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00:00:00We'll see you in a minute.
00:00:22Yes, welcome and Nihao to
00:00:30the opening ceremony of the Men's Pentathlon World Championships 2024.
00:00:35This is our venue, the Olympic Sports Centre here in Zhengzhou, and it is a beauty.
00:00:42My name's Ian Stringham with Mariam Amur.
00:00:43Today, we're going to talk you through semifinal B.
00:00:46Weather conditions are 36 degrees.
00:00:48There is a bit of a breeze.
00:00:50Don't get excited, anybody.
00:00:51We'll not get the kites out, but there is a breeze and it's helpful for our athletes.
00:00:57So, here in Zhengzhou, we have the competition will not include riding, so no riding in the
00:01:06modern pentathlon semifinals here.
00:01:08That will come into play tomorrow, but over 90 minutes, a bit less than 90 minutes, actually,
00:01:15with the semifinals condensed into the start, which is the fencing bonus round.
00:01:22And that is a one-on-one bout.
00:01:23That concludes the fencing.
00:01:24It's a winner-stays-on format.
00:01:25A trip to the pool, a 200-metre freestyle in a 25-metre pool we have here in Zhengzhou.
00:01:31The target time is 2.30.
00:01:32We saw some quick times this morning, it's got to be said, in semifinal A.
00:01:37And we conclude with the final placings decided with a thrilling laser run.
00:01:42Five laps of our 600-metre circuit, four trips to the laser shooting range.
00:01:48The athletes need to shoot five targets from 10 metres in 50 seconds or less, and then
00:01:53they complete the remainder of their laps.
00:01:55They go through the riding arena and the equestrian sand and over the line.
00:02:00And the important positions today are those down to ninth, because they qualify.
00:02:07They are the Olympic rankings after the World Cup final in Ankara, which was a couple of
00:02:11weeks ago.
00:02:12Semifinal A took place earlier on today without two significant athletes, the Egyptian athletes
00:02:19withdrawing due to injury, which saddened certainly us.
00:02:23I know all the other athletes as well, because everybody wants to compete with the best.
00:02:30And the best will be decided here over the course of the World Championships weekend.
00:02:38We had a wonderful laser run competition last week, incidentally, that Maher and I thoroughly
00:02:44enjoyed.
00:02:45The fencing ranking round has already taken place.
00:02:49So that will rank our athletes and will assist for the bonus round, and they will go in reverse
00:02:55order as it were, two points per win up until first.
00:03:00And the athletes that were successful, Shababoom, who we know was brilliant in Ankara in the
00:03:07World Cup, as you can see, 22 wins there in the World Cup final.
00:03:13He is mimicking that here.
00:03:16Casper Jack as well in there, and they will start in reverse order, but they are a listing
00:03:21of the athletes and Mariam, actually, Shababoom, once again, taking the lead.
00:03:26Yes, taking the lead, and it bodes well for him that he is on top of the fencing ranking
00:03:30round, because that means he'll be on top of the finals as well, as the fencing ranking
00:03:34round does carry through to the finals.
00:03:37So it's a good starting point for him.
00:03:39We'll see him at the end of the bonus round.
00:03:41He's, of course, in first place.
00:03:44And we will start with our bottom-ranked athletes, and we have, up first from Kazakhstan, Georgi
00:03:51Broda-Dudochkin and Unal Bugra.
00:03:54Yeah, Dudochkin and Unal Bugra will make their way.
00:04:07And it's fencing bonus round time, round two as it were.
00:04:10We had the ties this morning, or this afternoon, it was earlier on this afternoon, wasn't it,
00:04:15for our athletes in semi-final A and semi-final B.
00:04:19Had some dramatic changes in the competition as well.
00:04:22Christopher Patt was in the top nine, and unfortunately had to withdraw from the competition
00:04:28due to injury, so wish him all the best.
00:04:31Yes.
00:04:32And, yeah, on to semi-final B now, top nine, making it to tomorrow's final, Dudochkin and
00:04:38Bugra.
00:04:41French grip with Dudochkin.
00:04:43No one making any particularly strong moves here yet.
00:04:49Just cautious on the piste as the time ticks down to ten seconds now.
00:04:55Priority goes to Unal Bugra from Turkey.
00:04:59Dudochkin tries to go for a counter-aip, and I think it was unsuccessful on the first one,
00:05:04got it on the remise and the counter-attack.
00:05:08So it's the athlete from Kazakhstan.
00:05:10Good to see Kazakhstan represented here.
00:05:13Incidentally, 52 nations represented across six continents, more than 700 athletes, laser
00:05:22run and mon-petathlon world championships.
00:05:25What a great advert for the sport.
00:05:27Yeah, the sport is evolving, it's growing, it's including more nations now.
00:05:32And, yeah, with all the changes and development that has been put into the sport the past
00:05:38couple of years, it's really been a joy to see the progression of the sport and where
00:05:42it's heading.
00:05:44So Dudochkin with a victory, Martin Vlak is next in the check.
00:05:52No, not fencing.
00:05:56Fencing wasn't great for Vlak, but again, one of the stronger laser runners in the field,
00:06:00probably equating to Jean-Baptiste Mercier in terms of speed.
00:06:06Vlak, again, looking for the point here.
00:06:08I think he has the better chance to be in the finals of those two athletes.
00:06:13Vlak taking things slow, nine seconds on the clock.
00:06:16Party is with Vlak, and Vlak gets it anyways.
00:06:21Vlak was patient there.
00:06:22He's a very chill-out guy, you can see.
00:06:26Looks it, doesn't he?
00:06:27Yeah, facial expressions and everything.
00:06:28He's very chilled out, and a lot of these athletes are coming into this competition
00:06:32very stressed, and the nerves are really high up there for most of them.
00:06:37And seeing that Vlak is already qualified to the Olympics, it kind of gives him a bit
00:06:44of reassurance.
00:06:45He can kind of relax a bit.
00:06:46Again, he is still going for a medal at the World Champs, because it's not only the Olympics
00:06:51that matter.
00:06:52Being world champion is amazing.
00:06:53Yeah.
00:06:54And that, again, gives them a bit of extra breathing room as they walk in the next athlete.
00:06:58Yeah, Mohamed El-Gendy just making sure that all of the electronics are attached and affected,
00:07:04and they'll be tested as the athletes meet in the middle of the piece.
00:07:08It was a less than perfect fence from Mohamed El-Gendy.
00:07:14Used to seeing him with at least 20, 21 touches, and 12 touches has really put a dent in his
00:07:21chances for finals.
00:07:24So El-Gendy will want to take advantage of this bonus round with that in mind then, Mariam.
00:07:28Yeah, absolutely.
00:07:29And we'll let these Vlak to get past through, and through Vlak first.
00:07:32Yeah, those who are going to have a battle on their hands in terms of laser run, they
00:07:35have very unique styles when it comes to fencing.
00:07:39It's a double touch at 11, and they pretty much have the same swimming time.
00:07:42So these two are going to be off the blocks together.
00:07:44One of the two strongest laser runners in the field of pentathlon, I'd say, ever.
00:07:50Okay, it's a duck, but Mohamed El-Gendy finds a way through.
00:07:53Yeah, El-Gendy, you can see his frustration, not happy as he trudges off the piece, shall
00:08:00we say?
00:08:01Yeah, not his competition.
00:08:02Mohamed El-Gendy is an amazing athlete.
00:08:04He obviously got silver at the world champs in 2022 in Alexandria, and has been consistent.
00:08:10But again, the Egyptian team is very tough.
00:08:14They have their own internal battle, and I think the nerves are really building at
00:08:19this point.
00:08:20And yeah, so Vlak with the win, as you said.
00:08:25So two wins so far for Vlak.
00:08:27Yeah, and Vlak now takes on Wu Taijun.
00:08:30Again finishing in the bottom things of fencing, he's the Olympic bronze medalist.
00:08:36And that just goes to show how pentathlon can change in an instant.
00:08:39No one is safe.
00:08:40Even if you're an Olympic medalist, you still can't drop down.
00:08:43We saw earlier on in semi-final A that the athlete that started out in first on the laser
00:08:47run...
00:08:48Marouk, yeah.
00:08:49Really struggled.
00:08:50He didn't make it to the finals.
