Day 6 Swimming: World Championships

Championships. If you were hoping for the Gulf, the weather has put

paid to any more sport today. Who better than to guide you through

with their expert analysis than the Sprint supremo Mark Foster and the

woman who held the record for the 800 metre freestyle until today,

Becky Adlington. There is a chance the record could go. This is a

gruelling event which if you could get wrong you will pay for in that

lap. Fran Howell Sol has qualified in third place. She goes in lane

three. Let's joined the commentators We have had to wait for six days.

There have been so many near misses. Unfortunately they do not count.

Look at that. They have missed on their costumes. We had 9000 in

tonight. This was the gymnastic stadium for the Olympic Games back

in 1992. There were 9000 in last night. They were cheering for the

Spanish team but massively for France. The French team is really

well supported. It is just over the border from Barcelona. Melanie

border from Barcelona. Melanie Henique qualified after the heat.

She was in 16th equal position. She's made it all the way through.

She had a fantastic time. What about Fran Halsall? This is a first final,

so she has only done two races this year, the 50 fly and the 50

freestyle, and hopefully the final tomorrow. She could get two medals,

and I have to say, she should get two medals. They are her speciality

sprint events and she looked fantastic in the heats. That is in

the British swimming team, those two guys, by the way! Anyway, Fran

looked quite nervous. I think she calmed down, so I am looking for

some nervous because she swam quicker. She said she snatched the

first two strokes and she won't be doing that here. House all, but also

Jeanette Ottesen Grey very fast. It's going to be mighty tight when

they all swim well. If they don't, I think Jeanette is going to take it.

It is about every little detail. Getting their reaction guns going,

and you can gain 0.2 seconds, reaction time, entry into water,

your strokes and the all-important finish. The first two strokes Fran

didn't get right. She said she will fix it. She said she snatched. The

defending champion in lane seven, near the outside, Inge Dekker of

Holland. And, here, Dana Vollmer. This might be a little bit short for

her. Listen to the raw. Melanie Henique of France. She has qualified

for the fastest for the final. Fran Halsall of Great Britain. She broke

the British record in the heats to qualify in the semis. She needs to

swim quickly to get a medal. And the Olympic champion on the 50 and a

hundred metres freestyle, she's big time, she knows how to deal with the

big races. She knows what to do. think she is a threat. Jeanette

Ottesen Grey was out to November, she took a long rest. She has taken

some time to get back. Ballmer took time off in the States, too. Some of

these ladies have had arrest since London. So I think that is where the

threat will come, in lane four. six tenths of a second between the

women after the semifinal of this women's 50-metre butterfly. One

length - butterfly. It took 25.8 seconds to get a medal in Shanghai.

Fran looks suitably focused. And relaxed. She has a smile on our

face. -- she has a smile on her great start in fourth the Jeanette

Ottesen Grey the Denmark. Lu of China going well. Ottesen Grey look

like she might get it. The silver has gone to Kromowidjojo. Goodness

me, Lu of China has got the bronze. Fran Halsall, 17th hundreds outside

the bronze medal position. What a great start from the Dane. Talking

about those details, this one has got the best reaction to the gun and

those first five metres. Fran only 100 saw the second often British

record, so close to her best time, she did well, but not well enough.

Here we go. Ottesen Grey, three orange suits and a black suit above

that is Ottesen Grey. Going in, Fran next to her. There we go. Great

start. She won it on the start. first 15 metres, she was flying.

Look at the finish. Arms around, hit the wall. That is how you win a

sprint for the World Championships. She is focused on both of these

events. Losing did very well as well. -- Lou did very well as well.

Denmark are on fire! Absolutely on fire. Pedersen winning in the 200

meter breaststroke. Lotte Friis as well. So, Jeanette Ottesen Grey of

Denmark winning gold, Lu of China the silver, Kromowidjojo the bronze.

Fran Halsall came fourth. If we're lucky, I we have Fran Halsall with

lucky, I we have Fran Halsall with Sharron. Just 100th slower than use

on the other day. A very tight race. It was. I just swam my own race. It

was a PB yesterday morning. I knew I was swimming fast and I was there or

thereabouts. You said not to snatch the first couple of strokes, do you

think you did that? I was a lot better today. But, you know, these

things happen. Fourth place, it's horrible, but the other girls were

better than me. You qualified second for the semifinal. 50 freestyle has

been my main one this year. I am looking forward to the final.

is part of the bigger plan to Rio. You will have Cate Campbell to take

on. She's great, isn't she?! It's good. Having those people doing

those kinds of times, it shows they can be done. As long as one person

does it, everyone else is capable of doing it. It is just setting the

standard, and you've got to try and get back with that. Did you want to

give yourself a bit of a rest? didn't have a coach till January so

that made the decision easier. I was doing bits and bobs before that. 50,

you don't need a massive background. It is about speed, power and the

start, and they have been getting better. So there is positives to

take from it. Good luck in the 53. Fran Halsall, fourth, which is the

most depressing, crushing position. We have had too many fourth here.

Jaz Carlin. You can see it on their face. She expected more. For this

horrible, but that was a great swim from Fran. I think she swam a great

race but she lost it on the start. The other girls had a great start,

she lost out. She will go back, analyse it, she will work on it, but

she has dropped the 100, has that had any effect? I don't think so.

She didn't have a coach until January, as she said. Her coach is

looking after sprinters and is used to looking after sprinters. She is

as good as she has got. She performed at the right time. What

she needs to work on, to me, she needs to get stronger, she needs

more strength. Does that mean the gym? Absolutely. Transfer that into

the water. It is there, it's not gone away. She will work for another

year, she will be back, better and stronger and faster. It is now over

50 free for the men's. The quickest guys in the water. Some of them are

over 30. I wonder if it is time for There was the Olympic champion, the

fastest qualifier. I continue the big guys are absolutely everywhere.

The record-holder is in sixth. Morozov is next to him. Any one of

these can win it. The fastest human beings in water. What on earth

happened to name five? No idea, but it looks like the Olympic champion,

it again. The time is relatively quick. 21.32. Morozov gets silver.

