Day 6 Swimming: World Championships

Hello and welcome to further coverage from the World Swimming

Championships in Shanghai, way yesterday, Nineteen-year-old Ellen

Gandy had a career highlight, winning a silver medal in the

butterfly, the first time a British win at 430 years. Ryan Lochte

upbeat Michael Phelps for the It was the first world record in

swimming since the high tech suits were banned. So what have we got

Fran Halsall is trying to win a first goal for Team GB in people.

At Buddies Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis are swimming, but

they would have to produce the best of their lives. Five-time the

Olympian and London aquatic Centre record holder Mark Foster is with

me. Let's talk about Fran Halsall, she is one of the stars of the

British team. She has had a rougher ear, explain what has gone on.

year, she was European champion, then she was world silver medallist

two years ago in Rome, so as she is getting more mature and getting

faster... But just after the Commonwealth Games, she had an

ankle injury and went to the trials in March, didn't have the best but

qualified for the freestyle, she had enough in the tank. She is

twenty-one years of age, born in Southport, trains in Loughborough,

and There is a group of swimmers What are you looking to get out of

the world championships this year? I just want to be able to race

against the people who will be there in London and looking for

medals, just to see where I am mad see what I need to do next year to

put myself at the top of the pile. It is going to be a good race, the

girls from the Netherlands are in good shape. Nobody knows what the

USA will bring to the table, they haven't had the trials, but I

expect them to be swimming really quick. You have the Chinese in

their own backyard, you don't know what they are going to do. I think

it will be a bit of a bun fight, to be honest. I just after nail

everything would it comes they enter the final and get my hand on

the wall. A year away, what are your thoughts? It is exciting. I am

looking forward to it. I am just about starting to think about

having my break after this and getting stuck into some more hard

training. This is the last bit of racing before a lot of hard work,

so I just can't wait, it is going to be an awesome year, and if I

qualify for the Olympics, I will be for May are the real threats. --

start, not the best. Probably the best start was Ottesen, closest to

us. But Fran Halsall starting to show now. She looks as though she

under quite a way. Heemskerk is looking strong. Kromowidjojo

looking good as well. ADRIAN MOORHOUSE: Fran Halsall is

looking good. It is going to be really tied. Ottesen gets it. It is

tied. The one I said would not get a medal has won the gold medal.

Halsall has come forth. She was 6,100 sq other second out of the

bronze medal -- 6,100. There was a tie for the gold medal and a tie

for 4th. In scare didn't do it when she needed to do it. -- Heemskerk.

Both of those girls really didn't deliver tonight, hair and Fran

Halsall. She was looking really Halsall. She was looking really

good. But a bit of a blanket finish. Herasimenia in the top right, she

looks as surprised as we are. I would not have called Ottesen. She

is in the next women's race, she is Not the result anyone expected.

definitely not. I tried my best but it didn't happen. I'm really

disappointed, but what can you do? Any thoughts as to why it didn't

really work so well? Last night, you seemed so relaxed All Star I

did feel good last night but I didn't seem to have it in the tank.

But it is over now and I can't really changed the result. I just

have to get on with it. I am lucky to be here with the year I have had,

so anything was a bonus. You expect a lot of yourself and we know that.

You have had ankle problems to deal with, all of which are now behind

you. Exactly. I can build on this now. It hurts a little to come for,

but it will take me on for next year.

She does a good job of putting a brave face added. She will be

hurting. When you are at the championships, it doesn't say when

you bid -- come for, at the injuries you had going into it. My

biggest thing is I don't think she has done enough racing. She

definitely hadn't done enough training, not her fault, it was the

right time to have the operation. But coming in fourth place, she was

gutted and it should help the next year. When she was talking to Bob

Ballard, she was saying she would take a break. Would that help.

