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Welcome to Olympic Park. If you were watching on BBC1, we will be | :00:20. | :00:29. | |
heading back to the equestrian event. But Tom Tayly and Pete | :00:29. | :00:36. | |
Waterfield finished out of the medals in the diving final. They | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
just made a couple of mistakes and finished in fourth. But both the | :00:42. | :00:48. | |
guys have tweeted. Pete said, sorry, we gave it a good go, thanks for | :00:48. | :00:57. | |
your support. He signs it gutted. Tom Daley says, sorry everyone we | :00:57. | :01:04. | |
tried our best, but you cannot afford to miss a dive at this level. | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
And back to the equestrianism and there is the last of the British | :01:09. | :01:18. | |
team. Let's see William as we team. Let's see William as we | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
rejoin our commentary team. William Fox-Pitt is ranked no one in the | :01:21. | :01:31. | |
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world and he is on a score of 44 and he does need to come inside the | :01:32. | :01:42. | |
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time. Fox-Pitt, Lionheart, ten- year-old, 44.1 at the third. Quite | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
a young, inexperienced horse, but he has a man with real class on | :01:53. | :01:59. | |
board. You can just see the scope of Lionheart and the way he has | :01:59. | :02:07. | |
jumped these fences. He is flying. He knows the time is tight. He is | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
on a young horse, but a great young horse with lot of ability. Now look | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
at that score. Britain can get a few marks closer to Germany with | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
show jumping in mind. They can't get ahead, whatever William does. | :02:23. | :02:29. | |
But William could tuck himself into the individual title. 44.1 at the | :02:29. | :02:38. | |
moment. With two show jumping rounds to come that wouldn't stop | :02:38. | :02:45. | |
William Geding a medal individually. He is an out and out jumper, | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
Lionheart. We have seen that in the past. He is one of the most careful | :02:51. | :03:01. | |
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horses in the show jumping arena. He has won 49 major three-day | :03:02. | :03:11. | |
events around the world. This is the one he would love. Oh he has | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
gone. Oiwa, the leader, he is out. He got unseated. It was just a | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
question of unseated rider. The horse does nothing wrong. Yoshy is | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
a fraction forward and gets propped out ot - of the saddle. What a | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
nightmare. Such a great day in the dressage, it was going so well. He | :03:36. | :03:44. | |
will be gutted. Drama from start to finish. William fix pit on the | :03:45. | :03:54. | |
course. -- Fox-Pitt. There can be no bigger competition that we have | :03:54. | :04:04. | |
needed getting accurate timing. Malin Pietersen, the last for | :04:04. | :04:11. | |
Sweden. So far so good. He can't improve the Swedish score. She has | :04:11. | :04:19. | |
been in the Swedish team in several of the, in fact the last two | :04:19. | :04:29. | |
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European games. She is away. Riding So Far So Good. An Irish mare. | :04:39. | :04:47. | |
William, flying down the hill. To 13. You can fly too fast on this | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
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going. But William beautifully over 13. He is coming back to the sun | :04:57. | :05:07. | |
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his line now for the sun dials. Just pops over this. Gets the four | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
strides and then quickly back into the gallop. Straight into the Ai | :05:28. | :05:35. | |
that. To these incredible crowds: They're up standing on their feet. | :05:35. | :05:45. | |
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William won't stop to look at that. Now 4.33 and he is on target. Ooh | :05:47. | :05:56. | |
hang on, it's a tight turn. Got it. And away. Fasten your safety belts | :05:56. | :06:03. | |
at home, William Fox-Pitt is on his way! William, won a bronze four | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
