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Mykolas Alekna Makes History, Becomes First Man To Throw 75 metres To Set Discus Throw World Record
Alekna first set the world record in 2024 with a throw of 74.35m. At Sunday’s event, the Olympic silver medallist improved ...
Day of monster discus throws condemned as 'weather doping'
Performance-enhancing drugs have long been the scourge of athletics field events but now some observers are claiming "weather ...
Lithuanian and Cal Bears star Mykolas Alekna sets world record with a 247-plus feet throw
The Lithuanian star threw a discus 247 feet, 9 inches (75.56 meters) at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational. In his ...
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Mykolas Alekna Breaks World Record in Discus Again - Twice
Mykolas Alekna continues to stretch the limits of what is possible in the discus throw. The 22-year-old Lithuanian, competing in his final season as a Cal athlete, twice broke his own year-old ...
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Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna sets discus world record with a 75.56-metre throw
The Lithuanian star threw a discus 247 feet, 9 inches (75.56 meters) at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational. In his first attempt, he also had a record-breaking throw of 245-7 (74.89 ...
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Gunzell wins men’s discus at Crimson Tide Invitational
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Edwin Allen High thrower Trevor Gunzell set a new personal best 62.66m to win the men’s discus throw on the opening day of the Crimson Tide Invitational at the ...
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Matthew Denny records fifth-longest discus throw in world history to break his own national record
Matthew Denny has produced the fifth-longest throw in discus history and recorded a new personal best with a 72.07m throw in Oklahoma. Denny broke his own national record by almost 3cm as he ...