‘Mom made me do it': Spring Valley discus thrower vying for spot in 2024 Paris Olympics

Laulauga Tausaga-Collins enters Team USA’s Track & Field Olympic Trials as the defending world champion in the discus

When Laulauga Tausaga-Collins, who goes by"Lagi", convinced her mom to send her to Mount Miguel High School at the start of her freshman year so she could hang out with her cousins, it came with a non-negotiable requirement: play a high school sport."I sat with the head coach at the time and I was like 'I'm not running' and he goes 'Don't worry, you want to throw?'" said Tausaga-Collins.

With the USA Track & Field Olympic Trials closing in, Tausaga-Collins will need to make the top 3, or the medal stand, to earn a trip to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics.Tausaga-Collins is the defending world champion in the discus after a surprising top finish in Budapest, Hungary, at the World Athletics Championships.

"Everybody's like 'Oh, my gosh, this is insane' and I was like 'You think it's insane? I think it's insane,'" said Tausaga-Collins.

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