What a shock that is. We will look at the replay. Manaudou was left

behind. The Brazilian is very excited, screaming. He is not used

all his energy. The Brazilian, Russian and from the daddy and

trained at American universities. Very good. I can't wait to see the

replay. Three world titles in a row, that is his third world

champion -- or championship title. he did very well, Manaudou, very off

the pace, very surprised. I would imagine he would have preferred a

better position than that. I am surprised at Manaudou. Manaudou

didn't swim very well. That is a massive surprise. Not a surprise

that cello won it. Look at the guide. He must've been thinking all

sorts outside that last six inches or so. I think that's probably why

his reaction is as big as it is. Three World Championship titles in a

row. Love the Olympic Games to Manaudou, but Manaudou didn't swim

well. I was surprised, actually. The race really was down on this side of

the pool. Cielo very consistent and very unnerving with those clear

glasses! So, the world-record holder, three times world champion,

Cesar Cielo Filho, George Richard Bovril, the bronze, and the Olympic

champion, Florence Manaudou down in fifth. What does Mark Foster have to

He can do that right now. It wasn't so much the champion, Cielo not such

a surprise, but Manaudou and Adrien Evan, what was going on? If were

going back to 2003 World Championship final, I came in in

work -- lane one, and sometimes the guys on the outside, as we saw in

the previous races, sneaking the silver in the women's, oval and

Morozov, they had clear water on the outside and sometimes in the middle

you get into a dogfight. The tension, the pressure gets to you,

and sometimes you tried too hard in your first couple of strokes and you

start slipping water. Although you're not looking at the people on

the outside, you over revved and try too hard. Irvin doesn't know how to

start. Seven of that field actually train in America, the only one that

doesn't is Manaudou who's the Olympic champion who is coached by a

guy that trains in America. It shows you, in America they create

sprinters. So, sprinting is their superstar -- super sport? Week in,

week out they race, they train with the best guys in the world, and that

level of competition, every training session and every race pushes you to

a new level, which is why in Britain, Vicky took Jaz to another

level because she had to stick on Becky's feed. And Jaz is there or

thereabouts. She just needs to take the extra step. How about the ages?

I'm not getting you out of retirement, but there are four

swimmers over 30. It is an injury -- and injuring fascination, the older

you get, the quicker you get, so the spreads retain swimmers longer. --

the sprints retain swimmers longer. Distance events, the swimmers tend

to be younger. There is a certain mindset. When your head is in the

Waterford to or two and a half hours every morning and evening, you have

to switch off, your body have to take the punishment. The body and

the mind, one or the other, is going to give up. In athletics, it is the

more miles you put into your legs, the distances go up, but in swimming

terms, it goes down. The arms get more and more tired. We would love

to have more thoughts from you. Now, the backstroke. Missy Franklin going

for her fifth gold record which would be a record equalling the most

gold medals won at a Championships. gold medals won at a Championships.

She is outstanding. She the world-record holder, the defending

world champion, she has one for gold medals at these championships so

far. If anyone is going to get post her, it could be Belinda Hocking,

she got a silver in this event two years ago at the World Championships

in Shanghai. The two Americans in three and four. Elizabeth Pelton of

the USA fourth in the 100 metres backstroke. She is the collegiate

national champion. Big surprise, though, in lane five. No major

medals that any needs ever. Best time in the heats, best time in the

semifinals and looks very relaxed, but can anybody get near Missy

Franklin? She's pretty dangerous. She has had a very busy programme

already. She has 16 sessions in total. She will only have four rest

sessions. On this one, she has one race only. Is this a best event? She

is the world-record holder and I wonder if that might go here.

worth watching out for because you will certainly see clear water

between her and the rest of the field. The question is whether she

can be pushed through that world-record? She has really

struggled on the start here. That is not the best start. How black cat

right in the centre. Normally we see Missy Franklin comfortably ahead.

But it looks as if Missy Franklin is starting to wind it up already in

the centre. Her stroke rate is a lot stronger than the other women in the

field. Let's keep an eye on the first 50. Just about on world

record. It is her world record. Half a second ahead. Head team-mate Liz

Pelton, only 19 as well, with her. I think this one will be a good one.

She does not like the starting blocks here. She finds them a bit

slippy so I think she was a bit tentative. She is four tenths down

of the world record. Coldwell of Canada second. That is a surprise.

The other American swimmer has had a nightmare. Coldwell swimming very

well indeed. And Hocking, with the nice, still head. Really powerful

legs. No doubt about the winner in this backstroke championship, it

will be Missy Franklin again. At 18 years of age. She was champion in

2011 and she is champion again in 2013. World champion Missy Franklin

of the USA. The silver has gone to Hocking. The bronze to Caldwell.

experience of Hocking taking over. We will see both of those swimmers

in Glasgow at the Commonwealth Games next year. That is Caldwell, she had

a brilliant meet. The Canadian record every single time. Franklin,

we just knew there would always be clear water between Franklin and the

rest of the field. The starting blocks are very slippy. An

interesting start, head back on the start. Some people pull up that she

keeps head back. The blocks themselves, it is a wall, the timing

pads, they are plastic and in the water they can be quite slippy. She

is finding her feet on the wall slippy because they can slip down if

she puts pressure on. A lot of people around the pool are talking

about a world record but I think world champion works. It certainly

does! She won in Shanghai, she has won the 100 here. She has also won

five gold medals now. She is tied for the most successful woman in any

championship for five gold medals. She can become the most successful

woman in one world championship with six gold medals. That is with team

medals. The girl is 18 years old, she could win a sick tomorrow in the

medley relay, she is head and shoulders the star of these

championships will stop and I like the fact it is a girl as well.

have had felt in the past. Everyone wants to keep saying she is the

female version of Phelps. She is a great role model. She's always

smiling, always happy. She loves the sport. She has a real passion for

swimming. And she said she was excited that she would be swimming

this tonight because this is the favourite of all her gold medals.

Sharon said what are you going to do in the morning and she said she is

going to go to a well-known copy shop. But was a big treat for her to

go out for a coffee, chill out and come back in the evening. Trust me,

those small things make a huge difference in this is' world. This

morning was the first morning she has had off in the whole entire meat

so I'm sure she relished the Lion and the coffee. We did have the

pleasure of seeing the reaction of her coach. He was stood a metre away

from her. Mark said that is definitely had coach because no one

else would react like this. The guy was animated. I was not sure at

first if he was trying to scare us. He was same move. It was about how

animated he gets. In the water she will not hear him. But at the same

time, that is how involved he is and that is how evolved coaches get day

in day out and with the personality of the swimmer, that is how much it

means to him. She is going to university next year. It is a very

intense relationship. Very intense. What can coach do to affect us is

slimming everyday, every evening, what can they do to change things,

is it just being there? It is. They are the ones to motivate you. They

know how to handle it if you have a disappointment. They know how to get

you back into the shape you need to. Your coach is the first person you

see and chat to and go into depth about the race. They are so

important. I'll is used to look for Bill. I would know how I was going

if I saw how he was reacting. I am sure she wants to do similar as

well. Let's move on. It has been an extraordinary week for women's

breaststroke. Ruta Meilutyte wreck the 100 meter record and then Yuliya

Efimova wreck the 200 meter record. Then she broke the 50 metre world

record this morning. All three of those are in the semifinals. Rikke

Pedersen goes in the first. She is in lane seven. The fastest qualifier

morning was the qualifier on the 50 metre breaststroke. Could we see

Jessica Hardy get her world record back here? I think she is motivated,

that is the shore. She had the world records before this meeting. She saw

semifinal of the women's 50 metres stroke. Hardy is the former

record-holder in lane four. Rikke Pedersen, the new world record

holder is in lane seven. Breeja Larson had a sneaky tweaks there. I

think the starter will let it go. The two Americans are indeed middle

lanes there. At the moment it does look like it is Breeja Larson.

