BEIJING - Hyleas Fountain (Kettering, Ohio) on Saturday was awarded the silver medal in the women's heptathlon, in a ceremony held in the Olympic Village.
USOC Chief of Sport Performance Steve Roush made the presentation to Fountain, who was moved up from third to second when original silver medalist Lyudmila Blonska 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."
In the first two days of track and field competition in Beijing, Fountain became the only American woman other than Jackie Joyner-Kersee ever to win an Olympic medal in the heptathlon. She scored 6,619 points to finish behind Nataliia Dobrynska of Ukraine, who won the gold with a personal-best 6,733 points. Following Blonska's drug test, fourth-place finisher Tatiana Chernova of Russia was moved up to third, with 6,591 points.
Fountain is a three-time national champion in the heptathlon, including her victory at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore. As a collegian at the University of Georgia, she was an NCAA champion in the heptathlon, indoor pentathlon, and indoor and outdoor long jump. For a complete bio of Fountain, visit the Athlete Bios section of www.usatf.org
Team USA medal table, 2008 Olympic Games
Gold (5)
Stephanie Brown Trafton (Galt, Calif.), women's discus, 64.74m/212-5
Angelo Taylor (Decatur, Ga.), men's 400m hurdles, 47.25
Dawn Harper (Los Angeles), women's 100m hurdles, 12.54
LaShawn Merritt (Suffolk, Va.), men's 400m, 43.75
Bryan Clay (Glendora, Calif.), decathlon, 8,791
Silver (7)
Christian Cantwell (Columbia, Mo.), men's shot put, 21.09m/69-2.5
Hyleas Fountain (Kettering, Ohio), women's heptathlon, 6619 points
Jenn Stuczynski (Churchville, N.Y.), women's pole vault, 4.80m/15-9
Kerron Clement (Los Angeles), men's 400m hurdles, 47.98
Sheena Johnson Tosta (Chula Vista, Calif.), women's 400m hurdles, 53.70.
Shawn Crawford (Los Angeles), men's 200m, 19.96
Jeremy Wariner (Waco, Texas), men's 400m, 44.74
David Payne (Hampton, Va.), men's 110m hurdles, 13.17
Allyson Felix (Los Angeles), women's 200, 21.93
Bronze (8)
Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.), women's 10,000m, 30:22.22AR
Walter Dix (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), men's 100m, 9.91
Bershawn Jackson (Raleigh, N.C.), men's 400m hurdles, 48.06
Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas), women's 400m, 49.93
Walter Dix (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), men's 200m, 19.98
David Neville (Los Angeles), men's 400m, 44.80
David Oliver (Kissimmee, Fla.), men's 110m hurdles, 13.18
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