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.

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Saturday’s event, which begins with the men’s hammer throw and women’s shot put at 11 a.m., is part of the World Athletics ...

Alekna’s success in the discus throw is testament to Lithuania’s deep-rooted tradition in this field event – the Baltic state has been hugely successful with the discus in hand.

National champion Traves Smikle led the trio of Jamaican men to the final of the discus throw at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Only four men got over the automatic qualifying mark of 66.00m, led ...

Roje Stona, of Jamaica, competes during the men's discus throw final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.

The senior has an impressive distance of 109 feet, 9.75 inches in the hammer throw. She has also improved her discus form each year, finishing the 2024 season with a personal best of 106 feet, ...

The sixth-place thrower, Daniel Stahl, of Sweden, made a throw of 65.16 meters. Sam Mattis specializes in the discus throw and has a personal record of 68.69 meters.

His rivalry with fellow American throwing ace Mac Wilkins produced a long series of big throws by the two men, who traded national golds along with verbal barbs that spiced up the rivalry. In 1975, ...