Jamaica’s Roje Stona produced a surprise win for Jamaica in the men’s discus at the Paris 2024 Games on Wednesday (7 August), raising the Olympic record to 70.00m after Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna had improved on the mark of 69.89m set by his father Virgilijus in 2004 with a second-round effort of 69.97m.
Meanwhile, a dramatic and fluctuating men’s 400m final saw Quincy Hall of the United States snatch victory from Britain’s world silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith after accelerating irresistibly over the final 30 metres in lane eight to win in a personal best of 43.40, moving him to fourth on the world all-time list.
Nina Kennedy of Australia, who shared the world pole vault title with USA’s Katie Moon last year, was a relentless winner on this occasion, while the fourth gold of the night went to Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali as he retained his 3000m steeplechase title.
Alekna, 21, who set a world record of 74.35m earlier this year, had to settle for silver here, with bronze going to Australia’s Matthew Denny on 69.31m, as Slovenia’s 2022 world champion Kristjan Ceh missed a medal by one place on 68.41m.
• Morning session round-up
• Evening session round-up
Day seven event reports
• Men’s 400m
• Men’s 3000m steeplechase
• Women’s pole vault
• Men’s discus
• Marathon race walk mixed relay
Looking ahead
• Five things to look forward to on day eight
Credit: World Athletics
