Half-fit? Then take a break, Jess Ennis-Hill

 
30 July 2013

Darren Campbell advises Jessica Ennis-Hill not go to the World Athletics Championships in Moscow next month unless she is fully fit.

The Olympic heptathlon champion (left) is struggling with an Achilles injury and will decide this weekend whether to board the flight to Russia. “Having been injured, if it was me, I would not go,” Campbell says.

“She has nothing to prove and she has more to lose than gain by going. I would have no problems if she had an off year.”

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