Pentathlon WCH Zhengzhou 2024

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Mixed Relay

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00:00:00We'll be right back.

00:00:13Yes, welcome back to Zhengzhou

00:00:17in China here for the World

00:00:19Championships 2024. The final

00:00:22day and the mixed relay day. We

00:00:24appreciate you taking the time

00:00:26to join us and as you will see

00:00:28in a moment, we're going to be

00:00:30doing the final day of the

00:00:32World Championships in China.

00:00:33It's a bit of a point out, but

00:00:34it will be blatantly obvious in

00:00:37the next second or two. The

00:00:39weather's changed slightly here

00:00:43in Zhengzhou. Try one 80 has my

00:00:45name's Ian Stringer. That's the

00:00:46voice of Mariam Amur next to me.

00:00:49It's 24 degrees, which is fine.

00:00:51It's colder and it's not as

00:00:52humid. But the issue is the wet

00:00:54stuff behind that sign. That's

00:00:55the problem that we have.

00:00:57We have the modern pentathlon

00:00:59mixed relay. There is no riding.

00:01:01So we're about to show you what

00:01:03would essentially be the riding

00:01:05course. And it's a challenging

00:01:07course. And we saw the course in

00:01:09the men's final yesterday in the

00:01:11women's final the day before.

00:01:13But there will be no riding

00:01:15today because of the weather

00:01:17because of the weather

00:01:18conditions and the fencing.

00:01:20There will be no fencing today.

00:01:22They have. They've done it in

00:01:24the ranking round hall.

00:01:26So we will be having it live.

00:01:28But the swimming will take place

00:01:30to 100 feet freestyles by gender

00:01:32two and a half minutes the time

00:01:34and then the laser run. Now you

00:01:36will see a course at the moment

00:01:37that we will outline on this

00:01:39graphic. It's changed a little

00:01:40bit still 600 meters clearly,

00:01:42but it has changed a little bit

00:01:44so into the range. That's the

00:01:45same. Our athletes head into the

00:01:47range and shoot at a series of

00:01:50targets. 10 meter distance, five

00:01:51targets twice per athlete, and

00:01:53it turns left, but then it does

00:01:55not. It actually goes around the

00:01:56top of the course. The bit of the

00:01:58course on the right hand side,

00:01:59you can see that isn't part of

00:02:01the course, as it were. It now

00:02:02is. Just go with us for now.

00:02:05We'll explain more as we progress

00:02:07through the competition. The

00:02:09ranking round took place about

00:02:12three minutes ago. No, it's a bit

00:02:14longer than three minutes ago,

00:02:15but not too long ago. And our

00:02:19athletes are preparing Mariam for

00:02:23a truncated result of truncated

00:02:27mixed relay. They are the results

00:02:29after the bonus round. Yes.

00:02:33Ranking and bonus round put

00:02:34together now. So the ranking

00:02:36round is in there. The bonus

00:02:37round is in there and they are

00:02:39the standings as we are. Yes.

00:02:41With swimming to come, laser on

00:02:43to come. Yes. Right. It's a bit

00:02:45more confusing today in mixed

00:02:47relays. A lot of things change

00:02:49with the weather conditions.

00:02:51As you said, it is. Yes, it is.

00:02:53So we have the heat in front of

00:02:57us and we'll go through the

00:02:58heats in a few moments time. But

00:03:00Mariam, just tell me what the as

00:03:02an athlete, what the

00:03:04differences in conditions are

00:03:05going to add challenges to for

00:03:07our athletes? Well, first of all,

00:03:09the in terms of swimming, that's

00:03:11that's not going to change

00:03:12during the pool anyways. Um, in

00:03:14terms of the laser and obviously

00:03:16the ground is going to be a bit

00:03:18more slippery, so they have to

00:03:20take their time around the

00:03:22turns, making sure that, um,

00:03:24yeah, there's again no slipping.

00:03:26There are very tight turns in

00:03:28this new course that they've

00:03:30drawn out. Um, if the range

00:03:32starts that well now it looks

00:03:34fine. But if the range starts to

00:03:36pick up, I think there's going

00:03:38to be an issue with the laser

00:03:40shooting range. The pistols

00:03:42cannot be left in the rain that

00:03:44long. They will get much more

00:03:46So how do they come back? Can

00:03:48you cover them? Can you? I think

00:03:50I think the competition will

00:03:52move as they can. So if it's if

00:03:54it's not the perfect conditions,

00:03:56maybe they'll delay for a while.

00:03:58Okay, So this is a start list.

00:04:00These are the four nations who

00:04:02will operate. We have China,

00:04:04Mexico, Chinese, Taipei. And our

00:04:06team from Switzerland. And the

00:04:10welcome from the United States.

00:04:12From Switzerland. And the

00:04:15welcomes and the war columns

00:04:17will begin. And there's Mariam

00:04:19Amur, former pentathlon athlete,

00:04:21quite rightly said. In the

00:04:23swimming pool. It doesn't make a

00:04:25huge difference because it's

00:04:27pretty wet in there already.

00:04:29Maybe dry off the blocks a

00:04:31little bit. That's not to slip

00:04:33off. The irony that in the last

00:04:35week, athletes have been putting

00:04:37water on there to keep the blocks

00:04:39cool, which has been a real

00:04:41challenge. But here come the

00:04:43first set of athletes, Mariam.

00:04:45We have the start list and we

00:04:47have the times for our athletes

00:04:49as well. The team from China,

00:04:51Goo and Chen. And the lovely

00:04:55synchronized workout as well. A

00:04:57point to the badge. That was

00:04:59lovely. Love a bit of that.

00:05:01Always like mixed really a lot

00:05:03more relaxed and chill and you

00:05:05have your partner to lean on and

00:05:07you're not alone in this

00:05:09one. And now they come. You're

00:05:11right, Mariam. Look at the

00:05:13smiles. Everybody enjoyed that.

00:05:15Lovely. A bit of a tiger, a bit

00:05:17of a monster. Fierce. Well,

00:05:19quite, yeah. And the team from

00:05:21Chinese Taipei will be hoping

00:05:23that they very much are. Chen

00:05:25and Liao. And have the Swiss got

00:05:27anything in their locker?

00:05:29Holding hands. Wave to the

00:05:31crowd. We'll take that. Well

00:05:33done to Jerts and Muller, who

00:05:35are going to be the first to

00:05:37finish in the semifinals.

00:05:39Jerts and Muller, who are our

00:05:41team from Switzerland. Jerts,

00:05:43one of the athletes who certainly

00:05:45stood out in the women's

00:05:47discipline. Yeah, semifinals.

00:05:49She was incredible, starting in

00:05:5117th and finishing in the top

00:05:53nine and not quite where she

00:05:55wanted to finish in the finals.

00:05:57But, yeah, strong laser in her.

00:05:59Maybe she can overcome this

00:06:01deficit they have, the Swiss

00:06:03team. Mariam, reminders of the

00:06:05format because you swim kind of

00:06:07per gender. So, yeah, it's a

00:06:09total of 200m, 100m per gender.

00:06:11The women get us underway and

00:06:13then it's off to the men's.

00:06:15They hand over. As the women

00:06:17touch the wall, the men can

00:06:19enter the pool.

00:06:23Our athletes then call to their

00:06:25blocks. This is heat one. It's

00:06:27mixed relay. World Championship

00:06:29final time.

00:06:31And all the way without

00:06:33any incidents, all of our athletes

00:06:35and according to the times, we're

00:06:37expecting lane one, the team from

00:06:39China, to

00:06:41be the quickest it would seem, but

00:06:43we will see. It looks like they might

00:06:45be leading out nice and early there

00:06:47as well, Mariam. Yeah, China's

00:06:49looking strong there.

00:06:51Yeah, that is

00:06:53the Chinese Yuwen Gu

00:06:55in the black cap and on the

00:06:57far left of your screen is

00:07:00the Swiss Afit

00:07:02and a Yurt

00:07:04who is in third

00:07:06at the moment.

00:07:08So, China leading.

00:07:10Reminder against the clock here in

00:07:12terms of the points. The points will be

00:07:14deciphered and we will have

00:07:16some kind of start

00:07:18list and time advantage.

00:07:20This is where the Chinese team will

00:07:22touch and Chen will take over

00:07:24for the Chinese and this is the

00:07:26advantage of 100m. It is an

00:07:28aerobic. You can go. You can go and

00:07:30really put it in and leave

00:07:32nothing out there and that's going to be the

00:07:34touch here for Chen to take over

00:07:36and does.

00:07:38Good effective handover

00:07:40and again our athletes, male athletes

00:07:42take to the water. A little bit of a

00:07:44deficit for

00:07:46the team from Chinese Taipei to make up.

00:07:48They are incredible

00:07:50in the pool. I mean, Bai Liang, Chen

00:07:52has taken that lead and run with it.

