Sarah Piner reached back and found a throw she hadn't done all year. With it, the Riverheads sophomore won a state title in ...

MOORHEAD-The first time Hillary Birchem threw a discus, the experience wasn't pleasant. "I said I would never do it again," said Birchem, from Lisbon, N.D. A high school freshman at the time, Birchem ...

Josiah Lodeserto's discus throw of more than 200 feet for Fayetteville Christian is the longest ever by a middle schooler.

Hawley's Camden Ables overcame early struggles to win a Class 2A state discus gold medal, continuing his family's legacy.

Wave a discus in front of the Durands and they get all weak in the knees. It’s like leading birds with bread crumbs. Wave it and they’ll follow you anywhere. They’d probably follow you even if you ...

RAMONA, Okla. — Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania broke a world record in the discus throw that had stood since 1986 on Sunday at the Oklahoma Throws Series competition. Alekna's throw of 243 feet, 11 ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WMBD) – It was an exhilarating Saturday for Central Illinois boys track and field athletes at the state ...

Sandra Perkovic failed on five of her six attempts in the discus throw event at the 2016 Rio Games on Tuesday, but her one attempt that landed in play was good enough to bring home gold for Croatia.

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 ...

Discus is one of the original Olympic events and was first used to train Greek warriors. But just what goes into a discus throw? Longtime discus coach Tony Ciarelli tells Audie Cornish that it's all ...

Track and field will never fail to surprise its fans: a sport full of tiny details, where the smallest of margins separates moments of glory from those of agony and heartache. Jamaican discus thrower ...

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