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The Sheffield multi-eventer ran the fastest time in the world this year to win the 60 metres hurdles at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham.

And the 26-year-old followed it up with another impressive personal best in the long jump at the NIA to prepare for the defence of her pentathlon crown at next month's World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in the best possible fashion.

But fellow Olympic hopeful Mo Farah was disappointed as he finished second to Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge over two miles, despite adding another British record to his growing collection of achievements, while Asafa Powell also had to settle for third in the 60m as he was upstaged by fellow Jamaican Lerone Clarke.

Ennis, who surrendered her world heptathlon crown to Russia's Tatyana Chernova in Daegu last summer, said: "I feel in really good shape and to come here and do two PBs is definitely where I need to be in a few weeks' time for the world indoors.

"You never know how the next year's going to go, how you are going to build on it, if you are going to improve. At this stage in my career I don't expect to be making massive, massive improvements, so when you do do personal bests it gives you a lot of confidence and I have really built on last year."

Ennis clocked 7.87 seconds in the hurdles, a huge personal best, to beat a host of specialist hurdlers, including last year's World Championship silver medallist Danielle Carruthers. The time took the Sheffield athlete to the head of the 2012 world rankings, 0.02secs ahead of American two-time world indoor champion Lolo Jones.

She then leapt out to 6.47m in the long jump to end that competition in third place. Victory went to Ennis' Great Britain team-mate Shara Proctor in a new national record of 6.80m.

Holly Bleasdale enhanced her status as a medal prospect in the pole vault at the world indoors by taking victory with 4.70m. World Championship silver medallist Hannah England was second behind Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba in the 1,500m.

Other British winners included Robbie Grabarz with 2.32m in the high jump, Shana Cox with 52.18 in the women's 400m and Nigel Levine with 45.71 in the men's, and JJ Jegede with 8.04m in the long jump.