PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Lithuania's world record-holder Mykolas Alekna showed he is the man to beat in the men's discus at the Paris Olympics after his leading throw in Monday's preliminary round.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl needed just one attempt to qualify for the men's discus final and Qatar's Mutaz Barshim kicked off his bid to add a high-jump Olympic gold to his ...

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 ...

Wrapping up her Palaro career in stellar fashion, Masbate discus thrower Courtney Jewel Trangia captures a third straight gold medal — and a scholarship to boot ILOCOS NORTE, Philippines – Masbate’s ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Al Oerter is the greatest discus thrower in Olympic history. There can be no debate about that. Oerter — a native of Astoria, New York — and Carl Lewis are the only Olympic track ...

Fans recently shared their reactions to the men's discus athletes competing in heavy rain in the finals of the World Athletics Championships 2025. The finals took place on the last day of the ...

On the day before her Olympic debut, Veronica Fraley said she couldn’t pay her rent. Fraley, an American discus thrower and student at Vanderbilt, shared on X that her school “only sent about 75%” of ...