Day 4

:02:05. > :02:13.And this will it be the theatre of the 2012 Olympics. Or we are in the

:02:13. > :02:19.Olympic Park. The beautiful curved roof has given it the nickname of

:02:19. > :02:25.the stingrays. The capacity will be 17,500 people but it can be reduced

:02:25. > :02:30.because of the yellow sections will come out and that will leave a

:02:30. > :02:35.capacity of 2,500. The whole thing will be left open for the community.

:02:35. > :02:41.It is the most beautiful scene. It makes you want to dive in. He had

:02:41. > :02:47.the diving pool and the diving platform where Tom Daley will make

:02:47. > :02:54.the first official dive. The opening ceremony is exactly one

:02:54. > :03:00.year from today. For the next two hours we will be here and having

:03:00. > :03:04.interviews with the Beijing silver medallists and bringing new all of

:03:04. > :03:09.the highlights from the World Championships in Shanghai. -- are

:03:09. > :03:15.bringing new. Michael Phelps has not won a gold

:03:15. > :03:18.for yet but this is his event. He goes for a title number five.

:03:19. > :03:23.Frederica Pellegrini won gold at the last world championships and

:03:23. > :03:33.she defends her title this afternoon. Jemma Spoforth has had a

:03:33. > :03:35.

:03:35. > :03:42.disappointing week. With me here is Mark Foster. You

:03:43. > :03:47.will be diving into this pool later? It will be the first

:03:47. > :03:55.official race. There will be lots of other swimmers in there. It will

:03:55. > :04:03.be a fun race. He wants to make sure you set the record? I hope so.

:04:03. > :04:09.25 years will have gone down the drain if not. I saw you in a bikini

:04:09. > :04:18.earlier. You made the first tile here, one of the first trials.

:04:18. > :04:24.was about the -- about a year ago. I have done when a fitting before

:04:24. > :04:28.and this was my first attempt at tiling. I can fix any problem in

:04:28. > :04:35.the bathroom. If there is a leak they might be coming to knock at my

:04:35. > :04:42.door a. What do you make of this as a venue? I think it is wonderful.

:04:42. > :04:47.The big thing for me was standing there and seeing the wings go up. I

:04:47. > :04:52.think, as a home athlete knowing that 16,000 people will be

:04:52. > :04:56.supporting me, what is coming up is going to be unbelievably special

:04:56. > :05:04.for everybody. Home Games are fantastic. It must make you wish

:05:04. > :05:11.that you could have home -- held arm. I would have loved to have

:05:11. > :05:16.done that. At the end of my career, I competed for 23 years, and the

:05:16. > :05:20.most important ones were the ones at home. When you are young you

:05:20. > :05:24.want to travel and go to Australia and America but at the end of my

:05:24. > :05:31.career I wanted to stay home so my friends and family could come and

:05:31. > :05:37.watch. It is a convert. It is going to be sensational. -- it is a

:05:37. > :05:46.comfort. He do you expect to be standing here in one year? I think

:05:46. > :05:52.Michael Phelps will be there. I also think we will see thought back.

:05:52. > :05:57.-- Ian Thorpe. Of course Rebecca Adlington. That will be very

:05:57. > :06:03.exciting. Michael Phelps did such an extraordinary thing in Beijing

:06:03. > :06:12.and won eight gold medals. When you have been that high it is very hard

:06:12. > :06:18.four years later to motivate yourself. When he went for six in

:06:18. > :06:23.Athens, that was the thing that drove him to go for eight medals.

:06:23. > :06:28.It was a butterfly finish at the end. America should have won in the

:06:28. > :06:37.relay. He has done six and he has done eight and he will not go for

:06:37. > :06:41.any more. 14 Olympic medals, where does the motivation come from? If

:06:41. > :06:46.he needs any motivation, he has been beaten, and he will come back

:06:46. > :06:53.stronger than before. We will see Michael Phelps not too far off in

:06:53. > :06:58.the final of the 200m butterfly, which is his event. He needs to

:06:58. > :07:04.prove himself. To make the decision to come back is a huge risk. This

:07:04. > :07:10.is what will shock me. I did this because I loved it and I enjoyed it

:07:10. > :07:15.and being a sportsman is the best thing in the war. -- in the world.

:07:15. > :07:20.Ian Thorpe went on to the Olympic Games and won three gold medals and

:07:20. > :07:26.then won medals in Athens as well. He maintained his title and won

:07:26. > :07:32.again. He did not have anything to prove. His big race was in Athens

:07:32. > :07:37.at the age of 21 but I have always wondered how much more he could

:07:37. > :07:42.have done. He walked away before it was too late. But he always loves

:07:42. > :07:50.coming to London and I think that has spurred him. We will have more

:07:50. > :07:58.discussions about that in one year. In turns of events in Shanghai, we

:07:58. > :08:03.have the 100m coming up. We have been talking a lot about Cesar

:08:03. > :08:08.Cielo Filho. There is a mixed feeling about his emotional win. He

:08:08. > :08:15.has tested positive for a banned substance. There are two trains of

:08:15. > :08:19.thought. I think when the world governing body and the world giving

:08:19. > :08:23.system make a policy where if you test positive for something that is

:08:23. > :08:30.it, I think the onus is on the athletes themselves. What they put

:08:30. > :08:35.on their body is up to them. If it has got a simulant in it you will

:08:35. > :08:38.lose weight and you should get it checked out. I am not saying that

:08:38. > :08:43.he cheated deliberately but he should have been more careful. He

:08:43. > :08:51.is not a schoolboy's winner. There is a mixed feeling and I think it

:08:51. > :09:01.will be interesting to see what is going to happen in the next few

:09:01. > :09:11.

:09:11. > :09:19.days. -- schoolboy a swimmer. freestyle. We can see that the

:09:19. > :09:25.champion Cesar Cielo Filho is in five. The slowest of the qualifiers,

:09:25. > :09:31.James Roberts of Australia. The slowest but he has a gold medal

:09:31. > :09:41.already. He had a stunning race recently. The gold medal on the 400

:09:41. > :09:45.

:09:45. > :09:52.freestyle, tied one Park. -- Park Tae-Hwan. Nikita Lobinstev wine

:09:52. > :10:02.five years ago and he is back again. This chap from South Africa for

:10:02. > :10:07.

:10:07. > :10:17.trains over in the States. Now we have any in Adrian from the USA. He

:10:17. > :10:24.is a champion at the 100m freestyle. Now here is the fastest man in

:10:24. > :10:28.water in history, Cesar Cielo Filho. The world record holder in the 150

:10:28. > :10:38.but not the fastest qualifier because James Magnussen did that in

:10:38. > :10:46.

:10:46. > :10:53.fine form. 47.49. We know that he has got 0.07 for sure. Michael

:10:53. > :11:02.Phelps is doing a lead off against him. He said he was excited to see

:11:02. > :11:07.such exciting talent coming through at such a young age. He beat Phelps

:11:07. > :11:17.by half a second, I believe. first indication that Michael

:11:17. > :11:22.

:11:22. > :11:29.Phelps may not be on top form in freestyle has gotten under way. The

:11:29. > :11:38.Olympic champion and the world champion. Cesar Cielo Filho is in

:11:38. > :11:45.the black cap. We expected him out very quickly. 4th fate looks like

:11:45. > :11:55.lane set for -- lane six will turn quickly. Nowhere near a world

:11:55. > :11:59.

:11:59. > :12:08.record. I am not surprised that he looks so good. The world record

:12:08. > :12:17.holder does have some work to do. He takes eight, 47.9. James

:12:17. > :12:25.Magnussen takes it. Adrian takes second and the world record holder

:12:25. > :12:31.in third. We have seen some really on his staff here. James Magnussen

:12:31. > :12:41.was very slow for the first five metres. He is going to have to work

:12:41. > :12:48.on that. He came back very strongly. Had a lot left in his tank. Here he

:12:48. > :12:56.is just teaching -- touching out Adrian. He swam fantastically on

:12:56. > :13:01.the relay. James Magnussen has won the first semi-final. Adrian is in

:13:01. > :13:11.second and Cesar Cielo Filho in third. The second semi-final is

:13:11. > :13:12.

:13:12. > :13:22.really stacked. It will be difficult to choose this one. We

:13:22. > :13:23.

:13:23. > :13:33.have a grammar more in lane two. Five and six will be capable of

:13:33. > :13:37.

:13:37. > :13:47.this semi-final. The French pride themselves on sprint but they have

:13:47. > :13:47.

:13:47. > :13:52.not delivered. Silver, silver everywhere. Here is the lowest seed

:13:53. > :13:59.for this second semi-final. Now we have the young at 21-year-old

:13:59. > :14:09.Italian who is a world junior champion. We have a tie for the

:14:09. > :14:19.

:14:19. > :14:29.gold medal. This chap did it and he is in 7th. The South African is out

:14:29. > :14:30.

:14:30. > :14:35.unbelievably quick this morning. The swimmer from Holland has a

:14:35. > :14:45.lifetime best to qualify. Anything is possible after a slightly slower

:14:45. > :14:48.

:14:48. > :14:55.heat. We have the second Frenchman there. Relatively slow said this

:14:55. > :15:05.will be interesting. The two French guys will pull each other on. We

:15:05. > :15:06.

:15:06. > :15:16.have the younger of the two. He is a couple years older. An intense

:15:16. > :15:18.

:15:18. > :15:28.time in 2007 but he's not really been on form since then. War macro

:15:28. > :15:55.

:15:55. > :15:58.years is quite a while not have Africa was moving a little bit. We

:15:58. > :16:03.have to see whether the start of thought he was moving or not. If he

:16:03. > :16:13.was, he will be disqualified at the end of the race. He got a great

:16:13. > :16:31.

:16:31. > :16:35.from the bottom, he looks pretty good. Heavens above, who's going to

:16:35. > :16:39.get this one? If they can go under 48 they are going to get through.

:16:39. > :16:46.They are very slow again. This is going to be really tight to make

:16:46. > :16:53.the final. Some big guns are going to miss out. Meynard won it. Hayden

:16:53. > :17:00.was second. Magnini was 7th. But he was only a 10th behind third.

:17:00. > :17:09.took sub 49 to make these semi- finals. 48.99 the last one in. 16

:17:09. > :17:13.men under 49. A pretty much done similar sort of times. -- they've

:17:13. > :17:19.pretty much done similar sorts of times. There's not much room for

:17:19. > :17:29.error. Even in the heats, these guys know they have to put in fast

:17:29. > :18:01.

