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Allman's throw of 69.50 was almost two ... Valarie Allman’s unprecedented path to double Olympic gold might spark a dance-to-discus pipeline. Allman dominated the women’s discus competition on ...
Also, a faster-spinning discus imparts greater gyroscopic stability. The technique of discus throwing is quite difficult to master and needs much experience to perfect; thus most top throwers are 30 years old or more. The discus throw is sometimes contested indoors, but it is not included at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
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.
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]
Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman won the women's discus at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials on Thursday at Hayward Field.
Pedersen had an opportunity to redeem herself at the 2022 European Championships discus throw, where she qualified for the finals and placed 10th. [ 1 ] In her first appearance at the Team Championships, Pedersen won the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division discus throw, scoring 16 points with a 59.20 m throw. [ 1 ]
The women's discus throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–21 August. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, but it was discovered that the field was not large enough to accommodate the range of modern discus throwers, and would have posed a danger to spectators.
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