:00:13. > :00:19.our coverage of the 2013 world swimming Championships.
:00:19. > :00:25.So far, Great Britain are yet to get amongst the medals but that could
:00:25. > :00:35.change tonight. It is Robert rhetoric looking to make it onto the
:00:35. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:16.Barcelona. The third night of finals at the Palau Sant Jordi, in the
:01:16. > :01:19.world swimming Championships. Kit Adlington and Mark Foster are
:01:19. > :01:29.alongside me, as excited as everybody else, expecting four world
:01:29. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:35.records could go. That is a real possibility. Katie looked amazing
:01:35. > :01:42.earlier in the week. The fastest woman in a textile suit. I think the
:01:42. > :01:49.record will go tonight and I'm looking forward to that race.
:01:49. > :01:54.Gemma Spofforth 's world record could go to Franklin. , yes, icy
:01:54. > :02:01.Franklin got a medal the other night. Everything needs to go right
:02:01. > :02:07.for a record to go. When someone is in form, we love watching people
:02:08. > :02:14.break records. If you were going to put any money on it, Rueter admitted
:02:14. > :02:24.type T. Last night she looked like she was easing up, and then she took
:02:24. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:35.the world record. Yes, a lot of us are expecting it to go. And the
:02:35. > :02:43.first race of the evening, Robbie Renwick, fourth fastest in
:02:43. > :02:51.qualifying. How realistic are we in expecting him to go one better?
:02:51. > :02:59.be honest, I do not think he will end up in the medals. Ryan Lochte is
:02:59. > :03:04.in there, she gone it is in there. They probably have too much for him.
:03:04. > :03:11.Let's see if he can do it. Huge sport for him from the British
:03:11. > :03:21.contingent and does as well. Let's join our inimitable pairing of Andy
:03:21. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :03:34.Jamieson and Adrian Moorhouse to Renwick is in six, next to Ryan
:03:34. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:42.Lochte in five. A clean start. Robbie when make -- Renwick has got
:03:42. > :03:49.a good start. As expected, right at the top in lane two there, the
:03:49. > :03:55.Olympic champion is going for it. Interesting tactics. Yes, Agnelli is
:03:55. > :04:01.trying to assert himself at the beginning of the race. A heck of a
:04:01. > :04:08.lead right now but Ryan Lochte has probably seen him on the turn. Still
:04:08. > :04:15.in a dominating position, though. This is fascinating. Poor old
:04:15. > :04:23.Britain's Robin Rigg wake, in lane six, next to Ryan Lochte. -- Robert
:04:23. > :04:30.Renwick. Now Robert Renwick has got to move if he's going to have the
:04:30. > :04:40.chance of a medal. The Australian on the outside, on the bottom there,
:04:40. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:45.also going well. Can Yannick Agnel hold this lead? We know Renwick can
:04:45. > :04:55.come back on the third part, though, so I would not write him off
:04:55. > :04:59.
:04:59. > :05:05.just yet. On the left hand side is Yannick Agnel, the Olympic champion.
:05:05. > :05:11.Also coming back is done Neil is at in the centre. Can they catch
:05:11. > :05:17.Yannick Agnel? I do not think they can. Yannick Agnel gets the gold.
:05:17. > :05:25.This silver goes to Conor Dwyer of the USA and done Neil Izotov gets
:05:25. > :05:30.the bronze. That is a huge surprise. -- Danila Izotov. That was the
:05:30. > :05:38.nominal swimming. He did that in the Olympics and he shocked everyone
:05:38. > :05:46.with his start. He never let the race go. Ryan Lochte came in fourth
:05:47. > :05:54.in the end. What a wonderful performance. Huge support here. We
:05:54. > :06:02.saw it in the relay when the guys one the four x 100 relay in the
:06:02. > :06:10.first evening here. I am not sure if he can walk! He will be hurting.
:06:10. > :06:18.Ryan Lochte was fourth by five hundredths of a second. That has
:06:18. > :06:23.hurt him. What a great way to attack a World Championship final. He is
:06:23. > :06:28.going to have had better strength and training than the media reports
:06:28. > :06:36.have had. They have said he has had a troubled year, splitting from his
:06:36. > :06:40.French coach, just starting with Michael Phelps' coach. We should not
:06:40. > :06:50.write off anyone training with him even if it has only been a few
:06:50. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:03.weeks. That is ridiculous, the clear water, on a 200m freestyle. It is
:07:03. > :07:12.not bad. If you get rid of Michael Phelps it must be a massive hole and
:07:12. > :07:17.then you add these two. I have to admire the bravery. So Olympic
:07:17. > :07:27.champion becomes world champion on this men's 200m freestyle. One:
:07:27. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:37.did not take its normal pattern of an arrow head. Was it hard to
:07:37. > :07:42.understand what was going on. usually stick to my own race plan.
:07:42. > :07:47.It does not matter what the other people do. It is something I can
:07:47. > :07:53.look into for next season and maybe work on that and the homecoming
:07:53. > :07:57.world championships next year so I have to be excited about that.
