JESSICA Ennis-Hill hopes to return to the heptathlon world stage by the end of 2015 in her bid to defend her Olympic title in Brazil.
The pregnant London 2012 gold medallist will miss this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, but remains determined to be back in toplevel competition in time for Rio 2016.
The 28-year-old has sought the advice of skeleton bobsledder Shelley Rudman in how to handle returning to elite sport after giving birth.
Rudman claimed the world championship title after taking a break to start her family, and Ennis-Hill is aiming to follow suit.
“It’s very difficult to set a plan in stone at this point, I have to take it as it comes for the next few weeks and months and be very careful when I build back into full training,” said Ennis-Hill.
“I’ve got to make sure I do that properly to avoid injuries and setbacks.
“Hopefully come the end of next year I’ll be back into the full swing of things, a full programme, pretty much as I was before.”
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