Madness, space, incredible evening. Such epithets sounded from the mouths of experienced discus throwing wolves after the final that shook the Stade de France stadium with impressive results and unexpected plot twists, in which even two Olympic records fell.
All three athletes who won medals threw the discus further than 69 meters. There were no such results in any of the previous Olympic Games.
It's very important for our sport when those young guys shoot like that. This evening was incredible, crazy," admired 2021. Tokyo Olympic champion Daniel Stahl. The 31-year-old Swede took seventh place (66 m 95 cm). "I think this result is not bad at all," said D. Stahl, who three years ago in Tokyo secured the gold with a result of 68 m 90 cm.
"There was history here. With the result that I lost, I really expected to be in the top six. But no, the men came and just crushed any hopes. Third place needed 69m and a bit, there is space here. I am glad to have witnessed this story. Two athletes broke the Olympic record one after the other. With an Olympic record yet to even win an Olympics, there's space here. I bow low to Mykola, what he endured. Cool guy. He showed that he is worthy of that medal. There should be three gold medals for these men, not different colors," 33-year-old Andrius Gudžius bowed to the representatives of the new generation of discus throwers. He took eighth place in Paris - 66 m 55 cm. In Tokyo, he took sixth place by throwing the discus 64 m 11 cm.
In Paris, the 25-year-old Jamaican Roje Stona, who became the Olympic record holder for at least four years, won the gold in Paris, flying the discus 70m with the fourth throw.
Even 20 years ago - from the 2004 Athens Games - the Olympic record belonged to Virgilij Alekna (69 m 89 cm). The son of the record holder was the first to break this record in Paris - 21-year-old Mykolas Alekna, on his second attempt, threw the tool 69 m 97 cm.
Australia's 28-year-old Matthew Denny, who won bronze, cleared 69m 31cm, which would have guaranteed him gold in both Tokyo and 2016. in Rio de Janeiro, and in 2012 in London, and in 2008 in Beijing.
The biggest sensation of the discus throwing competition was R.Stona, who won the gold. whose best result so far was 69m 5cm. He flew that much on April 13. in Ramona (JAV) in the competitions held. In the same ones, where M. Alekna broke the 38-year-old world record by throwing the discus 74 m 35 cm.
Even after this victory, the Jamaican, who conquered the highest peak in the discus throw, still does not know where his career will go next. Because even two elite NFL teams of the American football league - the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints - would like to have a solid athlete in their ranks.
"I have to think for a long time and make many decisions," admitted the Olympic champion, who was just seventh in Paris after the first three throws.
"I met him for the first time in the competition. I heard something about him, but I didn't get to throw together, and if I did, I don't remember it. Yes, this year in Ramona he threw 69 meters, but to throw 70 meters in the Olympic stadium is space", said A. Gudžius, who participated in the Olympic Games for the third time in his career.
