The New York Times

Official Rules Adopted for Discus Throwing

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Montana Sports

Challenging Charlton: Discus throw versus 2x Class C state champ Dane Grammar of Chester-Joplin-Inverness

This week's edition of my summer series "Challenging Charlton" pinned me up against two-time Class C shot put and discus ...

Steubenville High School student athlete achieves state title in discus throw, first time for the school in nearly 40 years

STEUBENVILLE, OH (WTRF) – On Wednesday, the Steubenville Board of Education applauded the hard work of a student-athlete. Bri ...
Yahoo! Sports

State track and field: Subsin defends state discus title with record throw

DES MOINES — Winning a state championship is hard. Defending a state title can be even harder. Unless you're Delilah Subsin, who clinched her second straight win in the Class 4A girls discus throw on ...
inforum

Shot put and discus: More than just throwing

HASTINGS, Minn. - Throwing the discus or shot put is the most technique-heavy event in track and field. A thrower has to perfect every motion from their feet to their arms to excel. Todd Levos, the ...
Yahoo! Sports

The best of U.S. Olympic discus thrower Valarie Allman in images

Valarie Allman competes in the women's discus during the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene.The women's discus during the U.S. Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field in ...
CNN

Meet Rojé Stona, an Olympic track and field champion with dreams of playing in the NFL

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 ...
The Washington Post

The men’s discus and hammer throw records may never be broken

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 ...
Reuters

Day of monster discus throws condemned as 'weather doping'

April 15 (Reuters) - Performance-enhancing drugs have long been the scourge of athletics field events but now some observers are claiming "weather doping" was behind a slew of discus records at a ...
Business Insider

Discus throwers are stronger than 99% of NFL guys, according to an Olympian who plays both sports

Discus throwers are stronger than 99% of people who play football according to an athlete who has played both sports. British behemoth Lawrence Okoye, 29, is targeting one of the longest discus throws ...
AZ Central

ASU's Jorinde van Klinken is Olympics-bound in discus after world's leading throws

Arizona State's Jorinde van Klinken competed unattached last week at two meets in Tucson, hoping for an Olympic qualifying mark in discus. She needed a throw of 63.50 meters (208 feet-4 inches), not ...