:00:13. > :00:22.So much expectation on the slender shoulders of Jessica Ennis. The
:00:22. > :00:32.Suez I walked out in the stadium, the crowd was so loud, it gave me
:00:32. > :00:34.
:00:34. > :00:37.goose bumps. Jessica Ennis, oh my goodness! I am glad I have got the
:00:37. > :00:47.goods got under my belt but there is a lot of work to be done
:00:47. > :00:49.
:00:49. > :00:52.tomorrow. 6.428, the moment is getting closer.
:00:53. > :01:02.The defining moment of her life. Jessica Ennis is just 800 metres
:01:03. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:13.away from Olympic gold. This is the Jessica Ennis has been the poster
:01:13. > :01:22.girl for the London Olympics. She missed the last Games because of
:01:22. > :01:24.injury and since then has won and lost world titles. So for Jess and
:01:24. > :01:34.coach Toni Minichiello this season coach Toni Minichiello this season
:01:34. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:42.was about getting it right when it matters most. Isn't it just the
:01:42. > :01:52.thing come within sport if you coach people and the highlight of
:01:52. > :01:55.the session is I hope they are sick! New kind of feel, yes, I have
:01:55. > :01:58.trained you! Olympic training starts close to home. Coach Toni
:01:58. > :02:04.Minichiello has guided Jess since her talent was spotted at a summer
:02:04. > :02:09.training camp when she was just 11- years-old. It doesn't feel any
:02:09. > :02:14.different to any other day. The closer we will get, it will feel
:02:14. > :02:19.more important. We have started her harder than we have in the past,
:02:19. > :02:24.but I think that is the natural progression. You need a group
:02:24. > :02:28.environment. Mainly for the banter more than anything. Somebody to
:02:28. > :02:33.look at when you are not feeling as good as you would like. It makes it
:02:33. > :02:39.a lot easier when there is a few of you going through the pain and not
:02:39. > :02:43.just yourself. We kind of like help each other on, and you can measure
:02:43. > :02:51.yourself against each other and judge where you are. When you are
:02:51. > :02:58.running, it is a big group of you so it is definitely easier. When
:02:58. > :03:02.they do sessions like this, there is also a mental element. I believe
:03:02. > :03:08.there was a mental element, but psychologically, if I can get
:03:08. > :03:13.through this, there is not much I can't do. If I can just go through
:03:13. > :03:18.this session, I can achieve whatever I need to achieve. The do
:03:18. > :03:22.get used to it and you look forward to it in a weird kind of funny way.
:03:22. > :03:32.You enjoy the pain of it. You feel better ones to have done it,
:03:32. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:42.obviously. It is over, well done. Let's go for a walk, guys. It is
:03:42. > :03:48.tiring, but the first session is done now so I am easing my way back
:03:48. > :03:52.into it. The cost the Olympics are so special, people overdo it and
:03:52. > :03:57.they get hurt so I am making a conscious effort that we keep these
:03:58. > :04:01.things in perspective. It is a long way off at the moment. It is the
:04:01. > :04:11.beginning of the winter so I have a lot of hard work to do but it is
:04:11. > :04:18.definitely getting closer. Seeing him sat there with his laptop open
:04:18. > :04:28.doing some work, that never, ever, ever happens. We will arrange to
:04:28. > :04:36.meet and we will say 9:30am. To her, that means she turns up at five to
:04:36. > :04:41.nine. Just running over hurdles, getting used to drilling work. We
:04:41. > :04:47.are doing some warm up work here and then we will drift into the
:04:47. > :04:50.slightly larger hurdles. Keep your trailing leg tie it all the way
:04:50. > :04:54.through. Now there is a diminishing return on how much better she can
:04:54. > :05:04.get so you are trying to find very small margins of consistency of
:05:04. > :05:07.
:05:07. > :05:17.performance. You are talking about hundredths. Keep it bent. You know
:05:17. > :05:18.
:05:18. > :05:25.as your leading arm comes in like this, it doesn't push.
:05:25. > :05:35.definitely felt like my foot was up. Yes, but the legs were too lengthy
:05:35. > :05:38.
:05:38. > :05:42.for me. I need a few more degrees, yes? Their relationship has changed
:05:42. > :05:48.in their 15 years together. She is not afraid to share her thoughts.
