Day 6

:00:38. > :00:53.The time, 2016. The Place, London. The event... The 33rd European

:00:54. > :01:04.swimming Championships. Foal years on from hosting the Olympic -- foal

:01:05. > :01:07.years on from hosting the Olympics. Queen Elizabeth Park now welcomes

:01:08. > :01:16.your APPLAUSE Finest tournament.

:01:17. > :01:23.Just ten weeks out from the next Games. Britain's best come here,

:01:24. > :01:30.with more than one reason to be present. Some are here to put down a

:01:31. > :01:34.marker for the future. An unbelievable performance from the

:01:35. > :01:44.18-year-old from Warrington. Dawson has a bronze medal. What a wonderful

:01:45. > :01:54.spreads. -- sprinter. Some are here to find you their skills for Rio.

:01:55. > :02:01.Gold to team Great Britain. Summer here thinking, if only. A

:02:02. > :02:07.goat medal for Great Britain, Ross Murdoch, brilliant swim. -- eight

:02:08. > :02:14.gold medal. But the main goal remains the same. The quest for gold

:02:15. > :02:16.and glory. Eight will be a wonderful gold medal for Adam Peaty. What a

:02:17. > :02:30.wonderful swim. We are in Queen Elizabeth will park

:02:31. > :02:32.for the penultimate day of the European Championships. -- Queen

:02:33. > :02:36.Elizabeth Olympic Park. There are plenty of expense -- expected

:02:37. > :02:41.British fans fizzing with excitement. More gold medals for

:02:42. > :02:43.British swimmers today, possibly, and it will be a great day. Coming

:02:44. > :02:54.up... Fran Halsall is looking to defend

:02:55. > :02:59.her European title, Georgia Davies joints in the 50 meter backstroke.

:03:00. > :03:03.Then proud is looking for a place in the 50 meter freestyle. The

:03:04. > :03:13.world-record holder and Commonwealth champion face off in the 50 meter

:03:14. > :03:20.breaststroke final. Let's have an account that medal

:03:21. > :03:24.table. Hungary is set at the top. Some people will be shouting at the

:03:25. > :03:30.table, how can Great Britain be in third? Italy and Hungary have more

:03:31. > :03:36.gold medal. It could all change today. Mark Foster, Becky Adlington,

:03:37. > :03:39.a big night of racing for British swimmers, but what are your

:03:40. > :03:45.highlights, the key performances of the week so far? It has been hard to

:03:46. > :03:49.choose, there are the big names like Hannah Miley, Fran Halsall, but I

:03:50. > :03:54.have liked seeing the younger guys like Kathleen Dawson, players we

:03:55. > :04:00.have not seen before -- swimmers we have not seen before who have shone.

:04:01. > :04:03.So many people have stepped up. We have talked about people being in

:04:04. > :04:07.hard training and in different parts of their preparation. Kathleen

:04:08. > :04:12.Dawson shone out. The fact we can have four entries, some of the

:04:13. > :04:17.junior team at the 2020 Tokyo team have had the chance to step up

:04:18. > :04:21.majorly, she has shown that she can do that, she has so much more to

:04:22. > :04:26.come. I think she is one of the stars for the future, brilliant.

:04:27. > :04:29.Let's look at two of the stars of today, Ross Murdoch and Adam Peaty

:04:30. > :04:34.both have gold medals already. Let's look at Ross from earlier in the

:04:35. > :04:42.week. This is Adam, rather than Ross. Their breaststroke look the

:04:43. > :04:47.same. It is perhaps! How impressed with you -- were you with Adam? You

:04:48. > :04:51.kind of expect him to win now, everybody gives him the medal

:04:52. > :04:55.already, he has been so successful over the last couple of years. He is

:04:56. > :05:02.still chasing the Olympic success that he wants in Rio. He was even

:05:03. > :05:07.surprised. He probably knows coming into this meet that he should be on

:05:08. > :05:11.the podium but, for him, the time really, really impressed. With his

:05:12. > :05:15.50 metres in the semifinal yesterday, I think that was a shock

:05:16. > :05:20.to get that close to the world record. I know we keep talking about

:05:21. > :05:25.hard training, but it is incredible, just ten weeks out from the

:05:26. > :05:29.Olympics. We can't overrate the pudding, his times are world-class.

:05:30. > :05:36.This is a high-quality European field, but he is with the best of

:05:37. > :05:40.all time up there? What he did in that race could have potentially won

:05:41. > :05:44.the Olympic Games, that is how good he is. He is rewriting history books

:05:45. > :05:49.at the moment, a class apart. I don't remember going into any

:05:50. > :05:55.Olympic games, I don't even remember saying this with you, I'm afraid...

:05:56. > :06:02.He virtually nailed the gold medal. I would not say that. You can only

:06:03. > :06:06.say that if you cross your fingers. So many people are chasing Adam,

:06:07. > :06:10.everybody wants to beat him, the rest of the world are clocking him

:06:11. > :06:14.and there is always the sneaky person that just shocks and

:06:15. > :06:19.surprises everyone. Michael Phelps on the block, I would say that

:06:20. > :06:22.Michael Phelps Goodwin. With the home pressure, I would say Adam

:06:23. > :06:28.Peaty can win. Things can go wrong, but I think he is that good, and he

:06:29. > :06:33.has so much to improve. He has got so far to go. Let's look at the

:06:34. > :06:39.other individual gold medal of the week. This was Ross Murdoch in the

:06:40. > :06:44.200 metre breaststroke. He made the time at Olympic trials, a big

:06:45. > :06:49.talking point. He will not be up for this, his favourite event, but he

:06:50. > :06:54.has no doubters after this. The other two boys, Andrew Willis and

:06:55. > :07:00.Craig Benson, qualified for this. Ross is smoked, if you like. He is

:07:01. > :07:03.still in hard training. He even said it in his interview, he really

:07:04. > :07:08.wanted to prove that point from his Olympic trials, that he is better

:07:09. > :07:16.than that. We keep saying he is a 200 breaststroke swimmer, that is

:07:17. > :07:20.two years ago. It is nice to see him swimming an impressive 50, an

:07:21. > :07:23.impressive hundreds and a very impressive 200. We are a victim of

:07:24. > :07:29.our own success when talking about this as they battle for the spot at

:07:30. > :07:33.the 200. Two names in a team of 26 are going to Rio, let's remind

:07:34. > :07:37.ourselves of some of the other names, some names that people will

:07:38. > :07:40.not know at the minute as well as they know Adam Peaty and Ross

:07:41. > :07:45.Murdoch, but by the end of the summer, they might. I think Chloe

:07:46. > :07:50.Turton has done that this week. Simply would have looked at that and

:07:51. > :07:55.gone, who is that? Tim Shuttleworth has done fantastic in the 800 metres

:07:56. > :08:01.free, huge PB, British record. Then there are people like Chris Walker

:08:02. > :08:06.had one, people who have struggled. But somebody like Chris, people like

:08:07. > :08:12.James Guy, they have come here and learnt a lot in a different way to

:08:13. > :08:15.some of the juniors. For some of the less well-known

:08:16. > :08:19.guys, there is no pressure on them. That being in that team environment,

:08:20. > :08:25.that hotel, having that experience and being around the guys, they

:08:26. > :08:29.suddenly go, do you know what, they are training in the same way that I

:08:30. > :08:33.do, they just dedicate themselves, commit themselves and it shows that

:08:34. > :08:38.anything is possible. When you have is accessible team, being around

:08:39. > :08:43.successful people breed success. That is what they will take away.

:08:44. > :08:49.They may not shine in Rio, they may, that they may shine in Tokyo. It is

:08:50. > :08:56.never-ending. We're talking about Rio, Rio, Rio, that some guys here

:08:57. > :09:01.are thinking about Tokyo. Let's look at the women's 1500 metres

:09:02. > :09:10.freestyle. Let's talk this through the start list. Mireia Belmonte

:09:11. > :09:22.Garcia is the current champion. Keep an eye on the Boglarka Kapas, she

:09:23. > :09:25.has to medals this week already. -- two medals this week.

:09:26. > :09:31.COMMENTATOR: You have joined is coming into the 450 metres turn,

:09:32. > :09:36.nine lengths down of the 50 lengths of this final. -- of the 30 lengths.

:09:37. > :09:40.Out in the lead, and has been pretty much from the start, but Boglarka

:09:41. > :09:47.Kapas, the champion of a tinge of metres freestyle. A lovely stroke,

:09:48. > :09:55.goodness me. Nice and long and strong. Breathing only to her

:09:56. > :10:04.rights. To her leftist Maria Vilas Vidal of

:10:05. > :10:12.Spain. Marrero Belmonte -- Barrera Belmonte is also doing well.

:10:13. > :10:21.1000 metres to go, 20 lengths left. Boglarka Kapas leading for Hungary.

:10:22. > :10:24.Karen Pickering, Boglarka Kapas swam a brilliant eight injured metres

:10:25. > :10:28.freestyle. This is not in the Olympic programme but it seems to be

:10:29. > :10:34.working well, trying to prove a point? She is swimming well here.

:10:35. > :10:39.The whole Hungarian team is swimming well. They have not had Olympic

:10:40. > :10:44.trials as such. They may have decided to come here and ease back,

:10:45. > :10:52.try to post some good times for the season at these championships.

:10:53. > :10:55.Obviously when you have Hungarians picking up numerous medals, it helps

:10:56. > :11:04.with the statistics of how the country gets on. But Kapas swam an

:11:05. > :11:08.excellent 800 as part of the gold medal for by 200 team. We sort of

:11:09. > :11:13.expect Mireia Belmonte to have featured more than her youngest

:11:14. > :11:17.team-mate, but she is back from injury. She has had some shoulder

:11:18. > :11:21.injuries and shoulder problems. With the amount of training that these

:11:22. > :11:28.swimmers have to do, it is a bit of a problem when you start to have

:11:29. > :11:33.shoulder niggles. She has to speak to a physio pretty much every day as

:11:34. > :11:37.a prevention. With the metres and metres and metres that they are

:11:38. > :11:42.doing for the training, they reckon she burns about 6000 calories a day

:11:43. > :11:48.in full training, no wonder she needs someone as part of her support

:11:49. > :11:52.to help her with a shoulder problem. This is not an Olympic event,

:11:53. > :11:56.interestingly, the 1500 for women. It is for men. There is no 804 men

:11:57. > :12:05.at the Olympics, but there certainly is for the women. -- there is no 800

:12:06. > :12:11.for the men. I am joined by the 800 metres champion from Beijing, Becky

:12:12. > :12:14.Adlington of Great Britain. This 700 metre turn, 100 metres in your

:12:15. > :12:21.comfort zone and then an unknown territory? Bitty much, I will not

:12:22. > :12:26.lie. I think I only raised two 1500 metres. It is a tough event. It is

:12:27. > :12:31.not in the Olympic programme. I saw jazz column this morning and I was

:12:32. > :12:40.like, are you not doing the 50? She was like, no, why would I? -- are

:12:41. > :12:45.you doing the 15? Lots of swimmers are using this as a training

:12:46. > :12:51.process, learning through the race process. From the water point of

:12:52. > :12:55.view, maybe putting the 1500 metres in outside the pool during this

:12:56. > :13:01.week. Is it not a good opportunity to do some race practice? For

:13:02. > :13:06.somebody like Jazz Carlin, who has the 400 tomorrow, her concentration

:13:07. > :13:16.is on that. This takes a lot out of you. It is 3000 metres worth of

:13:17. > :13:20.racing, when Jazz can do a session, a land programme, carry on his

:13:21. > :13:27.similar routine of her normal week. You say that, that is interesting.

:13:28. > :13:32.If a swimmer wins the 1500, 800 and 400 and they do heat and finals of

:13:33. > :13:38.each, maybe they warm up for 2000 metres and swim down for 1000...

:13:39. > :13:44.That is a good swim down, I could never get out unless I had in 1500.

