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Meet Michelle Carter, the girly girl of shot put: 'I'm a full-blown athlete'

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Michelle Carter remembers the trip to Lancaster's Cinemark 14 during her sophomore year of high school. She wore a bright orange shirt, a colorful skirt and sandals -- one of her favorite outfits. It worked: A boy at the movies asked for her number.

Then she gave him her name.