00:07:54Look at that pace

00:07:56and rhythm from his arms.

00:07:58That's quick. It is.

00:08:00Really quick.

00:08:02Some of the athletes

00:08:04still looking to get out from there.

00:08:06It's too quick. You can't even get out of the water

00:08:08and he's going to win this one.

00:08:10The Chinese team are certainly going to win. They've got a

00:08:12five and a half second lead. Now the lead doesn't particularly

00:08:14matter in this event. It's all against the clock

00:08:16but the Chinese will want to cross the line first.

00:08:18They will want to break the tape and they'll want to

00:08:20get as tight to two and a half minutes

00:08:22as much headroom as they possibly

00:08:24headroom as they possibly can. And make no mistake

00:08:26it's the Chinese who are going to win this one

00:08:28and they're going to win it to the canter.

00:08:30It's going to be a two minute swim

00:08:32under two minutes, sub two minutes swim.

00:08:34And so

00:08:36the Chinese come in in first

00:08:38and the Swiss team on the far side

00:08:40in second

00:08:42six seconds behind. So that's still

00:08:44a 2.06 for them.

00:08:46It's a good swim but the Chinese are standout

00:08:48performers there, Mariam. Yeah, Chinese

00:08:50are leading the way at this point.

00:08:52This is of course the first of three heats

00:08:54and so they're still

00:08:56in the bottom end of things so a lot to make up

00:08:58for and seeing as there's

00:09:00no arriving so no

00:09:02significant disciplines to

00:09:04make up points.

00:09:06But yeah, good swim from them

00:09:08as we get

00:09:10ready to introduce heats two and

00:09:12three and we'll find out where

00:09:14they stand. Yep, the Chinese

00:09:16definitely the standout performers

00:09:18there and that changeover was slick

00:09:20and very effective

00:09:22and the aggression in the forearms and the shoulders

00:09:24of the Chinese athletes.

00:09:26Chen took over and really picked up

00:09:28the baton from Gu who started

00:09:30superbly.

00:09:34The effort and desire from our Chinese team

00:09:36has really laid down a bit of a

00:09:38marker. The next teams in the

00:09:40next heat will

00:09:42do well to get a

00:09:44good sub two in there.

00:09:461.59 and a bit of change.

00:09:48That's the leaderboard

00:09:50at the moment for the mixed relay

00:09:52final here in Zhengzhou.

00:09:57We have a crowd. We have people who

00:09:59are braving the elements today. Good to see.

00:10:01Four teams in

00:10:03the next heat.

00:10:05Heat number two. The team from

00:10:07Kazakhstan, our Italian team,

00:10:09Ukrainian team

00:10:11and Estonian team.

00:10:13Have they worked

00:10:15on their walk-ons as much as they did in heat

00:10:17one, I wonder.

00:10:19Again,

00:10:21big fans of the holding hand

00:10:23wave to the crowd.

00:10:25You can see the difference

00:10:27tonight between male and female athletes.

00:10:33And our Italian team.

00:10:35Fraser and

00:10:37Micheli.

00:10:43Difference for the athletes

00:10:45tonight.

00:10:47A truncated

00:10:49event.

00:10:51They will feel

00:10:53different. It has had to.

00:10:55The rain here is just

00:10:57outrageous.

00:10:59The company was great. You were lovely.

00:11:01The rain was horrendous.

00:11:03It was a bit intense this morning.

00:11:05There was lightning and thunder as well.

00:11:07Maybe not perfect conditions

00:11:09for the horses. They could get scared,

00:11:11spooked off in the arena.

00:11:13It was a bit of a challenge

00:11:15in terms of safety of the athletes.

00:11:17So the heat number

00:11:19two, our team

00:11:21from Kazakhstan

00:11:23statistically

00:11:25are the quickest

00:11:27but they are nowhere near two minutes.

00:11:29It has got to be said.

00:11:31That time from the Chinese.

00:11:33I think it is going to be quicker than their

00:11:35seed times because it is really hard to

00:11:37figure out

00:11:39their cumulative

00:11:42people swimming.

00:11:44You can see the rain splashing

00:11:46off the surface there.

00:11:50And in we go.

00:11:52Expecting lane number one, the lane closest to you

00:11:54to be quickest out. You can see the Ukrainian

00:11:56team in the middle of your picture

00:11:58are certainly keeping pace. It is pretty much neck and neck.

00:12:00Maybe give Ukraine a slight

00:12:02advantage on the female leg

00:12:04of heat number two.

00:12:06But then as we expected, Mariam, lane one,

00:12:08the team from Kazakhstan look to be

00:12:10leading out here.

00:12:14Taking that stroke, it is a strong stroke

00:12:16and then gliding forward

00:12:18to utilize every bit of strength

00:12:20with that quick kick

00:12:22as well, propelling herself forward.

00:12:26So, Potapenko of Kazakhstan

00:12:28leading out and has a bit of a gap

00:12:30here. You have got to say second, third and fourth

00:12:32at the moment are

00:12:34not stroke for stroke but there is not a great

00:12:36deal in it for our teams from Italy,

00:12:38Ukraine and Estonia.

00:12:40But again, this is where the teams really put it in

00:12:42for the changeover, giving everything

00:12:44they possibly can.

00:12:46But there is still fatigue in those shoulders ahead of the

00:12:48laser run they needed for the pistol

00:12:50as our Kazakh team into the pool.

00:12:52Nice big foot splash in there as well

00:12:54from male athletes.

00:12:58And those fuchsia pink shorts were on the discount

00:13:00Mariam because a few of the boys have got them.

00:13:02Yeah.

00:13:04And

00:13:06Kazakhstan is leading the way but I think

00:13:08Ukraine might be closing in now.

00:13:10They are getting closer.

00:13:12Kovalchuk, the male

00:13:14Ukrainian athlete

00:13:16who is trying to close

00:13:18that gap in.

00:13:20It is going to be slower than the first

00:13:22heat.

00:13:24You are quite right Mariam, the lane

00:13:26number three, Kovalchuk

00:13:28is closing in, whether a catch or not.

00:13:30Again, it is against the clock so it does not matter

00:13:32overly. Italy as well.

00:13:34Side by side now.

00:13:36But I think Kazakhstan is going to

00:13:38touch that wall first.

00:13:40You would think so but lane number three

00:13:42Ukraine on a million miles away.

00:13:44Again, let's all eyes on the clock. It is quicker.

00:13:461.58. I did not think it was going to be

00:13:48quicker. It is.

00:13:50It is impressive from the Kazakhstan team.

00:13:52Yeah, very much so.

00:13:54I think it was a 1.02

00:13:56from Potapenko. So it was a quick

00:13:58100 meters from her and

00:14:00Verutachkin with

00:14:02a sub one minute

00:14:04time.

00:14:08So heat number one and heat number two

00:14:10concluded

00:14:12for our athletes.

00:14:18They had a bit of a lead, didn't they

00:14:20going into the change over the team from

00:14:22Kazakhstan?

00:14:26I am trying to take a look at the scores

00:14:28now. We of course have one more

00:14:30heat to go.

00:14:32But concerning the

00:14:34ranking round, I don't think that

00:14:36there was much of a gap between the

00:14:38teams.

00:14:44So that's the leaderboard

00:14:46as it stands. But actually

00:14:48Egypt

00:14:50the Czechs and Korean

00:14:52teams

00:14:54even the Polish team very close.

00:14:56A bit of a lead for Lithuania at the start

00:14:58of the swimming. And we have those teams coming

00:15:00into the pool now.

00:15:02Again, they'll have seen that time. I should

00:15:04point out as well ahead of the laser run, and we will

00:15:06discuss it probably a little nearer.

00:15:08It's still very, very humid. Don't let the rain

00:15:10deceive you. I actually looked at the humidity

00:15:12earlier. It was 86%.

00:15:14I think maybe the rain might

00:15:16increase the humidity as well.

00:15:18So our team

00:15:20from Lithuania, Adamantite

00:15:22and Peronas

00:15:24are leaders heading into the pool.

00:15:26So we've had the ranking and the bonus fencing rounds

00:15:28without the horses because

00:15:30of the weather conditions.

00:15:32But out come our leaders at the moment. Remember World

00:15:34Championship medals up for grabs here.

00:15:38The Polish team

00:15:42certainly look ready for action.

00:15:50It's a strong Korean team

00:15:52Marian, when we were looking at the team entries

00:15:54I think last night the first thing

00:15:56you said was look at the strength of that Korean team.

00:15:58Yes, Seo and Sunwoo Kim too

00:16:00happy to always be in the top

00:16:0210 of every final.

00:16:04Seo wasn't his day yesterday in the finals

00:16:06with that ride. It was I think a

00:16:082.38 from him.

00:16:10But yeah, I think he's

00:16:12looking for a medal here.

00:16:14In come the Egyptian team.

00:16:20And now Gendy.

00:16:23They're matching swimsuits.

