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.

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.

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Gabe Hull stepped into the ring, just a man with a small silver saucer gripped tightly in his hand. The sophomore took a deep breath as he swung his arm over his chest and back, quickly beginning to ...

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.

Athletes competing in the pentathlon would throw a bronze discus weighing 9lb (4kg) as far as they could and the best out of five throws would be recorded, much like the modern version of the event.

Valarie Allman won the gold medal in women's discus on Monday, the first medal by an American woman in the event since 2008. ... That’s mainly what discus throwing is. ...

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

PARIS — Cal’s Mykolas Alekna not only set an Olympic record in the discus throw Wednesday night but also eclipsed the standard established by his dad, Virgilijus, at the 2004 Summer Games in ...

On a perfectly sunny, breezy summer day, teens may relax by the pool or hang out with friends and not think about the long school year they just finished. But not all of them. Vernon Hills High ...