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Jessica Ennis-Hill maintains advantage in heptathlon at World Athletics Championships

Jessica Ennis-Hill maintains her lead in the gold medal position in the heptathlon after the long jump at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has maintained her lead at the top of the leaderboard in the heptathlon after the long jump at the World Athletics Championships.

The Olympic champion held the advantage going into the fifth event of the competition, with 4005 points, which put her narrowly ahead of Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

The 29-year-old recorded three legitimate jumps in the event to place third as her longest effort was 6.43m, leaving her in third place in the event.

Ennis-Hill extended her points tally to 4990, while Canada's Brianne Theisen-Eaton sits in second place on 4888 and Ukraine's Anastasiya Mokhnyuk is third on 4847. Johnson-Thomspon ended her medal hopes in the event as she recorded three fouls.

The javelin and 800m are the remaining two events in the competition.

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Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain reacts after competing in the Women's Heptathlon High Jump during day one of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 22, 2015
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Olympic medal table header
CountryGold medalSilver MedalBronze MedalT
ChinaChina925850200
Great BritainGreat Britain413843122
Olympics flagParalympic Athletes from Russia363249117
United StatesUnited States353630101
NetherlandsNetherlands25171658

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