TOKYO (AP) — Discus thrower Valarie Allman won the first track and field gold medal at the Tokyo Games for the United States. Hardly anyone figured the country's first medal at Olympic Stadium would come from women's discus. Not because of the event — American Stephanie Brown Trafton won it at the 2008 Beijing Games — but because of where it fell on the schedule: Day 4.

<p>TOKYO (AP) — Discus thrower Valarie Allman won the first track and field gold medal at the Tokyo Games for the United States. Hardly anyone figured the country's first medal at Olympic Stadium would come from women's discus. Not because of the event — American Stephanie Brown Trafton won it at the 2008 Beijing Games — but because of where it fell on the schedule: Day 4.</p>

Allman's Joy: Discus thrower waits out rain for gold medal