Ennis laughs off 'fat' comment

 
31 May 2012

Olympic hopeful Jessica Ennis has laughed off suggestions that she was "fat".

The word is supposed to have been used about the heptathlete by a senior figure at UK Athletics, but Ennis told ITV1's Daybreak: "I think it's something that's been blown out of proportion a bit. I'm obviously very happy with my weight.

"As an athlete you want to be in great shape, you want to perform as well as you can, and that's something that I've been doing, so I think I'm quite happy."

She added: "This year is a big year, and things do get blown out of proportion."

The 26-year-old from Sheffield is in good form, having broken the British record on Sunday. Her points total of 6,906 at the Hypo event in Austria beat the old British best of 6,831 set by Denise Lewis in 2000.

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