:13:45. > :13:50.But just say, they had actually swum three miles of racing, they do 10.25

:13:51. > :13:54.miles of warm up and swim down, then let's say they chuck in a little

:13:55. > :13:58.5000 metres training session because they are in the middle of training,

:13:59. > :14:02.just because they can, that would be another 20 miles, they would enter

:14:03. > :14:11.doing three miles racing, 10.25 miles of warm up and swim down and

:14:12. > :14:17.20 miles of training. A quick 33.24 miles a week -- 33.25 miles a week.

:14:18. > :14:23.I am completely lost! It is a lot of metres. Even somebody like the

:14:24. > :14:26.American swimmer, Katie, her programme is jam-packed. She is

:14:27. > :14:34.doing the 200, 800, 400, possibly even the 100 free. She races a

:14:35. > :14:37.ridiculous amount, sheep really does more than some people do in

:14:38. > :14:42.training. They had to push themselves into doing this, because

:14:43. > :14:49.you have people like Katie. The diving Jazz, the British girl, it is

:14:50. > :15:01.more a case that she wants to do the 400. -- but I think for Jazz I think

:15:02. > :15:08.she is really trying to build in the speed, 1500 is a little bit too far

:15:09. > :15:17.for Jazz It is a great opportunity to get in the race. I thought it

:15:18. > :15:21.would be closer. I just thought, why wouldn't you race the 800? She beat

:15:22. > :15:28.me in London, it is one of her strongly beds. I am shocked at how

:15:29. > :15:39.far she is buying. The winner of the 800 is leading by eight or nine

:15:40. > :15:43.metres in lengthy, Vilas Vidal Spain and Belmonte Garcia. She normally

:15:44. > :15:49.comes back quickly, she is in third in the moment and on the left-hand

:15:50. > :15:55.side. I know she comes back quickly, she did it in London against me.

:15:56. > :16:03.Karen, what do you make of that? Too far to come back? She would have to

:16:04. > :16:08.stop in order for Belmonte Garcia to come back on this one. I have the

:16:09. > :16:11.feeling she didn't and now what fitness level she had to race and

:16:12. > :16:17.didn't want to put herself on the line on an Olympic event. Seems like

:16:18. > :16:20.she just said I will go in the 1500, it is not a great reflection or an

:16:21. > :16:26.exact reflection of what I can do later in the year I will test myself

:16:27. > :16:30.without putting myself on the line. 200 metres butterfly, 1500 of

:16:31. > :16:35.freestyle when you have got shoulder problems. The hardest event,

:16:36. > :16:39.especially for your shoulders, I just had shoulder surgery, the

:16:40. > :16:44.thought of it terrifies me and I am retired, but it is scary for her,

:16:45. > :16:48.you have to be careful because like you said with shoulders, it is so

:16:49. > :16:53.easy for things to come back, so simple just doing something in the

:16:54. > :16:58.gym or in a recovery session, it can put you two months back again. She

:16:59. > :17:03.is trying to carefully choose her events on what to do, but I think

:17:04. > :17:07.this week is an odd one what she has decided to do in my eyes. Surely you

:17:08. > :17:17.would choose something less injury and is. 50 metres freestyle! I would

:17:18. > :17:22.choose that. Extending her lead and swimming very well. Must be at 13

:17:23. > :17:35.metres ahead and looking really fine. Maybe ten metres, second is

:17:36. > :17:40.the Dell of Spain, found at the moment, the defending champion, but

:17:41. > :17:43.she will lose that champion, Belmonte Garcia, she has had bad

:17:44. > :17:52.shoulder problems. She is still nurturing that to full fitness.

:17:53. > :17:56.Impressive stuff from Kapas, I wonder if she has a chance at the

:17:57. > :18:03.Olympic semifinal in the 800 because she was brilliant. I think so, the

:18:04. > :18:08.girls will be looking at that, but like racing Michael Phelps, the gold

:18:09. > :18:13.is catered for, it is for Ledecky. That is what a lot of these girls

:18:14. > :18:19.will be thinking, the fight is on for silver and bronze and jazz

:18:20. > :18:22.Karlin is amongst that but so many other as well. I think she has a

:18:23. > :18:31.contender to get on that podium on one to watch. For the speaking of

:18:32. > :18:36.something to watch. Watch this time, I love the butterfly kick off the

:18:37. > :18:39.wall. Loupe she has a lovely cake anyway, a lot of the distance girls

:18:40. > :18:45.and boys we have seen this week, the dog in the use their legs, Kapas

:18:46. > :18:49.does, she keeps her legs going throughout the entire race, really

:18:50. > :18:52.tough to do but to see somebody like Hideki and people like that at the

:18:53. > :19:00.distance, that is what they are doing now. They are doing very well.

:19:01. > :19:05.Leading is Kapas of Hungary and she will take the 1500 metres women's

:19:06. > :19:11.title indeed. Interesting battle for the silver and bronze. Belmonte

:19:12. > :19:18.Garcia, the defending champion, waited far too late, but she has a

:19:19. > :19:23.cracking chance of silver, Vidal has trouble, this is Kapas. I don't

:19:24. > :19:26.think Almonte Garcia wants her younger Spanish team-mate to beat

:19:27. > :19:32.her and that is driving her on in the closing stages. The champion of

:19:33. > :19:40.the 800 metres freestyle, she has got two legs left, 100 metres to go.

:19:41. > :19:50.Kapas out in front and looks like Belmonte Garcia could come second.

:19:51. > :19:55.Belmonte Garcia second, the Dell third and she has really started to

:19:56. > :20:01.go to her feet, Kapas, no doubt about the winner, way ahead but just

:20:02. > :20:08.one lane up from the leader, Belmonte Olympic silver-medallist,

:20:09. > :20:14.two super-tough races but the gold is very clear. Guillemot 15 metres

:20:15. > :20:21.clear now and Belmonte Garcia finishing well. Great to see that,

:20:22. > :20:24.but really kicking hard. She has just controlled this race from start

:20:25. > :20:31.to finish and been so impressive at these championships. Kapas getting a

:20:32. > :20:35.massive ovation from the crowd at this Europeans winning

:20:36. > :20:39.championships, two gold medals in the two toughest offence, 800 metres

:20:40. > :20:46.freestyle and now the 1500 hard time is very good indeed, 15 minutes and

:20:47. > :20:52.50 seconds. It is a new championship record, I believe was that silver

:20:53. > :20:59.has gone to Mireia Belmonte Garcia. And the bronze goes to Spain as

:21:00. > :21:06.well. It was Mireia Belmonte Garcia Yedlin championship record, Kapas

:21:07. > :21:11.has taken seven seconds of that. Belmonte Garcia, interesting

:21:12. > :21:16.tactics, left it very late to start her charge but charge seeded.

:21:17. > :21:21.Testing herself, to see if she has the turn of speed that she will need

:21:22. > :21:27.in the closing stages in the summer. It is easy to stick to a rhythm, but

:21:28. > :21:33.to just change pace. Testing just to see if that kick was there. In the

:21:34. > :21:46.top three times in the world this year. You can see the leg kick. The

:21:47. > :21:52.butterfly kick off the wall. Interesting finish as well. Totally

:21:53. > :22:09.delighted. Two European Championship titles. New championship record.

:22:10. > :22:16.No wonder she is delighted, two individual titles, gold medal for

:22:17. > :22:29.the relay. Let's talk about the 50-metre breaststroke semifinal. The

:22:30. > :22:35.world record holder is not in this. Jennie Johansson is only doing this.

:22:36. > :22:41.Everybody is in different stages, to me I'm a great believer in racing as

:22:42. > :22:44.much as possible. She is Olympic champion, she has won the World

:22:45. > :22:50.Championship, done everything, part of her programme and her coach was

:22:51. > :22:54.seeing, do the 100, that is her event. And then go home again. The

:22:55. > :22:58.50-metre breastmilk is not in the live pigs, she is doing what she has

:22:59. > :23:04.to do, going back and doing a training programme. She is not

:23:05. > :23:09.somebody who needs the experience and run the competition because she

:23:10. > :23:15.has got so much experience and it is impossible to underplay it. That was

:23:16. > :23:21.quite significant, elbow surgery, it will cost her problems later in the

:23:22. > :23:25.year? I don't think so, you have all your physios looking after you every

:23:26. > :23:30.day, they will be monitoring that, as will her coach, she will have to

:23:31. > :23:33.fill out everything about how she feels at all these wellness sheets

:23:34. > :23:37.and you have to do all of that stuff, every little thing, even if

:23:38. > :23:44.she gets a little thing, they will attack and make sure she is fine. No

:23:45. > :23:53.need to worry. Let's have a look at the semifinals.

:23:54. > :24:00.Fiona Boyle did well to make this semifinal. The fastest qualifier. --

:24:01. > :24:22.Fiona Doyle. Two Italians here in lanes five and

:24:23. > :24:25.six. The Italians have swum very well at these championships,

:24:26. > :24:34.particular the men's freestyle. They have, they have dominated. The

:24:35. > :24:39.distance races. They have brought a really strong team over and great

:24:40. > :24:50.results, maybe trying to get some fast wins to get confidence into the

:24:51. > :24:56.summer. Luthersdottir is silver-medallist of the women's

:24:57. > :25:02.breast stroke. This is the semifinal. Doyle the Irish record

:25:03. > :25:07.holder, right at the bottom of the shot.

:25:08. > :25:12.One-month breast stroke, not an Olympic event but it is a European

:25:13. > :25:19.Championship event and a very good start in two from Kivirinta from

:25:20. > :25:23.Finland, Boyle try to go with her, good start indeed and a heavily got

:25:24. > :25:27.to power down this first 25 and older onto the stroke, quite

:25:28. > :25:31.difficult to get the balance between the turnover of the stroke and the

:25:32. > :25:34.pace of the turnover on the stroke and holding water, looks like

:25:35. > :25:44.Luthersdottir in the centre starting to come through, very fast turnover.

:25:45. > :25:50.30.9. Three women under... Four women under 31 seconds, that'll be

:25:51. > :25:57.the time to try to beat to make the final and Luthersdottir delighted

:25:58. > :26:01.with that. Good on her. She is 24 years old and she has got medals

:26:02. > :26:10.already on the 200 and 100, can she get one in the 50-metre? I think so,

:26:11. > :26:16.she was good on that, great start. From Sztandera, the Polish swimmer,

:26:17. > :26:22.come out of the water, dipping their head and a good turnover. The fast

:26:23. > :26:28.turnover work for her, Luthersdottir, three women under 31.

:26:29. > :26:45.Fiona Doyle in sixth. The world champion, Jennie

:26:46. > :26:47.Johansson, as a prize for everybody including her when she won it, she

:26:48. > :26:57.goes in as the fastest qualifier. Interestingly at this championships,

:26:58. > :27:04.we have had the world record holder for the 200 metres breaststroke come

:27:05. > :27:13.here just for the 200 and on the 100 came for some crosstraining, just

:27:14. > :27:17.that the 100. Jennie Johansson, current world champion just swimming

:27:18. > :27:21.the 50th. It just seems like they are trying to us less time out take

:27:22. > :27:26.of training as possible, using it for their race practice and then

:27:27. > :27:33.getting out. It is little disruption as possible, so interesting tactics

:27:34. > :27:39.for the breaststroke girls. Jennie Johansson in the centre. Lane number

:27:40. > :27:49.four, the fastest qualifier for this final. 30.7 five. In her heat. 30.8

:27:50. > :27:53.in the second session. Just need to do what she did in the heats this

:27:54. > :27:59.morning to go through to the final fastest. Silver in 2014. Has never

:28:00. > :28:17.won it. Can she win the gold? Second semifinal of the women's 50

:28:18. > :28:25.metres breast or, Jennie Johansson from Sweden the fastest qualifier in

:28:26. > :28:28.lane four, the world champion. The world champion with the yellow hat

:28:29. > :28:42.in the centre gets a decent start, a very good one, Laukkanen of Finland.

