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Daily Mirror|May 27, 2021
Heptathlon medal hope Emerson in race to keep up amazing glory run at Olympics
Alex Spink
Flipping Hep

Niamh Emerson’s hopes of extending Britain’s longest Olympic medal streak in a track and field event could be over.

The young heptathlon star was bidding to continue a medal sequence started by Denise Lewis in 1996 and continued unbroken through to Tokyo by Kelly Sotherton and then Jess Ennis-Hill.

But 69 days before the competition starts a major doubt hangs over her participation. Derbyshire’s reigning world junior champion is not on the start list for this weekend’s HypoMeeting in Gotzis – the biggest non-championship event on the calendar.

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