or three weeks offer. Then you get back in the swimming pool. At the

end of the summer, two or three weeks, and then you are back into

it. There are no big breaks. What is interesting there, and we saw at

the start of the programme, any gain you have got a chance. The

girls who came in there... Fran Halsall didn't have a bad swim, it

wasn't a blow-out, it is just that the girls on the outside who got on

and did their own thing, Ottesen and the other tide. It is a case of

if you have got the lane, you have got their chance. She is back in

action tomorrow. She has the 50m heats, and she should make the

final. Then she has also got the 4x100. And do you think, come the

Olympics, assuming she takes this break and gets a clean run, in she

somebody he should be doing freestyle and butterfly at various

distances? I think so, because the butterfly is that the start of the

programme and that she would have a day off before the freestyle. They

are not overlapping. She would have a break in between. The 100 free

has always been her at the end, the 53, not as much pressure. -- her

event. Every time you walk out into that environment, the Olympics,

70,000 people cheering for you, the more she gets used to it the more

it will help you. And at the butterfly, we have strength in

depth. We have three world-class swimmers. There is no certainty. A

couple of years ago, you thought it would be a certainty that Fran

Halsall would be doing it, but they have Jessica low and Ellen Gandy

could be doing it. It is much more difficult to make the team. We will

leave it to now have -- for now. To the final of the 200m backstroke,

which is all about Ryan Lochte. In this event, he doesn't have to

destroyed Michael Phelps's confidence on the 200m freestyle --

allowed. Brian Lochte probably having the best start along with

going well as well. He has given up the 10th of the second on the start.

Ryosuke Irie is just half a body length down again. That is after 75

metres, that is an extraordinary gap. The whole field has strung out.

Baconian NSM and a fashion. -- they go in in a similar fashion. If he

puts the pressure now, or gets a body length, that's the race done.

I wonder if the USA could go want to again. -- 1, 2. Ryosuke Irie

doesn't look that good. He is not have the best at tanning. The two

Americans are still under water, 13 metres -- the turning. That is

immense, to have that lung capacity, pretty much flat-out. Lochte or is

there way ahead. It looks like the Japanese is coming through. Lochte

A brilliant swim. His 10th World Championship gold medal. That puts

him third in the all-time medals. It puts him ahead of Ian Thorpe.

lifetime best by one second at that level, it is fantastic. Trading for

200m, he has just nailed it -- a training. He is becoming quite a

while. One of those kids coached by his parents. So the world champion

A third gold medal for him. How good is he, or is he one of the

greats? Definitely. We always put Michael Phelps as the superficial

and now we have seen him taint. I always thought it was the case of

Michael Phelps be unbeatable, but I actually think Lochte is as good as

Michael Phelps. They are both super fish in a sense. He can improve. If

he can do the same next year, he will improve. He seems so relaxed

when he swims, particularly on backstroke, his specialist event.

That is his number one event. The 200m of broker Michael Phelps, his

In that medley, he won that race on the backstroke, they were so evenly

matched. We have talked a lot about Lochte or and is turning a, what

about when he is doing backstroke? -- and his attorney. Just as

-- and his attorney. Just as Americans are the best in the world.

He comes out right on the 50-metre mark. If you think, it is a 50-

metre pool, they do 15 on the every metre pool, they do 15 on the every

turn. 30% of their swimmer can be done under water, are on their back

or on their front. What I find interesting is we know how good he

is but if you went out on the street and ask to it he was, people

wouldn't have a clue. He got an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in

that event. Three Olympic golds in total, some of those coming in

relays. I guess London is the place where he will either shine... But

even London, the spotlight will be on Ian Thorpe and Michael Phelps.

If he does, and steps up and beat Michael Phelps, who is seen as

unbeatable in a sense... After the championship, in the Soling world,

everybody knows him. -- swimming. He is the third all-time world

Its wording terms, unbelievable. wonder if it is quite helpful for

He is not Ian Thorpe or Michael Phelps and he does not walk through

an airport and get mobbed, so that helps. I think going into a

championship it helps. We all put different amounts of pressure on

ourselves and then there is outside pressure from the public, sponsors,

and expectations. When Ian Thorpe comes back he will have all of that.

Ryan Lochte will not have the same outside pressures, but internally

in himself. He knows what he is capable of doing and he will have

the same pressures at the swimming pool. When he steps away from the

pool, it is surfing and skateboarding and it is relaxed.

When he is on the block, in that swimming pool and biting, that

means absolutely everything. mentioned Michael Phelps a couple

of times and he was in the pool today in the semi-finals. Back to

butterfly for him here. Again there is no Ryan Lochte up against him.