:07:57. > :08:02.consistent swims, though. That is pleasing in itself. Yes. Obviously,
:08:02. > :08:09.I would have loved to have gone a bit faster. There is another chance
:08:09. > :08:14.on Friday. How are the relay guys feeling? That is the only British
:08:14. > :08:21.relay we have actually brought? Everyone is doing pretty good. The
:08:21. > :08:25.last 48 hours have been amply wrapped up in my own head. I am just
:08:25. > :08:32.taking it one event at a time and now my focus is going to be the
:08:32. > :08:38.relay on Friday. How about next year? It will be a very special year
:08:38. > :08:43.for you and I have fond memories of a few years ago. Great to have it in
:08:43. > :08:49.Glasgow, the Commonwealth Games. Yes, it will be a great event. There
:08:49. > :08:55.are a couple of things I know I need to work on for next season as well.
:08:55. > :08:59.I am looking forward to trying to get my Commonwealth title back.
:08:59. > :09:03.Robbie, understandably there, you can send his disappointment. It did
:09:03. > :09:08.not go as he had imagined that I imagine in his head he was on the
:09:08. > :09:14.rostrum in the last two days. definitely, but he came back strong
:09:14. > :09:19.and stuck to his own race plan, which you have got to do. But he did
:09:19. > :09:27.swim faster. It is really good to improve from semifinals to finals.
:09:27. > :09:32.We have got a good relay. Hopefully they can swim a good one later on in
:09:32. > :09:35.the week. It was an extraordinary race. It was all over the place and
:09:35. > :09:44.Rennick Agnelli, who we said yesterday what is going to happen
:09:44. > :09:50.with him with his change of coach... -- Yannick Agnel. Some
:09:50. > :09:57.people have said he's out of sorts. He's not a 100m swimmer but suddenly
:09:57. > :10:04.went it is called upon and he needs to do it he can do it. He knew he
:10:04. > :10:10.had an awful lot more, as did the others. I do not think Robbie should
:10:10. > :10:17.be to disappointed. I would like to watch him work more on his
:10:17. > :10:22.underwater phase. If he can improved that... He is number one in the
:10:22. > :10:27.Commonwealth and we have a lot of Commonwealth races coming up next
:10:27. > :10:33.year. If you think about Yannick Agnel's decision to move to America,
:10:33. > :10:39.as Olympic champion, it says a lot about a guy. Having an Olympic medal
:10:39. > :10:43.is not enough, he wants more. always risky, moving coach. You
:10:43. > :10:49.trust your coach so much and it takes time to build up that
:10:49. > :10:52.relationship but he is obviously so talented and works so hard. But he
:10:52. > :11:01.just raised it. He just went and straightaway. No one was really
:11:01. > :11:10.going to touch him there. -- raced it. The women's one is backed next.
:11:10. > :11:13.The Brit holds the record for this. But there is Missy Franklin also.
:11:13. > :11:22.Missy Franklin, she's only 18 years of age. Look how hard she is working
:11:22. > :11:32.in that rat cap. -- in that black swimming cap. The medal goes to the
:11:32. > :11:46.
:11:46. > :11:56.USA! Said the final of the women's Franklin. A decent start, not the
:11:56. > :12:06.best. She has probably come up seventh or so but in a line. It was
:12:06. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:26.quite a ropey start. It must be pace. This is definitely on. Gemma
:12:27. > :12:36.Sopwith came back but Missy Franklin is going well. Also the Australian
:12:37. > :12:42.
:12:42. > :12:52.in lane five and also Pelton in lane .42. Gold to Franklin, these silver
:12:52. > :12:58.has gone to Emily Seebohm of Australia. The is appointing thing
:12:58. > :13:04.is some of the... The way she swam that, I was surprised she did not go
:13:04. > :13:08.out a little bit harder. The start was a bit ropey. The first 10m. I
:13:08. > :13:13.would like to have a look at that again. She maybe does not have the
:13:13. > :13:18.confidence of the start. She starts with two feet separated so she does
:13:18. > :13:23.not have them together. One down. And it was that what like that
:13:23. > :13:28.slipped last night and she looked a bit shaky. She popped up seventh. We
:13:28. > :13:37.will have a look at the replay. You have to be happy with a gold medal.
:13:37. > :13:46.I weep be surprised if she did not have the world record. That is not
:13:46. > :13:50.helpful, is it? She was right in the middle of that lot. Emily Seebohm
:13:50. > :13:58.has had a good race. I thought she was coming back towards the end,
:13:58. > :14:08.just before the five metres. Closer than I thought. Much closer. That
:14:08. > :14:09.
