Andreas Thorkildsen reflected on a "fun ride" after making the decision to end his professional javelin career.

OSLO (Reuters) - Former European, world and Olympic champion javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen has quit the sport, the 34-year-old Norwegian announced on Wednesday. Thorkildsen, who won gold at the ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Javelin is Nebraska track and field’s secret weapon. The Huskers qualified four javelin throwers for nationals: Arthur Petersen, Dash Sirmon, Maddie Harris, and Rhema Otabor, the ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — One of America’s very best in the medieval-looking pursuit of hammer throw thought she had seen it all when ...

FARGO — Matt Kraft was part of the first four-year graduating class at Bismarck Legacy High School, with track and field in the beginning stages of establishing a program. He responded by winning a ...

The final throw of Isabella Frattura’s high school career wasn’t a PR, but it will absolutely go down as one of the greatest tosses of her entire career. Frattura, who is set to continue her throwing ...

Andale native Katelyn Fairchild, a sophomore at Texas A&M, took third place in the women’s javelin at the 2023 NCAA Div. I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Aiden Shertzer Texas A&M Athletics A ...

Ryder will join an NDSU program that is a dynasty in the javelin, with Bison throwers winning 13 straight Summit League championships. Ryder has one advantage on Chad being almost three inches taller ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- She's one of the top javelin throwers in the state but her athletic career actually started in a different sport. I didn't even know javelin existed," said Rhiannon Genilla, a ...

Blessyn McMorris just keeps building. The fifth-year base took home Athlete of the Week honors in the wake of No. 2 Oregon acrobatics and... Chris Hampton knows how to build from close-to-scratch. As ...