2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon The Women's Heptathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. A number of high-profile heptathletes did not feature at the competition, including defending champion Carolina Klüft and 2007 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, who were both injured, and Olympic silver medallist Hyleas Fountain, who failed to qualify at the national championships. Nataliya Dobrynska, the 2008 Olympic champion, was highly favoured to win the event, while Great Britain's Jessica Ennis was predicted to improve upon her own world leading mark of 6587
Joel Milburn at the IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships, Commonwealth Games as well as the Asia-Pacific region (55 nations) at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in the 4x400m relay. He has also won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 4x400m relay. Joel's Athlete webpage: http://www.joelmilburn.com Joel Milburn's Australian Caps and international representation: 2012 Olympic Games - London, England. - (DNS) 2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi, India. - 2010 IAAF Continental Cup - Split, Croatia. 2009 IAAF World Championships - Berlin, Germany. 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - Beijing, China. 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Valencia Spain.