:14:09. > :14:14.surprises me. Beautiful. Lovely, still head will stop -- lovely,
:14:14. > :14:22.still head. She burst on the scene last year with four Olympic gold
:14:22. > :14:26.medals. We all wanted to see another superstar, I guess. So it Missy
:14:26. > :14:36.Franklin has the World Championship title and adds it to the title she
:14:36. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :14:47.but she did take the gold. Gemma Spofforth still holds that world
:14:47. > :14:51.record. It looks like it will come in time. Yes, someone of her
:14:51. > :14:56.calibre, you think she would start coming up ahead of everyone else. If
:14:56. > :15:00.she gets it underwater, the dolphin phase, we call it, if she gets that
:15:00. > :15:05.right and goes to 50m like you see Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte do,
:15:06. > :15:12.there is a lot more to come. There was only going to be one winner from
:15:12. > :15:16.the start, really. You do not have someone pushing you the whole way,
:15:16. > :15:26.do you feel a bit comfortable? not think she would go out that
:15:26. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:52.world record will go. But it was an amazing race. I am really looking
:15:52. > :16:02.forward to her 200. From the British perspective they are not a
:16:02. > :16:10.
:16:10. > :16:20.million miles away from making the We have three semi-finals for you
:16:20. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:40.Murphy has got away pretty good, but he has got some work to do. The
:16:40. > :16:49.big guys are in the centre. Look how powerful they are. This is
:16:49. > :16:59.really impressive stuff. Damir Dugonjic is going well. He is going
:16:59. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:35.to get it. Barry Murphy finished in Cameron van der Burgh. I think he
:17:35. > :17:41.might do it. The crowd were not quiet, but he got off to a great
:17:41. > :17:51.start. Cameron van der Burgh is often an absolute blinder. It is
:17:51. > :18:01.his own world record. Look at the speed of those legs going through a.
:18:01. > :18:07.
:18:07. > :18:17.Also going really well is the Swede. Just outside again. He is going to
:18:17. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:29.qualify in one of the centre lanes That was probably the least likely
:18:29. > :18:35.of the four potential world records, she says, covering herself. Cameron
:18:35. > :18:44.van der Burgh is looking good and could go even quicker in the final.
:18:44. > :18:48.The world record is 26.6. 26.7 this morning and 26.8 tonight. The
:18:48. > :18:54.timing is so much more important. The boys were saying in the
:18:54. > :18:57.commentary if it is slightly out, it does not work. His timing is
:18:57. > :19:05.spot on and he is trying to break his world record because he knows
:19:05. > :19:11.he is in a league of his own. the women's 1,500m freestyle. And
:19:11. > :19:14.Jazmin Carlin did not qualify for this. After her disappointment in
:19:14. > :19:20.the 400 we were hoping she would get back into the water and give
:19:20. > :19:27.herself a chance. I know you have a spoken to her directly, but how is
:19:27. > :19:33.she? I spoke to build and it was a big race for her. She is
:19:33. > :19:38.disappointed, she has come 4th and 9th. I think she is looking at the
:19:38. > :19:43.positive. She has got the 800 to come. It might work in her favour.
:19:43. > :19:47.She might get a bit more rest than the other girls and hopefully get a
:19:47. > :19:53.medal in the eight hundreds. Katie Ledecky is the one to watch and
:19:53. > :20:00.there is the world record again. What are you feeling about the
:20:00. > :20:05.1500? I think the world record will go. She swam amazingly in the 400.
:20:05. > :20:09.She looked in control and did not look that tired at the end of it.
:20:09. > :20:16.She is more suited to the distance. It will be interesting to see how
:20:16. > :20:20.she goes out and how she paces it. I know you enjoyed your time in the
:20:20. > :20:30.commentary box, so I am going to let you go and have a good time
:20:30. > :20:44.
:20:44. > :20:49.with the boys. Let's state in the be. This is a battle royal. Katie
:20:49. > :20:56.Ledecky of the USA is closest to us and she is starting to make a move
:20:56. > :21:04.on Lotte Friis. She made that move at 300 metres. She is starting to
:21:04. > :21:14.go again. This is real cat and mouse, Adrian. Yes, it is. Lotte
:21:14. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:24.Friis has dropped the pace. She has dropped half a second. Katie
:21:24. > :21:25.