00:08:51No.
00:08:52So, Wu Taijun does not get the touch.
00:08:55Vlak does.
00:08:56And Vlak's on a bit of a roll here, Mariam Amur, that's three.
00:08:59Yeah, it's dangerous for the rest of the field.
00:09:03Vlak is a machine when it comes to running.
00:09:08Very surprised by Wu Taijun's performance, as we said, he was voted as the best fencer
00:09:15in the world in modern pentathlon by the British performance analyst, Conor Wickert.
00:09:20So it's tough to see him on the bottom end of things, but again, pentathlon is highs
00:09:29and lows.
00:09:30Mihailov next in of Bulgaria.
00:09:36Mihailov, Todor Mihailov, finishing 13th in the ranking round.
00:09:43This bonus round, two points for a winner and a minus, so that's six points at the moment
00:09:47for Vlak.
00:09:48Mihailov will want to get his first and get a level of advantage, it's a double touch,
00:09:56so the clock resets at 19.
00:10:04So Vlak needs to make a move now, Mihailov is opening up the distance quite nice, he's
00:10:09pushing Vlak to the back end of the piece, but Vlak is trying to find his rhythm again.
00:10:14Six seconds on the clock, it's a double touch and a trip up from the apiece, they're both
00:10:17fine.
00:10:19And Vlak just repositioning his blade.
00:10:25And Mihailov and Vlak had 15 seconds in between, and Vlak has closed that down into nine seconds.
00:10:32Left-handed as well, Mihailov.
00:10:34So tricky for a right-hander, but Vlak gets a win of, was that a hand touch?
00:10:39That was, I don't know, that was, well if it was, that was...
00:10:44We'll need the replay there.
00:10:46Oh look, it was on the, yeah, it was, I think it was on the bottom, yeah?
00:10:52How good do you have to be to get that touch?
00:10:56And it's very hard as well to control with a French clip.
00:11:01Even the super slow-mo struggled to get that.
00:11:03Yeah, so a French clip is one of those that you have that bit of extra length, but you
00:11:10have the disadvantage of it being harder to maneuver and navigate, and Vlak has done that
00:11:16really well in the previous match.
00:11:18Vlak's doing well here.
00:11:19Yeah, it could be an ominous sign for the rest of the field, but good for him.
00:11:24Bereczky next in.
00:11:32And the Hungarian knows that he's got Vlak on the other side of the piste.
00:11:36He's got four wins and the wind in his sails.
00:11:40Yeah, Vlak on a roll here.
00:11:43Has to move with the momentum now.
00:11:45Ten seconds on the clock.
00:11:47Bereczky being very cautious here, doesn't want to make any sudden moves, and Bereczky
00:11:52takes the high line.
00:11:53Vlak getting scrappy at the end with six seconds, and it is Bereczky with those two extra points.
00:11:59Key points for the Hungarian.
00:12:06As the sun is contemplating setting here in Zhengzhou.
00:12:15That's the end of Vlak's run.
00:12:18Yeah, I was just going to say, we have a bunch of athletes on 2-10 after the fence, so any
00:12:22one of them who gets extra bonus points will be moving into the lead.
00:12:26We have Richard Bereczky, Xu Hanli, and Muataz Mohamed on 2-10, and Bereczky already changed
00:12:33that to 2-12.
00:12:35So he's currently in 10th place.
00:12:38Xu Hanli of China is the next athlete.
00:12:44Bereczky has the one win.
00:12:50I think Xu Hanli might fancy a foot touch here, we'll see how it goes for him.
00:12:55Oh, look at that.
00:12:56Bereczky wasn't going to take the chance.
00:12:59He knows Xu Hanli, when he gets that foot touch, his tempo is insane.
00:13:04And I think Bereczky didn't want to risk that, and so went for the attack early on.
00:13:09There you have it.
00:13:11Nice touch from Bereczky, and a second touch from him pulls away from that pack at 2-10.
00:13:17He's moving up closer to 9th place now.
00:13:23Only one point away.
00:13:25Muataz Mohamed of Egypt next in.
00:13:28And we are into the top 10.
00:13:38The young Egyptian has done really well for himself this season.
00:13:42Picked up a couple of medals and a top 6 finish at World Cup Final.
00:13:52Beautiful angle there from the bonus round.
00:13:56Bereczky on a roll with two wins so far.
00:13:59Muataz is looking for the blade, he's very adamant to take that blade into an attack.
00:14:05He's being pushed to the back of the piece now by Bereczky.
00:14:08Bereczky inching his way forward.
00:14:10I think Mohamed wants to go for a flush here.
00:14:14He's going to have to do it smartly though, because Bereczky's counterattack is pretty hard to get through.
00:14:19And Mohamed finds a way through.
00:14:22Did well with two seconds to go.
00:14:24Held his nerves and calmed himself down, even though two seconds and it was...
00:14:30You know what, he had the time priority.
00:14:33So he's kind of calm in that sense.
00:14:36But he saw an opportunity and took it.
00:14:37Yeah.
00:14:41So...
00:14:43Vladislav Chekhan next in, representing Ukraine.
00:14:52Ninth before the bonus round.
00:15:08Ready?
00:15:12So the bonus round taking place.
00:15:16Mohamed with the one win.
00:15:18Chekhan again nimble of foot.
00:15:21Yeah, good footwork from Chekhan.
00:15:24Opening up the distance again with Muataz Mohamed.
00:15:26He's trying to change his strategy here.
00:15:28He's going for the blade, I think he wants to go for a tetris.
00:15:31Or is he just distracting the opponent?
00:15:33Goes for the flush.
00:15:34Beautiful one from Mohamed.
00:15:36Makes it two wins.
00:15:38Yeah, and these are important for Mohamed here.
00:15:40And they've lifted him, I think, into tenth there.
00:15:42Did we see, Marion, that was tenth?
00:15:44So there's a long way to go.
00:15:46The swimming and the laser run yet.
00:15:48But top nine, a reminder for those who make it through.
00:15:50Bello of France.
00:15:52Valentin Bello next in.
00:15:55And we're into the athletes who are in the top ten.
00:15:57Yeah, Bello already two-time world champion.
00:15:59Looking to replicate that here in Zhengzhou.
00:16:01And definitely in a good position to do so.
00:16:03Again, they have that internal battle.
00:16:05The French, you had Pierre Desjardins,
00:16:07Pat Jean-Baptiste Morsia.
00:16:09Proud's already qualified.
00:16:11But yeah, Bello in the mix.
00:16:13Needs to do well here if he is to snag a position at Paris.
00:16:16Mohamed with the one win.
00:16:18He's trying to change his strategy here.
00:16:20He's going for the blade, I think he wants to go for a tetris.
00:16:22Yeah, and these are important for Mohamed here.
00:16:24He's trying to change his strategy here.
00:16:25He's trying to change his strategy here.
00:16:27Bello at Paris.
00:16:29Mohamed, again, very focused.
00:16:31Bello with the French grip and left-handed.
00:16:34So it's twice as tricky to get past.
00:16:38And Mohamed is on a roll here.
00:16:40That was absolutely magnificent from him.
00:16:43Moves up into eighth now.
00:16:45Gets into that secure spot.
00:16:49No one's secure, but again, it's nice to start
00:16:51mentally and psychologically in those top nine.
