Target 5,000

The World Indoor Athletics Championships begin on 9th March in Instanbul and one of the stand out events is the women's pentathlon. The 60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump then 800m will all be completed on the same day.

 Chernova

 Dobrynska

 Ennis

  
The likley competitors have all been in fine form. Jess Ennis running the fastest 60m hurdles this year in Birmingham in a personal best time of 7.87 while World Champion Tatyana Chernova ran 8.02 in the Russian championships. Ennis got a PB of 6.47 in the long jump with Chernova jumping 6.61.

The invitees will be confirmed tomorrow but may well inlcude the Russian Yekaterina Bolshova who recently scored 4896 points and the Olympic champion Natalya Dobrynska who scored 4880 points at the Ukranian indoor championships. Ennis's PB is 4937 points. The world record is held by another Russian - Irina Belova with 4991 points scored 20 years ago.

We could well see a new world record and 5,000 points breached. I think Jess will prevail. Can't wait.