...and Britain are going to figure largely in that women's 800 metre final. Yes. Mark Rowlands has done a great job with Jemma. She has come back in great form...

...the cobwebs, making sure that they have worked on the blocks, the pick up, and Twain executed all of It helped him put everything together for the final. When...

...some much- needed glamour to be box. It is a very sad tale what happened to Dominic Coull from Gibraltar. It is one of those bizarre false start. - -...to Dominic Coull from Gibraltar. It is one of those bizarre false start. - - Dominic carol. He has b

...in the East End of London, two years from kick-off. Michael Johnson, with Sebastian Coe as the starter, along with several kids from London boroughs,...

...The Russians really are coming into form at just the right time this season. Hoffmann, three times the German champion. She has moved well up to 800 metres....at the moment. Jenny Meadows cruises around. The told Russian coming across. Hoffmann from Ge

...Doura, perhaps his best chance may come in a later race. -- watch out for his Bryan Mosley, of Austria. Born in Barbados, came to Great Britain in 2000 to...

...down the track that Bolt and Co will run down in 2012. If that wasn't enough, Sir Chris Hoy it officially opened the Velodrome as well. The countdown is well...

...pool, Nathan Douglas was competing 16.75 the target. Not quite as smooth as Philips but that looks to be automatic qualification. It has been an injury...challenge, the second part is on the estate. We wish you well for that. from Philips. But easily i

...will determine javelin, she pulled out with an injury. Christina Obergfoll of Germany is the Olympic bronze medallist. This was measured at 65. Safely...Jenny Meadows cruises around. The told Russian coming across. Hoffmann from Germany in the lead at

...near the form that couple of the other more familiar names as well, Collio, of Italy, he is fairly quick this year at 10.16. Tobias Unger has 10. The 14th. --...

...new training regimes. I'm not just working with Linford, I'm working with Iran as well. I'm getting the knowledge of two greats. It's been amazing. I'm...

...championship. He looks relaxed. He sounded confident at the training camp in Portugal. When you look at some of the athletes that we've seen already here...round, but it's just so gutting. I can see the devastation. We talked about in Portugal about th

...the only outdoors once but I have not been in the finals of. I missed out in Gothenburg. I had to go home early and I was really disappointed with that....

...pressure on our British athletes, this guy is under pressure to deliver for France. Lemar trainer -- Ltd against Chambers is going to be fascinating. They...to happen before the qualifying conditions. Mbandjock is ranked second best in France behind Ch

...of Phillips ago, 20 years after his first triple-jumper lesson at school in Bethnal Green in east London, can he at the European title to his world crown?...

...come in a later race. -- watch out for his Bryan Mosley, of Austria. Born in Barbados, came to Great Britain in 2000 to study engineering but he couldn't...

...weeks. The hardest race for me this season was running the Diamond League in Gateshead. I hardly put any training together. Trevor has been monitoring need....

...for the blocks. Obikwelu, Bonello, Collio, Hamalainen, Stempel, Covic, Carol Gibraltar. He's probably been looking forward to this moment. Every single...glamour to be box. It is a very sad tale what happened to Dominic Coull from Gibraltar. It is one

...He has run frequently in the Diamond League this year. He finished 8th in the Paris event. Third ranked behind Christophe Lemaitre and Dwain Chambers in...Idowu jump the qualification distance easily but not as easily as that! In Paris with the diamond

...You heard her talk about her knee problems. Came back. I saw her at Oslo and she didn't look ready for that really. But she has had a few more...

...people. I think it is fantastic. When I was in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, but was one of the things that I could feel straight away. I love...

...walking with his coach. 20 past seven, the men's Core you have been talking to Spanish to be, German TV, the whole lot. You did well in the race, a fine...watching later on the 10,000 Great Britain versus Spain perhaps and Periz the Spanish indoor cham

...to put money on? A good call. Jemma Simpson is coming off a tremendous run in Monte Carlo. Everybody was shocked at a performance. Coming into the home...

...on year. It is hard to see her being beaten. Her nearest rival comes from New Zealand. Nadzeya Ostapchuk has an early stranglehold on this shot Put...

...tough. The Russian outside her in seven. Starting quickly. Lane two, Hak from Netherlands. She has Usovich inside who glides through to the front. It looks...come to the 200 metre point and now Okoro comes under pressure. Hak of the Netherlands. The fo

...that will last all about the sporting lifetime's. Just like the stars of Barcelona eliminated Subtitles unavailable for 2 minutes this great Olympic...that truly did leave a legacy for the host city it was that one, catapulting Barcelona to the premier

...This evening we will be watching later on the 10,000 Great Britain versus Spain perhaps and Periz the Spanish indoor champion hoping to get the crowd...her form and you get the feeling that if the championships had not been in Spain she would not the I

...I'm so jealous of the athletes who will be there competing and representing Great Britain at. It gives me such an amazing bows. So someone who is going to...all for the likes of Chambers. There is a bit of a gulf in European sprinting. Great Britain is

...athletes running pretty well. We have got silver medals, twice, both behind East Germans. My view is that morally, they won. We have always had good...

