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click here for five-channel live streaming of the 69th Japanese National High School Track and Field Championships 69th National High School Track and Field Championships  Day One Highlights City Lights Stadium, Okayama, 7/29/16 click here for complete results Girls' 400 m Final 1. Rin Aoki (Soyo H.S.) - 54.14 2. Minami Hatano (Tokai Prep Boyo H.S.) - 54.21 3. Airi Ikezaki (Funairi H.S.) - 54.64 Boys' 400 m Final 1. Tomohiro Kokubo (Sakuragaoka H.S.) - 46.67 2. Daichi Inoue (Tokyo H.S.) - 46.91 3. Yushi Uike (Saikyo H.S.) - 47.03 Boys' Hammer Throw Final 1. Masanobu Hattori (Amagasaki Municipal H.S.) - 64.57 m 2. Tatsuto Nakagawa (Himeji Kogyo H.S.) - 63.77 m 3. Reo Yamamoto (Kisarazu Sogo H.S.) - 63.24 m

by Brett Larner Japan's Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Josai Prep H.S.) was the undisputed star of the first day of the World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, turning in three championships record performances in three runs to win gold in the boys' 100 m.  With a 0.1 m/s headwind in his opening heat Sani Brown turned in a record 10.30 to tie his PB.  In the semifinals he again ran 10.30, but this time into a 1.2 m/s headwind.  No less a commentator than Ato Bolden was impressed, comparing Sani Brown to Usain Bolt in a Twitter exchange with Sani Brown's mother. @hakimom he should be. His first 2 rounds looked like Bolt’s Beijing Olympic 100m final. I’m predicting his winning time will be 10.15 WR — Ato Boldon (@AtoBoldon) July 16, 2015 The headwind was down to 0.4 m/s for the final, but while a clumsier than usual start cost him his chance at Yoshihide Kiryu 's 10.19 youth WR Sani Brown still had no trouble at all peeling away for the win in a new champion...