:21:25. > :21:30.Ledecky is consistent. What do you think? Becky? It seems like she has
:21:30. > :21:35.got into a group. Completely. I think it will stay this way and
:21:35. > :21:40.sell the very last minute. Katie Ledecky is going to go for it with
:21:40. > :21:50.about 200 to go. Whether Lotte Friis sticks with her or not, we do
:21:50. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:55.not know yet. And who has the best sprint? I would say Katie. Lotte
:21:55. > :22:03.Friis pulled out of the 400m early in the week because she was more
:22:03. > :22:10.focused on the distance events. But Katie Ledecky has got that next
:22:10. > :22:14.step, but it is just whether she has got it after 1,500m. They are
:22:14. > :22:21.still five seconds ahead of the world record. And less anything
:22:21. > :22:30.significant happens, the world record will go. Also in lane seven
:22:30. > :22:34.is Lauren boil. Mireia Belmonte Garcia has got some way to go it
:22:35. > :22:41.she wants to get a medal. She always comes back strong, so it
:22:41. > :22:51.will be interesting to see what happens. It will be difficult for
:22:51. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:58.her to catch Lauren boil. 1,000m in the file of the 1,500m and it has
:22:58. > :23:06.been like this all the way through. Lotte Friis of Denmark, in the
:23:06. > :23:12.white cap, and Katie Ledecky closest to us, of the USA, in the
:23:12. > :23:20.black cap. Only the second woman in history to go under four minutes in
:23:20. > :23:30.that 400m freestyle. That gap is so tight. It seems like Katie Ledecky
:23:30. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:35.caught up with Lotte Friis and matched the pace. She is not taking
:23:35. > :23:41.it on to the next level. It must be hard when you catch somebody up to
:23:41. > :23:48.keep driving ahead. I think it is a little too soon to make the break
:23:48. > :23:55.to try and go. They have still got 400m to go, so maybe in about 200m
:23:55. > :24:01.we will see one of them try and break. It is Lotte Friis and Katie
:24:01. > :24:05.Ledecky, as they have from the gun, absolutely gone neck-and-neck. I
:24:05. > :24:11.think the gap between the gold and the silver and the bronze, Lauren
:24:11. > :24:20.Boyle, is getting slightly smaller. I do not think she will catch the
:24:20. > :24:25.two leaders, but it is definitely getting shorter. Definitely. Lauren
:24:25. > :24:31.Boyle is closing the gap. But I think she has got to fight to catch
:24:31. > :24:40.up. There will be a fantastic sprint at the end. It is going to
:24:40. > :24:50.come down to the last 50. excited can we get here? Very.
:24:50. > :24:51.
:24:51. > :24:55.a little! There are 300 metres to go. First over his Lotte Friis.
:24:55. > :25:01.Hardly one hundredth of a second has changed between these two when
:25:01. > :25:10.all the way through this race. It is really quite extraordinary. The
:25:10. > :25:18.fastest qualifier was Lotte Friis. Behind there was Katie Ledecky, 81
:25:18. > :25:26.hundredths of a second. I worry a little bit for Lotte Friis because
:25:26. > :25:35.I think this print of Katie Ledecky is a bit better. Lauren Boyle is in
:25:35. > :25:40.the bronze-medal position. What do you think Becky? When she breeds
:25:40. > :25:47.the opposite way to Lotte Friis, she drops off a bit and Lotte Friis
:25:47. > :25:57.tries to go for it a bit more. are both breathing away from each
:25:57. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:05.other. Katie Ledecky has finally taken over. I wonder if this is
:26:05. > :26:10.where she makes her move? Lotte Friis has led for the past 1200
:26:10. > :26:20.metres. Lotte Friis of Denmark is in the white hat. It looks like
:26:20. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:30.Katie Ledecky is making a move. be honest it is the right time. She
:26:30. > :26:36.deals she has got enough left. have to save something for the end.
:26:36. > :26:41.In distance events you do not see a lot of kicking. But Lotte Friis is
:26:41. > :26:49.hanging on. They have got equal terms. Nobody is gaining over the
:26:49. > :26:55.turns. It is going to be interesting. With 100m to go, the
:26:55. > :27:01.final turn of the final of the 1,500m freestyle. It looks like
:27:01. > :27:07.Katie Ledecky has made her big move. Can she hold on? The world record
:27:07. > :27:12.is going to be shattered. Katie Ledecky of the USA is starting to
:27:12. > :27:17.us were aware from Denmark's Lotte Friis. What an amazing swimmer she
:27:17. > :27:26.has been. She has made the move and I am not sure Lotte Friis can
:27:26. > :27:32.respond to this. I think Katie is a clear winner here. She is more
:27:32. > :27:39.focused on the distance. Look at her. What an unbelievable race this
:27:39. > :27:43.has been. She looks so powerful. This is really impressive stuff.
:27:44. > :27:53.The 16 year-old, the Olympic champion, she is going to destroy
:27:54. > :27:54.
:27:54. > :27:59.the world record on this 1500. The world champion and the new world
:27:59. > :28:04.record holder is Katie Ledecky of the USA. Lotte Friis of Denmark
:28:04. > :28:14.gets up the silver, also under the world record pace. The bronze medal
:28:14. > :28:15.
:28:15. > :28:25.goes to Lauren boyo of New Zealand. What a superb race it was. She led
:28:25. > :28:28.
:28:28. > :28:38.with 200m to go. Sheet at two seconds out of Lotte Friis. Lotte
:28:38. > :28:48.Friis is just above her. A new world record. She destroyed the old
:28:48. > :28:50.
:28:50. > :28:55.world record. A good bronze from That is two for your collection, a
:28:55. > :29:02.few more to come. Definitely, I am taking each race at a time, but so
:29:02. > :29:08.far I am very happy. Did that one go to plan? Lotte Friis put in some
:29:08. > :29:11.speed early on. She was very impressive yesterday in the
:29:11. > :29:17.preliminaries and I knew she was going to be very tough. We pushed
:29:17. > :29:22.each other all the way and it was a matter of toughness at the end.
:29:22. > :29:26.you enjoy swimming at 1500? Is there any fun in that hard work?
