BEIJING, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Gulnara Galkina-Samitova won an Olympic gold medal in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday, setting a new world record.
She finished in 8min 58.81 sec, beating her previous record of 9:01.59 set in Heraklion four years ago.
Kenyan Eunice Jepkorir took silver in 9:07.41 and Russia's Yekaterina Volkova claimed bronze in 9:07.64.
Russia is currently ranked 8th in the overall medal standings with 7 gold, 11 silver and 12 bronze medals, while China tops the standings boasting 35 gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze medals.
