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🏅 Triumph Athletics

Jessica Ennis-Hill's Heptathlon Gold

The defining moment of London 2012 — a performance under pressure that has never been surpassed in British athletics.

4 August 2012

Jessica Ennis-Hill won heptathlon gold at the London Olympics in front of 80,000 fans — the defining moment of Britain's greatest Games. Her face had adorned the Olympic Stadium for months. She delivered. Her run in the final 800m brought the entire stadium to its feet.

The defining moment of London 2012 — a performance under pressure that has never been surpassed in British athletics.

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