Aug 6, 2024; Paris Saint-Denis, France; Valarie Allman (USA) celebrates her gold medal in women’s discus throw during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France. Mandatory Credit: Andrew ...

Aug 6, 2024; Paris Saint-Denis, France; Valarie Allman (USA) celebrates her gold medal in women’s discus throw during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France. Mandatory Credit: Andrew ...

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Valarie Allman has begun a new chapter in her life. The Team USA star married her long-time coach and partner, Zeb Sio.

The greatest competitor ever to compete in the discus, Al Oerter participated in four Olympics, always as the underdog, and always came out the winner. Each time, he set an Olympic record in the event ...

East Alton-Wood River grad and Olympian Jayden Ulrich, a senior at Louisville, has been named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week. EA-WR grad Jayden Ulrich, who competed in the women's discus ...

Valarie Allman, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, still is searching for her first win at the World Athletics Championships, and she took another step toward achieving that goal with a victory Sunday ...

A veteran of three Olympic Games, Fortune Gordien dominated the discus throw for a decade during the late 1940s and early 1950s, improving the world record four times. While at the University of ...

WATERFORD, Wis. (CBS 58) — Dating back to 776 B.C., the first Olympic games included the event of discus throwing, where athletes attempt to throw a weight the farthest distance. Now, the track and ...

Is athletics sexist?

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 ...