years ago. He was unlucky not to win a silver when his horse was | :06:08. | :06:16. | |
withdrawn after cross country in Athens. He so wants an Olympic gold. | :06:16. | :06:25. | |
Can it with done? The water. Ooh an enormous jump in. But he has | :06:25. | :06:34. | |
quickly rebalanced and lined up on the way out. Brilliant! Brilliant | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
William. He is well over six foot, he is huge, but he crouchs low. He | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
is a great judge of pace and he normally knows how to get horses | :06:45. | :06:55. | |
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fit. Malin Petersen, so far so good. And there is one more to go, the | :06:57. | :07:06. | |
great Mark Todd. Just to give us a final fling. There he is. Mark Todd. | :07:06. | :07:15. | |
Four New Zealand. He could bring them still closer. And he is away. | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
39.1 after dressage. If they can drop the score of Caroline Powell, | :07:21. | :07:29. | |
they will come close to Britain, Germany and Sweden. The great Mark | :07:29. | :07:37. | |
tord is away. Now back with Sweden. When you look at William Fox-Pitt | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
and then Malin, there is a bit of difference in the aggression and | :07:41. | :07:47. | |
speed, but she is getting the job done and jumping the fences. Just a | :07:47. | :07:57. | |
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problem with the brakes down there down to the fence 13. The east end | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
barrows fence. The Swedish picture can't be improved by Malin Petter | :08:09. | :08:18. | |
son Sen. -- Malin Petersen. This is as good as Sweden's going to get. | :08:19. | :08:27. | |
But this man can change the Kiwi situation. The horse is only a ten- | :08:27. | :08:36. | |
year-old. Quite young, but Todd has given him the mileage to get him | :08:36. | :08:42. | |
here. He has had to ride him in the right state of mind and with the | :08:42. | :08:51. | |
right amount of experience. Smooth piece of riding from Todd. 56 years | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
old. Back-to-back gold medals can Charisma. He never looks as if he | :08:57. | :09:05. | |
is in a hurry, but he always comes up with a good time. The rirt m is | :09:05. | :09:12. | |
so important. -- rhythm is so important. This is the situation as | :09:12. | :09:20. | |
we see it. We're watching Mark Todd come down the mill. If he could go | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
clear inside the time, ooh and there is a lot of legs go and a lot | :09:25. | :09:32. | |
of elbows going! He would put New Zealand on a score of 133. Britain | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
on 130. Sweden on 131. Will you have any nails left by tomorrow? | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
Mark Todd is on course, but so is William Fox-Pitt. Over the rose | :09:43. | :09:53. | |
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garden. And still Lionheart gaps. Ooh! William can improve Britain's | :09:54. | :10:04. | |
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position by a couple of marks. But no more. There the Brazilian rider | :10:08. | :10:14. | |
has got them home and he is Dee lighted -- delighted. But his | :10:14. | :10:23. | |
target is Rio, no doubt about that. We have seen couple of Hick ups at | :10:23. | :10:33. | |
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this -- hiccups at this fence today. But no problem. Well ridden. Ma Len | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
Petersen on to the top of the hill and over the last eight fences. All | :10:39. | :10:48. | |
on the flat. Mark Todd comes flying down the hill. Heels down. The pony | :10:48. | :10:57. | |
club would like that! Now Fox-Pitt, the horse just beginning to look a | :10:57. | :11:04. | |
trifle weiry. What is the time? Oh it is going to be close! He is not | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
going to do that I think.Less going to do it. He is going to get | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
a few time penalties and we want him around that tree and he want | :11:14. | :11:20. | |
him desperately. Here he comes. And there is not a huge amount of | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
petrol left in this tank. So Britain's position is not going to | :11:26. | :11:36. | |
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be improved. At the last, jumps the last, 9.2 to add to William Fox- | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
