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For the women's discus throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 64.50 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
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 ...
A general view of start during the Women's 100m Preliminary Round on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images ...
She was named the ACC female field athlete of the year in June 2024. [9] [10] She finished second in the discus throw at the 2024 United States Olympic trials in June 2024 in Eugene, Oregon, with a distance of 62.63 metres. [11] She subsequently competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [12]
Vanderbilt's Veronica Fraley qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday night with a third-place finish at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. Fraley's Olympics-clinching throw was 62. ...
Laulauga Tausaga-Collins (born 22 May 1998 in Hawaii) is an American discus thrower. With a personal best throw of 69.49 m, she won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships . [ 2 ] She also won the gold medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships .
Her winning throw of 69.50 meters surpassed the best mark of second-place Bin Feng of China by nearly two full meters. All four of Allman’s non-foul throws eclipsed Feng’s best one.
On May 19, 2024, she threw a personal best 63.17 metres on at an event in Oklahoma, U.S., which was the second best throw by a Nigerian ever. [10] Later in the year, she came second in the discus event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics. [11] She represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [12]