Day 3 Swimming: World Championships

Hello, the beautiful city of Barcelona continues to delight us

with its hidden gems as we reached the halfway stage. We have already

unearthed some stars of the future, but tonight we are set to be

entertained by those global names Hello, welcome back to Barcelona as

we reached the halfway stage of the World Swimming Championships. My

dynamic duo as ever up here, Mark Foster and Rebecca Adlington. It

has been noticed how beautifully co-ordinated you buy this evening

in red, white and blue and maybe it will bring luck to the British team

this evening. In the first semi- final in the men's 100m freestyle,

champion. Adam Brown is going to have to go with him. It is an

interesting lane assignment. I think it is good because he has

just got to go for it. The Olympic champion is going well. It took

Nathan Adrian ages to breathe. But Adam Brown is sticking with him.

Fabien Gilot looks fantastic as well. But Adam is going well, as

long as he can hold on, he has got a decent chance of making it into

the final. Come on, let's finish this off. Adam Brown finished in

4th. He has got a chance in the final. Wow, that is his lifetime

best and look what happens when you do your lifetime best. The Olympic

champion winning the first final. You know each other really well.

have raced him many times and I tried to stay with him as best I

could, and it is a good time, so I am pleased with that. You did not

mind being in an outside lane? because there are Leicester waves.

You have to get in and race and still the best time. Fingers

crossed. See you later. -- there 100m freestyle. The big Brazilian

is close to us. The world record holder decided not to do 100m this

year. It is Jimmy Fagan in two. And Marcelo Chierighini is doing well

to. Three American-trained swimmers leading this pack. That was not

that quick. So Adam Brown is going We are bitterly disappointed for

Adam Brown, just missing out on the final. 9th is the worst place to be,

but he did a best time. He did a perfect race for him. It was great

for him to be on the outside next to Nathan Adrian. With 100m

freestyle, if you can sit near the lane rope and sit on the wave, you

can get dragged along. He did his best time, but it was not enough.

There is always a possibility somebody will decide that they may

not make that final, but it is very unlikely. He will have to settle

for a swimming his best time ever. It is highly unlikely that someone

will pull out unless it is illness or injury. But he has got the 50m

freestyle later on in the week and he has got the men's relay, so he

has got more swims to come. A in the podium positions Magnusson last

year came out and said he was going to win everything and he did not.

He got the silver medal in London. What is going on with his form?

the Olympic Games he came out and shouted about what he is going to

do and did not deliver. Coming here he has done some of the fastest

times in the year. But you have to earn the gold medal. In the relay

in the lead of he did not deliver. If he had done the time he did this

morning, they could have won the race. Then this morning he was

slightly out. Who is favourite? Nathan Adrian who delivered at the

Olympic Games when he was not supposed it. Yannick Agnel says you

can have a strange year and come here and win. We have got two more

semi-finals and the women's 50m backstroke. We have got

representation from Lauren Quigley Quigley, her head well back. A very

interesting start from Emily Seebohm. Lauren Quigley is in the

blue suit and she is going well. She needs to wind it up in these

last 10m and she could make the final. She is in 4th position. A

dangerous position after the first semi-final. That was a very good

swim. That is her best time, I am sure. Mercedes was very good. The

world record holder was second. Lauren Quigley has got a chance.

This is the second semi-final with from the Brazilian. Aya Terakawa is

coming back. Great Britain is 4th. I think we may have two British

finalists. She was a little bit slower than Lauren Quigley. 7th and

8th, that is fantastic. Excellent Fantastic news, two Brits in there

and a personal best from you and close times as well. We did exactly

the same time this morning, so it is a bit weird. But again hopefully

we can get in the final tomorrow and give it a global stock not bad

in your first international to make a world championship final? No, it

is not bad at all. I learnt a lot from their 100 earlier in the week.

Your whole family is here. I heard them before and hopefully they are

looking forward to tomorrow night. Fantastic news for Great Britain.

Two women in that final tomorrow. Appeared before Lauren Quigley. I

know you have spent a lot of time with her and you are thrilled by

her. It was an amazing race, I am so pleased that they both get a

second swim. They progressed from the morning as well. You want a PB

coming into a big meet. You do not want to be swimming the same times

as the trials. I am looking forward to the final. They qualified with

the same time, so realistically is there much more wet that they can

do? You said it earlier with Yannick Agnel when they find a

little bit extra. They are at a peak at the moment, but they came

in here and we were asking for best times and they did their best times

tonight. There is nothing to say they cannot do it again. Maybe they

could get off the block a bit quicker, there will be tiny

improvements. They have still got a chance. Does Lauren get nervous?

