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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Shadow Hills discus thrower Victoria Soto has come a long way since her first competitive throw at the high school level. She had to laugh when she recalled her humbling beginning. "I was a freshman ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA - Not even a second after the discus left his hand on the final throw of his high school career, Jefferson City's Devin Roberson jumped up and pumped his arms into the air. The discus spun ...