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Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has given birth to a baby boy. | Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has given birth to a baby boy. |
The 28-year-old, who won heptathlon gold at London 2012, announced the birth on Twitter. | |
She said: "Our beautiful baby boy Reggie Ennis-Hill was born yesterday. We couldn't be happier." The tweet included a black and white photo of the newborn wearing a stripy top with a picture of a lion on the front. | |
Ennis-Hill was the poster girl of London 2012. | |
She revealed in January she was having a child with husband, Andy Hill, ruling her out of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow which get under way next week. | |
She said at the time she was "100% set on returning to full-time athletics" after the birth and determined to "go for a second gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016". | She said at the time she was "100% set on returning to full-time athletics" after the birth and determined to "go for a second gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016". |
Congratulations were quick to flood in on Twitter from fellow athletes, including Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who is the favourite for the heptathlon title at Hampden Park in the absence of her compatriot. | Congratulations were quick to flood in on Twitter from fellow athletes, including Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who is the favourite for the heptathlon title at Hampden Park in the absence of her compatriot. |
Johnson-Thompson, 21, from Liverpool, has spoken of her excitement at going head to head with Ennis-Hill when the Sheffield athlete returns to the sport. | |
Ennis-Hill's last heptathlon was at the London Olympics two summers ago. She missed last year's World Championships with an achilles injury. |
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