in the town of Ramona (JAV) the "Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational" track and field competition went down in history - on Sunday, Mykolas Alekna broke the 38-year-old world record here. The record was M. Alekna's 5th throw - after additional measurements, it was reported that the disc flew 74,35 m.
M. Alekna improved the German Jurgen Schult's world record (27) by 74,08 cm, which had existed even since 1986. June It was the longest standing men's track and field world record.
J. Schultas already congratulated the new record holder on Instagram: "Hello, Mykolas. Congratulations on a fantastic world record. Your father was a great discus thrower and now you are the best. I wish you success, health and much joy as the new world record holder."
At the end of his career, J.Schults still had time to compete with Virgilius Alekna and saw how Mykolos' father rose to the elite of discus throwing. Back in 1997 at the world championship, V. Alekna and J. Schultas climbed the podium together: that time the Lithuanian won silver, and the German won bronze.
in 1998 At the European Championship, athletes exchanged places: J. Schultas won silver, V. Alekna - bronze. in 2000 J. Schultas became a witness of V. Alekna's triumph at the Sydney Olympics. The German himself finished 8th that time and did not participate in the biggest competitions after that.
Source: TV3.lt
