Mykolas Alekna breaks father's discus Olympic record 20 years later
1y 10mon ago by sopuli.xyz/u/Blaze in interestingasfuck@lemm.ee from files.catbox.moe
Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna, 21, won silver in Paris, following in his father Virgilijus' footsteps. He qualified for final with a 67.47-meter throw and broke his father's Olympic record with 69.89 meters. As the world record holder (74.35 meters), Mykolas is set to continue his family's legacy.
We are closer to 2060 than to 1980.
We.. what?… oh my god
Wouldn't want to be the grandson right now
d'you think they discus the sport at the dinner table?
They might throw it in from time to time.
I am very confused by the description. How is the son the record holder if he only won silver?
He was bested a short time later by Rohe Stona, who won the gold medal and holds the Olympic record now.
As the world record holder (74.35 meters), Mykolas is set to continue his family's legacy.
What does this mean? He's not the record holder then, is he?
Olympic record is different than world record. He's done a longer throw at a different event.
He holds the world record (at any official event)
He broke the Olympics record (at the Olympics only) held by his father
The Olympics record was then beaten by someone else
The Olympics record is lower than the world record so he still holds the world record
Thanks
Not all world records are necessarily performed in the Olympics, although that happens a lot due to the nature of the event
Did some research, updated the title from this official source: https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/live-updates/6d4b6021-44cd-413e-8843-c254443eb4fe
I wound expect Italy to dominate pizza throwing ... but we have seen a lot of stereotypes shattered in many sporting events thus far (Im informed only my memes).
Father is now training for 2044.
Interesting to see the difference 20 years of improvement in digital cameras have made too. I suspect 2004 was film, but it’s possible early digital.