He has set two world records, won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, twice climbed the podium at the World Championships and is the youngest athlete ever to throw the discus 70 meters. He even has ...

MELBOURNE, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Australian discus king Matt Denny is chasing his first world championships medal in Tokyo and will do it alongside the man he regards as both the benchmark and a ...

(Reuters) -Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania made history on Sunday by breaking the world discus record and becoming the first ...

Cal’s Mykolas Alekna has twice set the world record in the discus, but his college career ended Friday without an NCAA championship. The 22-year-old from Lithuania entered his final NCAA meet at ...

Newest Oregon Duck Mykolas Alekna didn’t need to familiarize himself with Hayward Field before competing in the Prefontaine Classic. The world record holder has been here several times before. July 5, ...

BERKELEY — Mykolas Alekna has pretty much exceeded all expectations since arriving at Cal as the son of a former two-time Olympic discus champion. On Friday in Eugene, Oregon, in his final competition ...

Across disciplines – shot put, discus throw, steeplechase, runs, walks – athletes are raising the bar. ‘Impossible’ is fast ...