champion,

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within 1.3 marks of the lead. What a competition. Tina Cook who won

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the bronze four years ago is still in touch for Great Britain.

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SUE BARKER: Great scenes there and great support for the British team.

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It is the showjumping tomorrow and Before we move on, let catch-up

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with the headlines from earlier today. So near, yet so far. Tom

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Daley and Pete Waterfield just missed out on a medal. They

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finished 4th after leading at the halfway stage. Gold went to China.

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Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins are on their way to gold. They

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powered into the finals of the women's double sculls, setting an

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Olympic record in the process. Caitlin McClatchey won her heat in

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the 200m freestyle to qualify for the same if -- semi-finals. Hannah

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Miley also is in the semi-finals. Coming up now it is archery. Let's

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update you on the progress of Larry Godfrey who's in the only member of

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the British team who has been shooting well. He is the sole

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wrapped sedatives of the individual event this afternoon. He is quite a

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character. You from practices archery in his house. Members of

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the family have to watch where they walk. The practice has paid off so

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far. Whip again today? In the second round he was up against the

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Mexican competitor. We can join our put across, could not split across

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

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Serrano can win it with a 10. A It is an 8 so Larry Godfrey takes

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two points. Larry trains with his team-mates Alan Wells and Simon

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Terry. He still works for Rolls Royce as well as shooting full-time.

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As he did throughout his Olympic career. I think he likes that

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balance. He likes to enjoy his archery as a hobby even though he

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is incredibly talented. He does not want to be doing it full time every

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single day. A sweet side of the arrow going in that central gold

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been thrilled with that timing. She's usually shouting at him

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behind the line. Serrano is willing it to go in the 10 and 80 bayed him.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

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incredibly well. In this wind, the wind socks are blowing around 360.

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The flags up there on the high right, they are blowing one way and

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the wind socks by the targets are both pointing in separate

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directions. We have three directions or at the same time.

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This is where the weight of the bow really comes into its own. The

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higher the draw weight, when you pull the weight back, if it is

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stronger, it will throw the arrows down the field quicker, cutting

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

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second. 29 out of 30, to share the to go on the clock. It was a seven.

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A lowly seven, but it is enough. It is not over yet. Godfrey, five

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points, Serrano, of one.. longer you are at full draw in this

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wind, the likelier you are to be pushed off as we saw in the last

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match. It is not a wind which dies down, this has been a constant wind

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

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nothing goes wrong with his possible 20. A good solid comeback.

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10 for Godfrey. That is the timing we want to see, Larry, keep it up.

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The last arrow out of set four. It into the lords outfield! Serrano

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and Godfrey enjoy a big home. Godfrey goes through, Serrano is

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out. Oh the Godfrey team will be on their feet. Jess his sister, his

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two daughters, mum and dad, they two daughters, mum and dad, they

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will be loving this at the moment. After all the disappointment,

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something for British fans to clear at lords. Larry is through to the

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last 16. We will go to the sailing in a moment. But let's pop back to

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Greenwich Park. Because we saw William Fox-Pitt complete his cross

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country course and it put Britain in second place. Let's hear from

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William with Rishi. Well done. Would it be fair to say Lionheart

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looked tired at the end? Yes it was not look him. But he did get tired,

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maybe something's not right. He lost a shoe, but it is just one of

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those things. I was confident before I started. I thought he

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would cope well with the hills. Burr when he started to make up

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time, I was beginning to lose it and I thoughts, oh God, I just need

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to get him home. The girps have done well. Hopefully they won't

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need my score. We can put pressure on the Germans. We're only six

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points behind and they have done brilliantly and tomorrow is another

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Kay. -- day. The team remain in a great position. Only Tyne nine

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marks separate the first four. after the dressage, the scores were

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close and it came down to the cross country and we have Claude up one

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place. I hope the horses are well tonight and can jump well tomorrow.