Will this get her through the week now she is used to the noise and

the arena and will it settle her a bit? The first swim is always

nervous regardless of where you are. She will definitely be settling,

but I know she will want to break 28 tomorrow. I am sure she will be

fighting for that tomorrow. We are looking forward to that. Next up is

the men's 200m butterfly final. The overwhelming favourites, a man who

was best known for the person he's laid last year in London, or maybe

it is because he is a big fan of his dad. He beat Michael Phelps in

London, 2012. Adam Le Clo is not going very hard on this one. He put

his head down for three strokes and won it. I am happy with the time

and I wanted to qualify, said that Clos yet. Four lengths of the

swimming pool. The men's 200m butterfly. Expect Chad Le Clos to

go out quickly. So far he has been looking around a lot. I think we

will see him concentrate on his own race. He is very relaxed. It is

good to be relaxed. I bet underneath he is working hard.

Course Zhirinovsky is in good shape, though of. He is on form. I am

surprised that Peng Wu is not up there. He struggled in the semis.

Chad Le Clos is a lot more determined than he was previously.

It is outside the time he won the Olympic Games in, but he looks

reasonably strong. The field has not disappeared yet. He looked left

and right again. He is looking right and seeing where they are. If

he is not careful, Caucasian not ski, the world champion from 2005,

of. Look at him looking around. Go for it, go forward! Looks like he

won it only just. Chad Le Clos of South Africa and the world title to

the Olympic title he won in London last year. Do not swear much like

that! It is so funny.-- swim. are right. He could have gone half

a second faster if he was looking forward. I don't know why he was

looking either side. If you look to the side, your whole body is

getting unbalanced during the butterfly. And do not do that! I am

going to have to have big talk to him. He is Olympic and world

champion. Depending on which side he looks, he is working out were

the biggest threat is. I think he puts his head down for three

strokes here. What annoys me, he hit the finished perfectly. Chad Le

Clos, world champion. Different way the Looking? The commentators were

getting perplexed? Sometimes I am nervous. I will look around, and

make sure I am in the right position. I have done it from a

young age. It is not a good example. You're not going to change it,

really? I like to know where I am in the field. I like to make sure I

am ahead and make sure I am in touching distance going into the

last 54 stuff that is my game plan. Chad Le Clos, delighted to have the

World Championship to his Olympic gold. Cementing his brilliance in

the butterfly. What is going on, I know the commentators quite

perplexed about this head-turning. He does it consistently through the

raised? We look at it and think it is like a schoolboy, but Olympic

champion and now world champion, it is how he likes to swim. When you

are in the water, you cut your own length. Keep focusing on your own

thing. How much time could that be using up? I think he practises it

in training. He must do, because he swims so fast with it, but he was

two seconds of from last year. But he still won. If there was someone

else there, he had another second in him? I am not saying he was

holding back, but is that the impetus he needs by having someone

next to him? He won the Olympic gold by such a tiny margin, he does

not over exert himself, he likes the challenge. I don't think he was

looking around too much against a Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps was

the one to chase, now he has of the one to be chased. Pawel

Korzeniowski, a great silver medal as well. Definitely. Market loves

his stroke. He reckons he has the best stroke in the field. The fact

he won his world Championship eight years ago, and to carry on at that

level is tremendous. We have a great race, it is the women's 200-

metre freestyle final. We have the Italian, Federica Pellegrini, up

against Missy Franklin from America. But she has come up in the leader.

Her reaction to the gun was low. In six, the Olympic champion in the

white hat, going out there fairly fierce -- fast in this first 50.

was looking forward to this tonight. Can Federica Pellegrini really do

it? She is turning last. Always comes back strongly. Missy Franklin

at the moment. She won't be able to catch them up on that distance on

the world record? Missy Franklin lets her come in. At 75 metres,

just 25 into the wall. Missy Franklin is putting on a huge

sprint. My looks like the Olympic champion is trying to go with her.