00:16:25That is cute.

00:16:27I like that.

00:16:29Fashion points go to the Egyptian team

00:16:31certainly.

00:16:33But unfortunately

00:16:35they don't get added to your laser on total I'm afraid.

00:16:39That's a good turtle based swimsuit in the middle as well isn't it.

00:16:41So our athletes

00:16:43preparing themselves then

00:16:47for heat number

00:16:49three.

00:16:53Yeah, Lithuania, Poland, Korea

00:16:55Czech Republic and Egypt

00:16:57are top five teams

00:16:59as things stand.

00:17:01Athletes and female athletes call to

00:17:03their blocks. The team in

00:17:05lane number one is the team from

00:17:07Lithuania and they

00:17:11are the team who are in the lead

00:17:13at the moment. It's a bit deceiving because they usually

00:17:15wear that green colour and that's the same colour

00:17:17as the Koreans in lane three but

00:17:19Celebi

00:17:21Let's see how they play out here

00:17:23with a five team heat.

00:17:25It looks like Malek Ismail

00:17:27has turned first on the wall.

00:17:29Things are going to be clear at that 50

00:17:31metre mark but this is considerably

00:17:33faster than they would do in their own

00:17:35individuals. It's an all out sprint

00:17:37this 100 metres. Looks like lane

00:17:39five and four doesn't it. Looks like Egypt

00:17:41in the checks.

00:17:43First and second and it's quick.

00:17:45Maybe

00:17:47exactly one minute

00:17:49for

00:17:51Malek Ismail.

00:17:53Good strong turn

00:17:55as well. You saw the kinetic energy in that.

00:17:57That was perfectly timed from the Egyptian

00:17:59team out there in lane number five.

00:18:01Like a spring recoiling.

00:18:03Perfect wasn't it.

00:18:05She's really putting the effort in here. This is

00:18:07quick. This is going to be really quick.

00:18:11And

00:18:13into

00:18:15the pool go our

00:18:17male athletes.

00:18:21And for Egypt

00:18:25Mohamed El Gendy has

00:18:27a bit of a lead.

00:18:29Certainly no slouch in the pool.

00:18:33It is looking quick out

00:18:35there and I think these three teams are

00:18:37clumping up together now

00:18:39as they head to the wall and it might not be Mohamed

00:18:41El Gendy for Egypt.

00:18:43It's going to make a huge difference.

00:18:45First it is a sale.

00:18:47Not too much in it

00:18:49though. Pretty much neck and neck.

00:18:51This is the final of the three heats

00:18:53before we head to the laser run.

00:18:55The final turn now for these athletes

00:18:57and I think that the Czech Republic

00:18:59are in first place now.

00:19:01Korea in second and Mohamed El Gendy

00:19:03for Egypt dropped down into third.

00:19:05Let's check the clock and see how close it is.

00:19:07Whether it's going to make a huge difference

00:19:09for the Koreans. It seems it could be close

00:19:11between them. It is.

00:19:13Korea in first, the Czech team

00:19:15and the Egyptian team. 158-88

00:19:17Mariam Amur. Who were the

00:19:19success stories in the pool?

00:19:23Well China in that first heat

00:19:25was actually pretty quick maybe.

00:19:27They made up some time after that swim.

00:19:29Seo and

00:19:31Kuf made

00:19:33I think quite a bit of a lead

00:19:35on the rest of the pack.

00:19:37I think the big one

00:19:39for me here is Lithuania.

00:19:41They started out in first. They might be

00:19:43losing a bit of that gap if

00:19:45not dropping down the order after that swim.

00:19:51So our Korean

00:19:53team

00:19:55impressive in their heat.

00:19:57Yeah.

00:20:05It's really interesting. I've never

00:20:07seen the transition

00:20:09from just the swim to the laser

00:20:11and obviously there's

00:20:13no riding. So it's kind of

00:20:15like qualifications almost.

00:20:17Yeah, it usually builds

00:20:19to a crescendo, doesn't it?

00:20:21It feels like we've

00:20:23just moved from one discipline

00:20:25to another. Yeah, which essentially we have

00:20:27and it's going to be laser run next up because the

00:20:29fencing bonus round took

00:20:31place away from the arena. It's normally

00:20:33and that's the allure of modern

00:20:35pentathlon these days. It's all in one arena.

00:20:37It's 90 minutes. It's condensed. It's

00:20:39you know, harem, scarem. It's where do you look? Where's the action?

00:20:41But that couldn't happen today because of the

00:20:43conditions so. You have to adapt.

00:20:45Yep.

00:20:47Here we go then. This is

00:20:49the table

00:20:51heading in to the

00:20:53laser run. Korea will lead us

00:20:55out with a tiny

00:20:57tiny advantage over Lithuania

00:20:59and the Czech Republic. Couple of seconds

00:21:01in that a piece there, Mariam.

00:21:03Not too much in it. Not too much

00:21:05in it. I mean, 25 seconds separate

00:21:07first and ninth.

00:21:09I think Egypt in with a chance.

00:21:11Kazakhstan with a chance. Czech Republic

00:21:13and Lithuania all good runners as

00:21:15well. And Korea, you

00:21:17have to think maybe

00:21:19keep that place in

00:21:21first. But again, the gaps are

00:21:23pretty tiny between those athletes.

00:21:25And

00:21:27further down, 10th, 11th, 12th

00:21:29and 13th. Estonia,

00:21:31Taipei, Mexico and Switzerland.

00:21:33Yep. So our athletes have completed

00:21:35the swimming discipline. Laser run is up next.

00:21:37Let's reflect on their time in the pool.

00:21:51Yeah.

00:21:53Yeah.

00:21:55Yeah.

00:21:57Yeah.

00:21:59Yeah.

00:22:01Yeah.

00:22:03Yeah.

00:22:05Yeah.

00:22:07Yeah.

00:22:09Yeah.

00:22:11Yeah.

00:22:13Yeah.

00:22:15Yeah.

00:22:17Yeah.

00:22:20Yeah.

00:22:22Yeah.

00:22:24Yeah.

00:22:26So swimming complete.

00:22:28Our athletes will make the move

00:22:30and the transition

00:22:32from the swimming arena and the swimming

00:22:34pool to

00:22:36the Laser Run.

00:22:38Let me finish it. So handicap

00:22:39starter reminder. So whoever you see first

00:22:41the line in Modern Pentathlon, they are the

00:22:43gold medalist, silver medalist and bronze

00:22:45medalist respectively. Into

00:22:47per gender a couple of trips to this 10 meters of five targets to hit in 50 seconds or less

00:22:54and the course is adapted so the minute it looks like it goes through the riding arena it doesn't

00:22:58it will go to the right hand side clockwise around that turn there's a an out and back

00:23:04essentially to then go back and complete the rest of the the rest of the course but Mariam

00:23:09you were just saying to me a few moments ago that the lack of riding is going to mean a more

00:23:13congested field very congested add to that the water on the track which there is we can't hide

00:23:18it's gonna be drama yeah there is gonna be drama today in mixed three days which i don't think

00:23:23we've had in such a long time maybe we've had some scraps for finishes in those uh top metal

00:23:29positions but now i think we have all nine athletes uh sorry nine teams uh fighting for

00:23:35those uh positions and tell me when you're an athlete how much the rain affects shooting and

00:23:42why i think whenever there's a competition where we expect rain there's something usually over the

00:23:50arena or over the range to keep the pistols covered so i'm actually not really sure what's

00:23:56gonna happen probably they're gonna be using that umbrella until that last second they want

00:24:00to make sure that their pistols are are clean and dry before the start of the race even if they do

00:24:05get a little bit wet in the actual race it's uh it's important to keep them out of the water as

00:24:11much as they can and they are the timing chips i believe i'm gonna see a lot of water spring as

00:24:17they head around the track that's for sure they are the timing chips that the athletes will wear

00:24:22on their on their ankle that was a test of the starting horn that you just heard in case it

00:24:28doesn't work and then it doesn't work yeah it was tested this morning who tested it mariam um

00:24:35uh i don't know i do so our athletes just going through their preparation you just saw the timing

00:24:43chips a few moments ago there is the laser pistol and they need to keep that dry now they can keep

00:24:49it dry for now because their coaches will be able to hold an umbrella over it and it will although

00:24:55saying that you can still see a few spots that's an easier way to keep it dry close the case close

00:25:00the case if you're out of the range and if you're in the range keep an umbrella overhead yep

00:25:07so they are our korean team favorites for gold at the moment korea

00:25:16korea and then

00:25:19interesting that our athletes uh you can see some k tape on the back there not necessarily

00:25:27indicating an injury no it's not it just helps blood flow helps blood flow and helps support

00:25:31your muscles um sometimes you feel like you've got a little cramping about to happen just want to

00:25:38make sure that doesn't and uh team from italy frezza on your screen just getting used to the

00:25:44track and that will be a challenge being on a wet track spikes will be needed so the italian team

00:25:54will start in eighth that's 15 seconds off the lead so basically nothing podium is more than

00:26:01achievable potentially even gold from down there at eight would you say i say all the way to ninth

00:26:06is uh just to get shot all the way down to ninth is only again separated by 25 seconds

00:26:13but realistically speaking i think korea lithuania czech republic and egypt are going to be

00:26:23the four teams essentially on the podium

00:26:27so the korean team will certainly be there or thereabouts as it were you would expect them to be

00:26:34anyway yeah they had a good day yesterday in the finals we had sung ming sung take that gold and

00:26:44in a dramatic manner has to be said uh joan wong tai with that bronze at the final shooting was uh

00:26:51was incredible for me it was a seven second shoot and came out of the range and third

00:26:55and finished the race in third 12 minutes then until the start of the laser on we'll try and

00:27:00show you the uh start list graphic once more before we uh before we do get underway but

00:27:05our athletes i'll tell you what if 48 hours ago you'd have said to our athletes you're going to

00:27:08need jackets to warm up what's the jackets are you mad no chance but uh that's certainly the case

00:27:15today and it is a change and it uh it is going to affect our athletes for sure and i think the

00:27:22big thing for me is uh is the running track curious to see how they make their way around

00:27:29that backside of the uh of the shooting range especially because it is very tight and if there's

00:27:35multiple teams heading into that tight turn together it's going to be uh maybe a bit dangerous

00:27:40the part you're talking about mariam and it's difficult to see from where that camera is i'm

00:27:44sure we'll try and show it before if we can but the so when the athletes come out of the range

00:27:49so essentially heading towards the camera you can see they will come out and they'll turn left but

00:27:55it's an immediate right so it's a horseshoe and i'm going to give it two three four five six paces

00:28:02i think from when you turn left out of the range it's six paces until a

00:28:07and 180 degree turn and then maybe 100 meters out and back and another 180 degree turn

00:28:15and then you're back around the course and back through to the start finish so

00:28:20so they're not doing the riding but they're kind of doing the riding course aren't they

00:28:24tight turns yeah that's true the egyptian team we just saw um muhammad al-gandhi there starting in

00:28:33six ten

00:28:38ten seconds behind

00:28:43yeah it's ten seconds behind for the egyptian team is i think very very doable

00:28:48and don't write off um veronica and volkan yankov for czech republic

00:28:53you can see the athletes there that's

00:28:57the

00:29:03the athletes having to

00:29:08bless me uh wipe down their wipe down their uh their pistol area it's just

00:29:16there's a lot in it mariam there's a lot in it as well for the coaches because as a coach for

00:29:20the last seven days you've been right it's going to be hot it's going to be humid let's talk about

00:29:23water let's talk about ice vests let's talk about rehydration electrolytes and in less than 24 hours

00:29:29like we woke up this morning and it was it was apocalyptic so the coach it was wasn't it

00:29:34look at all but it's like thunder and lightning was going on but the coaches have got to change

00:29:38as well because their advice is going to change yeah well in terms of conditions maybe your

00:29:43strategy in terms of conditions yeah that's for sure and um i think it's all about taking it easy

00:29:49on those turns to be honest because that's what i'm worried about i think the athletes will manage

00:29:53fine even in the range um again it's a bit different because uh the shooting pistols

00:29:58i'd say five six years ago were air pistols and now they're all based on electronics and

00:30:04yeah that's quite different and humidity and moisture does affect that so hopefully no issues

00:30:12with our outfits today mexico on your screen by the way yep the mexican team are going to be

00:30:19starting you know what they're in 13th but they're 41 seconds i don't know go on say it you're dying

00:30:25to say it say it they might work their way to i'm not gonna say podium positions but they're

00:30:32gonna work their way up okay yeah no that's fair that's fair and we'll see whether they do work

00:30:36their way up they're starting alongside the swiss team as well on 41 behind so they've got somebody

00:30:41instantly chasing them down or they are chasing yeah and again remember they're only three times

00:30:48600 meters per gender so it's going to be substantially quicker than the individuals

00:30:53yes and they can put more effort in with that in mind

00:31:00the coach's best job at the moment is to hold an umbrella or somebody from within the coaching

00:31:04staff should i say hold the umbrella and make sure you keep everything that jacket's on backwards

00:31:10is that the swimming goggles the mexican hands up no sorry it looked like it looked like it for a

00:31:16second from the back it did look like it though the mexican athletes then macias and oliver 41

00:31:24seconds behind macias was uh if you remember him by the way laser run uh senior finals he did that

00:31:31uh incredible finish at the end came in third yes yes yeah of course what a day that was yes that

00:31:38was laser run laser yeah it all molds into one man yeah been a long time here for the athletes

00:31:47been a long time here for the supporters a long time here for the teams as well

00:31:54but uh everyone's enjoyed it everybody's had fun 52 nations incidentally 52 nations represented

00:32:01across six continents more than 700 athletes have been through this stadium in the last 10 days

00:32:06mm-hmm so it has hosted quite the competition this olympic stadium here in zhang jiao and

00:32:13they've done it in style the organization has been incredible volunteers staff local committee

00:32:19and uh have you enjoyed zhang jiao i have yeah it's been a very interesting city very different

00:32:25than uh where previous world championships have been held and yeah the culture and food we've

00:32:32been able to try some of that and it's uh yeah it is incredible to be honest the athletes and

00:32:39teams have been looked after that's for sure as have we and we're tremendously thankful for that

00:32:44spikes are the only option today frankly i think that's that's spikes or spikes spikes or spikes

00:32:50yeah yeah they uh usually opt for that uh carbon shoes that like you said but now everything

00:32:58everyone i think is moving with spikes most of the athletes yeah like it will we will definitely

00:33:03be on they need that grip they need that grip if you're not on spikes i'd be shocked if anybody's

00:33:08not wearing spikes today we will be on spike watch see what we can come up with

00:33:16good to see our teams from around the world they are spikes indeed good excellent camera work by

00:33:22the way yeah team from poland is um is in fourth place they are not

00:33:33estonia they didn't look like they had spiked shoes on

00:33:37shoe watch everybody tune in same time next week for more shoe watch james adedakis is track side

00:33:43with an interview james yeah so this is a bit of an unorthodox interview with you as you're just

00:33:48finishing off the final touches helping your athletes out here we won't keep you for too long

00:33:52uh the top six are separated by such a small margin obviously it's been a little bit of a

00:33:57different uh mixed relay here today hasn't it but just explain to us about what's happened today and

00:34:02then how tight it's going to be whilst you're obviously helping out malak as well actually so

00:34:06as you can as you as you see we had a slight change in the weather from having like uh very

00:34:13very hot warm i would say egyptian weather as i'm coming from egypt to what we are experiencing

00:34:19now we had to cancel the riding which is something that happened in in any sport when the condition

00:34:24is abnormal because of this the gaps is really small this is going to give us a very exciting

00:34:30race enjoyable one you cannot predict who's going to win because we are talking about 10 seconds gap

00:34:36as you said in between the top six going to be enjoyable so maybe maybe the removal of riding

00:34:42in this one would give the laser run a better taste yeah i'm not gonna keep it much longer

00:34:48because i know you've got a lot to do before the race starts but this is quite unique isn't it this

00:34:52is quite a special laser run i don't think we've ever seen the top six separated by such a small

00:34:57margin this could be a real special race i haven't seen something like this uh in the mixed relays or

00:35:03even it's very rare in the individual finals it's gonna be special it's the last day some nations

00:35:10haven't got the results they expected in the individual egypt is upon them so hopefully this

00:35:16one is gonna be is gonna be uh one to satisfy satisfy those nations all right yeah so get back

00:35:22to work good luck my friend thank you for your time as always thank you very much enjoy thank you

00:35:28really good points there actually the points that were raised marion were an opportunity

00:35:35for nations who have struggled a bit to get some momentum back as you see the start list and

00:35:41the uh differentials between the start list yeah a lot of these athletes who are competing in the

00:35:46team relay mix have either not made it to the finals or have struggled in one way or another

00:35:53maybe even not competing in the individuals at all so it's good to see them out here and

00:35:59trying for a podium finish adamaititi for example wasn't in the finals as well as

00:36:05mohammed gindi and permakina so we are excited for this one 10 seconds to separate the top six

00:36:12athletes so you can see the start list there our korean team will go out first they have a lead of

00:36:17two seconds which is nothing at this stage going in uh to the first turn four seconds seven seconds

00:36:25eight seconds as james said 10 seconds look at six the egyptian team 10 seconds in a laser run

00:36:30is nothing 15th follows and if we have a look at the second page from here on in ninth is uh 25

00:36:39seconds in there so that's first to ninth and our 10th place team marion you've already made the

00:36:45point is the same 40 41 and 41 and we know that in the range all it takes is for target two to be