:18:01. > :18:04.times and they are not improving Very disappointing that Simon

:18:04. > :18:09.Burnett and Adam Brown on not in the semi-finals. I'll discuss that

:18:09. > :18:13.with Mark Foster. They are testing everything today, and we've had

:18:13. > :18:17.swimmers in the pool from the local Newham at swimming group. That's

:18:17. > :18:20.the borough we are in. In the diving pool we've got the

:18:20. > :18:24.synchronised swimming British team doing a demonstration. It's very

:18:24. > :18:28.noisy. Simon Bennett interestingly said, he was a silver medallist at

:18:28. > :18:31.the Commonwealth Games at this distance, he said the death of the

:18:31. > :18:36.field at the World Championships is a much stronger than it has been in

:18:36. > :18:40.past years. What's happening is the Times, take the suits out of the

:18:40. > :18:44.way, the Times aren't getting faster at the top. It's getting

:18:44. > :18:47.faster but by tiny amounts. Everyone is squeezing up at the top.

:18:47. > :18:50.If you look back at the Commonwealth Games last year, his

:18:50. > :18:54.time would have just been outside the final, but it would have made

:18:55. > :18:59.him through to the semi-finals. This morning he was 25th. He was

:18:59. > :19:02.talking about the depth, those 25 people. It is tight but he's just

:19:02. > :19:06.got to be performing at his best in the morning to make the next round.

:19:06. > :19:16.Let's move on to the women's 50 metre backstroke semi-finals. You

:19:16. > :19:24.

:19:24. > :19:34.will see Gemma Spofforth and George Franklin of the USA, I think she

:19:34. > :20:08.

:20:08. > :20:14.just got it. Very close indeed. Franklin came back very fast. I was

:20:14. > :20:24.getting a bit worried, might call was miles out. She was 7th until

:20:24. > :20:35.

:20:35. > :20:39.The underwater is so fast. All the strokes, the fly kicks. Although

:20:39. > :20:49.breaststroke is the one where you are not allowed to do a lot of them,

:20:49. > :21:26.

:21:26. > :21:29.London. There is Phelps. He's not in the second semi-final of the

:21:29. > :21:39.women's 50 backstroke. I'm not quite sure why Chinese TV is

:21:39. > :21:40.

:21:40. > :21:45.showing that. He is taking on two Chinese. Peng Wu has beaten him

:21:46. > :21:52.twice in America on his home soil. There is a big expectation for Peng

:21:52. > :21:58.Wu. I don't know, Phelps can't let too many slip away, can he? Well,

:21:58. > :22:08.it's the evening of day four and Michael Phelps has not yet won a

:22:08. > :22:19.

:22:20. > :22:25.gold medal. We are halfway through I'll, that's Georgia Davies.

:22:25. > :22:34.Georgia Davies in lane two. She looked very good in the heats.

:22:34. > :22:44.Pelton, just 17 years old. The third fastest qualifier for this

:22:44. > :22:52.

:22:52. > :23:01.Championships in Rome and a silver six years ago. She is quick, but

:23:01. > :23:07.whether she's going to be quick here or not... Wait and see.

:23:07. > :23:11.Herasimenia in six. Drakou of Greece in seven. Then Gemma

:23:11. > :23:16.Spofforth. We haven't seen the best of her, she's had a tough year.

:23:16. > :23:21.Absolutely. It was suggested she was ill last weekend, I'm not sure

:23:21. > :23:24.what that is. She's obviously not on top form. She trains with Ryan

:23:24. > :23:34.Lochte over in Florida. She had a message of support from him

:23:34. > :23:47.

:23:47. > :23:57.overnight. She's got her work cut to make it through. Zueva of Russia

:23:57. > :24:29.

:24:29. > :24:39.and the water than I expected there. Really close. On the finish it

:24:39. > :24:42.

:24:42. > :24:52.looks like a Herasimenia. Zueva got it. It's going to be really tight.

:24:52. > :24:52.

:24:52. > :24:58.27.88. Then they are all 28.0. Georgia Davies swimming well but

:24:58. > :25:08.not well enough. What a fantastic shot. Arching their back, head back.

:25:08. > :25:09.

:25:09. > :25:19.You get those 15 metres of kicking in. Chang Gao is probably going to

:25:19. > :25:59.

:25:59. > :26:03.the final from that second semi- You are still the world record

:26:03. > :26:07.holder, one-year today exactly to go. What are your plans? I'm going

:26:07. > :26:12.back to the States, I'm not taking a break. I'm just going to get fit

:26:12. > :26:16.again this year. It hasn't gone to plan at all. I can't just blame it

:26:16. > :26:19.on the food poisoning, that's just one little thing. The rest of the

:26:19. > :26:23.Earth needs a lot more fine-tuning. I'm going to go back and really get

:26:23. > :26:27.in shape and look to 2012 was a queue are not the sort of person he

:26:27. > :26:31.dishes out excuses, but it's been a very hard here. It's in you to go

:26:31. > :26:36.back and get stuck in to some hard work. We will see you in London.

:26:37. > :26:40.Definitely. Before the heat this morning I had a lot of decisions. I

:26:40. > :26:44.was really on the edge as to whether I would quit and not do

:26:44. > :26:48.this final year. Now it's 100 % commitment and we are coming back

:26:48. > :26:54.next year. It's fantastic to see you in there. It's great you are

:26:54. > :26:59.here. Yeah, I didn't expect to be here. I'm really pleased. Although

:26:59. > :27:04.I'm disappointed with the time I did there, it's all experience.

:27:04. > :27:08.I've just got to keep motivated and keep training and globally next

:27:08. > :27:12.year I will be on top form. Last year, you broke internationally

:27:12. > :27:18.into winning medals. Then there was a fuss of trials where things went

:27:18. > :27:22.slightly askew. But you got added to the list at the last moment.

:27:22. > :27:25.Yeah. Things didn't go quite to plan at trials, although we did

:27:25. > :27:29.some good times. I took that away with me, so I'm really pleased

:27:29. > :27:34.about that. It's given me confidence. I need to make sure I

:27:34. > :27:38.don't make silly mistakes and hopefully repeat those times again.

:27:38. > :27:45.Very strong words from Gemma Spofforth there. I'm delighted to

:27:46. > :27:51.say that Lord Cole is with me here, looking down on this glorious venue.

:27:51. > :27:56.-- Lord Coe. It's extraordinary. Everyone is reacting very

:27:57. > :28:00.positively. Yes, they are. The competitors and the young kids from

:28:00. > :28:04.the Newham swimming club. Historically, they will always be

:28:04. > :28:09.able to say they were the first competitors in the pool. It's an

:28:10. > :28:13.extraordinary story. I'm really proud today because so many things

:28:13. > :28:18.have happened in this area, so many things have happened in this

:28:18. > :28:21.borough. But sport is at the heart of it. I guess for those of us, you

:28:22. > :28:26.know what I'm saying here, for those of us that had been in sport

:28:26. > :28:31.all our lives, it's just a great demonstration of what sport can do.

:28:31. > :28:36.You actually sound and look very emotional. We start about seven

:28:36. > :28:40.years ago. Three of us all sitting in the pub thinking, it's quite a

:28:40. > :28:45.nice thing to think about. You end up with an organisation of 6000

:28:45. > :28:50.people. But along the way you leave things like this. It just seems

:28:50. > :28:53.right today. As an athlete, you will have all been about preparing

:28:53. > :29:01.for the big event and giving yourself a timetable. What happens

:29:01. > :29:07.in this role for you in the next year? I guess you can take the man

:29:07. > :29:11.out of competition but you never take the athlete out of the life of.

:29:11. > :29:15.For me, it's now about making sure this really works for the

:29:15. > :29:18.competitors. Every time you see a young swimmer in a pool, you know

:29:18. > :29:23.that they've spent half their young lives getting there. So this has

:29:23. > :29:27.got to work. Its testing and testing. Just making sure that at

:29:27. > :29:30.the end of the competition they may be able to turn to me and say, I

:29:30. > :29:33.didn't have the greatest competition, I didn't have the

:29:33. > :29:36.greatest Olympics, but there's nothing that you guys did other

:29:36. > :29:40.than to help me perform at the highest level. For me, that's why

:29:40. > :29:46.we get up in the morning. Tom Daley is going to do the first official

:29:46. > :29:50.dive from that ten-metre platform later today. That is as huge height

:29:50. > :29:56.when you stand below it. It is when you stand up there - have you been

:29:56. > :29:59.up there? It's like most things in sport. When you get really close up

:29:59. > :30:03.to it is extraordinary what he does off that height. It is amazing. You

:30:03. > :30:08.will allow him as much access as he needs some people get very familiar

:30:08. > :30:16.with it? Yes. Will he get his own key to the place? We might even

:30:16. > :30:20.name it after him if he wins! would be absolutely worthwhile. We

:30:20. > :30:24.genuinely cant see it in your face, the motion that this inspires. And

:30:24. > :30:29.very different to be inspired by a place rather than by a sporting

:30:29. > :30:35.event. It must be really... This is a very different experience for you.

:30:35. > :30:42.Yes, it is. As I said, seven years ago we were standing on a parcel of

:30:42. > :30:46.land that was contaminated, rivers that were filthy. An area that had

:30:46. > :30:51.been neglected for far too long. It probably shouldn't have taken the

:30:51. > :30:57.Olympic Games to have done that, if we are being honest, but it has.

:30:58. > :31:02.Once the games have gone and the wings disappear, we are left with a

:31:02. > :31:05.fantastic community facility, but a facility that I hope stages world

:31:05. > :31:14.swimming championships, European swimming championships in years to

:31:14. > :31:19.It is amazing to see all of the photographers that have assembled

:31:19. > :31:24.by the side of the pool. But it is about the competition and it does

:31:24. > :31:34.not matter if you have world titles galore, nothing can compare to

:31:34. > :31:37.having an Olympics in your own country. A year to go until 2012.

:31:37. > :31:45.Everyone wants the chance to compete at a home Olympics. When

:31:45. > :31:51.you dream about it it gives you goose bumps. It is a special moment.

:31:51. > :31:56.It is pretty exciting to think what could happen. It is amazing and

:31:56. > :32:03.exciting. It is not too far away. If I qualify for the Olympics and

:32:03. > :32:09.then I will be the most happy girl on the plastic -- planet. I can do

:32:09. > :32:16.myself proud now. I am thinking about winning, desire, passion and

:32:16. > :32:22.motivation. Good to start in one piece. I got a silver medal in

:32:22. > :32:26.Athens. I can only imagine what getting a gold will feel like.

:32:26. > :32:31.win a gold medal on home waters would be an incredible achievement.

:32:31. > :32:37.So will really excited and still really loving the journey. It is

:32:37. > :32:42.just a privileged to be able to do this again. When you say a year to

:32:42. > :32:48.go, I think you get a slight rush of adrenalin, and you think, bring

:32:48. > :32:55.it on. I think that we just need to go out there and enjoy it and do

:32:55. > :33:05.what we do best. Absolutely fantastic. I cannot wait until the

:33:05. > :33:09.

