Jess was driven by injustice
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FIVE days before his home Grand Prix at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton decided he needed a two-day beach break in Mykonos.
JESSICA ENNIS-HILL will never forget how it felt to be cheated out of a world title – because she won’t allow herself to.
Six years after finishing second to disgraced Russian rival Tatyana Chernova in Daegu, justice will finally be seen to be done at the London Stadium on Sunday when Britain’s heptathlon queen at last receives the medal which is rightfully hers.
“To have a gold medal put round my neck in that amazing stadium without actually having to do all those events is my idea of a dream scenario,” she joked.
“Especially being eight months pregnant!”
Ennis-Hill, 31, is at peace with her decision to retire given that Belgium’s Nafi Thiam, 22, has taken the heptathlon to the next level. But scratch a little deeper and the now threetime world champion’s frustration with the Chernova affair quickly reveals itself.
“I always say that I wouldn’t change anything because I do think it all happens for a reason and I do believe missing out that year set me up for a really great 2012,” said Ennis-Hill.
“But after Daegu there was definitely that disappointment.
“I really questioned myself, thinking I’d trained so hard, put in all this work and effort to be the best and still not managed it.”
A photo of Chernova celebrating behind EnnisHill struck a nerve with the Briton and she used it to spur her to Olympic glory.
“I still have it too,” she said. “And I’m not about to throw it away.
“It’s a big part of the journey I made, that image will always be embedded in my mind.”