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 ...

The women’s shot put and discus are the focus as we take an event-by-event look back at the Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games aren’t renowned for innovation and the first shot and discus was ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Malaysian discus thrower Muhammad Irfan Shamsuddin could miss the defence of his Southeast Asian Games title in Singapore later this year after being accused of ...

GOLD COAST, Queensland – Kansas track & field alumnus Mitch Cooper finished fifth in the discus at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on Friday, representing his home ...

Kent State alum Reggie Jagers III won gold in the men’s discus after recording a winning toss of 61.24 meters Monday at the World University Games in Taipei, Taiwan. Jagers sat in fourth before ...

Vikas Gowda won India's ninth medal from athletics at the 17th Asian Games, claiming silver in the men's discus throw final at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium on Tuesday. Vikas Gowda won India's ninth ...

Reigning African Games and African Championships champion, Chioma Onyekwere, saved her best for the last major competition of the year to make history as the first Nigerian woman to win the ...

The discus throw event has been included in every modern Olympics since its inaugural 1896 edition held in Athens (where Robert Garrett representing the United States won the gold medal), and can be ...

Kaur, 25, who had also won gold in the 2019 edition of the championships, dramatically heaved the discus to 65.06m in her first throw to the surprise of the sizeable crowd at the NIS here. This ...

It's the turn of the men's discus as we look event-by-event at the history of the the Commonwealth Games Two days after winning gold in the shot, Harry Hart won a second gold in Hamilton in 1930 as he ...