:28:43. > :28:49.Going well down in two. Ivaneeva. Any of these women can make it

:28:50. > :28:52.through. Starting to come through, the Jennie Johansson of Sweden,

:28:53. > :29:01.powering inside the last five, very good and it was needed. 0.1 seconds

:29:02. > :29:06.faster than the time she did indeed heats and an impressive swim and she

:29:07. > :29:08.has done the job. Absolutely, looked like she was speeding up, more

:29:09. > :29:12.likely she was slowing down the least of the swimmers as they seem

:29:13. > :29:18.to be tying up about going up and down more than stretching forward,

:29:19. > :29:21.she didn't have the greatest start of the 50-metre specialist,

:29:22. > :29:26.surprising she was a little bit down and had to work, but she was the one

:29:27. > :29:34.that kept the stroke smooth and flowing right throughout that 50.

:29:35. > :29:56.The result of the second semifinal. The finalists for the 50-metre

:29:57. > :30:05.breaststroke. Jennie Johansson goes in fastest. Chocova makes it in

:30:06. > :30:07.seven. There must be a tie for eighth, that will be interesting if

:30:08. > :30:18.they have to have a swim off. We will have that for you tomorrow

:30:19. > :30:22.night. Don't go anywhere. In 1987, you won gold in Strasbourg at the

:30:23. > :30:27.100 metre flight, which is the final we have coming up next. So I would

:30:28. > :30:32.like to speak to you about Laszlo Cseh, I believe that Fortune favours

:30:33. > :30:36.the brave, he is changing his programme with one eye on the

:30:37. > :30:41.Olympics? Yes, it is quite interesting, if he wins a medal in

:30:42. > :30:45.this next 100 metres he becomes the second most successful medallist at

:30:46. > :30:50.the European Championships ever, hired Alex Popoff, 22 European

:30:51. > :30:54.medals. The one he keeps winning all the time is the medley, he has the

:30:55. > :31:00.record for the most individual wins on the 400, he has five 400 medley

:31:01. > :31:04.titles, four 200 medley titles, he was the fastest qualifier after the

:31:05. > :31:09.heats in the 200 medley and dropped it to swim the 55. I think he thinks

:31:10. > :31:14.he can win the 200 fly at the Olympics. I'm much he thinks he can

:31:15. > :31:20.win this hundred, but it would be great practice. -- I am not sure he

:31:21. > :31:23.thinks. Time for the men's 100 metre butterfly in the European

:31:24. > :31:34.Championships. Take us through this, Andy and Karen. COMMENTATOR: There

:31:35. > :31:40.is big Mehdy Metella in lane three. This at the World Championships, but

:31:41. > :31:45.he is right extra Laszlo Cseh, the fastest qualifier, who goes in four.

:31:46. > :31:48.-- right next to. Konrad Czerniak from Poland is the defending

:31:49. > :31:54.champion. Two big Polish swimmers in here. Laszlo Cseh, the world

:31:55. > :32:02.champion in the 200 fly, silver medallist in the hundred. He lost

:32:03. > :32:07.the 100 fly that he did not lose the 200 fly. Karen, I am whingeing about

:32:08. > :32:14.Rio, the 100 and 200 and Laszlo Cseh? -- I am wondering. From his

:32:15. > :32:19.background, you have to think that the 200 butterfly is the want to

:32:20. > :32:27.keep an eye on. Essentially, it could be stacked with Michael

:32:28. > :32:32.Phelps, who else will be coming through the ranks as well? It will

:32:33. > :32:35.not be easy, certainly. It is not what I would choose to do. 100 fly?

:32:36. > :32:50.200. It is the event of champions. Take

:32:51. > :32:54.your marks. The best start definitely coming from the defending

:32:55. > :33:01.champion, Konrad Czerniak of Poland, world ranked in the two this year.

:33:02. > :33:07.Laszlo Cseh is only number three. Czerniak has gone off like a rocket.

:33:08. > :33:12.Cseh will be strong in the closing stages. I would have thought that

:33:13. > :33:16.Metella would have gone faster, but he is being patient and waiting.

:33:17. > :33:22.Laszlo Cseh, of course, will be strong. A great turn from him.

:33:23. > :33:28.Superb underwater work. He will be strong. He will be strong, he hit

:33:29. > :33:31.the turn right on the end of the/ bounced off it. Used all the

:33:32. > :33:38.momentum that he had going into the turn to come out, Metella coming

:33:39. > :33:46.back, Laszlo Cseh wins it. 50.80 six. Goodness, gracious me. -- 50.80

:33:47. > :33:52.six. The Olympics will not be much faster than that. Laszlo Cseh has

:33:53. > :33:58.not rested at all. Gold at the 100 metres butterfly in the European

:33:59. > :34:02.Championships in a new championship record, 50.8 six. He's still the

:34:03. > :34:06.record from the man he just shook hands with, Konrad Czerniak. -- he's

:34:07. > :34:11.still the record. You would not think that Cseh was a good 100 metre

:34:12. > :34:15.butterfly swimmer. He is not so big and mostly, you would not think he

:34:16. > :34:20.has the power, that he is so efficient with his strokes. A

:34:21. > :34:24.perfect turn, making the most of it. It looked like the closing stages

:34:25. > :34:30.hurt, but he did enough. I think he is most pleased with the time. He

:34:31. > :34:40.becomes the second most successful male swimmer in European history,

:34:41. > :34:47.with 22 medals, gold on the 100 fly, Mehdy Metella on the bronze and

:34:48. > :34:57.Konrad Czerniak on the gold. How much of a fatal Laszlo Cseh give

:34:58. > :35:02.Michael Phelps? -- how much of a competition will Laszlo Cseh give

:35:03. > :35:09.Michael Phelps? Phelps has not been under 51 this year yet. Laszlo,

:35:10. > :35:13.50.8, very, very quick. The big change has been the fact that he has

:35:14. > :35:18.dropped the 400 and the 200 and concentrated on the fly. He became a

:35:19. > :35:24.world medallist in the spreads butterfly last year. He has got so

:35:25. > :35:28.much more speed. If he has the background and speed, he will

:35:29. > :35:31.trouble Phelps in the 100 fly. I know we are talking about

:35:32. > :35:38.world-class athletes with an incredible amount of a very

:35:39. > :35:43.intelligently behind them, but is it a risk putting all your eggs in one

:35:44. > :35:48.basket? Know. I think you have to now. There is so much depth in

:35:49. > :35:52.swimming, it is very rectified Cindy like Michael Phelps who can do

:35:53. > :35:57.loads. Obviously Cseh can, but for most people it is best to give 100%

:35:58. > :36:01.to one and get the medal rather than risking it, trying to do a couple

:36:02. > :36:07.and falling short of the gold. Right now it is time for Sharron to talk

:36:08. > :36:15.to Laszlo Cseh. Fantastic swim, are you please? Yes.

:36:16. > :36:20.I would like to see my best time, I don't know if it is that all post

:36:21. > :36:24.about, but it is quite a good time. You are the second most decorated

:36:25. > :36:29.swimmer ever in European history. I don't know, that this is really

:36:30. > :36:35.good. Before Rio it is a sign that we do something good. What is most

:36:36. > :36:39.important, 100 or 200? Is important is to be as fast as possible, beat

:36:40. > :36:45.everyone and show everyone that I am Laszlo Cseh. It is most important to

:36:46. > :36:50.be the fastest, yes, it is! Time for the women's 200 metre

:36:51. > :36:56.freestyle final. Federica Pellegrini is going for her fourth consecutive

:36:57. > :37:06.European title, and if she doesn't, she will be the first person to do

:37:07. > :37:10.it. -- and if she does it. COMMENTATOR: Pellegrini is the

:37:11. > :37:15.second fastest qualifier. Heemskerk is the fastest, she is swimming very

:37:16. > :37:22.well here. This will be a fascinating final. There is the

:37:23. > :37:27.fastest qualifier for the final. She won a bronze medal in the 100 metres

:37:28. > :37:31.freestyle, a gold and a bronze in the Dutch relay. I am delighted to

:37:32. > :37:35.be joined by Karen Pickering, herself world champion in the 200

:37:36. > :37:40.metres freestyle. What do you reckon, Heemskerk or Pellegrini?

:37:41. > :37:47.Femke Heemskerk has been having a great week the Dutch girls have been

:37:48. > :37:52.swimming ever so well. But you can't bet against Pellegrini. She is so

:37:53. > :37:56.gritty, such a racer. She lives to get in and chase them down. If she

:37:57. > :38:04.is in position I think she could take gold. Tactically, it will be

:38:05. > :38:10.interesting. Heemskerk is a very good hundred swimmer, Pellegrini

:38:11. > :38:16.comes back really hard. I wonder if there will be some mouse and cats.

:38:17. > :38:21.The final of the women's 200 metres freestyle, the fastest qualifier is

:38:22. > :38:25.in the centre, Femke Heemskerk of Holland. Federica Pellegrini, I am

:38:26. > :38:31.sure, will track her every metre. The white hat leading of Heemskerk,

:38:32. > :38:35.and the black Cats one length up is Pellegrini. Femke Heemskerk of the

:38:36. > :38:40.such an excellent 100 metres freestyle, her stroke looks built

:38:41. > :38:48.for the 200. So long. She is not rushing it. Very patient and smooth.

:38:49. > :38:52.Fast. A great start. Perfect for Pellegrini, in third at the moment,

:38:53. > :38:57.but right on the heads of Femke Heemskerk. She loves the chase. She

:38:58. > :39:03.does. How far behind do you think Pellegrini can afford to get and

:39:04. > :39:07.still come back and win? I think she is well in position, already

:39:08. > :39:13.starting to come back. She won't let Heemskerk get too Farah head. But

:39:14. > :39:18.Femke is a world champ injured finalist at 200 metres freestyle,

:39:19. > :39:27.she is no slouch. But I think Pellegrini is in the perfect

:39:28. > :39:32.decision. Four and 3Com Heemskerk and Bonnet. Bonnet is from France.

:39:33. > :39:40.She was meant that the World Championships on the 200. A very,

:39:41. > :39:43.very good swimmer indeed. Bonnet is second. It has been half a second

:39:44. > :39:48.pretty much for Pellegrini in the Black Cats, now she has to go. Femke

:39:49. > :39:54.Heemskerk is going, kicking her legs. Pellegrini chasing her down

:39:55. > :39:59.with every stroke. This is her strength, this is what she loves

:40:00. > :40:03.doing. Pellegrini is coming back, she has won this championship three

:40:04. > :40:09.times in a row. She will not give it up easily. Bonnet is coming back.

:40:10. > :40:16.Can Heemskerk hold on? Gold medal, Pellegrini. My goodness. Ball

:40:17. > :40:23.hundreds of a second, Federica Pellegrini has done four in a row.

:40:24. > :40:31.-- four hundredths of a second. The very last stroke was the only time

:40:32. > :40:36.that she was ahead. Perfect pacing. You can definitely say that that is

:40:37. > :40:45.timing it to perfection. Leading off the four by 200 relay earlier this

:40:46. > :40:49.meet, somebody went quicker than matter, 155.3 zero. Exciting stuff.

:40:50. > :40:56.She chose not to swim this. Pellegrini was in the race. But it

:40:57. > :41:02.right at the end. -- got it right at the end. Four hundredths, that is

:41:03. > :41:09.what it looks like to your team-mates. Silver. Goodness me.

:41:10. > :41:13.What a fantastic race. Federica Pellegrini, again, for the fourth

:41:14. > :41:21.time, gold in the 200 metres freestyle.

