Britain's breakthrough in women's 400m
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Christine Ohuruogu won Britain's 16th gold medal of the Games in a surprise victory in the women's 400m at the Beijing Olympics.

The 24-year-old dropped to the floor in exhaustion1 as she became the first ever British woman to win the event.

She produced an electric finish to overtake2 the flagging favorite for the race. Sanya Richards from the United States clearly felt she had the race won going into the home strait.


Britain's Christine Ohuruogu crosses the finish line to win the women's 400m final at the National Stadium August 19 2008.

Ohuruogo had her measure, however, finishing in 49.62 sec with Shericka Williams of Jamaica taking silver in 49.69 and Richards a disappointing bronze in 49.93.

"You never think it's a reality, it's something you dream about. As I came across the line I thought 'oh my gosh' - I don't know what to say," Ohuruogu told the BBC.

Ohuruogu's victory means that Great Britain's Beijing performance is its best since Britain hosted the Games in 1908. It now has 16 gold and is third place in the medal rankings behind China on 43 and the United States on 25.

Ohuruogu's success comes a year after she completed a 12-month ban in 2006 for missing3 three out-of-competition drugs tests.

Born in Newham, East London, of Nigerian parents, she graduated in linguistics4 from the University of London in 2005.

As well as the Olympics and the world she also is the current Commonwealth5 champion.



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1 exhaustion OPezL     
n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述
参考例句:
  • She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
  • His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了,显然是太累了。
2 overtake IKixp     
v.追上,赶过,超过;袭击,压倒
参考例句:
  • I had to walk very fast to overtake you.我不得不快走才能赶过你。
  • No one could overtake him.没有人能超过他。
3 missing 3nTzx7     
adj.遗失的,缺少的,失踪的
参考例句:
  • Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具,看有无丢失。
  • All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了,就短他一个。
4 linguistics f0Gxm     
n.语言学
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • Linguistics is a scientific study of the property of language.语言学是指对语言的性质所作的系统研究。
5 commonwealth XXzyp     
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
参考例句:
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
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