First of all, the rules. Athletes throw a metal disc weighing 2kg for men (22cm in diameter) and 1kg (18cm in diameter) for women, as far as possible while remaining inside a 2.5-metre diameter circle ...

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - 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.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl needed just one attempt to qualify for the men's discus final and Qatar's Mutaz Barshim kicked off his bid to add a high-jump Olympic gold to his ...

Brown is drawn to the discus throw since it’s an “ever-changing” sport. “You are never going to master it,” he said. “It’s something that is always a work in progress. Even though you may see the ...

A former high school track athlete is suing the Oregon School Activities Association, several school districts and an athletic director, alleging they are to blame for an errant discus throw that ...

With hair sprouting from the top of his visor, gold glinting from his ears and Squidward socks on his feet, Joseph Brown is fairly recognizable from the discus ring. But for the U.S. Olympic Track and ...

Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Wednesday after testing positive for a banned substance. May 4 (Reuters) - Indian discus ...

Harsh Utkar of Vasant Vihar High School (Thane) and Pranav Khedkar of Thane Police School emerged champions in the boys U-16 ...

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Reigning Olympic champion Valarie Allman didn’t add another gold medal to her haul, but the world’s top-ranked women’s discus athlete still came through with a podium finish Wednesday night. Allman’s ...

Former Asian Games gold medallist Seema Punia receives a 16-month doping suspension from NADA, her third offence from a 2024 test, amid rising concerns in Indian athletics.​ ...

TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl needed just one attempt to qualify for the men's discus final and Qatar's Mutaz Barshim kicked off his bid to add a high-jump Olympic ...