Ilke Wyludda, the German discus thrower who made a remarkable comeback from a life-changing amputation, passed away on December 1 st, at the age of 55. World record holder The famous German discus ...

Samoa's Alex Rose has qualified for the final of the men's discus at the Paris Olympics, with a throw of 62.88 metres. The 32-year-old is the Oceania record holder in the event, throwing 70.39m in ...

A former multi-event athlete and discus world-record holder, Harry Gill coached at the University of Illinois. In 1921 he organized the very first NCAA championship in any sport, and his Illini won ...

Former St. Johnsbury Academy standout Dillon Ryan, the Vermont state record-holder for indoor weight throw, is now invaluable ...

He grew up watching footage of Barnes and the previous world record holder, East Germany’s Ulf Timmermann. Then Crouser and ...

Arkansas alum Rojé Stona received a pair of awards in the recent RJR Gleaner Sports Foundation Awards as the Olympic discus ...

She was crowned Poland’s first Olympic champion and the first female discus champion when she reached a world record mark of 39.62m. It improved her own record mark by almost 50cms. American Lilian ...

Other notable events included: women's 800m semifinals; first rounds in the women's 400m hurdles, men's 100m, women's 100m hurdles and men's 800m; and qualifying in men's pole vault and women's discus ...