Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Morgan Lake face top field in Gotzis

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Olympic and world champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has pulled out of the Hypo Meeting in Gotzis, but Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Morgan Lake fly the flag for Britain in what promises to be a high-quality heptathlon on May 28-29.

Johnson-Thompson, the 2014 world No.1 and winner in Gotzis two years ago, has begun this season encouragingly by setting a 65cm PB in the shot of 13.14m. She has also long jumped 6.55m and thrown 37.66m in the javelin.

She will face twice world silver medallist and recent World Indoors pentathlon winner Brianne Theisen-Eaton, who defends her title.

The 2014 world indoor …

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