Track and field will never fail to surprise its fans: a sport full of tiny details, where the smallest of margins separates moments of glory from those of agony and heartache. Jamaican discus thrower ...

Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka wins javelin at Asian Games and credits cricket background The javelin is often overlooked by casual fans of track and field, but it's a gold-medal specialty in South ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Don't look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Roje Stona's ...

PARIS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Jamaica's Roje Stona won gold in the Olympic discus throw on Wednesday, upsetting world record holder Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania to claim his country's first-ever medal in ...

In all, 32 sports will be part of the program for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Each sport has its own international federation, and within a sport, several disciplines can coexist - such as road ...

PARIS (WOOD) — As he stepped into the ring for the discus final at the Paris Olympics, Alex Rose took in the momentous feeling. “Even before my last throw, I’m walking into the ring like, ‘Man, this ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Don't look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Roje Stona ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Don’t look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Roje Stona ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Don't look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Former ...

Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania made history on Sunday by breaking the world discus record and becoming the first athlete to surpass the 75-meter mark. The 22-year-old threw 75.56 meters at the World ...

Just days after crashing through the 70m barrier for the first time with a throw of 72.07, Denny again smashed the Australian record with a monster throw of 74.25m at the Oklahoma Throws Series on ...