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He knows that elusive gold is still out

9 Apr 2018 at 04:09

Jessica Ennis-Hill insists she is confident she will be ready to defend her Olympic title, despite recently returning to training following an Achilles injury. Alvaro Morata Jersey . The reigning Olympic and world heptathlon champion sustained the injury nearly two months ago, and subsequently missed the indoor season.Ennis-Hill has revealed that she is still unsure when she will be able to return to full training, but remains hopeful she can complete a full summer programme. Its definitely improving. Im just easing back into training and taking everything really slowly, she said. Jessica Ennis-Hill will be looking to replicate her success from the London games in 2012 Ive been plagued with Achilles injuries in recent years and it has been frustrating but its something I have to deal with and hope that myself and the team around me can make sure its right for the summer.The only positive is that I picked up this injury relatively early in the year so its given us a bit more time and flexibility to get it right.If it was a couple of months out from the Olympics it would have been a different story, but hopefully we can get it right for Rio.Despite the setbacks, the 30-year old says she thinks back to her achievements last summer. I dont have many years left competing so you have to make the most of these great opportunities. Fingers crossed I get to Rio, and that will be my last Olympics so I really want to make it worthwhile. Jessica Ennis-Hill Just a year after giving birth to her son Reggie, Ennis-Hill made a late call to go to the World Championships, and ended up leaving with a gold medal.It definitely gave me confidence knowing I can do a relatively small amount of training and have setbacks and injuries but still come out and compete well, she added.Its definitely one of my proudest moments to have stepped away from my sport for that amount of time and come back and become world champion.Lots of things have changed since the last Olympics. Trainings very different and obviously my mindsets very different but that drive and determination is very much there.I dont have many years left competing so you have to make the most of these great opportunities. Fingers crossed I get to Rio, and that will be my last Olympics so I really want to make it worthwhile. Jessica Ennis-Hill won gold at last years World Atheltics Championships Reggie will be two by the time Rio comes round, and Ennis-Hill is ready to put aside concerns about the Zika virus and take him to Rio.She said: Id love him to be there so fingers crossed I can be there and he can watch me.Ive definitely got concerns. Its still very much all in the air at the moment and things are developing and changing constantly. Im getting as much information as I can so I know what the situation is before I head out there and take my son out there. Also See: Results & Medal Table Photo Galleries Team GB Alberto Moreno Jersey . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The pride of Weyburn, Sask. David Silva Jersey . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros. www.spainsoccerpro.com/Thiago-Alcantara-Spain-Jersey/  . The 28-year-old from Calgary matched his career best after missing just one shot in his two rounds of shooting in the mens 10-kilometre sprint competition. Smith finished in 23 minutes 15. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Leaning over, hands on her knees and cheering at every chance, injured U.S. star Foluke Akinradewo could only watch. The top-ranked Americans had fought back to force a fifth set against Serbia before falling short -- short of the gold-medal goal that had driven her and others back to the national team for one more Olympic cycle.Serbias players cried in triumph after the biggest win in their programs history. They reached the Rio de Janeiro championship, guaranteeing the countrys first womens volleyball medal after a 20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 16-25, 15-13 victory.Serbia plays Saturday night against China, a four-set winner over the Netherlands. China needed six set points to take the opening frame on the way to a hard-fought 27-25, 23-25, 29-27, 25-23.The American coaches were scouting the thriller.Right now, this loss is deeply disappointing. It cuts deep. Its very painful, and thats OK, U.S. coach Karch Kiraly said. When you care that much, its going to. Were going to process that some, we get some time to grieve. We signed up to do difficult things with USA and were going to come back harder the next 48 hours to fight for the bronze medal.Akinradewos teammates took over after she was sidelined by an apparent left knee injury late in the opening set after beginning the match brilliantly. She tried to give it a go, but the leg didnt let her. Akinradewo will undergo tests to determine whether she might play Saturday.It was tough when Foluke went down. I think we were a little distracted there for a second because we care so much for her, captain Christa Dietzen said, briefly becoming emotional. Obviously we wanted to turn this around, for her, for everybody thats part of this program. We have a chance in the next 48 hours to do so.Akinradewo stood next to Kiraly during timeouts, shaking her head and yelling, Come on!Kiraly switched his lineup in her absence, then switched it again. Serbia kept pounding, digging out balls, leaping for blocks and serving with precision.The Americans led 12-10 in the fifth set when Karsta Lowe served into the net, then Milena Rasic answered with an ace and U.S. middle blocker Rachael Adams also netted her serve.Its amazing. Theres no words to describe really this feeling, Serbias Tijana Malesevic said. I think we need more time to be aware of what we did, but we gave our heart. We gave everything what we could, what we know, like everything -- like each player, staff, coaches. Sergio Ramos Jersey. We made it. This is history. We wrote history for Serbia, for volleyball federation, for the world.Lowe came through with her powerful left arm, Dietzen and Adams blocked masterfully as Kayla Banwarth provided her signature reliable passing, but the Americans (6-1) couldnt close it out with their star middle blocker down.The Americans are knocked out of title contention, and two-time defending Olympic champion Brazil was ousted in a stunning five-setter by China in the quarterfinals. That means Serbia will face a young Chinese squad led by former U.S. coach Jenny Lang Ping -- she raised her arms in the air and then sighed in relief as her players hugged her.The U.S. will take on a determined Dutch team back in the Olympics for the first time in 20 years.Both of those teams also advanced out of the preliminary pool with the U.S. and Serbia, which had lost a four-setter last week to the Americans.But the sixth-ranked Serbians have surprised the U.S. on the big stage before -- taking a five-set win a year ago at the World Cup in Japan, helping force the Americans into a second-chance qualifier at Lincoln, Nebraska, in January.It took contributions from each woman on the U.S. 12-player roster to get back into the match.Our team has a great culture and dynamic. Were here for each other, outside hitter Jordan Larson said. Thats whats going to show and thats whats going to carry us through.Now, the Americans plan to take the example from beach stars Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross, who lost in the semifinals to Brazil before bouncing back for bronze.Kiraly, the most decorated player of his generation as the only person with gold medals in beach and indoor volleyball, hurt to his core after this one. Thats how much he loves his team, the players who are here and so many who arent.The plan wont change: He knows that elusive gold is still out there to be had, one day.One thing that we would like to accomplish, and its not going to happen this month, Kiraly said. I dont know if itll happen four years from now or 52 years from now, but our job is to make an Olympic gold medal happen at some point for the history of the U.S. program. ... 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