The rest of the field will come back and Federica Pellegrini is

about three metres behind. Federica Pellegrini, I expect to get on the

medal podium. But she has been known to switch off. Federica he --

Federica Pellegrini coming back like a rocket. The 18-year-old,

Missy Franklin, is currently leading. But look how fast Federica

Pellegrini is coming back. I think Missy Franklin are well hold on.

The world record holder gets the silver medal. What a world-class

field and what an amazing race. Perfect tactics from this young

lady, Missy Franklin, from the USA. For somebody so young to have read

that field is spot on for an 18- year-old. And knowing the strength

of Camille Moffat, using it strongly. Almost fell off the block.

0.2 slower than the rest of the field with her reaction to the gun.

Perfect pacing, using the people around her. Camille Muffat, the

Olympic champion, using the Olympic champion, the audacity of it!

In it is 35 years since an American lady has won a gold medal. I did

not know that. Well done, youth. Did it you plan matter with your

coach? Absolutely, we knew I would have to be out fast. Federica

Pellegrini has a very good back half, and I could see her creeping

up. I was praying for the wall to come. Your experience is building

all of the time. Is that number three you have got now? That is

number three. Having got a special box to put them in? There is a safe

in the hotel I put them in. I am so excited. To be a part of the

swimming team, it is incredible, I am going to learn so much. I swam

it with your coach over 20 years ago, I wish you luck. Thanks.

What a race from the 18-year-old, Missy Franklin. It was perfect and

Federica Pellegrini, a power. If that pool was two metres longer, it

would have been hers? Without a doubt. Federica Pellegrini only

entered the 200 metres late, and she walked away with the silver

medal. Just have a word on Federica Pellegrini, her career has been

over such a great length of time, for a swimmer to retain that form

and class over a long period, it takes some going? Those middle-

distance events, the training in general, is very hard. To keep the

mind set. A world record, his three seconds faster than that. To get in

and beat yourself up every day, and the things the public do not see is

the training that goes into make that possible. A lot of hours spent

in the pool and the gym. She is 25 in about a week, Federica

Pellegrini. You have 18-year-old Missy Franklin, has she got about

seven years at the top of her again? If she wants it? Definitely.

Federica Pellegrini has stopped doing the 400 now, she is focusing

on the shorter events, which she is better at a stop Missy Franklin can

pick and choose what she likes. She is so good and so talented. She is

going to have a long career. will be seeing a lot of her in Rio.

It was a race that lived up to the billing. We hope there will be

plenty of those. In less than a week's time, it will be the start

of the track and field World The next Final tonight is the men's

50-metre breaststroke. We know Cameron van der Burgh is in flying

form. He posted a time just outside of his own world record in

qualifying. And he break that van der Burgh. The final of the

men's 50 metres backstroke -- breaststroke. Cameron van der Burgh

is looking very good. Also going well is Christian Sprenger of

Australia. It looks like it might be Christian Sprenger with five

metres to go. Cameron van der Burgh got a touch. Just outside the world

record. Christian Sprenger have it! That look like my Olympic final.

Christian Sprenger went in first, but Cameron van der Burgh put his

last stroke in and overtook on the actual launch. He wasn't a winning.

The South African getting that bronze medal. So obviously Cameron

van der Burgh is pleased for his team mate. Joao Gomes Junior

getting a surprise that bronze medal. We have talked on a couple

of events, when you are about 10 metres out, you can adjust the

length of your stroke to make sure that when your hands go forward you

touch the wall at that point, and Christian Sprenger did not get it?

No, he wasn't ahead as far as I thought. He launches himself into

the wall first. Actually, Cameron van der Burgh did. Christian

You stole that from him because of your fantastic finish. It has been

a roller-coaster. I have been sick and been congested. You mentioned

your shoulder injury, no sign of it? You don't feel it's swimming,

it is always afterwards. I'm sure I will feel it tomorrow morning.

