TOKYO – Valarie Allman had no idea that going to a spaghetti dinner when she was 15 could start her down the road to becoming an Olympic gold medalist. Allman won the gold medal in discus on Monday ...

This is a story about how dance turned into discus — and it involves spaghetti. “It definitely is a weird story,” said Valarie Allman, with a laugh. The 20-year-old sophomore at Stanford grew up with ...