Larsson and Hardy are leading. It looks like Jessica Hardy is going to

win and she does. 29.90. She's 91 hundredths faster than she was in

world-record, she broke it on the halfway mark, on the way to the

hundred world-record. When she had the hundredth world-record, they

were broken in the same race. Hardy has finished strongly, she is a

threat to the medals. Breeja Larson, good reaction and good start, but

she faded. But finish for the Dutch swimmer, in sixth. It was not a

great start for Hardy. And that is what saved you! You're desperate!

Lets put a bet on the next one. She's just won the semifinals of the

50 metres breaststroke. Jessica Hardy winning that first semifinal,

12 one hundredths of a second outside the new world-record. Larson

is second, Pedersen is third, and is second, Pedersen is third, and

not that fast. Well, you think there's going to be

a new world-record in the second a new world-record in the second

semifinal and going to go to Ruta Meilutyte, but I'm going to call

Efimova. Either could do it. Ruta Meilutyte nearly brokered on the way

out to winning the 100 metres breaststroke. -- nearly broke it. I

actually think you are right. I heard this morning Efimova did not

wear her lucky pink hat and she still broke the record, so when she

sticks her hat on, same colour as your shorts, she will break it.

Efimova, the new world-record holder, she is the fastest qualifier

in name four are right next to the hundred metres champion, Ruta

Meilutyte of Plymouth and Lithuania. Samantha Murray shall, the slowest

qualifier for this semifinal. Silver medallist in the 100 metres

breaststroke. Rebecca Ada Vic goes in one. Listen to this crowd. The

Spanish swimmer, they are going nuts for her. It is great to see that.

Great for this young lady as well, Fiona Doyle, the 21-year-old from

Ireland, training in Canada. She can make the final. She really can.

30.09 she qualified in. She has a cracking chance. Petric shock of of

the Czech Republic -- Petra shock over. It is going to take 30.6 to

make the final. It was written -- was one of the most amazing races

I've seen at these championships. But then for her to get up again the

next morning and do that world-record, she says she didn't

get much sleep, and she didn't even do a warm up but she was tactically

excellent. She didn't do a warm up?! She only had two hours sleep,

she just got the gold medal, and she didn't do a warm up. And there is

at Ruta Meilutyte. If she can keep this going, this could be it. The

world-record is currently held by Efimova. She's in lane four. Efimova

is coming back but Ruta Meilutyte looks very good. She's going to get

the touch as well. 29.48! She has absolutely destroyed the

world-record! Three tenths of a second and 50 metres! A new

world-record. She is now the world-record holder in the hundred

metres and the 50 metres! That was outstanding! She got a great

reaction to the gunmen, great start. You can tell from the start. She

could have won this by the first ten metres. Very strong start, and what

she is good at, when she puts the speed onto the stroke, she speeds up

her strokes, she still holds the water which is a real trick to that

on the 50 and 100, not to slip the water. You've got to use your

power, make the water move. So, Efimova had the world-record for

eight hours! That was blistering. That was a fantastic display. That

was stunning. Right from the start. On the 50, you can make no

mistakes. We've got to have an explosive dive off the block 's.

Then the streamline underwater and the surface and keep the momentum.

She is excellent at that. Right now, she is in a league on her own.

Efimova is brilliant at 200. And the 100. The crowd really acknowledging

the swimmer of the meat from me. Two gold medals. She hasn't got the gold

one for this one, sorry! If she does that time in the final, nobody is

going to get near her. If she makes a couple of mistakes in the final,

then she's got a chance -- then she gives a chance to the others. What a

great start. Then this explosion into the first stroke. To keep that

momentum going. She didn't snatch at all. She didn't slip the water.

a real dominating performance by rooted melody take -- by Ruta

Meilutyte. Oh, it was brilliant. Goodness me, what a time. That is

extraordinary. She's coming to the finish, and she has spotted

beautifully, perfectly. So did you via Efimova. It looks like only

three of the women getting under 30 seconds. The three who have

previously done that, the best swimmers here will go through. We

should tell you that Fiona Doyle ended up with a 31.52. Overall, she

is 14th. She will not be progressing to the final. She's missing out on

the final by nine tenths. So, a new world record, Ruta Meilutyte winning

the second semifinal, and who would the second semifinal, and who would

bet on her doing another one in the Maybe shall focus on getting the

gold because that is what happened before. She got the world-record in

the 100 and got the gold without the world-record and she seems to be

basing this whole championship perfectly. Yes, and I thought, wow.

Her start is so brilliant. She is ahead just from that. .3, that is a

lot over 50 to break the world-record and nobody is going to

touch her. Efimova's reaction was beautiful. Obviously, she has had a

few hours to enjoy her world-record, and she graciously lent over, and

the smile on her face just said I am swimming in a great area. Those two

together and Pedersen, those three swimmers, the fastest three ever on

breaststroke. The 50, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke record is going

here. Efimova going from but two to the 50 would be a shocker. To cover

all those distances at that speed. Ruta has more fast twitch fibres.

Everything was just right. The thing is, tonight is the night for the

world-record because in the final, it is about winning the race and

getting the medal. The semifinals are grateful world-record. I think

the final will be about medals. her coach said when she first came

to him as a 12-year-old, she said, I'm a freestyle. He said, let's see

your breaststroke. She still believes she can swim freestyle,

which is frightening! She definitely can. I've witnessed it myself. She

is very good at freestyle, but the breaststroke seems so natural, it

doesn't seem forced. You look at her, and you think, how why you

doing that? She's almost swimming down. Her technique, everything just

comes together. She's got the whole package. And a fierce competitor.

For that angelic face, very quiet, almost shy in her interviews.

one of those things. We have a cool room downstairs were all the

swimmers go. Everyone prepares in different ways. That is your last

chance to get at other people if you want to get it to them. You cannot,

and when you stand the block she has as nice as pie downstairs, and then

when she comes up here, that competitive instinct comes over.

She's got that. She is a natural athlete. Whatever she has taught her

body to do, she has been amazing. She's the world's best at

breaststroke. I asked whether there was history of swimming in the

family, but her dad just recognised she had thus -- she had a talent for

swimming. So her family have made a sacrifice, across the continent, to

get her to swim somewhere better. She has paid them back with

dedication and sacrifices. I know you find in sport in general that

you can get people that can do once bought, and they are uncoordinated

to do other sports. Swimmers walk with duck feet and they wouldn't be

good at other sports. You find people that are very athletic, too,

and they would have been good at anything. With my height, I could

have been good at rowing, but I would have been a rubbish gymnast.

But if you spend your body enough time -- if you give your body enough

time to teach at something, that is what she has done, she has become

great. Putting her in the water, her instincts have taken it a step

further. We can hear from Temple -- from Ruta now.

Congratulations about another world record. How do you feel about at?

is the best feeling in the world. It is amazing. Breaststroke is one of

those strokes that works when you're relaxed. Is it easier to do in the

semifinal? Maybe because it is not the last point. If you lose, there

is still qualifying. Being relaxed in the final is still as important

and, maybe, that's why some people don't get as relaxed in the final,

don't swim as fast. I don't swim as fast in the final, but it is

natural. I do getting used to the circus around you? It is still a bit

weird, but I am having so much fun. Seeing all my friends and having fun

with the team. We saw a lovely picture of you with the clock can

you record, you worked so hard for it. This year has been very tough. I

have had some ups and downs. But I am really, really relieved. I've

still got one more 50 to go and I am enjoying the experience. I am going

to have something to remember when I am older. Finally, what is the

secret to your start? You must have springs in your legs! Maybe.Do you

do some special training? really. Good luck for the final.

