Track and field action centers on a discus throw that keeps everyone watching as the athlete releases the implement with speed and control. The setting suggests a competitive athletics environment ...

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 ...

Team USA's Valarie Allman celebrated winning the gold medal in the women's discus throw event on Monday. I am on cloud nine. I mean, gosh, this tonight, the stadium, the city, I just been feeling the ...

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 ...

Discus thrower Seema Kaliramna added yet another medal to India's tally at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2026 in Glasgow on Thursday. She clinched a bronze medal in the women's discus throw event with ...

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 ...

Welcome to live coverage of Commonwealth Games 2026. India’s campaign in the para-athletics arena features a strong medal push as Devender Kumar and Sagar Thayat step into the circle for the men's ...

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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 ...

India added another medal to its Commonwealth Games 2026 tally in Glasgow as Seema Kaliramna claimed bronze in the women’s discus throw final at Scotstoun Stadium. The Indian athlete produced a best ...

Seema Punia and Navjeet Dhillon won the silver and bronze medals respectively in the discus throw at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. Punia's best throw was 60.41m while Dhillon's was 57.43m.