Pitt's time. I don't think it's going to be gold individual for | :11:44. | :11:51. | |
William and Lionheart. But here is Todd in the ring. He could get | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
himself into the hunt. He is taking chances now. He is smelling | :11:57. | :12:04. | |
success! Just to confirm Britain will finish on 130.2. They will | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
stay ahead of Sweden. They will still say in silver medal position, | :12:08. | :12:18. | |
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behind Germany. Germany, remember, are on 134.7. Only six marks just a | :12:18. | :12:26. | |
lilt less than Great Britain. final horse in the final water jump | :12:26. | :12:33. | |
of the day. Makes it look like taking sweeties from babies. | :12:33. | :12:41. | |
does. The New Zealanders have put a lot of time and effort into now a | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
scheme that looks after the riders. They have got support for all the | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
riders. They have looked at what is going on around the world and they | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
have put a great team of support for both the youth and senior | :12:53. | :13:00. | |
riders and my word it is paying off. Sarah Harris, the girl that leaves | :13:00. | :13:07. | |
out and another one to slip on that corner. He loses his reins, but he | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
will pick up the knitting quickly. He has got it all together. | :13:12. | :13:20. | |
notice the hill, for this horse. Toddy's got him as fit as anyone | :13:20. | :13:30. | |
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can get a horse. A bit of a liberty with the flowers there. Mark Todd | :13:31. | :13:39. | |
he is on that score of 39.1. And that would put him individually in | :13:39. | :13:46. | |
a very strong medal position. Petersen only two to go. Sles not | :13:46. | :13:53. | |
going to far away. She has never looked quick, but her time is | :13:53. | :14:00. | |
impressive. Her dressage score will be her handicap, 60.4. She will do | :14:00. | :14:06. | |
this time. Yes she is. She is going to be close to it any way. And | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
watching her earlier on, you would never have guessed that. A very | :14:11. | :14:19. | |
deaccept tifr stride. Is she is -- a very deceptive stride. Two | :14:19. | :14:29. | |
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seconds over! 0.08 add. So 61.2 I think. Let's remind you, 39.1, tord | :14:34. | :14:43. | |
stays on that and he will -- Todd stays on that he would be on gold | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
medal position and New Zealand would be in fourth place, but right | :14:46. | :14:56. | |
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Here he comes. He is still galloping. In fact the horse is | :15:04. | :15:14. | |
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looking good. He has got a huge stride. He comes back for the... It | :15:15. | :15:25. | |
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the century in the equestrian world. He has won so much for New Zealand. | :15:33. | :15:40. | |
He put New Zealand eventing on the map, started back in 1980 when he | :15:40. | :15:47. | |
won Badminton. He gave up after Sydney when he won the individual | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
bronze medal. He came back in Hong Kong. He did not feature but it | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
whetted his attitude to come back and try for London. He is 56 years | :15:57. | :16:04. | |
old. He could still be in the lead after cross-country. He is flying. | :16:04. | :16:14. | |
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He has got to. The next cheque time it is at the second last. He needs | :16:15. | :16:23. | |
to be there and he will do it. is looking good. The horse is | :16:24. | :16:33. | |
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looking a little weary though. He says come on, couple more to do,. | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
Even if he does not, he will be in a strong position. He just gives | :16:40. | :16:48. | |
the horse so much confidence. The horses running until their one gas. | :16:48. | :16:55. | |
He has plenty of time to get home. He is still galloping. He needs to | :16:55. | :17:05. | |
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be in the site. -- in the site. Come on, toddy. 0.4, we will give | :17:14. | :17:21. | |
