HASTINGS, Minn. - Throwing the discus or shot put is the most technique-heavy event in track and field. A thrower has to perfect every motion from their feet to their arms to excel. Todd Levos, the ...

Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna broke a world record that had stood for four decades at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational meeting in Ramona on Sunday. The Lithuanian’s throw of 74 ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — The Olympic field in women's discus had three years to close the gap on Valarie Allman, and on Monday, they found out they'll need four more. Allman fouled on her first attempt, ...

If you want to find a future first round talent in high school, history suggests you should look to the shot put pit to locate him. That's exactly what we did led by Cole Van Lanen. If you want to ...

Mykolas Alekna continues to stretch the limits of what is possible in the discus throw. The 22-year-old Lithuanian, competing in his final season as a Cal athlete, twice broke his own year-old world ...

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. Men's discus ...

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 ...

This year is one of the most exciting years to date for one reason and one reason only, writes Zara Obamakinwa, it’s Olympic year As the 2024 season begins to heat up, Neuff Athletic ambassador and ...

Multi-sport athlete Lawrence Okoye is hoping to be competitive in Olympic discus this week. The British athlete has played rugby, American football, and track and field. He said discus throwers are ...

USA’s Valarie Allman competes in the women’s discus throw final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 2, 2021. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN ...

TOKYO – Valarie Allman had no idea that going to a spaghetti dinner when she was 15 could start her down the road to becoming an Olympic gold medalist. Allman won the gold medal in discus on Monday ...

Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna broke a 37-year-old world record in the men’s discus, the oldest world record in men’s track and field. Alekna, a 21-year-old junior at Cal-Berkeley, threw the four-pound ...