Monday 1 June 2015

Jessica Ennis-Hill - Rio 2016 qualification in the bag!

Sheffield's Olympic Heptathlon Champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, 29, came good at the weekend to make her full Heptathlon comeback and secure qualification for Rio 2016 at the Gotzis Hypo-meet in Austria.

In her first heptathlon since winning Olympic gold in August 2012, Jess finished fourth with 6,520 points - well above the 6,200 needed for Rio and which also gave her entry to this year's World Championships in Beijing.

Jessica Ennis-Hill at her first comeback event this year - the Great CityGames in Manchester.

"I'm really, really pleased," she said afterwards.  "Some of my events have been pretty poor, pretty standard.  I feel there's so much more to come.  If someone had said I'd have had 6,520 beforehand I would have taken that with both hands.  It's a pleasing position to be in after all that time off."

Kell Brook defeats Frankie Gavin to retain IBF welterweight title

Sheffield's Kell Brook beat Birmingham's Frankie Gavin at the London O2 Arena to retain his IBF welterweight title.

Kell Brook and his promotor Eddie Hearn, Sheffield August 2014

Gavin, 29, Britain's only ever amateur World Champion gave Brook, 29, some problems with his Southpaw style in the early rounds.  But Kell Brook won in the sixth round for the second successive defence of his world title.