Athletics-Discus thrower Alekna shatters longest-standing men's world record

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's Discus Throw Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 21, 2023 Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna during the final REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

(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 astonishing 74.35 metres with his fifth attempt at a throws meet in Ramona, Oklahoma to break German Juergen Schult's record of 74.08 set in 1986.