00:00The javelin, as we get to the 400 metre final.
00:03Alice Hill's done a fantastic job.
00:05She ran a personal best.
00:06She's the youngest in the field.
00:08Two 17-year-olds, but she's the youngest in the field, the Aussie.
00:1153-28 to get through to the final.
00:14Clara Adams, I think, is a real medal chance.
00:17The other 17-year-old, her personal best of 51-61.
00:21She was faster in the semi than the heat.
00:24Tiana Springer, she's won both her heat and semi-final.
00:27There are three women in this final that have been unbeaten on the way through.
00:31Springer, Kuss is the second of them.
00:35The top European.
00:36We know she's a terrific competitor.
00:38Third behind Henrich in that European final.
00:40We saw what Henrich could do this season at the Commonwealth Games.
00:44Here's the favourite.
00:44She has to be a warm favourite.
00:46It's Taja Stefanie van Kwerz.
00:48She's a half a second quicker PB than any other athlete in the race.
00:53Komerska's done a very good job to get here, the 19-year-old from Slovakia.
00:5852-59 is her best.
01:00The Jumuric of Slovenia, 52-76 is her best.
01:04She wasn't that far outside that in the semi-final.
01:10Musgrave of Great Britain.
01:12She was the 11th fastest to get through.
01:14She is an outsider here.
01:15She ran 53-51.
01:17She has to be quicker than that by some.
01:19And Rock's the other one, the fifth one, that's broken 52 seconds.
01:24Personal best.
01:25She didn't have a great heat.
01:27Looked a little bit better in the semi-final, but she's got a tough draw.
01:31On only three occasions has a woman broken 51 seconds at the world under-20s.
01:37Yusuf of Nigeria, Grigic of Croatia, and Spencer, who's got the record of 50.50.
01:43So, I think Stephanie Vaquez can go under 51 here if she gets it right.
01:48She's aggressive.
01:48We know that.
01:49She goes out hard.
01:51She has to be the favourite.
01:53I think Kuss, Springer, and Adams are the obvious contenders for medals around her.
02:00Gamerska there.
02:02Inside are Stephanie Vaquez.
02:06Americans have won it four times.
02:08They took a while to win it.
02:10The Brits have won it once, and the Aussies have won it with Jana Pittman.
02:13Here we go.
02:15Set.
02:17So, from the outside, it's Hill, and then Adams, and Springer, and then Kuss, and Stephanie Vaquez.
02:23So, the staggers are about right, aren't they, after the first hundred?
02:26And then there's a bit of a gap to Gamerska, Medjaviric, Musgrave, and Rock.
02:31Now, Stephanie Vaquez starts to get up to the shoulder, of course.
02:35They've gone past Hill in the back straight.
02:37So, it's Adams.
02:38Springer's had a very, very big first 200, but not as big as Stephanie Vaquez.
02:43And now Kuss starts to come off the shoulder.
02:461.50 to go.
02:47It's the American favourite leading into the straight.
02:50She's two metres in front of the pole.
02:52The pole will be tough late, and then Springer behind them.
02:56Stephanie Vaquez is in front.
02:58Kuss has got a big chance, a really big chance.
03:01Stephanie Vaquez's big challenge.
03:03Kuss goes up to her, goes past her.
03:05It's going to be Europe.
03:07It's going to be Poland.
03:08It's going to be Kuss.
03:09How sweet it is.
03:1050-106.
03:12She's run the race of her life to beat the favourites, Stephanie Vaquez and Springer.
03:20You could see she worked off her.
03:23She worked off her magnificently.
03:26Rosie, she's the ultimate tactician.
03:29She really is.
03:30And that puts her 10th on the European under-20 all-time list.
03:38Rosie, she timed that to perfection.
03:41She's a brilliant, brilliant major championship performer.
03:45Isn't she just, the big moments, the big performances come.
03:50Stephanie Vaquez looks disappointed in the moment.
03:52But Kuss, wow, that was so well-timed.
03:58She worked hard.
04:00She was measured.
04:01She was there.
04:02And then suddenly, there she came.
04:06She ran and made a magnificent bend.
04:08She gave herself the chance on the bend.
04:10She...
04:11It's hard to relax, Rosie, when you're past.
04:13It's hard to relax.
04:15You can't try and run faster.
04:17You've just got to stay relaxed.
04:19And that's what she did.
04:20Some great times behind her.
04:21There's some real breakthroughs here.
04:22There really are.
04:24So Kuss rallied.
04:26And it's hard to rally.
04:27And good on Alice Hill.
04:28I know I'm Australian.
04:29But she's run another personal best.
04:31I know she's finished ninth.
04:32I think she's the youngest in the final.
04:34Europe's got another star, guys.
04:36They've got another star.
04:38Don't the poles...
04:39Don't the poles run a good 400?
04:42They really do.
04:43And we've seen tonight the reason that they took Kuss to the Olympic Games
04:48and the reason they've used her already in multiple senior relays.
04:53Vasquez, on paper, is faster.
04:56Of that, there's no question.
04:57She went too hard, too early.
04:59And she was there for the taking.
05:01And Kuss won it because she timed it well.
05:07So aggressive here, Mirika.
05:09We knew she would be.
05:10It's her way.
05:11And this is what I loved Rosie about.
05:13Kuss, you could see here she was going to come off her shoulder.
05:15Even though she's on that outside lane,
05:17this is where she had to stay composed.
05:20And composed, she did.
05:21Absolutely.
05:22She didn't panic when she was passed.
05:24And that's the most important part of this race.
05:26She was able to then really put her foot down,
05:29find the sixth, seventh gear.
05:31Almost.
05:32And wow, did she come into her own.
05:34That was just brilliant.
05:40Can't believe it, eh?
05:42Amazing.
05:43And that's nice because she's so disappointed in the American.
05:46And why not?
05:47She's a proud, proud athlete.
05:49And she did spend a lot early in that race.
05:53Oh, Rob.
05:54We thought we'd had a couple of tantalising 400 metres.
05:58We're halfway there as we get the results here.
06:02Great, great final.
06:03Kuss, Stephanie Vakwez and Springer.
06:06It's Poland, USA and Guyana.
06:11Javelin really, really heating up now, Rosie.
06:14But we do have a bloke that's doing big, big things from South Africa.
06:19We really, really do.
06:21We're into the final round.
06:22I'm good.
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