Discus throwers are not allowed to touch the top of rim of the throwing circle, but can touch the inside edges of it. The athletes are also prohibited to touch the ground beyond the circle. And if the ...

From flute music to slingshot mechanics, the long jump, javelin and discus at the Ancient Olympic Games stand out for their intricacy and innovation. Gold medal-winning coach Toni Minichiello is ...

for a chance meeting with a discus. "I could throw a baseball, a football or a golf ball a country mile," Oerter told the Associated Press in an interview last year. "It was just easy to throw ...

Denny, who grew up in the tiny Darling Downs town of Allora, channelled those memories – specifically a cubby house that was 85m from a makeshift discus circle he used to practice – in his charge to ...

Valkyries’ Gabby Williams gets last laugh after ‘no stars’ talk in 2025 After just two seasons in existence, the Golden State Valkyries are WNBA champions . Thanks to Gabby Williams’ Game 7 heroics, ...

Denny, 25, will land in Cairns on Monday, along with the rest of the Australian Olympic athletics team for their final training camp before the Tokyo Games. Last time the soon to be dual Olympian was ...

Stona, who won gold at the Paris Games with a throw of 70 metres, was invited to rookie minicamps by the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints in May.

Discus champion Matt Denny has revealed a secret weapon he picked up from golf star Cameron Smith to help his gold medal quest at the Paris Olympics. Denny has spent time with the man, who fellow ...

Tokyo: Less than the width of a beer can. That is how Matthew Denny described the margin that separated him from an historic Olympic medal in the men’s discus on Saturday night. Denny’s personal best ...

Bundaberg's Taryn Gollshewsky has won gold for discus at the 2022 Australian Althetics Championships in Sydney It comes less than a year after the 29-year-old broke her leg during a soccer match ...

Imagine training your whole life for a moment that might not actually happen. Well now imagine placing fourth in an event that is measured by millimetres. Well, for Matt Denny, he finally realised ...

Denny, 25, will land in Cairns on Monday, along with the rest of the Australian Olympic athletics team for their final training camp before the Tokyo Games. Last time the soon to be dual Olympian was ...