The semi-final and sea cruises through. He is such a beast in the

water, but doing butterfly he is even more impressive. This is the

one in the swimming world that we knew he could possibly use. The 200

butterfly is his main event. He was quick to get out of the poll

because he had the relay coming up later on. Do your job, make it

through to the top eight. In the morning make it to the top 16. That

was a case of making the top eight. He will touch the wall and get out

and he knows he has qualified. He will get out for the relay. Now,

the fastest event, the 50 metres freestyle. The British record

holder is Mark Foster. He still holds the record and it was set in

2006. Wanting to break that and qualify for the final will be Adam

in the heats. Alain Bernard is in start particularly well, and then

he wended up. -- he wound it up. He is going OK at the moment in six.

Marco Orsi is going well. That was pretty close. He was faith. Is that

right? No, 6th. I do not think that is going to get him into the final.

He will be disappointed with that. That was Nathan Adrian. You need to

be under 22 and that was not quite there. He gave away 0.082 Adrian.

If you took that off his time, he would be in, maybe. But it is one

of those races where it is a bit hit and miss. That was about us

when from Alain Bernard. The 50 freestyle you have to get

every technical bit of it right. You definitely do. Unfortunately, I

did not do that as well as I would have liked to. You were a bit of an

bedside Burnett. I was in lane eight this morning and the swim it

felt really good. There are not as many waves and it helped this

morning getting out there and going into the semis. But tonight I was

in the mix with the big boys and I got too many waves. His life in

America going well? America is going really well and I love the

training. I am doing a psychology degree and everything is going

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said all sorts of stuff goes on in the outside lanes. He is getting a

clap from his mate. You are in the final, mate. Good on you. That must

feel good, to get a cab from the world champion and the world record

holder, your team-mate. -- a hard. Beautiful streamlining of the dive.

The far left-hand side was the winner. That was a big collide. --

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The world record holder is the You are a sprint specialist, what

would you advise before Adam? Currently do what he is doing. In

the States he is in a collegiate system and it is like a mini World

Championships and he is in the right place and the right club. The

Brazilian was at the same university as him and he is in the

right place. Doing a psychology degree you do psychology on

yourself. In the heat this morning he was a little bit out of the way

and then he is in the middle. It is getting used to being in the middle

with guys who are in your mind on paper are faster than you. You get

a little bit excited and then tired towards the end. Are you saying you

are better off being in an outside lane because of the Chopin us?

you have got big guys either side of you, the water moves a bit more,

but it can make a difference. You saw Bruno Fratus from Brazil on the

outside lane. On paper he should not have made it. If he was in the

middle, he might not have made it in. That was a PB. There was a

lovely reaction from him. The rest of the Brazilian team do not have a

problem with Cesar Seeler feel hope. He has been tested via a substance

and has been let off. He basically tested positive for a dietary

supplement. There was a banned substance in this supplement, a

banned steroid. The federation said, tell us why this is in here. He

said I took this supplement to lose weight. I cannot understand why a

professional athlete needs to lose weight. He looks incredibly skinny.

He said, this is the reason. I did not know it was in the product. It

is not listed on the bottle. He was telling the truth from that point

of view. But I maintain it is up to the athlete to make sure whatever

they take is clean and they have had it tested. In terms of

supplements generally and vitamin pills, were you absolutely straight,

nothing in a pale shape form was going in your body. I took vitamins.

It is one of these things to stop you getting broken down. When I was

training hard I did not get ill and I did not get Coles. You can go up

to the line. You can take protein supplements and product's on the

allowed list as it were. You can take as much of that as possible.

What he is doing there is taking what he thinks is allowed, but in

one of his supplements there is something. It has happened before

in a few cases where people have taken vitamins and there has been

something in there that has been on the banned list. But it is up to

you to make sure your products are OK. There is a website you can go

on. It will tell you if they have been tested and they get a stamp of

approval. You want to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I

remember looking at a list that the anti-doping Association had

published of the excuses given to them by the athletes and it is

shocking. You say, you cannot say that. You cannot say your granny

has died and I was crying so much at and had to take something.

things happen, but every athlete goes, the Brazilian tested positive

and they are not happy about it. The onus is on the athlete.

whether you are a swimmer or an athlete. The world championships

and athletics start at the end of August. Plenty people are wanting

to book their place for the trials Will Britain's athletes have the

last word? The World trials and UK Championships on BBC Two. Also from

tomorrow afternoon from 2:20pm on BBC Two you can see how Becky

Adlington fares in the final of the 800 metres. She is the Olympic and

Commonwealth champion, but has never yet won a world championship

title. She looked good in the heats this morning. Yes, really good.

