PARIS — Don’t be surprised if America’s top throws coaches start showing up to ballet studios or hip-hop classes to hunt for overlooked prospects. Valarie Allman’s unprecedented path to double Olympic ...

Genesis Castro was a dancer, mostly ballet and tap, when she saw they were holding sign-ups for football in the cafeteria. The seventh-grader walked over and took the paper. That was her first step ...

Valarie Allman quickly made headlines after winning the gold medal in the women’s discus throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 29-year-old athlete achieved a distance of 69.50 meters, putting her in ...

TOKYO — Before she became one of the world’s best discus throwers, before she overpowered her opponents and braved a rain delay to win an Olympic gold medal at National Stadium on Monday night, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On the doorstep of history, Valarie Allman can throw herself into uncharted territory in Paris. The Silver Creek High School graduate and defending Olympic ...

"I'm still waiting for my feet to touch the ground," the 26-year-old athlete told reporters after her victory at the Tokyo Olympics Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE. She have ...

After finishing second at the Class 5A state discus competition each of the past two years, Deer Park senior Ashley Bryant was determined to end her high school career with a gold medal. "I wanted it ...

Valarie Allman, who won the Olympic gold medal in women’s discus earlier this week, has a Berks County connection. The 26-year-old Allman is the daughter of David Allman and Lisa Oakman Allman, a 1980 ...

TOKYO – Valarie Allman had no idea that going to a spaghetti dinner when she was 15 could start her down the road to becoming an Olympic gold medalist. Allman won the gold medal in discus on Monday ...