:33:09. > :33:13.Olympics come to our shores. Cool, tingly. You heard that Jemma

:33:13. > :33:18.Spoforth was feeling really bad about herself. She was thinking

:33:18. > :33:26.about walking away from the sport altogether but she felt that she

:33:26. > :33:31.was too good to walk away. She has got a lot of people around her

:33:31. > :33:38.saying that, at two years ago, she was four seconds faster, that does

:33:38. > :33:42.not go away. Her mother has died and her dad's girlfriend has died.

:33:42. > :33:48.These things affect people in different ways. Her mind that is

:33:48. > :33:52.probably different. She is coming from a low and getting back. She

:33:52. > :33:58.came from nowhere to be a world champion and she has to use that

:33:58. > :34:04.drive. She will be here and I have no doubt that she will be one of

:34:04. > :34:10.the people standing on a podium. hope so. Every athlete goes through

:34:10. > :34:15.these horrible low points of but to have it happens so public a --

:34:16. > :34:20.publicly. Some people have injuries and operations and never come back.

:34:20. > :34:25.People expect so much. People expect more and more. They put a

:34:25. > :34:30.lot of pressure on you and you put pressure on yourself. She is so far

:34:30. > :34:34.away from home and she is thinking that she should be home. She is

:34:34. > :34:40.completely distracted away from what she should be doing. She

:34:40. > :34:46.should be focusing on the water. I think she should come with the team,

:34:46. > :34:52.the gritters team, they should come into this environment. -- the

:34:52. > :34:56.British team. We wish her well in her recovery because it is a low

:34:56. > :35:01.point for her right now. For another swimmer looking for added

:35:02. > :35:06.motivation is Michael Phelps. He has a bronze medal from the relay

:35:06. > :35:11.and a silver medal because Ryan Lochte beat him and the 200m

:35:11. > :35:21.freestyle. Now it is the 200 metres butterfly. Has felt still got what

:35:21. > :35:35.

:35:35. > :35:40.it takes? We will find out very Michael Phelps is not looking well.

:35:40. > :35:49.He has got all of his energy stacked up in the final which is

:35:49. > :35:54.important. We have Takeshi Matsuda in line for next to him. Wu Peng

:35:54. > :36:04.has been him twice in America. He has a couple of good big guys are

:36:04. > :36:12.

:36:12. > :36:22.medallist last year. The medals could go to any of these eight

:36:22. > :36:26.

:36:26. > :36:35.names. I can make a good case for gold on all of them. Here is Chad

:36:35. > :36:40.le Clos. He has been improving year on year. This guy is the new

:36:40. > :36:44.European junior champion, the 18- year-old. He looks really good. He

:36:44. > :36:54.looks like one of those wind-up toys that goes around and around.

:36:54. > :37:04.Wu Peng, China. Massive ovation. He has based himself in the state now.

:37:04. > :37:11.Bronze in 2005 and silver in 2007. Here comes Dinko Jukic. He has got

:37:11. > :37:15.to step up now. He is right next to the Chinese man in lane two, it is

:37:15. > :37:22.Michael Phelps. 28 world championship medals. He has won

:37:22. > :37:30.this race. He won in 2001 and 2003 and 2009. No one in history has won

:37:30. > :37:35.the same race five times. The second Chinese man, Chen Yin. He

:37:35. > :37:41.has not been on great form for a while. He missed the final two

:37:41. > :37:48.years ago. And Japan is very excited about Takeshi Matsuda. What

:37:48. > :37:55.a chance he has got. A great chance. He is on great form. The ultimate

:37:55. > :38:05.carrot for this is that he will go to 2012. There is a lot on the line

:38:05. > :38:05.

:38:05. > :38:09.for him. Not on the scale of Michael Phelps. He came onto the

:38:09. > :38:13.international scene when he was 15 and impressed everyone so much. He

:38:13. > :38:23.will find it hard to see himself lose in his signature race but

:38:23. > :38:25.

:38:26. > :38:32.like a bit of a wounded animal. You do not have that swagger that you

:38:32. > :38:42.usually see from Michael Phelps. Could someone else be world

:38:42. > :38:48.

:38:48. > :38:58.the men's 200m butterfly. Michael Phelps gets an absolutely cracking

:38:58. > :38:58.

:38:58. > :39:03.start. Takeshi Matsuda and is in for. He is close to Phelps. He is

:39:03. > :39:07.half a metre down on the start. was thinking that this morning. He

:39:07. > :39:14.is a lot smaller. He does not quite have the power under what are that

:39:14. > :39:23.Phelps has. Takeshi Matsuda is going with him. Chad le Clos at the

:39:23. > :39:28.top. He is having a look over at fops. Takeshi Matsuda F is right on

:39:28. > :39:35.-- is right on the shoulder of Michael Phelps. Takeshi Matsuda is

:39:35. > :39:41.a dog at swimming. He will still keep going. That is good. He looks

:39:42. > :39:46.really good. This is going to be exciting. Michael Phelps goes first

:39:46. > :39:50.and Takeshi Matsuda second. Chad le Clos is in there. Phelps has gone

:39:50. > :39:55.reasonably early here. He normally tries to wind it up but he has gone

:39:56. > :40:05.early. Takeshi Matsuda is going with him. I am worried for Phelps

:40:06. > :40:08.

:40:08. > :40:11.here. The bronze medal, you have got Dinko Jukic down here. Takeshi

:40:11. > :40:19.Matsuda is almost neck-and-neck with him. Has he got the training

:40:19. > :40:25.and fitness? Phelps is looking good. Fells as starting to make a move.

:40:25. > :40:30.The rest of the field are coming back. -- felt the starting. Else is

:40:30. > :40:36.tightening up. It looks like Phelps is going to hold on. It is his race.

:40:36. > :40:40.This is going to be a massive win for Michael Phelps. Five times

:40:40. > :40:49.world champion in the men's 200 metres butterfly. The first time

:40:49. > :40:59.anyone has done that in history. There is his mother. She is so

:40:59. > :41:04.

:41:04. > :41:08.happy. That is not the Michael Phelps we know. Fascinating. He is

:41:08. > :41:14.not in the best shape. He said that before he came in. He has been

:41:14. > :41:20.struggling for motivation. Who could blame him? 2000 and was a bit

:41:20. > :41:29.of a dead year for him. -- 2010. He knows what he has to do. More

:41:29. > :41:36.training this winter for many a little less. His coach made a

:41:36. > :41:42.humorous comments earlier. He said that he had a life but now he does

:41:42. > :41:49.not because he has become a swimmer. I think he is deadly serious about

:41:49. > :41:52.London. I think he has realised that the world is competitive. He

:41:52. > :41:57.lost that freestyle with Ryan Lochte and he was talking about the

:41:57. > :42:03.job he had to do and that he was committed. There is his mum. There

:42:03. > :42:08.is his sister. I think that maybe his girlfriend as well. Michael

:42:08. > :42:15.Phelps, for the 5th time, is the champion on the men's 200m

:42:15. > :42:25.butterfly. It was a toff and classes swim. Wu Peng got the third

:42:25. > :42:29.

:42:29. > :42:33.So the answer is, yes, he has still got it. Unbelievable determination

:42:33. > :42:38.from Michael Phelps. I wonder if it was just sheer desire and guts that

:42:38. > :42:46.got him through. He is not on the top of his game. He was heard by

:42:46. > :42:54.losing to Ryan Lochte. That was his event. -- he was hurt. That

:42:54. > :43:00.freestyle was always his number one event. It hurt him and that -- a

:43:00. > :43:06.lot. Now he knows how it feels. We have seen the human side of him. I

:43:06. > :43:11.think this year it will be good for him to not have a good year.

:43:11. > :43:21.coach has been going on about him. He says that he has to stop

:43:21. > :43:22.

:43:22. > :43:24.scoffing and things and concentrate distractions. He was a superstar

:43:24. > :43:28.before the Beijing Olympics and then he became an even bigger

:43:28. > :43:34.superstar. There is a lot of pressure on him from outside

:43:34. > :43:40.sponsors. America is a big place. You get distracted. You think that

:43:40. > :43:45.the pool is not everything any more. Now he will get back in and train

:43:45. > :43:49.incredibly hard. I think he will be dangerous for next year. Now he has

:43:49. > :43:53.a chance to stand up on the medal podium and here the national anthem

:43:53. > :44:03.being played for his family and friends who are there for support.

:44:03. > :44:04.

:44:04. > :44:07.It's very difficult to get interviews with Michael Phelps

:44:07. > :44:11.after these things, but his reaction to this would have been

:44:11. > :44:15.really interesting. Because it certainly was not a certainty, even

:44:15. > :44:20.in the event in which he specialises. Lots of people here

:44:20. > :44:24.today, among them David Davis, a silver medallist in open water from

:44:24. > :44:28.Beijing. Your reaction to this place? It's amazing. I walked in

:44:28. > :44:36.and you feel the buzz when you walk into these venues. I definitely

:44:36. > :44:39.have that today. It's like a mini camper at the swimming pool. Mark

:44:39. > :44:44.was saying it would be really motivational for a lot of the

:44:44. > :44:48.British swimmers to come here and take it in. Absolutely. I walked in

:44:48. > :44:51.and I definitely thought, this is great, I'd love to be part of it.

:44:51. > :44:55.Get the work done throughout the winter and hopefully be on the team

:44:55. > :45:00.next year. This is when it sinks in, what it's going to be like next

:45:00. > :45:04.year. The options for you would have been 1500m. You could have

:45:04. > :45:08.gone to Shanghai and swum that, couldn't you? Yeah, I've had a bit

:45:08. > :45:11.of a tough year and decided to take a break from the pool to put things

:45:11. > :45:15.right for next year. That's the best thing I've done. Luckily, I've

:45:15. > :45:19.got another chance at the open water as well. I need to get the

:45:19. > :45:23.fitness and form back and then swim with a chance here in March next

:45:23. > :45:27.year to give me the option of going for the pool or open water as well.

:45:27. > :45:33.Is there an instance where you could do both? A got a qualified

:45:33. > :45:37.for the open water via the 1500m. I have this won well here in March.

:45:37. > :45:44.I'd love to do both, I love to be involved with this. But if it makes

:45:44. > :45:47.sense to us to do the one, that's what I will do. A remember being

:45:47. > :45:51.there and seen you get out of the water. You will almost delirious

:45:51. > :45:56.with exhaustion. I was just coming to turns with it then. It's a

:45:56. > :46:00.really demanding race. It's hard work. At that end it I didn't

:46:00. > :46:04.really know where I was going. That is what cost me in the end.

