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Fountain Moves Up To Silver Due To Blonska Doping
posted 2:00 am Sat August 23, 2008 -
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(Sports Network) - Hyleas Fountain of the United States was moved up to the silver medal in the women's heptathlon due to the positive doping test of Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine.
Fountain was given her medal in a ceremony held inside the Olympic village on Saturday.
Blonska, the original silver medalist, tested positive for the substance methyltestosterone, her second doping offense.
"I think it's great to get the silver, and I won it in a fair way," Fountain said. "But it's not my place to judge her (Blonska). I just wanted to get on the medal stand. I didn't know where it would be. I'm very happy with the silver."
Fountain became the only American woman other than Jackie Joyner-Kersee ever to win an Olympic medal in the heptathlon, finishing behind Nataliia Dobrynska of Ukraine.
Following Blonska's drug test, fourth-place finisher Tatiana Chernova of Russia was moved up to third.
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Blonska, the original silver medalist, tested positive for the substance methyltestosterone, her second doping offense.
"I think it's great to get the silver, and I won it in a fair way," Fountain said. "But it's not my place to judge her (Blonska). I just wanted to get on the medal stand. I didn't know where it would be. I'm very happy with the silver."Fountain became the only American woman other than Jackie Joyner-Kersee ever to win an Olympic medal in the heptathlon, finishing behind Nataliia Dobrynska of Ukraine.
Following Blonska's drug test, fourth-place finisher Tatiana Chernova of Russia was moved up to third.
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