Day 4 Swimming: World Championships

The stunning food market attracts advice Forrest from all -- visitors

The wonderful stalls here really are a treat for the senses but

tonight at Palau Sant Jordi we have a feast of swimming. Five finals,

including two British women going Hello, welcome back to Barcelona

for the fifth night of finals here at Palau Sant Jordi. The atmosphere

is electric. Mark and Becky are excited because we have two British

women going in the 50 metre backstroke final. We also have the

200 metre breaststroke semi-finals with Michael Jamieson and the very

much in form Andrew Willis going in that later. Let's get on with

tonight. We are going to start with the women's semi-finals for the

freestyle. Missy Franklin has three gold medals so far. This isn't her

strongest event. It is Australian's Kate Campbell who is the girl

the USA. Some real big guns in here. A good start in three, the Olympic

bronze Melalist from China. just it. That was close. Franklin

gets it. It looks like it's going to take

sub 54 to make the final. 53.99. Was Vreeland.

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Campbell and in her heat, she was 53 flat from Cate Campbell. She was

very comfortable. She was seven tenths faster leading off the

it must give you confidence to get the title behind you going into

that one. I felt 100m were perfect for me now. It felt so easy in

there, so relaxed and controlled. It was a perfect event. We know who

is in the final now of the women's 100 metre free stril. From those

semi-finals where are the main challenges coming from? Cate

Campbell, she had a slow start but she got into it, she eased off

towards the last 15. You knew she was going to make it. She looked

incredible. Slower today, looked like she was easing up at the end.

Talented family, that family. Sarah is having a good week, got her gold,

she's 19-years-old. Is she a name you think we may hear more about in

Rio? Definitely. If you look back in 2008 she won the 100 fly at the

age of 14. She has always been there or thereabouts. Winning the

100 fly. I think in this race, I don't think she is going to win it,

but she can challenge for it. Cate Campbell has a bit in reserve

having gone faster in the freestyle lead-off. Do you want to show your

hand or save something for the final. It is an interesting race.

Missy Franklin is going to come back fast as well. It is the men's

200 metre individual medley next. Ryan Lochte looking for his third

successive championship win. There is the ever green Hungarian

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and the Brazilians are coming ahead It is unusual to see see Hagio this

far now. He's worked hard on this and made

such an impact last night in the semi-finals. And doing the same

Lochte first to turn. Pereira second, Hagino third and

the charge is coming from the whole Lochte.

It's gold to the USA and Ryan Lochte. The silver has gone to

Hagino, what a last 50 that was. Pereira has got a bronze. Hagino

finished so strongly. Ryan Lochte, world champion, repeating what

Michael Phelps did from 2003, 2005 and 2007. Big nomination in this

race. He led it from start to finish. Pereira put the pressure on

through to the breaststroke. Lochte's breaststroke has improved

so much. Surprised he doesn't enter a 200 breaststroke, Lochte, he

would do well. I wonder whether against the real breaststroke

specialists he would be in a medal position? He would be in a final,

but whether he would be in a medal position and would he waste his

energy! Look how much he wins by. The first three are ahead

significantly, aren't they. three world titles in a row for

America's Ryan Lochte in this men's impressive. That means you are an

old man. No, don't say that. I'm still young. Of course you are.I I

wasn't really knowing what what to expect out of these World

Championships, my training hasn't been there this year, but one thing

I know how to do is race. It was a tough race and I am glad a glad I

got a win out of that. You won it convinceingly. You have been having

a fantastic time having a a reality TV career. Taking girls to

restaurants. I had the honour of doing a lot of unique and different

things. Outside the pool. But when it comes down to it, I am an

Olympic athlete and I am going until 2016, or longer, I don't know

yet. Right now my folk sus 2016 I got to get ready for that. He wins

his third successive world title. This is his easy year, his down

year. Without a doubt. He looked incredible. He went for it from the

start. He usually looks better on the breast or Friday style legs. It

paid off. A lot of people didn't think he was on good form after

coming fourth earlier in the week. He was probably predicted a lot

more medals. I suppose there is a pressure whether it comes from

himself or other people when you try other things, TV shows as he

has been doing, but if you don't produce the goods at the major

championships, people question your decisions. Doing the show this year,

a lot of people thought is he a swimmer or a celebrity. He's proven

there, he probably came in for a lot of stick from the press in

America, he was virtually on his world record. He is better than

than everybody else, it's lovely to see. When you watch him swim, he

always was in Michael Phelps' shadow, although he won his own

events. Different characters.Chalk and cheese, he is a surfer. We want

characters in the sport, that is what sells the sport. He could have

taken a year out. Watch out for Pederson from Denmark, she's done

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improved, if you are going to find more time on this, where does

