In a special series in the run-up to Rio 2016, Steve Smythe looks at the history of events at the Olympics, this time the men's discus The first Olympic champion in Athens in 1896 was American Robert ...

The discus throw event has been included in every modern Olympics since its inaugural 1896 edition held in Athens (where Robert Garrett representing the United States won the gold medal), and can be ...

Editor Annikka Olsen joins the podcast to discuss the long and complex history of the famous 'Discobolus' sculpture. A Roman copy of Myron's Discobolus at the British Museum. Photo: Leon Neal/AFP via ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On the doorstep of history, Valarie Allman can throw herself into uncharted territory in Paris. The Silver Creek High School graduate and defending Olympic ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Al Oerter is the greatest discus thrower in Olympic history. There can be no debate about that. Oerter — a native of Astoria, New York — and Carl Lewis are the only Olympic track ...

TOKYO, Japan — Samantha Hall made history at the World Athletics Championships, becoming the first Jamaican woman to compete in the discus final at a global championship. And while her performance did ...

It can appear to the naked eye as a blur; a frenzied whirlwind of arms and legs, but for Ancient Greece it epitomized an intoxicating marriage of harmony and balance. A sport with an almost ...

The discus throw event is one of the four track and field throwing events at the Olympics. The event requires a competitor to spin in a 2.5m diameter circle before hurling a heavy disk, using ...

We are roughly following the state order of events alternating track and field events in a series of articles listing the top 10 North Jersey track and field athletes in the 15 standard individual ...

As a senior in high school, I was appalled to learn that students in Berkeley County have been blocked from using DISCUS (Digital Information for South Carolina Users), a valuable online resource.

UTEP discus thrower Esther Osisike, originally from Nigeria, upset the nation's No. 4 ranked thrower to win the Conference USA championship. Osisike is part of a growing number of Nigerian throwers ...