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 ...

PARIS — Don’t be surprised if America’s top throws coaches start showing up to ballet studios or hip-hop classes to hunt for overlooked prospects. Valarie Allman’s unprecedented path to double Olympic ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Valarie Allman is golden once again. The Silver Creek graduate defended her Olympic title on Monday at the Stade de France in Saint-Dennis, France, to become ...

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 ...

Solon’s Ben Kampman knows what it takes to compete on the big stage in high school sports. The fourth-year Spartan has competed in Class 3A state football, the Drake Relays and the state boys track ...

Vanderbilt discus thrower and Raleigh native Veronica Fraley has done it all. She holds school records in the discus, outdoor shot put, indoor shot put and the hammer throw. Fraley earned a bronze ...

Jayden Ulrich faces a formidable task Friday, but the U.S. discus thrower will be in the thick of competition when she takes on the world's best at the Paris Olympics. Ulrich, an East Alton-Wood River ...