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Jessica Ennis-Hill wants gold medal upgrade after rival’s doping

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Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill wants Russian rival Tatyana Chernova to be stripped of her 2011 World Championships gold medal after Russia’s anti-doping agency said Chernova tested positive for an anabolic steroid from the 2009 World Championships.

The Brit Ennis-Hill, who took silver behind Chernova at the 2011 World Championships one year before winning Olympic gold in London, said she’s spoken to Great Britain’s track and field federation and the IAAF, the sport’s international governing body.

“I’m putting my faith in them to look into it a bit more,” Ennis-Hill said, according to British reports.