I think perhaps it is just a natural. She is naturally springy.

Three became four, you'll notice. But the class is here, friend of the

BBC. -- hurt Le Clos. Sorry about the voice. I've been screaming.

You're screaming for the 200 now. Yes, that was the semifinal, it

takes me a couple of days to recover. How do you feel moments

before the race? I feel like jumping off a building, I am so nervous. But

you can't do anything. As a supporter, you can't do anything to

change what is going to happen, but that is logic and that doesn't

happen when you are the dad of a world champion. I am a dad of a

child, all my children are champions. I've said it many times.

You don't have to have a medal to be a champion. Some kids get a gift,

though. Do you have brothers and sisters? Do they swim? Not any more.

But her parents love them just the same. That's my point. How has life

been? Unbelievable! What happened in London will never happen again. It

was like a fairy tale. How involved do you get in your son's life?

his punchbag. You've got to have someone to go to. I've said it many

times, we can rant and rave, but you need someone to vent off with. It's

not easy. Training at 4am, the coach shouting and screaming at you.

us, what will you be like when we watch this race? Do we have to hang

onto our hats? I have to calm down. I can't go very berserk, I've had an

operation. OK, let's hand you over operation. OK, let's hand you over

metres butterfly. Your breaststroke predictions went slightly wrong! You

are the only British finalist, the only British medallist in this event

in 1986 in Madrid. Yes, in Spain. How many years ago was that? Three

the world University games which a lot of the Russians did. Ryan Lochte

is in lane four. I think he will this is probably when the first real

adrenaline will kick in big time. There is your son, dairies Chad. --

big surprise for May that Ryan Lochte of the USA was the fastest

qualifier for the 100 meter butterfly. You cannot see Ryan

Lochte is issuing or Chad. They will be challenged by the Poland --

Polish and Russian swimmers. Ryan Lochte might hang back a little bit,

I am not sure. Top tip for Chad from his coach and his dad is stopped

looking around. Michael Phelps has dominated this event. Now he has

retired it is wide open. The final Lochte will have a lot of work to

do. Chad is coming back in five. It looks as if he will be well placed

with ten metres to go. This will be mighty close. It looks as if Chad

has got it. He is the world champion. Check out who has got

silver. Cseh he has beaten Chad Le Klos. Ryan Lochte dropping down into

sixth. Very good pace by Chad Le Klos. He checked out where deep blow

was. A lifetime best by four tenths of a second. This is the time to do

it. We cannot see what happened in the studio but I hoped they had a

camera on it to see what Bert did. Flipping heck! Good thing they did

not have a camera on us. His last 15 metres is absolutely blistering. He

sticks his head down and he just goes for it. He is also technically

excellent on the finish. Watching in the centre, in the white hat. He has

won it by a long way as well. a good finish. Timed it well,

concentrated. He is there in the middle. It was hit and miss for the

rest of the medals. Diebler did all the work but it did not pay off for

him. It was there for the taking. Once Michael Phelps had gone, it

here. I am going to cry again!You can cry, it is all right. We are

watching you back now and your reaction. You said something which

should Andrew and Adrian said in the commentary box, don't look round.

Why is he looking round? He is looking for me! The coach said he

has got racing control. He just stays in front. If the other guys

had gone a bit faster, he would have gone a bit faster. And happy

birthday, Ryan. We are having a party later, you are welcome.

felt connected with it but at the same time, when he turned and he was

only that far behind coming down the second length, I was in doubt. Not

the looking around bit. It does not make it any easier for you. You can

tell me what you like. Is something happening, you know? It is a

different feeling. Every parent goes for that. Look at that! He is just

about to speak to Sharron. Let's go down to Sharron. And pass on huge

congratulations from his dad there. I absolutely will do. Well done,

Chad. You have got your dad there. Grab those and you can have a word

with him. How are you feeling? Great, it is also. Say hello to him.

Can you hear me, dad? Where are you? Can you hear him? I think he is

crying. I love you, dad. I was nervous but I felt good. You had a

fantastic finish. When you get to the second half of the final leg, do

you know that is in the tank? always trained like that. I ways

make sure I am fit enough. My hard work has paid off, I am happy.

know you as a 200 metre butterfly swimmer and now you can do the 100

as well. I just want to make a statement. A lot of people said the

200 was not so good because the time but I have shown I am on form and I

just wanted to show everybody. important is it that you have got

your family here? He says you are looking for him. It is nice

exercise. It is super important. To have my parents here and my brothers

and sister are watching back home. It is great. What is next for you

smacked you get some time off after this? I have the World Cup next week

and then I will come back for a week and a half and just enjoy surfing a

bit and waking up late. Whether someone who lives in a beautiful

place like South Africa go on holiday? We will probably go to the

south coast which is about to ours from my house and party. And the

sharks. Yes, be careful about the sharks. We do not want any legs

missing. It is wonderful to see that. Very emotional. I always cry.

We cry at the replays. We are pathetic. No, no! I do not know what

it is. He is so grounded, so lovely and he is an Olympic and double

world champion, had you had to give him a chat and say, keep your feet

on the ground will stop he gives me a chat to keep my feet on the

ground. You think I am joking! He says dad, please, don't be so

arrogant! I am telling you. Come on, dad! He wants to take the young

generation and I promise you, you can watch him at any event anywhere,

the kids come up to him and he has time for them, always. He wants to

take the sport to another level. He wants to emulate people like

Mohammed Ali. I lost a few tears. Everything makes me cry. If my

father was alive now, he would be crying. Tell us in South Africa, how

big has he come as a personality? wins every competition they enter

him into. If the youth in South Africa, I'm being honest, if the

youth of South Africa have to vote and the poor people, I promise you,

they would vote him. They stop begging. They say go, my golden

boy. I promise you. We came from the airport. They do horrible things,

street children. And they say that is the golden boy. He has been huge

for South Africa in the last 12 months. That is my son. Sometimes I

will knock his head off but he is a beautiful boy. I swear to God. You

know him, Becky. He is lovely. comes through. He is a talented boy

as well. He did not swim as fast as he said in his first race in the 200

but tonight, he looked sharp. think the thing is you saw him go

not from zero to hero, but his hero was Michael Phelps and I do not know

whether he truly, truly believed, that was Michael Phelps out of all

his events, that was the one. I do not know if he truly believed until

you touched the wall that he had beaten his hero. Michael Phelps of

their own outright is there for other people. You can leave his

print on other people like the kids in South Africa. You guys train, I

do not know, he did 51 today. He does the break. We knew he would win

the 200, I swear to you. But when we got here, I prayed to all kinds of

gods that I did not know existed, and the bronze in the relay, I will

be happy. But you say it is the touch, the time is there. It was the

third fastest time without the suit. So has he got it for the next three

years? Can he sustain this level of training? I will tell you a secret.