This is her in the blue cap. Dutch woman one there heats and

look spectacular. Becky has got more of speed coming from the front.

This is her event in a sense. That will give her a bit of confidence,

winning the race. You seemed very much in control. You were not going

to let her in at the end. You know how you are swimming, I know that

sounds silly. I did not know have bars that was going to be,

especially with my 400 the other day. I was not really sure and I

thought, I do not know what time I am on and if I just go out

definitely in that final and I looked at the time and I'm pleased

with that for a heat. It is amazingly fast for a heat. It is

the quickest I had done in the morning. It will have taken a lot

out of May, especially as I am getting older. You are very old!

am so glad I made that final and I am going to try and rest as much as

I can over the next 24 hours. amazes me how insecure she is, she

is so self-effacing. She said, I am so pleased I made it through to the

final. You are Olympic champion and world record holder, it should be a

certainty to you. She is one of these people you want to shake and

say, do you know how good you are? Maybe going into the Olympics in

Beijing she did not know how good she was and she came back with two

gold medals, so maybe that is how she is. It works for her. Tomorrow

afternoon the final of the 800 metres. You can watch it live on

the red button. The USA are out in front in terms of medals at these

championships. No surprise there. There is an event the Americans

Rebecca is going into this final 2.5 seconds faster than the rest of

in the centre. -- hat. Being challenged. She will be challenged

for the first 50m. But Rebecca Soni Pedersen has got a good second 100.

Expect her to come back strongly unless she has over-committed.

Rebecca Soni looks as though she has been working quite hard. Not as

fast at halfway as I thought it would be it. In Rome, she went

ludicrously fast over the first 100. But now she is really beginning to

move. Very high elbows, almost like a freestyle. She doesn't pull to

budge them vertically but she keeps her elbows Wright said. She needs a

huge amount of strength to do that. -- Write out. I don't think she is

is going to hold on. She is going for the world record, set back in

interesting way to swim those two races, different tactics. I can't

help but think better of the Russian goes out quicker, she would

world record, it is a strange way to do it, going out a second later

poor stock Efimova, she has just done her best time. The y Ryder Cup

de maybe just a little bit more yourself on one of those bars, your

arms are really wide apart and it has to have a huge strength in your

You have done the double, a little easier than a couple of years ago.

Definitely. Really happy with that swim tonight. Glad to be bringing

home the gold. Is your target going to be a double next year? I don't

know. I will play around with that 50 and not set any goals for red.

Enjoy your medals. Interesting to hear from Rebecca

Soni from her -- from their. I got a little bit obsessed that they

were swimming in earrings. Great race to watch, and although Rebecca

Soni is saying it was easier than two years ago, it looks as though

it had. She has had a couple of races where she has gone out hard

and it really hurts, it is like having an elephant by Neil Back at

the end. When you get lactate, it is like swimming in mud. -- An

elephant on your back there. It was always going to get tight at the

end. And she was having a crack that the world record. One of the

favoured parts of this programme has been your demonstrations. I

think it's necessary to get a demonstration of the backstroke. --

breastroke. They create an awful lot of Splash. I must say, or I won

everything in Britain, and in breastroke I became 30th. I knew

from under early age. -- I came. When your legs, up, your arms go in,

and when you kick your legs said, your arms goes straight. That is

the basics. Like a policeman. What to do with your hands, what you are

seeing their, almost making it like a butterfly. -- there. Normally

they pull out wide and come through. She is almost doing it like a

double arm a butterfly. The Splash is because they are coming back

through the water. I always think of breastroke as a very gentle

stroke. But it is very different. Aleksandr Popov, the great Russian

sprinter who always beat me, he said a chicken is not a bird,

breastroke is not swimming. It is completely alien at to every other

stroke. Lizzie Simmonds is up next in the semi-finals of the 200m

backstroke. She finished 7th that the final of the 100m but this is

her better distance. She is the European champion but you have

China, the USA and Australia and all the rest, so this is a

a great chance of making the final. That is heard goal, it doesn't

matter as much about the times -- two for Great Britain. Her coach at

Loughborough at the swimming centre of their has done a really good job.

