Former Iowa track and field thrower Laulauga Tausaga became the first United States’ women’s discus gold medalist at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday, Aug. 22.
Tausaga’s winning discuss throw was 69.49 meters. While at Iowa Tausaga was a 2019 NCAA Discus Champion, eight-time All-American and five-time Big Ten Champion.
Tausaga graduated from the University of Iowa in 2021.
Iowa sophomore Laulauga Tausaga attempts a discus throw during the 19th annual Musco Twilight meet at the Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track in Iowa City on Thursday, April 12. Tausaga finished first in the event with a distance of 56.69 meters.
