PORTLAND, Oregon — While you watch your favorite athletes go for gold, consider how all that time, distance, and height is achieved by balancing the same forces all of us mere mortals experience every ...

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, France — Team USA discus thrower Valarie Allman added another gold medal to her collection on Monday with a win in women's discus at the Summer Olympics in Paris. Allman fouled on her first ...

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Valarie Allman of the United States captured her second consecutive Olympic women's discus gold medal on Monday, unleashing a 69.50-metre effort on her fourth throw that was ...

CEDAR FALLS | Former Mason City standout Matt Schiffer has made many memories at Drake Stadium as a track and field athlete. Schiffer, a senior thrower for the UNI men’s track and field team, added ...

St. Vrain Valley has a habit of producing strong female throwers. It must be something in the water. Three years ago, during the 2020 (2021) Summer Olympics, Silver Creek grad Valarie Allman became a ...