Carolina Kluft won an unprecedented third consecutive world championships title of heptathlon?in Osaka?on Sunday.

 

The 24-year-old Swedish girl collected 7,032 points after two days of competition.

 

"I can't explain, I'm so happy," she said, "There's no end of happiness. I'm just thrilled with victory."

 

Ukraine's Lyudmila Blonska was a distant second with 6,832 points, while Briton Kelly Sotherton was third with 6,510 points.

 

Kluft's 13.15 seconds in 100m hurdles and a 1.95 clearance in high jump were her personal bests, while her 14.81m effort in shot put and 23.38 seconds in 200m were her season's bests.

 

As an unbeatable Heptathlon figure, Kluft's dominance was clear after the first day with a 4,162 point tally, 148 points ahead of Blonska. It was also 19 points ahead of the pace that carried her to a personal best 7,001 in Paris four years ago.

 

"To achieve a personal best was my biggest motivation and the European record is a great bonus."

 

Since July 2001, Kluft never tasted defeat. She swept almost all of the big titles to show she is without rival.

 

According to the IAAF statistics, she won 13 gold medals and two bronze in 16 major championship competitions and has 18 successive heptathlon wins from 2001 to 2007 and three successive indoor pentathlon wins from 2003 to 2007.

 

(Xinhua News Agency August 27, 2007)