PARIS, France — Discus throw is one of the premier track and field events held every four years at the Summer Olympics. In the discus throw, athletes hurl a metal disc-shaped object as far as they can ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — While you watch your favorite athletes go for gold, consider how all that time, distance, and height is achieved by balancing the same forces all of us mere mortals experience every ...

Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna smashed the men's discus throw world record, making history by becoming the first athlete ever to surpass the 75-metre mark on Sunday. The 22-year-old threw 75.56m at the ...

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Lithuania's world record-holder Mykolas Alekna showed he is the man to beat in the men's discus at the Paris Olympics after his leading throw in Monday's preliminary round.

MELBOURNE, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Australian discus king Matt Denny is chasing his first world championships medal in Tokyo and will do it alongside the man he regards as both the benchmark and a ...

A University of Pennsylvania graduate just missed out on advancing in men's discus on Day 10 of the Olympic Games.Sam Mattis competed in the Group A qualifier. The top 6 throwers advanced. Mattis came ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jayden Ulrich will soon become the first United States Olympian in University of Louisville track and field history. The 21-year-old will compete in the women's discus throw ...

I want the government to see that Filipino athletics is performing well on the international stage,’ says discus thrower Russel Ricaforte as the national team standout gears up for the SEA Games ...

Joseph Brown never participated in a state high school championship track meet, wasn’t heavily recruited coming out of high school and didn’t attend a Division I college. However, on Wednesday the ...