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 ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Don't look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Former ...

Alekna competed unattached at the Oklahoma Throws series, but excelled from the first throw. His series went 72.21 on his first throw, 70.32 on his second throw, 72.89 on his third throw, 70.51 on his ...

Follow our Olympics coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Games. EUGENE, Ore. — Valarie Allman’s gold medal was secured. Her spot in Paris was never really in question. Whatever suspense existed in the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Valarie Allman is golden once again. The Silver Creek graduate defended her Olympic title on Monday at the Stade de France in Saint-Dennis, France, to become ...

BISMARCK -- Hillsboro-Central Valley's Kaden Pastian went from almost losing out on a state championship to recording the longest discus throw in North Dakota state Class B track and field history.

For the second meet in-a-row, the main topic of discussion is Claudio Romero and his improvements from last season in the discus throw. A week after throwing the nation-leading toss of 64.96 meters ...

East Alton-Wood River grad and Olympian Jayden Ulrich, a senior at Louisville, has been named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week. EA-WR grad Jayden Ulrich, who competed in the women's discus ...

When it comes to throwing, there’s likely a perception about what the requirement for generating quality in shot put and discus entails. On the boys side, one generality may be that you must be a ...