BEIJING (AP) -- Nataliia DOBRYNSKA has won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the Beijing Olympics, leading a gold-silver finish for Ukraine. (Full results.)
Dobrynska had a 145-point lead over Hyleas Fountain and was 151 clear of fellow Ukrainian Liudmyla BLONSKA going into the last discipline, the 800, having extended her cushion over both with a superior mark in the javelin.
The 2004 world indoor champion finished last in the final graded 800 race, but earned enough points to hold off Blonska, who served a two-year doping ban before coming back to take silver at last year's world championships
Dobrynska finished with 6,733 points, 33 clear of Blonska. Fountain took bronze with 6,619 points.IAAF: Final Results
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