Latest News Round Up
Every week we scour the internet for the latest news and views from the world of athletics. Containing key updates about Jessica's progress to London 2012 we hope you'll enjoy our latest news round up.
Jessica Ennis, the Olympic heptathlon champion, will open her 2013 season by competing in the UK Women's Athletic League Premier Division meet next month at Edinburgh's Meadowbank Sports Centre.
The appearance will mark her first outdoor competition since her victory at the London 2012 Games and she is expected to compete in three events – hurdles, javelin and long jump – for her club Trafford AC.
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Sheffield’s Olympic champ Jessica Ennis has added the most important gold ever to her collection – a wedding ring, when she tied the knot.
And she wore a winning smile as she married her long-term partner Andy Hill at a church in Derbyshire’s Peak District.
Today Jess tweeted to thank everyone for all the lovely messages. She wrote:
"Thank you for all the lovely messages! We couldn't have wished for a more perfect day! Mrs Jessica Ennis-Hill...I love it :)"
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend but Jessica Ennis intends to use them as stepping stones to winning another world heptathlon title.
The Olympic gold medallist from last summer’s Games in London will take part inseveral Diamond League events before the World Championships in Moscow in August but insists they are little more than preparation for her battle with Russia’s Tatyana Chernova.
Jessica's parents visited the new Umix Centre in Lowfield near to where Jessica and her sister Carmel were raised. Her mum Alison and Dad Vinnie talk olympics, Don Valley and dogs, with a few nice memories of Jessica's childhood also thrown in.
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Plans for a new athletics stadium in Sheffield have been given the thumbs up by Toni Minichiello, coach of Olympic champion Jessica Ennis.
A refurbished Woodburn Road athletics track was unveiled on Tuesday morning as part of a major redevelopment of the condemned Don Valley Stadium, where Ennis took up the sport and still trains.





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