Mykolas Alekna (Lithuania) discus 71.39 meters Berkeley (2024-04-07) WORLD LEAD.
His series: X - 69.82 - 71.39 - 68.24 - 69.96 – X .
Cal Track & Field: Mykolas Alekna Unleashes Longest Discus Throw in the World.
Competing unattached as he preps for the Paris Olympics, Alekna's mark was his personal best.
Mykolas Alekna, the two-time World Championships discus medalist, delivered the longest throw of his career at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational on Saturday at Edwards Stadium.
His throw of 234 feet, 2 inches (71.39 meters) in his outdoor season debut is the top mark in the world this year and set stadium and meet records.
It will not eclipse his own Cal record because the 21-year-old Lithuanian is competing unattached this season as he prepares for the Paris Olympics this summer. By doing so, Alekna retains a redshirt season in his third year on campus.
Meanwhile, Cal’s Rowan Hamilton, a senior transfer from the University of British Columbia, won the hammer throw with a school-record mark of 246-2 (75.05 meters). Hamilton, a two-time World Championship participant, had three throws in excess of the year-old school record of 230-4 (70.22) by Kegan Schroeter.
Alekna, the collegiate recordholder at 232-11 (71.00), actually made four throws longer than any in the world this year, although the global outdoor season is just getting under way.
Along with two fouls, Alekna had throws of 229-1 (69.82), 223-10 (68.24) and 229-6 (69.96).
The son of two-time Olympic champion Virgilijus Alekna, Mykolas was the silver medalist at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, and the bronze-medal winner at the ’23 Worlds in Budapest, Hungary.
Coach: Mo Saatara.
The Paris Games will be his first Olympics.
