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. Todd Levos, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shadow Hills discus thrower Victoria Soto has come a long way since her first competitive throw at the high school level. She had to laugh when she recalled her humbling beginning. "I was a freshman ...

MOORHEAD-The first time Hillary Birchem threw a discus, the experience wasn't pleasant. "I said I would never do it again," said Birchem, from Lisbon, N.D. A high school freshman at the time, Birchem ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Norton junior Morgan Hallett knew her fifth throw of the discus at the 2023 OHSAA Division II state track and field meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Friday was a good one. She ...

Rio de Janeiro – For Kelsey Card, throwing the discus wasn’t exactly love at first flight. When Card was in grade school her older sister, Brittany, was a multi-event standout on Carlinville (Ill.) ...

(CNN) — Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna broke a world record that had stood for four decades at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational meeting in Ramona on Sunday. The Lithuanian’s ...

RAMONA, Okla. (AP) — 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 ...