The Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna has its own world record in Discus throw improved and the first person cracked the 75-meter brand. At the meeting in the US Ramona, the 22-year-old got two world record throws: initially he came to 74.89 m, then the 75.56 m followed. The Australian Matt Denny was also extremely strong and also threw further at 74.78 m than the old world record width of 74.35 m.
Almost exactly for the day a year ago, Alekna also outbid Jürgen Schult’s almost 38 -year -old world record in Ramona with 74.35 meters. On June 6, 1986, the Schweriner in Neubrandenburg thrown the disc to 74.08 meters. Until then it was the oldest men’s world record in the athletics been.
The German starter Clemens Prüfer and Henrik Janssen also completed strong competitions at the historical meeting and each achieved personal best. The examiner came to 71.01 m, Janssen at 69.94 m.
Mykolas Alekna, second of 2022 and World Cup in 2023, is the son of Virgilijus Alekna. The 53-year-old was Olympic champion in the discus throw in 2000 and 2004 and also won two World Cup titles. His best performance was 73.88 meters
