Glory for golden girl Halkia

FANI Halkia of Greece pulled off a stunning upset to win the Olympic Games women’s 400 metres hurdles gold medal in the Olympic Stadium last night.

Thu, 26 Aug, 2004 - 01:00

The 25-year-old recorded the second best ever time in a Games record of 52.82secs, while European champion Ionela Tirlea-Manolache of Romania won silver in 53.38sec and Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova of Ukraine took bronze in 53.44sec.

The Greek athlete claimed the scalps of the world record-holder, the world champion and a two-time European champion in a devastating run.

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CourtsAthleticsPlace: GreecePlace: Olympic stadiumPlace: RomaniaPlace: UkrainePlace: AustraliaPlace: AthensPlace: JamaicaPlace: BahamasPerson: Halkia FANI HalkiaPerson: Ionela Tirlea-ManolachePerson: Tetiana Tereshchuk-AntipovaPerson: HalkiaPerson: Jana PittmanPerson: Yuliya PechonkinaPerson: PittmanPerson: PechonkinaPerson: Veronica CampbellPerson: Allyson FelixPerson: Debbie FergusonPerson: CampbellPerson: FelixPerson: Deon HemmingsPerson: Allen JohnsonPerson: JohnsonPerson: Anier GarciaEvent: Olympic GamesEvent: OlympicEvent: OlympicsEvent: 1996 OlympicOrganisation: Jamaica
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