him back. What a man. New Zealand will go forth and it is game on for | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
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the show jumping tomorrow. No doubt. He goes on to 39.5. That means he | :17:32. | :17:42. | |
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can sleep easy tonight with show jumping to come. Remember for the | :18:12. | :18:19. | |
individuals, there are two showjumping classes. I think that | :18:20. | :18:25. | |
is Michael Jung. I wonder if he said well done, Toddy. He certainly | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
should have done because he rode like a star yet again. It took all | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
of his fitness as well as the horse's fitness to get round in | :18:35. | :18:38. | |
that time. If he had not just missed that the last fence, I am | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
sure he would have made that time. He asked for another big one and | :18:43. | :18:51. | |
the horse said, I do not think I can do that. Germany are one fence | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
ahead of Great Britain. It has to be the best three scores. Sweden | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
are in the bronze-medal position. And New Zealand. All those teams | :19:00. | :19:10. | |
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are within a fence. United States in prospect for the medals tomorrow. | :19:22. | :19:31. | |
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There is the individual situation. Michael Jung, the world champion, | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
within 1.3 marks of the lead. What a competition. Tina Cook who won | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
the bronze four years ago is still in touch for Great Britain. | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
SUE BARKER: Great scenes there and great support for the British team. | :19:50. | :19:59. | |
It is the showjumping tomorrow and Before we move on, let catch-up | :19:59. | :20:07. | |
with the headlines from earlier today. So near, yet so far. Tom | :20:08. | :20:11. | |
Daley and Pete Waterfield just missed out on a medal. They | :20:11. | :20:17. | |
finished 4th after leading at the halfway stage. Gold went to China. | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins are on their way to gold. They | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
powered into the finals of the women's double sculls, setting an | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
Olympic record in the process. Caitlin McClatchey won her heat in | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
the 200m freestyle to qualify for the same if -- semi-finals. Hannah | :20:37. | :20:43. | |
Miley also is in the semi-finals. Coming up now it is archery. Let's | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
update you on the progress of Larry Godfrey who's in the only member of | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
the British team who has been shooting well. He is the sole | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
wrapped sedatives of the individual event this afternoon. He is quite a | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
character. You from practices archery in his house. Members of | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
the family have to watch where they walk. The practice has paid off so | :21:05. | :21:12. | |
far. Whip again today? In the second round he was up against the | :21:12. | :21:22. | |
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Mexican competitor. We can join our put across, could not split across | :21:31. | :21:41. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds | :21:41. | :22:34. | |
Serrano can win it with a 10. A It is an 8 so Larry Godfrey takes | :22:34. | :22:44. | |
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two points. Larry trains with his team-mates Alan Wells and Simon | :22:46. | :22:56. | |
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Terry. He still works for Rolls Royce as well as shooting full-time. | :22:58. | :23:05. | |
As he did throughout his Olympic career. I think he likes that | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
balance. He likes to enjoy his archery as a hobby even though he | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
is incredibly talented. He does not want to be doing it full time every | :23:14. | :23:23. | |
single day. A sweet side of the arrow going in that central gold | :23:23. | :23:33. | |
