PARIS, France — Discus throw is one of the premier track and field events held every four years at the Summer Olympics. In the discus throw, athletes hurl a metal disc-shaped object as far as ...

Discus throw is one of the premier track and field events held every four years at the Summer Olympics. In the discus throw, athletes hurl a metal disc-shaped object as far as they can. Men's ...

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 ...

The measurement of the throw to be from the centre of the pedestal to where the discus first strikes the ground. The thrower may leave the pedestal at the moment of throwing.

Lithuania's world record-holder Mykolas Alekna showed he is the man to beat in the men's discus at the Paris Olympics after his leading throw in Monday's preliminary round.

Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna is poised to carry on the legacy of his father, Virgilijus, who holds an Olympic record in the same discipline.

Throwing the discus and shot put are forms of art. The two main throwing events in high school track and field may require the most muscle of any discipline, but they also rely heavily on ...

Mykolas Alekna continues to stretch the limits of what is possible in the discus throw. The 22-year-old Lithuanian, competing in his final season as a Cal athlete, twice broke his own year-old ...

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 meeting in the United ...

Observers are claiming "weather doping" was behind a slew of discus records at a meeting in the United States on Sunday.

A University of Pennsylvania graduate will compete Monday in the men's discus throw at the Paris Olympics.