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Jessica Ennis: 'Once you've won one gold medal people expect you to keep winning' © Getty Images

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Jessica Ennis has her eyes on the European gold to add to her already impressive medal collection.

Ennis won world indoor pentathlon gold in Doha earlier this month to add to the world heptathlon crown she won last summer, but she remains hungry for success.

"Once you've won one gold medal people expect you to keep winning, which is a tough ask," she said. "So to go to Doha when the pressure was really on and prove I could still do good things and win gold medals was massive for me."

Next up are the European Championships in Barcelona in July, and there is only one outcome she would be content with.

"I'm still only 24," she said. "I'm really proud about what I've done so far but there's so much more I want to achieve. I've goals of winning European and Olympic medals."

Ennis has confirmed she will compete in the 150 metres at this year's Great CityGames in Manchester as part of her preparations for the summer.

"A flat-out 150m against world-class opposition will be a perfect preparation for Jessica and I know she intends giving it everything on the streets of Manchester," said Andy Caine, elite athletes' manager for the meeting. "She is the first big name to commit herself to the 150m and I can confirm we have still to add another couple of top athletes to the field."

Christine Ohuruogu and US sprinter Tyson Gay have also confirmed they will be competing on the streets of Manchester on May 16.

"I'm really looking forward to coming to Manchester for the Great CityGames," said Gay. "Taking athletics out of the stadium and on to the streets is an idea that has caught people's imagination, including mine."

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