Antyukh wins women's 400 metres hurdles gold

LONDON (AFP) –

Russia’s Natalya Antyukh holds her national flag as she celebrates winning the women’s 400m hurdles final at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Russia’s Natalya Antyukh won the women’s 400 metres hurdles Olympic title on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old – Olympic bronze medallist in the flat 400 metres in 2004 – won in a personal best of 52.70sec ahead of American world champion Lashinda Demus (52.77) with Czech Zuzana Hejnova taking bronze in 53.38sec.

Antyukh is only the second Russian in history to win the event after Irina Privalova in Sydney in 2000.