A fabulous stable of swimmers with Lizzie Simmonds, Fran Halsall, Liam

Tancock. A good start for Lizzie Simmonds. Under good start for the

Japanese [email protected] in she has improved those over the

years. Interesting to say how the Ukrainian goes on in lane four.

Stepping up to the senior ranks, the European junior champion. That

is in the 100. Lizzie Simmonds are still leading. Using quite a lot of

the distance under water. There is a balance between how far you can

go under water and how much oxygen you use. I sometimes worry whether

they should be under the water for a long way, it is all about the

rest of the field. The Australian first over. Lizzie Simmonds is now

in third. She has some work to do to make sure she makes the final.

Still in a piece and place and a bad third position but I would like

to see her get up into second -- in can beat Sinead Russell... 05 and

six coming back fast. Great finish capable of a better time in the

next semi-final. The Lizzie Simmonds had to be in third place.

So close, it could make all the A very important finish for Lizzie

Simmonds. That gap is going to be very

important. It definitely. Getting very tight getting into this final.

I will stand and wait with bated breath and watch the second semi-

final and hopefully make it through for tomorrow night's final and have

a good go at that. It is going to be a close call across a whole

eight lanes. Definitely, the depth of competition here is incredible,

you are saying it across events, pretty much every single one. It is

tough to get into semi-finals let alone finals, you have got to

really be are your game and go for it in each round just to make it

through -- on your game. It is something I have had to reassess,

it has been a little bit different then the past, being able to cruise

through the heats and the semis, but here it is different. Excellent

practice for next year, because it is going to be very hard.

Definitely and it is the best place to practise. It is so much better

at it being now, one you read, there is a lot of time to be

practising are going faster -- one year out, making sure you are ready

for every race. Have they could final. Thank you. The -- have a

women's 200m backstroke, closest to us is Steph proud of Great Britain.

future, at an awesome talent. Just 16 years of age. She was 14 at the

last world championships. She is a great talent. Very easy, long arms

combat rangy stroke. If she working hard? -- is she. It looks like she

is really going for it, she seems to have energy coming out of

Harriers. I wouldn't be surprised if she gets close to breaking a

world record fairly soon. A little bit of or ropey breakout of that

turn, she can do better than that. As you break out under the water,

if you can really burst to the surface and go forwards... She kind

is not far off the world record he -- here. She is swimming fast.

Kirsty Coventry did come back extremely quickly when she said it.

Just outside the world record. That is it really could swim. A massive

lifetime best for her. She is obviously delighted, she is still

setting huge personal best times. Look at this. A 16-year-old,

doesn't quite know what is going on! Very exciting times. That is

the Spanish swear that starting. -- front for one stroke. Fantastic for

Franklin, she will go into the final, almost two seconds the

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fastest. A real talent. A possible That is amazing. We knew in that

first semi-final at that she was struggling towards the end. You

need to get that arm in over and get that third place. Only three

qualifiers from the first. It has been a long wait for you this week.

It has been pretty tough waiting around. In America where you train

you tend to be busy with your programs and that suits your.

definitely. This morning it hurts a lot and I knew I was going to wait

around for a long time and it is different. It will be a tough race,

but Melissa is looking pretty hot for just 16 years old. She is

looking great, she is only 16, but she does not look it, she is huge.

IPB and an American record. You look so relaxed in there. I do. It

is one of my favourite events because you can get in that groove

and have fun with it. Being able to do that tonight was really great

and I'm excited for tomorrow. had a great lead-off end that

relate. You have got everyone quaking in their boots for next

year. The goal is to make the team the next year and I'm going to

train as hard as I can. It is an She is a phenomenal talent. That

was the third fastest time ever in that event and loads more to come

from higher. It does seems to me in swimming that team support for each

other is very strong. They are all there cheering for each other.

stand on the block or neurone and you are an individual. There is Jo

Jackson, Gemma Spofforth. They go down every evening to watch the

finals and if they have the day of they will stay in the morning

sessions or stay at home and rest. It is interesting how the team

mates get on. You are into your own thing, but you are excited about

everyone else. You always talk about sports men and women being

selfish, but in this one they give their support to everyone else.