...19.39, has moved up into third place. Until that point it was a 1, 2, 3 for Belorussia. Can Yanina Karolchyk respond to the Russian? A bit ragged. Well,...

...starts. That's when we really get down to business. wonder how much you did in Berlin last year will stand you in good stead this year. You are the man to...right on top. It has been at sunshine and smiles for Jenny Meadows. Bronze in Berlin and then s

...top of the pile in terms of the 100 m specialist. The likes of Lemaitre and Mbandjock, the French have got one or two who will certainly give away relay...confident. First round, a lot more to happen before the qualifying conditions. Mbandjock is ranke

...1.59. 3. I think top two is what is required. Big personal best. Ran well, in Monaco in the diamond league. She has come down from altitude training. She say...it is, I am pleased with how I am performing. Having run the personal best in Monaco and the

...Championships but we will see shortly. And on the out side Balciunaite from Lithuania. This evening we will be watching later on the 10,000 Great Britain...

...up. That was automatic qualification. is under way. It features Tom Barnard… Tom Parsons and Martyn I love the big championships, the nervous feeling you...can happen. The ranking so far this year, they are quite close knit. Me and Tom Parsons, I wou

...crown? It will be just sparring tonight between be dull and the Frenchman, Teddy Tamgho, the world indoor record holder. They are trying to ensure...mat. But that bodes well. Is he about to explode in Barcelona? The prospect of Teddy Tamgho jumping lon

...slow but Savinova follows her. First two and then the two fastest, and as Steve said, the opening heat makes it difficult for time, I think it is a...

...verge of jumping 18 metres. Christian was capable of doing that and we had the Brazilian who got close. Now you have teddy who is close. I don't get an easy...

...was what got me into athletics in the first place. The 1992 Olympics. Watching Linford Christie and the commentary. Sally Gunnell, it was just absorbing. I...gone by we'd always say that someone who is 31 is past it in sprinting. But Linford Christie w

...or is that the furthest thing from your mind? Definitely. Straight ya I know God has a plan for me and you know, you have to, he usings these tests to...

...the man who is likely to be his great rival in these championships, the Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre of. Destined to be a sporting trivia question for...to his world crown? It will be just sparring tonight between be dull and the Frenchman, Teddy Tamg

...there ever since. Today, in the East End of London, two years from kick-off. Michael Johnson, with Sebastian Coe as the starter, along with several kids...what it will be like in two years' time it are Denise Lewis and Colin Jackson. Michael Johnson wi

...together for the final. When you watch Lemaitre and… You felt in the days of Maurice Greene that every runner had to be built like a boxer. But Lemaitre has...

...10,000 metres. Tonight could be the first Deva which would be brilliant. The Chiara could all the great athletes that have run in the 10,000 metres, it has...

...event. We have this great history of runners like yourself. But there has been Mr the third medalists. We have never won the European championship 10,000...

...first place. The 1992 Olympics. Watching Linford Christie and the commentary. Sally Gunnell, it was just absorbing. I just loved athletics after that. I...

...I should be good. Well done, we hope you are both celebrating. Can I say hi to John Gregory and everyone I know in Cornwall that is supporting and watching....

...to win 19- year-old Russian in the 20 kilometre walk. The Irish record holder, Robert Heffernan, narrowly messed -- missed out on a medal in fourth place. The...

...this field. Rodriguez is the bronze medallist indoors at 60 metres. But most Italians, he is a very good starter. They have produced some very good indoor...

...for 2 minutes this great Olympic city 18 years Not a dry eye in the House. If ever there were Against that truly did leave a legacy for the host...

...qualifying take place. Phillips Idowu obviously in that. Having won in were Lynn last year, he just wants more of the same here. Last year, it was a great...

...So Brendan, dough how do you her prospect. is the best time she has had. World Championships medal last year, indoor Championships this year, when you...more. Tell me about how your mind set changes having got the gold medal in the World Championships?