I will say to all the English people here, you ain't seen nothing yet! Be

careful all of you! He was for five months and Ryan Lochte was off for

five months. You ain't seen nothing yet. He has his own make-up artist

now. We love South Africans in Britain. Half our cricket team are

South African. If you want another team, we will take him! Thank you

very much! Lovely to see you. And happy ending to that story. I do not

want to know what happens when he comes second. I go down and I look

at him and I say, Chad, you did your best. There is nothing else you

could do. When he did not kick a ball at age seven in eight soccer

game, I would scream and shout like a mad thing. At the end of the game

he would get a lollipop and he was man of the match. You treat the twin

imposters the same. In matter of fact I treat him better when he

loses. He knows! Great to have you. You need to cool down somewhere it

is hot up here. Let's get back to the commentary. It is the women's 50

What a first semifinal. Frank is fastest qualifier. The fastest

qualifier for the whole of the semifinals goes in the second

semifinal, take out. Very, very close indeed. The Canadian, they've

been doing very well. Fran Halsall has an interesting challenge. She's

been fourth, she was fourth in the last World Championships. This is

her best event. It is useful she's got this straightaway. There are

three women in this race who did the butterfly earlier. Come on, friend.

Kromowidjojo got the bronze. House or has something to prove. This

lady, C, she won the hundred fly here, interesting tactic. She

withdrew from the 50s. Fran Halsall goes on lane four. This will be very

therapeutic for her. Fourth in the 55. Now she's got to step up and

Britain, but Kromowidjojo closer to us. Fran Halsall has got a decent

start but Kromowidjojo has got a very good start. Jeanette Ottesen

Grey, she just won the 50 metres butterfly and she's doing very well.

Kromowidjojo, looks like she will win this semifinal. Houseless third.

-- Fran Halsall is third. That should be OK for Fran Halsall. That

should be comfortably through. know it is the fastest eight times

on position, the first five swimmers in this semifinal swam under 25. It

is a nice warm up. To make of the medallists beating Fran out there. I

thought that was strong. Kromowidjojo went up very quickly.

She comes up, she was two or three feet ahead of the rest of the field.

Fran wasn't as far back as in the 50 metres fly. Fran is in the 50 cap.

Brings the arm round as well as over. She had a good middle race.

Maybe just at the end tailing off. Just run getting in there as well.

-- Sarah Sjostrom getting in there as well. The Olympic champion wins

class of the field on the 100 metres freestyle is on lane four. The

fastest qualifier from the heats, she was comfortably the qualifiers.

And she has got her sister next to her! The Campbell sisters in the

middle. Cate Campbell, 21, Bronte Campbell 19. In London, she beat

Cate Campbell. The younger sister was 10th, the older sister was 14th.

I don't know she's going to do it here. 100 freestyle was stunning.

The Finn won the World Championship 's ten years ago. Urbanczyk of

Poland in seventh. Natalie Cobbler, a prolific medal winner on the world

stage. -- Natalie Coughlin. She has seven goals, seven silvers and five

bronze medals. This 16-year-old American, we don't see real

youngsters in this power events. 16 years of age. 24.9 to qualify for

this semifinal is what she swam. Dorothea Brandt from Germany. No

major medals yet, fourth in the Europeans is the best she has done.

And then the two Max 's tours, coming to the boil championships --

coming to the World Championships, and you end up next to your sister.

Cate Campbell is the older one by two years. They've been sitting with

each other in the cool room. Often you see the camera on that room as

they wait the half-hour before the race. I imagine they would talk to

each other. Wouldn't you? No!There would be a point before the race to

get your game face on, but I am pretty sure it is more supportive to

the 100 metres freestyle, superb. She won it with a time of 52.3. Just

outside the world record. This is won in 24.3. This one I expect will

be faster. In lane seven, the poll has started very quickly. Urbanczyk

of Poland. Cate Campbell, I wonder if she can get under 24 seconds.

This is a very good swim. Look at that. The Campbell sisters, one and

two. What a great reaction. Hey, sis, one and two! Fabulous. I'll

tell you what, very different starts. Cate Campbell is a good half

a second, I would say, ahead of her sister. Bronte bringing that race

back to get the second place. To me, no doubt who is the clear favourite

for the fight -- for the final. Eight Campbell, brilliant of the

block. Coughlin did well, too. She is at the end of her career, towards

30, she is struggling to stay with these youngsters, unfortunately.

think it is brilliant to have your sister in the second lane. That was

a very good time indeed from Cate Campbell. Sister will be in fifth.

-- Bronte, her sister, will be in puts them in one and two. Cate

Campbell, she wins by quite a way. She can go faster. A second 25

the results of the second semifinal of the 50 metres. The 16 and --

16-year-old American has also made the final. So, Cate Campbell is

fastest, Fran Halsall qualifying in before she knew she qualified for

the final in the middle of the two semifinals. Nice to get that fourth

out of your head and concentrate on the 50. Yes, yes. Just getting down

to the business. Hopefully getting through to the final. I am sure that

you will. You came to put yourself in that position. Had he been

working on your start? Yes, it's been getting better as the week goes

by. I know I am one of the fastest in the pool, so the close can be in

the 50, the better. I am doing a lot of work on it. I am a bit stronger,

heavier, a bit more powerful. have a strategy when you go into

that Paul? What you think about? much! How do you think about your

breathing? I breed at 25 and then once more. But then I do it so many

times before, I don't think about it. I get myself psyched and ready

to go. Good luck tomorrow.Fingers crossed! And toes!

It is a tough ask but most of the field had to do it to come off that

final and 20 metres days ago into the semifinals, Fran did what she

had to do, fourth fastest. That is what it was about. She was bothered

about getting through to the final most. She will have planned it that

way and she will have wanted to get a good lane, so that is what it is

about. And we have an outstanding favourite in Cate Campbell, but we

have a special pair of sisters, the Campbell sisters. It is interesting,

Cate Campbell is the older of the two, and I think that shows the

experience of the two of them, but it also says, when I talked earlier

about doing weights and the extra power, the only difference was the

start. At 15, Cate Campbell got ahead and she stayed ahead.

talked about having somebody you train closely with, but when you are

related to them and you live in the same house, that is also a good

motivation. You know how early they are getting up in the morning and

how much training they are doing. think any of us, if your siblings

swam, you'd want them to do well. It must be an interesting dynamic. You

take your training home, to the pool together. We've got the same

dynamics. I do know how it works between the two of them, but I guess

you don't want to be the brother or sister that loses out. Unless it is

because you are a couple of years behind and so you can learn from

your sister. Cate Campbell will not want to let her baby system beat

her, trust me! My sister used to hate it if I'd beat her when we were

teenagers, and she still claims she can beat me to this day! Well, that

was the women's semifinal for the 50 free. Cesar cello won the men's, and

he spoke to us earlier. The title for you, were you

pleased? I was surprised and pleased. Why were you surprised?You

cannot see the rest of the key when you're swimming. So I didn't know it

was faster than lane four and three, so it is amazing. It was a great

feeling. I couldn't be happier. there a lot of expectation on new?

