Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna
♦ Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna (21) broke the world record in the men’s discus. He threw the four-pound discus 74.35 meters (nearly 244 feet) in Ramona, Oklahoma on 15 April 2024.
♦ German Jürgen Schult set the previous world record of 74.08 meters in June 1986.
♦ Alekna is the son of 2000 and 2004 Olympic discus champion Virgilijus Alekna, who was bumped to third on the all-time list with a personal best of 73.88 meters.
♦ In 2022, Alekna became the first teenage man to win a throwing medal in world championships history with a silver, according to Bill Mallon of the OlyMADMen. Alekna took bronze at 2023 Worlds.
Posted Date: April 15, 2024
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