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been thrilled with that timing. She's usually shouting at him | :24:12. | :24:22. | |
behind the line. Serrano is willing it to go in the 10 and 80 bayed him. | :24:22. | :24:32. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds | :24:32. | :25:21. | |
incredibly well. In this wind, the wind socks are blowing around 360. | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
The flags up there on the high right, they are blowing one way and | :25:25. | :25:31. | |
the wind socks by the targets are both pointing in separate | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
directions. We have three directions or at the same time. | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
This is where the weight of the bow really comes into its own. The | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
higher the draw weight, when you pull the weight back, if it is | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
stronger, it will throw the arrows down the field quicker, cutting | :25:48. | :25:58. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds | :25:58. | :27:51. | |
second. 29 out of 30, to share the to go on the clock. It was a seven. | :27:51. | :28:00. | |
A lowly seven, but it is enough. It is not over yet. Godfrey, five | :28:00. | :28:09. | |
points, Serrano, of one.. longer you are at full draw in this | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
wind, the likelier you are to be pushed off as we saw in the last | :28:14. | :28:23. | |
match. It is not a wind which dies down, this has been a constant wind | :28:23. | :28:33. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds | :28:33. | :29:32. | |
nothing goes wrong with his possible 20. A good solid comeback. | :29:32. | :29:42. | |
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10 for Godfrey. That is the timing we want to see, Larry, keep it up. | :29:42. | :29:52. | |
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The last arrow out of set four. It into the lords outfield! Serrano | :30:20. | :30:29. | |
and Godfrey enjoy a big home. Godfrey goes through, Serrano is | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
out. Oh the Godfrey team will be on their feet. Jess his sister, his | :30:35. | :30:42. | |
two daughters, mum and dad, they two daughters, mum and dad, they | :30:42. | :30:45. | |
will be loving this at the moment. After all the disappointment, | :30:45. | :30:50. | |
something for British fans to clear at lords. Larry is through to the | :30:50. | :30:56. | |
last 16. We will go to the sailing in a moment. But let's pop back to | :30:56. | :31:01. | |
Greenwich Park. Because we saw William Fox-Pitt complete his cross | :31:01. | :31:06. | |
country course and it put Britain in second place. Let's hear from | :31:06. | :31:14. | |
William with Rishi. Well done. Would it be fair to say Lionheart | :31:14. | :31:21. | |
looked tired at the end? Yes it was not look him. But he did get tired, | :31:21. | :31:27. | |
maybe something's not right. He lost a shoe, but it is just one of | :31:27. | :31:30. | |
those things. I was confident before I started. I thought he | :31:30. | :31:35. | |
would cope well with the hills. Burr when he started to make up | :31:35. | :31:39. | |
time, I was beginning to lose it and I thoughts, oh God, I just need | :31:39. | :31:44. | |
to get him home. The girps have done well. Hopefully they won't | :31:44. | :31:50. | |
need my score. We can put pressure on the Germans. We're only six | :31:50. | :31:54. | |
points behind and they have done brilliantly and tomorrow is another | :31:54. | :32:01. | |
Kay. -- day. The team remain in a great position. Only Tyne nine | :32:01. | :32:06. | |
marks separate the first four. after the dressage, the scores were | :32:06. | :32:13. | |
close and it came down to the cross country and we have Claude up one | :32:13. | :32:17. | |
place. I hope the horses are well tonight and can jump well tomorrow. | :32:17. | :32:22. | |
What was it like out there? The support has been tremendous? It has | :32:22. | :32:27. | |
been fantastic. A home Olympics is what we were excited about. It is a | :32:27. | :32:32. | |
prev ledge to have one in our lifetime. And I mean look at it, it | :32:32. | :32:36. | |
has been such a boost and they were cheering before we even started. We | :32:36. | :32:41. | |
have never had that before. It is a big deal for the horses as well and | :32:41. | :32:49. | |
they coped well. It lifted spirits the whole way round. British fans | :32:49. | :32:53. | |
are wandering -- wondering what hope we have tomorrow | :32:53. | :32:57. | |
realistically? The Germans are good jumpers and they have got three | :32:57. | :33:02. | |
