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After two days and seven events, only seconds could separate them. Katarina Johnson-Thompson ran the 800m of her life - the only problem was she pushed the greatest heptathlete of all time into doing so as well. Nafi Thiam completed the unprecedented hat-trick of Olympic titles in the heptathlon, collapsing across the line after chasing Johnson-Thompson down at the last. Thiam won gold by 36 points, or around two seconds.