00:36:53missed twice three times talking about that actually yesterday men's final last shooting

00:36:59series mutas mohammed was in the range in third and he didn't shoot terribly it was a 13 second

00:37:05shoot but jung woong thai was so much faster it was a seven second shoot so that's essentially

00:37:09double the time and that's what separated bronze from fourth place yep there we go there's some

00:37:17more footwear which we particularly enjoy spikes are plenty because you can see it is still raining

00:37:23you might be able to see from that shot that the puddles are still being hit by some of the

00:37:27overhead conditions here in zhang jiao in china it's certainly a little more like the weather in

00:37:32estonia but um not quite yeah with my tt in your shot again did not make it to the finals and some

00:37:43of these athletes not only did they not make it to the finals but uh have their dreams olympic

00:37:48dreams uh taken away from them um a lot of olympic hopefuls and uh came here to jang jao to

00:37:56try for a qualification spot but were unable to i think they'd like to walk away with a medal

00:38:02look how still that arm was from so

00:38:08still not moving our athletes

00:38:13just about ready was there a minute or so left a minute or so to go

00:38:16look doesn't move a muscle look perfect time he's gonna walk away now thank you

00:38:22called the curse of the commentator kids so it works our athletes then mixed relay final is

00:38:29imminent because of the riding and the conditions in the riding being a bit of a problem it is a

00:38:35truncated event meaning this laser on is gonna be good it's gonna be tight it's gonna be congested

00:38:41it's gonna be this way in that way and the medals will change hands i would imagine a few times

00:38:48yeah we're gonna be back and forth with these athletes till the finish line

00:38:52our team from kazakhstan were leading the way actually uh uh no sorry that was um lithuania

00:38:58were leading the way weren't they kazakhstan and nepal were were pretty strong and the egyptian

00:39:02team mariam as an impartial but proud egyptian they quite rightly from the coach that was that

00:39:09was a message from the coach say kind of underperformed as a nation a bit here individually

00:39:13we need to get a medal that was basically what he was saying to be honest i think i think the

00:39:18egyptians for some reason this competition have had bad luck we've had two top competitors ahmad

00:39:22against him on it shaban withdrawn from the competition due to injury and then mutas mohammed

00:39:27yesterday almost in bronze and finished in fourth and some of the most who was just on the line in

00:39:32third and then fell right before that finish line and again in fourth so it was like

00:39:39nothing was going their way this competition so again a medal here would be a big win for egypt

00:39:44yep and they will uh know that the playing field is level for all of them as well in terms of the

00:39:50conditions that's the one thing you can say is yes the rain's difficult it's troubling it's

00:39:54a challenge but it's the same for every athlete out there so we shall see the start of the laser

00:39:59on 2024 mixed relay is imminent we start in 60 seconds time one thing i will say maybe the

00:40:07conditions the past few days have been okay for some of the athletes such as the egyptians as

00:40:14for some of the the athletes coming from colder regions maybe today is their day maybe today is

00:40:20their favorable conditions the swiss maybe the estonians it will certainly be a lot more used

00:40:28to conditions like this so 30 seconds to go until the final event here in zhang jiao

00:40:36but it's an event where medals are up for grabs and these athletes make no mistake are desperate

00:40:42for those medals it's the mixed relay final here in the east of china and with a slender lead

00:40:49our korean team will head out because of the truncated nature of the start

00:40:55this is going to be close strap yourselves in folks

00:40:57and the way we go could that be a false start from lithuania there could be a penalty there maria

00:41:08this is uh where you want to start considering the gaps in this uh race but you can see marcus

00:41:15mayo now off of that line in sixth place seven and eight are out as well so there could be a

00:41:24penalty for lithuania adamantiti broke the line somewhat there and you're seeing all of the

00:41:30athletes off the line desperate to go desperate to catch desperate to chase they're having to

00:41:35wait their 41 seconds and that's the race at the moment for ninth and tenth and away they go the

00:41:43swiss team are out and the mexican team are out so we have all our athletes on track and that turn

00:41:49mariam just seen the turn down in front of us the turn that's been added is really tight

00:41:56it has to be that they can't do anything about it in that turn but again it's on all of the athletes

00:42:01so pretty much a level playing field and first place for korea you can see in your way you can

00:42:08see in your shot there it is pulling away there's a six second lead they started out with a two

00:42:13second lead the korean team now is there going to be a penalty on the line for the lithuanian team

00:42:19the two places have been gained by egypt already egypt up into fourth and can see on the back

00:42:26straight actually it's a good move it's a move they've made stick have the egyptian team with

00:42:35malik ismail but here come korea navarro overtaking lithuania by the way so

00:42:41czech republic is now in second the lithuania is in third

00:42:47yeah so the korean team are in the lead

00:42:53yeah they're gonna head now to their first shooting series and it's

00:42:57actually second place lithuania and czech republic pretty much together

00:43:04so into the range they go for the first time korea

00:43:08will head in first the team in second are the czech team as they head into the range all

00:43:15important range lithuania head in the team the czech team head in in go korea and there's a

00:43:23miss of the first target lithuania hit first time lithuania ahead now and korea making up

00:43:30the czech team a little behind lithuania might come out first here you know they may well come

00:43:33out first if this one is made to stick it is they're out at the same time korea first by less

00:43:38than a second second place are lithuania around these tight turns now keep your eyes on these

00:43:43turns because they are tight they're difficult for the athletes and you'll be able to suss out

00:43:47ahead of the next lap or two where the passing opportunities are look at the czech republic in

00:43:53the range and struggling ukraine might overtake them they're like 32 seconds egypt by the way

00:44:01third yep right away and shooting and not too far away from second may i say

00:44:09and uh kim is uh is trying to put in the pace now but uh my tt's keeping

00:44:16on her tail she is so lithuania in second korea in first and that is the distance

00:44:22you can see you can see the back of your shot there egypt making their way into third position

00:44:28and the team from poland are in fourth which is where they started the day

00:44:34korea in first as they ran the or head into the turn the turn for home as it were

00:44:43and if you ain't right on the shoulder mariam yeah i think she's keeping pace now not wanting

00:44:48to burn off too much energy at this stage there's one more shooting series to go before the last

00:44:54stop and handing over to their partners and uh you don't want to increase that heart rate too

00:44:59much going into the range so here come our leaders and lithuania behind korea lithuania

00:45:05look like they might fancy an overtake here on the inside lithuania right behind there's nothing in it

00:45:13into the range for the second time korea will head into the range in first place it would seem

00:45:19egypt in third but narrowly in third i've got to say poland in fourth and not a million miles away

00:45:27so korea into the range lithuania into the range yeah who holds their own in there that is the

00:45:33question and they pick up their laser pistols at exactly the same time it's all on the range

00:45:40korea hit number one hit number two lithuania struggling somewhat hit number one korea three

00:45:45down now four down now it's going to be quick income egypt 8.95 korea are out egypt could come

00:45:51out second here i think they're going to poland behind indeed and it could come out all of them

00:45:58together 11 seconds out come egypt out come lithuania lithuania is second egypt in third

00:46:02but it's tight the biggest advantage in the second trip to the range mariam amur was for the leaders

00:46:08korea yeah korea now pulling away from the rest of the pack in egypt getting closer to that second

00:46:14place medal in that silver medal but lithuania is really pushing here but korea is miles and

00:46:21miles ahead of them so here come that's the scrap for second you can see the elbow running elbows

00:46:29pumping of the lithuanian athlete adamatiti is trying to catch korea in first but quite frankly

00:46:37that second trip to the range was outstanding now can egypt take that place there's an opportunity

00:46:43on this patch straight for silver and bronze and indeed she's going to try and take it she wants to

00:46:50hand over to her male partner in silver medal and say right i've given you silver you can keep it

00:46:56and they're both this is going to go down to the finish line between those two but malika

00:47:00smile i think is making her way around the outside of the lithuanian and she is gritting her teeth as

00:47:07well the lithuanian there's a chance here for egypt you know if they can spray the rest of the

00:47:12fuel into the tank this will be it for their week then if they can make this silver play stick at

00:47:17the transition they'll give a real chance to mohammed el-gendi here come korea for the hand

00:47:23over the handover successful and away he goes seo for korea will do a lap without the pistol first

00:47:31in and egypt in second yeah el-gendi and peronis at second and third peronis with those long levers

00:47:39as you say yeah he has and they help certainly help but i know who my money would be on if we

00:47:45were able to that would be the egyptian athlete because as the coach told us there's a fire in

00:47:50their belly they want to go home as a team with more medals if they can that turn is tough on

00:47:55the athletes it's tough for all of them but it's tough so korea out leading seo for korea with that

00:48:03turn and they are stride for stride are the egyptians not opting for the uh spikes here and

00:48:10i think that's not gonna be in his best interest it's uh it's hard to grip on this uh slippery

