Newlywed Sask. Olympian wins silver at world track

MOSCOW – The Eatons finished their working honeymoon in Russia on Tuesday, ever so close to making it a double-gold celebration at the world championships.

Brianne Theisen Eaton of Humboldt, Sask., failed to sufficiently shake off Ganna Melnichenko in the final 800-metre race of the heptathlon and finished with a silver medal two days after her husband, Ashton Eaton, won gold in the decathlon.

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After two days of competition, Theisen Eaton no longer had the legs to create a decisive gap ahead of Melnichenko.

And while the Ukrainian went celebrating wrapped in her national flag, Theisen Eaton wrapped herself in the warmest of embraces of her smiling husband Ashton Eaton, an American who won gold in the decathlon earlier this week.

Barely a month after marriage, they proved it was a near-perfect competitive match as she gained her first global medal.

Melnychenko won her first major competition with 6,586 points, compared to 6,530 for Theisen Eaton. Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands took bronze.