SPORTS BUZZ – Stephanie Brown-Trafton hurdled the discus a whopping 212 feet, 5 inches to become the first US Women’s gold in the event in 76 years. Also worth noting: woman is 6-4 and 225 pounds. Anyone with that build was meant to toss steel around for fun.
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The Best Links:
  1. The obligatory NYT recap of the event
  2. Lillian Copeland, the OG Discus medalist in 1932.
  3. Stephanie says “I came to the Bird’s Nest to lay a golden egg, and that’s what I did.”


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