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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna smashed the men's discus throw world record, making history by becoming the first athlete ever to surpass the 75-metre mark on Sunday. The 22-year-old threw 75.56m at the ...
BINGHAMTON, NY (WBNG) -- Chenango Forks senior, Lauren Paske signed on the dotted line to continue her track and field career at the University of New haven. After playing basketball and flag football ...