00:16:55winning the knot that's for sure and winning the Egyptian certainly is at this stage
00:17:03which has Mohammed on a bit of a roll here in the bonus round
00:17:10so Ukraine represented once again tough kite
00:17:17tall individual yeah had a tough time in the qualification but managed to push through and
00:17:23got in with a sprint finish tough guy
00:17:30so we are underway now Ukraine versus Egypt Mohammed already with three wins
00:17:36again taking that high line top guy is a tough opponent you want to take that high line you
00:17:41better beware of the wrist on the low line top guy is uh pretty good at that touch i think
00:17:50i got the touch there it's supreme
00:18:00you could say that um tough guy is a tough guy
00:18:05are you gonna say no pun intended no pun intended it took me two minutes to come up with that
00:18:11i'm so sorry the Egyptians run is ended Mohammed Elgendy though but we'll be happy with the points
00:18:18that he takes back to the important table yeah six points is uh
00:18:24it's definitely something he'd be happy with
00:18:28bunjin park of south korea next in
00:18:36our athletes nearing the end of the bonus round here
00:18:41so whatever points you do get not only does that get you closer to finishing in the top nine but
00:18:48if you're already in the lead if you extend your lead that means you can conserve some more energy
00:18:52for the final so it's not just about getting to the finals it's about getting there in good shape
00:18:56in good form and good physical strength to perform in the finals as a finalist tomorrow
00:19:04yeah men's have no the men have no days to rest as opposed to the women but we didn't park
00:19:13all eyes on him now he ducks down low alexander tough guy goes for the flush and park is successful
00:19:20moves up into fifth now joint fifth with tough guy
00:19:26and tough guy takes about
00:19:33the korean stays on
00:19:35um i'm sure you could have uh maybe hear heard the crowd in the background cheering on
00:19:46the chinese athlete shuai lou he got first in the laser run for the seniors event
00:19:54yep it's already successful in this uh world championship looking for another one
00:20:00shuai lou the chinese athlete getting some chinese support here in jang jao that's for sure
00:20:06very tall as well very tough to get around his blade both with french grips so you can see the
00:20:14strategy changing when you're playing a pistol grip or fencing a pistol grip as opposed to
00:20:22a french one seven seconds on the clock now shuai lou goes for a flesh it's scrappy i don't think
00:20:27it's going to be a touch and three seconds on the clock park is in danger
00:20:34so three seconds for park to stay in this bonus round here because the time advantage is with
00:20:39shuai lou and it's a double touch with 0.6 yeah i think park's gonna sit this one out
00:20:46unless he manages something miraculous i think it's gonna be too tough yeah
00:20:51shuai lou with the time priority then yep so shuai lou takes the victory
00:20:57okay how many athletes are on two two two five six and seven at the moment
00:21:05joe chung next
00:21:10of great britain didn't see him in ankara so good to see hasn't really competed this season has he
00:21:17no kind of good to see him here in gengzhou good for the sport yeah i think uh again an athlete like
00:21:25joe chung obviously the olympic gold medalist and the champion he's looking to beat himself
00:21:31essentially because he's done everything and he's meddled at every single competition he can
00:21:35world cup final he's done world cup he's done world championship he's done olympic games he's
00:21:41done so but they say it's harder to retain yeah the harder job because motivating yourself for
00:21:46retaining he's a very talented athlete indeed incredible reflexes as well from joe chung in the
00:21:55fencing almost looked like it was going to go to shuai lou but joseph did yeah left-handed as well
00:22:05joe chung
00:22:08joseph is his mom's listener win for the brits
00:22:14seen this function and look still focused yes well you're if you're a gold medalist and you're
00:22:24up top in the rankings you still have a point to prove that you can maintain this position as you
00:22:29said retaining that position is tougher it's tough and uh also you want to kind of show people
00:22:36that it wasn't a fluke it was me it was i'm that good yep yeah and uh given that he hasn't competed
00:22:43this season as much as he'd like i think yeah he's going for gold in this competition for sure
00:22:50so next in marek greech the check
00:22:56joe chung has one victory in this bonus round some more athletes for him to take on
00:23:02casper jack and boom are still waiting to take their place on the piece but joe chung then with
00:23:07one win again some of the athletes will be touched out was so quick by joseph ching
00:23:16wasn't able to call that in time but yeah marek greech that's the thing you get dressed for eight
00:23:21seconds a bonus round and it's brutal when you win i mean when you lose in the first 10 seconds it's
00:23:28like the effort it took to put on the fencing here and then take it off again it's uh it's
00:23:34tough these athletes have competed again for a couple days now almost four days qualifications
00:23:41um well these are the summaries but yeah they did ranking ground some of them did the
00:23:48relays yes so it's tough a lot of the athletes will be retiring after the next olympics
00:23:56some of them have competed in the sport for such a long time now and so they want to go out on a
00:24:00high this is the last opportunity to do that aside from the olympics and so everyone is uh
00:24:07very focused and sharp here
00:24:11so joseph chung and casper jack and the touches for chung how on earth did he manage that
00:24:20balance looks very nonchalant about it as well he does he does
00:24:29it was a pass from casper jack and i think that chung found his way through the loan on there and
00:24:34uh yeah wasn't too bothered about uh what was happening around him and next up mariam final
00:24:42bout indeed shabba boom with it and joseph chung
00:24:54has one opponent left shabba boom if he were to win this would be awarded four points because
00:25:00he is top of the ranking round and away our athletes go for the final
00:25:09semi-final fencing bonus round bouts before they head to the swim joe chung with three wins
00:25:16who dearly love to make that four and walk off the piece with that level of victory and does
00:25:22does he'll be pleased with that mariam yeah definitely he's uh well he's moved up into
00:25:27second and closed the gap on bum and as we said before he was in the top nine but extending really
00:25:34gives you a bit of breathing room when it comes to the shooting eases the pressure a bit and
00:25:40obviously you can um just kind of relax going into the run a little bit more which means you
00:25:47don't have to burn off all the energy ahead of the finals which will be happening tomorrow very
00:25:51short recovery time for the men
00:25:56and there we have the fencing results the results after the fencing bonus round i beg your pardon
00:26:03shabba boom and joseph chung we're going joseph four rather than joe joe chung joseph if his mom's
00:26:16listening joseph chung yeah she won't be happy casper jack up there as well and you can see the
00:26:22final placings a reminder that ninth is the position that qualifies and let's look back
00:26:28on some of the highlights then shall we from the fencing bonus round
00:26:46so
00:27:17so that is the fencing bonus round complete there is our piste next in use for the final tomorrow
00:27:27our athletes move from the fencing piece over to the swimming pool a 25 meter pool 200 meters
00:27:34freestyle two minutes 30 is the target and maria mama we saw some quick times in the pool this
00:27:41morning yeah look out for joe chung as well part of i mean all the updates are very quick in the
00:27:47pool again they've all come from a swimming background and that kind of explains that
00:27:53and uh throw our babies into the pool when they're born i'm not even joking my son went swimming
00:27:58because they've still got that reflex haven't they when they're babies for i think about six
00:28:01months where you can immerse them and they're okay like their body shots they're not going to
00:28:06and so yeah like oliver was 10 12 weeks in a pool yeah if we literally throw our babies in the pool
00:28:14they're safe everybody relax it's fine they're with parents their supervisor's fine but yeah
00:28:18it's part of our culture like yeah see 20 years later 30 years later they're in the pool smashing
00:28:23it yeah we'll see we'll see but you're right culturally you've talked about kind of the
00:28:28cultural advantages of parts of the different disciplines of modern pentathlon and you do
00:28:32see that don't you some nations the egyptians with the laser on the shooter the egyptian
00:28:36shooters just out of this world and you do get that with different nations specializing yeah
00:28:40true true true and uh yeah it's a beauty to see like um we don't have one person good at all
00:28:48disciplines we have a mixture and that's what makes pentathlon very interesting to watch
00:28:53is um as opposed to other sports where it's just one sport that they do and you're either the best
00:28:58or you're not yeah apart from you mariam you were great at everything
00:29:06he's being nice i'm a nice boy i bought your fan
00:29:11it is it has to be said it is cooler today it is i think the athletes will be happy with that and
00:29:16cooler at 36 mariam uh relatively cooler let's just say that it's been uh yeah tough for some
00:29:23of the athletes we've uh james zanadakis is trackside for us
00:29:31ahmed al-gandhi olympic silver medalist it's a pleasure to see you my friend