:46:04. > :46:10.Hopefully I can be there in London. I will get more experience on me

:46:10. > :46:13.and see what happens. What will guide you, the event in which you

:46:13. > :46:17.have the best chance of getting a medal is the one you can

:46:17. > :46:21.concentrate on? There's not that much difference between the two. We

:46:21. > :46:25.do the same training as we do when we were poor swimmers. We just

:46:25. > :46:27.learn to deal with the different experiences of it all. The

:46:27. > :46:31.difference is whether you want to put all your eggs in one basket or

:46:31. > :46:36.whether you will have a go at the poor as well. Are you going to get

:46:36. > :46:43.a chance to swim in the pool today? I've brought my trunks! I'd love to

:46:43. > :46:46.have a go. Great to see you here. Good luck. I hope things start to

:46:46. > :46:52.go well again for you and you recover physically. I'm not

:46:52. > :46:55.surprised you are exhausted, the amount of lengths he does.

:46:55. > :46:58.Hopefully he will be here either in the Poor Law in the Serpentine,

:46:58. > :47:03.which is where the open-water swimming is taking place in a

:47:03. > :47:06.year's time. A real battle on in the 200 metre freestyle women's

:47:06. > :47:10.between Federica Pellegrini, of Italy, who is the world champion,

:47:10. > :47:20.and a young Dutch sprinter who has all speed on her side, but can she

:47:20. > :47:45.

:47:45. > :47:50.slammer great heat, but if she can rub peaked this when she did in the

:47:50. > :48:00.heats, anything can happen there. She trains with Michael Phelps,

:48:00. > :48:07.

:48:07. > :48:09.Pottermore. A third North Voldemort Swimming Club swimmer who is

:48:09. > :48:16.winning in this final session of the world championships this

:48:16. > :48:26.evening. Michael Phelps is one of the others as well, it's not too

:48:26. > :48:32.

:48:32. > :48:35.bad! The 17-year-old German, Lippok, in one. Barratt of Australia. Only

:48:36. > :48:39.10 at the Commonwealth Games, but she swam really well in the semis

:48:40. > :48:44.to make it through here. This is a fascinating one for me. Sarah

:48:44. > :48:48.Sjoestroem. She is the world record holder on the 100m butterfly. She

:48:48. > :48:52.swam poorly on that but really looked good on this one. To his

:48:52. > :49:02.been talking a lot in the interviews about trying to get onto

:49:02. > :49:23.

:49:23. > :49:27.the 200m freestyle and converting phenomenal form. Tactics are the

:49:27. > :49:37.only question for me. She got scared at the Olympics by Becky

:49:37. > :49:39.

:49:39. > :49:44.Adlington into a swimming a very same. The only thing on that, I'm

:49:44. > :49:47.with you, is at the Olympics she hadn't got a gold medal. That was

:49:47. > :49:51.her first shop for it and I think she put a lot of pressure on

:49:51. > :49:55.herself to get the gold. Whereas here, she's already got a gold

:49:55. > :49:59.medal. The design on her suit is a replica of the tattoo on the side

:49:59. > :50:03.of her neck, one of seven tattoos she has got. The first one she got

:50:03. > :50:07.from her parents as a reward for making the world championship team

:50:07. > :50:17.in Barcelona in 2003 at the age of 14. Would you let your daughter get

:50:17. > :50:30.

:50:30. > :50:35.five, she goes in as the favourite. She had a very good start.

:50:35. > :50:45.Heemskerk again, she went off like a shot. She is in the centre in the

:50:45. > :50:52.

:50:52. > :50:55.black hat. Also going but there is two women have been swimming in

:50:56. > :51:00.juniors. It's sometimes hard to make the jump from junior to senior.

:51:00. > :51:04.But Lippok is very strong. Not surprised at shimmied down the

:51:04. > :51:08.bottom here. Thought she might do write on world record. It looks

:51:08. > :51:12.like it's going to be a mountain to climb here. This is a huge

:51:12. > :51:22.difference. This is very unusual for her to let them go away that

:51:22. > :51:24.

:51:24. > :51:34.gone off a bit too slowly. She went 57.0. She's one-and-a-half seconds

:51:34. > :51:38.

:51:38. > :51:48.metre or so. Heemskerk is going to be in trouble here. Schmitt is to

:51:48. > :51:54.

:51:54. > :52:00.interesting. She's working this every single metre, she's taking

:52:00. > :52:05.more and more. Heemskerk, the wheels have fallen off, there's no

:52:05. > :52:11.medal for her. She's blown it. Moffat of France in six. Look at

:52:11. > :52:15.this, what a swim from Pellegrini. She was miles behind at the 100m.

:52:15. > :52:20.She's won a gold medal. What a great swim it was. One-and-a-half

:52:20. > :52:26.seconds down at the halfway turn. She's just won the gold medal by

:52:26. > :52:35.half a second. Huge to swim! Gold medal on the 400m, now gold medal

:52:35. > :52:39.on the 200m. There are two examples of how to pace a 200m freestyle and

:52:39. > :52:42.how not to. Pellegrini is a year younger than Heemskerk and

:52:42. > :52:47.Heemskerk blue that big-time. She smiles more capable than that. What

:52:48. > :52:51.a mistake. Having the patience to see somebody next to you go off so

:52:51. > :52:55.quickly and realise that you actually have the capability and

:52:55. > :53:00.the class to come back on the second 100. That's brilliant. What

:53:00. > :53:04.do you do when you get the 100 turn and you can see the person's feet

:53:04. > :53:10.ahead of you on the 200 freestyle? Pellegrini knows what she's doing

:53:10. > :53:16.and what she's capable of in training. She pulls that face in

:53:16. > :53:20.the mirror every date. She knows what she is doing. Whereas

:53:20. > :53:30.Heemskerk, I think she was trying to be brave and Brega but it just

:53:30. > :53:38.

:53:39. > :53:42.didn't work. There was no energy defend the 200m freestyle champion.

:53:43. > :53:52.In winning the first 400 freestyle, she's also become the first female

:53:53. > :53:58.

:53:58. > :54:03.That was the most extraordinary race to watch. Heemskerk leading on

:54:03. > :54:07.the final turn. She finishes only 7th, and Pellegrini coming back to

:54:07. > :54:10.win by half a second. It was painful to watch, from her

:54:10. > :54:14.perspective. I used to swim 100m. perspective. I used to swim 100m.

:54:14. > :54:18.When you feel the lactate down the last length... You see her going

:54:18. > :54:24.into the war, 25 metres to go. She still half a second ahead of the

:54:24. > :54:31.next person in the race. She's swimming in a soup, you were saying

:54:31. > :54:36.to me. You see her going backwards and backwards. It's a story of two

:54:36. > :54:43.different races. Heemskerk goes hard on the first 100. Pellegrini,

:54:43. > :54:47.not so much speed. She comes on the back end. She comes back faster

:54:47. > :54:50.than she goes out. Heemskerk goes out and tries to hang on. If she

:54:50. > :54:53.held off a little bit more at the beginning of the race, had time

:54:53. > :54:57.from the semi-final would have won that final. That's how wrong she

:54:57. > :55:01.got it tactically. Didn't Pellegrini get it very wrong

:55:01. > :55:05.against Becky Adlington at the Olympics? So tactically, Pellegrini

:55:05. > :55:10.has improved at everything. Absolutely. When you want it so

:55:10. > :55:19.much, there's a fine line dunn macro one I used to swim 50m people

:55:19. > :55:22.used to go, it's just 50m. I used to tire up with 50m to go.

:55:22. > :55:26.Noradrenalin is going, you are going at full speed. For those

:55:26. > :55:30.girls, it's almost like keeping your legs down and then you bring

:55:30. > :55:33.them in later. Adrenalin, excitement, everything is going on,

:55:33. > :55:36.do have to calm yourself down and do have to calm yourself down and

:55:37. > :55:41.take a second. In Longo races it's all about pacing. I remember Colin

:55:41. > :55:46.Montgomerie, when he was leading at the US Open or the US PGA, in the

:55:46. > :55:51.final shot he said to his caddie, what do I need? The caddie

:55:51. > :55:55.recommended a cup, and he said, have you factored in adrenalin? You

:55:55. > :56:03.can't really study that, as to what it will do to you. Exactly. People

:56:03. > :56:06.say, don't you get nervous when you stand by the block? I get excited.

:56:06. > :56:11.Nervous Timmy is scared. I used to get excited about racing but I used

:56:11. > :56:16.to say to myself, the thing to stop me going to heart was the first

:56:16. > :56:21.five strokes, relax, relax. I used to count my strokes and build into

:56:21. > :56:24.which. For her, she's almost got to do the first 100m to keep her legs

:56:24. > :56:28.down. She was kicking from the Front thinking she would dominate

:56:28. > :56:33.the race. It went terribly wrong. Or a lot of these people, it's a

:56:33. > :56:40.year out. It's a long time to put those things right. She's got the

:56:40. > :56:48.basic mechanics, she will get it right. Sjoestroem keeps coming

:56:48. > :56:51.fourth. We are moving on to their 800m freestyle, which is all about

:56:51. > :56:59.pacing and getting it right and not going too soon. The home crowd will

:56:59. > :57:09.go mad here because the fastest go mad here because the fastest

:57:09. > :57:22.

:57:22. > :57:28.qualifier for the final was Sun this, for the men. It's not an

:57:28. > :57:38.Olympic event. The Olympic events of 50, 100, 204 hundred. Then it

:57:38. > :57:46.

:57:46. > :57:51.like the men and the women to do exactly the same thing. I'm with

:57:51. > :57:56.you. I think it should be the same. It's an historical thing. You know

:57:56. > :58:02.what it's like to try and change people in history. It's not easy.

:58:02. > :58:06.Sun Yang, the best chance is to go out. He does a spot of training

:58:06. > :58:16.every now and again on the Gold Coast in Australia with Dennis COB

:58:16. > :58:27.

:58:27. > :58:37.race before, we kind of thought the race would be down two, 3, four and

:58:37. > :58:47.

:58:47. > :58:54.whether PoW Johnson could hang on. Cochran is the one for me. He's

:58:54. > :59:00.doing quite well. This is interesting. Ryan Cochrane not

:59:00. > :59:04.always at the front. He's got a spidery stroke. He's tough, he will

:59:04. > :59:10.Dakin. But, for me, I don't know, I think Sun Yang has got a good

:59:10. > :59:14.finish as well. It's one of those where we thought the race looked

:59:14. > :59:19.like it at the top of the pool, which it is, but they are not

:59:19. > :59:24.really shining. Mellouli is not as fast as I thought he would be.

:59:24. > :59:28.Mellouli comes back very hard, Mellouli, Lane two, two from the

:59:28. > :59:31.left-hand side in the black hat. If Mellouli has got the finish that we

:59:31. > :59:35.think he has, and it's not just the finish, it's the whole of the

:59:35. > :59:41.second half of the race, he's reasonably well placed at the

:59:41. > :59:47.moment. They are exactly what I thought they would be. Ryan

:59:47. > :59:54.Cochrane normally attracts them. That's what he's doing. Mellouli,

:59:54. > :59:58.very dangerous. I'm not quite sure of the sprinter's speed of Sun Yang,

:59:58. > :00:08.the leader. If he's got the sprint, well, if he's leading, he's got a

:00:08. > :00:12.

