Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania broke the world discus record on Sunday, eclipsing the longest-standing global men's mark in athletics set 38 years ago.
The 21-year-old Lithuanian threw an astonishing 74.35 meters with his fifth attempt at a meet in Ramona, Oklahoma, to break German Juergen Schult's record of 74.08 set in 1986.
His record is subject to the usual ratification procedures, World Athletics said in a social media post.
Alekna, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, is the son of the outstanding discus athlete Virgilijus, Olympic champion from Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004) and bronze medalist at the Beijing Games (2008), who until Sunday was ranked second in the all-time list with a throw of 73.88m in 2000.
His record is subject to the usual ratification procedures, World Athletics said in a social media post.
Alekna, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, is the son of the outstanding discus athlete Virgilijus, Olympic champion from Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004) and bronze medalist at the Beijing Games (2008), who until Sunday was ranked second in the all-time list with a throw of 73.88m in 2000.
Despite his young age, Alekna already has two world championship medals to his credit: a silver in Eugene in 2022 and a bronze in Budapest in 2023.The best discus throw series in history.
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 14, 2024
72.21m
70.32m
72.89m
70.51m
74.35m WR
70.50m
Take a bow for the 21-year-old Mykolas Alekna 🙌pic.twitter.com/YfOQg58NLA
Source: Reuters, PAP
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