Photos: Romanian wins Women's Marathon gold

Tomescu Constantina of Romania lunges across the finish line. (Photo credit: Guo Dayue/Xinhua)

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 recorder holder Paula Radcliffe of Britain lagged far behind.

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