Britain's poster girl, Jessica Ennis, just won her Heptathlon hurdles race in a time of 12.54.

That is fast.

In the 2008 Beijing games, U.S. 100-meter hurdler Dawn Harper won the gold medal in the individual in the same time.

Ennis took 1195 points from the win, putting her in the lead position as they go into the second event, the high jump.

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