good scores up there. And you know, thing will have to go wrong for | :33:02. | :33:07. | |
them. But they can. Who knows? But the most important thing is the | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
British horses are good tonight and fass vet inspection tomorrow. And | :33:11. | :33:18. | |
then with the show jumping, we hope it is a demanding track and our | :33:18. | :33:22. | |
horses jump well. Give those Germans a run for their money. | :33:22. | :33:27. | |
will do that for sure. So much can happen in the show jumping and | :33:27. | :33:34. | |
tomorrow the vet's inspection. You can see the tome -- team show | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
jumping tomorrow. The individual is on later in the afternoon. A lot to | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
look forward to there. Now time for our early evening sailing report as | :33:44. | :33:50. | |
we led to way mouth. No medals decided. It is all about keeping in | :33:50. | :33:58. | |
contention A busy day on the water with five classs in action. Ben | :33:58. | :34:02. | |
Ainslie was second yesterday. How did he fair today? Well today six | :34:02. | :34:09. | |
of our ten classes were in action. All three of our returning gold | :34:09. | :34:14. | |
medallists from Beijing. Yesterday Ben Ainsley started well. But the | :34:14. | :34:19. | |
same man from Denmark had beaten him twice. The target taited for | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
ane swhri, that was to be changed. We join him for the racing. It is | :34:24. | :34:34. | |
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the second race at the first mark wind and will see these guys start | :34:37. | :34:41. | |
to get physical with the boat and really try and make some difference | :34:41. | :34:46. | |
and Ben will want the put it into effect and overtake the Danish guy | :34:46. | :34:54. | |
who is just next to him. Time to throw the boom across, that big | :34:54. | :35:00. | |
powerful sail. New Zealand rounds in first. We got a glimpse of Ben. | :35:00. | :35:10. | |
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Greece are second at the moment. The nethed lands are third and | :35:12. | :35:17. | |
Ainsley rounds the raft of three. Let's watch him work. Denmark are | :35:17. | :35:23. | |
down one side of the course. Ainsley is at the other. Yesterday | :35:23. | :35:27. | |
this is where we saw the British sailor in a league of his own. He | :35:27. | :35:31. | |
stepped up a gear and found a gear that no one else has got. Watch the | :35:31. | :35:35. | |
technique. He is on a waver and you can tell when he has got one. You | :35:35. | :35:40. | |
see a push there. The boat leans to wards him. Pull towards and push. | :35:40. | :35:48. | |
Look at that on a wave. Stay on the waver, keep going! Down he goes. He | :35:48. | :35:52. | |
has got this perfect. Confident, calm, cool and getting it right. | :35:52. | :36:02. | |
They split down this run. We saw Ben diving left, we saw Christian | :36:02. | :36:12. | |
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son diving right. Christensen has got it right. Christensen is doing | :36:12. | :36:18. | |
a Ben Ainslie and sailing down and getting these this wave. Look at | :36:18. | :36:22. | |
that, Denmark getting the waves right. Sailing up closer and closer | :36:22. | :36:27. | |
to Dan Slater. The pressure is coming from Denmark. We can see | :36:27. | :36:33. | |
Ainsley coming into the mark and the Danish sailor, Hogh-Christensen | :36:33. | :36:40. | |
will round in second. Stay like this and it will be one, one two at | :36:40. | :36:50. | |
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the Olympics. Hogh-Christensen who, beat Ben Ainslie twice yesterday is | :37:02. | :37:08. | |
leading him now. After an opening bout of a seventh and an eleventh | :37:08. | :37:14. | |
in race three, New Zealand crowds will be cheering as Dan Slater wins | :37:14. | :37:19. | |
in the Finn class. The man whether has is coming behind him is the man | :37:19. | :37:26. | |
who is making the greatest impact. Yesterday, it was two victories, | :37:26. | :37:31. | |
Hogh-Christensen was out to Ben Ainslie again and today the Danish | :37:31. | :37:36. | |
sailor may have come second and not first, but that may be a more | :37:36. | :37:41. | |
significant roult, -- result, because Ainslie isn't hot on his | :37:41. | :37:51. | |
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heels. Riz rival's luck was about to change, the great Dane hooked | :37:52. | :37:59. | |
the control boat. He has hit the pin end of the line and he is stuck | :37:59. | :38:03. | |