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What was it like out there? The support has been tremendous? It has

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been fantastic. A home Olympics is what we were excited about. It is a

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prev ledge to have one in our lifetime. And I mean look at it, it

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has been such a boost and they were cheering before we even started. We

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have never had that before. It is a big deal for the horses as well and

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they coped well. It lifted spirits the whole way round. British fans

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are wandering -- wondering what hope we have tomorrow

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realistically? The Germans are good jumpers and they have got three

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good scores up there. And you know, thing will have to go wrong for

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them. But they can. Who knows? But the most important thing is the

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British horses are good tonight and fass vet inspection tomorrow. And

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then with the show jumping, we hope it is a demanding track and our

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horses jump well. Give those Germans a run for their money.

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will do that for sure. So much can happen in the show jumping and

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tomorrow the vet's inspection. You can see the tome -- team show

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jumping tomorrow. The individual is on later in the afternoon. A lot to

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look forward to there. Now time for our early evening sailing report as

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we led to way mouth. No medals decided. It is all about keeping in

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contention A busy day on the water with five classs in action. Ben

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Ainslie was second yesterday. How did he fair today? Well today six

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of our ten classes were in action. All three of our returning gold

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medallists from Beijing. Yesterday Ben Ainsley started well. But the

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same man from Denmark had beaten him twice. The target taited for

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ane swhri, that was to be changed. We join him for the racing. It is

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the second race at the first mark wind and will see these guys start

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to get physical with the boat and really try and make some difference

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and Ben will want the put it into effect and overtake the Danish guy

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who is just next to him. Time to throw the boom across, that big

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powerful sail. New Zealand rounds in first. We got a glimpse of Ben.

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Greece are second at the moment. The nethed lands are third and

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Ainsley rounds the raft of three. Let's watch him work. Denmark are

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down one side of the course. Ainsley is at the other. Yesterday

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this is where we saw the British sailor in a league of his own. He

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stepped up a gear and found a gear that no one else has got. Watch the

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technique. He is on a waver and you can tell when he has got one. You

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see a push there. The boat leans to wards him. Pull towards and push.

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Look at that on a wave. Stay on the waver, keep going! Down he goes. He

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has got this perfect. Confident, calm, cool and getting it right.

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They split down this run. We saw Ben diving left, we saw Christian

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son diving right. Christensen has got it right. Christensen is doing

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a Ben Ainslie and sailing down and getting these this wave. Look at

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that, Denmark getting the waves right. Sailing up closer and closer

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to Dan Slater. The pressure is coming from Denmark. We can see

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Ainsley coming into the mark and the Danish sailor, Hogh-Christensen

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will round in second. Stay like this and it will be one, one two at

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the Olympics. Hogh-Christensen who, beat Ben Ainslie twice yesterday is

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leading him now. After an opening bout of a seventh and an eleventh

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in race three, New Zealand crowds will be cheering as Dan Slater wins

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in the Finn class. The man whether has is coming behind him is the man

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who is making the greatest impact. Yesterday, it was two victories,

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Hogh-Christensen was out to Ben Ainslie again and today the Danish

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sailor may have come second and not first, but that may be a more

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significant roult, -- result, because Ainslie isn't hot on his

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heels. Riz rival's luck was about to change, the great Dane hooked

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the control boat. He has hit the pin end of the line and he is stuck

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there. Penalty turns for Christensen and a chance for

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Ainslie to sail a race that would bring him back in touch and he is

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in a solid four. Was normal service to be resumed as the Dane was Mott

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just out of top 10 -- not just out of top 10, but in the 20s. Their

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man capsized while leading. leader in the firn class, we said

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how easy it is to get it wrong. Then the Spanish sailor took a swim

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when his rudder fell off. He had been leading too. But none was

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enough to save Ben. Sweden, France and slovon ya took the top spot and

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ainsly had lost ground and he wasn't happy. Double first

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yesterday and you're good run continued today. It was no

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tpwhruebg? No. I had a good day again today. -- fluke. Two not so

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good starts, but a good day. Hit the pin end in the second race and

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had to do some turn and I was pretty much last. But I fought my

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way back up to seventh. It was an amazing tun around. We were right

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next to it and we saw you. Were you using anger and frustration as your

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motivation? I was pushing hard. I knew I had made a mistake. Of

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course I was angry with myself. But you know it is one of those things

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where you focus and push as hard as you can and hopefully make it back

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and I did. It is a big fleet and many people to win. Were you

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noticing that Ben wasn't having the best of days todaysome Yes of

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course. I mean there is four or five guys that I'm paying attention

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to 5 he is one of them. Yes, he wasn't having the greatest day

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today. But I'm still focusing on my own race and to do the best I can.

