Sotherton finishes in fifth place

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Sotherton won bronze in Athens four years ago and came into the event as one of the favourites in the absence of reigning champion Carolina Kluft.

But the 31-year-old never found top form after a year disrupted by illness and injury and ended up 102 points off a bronze medal and 216 adrift of new champion Nataliia Dobrynska of the Ukraine.

Dobrynska won by 33 points from compatriot Lyudmila Blonska, with American Hyleas Fountain claiming bronze a further 81 points adrift.

Sotherton came into the second day of competition in third place but could only record a best of 6.33metres in the long jump, traditionally one of her strongest events.

That dropped her down to fifth and although she shrugged off a foul in the opening round to record a best of 37.66m in the javelin, and set a new personal best of two minutes 7.34 seconds in the 800m, it was not good enough.