00:29:35albeit a little bit disappointing because we'll probably be able to see you have a sling on your
00:29:39arm um we're sorry to lose you from the competition just explain to us uh what happened yesterday
00:29:45yeah yesterday was a little bit disappointing because the injury happened in the middle of
00:29:50the fencing um i got a shoulder dislocation uh but hopefully it's not as serious as as it was
00:29:59like um i had a surgery two years ago in my my shoulder but this time it's a little bit easier
00:30:06than uh than the last time so i hope that the next week the next week is is is rest then we
00:30:14will spend like another week for for the rehab and physio then hopefully have a good preparation
00:30:22for paris 2024 yeah obviously this is a tough time for you because you would be much rather
00:30:27competing in this competition but here you are watching now uh let's focus a little bit on what's
00:30:32coming up next i mean obviously it's the swimming discipline next and uh it's quite a frantic turn
00:30:37around this isn't it for athletes um how much effort are you putting in to the swimming are
00:30:41you are you giving it 100% actually in the swimming uh i used it not to give 100% in the
00:30:48in the swimming uh because of the new format and uh that like there's 10-15 minutes after the
00:30:54swimming only for the laser run and all the magic magic happens in the in the laser run
00:31:00so we have to save some energy for the for the laser run so um for for the swimming we we
00:31:08we can say that we put like 90% from our energy to for the swimming just to be also in the same
00:31:15position uh as we are not to be dropped down uh so as i said as i told you not not giving the
00:31:24100% yep um obviously you've withdrawn from the competition your teammate mohannes chapana's
00:31:29withdrawn from the competition i feel like we've been robbed from a famous battle which could
00:31:34easily have been between the four of you on the podium we now have uh your brother uh and
00:31:39multas muhammad battling out what do you expect to see from these two actually uh semi-final b
00:31:44is is too hard it's much harder than than semi-final a especially when when me and uh
00:31:51shaban withdraw but i hope that mortars and uh muhammad my brother can make it to the finals
00:31:57all right listen it's a pleasure speaking to you uh good luck in your recovery and uh we look
00:32:01forward to everything in your powers good thank you for your time thank you thank you so much
00:32:05lovely to hear from akhmed but mariam bitterly bitterly disappointing for him i mean by the way
00:32:13how positive is he yeah he's he's yeah just i think i don't know how to say he's very okay
00:32:20with the situation now he knows that this can happen sometimes in sport and you just have to
00:32:24be okay with getting injuries sometime you've got to crack up you've got to crack on and you've got
00:32:29to look at the next the past yeah you've got to look at what you have to do next i mean they're
00:32:34used to this yeah there is heat one then of the swimming for our athletes mikhailev in there
00:32:44the best better of the swimmers according to their times arjun oh look at this bulgarian
00:32:51by the way big into that
00:32:56big into that fashion queen that i am so our athletes will have a walk on as ever
00:33:05bulgaria represented mihalev will make his way and it is a little cooler such a jest about the
00:33:10hoodie but you wouldn't see anyone wearing a hoodie in the last few days no and it's not
00:33:15cold folks don't worry there's not a chill issue but it's um yeah it's definitely a little more
00:33:22forgiving on our athletes career represented by john yeah again it's tough seeing him in this
00:33:32position the uh tokyo bronze medalist especially in olympic season but martin black out next
00:33:39swimming in lane number three and don't rule martin black out just yet he's currently in
00:33:46bottom four but still in with a chance from turkey out as well egypt represented by muhammad al-gandhi
00:34:01who wanted to do uh successfully be successful for his brother as well
00:34:05i think he's uh motivated by that you think so
00:34:09when your brother's out injured they really care for each other
00:34:13pardon they really care for each other yeah proper brothers
00:34:18well let's hope for the al-gandhi family then but uh indeed there is a level of success
00:34:23kudashkin is in representing kazakhstan and our athletes are just about ready then
00:34:30for heat number one we have three heats again they're against the clock these athletes so
00:34:35they finish first second third that's the case more the uh clock that's going on
00:34:43significant necklace
00:34:47i can never swim with a necklace by the way
00:34:50i can never swim with a necklace by the way it's interesting no it must mean something heat one
00:35:00deep diving as well by some of our athletes but away they go freestyle then for our athletes and
00:35:05you can see already in the first 25 meters that there looks to be a level of a lead for june i
00:35:10think that is uh leading out the way but it's all about the splits here maria mmer and uh ultimately
00:35:16what time they get versus 230. yeah exactly right i think uh john montez taking the early lead now
00:35:23these first 50 meters fly by it's 27 look at that how fast is that swim it's 27 seconds
00:35:30kudashkin in second and black in third and we saw this morning with semi-final a how many places
00:35:36pillage before with the british athlete yeah he had a really quick swim some two and he made it
00:35:43and he made it in that quickly yeah you know it's all about the laser on and the athletes always talk
00:35:49about the laser but actually you know the fencing round and tomorrow the riding all significant this
00:35:55turn he's got a significant lead here john i think it's going to be around a sub two or maybe
00:36:02yeah the splits this morning for pillage were 56 at halfway and he just
00:36:07nudged under didn't he 157 i think he was on the end yeah jen is looking good and strong here as
00:36:13do the rest of the pack but jen is really standing out from this heat he's a cruiser
00:36:18and he's almost a full body like that of everyone else yeah john is gonna take the win for what
00:36:24he's worth but again it's gonna be versus a clock after this uh length he'll go back to the other
00:36:28end and then back once more but he's certainly gonna win the heat it's uh it's all about the
00:36:33clock and how close they go to 213 how many points they amass ahead of the laser run the
00:36:38laser run is the all-important place deciding finale of the modern pentathlon
00:36:44the shot you see is of the korean jump and john is finally in his final 25 minutes here
00:36:53that's a significant lead that it's going to be just under two minutes is it
00:36:58two on the dot for john but look they're still out there swimming to catch him
00:37:05like six seconds behind the duncan
00:37:10seven and that was quick that was quick setting the pace and uh i think we'll be moving up the
00:37:20rankings without time let's take a look at the rest of the heat but first let's look back at
00:37:26the replays from uh this first heat he was uh didn't go back did he yeah stroke rate was uh
00:37:35pretty good one thing i would say if he's watching this back maybe pull your fingers together is to
00:37:43gather up more water in each stroke making each stroke more significant and impactful
00:37:48but i think he's done really well for himself so this is the leaderboard at the moment but
00:37:53we've still got another two heats to go so that'll shake out when we've had those two heats
00:38:01as the sun considers setting it's lovely to see over the botanical gardens
00:38:08over the road that's where i'll be watching it tonight there is a start list for heat two
00:38:14and the better athletes in here the sub two minutes
00:38:22tough guy is certainly in there our athletes get ready for the laser run from heat one
00:38:28chech can as well what a smile from tough guy
00:38:36hey he had a buzz at the qualifications he almost didn't make it through
00:38:39we thought he was in 13th but just grabbed through in that 12th position at the end
00:38:46it has mohammed of egypt next in averaging 201 51 so we'll be there or thereabouts the
00:38:53frenchman bello is next in 204 so not his strongest event it's fair to say for the frenchman
00:39:00oh
00:39:04check and has the better of the times though 157
00:39:09for the athlete from the ukraine and these are the athletes that are going to chase down those
00:39:16top nine bereczky of hungary is next in and representation they'll make some noise for lee
00:39:29oh
00:39:33so here is lee our final athlete i think he's gonna rain
00:39:40these guys are looking pretty cool i can smell rain
00:39:47so heat number two for our athletes
00:39:59so i'll start we'll get our athletes onto and from their blocks
00:40:06for heat number two reminder they're against a clock at 230 here
00:40:14the way they go close to the start time
00:40:19a good reaction time from all the athletes maybe that could be the difference between
00:40:25one second or the other and again fine-tuning those little details as well
00:40:31we saw some of our volunteers a few moments ago just walking around with clothing boxes for our
00:40:35athletes when they're finished big shout out to our volunteers here in jeng jiao who they're
00:40:40helping us they're even helping us mary i'm bringing um it's a long story but basically
00:40:44the information that we need in again the commentary box we get results lists the
00:40:47volunteers that you'll see a huge shout out to them they're doing a tremendous job
00:40:51so a huge thanks to the help of the athletes volunteers and the event volunteers yeah they're
