RAMONA, Okla. (AP) — Mykolas Alekna surpassed his world record in the discus twice on Sunday. The Lithuanian star threw a discus 247 feet, 9 inches (75.56 meters) at the Oklahoma Throws Series World ...

By the time Mykolas Alekna came to take his fourth-round effort in the 2025 Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational, he had ...

Mykolas Alekna continues to stretch the limits of what is possible in the discus throw. The 22-year-old Lithuanian, competing in his final season as a Cal athlete, twice broke his own year-old world ...

Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to launch a sports career without comparisons to his father, LeBron, arguably the greatest basketball ...

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.

He has set two world records, won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, twice climbed the podium at the World Championships and is the youngest athlete ever to throw the discus 70 meters. He even has ...

PARIS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Jamaica's Roje Stona won gold in the Olympic discus throw on Wednesday, upsetting world record holder Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania to claim his country's first-ever medal in ...