Mykolas Alekna produced a throw of 74.35m within the discus to interrupt the longest standing males’s world file.
The Lithuanian’s fifth effort at a throws meet in Ramona, Oklahoma was initially measured at 74.41m however later revised down by six cm.
The brand new file broke that set by German Jurgen Schult, who threw 74.08m in 1986.
World Athletics said, external the brand new mark by Alekna, 21, was topic to the standard ratification course of.
Alekna received silver and bronze on the 2022 and 2023 world championships respectively.
His file throw dropped his father Virgilijus, who was was Olympic champion in each 2000 and 2004, down to 3rd on the all-time record along with his 73.88m in 2000.
