Germany's 1996 Olympic discus champion Ilke Wyludda has died in the eastern city of Halle at the age of 55. Silke Renk, president of the Saxony-Anhalt State Sports Association and former training ...

German discus thrower Ilke Wyludda wins the gold medal at the Olympic Stadium during the Olympic Games at Atlanta, Georgia, 29th July 1996. WIth her are Russia’s Natalya Sadova (silver) and Ellina ...

Wyludda, who ended her sports career in 2017, won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She also won European Championship titles in 1990 and 1994. German discus thrower Ilke Wyludda has ...

A bad back prevented him from qualifying for the final of the event in Rio but the gold stayed in the family as his little brother Christoph produced a personal best to secure a shock win. But the ...

Germany’s Christoph Harting won the Olympic discus throw gold medal on Saturday, four years after his older brother Robert won the same title. Poland’s Piotr Malachowski, the 2015 world champion, led ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Three-time discus world champion Franka Dietzsch of Germany said Sunday ...

RIO DE JANEIRO-German Christoph Harting dramatically snatched Olympic discus gold from Poland's Piotr Malachowski with his last throw if the final on Saturday as he registered a personal best of 68.37 ...

Robert Harting ended his glittering career on Sunday with a second place finish at Berlin’s ISTAF athletics meeting. Despite his share of injuries and scandal, he is set to go down as a giant of ...

Gabriele Reinsch, a 24-year-old East German, set a world record in the women’s discus with a throw of 252 feet Saturday. The old mark of 244-7 was set by Zdenka Silhava of Czechoslovakia nearly four ...