Shot-put and discus throwers don’t get a lot of glory. Joel Reed knows that firsthand as a former thrower and current throwing coach at Monroe High. “I threw back in high school,” he said. “There is ...

Mykolas Alekna continues to stretch the limits of what is possible in the discus throw. The 22-year-old Lithuanian, competing in his final season as a Cal athlete, twice broke his own year-old world ...

PARIS, France — Discus throw is one of the premier track and field events held every four years at the Summer Olympics. In the discus throw, athletes hurl a metal disc-shaped object as far as they can ...

The Warrior junior came into the state meet with the top discus mark in South Dakota and left with his first Class A state ...

SHIPPENSBURG — Cold temperatures and heavy rain aren’t the best weather conditions for discus tossing. State College’s Alyssa Lipski can attest to that. The Little Lions junior overcame the adverse ...

(CNN) — Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna broke a world record that had stood for four decades at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational meeting in Ramona on Sunday. The Lithuanian’s ...