There's a lot of middle history behind you and every one is getting

excited about Rio, coming up very quickly. I am going to keep training

as hard as I can. And I may lose and win sometimes, but I want people to

keep in mind I am going to give a every time. This time, I had some

luck. The Brazilians are bringing out new sprinters all the time.

that something that is very deliberate because you want to get

champions in the pool and across the whole of the Olympic team? We're

lacking in sprinters. The long-distance girls are very good.

Back in 96, when we had Gestapo, Fernando, when they had medals,

everything started. I started because of them and hopefully some

kids are going to start because of me. I am sure they will. Well done.

That's what they call the gutsy. In three years time, he will be one of

the poster boys in Rio, if he carries on the way he is. One of

those that goes in with expectation and pressure on his shoulders. So it

is going to be a long haul in. Definitely, but he handles the

pressure. That assist third world title. I think he will yield into

the three years. He will be relaxed. He will keep himself to

himself. He trains in Latin America. He can handle it. He has had great

role models, two guys that I swam against. They were huge in Brazil.

He knows those guys, he has hung around them. He won the Olympics in

2008 so he has achieved more than they have achieved. In Brazil he is

massive. It will not change his mind set heading into the games. He loves

it, he thrives on it. The emotion that we see from him, it is

phenomenal. He lets it go in the pool and it is great to see. You see

it with the Brazilians. They look up to God, as it were, it is a passion.

It is a religion in itself. You see it with the football teams. It means

so much to them. We do not have an event like that in the UK. I have

seen it with others like Sun Yan. They train for so long. It is nice

to see that they care. I would be more worried if they did not show

emotion. I would think, do they not want it? I think it is nice to see

that a motion and it gives them a personality as well. We are bit more

reserved. I couldn't stop crying. You were very emotional in London.

It is probably your generation that is allowing themselves that. It is

part of the build-up to performance, the training and it is

letting that all out at the right time. When things go well, that must

be the best feeling in the world, that you can cry on the podium.

is the fastest human being through water on the planet. It is like

Usain Bolt on the track. He is the Usain Bolt of water. You see it at

different sports and with different people, how much passion people do

have. In Britain we are little bit more reserved. I do not know why we

are the way we are. Culturally, it is the Brazilians are more

expressive. They are more expressive race. They are driven. We are bit

more cynical, aren't we? Which is a shame. More passionate presenting

coming from this box in the next 45 minutes, that is the aim. Let's see

who has the passion for the 50 metre semifinals. Liam Tancock has not

qualified for this. I will hand you the semifinal. You do not often see

that. The 20 rod Dutchman goes in lane three. -- 22-year-old

Dutchman. This semifinal is by far the slowest of the two semifinals.

The fastest will be in the second semi and then they will go back. For

some reason it looks as if the fastest swimmers are in the other

semi. This man is being lifted by the crowd. He has a Dutch background

and moved here when he was eight. Now he has moved to Denmark. The

crowd are getting behind him. I think they have got to get under 25.

If they can make it under 25 seconds they should be in the final.

massive ovation for the Spaniard in race, the world record-holder for

great written. I think this is wide extraordinary, an Israeli in the

final. We do not see that very often. The speed and the turn of his

stroke was extraordinary. I am really pleased that he has won this

race. I could not tell what was happening, it was water, water,

water, arms and windmills. And then you see this guy and he wins it. How

did you see that? You are very good. I thought it was a genius swim. It

was a decent start, got to 25, built it up. There is Barnea. Wang.

generation. We have a motion, me and Andrew. He cries a lot. A brilliant

swim by Di Barnea of Israel. Greece making the final as well. There are

the women. There is lot a freeze in the red tracksuit and Dickie --

Katie Ledecky sitting down with her goggles. Here is the big second

their sprinters out. He is 28 years of age. A lot of guys are keeping

going. That is Ashley Delaney of for me are starting now. A huge roar

from the crowd. 9000 people really going nuts here. He tied for the

gold medal in Shanghai two years ago on the 100 metres backstroke with

his team-mate who is in the next lane. Plummer did well in the

individual. Plummer missed out on the 2012 team. One of the fastest

28 years of age. We have had some tweets saying, I am 30, I am not

over the hill. Quite right. It has world champion. The two Frenchman

tied for gold on the 100 meter of China is going well in lane two.

The two Frenchmen, they get it, one The French guys did a fantastic 50

backstroke there. Plummer ruled himself out from the wall. We are

going to have to talk about this. There are too many backstroke 's

including the great Missy Franklin who are slipping off the wall. I

know there was a meeting about a week before the championship started

and they said for the backstroke swimmer is they would put a plastic

ledge which hangs over the pad so the backstroke swimmers can use it.

Plummer should not have slipped. He came eighth. Look at him in the

centre. That is the worst feeling in the world. Exploding on the start

and his foot disappears. Why you have shiny start pads, what on earth

are you doing with that? They normally have some great stuff they

can spray on like sandpaper. You can also get surfboard whacks you can

put on their -- wax. Shall we think about other materials we can put on?

I think it was sub 25 he was going to make it in. He has not show much

promise since 2011. I think he has been out there in joining himself a

Tancock there. Where is your money? My money is on one of the French

boys. I think Lacourt. Interesting about people dropping off the start.

What is the difference with the equipment here? They may be shinier

or slippy but it can be that slippy because it is not happening too many

people. If it happened to everybody there would be a problem. Is it like

court two at Wimbledon with some people falling? These guys have been

here competing for eight days, they have probably been here all week

beforehand, they must have been in this pool a number of times and

practised the starts. What they try to do with a backstroke star now is

put their feet almost above the water and do a back drive so is

there an awful lot of pressure that goes through the feet on the blocks.

That must be quicker than just trying to skim the water. They

seemed to lose a lot of time going up to come down. But the way they

come down is like diving off the block. They get the motion into the

water. They do not go slapped onto their back. Katie Ledecky is

swimming next. If you did not already know this, Becky's demeanour

may have changed. For the whole of the semifinals she said, I am so

nervous, it is as if I am going to swim. Are you nervous that your

world record could go? Are you nervous that she will go for gold?

What is the nerves about? I do not know. The 800 is the race I have

raced for so many years. Of course, it will be a bit weird that here and

not in the pool. It is the world record which I have had for five

years. I'm interested to see how far she can push that world record. I am

so excited! You do not have to stay here. You can go to the commentary

box. Katie Ledecky is going for her fourth gold of the championships. In

nine minutes time or so we may start referring to Rebecca Adlington as

the former world record-holder of stuff. The 16-year-old, the Olympic

champion, she is going to destroy the record. A new world-record

holder! This is Katie Ledecky of the USA! Goodness me, what a superb race

the second fastest qualifier for the final in his 800 metres freestyle,

representing New Zealand. She has got a bronze on the four and 15.

