WATERFORD, Wis. (CBS 58) — Dating back to 776 B.C., the first Olympic games included the event of discus throwing, where athletes attempt to throw a weight the farthest distance. Now, the track and ...

Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to launch a sports career without comparisons to his father, LeBron, arguably the greatest basketball ...

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 ...

Having competed against each other with some of the biggest prizes in discus on the line, Matt Denny and Lawrence Okoye are ...

MELBOURNE, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Australian discus king Matt Denny is chasing his first world championships medal in Tokyo and will do it alongside the man he regards as both the benchmark and a ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sam Kendricks appreciates the Olympics again. Valarie Allman never stopped. It’s just the healing power that medals have to mend and reinforce feelings. In a short span Monday ...

Nearly a year ago, 2021 Penn graduate Ashley Anumba wrote her goal to become an Olympian. And now, almost a year later, Anumba has officially crossed that goal off her checklist. Anumba stepped out ...

Power and athleticism combined with a graceful elegance, as good as gold: that's how best to describe the great U.S. Olympic discus thrower Valarie Allman. She has been one of the brightest stars on ...

Aug 6, 2024; Paris Saint-Denis, France; Valarie Allman (USA) celebrates her gold medal in women’s discus throw during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France. Mandatory Credit: Andrew ...

PARIS, France — Oregon's Ryan Crouser isn't just a three-time Olympic gold medalist — he's also the coach of a fellow Olympic athlete who on Wednesday became a gold medalist in his own right.

COLONIE – Seeking shelter from the rain under a tree last Friday at a rain-soaked Shenendehowa High School, Colonie senior discus thrower Shantavia Craft had no idea what she was about to accomplish.

On June 6, 1986, Juergen Schult set the world discus record at a meet in East Germany, reaching 74.08 meters. Nearly three months later, Yuriy Sedykh did the same for the hammer throw, setting the new ...