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Curiosity led Trish Hamashin to pick up a body building magazine at a college bookstore years ago. As she flipped through the pages, the young student was surprised to see photos of women bodybuilders, including Miss Olympia, featured in what she thought was a male-only sport.

"I had no idea women participated in that sport," the Vacaville resident recalled.

A competitive gymnast in high school and college, Hamashin's discovery would soon set her on a different path.

"I learned that a lot of competitors were crossovers from other sports," she said. "I knew I couldn't be a gymnast forever, so I thought that maybe this was something I could do."

Now 52, Hamashin could easily be one of the women featured in that same magazine.

A correctional officer at California State Prison, Solano, Hamashin recently struck gold in the women's bodybuilding event at the 2009 World Police and Fire Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Hamashin was one of three Vacaville

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