From athletics to tennis,Guardian writers give their verdict on how competitors are working towards their medal targets for the Rio Olympic Games this summerHow are they shaping up? moment Farah. Greg Rutherford. Jessica Ennis-Hill. Four years on from London 2012, those familiar names from Super Saturday remain British Athletics’ best hopes of gold in Rio. Farah insists he is in exceptional shape but will be wary of the challenge of the young Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor, or who beat him at the world half-marathon championships. Rutherford showed he had wintered well with a recent jump of 8.30m. Ennis-Hill,meanwhile, says she is on track to compete in a warm-up heptathlon in Götzis next month, and where she will face fellow Briton Katarina Johnson-Thompson,who has a major chance of glory in Rio too. Outside those four, the best chance of a British gold is likely to be in the women’s long jump through either Shara Proctor – a silver medallist in Beijing or Lorraine Ugen, or a bronze medallist at the recent world indoor championships. Further medals are likely in the relays,with the men’s 4x400m particularly confident they can improve on their third residence at the 2015 world championships.
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