:41:22. > :41:27.There was close, then there is really, really close extra measure

:41:28. > :41:31.up what a game plan, what a race. Karen Pickering, let's talk about

:41:32. > :41:35.that field. The Europeans are strong, but in ten weeks' time on a

:41:36. > :41:41.world stage, that final will be stacked? Exactly. The USA have not

:41:42. > :41:45.had their Olympic trials yet, you can't be absolutely certain, but the

:41:46. > :41:51.chances are that Katie Merdeka will be in that field. We know her as a

:41:52. > :41:55.distance swimmer, 800 and 400, she holds the world records at the 1500,

:41:56. > :42:02.but she leads the world rankings in the 200. So you have a make of the

:42:03. > :42:08.sprinters, Pellegrini, Femke Heemskerk particularly, then you

:42:09. > :42:13.have Katie, you come down a distance, they meet at the 200,

:42:14. > :42:17.tactics will be so important. You have the guys who will go strong,

:42:18. > :42:21.the guys who will finish strong, such an exciting race and full of

:42:22. > :42:25.talent. We will look forward to that in ten weeks.

:42:26. > :42:29.Plenty more to come. In about an hour, Adam Peaty, the world champion

:42:30. > :42:34.from last year, he said this competition like last night with his

:42:35. > :42:39.times, keeping everybody on the edge of their seat, is looking to repeat

:42:40. > :42:44.his incredible year from last year. Can you Adam and Eve it? I went

:42:45. > :42:48.there! It is a matter of keeping cool and hopefully going faster at

:42:49. > :42:52.the world Rugby jibs. If I want to be great, I need to be the athlete

:42:53. > :42:55.who moves the time, and hopefully brings Saddam for Great Britain --

:42:56. > :43:02.going faster at the World Championships. I need to be the

:43:03. > :43:08.athlete who moves it on at hopefully brings it on for Great Britain. The

:43:09. > :43:23.world champion, Adam Peaty for Great Britain. Easy power from Peaty. Come

:43:24. > :43:29.on. Starting to pads -- power away. Five yards left to go, Peaty is just

:43:30. > :43:39.in front. The silver is there! Adam Peaty again! Destroyed the world

:43:40. > :43:44.record. If Adam Peaty can deliver his usual 100 metres... He is

:43:45. > :43:48.turning first, fantastic news for Great Britain. The Russians are

:43:49. > :43:56.miles behind. Competing for Great Britain. Come on, Adam Peaty, this

:43:57. > :44:01.is where you have to work it. And Britain win gold! I can't quite

:44:02. > :44:07.believe rape Britain has taken all the gold, four gold medals for Great

:44:08. > :44:11.Britain. -- I can't quite believe Great Britain has taken all the

:44:12. > :44:16.gold. What a week for Adam, everybody

:44:17. > :44:20.starts and went, he is there, an international name and a man to

:44:21. > :44:32.watch. Another young man trying to set his stall out is then proud.

:44:33. > :44:39.Sorry, I can't help it. -- is Ben Proud. Mark Foster, you help that

:44:40. > :44:42.record the 26 years, so to make you feel good about yourself, we decided

:44:43. > :44:54.to send you along to catch up with Ben Proud. Has he got it? I think he

:44:55. > :45:00.has! Gold, 50 freestyle, Ben Proud. Commonwealth Games, I did not know

:45:01. > :45:07.what to expect. I said it was just a stepping stone. Doing as well as I

:45:08. > :45:10.did, it was a massive leap. Leaving my friends and family back in

:45:11. > :45:16.Malaysia to start this new life, it made it worthwhile. You could say

:45:17. > :45:23.that what we're doing is right. A great 2014, what about last year? It

:45:24. > :45:28.was OK. And OK competition. It was a year full of injuries and illness.

:45:29. > :45:31.All others in my support team were frustrated because we did not have

:45:32. > :45:34.the preparation we wanted. As soon as the World Rugby jibs wooden, we

:45:35. > :45:40.came back, looks at what we needed to change and did it. A good year to

:45:41. > :45:43.get it wrong. Were you trying different things out? We tried

:45:44. > :45:50.altitude training. That was no good for me.

:45:51. > :46:00.John got it right. He said it was the time to do it. Good time to

:46:01. > :46:07.catch up. Caught up now and feel like we are back on track. Jim Watt

:46:08. > :46:11.help me a lot in the water but how did you find that different part of

:46:12. > :46:15.training, helping in the water? Massively, being a sprinter there is

:46:16. > :46:21.only so much you can do for 21 second race, the last ten years it

:46:22. > :46:36.has become a massive part of training. Still got it! Who is your

:46:37. > :46:40.main rival? Manaudou has taken the world by storm in the last few

:46:41. > :46:47.years, he is a big guy, strong in the gym and powerful in the water,

:46:48. > :46:59.he is the benchmark. If I compare you to him, you are a bit shorter,

:47:00. > :47:02.he is six feet six and weighs 105. I have seen the way you start and if

:47:03. > :47:07.you can be near him at the start there is no reason why you can't be

:47:08. > :47:17.near him at the end? Vesely, we are trying to make sure I am in the best

:47:18. > :47:23.physical shape I can be and keep the transition into the dive. A big part

:47:24. > :47:30.this to do the power things into the gym and created into something else

:47:31. > :47:35.and hopefully that drags it on. 23 seconds, that is for the freestyle.

:47:36. > :47:40.All the same type of things I would do in the race and it is completely

:47:41. > :47:47.different dynamics. It really is a massive challenge. Getting close to

:47:48. > :47:53.Rio it is worth it. What are your chances, what are you thinking?

:47:54. > :47:58.Coming into the summer, the chances are all over the place. I could be a

:47:59. > :48:03.medal contender are finished last, or diving well and come first.

:48:04. > :48:11.Anything can happen. The bar has been raised and I will go until we

:48:12. > :48:18.touched the wall. I have learned a lot over the time being here and I

:48:19. > :48:23.think it is time to step up. Let's talk about Ben Proud because he is

:48:24. > :48:30.one of the youngest in the field. How much of a factor does age play

:48:31. > :48:37.in this type of event? A lot. You naturally get stronger into your

:48:38. > :48:41.late 20s. He is still 21. He has been on a fast learning curve since

:48:42. > :48:46.he was 15, a fast improver on what impressed me so much, he is very

:48:47. > :48:52.focused the way he is doing it. He has dissected what Manaudou is

:48:53. > :48:55.better known world and the favourite for the Olympic Games, he looks at

:48:56. > :49:04.what he does and the way he looks, they will not try to make a minor.

:49:05. > :49:07.Every detail is thought about. He is playing catch up. He has not swam

:49:08. > :49:27.for that. Everything is clicking into place

:49:28. > :49:32.right now. Fast improving. Believing himself a bit more, he more relaxed

:49:33. > :49:36.and he can get more out of himself. In the nicest possible way he says

:49:37. > :49:40.you have to have a bit of arrogance in the 50 metres and maybe that is

:49:41. > :49:49.what would encourage. You have still got it. Confidence, there is a

:49:50. > :49:55.difference. In terms of strength, are you surprised at to how much

:49:56. > :50:01.land training he does compared to you? He did one length of swimming.

:50:02. > :50:13.It is the same thing. You did one length hair week. We are hammering

:50:14. > :50:20.mark now. To break the race down, I counted 32 strokes. You want to go

:50:21. > :50:24.33 strokes, 100 strokes, it is 21 seconds. You want to make it the

:50:25. > :50:29.best possible, you spend a lot of time on land becoming a strong as

:50:30. > :50:32.possible. You need to fill the water very well. That is the problem,

:50:33. > :50:39.people get too strong and the slip in the water. They do a lot of

:50:40. > :50:44.lengths but they were quality. -- I didn't do a lot of lengths. I feel

:50:45. > :50:52.like this is going to go on for a while. Let's see how Ben Proud goes

:50:53. > :50:54.in the semifinals. The first semifinal of the men 50-metre

:50:55. > :51:12.freestyle. It is a massive one. Manaudou is in four. Czerniak, he

:51:13. > :51:16.won a silver medal and European Championships two years ago in

:51:17. > :51:23.Berlin and is right next to this man, he is a man mountain, he is the

:51:24. > :51:26.world champion. I think tomorrow night he has a cracking chance of

:51:27. > :51:39.adding another European title. To defend it in Rio. Can anybody get

:51:40. > :51:46.anywhere near him? I cannot see it. He is so strong. Watch when he

:51:47. > :51:55.swims, very different to a lot of the other sprinters. Tough to do

:51:56. > :51:56.that. Czerniak won the 100 butterfly already, so might be a little bit

:51:57. > :52:17.jaded. 50 metres freestyle, fastest human

:52:18. > :52:37.on the planet. Manaudou of France, it is crushing,

:52:38. > :52:45.my goodness me. Got to 40 metres this morning. He just eased down the

:52:46. > :52:47.edges, look how far ahead he is. He is easing off. Nice and easy. It is

:52:48. > :53:08.comfortable. How many men under 22. The confidence, the arrogance,

:53:09. > :53:14.whatever you want to call it. To slow down in the closing stages, a

:53:15. > :53:26.little wave. Just popped in and swam 50. He was already ahead and just

:53:27. > :53:35.eased back and made it look close. Comfortable as well. Shaking the

:53:36. > :53:48.water out of his years, Manaudou, he wins Mack the first semifinal, the

:53:49. > :53:57.men sub 22, that is the target. Ben Proud knows what he has to do. He is

:53:58. > :54:06.the Commonwealth champion, he won the 50 fly and the 50 free.

:54:07. > :54:15.I didn't think any of the sprinters looked good this morning. 50 is a

:54:16. > :54:23.bit too early to get the fast twitch fibre is going before midday. And

:54:24. > :54:31.was one of them, he swam well he did well. Second-fastest qualifier. Luca

:54:32. > :54:47.Dotto won the 100 individual freestyle. European junior champion.

:54:48. > :54:58.Won gold in the 55. That was an unbelievable swim. Ben is the

:54:59. > :55:07.youngest in the semifinal. Bigger, stronger, the experience. Got to be

:55:08. > :55:18.really camp and collected. Experience beyond his years.

:55:19. > :55:29.Ben Proud training at Plymouth with John Ruddy. Champion and world

:55:30. > :55:38.record holder. As is the shortest race and the fastest grace. Second

:55:39. > :55:49.semifinal. Ben Proud, fastest qualifier in lane four. Superstar,

:55:50. > :56:00.very good indeed. He is ahead by a quarter of a second. Beautiful

:56:01. > :56:08.butterfly stroke. Going well, it will be tight. But it might be Ben

:56:09. > :56:23.Proud and it is. He wins Mack. Sub 22. Nice. Good. Comfortable. Ben

:56:24. > :56:35.Proud has thus -- just done the job beautifully. He gave the swimmer is

:56:36. > :56:46.so much work to do, he had to fight back, couldn't get past him. The

:56:47. > :56:50.first two were close, Ben Proud wins the second semifinal. Big gap to

:56:51. > :57:09.third place. Interesting. There are other finalists. Manaudou

:57:10. > :57:18.goes fastest. Ben Proud in second, that is great. Govorov is third,

:57:19. > :57:24.that will be a heck of a final. Another Andy Jamieson classic, refer

:57:25. > :57:29.to them as the thoroughbreds. Ben Proud looks in shape, the evidence

:57:30. > :57:35.of how strong they are, what do you make of the wash that comes after

:57:36. > :57:42.those guys. It is as brash, it is crazy. Just absolutely incredible,

:57:43. > :57:49.one of the best art I have seen from world-class field. Exceptional

:57:50. > :57:54.start. Then, tremendous swim, is it an advantage being in the second

:57:55. > :58:07.semifinal? Definitely, you get to see how the other guys went. I did

:58:08. > :58:11.my own race. If it wasn't for UK sport bringing sportier, it wouldn't

:58:12. > :58:18.be the same. Great having a home crowd and home advantage. Great to

:58:19. > :58:25.see the crowd happy. Superb start, were you aware of that that you had

:58:26. > :58:30.so much man advantage? It starts to do well, I'm not the biggest and the

:58:31. > :58:42.stronger but I can get the technique and skill is right, why can't I be

:58:43. > :58:48.the fastest? He has got a few years on you and you will be a long time.

:58:49. > :58:52.It is interesting because like you say, quite often in every sport you

:58:53. > :58:56.see the young guys humming and without the expectation and pressure

:58:57. > :59:05.and they are the copy, confident, not arrogant, once, but he doesn't

:59:06. > :59:10.have that. He is very shy in character but you are hearing there.

