Olympics: Galkina wins women's 3,000m steeplechase

Monday, 18 August 2008

BEIJING - Gulnara Galkina-Samitkova of Russia won the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase gold medal at the Olympics on Sunday in a new world record time of 8:58.81, smashing her own previous record by more than three seconds.

Eunice Jepkorir Kertich of Kenya overtook Russia's Ekaterina Volkova for the silver.

Spain's Marta Dominguez took a nasty fall and looked unsteady on her legs as she was helped away.