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 ...

Jaxon Day didn't need a reminder of how quickly momentum and results can swing in track and field. The Winner junior learned that lesson the hard way a year ago. Now, he's turning it into fuel for one ...

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

Valarie Allman, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, still is searching for her first win at the World Athletics Championships, and she took another step toward achieving that goal with a victory Sunday ...

Shot-put and discus throwers don’t get a lot of glory. Joel Reed knows that firsthand as a former thrower and current throwing coach at Monroe High. “I threw back in high school,” he said. “There is ...

Mykolas Alekna continues to stretch the limits of what is possible in the discus throw. The 22-year-old Lithuanian, competing in his final season as a Cal athlete, twice broke his own year-old world ...