:59:11. > :59:14.There is a belief there. He was saying I'm not the biggest or the

:59:15. > :59:21.strongest but why not. That start is the nominal. Manaudou kills it at

:59:22. > :59:26.the start, he is longer, taller, a lot more range, Ben is looking

:59:27. > :59:31.fantastic. All the training he is doing is geared towards Rio but in

:59:32. > :59:37.that kind of shape, third fastest in the world this year, not 1 million

:59:38. > :59:41.miles away. Looking good. Plenty to be confident about, that statistic,

:59:42. > :59:46.he was out of the air in front of everybody. From men on their front

:59:47. > :59:50.to women spitting on their back, the final of the women's 50 back coming

:59:51. > :59:56.up but last night there were two cracking semifinals. In the first

:59:57. > :00:00.semifinal, European gold-medallist, Nielsen, she touched the wall first

:00:01. > :00:03.and will start in lane four but she will have British company in the

:00:04. > :00:04.middle of the pool, this is what happened in the second semifinal

:00:05. > :00:06.last night. altitude training. That was no good

:00:07. > :00:15.for me. Here is the second semifinal. Look

:00:16. > :00:20.at that in the centre, fastest and second-fastest qualifier. Georgia

:00:21. > :00:28.Davies in four, the great Fran Halsall all in five.

:00:29. > :00:37.Second semifinal, women's 50 backstroke, Great Britain in four

:00:38. > :00:41.and five. The streamlining is so important,

:00:42. > :00:47.the little red marker are the main line. I have to say, I think Elaine

:00:48. > :00:53.two went past it, we will have to see about that. It looked like she

:00:54. > :00:58.went too far, but a good start the Fran Halsall in the blue hat in the

:00:59. > :01:02.centre. She may be knocked off her stride. Al Saud is just about

:01:03. > :01:17.leading. Georgia Davies coming back a little bit. Hulse all coming back.

:01:18. > :01:20.-- Halsall stop Great Britain won an two in the second semifinal, they

:01:21. > :01:28.will be two and three into the final. -- Great Britain lanes one

:01:29. > :01:32.and two. Although Fran is the reigning champion, it must be like a

:01:33. > :01:38.phoney vent her, there is no pressure. Just get in, bash out a

:01:39. > :01:45.50, get out, don't have to worry about it too much. Always good. They

:01:46. > :01:51.are like arrows through the water. It is hard. It is amazing that that

:01:52. > :01:57.is faster than swimming backstroke on the top, underwater kick flight.

:01:58. > :02:02.Hard to keep that oh, though, the abdominal work you get from

:02:03. > :02:06.underwater butterfly cake. -- hard to keep that up. The abdominal work

:02:07. > :02:15.you get from the underwater butterfly kick.

:02:16. > :02:24.You Jonas as the Hungarian national anthem plays out for Laszlo Cseh. He

:02:25. > :02:27.has an army of fans, even though there are not many Hungarians,

:02:28. > :02:31.nobody can doubt what he is giving to the sport and what he might give

:02:32. > :02:36.later this year. Fran Halsall, I know it is not an Olympic event,

:02:37. > :02:40.there is no pressure in that sense, but it is a big year, big home

:02:41. > :02:45.crowd, she will be looking to set his stall out. She did not get a

:02:46. > :02:51.medal in London, which disappointed her, massively. Is that pressure or

:02:52. > :02:58.expectation on her? She is just a sprinter. She said no to the breast

:02:59. > :03:02.stroke. She can do freestyle, butterfly, backstroke. For her, it

:03:03. > :03:07.is more of a funny bend, as Karen and Andy have just referenced. She

:03:08. > :03:12.has a great start, so look out for her the start. Georgia said last

:03:13. > :03:18.night that this is not a main event, she does not train for age, it comes

:03:19. > :03:22.naturally to her. A fun event for iPhone lady, Fran Halsall caught up

:03:23. > :03:27.with us earlier in the week. I love this pool, I think it is a

:03:28. > :03:33.fast pool. It is so light and airy, it feels like an arena. The pool, to

:03:34. > :03:39.swimming, feels amazing. For swimmers, we go a lot on feel, so

:03:40. > :03:44.having an environment that feels it creates that extra 1% that you need

:03:45. > :03:47.to swim faster. People will put in good performances and good times

:03:48. > :03:52.that they probably do not expect. What do you need from the Europeans?

:03:53. > :03:57.I need the crowd to be nice and noisy, lots of home support would be

:03:58. > :04:02.great. I want to be competitive in the am at. I feel like I am in good

:04:03. > :04:07.shape and could do well, I need to put my race plans together well. I

:04:08. > :04:12.am racing against people who know me. They're only so many times in

:04:13. > :04:16.the year that you get to do that, so to have the opportunity now is a

:04:17. > :04:20.great experience before an Olympics. How confident are you that you can

:04:21. > :04:24.get that peak performance at some point this year, hopefully at the

:04:25. > :04:35.Olympics, and break those macro? Really confident. -- and break those

:04:36. > :04:40.PBs? The more you build and build, it will come out at some point, so

:04:41. > :04:45.you can relax at a big meet. It's somebody beats me they are better

:04:46. > :04:49.than me, it is not because I could have done this but I didn't, I want

:04:50. > :04:53.to win, knowing I have done everything I am supposed to do and

:04:54. > :04:58.everything I need to to get there. It is quite important to me.

:04:59. > :05:02.Fran is defending European champion at the 50 metre back. In the top

:05:03. > :05:08.three, Georgia Davies and Mie Oe Nielsen. How likely is it to be the

:05:09. > :05:13.same three this time? I think Fran will win it. She loves a crowd,

:05:14. > :05:17.especially when on form, I think she will rise to the occasion. Nielsen

:05:18. > :05:21.is in the middle of the British sandwich, I think Georgia Davies

:05:22. > :05:24.will sneak second and you'll soon will get third. Let's see what

:05:25. > :05:30.happens, Georgia Davies and Fran Halsall going for Britain in this.

:05:31. > :05:36.-- and Mie Oe Nielsen will get a third.

:05:37. > :05:40.COMMENTATOR: We have surrendered. The European champion on the 100

:05:41. > :05:48.metres backstroke, Georgia Davies in three and Fran Halsall in five. The

:05:49. > :05:55.fastest qualifier was Nielsen of Denmark, in four.

:05:56. > :06:03.They are introducing them to the crowd from slowest to fastest. Here

:06:04. > :06:18.is the fourth fastest, Dracula of Greece. -- Drakou. A huge welcome

:06:19. > :06:21.the Georgia Davies, the third fastest qualifier, Commonwealth

:06:22. > :06:26.champion, I think she will get right on top of the podium. But I am sure

:06:27. > :06:33.that Fran Halsall wants to defend her championship title. Nielsen is

:06:34. > :06:43.on top form. She won the 100 back in a really quick time. Karen, where

:06:44. > :06:47.will it go? You have Mie Oe Nielsen Georgia Davies, beautiful backstroke

:06:48. > :06:53.technicians, against Fran Halsall, who is the speed merchant. She has

:06:54. > :06:58.the fast twitch fibre, she can turn it to anything. Will it be the

:06:59. > :07:03.technicians or the speedster? Brian loves the big stage, she loves the

:07:04. > :07:09.crowd, I think she can do it -- Fran loves the big stage. There is

:07:10. > :07:16.Halsall in the dark blue suit and the blue hat of Great Britain. She

:07:17. > :07:20.is in lane five. Blue hats in three and five of the British women, in

:07:21. > :07:29.the middle of those two, Mie Oe Nielsen of Denmark. The final of the

:07:30. > :07:33.women's 50 metres backstroke. Interestingly, the first action from

:07:34. > :07:39.the Nielsen was to go towards the wall rather than away from it. A

:07:40. > :07:46.very good start from Fran Halsall. A wonderful start. She has a clear

:07:47. > :07:52.head lead at the moment. She is going very well at the moment, Fran

:07:53. > :07:57.Halsall. Nielsen is in four, charging back. How's all is the

:07:58. > :08:02.European champion of the 50 metres backstroke. -- Halsall is the

:08:03. > :08:11.European champion. What a wonderful swim. I believe it is a new British

:08:12. > :08:17.record. A new championship record. It is gold to Fran Halsall of Great

:08:18. > :08:23.Britain. A new English record for Fran, she loves that. She will be

:08:24. > :08:27.loving the noise of the crowd. It came down to the speed. She is not

:08:28. > :08:32.the best backstroke technician, but what a start she had. Dutiful

:08:33. > :08:40.underwater work. She popped up so far ahead. The backstroke as could

:08:41. > :08:48.not catch her. Nielsen was charging. Yes. Well done, Fran, well done. Two

:08:49. > :08:56.medals for the British women, gold to Fran Halsall, a new championship

:08:57. > :09:03.record, Mie Oe Nielsen De Silva for Denmark, and Georgia Davies a

:09:04. > :09:08.bronze. Wonderful stuff. -- Mie Oe Nielsen got the silver for Denmark.

:09:09. > :09:16.For you guys, it was over after the first ten metres? Has is

:09:17. > :09:20.unbelievable, the underwater phase. Georgia is better at the backstroke,

:09:21. > :09:29.but Fran got it from the word go. For Fran, she is a 50 swimmer. It is

:09:30. > :09:33.the same energy systems. She goes too far ahead for them to catch up.

:09:34. > :09:37.I bet she has enough energy to talk to Sharron

:09:38. > :09:43.The thing, and so she should be. Championship record, the new English

:09:44. > :09:47.record, and you love the crowd? That was exciting, I enjoyed that a lot.

:09:48. > :09:54.A bit emotional. How much does this set you up? You will be full of

:09:55. > :10:00.confidence? It shows I am in good shape. My strategy tonight was do

:10:01. > :10:05.not hate the lane rope and you will be OK, I swimmer in a straight line

:10:06. > :10:09.under the great time, it was perfect. Is it nice that some of the

:10:10. > :10:12.pressure of having to do the distance work is gone and you could

:10:13. > :10:17.be the Sprint steam and that we know you are? People ask why you don't do

:10:18. > :10:21.the hundred, this and that, I am not a big giant bat can do a big thing.

:10:22. > :10:27.I have to specifically target things, I am not a naturally gifted

:10:28. > :10:31.in height or anything. It is either puts on weight on and be very

:10:32. > :10:35.competitive in the 50, sacrificing the 100 bit, or stay skinny and

:10:36. > :10:41.light and be average at the hundred, so I chose the one that I would be

:10:42. > :10:45.better at. I wish I could have sworn the 50! No chance. I will let you

:10:46. > :10:51.go, back to Georgia. Congratulations. We said we did

:10:52. > :10:55.Beaver Stephen -- speed Demon versus the technician, I thought you had

:10:56. > :10:59.the second, it was just the finish? I am pleased with the time, I have

:11:00. > :11:04.been consistent this week. It is nice that I had in three 27 points,

:11:05. > :11:08.hopefully that will help my front end of the hundreds, I will get out

:11:09. > :11:12.faster and be more controlled, that is the aim. It is always lovely to

:11:13. > :11:16.have the two argue on the medal ceremony, well done full top what

:11:17. > :11:22.did you make of Georgia's swim? A really good time for her. She has

:11:23. > :11:27.progressed from the heats, the semis, the finals. In the interview

:11:28. > :11:31.yesterday she said she is naturally gifted in the 50, she does not train

:11:32. > :11:37.for it at all, this is Fran, who is pure speed. You have been speaking

:11:38. > :11:42.to Fran Halsall for the best part of ten years, how have you seen her

:11:43. > :11:50.change as an athlete, Sharron it is 11, she came onto the scene at the

:11:51. > :11:52.European youth in 2005. She has won nearly 40 medals internationally, if

:11:53. > :11:58.you include junior once, not a single one of those has been an

:11:59. > :12:01.Olympic yet. She made four Olympic finals in London 2012 and was

:12:02. > :12:06.heartbroken that she did not pick up a medal, that is what she needs to

:12:07. > :12:09.finish her career. She is great fun to interview, always chatty and

:12:10. > :12:12.bubbly, a great ambassador for swimming.