:00:12. > :00:17.Asian Games and the 200 free. He got the silver in the 400 free. He

:00:17. > :00:24.has something in him from last year. He has had a more sprint training.

:00:24. > :00:29.He is trying to go along without it being a to training on him. He has

:00:29. > :00:36.just got to get a little bit more and step the pace up. The gap is

:00:37. > :00:45.just opening up between him and Ryan Cochrane. It really is opening

:00:45. > :00:53.up a. It is about 30 centimetres or 50 centimetres. Ryan Cochrane is

:00:53. > :01:00.now going towards him. A smooth stroke. Look at the stretch. If you

:01:00. > :01:10.look at Ryan Cochrane's head, you can see his hair. Sun Yang just

:01:10. > :01:13.

:01:13. > :01:22.digs in break in. -- digs it right in. Sun a gang of China has led

:01:22. > :01:32.from the start but only just. -- Sun Yang. Sun Yang is leading and

:01:32. > :01:41.

:01:41. > :01:47.Ryan Cochrane is just one of lane starting to make his move. Look at

:01:47. > :01:54.the kicks off the wall. There is still a feel of cat and mouse to

:01:54. > :02:03.this race. This is not done. I think Sun Yang needs a little bit

:02:03. > :02:10.more. It is not enough to be comfortable. Ryan Cochrane is a

:02:10. > :02:19.bigger threat. Ryan Cochrane is a Dyfed competitor and he will not

:02:19. > :02:27.give in on this one. There is not a lot of significance sprinting going

:02:27. > :02:32.on and there should have been. -- significant. It is Ryan Cochrane

:02:32. > :02:38.who is really doing something at the moment. Sun Yang was ahead at

:02:38. > :02:46.the last turn. Let's see the kick off the wall. A big kick from Ryan

:02:46. > :02:50.Cochrane. It suggests that he still has something in him. I wonder if

:02:51. > :02:59.he is just seeing how much he is getting away with before he has to

:02:59. > :03:09.turn it on. The position of his head is a very low indeed. La Hogue,

:03:09. > :03:09.

:03:09. > :03:14.he has picked his head up. -- Lock, he has picked his head up. This is

:03:14. > :03:19.very interesting. Sun Yang is just starting to use his legs properly

:03:19. > :03:27.and he is starting to swim away. Ryan Cochrane needs to react very

:03:27. > :03:32.quickly. It looks like lane to is coming back very hard in the second

:03:32. > :03:42.half of the race but he could lose the bronze medal Eddie is not

:03:42. > :03:53.

:03:53. > :04:03.Look at that stroke. He has got some left in him. Sun Yang looks

:04:03. > :04:05.

:04:05. > :04:11.very powerful. There is the bell. Two lengths to go. 100 metres to go.

:04:11. > :04:15.Sun Yang has gone to his lengths -- legs. He is going for it. He is

:04:15. > :04:20.swimming away and it looks wonderful. Ryan Cochrane is trying

:04:20. > :04:29.to stay with him. I think it will be in vain. Let's see what happens

:04:29. > :04:35.in the last turn. This crowd are going to go absolutely Batty. 50

:04:35. > :04:41.metres to go. They are all standing up. Hugely impressive. All the

:04:41. > :04:50.spectators are standing on their feet. They are roaring him on. What

:04:50. > :05:00.a fantastic swim. This is superb. What a fantastic display of

:05:00. > :05:00.

:05:00. > :05:08.freestyle swimming. He is going fast. Seven minutes. The gold goes

:05:08. > :05:18.to Sun Yang of China. The second place goes to Ryan Cochrane and the

:05:18. > :05:25.bronze goes to the Hungarian. What style. Sun Yang, the 19-year-old

:05:25. > :05:31.Chinese man, the storied the field. -- destroyed the field. We know

:05:31. > :05:36.that he has put a lot of work into it. They train forever. They

:05:36. > :05:46.trained so hard. That guy will spend hours in the water every day

:05:46. > :05:58.

:05:59. > :06:04.I can tell you the average person on the American team has since --

:06:04. > :06:14.swims 2,300 miles a year. These guys probably do about 50 % more

:06:14. > :06:17.

:06:17. > :06:27.than that. Extraordinary, that last 50. He had so much a laugh.

:06:27. > :06:30.

:06:30. > :06:40.1500m is going to be extraordinary. There is a scoreboard attended --

:06:40. > :06:43.

:06:43. > :06:53.lowered down in the arena. It is the dawn of a new champion. Hungary

:06:53. > :06:55.

:06:55. > :07:01.came in very strong for the bronze. 4th the 800 metres for a man is not

:07:01. > :07:10.an Olympic events so Sun Yang will have to stand up and have raised

:07:10. > :07:16.Andy 1,500 metres in this pool behind me. -- race in the 1,500

:07:16. > :07:20.metres. Michael Phelps has proved that he

:07:20. > :07:28.is still a major force to be reckoned with. There are two

:07:28. > :07:38.British swimmers to look out for. We have Ellen Gandy and Jemma Lowe.

:07:38. > :08:03.

:08:03. > :08:13.Gandy goes in lane five for Great Games silver medallist, in lane

:08:13. > :08:13.

:08:13. > :08:23.seven. -- the Commonwealth Games silver medallist, in lane seven. If

:08:23. > :08:25.

:08:25. > :08:35.here is Teresa Crippen from the University of Florida. Jiao Liuyang

:08:35. > :08:37.

:08:37. > :08:41.in lane six. Ellen Gandy goes in five. She is a bronze medallist on

:08:41. > :08:50.this 200 butterfly but she is the British record holder. I would

:08:50. > :08:58.imagine she needs to get closer to the record to make the final.

:08:58. > :09:06.Suzanne and Jack are less from Hungary -- Zsuzsanna Jakabos here.

:09:06. > :09:16.Very good at the flies. I think she is in good shape and it will be

:09:16. > :09:17.

:09:17. > :09:27.good to see how she gets on here. Check out Ida Marko-Varga and. She

:09:27. > :09:42.

:09:42. > :09:49.is looking good. Ellen Gandy is in on there? She does kick twice. She

:09:50. > :09:57.just does not do it right. She is merely pausing. It is the most

:09:57. > :10:02.bizarre a stroke. That is going to hold her back. The rest Of them are

:10:02. > :10:12.working hard. Ellen Gandy is working very hard. A quarter of a

:10:12. > :10:12.

:10:12. > :10:18.second lead. She might want to try that a little bit different rate.

:10:18. > :10:24.Ida Marko-Varga from Sweden is going at the bottom of the shot.

:10:24. > :10:29.Ellen Gandy is leading. This is good to see. Her 100 fly was very

:10:29. > :10:38.good. She needs to qualify well. she can keep this pays out she will

:10:38. > :10:46.do very well. She is a little bit out of the stroke. That is halfway.

:10:46. > :10:55.For a British record is -- her British record was set in 2009. It

:10:55. > :11:03.is impressive and it is very good. We have seen and patch was first

:11:03. > :11:08.hundreds before tonight. Look at the woman who is reading in the

:11:08. > :11:14.black cap. She is breathing to the side. -- breathing in the black cap.

:11:14. > :11:21.You have to keep a good stroke when you do that. Ellen Gandy has 50

:11:21. > :11:27.metres to go. She looks tough. This is impressive stuff. Sometimes if

:11:27. > :11:34.you are a little bit heavier you take more. She is digging in deep.

:11:35. > :11:44.Zsuzsanna Jakabos is coming after her. I do not mind if Ellen Gandy

:11:44. > :11:52.comes in first, second or third. Ellen Gandy just gets it sweat the

:11:53. > :12:01.Zsuzsanna Jakabos things again. -- with Zsuzsanna Jakabos in second.

:12:01. > :12:07.Fantastic. She has a big smile. It is good to get a victory in the

:12:07. > :12:13.semi-final. Fantastic. She will be in a good position. Let's see how

:12:13. > :12:20.the second semi-final gets on. should not get too excited too

:12:20. > :12:30.early. Look at that. Get your head down. It is like Michael Phelps. He

:12:30. > :12:30.

:12:30. > :12:38.keeps his head down very low. Ellen Gandy has won the first semi-final

:12:38. > :12:48.of the women's 200 flights. Susannah did have this comes in

:12:48. > :12:49.

:12:49. > :12:54.second -- Suzanne and Jacobus in That was a great win. 60.6. That

:12:54. > :12:58.was much quicker. Yes. I will probably go quicker in the final

:12:58. > :13:08.tomorrow but I wanted to make it in safely and have a good swim. I am

:13:08. > :13:47.

:13:47. > :13:55.really happy. Good luck for that in the world from 2007 who

:13:55. > :14:04.qualified. Here we have Otylia Jedrzeczak. She is an Athens

:14:04. > :14:11.champion. Jemma Lowe, what can you do? She has been coached in Swansea.

:14:11. > :14:19.Here is Jessicah Schipper. She is defending world champion. She won

:14:19. > :14:26.in 2007 and 2009 and is also a world record holder. Here comes

:14:26. > :14:33.Stephanie Rice, also an Olympic champion. And here is Liu Zige. She

:14:33. > :14:38.is the current chimp -- champion. Now we have Kathleen Hersey. She is

:14:38. > :14:43.an Olympic finalist. That sounds a little boring compared to the rest!

:14:43. > :14:53.She will be out quick though. Keep an eye on her. Natsumi Hoshi from

:14:53. > :15:01.

:15:01. > :15:11.time this year, 25.36. She was a little bit faster than that earlier.

:15:11. > :15:22.

:15:22. > :15:27.the bottom of your picture. Slightly worryingly, the three big

:15:27. > :15:37.guns in Lane's one, two and three. Three, the world record holder, and

:15:37. > :15:46.

:15:46. > :15:52.one and two, four times past world from the world champion, sorry, the

:15:52. > :16:02.world record holder, the Olympic champion. Zil getting a very good

:16:02. > :16:08.

:16:08. > :16:11.at the top, it will be called with the Olympic and world champions at

:16:11. > :16:16.the top there. It's good that Stephanie Rice has taken this race

:16:16. > :16:21.out quite quickly as well. Good turns. Jemma Lowe has been really

:16:21. > :16:25.working on them up for a while. She's now back in Swansea training

:16:25. > :16:31.with but McAllister. It's very important on the fly to get the

:16:31. > :16:41.good turns. Jemma Lowe in good shape. She looked good, she looked

:16:41. > :16:45.

