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Ennis sets UK record

JESSICA Ennis boosted her London Olympic ambitions yesterday by setting a British heptathlon record at the Hypo Meeting in Goetzis, Austria.

European and former world champion Ennis beat the 12-year-old record of former Olympic champion Denise Lewis by 75 points. She finished with 6,906 points to win the IAAF World Challenge event for a third straight year.

Ennis said: "I need to work on my high jump but I am now where I wanted to be this time of the year."

World champion Tatyana Chernova of Russia took silver with 6,774 points while Lyudmyla Yosypenko of Ukraine came in third on 6,501.

 

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