They seize the top six places in the World Ranking, have won what can be won, five of them have thrown over 70 meters and one has had a fantastic start to the season. The men's discus competition during the Wanda Diamond League at Bislett will be a foretaste of both this summer's European Championships in Rome and the Olympics in Paris.
Daniel Stål and Kristjan Ceh share fifth place in the discus all-time list with 71.86 and have won the last five global championships.
But Mykolas Alkena is more than ready to take over the throne - if he has not alreday done so. The LIthuanian started the season with 71.39 and a new European U23-record in early April - before he followed up with a new World Record of 74.35 in Oklahoma on 14 April. Thus, Mykolas and dad Virgilijus hold the first and third place on the all time list.
These are the names that are so far ready for Oslo Bislett Games' discus competition:
Kristjan Ceh from Slovakia.
Number one in the World Ranking.
Personal record 71.86.
World champion 2022. Number two in 2023.
Number two in EC 2022. Won the Wanda Diamond League Final in 2022.
Daniel Ståhl from Sweden.
Number two in the World Ranking.
Personal record 71.86.
Olympic champion 2021. World champion 2019 and 2023. Number two 2021.
Won the Wanda Diamond League Finals in 2016, 2019 and 2021.
Mykolas Alekna from Lithuania.
Number three in the World Ranking.
Personal best 74.35 - world record awaiting ratification.
European champion 2022. Number two in the World Championships 2022 and number three in 2023.
Matthew Denny from Australia.
Number four in the World Ranking.
Personal best 69.35.
Number four in the 2021 Olympics and the 2023 World Championships.
Won the 2023 Wanda Diamond League Final.
Andrius Gudzius from Lithuania.
Number five in the World Ranking.
Personal best 69.59.
World champion 2017, Number three in 2022.
European champion 2018. Won the Wanda Diamond League Final in 2017.
Frederick Dacres from Jamaica.
Number six in the World Ranking.
Personal best 70.78.
Number two in the World Championships 2019.
Won the 2018 Wanda Diamond League Final.
Simon Pettersson from Sweden.
Number fifteen in the World Ranking.
Personal best 70.42.
Number two in the 2021 Olympics. Number five in the World Championships 2023.
Updated 18.04.24.
