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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.
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.
She had needed to throw a personal best 65.46m as the final throw at her USA National Championships just to be eligible to come to these championships. On her newly earned fifth throw, she threw the winner 69.49 m (227 ft 11 in), a four metre (13 feet) improvement in her personal best over the course of three rounds.
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 hasn't competed in the discus yet, but she's already a winner. She will be leaving Paris with her rent paid for the remainder of 2024 thanks to Alexis Ohanian and Flavor Flav.
Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman won the women's discus at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials on Thursday at Hayward Field. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in.
In the first throw of the discus final, she threw a 9-foot personal best of 201 feet 3 inches, surpassing the international A-standard mark, and qualified for her first Olympic team. In August 2004, Brown Trafton competed at the Athens Games, and her best mark in the qualifying round failed to advance her to the finals. She placed 22nd with a ...
Women's discus throw: August 18 Gold: Angelo Taylor: Track & field: Men's 400 m hurdles: August 18 Gold: Laura Kraut Beezie Madden Will Simpson McLain Ward: Equestrian: Team jumping: August 18 Gold: Anna Tunnicliffe: Sailing: Women's Laser Radial class: August 19 Gold: Henry Cejudo: Wrestling: Men's freestyle 55 kg: August 19 Gold: Shawn ...