2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon The women's heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August. Hanna Kasyanova (née Melnychenko) of Ukraine entered the competition as defending champion, although the favourite for the competition was the silver medalist of 2013 World Championships Brianne Theisen-Eaton who is the world leader by a margin of more than 250 points. Other potential winners and medalists were 2009 World and 2012 Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, returning from giving birth to her first child, 2015 European pentathlon champion and 2014 world
Italy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics doping, 2nd in the high jump, so also Antonietta Di Martino was advanced to bronze medal. Italy national athletics team ranked 17th (with 9 finalists) in the "IAAF placing table". Rank obtained by assigning eight points in the first place and so on to the eight finalists. For the Italian national team participated at the events 35 athletes, 20 men and 15 women. Italy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Italy competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, held from August 15 to August 23. On August 3, the Italian national athletics federation (FIDAL) revealed the final team