history go with the 200 breaststroke. You might want to do

more of the quicker strokes. She is ahead of the world record. She went

out quickly this morning, same thing, but she is going to have

half a second ahead of the world record. Goodness me. She looks so

good. It looks so effortless when she swims like this. The crowd

realising that she's going well. It will be interesting to see whether

she keeps this long stroke or whether she starts increasing the

rate. What will happen, the plan should

be now to really increase the breath.

Rebecca Soni is in the crowd tonight.

It is amazingly loud here. The crowd screaming every time her head

comes up. She is right on world She's got it! Oh my goodness me.

0.04 of a second under the world record, a stunning swim. It looked

so effortless. It was a wonderful swim. That's great.The crowd took

her through and the crowd are on the Olympics last year in lon dochb.

Not -- London. Not had much form this week, two from the bottom.

The three in the middle the fastest qualifiers. The 19-year-old

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semi-final of the women's 200 She's gone out very, very hard.

She's sped up a bit on that one, half a second away from world

record. It is a very, very good swim. In second place with that

black hat of the USA, Laurence, a very, very different heat this time.

Went for it in the first 100 in the heats, not in the semi-though.

stroke has really sped up, really quick arm stroke here. Fantastic

finish. The world record is 2.19.11, surely

we can't see that go again. wasn't far off. Goodness me.

for the women's breaststroke. That's going to be a big final. Who

would have thought it. The result of the second semi-

200 breaststroke and a world record goes in fastest.

What a pair of semi-finals. A world record and then also a sub 2.20.

What is going on with women's breaststroke. Two women's

breaststroke world records. It is the progression of the stroke, we

have seen it happen in the men's, it is getting quicker. There is so

much in swimming you can change. That is what they have done. Both

of them girls were just unbelievable. Pedersen breaking the

world record, who knows who is going to get it tomorrow night. It

is going to be an incredible race, who can get the touch. There are so

many areas where it can improvement we have flums where you go in and

get video analysis done and look at the dead points and strokes, a lot

of improvement that a coach can't see. When you are filmed he can

break it down. IsWeights are a huge part of swimming programmes,

nutrition is a big part of training programmes. It will get to a point

where it will slow down. But it is still human beings pushing

themselves beyond the limits. We have been fortunate to see that a

few times here. It feels like a really high quality meet, because

it is a year after the Olympics. When people raise the bar, people

didn't think 8.14 was possible and all of a sudden others think OK it

is possible for someone to do it and people raise the bar. Once

somebody does it, the belief you request do it. Somebody believes

out there they are going to win the 100m freestyle. One name, who is

going to win it? Adrian.I'll back you, Nathan Adrian.

Let's see whether he wins or not. Watch for lane six, and seven, this

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Good start made in the centre. ago and has done it again. He is

the world champion. Silver has gone to Adrian of the

USA. No, Fagan has got it from fantastic swim. You said there was

more in the tank. That was something to prove maybe? Yes, I

think so. I think there was a lot of emotion in the swim for me. I

have had a really tough time the last year. Tell us about that,

because maybe the Brits don't know, though we like to Australia relish

in Australian bashing. I have been down on confidence a bit, a lot of

controiersy -- controversy around swimming in Australia and I wanted

to get back on top and I have done that, hopefully the Aussie

cricketers can follow suit. Did you see the Russian go out, you

controlled yourself well, he was 21.9 to his feet. I didn't know

that, but I was just concentrating hard on my own race. In the last 15

metres, I was ticking through my memory all the stuff that had gone

on in the last 12 months and I really used that to spur me on.

lived up to the billing. What a race. I don't think you can feel

too hard done by with your predictions because it couldn't

have been tighter. It was a great swim. Leading to Olympic Games, he

had all this pressure on him, he said I am going to win the Olympics

and he didn't, Adrian beat him. That is why we went for Adrian.

There his time was still great, but Magnussen delivered when he meant

to. After the semi-finals I was worried he didn't have it, but just

proved when it came to the time he did it. He was holding back.

perhaps bowing to the pressure, Australian sport has been through

the mill after the Olympics and Australian television for the first

time not covering these swimming championships as well. It is a

message to them, buck your ideas up, we expect more from you. Definitely.

