“Now looking back, gosh darn that was the best spaghetti dinner of my entire life. “To build on a legacy that’s been rare in the United States would be an honor.”Īnd the journey all began with dancing and a spaghetti dinner.
She was throwing crazy when I first got into the sport,” Allman said.
“Stephanie Brown Trafton is somebody that I’ve admired and looked up to. Roughly a month-and-a-half later, she’s an Olympic champion and the first American woman to win gold in the discus since Stephanie Brown Trafton in 2008. (ET) TOKYO, Japan Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas) took his first throw of the men’s discus F64 competition out to 60.
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TEAM USA MEDAL COUNT: Full list of every United States medal at the Tokyo Olympics TEXT ALERTS: Sign up for Olympic text alerts here She later won this year’s Olympic trials with a throw of 229 feet, 5 inches. TOKYO Team USA Para Track and Field athletes persevered to podium. She threw an American-record 230 feet, 2 inches in 2020. Jeremy Campbell competes in the men's discus throw F46 final at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Sept. Since finishing a “humbling” seventh in the world, she bettered her world championship mark by nearly 30 feet. I found that I would make it to the next echelon and get humbled, but for me that was really motivating,” Allman said. She placed seventh at the 2019 World Championships, throwing 202 feet, 10 inches. She accepted a scholarship to Stanford, where she became a school record-holder and six-time All-American.Īs a professional, she’s steadily climbed the world rankings. That’s mainly what discus throwing is.”Īllman didn't need much time to excel she was the 2013 high school national discus leader.
It’s a combination of grace, strength, balance, having an awareness of your body and being able to move it with force. "There’s a poetic movement to it that has really helped when I first started, and it’s become such a passion in every sense. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images) Article 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. “I kind of fell in love with the event," she said. Her dance background made it somewhat of a seamless transition. “They said anybody that came to try throwing could come to the dinner,” Allman said.Īllman agreed and immediately found she had a knack for throwing the discus. Valarie Allman celebrated after winning the discus gold.
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