Athletics: Jessica Ennis set to open 2013 season in Edinburgh

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Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, 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, the hurdles, javelin and long jump, for her club Trafford AC.

She said, “I am looking forward to getting back into competition.”

“Last year had some wonderful highs for obvious reasons, but you cannot stand still for long in any sport, let alone one like athletics.

“I have been training hard with a view to this summer’s events, and the World Championships in Moscow in August is the major goal.”

Her coach Tony Minichiello confirmed Ennis has a Diamond League meeting in Oslo on her schedule, where she will again compete in two or three individual events, and her first heptathlon competition will be in Tallinn in Estonia at the end of June.

Minichiello said, “Edinburgh is a good opportunity for Jessica to blow the cobwebs away and get into competition again. We’re planning for her to do three events that day.

“The World Championships is the main target for the season so everything before then is looking towards peaking for Moscow.”

Lizzie Flint, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine

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