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Jessica Ennis-Hill has done it again. She was once told she was too small to compete with the world's best. But proved the doubters wrong.
There were those who wondered how the pressure of a home Olympics would impact on her performance. But she quickly put worriers at ease.
And then there were questions raised over whether she would ever be the same athlete again after she returned to the sport after giving birth to her son, Reggie. The Briton has, yet again, answered emphatically.