:05:48. > :05:53.It is different now obviously. I understand the events more and it
:05:53. > :05:58.has to be more of the discussion. If I am not understanding what he
:05:58. > :06:04.is saying or agreeing, then it is good to discuss it. It didn't look
:06:04. > :06:10.too bad. It started off, then it opened up further. Keep it tight.
:06:10. > :06:15.Changes difficult. She knows I am successful if I do that. Now the
:06:15. > :06:20.position is that if I make changes, I might not be successful so as a
:06:20. > :06:24.coach you have to overcome that and say there is a benefit to this.
:06:24. > :06:34.two still early days. It was a good session but I still have a lot of
:06:34. > :06:41.
:06:41. > :06:44.work on, but I am pleased with the Javelin is the event Jess has
:06:44. > :06:48.always struggled with the most. At last summer's World Championships
:06:48. > :06:58.it cost her gold. There's a lot to work on with javelin coach Mick
:06:58. > :07:03.
:07:03. > :07:12.Hill. The difference is that, or that. It is minute. That much body
:07:12. > :07:18.lean. It looks good today. It is about patients. It was the same in
:07:18. > :07:23.long-jump the other day. It is nice to feel it, to do it in the correct
:07:23. > :07:26.way, but you can quite easily lose it again so I need to keep
:07:26. > :07:34.practising and hope it comes naturally. It is great to have
:07:35. > :07:41.sessions like this - it gives me confidence. It is good. If we have
:07:41. > :07:46.reasonable throws, we will measure them but it can sap your confidence
:07:46. > :07:53.if you think it is far and it is not. Hopefully it is OK, but it is
:07:53. > :07:59.confidential. 50m! Today it has felt better but we will see how far
:07:59. > :08:04.it is. Even if it is only 40 metres, I am still happy with the session.
:08:04. > :08:09.You have got to know what you did. We have an athlete who realises the
:08:09. > :08:15.javelin is quite difficult. For the last few years it has been quite
:08:16. > :08:21.good to Jess and she seems to produce on the big day. 42 metres
:08:21. > :08:26.plus off a shortened run is very good. The each session she throws,
:08:26. > :08:30.her confidence is getting better and better. It will probably take a
:08:30. > :08:37.knock again at some stage this winter, but it is whether you can
:08:37. > :08:43.get back up again and keep moving forwards. You are actually training
:08:43. > :08:50.like a beast. Some great craft. I have pushed the sessions on a
:08:50. > :08:55.little bit and she's working very well. Were that to complement?
:08:55. > :09:03.it was. You can play that back as much as you like. What did you do
:09:03. > :09:11.on Sunday? A grass running session on Monday morning, and circuits in
:09:11. > :09:17.the afternoon. In Formula One, have mechanics who look at the car and
:09:17. > :09:21.Tinker, that is Alison's role. She does the job of 15 Formula One
:09:21. > :09:25.mechanics. Unfortunately they haven't got a spare car in the
:09:25. > :09:31.garage in case this one doesn't work. If you are injury-free year
:09:31. > :09:35.on year, you can make some progress. Injury makes you take a step back,
:09:35. > :09:38.but if you can keep taking steps forward that is what makes you
:09:38. > :09:46.successful. Jess has been injury- free since missing the last
:09:46. > :09:51.Olympics. Her physio Alison Rose can see things that other people
:09:51. > :09:56.can't and has detected a problem in her hip. I am just wondering if she
:09:56. > :10:06.is not going correctly through. If she was running like that that
:10:06. > :10:10.day... It is time to get to work with some eye-watering therapy.
:10:10. > :10:16.is incredibly tight and then she screams and you know you are on the
:10:16. > :10:21.right spot. There is more tension than there should be. The hip not
:10:21. > :10:26.moving as it should obviously affects the where you walk and the
:10:26. > :10:31.where you run. I have had a tight calf muscle, but obviously Alison
:10:31. > :10:36.picks up on a lot more stuff that I don't really notice until there is
:10:36. > :10:40.a problem so it is good to get rid of this tightness before it creates
:10:40. > :10:48.something else. You generally will watch her, figure out what you are
:10:48. > :10:54.looking out, do some tests, then treat Again and recheck. I am happy,
:10:54. > :11:03.that is much better. It is just much more even. It feels good. I
:11:03. > :11:07.can just feel some soreness. Is it still a little bit more tied?
:11:07. > :11:11.seems more even. It's will loosen off.
