Jamaica’s Olympic discus champion Roje Stona is making ready for a high-stakes showdown on the 74th Boris Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb, the place he goals to cap off his outstanding season with one other record-breaking efficiency in opposition to a number of the sport’s prime opponents.
Contemporary from his 2024 Olympic victory in Paris, the place he set a report with a 70-meter throw, Stona has been coaching intensely and is set to complete the season on a excessive. “I’m giving this my all because it’s my closing competitors of the season,” Stona mentioned. “The identical elite group from Paris shall be right here, so I’m anticipating a troublesome competitors with some lengthy throws. Climate allowing, I’m aiming to interrupt the assembly report of 68.87 meters. Final week, I managed 67.85 meters, so my aim is to push past 68 meters, possibly much more.”
Stona will face stiff competitors from former world champion Kristjan Čeh, who has thrown 70.48 meters this 12 months and holds a private better of 71.86 meters. Čeh received final 12 months’s occasion in Zagreb with a throw of 68.48 meters and stays a formidable contender for the title.
A neighborhood edge
Becoming a member of the fray is Australia’s Matthew Denny, the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, who has recorded a 69.35-meter throw this season, and American Reggie Jaegers III, with a season-best of 69.16 meters. Croatia’s prime discus thrower, Martin Marković, will even be competing, including a neighborhood edge to the extremely anticipated occasion, the place throws are anticipated to surpass the 70-meter mark.
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With the competitors that includes a number of the world’s greatest discus throwers, Stona’s quest to interrupt the assembly report guarantees an thrilling conclusion to the 2024 season.