00:41:00doing a great job muhammad is approaching the 100 meter mark now halfway through the swim
00:41:07it looks like he's in the lead now but not too far behind i think it's going to be check on
00:41:13so it's a quick time over the 100 meters it's a 58th the time so might be seeing this up two
00:41:21maybe we'll see we'll see whether but it's all about as well if we've said this this morning
00:41:25didn't we do that back up do back up in the final 100 and save yourself for the laser but we'll see
00:41:30we will see but it's certainly the egyptian that's leaving the leading the way muhammad
00:41:35mutas muhammad you can see in the front of your shot there in lane number two turns well
00:41:43here we have various times in talent services p2 no real battles going on but again as you said
00:41:51it's a battle against the clock everyone wants to swim their best time possible without exerting
00:41:56too much effort yeah that's effort in the arms and shoulders as well forearms and that is gonna
00:42:01impact your shooting as you said it's about stability it's all about making sure those
00:42:06making sure those muscles are ready to go and uh 58 54 he picked up in the final 100 that's a good
00:42:15swim time that's muhammad that's a very good swim time and he knows it exactly he's acknowledging
00:42:20a coach or a colleague or somebody and he's pleased with that
00:42:26check-in in second paretsky in third and those athletes now need to change into their running kit
00:42:33relatively quickly and be ready for the laser run the final events see who qualifies
00:42:37for the final when the top nine will go through
00:42:44look at that breakout from the pool i think if you utilize the starting block correctly
00:42:53but then go into the water and not prepare with the kicks but it doesn't make sense to
00:42:59start off the box fast anyways because you're not utilizing that power and that strength and
00:43:03that push you get from the blocks and those athletes are pretty fast underwater that's
00:43:10the leaderboard again at this stage goes down to the final heat that will decide ultimately the
00:43:17leads in the laser run and how long the handicap is and we will get that information for you
00:43:23relatively soon after the final heat but the standout performer here mariam is kind of head
00:43:30and shoulders and that's joe chong 155 the best in the last i don't think he's going to push that
00:43:37hard though i think he's gonna keep a little bit in the tank laser and it's going to be brutal for
00:43:42a semi-final beat but joe's a very experienced athlete and he's done this for very long and he
00:43:47knows when to push and when to back off and i think he trusts his own decisions
00:43:52shabba boom comes first then on to the starting blocks representing hungary
00:44:02joseph chong
00:44:06for team gb cool customer running cool customer sporting kasper jack sporting a wonderful pink hat
00:44:15by the way you've got to be confident to wear that well done kasper jack polish athlete pretty in pink
00:44:29eric reach from the czech republic next actually wearing shoes too
00:44:34yeah
00:44:38suelo of china socks i'm sorry to be all wardrobe on everybody but interesting
00:44:48eugen park of korea the final athlete averaging 201.97 so a good time just above that two minute
00:44:57mark the target times 230 but below that as our athletes
00:45:04try and activate their pectoral muscles biceps forearms with a good bit of old-fashioned whacking
00:45:17so heat number three then for our athletes
00:45:21so
00:45:25called to the starts by the starter you'll hear the start to get them underway quick starter today
00:45:34the way they do go
00:45:37let's project in there and break it but we expect joseph chung look at that stroke that is a reach
00:45:45from chunk by the way chunk took some time to break up that water which means he took
00:45:49some time in the streamline as well and came out after everyone else but he he's the person you'd
00:45:55look for when when talking about utilizing that start he really really pushes in that
00:46:01streamline turns first at the wall 27 seconds for the first 15 meters for him travel boat
00:46:07half a second behind aerodynamically watching joseph chung swim he is so graceful and cruising
00:46:16he does he's he's in he's very very efficient as a swimmer
00:46:24yeah joseph chung but travel home's doing well to keep pace with him yep in the lane inside
00:46:31lane number one you can see from the starting blocks the lane numbers for our athletes as that
00:46:35big kick from chabobum gets him going he's close to the looking at the different styles
00:46:43chun looks a lot less frantic than yeah the chabobum although he's faster just yeah because
00:46:50he's more efficient yes correct more efficient a lot more efficient and that is just years of
00:46:55practice it is perfection it's coaching it's he knows his stroke he knows he's got another
00:47:00gear in there if he needs it he doesn't need it but they are turning together
00:47:05look how hard chabobum is working and no credit to him our success story in ankara
00:47:14i think he's in a position to replicate that here but uh imagine being world cup final gold
00:47:19medalist and then come off the back of that inter-world championship and win gold he's uh
00:47:24he's the big story this season chabobum as they make their way to the final few meters now
00:47:29final five it's relatively but it's going to be two isn't it's going to be a two-minute swim
00:47:35just under 9.99 and uh joseph chung i'm sure if his coach said right swim a two minute
00:47:43sorry coaches 159.99 i hope you don't mind but again again it's strategy there's a lot to be
00:47:50calculated more pentathlon you know you have to get the amount of points uh a certain amount
00:47:56of points in order to make it to the final so they kind of played smart and uh yeah i think he
00:48:03was aiming for that two minute mark he was pretty okay with swimming that time he wasn't disappointed
00:48:08at all even though his seat time is uh 1.55 yep if he was targeting two minutes he knows his swimming
00:48:15pace i'll tell you that joseph jung 159.99 it doesn't get much closer and our athletes
00:48:23again safety first all got some footwear as they walk off
00:48:26a slip here would be a disaster for them so that's the reason go on that
00:48:33nice and efficient from the brit mariam yeah joseph chung is incredible in the pool and
00:48:40if you want to take some swimming style tips definitely look at joe chung
00:48:48yeah just the arch in his back as well you can see the efficiency as the water gliding yes some
00:48:55swimmers swim with the water they are one with the water and joseph jung is certainly one of those
00:48:59shabba boom though give him a huge credit actually used him to his advantage i'll chase you down i'll
00:49:04hunt you down you know i know your time is going to be good so my time will be good if i'm in and
00:49:08around you and that's certainly the case so that concludes the swimming leaderboard and that is
00:49:14leaderboard and that is your leaderboard and it's all important ninth place a bit of movement
00:49:20for mutas muhammad up four places shwailo dropping four places there mariam yeah shwailo dropped a
00:49:26couple of places like you said and yeah even though the athletes don't put a lot of importance
00:49:32into the swim i think it makes a big difference and we we've seen that with miles this morning
00:49:37and i think that's going to be an issue again with some of the athletes here 518 was ninth
00:49:44place 517 is 10th yeah 512 is 11th so it's going to be a close race it is and the laser run is next
00:49:51up we'll bring you the time handicaps in a few members time and all the build-up to
00:49:55the all-important laser run of the men's semi-final beat but here are some of the
00:49:59highlights from the swimming round
00:50:14so
00:50:44so the swimming round concluded meaning it's all about the laser run for our athletes who warm up
00:50:55in relative cool temperatures windy conditions yes which will affect the shooting of course and
00:51:03they start handicapped on the start line here and the first lap is without a pistol
00:51:08bless you but the second lap is with a pistol they have four trips to the range they have to
00:51:15shoot five targets from 10 meters in 50 seconds or less and then complete the rest of their laps
00:51:19through the equestrian sand we'll use the riding event tomorrow the horses will be in play tomorrow
00:51:26first nine across the line qualify and uh those first nine into those final to make a world
00:51:32championship final mariam will uh to make the final alone is an achievement yeah definitely
00:51:38again as you said it's it's a an achievement psychologically but also in terms of ranking
00:51:45points for the olympic games um we still have a lot of undecided positions for a lot of the nations
00:51:52and uh filtering through their own athletes yeah so that will be decided so um we have the
00:52:03laser run coming up and we attached a camera to patrick dog ahead of this so he will give you
00:52:10a runners and athletes view into the range he goes obviously ordinarily he would have
00:52:15a lap without the pistol but we can see patrick and we said to patrick just take it easy patrick
00:52:21don't don't embarrass anybody by doing five out of five will you just miss one or two to patrick
00:52:27patrick and patrick obviously five for five for him and run the rest of the bit tight round here
00:52:34as well mariam down the right hand that right turn there in the laser and we saw it get a bit dicey at
00:52:40times yeah i don't think it's going to be so much of an issue now since they have the handicapped
00:52:44starts with laser yes they uh start with as a pack starts so that this turns tight yeah they're all
00:52:51pretty tight to be honest that left turn the big screen we see some athletes looking at the big
