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All your Paris Olympic discus throw questions answered

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 they can ...
Reuters

Day of monster discus throws condemned as 'weather doping'

April 15 (Reuters) - 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 ...
Newsday

Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna breaks discus throw record that stood since 1986

RAMONA, Okla. — Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania broke a world record in the discus throw that had stood since 1986 on Sunday at the Oklahoma Throws Series competition. Alekna's throw of 243 feet, 11 ...
KTHV

Razorback Rojé Stona's historic throw lands him Olympic gold in discus

SAINT-DENIS, France — Don't look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Former ...
Yahoo! Sports

State track and field: Subsin defends state discus title with record throw

DES MOINES — Winning a state championship is hard. Defending a state title can be even harder. Unless you're Delilah Subsin, who clinched her second straight win in the Class 4A girls discus throw on ...
KGW8

Ryan Crouser coaches fellow Olympian Roje Stona to win gold in discus throw

PARIS, France — Oregon's Ryan Crouser isn't just a three-time Olympic gold medalist — he's also the coach of a fellow Olympic athlete who on Wednesday became a gold medalist in his own right.
FloTrack

Cal-Berkeley's Mykolas Alekna Breaks Oldest Men's World Record In Discus

California-Berkeley's Mykolas Alekna surpassed a 38-year-old world record in the discus, throwing 74.35m at the Oklahoma Throw Series in Romona on Sunday. On Sunday, California-Berkeley's Mykolas ...
CNN

Meet Rojé Stona, an Olympic track and field champion with dreams of playing in the NFL

Track and field will never fail to surprise its fans: a sport full of tiny details, where the smallest of margins separates moments of glory from those of agony and heartache. Jamaican discus thrower ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh wins the discus throw in an elite field at the European championships

ROMEROME — Former world champion Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia won the discus throw amid a world-class field on the opening night of the European athletics championships Friday. Ceh’s throw reached 68.08 ...
WGAL

University of Pennsylvania grad misses out on advancing in Olympic discus

A University of Pennsylvania graduate just missed out on advancing in men's discus on Day 10 of the Olympic Games.Sam Mattis competed in the Group A qualifier. The top 6 throwers advanced. Mattis came ...
WDRB

Louisville track and field athlete to make history by throwing discus in Paris Olympics

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jayden Ulrich will soon become the first United States Olympian in University of Louisville track and field history. The 21-year-old will compete in the women's discus throw ...