BEIJING (AP) -Nancy Jebet Langat of Kenya has won the women's 1,500 meters at the Beijing Olympics.

Langat followed world champion Maryam Jamal of Bahrain in a breakaway with 500 meters to go and overtook her coming into the last bend, pulling away to win Saturday's final in 4 minutes, 0.23 seconds.

Ukrainians got the silver and bronze medals, with Iryna Lyshchynska second in 4:01.63 and Nataliya Tobias third in 4:01.78.

Jamal faded to finish fifth, losing three places in the last 50 meters.

Yelena Soboleva, who set a world indoor 1,500-meter record earlier this year, was provisionally suspended for a suspected anti-doping violation and dropped from the Russian Olympic team.