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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.
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 ...
Veronica Fraley of Vanderbilt finished 13th and just missed the cut for the final in the discus at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Hoda Kotb didn't sweat a wardrobe malfunction at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Kotb, 59, took to Instagram on Tuesday, July 30, to show off her problem-solving skills when it came to a fashion faux pas ...
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. ...
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]
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]