:11:11. > :11:13.With the heavy winter workload out of the way it's time to put Jess to
:11:13. > :11:23.the test. Her first competitive appearance comes with home
:11:23. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:41.I did shot put the other week but this is my first kind of real one
:11:41. > :11:45.so I am just blowing off the cobwebs. It is the power and
:11:45. > :11:49.strength, that is the additional weight training programme you have
:11:49. > :11:54.got. The is difficult when you first start because you have been
:11:54. > :12:01.in winter training so you are doing the same thing every week. It is
:12:01. > :12:05.nice to kind of start freshening up, getting competitive again and
:12:05. > :12:15.seeing how things work. She looks really good at the minute. She
:12:15. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:21.seems to be running well. We will see how it goes. Jessica is back in
:12:21. > :12:25.action, but her first long jump competition is not going to plan.
:12:25. > :12:31.You have already set yourself into the somersault position and it is
:12:31. > :12:40.not coming back underneath. You are in that position, and then you are
:12:40. > :12:45.in. It is poor. Below 6.424 indoors, it is not good enough. I am
:12:45. > :12:50.disappointed with the long jump, but generally it is the first
:12:50. > :13:00.competition of the year. Hopefully I will learn that rustiness off
:13:00. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:09.I have got the hurdles this afternoon so again it will be the
:13:09. > :13:16.first time I have raced. Obviously I like to run a good time but we
:13:16. > :13:21.will see how it goes, just blowing that rustiness off. I am quite
:13:21. > :13:31.nervous. I want to go away at least a little bit happy. She is in good
:13:31. > :13:34.
:13:34. > :13:40.form so it is exciting seeing it, out in competition. This time, Tony
:13:40. > :13:45.is not disappointed as she powers Clear in the hurdles. I am pleased
:13:45. > :13:49.with that. It is a good time. I don't know what the official time
:13:50. > :13:57.was but I am happy with that. It is a better ending to the day than I
:13:57. > :14:01.thought. She was ill last night so to come into this not feeling 100%
:14:01. > :14:06.physically, I wouldn't tell any of the other media that because you
:14:06. > :14:16.are not going to show your film until ages away.
:14:16. > :14:26.One is your mind set going into the blocks? I'm not being funny, but I
:14:26. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:32.just after move on from there. I was annoyed with the long jump.
:14:32. > :14:37.do you think you got stuck? first race of the season. Every
:14:37. > :14:41.competition is important and you want every competition to count, so
:14:41. > :14:45.there are nervous but you just want to keep doing well. I will keep
:14:45. > :14:55.focusing on the next competition, my training, and getting that right
:14:55. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:19.Under 15 girls... We're next to the Yorkshire county championships. It
:15:19. > :15:24.tends to mark the start of the season. It's nice and low key. You
:15:24. > :15:29.can get a bit of throwing done before we start. Next week we have
:15:29. > :15:32.Manchester. The week after that we've off to austya. I'm stiff
:15:32. > :15:36.today. I've always done championships like this. It's nice
:15:36. > :15:40.to dot Yorkshire championships and mix it with Grand Prixs as well.
:15:40. > :15:44.It's nice to still have that variation. They're still great
:15:44. > :15:54.events. There's a lot of good kids who are hopefully going to be
:15:54. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :16:00.future champions who start here as well. It's a good event. Your left
:16:00. > :16:04.foot is late. The shot is still ahead of the hip. That's why it's
:16:04. > :16:12.better, but it hasn't quite got a bite on it. I think I need to stay
:16:12. > :16:18.back over and work this more. Why does he look as if she's in
:16:19. > :16:24.shot putt detention? The standard is mixed. 69-year-old Sheila admits
:16:24. > :16:30.she's unlikely to mix it to the Olympics. She's such a nice person
:16:30. > :16:35.is Jess. She encourages even me not throwing so far. I think she might
:16:35. > :16:39.take me next year. I might lose my focus and then she can bust out a
:16:39. > :16:47.six metres and take me. When the throwing stops the
:16:47. > :16:51.autographs and photographs start. feel bad if I say no. I kind of
:16:51. > :16:54.expect it when I come to competitions like this, but it's
:16:54. > :17:03.hard sometimes because you want to stay focused. I still want to
:17:03. > :17:07.compete really well. You just have to get a bit of a balance I suppose.
