NEW Discus WORLD RECORD | 74.35m by Mykolas Alekna

WORLD RECORD
The oldest men's world record in athletics has been broken 🔥
Mykolas Alekna has just thrown an astonishing 74.41m in the men's discus 🇱🇹
He takes down Jürgen Schult's mark of 74.08m from 1986 💥
*Mykolas Alekna's world record has been updated to 74.35m after steel tip measurement

[@kosiba0]

38 years to break the record of a doping cheater from the GDR! At last!

[@imin2905]

Lol

[@Steven-ct5kp]

We drove all the way to OK to see a WR but then two huge individuals blocked everyone’s view. Typical of throws which seems to be the absolute most difficult sport to be a casual fan of, especially in person.

[@maggio174]

Looks pretty windy

[@mantasvilunas2636]

kinda the whole point of the comp

[@loveydovey4u]

Not fair. Look at the wind direction 😡

[@jamessouth3808]

@@loveydovey4ua head wind coming from the right is optimal for a right hander.

[@nickstachowiak5717]

WR 😂😂😂

[@OakQueso]

?

[@mantasvilunas2636]

yes it is,your point ?

[@loveydovey4u]

​@mantasvilunas2636 looks like a low budget high school meet

[@mantasvilunas2636]

@@loveydovey4u too bad so sad,crowds are not a factor in world records being legal

[@الحمدللهعلىنعمةالاسلامالحم-د2ط]

RIP 74.08 1986.2024

[@JM-hc2gi]

It was the wind.

[@mantasvilunas2636]

which has no limits in discus,so everything according to the rules

[@D2h2766]

Everyone since 1986 has had opportunities to throw in wind and yet nobody has thrown that far in any condition

[@sujaybalua7124]

Wow 😮

[@scottfister170]

Nice.... 🎉

[@ferencorosz9753]

Nonsense, unfair conditions. And he throw 67 at the Euros...