RAMONA, Okla. (AP) — Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania broke a world record in the discus throw that had stood since 1986 on Sunday at the Oklahoma Throws Series competition. Alekna's throw of 243 feet, 11 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Valarie Allman has been throwing discus for 10 years. “When you throw a discus it takes about two seconds, and it’s a combination of power, of grace, of strength… I like to think of ...

MELBOURNE, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Australian discus king Matt Denny is chasing his first world championships medal in Tokyo and will do it alongside the man he regards as both the benchmark and a ...

Josiah Lodeserto's discus throw of more than 200 feet for Fayetteville Christian is the longest ever by a middle schooler.

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 ...

SHIPPENSBURG – Gianna Tewksbury started her track and field journey with a canceled season and ended her high school career on the medal stand at the biggest meet of her career. Just as the Elk Lake ...

A northern Indiana native is joining a growing number of Hoosiers who will represent the United States at this year's Olympic Games. Rachel Dincoff, of Waterloo, Indiana, qualified for the Olympics ...