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The event consists of throwing a heavy disc, with the weight or size depending on the competitor. Men and women throw different sized discs, with varying sizes and weights depending on age. The weight of the discus is either governed by World Athletics for international or USA Track & Field for the United States.
In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's discus throw, a handicap competition was held four days later. Gustaf Söderström, who had placed sixth in the main event, took first place with a throw of 40.50 m, having had a handicap of 5.5 m. Gyula Strausz, 13th in the main discus, was runner-up with 39.49 m off a 6.3 m handicap.
The Czech inscription translates as: "At this spot on August 2, 1964, Ludvík Daněk set world record in discus throw marking 64.55 m." The first world record in the men's discus was recognised by the International Association of Amateur Athletics (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, in 1912, and was set by James Duncan in 1912 (47.58 m).
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.
The discus throw at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve overall advancing to the final round.
In June 2022, 19-year-old Mykolas Alekna threw his new personal best of 69.81 m while finishing second at the Stockholm Diamond League meet, the longest ever discus throw by a teenager. At the 2022 World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon in July, he lost only to Kristjan Čeh , becoming the youngest world discus medallist in history. [ 4 ]
Discus throw 62.03 m: World U20 Championships: Tampere, Finland 15th (q) Discus throw (1.75 kg) 56.47 m: 2019 European Throwing Cup (U23) Šamorín, Slovakia 1st Discus throw 62.90 m: European U23 Championships: Gävle, Sweden 1st Discus throw 63.82 m: World Championships: Doha, Qatar 31st (q) Discus throw 59.55 m: 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo ...
In April 2016, Denny won the national discus title with a throw of 60.47m and the hammer title with 68.44m. [6] He became just the second athlete in the near 100-year history of the event to win this double and the first since Keith Pardon in 1953 – 63 years earlier.
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