Belgium's Thiam Retains Olympic Heptathlon Gold

Muhammad Rameez Published August 05, 2021 | 06:00 PM

Belgium's Thiam retains Olympic heptathlon gold

Tokyo, Aug 5 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Aug, 2021 ) :Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam retained the Olympic heptathlon gold on Thursday, holding her nerve in the final 800m to see off her competition.

Thiam, 26, amassed 6,791 points in the seven-discipline, two-day event.

Anouk Vetter of the Netherlands claimed silver with 6,689pts, with teammate Emma Oosterwegel taking bronze (6,590).

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