:17:07. > :17:11.Bit windy off the left, if you do what you did the other day, I think
:17:11. > :17:20.it will go. Jess has been going good so we're looking forward to
:17:20. > :17:23.the comp. It's blowing her over. It nearly
:17:23. > :17:28.blew the javelin away from her and into her head. It's a challenge,
:17:28. > :17:35.but again, this is why she's doing this competition. It's a long way
:17:35. > :17:40.away from the Olympic Stadium, but it's very, very useful. She had a
:17:40. > :17:44.smack at that early and hard. Something was missing today. I'm
:17:44. > :17:49.still happy with the way it's going. It was OK. I'm hoping that I'll
:17:49. > :17:54.save a good throw for a couple of weeks' time. We were hoping for a
:17:54. > :17:57.bit more, but well, it's not been too bad. Soy suppose I shouldn't
:17:57. > :18:03.complain. I'd have liked to have seen a bit more today. What time
:18:03. > :18:10.tomorrow? I don't care. I'm taking the javelin. He's so annoyed.
:18:10. > :18:16.we have a photo? Yeah, no problem. With her technique tuend in the
:18:16. > :18:19.individual event, it's time to put it all together. She heads to
:18:19. > :18:29.Austria for the multievent championships a crucial dress
:18:29. > :18:36.
:18:36. > :18:39.We're in a small town in Austria. This is the place where all the
:18:40. > :18:44.world's best multieventers gather at the end of May to compete in the
:18:44. > :18:48.one big combine events competition outside of any major championships.
:18:48. > :18:52.This will be the one heptathlon that Jessica does before the
:18:52. > :18:57.Olympics. So this is the one chance really to see what kind of shape
:18:57. > :19:02.she's in in a heptathlon setting. She will do other competitions but
:19:02. > :19:05.this is to see how it gels together. It would be nice to win, but it is
:19:05. > :19:09.also really important that I just see how all the individual events
:19:09. > :19:16.are going and how they're coming together and how my training's gone.
:19:16. > :19:22.I think both are equally important. It's good to have everyone here.
:19:22. > :19:27.It's great to have their support and Ali and my physio and soft
:19:27. > :19:34.tissue therapist. They know my body inside out. I know if there's ever
:19:34. > :19:39.an issue that they are there, on hand, to help and fix it. Say --
:19:39. > :19:46.for a sponsored athlete, your socks are dire, worse than dire. I think
:19:46. > :19:50.they're the worst socks we get in the clinic. You are joking.
:19:50. > :19:53.It is a tense environment and a tense situation when you're coming
:19:53. > :19:56.to compete. It's nice to bring a bit of humour to it, a couple of
:19:57. > :20:06.days before and relaxed, then get ready to switch on and compete
:20:07. > :20:12.
:20:13. > :20:17.Welcome Jessica Ennis! Ever year they do a presentation in the civic
:20:17. > :20:22.hall. It's part and parcel of the tradition. They did in the past,
:20:22. > :20:26.they used to bring in the athletes one by one on the back of Harley-
:20:26. > :20:30.Davidsons, which was phenomenal, but worrying to a coach.
:20:30. > :20:35.It's great. This is my fourth year here. It's always really good crowd
:20:35. > :20:40.and loads of support. It's just a really nice occasion for the town.
:20:40. > :20:46.Yeah, it's really great. The crowd and everyone's brilliant. This is
:20:46. > :20:56.Jen ter Osa. She's lovely. She's the only reason I do heptathlon.
:20:56. > :21:08.
:21:08. > :21:13.I coach heptathlon. I don't do it! She's on it has been the team
:21:13. > :21:19.description. She's fouk used, ready to go. Warm up went well and she's
:21:19. > :21:22.happy. You can't ask for more than that.
:21:22. > :21:32.As ever, the hurdles are the first of the seven events. Jess and Tony
:21:32. > :21:36.
:21:36. > :21:41.are looking for the strong start. Happy with that? Yeah. Good. Good
:21:41. > :21:51.startment I feel a bit nervous about the jumps because we haven't
:21:51. > :21:57.
:21:57. > :22:04.done any jumps competitions before It got a bit toey for me. Do you
:22:04. > :22:08.feel close? Not really. I don't know.
:22:08. > :22:18.Not good. Not good. 85 is not acceptable. So she won't be happy
:22:18. > :22:19.
