Ennis wins heptathlon gold

Britain’s Jessica Ennis has won the gold medal in the women’s heptathlon.

The hot favouriteput in a stellar performance in the final round of the two-day heptathlon to be crowned Olympic champion at her first ever athletics contest in London.

A sea of flag-waving fans joined royalty, politicians and organisers alike as a capacity 80,000 crowd took to their feet.

Ennis had racked up a 188-point lead, setting her up nicely for tonight’s 800m run.

Earlier, in what were widely expected to be two of the toughest rounds of the contest for Ennis, Britain’s golden girl put in a 6.48m long jump, making her just one of two athletes to earn more than 1,000 points in the sandpit.

Ennis went on to throw a personal best of 47.49m in the javelin as her success continued.

It came after she built up a 184 point-lead on a phenomenal first day of action in the stadium yesterday, setting a British record in the 100m hurdles, a personal best in the 200m, and a clearance of 1.86m in the high jump.