Britain's Jessica Ennis smiles after winning her 100-meter hurdles heat of the Women's Heptathlon during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012.
Britain's Jessica Ennis smiles after winning her 100-meter hurdles heat of the Women's Heptathlon during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Anja Niedringhaus, Associated Press
By Associated Press

Britain's poster girl, Jessica Ennis, just won her Heptathlon hurdles race in a time of 12.54.

That is fast.

In the 2008 Beijing games, U.S. 100-meter hurdler Dawn Harper won the gold medal in the individual in the same time.

Ennis took 1195 points from the win, putting her in the lead position as they go into the second event, the high jump.

— Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb

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