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You want to do this for Denmark, for the record and for yourself.

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But at what stage do you start to think this is getting very

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exciting? Well I think it's exciting already. But there is a

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long way to go. We're one day closer and it is still we're only a

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third into it. So let's see. There is a long way to go. Bebb, nobody

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said the path to gold was easy A tough day? Yes. It was frustrating.

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Difficult. Certainly to pick up the game for the rest of the week.

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problems with Rita. We saw you and the bow sun having a look. I don't

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think it is the boat, it is the person sailing it. I didn't have a

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good day, I didn't sail well. So you know it is still a long way to

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go. But I will have to sail a lot better than today if I'm going to

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do well. Were you feeling the pressure from Christensen in the

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last Day race, he has put down another big marker today?

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really. He is sailing well. He made a big mistake in the second race

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and he got back through. But no, I was trying to do my best. The best

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I could. It was difficult conditions. But for one reason or

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another I struggled to pick the breeze and pick the right way up

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the course. Which was frustrating. You will go away and gear up for

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another day. You have won from tougher positions than this. Yes, I

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have, but you know sometimes events come to you and sometimes you have

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to go out and fight for it. And this one is not coming to me, so I

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guess I will have to fight for it. Good luck. So a tough day for

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Ainslie. But it was the start of the competition in the laser class.

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A head-to-head has been predicted with Australia and Tom Slingsby.

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After the first day, life was not looking straight forward. Coming to

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the climax of the first day of raising in the laser class and

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Australia lead with Slingsby and Britain are in the 20s, struggling

:42:39.:42:46.

in this second race. Goodson with a difficult day for himment. For the

:42:46.:42:56.
:42:56.:42:56.

man from down under, he leads after day one. It looked like sufficient

:42:56.:43:04.

a tough day. It was hard to get away from the pack. No, the first

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race quite a good start. But once you're in the pack it is difficult

:43:08.:43:14.

to sail where you want to go. was a great day for me. I had a

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second and a first. Yeah, it is a lot different to four years ago and

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I feel good. It has been your goal to own Weymouth and also the strong

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winds. Yes, I have always wanted to do well and show my competitors

:43:30.:43:36.

that I'm hard to beat here and I have done that. Now it is time to

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perform in the big show. I have started well and I'm happy. In the

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other classes well a difficult start for the high speed 49er class.

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:43:57.:43:57.

Stevie moreson and Ben Rhodes end the day on 12th. But good new

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foster wrish British. Iain Persie and his partner are leading the

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class after a third and a second. So it has been a tough day for the

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British team. But there is a lot of races still to go and for Ben

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Ainslie he is perhaps in a corner. Burr we have seen him fight out of

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Burr we have seen him fight out of that with a lot of punch before. It

:44:18.:44:25.

seems to happen at each Olympics, but good throubg Ben. The men's

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team gymnastics is reaching its climax on BBC Three and Britain are

:44:31.:44:39.

battling wit Ukraine for the -- out with the Ukraine for the bronze

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medal. And now beach volleyball is causing a score in London with the

:44:49.:44:54.

loud music and the crowd asked to stand up and do the Conga. Now the

:44:54.:45:04.
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British men are back on court and off lightly against this calibre of

:45:24.:45:34.

opponent. Double contact. That means the ball was not upset evenly

:45:34.:45:41.

by eight Garcia Thomson. There are very strict rules about to have

:45:41.:45:51.
:45:51.:46:04.

