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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 ...
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. ...
South Africa, subsequently disqualified for doping after the 2021 World Athletics Relays, finally replaces qualified Ukraine (8th at World Relays) which had withdrawn, as per the 7th and last time of the South African U20 team in Nairobi.
Discus throw: 68.46 m 2019 World Championships: Doha, Qatar: 12th Discus throw: 61.55 m 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan: 6th Discus throw: 64.11 m 2022 World Championships: Eugene, United States: 3rd Discus throw: 67.55 m European Championships: Munich, Germany: 6th Discus throw: 65.40 m 2023 World Championships: Budapest, Hungary: 6th Discus ...
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 ...