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Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date World record Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 m: Neubrandenburg, East Germany: 6 June 1986 Championship record Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 70.17 m
In June 2022, 19-year-old Mykolas Alekna threw his new personal best of 69.81 m while finishing second at the Stockholm Diamond League meet, the longest ever discus throw by a teenager. At the 2022 World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon in July, he lost only to Kristjan Čeh, becoming the youngest world discus medallist in history. [4]
The discus throw at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve overall advancing to the final round.
Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania broke a world record in the discus throw that had stood since 1986 on Sunday at the Oklahoma Throws Series competition. Alekna's throw of 243 feet, 11 inches (74.35 ...
The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon , United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the first time.
Discus throw 65.27 m: World Championships: Doha, Qatar: 6th Discus throw 65.43 m: 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan: 4th Discus throw 67.02 m: 2022 World Championships: Eugene, Oregon: 6th Discus throw 66.47 m: Commonwealth Games: Birmingham, England: 1st Discus throw 67.26 m PB: 2023 World Championships: Budapest, Hungary: 4th Discus throw 68. ...
Discus throw 63.82 m: World Championships: Doha, Qatar 31st (q) Discus throw 59.55 m: 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan 5th Discus throw 66.62 m: 2022 World Championships: Eugene, OR, United States 1st Discus throw 71.13 m CR: European Championships: Munich, Germany 2nd Discus throw 68.28 m: 2023 World Championships: Budapest, Hungary: 2nd ...
Action News spoke to a discus thrower who's hoping to place at the Mountain West Championships after setting an impressive mark. Bulldog Breakdown: Cierra Jackson dialed in for discus [Video] Skip ...