This Day in Track & Field, August 11, Tamara Press sets her sixth WR in the discus (1965), compiled, edited and written by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, August 11, Tamara Press sets her sixth WR in the discus (1965), compiled, edited and written by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field–August 11 1965—The Soviet Union’s (and Ukraine’s) Tamara Press set the 6th (and final) World Record of her career in the Discus, throwing 195-10 (59.70) in Moscow. She was a 4-time Olympic medalist, winning gold in the Shot Put in 1960, and the SP and Discus in 1964. She won the […]