But, there is Katie Ledecky. She is absolutely on fire. Gold on the 400,

only the second woman in history to go under four-minute, a massive

milestone. A huge world-record on the 1500 free. It is how much,

funny, can get under Becky's record. We are already giving it to her,

which is very generous! We have to be a bit calmer on that. We are

waiting for her. This is a strong opportunity for Ledecky to do this

world-record. We've talked to Becky before this, about this record, and

I think that if they swim for point 12, but we are thinking, maybe she

can do under four .10. We haven't mentioned Lotte Friis in lane three.

She was the world champion in Rome freestyle, and Lotte Friis our

three. Katie Ledecky of the USA goes in four. It is those two which took

the field apart in the 1500 metres. I thought Katie Ledecky used Lotte

Friis. Will that happen here? Ledecky probably needs to do her own

race if she wants the world-record. It's a question whether the person

wants the medal or the world-record. Actually, I think for

Ledecky, if she wants the, she can use Friis. Her own race means that

she can do the world-record. Although she won the 1500 in an

amazing world-record, we saw her lead-off the American relay on a

four x 221.56. She has got speed. She's gone out very well. She's

under the world-record. So, Katie Ledecky is going out but Lotte Friis

is not letting her go. The white hat and orange suit of Denmark, looking

very good indeed. This is a 16 length arrays. At the third term,

Lotte Friis is leading. Lauren Boyle is third. Interesting race so far.

How do you think it is going, Becky? I am just scared! I don't

know what is going to happen but it is very similar to the 1500. It is

going to be a fight between them. Lauren Boyle is going with them.

is she is third at the moment. This is exactly what happened in the 1500

metres freestyle. Is this the right tactic for Lotte Friis? It's the

only way you can race it. She can see how on it Katie is. She knows

she is going to come second probably. It is not definite, but

probably. She has to go out for it. She is trying right now. It is a

great swim for Lotte Friis, but Ledecky is playing the same ruthless

tactics as she did before. She is capable of faster than this, I

think. With 300 metres to go, your split was three point 3.58, what do

you think? I think these girls have got a much tighter race. When I did

it, I did it on my own. They will use each other. It looks like Katie

is using Lochte frieze like she did -- Lotte Friis like she did. Lauren

Boyle is being pulled along as well. We are writing her off, which is

wrong. It is wrong. She has had a fantastic week. I think it is good

she is going with them. I think it is the only way to race it. If you

get too far behind, it becomes a mental thing as well. Well, Lotte

Friis is trying to break Ledecky. She has really worked that last 50.

It is starting to be quite a big difference. She's now got almost

clear water. It is actually shocking me how much Katie is letting her go,

she probably isn't, she is probably fighting her, but it was a lot

tighter on the 1500. It will be interesting at this 400 mark to see

what is happening. I am with you. I think Ledecky is still waiting back.

It looks like Lotte Friis has gone for it, has she got enough of the

lead? It is the halfway turn. Lotte Friis of Denmark, a bit of a

surprise, she is leading USA's Katie Ledecky by almost a body length.

Ledecky now starting to come back. She is trying to come back but it

doesn't look like she's reacting pretty well. We saw that in the 1500

when I thought she was going to make a break, and she didn't. It will be

interesting. There is still 400 metres left. Lotte Friis, she has

broken Katie. I'm hoping Katie will start pick it up and give her more

of arrays. I don't know. I think Ledecky still has something. Her

repetition is a lot quicker than Ledecky. The stroke rate is a lot

difference. I'll tell you what, they are one 100th of a second over your

world-record pace. They were under it before. I wonder whether this may

well be a couple more years of your world-record staying safe!

knows! Katie is doing the same thing as she did in the 1500. She has got

Lotte Friis down one lane, so she can pics it up -- so she can pick it

up when she can see Lotte Friis. She is using that. She's closing the

gap, she is under second behind. I think Ledecky will catch her. I'm

not an expert on distance. Me, too. She has that extra level of speed.

We saw it in the relay. Her split was unbelievable. We know she's got

the speed and she is picking it up now. This is looking ominous for

Lotte Friis of Denmark. That last 50 metres, very strong indeed the Katie

Ledecky of the USA. With four lengths to go, the lead now is only

30 51 hundredths of a second. The black hat of the USA, Katie

Ledecky, is starting to overhaul Lotte Friis. The real surprise is

how quickly she has done it. For a 16-year-old, she has been pretty

ruthless. She has known how to pace it. Lotte Friis is such a battler,

she will not give up. But I don't think she has enough left in the

tank. She is now just zero point 02 of the world-record. -- 0.02.

at her, she's picked her speed up, overtaken Lotte Friis. This is her

element. So much speed. Hopefully... Hopefully she will take

it up even more. She's looking very good. Ledecky over first, just

inside world-record pace. Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington came

back so fast. So, Katie Ledecky first, Lotte Friis second, it is too

late now, I think. The gold medal will go to Katie Ledecky of the USA,

can she win the three? The eight? The crowd are standing on their

feet. This is great to see. Ledecky right on world-record split. It

looks like it is going to go. It does. I thought she would go 8.12.

Be interested to see how fast she can bring that down. She was the

gold medallist on the 400 metres freestyle. Look at the

world-record, it is going to be tight. Oh, it is just gone! A new

world record to win the gold medal in the women's 800 metres

freestyle, and Katie Ledecky of the USA breaks Rebecca Adlington's

world-record. A brilliant swim from her. The gold goes to Ledecky, the

Silver has gone to Lotte Friis of Denmark, and the bronze to Lauren

Boyle. What a swim that was. She paced it perfectly. Well, it was

closer than I thought it was going to be. Me, too. I honestly thought

she was going to go faster. It shows that the 1500 metres tired her out.

I think she can go faster. It'll be interesting in the next few years.

Thank you for with us. Well, that must be interesting to sit and watch

or record get broken. Great reaction from Becky, fantastic. I thought it

would go more than that. However, it was just clinical, wasn't it?

Clinical! Slightly disappointing because if you're going to have a

world-record over that distance, eight minutes, 14 seconds, breaking

it by a tiny bit, that's not great. As it was, she has just chiselled

it. Doesn't it show how hard it was and what a great world-record it

was? This was two Olympics ago. It was one of the most emotional

commentaries I've ever done. Commentating through the 800 when

she was so far ahead. It was absolutely outstanding. It shows

that even somebody like Ledecky, who was on her game right now, can only

take a little bit of it. But she will improve. There is only one way

for this girl, and that is quicker. What a start as well. Katie

Ledecky, she is only 16 years of age. She has done something that

hasn't been done for ten years at the World Championships. She has won

the gold in the 400 and 800 and the 1500, the clean sweep of the

distance events. This was last done in Barcelona in 2003 by Hannah

stocked bar of Germany. You've got to do heats and finals of 400 and

800 and 1500. Three tenths of a second, in the end. Well, quite

brilliant. The fastest woman distance swimmer in history. She is

tired. Look at that. A big puff out there. I think Ledecky out of

breath, out of energy, she's given everything this week. Nice touch.

