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 world ...

UNLV's Krishna Jayasankar shattered a 26-year-old school record and became the first Indian discus thrower to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Silhouettes of Avi'Tal Wilson-Perteete of UNLV ...

UTEP discus thrower Esther Osisike, originally from Nigeria, upset the nation's No. 4 ranked thrower to win the Conference USA championship. Osisike is part of a growing number of Nigerian throwers ...

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 ...

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 ...

The discus throw requires a comprehensive understanding of its principles, emphasizing the importance of twist, torque, and centrifugal force. Athletes must develop a systematic approach to improve ...

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 technique ...

PINE BLUFFS — The fact Jessica Hoffman is still working her way into form while nursing an injury should send shivers down the spine of the rest of Class 2A’s throwers. The Pine Bluffs senior is a two ...

Started off the season at the Florida State Relays for throwing the discus 58.63m (192-4 ft.) and finished second overall … Won in the discus throw for throwing 59.73m (195-11 ft.) at the Bobcat ...

Valarie Allman, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, still is searching for her first win at the World Athletics Championships, and she took another step toward achieving that goal with a victory Sunday ...