Lithuania’s Alekna breaks men’s discus world record, becomes first athlete to cross 75m mark

The track is so wide that it allows to see a world record under the spotlights of a Stade de France full of audience, with 75,000 spectators excited to see the fabulous Mondo Duplantis jump above 6.25m in the Olympic final of pole, but also that another one is overcome in an open field of Ramona, a village of 500 inhabitants of Oklahoma, in the center of the United States, where a Lithuanian of almost two meters and 108 kilos, Mykolas Alekna, ha…

The Lithuanian athlete set a new world record in the discus throw last year, breaking the oldest athletics record.

75.56 meters: For the first time, a man with Mykolas Alekna threw the discus over the 75-meter limit.

The toughest discus throwing competition in world history took place in Oklahoma on Sunday. No less than two men threw beyond the old world record.

Mykolas Alekna Smashes His Own World Discus Record

Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania obliterated his own world discus record with a throw of 75.56 metres on Sunday at the same venue where he set the previous mark a year ago. The Olympic silver medallist became the first man ever to launch a discus further than 75m with his effort in the fourth round at the Oklahoma Throws Series competition in Ramona. That heave improved his mark from 12 months ago by more than a metre. In fact, he first broke the pre…

Lithuania’s Alekna breaks men’s discus world record, becomes first athlete to cross 75m mark

The 22-year-old threw 75.56 metres at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting in Ramona, Oklahoma, eclipsing his own previous world record by more than a metre.