They had plenty to cheer on in the next vinyl, the 200 metres

breaststroke. Two British swimmers in it. Michael Jamieson after his

semi-final said he was going to go for it from the off. Andrew Willis

got a personal best in the semis. looked very good so far, the right

attitude, taking on the big boys in the centre. The final of the men's

200 metres breaststroke. Michael Jamieson is one lane from the

bottom. There is that a white hat of Kitajima in the centre of.

Andrew Willis is one lane from the top. Kitajima has gone out very

fast indeed. This is ominous. has changed his stroke pattern

slightly in the last couple of years and has made it a little bit

quicker at the front end of his arms. It did not work in the

hundred. He came 4th in the 100, but it was disappointing for him.

Maybe he has just gone by the 200. Jamieson is looking good in seven.

If he can accelerate a bit more into his turn. Kitajima is on a

world record split. Tish and is there with them. Michael Denison is

in great position. That is the second I was looking for her from

him. He can come back off this. Michael James and his second from

the right. The rest of the field is starting to come back at him and

one of those is Andrew Willis. Kitajima is still leading for Japan.

Daniel Gyurta is starting to attack him as well. Kitajima to turn first.

Eric Shanteau is coming back. Shanteau is coming back strongly.

They are not week at the back end. Daniel Gyurta is coming back

strongly. It could be a world record. Kitajima looks very good

indeed. A black hat of Hungary, the defending champion, is coming back

very fast. Daniel Gyurta, a successful defence of a world

championship title in the men's 200 metres breaststroke. What is when

it was. The silver goes to Kitajima. The bronze goes to Christian Vom

Lehn of Germany. The British boys committed to it and will have

learnt an awful lot out of that race. Daniel Gyurta perfect timing.

Nobody knew whether Kitajima could hold that pace and he could not.

Daniel with his race tactic and he took the gold medal in the last two

strokes. Kitajima had nothing left to reply with. For Michael Jamieson

that was a little too quick for him. On the far right of your picture.

He knew that he over-committed at the beginning. You have got to get

the pacing right. But there is a year to go. The Hungarian

commentators in front of us were punching the air just as he was

punching the air. That is a really big win. The world champion again,

the second time in a row, Daniel Gyurta.

You lived probably fed up even though it was not properly off your

PB time. The complete opposite to last night. I went into tonight

thinking I have got nothing to lose. Just go for it and I tried to take

it out as hard as I could and unlike me I did not have aback end

tonight to back it up. 5th place in my first world final. I know I'm

capable of quicker as far as the Time goes. I think looking at the

stats if you are in the top eight of the world championships before

the Olympics you are in with a shout book. So I have put myself in

the frame. It is trying to get the pace right. The yes, definitely. I

have made a few changes in my technique this season that I'm

happy with. Technically I am where I want to be, so I am going to keep

working on that and as time goes on I will be able to judge my pace a

little bit better as well. You have been practising with Andrew beside

you. It must be brilliant to have each other there to push each other

in training. Definitely, training with Michael and the other guys at

Bath has been a bonus for me. It is my first big, world finals, so the

experience is amazing. I have appeared babbles up Adrian in the

commentary box is saying it is about time we had some breaststroke

swimmers again. Hopefully we can Michael Jamieson admitting that he

did not want to die wondering. When you are training for breaststroke,

would you ever go as fast at home as you do in a race? Broken down,

yes, you would. In training without the proper lane ropes and the race

and all the rest of it and being rested, they might go to 0.13. But

they would break the race down into four 50-metre length. They split

roughly in the middle of that raised 32.5. They will be doing six

50s on one minute holding that pace. They will be getting their body

used to going at 33.5. It is difficult to know, like him, if you

go out faster can you hold it for a four lens? His way of raising his

his own race and he comes back strong at the end. That is the way

Michael does it. In that final he went out 1.5 seconds faster at the

halfway mark and 1.5 seconds faster than the semi-final. The next leg

was the same as normal and in the last 50 metres he lost those 1.5

seconds. I loved the way he was talking afterwards and both he and

Andrew are in the top eight and the world and they have a year out from

the Olympics and are in with a shout. We saw Michael Phelps win

the semi-final of his 100 metres butterfly and Ryan Lochte when

another gold medal in the 200 metres backstroke. Now they team up

to form a formidable US team and right next to Italy on the outside.

