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 ...

Solon discus thrower Ben Kampman wanted to cap off his high school track and field career as a state champion. On Thursday, he achieved his dream and became the first boys discus thrower to win a ...

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 ...

Solon’s Ben Kampman does a back flip as he celebrates winning the 3A discus during the 2024 Iowa High School State Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 16 ...

EUGENE, ORE. - On Thursday, Madeleine Fey of the Kansas Track & Field Team, won the USATF U20 National Championship in the Women's Discus. "Maddie did a great job of staying focused and competing," ...

Solon’s Ben Kampman knows what it takes to compete on the big stage in high school sports. The fourth-year Spartan has competed in Class 3A state football, the Drake Relays and the state boys track ...

DES MOINES — Winning a state championship is hard. Defending a state title can be even harder. Unless you're Delilah Subsin, who clinched her second straight win in the Class 4A girls discus throw on ...

(CNN) — Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna broke a world record that had stood for four decades at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational meeting in Ramona on Sunday. The Lithuanian’s ...

Leo Neugebauer set a world record in the discus and is poised to collect a second straight decathlon title at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. As if his national title-winning performance ...

LAKEWOOD – Jaedyn Kohn sat on the cusp of an early exit from the girls discus one year after earning a title in the event. Kohn scratched on her first two throws in the 3A discus finals Friday ...

ST. MICHAEL — Dylan Gross made it a sweep. After winning the shot put state title Thursday, the Brainerd senior finished his career with a state title in the discus at the Class 3A State Finals ...

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