And you've got to feel sorry for Lotte Friis. She withdrew from the

400 metres freestyle to be fresh for the 800 metres and 1500, but she has

come up against somebody who is utterly extraordinary. A new world

record for Katie Ledecky to win the women's 800 metres freestyle. The

world-record is now 8.13.86. If it comes to world records, she

has just cracked a new one. I'll let you catch a breath back! I know you

were emotional going into it and nervous. How do you feel now that it

has gone? A mixture. I am obviously sad, I love being on the programme.

It was nice to see my name on the programme. But it is brilliant for

the sport. I love to see the next Generation and see it move on, and I

thought she was going to do quicker. It'll be interesting to see how far

she can push it. She has had a big programme this week. It is a second

vault record, and I am honoured to be able to have raced her. Bearing

Becky's modesty blushers, this girl has got to world-record but she

could only shake the bit of a record that was a gold medal winning

performance in the Olympics which she had to swim on her own. She was

so far ahead. It was an amazing swim. She was doing a time trial, '

is. Was she just thinking, I will save it to the end? I don't know. We

thought she could go a couple of seconds faster than she did. Did you

ever feel, when you did your record, because I have this thing in my

mind, did you think you could go faster? At that time I did it?When

you got back to training is the next year, did you think you could go

faster? I did. Not necessary the year after because there was the

whole suit era, and I chose not to go down that. Definitely towards

London, I did. I thought, I could break it again. It was unfortunate

that it didn't work out for me, the millions of reasons. I don't think

she will be aiming for that. She is so driven and she knew she had won

that in the last hundred but she pushed it further because she wanted

to get the time. That is what I like about her. She didn't just want to

win, she wanted that world-record. I think she will keep pushing that.

It'll be interesting to see if she does include the 200 metres sprint

in a programme. If she continues to swim a very full programme like

that, when Tipp make it more difficult for her at the end of the

championship to produce a world record? Definitely, especially if

she does the 200 individual. But the 1500 is not an Olympic event so that

is a big one to drop. With the heat and final that is 3000 metres racing

she's taking out of the programme. I think it is definitely in her

reach, it is just a matter of when. Ryan Lochte and Chad Le Klos may

disagree but it has been all about the girls. Katie Ledecky spoke to

Sharron Davies. What have you got there? The Brazilians just gave me a

football jersey and they said footballers like religion in their

country which I know and they gave me a personalised shirt. Are you as

good at football as you are swimming? No, I'd played soccer when

I was younger but I just kicked the ball as far as I could. As a

youngster, where you always interested in swimming? Always. I

did everything. I think I did ten or 11 sports growing up so I have got a

feel for everything but in the end my passion for swimming came out on

top. And 6-foot one you are colour and size 13 US so you thought that

would help? It would help with swimming. Missy Franklin going for

her sixth gold medal tomorrow in the medley relay. We should also mention

Ruta Meilutyte who has got her second world record. The women and

girls, some of them are 15 or 16, they are strong. I think it is the

way of the sport. The girls are getting younger, that is the case

with Ruta Meilutyte and Katie Ledecky. So much science has

happened in the sport over the last ten years. That involved with the

super suits. That took it to a different level. Now people are

thinking outside the box and trying different things. It has become a

lot younger because they have more energy. They can do back-to-back

sessions. Even though I am not old at 24 for a distance, it is more

difficult than it was so that is why I have retired. It is good to see

the younger girls coming through. It would be good to see some more GB

girls coming through as well. think the younger swimmers can

recover between sessions. And the suits that are now banned in

international competition, because they do make you swim faster and

they lived in higher in the water, a lot of people are using them in

training to get the sensation of feeling fast and higher and then

they take them off for the race. Is it like a placebo? It is like... Did

it give you huge confidence to see your race and knowing I can do that,

they'll know I can do that. Did it give you an extra edge? It is the

training. I think that is where Katie's confidence has come from. I

think that comes from the confidence of training. I knew I trained so

hard. I knew I was training, if not the best in the world, I knew the

work I had done and that is what gave me confidence, knowing I had

put the hours in. I remember you said to me after Beijing, et NRL

strains as hard as I did a deserved beer on the top of the rostrum and

you thought nobody trains as well as you do so that is a sobering

thought. I did hold the world record once upon a time. When you come out

and see that time, and this may be a sprinter's mentality, you stand

there with your chest out going, you know I can go that fast. You have

never been that fast. That is why I was wondering, mind games. We came

on air a little bit earlier than we planned because the women's golf in

St Andrews was called off a cos the weather. In the first hour of

racing, you may have missed the women's 50 fly. It included our own

Fran Hulse all who qualified first fastest. Here is the race again. --

start. What a great start for Jeanette Otterson grave. And Liu

Yang of China going for a while. Otterson looks as if she may have

it. Fran Halsall has got fourth. Oh, my goodness me. 17 seconds outside

the bronze medal. What a great start for the Dane. This woman has got the

best reaction to the gun. Fran only 100th of a second off the British

record which she set in the heats. Close to her best time. She did

well, but not well enough. She is going to drown her! Ottesen-Grey is

above the three orange suits. A great start. She won it on the

start. The first 15 metres Fran Halsall but she will go again

in the final tomorrow. Another race you may have missed earlier on, Chad

Le Klos. He has won gold here already. Today it was the men's 100

15 underwater. Ryan Lochte used most of that 14 and a bit. Diebler of

do now. A lot of work. Chad is coming back now. It looks as if he

will be well placed. Still at the top it is Diebler. This will be

mighty close. Chad Le Klos is the world champion in the 100 metres

world butterfly. What a fantastic A very good swim, well placed for Le

Klos. I think he had this one quite racing programme tomorrow. It will

be our final day at the world summing Championships. Don't worry

because a week today the world athletics Championships begin in

on the track and field in Moscow because so far, the one thing, if

there has been a detracting factor in this experience here is the lack

of medals for Britain. It has been disappointing. We thought Michael

Jameson and Andrew Willis, they were so close and we have seen so many

fourth places. Jazz Carlin, Andrew Willis, Fran Halsall in fourth.

had so many semifinalists. We did not hit it last year. Have had a

strange year. A lot of people like Fran have only just had a coach

coming in January. There is the new performance director and head coach

who were only appointed in April. We are eight months behind the rest of

the world. Hopefully, for our home Commonwealth 's next year, it will

be more positive. Mark has been saying, I was going to see the gym

is so important. When we look at you we think Jim. I was thinking the gym

that Mark has been saying, that the guys need to be doing more in the

gym. Let's just take the last minute to look at tomorrow's races. The one

that stands out for me is the women's 50 metres breaststroke. Ruta

Meilutyte, the angelic assassin goes again. No one will bet against her.

I cannot look further than her for the actual winner. Efimova will go

close. If you take a quarter of a length off at the start you cannot

get back to them. And still hope for Fran in the 50 free? Yes, and there

is also Hannah Miley going in the heats. I am really looking forward

to what she can do. It has been a much smaller programme for her.

of course, a couple of relays as well. Lots to look forward to.

like the end of the show, the end of the World Championships, the end of

any meet is the relay which showcases every stroke. Thank you

very much, Becky and Jim! We are back tomorrow at five o'clock on the