00:52:54screen there's a big shower here as well you can't see it now but there's a big shower here high fives
00:52:58all around for patrick but you can go through the shower if you so wish and uh the umbrella's not
00:53:03normally there by the way um that'd be a good obstacle and yeah take the shower get a little
00:53:07bit of respite from the heat and over the line first nine over the line are looking fine
00:53:15if you're in 10th then that is a very very difficult position to end up and we saw that
00:53:20for the unfortunate young charlie brown and elodie as well yesterday yesterday yeah it's a very tough
00:53:27position 10th i think if i came in 11th that would be a little bit easier for my ego because 10th
00:53:33means you just missed out 10th is like fourth to me yes i agree with just off the podium yeah just
00:53:39rather be 13th yeah and miles away from it uh so just looking at the starting leaderboard and we're
00:53:46going to focus on a couple of our athletes in a few members time but ninth place is 32 seconds
00:53:51behind 10th is 33 so shwilo is going to be pretty close with bereczky but then we just look down the
00:53:59leaderboard mariam and who in your view is still a possibility to qualify
00:54:06vlak vlak is starting in 15 54 seconds
00:54:11maybe mohammed agenzi if he shoots well he has it in him i think he had a time in the qualifications
00:54:18of nine minutes 45 54 seconds i think that's the fastest time we've had all season dare i say
00:54:25um so he's a strong runners he's a strong runner if he does keep his cool in the shooting who else
00:54:31who else i'll push you for predictions who else do you think it's gonna be me uh i i would have
00:54:37got algendi because again the egyptian running shooting combo is if i'm if i'm ahead of algendi
00:54:45in 16 15 14th i'm worried yeah that's true i'm concerned about the egyptian behind me because
00:54:50i know he's going to gobble a place very very quickly upon me um at 52 seconds would still
00:54:59be in it vlak i think it's going to be difficult for the the athlete from kazakhstan the dodge
00:55:04bereczky maybe as well bello okay two-time world champion reverse question of the top nine
00:55:10who in terms of the laser run might be looking over their shoulder
00:55:16it's a tough one because i don't want to discredit any of the athletes they're all incredible
00:55:20um i think tough kind might be one that struggles a bit in the shoot check on as well
00:55:28um park hasn't really competed that much this season so it's hard to tell
00:55:34where he'll finish and mary creature had some issues with
00:55:40the shooting but let's throw to james with an interview with elodie cluvel
00:55:45olympic silver medalist elodie cluvel it's always good to speak to you here we are ahead of
00:55:50the final discipline of men's semi-final b you're obviously here keeping an eye on your partner
00:55:55valentine below a two times world champion currently in 11th position how does he feel do
00:56:01you think about where he stands at the moment he has to get inside the top nine doesn't he
00:56:04a lot of pressure but val is just focused for yourself and maybe a good feeling because
00:56:12uh i want i hope for val but uh it's a sport and uh now it's uh the game and uh a lot of pressure
00:56:26but uh maybe it's okay he has a lot of experience as mr valentine below two times world champion
00:56:32if anyone can get himself inside that top nine it's him as an athlete yourself competing yesterday
00:56:37in these very warm conditions very difficult conditions how difficult is laser run these days
00:56:42yes very difficult with the condition but the condition is the same for all people and
00:56:50just focus for shooting and uh i don't know but uh i hope for val and the condition is the same and
00:57:04i'm focused you're focused very focused on him i know you are we'll let you get back in a second
00:57:08just finally though as an athlete when you're at the shooting range at this point what are you
00:57:13practicing what's going through your mind how do you repeat the pressure you feel whilst competing
00:57:19in these scenarios here in this situation here how do you repeat that pressure to try to practice
00:57:23to warm up for it it's important just look in yourself and just focus for shooting and
00:57:32uh like uh just a concentration and very calm and uh
00:57:42well listen i can tell you're looking at valentine now you're desperate to get back to his side to
00:57:46offer him as much help as you possibly can elodie thank you for your time sorry i know you're
00:57:50stressed go back to valentine he needs you he's just over there and um thank you for your support
00:57:56in french
00:58:00elodie cluvel who yesterday marion we saw unfortunately didn't make her final and she
00:58:06will be really really upset about that she'll be hoping that her part of below
00:58:12manages to get through yeah she's more nervous than him yeah that always happens though because
00:58:18you're not in control of the athletes and i think i've learned that after i took a step back from
00:58:23sport even just commentating you feel the nerves of these athletes but you when you are an athlete
00:58:28then you are in control and you feel like uh it's in my hands whether i win or not it's in my hands
00:58:34whether i shoot well or not but if you're a coach a spectator a commentator a friend a family member
00:58:40it's i think it's it's pretty tough to watch we're going to be focusing and lasering in on
00:58:46john in a few moments time and uh looking at john's statistics in particular ahead of this
00:58:52laser run and this is semi-final b a reminder of these semi-finals a and semi-final b this is our
00:59:00second of the semi-finals an ice vest i think being worn there as well do you think that's
00:59:08what keeps them cool until the start but then yeah i don't know if the conditions are
00:59:13i remember in i remember in athens uh paula radcliffe the british marathon runner world
00:59:17one and i seem to recall her talking about maybe regretting it as well um let's have a look at
00:59:22john then and there's a few medals in that cabinet yeah look at that very accomplished
00:59:28nine gold medals at world cup level four silvers and four silvers and two bronze in full championship
00:59:34level and one at the olympic games tokyo ranking of five as well he was already yeah secured a spot
00:59:41but again he's hasn't been very consistent this season and not up to his level but you can see as
00:59:47compared to average he's uh mostly up there yep fencing has been particularly successful we saw
00:59:53that today uh swimming as well and laser run and when in the laser run for the athlete from korea
01:00:02when he starts low he often kind of finishes where he starts in all fairness starting fifth
01:00:07finishing fifth in ankara 7th and 8th 7th and 6th 16th and 16th starting 12th that could be dangerous
01:00:14he's got some work to do he has and he has some tough opponents to beat well for me if i'm him
01:00:21i'm looking behind him and you know again he's not many miles away he's not but again for someone
01:00:26from behind to break through the top athletes have to move down so it's uh it's really tough and uh
01:00:33i think it's going to be a very interesting battle we've had an interesting one in semi-final a i
01:00:37think this is going to be equally if not more interesting and yeah these athletes will be
01:00:43giving it their all final stop before the olympic games only 18 will be in the finals tomorrow out
01:00:51of the 36 who competed today so our athletes still with a little bit of warm-up time available to
01:00:57them and open to them and they are utilizing that warm-up time yeah tough guy in your screen as well
01:01:03as check on who i think are in a dangerous position they are in sixth and seventh but not
01:01:09the strongest of laser runners and two seconds behind them they have park and yeah i think those
01:01:16athletes are well within the so from fifth all the way down to 10th are separated by 10 seconds
01:01:24i'll tell you who are looking in good form Chaba Chaba and Zhou Chong yeah i think they're looking
01:01:30in great shape yeah they're ahead of the competition by a considerable score now still with work to do
01:01:38they won't be counting their chickens as it were but definitely yeah at least the first two laps
01:01:43they'll have to push they have to i mean the athletes coming from behind they're putting in
01:01:46everything they have what a 13 second lead that's that's that's one shooting series they have to
01:01:53make sure they're up there they're going to have to push for the first two laps and then maybe take
01:01:56it easy depending on where they are in that pack because the athletes behind them are pretty adamant
01:02:04to make it to the finals there is Joseph Chung just again a bit of activation there Mariam using
01:02:10his pistol yeah the weight of the pistol to kind of activate the muscles a bit they're almost done
01:02:16with the warm-up as well yeah so it's almost time to get this laser on the exciting laser on this is
01:02:22where the nine qualifiers will be decided we will focus on that ninth place we'll of course show you
01:02:28the leaders but with the utmost respect it's kind of whichever the nine are that go through that's
01:02:33the important story of the day here ahead of tomorrow's finals as the sun starts to set here
01:02:40in Zhengzhou so i think tough guy check on greech are in trouble park we haven't seen so much of
01:02:48him this season so it's hard to tell where i'll finish then looking back down we said muhammad
01:02:53again the other chance black has a chance one time maybe bello and bereczky will be battling it out
01:03:01as well so it's yeah gonna be an exciting one folks so stay tuned suelo starts in ninth