...It is hard to see her being beaten. Her nearest rival comes from New Zealand. Nadzeya Ostapchuk has an early stranglehold on this shot Put Brendan Foster...medal around her neck now. That is almost a metre further than anyone else for Nadzeya Ostapchuk

...it sees the first in a whole series of Anglo- French confrontations. Dwain Chambers, his reputation forever tarnished but knowing that partial...start and a few minutes. How will you, the public, our viewers, respond should Dwain Chambers find himself

...in recent months softening, he's let his running do the talking, all of that PR stuff he did when he first came back was so frustrating and angry for me...

...it, you never 2.28 metres is the target for the blocks. Obikwelu, Bonello, Collio, Hamalainen, Stempel, Covic, Carol Gibraltar. He's probably been looking...anywhere near the form that couple of the other more familiar names as well, Collio, of Italy,

...into the semi, as tough as it is. So top two is what is required here. Well, Gemma will be no doubt all eyes on this. She had her partner Chris Thompson...

...championships. The commentary comes from Jonathan Edwards, Paul is against Mark Lewis-Francis in this round and there will be three semi-finals tomorrow....he is looking forward to this moment, to finally get racing. I mentioned Mark Lewis-Francis goes

...you are both celebrating. Can I say hi to John Gregory and everyone I know in Cornwall that is supporting and watching. Thank you! supporting and watching....

...in sub-tropical temperatures beneath crystal blue skies just like these the Olympic Games will welcome the world to the UK. Just two years, 104 more...

...want to win that gold. It would be exciting. It is that gold what I'm missing. Mo Farah bids to secure a gold medal in an event Britain has never won in these...morally, they won. We have always had good runners. When you could tonight, Mo Farah, he is

...in the Olympic Stadium. From a personal point of view, we had an athlete, David Grindley, he made the final aged 19. I hope I get the same lane as him....metres. There is Jenny Meadows. She is in the same lane as a former team mates David Grindley in 1

...qualification. He is in the final too. 16.80. Last round of the women's shot. Anna Avdeyeva. In fourth place. Just outside of the medals. The step back...and one that youngsters could use when they are learning this event. So, Anna Avdeyeva 19.39, has

...a lap of honour after it, you never 2.28 metres is the target for the blocks. Obikwelu, Bonello, Collio, Hamalainen, Stempel, Covic, Carol Gibraltar. He's...me a chance to go through the rest of the field a little bit. I mentioned Obikwelu, he is not g

...happening in a UK trials. Looking very, very are in those top six names. The Times and positions will determine javelin, she pulled out with an injury....

...kids from London boroughs, were the first people to run down the track that Bolt and Co will run down in 2012. If that wasn't enough, Sir Chris Hoy it...seconds dead as a personal best. It's a me a very small margin between you and Bolt. It's everybody

...and imagine what it will be like in two years' time it are Denise Lewis and Colin Jackson. Michael Johnson will be with us tomorrow when he has flown over...

...we have Britain's 3800 metre metal trays has led by the world bronze medallist Jenny Meadows. All in hugely competitive races as they look for places in...adversity to finish right on top. It has been at sunshine and smiles for Jenny Meadows. Bronze in

...opened the Velodrome as well. The countdown is well and truly on. The Olympic Park is taking shape and the BBC website Who knows what the opening...

...through your mind at the start? Did you feel about forming you? My coach, Trevor Painter, has been monitoring the the last few weeks. The hardest race...running the Diamond League in Gateshead. I hardly put any training together. Trevor has been monito

...athletes, this guy is under pressure to deliver for France. Lemar trainer -- Ltd against Chambers is going to be fascinating. They are here with the action...

...coach. 20 past seven, the men's Core you have been talking to Spanish to be, German TV, the whole lot. You did well in the race, a fine performance. What...

...all about the sporting lifetime's. Just like the stars of Barcelona eliminated Subtitles unavailable for 2 minutes this great Olympic city 18 years Not a dry...Italians, he is a very good starter. They have produced some very good indoor Subtitles unav

...through that. There is a mistake from the Greek athlete. She takes advantage. So Jemma Simpson in the lead, Filandra on the outside. Cusma Piccione, the...

...trying to asking questions about his past which worst at -- sidestepped by the UK Athletics press corps. Chambers seemed very happy. I presume he is looking...

...men's 400 m, he was the quickest man in any of the heats. Marton Rooney and Conrad Williams went through comfortably as well. Perry Shakes-Drayton was easy...

...and tomorrow. Assuming he qualifies, do you think that the British public Overall want him to win? In all honesty, I think the country might be divided....

...you never 2.28 metres is the target for the blocks. Obikwelu, Bonello, Collio, Hamalainen, Stempel, Covic, Carol Gibraltar. He's probably been looking forward...

...able to see what happened, here are the headlines from an interesting morning. Michael Bingham was not as the most impressive of Britain's three qualifiers in...

