Jessica Ennis-Hill enters 100m hurdles and shot put at Birmingham Grand Prix

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Jessica Ennis-Hill has announced she will compete in the 100 metres hurdles and the shot put at the Birmingham Grand Prix on 7 June.

The Olympic champion will compete in her first heptathlon since winning gold at London 2012 the previous weekend in Götzis, having proved her fitness following achilles problems, and tackling two more events at the Diamond League meeting at the Alexander Stadium will see her continue her comeback from a near two-year absence.

The 29-year-old, who is building towards August’s world championships in Beijing and a potential title defence at the Rio Olympics in 2016, said: “I am really excited to be in a position to announce my participation in the Birmingham Grand Prix – I feel that my season is really beginning to take shape.

“I am loving being back competing, it is such a good feeling and I have had some incredible support from the public who have come to watch. The crowds are always amazing at the Alexander Stadium and I am hoping there will be a really good turnout on June 7 to help me along.”

In the hurdles Ennis-Hill will face the Olympic champion Sally Pearson, the world champion Brianna Rollins and Tiffany Porter, the European champion and a Great Britain team-mate.