:16:45. > :16:49.good, second at the turn. 60.30 is pretty much exactly the same as we

:16:49. > :16:55.saw in that first semi-final. This is good if she can hold on. She

:16:55. > :17:05.does look good. She's tracking the Olympic champion in her home poll,

:17:05. > :17:05.

:17:05. > :17:15.home crowd. There she is. Neck-and- of thing in the first semi-final.

:17:15. > :17:39.

:17:39. > :17:49.Jemma Lowe. Schipper has an ugly struck but it's very effective. --

:17:49. > :17:55.

:17:55. > :18:05.mistaken, Great Britain are going to go in the fastest, one, two.

:18:05. > :18:20.

:18:20. > :18:26.some -- similar to Michael Phelps. Beautiful head down as well, just

:18:26. > :18:31.as the arms go past your ears your head has got to be going down. She

:18:31. > :18:35.finished well as well. Some of the technical parts of Jemma Lowe's

:18:35. > :18:45.racing are fantastic. In that underwater turn, she was down quite

:18:45. > :19:03.

:19:03. > :19:13.third. Schipper back in fourth. think she will make the final,

:19:13. > :19:25.

:19:25. > :19:30.though. Schipper and Rice, the two and Ellen Gandy. Two Australians,

:19:30. > :19:37.two Chinese. That's going to be a cracker. Can we get a gold medal in

:19:37. > :19:42.You said to me early in the week you liked the 100. It's hard to

:19:42. > :19:47.decide which is my favourite one. I like the 100 because it's a shorter

:19:47. > :19:51.than the 200. That's painful. But I do train for the 200 more, it's

:19:51. > :19:55.shown in my results. That puts you into the final at the fastest and

:19:55. > :19:59.puts Ellen Gandy in there as well. It's going to be a really good race.

:19:59. > :20:03.I'm loving the fact that we both got in the final again. We share a

:20:03. > :20:06.room together and have the same schedule, so it's nice we're going

:20:06. > :20:09.to be there together and give it a shot tomorrow. A lot of people at

:20:09. > :20:13.home probably find it quite difficult that you can be good

:20:13. > :20:17.mates and then race each other. have been asked quite a lot of

:20:17. > :20:22.questions about that, but we did share a room in 2008 at the

:20:22. > :20:27.Olympics as well. We just both want to do well. We'd all -- boat train

:20:27. > :20:32.hard. We are good friends and one each other to do really well.

:20:32. > :20:37.good result would be great Britain, one, two.

:20:37. > :20:40.You are looking lovely and slimline. Thank you, that's always great to

:20:40. > :20:44.hear after a brace. I'm really enjoying this meet. It was good for

:20:44. > :20:49.me to get a good preparation in and to get back down to a good racing

:20:49. > :20:53.wait for me. I've enjoyed the meet so far. A double Olympic champion,

:20:53. > :20:57.it's quite hard to come back down off that and not be caught in all

:20:57. > :21:02.of the stuff that goes with being a great champion. Then you have to

:21:02. > :21:06.focus for another Olympics. You want Michael have the same task.

:21:06. > :21:11.Yes, Phelps on a different scale to me but it took me a couple of years

:21:11. > :21:14.to get over what had happened. I wasn't very motivated in 2009, and

:21:14. > :21:19.I had surgery last year. It's been a rough couple of years but I feel

:21:19. > :21:24.I've picked myself up quite well. I needed 10 months out for surgery,

:21:24. > :21:30.so hopefully I can improve on how I've done this year and use it as a

:21:30. > :21:35.stepping-stone towards next year. The 204 hundred are the things I

:21:35. > :21:39.trained for. This 200 fly is a bit of fun. It's not bad to make the

:21:39. > :21:43.final of something you consider a bit of fun. Stephanie Rice talking

:21:43. > :21:49.to Sharron Davies there. Jemma Lowe, winning her semi-final and

:21:49. > :21:52.qualifying fastest for the final. It's brilliant. After seeing her in

:21:52. > :21:56.the 100 fly, after saying it was not their distance, they do double

:21:56. > :22:02.the distance. We saw in the semi- finals there, Jemma Lowe in the

:22:02. > :22:05.outside lane, she did her own race on her own. The Chinese Olympic

:22:05. > :22:10.world record holder, she gave her a lesson. It's going to be different

:22:10. > :22:14.in the final, it's going to be a tight race. There are two Brits in

:22:14. > :22:19.the final again. Jemma Lowe and Ellen Gandy. If you have your tea

:22:19. > :22:23.made with you, it actually helps, you are so used to racing each

:22:23. > :22:27.other at home. You've got someone alongside you out there. That just

:22:27. > :22:31.shows the strength and depth we've got in certain events. We needed

:22:31. > :22:36.that. It's going to be our first opportunity to take a gold medal.

:22:36. > :22:44.Ellen Gandy, she's only 19. Jemma Lowe was very young, 21, but for

:22:44. > :22:49.Ellen Gandy this is a real learning process - a process. She's done

:22:49. > :22:54.fantastic. Looking at the 100, getting faster each round. She

:22:54. > :22:57.dominated her semi-final. She went in second-fastest into that final.

:22:57. > :23:03.The thing with heats is making semis, the thing with semis, it's

:23:03. > :23:06.making finals. She gets faster every race. 19, this is like fast

:23:06. > :23:10.track experience for next year. She is only going to be 20 at the

:23:10. > :23:15.Olympics. It's a great time for her. She learns an awful lot, gets

:23:15. > :23:18.faster each time. She trains out in Australia. You have pockets of

:23:18. > :23:22.training groups around the world where you have lots of different

:23:22. > :23:28.swimmer's training together. They learn from each other. If you've

:23:28. > :23:31.got that club environment, that... With Stephanie Rice just down the

:23:31. > :23:36.road, she raises the best people all the time in Australia, she's

:23:36. > :23:40.going to get used to it very quickly. Could we see two medals

:23:40. > :23:46.for Great Britain? I think it Sue is going to be tough, but she did

:23:46. > :23:50.look tired. I don't think she's got an awful lot left. Jemma Lowe,

:23:50. > :23:54.she's been faster than that already this year. I think she's got more

:23:54. > :23:58.to give it. Ellen Gandy, she gets faster each time. I think one of

:23:58. > :24:03.them will win but I couldn't say which one. It's an exciting time

:24:03. > :24:06.for British swimming. They are all out there in Shanghai. David Davis

:24:06. > :24:10.did decide to dive into that pool because everyone in British

:24:10. > :24:13.swimming is getting excited about this place and standing on the

:24:13. > :24:18.blocks here in a year's time. thing I'm most looking forward to,

:24:18. > :24:21.other than hopefully taking part, would just be how I think it's

:24:21. > :24:28.going to lift the British nation. It's going to be Fantastic Four

:24:28. > :24:31.sport. I really hope it influences everyone, from kids to adults to

:24:31. > :24:34.partake in sport, especially swimming. The Home Olympics is

:24:34. > :24:38.something every athlete looks forward to and dreams of competing

:24:38. > :24:45.at. To have a home Olympics in your lifetime and the potential of going

:24:45. > :24:51.there is one of those incredible moments. Excitement. It's just such

:24:51. > :24:56.an exciting time for every sport, not just swimming. Hopefully we can

:24:56. > :25:00.go there and rule the roost. It's going to be showcasing the best of

:25:00. > :25:04.British culture, British athleticism, achievements in the

:25:04. > :25:08.world. I'm going to be so proud. get a shiver down my spine every

:25:09. > :25:14.time I think of London 2012. Walking out in front of 16,000, the

:25:14. > :25:17.majority of them Brits, family and friends. To be a part of that would

:25:17. > :25:21.be spine-chilling. It's going to be a massive festival and there will

:25:21. > :25:25.be people everywhere. It's going to be a great opportunity for us as

:25:25. > :25:29.Britain's to show the world what we can do. It's going to be an awesome

:25:29. > :25:35.year. If I qualify for the Olympics then I'm going to be the most happy

:25:35. > :25:39.girl on the planet. Fran Halsall there, who I guarantee you will be

:25:39. > :25:42.one of the faces of the Olympic Games in 2012. Keri-Anne Payne, the

:25:42. > :25:46.only one who's officially qualified already for the open water by

:25:46. > :25:50.winning the 10 K gold medal in Shanghai. What is the trial process

:25:50. > :25:54.now, when will the rest of them know whether they are in or not?

:25:54. > :25:58.Becky Adlington, the Olympic champion, world champion, all of a

:25:58. > :26:02.sudden she hasn't qualified. Next April, we have our qualifications,

:26:02. > :26:07.which will take place here in the Aquatics Centre. The first big

:26:07. > :26:10.major meet, our trials will be here. Again, they'll get a chance to test

:26:10. > :26:15.themselves in this environment. Unless they qualify and do a time

:26:15. > :26:18.on that date, for two people to go you have to be in the top 16

:26:18. > :26:22.fastest times in the world. The qualification criteria is quite

:26:22. > :26:26.hard. Interviewed touch that war, get your place in, get your time,

:26:26. > :26:30.you don't go. You could be Olympic champion and you don't qualify. You

:26:30. > :26:34.can be an Olympic champion and you don't do a time, you can't

:26:34. > :26:37.qualified. All of the pressure comes from March. The World

:26:37. > :26:41.Championships has great experience and they want to be world champions,

:26:41. > :26:45.but it all starts here for next year. So they start from scratch.

:26:45. > :26:49.Let's hope that James Goddard makes it. He came home with two gold

:26:49. > :26:54.medals and the 200m backstroke at the 200m individual medley. We will

:26:54. > :26:58.see him in the semi-finals of the 200m individual medley in a moment.

:26:58. > :27:04.You will see Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. But from the sounds of

:27:04. > :27:08.things, James is not intimidated by them. He's definitely beatable.

:27:08. > :27:15.It's just how he you can beat him. He's the best athlete of all time,

:27:15. > :27:19.in my opinion, out of everybody that ever lived on this planet. The

:27:19. > :27:24.Olympic gold medals, it backs me up a bit there! But he's just a man,

:27:24. > :27:27.he's beatable. I've got to try and do what I've got to do to challenge

:27:27. > :27:32.him. Ryan Lochte is up there as well. He's an incredible athlete

:27:32. > :27:36.and has broken some of Michael Phelps' world records. It's going

:27:36. > :27:39.to be really difficult. Men's swimming at the top with the

:27:39. > :27:49.Americans is so strong. It's the depth as well. It's really

:27:49. > :27:49.

:27:49. > :28:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds

:28:32. > :28:42.qualifier for this first semi-final of the men's tour did metres

:28:42. > :28:57.

:28:57. > :29:00.an amazing 200m fly gold medal. He's got to swim this semi-final

:29:00. > :29:09.right next to the world record holder and defending champion, Ryan

:29:09. > :29:13.Lochte, his team-mate. There is Horihata of Japan. Here he is.