:12:13. > :12:18.Sticking with backstroke, we have the men's 200 metre final last

:12:19. > :12:21.night, and there were two cracking semifinals last night. In the first,

:12:22. > :12:34.it was a young man from this away near. He went through fastest. Boom,

:12:35. > :12:41.he seriously enjoyed that one. COMMENTATOR: The second semifinal.

:12:42. > :12:49.The greenback from Cockermouth in Cumbria, a fabulous club, he is in

:12:50. > :12:56.third -- Luke Greenback from Cockermouth in Cumbria.

:12:57. > :13:02.The Hungarian is the fastest qualifier for the second semifinal.

:13:03. > :13:06.He has never made a senior final. Quite raw, quite green, yet

:13:07. > :13:11.experience. It will be very interesting to see how they swim,

:13:12. > :13:17.tactically. He won a bronze in the 50 backstroke, silver in the

:13:18. > :13:25.hundred, will he have the stamina in the closing stages? The 200 tactic

:13:26. > :13:34.is so important. Chris do of Greece has gone out fastest. We have the

:13:35. > :13:43.bronze in the hundred metres backstroke. A shorter distance, he

:13:44. > :13:49.has the stroke of a distance act/ swimmer, very long and smooth, not

:13:50. > :13:55.necessarily the power that you would expect. The Greek has gone up very

:13:56. > :14:05.fast, the Greeks are having a great meet here. He is not in a bad

:14:06. > :14:08.position, three from the bottom. He will head a really good turn and

:14:09. > :14:14.bring it home, he has a great chance ringing the final. He is still going

:14:15. > :14:18.fast. The 19-year-old bronze medallist is looking good. What a

:14:19. > :14:23.beautiful backstroke. He just look so effortless. All the work only one

:14:24. > :14:28.underneath. Head still, shoulders rolling, really using the upper body

:14:29. > :14:34.power -- all the work going on underneath. That rolling really

:14:35. > :14:39.hurts your legs. Luke Greenback moved up to fifth position on that

:14:40. > :14:44.turn, he has some work to do. The first semi was not that fast. If he

:14:45. > :14:49.can bring it home he has a good chance of making the final, under

:14:50. > :14:57.1.59 would be good. The Greek wins it.

:14:58. > :15:06.Luke Greenback peers time will be tied. He is ninth, he has missed the

:15:07. > :15:08.final by 16 hundredths of a second. When he is up against the big boys,

:15:09. > :15:21.the seniors, it is difficult. Siladji hard lines for Luke

:15:22. > :15:27.Greenbank, just edged out in ninth, so not making the final, part of an

:15:28. > :15:30.extremely impressive setup. Hill he is, I've been lucky enough to go

:15:31. > :15:39.there a couple of times, it is a tiny pool, four lane 25-metre pool,

:15:40. > :15:43.built in 1978, but the coaching setup, all volunteers and they are

:15:44. > :15:48.all professional coaches, quite amazing what they have achieved, 100

:15:49. > :15:54.members. 50 competitive swimmers. Of those guys they took 44 to the

:15:55. > :15:59.counties, 23 to the regionals and 13 to the internationals, 13 out of 15,

:16:00. > :16:04.her team got the top four club placing, they have got four guys

:16:05. > :16:10.into the junior team and they have got Greenbank who broke the world

:16:11. > :16:15.junior record. Not only that they had five guys going to the

:16:16. > :16:22.Paralympics and Toure Invicta 's games, so an amazing what the club

:16:23. > :16:27.has achieved. It is a town not far from where I am from, lovely town,

:16:28. > :16:32.very impressive, but for somebody like Luke Greenbank, what do you

:16:33. > :16:39.benefit by going to a bass or hanging out with Adam Peaty, they

:16:40. > :16:49.have spent some time together. Going to Bath University, I presume! It is

:16:50. > :16:53.interesting, he is a young lad. The philosophy is, it is a wonderful

:16:54. > :17:05.thing to set the kids up and really set them on a life path, it is... He

:17:06. > :17:11.has got his lads lined up and will possibly swim with Mel Marshall in

:17:12. > :17:16.Derby. Maybe some of the women go over to the Metro, set them up and

:17:17. > :17:21.give them the start, the times the technique, they really work on that

:17:22. > :17:27.stuff on off a lot, set them up beautifully and allow them to go and

:17:28. > :17:28.make a flourish. What a wonderful approach to life, it is brilliant.

:17:29. > :17:42.Anzhi. Luke Greenbank, how big a future do

:17:43. > :17:47.you think he has? Has had a very impressive 200 metres backstroke,

:17:48. > :18:00.went 156, incredible time, not quite but that this year and he is one to

:18:01. > :18:05.watch. Andy is moving to Bill Marshall. Great programme to train

:18:06. > :18:09.in in Derby and interesting to see what he does in the future. Take us

:18:10. > :18:15.through the final of the men 200 metre backstroke.

:18:16. > :18:28.COMMENTATOR: Here are the finalists. Rapsys of Lithuania is in lane four.

:18:29. > :18:33.The fastest qualifier of one of the most wide-open finals in this

:18:34. > :18:38.Championships. It is a lottery, the winner could come from anywhere.

:18:39. > :18:44.Very close after the semifinals, difficult to tell, nobody seemed to

:18:45. > :18:52.really make a move or put down a marker. Very happy with this. We'll

:18:53. > :18:59.be great to see him do it again. He is certainly good. He has had good

:19:00. > :19:12.progression from the heats to the semifinals. Not many Russian

:19:13. > :19:22.swimmers. Tarasevich here. Ciccarese had a good heat. Toumarkin of

:19:23. > :19:27.Israel. In a race like this it is wide-open, so the guy who sticks his

:19:28. > :19:32.neck on the line and goes for it, pacing it perfectly for his own

:19:33. > :19:36.race. The best chance is to blast out and steal it, could be the guy

:19:37. > :19:44.that has just walked out. Chris do, he of anyone to the race on --

:19:45. > :19:49.Christou. Caught in the closing stages of his semifinal but he was

:19:50. > :19:55.committed, impressive with his race and when you are swimming for the

:19:56. > :20:02.pride of a gold medal, you are able to hang on better in the closing

:20:03. > :20:09.stages. Watch out for lane three and Christou. Rapsys of Lithuania, the

:20:10. > :20:26.fastest qualifier, Kawecki of Poland, the defending champion. Not

:20:27. > :20:35.quite sure she is on full form here. For me, with Kawecki not on his best

:20:36. > :20:41.form, it really is wide-open. Rapsys in four Dummett Kawecki in five.

:20:42. > :20:45.Where do you see this going? What a question, thank you. I will back

:20:46. > :21:07.Christou. OK. Toumarkin in lane six. The final of the men's 200 metre

:21:08. > :21:17.breaststroke. Kawecki the defending champion in five.

:21:18. > :21:27.Four lengths of the pool, 50 metres underwater. I tell you fought, lane

:21:28. > :21:34.five, Kawecki, I thought he was mighty close to the 15-metre mark.

:21:35. > :21:38.I'm sure we have not seen the judges with the thumbs down, good start and

:21:39. > :21:45.he is off and running, that's for certain. In the centre of the pool,

:21:46. > :21:51.not much in it. Kawecki turning first, Christou in there. My

:21:52. > :21:57.prediction might come right, don't make me look silly! It is Kawecki

:21:58. > :22:08.who is well in control. Great effort. Very efficient over the

:22:09. > :22:12.water. Side to side. Having to work those legs continually going from

:22:13. > :22:20.side to side, it is hard. Watch the town, he is very tight in the water.

:22:21. > :22:25.Just fizzes off. How long it is to hold your breath for that long and

:22:26. > :22:29.be holding at underwater. Does use up a lot of energy. In the 200 metre

:22:30. > :22:35.breaststroke, you can tell what state the swimmer is by how far they

:22:36. > :22:41.go underwater from the times. Making sure they are swimming very

:22:42. > :22:46.straight. The roof is not perfectly straight, going a tiny bit sideways,

:22:47. > :22:50.Kawecki has been brilliant. Brilliant off that one again. Very

:22:51. > :23:01.good indeed. The rest of the field have work to do. Working very hard.

:23:02. > :23:06.Right on the lane, very difficult to sit straight -- swim straight in

:23:07. > :23:25.this pool. Coming back very straight is Toumarkin. For the Kawecki wins

:23:26. > :23:27.it, very tight Kawecki of Poland successfully defends the

:23:28. > :23:33.championship title he won in Berlin two years ago, the silver has gone

:23:34. > :23:43.to Toumarkin of Israel and the bronze to Rapsys. In the end very

:23:44. > :23:51.impressive swim. Just past in the centre? From that angle that was

:23:52. > :23:57.very close. The scoreboard has rotated, so the judges think it is

:23:58. > :24:04.OK. Look at that work. Easing down into the water. I think he is a

:24:05. > :24:10.lucky boy to be honest for that goes a massive amount off the walls.

:24:11. > :24:19.Kawecki, double champion of the men's 200 metre backstroke. Rapsys

:24:20. > :24:24.gets the bronze. British ladies making their way to the pool for the

:24:25. > :24:35.semifinals of the 200 metre fly, but what we don't normally see in this

:24:36. > :24:39.event, Hani Miley -- Hannah Miley and will not looking to get the

:24:40. > :24:45.strength when they are ahead. Hannah has worked on that. And as wins

:24:46. > :24:50.everything, she normally has a jam-packed programme, Amy did this

:24:51. > :24:54.in the Commonwealth Games, she won Olympic trials of this a few weeks

:24:55. > :25:01.ago, so it is something that helps them but it is a bit of a bonus

:25:02. > :25:05.event. In terms of Hannah, good week so far and a lady who has had one

:25:06. > :25:10.hell of a career. This is a brilliant swim from Hannah Miley.

:25:11. > :25:16.Hannah Miley gold at the European Championships. It is going to be

:25:17. > :25:28.really tight, really tight. It is the silver. The crowd are on their

:25:29. > :25:35.feet. Double champion. Well done, Hannah Miley.

:25:36. > :25:40.The first semifinal of the women's 200 metre butterfly. The fastest

:25:41. > :26:07.qualifier is Siladji from Hungary. Hentke of Germany the second fastest

:26:08. > :26:13.qualifier for the first semifinal. Haven't seen very many Germans. They

:26:14. > :26:21.have sent a tiny team. The German team is really small. Opted to

:26:22. > :26:26.really use this meeting as part of their preparation, which is unusual

:26:27. > :26:28.for the German team, the usually strong and European Championships,

:26:29. > :26:42.but they have through this youngster. Good to get some

:26:43. > :27:04.experience. 16-year-old in this first semifinal, lane one.

:27:05. > :27:14.Four lengths of the pool butterfly, this is a tough event, 200 metre

:27:15. > :27:19.butterfly for a women. Szilagy Of hungry the fastest qualifier.

:27:20. > :27:29.Hungary. Not a bad start coming from the two

:27:30. > :27:37.Hungary and is. Dzeko boss and Szilagy. The youngster, hopefully

:27:38. > :27:42.not gone out to fast, not got too excited by the occasion because it

:27:43. > :27:45.is about pace, the 200 butterfly, you can really lose the flow and

:27:46. > :27:53.start going up and down instead of forward and you start to get behind.

