Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna broke a 37-year-old world record in the men’s discus, the oldest world record in men’s track and field. Alekna, a 21-year-old junior at Cal-Berkeley, threw the four-pound ...

April 14 (Reuters) - Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania shattered the world discus record on Sunday, eclipsing the longest-standing global men's mark in athletics set 38 years ago. The 21-year-old threw an ...

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Lithuania's world record-holder Mykolas Alekna showed he is the man to beat in the men's discus at the Paris Olympics after his leading throw in Monday's preliminary round.

Mykolas Alekna broke the longest standing world record in men's athletics on Sunday, producing a mammoth 74.35-meter discus throw to shatter the nearly 38-year-old previous best mark.

Valarie Allman didn’t win a gold medal, but she still delivered a historic performance. One year after claiming discus gold at the Tokyo Olympics, Allman won bronze on Wednesday night at the 2022 ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Mohamad Saatara unpacks the laser measuring tape and focuses in as discus world record-holder Mykolas Alekna steps into the cage and lets one fly. Alekna methodically makes his ...

California-Berkeley's Mykolas Alekna surpassed a 38-year-old world record in the discus, throwing 74.35m at the Oklahoma Throw Series in Romona on Sunday. On Sunday, California-Berkeley's Mykolas ...

Valarie Allman took her place atop the discus world yet again. The American captured her second consecutive gold medal in discus on Monday after taking home the gold three years earlier in Tokyo ...

Waterford's Bryce Ruland winds up to throw the discus during the World Athletic U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in late August. Ruland, then 17, won the discus title with a throw of 62.59 meters (205 ...

Laulauga Tausaga-Collins wins a gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Laulauga Tausaga-Collins can say she’s the best in the world at the discus. Her shocking gold medal at ...

Leo Neugebauer set a world record in the discus and is poised to collect a second straight decathlon title at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. As if his national title-winning performance ...