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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 .
None of her competitors came within two meters of Allman's first throw of the discus final. Valarie Allman wins first U.S. track and field gold medal on first discus throw [Video] Skip to main content
Allman's throw of 69.50 was almost two meters ... Valarie Allman’s unprecedented path to double Olympic gold might spark a dance-to-discus pipeline. Allman dominated the women’s discus ...
None of her competitors came within two meters of Allman's first throw of the discus final.
Feng capped of the round with 66.33m. Allman took the lead in the second round with 68.74m. In the third round, Elkasević tossed 67.51m, matched exactly at the end of the round by Feng. Because Feng had the superior second best throw, she held second place. In the fourth round, Allman improved to 69.50 m (228 ft 0 in).
In a short span Monday night, Allman won her second straight Olympic title in the discus throw, while Kendricks captured silver in a pole vault competition that featured Sweden's Armand “Mondo” Duplantis breaking his own world record. The medals from Allman and Kendricks, 31, gave the U.S. 11 so far in the meet, including three golds.
Jorinde van Klinken had the longest throw of the year at 70.22m. Valarie Allman had the second best, those two the only entrants over 70 metres in the previous two years, Allman over 70 in both years. Allman was the only first throw automatic qualifier for the final, Kamalpreet Kaur getting the mark exactly on her third and last attempt. It ...
Valarie Allman won the gold medal in women's discus on Monday, the first medal by an American woman in the event since 2008. American Valarie Allman takes unusual path to becoming Olympic gold ...