In the Olympics, does the record go to America for it? (6)
I believe the answer is:
discus
'in' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'olympics does the record go to america for it?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'record' could be 'disc' (eg a CD, compact disc) and 'disc' is found in the answer.
'america' could be 'us' (United States) and 'us' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for discus that I've seen before include "Object thrown in field sports" , "Item thrown in sport" , "Sports projectile" , "Sporting missile" , "Circular object thrown in athletics" .)