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 ...

Tanner Smith loves the finesse involved in field events. Saturday at the Frank Woodburn Invitational at Stocker Stadium, the Palisade High School thrower finished second in the discus with a toss of ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On the doorstep of history, Valarie Allman can throw herself into uncharted territory in Paris. The Silver Creek High School graduate and defending Olympic ...

A few days ago at practice, Morgan Twp.'s Steve Bartholomew uncorked the discus 165 feet. That was one of his "bad ones". "In the past, I've always had my best throws at the beginning of the year and ...

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 ...

Throwing the discus and shot put are forms of art. The two main throwing events in high school track and field may require the most muscle of any discipline, but they also rely heavily on technique ...

Mar. 22—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 ...

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 ...