PARIS, France — Discus throw is one of the premier track and field events held every four years at the Summer Olympics. In the discus throw, athletes hurl a metal disc-shaped object as far as they can ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Frisbee is a traditional Greek sport; members of American Greek-letter fraternities know that. But before the college Greeks had the Frisbee, the ancient Greeks had the discus.

Since the advent of the modern-day Olympics in 1896, athletes have redefined limits in pursuit of the Olympic ideal: "Faster, higher, stronger." Through a combination of training, better regimen and ...