Can the dream continue for Jessica Ennis-Hill?

It has been a dream day of athletics for Lollipop and I at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing.

Not only did good conquer evil as Usain Bolt narrowly beat Justin Gatlin to take the 100m gold but our Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill also achieved gold in the Heptathlon.

Ennis-Hill had already written herself off as she told BBC Sport that she would have been happy with third place.

“This is definitely one of the greatest moments of my career, I still can’t believe it,” she said. “Me and coach Toni (Minichiello) spoke about coming here, and we only wanted to come if I was able to compete for a medal.

“We spoke about the bronze medal and that it would be amazing for a silver medal, but we never spoke about gold. I kind of thought it was a little beyond me this year.”

However thanks to young British rival Katerina Johnson-Thompson showing some inexperience and recording no-jumps in her three long jump attempts the defending champion remained ahead.

On Sunday Ennis-Hill  recorded a season’s best of 6.43m in the long jump, just nine centimetres off her personal best, and then threw 42.51m in the first round of the javelin to open up a gap of 86 points over Nadine Broersen of the Netherlands in the silver medal position and 94 over Theisen-Eaton in third.

This gave Ennis-Hill a lead of just under six seconds as the athletes lined up for the 800m, one of Ennis-Hill’s best events. She stormed ahead of Broersen in the last 100m then fell to the floor with her hands over her face to cover her elation.

Our comeback queen returned to the championships stage to do what no other multi eventer has done before – win a world title just 13 months after giving birth to son Reggie.

Despite Ennis-Hill’s disbelief she produced a peerless performance to take gold and showed what an inspiration she is to mummies everywhere.

But can she do it again in Rio 2016?

22-year-old Johnson-Thompson was clearly devastated today by her loss but there is no doubt in Lollipop’s mind that she is still a threat to Ennis-Hill and a future champ.

Ennis-Hill triumphed as her rivals under performed and made callous errors however everyone will have learnt from this event. They will know exactly where they went wrong and will comeback stronger.

Ennis- Hill admitted that this was her toughest year to date as she struggled to get back into shape.

Just last month, she finished fourth in Gotzis and was unsure whether she would be competing in Beijing.

She only started full training again in November following the birth of her son. Then at the London Anniversary Games her form improved as she recorded three season’s bests in the 100m hurdles, long jump and 200m, marking an incredible turnaround to become the best in the world today.

Although Ennis-Hill has made huge strides in her performance her competitors will only get stronger in the countdown to Rio.

Can Ennis-Hill keep ahead of the pack Lollipop or was London 2012 her last Olympic gold medal?

Lollipop and I marked her out of this competition and were wrong to do so.

We won’t be doing the same in Rio.

Gold for Jessica Ennis-Hill.