:27:54. > :27:57.Quite difficult because if you go easy on butterfly you change your

:27:58. > :28:02.stroke a little bit, not used to swimming that slower stroke and it

:28:03. > :28:07.can go badly quickly if you're not careful, it is about getting the

:28:08. > :28:14.balance right and Szilagy has got the balance right. Dzeko

:28:15. > :28:28.centre of the Mormon. Is a fly specialist, but the other swimmers,

:28:29. > :28:36.quite a common double to do the 400 medley, if you can do butterfly, the

:28:37. > :28:40.training needed is good for the stamina needed in the closing stages

:28:41. > :28:52.of this race. The young German aid the price for the pace in the early

:28:53. > :28:58.stages. Szilagy Still ahead of Hentke. These two going well. In the

:28:59. > :29:06.white cap, just two from the bottom, the way she goes to the site,

:29:07. > :29:14.the head stays flat but it is a very unbalanced. Quite difficult to stay

:29:15. > :29:21.balanced, bizarre way to do it but it certainly works for Jakabos. Her

:29:22. > :29:29.team-mate Szilagy wins the first semifinal. Hentke of Germany come

:29:30. > :29:37.second. Fastest in the heats, so that is good progression from the

:29:38. > :29:38.teenager. Was not put off by her experience team-mate coming back at

:29:39. > :29:45.her. Good indication by how far they go

:29:46. > :30:05.off the wall. How they are feeling. Turning around at halfway, why on

:30:06. > :30:06.earth would you do that? Some of the fastest swimmers in butterfly in

:30:07. > :30:14.Europe. 2.09 seems to be the target for the

:30:15. > :30:30.final. Here is the second semifinal, we

:30:31. > :30:37.have Hannah Miley in one and Aimee Willmott in seven. In four is the

:30:38. > :30:47.defending European champion in this 200 metres butterfly. Listen to that

:30:48. > :31:02.of a for Hannah Miley. -- listen about a Vasin. -- listen to that

:31:03. > :31:06.ovation. I would not want to have got out of the 1500 and back it up

:31:07. > :31:15.with a 200 butterfly, that has too heard. That is training, I suppose.

:31:16. > :31:22.That is quite ridiculous. All she has to do, and it is easy to say,

:31:23. > :31:31.there's a soft 2.09, and I think she will be in the final. Aimee

:31:32. > :31:40.Willmott, this is her home pool. Her dad is a policeman. He just retired.

:31:41. > :31:45.He is here to watch her do the heats. A very proud father. The

:31:46. > :31:53.Commonwealth silver medallist in this event. There is Miley, she will

:31:54. > :32:01.be closest to us in one. Mireia Belmonte is the current champion. I

:32:02. > :32:05.think it will be tough for the British girls to make it through to

:32:06. > :32:17.the final. Great racing experience for them.

:32:18. > :32:24.The second semifinal of the women's 200 bidders butterfly. Right on the

:32:25. > :32:30.end of the 50 metre mark on Lane two, Polieri. She has had a good

:32:31. > :32:38.start. At the bottom is Hannah Miley of Britain in the white hat, in Lane

:32:39. > :32:41.two she is breathing to the side, that keeps her body nice and flat,

:32:42. > :32:46.if you turn your body to one side your other shoulder tips, not good

:32:47. > :32:52.at all. You need to make sure you keep your shoulders totally flat. It

:32:53. > :32:58.is working for her at the moment. It is the flexibility to do that. Only

:32:59. > :33:02.a few swimmers do. It just brings in another possibility for Nicholls and

:33:03. > :33:17.injuries when you add in a movement like that into the stroke. -- for

:33:18. > :33:23.Nicholls. -- niggles. If I'm being stripped, I expected the Swiss

:33:24. > :33:37.girl's turns and underwater work to be better -- if I'm being stripped.

:33:38. > :33:48.Judith Iglesias Aruba is going well. Good news for her.

:33:49. > :33:57.How much pain is Keren in? Anybody who has tried butterfly knows how

:33:58. > :34:03.hard it is to get both arms out at the same time. When you start to tie

:34:04. > :34:09.up on butterfly, it starts to spiral out of control quickly, she will be

:34:10. > :34:15.hurting. But going very well indeed in Lane two. Coming to the side is

:34:16. > :34:22.Polieri of Italy, she will win the second semifinal. It looks like

:34:23. > :34:29.Wilmot is still going well. Polieri wins it. A slightly slower semifinal

:34:30. > :34:36.in all. It will be tight to make that final for the British women,

:34:37. > :34:40.they finish in fifth and sixth. Polieri is delighted, what a great

:34:41. > :34:47.swim. Pasted to perfection. Three seconds quicker than she has

:34:48. > :34:52.previously gone. She is delighted. What a strange semifinal. They were

:34:53. > :35:00.all over the place. You normally see the fastest swimmers in the centre.

:35:01. > :35:08.What a mishmash. Breathing into the side, she leads the flexibility in

:35:09. > :35:13.her neck. She was way ahead. A fantastic finish, utterly delighted.

:35:14. > :35:17.If you are going to come to the European Championships, you might as

:35:18. > :35:21.well commit like you did. She won the second semi and I think she will

:35:22. > :35:26.be into the final as the fastest qualifier. I think Aimee Willmott

:35:27. > :35:32.and Hannah Miley might just have missed the final. But very close.

:35:33. > :35:38.Confirmation of the finalists, Polieri goes in fastest. Oh, the

:35:39. > :35:47.British women are finishing in ninth and tenth. They missed the final by

:35:48. > :35:52.1100 's and 12 hundredths. Commiseration to them just missing

:35:53. > :35:56.out on the final in ninth and tenth. Britain has two medals, Fran Halsall

:35:57. > :36:00.has successfully defended her European title in the 50 metre

:36:01. > :36:05.backstroke. Coming up, the men's 50 metre breaststroke. We have a world

:36:06. > :36:08.champion and Commonwealth champion battling it out. Here is what

:36:09. > :36:15.happened in the semifinals last night. COMMENTATOR: Murdoch was the

:36:16. > :36:23.third fastest qualifier. He goes in lane three. The first semifinal of

:36:24. > :36:36.the men's 50 breaststroke. Ross Murdoch into his stroke, three

:36:37. > :36:41.from the bottom in the white hat. One up from him is Stevens of

:36:42. > :36:51.Slovenia. Starting to get into his strike, Murdoch. He has come through

:36:52. > :36:57.in the last ten. Goodness me! 27.25, very, very good. Really good. A

:36:58. > :37:01.wonderful reaction. Gold in the 200, Sylvain the hundred, he will be in

:37:02. > :37:09.the centre lane for the 50. Ready and stuff. -- silver in the hundred.

:37:10. > :37:12.I'm delighted, that is the fastest I have been since the Commonwealth

:37:13. > :37:22.Games trials. A personal best by 300. I tried doing my 200, it seems

:37:23. > :37:29.to have worked out. There has only ever be one human being swim under

:37:30. > :37:32.27 seconds in a heat of a 50 metres breaststroke, it is Adam Peaty, he

:37:33. > :37:39.has done it this morning. Unbelievable. Adam Peaty in lane

:37:40. > :37:42.four for Britain, the fastest seed in the 50 metres breaststroke, the

:37:43. > :37:48.only human being ever to go under 27 seconds in a heat at breast stroke.

:37:49. > :37:53.Look at this, already starting to swim away. It has taken 25 metres to

:37:54. > :37:58.get into his stride. Going quite well. It is Adam Peaty. Now here's

:37:59. > :38:06.getting into fifth gear. Now he is swimming away, now he wins it by an

:38:07. > :38:13.absolute mile. 26.6. I said it was close to the world record. He does

:38:14. > :38:18.not know yet what time he has done. 26.60 26.42 is the world record, he

:38:19. > :38:23.is a quarter of a second outside his own world record.

:38:24. > :38:30.Incredibly quick. Just off the world record? It felt easier, I could

:38:31. > :38:35.probably have done another 26 after that. That is the value of my

:38:36. > :38:39.training, my investment in training. Hopefully something good for the

:38:40. > :38:46.hundred, I can take out that easy speed, we will see what happens. And

:38:47. > :38:51.the medal ceremony for the women's 50 metres backstroke, the new

:38:52. > :38:55.European champion, successfully defending the championship title she

:38:56. > :39:01.won in Berlin two years ago, fabulous Fran Halsall of Great

:39:02. > :39:05.Britain. An unbelievable swim, a superstar jihad. A new lifetime best

:39:06. > :39:15.and European champion on the 50 backstroke. -- an unbelievable swim,

:39:16. > :39:22.a superstar, she is. Two British women on the podium. Nielsen of

:39:23. > :39:42.Denmark winning the silver. What a wonderful swim from Fran Halsall.

:39:43. > :39:48.# God save our gracious Queen. # Long live our noble Queen. The

:39:49. > :40:06.ruck God save our Queen. Brake happy and glorious.

:40:07. > :40:15.# Long to reign over us. # God save our Queen.

:40:16. > :40:23.APPLAUSE CHEERING

:40:24. > :40:28.European champion in the women's 50 metres backstroke, Fran Halsall of

:40:29. > :40:32.Great Britain. Silver to Nielsen of Denmark and

:40:33. > :40:36.bronze the Georgia Davies, the Commonwealth champion, representing

:40:37. > :40:42.Wales. Georgia on the right, Fran Halsall in the centre, Mie Oe

:40:43. > :40:48.Nielsen on the left. Juanfran is looking small in the middle. Look at

:40:49. > :40:54.the size of Mie Oe Nielsen. She is a pocket rocket. Championship record.

:40:55. > :41:00.Some race from the speedy girl. What a wonderful British medal podium.

:41:01. > :41:10.A very successful day for British swimming, two ladies on the podium,

:41:11. > :41:15.Georgia Davies and Fran Halsall. A word on Georgia? An amazing swim

:41:16. > :41:21.from her. She will be so chuffed to get back on the podium and receive

:41:22. > :41:26.her medal. The 50 is not her eventer, she will be buzzing. So

:41:27. > :41:31.much confidence going into Rio. We will probably see her on the 4x100

:41:32. > :41:35.medley relay, she will have another opportunity to get back in the pool.

:41:36. > :41:40.She is up there with world-class swimmers on the podium when that is

:41:41. > :41:45.not even her favoured event. Her eventer is 100 backstroke, she does

:41:46. > :41:49.backstroke. It is just one length rather than two lengths. Her

:41:50. > :41:54.training is geared to the 100 metres, she still needs speed, she

:41:55. > :42:00.needs to practice that. She needs easy speed for the 100 metres race.

:42:01. > :42:06.Perfect training for her 100 metres. We have said numerous times it is

:42:07. > :42:12.relaxed and fun for Fran, does that help you put in the performance when

:42:13. > :42:17.you need to, if you are relaxed? Completely, she loves this crowd.

:42:18. > :42:21.They have been fantastic all week. They are getting louder and my voice

:42:22. > :42:28.is getting more and more salt, it is so packed out in here. She has got

:42:29. > :42:32.the 50 metres freestyle tonight, she will be running off adrenaline. She

:42:33. > :42:37.will have to get back in the pool. Talking about two boys who have had

:42:38. > :42:40.busy weeks, Adam Peaty and Ross Murdoch, their semifinals last night

:42:41. > :42:45.were quite dramatic, we were hanging on the edge of our seats. Their

:42:46. > :42:48.impressive, what do you think he will be doing tonight? I think he

:42:49. > :42:53.will have a crack of the world record. I think Adam Will Beer bent

:42:54. > :42:58.-- against the clock. -- I think Adam will be against the clock. I

:42:59. > :43:02.think we will get first and second in this race. People ask why he is

:43:03. > :43:08.so red when he comes out. Everybody has race preparations, he slaps

:43:09. > :43:12.himself a lot. I am pleased that my ritual was not slapping myself,

:43:13. > :43:20.because by the looks of it, it hurts. That is him getting pumped.

:43:21. > :43:27.Rosters that as well. It is a breaststroke thing. Keep your eye on

:43:28. > :43:32.the clock and your eyes on the chests of the boys in the pool!

