Heptathlon champ Ennis-Hill to miss Austria meeting in Olympic setback
Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has suffered a setback in her preparations for the Rio Games after being forced to withdraw from next month's Hypo-Meeting in Austria.
Ennis-Hill has not recovered from a recurrence of the long-standing Achilles problem which saw her withdraw from the World Indoor Championships in Portland in March.
The 30-year-old had been hoping to use the Austrian event, one of the most prestigious on the heptathlon calendar, as a means of assessing her form in the run-up to the Olympics, which get underway in Brazil in August.
It is the latest injury setback for Ennis-Hill since she returned to competition following the birth of her son last season, having torn a calf muscle in the process of winning the World Championship in Beijing in 2015.
However, it will not unduly affect her hopes of reaching Rio, given that she has already achieved enough points over the course of the year to ensure she will qualify to defend her title.