He approached it differently this year. Last year he was shouting

around and he stayed under the radar and done it properly this

year and his work speaks for itself. It is the right way to go about it.

The atmosphere will build again now because it is the 200 metre fly.

Expect the roof to come off the Palau Sant Jordi here. If the

Spaniard wins, the Spanish are waiting for something special.

Let's see if she can deliver. will be interesting to see how she

swims this race. Lane one is out quickly as I

100 from the Chinese. Second at the turn was Belmonte.

Can she hold on. Belmonte is a superb 200 flyer on

the second half of the years. still holding on. If the crowd can

do anything they are going to lift this girl in the blue cap. It is

her Gold Medal if she can finish on the finish. You have won the

world title. I am not sure if she's realised if she's won or not. That

took a lot out of her. A slightly disappointed Belmonte.

She's Olympic champion in Beijing. Now five years later she's world

champion, the World Record holder. What a tough race that was. I

thought Belmonte was going to come back. She lost the rate by 19100ths

of a second Liu eased back on the first 50. I

have seen her swim very hard in the first 50. That easing on the first

Belmonte didn't say yes. Coming second. You don't know how much I

wanted to say the girl from Belmonte she say yes, but no.

was Olympic champion five years ago. We talked about who we thought

would win. We were hoping it was going to be Belmonte. But it was a

great race. 200 fly to me, and I don't do distance, is the hardest

race, because if you get it wrong, you talk about elephants on your

back and people dying of fatigue, and that is one of the races which

is the hardest. She's very strong and that is how you have to be, you

have to be built like that to survive the 200 fly. Even though it

is only 200m, 200 free is not the same, but butterfly is so different.

It is more endurance than you think. You have to be strong. Most of the

sprint girls, the 100 fly girls can't make the transition over

because it is tough and it is all about the second 100. You just saw

there it was an incredible race. love that, it's only 200, it's four

times what I did! We only have two men in the first semi-final of the

200 breaststroke. Andrew Willis is son form and Michael Jamieson. We

caught up with them before the Willis has won the 200 in emphatic

style. Michael Jamieson, what a brilliant

swim that was, another massive British record. We have an Olympic

Silver Medalist here, Michael Jamieson. It is a great memory,

particularly in training and on the bad days, it helps get you through.

It's just as big now as it was then. It was a career-long goal and

something you always hope to achieve in the sport. To have that

in the bank now, it gives me great confidence to come and compete at

these events, knowing that I can perform at my best and produce best

times when it counts. I think at the time I was over the moon with

the result I got, and now I look back and kick myself a bit for not

really believing I could win gold until it was too late. I don't want

to be winning the minor medals now, I want to be challenging for those

titles and I would hope that experience has given me the belief

to do that. Second was Willis, Andrew Willis's time, 2.08.47, that

is a massive lifetime best. I had the meet of my life, great

experience, my semi-final swim was a great PB. But disappointment

there at the final, I wanted to go quicker and I was sitting down with

my coach and changing my mind set, it is not just about progressing in

the finals, I have swam Commonwealths and Olympics, it is

more about medals. It is a healthy rivalry. We are both good friends

outside the pool, and I think we have managed that quite well. We

have both been improving pretty well over the last couple of years.

He's had another good season, and I think for the both of us, we both

have a strength in that we can both produce good results when it counts

and when the pressure is on. Come to race day, we are very individual

and almost to the point where we won't speak, but there is a mutual

understanding this it becomes individual then and it is selfish

and focused on yourself. We wish each other luck and at the same

time we both benefit from each other being there as well.

first semi-final of the men's 200 men's 200m breaststroke.

Michael Jamieson at the top and se centre Andrew Willis with the white

it is make sure you get in the final. Jamieson looking good at the

top as well. Good to see, very high stroke, left-hand side of the

picture. Both Brits in one and four, looking decent at the moment. It is

good to see Jamieson getting up there. He comes back strongly in

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hope Jamieson has enough in the tank on the left-hand side there.

first, Jamieson third. Jamieson's time, 2.09.66, that

should be good enough. It is a big second semi-coming, but I suggest

it should be good enough to make the final. It is along the lines of

the improvement he made at the Olympics, same sort of thing, he

drops down, but really impressed with Andrew Willis. Andrew Willis

of Great Britain, wins the first semi-final.

