Burn-out fears may make Ennis miss Delhi; ATHLETICS.Byline: Phil Casey WORLD heptathlon heptathlon: see under decathlon. heptathlon Women's athletics competition. Contestants take part in seven different track-and-field events: 100-m hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, and 200- and 800-m runs. champion Jessica Ennis Jessica Ennis (born 28 January, 1986 in Sheffield) is a British athlete, competing in the heptathlon. Her first senior championships was the 2005 World University Games, where she won the bronze medal. may miss next year's Commonwealth Games Commonwealth games, series of amateur athletic meets held among citizens of countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. Originated (1930) as the British Empire games, the series is held every four years and is patterned after the Olympic games; women have participated in Delhi to avoid becoming "burnt out". Ennis won bronze in the last Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006 but, after missing last year's Olympics through injury, is determined not to miss any more major championships. And with the European Championships in Barcelona also to come next year, the Sheffield star may be forced to choose between the two. "It's important to make the right decision, not to try to cram everything in and burn out," said the 23-year-old, fifth in the 100 metre hurdles at the Aviva British Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see British Grand Prix (disambiguation). The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. in Gateshead yesterday. "I'll sit down with my coach and see what fits into my programme best. I'm leaning more towards doing the Europeans at the moment." The European Championships run from July 26 to August 1 and the Commonwealth Games do not start until October 3, but two days of intense competition in the heptathlon requires a significant recovery period. "It felt nice to finish off this year," Ennis admitted after clocking 13.28 seconds, comfortably her slowest time of the year in Gateshead. "I'm looking forward to going on holiday now and then getting back into training in October." Elsewhere, there were victories for Berlin medallists Lisa Dobriskey and Phillips Idowu in the 1500m and triple jump respectively, Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu in the 400m and also in the 100m 'B' final for the forgotten man of British sprinting, Craig Pickering. Pickering, a former European indoor silver medallist, failed to qualify for the individual 100m at the World Championships and, after being selected for the relay squad, was not used in Berlin as the British quartet won a bronze medal. Pickering won in a time of 10.32secs while world silver medallist Tyson Gay won the 'A' final in 10.15 with Britain's Tyrone Edgar and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey - two members of the relay team in Berlin - fifth and sixth in 10.53 and 10.54 respectively. |
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