Performance-enhancing drugs have long been the scourge of athletics field events but now some observers are claiming “weather doping” was behind a slew of discus records at a meeting in the United ...

Silver medalist Mykolas Alekna, of Lithuania, celebrates during a medal ceremony for the discus throw at the World Athletics Championships, July 20, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File ...

On June 6, 1986, Juergen Schult set the world discus record at a meet in East Germany, reaching 74.08 meters. Nearly three months later, Yuriy Sedykh did the same for the hammer throw, setting the new ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mykolas Alekna, of Lithuania, competes in the 2024 ...

Between disbelief and indignation at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational, commentators referrenced the notion that sparked a heated sports debate right after a new world record was set in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl needed just one attempt to qualify for the men's discus final and Qatar's Mutaz Barshim kicked off his bid to add a high-jump Olympic gold to his ...

Poland's Faustyna Kotłowska had set the previous best in with a 36.52m effort. "It kind of took (us) by surprise that it happened," said Heims, as reported by The Gazette. "But for me personally, I ...