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.

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.