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Photos: Romanian wins Women's Marathon gold 2008-08-17 06:59:41 GMT 2008-08-17 14:59:41 (Beijing Time) BOCOG
Tomescu Constantina of Romania lunges across the finish line. (Photo credit: Guo Dayue/Xinhua)
Constantina Tomescu enters the National Stadium.
Romanian marathoner Tomescu Constantina added a gold to her country's Olympic medal count at the Beijing Games on Sunday morning. 38-year-old Tomescu led the pack from the 25km mark, and finished in 2 hours 26 minutes 44 seconds. World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Britain lagged far behind. |