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By Mark Ashenden
ALL THE ACTION (all times BST)
Denise Lewis on Jess Ennis’s chances of winning the heptathlon: "Something disastrous has to happen for her not to win gold now."1710: Predictions for the 100m. Michael Johnson says it’s Bolt all the way. I can’t disagree with that. Many of you are tipping Bailey and Gay to battle it out for the remaining medals. Has Dwain Chambers got a chance Maurice Greene think so.1707: Hazel Irvine kicks off the BBC coverage with a barrage of nicknames. Jess Ennis was named ‘tadpole’ by Kelly Sotherton and Michael Johnson was called ‘the duck’ before being called ‘Superman’. Any other nominations folks
From Freekingpain on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A55821882)“I’ll go bolt, powell, then bailey - gay’s groin causing too much of a problem.”
1659: What else is coming up I hear you cry. Men’s 100m semis from 1810, Idowu gets triple jumping from 1800, Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders in the 400m semis at 1840, David Greene (with his new shorn locks) goes for a final place in the 400m hurdles at 1915 and Bolt and Co go for 100m gold at 2035. Which part of that are you not excited about Bring it all on. Give us your thoughts.
1651: Where have you been all day Brit trio Jemma Simpson (no thanks to her loose shoe-laces), Marilyn Okoro and Jenny Meadows got through the 800m heats, Goldie Sayers failed in the javelin,Jess Enniswas ninth in the long jump and has a 269-point lead in the heptathlon. After the javelin, she’s got two laps to run (1950) and that’ll be it. Gold US star Carmelita Jeter was fastest in the women’s 100m and Russia’s defending champion Olga Kaniskina won the women’s 20km walk.
1648: Day two and it’s going to be a cracker. I genuinely feel nervous. Not sure the word ‘nerves’ is in the Usain Bolt dictionary. It’s the 100m final at 2035 in the same stadium American legend Jesse Owens was in 73 years ago to win four golds at the Berlin 1936 Olympics in front of a bloke called Adolf. Owens went on to compete against racehorses. Wonder how Bolt would do in the Grand National Jess Ennis is first up in the javelin at 1705 - she could be heptathlon Queen tonight. Back in a second with a round-up of this morning and what’s happening this evening. In the mean time, all thoughts and predictions via text or 606. Live video up and running at 1700.