Chinese man. Michael Phelps is going for it, oh, my word. He has

got 23 gold medals at the championships, so silver does not

cut it. Michael Phelps has gone off quickly. That is unusual for him.

The world record they are comparing it to is his time. The time you are

seeing him going and it is actually his time. That is useful to know.

1.4 4.49. As long as he is under that. France are doing well to stay

with him. To the far right in lane eight, the Germans are doing very

well. Ryan Lochte won the gold, but Michael Phelps was second in the

individual. The German at the bottom has overtaken him. Michael

heavens above. Germany are very went on the individual. For Michael

Phelps it is nearly a full second behind his individual time. He is

not having a very good meet. French are having a fantastic go at

at this event. They can throw in the 1.45 swimmers, whereas the

other nations have not quite got the strength and depth. The British

0.4 7.43. That is at excellence went from pain. David looks as if

he is having a good go, right at Republic of China team, in lane

seven, one from the bottom, are starting to come back in contention

he is severed, but it is reasonably back. I expected America to be

significantly in the lead. What a great turn by the French swimmer,

he went in behind and came up ahead. We have seen the big flight turn on

the backstroke, he is using it Bombay freestyle. -- on at the

about if the bronze medal race at just yet. But this is a fascinating

battle. I am amazed that America are not way out in front. They are

not even leading. I think Lochte will wish he had given them more of

a lead. Lochte has had a race tonight so he will be a little bit

tired. The French were they doing exactly what his team need of him.

an medal in this race at the World Championships. Mind you, never have

France. -- neither have France. They are leading at the moment.

Lochte looks like he is hunting him. But he has had a very tough swim on

that the 200m backstroke. He will be a little bit tired. He has got

three gold medals, if anyone is capable of doing something

superhuman, at Lochte can do it. is just staying, just doing enough.

100m to go. Look out of Lochte's turn. You are superb, Ryan Lochte!

He has taken one made up of him with that turn. -- metre. Look how

much he has taken from a world- class freestyle that at 50m. Nice,

tight little kicks. He has just have nailed it. That is the nail in

the coffin. That was awesome, a body length ahead. Lochte

dominating now for the States. France, a fantastic silver medal.

And the Chinese team also coming getting a fantastic bronze medal,

and the crowd really cheering their anchorman. Great swimmer from him

up. Great Britain finishing in 6th position. For an awful lot of time,

it was far closer than I ever expected that race to be. What an

exciting race. What a fantastic race to commentate on. Really

enjoyable, the French pushing the Americans all away. Michael Phelps

leading off, not quite doing the job his team-mates would have hoped

for. The French really pushing the Americans and leaving it Lochte a

lot to do. Michael Phelps's coach therefore stopped and Phelps,

screaming. That is before Lochte went in. And this, the French

couldn't do anything about it. What a wonderful swim from Lochte.

Michael Phelps in the centre, his second gold so far on basics. He

has only won the 200 fly and a relay. -- on the basics. France and

China had never won medals at the World Championships in the relay

Ross, a pretty good lead off from you, A P B, are you please?

Delighted. It would have gotten into the individual final, but I

didn't do it in the semi-final. not? I had these boys behind me

today, so it was about giving the team best possible start. We are

miles away from winning but 6th place is a fantastic result going

into London next year. We have qualified for the relay next year,

better than Rome, said things are moving in the right direction.

are had a good 400 earlier in the week, are you pleased with that,

Dave? Yes, it is good to be back, team. I have been awake for a

couple of years and I feel like I am coming back into it. I am

pleased that the way I have been trading and it clicked. I saw the

Olympics were next year and I thought I had better do something.

