PARIS, France — Jamaica’s Roje Stona created historical past on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games when he shocked the world with an Olympic Video games report of 70.0m to win the boys’s discus contained in the Stade de France moments in the past.
Stona, one in all three Jamaicans within the 12-man-final, beat Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna with 69.97m. Third place went to Austria’s Matthew Denny with 69.31m.
Coincidentally, Alekna had established a brand new Olympic Document together with his 69.97m, solely Stona’s heroic effort to surpass the short-lived mark.
Ralsford Mullings threw 65.61m for ninth place, with fellow Jamaican Traves Smikle taking tenth place with 64.97m.
Stona’s gold medal, the primary within the occasion for Jamaica, has pushed the nation’s tally to 5, an unprecedented 4 of which have come within the area occasions. He’s coached by triple Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser, who additionally specializes within the discus occasion.
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Rajindra Campbell gained bronze within the shot put, Shanieka Ricketts gained silver within the triple leap and Wayne Pinnock secured silver within the lengthy leap. Kishane Thomspon secured the nation’s solely observe medal thus far, with silver within the males’s 100m.
