Samantha Hall throws discus personal best in Oklahoma

WORLD Athletics Championships finalist Samantha Hall threw a massive personal best 66.39m to place sixth in the women’s ...
World Athletics

Alekna's history in Ramona – discus prodigy donates vest to MOWA

By the time Mykolas Alekna came to take his fourth-round effort in the 2025 Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational, he had ...
The New York Times

Valarie Allman, with a newfound energy, charges into Olympics in women’s discus

Follow our Olympics coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Games. EUGENE, Ore. — Valarie Allman’s gold medal was secured. Her spot in Paris was never really in question. Whatever suspense existed in the ...
Reuters

Athletics-Easy day at the office for Alekna in Olympic discus qualifying

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.
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 ...
Yahoo! Sports

GR’s Alex Rose makes history for Samoa at World Athletics Championships

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Rapids athlete Alex Rose has done something that no Samoan athlete has ever done before: medal at the World Athletics Championships. Rose took bronze in the discus ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Two in a row: Penn alumnus Sam Mattis to feature at his second Olympics in the discus throw

The 2016 Wharton graduate, who holds the program record in the discus throw, finished second at the 2024 United States Olympic Trials to qualify for his second straight Olympic team. For many Penn ...