:29:26. > :29:32.Yes, it is fun swimming in an international race with the world's
:29:32. > :29:36.best. It is good to know your swimming is the best in the world.
:29:36. > :29:41.They are such good people and you meet them afterwards at the medal
:29:41. > :29:45.ceremony. The world record means something special. I have been
:29:45. > :29:55.pretty close in a number of events, so to finally get one means the
:29:55. > :30:14.
:30:14. > :30:18.perfect. She let Lotte Friis do all the hard work and then pick it up at
:30:18. > :30:25.the perfect opportunity. She knew she had enough. A bit more sprint
:30:25. > :30:29.than Lotte Friis, so she picked it up with 200m to go. It was the right
:30:29. > :30:37.decision as well. She just smashed that world record. And it had stood
:30:37. > :30:44.for some time as well. She is an absolute star of the sport. Yes, she
:30:44. > :30:47.is going to take distance soaring to another level again. It is
:30:47. > :30:55.interesting to see what she does at the end of the freestyle. We had
:30:55. > :30:59.all, in inverted commas, written off Lotte Friis a little bit, well, we
:30:59. > :31:09.thought she would come second. When he watched Katie
:31:09. > :31:11.
:31:11. > :31:20.Ledeckypossess-mac/, it is almost like a -- when you watch her
:31:20. > :31:25.movements it is like Michael Phelps. Watch out Jazmin Carlin, they knew
:31:25. > :31:31.world record could be coming. towards the end of the week, I do
:31:31. > :31:38.not know how Boyle will cope with doing the 400m eccentric. She did
:31:38. > :31:43.not make the final here at it may be a bit of a positive in that she may
:31:43. > :31:48.have a bit more left in her tank than the other girls. But I think
:31:48. > :31:55.Katie Ledecky will smash my world record! And you have a smiling face
:31:55. > :32:05.saying that because it is about the progress of the sport. Yes, five
:32:05. > :32:05.
:32:05. > :32:15.years is a long time. It is the men's 100m that stroke. --
:32:15. > :32:38.
:32:38. > :32:48.three from the Frenchman. He has got about three or four tenths right
:32:48. > :32:56.
:32:56. > :33:06.from the start. Absolutely. Stravius is on form. A great turn from
:33:06. > :33:20.
:33:20. > :33:30.Grevers. He burst out. Fantastic. to the USA as well. The bronze medal
:33:30. > :33:31.
:33:31. > :33:39.has gone to the Frenchman, Jeremy Stravius. That is the first USA 1-2
:33:39. > :33:44.and it is a big one. We were not sure whether Grevers was going to
:33:44. > :33:49.come here in the first place or whether he would be on form to break
:33:49. > :33:53.the world record, but he's world champion. The Lowe yes. Not the
:33:53. > :34:01.fastest race. A second of the world record but Matt Grevers dug in deep
:34:01. > :34:06.there. Stravius had a good turn as well, I thought. He just did not
:34:06. > :34:12.quite have it in the last five metres. He will be relieved to get
:34:12. > :34:21.the gold medal. World champion, Olympic champion in two consecutive
:34:21. > :34:31.years. It is a good place to be. When he was tying up inside these
:34:31. > :34:40.
:34:40. > :34:47.turn, and Stravius, too. His turn was great when he burst up to the
:34:47. > :34:57.surface and have the next two strokes all in one. Just a little
:34:57. > :35:10.
:35:10. > :35:20.following Olympic title but he won last year in London, Matt Grevers of
:35:20. > :35:26.
:35:26. > :35:30.the USA, David Plummer with silver, is how I swim. The harder I train,
:35:31. > :35:40.the slower I go. So when I rest a tonne, that means I can usually show
:35:40. > :35:42.up. Are you aware of how much you swim up on everybody else. I have to
:35:42. > :35:48.see the video. I have been struggling the last couple of months
:35:48. > :35:51.so it is good to know I have my old stuff back.
:35:51. > :35:59.So Matt Grevers, the Olympic champion, is now the world champion.
:35:59. > :36:08.Just as a little bonus as well, it is USA 3-1 France and the night. --
:36:08. > :36:14.on the night. Michael Phelps gave up and he is the linchpin. All of a
:36:14. > :36:17.sudden you have got other people that step into his boots. They have
:36:17. > :36:27.had great performances. That was all about the race. It was not a fast
:36:27. > :36:27.
:36:27. > :36:32.time. Even Lacourt, who was European champion in 2009... He is a big lie.
:36:32. > :36:37.How much does it help having your compatriots swimming alongside you.
:36:37. > :36:43.It was interesting, the line-up there. You have the two Frenchman,
:36:43. > :36:48.the two Japanese, the two Americans there. I just think it gives you
:36:48. > :36:51.that lift. You are comfortable resting them. I used to love racing
:36:51. > :36:55.Joe Jackson. We knew each other, we knew our styles and we pushed each
:36:55. > :36:59.other on and inspired each other. They would have given each other
:36:59. > :37:04.that beast and lift am especially if they do work together a lot in
:37:04. > :37:09.training. They will definitely be competitive with each other, not
:37:09. > :37:19.just anyone else. Let's move on. It is the women's 200m freestyle
:37:19. > :37:37.