:29:13. > :29:18.Defending champion, world record holder, Olympic champion on the

:29:18. > :29:23.200m backstroke, Ryan Lochte. He's already beaten Michael Phelps in a

:29:23. > :29:26.head-to-head. Phelps is pretty good at recovering from races. It's well

:29:26. > :29:35.known physiologically that he's pretty good at getting between one

:29:35. > :29:41.and the other. He's going to have to use his fly. Phelps' better

:29:41. > :29:46.stroke it is the first length. If he's got any fatigue then he's

:29:46. > :29:50.going to have to wake up pretty quickly. I would imagine he's going

:29:50. > :29:52.to try and get through this, just stick it in the back and do a time

:29:52. > :30:02.sufficient to get through to the final, which should be relatively

:30:02. > :30:18.

:30:18. > :30:23.comfortable. The fastest qualifier bottom.

:30:23. > :30:32.Fifth Michael Phelps get a decent start if, as does Ryan Lochte. It

:30:32. > :30:42.is interesting, which is there a better strokes. So -- what are at

:30:42. > :30:44.

:30:44. > :30:50.their bare strokes. -- better strokes. Ryan Lochte is flying back.

:30:50. > :30:56.He did this in the morning. He is trying to get out of the far left.

:30:56. > :31:02.This is interesting. He is really a kneeling his own backstroke and

:31:02. > :31:06.making sure he gets the advantage. -- nailing his own backstroke. I do

:31:06. > :31:12.not think these guys will have to work that hard. They have both

:31:12. > :31:19.messed around a little bit this morning. Ryan mock pity -- Ryan

:31:19. > :31:28.Lochte, has turned off. It is interesting about so the

:31:28. > :31:36.breaststroke. He did a little trouble before he did his big kick.

:31:36. > :31:46.-- a little wriggle. He has got to rest tonight. Ryan Lochte is very

:31:46. > :31:47.

:31:47. > :31:53.strong and powerful. He gave a sneaky look to Phelps. This is a

:31:53. > :32:00.procession, really. It is the best swimmers in the world are on their

:32:00. > :32:10.game. They will try to touch each other at the end., this is

:32:10. > :32:12.

:32:12. > :32:17.fascinating. -- at the end. This is fascinating. It looks like Ryan

:32:17. > :32:27.Lochte has won the first semi-final. Phelps has come in second. We have

:32:27. > :32:51.

:32:51. > :33:00.the Japanese gentleman in third. very close to each other. What a

:33:00. > :33:06.great way to practise. You may not get used to the way others may do

:33:06. > :33:12.it. Practising for what? You just get to sit next to him again.

:33:12. > :33:22.Practice makes perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Practice

:33:22. > :33:25.

:33:25. > :33:31.makes permanent, apparently. Phelps, head out in the final. Phelps is

:33:31. > :33:40.second Andy semi-final. Japan is in third. He could still make it. --

:33:40. > :33:49.One year away from the Olympics. Did you get a knot in your stomach?

:33:49. > :33:56.No, I did not. I woke think in that I was hungry and I wanted breakfast.

:33:56. > :34:06.-- thinking. You are too laid-back. He I had some money Tommy last

:34:06. > :34:06.

:34:06. > :34:11.night that -- I had somebody tell me last night from the media. I

:34:11. > :34:21.have just got to focus and I'll worry about the rest later. I just

:34:21. > :34:39.

:34:39. > :34:49.have to focus on the world 200m individual medley. It looks a

:34:49. > :35:06.

:35:06. > :35:14.like Laszlo cash has a very shiny James Goddard, what can you do? He

:35:14. > :35:24.is very much on form. He has had a dodgy soldier -- shoulder. It looks

:35:24. > :35:27.

:35:27. > :35:37.like he will be able to swim. He is in seven. We have a Lithuanian in

:35:37. > :35:38.

:35:38. > :35:43.six. He has not done too much since the Olympics. Here is the European

:35:43. > :35:48.champion and many times. I suppose one of the things that we are

:35:48. > :35:52.seeing here, we are starting to see much more long course. We are

:35:52. > :36:00.seeing turns are being much more important. The focus is on the

:36:00. > :36:10.start and turn. This they looked fantastic in the heats. -- and this

:36:10. > :36:47.

:36:47. > :36:52.These guys have all got a chance of making the big final. James Goddard

:36:52. > :36:56.is in the blue hat of Great Britain and is down in lane seven. That is

:36:56. > :37:03.on the left-hand side of your screen. James Goddard is looking

:37:03. > :37:13.good. He has an excellent backstroke. He has started well in

:37:13. > :37:13.

:37:13. > :37:23.seven. He is doing well. The backstroke is helpful. He has done

:37:23. > :37:32.

:37:32. > :37:35.nearly 15 metres. The top left has Laszlo Cseh. There are not too many

:37:35. > :37:45.people in the world that can go right off a straight race. 53

:37:45. > :37:46.

:37:46. > :37:55.seconds. 53.6, a really quick. Laszlo Cseh was up with one second.

:37:55. > :37:59.James Goddard has some work to do but it is going well. James Goddard

:37:59. > :38:09.has on the blue cap. He has moved into second place with a strong

:38:09. > :38:15.backstroke. He is having a fantastic third length. A greater

:38:15. > :38:22.breaststroke and he is in a great position. He didn't spot that turn.

:38:22. > :38:32.As long as he can make that final he can go a little bit faster. He

:38:32. > :38:37.is a breathing away from the rest of the field. The Australian has

:38:37. > :38:44.the yellow cap and is next to him. The black cap in three is working

:38:44. > :38:52.well as well. It looks like it might be Laszlo Cseh. He wins it.

:38:52. > :39:01.James Goddard is 4th. He will get in with that, I think. A good swim.

:39:01. > :39:11.I am surprised that Laszlo Cseh is blowing so much but 1.57 is quite

:39:11. > :39:12.

:39:12. > :39:22.fast. This guy has obviously worked very hard. He worked hard to hold

:39:22. > :39:48.

:39:49. > :39:56.it from the first link. -- the is his best time. 20 night -- 29-

:39:56. > :40:03.year-old and he has done well. Laszlo Cseh has done very well. He

:40:03. > :40:10.came in first. We have a fiver from the second semi-final making it

:40:10. > :40:17.through. That puts James Goddard in 6th finest -- fastest for the final.

:40:17. > :40:22.We now have three British swimmers for the final tomorrow evening.

:40:22. > :40:25.Ryan Lochte is the fastest and Michael Phelps in second. That is

:40:25. > :40:34.not really a surprise. Most of those guys were not have expected

:40:34. > :40:39.That was a pretty good swim considering that we have heard

:40:39. > :40:44.things about your shoulder. Nice and solid. I am very pleased to

:40:44. > :40:48.make the finals tomorrow. It is probably the fastest final that has

:40:48. > :40:53.been at these Games. I am pretty excited and looking forward to

:40:53. > :40:59.tomorrow. You have been unwound for a while. How is your body holding

:40:59. > :41:04.up? -- you have been around for a while. It has been playing up, my

:41:04. > :41:08.shoulder, for the last few weeks. I have had a doctor helping me for

:41:08. > :41:11.the last few weeks. I was thinking about pulling out of the whole

:41:11. > :41:16.thing but I have worked hard on my shoulder and have got into a

:41:16. > :41:23.position where I can make a world final. A lot of sporting in general

:41:23. > :41:31.is about keeping in shape. Yes and the support team has gotten so much

:41:31. > :41:39.better. The support team has a psychologist which we did not have

:41:39. > :41:44.before have so it is getting better. It is making me swim faster.

:41:44. > :41:51.fly is going to be taking out extremely fast. Yes, these are some

:41:51. > :42:01.of the best boys in the world. It is not going to be easy. I am going

:42:01. > :42:08.to go out with them and give it a James Goddard sounds like he has

:42:08. > :42:15.the balance of being respectful without being intimidated.

:42:15. > :42:21.thinking is that he truly believes he can win. He trains a day in and

:42:21. > :42:30.day out. He does not give up after a medal. That is a good place to be

:42:30. > :42:35.in. It is a good attitude to have. How do you read it between Ryan

:42:35. > :42:40.Lochte and Michael Phelps? Interesting. Ryan Lochte is on form

:42:40. > :42:45.at the moment and Phelps is just off form. Both of them on form at

:42:45. > :42:53.the same time his fireworks anyway. We know they can do a freestyle and

:42:53. > :42:57.a medley. I would go for Ryan Lochte. Phelps has got his 200

:42:57. > :43:02.metres butterfly and that made a difference for him. He will not

:43:02. > :43:07.have anything to lose. The strokes are great. I think it will be neck-

:43:07. > :43:17.and-neck and will come down to the last 25 metres. Otherwise it will

:43:17. > :43:19.

:43:19. > :43:24.be a dogfight for third. The guide does not seem to break a sweat --

:43:24. > :43:28.Ryan Lochte does not seem to break a sweat. He was joking about

:43:28. > :43:34.skateboarding and things. He says that he loves doing it but there

:43:34. > :43:40.are other things. He is very laid back. The sprinters are always very

:43:40. > :43:44.laid-back. He is a really interesting character. It is a

:43:44. > :43:52.difference in psychology between something like that and boxing

:43:52. > :44:01.where it is all bravado. The 50m final. We have the man from Norway

:44:01. > :44:11.who has dedicated his his win to the people of Norway. He has his

:44:11. > :44:39.

:44:39. > :44:44.work cut out from -- with him from second and Van Der Burgh was third.

:44:44. > :44:48.If I was in third, I'd like to come first next time. Had been said that,

:44:48. > :44:53.third on 100 breaststroke for Van Der Burgh was a pretty good swim.

:44:53. > :44:58.He was pretty pleased. He has a lot more confidence and swagger about

:44:58. > :45:03.him on the 50m. But Dale Oen, when he went out for his gold medal in

:45:03. > :45:13.the 100m, 27.20. He swam with his heart rather than his technical

:45:13. > :45:36.

:45:36. > :45:40.World Championships in Rome, Feldwehr of Germany. Dugonjic goes

:45:40. > :45:46.into macro. And then the new world champion, Alexander Dale Oen, in

:45:46. > :45:52.three. What an emotion or swim he had. He's a lovely guy. He spoke

:45:52. > :45:57.very well before and after the race. He was talking about just doing

:45:57. > :46:02.what he could do. Over here, thinking about people back home.

:46:02. > :46:07.Van Der Burgh looks very relaxed. World record holder, defending

:46:07. > :46:13.champion. He really is on form with that runs on the 100. He's going to

:46:13. > :46:22.be tough to beat. I love the stroke of this guide. Look at those arms.

:46:22. > :46:32.Good heavens! Da Silva, the world's short-course champion. A very good

:46:32. > :46:35.

