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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. [6] [7]
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]
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 ...
Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a large wave in the 5th heat of the men's surfing round 3, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti ...
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.
Veronica Fraley of Vanderbilt finished 13th and just missed the cut for the final in the discus at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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. 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.
Standing records prior to the 2024 European Athletics Championships World record Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 76.80 m [2]: Neubrandenburg, East Germany: 9 July 1988 European record