Jessica Ennis-Hill Wins Silver Medal During Women's Heptathlon at 2016 Olympics

Great Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill lost her Olympic heptathlon title but still won a silver medal in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Stadium on Saturday.

The champion from the 2012 London Olympic Games and pre-Games favourite, Ennis-Hill, 30, finished with a total point tally of 6,775 to beat Canada's Brianne Theisen-Eaton for the silver-medal position by 122 points.

However, it wasn't enough to catch Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam, who recorded 6,810 points over the two days.

Ennis-Hill got off to a great start after winning the 100-meter hurdles, the first event of the heptathlon, but that would be the only portion she'd win. 

While she was near the top in three of the next six events, she was slowed down by a 12th-place finish on the shot put and a 17th-place finish on the javelin throw.

Having missed the Beijing Games in 2008 with a fractured right ankle, Ennis-Hill triumphed in front of a home crowd at London 2012 under huge pressure as the poster-girl of the Games.

She arrived at Rio 2016 as the favourite to defend her title, not least because she took home gold at the 2015 World Championships just 13 months on from giving birth to her son.

Ennis-Hill claimed before the Games that Rio 2016 would be her last Olympics, per Oliver Brown of the Telegraph. Shortly after receiving her silver medal, an emotional Ennis-Hill once again hinted at ending her storied career, via BBC.com.

While she will undoubtedly be disappointed not to have defended her title, Ennis-Hill's name will remain etched in Olympic history following her triumphant 2012 win.

Stats courtesy of Rio2016.com.