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00:00Keynote has to settle for third as we prepare for the final event of the afternoon
00:07We can expect some fireworks here Tim fasten your seatbelts. It could be a rough ride
00:12We certainly can the athletes up for the final race of the day the men's 100 meters
00:17And the big names are here. Here's one big name
00:19Perhaps more in the past than the present the world champion back in 2011. You're on Blake of Jamaica
00:25He is still however the third fastest man in history with nine point six nine
00:30He was a teammate of the great Usain Bolt. Of course the cricket-loving
00:34There is Jeremiah Azu
00:36frustrated after the
00:38For my 100 debacle early Ron. He didn't run in Rome
00:42Trials the Welshman he goes into Zanel Hughes the UK record
00:58Second the World Championships in Budapest last year the Botswana
01:01Big admire a Usain Bolt and he looked like false at all here from late for no
01:08983 as well the 27
01:11Listen to that welcome for this
01:14charismatic American world champion last year in Budapest of 100 200 and
01:20Here's the discovery the season for the Brits Louie Hinchliffe UK trials winner disappointed from that
01:27Earlier when the final changeup went all wrong for the British squad is NC double-a champion
01:31There's a countess in being in South Africa lovely fella interviewed it back in May
01:35He's a 984 performer at his best. How can he go here? He was winner in Oslo just a month or so back
01:43Akeem Blake of Jamaica third at the world indoors over 60 meters watch for a quick start from him
01:49Incidentally Noah Lyles have been working on his start trying to get quicker and he took a silver
01:54Almost under the radar in some ways took a silver at the world endorsing Glasgow over 60 meters
02:00So he is quicker out of the blocks these days
02:02And if he gets that bit right, then he's very very hard to stop because his closing speed is superb
02:09He holds his form. So well, I've witnessed his world best over 300 meters in the USA a few years back
02:14He's got enormous strength as Lyles and great speed to he starts here as favorite
02:19But this is a tough field
02:20Yeah
02:21One Blake and one as you to zone L Hughes the British record holder in three to Bogo Botswana for Lyles goes in five in
02:27The yellow fourth and bottom hitched with six Simbina seven Akeem Blake in eight
02:58Nine eight one is confirmed
03:00That is quick from Lyles and the wind minus 0.3. They didn't get a lot of help these fellas from the conditions
03:07It's a lovely mild afternoon here in London, but the wind could have helped them without would have taken him way below 980
03:15And Lyles delivers and I'll tell you what. He's not exactly my mind
03:19He's not one of those things that you either love or hate, but he does divide people's opinions Lyles. He's
03:25Charismatic
03:27Very very verbal loves to make noises and make people sit up and pay attention
03:34But Lyles delivers yet again, and I'll tell you what it's so easy to walk the walk to talk the talk
03:40I should say be happy to walk the walk and he's done that today all credit to him
03:46That's a big run simply makes you perked to the second. Well, let's look at it again. It's topping speed is without question
03:53It's just a question of how quickly he gets away to Bogo and got away really nicely as zoo as well
03:58Hughes at this stage has got work to do Sabine has been super consistent
04:01But once he gets to 60 meters, you're not going to catch no lives and he has been very noisy recently
04:07And he had to back it up. I think there was a bit of self-imposed pressure on Noah Lyles
04:13He chose to stay in Florida last week for an extra weekend. He did annoy a few people. I'm afraid by
04:19Pulling out of Monaco and very short notice many people say that's his prerogative
04:23But he was part of the promotion and all the publicity for that meeting, but he stayed away for another week delayed his
04:31Visit to Europe by seven days
04:34All of that adds to the pressure
04:36While outspoken also during the week a few little words with Zanel Hughes on social media
04:42But he's delivered and he's delivered big-time a personal best a meeting record
04:49And that surely suggests that he's in fine fettle. Look at that reaction when he sees the 981
04:58Favorite for Paris I
05:01Think you have to say is to with the rounds as well lives is strong
05:04We know that a lot of athletes tired through the rounds
05:07But Lyles will get better and better and he will milk this for all he can and why not the crowd love it
05:15Big big crowd in place
05:1760,000 in the London City been treated to an absolute smorgasbord of performances
05:22Look at that the first five under ten seconds Lyles Sabine a toboggan
05:33Personal best that's perhaps the most important statistic for him. He's still improving not quite yet
05:39Boltesque, he says he'd like to break
05:47Making him at his age