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Diva of the discus Dani Samuels has won strong support as a role model, especially for women.

Australian Fabrice Lapierre has had a mega-bucks finish to the season for the second straight year, successfully defending the men's long jump title at the annual World Athletics Final.

New discus world champion Dani Samuels will headline a four-strong Australian contingent at this weekend's World Athletics Final in Greece.

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Stephanie Brown Trafton figured her struggles in the women's discus qualifying at the world championships would be short-lived. She was wrong.

Stephanie Brown Trafton figured her struggles in the women's discus qualifying at the world championships would be short-lived. She was wrong.

The appeal is "being heard and is active" according to our sources at USA Track and Field.

STATUESQUE: Australia'a Dani Samuels strikes a classic discus thrower's pose as she prepares to heave the disc during the course of her gold medal-winning effort.

DANI Samuels has won Australia's first medal of the world championships, producing a performance beyond her years to win gold in the women's discus.

Stephanie Brown Trafton didn't sound satisfied, although that Olympic gold medal from Beijing last August was a nice validation of where she ranks among the world's female discus throwers.

Stephanie Brown Trafton didn't sound satisfied, although that Olympic gold medal from Beijing last August was a nice validation of where she ranks among the world's female discus throwers.

Havana, Aug 6 Cuba"s 100 hurdle-meter World recordman and Olympic Champion Dayron Robles will lead the Cuban team to compete at the World Track and Field Championship this year in Berlin, Germany, said the Cuban National Federation Thursday.

Havana, Aug 6 Cuba"s 100 hurdle-meter World recordman and Olympic Champion Dayron Robles will lead the Cuban team to compete at the World Track and Field Championship this year in Berlin, Germany, said the Cuban National Federation Thursday.

Havana, Jun 3 Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion Dayron Robles is heading the Cuban track and field team that will be competing in outdoor meets in Europe from June 4 to July 30, sources from the local Athletics Federation have confirmed.

On her second throw in cold, windy conditions at College of San Mateo, Brown Trafton of Galt spun her disc 217 feet, 2 inches to defeat three-time Olympian Suzy Powell-Roos of Modesto, who reached 203-0. Brown Trafton's winning mark is a 2009 world and U.S. leader and a personal best by one inch.