Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill,the 2012 London Olympic Heptathlon Champion Announces Retirement Thursday Oct 13,2016

Track and field icon Jessica Ennis-Hill, who won heptathlon gold for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, has retired from athletics.

The 30-year-old had hinted at retirement after winning a silver medal at the Rio Olympic Games in August. 

But in an Instagram post on Thursday morning Oct 13,2016  Ennis-Hill - also a double world champion - confirmed her decision, saying it was, 'one of the toughest I've had to make'.