Britain's Jessica Ennis celebrates after an attempt in the High Jump 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 celebrates after an attempt in the High Jump of the women's Heptathlon during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Martin Meissner, Associated Press
By Associated Press

Britain's Jessica Ennis started the heptathlon on fire, blazing to a 12.54 in the 100 hurdles that would have won the gold in Beijing.

"I'm still so shocked, I can't believe it," Ennis says. "If it was 12.8 or 12.7, I would've been happy. But .54? I don't know. I'm just so glad I did it here."

— Jon Krawczynski — Twitter http://www.twitter.com/APKrawczynski

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