:37:37. > :37:42.semifinals. The one that you say is these ladies, I probably should have
:37:42. > :37:46.said it before they started, be very careful because in the second
:37:46. > :37:53.semifinal, the top five grams women this year of all in the second
:37:53. > :37:59.semifinal. Yes, it is a completely different semifinal. But we have a
:37:59. > :38:08.lot of people here who got their best times to modify, but the best
:38:08. > :38:15.swimmers in the world are in the next final. It is based on time. The
:38:15. > :38:22.15-year-old Chinese swimmer is going for it, head of record pace.
:38:22. > :38:29.Federica Pellegrini set the world record. She goes unbelievably slow
:38:29. > :38:39.for the first 100 and ridiculously fast for the second. The halfway
:38:39. > :38:42.
:38:42. > :38:52.turn in the first semifinal. And Katina Hosszu looks good. -- Katinka
:38:52. > :38:53.
:38:53. > :38:56.Hosszu. And Costa-Schmid is starting to take the lead. She has moved over
:38:56. > :39:05.to the other side of the lane as well to get away from Katinka
:39:05. > :39:15.Hosszu. She is leaning away from Katinka Hosszu now, which will not
:39:15. > :39:17.
:39:17. > :39:23.help. We need 1.57 to make final. There are five very fast women in
:39:23. > :39:31.the second semi. This will be really tight and extremely important that
:39:31. > :39:41.they get may be one of the first two positions. Schmidt wins it. Second,
:39:41. > :39:47.Palmer, Bonnet third. I tell you what, this is going to be really
:39:47. > :39:49.tough to make the final because that was a very good semifinal.
:39:49. > :39:56.Costa-Schmid winning the first semifinal, pretty quick. Kylie
:39:56. > :40:01.Palmer second. Katinka Hosszu is in a dangerous position in four. Here
:40:01. > :40:11.is the league second semifinal. The fastest five women in the world are
:40:11. > :40:21.in two, three, four, five and six. The fastest qualifier is the Olympic
:40:21. > :40:22.
:40:22. > :40:32.champion in lane four. With the blackout of Italy, -- with the black
:40:32. > :40:36.
:40:36. > :40:43.swimming hat of Italy, Federica Pellegrini. She comes back quickly.
:40:43. > :40:52.Franklin in second place. Interesting to see how much energy
:40:52. > :40:59.she has after that final. So there is the white hat of France and the
:40:59. > :41:05.black hat of the USA. Federica Pellegrini is not as far behind as
:41:05. > :41:10.she normally is at the 100m. She has been super quiet this year. She is
:41:10. > :41:16.in a good position. She would normally be a little further down
:41:16. > :41:23.the map. She will have to make a move on this 50m though. Missy
:41:23. > :41:33.Franklin making a bit of a move there. The field is closing up. It
:41:33. > :41:34.
:41:34. > :41:44.looks like the race to the top of the picture... The Swedish swimmer
:41:44. > :41:44.
:41:44. > :41:52.looks good. It looks like Camille Muffat of France in the centre with
:41:52. > :41:59.the black hat is starting to come back. We saw a really quick first
:41:59. > :42:04.semifinal. These women have got to get in. Pellegrini coming in in the
:42:04. > :42:14.black hat in the centre. This is good. She will go in the final,
:42:14. > :42:16.
:42:16. > :42:19.fastest. Franklin second, Muffat heard. A fast semifinal.
:42:19. > :42:27.Confirmation of the result of that second semifinal. The world record
:42:27. > :42:37.holder, Pellegrini, winning it. Shannon Vreeland of the USA has made
:42:37. > :42:41.
:42:41. > :42:51.from the second, led by the world record-holder. Missy Franklin is in
:42:51. > :42:52.
:42:52. > :43:00.it so far here in Barcelona. But next it is the semifinals of the
:43:00. > :43:07.men's 200m fly and Roberto Pavoni of Great Britain is looking for a fast
:43:07. > :43:17.time to get him through to the final. Do you remember Chad Le
:43:17. > :43:29.
:43:29. > :43:39.Clos? If you do not, you will men's 200m fly. -- first semifinal
:43:39. > :43:45.
:43:45. > :43:51.far to the side to breathe on butterfly. A lot of the guys this
:43:51. > :43:56.morning while holding back, not least Chad Le Clos. We watched him
:43:56. > :44:00.right through to the last two metres of the race just checking on
:44:00. > :44:07.everybody else, on their whereabouts. You have to play it a
:44:07. > :44:17.bit more seriously here. Very easy. Chad Le Clos is not trying very
:44:17. > :44:18.
:44:18. > :44:23.hard. He's going to go 1.55 or something. He is taking it steady.
