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Britain's Ennis-Hill wins heptathlon at athletics worlds

Xinhua, August 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill won her second world heptathlon title on Sunday after fellow Briton Katarina Johnson-Thompson failed to score in the long jump.

Ennis-Hill garnered 6,669 points, beating into second place Canada's Brianne Theisen Eaton, who had 6,554.

Latvia's Laura Ikauniece-Admidina took bronze with 6,516. Endit