Here’s a recent Olympics story via the Associated Press: SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — One of America’s very best in the medieval-looking pursuit of hammer throw thought she had seen it all when it came ...

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 ...

Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna broke a 37-year-old world record in the men’s discus, the oldest world record in men’s track and field. Alekna, a 21-year-old junior at Cal-Berkeley, threw the four-pound ...

Sam Mattis, who trains at Garage Strength in Berks County, failed to qualify for the final today in the men’s discus at the Paris Olympics. Mattis, who won an NCAA title at the University of ...

EUGENE, Ore. – Andrew Evans (’14) outmuscled the competition tonight and punched his ticket to Paris as the Kentucky track & field program and its alumni concluded night seven at the U.S. Olympic Team ...

April 14 (Reuters) - Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania shattered the world discus record on Sunday, eclipsing the longest-standing global men's mark in athletics set 38 years ago. The 21-year-old threw an ...

Former University of Kentucky track and field star Andrew Evans secured a spot at the Paris Olympics by winning the men’s discus at the U.S Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday night. It ...

A University of Pennsylvania graduate just missed out on advancing in men's discus on Day 10 of the Olympic Games.Sam Mattis competed in the Group A qualifier. The top 6 throwers advanced. Mattis came ...

Matthew Denny of Australia muscled out a throw of 68.43m/224-6 in the final round to upset the favorites and win the men's discus at the Prefontaine Classic EUGENE -- Matthew Denny of Australia ...

PHILADELPHIA—Despite the pouring rain coming down at the Irving “Moon” Mondschein Throwing Complex, Princeton walked away with two medalists in the throws on the final day of the 2025 Penn Relays.