http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2014/08/03/kiji/K20140803008678270.html http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/inter-high/2014/news/p-sp-tp0-20140804-1345415.html http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2014/08/04/kiji/K20140804008685700.html translated and edited by Brett Larner photos by Kazuyuki Sugimatsu There's a new candidate for the heroine of Tokyo 2020. At this past weekend's National High School Track and Field Championships at Kofu's Kose Sports Park Field, the daughter of an American father Meg Hemphill (18, Kyoto Bunkyo H.S.) set a women's heptathlon junior national record of 5519 points to win her second-straight title. Between the heptathlon's sixth and seventh events, the javelin throw and 800 m, the "Iron Girl" Hemphill also anchored her school's 4x400 m relay team, showing exactly how tough she was and setting her well on the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. At this year's National High School Championships Hemphil...
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