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Athletics: Jessica Ennis-Hill announces retirement

The Team GB legend and former Olympic heptathlon champion has decided to call time on her glittering career.

Athletics: Jessica Ennis-Hill announces retirement

British athletics legend Jessica Ennis-Hill has announced her retirement from the sport.

The 30-year-old won gold for Team GB on home soil at London 2012 and silver in the summer at the Rio Olympics.

She hinted she was considering hanging up her running spikes after winning her medal in Brazil and today confirmed her decision via her Instagram account.

Posting a collage of images from her career, Ennis-Hill wrote: “Amazing memories...from my first world title in Berlin 2009 to Rio 2016 I'm so fortunate to have had such an amazing career within the sport I love and this has been one of the toughest decisions I've had to make.

“But I know that retiring now is right. I've always said I want to leave my sport on a high and have no regrets and I can truly say that. I want to thank my family and incredible team who have spent so much of their time supporting me and enabling me to achieve my dreams.

“Also a huge thank you to all those people who have supported and followed my career over the years.”

Ennis-Hill had been tempted to prolong her career for another year with the World Championships coming to London in 2017.