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ENNIS SETS 100 HURDLES PERSONAL BEST AT LOUGHBOROUGH MEET

Aug 12, 07:42 AM

(12 Aug):Jessica Ennis who will defend her heptathlon title at the fast approaching IAAF World Championships in Daegu completed her preparations for the task ahead when scorching to a new 100 metres hurdles personal best on Thursday.
Ennis who has been top ranked in the seven multi-event discipline for the last 104 weeks posted an excellent time of 12.79 seconds at the EAP meet in Loughborough on Thursday.
The 25-year-old’s performance moved her into second position in the UK rankings behind Tiffany Ofili-Porter and ahead of fellow Yorkshirewoman Angie Thorp. It bettered her previous best of 12.81 achieved in Bottrup, Germany in June 2009.
Ennis’s display will bolster her ambitions of winning a second successive heptathlon gold medal and if successful put her on course in the future to match the three back to back victories of Sweden’s Caroline Kluft between 2003 and 2007.
The heptathlon in Daegu where the Championships begin on 27 August and finish on 4 September, will take place on 29-30 August.
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