Jessica Ennis-Hill has lost her fitness battle

The Olympic champion is missing the World Championships in Moscow

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World Championships: Jessica Ennis-Hill 'gutted' after being ruled out of trip to Moscow

The Olympic champion ruled out due to Achilles injury

Ennis-Hill competing in the long jump at last weekend's Anniversary Games

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Jessica Ennis-Hill's chances of winning heptathlon gold at the World Championships have been boosted by the defending champion, Tatyana Chernova, pulling out.

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Battling Jessica Ennis-Hill is playing a waiting game

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Gold medallist’s return to scene of her greatest triumph is hampered by nagging Achilles injury

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Jessica Ennis-Hill

Anniversary Games: Jessica Ennis-Hill set to take part at Olympic Stadium

The Olympic heptathlon winner returned to action earlier this week

Jessica Ennis-Hill

Jessica Ennis-Hill makes impressive comeback - but says it is too early to take decision on World Championships

The heptathlete recorded a personal best in the javelin

Rutherford has not competed since suffering a hamstring injury

Nail-biter for Greg Rutherford

Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford’s hopes of being fit for next month’s World Championships suffered a setback when he was forced to pull out of next weekend’s Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games in London.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

Sebastian Coe unsurprised by injury woes suffered by Olympic stars including Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford

Athletes are fragile after an Olympic year says the former gold medallist

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Jessica Ennis-Hill

Jessica Ennis-Hill forced to delay comeback yet again

The heptathlete has pulled out of the Sainsbury's British Championships in Birmingham

Business end: Greg Rutherford is among a growing crop of British athletes having to look elsewhere for funds

Sign of times for Greg Rutherford: Long-jumper designs logo and creates own brand of kit as Britain's Olympians struggle for backers

In the grounds of the Alexander Stadium yesterday there was a queue snaking back 100 yards to get into the British Athletics Icons Marquee. Inside the temporary structure was a collection of memorabilia on loan from the all-time greats of British track and field: vests, running spikes and medals.

Jessica Judd ready to make the grade in Gateshead

Ten months on from the glorious high of Super Saturday at London 2012, British athletics is getting ready to savour the feelgood factor on home ground once again.

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Down-to-earth Holly Bleasdale can scale new heights

Pole vaulter is only 21 in a discipline dominated by thirtysomethings but wants to be the third woman to jump five metres

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