PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Lithuania's world record-holder Mykolas Alekna showed he is the man to beat in the men's discus at the Paris Olympics after his leading throw in Monday's preliminary round.

Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Wednesday after testing positive for a banned substance. May 4 (Reuters) - Indian discus ...

GUANGZHOU, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- World champion Feng Bin successfully defended her title at China's 15th National Games, throwing 65.46m in her fourth attempt to secure the women's discus gold here on ...

EUGENE, Ore. – For the second-consecutive season junior Mitch Cooper earned second team All-America honors, while sophomore Nicolai Ceban accomplished the feat for the first time as both took part in ...

TAMPERE, Finland – Competing for her home country of Moldova, Kansas track & field freshman Alexandra Emilianov qualified for the final in the women’s discus out of Qualification Group A at the IAAF ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Kevin Mayer's lead in the World Athletics Championships decathlon was slashed by Rico Freimuth after the discus on Saturday, leaving the Frenchman 24 points ahead after seven of the ...

With hair sprouting from the top of his visor, gold glinting from his ears and Squidward socks on his feet, Joseph Brown is fairly recognizable from the discus ring. But for the U.S. Olympic Track and ...