:22:20. > :22:27.with that in the slightest. We'll just move on, move on. A very solid
:22:28. > :22:34.shot putt, 14.51, a season res best. It's been an OK first three events.
:22:34. > :22:43.If she can run quicker than 23.21 we will push on a little bit.
:22:43. > :22:53.Heaven knows what you'll score on Go, go, go.
:22:53. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:05.It's even. That's even. Don't You know the last five metres, you
:23:05. > :23:09.need to lean in. 22.88, fantastic time in the 200. Kind of topped and
:23:09. > :23:14.tailed it very well. She's a few points up on her personal best. All
:23:14. > :23:17.together it's been a good day. only halfway through the events.
:23:17. > :23:22.There's there's lots of work to be done.
:23:22. > :23:26.No tension in this event. Tension will hurt you. Don't try too hard
:23:26. > :23:32.but still put the effort in. But loose cheeks, facial cheeks and
:23:32. > :23:36.stuff like that. This is going really well. Allow it to do its
:23:36. > :23:40.thing. You're buzzing kid. You're absolutely buzzing, just be smart
:23:40. > :23:50.now. Not that you're not smart. I think
:23:50. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:35.Well done Jess. I'm so glad I've not come away disappointed. I
:24:35. > :24:41.always come away from the long jump disappointed. So, yeah. Equal PB,
:24:41. > :24:51.yeah. Yes! Come on now, I've got to nail
:24:51. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:11.He's happy. We're all happy. She's pulled down on it a bit.
:25:11. > :25:15.47.11, so a PB. We've had a couple of PBs. That's good. Going into the
:25:15. > :25:25.last event, the 800m, Jess has the chance not only to win the
:25:25. > :25:41.
:25:41. > :25:51.competition, but to break the Come on Jess! All right.
:25:51. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:58.208. Number one.
:25:58. > :26:02.Jess? I'm so pleased that I managed to get most of the events right and
:26:02. > :26:12.score a big personal best and a British record and to win, it's
:26:12. > :26:17.
:26:18. > :26:23.just brilliant. Well done. He's the man. It's only an FA Cup semi-final.
:26:23. > :26:26.We're just through to the final. One to go, mate.
:26:26. > :26:30.Thankfully all the events came together and I got it this time.
:26:30. > :26:34.It's all about the Olympics now. I've done my first heptathlon of
:26:34. > :26:38.the season. I just sharpen up individual events and then the next
:26:38. > :26:43.big one is the Olympics. It's very much here now. I'm ready for it, I
:26:43. > :26:46.think. Incredibly happy, as she should be. If you can repeat this
:26:46. > :26:50.performance it will be tough for people to beat her in London. You
:26:50. > :26:54.never know. You do the best you can, whatever score you get, hopefully
:26:54. > :26:58.that's good enough to win. They've trained six days a week
:26:58. > :27:02.since September. Jess has produced the performance of her life in
:27:02. > :27:12.Austria and her medical team has kept injuries at bay. The golden
:27:12. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:18.COMMENTATOR: Absolutely brilliant by Jessica Ennis. Everybody else is
:27:19. > :27:23.trailing in her wake. One moment to do this in front of a home crowd in
:27:23. > :27:28.London. I just wanted to make sure I gave them such a show.
:27:28. > :27:33.COMMENTATOR: Here goes Jess! She is going to be the Olympic champion.
:27:33. > :27:39.Everybody is on their feet. The pride of Sheffield. The pride of
:27:39. > :27:42.Great Britain. Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion! All this hard
:27:43. > :27:48.work, I had to give it everything at the end.
:27:48. > :27:53.COMMENTATOR: It's a perfect day for Jessica Ennis. Four years ago, we
:27:53. > :27:58.were sat on her sofa at her house watching the Beijing Olympics and
:27:58. > :28:02.thinking, damn, what might have been? Tony and alley and everyone's
:28:02. > :28:05.worked with me for the past few years and after Beijing everyone
:28:05. > :28:10.just said we're going for another four years to make sure you get
:28:10. > :28:16.there in one piece and finish what we started.
:28:16. > :28:20.So this is the moment that's made it all worthwhile, the hill runs,
:28:21. > :28:25.the drills, the frustrations and the -- we've seen how hard Jessica
:28:25. > :28:30.Ennis has worked for this Gold Medal at her home Olympics.
:28:30. > :28:33.I was just really overwhelmed with the crowd firstly, and just