Jamaican athlete Roger Stona has become the Olympic discus throw champion at the 2024 Games in Paris.
Ston won with an Olympic record; in his best attempt, he threw the discus exactly 70 meters.
World record holder (74.35 m) Mykolas Alekna won silver with a result of 69.97 m. Alekna is a European champion, silver and bronze medalist at the world championships. He is the son of two-time Olympic discus champion Virgilijus Alekn. Australian Matthew Denny won the bronze medal (69.31).
In the women’s pole vault, the gold medal was won by Australia’s Nina Kennedy with a season-best clearance of 4.90m. The silver medal went to the American Katy Moon (4.85m), the bronze medal to Canada’s Alisha Newman, who set a national record (4.85m).
The Paris Olympics will end on August 11.
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