Beijing: Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, who only decided to compete four weeks ago, regained the heptathlon world title at the World Championships, here on Sunday.

Ennis-Hill became a mother for the first time 13 months ago, and had originally intended for 2015 to be a “transition” year to prepare for the defence of the Olympic title in Rio de Janeiro. 

Theisen-Eaton repeated her silver medal-winning performance at the 2013 world championships, with a score of 6,554. The bronze went to Laura Ikauniece-Admidina with a Latvian record 6,516 points.

Spain’s Miguel Angel Lopez won the men’s 20 km race walk. Wang Zhen,  bronze medallist at the London Olympics, came second, with Ben Thorne of Canada was a distant third in 1.19:57.

Poland’s Pawel Fajdek underlined his dominance of the men’s hammer this year with two throws over 80 metres as he retained his world title in style on Sunday

American Joe Kovacs won the men’s shot put gold medal, denying defending champion David Storl of Germany a hat-trick of titles.                                           (Reuters)