Lewis takes gold, Indians nowhere in frame

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Sydney: India's Pramila Gudandda Ganapathy and Soma Biswas finished 24th and 25th respectively in a pack of 27 athletes in the seven-event heptathlon at the Olympics on Sunday.

Pramila earned a total of 5548 points, while Soma collected 5481. Denise Lewis of Britain topped with 6584 points, followed by Russia's Yelena Prokhorova (6531) and Natalya Sazanovich of Belarus (6527).

In long jump on Sunday, Pramila and Soma had leaps of 5.96m and5.64m respectively. Soma threw the javelin to a distance of 39.59m and Pramila covered 36.02m. They clocked slow timings in the 800m (Pramila - 2:20.86, Soma - 2:22.17).

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Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 17:48 [IST]

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Lewis takes gold, Indians nowhere in frame