:43:33. > :43:41.COMMENTATOR: What finally happen store. Peaty goes in fastest, the

:43:42. > :43:43.world-record holder, the world champion, the defending European

:43:44. > :43:53.champion. Ross Murdoch, brilliant 200 metres breaststroke gold. He has

:43:54. > :44:01.won medals in the 100 and 200. I wonder if murder can win a medal

:44:02. > :44:09.on this 50 as well. Very, very exciting indeed. Can Great Britain

:44:10. > :44:13.sweep the men's breaststroke? That would be great. He seemed very

:44:14. > :44:20.chilled and relaxed earlier, chuffed with his swims. And happy. That is

:44:21. > :44:27.the easiest way to describe it, happy and content with what he has

:44:28. > :44:32.done this week. He was delighted. We met him at lunchtime today and had a

:44:33. > :44:36.little chat, he seemed very calm and relaxed, delighted with the 200.

:44:37. > :44:42.Wouldn't it be brilliant if he could get a medal in the 50, 100 and 200?

:44:43. > :44:45.It is key for him, going into Olympic Games he will not be

:44:46. > :44:51.swimming the 200, he has got the 100. So to produce this type of

:44:52. > :44:59.speed over the 50 is very exciting and a wake-up call to some of these

:45:00. > :45:06.swimmers around the world. The two Brits are coming out, the last two

:45:07. > :45:09.to be introduced, the fastest two, the second-fastest qualifier, the

:45:10. > :45:15.200 metres breaststroke champion, Ross Murdoch of Great Britain. What

:45:16. > :45:18.a great programme they have at the University of Stirling, where he is

:45:19. > :45:24.coached by Ben Hickson. Now listen to this.

:45:25. > :45:27.CHEERING Fantastic atmosphere, absolutely

:45:28. > :45:31.wonderful. The world record-holder, the world champion, the defending

:45:32. > :45:35.European champion, the Commonwealth champion, only got to slot in

:45:36. > :45:41.Natalie -- that little Olympic gold to complete the set. Only one man

:45:42. > :45:44.has done the four in the history of great British swimming, the great

:45:45. > :45:48.David Wilkie. Becky has done it for the women. There is that chest. Look

:45:49. > :45:57.at that. The stronger he gets the more he

:45:58. > :46:01.will hurt himself doing that. Very interesting in the semifinals, the

:46:02. > :46:04.clock didn't work and put the time is up on the board immediately and

:46:05. > :46:08.all the swimmers were watching but he was watching very intently, I

:46:09. > :46:13.wonder if he thought he went close to his world record in the

:46:14. > :46:22.semifinal. Dropped 0.3 seconds in the semis, if he does that again he

:46:23. > :46:27.will have the world record. Could we see Adam Peaty on the gold medal

:46:28. > :46:35.rostrum at the Olympics. The final of the men's 50-metre

:46:36. > :46:38.breaststroke at the European Championships and Great Britain have

:46:39. > :46:44.two summers in the centre and a decent start in four and five for

:46:45. > :46:50.Peaty and Murdoch. Peter Stevens coming from Slovenia. Great warm up

:46:51. > :46:56.for the Olympic medals in Rio. Peaty is going well. Murdoch is going well

:46:57. > :47:03.and he could be in for a medal. Peaty wins gold, adding to the gold

:47:04. > :47:10.on the 100 and he is time exact that the same time as in the semifinal, a

:47:11. > :47:15.quarter of a second off his world record that he broke earlier at that

:47:16. > :47:20.is an amazing swim, brilliant swim from him and what a wonderful

:47:21. > :47:27.preparation for Rio 11 weeks from today. Gold in the hundred and gold

:47:28. > :47:34.in the 50. Quick reactions again, not the best away underwater. Look

:47:35. > :47:37.at that power, so quick on the takeover. Great flow. Ross coming

:47:38. > :47:44.back strong all the time in that race, could not catch Peter Stevens,

:47:45. > :47:53.bronze for him. Adam Peaty, nodded his head, that will do. It certainly

:47:54. > :47:58.will. Adam Peaty, successfully defends the European Championship

:47:59. > :48:04.title he won two years ago. That is very fast and he has not rested,

:48:05. > :48:14.Peter Stevens from Slovenia and a wonderful bronze for Ross Murdoch.

:48:15. > :48:22.Gold and bronze for Britain. The crowd went crackers. What was

:48:23. > :48:27.interesting to see, the crowd going crazy but we were keeping an eye on

:48:28. > :48:34.the team, particularly the coach. She did not look impressed. As soon

:48:35. > :48:37.as he dived them, he didn't have the best start, she was shaking her head

:48:38. > :48:43.and they wanted the world record tonight and he did lose it on the

:48:44. > :48:47.start. What do you do know, 11 weeks from Rio, did you say, let's pick

:48:48. > :48:52.apart that start our is it too late for that? Doing a lot of the King at

:48:53. > :48:55.the moment, now they have made a lot of changes at the bottom line is

:48:56. > :49:01.whether those changes will sink in and hopefully they will. How harsh

:49:02. > :49:08.are we being. Yes, that was an amazing swim. Ross Murdoch to pick

:49:09. > :49:15.up the bronze medal. It was amazing. Victims of their own success! Both

:49:16. > :49:19.medal holders are with Sharon. Graduations, stop chatting to each

:49:20. > :49:30.other, come and chat to me. -- congratulations. Everything happens

:49:31. > :49:37.for a reason. I paid for the start, but I am good at these winning. I

:49:38. > :49:43.love the 50 and a 100 even more. It is great. You would like you are

:49:44. > :49:47.going to beat yourself up a bit too much. What is the thinking behind

:49:48. > :49:52.that? I don't know, it is the 50 at the end of the day, smash and dash,

:49:53. > :49:58.if you are thinking too much you end up going slower, same time as

:49:59. > :50:02.yesterday. Happy with that. The consistency is incredible, it is

:50:03. > :50:07.very exciting for your 100th. Yes, that is my ninth raise this week so

:50:08. > :50:14.far, delighted how my body has held up to get a medal and my weakest I

:50:15. > :50:22.am delighted. I have never heard anything like it. This arena is

:50:23. > :50:25.amazing. Thank UK sport for bringing it to this arena and holding this

:50:26. > :50:33.event, it is great for the GB swimmers to get confidence. What a

:50:34. > :50:36.way to being a will to inspire the next generation and the Olympic

:50:37. > :50:43.pool. It is pathetic having the crowd here. They are second to none,

:50:44. > :50:45.had an absolute blast this week, all the GB swimmers have been talking

:50:46. > :50:52.about how good they have been to us and we are happy with how it has

:50:53. > :50:57.gone. Many congratulations. I love just Ross just quickly waved at

:50:58. > :51:01.member of his family, I'm on TV, not now! It is time for the women's

:51:02. > :51:05.50-metre freestyle. Commented to the first semifinal,

:51:06. > :51:32.Otterson, the fastest qualifier. Rate in the centre. Of Denmark, the

:51:33. > :51:39.bronze medal. Two years ago in Berlin. She is the classiest of the

:51:40. > :51:46.field, looking for under 25 if she can, very good start from lanes for

:51:47. > :51:54.and five, you have to have strong shoulders here because the freestyle

:51:55. > :51:57.has straighter arms, huge the pressure on the shoulders, now

:51:58. > :52:03.coming through, starting very close indeed. Good heavens. You don't

:52:04. > :52:10.normally see somebody from the outside lane come through so well

:52:11. > :52:17.but track who has done well. Clear winner from Denmark. Just slipped

:52:18. > :52:26.under. Not particularly excited by that, it looks like it. She looks

:52:27. > :52:39.chilled about that race. Pretty powerful swimmer she is. Drakou as

:52:40. > :52:45.well. Very powerful sprinters. Did what she needed to do to finish

:52:46. > :52:59.there. The winner of the first of the semifinals. 24.9 three.

:53:00. > :53:07.The second semifinal coming up. Halsall, how will she be feeling

:53:08. > :53:25.after the gold. Just one through Murez of Israel in

:53:26. > :53:32.lane eight in the second semifinal of the 50-metre freestyle. There is

:53:33. > :53:40.the Olympic champion in four I wonder if she can defend her title.

:53:41. > :53:45.Shut -- such strong arms and shoulders. There is Halsall, coached

:53:46. > :53:52.by James Gibson, pretty light compared to the rest of the

:53:53. > :54:03.swimmers. She is a pocket rocket, very quick, lane three. Going in

:54:04. > :54:08.lane two. Alshammar from Sweden, she can qualify if she goes 24.7, big

:54:09. > :54:15.ask, going well is Fran Halsall and she is leading. Very good, she has

:54:16. > :54:20.got the Olympic champion in four. At the moment she is going well. Coming

:54:21. > :54:32.back is Kromowidojo, Frank takes first. 24.21. Where did that come

:54:33. > :54:37.from? Kromowidojo. Halsall is just outside of the British record, she

:54:38. > :54:43.is like a kid in the sweet shop, she loves it. Halsall is on fire

:54:44. > :54:48.tonight. 24.2 one. British record, just under 24 seconds. That is how

:54:49. > :54:55.fast that was. Kromowidojo looked good as well. Brown was so high on

:54:56. > :55:05.the water, when she is at her best, she skims over the top of the water.

:55:06. > :55:10.Kromowidojo jewel, superb starter. Outside firm, didn't show. 50

:55:11. > :55:17.backstroke, doesn't matter, go again. Fran Halsall wins the second

:55:18. > :55:24.semifinal of the women's freestyle and she will go into the final

:55:25. > :55:33.fastest. The top three will be fastest into the final, very good

:55:34. > :55:40.second semifinal. The finalists. Fran Halsall does go in fastest.

:55:41. > :55:48.What a final that is going to be. Fran Halsall certainly is on fire,

:55:49. > :55:52.her fastest time this year, very impressive, she will be first

:55:53. > :55:56.tomorrow night, if you want to join us for some European swimming, the

:55:57. > :56:03.last day of competition, it all kicks off at four o'clock.

:56:04. > :56:14.Fran is undoubtedly on form as you have seen.

:56:15. > :56:21.The reason those names are all in a later shide is because we are hoping

:56:22. > :56:26.to see them but that will be determined by the seats in the

:56:27. > :56:30.morning. Hopefully we will see lots of British medal hopefuls in the

:56:31. > :56:36.pool tomorrow evening. If you want to see how they get on, tuning to

:56:37. > :56:43.BBC Two at 4pm tomorrow evening. We have a medal ceremony from tonight,

:56:44. > :56:48.Adam Peaty's gold medal and Ross Murdoch, that will be on BBC sport

:56:49. > :56:55.online. You can see they relay on there as well. It is worth watching,

:56:56. > :56:59.don't sort screaming Quesne, we have finished for just now, it is not my

:57:00. > :57:09.fault! As accessible night for Britain's swimmers. Completely,

:57:10. > :57:14.amazing to see France backing all of the medals up. So pleased for the

:57:15. > :57:24.girls. I will go for the boys. Peaty and Murdoch first and third. Done

:57:25. > :57:28.the double. Double of the World Championships last year, double at

:57:29. > :57:31.the Europeans, every time he has gone on in the last couple of years

:57:32. > :57:38.he has one the race. Quite impressive. Lovely for them in what

:57:39. > :57:42.is no doubt a very intense year in terms of training and competition

:57:43. > :57:46.and expectation to have an opportunity to enjoy themselves. We

:57:47. > :57:52.had Adam and Ross saying they are lapping up the skirt and Fran is as

:57:53. > :58:00.well. They have all had fun this week -- lapping up this crowd. Your

:58:01. > :58:04.life and swimming when you do retire is when you look back, the ones that

:58:05. > :58:09.meant the most to me is the ones where you didn't do great. I have

:58:10. > :58:19.never been in a pool in the UK and done well. This has been phenomenal,

:58:20. > :58:22.the crowd have been phenomenal. The crowd have certainly made the most

:58:23. > :58:26.of the opportunity because this place is sold out tonight and

:58:27. > :58:30.tomorrow, so if you want to see the swimming you will have to join us on

:58:31. > :58:35.ABC two from 4pm, the medal ceremony and the final really are online, so

:58:36. > :58:43.head over there if you want to see them, otherwise we will see you

:58:44. > :58:46.tomorrow evening camisole join us on BBC Two if you want to see them.