MYKOLAS ALEKNA broke his dad’s 20-year-old Olympic record during the discus throw final in Paris. The Lithuanian athlete, 21, was making his Olympic debut after coming through qualifying on Monday.

LIMA, Peru – World leader Shaiquan Dunn has qualified for the final of the men’s discus throw at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships at Estadio Atletico de la Videna in Lima, Peru. Dunn ...

National champion Traves Smikle led the trio of Jamaican men to the final of the discus throw at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Only four men got over the automatic qualifying mark of 66.00m, led by ...

Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to launch a sports career without comparisons to his father, LeBron, arguably the greatest basketball ...

We’ve wrapped up our live coverage for the day. Follow more Olympics news here. After the USA had opened up a 30-point lead in the third quarter, Nigeria cut the deficit to 14 by the horn with an ...

The furthest he'd ever hurled the discus was a world record 48.34m. All he needed for gold was 46.87m. Yogesh Kathuniya, silver medallist from the Tokyo Paralympics and two-time silver medallist at ...

SAINT-DENIS, France − Team USA women's discus thrower Veronica Fraley let it fly in the right frame of mind Friday, but it didn't fly quite far enough. Fraley's best throw among three went 62.54 ...

LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Defending champion Piotr Malachowski signalled his intent to retain his discus title by qualifying for the final at the first attempt in the World Championships on Friday.

Harsh Utkar of Vasant Vihar High School (Thane) and Pranav Khedkar of Thane Police School emerged champions in the boys U-16 long jump and boys U-16 discus throw events respectively at the Dreams ...