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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.
Standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships World U20 Record Miká Sosna (GER) 71.37: Schönebeck, Germany: 10 June 2022 Championship Record Mykolas Alekna (LTU) 69.81: Nairobi, Kenya: 22 August 2021 World U20 Leading Miká Sosna (GER) 71.37: Schönebeck, Germany: 10 June 2022
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 ...
He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the men's discus throw, placing twenty second overall with a best throw of 60.83m. [2] He won a bronze medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas in August 2022 with a 62.31 metres throw. [3] He won gold at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in ...
Her winning throw of 69.50 meters surpassed the best mark of second-place Bin Feng of China by nearly two full meters. All four of Allman’s non-foul throws eclipsed Feng’s best one.
Okoye began training full-time in the discus in September 2010 after a promising career as a junior rugby union player. [7] In his first international outing he came sixth in the discus throw at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He won a gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in July 2011 at the age of 19.