Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium beat defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain to win an Olympic heptathlon competition that went down to a matter of seconds in the last event
Ennis-Hill won the 800m in a season-best time of 2:09.07 seconds, not quite enough to overhaul Thiam, who had a 142-point lead going into the last of seven disciplines and finished in 2:16.54.
"This is my last Olympics, and it's strange knowing I won't be at another major championships like these," Ennis said after the race.
The 21-year-old Thiam tallied 6,810 points, 35 ahead of second-place Ennis-Hill to claim her first major title.
"It's crazy," Thiam said. "I wasn't expecting that - maybe top eight, but not the gold. It was very hard coming back from being injured. I wasn't sure if I would even make these Games. But with the physio we did a lot of work and it worked."
Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Canada took bronze with 6,653 points.
