Valarie Allman makes an attempt in the women's discus throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. View this post on Instagram.

Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania, and competing for the University of California at Berkeley, set the all-time discus throw for men at 74.35 meters (243 feet, 11 inches) at a meet in Oklahoma in 2024.

ASU's Jorinde van Klinken qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with the 2021 world best throw in the discus. Up next, NCAA West regionals this week.

TOKYO - Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl needed just one attempt to qualify for the men's discus final and Qatar's Mutaz Barshim kicked off his bid to add a high-jump Olympic gold to his rich haul ...

The evolving Olympic athlete - Discus throw. Since the advent of the modern-day Olympics in 1896, athletes have redefined limits in pursuit of the Olympic ideal: "Faster, higher, stronger." ...

So when Laulauga Tausaga launched a throw that beat her personal best by more than four meters (13 feet) at world championships on Tuesday to win the title, she stunned the crowd — and herself. "I ...

But then discus coach Tony Ciarelli told me about the body of an average thrower. TONY CIARELLI: Six-five to six-nine, 275-pound to 300-pound person with a lot of speed and a lot of strength.

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Laulauga Tausaga, of the United States, makes an attempt in the Women's discus throw final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.

The second-longest discus throw in history — by Lithuania’s Virgilijus Alekna — happened all the way back in 2000, and only two men have come within four meters of the record this decade.