A few seconds after Bin Feng’s final throw pounded the turf amid the infield of Stade de France, Valarie Allman raised her hands to her mouth, then let out a circular-lipped huff as she gazed toward the stadium crowd on Aug. 5.

Allman, who spends time at her parents’ summer home in Barnegat Light, again was an Olympic champion. She outdistanced the best throws from China’s Feng and Croatia’s two-time gold medalist Sandra Elkasevic to become the first U.S.