Fantastic swim, you felt really comfortable. I kept it long. Even

just held back at the end in the last 25 or so. This morning I felt

good and I needed to swim that to get the could be webs away, so time

happy with that and that felt good. Go back and watch it and check out

the the stroke rates and see what I can do from there. You are great

mates, have huge respect for each other, but it would be nice to nip

out from under his shadow. It would be, but never doubt Michael, he is

a great swimmer. Hopefully both in the final. We will see what happens

after this. I am sure Michael will have a great final. It is nice to

be in the room together, Brits against the world in a way? Yes, I

think usually everyone has their head phones on so you do your own

thing, but that was all right. Hopefully it will be enough to get

in the final and need to find something else for tomorrow. I hate

asking about the arm, but we need to know whether it was playing up?

You looked pretty good. Thanks. have lost a bit of bulk. Well, we

will talk about it tomorrow and I will tell you if it's been a

positive thing or not. The world record holer goes in the second

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the pace. He turned in 61.7 when he broke his world record. He's talked

about having a tough time of it after breaking the world record at

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had a good heat this morning. Still off the world record. Gyurta

winning the second semi-final, be in lanes three and two.

Very exciting. Well done to Andrew Willis and

Michael Jamieson, they qualify for the final of the 200m breaststroke

tomorrow. Not sure from the interview with Sharon just how good

Michael Jamieson is feeling about himself at the moment. It's taken

mentally a lot out of him this injury. The trials, he did a decent

swim, I think tomorrow night times will be faster. He looked

comfortable. He is out in lane one and he was not in the middle of the

pool, but interesting to see if it is hurting him or not, he wouldn't

give anything away. They are friends, they train together, they

are going to be in lanes two and three in the final. Is that a

positive, having them next to each other. I think so. Because they are

used to racing each other back home, it's a safety. I used to like

racing next to the British girls because you knew how they would

race, they knew what each other was doing. There is definitely that

safety net there and they will push each other on, it will be great to

see. We have two very competitive women going next in the 50 metre

backstroke. Lauren and Georgia Davis. You had Jo Jackson there a

lot of the time. Is it helpful to have two in the final, with

Lauren's first major championships. Definitely, it helps so much.

Especially with me and Jo in the past, we were always such good

mates over everything and we would always support each other, first

people to go to each other and hug each other, and it is nice to have

someone in the call room as well. It can be an intimidating. Lauren

will be grateful Georgia is with her and show her the the ropes.

Have you sent her a message today? I have, yes. Best of luck to the

women. Really looking forward to this one.

Two British women in the final. It Quigley right at the top there. And

at the bottom Georgia Davis of Great Britain. A very good start it

is in lane two from the br stillian. -- Brazilian.

It's very tight down this first 25 It is a Chinese one, two.

Georgia Davis getting sixth and Lauren Quigley eighth. What a final

five metres that was. I was so sure the gold was going in the centre,

didn't get a good finish though. She didn't. It was interesting, I

couldn't tell who was going to get that in the end. Very, very good

you manage to turn around what was a disappointing 100 to a pretty

good 50? With the 50, it is a lot of fun, and there's no tactics or

planning really, you just get in and go as fast as you can from the

start. Because I was so disappointed I wanted to prove I am

on better form than what I showed in the 100. You did that, well done.

It is always a bit of a splash and dash, the 50 metres. How was the

call room and all that experience, I know this has been a big chance

for you to learn the ropes really. Yes, the call room was the same as

any other call room, everyone in there and everyone wants to do well.

You got to get in your own head and try and sort it out. I didn't go

quicker tonight but I can learn from that, I have the 200 tomorrow,

I will look to that. They will learn a lot from this

experience, especially Lauren, but let's say hats off to Georgia,

swimming her fastest time, equalling the Welsh record and

moving up a position as well. That is all you can ask for. She was

saying it was dispointing in the 100, but the more times you come

out and perform at this level, it is a bit addictive, you want to

race again and again. Of course, everyone wants to come here and do

best times. The girls did a great job this evening. They can go

better. Lauren has a bright, bright future. I would like to see her in

the gym more and get more powerful. They both can step up a level and

hopefully be standing on the podium for us. In the interviews we have

seen from Lauren, she seems to have become more relax indeed this

environment, like I belong here, the call room is the same as any

other, that is important to realise, it is a pool, I have to swim fast,

forget the arena. Definitely, it is one of the most important things,

but what is encouraging that Lauren has had a good week. It will be

interesting to see how she can transfer transfers the 50 into a

200. Georgia doesn't tend to do the 2 hub metres -- 200m. It will be

interesting to see what is suiting Lauren at the moment. She's had a

great week so far, so I am looking forward to seeing what she can do

tomorrow. We are moving on to the men's 200m backstroke semi-finals.