You'll have a quick beer now? then call it a day. It is turning

into a fabulous night the South Africa in the pool. Just, for

Cameron van der Burgh, he got it spot on? The race was perfect for

him. The is the world record holder, but the finish, which it came down

to the finish in the end, Christian Sprenger was coming back to him. He

took two tiny strokes, he would have been better gliding into the

wall. It could have gone the other way. When would that decision had

been made? In the split-second. In training, when you are coming into

the walls, butterfly and breaststroke is easier because

you're looking at the wall. You know you are three strokes off the

wall and you change your pattern accordingly. That is what Cameron

Poor South Africa it is a very strong night. Last night it was

about the USA. For the Commonwealth it bodes well for strength and

depth. The top three will be in the Commonwealth Games next year.

and it is nice to hear a different national anthem. Everyone is

looking forward to the Commonwealth Games, but let's hope the Brits

somewhere can get in there. We have one coming up next. We have the

women's 200m butterfly semis. Jemma good start from her. The world

record holder in lane five, Zige Liu. Katinka Hosszu and Zige Liu

typically go out fardels -- fast. It is as expected. Zige Liu is

taking it out. Also Katerine Savard in lane one. Jemma Lowe looks in

good shape. And she is tracking the world record holder. Let's hope

that she can continue despite stock that was a very fast first 100. She

is a really tough swimmer, Jemma Lowe, and she has got a chance here.

It is a very good position. Sometimes with the 200m you are not

sure how people will take them out. You can see the American Cammile

Adams in lane three. She can see along the line with her breathing

style. Jemma Lowe has dropped down to 6th. She will have to dig in. It

was a great first 100. But she is tailing off now. Exactly what we

saw this morning, Zige Liu tying up. Coming very three strongly through

his cameo Adams. Katinka Hosszu is coming through. -- cameo Adams.

Jemma Lowe was 6th. Look at Adams. She is going to be in the final and

I guess it was the way you had to swim it. Tonight I knew I would

have to go but it, but it was not good enough to get into the final.

That is it. The it is a stacked second semi-final. Both of them are

going to be fast and you have to be in the top four or three to get in.

Does that mean back to the drawing board? Yes, it has not been easy

after the Olympics and I have been training as hard as I ever have had,

but hopefully I will get better. Not good news for Jemma Lowe, she

does not qualified. But the Spaniard, Belmonte Garcia won the

second semi-final and she brought the house down with her performance.

It is looking good for Spain. Jemma Lowe's rays and then her

competition generally, perhaps it is time for her to choose between

the 100 and a 200. It is harder as you get older, especially as a

woman, to focus on one event. The 100 and 200, I think she is better

at the 100. The 200 she has not done her best time for quite a

while, so I think it is time for her to move down and see what

happens. If not, she can always change back to doing both. She is

three seconds off her personal best, so maybe changing something might

help in the future. It is not that she has papered incorrectly, it

might be time to give herself a slimmer programme. What she will be

looking at is the fact she knows the times she has done before would

have qualified for the final and would have stood a chance for

winning a medal. When you come to these championships and knowing

when you are at your best, you can go for the podium. I disagree with

Becky in I think she can do both races still. She is in a distance

programmes in Swansea and she still has more of. The field is not

getting any faster, so she can get back. You were pointing out that

most of the women in these races are around that mid-20s age. The it

is not a young event yet, it is about trying to change something. I

do not know what she is doing in her training, her gymnastic work,

or what she can change back. She can try something new. Maybe trying

something different might help her. More British interest in the next

race, the men's 200-metre individual medley. Roberto Pavoni

goes in this. This is his preferred event. In the second semi-final is

Ryan Lochte, the world champion and Going out very fast next to him is

Conor Dwyer of the USA. Absolutely, and we know he has got a very good

freestyle. His last lane will be strong. -- his last legs. Roberto

Pavoni is a decent breaststroke her, but he needs to be because the rest

of the field is getting away from him. Kosuke Hagino's style is

beatable. Roberto Pavoni has got some work to do, but he can still

do it. Conor Dwyer is going to turn and have an impact on this field.

He will have to do some work on his freestyle. Thiago Pereira is

maximising the breaststroke again. It is good to see the Australian.

