The heptathlon is a grueling, two-day, seven-event competition. For Anna Hall, it has been a yearslong journey to become world champion in the discipline that crown’s the world’s best female athlete.

Hall dominated to become the second American to win the heptathlon at the World Track and Field Championships after her mentor, the legendary Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

She totaled 6,888 points in Tokyo, distancing runner-up Kate O’Connor of Ireland by 174 points.

“Jackie and I have talked about it and were like, the USA does make great heptathletes,” Hall told Lewis Johnson on NBC Sports. “It really means the world to be able to bring the title back home where it belongs.”

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