Topic: Jessica Ennis

Ennis the focus for Licensed Coaches

Tweet Jessica Ennis's preparation for next year's London Olympic games may not have been the obvious topic of conversation for the 650 coaches...

Greene's 400m hurdles win eases pressure for Britain

David Greene's impressive world 400m hurdles win has given Britain a much-needed shot in the arm just when it seemed next year's Olympic hosts were wilting under the weight of expectations.The unflustered Welshman produced a trademark late surge to ...

Ennis takes stock for London Olympics

Jessica Ennis was left licking her wounds after handing Tatyana Chernova her world heptathlon crown, but insisted she would not dwell on her silver medal showing ahead of the London Olympics.Ennis, the Sheffield-born athlete chosen by Games organisers as the 'face ...
David Rudisha eased to gold Tuesday in the world 800m, giving a stark reminder of Kenya's domination of distance events as Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva failed dismally in the women's pole vault.Elsewhere on a fast-paced night of action, Russian ...

Chernova wins heptathlon gold after Ennis woe

Russian Tatyana Chernova plucked the world heptathlon crown from Jessica Ennis Tuesday after a woeful display of javelin throwing by the Briton.After two gruelling days of the seven-discipline event, Chernova amassed 6,880 points, with Ennis taking silver (6,751pts) and ...

Chernova set to capitalise on Ennis javelin woe

World heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis Tuesday left herself an all-but-impossible task to defend her crown in the final 800m event after a disastrous javelin effort.Russian Tatyana Chernova, on 5,887 points, pulled out top performances in the long jump (6.61m ...

Bolt shock lingers in Daegu

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Like the ever-present mist on Daegu's mountains, a gloom lingered over the world athletics championships on Monday morning as the shock of Usain Bolt losing his 100 meters title sank in.A victim of the one-false-start-and-you're-out ...

Ennis looks to set heptathlon alight at Worlds

Day three of the World Athletics Championships on Monday sees Britain's reigning heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, the face of the London Olympics, in action.The 25-year-old is undefeated in the multi-discipline event since claiming gold at the Berlin worlds two years ...

Gay loses 100 to Mullings in NY grand prix

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world champion Tyson Gay stumbled out of the blocks and lost to training partner Steve Mullings of Jamaica in a slow 100 metres at New York's rainy Diamond League grand prix Saturday.After three false starts cut ...

Heptathlete Ennis measured for Tussauds waxwork

Britain's heptathlon world champion Jessica Ennis has given a sitting for a new wax figure to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London this summer.Staff at the waxworks have taken hundreds of precise measurements of Ennis, one of the country ...