01:03:09i think suelo comfortably qualifies
01:03:13maybe we'll see it depends on the conditions it does depends on the shoot you know we always come
01:03:18back to it about the shooting i mean laser run is uh is is a nice competition to be a part of
01:03:27but then when you have all these other factors mixed in you have handicap you have the effort
01:03:32it took you and the physical fatigue you get from all the other disciplines it's different
01:03:38because suelo did win gold in the laser run yes but he didn't have all these disciplines
01:03:43beforehand so it's it's a different mix it's a different strategy that he has to adopt here
01:03:49we saw shabba boom in his carbon running shoes as well and it looks to me as though
01:03:58the majority of our athletes i think have opted for carbons they have opted for carbons which is
01:04:04interesting on a track that some i think joe chung might be in spikes at the front wearing number two
01:04:10yeah i think he's in spiked shoes so different footwear gone yeah i was just gonna say i think
01:04:16is it your first time seeing joe chung yeah lives joe chung is very known for his finishes i'll see
01:04:24that we'll see that more in the finals but if he does drop down which i don't think he won't
01:04:29i don't think he will um i think we'll you'll see a big sprint finish from him which is uh
01:04:35was interesting to see he does it very very well and we are almost underway
01:04:40shabba is out and we have the laser on for semi-final b so we are underway a lead of six
01:04:46seconds to joseph chung who heads out behind our leader shabba boom and there will be a lap
01:04:55without the pistol for our athletes and third place heads out greech out representing
01:05:05the czech athlete which has muhammad not far behind him kasper jack
01:05:10tough guy out as well check out the park wall redskins suelo
01:05:18is the athlete with the number nine on his vest at the moment meaning he occupies
01:05:23that all-important ninth place and all eyes go on to bereczky in 10th mariam yeah bereczky i think
01:05:30is starting to close and we're still in the early stages of the race bellows i think going to be
01:05:36chasing him down as well who's further back wung tai jin also has half an eye on that ninth place
01:05:41so those athletes have still got four trips to the uh to the range and
01:05:46algendi's not started as yet that must be heartbreaking yeah so it's going to be a
01:05:52tough gap to overcome heartbreaking but don't write anybody off we've seen 17th
01:05:57qualify already in these semifinals so let's see suelo keeping a hold of ninth
01:06:02thus far but bereczky isn't a million miles behind that's the fight that you can see
01:06:08for position and it's the ninth position that qualifies so again first nine qualify as a right
01:06:14this is a tough left-hander the athletes head through the shower not many of them taking it i'm
01:06:18not surprised bellow is in 11th and the french athlete needs to close in i think that bereczky
01:06:28is playing this smart he doesn't want to pass suelo just yet or else they're gonna have an early
01:06:34burnout in this race he's just trying to pace himself move with the pack and try to keep
01:06:39distance between him and bellow that is our leader shabba boom and shabba boom heads into the range
01:06:46for the first time you'll see shabba boom take it to his five targets from 10 meters
01:06:52it's a bit of a slow shoot by the way he's taking his time every shot which is
01:06:56not what we regularly see from him here comes joe chung but he's out in 11.70 he'll be relatively
01:07:04happy with that i'd imagine the world cup gold medalist in the world cup final there is ninth
01:07:08place that's low who's still there of china chung is still in the range at seven seconds
01:07:14four or down it's going to be a sub 10 is it 9.68 he's out the brit and he's happy with that
01:07:21greech is close in greech is out in 12.00 mohammed out in 16.00
01:07:28nine seconds as well for casper jack so check on park well and wong tai are out of the blocks
01:07:37now and that's the battle for ninth on your screen low has overtaken tough guy so it's tough
01:07:42guy who's in ninth and now he's been overtaken by jun yeah mung tai jen has moved up into ninth
01:07:49can you maintain that position we saw in his statistics that he currently um statistically
01:07:54speaking moves down the order so it's good to see him move up it's still early days but it is
01:08:00it's he occupies ninth at the moment though yes he's closing on an eighth actually shuai lo
01:08:06yeah shuai lo in eighth jun in ninth so that's the battle i think he may have just taken it in
01:08:11fact looking out onto the course he has he has taken that place so it's shuai lo that's in ninth
01:08:17again from china and uh you can see the effort that our athletes are putting in there just
01:08:26looking back to how bello is 11th the frenchman put us to the still time they've only had one
01:08:33trip to the range so far they've got another three trips to the shooting range as shababoom
01:08:39heads in for trip number two yeah look at that lead he has over second place now big
01:08:45making a move here he's just taken three places so a little pack that thought they were okay there
01:08:51shuai lo said no thank you we'll have those places you're not backing us up yeah but those
01:08:55are all in the top nine still 10th i think there's a big drop off and they've
01:09:01cleared out and shababoom with three green lights so far two more to go for him so it's check out
01:09:09i think in ninth yeah so all the pack you see in front of you now are within those top nine
01:09:16shababoom is out of the shooting range joe chung still in there muhammad is in there muhammad and
01:09:23chung gonna come out at the same time muhammad just about ahead in fact they're shoulder to
01:09:26shoulder but again joe chung not overly bothered by that i think that check out is the athlete
01:09:31that we see that's in ninth at the moment with two of the five down see where check out comes out
01:09:38left-handed check and does come out i think check has come out ahead of john may that have pushed
01:09:44john or maybe low yeah so low is in ninth now and he's pushing hard because he doesn't want 10th
01:09:52to get close and bello has moved up into 10th and i think closing down on shuai lo shuai lo
01:09:57has that ninth position shuai lo is going to overtake park i think in eighth here mariam
01:10:02yeah he's overtaking him right there you can see on the straight now
01:10:08so park occupies ninth place he's being chased down by bello and i think bello has really picked
01:10:14up the pace at this point bello can see that's the final ahead of him that is your final and
01:10:20the frenchman knows it and he looks relatively comfortable at this stage you've got to say
01:10:24yes still running within himself yeah so two more shoots to go and two more laps to go for
01:10:31these outfits but they still have to pace themselves park in ninth there's a little
01:10:36bit of a move in second as well uh joe chung being overtaken by muhtasim muhammad so muhtasim
01:10:44muhammad in second and there is a move bello moves past and into that important ninth position
01:10:51so with two trips to the range to go the frenchman we're in number 11 start to the 11th is in ninth
01:10:58park is in 10th but the trip to the range is vital the shababoom comes in
01:11:03for his penultimate trip to the shooting range
01:11:07yeah chababoom very consistent and keeping that gap open i think he's in a good position now but
01:11:14just got his first shot bello is cruising but you think to yourself is he gonna be able to keep up
01:11:20that pace because if you overtake an athlete that's well and good can you keep that pace
01:11:25boom is out of the range good time which has muhammad eight seconds chung just struggling
01:11:32with his second target a bit here which has muhammad out in 11 joe chung still struggling
01:11:37in the range reaches out ahead of him four down four is still on four five go down in 16 so he's
01:11:46out battle for ninth now bello shooting well four targets so far i think he's going to make it into
01:11:52the top nine after the shoot and he does eighth and ninth out of the range and vlak look at vlak
01:11:58by the way it's an eight second shoot can he put the pace in now and get and catch up to bello
01:12:05started in 15th did vlak yeah he's up into 10th now the gap visually you could just see it there
01:12:11in that shot that is the gap back to 10th bello's in 10th at the moment but bello looks like he
01:12:16fancies a go at chakan to take ninth yeah chakan just taking a look at the big screen checking
01:12:22where his opponents are and bello is closing down the gap he is joe chung's just about to take
01:12:30a place as well at the front of the pack from mutas muhammad
01:12:34but there is you can see the glance up at the screen from check and i think bello's going to
01:12:41utilize this straight now he's going to go for it he's going to sprint past check on because he knows
01:12:47vlak is behind him look at that aerial shot that is a beauty as he does indeed perfect timing as
01:12:53well from bello you can see it the gap is the frenchman now going to try and open up a little
01:12:58he has to he knows vlak is chasing them both down now check on is in that all important
01:13:04ninth place yes he is check out from seventh to ninth now dropping down the athletes for their
01:13:11head actually are not safe either i mean they still have to put in the work one more shoot to
01:13:16go they're trying to reel them in actually mariam aren't they uh check out and bello are trying to
01:13:20reel that reel that pack in so this is the final trip to the range if they can reel that pack and