:44:23. > :44:31.Lane four, third position, way off world record. They are not going
:44:31. > :44:40.quickly. Always dangerous. There is a huge world record by Michael
:44:40. > :44:48.Phelps. He is looking around again. What do you think of this? He is
:44:48. > :44:58.going, OK, I am going to turn it on at this turn. He is turning in
:44:58. > :45:28.
:45:28. > :45:35.second position but it is just it? He put his head down for three
:45:35. > :45:45.strokes. That was the laziest semi- final I have ever seen. He has got
:45:45. > :45:46.
:45:46. > :45:56.another few seconds on that. looked comfortable. The second
:45:56. > :46:00.
:46:00. > :46:10.semi-final. The two big Americans are right in the centre. Tyler
:46:10. > :46:17.
:46:17. > :46:27.Clary is the fastest qualifier. The world champion from 2005. The
:46:27. > :46:28.
:46:28. > :46:35.Chinese men in the first semi-final took it out very hard. Yin Chen's
:46:35. > :46:41.best time is 54.438. I think this will be a faster semi-final. In the
:46:41. > :46:51.first one they were messing around a little bit. Well, maybe the rest
:46:51. > :46:55.
:46:55. > :47:03.weren't, but Chad Le Clos was. A very interesting line-up at this
:47:03. > :47:12.100m. They are a bit quicker. They are all in a line and they will
:47:12. > :47:22.have to work pretty hard to make a break. It looks like Tom looks
:47:22. > :47:32.
:47:32. > :47:42.saner is going well. His first ever Korzeniowski had a bit look around
:47:42. > :47:49.as well. -- a big look. It was very noticeable. He is looking to see
:47:49. > :47:59.where they are. He is going to have to keep ongoing. That is
:47:59. > :48:01.
:48:01. > :48:11.fascinating. Not particularly fast. Chad Le Clos is going to go into
:48:11. > :48:30.
:48:30. > :48:36.the final fastest and Korzeniowski You looked as if you were out for a
:48:36. > :48:41.bit of a stroll to date. No, that is the way I race. I always get a
:48:41. > :48:46.bit nervous and I wanted to make sure I was in the right position.
:48:46. > :48:52.Sometimes I have to look over to see where I am, but I am happy with
:48:52. > :48:58.the time. I am excited. What has your year been like a Stimac it
:48:58. > :49:02.must be very depressed with a change of life from last year.
:49:02. > :49:06.After the Olympics last year I came back to South Africa and had a huge
:49:06. > :49:12.welcome and having the support of everybody back home and new fans
:49:12. > :49:17.around the world helped me get better. We bump into you back at
:49:17. > :49:27.the stadium and with Mark Foster and we had a good chat with him.
:49:27. > :49:28.
:49:28. > :49:34.has an arm problem and he tore his bicep. Did you beat him?Not yet.
:49:34. > :49:41.Tell us about the sharks. Yes, next month we are going to dive with
:49:41. > :49:46.Michael Phelps in the shark cage diving. Good luck with that one.
:49:46. > :49:51.The men's 200m fly, the man who made it look very easy in
:49:51. > :49:57.qualifying for the final. The Olympic champion, this layer of
:49:58. > :50:02.Michael Phelps, Chad Le Clos. saw him in the last length looking
:50:02. > :50:06.around, almost played with the others. When it comes to the final
:50:06. > :50:11.it will be a different story. He was relaxed and confident and
:50:11. > :50:16.nobody ever saw him beating Michael Phelps at the Olympics and suddenly
:50:16. > :50:22.now he is the main man to beat. He is immensely talented. He looked
:50:22. > :50:28.very easy and very comfortable. How regular is it that you look around
:50:28. > :50:33.like that? The it is very rare. He is a few seconds off what he did
:50:33. > :50:37.last year and I think he has got more to come. It looked so easy. I
:50:37. > :50:43.am excited to see what more there is and if he can beat what he did
:50:43. > :50:48.last year. We have a very exciting finale. Last night we saw something
:50:48. > :50:55.very special indeed from the Lithuanian Plymouth-based swimmer
:50:55. > :51:01.Ruta Meilutyte. Ruta Meilutyte of Plymouth and Lithuania, the 16
:51:01. > :51:08.year-old a champion. That was extraordinarily fast. Look at that.
:51:08. > :51:12.This is fascinating. She has got it. She can go even faster. What a
:51:12. > :51:22.great swim that was. The Olympic champion is now the world record
:51:22. > :51:34.
:51:34. > :51:44.with a green hat, from Lithuania. A wonderful start from the new world
:51:44. > :51:44.