The Aussies have had such a tough time of it recently and now they

are throwing some swimmers back at it again. Meerkat Kosuke Hagino

coming back in the black hat of Japan. Really powerful. He has

declared he wants to win this medal. If he wants to be Ryan Lochte, he

has got some work to do. Roberto Pavoni finished 7th. He will not

What does it take to get through to those finals? You have to produce a

personal best. For me I am having to swim fast in the heats to

qualify for the semi-finals. I am disappointed I did not improve on

that tonight. Relatively good times, second and third best ever, so I

cannot be too upset. I qualified for my first semi-final ever at

this level, so I am happy but is in lane three in the black hat

going pretty quickly in these first 50m. He looks good. Ryan Lochte has

got a good flight and a good back and a good freestyle. Laszlo Cseh

is in 4th. Laszlo Cseh has got the bald head. Alongside him is the

black hat of Ryan Lochte. Laszlo Cseh turns first at the halfway

mark. This is fairly comfortable for Ryan Lochte. He is not the

greatest at breaststroke. Quite a few people could come back to him.

Laszlo Cseh has got a good breaststroke. You have got Henrique

Rodrigues as well. Ryan Lochte is working it very hard, clearly a

tactic. He destroyed them on that breaststroke. Look at the superb

turn. His turning on the freestyle is stunning. This is really

impressive. Laszlo Cseh is second and nobody else is in the picture.

Maybe Markus Diebler in bed. He is switching off now and saving his

energy. He is a gold medal favour What a find we are going to have

tomorrow night. Are we looking at another it duel? Visit Ryan Lochte

and Kosuke Hagino. Absolutely, but I think Ryan Lochte has got it. His

turning is exceptional. He took so much out of the field and then he

eased off at the end to save his energy. I am expecting big things

of him tomorrow. He was behind Michael Phelps last year and in

London and this is his time. He has really enjoyed the celebrity. He

had his own reality show on the States and there was a risky was

going to take his eye off the ball. But he is looking good. I think he

would have looked in the mirror and said, what is he going to do now?

That is his event. He dominated in 2012 and beat Michael Phelps. He

was hurting after coming 4th in the 200m freestyle. He wants to put

that right. A lot of people will be looking at him and saying, the

reality show and now you are not performing. Are you a celebrity or

a swimmer? With those shoes, there is an element of showbiz right down

to his feet. What are they all about? He has got a personality and

it is nice to see it come through. He is a character and it is nice to

see it and I am sure his team-mates loved it. It is not something I

would have. We will leave it to him. It sounds like he is the favourite

tomorrow night. This is the final event of the evening, the men's

800m. This man is looking to complete a gruelling political

stock he won gold on Sunday. It is really looking forward to this one.

Sun Yang of China, only a second faster squalor fire. This is going

to be a cracker. World Championship final of the men's 800 metres

freestyle final. Sun Yang with the white hat and the red flag of China

in the centre. He has the most beautiful freestyle stroke. He is

so efficient under water, it is incredible. 16 months of the pool.

record on this event. It is held by another Chinese man who won the

World Championships in Rome. But it right on the world record pace.

Could it go here? He will have to go a bit faster. It was a very fast

world record, it was set in Rome at the last World Championships when

they were wearing a long body suits which have been banned and now.

They were proven to give people an advantage. It is a tough Ward

record to beat. I am surprised Oussama Mellouli is there. He is

trying to push the pace early. Ryan Cochrane, very tough. Hardly

kicking his feet. Just amazing. Greatest distance freestyler in

history. 200 metres down on this 800 metres world final. The 17-

year-old Australian is in second. Jordan Harrison's coach also

coached Sun Yang for a time. He was told to concentrate on the

Australians for a while, rather than the Chinese! The Australian

need some more men, the great nation that it is. They have had a

lack of kids that have made it through to this level in the last

few years. There is a decent swimmer at the moment, Jordan

Harrison of Australia. Currently in third position, but still Sun Yang

leading. I get the feeling he is playing with them at the moment. He

does not look like he is all guns blazing at the moment. Sun Yang,

leading ephedrine. Ryan Cochrane in second the cannon there. Connor

Jaeger looks as though he may have moved into third position. This is

not a world record for Sun Yang. He is not after the time, he is after

the medal. This is his best way. Not yet a world record swim.

are right, the way he does go about things. When he turns his legs on,

they go quickly. Ryan Cochrane in second place. At the halfway mark.

Sun Yang has led from the start. Ryan Cochrane has just made a move.

Connor Jaeger, Kwok -- fastest qualifier after the heats. They are

starting to make a move and Sun Yang. Also coming through his

Mcbroom of the USA. Jordan harass and, this is much tighter than I

thought it would be. Ryan Cochrane will be thinking, this is his best

shot. Looking good. Cochrane has been a stalwart for the Canadians.

