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By ADAM LAZZARI

MARCH'S Louise Hazel produced the second best performance of her life to finish 14th in the heptathlon at the athletics World Championships.

Possibly inspired by her team-mate and long-time training partner Jessica Ennis, who secured Britain's first ever heptathlon gold in a World Championships, Hazel broke the 6,000 points barrier for the second time in her career, scoring 6,008.

Ennis won her title with 6,731 points, 238 head of German Jennifer Oeser, who won silver.

Hazel competed on Saturday and Sunday in front of a packed Olympic Stadium in Berlin and millions of television viewers across the world.

Hazel, 23, said on Sunday evening: "I'm relieved. I'm just glad to be finished. Over 6,000 points again proved to everyone that I could do it.

"I said at the beginning of the year, me and Jess would be back with a bang and we have been - she's done amazing - I'm so proud of the girl."

The heptathlon was held over the first two days of the championships.

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