00:48:16slope that we have here in zhang zhao yeah and they're trying to hunt down first i'm not sure

00:48:21they're going to get anywhere near the korean team who've been in imperious form they have over the

00:48:26course of the weekend and they have shown ahead of a trip to paris in a couple of months that they

00:48:30are the ones to potentially catch the egyptian team no they've got themselves under pressure and

00:48:35lithuania here have made a move and have made it stick and the silver medal at the moment belongs

00:48:41to the lithuanian team as they head to the range for the first time maria mamoon yeah heading to

00:48:47the range for the first time and again as you said the range does separate the boys from the men

00:48:53and peronis and mohammed akinzi while peronis is taking quite the lead in second place i don't

00:49:01think there's too much of a gap as they head to the first shooting series that's where it's going

00:49:05to be important sayo heads in for korea as lithuania in second and i don't think gold secured

00:49:13yeah you don't okay i think those two have a chance of really closing in now al candy

00:49:20let's just the straight approach the running pose and posture of seo's impressive and up he goes

00:49:27can he keep pace he's missed his first target he gets it second time

00:49:31income lithuania income egypt the two targets are down now misses the third and egypt hit one they

00:49:38hit two if they hit three we've got a serious race career a four down and they miss five egypt

00:49:44come come out first they do egypt in the lead here the first trip to the range and the egyptian team

00:49:50currently have gold a long way to go mariam yeah a long way to go two more laps and one more

00:49:56shooting series sale is closing on mohammed akinzi again those tight turns are really difficult for

00:50:01mohammed in those specific shoes i'm surprised i am surprised this is a difficult bit for him

00:50:08getting around there you see he's got no purchase there and he's overtaken sayo takes the place and

00:50:13korea take the place the important thing here though mariam is that gap is rewrite as nothing

00:50:18yeah it is nothing i think mohammed is trying to stay behind sales trying to keep pace because he

00:50:24knows if he's leading the way i think they might get tripped out on the turns especially so lithuania

00:50:31are in third we're staying with the battle for gold and silver quite rightly but in the back of

00:50:35your picture just then there you go there's a lithuanian team i think with poland and behind

00:50:39them in fourth but it's close between gold and silver korea and egypt as they head in towards

00:50:47the bend for the penultimate time that's that's a quarter of a second they are look how close they

00:50:53are to the advertising holdings seo is calm personified yeah no facial expression nothing

00:51:00nothing i don't want to play poker against him i'll tell you that i think mohammed again is gonna

00:51:05go for an overtake here maybe i think you'll we'll see we'll see you might be right but i think uh

00:51:12given how well he shot if i were him back myself in the range come out first and put the hammer

00:51:17down yeah as they enter the range as well as getting closer to those two if they head to the

00:51:22final shooting series this is it this is it who shoots best here probably get on the plane tomorrow

00:51:30with a gold medal around the neck and they know it korea head in egypt head in all on the range

00:51:35here we go mixed relay medals and gold medal on the line korea one down two down egypt two down

00:51:43korea three down egypt three down it's close they're missing and hitting at the same time

00:51:48four repeats five and out come egypt egypt have got a lead of about a second and it's with el

00:51:52gendy can he keep it can he hold it the korean team lose the hat look at this this is going to

00:51:58be a scrap folks strap yourselves in outcome lithuania in third that bronze medal isn't

00:52:05secure incidentally if it's uh there's jeopardy amongst that we will focus on it but this is a

00:52:10race for gold can elgeny get around there he does and now he tries to put a move on but here you go

00:52:16the korean team this is where they're going to try and pull out look at seo go that's going to be

00:52:21tough to keep up with mariam that is look at wow look at the rhythm and tempo and his feet but

00:52:27muhammad is trying to keep pace with him i think sales opening up slightly slightly just opening

00:52:34it up but actually now it's getting it's getting bigger that is a big gap now the korean team and

00:52:39say oh this is outstanding running from the korean team they had no gap coming out of the

00:52:46range in fact they were half a second maybe a fraction behind but seo has broken the egyptian

00:52:53team the korean team have been outstanding in the last couple of days and they will take gold

00:53:00in the mixed relay seo for korea sprinting away into the last 20 meters he will secure gold and

00:53:07it is a golden day for korea the silver medal will go to egypt a huge effort from them and bronze is

00:53:15secure for lithuania in they come and across the line there's the bronze medal your gold silver

00:53:22and bronze athletes in the mixed relay 2024 dare i say the medal positions could be highly influenced

00:53:30by footwear in this competition i really really think that gripping was the most important factor

00:53:37today but korea was absolutely outstanding in that race china is finishing in fifth place

00:53:46huge congratulations to all of our athletes over the line again they are spent

00:53:51after that laser and you can see the effort that they put in remember when we saw them

00:53:54walking up and i said they don't look like spikes they were yellow it was el guendy's

00:54:02yeah but i think it's a good comeback from egypt though with no medals yeah they were

00:54:08really good in the range it was incredible but uh led just led in the last lap out of the range

00:54:14he led normally i'd say muhammad against you would win but again that footwear i think was uh was

00:54:18crucial for this race yeah it was uh i think is he is top of the laser run in terms of time wise

00:54:28speed wise and our final athletes estonia in fact beg your pardon penultimate athlete estonian team

00:54:35will come over the line we'll get a round of applause lovely embrace between the egyptian

00:54:39and the korean teams and again for the uninitiated mariam spikes versus carbon shoes on a wet track

00:54:46what's the difference yeah that's like using dry versus wet tires in formula one

00:54:51basically you need that grip you need to be able to take those turns um while not breaking

00:54:58very very abruptly like muhammad against you that he really took his time on the turns and it was

00:55:04uh it was kind of slippery it was uh shaky um so yeah so there we have our spent athletes i'll leave

00:55:15you any and team came in third second place went to egypt and the gold medalists are korea word on

00:55:21korean the korean team and their performances in the last few days what can you say about korea they

00:55:26are dominant they are consistent they are just all-around incredible as uh as athletes and i think

00:55:34heading into the olympic games they are a definite threat

00:55:38so the korean team start to finish look like a uh false start but in fairness lithuania they went

00:55:44back to the line so there was no advantage gained but they did break the start line a little bit and

00:55:49uh korea with kim yes i know kim gave us a quite the lead so that might have been the difference

00:55:58between gold and silver for them she shot brilliantly ran really well and uh yeah gave him

00:56:04that gap he needed to finish things off for gold and he did but my goodness me was it close was it

00:56:12tight the range was insane especially with the men's lithuania dropped out of that battle for

00:56:18gold and silver after that first shooting series in terms of the men and you can see almost going

00:56:26athletes keeping their pistols dry the korean athletes heading out first ahead of the transition

00:56:34and uh someone kim certainly did her job that's for sure and again

00:56:38spent everything there's a touch a finger touch will do anything will do an effective

00:56:45touch i'll tell you what it was close to not being an effective touch but it was close

00:56:52it was close to not being an effective touch but effective it certainly was

00:56:57and mariam it was all down to seo from here on in yeah and seo is uh you can see there was a

00:57:02trip up from how they're gonna be coming out of the range but again under normal conditions i'd

00:57:08have to favor the egyptians but again with the with the weather conditions we've been seeing today

00:57:13and that quick shoe switch up it's look at that he's out in the lead the egyptian team off goes

00:57:20the cap he's out in the lead but has he got no he's not got spikes definitely their carbons without

00:57:26doubt it's significant and we talk about one percent as a korean team break the tape and break

00:57:32the line and secure gold and look at that that's the best sight in sport elation at the line and

00:57:39gold to korea vengeance after that ride yesterday yeah again it was silver it's a silver medal

00:57:46congratulations to them because a reminder they started out in sixth yeah yeah but again the gaps

00:57:52were pretty tightened to be able to pull off a lead um the korean team was uh was just insane and

00:57:58the egyptian team got closer to it but yeah the korean team were on fire this competition they

00:58:06were outstanding here is a classified result then for the mixed relay korea with your gold medal

00:58:12silver goes to egypt bronze to the team from lithuania yeah kazakhstan missing out poland

00:58:19missing out and china ukraine mexico mexico so mexico actually started in 13th finished up in

00:58:26eighth so we said they're going to move up but not um it wasn't that significant for them so in the

00:58:34men's event june with a bronze for korea songmin song with a gold in the women's event and a gold

00:58:42in the mixed relay who's had the better week in the hungarian or the korean team for sure hungarians

00:58:49i mean both of them were were the ones to watch this competition they've had

00:58:54medalists in both the men's and women's events james zanadakis is trackside with some reaction

00:59:00well done congratulations it's a bronze medal for lithuania here at the world championships

00:59:08a well-earned bronze medal on a strange day because obviously things have had to be reshuffled

00:59:12a bit today talk to us about what it was like as an athlete sort of having to work around these

00:59:16these changing conditions not easy is it i think it helped i think it uh like brought our mind not

