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EUGENE, Ore. -- You got big hands, Angela Washington told her daughter, Whitney Ashley. Hold this thing.The thing was a discus. The year was 2006. Washington knew nothing about track and field, but the coach at John W. North High School in Riverside, California, needed an extra parent to help keep the kids busy. Ashley, then a junior, liked the shot put and basketball. But the team had no one to throw the discus at meets, so Washington forced Ashley to pick it up. For her first few seasons, Ashley didnt even spin when she threw it.We learned it together, Washington said Saturday, after Ashley, 27, won the discus at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials with a toss of 204 feet, 2 inches, earning a spot on the U.S. team that will compete in Rio.Holding her daughters medal in her hands for the first time, Washington dissolved into tears, overwhelmed by the past 10 years of struggle and doubt.Ashley focused on the shot put through junior college, then became serious about the discus at San Diego State. After winning the NCAA title in discus in 2012, Ashley graduated and was invited to train with legendary throwing coach Art Venegas. She strained her groin before the 2013 World Championships and finished dead last. In 2014, she added about 20 pounds to gain strength, but felt slow, got injured again and finished fifth at the U.S. championships. The following year, Ashley made the national team, but finished ninth at the world championships.I just didnt see a future in it, Ashley said Saturday. I thought I would go to grad school and work toward becoming an athletic director.But it all came together by this years trials. With Ashleys long arms (shes about 5-foot-9, short for her sport) and speed across the ring helping her consistently beat all U.S. competition, she won trials by more than 6 feet.She sacrificed. She never gave up when it got hard, Washington said, crying. She stepped back a little bit and she dug in. My babys not a quitter.The night before the final at Hayward Field, Ashley couldnt sleep. She tried listening to music or watching television, but her mind kept replaying all her past meets, good and bad. She ate breakfast, then promptly threw it back up.Its a grueling process, it really is. Because four years comes down to two days, Ashley said.Now, she has another two-day challenge in Rio. Her goal is to make the final. Ashleys personal best of 212 feet, 7 inches is well behind the worlds top throwers, but if she reaches a personal best at the Olympics, she could get into the top five or maybe even on the medal stand.Its been four years of hard work and dedication, Ashley said. I know its cliché, but blood, sweat and tears. A lot of tears have hit my pillow at night. I was just so uncertain of the future. For it to come together, its so rewarding. It really is. Wholesale Soccer Jerseys . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Soccer Jerseys Outlet . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. https://www.soccerjerseyschina.us/ . LOUIS -- Alexander Steen scored a power-play goal with 59. Stitched Soccer Jerseys . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. Cheap Soccer Jerseys Authentic . The defence is doing its part, too. Drew Brees threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half and the guys on the other side made sure that was enough, sending the Saints to a 17-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night.Canadian Daniel Nestor reached the semifinals in mixed doubles on Monday alongside partner Kristina Mladenovic of France. The fifth-seeded pair defeated Nestors former doubles partner, Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, and fellow third-seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Nestor and Mladenovic will play Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan in the semifinals.dddddddddddd Nestor, 40, has won two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles - both at the Australian Open in 2007 and 2011. He was runner-up at the French Open mixed doubles event in 2006. ' ' '