there. Penalty turns for Christensen and a chance for | :38:04. | :38:08. | |
Ainslie to sail a race that would bring him back in touch and he is | :38:08. | :38:13. | |
in a solid four. Was normal service to be resumed as the Dane was Mott | :38:13. | :38:21. | |
just out of top 10 -- not just out of top 10, but in the 20s. Their | :38:21. | :38:25. | |
man capsized while leading. leader in the firn class, we said | :38:25. | :38:32. | |
how easy it is to get it wrong. Then the Spanish sailor took a swim | :38:32. | :38:38. | |
when his rudder fell off. He had been leading too. But none was | :38:38. | :38:47. | |
enough to save Ben. Sweden, France and slovon ya took the top spot and | :38:47. | :38:56. | |
ainsly had lost ground and he wasn't happy. Double first | :38:56. | :38:59. | |
yesterday and you're good run continued today. It was no | :39:00. | :39:09. | |
tpwhruebg? No. I had a good day again today. -- fluke. Two not so | :39:09. | :39:13. | |
good starts, but a good day. Hit the pin end in the second race and | :39:13. | :39:18. | |
had to do some turn and I was pretty much last. But I fought my | :39:18. | :39:24. | |
way back up to seventh. It was an amazing tun around. We were right | :39:24. | :39:32. | |
next to it and we saw you. Were you using anger and frustration as your | :39:32. | :39:36. | |
motivation? I was pushing hard. I knew I had made a mistake. Of | :39:36. | :39:40. | |
course I was angry with myself. But you know it is one of those things | :39:40. | :39:47. | |
where you focus and push as hard as you can and hopefully make it back | :39:47. | :39:53. | |
and I did. It is a big fleet and many people to win. Were you | :39:53. | :39:56. | |
noticing that Ben wasn't having the best of days todaysome Yes of | :39:56. | :40:00. | |
course. I mean there is four or five guys that I'm paying attention | :40:00. | :40:06. | |
to 5 he is one of them. Yes, he wasn't having the greatest day | :40:06. | :40:10. | |
today. But I'm still focusing on my own race and to do the best I can. | :40:10. | :40:14. | |
You want to do this for Denmark, for the record and for yourself. | :40:14. | :40:20. | |
But at what stage do you start to think this is getting very | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
exciting? Well I think it's exciting already. But there is a | :40:23. | :40:28. | |
long way to go. We're one day closer and it is still we're only a | :40:28. | :40:34. | |
third into it. So let's see. There is a long way to go. Bebb, nobody | :40:34. | :40:43. | |
said the path to gold was easy A tough day? Yes. It was frustrating. | :40:43. | :40:49. | |
Difficult. Certainly to pick up the game for the rest of the week. | :40:49. | :40:56. | |
problems with Rita. We saw you and the bow sun having a look. I don't | :40:56. | :41:01. | |
think it is the boat, it is the person sailing it. I didn't have a | :41:01. | :41:06. | |
good day, I didn't sail well. So you know it is still a long way to | :41:06. | :41:12. | |
go. But I will have to sail a lot better than today if I'm going to | :41:12. | :41:15. | |
do well. Were you feeling the pressure from Christensen in the | :41:15. | :41:21. | |
last Day race, he has put down another big marker today? | :41:21. | :41:25. | |
really. He is sailing well. He made a big mistake in the second race | :41:25. | :41:31. | |
and he got back through. But no, I was trying to do my best. The best | :41:31. | :41:36. | |
I could. It was difficult conditions. But for one reason or | :41:36. | :41:39. | |
another I struggled to pick the breeze and pick the right way up | :41:39. | :41:45. | |
the course. Which was frustrating. You will go away and gear up for | :41:45. | :41:50. | |
another day. You have won from tougher positions than this. Yes, I | :41:50. | :41:53. | |
have, but you know sometimes events come to you and sometimes you have | :41:53. | :41:59. | |
to go out and fight for it. And this one is not coming to me, so I | :41:59. | :42:04. | |
guess I will have to fight for it. Good luck. So a tough day for | :42:04. | :42:12. | |
Ainslie. But it was the start of the competition in the laser class. | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
A head-to-head has been predicted with Australia and Tom Slingsby. | :42:16. | :42:23. | |
After the first day, life was not looking straight forward. Coming to | :42:23. | :42:28. | |
the climax of the first day of raising in the laser class and | :42:28. | :42:38. | |
:42:38. | :42:39. | ||
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. | |
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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 | :43:04. | :43:08. | |