Craig McNally qualified second at the bottom. He must have slipped.

These starting pads are slippy. He's not even in the shot down the

first 50 down the right-hand side. Great Britain's Craig McNally has a

decent start, the white hat in the centre. In the heats he swam

going because he is at the wrong faster than his heats from this

morning. He does come back back fast on the second 100m. He is in

the centre with the white hat, he to try and get into third place

though. The rest of the field hanging on in

make the final from Craig McNally. drop in your time in 20 sprbgs 20 -

2013, what do you put it down to. have been working on getting my

short rate up and getting straight into my rate for the race at the

beginning of the race and also working on my underwater. You must

do a lot of work because your last 50 is very strong and we were

holding our breath on that one. I come back fast on the last 50 so

I nose I've got it, so I quite often give people a scare with it.

Sadly Chris Walker not waking it through to the final of the 200

metre backstroke, but Craig McNally does, he qualifies seventh fastest.

He will line up next to Hagino in that final tomorrow. Good work from

McNally. Very, very good. Another swim, he is going to be there

tomorrow night. A great experience. Another final final, and see what

he can do and work on it for next year. What a year. He's had the

kind of acceleration this year and has that again next year, he could

be a world beater. Without a doubt. He sticks to his own race, he is

not overwhelmed by this. He just sticks to his own race plan. He is

better at the last 50, that is what he is comfortable with. He races

his own race and that is what is good about him. He is going to be

fantastic at home Commonwealth Games next year. Now, it is the

women's 4 X 200m freestyle relace, it is pretty much USA against

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can think about the tactics and know who is behind and with her.

Americans. S they have Missy Franklin. Gold

Medal winner on the individual 200m shocking last 50m year, surely the

gold is going to the USA. Australia leading at the moment though.

China starting to come back with the the Bronze Medal position in

last 200m in this final of the relay, it is Australia first, 1.12

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ahead. She was a second behind, three lengths ago. Now she must be

three seconds ahead. My goodness me. USA one, Australia two, and it

looks like frns three, but China silver to Australia. Bronze to

France, that is a cracking bronze for the French. China in fourth.

Fifth is Spain. Team USA, their first two swimmers

did so well against some real high quality opposition. Katie Ledecky

on the 1500m freestyle, leading off in a 1.56.3 and Vreeland, really

good first two legs and those were the important ones.

Then after that, the rest of them just brought it home so well. Missy

Franklin, 1.54.2, her last leg. evening. An incredible relay win

for America. You were so excited to see Ledecky's name in the team.

What did you make ofier swim? glad they put her on the lead out

to see what time she could do. It was a brilliant swim from her.

She's got the 800 free tomorrow morning. We will see how she

recovers. The heats tomorrow.It will be interesting to see how she

recovers after tonight. That was her third Gold Medal of the meet.

Going for the fourth in the final on Saturday. But Missy Franklin has

picked up her fourth with that tonight. That was some swim. When

it came to The Last Leg, Australia had the second lead and she

destroyed them. Ledecky has got everything, she's got a lot of what

we call twitch in the business, a lot of speed up to the 1500, which

is 16 minutes of work. Franklin could go for five tomorrow but has

the matter of Cate Campbell against her in the 100m. We have great

excitement for Great Britain tomorrow. Are we hoping we might

get the first medal tomorrow, from the men in the 200 metre

breaststroke, or Craig McNally could push on in the backstroke.

think it will come from the breaststroke boys. Craig swam

fantastic, but this is his first championships, so he will be

wanting to get experience. It could be anyones, but the breaststroke

boys are rad for for ready for it. Will sis on form. They are going to

be next to each other, hopefully they will both get a medal. These

guys, every training session they do, they are side by side every

session and I think the beautiful thing about that is you are

training two of the best people in the world, pushing each other every

session. Be I would guess might be Andrew Willis's day tomorrow. One

of them or two of them on the podium would be fantastic. Can it

get more exciting in the women's 200 metre breaststroke. We had an

incredible second semi-final. It is turning into one of my favourite

races. Pedersen going in in that. We might see a British swimmer

inside this fabulous arena on the rostrum tomorrow. Hope they get a

good night sleep tonight and more fantastic swims tomorrow. Thank you