{"id":1216,"date":"2024-04-10T09:20:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T09:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/2024\/04\/10\/the-steel-man-and-the-entire-world-elite\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T09:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T09:20:40","slug":"the-steel-man-and-the-entire-world-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/the-steel-man-and-the-entire-world-elite\/","title":{"rendered":"The Steel man and the entire world elite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel St\u00e5l and Kristjan Ceh share fifth place in the discus all-time list with 71.86 and have won the last five global championships.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These are the names that are so far ready for Oslo Bislett Games’ discus competition:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kristjan Ceh<\/span><\/span><\/b> from Slovakia.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number one in the World Ranking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Personal record 71.86.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
World champion 2022. Number two in 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number two in EC 2022. Won the Wanda Diamond League Final in 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel St\u00e5hl<\/span><\/span><\/b> from Sweden.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number two in the World Ranking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Personal record 71.86.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Olympic champion 2021. World champion 2019 and 2023. Number two 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Won the Wanda Diamond League Finals in 2016, 2019 and 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mykolas Alekna<\/span><\/span><\/b> from Lithuania.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number three in the World Ranking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Personal best 74.35 – world record awaiting ratification.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
European champion 2022. Number two in the World Championships 2022 and number three in 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew Denny<\/span><\/span><\/b> from Australia.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number four in the World Ranking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Personal best 69.35.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number four in the 2021 Olympics and the 2023 World Championships.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Won the 2023 Wanda Diamond League Final.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Andrius Gudzius<\/span><\/span><\/b> from Lithuania.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number five in the World Ranking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Personal best 69.59.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
World champion 2017, Number three in 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
European champion 2018. Won the Wanda Diamond League Final in 2017.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Frederick Dacres<\/span><\/span><\/b> from Jamaica.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number six in the World Ranking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Personal best 70.78.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number two in the World Championships 2019.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Won the 2018 Wanda Diamond League Final.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Simon Pettersson<\/span><\/span><\/b> from Sweden.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number fifteen in the World Ranking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Personal best 70.42.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Number two in the 2021 Olympics. Number five in the World Championships 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Updated 18.04.24.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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