PARIS, France — Discus throw is one of the premier track and field events held every four years at the Summer Olympics. In the discus throw, athletes hurl a metal disc-shaped object as far as they can ...

HASTINGS, Minn. - Throwing the discus or shot put is the most technique-heavy event in track and field. A thrower has to perfect every motion from their feet to their arms to excel. Todd Levos, the ...

The discus throw requires a comprehensive understanding of its principles, emphasizing the importance of twist, torque, and centrifugal force. Athletes must develop a systematic approach to improve ...

During the day she’s a second-grade teacher at Almond Grove in Oakley, but when the school bell rings, Janice Chrobak is off to Freedom High School to teach athletes how to throw a shot put and discus ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — While you watch your favorite athletes go for gold, consider how all that time, distance, and height is achieved by balancing the same forces all of us mere mortals experience every ...

Rio de Janeiro – For Kelsey Card, throwing the discus wasn’t exactly love at first flight. When Card was in grade school her older sister, Brittany, was a multi-event standout on Carlinville (Ill.) ...