...of Barcelona and imagine what it will be like in two years' time it are Denise Lewis and Colin Jackson. Michael Johnson will be with us tomorrow when...

...best, she is just short of the magical seven this morning as well. This was Nicoleta Grasu. She produced the big one with her final throw up. That was...

...evening of these championships. The commentary comes from Jonathan Edwards, Paul is against Mark Lewis-Francis in this round and there will be three...

...in the field. A couple of other ladies have been below two minutes this year. Martinez, world championship bronze medallist three years ago. Four times at...She is in third place. Here comes Jenny Meadows. She is being chased by Martinez of Spain. Jenn

...first attempt. Had been will be in the final on Thursday. In the other pool, Nathan Douglas was competing 16.75 the target. Not quite as smooth as Philips...

...pain in my Achilles. The physio had been fantastic. I take inspiration from Lisa Dobriskey. Every year she has some sort of trouble and she comes back from...would love to get a medal. I have got to back myself, and apply the mindset of Lisa Dobriskey

...through marriage. He's been going quite well this year. Very close to the Austrian record of 10.15. That has stood since 1988. Mosley is certainly one of...

...Mark Lewis-Francis goes in lane five. James Dasaolu is also running the Olympic Stadium. There is a stiff breeze on top of the hill here. It's just...where she just does not give up. It means a lot to me to be competed in the Olympic Stadium. From a pe

...action on the first evening of these championships. The commentary comes from Jonathan Edwards, Paul is against Mark Lewis-Francis in this round and there...

...team, James Dasaolu. Prior to the Games starting here he was talking to Phil Jones at the training camp. My goal right now for these championships is...

...will welcome the world to the UK. Just two years, 104 more Tuesdays until London 2012 creates memories that will last all about the sporting lifetime's....

...metres is the target for the blocks. Obikwelu, Bonello, Collio, Hamalainen, Stempel, Covic, Carol Gibraltar. He's probably been looking forward to this...

...names as well, Collio, of Italy, he is fairly quick this year at 10.16. Tobias Unger has 10. The 14th. -- gets a good start. Collio is trying to go...a good start. Collio is trying to go away with him. Obikwelu wins it easily. Tobias Unger, Collio and

...he is doing up. Absolutely love to see that. He is close to us, he will be Phillips Idowu walking with his coach. 20 past seven, the men's Core you have...commentary booth and talk about the triple jump which qualifying take place. Phillips Idowu obvio

...sunshine and smiles for Jenny Meadows. Bronze in Berlin and then silver at the World Indoor Championships. An Achilles injury threatened to dis rile her. You...

...in the next one. Jemma Simpson our third competitor in the third race, so Marilyn Okoro looking relaxed. And she knows that you have one chance here, no...in now. -- mentioned. Just a few nerves now after the smiles earlier on for Marilyn Okoro. Made t

...coach will be pleased with that. Clear all the way through. Second attempt for Martyn Bernard. He has knocked it off. I dunno if he had a little problem but...is very simple. He has qualified for the final. The final attempt for Martyn Bernard. Tom Par

...the standard drops off a little bit at the European level but in the high Jump, it is basically the world final again. I will be competing against the...kind of I am sure he will have a little Well done. Taken care of business, one Jump and through to

...league of European cities and keeping yet there ever since. Today, in the East End of London, two years from kick-off. Michael Johnson, with Sebastian...

...the Olympic Games will welcome the world to the UK. Just two years, 104 more Tuesdays until London 2012 creates memories that will last all about the...

...this year. The Savinova.. She has been in good form. It isn't the case for the Russians by the time they get to the Championships but we will see shortly. And...Spain she would not the Italian one of the big threats to Jenny Meadows. The Russians reall

...down in 2012. If that wasn't enough, Sir Chris Hoy it officially opened the Velodrome as well. The countdown is well and truly on. The Olympic Park is...

...will be tough. The Russian outside her in seven. Starting quickly. Lane two, Hak from Netherlands. She has Usovich inside who glides through to the front....Okoro. Savinova starts to move away. She is in a real scrap with balls and Hak. They could go t

...man who is likely to be his great rival in these championships, the Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre of. Destined to be a sporting trivia question for time as...An excellent performance. Did you want to put a marker down to the likes of Christophe Lemaitr

...injury threatened to dis rile her. You don't know how good your support to Marta you have got a problem. I could not get into spikes without pain in my...

...never won the European championship 10,000 metres. Tonight could be the first Deva which would be brilliant. The Chiara could all the great athletes that...

...was no doubt coming into this competition who the winner was going to be. Challenge Cup. Can she improve -- Ostapchuk can she improve. Eight from eight...