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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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
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Razorback Rojé Stona's historic throw lands him Olympic gold in discus

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 ...
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 ...
Newsday

The land of Usain Bolt is racking up medals in field events, including Olympic discus gold

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. Roje Stona's ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna breaks discus throw record that stood since 1986

RAMONA, Okla.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 ...
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Son of a two-time Olympic champion, Mykolas Alekna will aim to carry on his father’s legacy in his own sport

Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to launch a sports career without comparisons to his father, LeBron, arguably the greatest basketball ...