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The men's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896 (one of two throws events at the first Olympics, alongside the shot put). The women's event was first contested at the 1928 Olympics, being one of the five athletics events in the inaugural Olympic women's programme.
Discus throw 61.16 m: 2018 Commonwealth Games: Gold Coast, Australia: 4th Discus throw 62.53 m: 2nd Hammer throw 74.88 m: 2019 Universiade: Naples, Italy: 1st Discus throw 65.27 m: World Championships: Doha, Qatar: 6th Discus throw 65.43 m: 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan: 4th Discus throw 67.02 m: 2022 World Championships: Eugene, Oregon: 6th ...
Valarie Carolyn Allman (born February 23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw. [5] She is a two time Olympic champion, having won the gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics. Allman earned bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, which made her the first American woman to ...
Former Clemson men's track and field athlete Rojé Stona set an Olympic record in the discus throw to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.. Stona recorded a throw of 70.00 meters in the ...
Allman's throw of 69.50 was almost two meters better than anyone else in the field. ... Valarie Allman’s unprecedented path to double Olympic gold might spark a dance-to-discus pipeline.
Images of discus throwers figured prominently in advertising for early modern Games, such as fundraising stamps for the 1896 Games, and the main posters for the 1920 and 1948 Summer Olympics. Today the sport of discus is a routine part of modern track-and-field meets at all levels, and retains a particularly iconic place in the Olympic Games.
Rojé Stona (born 26 February 1999) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw.He broke the Olympic record to win the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, thus becoming the first Jamaican to be Olympic Champion at a throwing event.
Alfred Oerter Jr. (/ ˈ ɔːr t ər /; September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games. Oerter is an inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame.