First of all, the rules. Athletes throw a metal disc weighing 2kg for men (22cm in diameter) and 1kg (18cm in diameter) for women, as far as possible while remaining inside a 2.5-metre diameter circle ...

There’s big, there’s huge and then there’s Wruck. Measuring 6 feet 6 inches and just a shade under 310 pounds, Julian Wruck is so much bigger than the rest of his competitors, standing out like a tank ...

To throw a 2.2-pound discus around 200 feet, you need to have some serious total-body strength—a fact that Olympic discus thrower Whitney Ashley knows well. The 31-year-old was a standout at San Diego ...