The discus throw event is one of the four track and field throwing events at the Olympics. The event requires a competitor to spin in a 2.5m diameter circle before hurling a heavy disk, using ...

Power and athleticism combined with a graceful elegance, as good as gold: that's how best to describe the great U.S. Olympic discus thrower Valarie Allman. She has been one of the brightest stars on ...

Performance-enhancing drugs have long been the scourge of athletics field events but now some observers are claiming "weather doping" was behind a slew of discus records at a meeting in the United ...

India’s Yogesh Kathuniya clinched his second consecutive Paralympic silver medal in men’s discus throw F-56 event with a season’s best effort 42.22m at the ongoing Games here on Monday. The ...

PARIS, France — Jamaican discus thrower Roje Stona is now an Olympic champion and a history-maker and, as he celebrates the historic achievement, the towering 23-year-old has a decision to make.

India's Yogesh Kathuniya clinched his second consecutive Paralympic silver medal in men's discus throw F-56 event with a season's best effort 42.22m at the ongoing Games in Paris on Monday. The ...

Valarie Allman, a 29-year-old American discus thrower, has again proved her dominance in the sport by winning the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. With a throw of 69.50 metres, she set a new ...

The discus throw event has been included in every modern Olympics since its inaugural 1896 edition held in Athens (where Robert Garrett representing the United States won the gold medal), and can be ...

Indian discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya on 2 September won the second successive silver medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024. This was his season's best effort of 42.22m in F56 category. Kathuniya, who ...

JAMAICAN athlete Shadae Lawrence has been making waves in the athletics world with her impressive performances. Born on December 31, 1995 in the parish of St Catherine, Lawrence has been specialising ...

2006 Outdoor: Placed fifth at the Big 12 Championships in the discus with a throw of 172-0 … Won the discus event at both the Ward Haylett Invitational (176-4) and the Tulsa Duels (165-9) … Finished ...