BUDAPEST – Competing at the World Athletics Championships, former Angelo State women's track & field athlete Daisy Osakue advanced to the finals in the discus throw on Sunday in Budapest, Hungary.
 
Representing her home country of Italy, Osakue throw a distance of 61.31m (201-1) to earn a spot in the finals with the seventh best mark. The finals take place on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 1:20 p.m. CST and can be streamed live on Peacock.
 
Osakue graduated from ASU with a degree in communications, earning eight All-American honors in her career while holding the program record in the discus with a throw of 63.65m (208-10) in 2019.