'That's my daughter': Canada's Camryn Rogers thriving at athletics worlds with mom's support

Just minutes before the women's hammer throw event began at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., Friday afternoon at the world championships, Shari Rogers unfurled a Canadian flag and reached for her necklace.

Not far away in the infield was Shari's daughter, Camryn Rogers, preparing for her first throw at the world championships.

Shari did what she always does as her daughter took to the throwing circle — put her head down and clutched the necklace her daughter gave her 16 years earlier.

"When she's competing I look away. I have this necklace. She gave me this necklace many, many years ago. It's a mom and a child," Shari told CBC Sports.

Camryn, like she has some many times throughout her young career, delivered.

The 23-year-old from Richmond, B.C., fired her first throw ever at a world championships — a distance of 73.67m — and automatically qualified for the final on Sunday.

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"Consistency is key, especially in big competitions. It feels good to get the job done and to be preparing for Sunday," Camryn told CBC Sports after her throw.

"It means the world that my mom is here. She wanted to come to Tokyo. To have her here in the crowd and see her when I walk into the cage means the world to me. I love her so much."

Shari, who didn't watch the throw but heard the reaction of her fiancé and friends around her in the stands, then celebrated.

"When I watch her I'm like, wow, that's my daughter," she said.

"She feels good about worlds. I think it'll be her summer but I don't think it'll be her only summer. She's fired up. I'm fired up."

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