been beach volleyball, whether the and how did the Brazilians get it

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out for? Phenomenal recovery by the Brazilians. There is a very

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

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Ricardo looking for a drop just got to it. Luckily it does not come

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back. Garcia Thompson came to life in the game against the Canadians

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around this time. It will be interesting to see if he can do the

:47:28.:47:32.

same against the Brazilians. It really helped the British team

:47:32.:47:42.
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rally against the Canadians. 7-12, shot. A technical time-out. We

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reached the sum total of 21 points in the first two sets. An

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interesting year for the Brazilian duo. They started it very strongly

:48:35.:48:42.

with the third in Brazil Leah and a win in Poland. They just missed out

:48:42.:48:45.

on the quarter-finals and a two Chinese events but came back to the

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Open in Prague. Third, 9th and 5th in the run-up to the game's. Always

:48:53.:49:01.

a threat. They are very much the second tier Brazilian team behind

:49:01.:49:08.

Emmanuel and Alison who we will see in action tomorrow. The players

:49:08.:49:14.

come back on court after the 32nd time out. Garcia Thompson and

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Grotowski. They would not be expected to advance from the group

:49:19.:49:23.

but a lot people have been watching their performance against the

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Canadians and may have revised their ideas on that. A bit of

:49:28.:49:31.

confusion between the Brazilians but as they have shown already they

:49:31.:49:38.

can recover well. That -- a fantastic well-structured attack

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Grotowski Serves, 13-9 to the Brazilians. The ball goes out.

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Another point for Team GB. They have cut the deficit to 3 points.

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With the amount of noise the crowd are making, you would have thought

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Brazilian point. Looking at the statistics, two from Great Britain

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and two from Brazil so not be covered with some sand so that

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role as football. If it is out, the whole ball needs to be out, only

:51:20.:51:25.

the slightest touch on the line. There was a dirty bounce off the

:51:25.:51:35.
:51:35.:51:45.

net. Are a fantastic Spike down the these was match point with the

:51:45.:51:55.
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was good work. You have got to say, the crowd are certainly playing

:52:04.:52:12.

their part here. Both Grotowski and Garcia Thompson cited the crowd as

:52:12.:52:21.

a huge influence in their first game. It spurred them on. That

:52:21.:52:31.
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space. He seems to have found a couple of ways round Ocado at the

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net now. -- round Ricardo. The crowd are not making it easy for

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into Garcia Thompson. Despite down the line again. -- This bike down

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the line again. In comparison with the first game against the

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Norwegians, certainly Ricardo has not made his presence felt in the

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into the net and then rebounded off. You can see how much it means to

:54:15.:54:25.
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deflected it out. The Brazilians lead 18-15. As I was saying, we

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have seen less than underdog battles, we have seen some serious

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thrashings. At the moment, Grotowski and Garcia Thompson are

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giving a good account for themselves. Fantastic! A fantastic

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approach. Just a little too hard. You cannot give a player of

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Ricardo's calibre an opportunity Grotowski set that ball, when we

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get the replay you will see him for him, 17-19. They have not

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

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managed to get any closer than two SUE BARKER: They certainly ran it

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close in the first set but the Brazilians raced away in the second

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set winning it 21-12. A second loss for the British men but one more

:57:55.:57:58.

group match to go. The British women will be back on the sand

:57:59.:58:02.

tomorrow. To just before we go, we have some

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great news, Britain has got another medal. It has come in the

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gymnastics. It is the first time the British men have been in the

:58:10.:58:14.

team final since 1924 and we are hearing it is a silver medal. These

:58:14.:58:18.

are the live scenes from the North Greenwich arena. They were lying in

:58:18.:58:23.

third place but they have taken the silver medal. You will be able to

:58:23.:58:27.

find out more on that story on BBC One with Gary Lineker in a moment.

:58:27.:58:33.

What a story down there, fantastic. Just before we go, there is

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swimming tonight. There are lots of people heading towards the Aquatics

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Centre. If there are two British athletes in action, Gemma Spofforth

:58:43.:58:47.

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