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

Notre Dame athletes have won every Division 3 shotput or discus title since 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

I told him it was a discus, that I would be throwing it.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds