Matt Denny finishes fourth in farcical discus competition at World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo

Matt Denny was one discus thrower who ended up slipping and sliding across the Tokyo National Stadium as heavy rain made the discus competition a farce.
The Star

Athletics-Stahl leaves it late to win discus gold in delayed final

TOKYO (Reuters) -Former Olympic champion Daniel Stahl of Sweden won the last gold medal of the 2025 World Athletics Championships on Sunday with the penultimate throw of a men's discus final delayed ...
Reuters

Discus inferno: Australia's Denny eyes Tokyo throwdown with world record holder Alekna

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 ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Two in a row: Penn alumnus Sam Mattis to feature at his second Olympics in the discus throw

The 2016 Wharton graduate, who holds the program record in the discus throw, finished second at the 2024 United States Olympic Trials to qualify for his second straight Olympic team. For many Penn ...
WBAY

Olympian who tried out for Packers sets Olympic record in discus throw

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Don’t look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Roje Stona ...