:51:44. > :51:50.record holder. 29.97. Going West her his Jessica Hardy in the black
:51:50. > :51:57.hat. She has the best reactions. I have never seen anyone react so
:51:57. > :52:03.well to the gun. Actually that was quite slow. She has to come back
:52:03. > :52:12.quite strongly, I do not think the field can challenge her. Jessica
:52:12. > :52:15.Hardy is to the right of her, and Yulia Efrimova. Jessica Hardy is
:52:16. > :52:25.trying to come back, but it looks like it is going to be Ruta
:52:25. > :52:33.Meilutyte. Is she going to become the world champion as well? Just
:52:33. > :52:39.outside again. Seven-tenths of a second outside the world record,
:52:39. > :52:45.but she is the world champion, and I think she is delighted. Good
:52:45. > :52:51.heavens. She went out much more measured. But goodness me, she can
:52:51. > :52:57.bring it back. It was a very strong race. It is very difficult to say,
:52:57. > :53:06.can you break another world record, please? The point of a world record
:53:06. > :53:10.is that nobody has ever swam quicker than the record. She has
:53:11. > :53:15.got the world championship gold medal and the world record in the
:53:16. > :53:21.same meet. That is fine. She won the Olympic Games one seconds
:53:21. > :53:29.slower than that. Gold medallist at the Olympics, won four seconds
:53:29. > :53:33.slower. She has improved one second. Where is she going? At that age
:53:33. > :53:38.improvement is consistent. You would assume sea has got more time
:53:38. > :53:42.in her. John her coach in Plymouth has been talking about how she can
:53:42. > :53:47.improve. She herself has been saying she can improve as she is
:53:47. > :53:54.hungry to understand where she can improve. I do not know how her
:53:54. > :54:04.pacing went today. She is may be slower than she or John would have
:54:04. > :54:13.
:54:13. > :54:18.hoped her to be. 0.13 at the 50 and 0.07. Such fine margins. It is
:54:18. > :54:21.pretty much right on the best time she set last night. When she
:54:21. > :54:27.reflects back on this tomorrow she will be pretty happy with her
:54:27. > :54:31.performance in the three races. will be utterly delighted. She has
:54:31. > :54:41.come to the world championships in Barcelona one year after winning
:54:41. > :54:45.
:54:45. > :54:51.the Olympics. Ruta Meilutyte of Weld's Champion to add to your list
:54:51. > :54:57.of world record holder and Olympic champion. You get used to this?
:54:57. > :55:01.really, because there is always a big surprise. We were talking about
:55:02. > :55:06.the fact that grandma got in last year, but that did not. Is he here
:55:06. > :55:12.today? Yes, my dad and my grandmother and my brother.
:55:12. > :55:20.what about you coach Christie might he is here with the team, so he is
:55:20. > :55:24.always here all the time with me. Why were his instructions to you?
:55:24. > :55:29.know the strategy, just go out there, do my own race and not think
:55:29. > :55:33.about anyone else and not let anyone go past me. And you have got
:55:33. > :55:39.all your mates at home in Plymouth. Say hello to them. They are
:55:39. > :55:44.cheering you on. Fantastic and well done to you and we are very proud
:55:44. > :55:49.of you as well. What comes through from that interview is just how
:55:49. > :55:55.young she is. She is a prodigious talent with the world at her feet.
:55:55. > :55:58.She definitely is, she is really shy and it is nice to see that. But
:55:58. > :56:03.she is an unbelievable athlete and we feel she is a little bit British
:56:03. > :56:07.and I am sure people at home will be watching her and cheering her on.
:56:07. > :56:11.A school friends and people she lives with art in Plymouth. She has
:56:11. > :56:16.got a British coach and she is based in Britain and where are the
:56:16. > :56:20.Brits coming through in that area? We have not seen many Brits getting
:56:20. > :56:24.into finals. It has been a bit disappointing across the board.
:56:24. > :56:31.There are another five days to go and some big names to go like
:56:31. > :56:35.Hannah Miley and Fran Halsall, but historically we have been put at
:56:35. > :56:41.the Junior European Championships. We win races and do a lot better
:56:41. > :56:45.than other European countries like France. But they turn their junior
:56:45. > :56:50.athletes into world beaters and that is what we have to do. We have
:56:50. > :56:54.the talent. What is missing?If they go to the right coaches,
:56:55. > :57:01.whether they are getting the right training. How do you keep them in
:57:01. > :57:06.the sport when they are 15 or 16? The normal things like distractions
:57:06. > :57:11.in life? In if we did it, other people can do it. There is some
:57:11. > :57:16.ingredient missing, I do not know what it is. I do not know quite
:57:16. > :57:21.what. I'd guess having had you at the forefront of British swimming
:57:21. > :57:26.in recent years and there as a role model, they know it can be done,
:57:26. > :57:33.Britain can be a winner on a world stage. These championships were
:57:33. > :57:40.always going to be weird because the head coaches have only been in
:57:40. > :57:46.since April. They have not a hand or had the time to introduce the
:57:46. > :57:50.things they want to put into place, but I think they can. We have got
:57:50. > :57:55.good junior people coming up, but it will take a bit of time to do
:57:55. > :58:05.that. There will be a gradual build-up to rear. We have got lots
:58:05. > :58:11.
:58:12. > :58:16.If you are looking at the semi- finals I would go with Federica
:58:16. > :58:24.Pellegrini and Missy Franklin, but in a final people find a bit of an
:58:24. > :58:29.extra bit. Cameron van der Burgh chasing his own record. Coverage on