Some of the most popular events are the throwing sports ... s required from an equipment point of view. The Olympic discus has two weights: one for men and one for women. For the men’s ...

The weight of the discus differs for ... wrestling, and javelin throw. It later became a part of the first-ever Olympic games in Athens in 1896. While it was only the men’s category for the ...

"It’s redemption," she said.Echikunwoke qualified for the Olympic team by winning the ... winning the 2017 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw title. She was an indoor runner up in 2018 and competed ...

As a Bearcat Echikunwoke won the weight throw in the NCAA Championships in ... She becomes UC's first Olympic medalist since 2008 when Mary Wineberg won gold in the 4x400 relay in Beijing and ...

1908 Olympic Games: Hammer Throw - 51.18 m (2nd ... 1913 USA Indoor Championships: 35-lb. Weight Throw (1st) 1916 USA Indoor Championships: 35-lb. Weight Throw (1st) 1918 USA Indoor Championships: ...

It's her fourth Olympic medal of her career ... winning the 2017 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw title. She was an indoor runner up in 2018 and competed internationally in the 2022 world championships ...

Antwerp, 21 Aug 1920 - Irishman Pat McDonald won a gold medal for the United States at today’s 56 pound weight-throwing event. McDonald broke the Olympic record by throwing the weight 11.00 metres.

At the Olympic Games, men can throw the hammer well over 200 feet. High school boys typically throw a 25-pound weight indoors, but they can still throw it quite a distance: The record for that age ...

At his second Olympic Games, Enekwechi's best mark on Saturday evening ... outdoors and shot put (19.95m) and weight throw (24.39m) indoors. Enekwechi's NCAA medals include two silvers in 2016, in the ...

Hammer throw is a historic sport which involves hurling ... The hammer is attached by a steel wire to a grip. The weight of the metal ball is 16lb (7.2kg) for the men and 8.8lb (4kg) for the ...