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Mykolas Alekna, 18, the Lithuanian athletics team’s greatest hope and the favorite of the competition, will also fight for the award starting at 4:00 pm in the finals.
The son of the legendary two-time Olympic champion Virgilijus Alekna had only one attempt in the qualifying competition: M. Alekna threw the 64.04 m puck and not only confidently fulfilled the rule (58.00 m), but also advanced to the final with the best. Outcome.
The closest in the Lithuanian national team competition were Jamaica’s Ralford Mullings (62.49m), Belarus Vladislav Pučka (61.08m) and Iran’s Sadegh Samimishalamzari (61.01m).
This is the fifteenth world youth championship, in which Lithuanian athletes participate.
So far, ours have won four medals: gold – Andrius Gudžius (2010, discus), silver – Viktorija Žemaitytė (2004, heptathlon), Airinė Palšytė (2010, height) and Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė (2012, triathlon).
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