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 ...

April 15 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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 ...

Valarie Allman made it back-to-back golds as the American won women’s discus. The Tokyo Games champion, a native of Delaware, had a shaky start, fouling the first of her eight attempts on Monday at ...

DES MOINES — Winning a state championship is hard. Defending a state title can be even harder. Unless you're Delilah Subsin, who clinched her second straight win in the Class 4A girls discus throw on ...

ROMEROME — Former world champion Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia won the discus throw amid a world-class field on the opening night of the European athletics championships Friday. Ceh’s throw reached 68.08 ...

The discus throw requires a comprehensive understanding of its principles, emphasizing the importance of twist, torque, and centrifugal force. Athletes must develop a systematic approach to improve ...

Throwing the discus and shot put are forms of art. The two main throwing events in high school track and field may require the most muscle of any discipline, but they also rely heavily on technique ...

COLUMBUS — Simply put, Cashton cashed in early —and held on late. Yes indeed, it is sometimes about how you start — as case in point with Wheelersburg junior thrower Cashton Adkins. That’s because ...

There are plenty of things Lithuanian discus specialist Mykolas Alekna enjoys about being a student at Cal. He has learned to fend for himself 5,700 miles from home, cultivated friendships, benefitted ...