He is still there delivering podium finishes. But it you are right, Sun

Yang letting the field surround him. I think he is playing with them.

Six lengths to go and Sun Yang of China looks comfortable. He is

starting to pick up the pace a little bit. Coming with him at the

moment is Michael Mcbroom. Ryan Cochrane seems to have made his

move and it has not worked. Yang doing well are now. Mickey is

in great shape. Great technique. Starting to kick his legs a little

bit more. I think he has got them where he wants them. I hope. I am a

fan of his. Mcbroom is very well. 200 metres left. Sun Yang, I think,

playing with them. His fingers are slightly open. Such a long stroke.

He pulls the water all the way back to his feet. Could Ryan Cochrane be

out of the medals? Interesting, the two Americans are very well. They

are tracking Sun Yang. Cochrane has a decent sprint on him. Sun Yang

starting to put a kick on. 100 metres to go, I don't think the

others will live with him. Mcbroom is having a go four-star Sun Yang

of China leading and has taken two metres out of the field in about

the space of 20. That is Sun Yang. He looks a very good. He has just

played with them. The silver, bronze and 4th is the tight.

Yang is two body lengths ahead of the field. Looking left and right.

The saving a little bit. Here he goes. USA, USA, Canada. It looks

like the gold medal and world Championship title will go to Sun

Yang of China. Silver, bronze and forth, what a surprise. Mcbroom

might get the silver. Sun Yang wins it. An amazing swim. He played with

them for 600 metres and then blew them away at the end. The bronze to

Ryan Cochrane of Canada for stun The Sun Yang's second gold medal of

these championships. What a motion he was showing in the water and on

the podium. It has been a huge year. A lot of training goes into it and

it is lovely to see the emotion come out. You don't know what goes

into training, a lot of time spent on your own with your head in the

water. You were saying to me as well, how big the Chinese

championships art which take place in a few weeks. To them, almost

bigger than any other world level championships? They have four

provinces in China and their funding is determined on how well

they do in those championships. It is the lead-up to that

championships. A lot of the guys here, you think why aren't they so

well here, but in four weeks' time, they would set times ago would have

won medals here. It is just the way the funding system is in China.

Pushed by the American, Michael Mcbroom? He had a fantastic race,

knocked four seconds off his best. Nice to see a new boy coming up and

not predicted in a medal. Looking forward to the 1,500 as well.

have won our first medal, Great Britain of these aquatic

Championships. It is in the high diving. It was won by Gary Hunt. He

took silver. That high diving is 27 metres. You have to enter the water

feet first. It is too dangerous to go in head first from 27 metres. He

went into those finals in 4th place, improving and getting close to the

gold as well. You don't need me to tell you how

close it was, what is your reaction to that final routine? Obviously,

straight after the dive, I was disappointed. I had done it under

pressure before, and today it wasn't there on the finish. It is

very important to enter the water without a splash. I saw how close

it was, so obviously I am disappointed not to be on the top

of the podium. I did for could dives and Degas me onto the podium

with a silver medal, so I am very happy. A silver medal is an

incredible achievement, and the first time it has been here at a

World Aquatics Championships. What do you think that medal could mean

the Great Britain? I hope British diving and, people can see it is a

serious sport. We can only progress if all get help. We have a good

results today. Matthew did very well and he is only just starting.

It is important we get help from were ever we can. I am glad I have

got onto the podium to maybe help us in the right direction. It is

not exactly where we thought we might get a first medal from, but

Bravo Gary Hunt. We have driven past it will stop it is near the

end arena, and it is fighting the Hyde? Do you fancy ads? Absolutely

not. We did go on the ten-metre bought on the first day to film the

opening Lynx. No one was very comfortable. Tomorrow we have two

Brits, Lauren and Georgia Davies in the 50 metres backstroke? I am

excited. It has been a better night for the Brits, and hopefully it

will bring more tomorrow night. Hopefully in the next few days we

will see a lot more Brits in action. We're hoping we may have Andrew

Willis and Michael Jamieson as well? On the back of the Olympic

Games, they have great results. We did not see what we wanted to see

in the 100 metres, but this is their main event. The more people

we get people in two finals it will help the younger members of the

team to see they can make the finals. It will help and it has a