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Katarina Johnson-Thompson has had to settle for silver in the women's heptathlon at the Paris Olympics after failing to overturn a sizeable deficit in tonight's 800m finale. The Team GB star went into tonight's race 121 points behind rival Nafi Thiam, from Belgium, and had to win the contest by eight and a half seconds or more. But the Brit was only able to gain a six second lead over her fierce rival, leaving her painfully short of a gold once again. Johnson-Thompson was top of the heptathlon standings heading into day two of the event after winning the 200m race in front of a raucous crowd at the Stade de France on Thursday.