00:59:22into the competition more into just that moment so we didn't think about you know the time or

00:59:26anything we're just in that moment so i think it helped for us just to focus on where we at

00:59:30now so it's obviously you had to bring it home in the end they'll be able to set you up nicely

00:59:35talk to us about the final lap of that race you had to work hard for that one didn't you

00:59:38yes of course my shooting wasn't so good so that's why i had to do a very fast finish it was hard

00:59:49i am not a very good finisher so i'm happy that i managed to stay and bring the bronze home

00:59:56it must be difficult to watch from the sidelines there because there's a real battle for bronze

00:59:59sort of building up towards the end of the race he just managed to hold on to it and now for you

01:00:02as better a first senior uh medal which is this is incredible right yeah it's really nice and it's

01:00:08really nice because it's the last one with the horses and uh no matter what what that we didn't

01:00:14have to ride today it's still the last world championship with horse riding so i mean it's

01:00:18a pretty phenomenal yeah it's a it's a momentous occasion isn't it competing together as a team

01:00:23what's that been like teachers have you guys you guys have had a good day clearly you were on the

01:00:26podium but it's been it's been a good partnership this yes today we worked as a team very good

01:00:31we supported each other and it was a fun competition listen congratulations to both

01:00:37of you it's good to see such big smiles on your faces and what a great way to end the season well

01:00:40done thank you so much james congratulations to the lithuanian team and what a lovely thing to

01:00:48say in terms of uh his sprint finish peronis mariam saying i've not got a great finish in me

01:00:53so i had to really dig deep yeah it's uh admitting when you have some weaknesses and

01:00:59he's definitely going to work on that but again to bring it home in that way whilst um knowing that

01:01:05maybe that's not his strongest area is is incredible for lithuania so they are our team

01:01:13in third place james annadakis is busy getting amongst the podium places malik mohammed

01:01:20congratulations to both of you it is a silver medal at the world championships it's been a good

01:01:25year for both of you i've had to interview you both for various individual medals now a medal

01:01:29collectively here at the world championships we'll start with you uh malik how does that feel

01:01:33to to have won a silver medal at the world championships yeah i feel really i'm feeling

01:01:37very happy but this race was very different there is no riding and even the fencing bout was

01:01:44just three points but we were all very close to each other in the start of the laser run

01:01:50that was really different race for me today yeah it was a different one wasn't it was a bit of a

01:01:55strange day but you you held your nerve you kept your concentration and a really exciting battle

01:02:00at the end with chang wang seo talked to us about that mohammed yeah it was a very

01:02:07fast lap he just uh just begin the finish from the beginning with a lap it was hard a little

01:02:13bit hard for me but i'm super happy with this medal uh the competition ends with the middle

01:02:20it wasn't good for me with the individuals but i'm happy with this result at the end

01:02:26chang went quite early didn't he did that surprise you how quickly he started to sprint

01:02:30off uh on that final lap did it surprise you yeah for sure uh we just get out from the shooting

01:02:35range we just uh 50 meters and just began to put a very fast pace so i just was shocked and was i

01:02:44want able to be with him till the end malik it's been a great year for you i know it's been a great

01:02:49year for both of you you've won you know a few medals individually as well as obviously uh

01:02:53collectively so how do you sum up 2024 for yourself so far yeah 2024 was really a strong

01:03:00year the olympic qualification year is really difficult in the whole the season um i did it

01:03:07very well and now i'm just having the olympics in less than two months and the whole year was

01:03:14really surprising for me i didn't um i didn't know that i can do this but i did it at the end

01:03:21yeah you've been amazing to watch congratulations same question to you mohammed obviously you picked

01:03:25up a gold medal in budapest i know how much that meant to you uh you picked up a bronze medal in

01:03:29bulgaria as well two big strong podium finishes for you how's 2024 been for you yeah it was a

01:03:35very hard year long uh pulled with competitions but as it is a olympic year but i was so happy

01:03:44for this i got two medals and i was so happy for this result i was aiming for more but

01:03:53at the end it's good for me listen congratulations to both you ending the world championships in the

01:03:58best possible way with a silver medal congratulations to you and congratulations to

01:04:01egypt thank you thank you thank you bye bye congratulations to them then malik ishmael and

01:04:08mohammed el gendi with silver medals and again silver medal wonderful smiles mariam they were

01:04:15delighted they were overjoyed yeah that's uh the end of the world championships so it's uh

01:04:20it's nice to pick up that last medal before they head home and have something to show for

01:04:24the competition yeah and james is i think now with our gold medalists

01:04:32well congratulations to both of you an amazing race an amazing gold medal it feels like another

01:04:38long list of medals for korea in 2024 so i know you're both going to be very proud of this

01:04:42achievement uh let's start with you somewhere i mean it's it's been it's been a great year for

01:04:46you it's been a great year for korea just talk to us about what it feels like to win this gold medal

01:05:08in korea

01:05:24and this season is uh this competition is a first game is a man and women's relay is a

01:05:32gold medal so we have is a start is a very good and then last competition is a mixed relay is a

01:05:38again is a gold medal so it's a very happy and then we have is a full golden medal and then

01:05:43two is a silver medal so and then so very is happy and then we have is a prepared to the body

01:05:51olympic games we are come back to the korea we can a little bit less and then we can try to the

01:06:03training and then and so we are prepared to the party olympic games yeah chang wang has been a

01:06:10great year for you as well obviously a gold medal in ankara another gold medal here and as amongst

01:06:16other medals as well um sum up your season and and and how it's been for you 2024

01:06:46good

01:06:56and this season is so many is competition is

01:07:01but it's the feeling is is much better is in the competition so it's a very good season so

01:07:09but it's a decision this year is a very important decision because there's a

01:07:14olympic season so i i was in the two starting in the season is i don't have i i didn't have

01:07:23as a olympic ticket and the bodies this season is a very uh each competition is a very good

01:07:30position so i think i can take the olympic ticket so i can so i will back to the in the korea so

01:07:39so many is like and like the food and some day is a vacation so yeah and then we can prepare

01:07:48by olympic games thank you thank you both so much congratulations to you both congratulations

01:07:52to korea and uh well done for all your success thank you thank you so much and the korean team

01:07:58have certainly earned their food and rest as they quite rightly just said and uh athlete to

01:08:05athlete doesn't change does it just one world championship gold what you're going to do next

01:08:08i'm going to eat i'm going to sleep and then i'm gonna go and train some more because the season

01:08:12isn't over maria mama it's not i mean it's over for some people but for others it's it's just

01:08:18starting potentially i mean olympic games that's the dream and meddling at the olympic games is

01:08:23is incredibly hard incredibly tough especially amidst those outfits there are your classified

01:08:30results then for the mixed relay final results here at the world championships in zhengzhou

01:08:36korea egypt and lithuania uh your one two three

01:08:45and we have a bit of a look now shall we at the korean road to the top

01:08:53so

01:09:23so

01:09:53so

01:10:23so

01:10:53so

01:11:03that then is a road to the top for our athletes mixed relay done men's final done women's final

01:11:12done laser run championships mariam a little bit of time to reflect as we prepare for the

01:11:17victory ceremonies for our mixed relay athletes a chance to maybe prepare on the last 10 days

01:11:22here in zhengzhou we've had the laser run world championships we've had the qualified semifinals

01:11:27and finals of the men's of the women's now the mixed relay your overarching thoughts on the last

01:11:3110 days thrilling unpredictable surprising incredible um yeah a lot of emotions and

01:11:40thoughts running through my mind right now as we get ready to start the podium but it's kind of

01:11:47bittersweet to end this season because as you said some of them will be moving on to the olympic

01:11:52games to compete and some of them will essentially be in their off-season time now and resting for

01:11:57next season and there's going to be a big big change for next season if you are going to be

01:12:02competing from those senior athletes because you have to obviously train for the obstacle course

01:12:08obstacle course is is a whole different story now and you have the younger athletes who've

01:12:14been training now for two years and you you're going to have to go up against that and you have

01:12:18no training because you've been training for riding all year in preparation of the olympics so

01:12:23it's going to be very interesting to see that but yeah laser run world champs

01:12:28we're seeing the younger generation the generation that's that's going to carry the sport and

01:12:34um lead it hopefully uh into yeah a good place and uh and senior world champs

01:12:43for last time for the riding so um again it's a very unique competition pick out some highlights

01:12:49some memories that in a week's time or a month's time from whether it be the laser run and the

01:12:53youngsters or the you know the masters or whatever the the seniors pick out a few highlights things

01:12:59that will be etched in your memory from this championships in jangar

01:13:03uh south african athlete from the laser run was it van der berg van der berg yeah he was

01:13:08incredibly uh fast on course and the fact that he had only two months to to learn uh how to shoot

01:13:15was that was something that i've never heard of uh chang won say without finish it has to be said