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 | :43:14. | :43:18. | |
second and a first. Yeah, it is a lot different to four years ago and | :43:18. | :43:25. | |
I feel good. It has been your goal to own Weymouth and also the strong | :43:25. | :43:30. | |
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 | :43:36. | :43:41. | |
perform in the big show. I have started well and I'm happy. In the | :43:41. | :43:47. | |
other classes well a difficult start for the high speed 49er class. | :43:47. | :43:57. | |
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Stevie moreson and Ben Rhodes end the day on 12th. But good new | :43:57. | :44:01. | |
foster wrish British. Iain Persie and his partner are leading the | :44:01. | :44:05. | |
class after a third and a second. So it has been a tough day for the | :44:05. | :44:09. | |
British team. But there is a lot of races still to go and for Ben | :44:10. | :44:13. | |
Ainslie he is perhaps in a corner. Burr we have seen him fight out of | :44:13. | :44:18. | |
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 | :44:25. | :44:31. | |
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 | :44:39. | :44:49. | |
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 | :46:04. | :46:14. | |
out for? Phenomenal recovery by the Brazilians. There is a very | :46:14. | :46:24. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds | :46:24. | :47:19. | |
Ricardo looking for a drop just got to it. Luckily it does not come | :47:19. | :47:24. | |
back. Garcia Thompson came to life in the game against the Canadians | :47:24. | :47:28. | |
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 | :48:20. | :48:27. | |
reached the sum total of 21 points in the first two sets. An | :48:27. | :48:34. | |
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 | :48:45. | :48:53. | |
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 | :49:14. | :49:19. | |
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 | :49:23. | :49:28. | |
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 | :49:38. | :49:48. | |
:49:48. | :50:05. | ||
Grotowski Serves, 13-9 to the Brazilians. The ball goes out. | :50:05. | :50:15. | |
Another point for Team GB. They have cut the deficit to 3 points. | :50:15. | :50:18. | |
With the amount of noise the crowd are making, you would have thought | :50:18. | :50:28. | |
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Brazilian point. Looking at the statistics, two from Great Britain | :50:41. | :50:51. | |
:50:51. | :50:55. | ||
and two from Brazil so not be covered with some sand so that | :50:55. | :51:05. | |
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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. | |
:51:55. | :52:04. | ||
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 | :53:01. | :53:11. | |
net now. -- round Ricardo. The crowd are not making it easy for | :53:11. | :53:21. | |
:53:21. | :53:44. | ||
into Garcia Thompson. Despite down the line again. -- This bike down | :53:44. | :53:49. | |
the line again. In comparison with the first game against the | :53:49. | :53:52. | |
Norwegians, certainly Ricardo has not made his presence felt in the | :53:52. | :54:02. | |
:54:02. | :54:15. | ||
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 | :54:49. | :54:55. | |
have seen less than underdog battles, we have seen some serious | :54:55. | :54:59. | |
thrashings. At the moment, Grotowski and Garcia Thompson are | :54:59. | :55:03. | |
giving a good account for themselves. Fantastic! A fantastic | :55:03. | :55:13. | |
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approach. Just a little too hard. You cannot give a player of | :55:33. | :55:43. | |
:55:43. | :56:14. | ||
Ricardo's calibre an opportunity Grotowski set that ball, when we | :56:14. | :56:24. | |
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get the replay you will see him for him, 17-19. They have not | :56:34. | :56:44. | |
:56:44. | :56:44. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds | :56:44. | :57:46. | |
managed to get any closer than two SUE BARKER: They certainly ran it | :57:46. | :57:50. | |
close in the first set but the Brazilians raced away in the second | :57:50. | :57:55. | |
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 | :58:02. | :58:06. | |
great news, Britain has got another medal. It has come in the | :58:06. | :58:10. | |
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 | :58:33. | :58:37. | |
swimming tonight. There are lots of people heading towards the Aquatics | :58:37. | :58:43. | |
Centre. If there are two British athletes in action, Gemma Spofforth | :58:43. | :58:47. |