Discus thrower Mykolas Alekna broke the almost 40-year-old discus world record.
European 21-year-old champion in Oklahoma State on Sunday JAV at the "Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational" competition, the tool flew as much as 74,35 meters, according to the organizers of the competition.
The previous record belonged to the German Jurgen Schult, which the athlete achieved in June 1986, throwing the discus 74,08 meters.
According to the news portal 15min.lt, this discus throw world record was the longest unimproved result in athletics.