01:13:20that was insane um i think both uh bronze medalists yesterday uh were incredible in the

01:13:29women that finish was was i think we weren't expecting that at all and uh that scrap for

01:13:36gold at the end something sung really dug deep in that final turn and i think it was about to

01:13:42be overtaken by guzzi right at the line but yeah timing chip says otherwise um you know very

01:13:49memorable moments here in zhang zhao botanical gardens oh you cutie we went for a little walk

01:13:56this morning folks and they are beautiful i counted it 17 paces from the stadium to the

01:14:01botanical gardens um do you know what i really like because i'm a bit of a soft lad was um

01:14:08the real real real young young underlies yeah the little indian girl she was about six

01:14:17she was gorgeous but just to have like the cute factor aside but the future of the sport we've

01:14:23had 700 athletes from 52 countries and six continents come through this stadium in the

01:14:28last 10 days that shows the sport's alive and well the sport's evolving the sport's moving on

01:14:33and i thoroughly enjoyed seeing seeing those young athletes seeing the compete

01:14:37seeing the smiles on everybody's faces and just seeing sport epitomized by these athletes spirit

01:14:43determination dedication practice training and ultimately fun definitely i think especially with

01:14:51that transition from laser run to seniors we could see the difference and the youngsters

01:14:55having a little bit more fun with it and yeah just easing their way into the sport and then

01:15:01taking a look at those other elite senior athletes who have competed in the senior world championships

01:15:06and obviously the younger athletes who have still been here after this and will be watching them on

01:15:11as well and thinking i want to be that guy this this guy's my hero this uh athletes who i want to

01:15:18be when i grow up and it's it's just like generations yeah it's good and yeah generations

01:15:24um handing off to other generations to carry the sport and they may be watching on now some of those

01:15:28laser run athletes watching on as the mixed relay takes place and the seniors yesterday and the day

01:15:34before take place some of the stories to come out of it as well not all good news stories either

01:15:40you've got to say jose chung and failing to make the final elodie cluvel

01:15:46struggling to make the final leaping with his his wrist problem yesterday we had a chat about this

01:15:51this morning as well the czech athlete merrick reich yes who did not make it out into the course

01:15:57i think there was a slight injury with his horse and all he needed to qualify to the olympic games

01:16:03was a 16th place finish and he came in 17th so essentially that's his olympic dream gone

01:16:10and that was bitterly disappointing it is devastating i think for him and if he's watching

01:16:15on you're incredible and you will recover from this and you'll be back stronger it's it has to

01:16:22be very tough right now olympics are the dream but many more to come and we saw athletes come

01:16:28through as well didn't we yurt for switzerland in the women's discipline performed really really

01:16:33well uh it would be remiss of us to not congratulate the chinese for putting on this

01:16:40event it's been probably the most organized sporting event i think i've ever seen they've

01:16:46coped with a deluge it's been the kind of monsoons sort of stuff today they've coped with that

01:16:52brilliantly really really well after the volunteers thank you pardon thinking on their feet yeah no

01:16:58they have they absolutely have and they've adapted they've changed and you know the the stadium's

01:17:02gorgeous clearly you can see that all the facilities are out of this world but actually

01:17:06they've done it with character as well they've done it with care and the volunteers have been

01:17:09superb all of the officials have always been very precise and very diligent with their work

01:17:15so i think all in all it's been a very very successful world championship so far i'd say so

01:17:21yeah it's uh it's been incredible to be a tiny part of that competition and to witness again

01:17:29all these incredible athletes coaches nations on the podiums and as you said like the organizational

01:17:36committee behind the scenes and the media committee by the way there's so much that

01:17:39goes on behind the scenes to make this live broadcast happen a lot of equipment a lot of

01:17:46people involved and so thank you to everyone behind the scenes it's not just thrown together

01:17:51on the back of a cigarette packet everybody there is uh there's a lot that goes into it

01:17:55we can look ahead to the olympic games as well who are the favorites for the women's and for the

01:17:59men's it's really tough to point out at this stage we have a lot of athletes who have qualified to

01:18:06the olympics who have not made an appearance here in the world championships the likes of

01:18:11marina chick correnza bryson who i think um are really good chances for podiums um but yeah but

01:18:19we see young talent emerging as well rita erdos who i don't think we we had her uh in our sights

01:18:27at all and yes stealing that third place finish yesterday that that was the moment that slip up

01:18:32from selma at the end is is what gave rita erdos her position at the olympic games and erdos for

01:18:38those laser run youngsters watching this is a perfect example she won the laser run in dublin

01:18:44in 2018 and picked up a bronze medal in 2024 here in Zhengzhou in the modern pentathlon final

01:18:52that's the natural progression from the laser run into the seniors in the pentathlon

01:18:56and that is inspiration right there from the hungarian who did brilliantly may i also

01:19:01doff the cap to the man that normally sits in this chair james annadakis who has done a tremendous job

01:19:07as mc as well as bringing us our interviews in between the disciplines

01:19:12plenty of reaction will be on the uipm website passion for paris and the series in the build up

01:19:23to the olympic games which is very very soon as we can see our team's being led out

01:19:31and a bronze silver and golden smile in there as well

01:19:38and the mixed relay had plenty of effort plenty of desire

01:19:50the egyptian team be happy with the silver it's a good way to end this competition in the season

01:19:59always nice to be on the podium whichever step everyone wants to be on the top but

01:20:02you're on the podium and you're there to be honest i think

01:20:06from the last olympics tokyo 2020 which actually took place in 2021 due to covid

01:20:12i feel i don't know where the time went because we're on to the next olympics now and uh

01:20:18i don't know how we got here but yeah we're here and we're here in style

01:20:22they are your lithuania athletes

01:20:31on to the third step of the podium they will take their bronze medals started out in second

01:20:43but the class shooting frankly of the egyptian team elevated them excellent running as well

01:20:49and by their own admission the lithuanian team peronas admitted himself not the quickest finisher

01:20:55in his running so a bronze medal they are delighted with and huge credit to them as well

01:21:05still not managed to get our hands on one of those mascots yet marion by the way i think that's a

01:21:09someone riding i think that's a rider in celebration that this is the last world

01:21:15championships that will include the riding okay got a little key chain on so silver for egypt

01:21:30on to the second step

01:21:33world championship silver medal look at those smiles that's

01:21:37priceless they are that's that is the epitome of sport

01:21:49so our athletes receive their silver medals for the mixed relay here in jing jiao 2024

01:21:57by chairman of jing jiao culture tourism and sports peru company

01:22:04and all i start to move on paris which is august so there's a little bit of a gap there's a training

01:22:10gap and a training block that will need two months under two months just enough to get a

01:22:14few days rest in and then repeat and then yeah repeat it's it's interesting by the way most of

01:22:21the athletes don't plan their peaks at the world champs so this this isn't their best yet yep there

01:22:27will be more to come in paris make sure you stay tuned and follow the modern pentathlon in versailles

01:22:33i'm sure you will and here come our gold medalists they were imperious where the korean team

01:22:43kim and changwan seo are your gold medalists for the mixed relay 2024 world championships

01:22:51here in jing jiao and they were to klaus shulman uipm president outstanding

01:23:08so a shake of the hand

01:23:09and a huge congratulations to everybody

01:23:18well done to our senior leadership as well for ensuring that

01:23:22this competition was as spectacular as it was yeah

01:23:29talk about planning and talk about

01:23:31people behind the scenes of course people around the boardroom table as well making big decisions

01:23:36making sure that these events go to a place appropriate and goodness me jing jiao has

01:23:43certainly been that it's a spectacular venue it's been a spectacular event smooth event oh yeah we've

01:23:50it's it's just been effortless from the organizers to be honest yeah ladies and

01:23:54we will stand and observe the korean national anthem the national anthem of the republic of

01:24:01korea

01:24:31so

01:25:01ladies and gentlemen

01:25:20to the top of the podium for a team picture and lovely unity as well within

01:25:26the management ranks and the athlete ranks and smiles are plenty with everybody there's one for

01:25:32the mantelpiece mariam beautiful picture of all three teams up together on the podium during this

01:25:39moment quite right quite right um thank you for joining me and a huge thanks to uipm for

01:25:47their entrusting me to assist with the world championships i have thoroughly enjoyed it

01:25:54mariam a final word from you the curtain is yet to drop on jing jiao and we're already thinking

01:25:59about paris yeah world championships has just been incredible featuring a lot of new athletes

01:26:04on the podium i think and um yeah it's it's been a fantastic competition through and through

01:26:10starting from laser on all the way to the senior world champs and it's it's it's a little window

01:26:15little preview on what we'll be seeing at the olympic games and i'm just incredibly excited

01:26:21for that the modern pentathlon evolution continues but it is not over yet we really appreciate you

01:26:27taking the time to join us wherever you have around the world my name's ian stringer thank

01:26:31you for taking the time to listen the season is not over yet though to paris

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