SAINT-DENIS, France — Don't look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Former ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Don’t look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Roje Stona ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the second meet in-a-row, the main topic of discussion is Claudio Romero and his improvements from last season in the discus throw. A week after throwing the nation-leading toss of 64.96 meters ...

When it comes to throwing, there’s likely a perception about what the requirement for generating quality in shot put and discus entails. On the boys side, one generality may be that you must be a ...

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 ...

TRAVERSE CITY — If you don’t look at her shoes during a Lorelai Zielinski throw, everything is usually perfect. Spectators taking in a shot put or discus throw by the Traverse City Central track and ...

When Ian Hansen first started track and field in sixth grade, the Clinton Township resident had to make a choice. “They said we could sign up for running or throwing,” Hansen said. “I picked throwing ...