The discus throw requires a comprehensive understanding of its principles, emphasizing the importance of twist, torque, and centrifugal force. Athletes must develop a systematic approach to improve ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — While you watch your favorite athletes go for gold, consider how all that time, distance, and height is achieved by balancing the same forces all of us mere mortals experience every ...

Arizona State's Jorinde van Klinken competed unattached last week at two meets in Tucson, hoping for an Olympic qualifying mark in discus. She needed a throw of 63.50 meters (208 feet-4 inches), not ...

(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 ...

RAMONA, Okla.RAMONA, Okla. — Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania broke a world record in the discus throw that had stood since 1986 on Sunday at the Oklahoma Throws Series competition. Alekna’s throw of 243 ...