:46:35. > :46:42.starter. This Guyett swam well as well. -- guide. Stekelenburg in

:46:43. > :46:49.seven. The slowest qualifier will be Gangloff, of the USA. He was the

:46:49. > :46:55.bronze medallist two years ago. This is just stacked. Here he is.

:46:55. > :46:59.Bronze medallist from the World Championships in Rome. The third

:46:59. > :47:04.fastest man in history. But the fastest man, the world record

:47:04. > :47:11.holder, Cameron Van Der Burgh, the defending champion, he is in four.

:47:11. > :47:14.This is a really hard one to call. I'm not sure where it's going to go.

:47:14. > :47:24.Whether Van Der Burgh can replicate the real talent and form that he's

:47:24. > :47:52.

:47:52. > :47:55.obviously got, or whether Dale Oen All the big guys are right up there

:47:55. > :48:05.and are going well. Van Der Burgh is in the centre in the silver hat.

:48:05. > :48:11.A good start for Scozzoli in at six. Silver going well -- da Silva looks

:48:11. > :48:17.like he's just ahead. It looks like it may be da Silva. Da Silva has

:48:17. > :48:25.got it. He's got the gold. What a steel that was! Look how much it

:48:25. > :48:35.means to him. Stay out of his way! Look at the power in that guy!

:48:35. > :48:35.

:48:35. > :48:45.27.01. Look at how strong he is. is an ox, isn't he? He's got a good

:48:45. > :48:46.

:48:46. > :48:49.stroke. He's got a great technique. He uses his hips are really well.

:48:49. > :48:53.Breaststroke, even for a big guy, you'd think he would call himself

:48:53. > :48:58.through the water but he's got a wonderful underwater technique. The

:48:58. > :49:08.thing about breaststroke his timing it well, getting your legs and arms

:49:08. > :49:20.

:49:20. > :49:30.not to overlap and not having any quickly. He's got it. He goes in

:49:30. > :49:37.

:49:37. > :49:47.for it as well. That was probably two tenths of a second there that

:49:47. > :50:06.

:50:06. > :50:11.It's not often you see a reaction quite like that, is it? He's a big

:50:11. > :50:14.guy. He's not the typical swimmer that is slim and toned.

:50:14. > :50:17.Breaststroke swimmers and tend to be a bit more bulky and powerful. I

:50:17. > :50:21.love it when you see that passionate expression. It means so

:50:21. > :50:26.much to them. It was always going to be a tight race. Van Der Burgh,

:50:26. > :50:35.he always struts his stuff before hand, he's extremely confident.

:50:35. > :50:39.It's huge. For da Silva, although with confusing in commentary, for

:50:39. > :50:43.da Silva, a much more popular of gold medallist in the swimming

:50:43. > :50:48.world than Cielo Filho. There isn't a cloud hanging over him.

:50:48. > :50:56.Following the Brazilian team around, I know that Cielo Filho flew in

:50:56. > :51:02.later than the rest of the team. All the attention is Cielo Filho.

:51:02. > :51:07.just love that celebrating. He's banging his chest and all the rest

:51:07. > :51:12.of it. So powerful, so passionate. It was going to be one of those

:51:12. > :51:16.fingertip tatters. It can make a huge difference between hitting it

:51:17. > :51:20.right on the touch and half a stroke out. It was right going into

:51:20. > :51:24.the war, it wasn't one where someone snatch it from nowhere. I'm

:51:24. > :51:28.pleased for him. I like Van Der Burgh, he's a good mate, but I'm

:51:28. > :51:34.pleased for him. I was disappointed not to see Dale Oen get a medal

:51:34. > :51:38.there. In turns of your highlight of the session? Phelps? Phelps. And

:51:38. > :51:42.seeing the two girls going through. Jemma Lowe and Ellen Gandy. That's

:51:43. > :51:46.really exciting because we do need... And maintained that they

:51:46. > :51:50.are swimming to form at the moment. We want someone to step up that

:51:50. > :51:54.little bit more. A couple more faces, they become public names.

:51:54. > :51:58.I'm really pleased for them. couple of the swimmers we might see

:51:58. > :52:03.tomorrow in the relay. Becky Adlington and Jo Jackson could

:52:03. > :52:08.easily be lining up. We haven't seen Jo DAX and yet. No, she's had

:52:08. > :52:12.a torrid year. She's had problems with injuries, illness and asthma.

:52:12. > :52:16.She is slowly coming back to her best form. She told me about a year

:52:16. > :52:19.ago that the asthma got so bad she actually cracked ribs in the pool

:52:19. > :52:22.when she was winning because she was struggling so hard to breathe.

:52:22. > :52:27.She didn't know she had a problem at the time. She's trained through

:52:27. > :52:30.it. This is how much athletes push themselves through pain barriers.

:52:30. > :52:35.After a couple of months it doesn't go away and you think there's a bit

:52:35. > :52:40.more to it. Jo Jackson did do heats of the 200 freestyle but didn't

:52:40. > :52:44.make it through to the semis. She hasn't been on great form. We are

:52:44. > :52:47.here at the Aquatics Centre, a big sign down their say in one year to

:52:47. > :52:51.go. This being unveiled to the public and press. All sorts of

:52:51. > :52:55.people are going to get their chance to use that pool. The man

:52:55. > :53:05.who will get the honour of doing the first official diver off that

:53:05. > :53:07.

:53:07. > :53:10.10 metre board will be Tom Daley. Back from Shanghai. Yes. Your

:53:10. > :53:13.reaction to everything that happened there? It was good for me.

:53:13. > :53:18.We got all the spots for the Olympics, individual, Synchro and

:53:19. > :53:23.qualified for the World series. Four new divers in there as well.

:53:23. > :53:27.Didn't dive too well but to come fifth and not dive to well is

:53:27. > :53:37.pretty good. Which was your favourite? The dive I was most

:53:37. > :53:42.

:53:42. > :53:48.happy with was a triple somersault because you can't spot the dive,

:53:48. > :53:54.can you? It's quite difficult to died of doors, especially in that

:53:54. > :53:59.final, it started to rain. It was quite windy as well. It was quite

:53:59. > :54:03.weird, but it's something you have to deal with. The competitor who

:54:03. > :54:07.won the gold just seemed a league apart. He was sensational. Is it

:54:07. > :54:11.because he looks so good or just because you know what you need to

:54:11. > :54:15.do that you've decided to give up school in January? I'm not giving

:54:15. > :54:18.up school in January. I'm going full-time diving and part-time

:54:18. > :54:23.school. I'm going to be going to school but two hours each day to

:54:23. > :54:26.keep up with things. Yeah, he's doing fantastic at the moment. He's

:54:26. > :54:30.out there, 40 points ahead of the rest of the field. It's going to be

:54:30. > :54:34.interesting to see whether anyone will be able to keep up with him

:54:34. > :54:38.next year. It myself or any of the other divers do their dives as well

:54:38. > :54:43.as they can come I can't see why they couldn't beat him. Are you

:54:43. > :54:49.excited? This is the first time I've seen it. I've just arrived. It

:54:49. > :54:56.really looks amazing. It's the best pool I've ever seen. Seb Coe said

:54:56. > :55:06.earlier that the diving end of it doesn't have a name yet. Really?

:55:06. > :55:12.

:55:12. > :55:16.could be the Tom Daley diving pool. Do you know what dive you are going

:55:16. > :55:21.to do tonight? I'm not sure what dive and going to be doing yet,

:55:21. > :55:24.I'll leave it for a surprise. chances are it will be an upright

:55:24. > :55:30.one rather than a handstand one. haven't really thought about it

:55:30. > :55:33.that much. Photo finish. We will see. There are ones which look good

:55:33. > :55:40.for photos, ones which look good for people-watching. We will have

:55:40. > :55:43.to wait and see. Four 1/2, it has to be one that I know I can do well

:55:43. > :55:47.because it might be a bit embarrassing otherwise. We've been

:55:47. > :55:51.talking about the balance for high profile at its, and you are one of

:55:51. > :55:56.the most well-known faces leading into London. A year to go, how much

:55:56. > :55:58.do you have to balance the training and public appearances? Definitely,

:55:58. > :56:01.training comes first. It's something you have to focus on

:56:01. > :56:07.because you don't get any of the public appearances without the

:56:07. > :56:11.training and good results. For me, the main thing is to meet -- major

:56:11. > :56:15.and training in the off-season. Then the media comes second after

:56:15. > :56:19.that. I make sure I do some, but I have to make sure I do it at the

:56:19. > :56:23.right time and not to affect the training. Part of it is visualising

:56:23. > :56:27.what it might be like to win a gold medal. You'll get your first look

:56:27. > :56:30.at the medals tonight. Then you've got to block that out. Exactly. But

:56:30. > :56:35.today is a great source of motivation and inspiration, to be

:56:35. > :56:41.able to see the metals and the pool. It's going to be an advantage to

:56:41. > :56:44.stand at the top of the board and visualise my dives. See how much of

:56:44. > :56:48.the stands you can see from 10 metres, imagine the amount of

:56:49. > :56:53.people who are going to be here. It's going to do me good. When you

:56:53. > :56:58.spin round off a ten-metre outdoors, does this guy and the water look

:56:58. > :57:02.the same colour? Yeah. But you can practise it here an awful lot.

:57:02. > :57:05.you are diving outdoors you got the wind and the sky that is blue and

:57:05. > :57:09.the water that is blue. When you are spinning round you have to know

:57:09. > :57:13.which way is up, when they are both blew it is difficult. Here, because

:57:13. > :57:17.the water is quite dark, which the divers love for being able to see

:57:17. > :57:21.where the water is. The ceiling is a different colour, the seats are a

:57:21. > :57:25.different colour. That makes it easier. How much do you think you

:57:25. > :57:28.will come here and train? As much as possible. We got one day of

:57:28. > :57:34.training later this year and then the rest of the year we got a few

:57:34. > :57:38.training camps here. Probably before the Olympics we will have

:57:38. > :57:42.about three weeks' training year. I'm not sure. It will be fabulous.

:57:42. > :57:46.It feels so right. It looks incredible. To imagine the amount

:57:46. > :57:50.of people that are going to be here, it really is amazing. You can see

:57:50. > :57:55.Tom in action. He will be performing the first official dive

:57:55. > :58:05.of the ten-metre platform at 7:20pm tonight. That programme starts at

:58:05. > :58:09.7pm. Mark and I will be back on BBC Two tomorrow afternoon at 1pm.

:58:09. > :58:13.Jemma Lowe and Ellen Gandy, we could have two medals for Great

:58:13. > :58:17.Britain. We could have a first gold medal of these championships in the

:58:17. > :58:23.pool for Great Britain. They will be going in the 200m butterfly.

:58:23. > :58:26.From all of us here, the unofficial name of this place is the stingray.

:58:27. > :58:30.It's wonderful to have Tom here to help close the programme. I'll let