discus

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Veronica Fraley, a U.S. discus thrower at the Paris Olympics, was having financial trouble back home.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

She is now in high school and focuses on the shot-put and discus events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

West Virginia says last spring “B.P.J. bumped female competitors out of the state tournament, then placed third in the State in discus and eighth in shot put.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Lawrence Okoye was third in the men's discus with a best throw of 67.24m, while Samuel Khogali leapt 7.19m for seventh in the men's long jump.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

At that same hour, before the distant manor of Odysseus, the suitors were competing at the discus throw and javelin, on a measured field they used, arrogant lords at play.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer