Great Britain's Jessica Ennis Hill after the women's 100m hurdles at Great CityGames in Manchester on May 9, 2015. Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers
(Reuters) - Jessica Ennis-Hill made a solid if unspectacular return to the heptathlon in Austria on Saturday and is on course to earn the qualifying standard she needs to be able to defend her Olympic crown in Rio de Janeiro next year.
After the first day of a prestigious annual meeting in Gotzis, the Briton, competing in the seven-event discipline for the first time since winning the gold medal at the 2012 London Games and then becoming a mother, was lying in third place.
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