![]() ![]() (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) Valarie Allman, of the United States, competes in the women’s discus throw final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. ![]() TOKYO, JAPAN – AUGUST 02: Valarie Allman of Team United States competes in the Women’s Discus Final on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on Augin Tokyo, Japan. Allman is the first American woman to medal in the event since Stephanie Brown-Trafton won gold at. You can’t prepare for that.”Įven if Allman couldn’t prepare for the rain, she overcame the delay to fulfill that mantra Sion taught her. Valarie Allman of Team United States won the gold medal in the Women's Discus Final on day ten. Rain is one of those things it makes timing hard, it makes rhythm hard. “For me, training for discus is such a tactical thing, it’s all about precision. “Weather always is one of those finicky things you can never predict,” Allman said. ![]() It came after the competition in Tokyo was interrupted by rain. The throw Monday was almost 24 feet better than her performance at the World Championships in 2019. Recapping the women's discus throw final and Valarie Allman winning the first track and field gold medal for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympic. She moved to Austin, Texas, where Sion is an assistant coach with the Longhorns track team. Wilkins repeated his win at the USA Olympic trials in 1980, but was prevented from defending his Olympic title due to the USA boycott of the Moscow Olympics. TOKYO: Valarie Allman gave the United States their first track and field gold of the Tokyo Olympics, on the fourth day of competition, as she won the womens discus on Monday. The list includes Allman in 2021, Lillian Copeland in 1932 and Stephanie Brown Trafton in 2008. women to win an Olympic gold medal in discus. In the past year, Allman took a leave from a master’s program in communications at Stanford to train for the Tokyo Games. In 1976, Mac Wilkins had won the discus throw at the USA Olympic trials and then gone on to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Montreal. The 26-year-old made history as one of just three U.S. Combined 20 Olympic gold medals between these four women of Team USA Its the end of a. By the time she landed in Tokyo, her mind was ready for the challenge. Record Discus Holder Asics Athlete Lover of ice cream. Allman began believing in the exercise the more she did it. ![]()
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