German thrower won gold in Atlanta 1996 plus two European titles in the 1990s and went on to compete in the Paralympics at London 2012 Ilke Wyludda, the 1996 Olympic discus champion and two-time ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Faina Melnik, the 1972 Olympic women's discus champion from the Soviet Union, has died, the Russian track and field federation said Friday. She was 71. Melnik won her Olympic gold medal ...

And the mighty Kevin Brown managed to break a new world record in truck pulling for dragging the vehicle 69 metres in 45.58 seconds – smashing the standard set by The Record Holders Republic of 69 ...

Roje Stona's 2024 Olympic discus gold was his first medal at a major championships Little more than four months after winning a historic gold medal for Jamaica, Olympic discus champion Roje Stona has ...

Rio 2016 discus champion Christoph Harting has called for the resignation of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President and fellow German Thomas Bach amid fierce criticism of the organisation's ...

The recent champion considers the new athletics meeting circuit announced for next year by former Texan athlete Michael Johnson "demotivating," as it controversially excludes jumping and throwing ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - World and Olympic discus champion Robert Harting will not defend his title at this month's Beijing world championships as he does not want to risk his participation at next year's ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic looks set to land a second world title to go with her global collection as she dominated qualifying in the discus on Friday. After an initial ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) took out the F42 event from the Rio 2016 schedule in July 2013, the event in which Davies claimed gold at London 2012 and was presented with his medal by ...

DISCUS thrower Robert Fazekas has been stripped of his Olympic gold medal after being found guilty of a doping offence. DISCUS thrower Robert Fazekas has been stripped of his Olympic gold medal after ...

Little more than four months after winning a historic gold medal for Jamaica, Olympic discus champion Roje Stona has set his sights on success in a completely different sport - American football. The ...