01:13:26it'll be interesting in goes shabba boom your leader also in go
01:13:37kamaric reach muhammad's in there creatures in there joe chung just arriving
01:13:43yeah shwailo in there 14 muhammad is out so that's one and two greaches out in three
01:13:52four looks like he's going to be shwailo it is four five looks like it's going to be john
01:13:57is it john casper jack is close casper jack and john out the same that's five and six i think
01:14:03seven is going to be bello where's chung chung is getting reeled into that ninth place battle now
01:14:10vlak is out with a 17 second shoot but he is in eighth place check on is out in ninth is chung
01:14:15gonna miss out on the finals now joe chung is in big trouble here kazakhstan is out the range as
01:14:20well 35 seconds for joseph chung now we've got a race folks at the moment it's check on the
01:14:26athletes that you can see in ninth possession uh in ninth position who's got the number seven but
01:14:32look at joe chung joe chung knows he's in trouble here he is shifting muhammad agendi by the way
01:14:38is chasing down ninth place which is is that muhammad agendi this is going to be carnage folks
01:14:43i can tell you because this ninth place is not secure at the moment check and has it but he's
01:14:48going to come under severe pressure can check and hold on the athlete behind him is joe chung
01:14:54check and versus chung check and is fearing for that ninth place joe chung really struggled in
01:15:01the shooting range watch out for that sprint finish from chung it's a long way but he is
01:15:06really putting in the pace now check and seems to be getting fatigued in the legs taking a look over
01:15:11his shoulder isn't safe vlak is not safe here check and could close down vlak is chung gonna
01:15:16make it the brits is he gonna make it he rounds the corner this is gonna be a monumental effort
01:15:22i think joe chung makes it i think there's a chance of him making it is it he's not gonna
01:15:26make it he's not gonna make it he's given up given up in as much as he knows ninth is gone
01:15:32oh my god what a turn of events make the final of the world championships here in chengzhou huge
01:15:39credit goes to check and check and ran a brilliant race he goes through at night joseph chung is out
01:15:49story of the day for me that is i feel heavy i feel very heavy olympic champion
01:15:57where do you start he's starting second and missed out on finals 35 second shoot that is
01:16:04oh that is a big loss here for team gb i would have predicted that joseph would be on
01:16:11the podium of the finals wow that was a finish too yeah check on was incredible though has to
01:16:19be said he's done an incredible effort to get himself into the finals dropped down out of the
01:16:24nine a couple times but in the end that sprint finish and that good shoot he had at the end were
01:16:31yeah credit to bellow as well to bellow yeah it came out and was he in seventh
01:16:36bellow started 11th yeah finished in seven yeah finished at 7 p.m but check out is the athlete
01:16:41that secured the ninth spot and i've got to say joseph chung was rapid around those 200 meters
01:16:48but he just knew he knew 40 meters before the end it just it like it was impossible
01:16:53so he just had to back off because he just wasn't going to make it was done i was so not expecting
01:16:58this to be the result of semi-final b and again the beauty of the sport you can see the athletes
01:17:07have really put it in and yeah it's getting emotional for a lot of the athletes as you can
01:17:13expect this is a big year olympic year a lot of stake this is the penultimate event before the
01:17:20olympics a lot of dreams are crushed here and bittersweet we have some good moments some bad
01:17:27moments and bellow is one of those athletes who'd be happy with this performance park missed out on
01:17:35qualification the heat is these athletes are not used to the heat at all no dehydration and it's
01:17:41difficult to relay because the sun's gone down and it looks cool it's not it's still 36 37 degrees
01:17:48in fact i can tell you exactly according to our statistics how quick it is as our athletes gasp
01:17:55and take their air in it's still 31 degrees but out there at 7 p.m it feels like 37 it feels like
01:18:0237 and these athletes on top of that have to run and that already takes so much out of you and
01:18:09again there's a factor of dehydration electrolytes can go into muscle cramping they can you know
01:18:16lose focus in the range they can get dizzy it's a number of things that could go wrong and here's
01:18:22a replay of how it played out and it all looked so good for joseph chong i think we're all in
01:18:29shock in shock maybe yeah he was cruising he was i don't think he was you said it this morning about
01:18:36if it were five seconds quicker and that's the case again now if that 30 what was it 37 in the
01:18:40range if that 37 was 30 even 30 he qualifies it's just i've never seen him shoot above 25 maybe
01:18:49i think that was his worst shoot ever and 37 is i mean it's devastating to watch not only because
01:18:57i used to be an athlete and i know how hard that position can be when you're up top you're
01:19:03obviously feeling the pressure but also when you don't shoot so well it it ends your competition
01:19:09and i'm sure he'll be reflecting a lot on that and hopefully we'll see him in paris but
01:19:16yes i don't think this is going to go by smoothly on the plane ride home no no and you can understand
01:19:24the disappointment and how disappointing it'll be and this is going to be a tough watch as well
01:19:28even watching the final trip to uh to the range for for those athletes for some athletes the
01:19:33successful athletes have made it through congratulations to them and top top class
01:19:36you've got to say from so many of them but yeah joseph chung again doesn't take away from his
01:19:42gold medal at the olympics he's still olympic champion he has a stellar medal collection and
01:19:49yeah one step up doesn't change who he is and or what he's done and i think he'll come back
01:19:55stronger yeah bello was impressive bello was impressive yeah really impressive and
01:20:02it's uh it's really tough to recover after that semi-final i think it was very intense and
01:20:09a lot of unexpected results and finishes from these outfits and that ninth there is elodie
01:20:14cluvel who was one of the athletes in the women's yesterday to just narrowly miss out by that one
01:20:19place but she was barking and encouraging and just pushing bello forward as much as she could
01:20:26james spoke to her before the race didn't he and she was more nervous i think than the athlete but
01:20:30very stressed bello did brilliantly those sunglasses going on and that laser focus came
01:20:34to him kudos to vlack as well showed him 15th and finished uh in the top nine it's a very tough
01:20:40ask but you can count on vlack to deliver as uh that was the final shooting series check-in was
01:20:46out the range and joseph chung was stuck in there yeah it's uh we can see he joseph chung and look
01:20:54at the effort he's slipping and sliding on the equestrian stand and he was putting in a monumental
01:20:59effort but it it it's behind here he's chasing down black here in ninth and black checking his
01:21:04shoulder and the effort that you can't see on that shot at the moment is joseph chung he was
01:21:08working tirelessly but those nine as a pack they knew they were safe and through they came and
01:21:16he had to keep checking his shoulder yeah congratulations to all the athletes that
01:21:20made it through those top nine were incredible throughout this race and throughout the competition
01:21:25in general and uh yeah those are the best 18 athletes in the world making it to the finals
01:21:31and that ladies gentlemen boys and girls is a look of disappointment of that on the other side of the
01:21:36coin is a look of success for check-in well i think the coach who was crying was actually he
01:21:43was happy tears yeah it was tears of delight yeah that was the coach from ukraine cheering
01:21:48on check-in and happy that he made it to the finals it was very very well deserved from him
01:21:54that big finish in the end really secured things so you're nine to qualify then actually bello
01:22:01crossed the line in first it doesn't really matter that yeah but ultimately did um and check on the
01:22:06athlete in night the last to qualify mariam yeah check on i think i'm still in shock what's the
01:22:14what's the story of semi-final b for you then it's pretty clear joseph chung yeah not making it
01:22:20yeah it's gonna be a impact mentally for him it's going to be a real test ahead of the olympic games
01:22:25in paris yeah but yeah congratulations to the top nine and those are the athletes who just missed
01:22:30out joseph chung starting second finished in the 10th place behind the guindy close maybe
01:22:38close but never gave up it was just too much of a gap i think he pushed as hard as he could but
01:22:43yeah the athletes atop were wasn't happy with his fencing was he wasn't happy with his fencing and
01:22:49too much of a gap for him to make up so the story of the day really then
01:22:52is an athlete who didn't make it who we were expecting to make it joseph chung
01:22:55who should say huge congratulations to both semi-final and semi-final be the nine athletes
01:23:00that made it through they are the creme de la creme they are the world championship finalists
01:23:03and tomorrow is super saturday the finals of the women's and the finals of the men's tomorrow we
01:23:09will crown our world champions make sure you join us then we'll be back on uipm tv thank you for
01:23:15taking the time to join us wherever you've tuned in maryam and i both appreciate it enjoy the rest
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