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Today the sport of discus is a routine part of modern track-and-field meets at all levels, and retains a particularly iconic place in the Olympic Games. The main poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics. The first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body was František Janda-Suk from Bohemia (the present Czech Republic). [4]
In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's discus throw, a handicap competition was held four days later. Gustaf Söderström, who had placed sixth in the main event, took first place with a throw of 40.50 m, having had a handicap of 5.5 m. Gyula Strausz, 13th in the main discus, was runner-up with 39.49 m off a 6.3 m handicap.
The Czech inscription translates as: "At this spot on August 2, 1964, Ludvík Daněk set world record in discus throw marking 64.55 m." The first world record in the men's discus was recognised by the International Association of Amateur Athletics (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, in 1912, and was set by James Duncan in 1912 (47.58 m).
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 Commodores football team went 2-10 last season, while Fraley won the NCAA discus title this season, set the school record and earned a spot on Team USA at U.S. Olympic track trials.
He set a 65.21 metres personal best for the discus throw in 2022. 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]
The first throw of the final was a personal best by American Mason Finley, 67.07 metres. It only held the lead for two throwers until Andrius Gudžius threw 67.52 metres. Those held up through the round. At the start of the second round, Finley added almost another metre to his personal best, throwing 68.03 metres.
Men's discus throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships; Venue: Kasarani Stadium: Dates: 21 August (qualification) 22 August (final) Competitors: 15 from 11 nations: Winning distance: 69.81 m: Medalists