Mykolas Alekna produced a throw of 74.35m in the discus to break the longest-standing men's world record. The Lithuanian's fifth effort at a throws meet in Ramona, Oklahoma was initially measured ...

they've continued to advance their sports -- shattering records along the way. The graph below shows the progression of gold medalists' distances for the discus throw since 1896. Use the zoom ...

Jamaican Olympic discus champion Roje Stona and Australian rugby star Jordan Petaia are switching to a new sport, aiming to ...

men with massive physiques dominated track and field’s throwing events like no one had before. The world records they set in ...

A 1973 graduate of the University of Oregon, Wilkins also had lifetime bests of 69' 1 1/4" in the shot put, 208' 10" in the hammer throw and 257' 4" in the javelin. He was nationally ranked in three ...

While breaking records in discus throw has become a family affair at ... Mykolas became the youngest world discus medalist in ...

The Jamaican, who set a personal best and Olympic record to win Paris gold, is one of 14 sportsmen joining a 10-week camp to ...

After inking with Texas A&M football in December, the five-star defensive lineman turned his eyes towards accomplishing something big in track and field as well. Back in December, Texas A&M signed ...

Once again, the women's track team has shown that its greatest strength might be in its freshman class. After setting a new Tufts record in the discus throw last week at the Snowflake Classic, ...

Sam Tsoi Kin-san set several records at the Hong Kong Junior Age Group Athletics Championships in November last year, including boys’ Grade A2 discus throw ... around the world and explore ...