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 ...

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Greater Cincinnati has a deep track and field history, but two events that should not get overlooked are the shot put and discus. Athletes from Western Brown and Walton-Verona still hold state discus ...

Mykolas Alekna, the world record-holder in men's discus, tore his pectoral muscle and will miss the Oregon outdoor season.

On June 6, 1986, Juergen Schult set the world discus record at a meet in East Germany, reaching 74.08 meters. Nearly three months later, Yuriy Sedykh did the same for the hammer throw, setting the new ...

After climbing the podium for the first 3 years of his high school career, Soda Springs senior Cole Garbett has started this ...

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 ...

Friday’s final of the girls Class 2 discus throw event is promising excitement with at least four athletes with a legitimate ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Discus throw is a game of centimeters. So when Laulauga Tausaga launched a throw that beat her personal best by more than four meters (13 feet) at world championships on ...

Time now to recognize a freshman phenom over at Pass Christian high school! In his most recent meet, Samuel King broke the ...

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 ...

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 ...