As world No 1 and favourite to win heptathlon gold, Britain's poster girl is trying to beat the weight of public expectation as well as her two brilliant rivals, she tells Simon Turnbull.
The vast majority of people have been quick to hang the gold medal
around the neck of Jessica Ennis, a 26-year-old psychology graduate. Only those who
follow track and field appear to appreciate that it is a far from
foregone conclusion – that Russia’s Tatyana Chernova and the defending Olympic champion
Nataliya Dobrynska of Ukraine are serious threats to Ennis, and that one
big slip in any one of the seven events could cost gold.
