History was written at dawn (Greece time) in athletics! Only 21-year-old Mikolas Alekna, born on September 28, 2002, broke the world record in the men’s discus throw, which lasted since June 6, 1986 and it was the oldest in athletics in the men’s category!
The athlete from Lithuania competed early in the morning in the throwing meet, in Ramona, Oklahoma (USA), and with a throw of 74.35m he set the world record. breaking the 74.08m that East German Jürgen Schult had. Of course, with 74.35m, Alekna also made the European record his own, but also the family record. surpassing his father Virgil Alecnawhich is 73.88m and was thrown a few days before Mikolas was born.
His shots in order were:
– 72.21 m
– 70.32 m
– 72.89 m
– 70.51 m
– 74.35 m
– 70.50 m
Top 10 discus throwers of all time*
1. Mikolas Alekna (Lithuania) – 74.35m (2024)
2. Jurgen Schult (East Germany) – 74.08m (1986)
3. Virgilius Alekna (Lithuania) – 73.88m (2000)
4. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) – 73.38m (2006)
5. Yuri Dumchev (USSR) – 71.86m (1983)
– Daniel Stahl (Sweden) – 71.86m (2019)
– Christian Cech (Slovenia) – 71.86m (2023)
8. Piotr Makalowski (Poland) – 71.84m (2013)
9. Robert Fazekas (Hungary) – 71.70m (2002)
10. Lars Riedel (Germany) – 71.50m (1997)
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