It is great to be in this kind of environment again against the best

in the world and saying we were the 6th best in the world, it is so

exciting. The really exciting looking into next year. Not quite a

as experienced as these guys, but fantastic experience. Standing on a

box was the most amazing experience in my life. The noise was electric

and it gives us a slight preview of what it will be like next year. To

be part of this team now is probably perfect timing, and to be

with these guys, I can't imagine a better free guides to be with.

you are well experienced, what do we have to do to be fighting for

medals? We are working in a four- year cycle, so next year, we will

be ready to go. Over the past few years, we have had a steady

improvement and we just need a small step back we will be in

amongst the medals. Just to clarify, when Sharron

Davies asked David Carry about his missus, he is engaged to Keri-Anne

Payne. They will get engaged -- married around the Olympics next

year. But what a race that was between America and France and it

gave Sharron Davies her first opportunity to catch up with

Michael Phelps. It is really tough, it is not easy to get to the top

but it is even harder to stay there. It is, there are always bumps and

the road, my experiences have been pretty tough but I found myself

getting back on the right track. There has been a lot of motivation

here that will help me get through the next year and I am looking

forward to it. You are ready humour, a lot of us think you are

superhuman, and you have to have a bit of a life -- you are only human.

I agree. Everybody is a human being, everybody is beatable, and I think

that is what makes sport. I think competition is always something the

fund are to have done something that makes you stronger. --

something fun. Ryan and by are pushing each other, taking each

other to the next level. The it is going to be a fantastic Olympics,

we are excited to see but they have also up it is going to be a good

year, I am looking forward to it. wry smile, do you think? As he said,

it couldn't have happened at a better time, someone pushing him.

He needs that motivation at that being on his own for so long. Now

he has someone who makes him think he needs to focus properly and

forget the media commitments, the sponsorship, just get on and do the

training. It will be interesting to see how that develops. Let's go and

catch up with Sharron Davies and Adrian Moorhouse. What do you make

of the British performances so far? I think it has been a mixed bag.

They would have liked to have had a couple more medals than they have

got, but they are putting it very solid performances and repeating

the good times. I know Fran Halsall was upset today because she felt

she should have won the 100m and hopefully it will help her come

back and do well in the 50. Adrian, the big one to look out for

tomorrow, Becky Adlington in the 800. Absolutely. The Danish were

there is in great shape and she held something back in the heats,

but Becky looked good. The 400 was a silver medal at the World

Championships, which is great, but I think she has something in have.

She needs to believe she is the best in the world. It will be a

real head to head battle. I love the fact that they are sharing the

same headphones. That is very sweet. We like to had a closely bonded

team. This is my head said, it is the only one that works. -- headset.

What would you say has been your best performance of the week so

far? There had been some fantastic performances. If Franklin coming

through today as a new emerging talent. But the race for me was

when Lochte and Phelps to carnage other in the 200 individual medley.

Being a medley swimmer, it was even more exciting and it took a world

record to beat him. Atrium question Was -- Adrian? Apart from that one,

which I was also very excited by it. You saw the Norwegians whether

swimming with his heart rather than his head, but he took it out with

such a fast time that he was able to dominated than when the gold

medal. I was very pleased for him to be able to deliver that. Hello,

you too. Have you noticed that a few of the sprinters have got

skinnier, there is not as much bulk of. Funny you should say that, but

when you talk about Lochte, he has put in a lot more weight centre of

his training programme. As you get older, you have to change your

programme. He is doing a lot more work in the gym which is obviously

paying off. There are... Do you mean less bulk or more ball? I

would like to pick up with you, at are you going to have a go next

year? There has been a lot of talk about that. Clare was to let me

that the one thing better than doing sport, because I think of

being a sports person is the best thing in the world, but she said

talking about it is better. they know. There are so they are

people making comebacks to go back into the water. There is something

going on. If it is going to happen, you will hear first. When you get

back, get over to that aquatic centre, it is sensational and I am

sure you will get a chance to swim in it. I heard the media had a

chance does what they did, a couple of journalists, so I am really keen

to do that. -- got to swim in it. had Mark Foster -- heard Mark

Foster lost to them. Guys, thank you for joining us. We will hear

from them tomorrow when coverage continues. The Becky Adlington to

look out for tomorrow, 12:30pm. You can watch that live on the red

can watch that live on the red Live coverage from Carnoustie of

the second day of the Women's British Open is coming up on BBC

Two next, Hazel Irvine is their lives. Mark, your highlight of

today? If I was disappointed with Fran Halsall, obviously not a

highlight, but I think she has so much to give. The highlight will be

one of the people we will be looking at next year, Franklin, she