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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 ...
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]
Melany del Pilar Matheus of Team Cuba competes during the Women's Discus Throw Qualification on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France ...
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. ...
Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman won the women's discus at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials on Thursday at Hayward Field.
Competing for Vanderbilt University, she became the first female athlete to win the discus throw competition for Vanderbilt at the Southeastern Conference Championships, throwing a lifetime-best of 62.84m in Baton Rouge in May 2023. [10] In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [11]
The Olympic records are 70 m (229 ft 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) for men, set by Roje Stona in 2024, and 72.30 m (237 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) for women, set by Martina Hellmann in 1988. Two variations on the event have been contested at the Olympics: a two-handed competition at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics , with athletes using both left and right arm putting ...