No American women medaled at the Olympics Friday ... but one re-medaled, sort of. Hyleas Fountain [above － she really is #2!!], 27, of Enola, PA, traded in the bronze she got last week in the women's heptathlon for a silver.Fountain was moved up from third to second when original silver medalist Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine tested positive for the substance methyltestosterone, her second doping offense. Fellow Ukrainian Nataliia Dobrynska won the gold, and fourth-place finisher Tatyana Chernova of Russia became the bronze medalist.
Fountain, a three-time heptathlon national champion, is the only American woman other than Jackie Joyner-Kersee ever to win a medal in the event, which consists of seven sub-events: 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200-meter, long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter race.
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