Ennis will take a massive 188-point lead into the final event this evening and only an unexpected injury setback seems likely to prevent her following in the footsteps of fellow Briton Denise Lewis, who won the title at Sydney 2000.
If Ennis runs a time of around 2:10 in the 800m, nearest challenger Austra Skujyte of Lithuania would need to clock close to 1:57 to win, a time which would be good enough to get in the Olympic individual final.
Skujyte's personal best of 2:15.92 was set in the Athens Olympics in 2004, while Ennis set hers of 2:07.81 on the way to silver at the World Championships in Daegu last year.
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