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Roje Stona stunned a powerful field to win the gold medal in the men’s discus throw at the Olympic Games at Stade de France in Paris on Wednesday, setting a new Olympic record 70.00m in the process!

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It was our (Jamaica's) first gold medal of the Games and first ever gold medal in any throwing even at a senior major global championships.

It was also the second throwing medal at the Games after Rajindra Campbell won bronze in the shot put the prior weekend.

Fedrick Dacres had won gold medals at the World Under -18 in 2011 in Ukraine in 2011 and Under -20 in Barcelona in 2012.

Stona’s life-changing throw came in the fourth round when he unleashed his massive throw, moving him from sixth place to first place and eclipsing the Olympic record of 69.89m set by Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania at the 2004 Games in Athens, France.

He improved on his previous lifetime best 69.05m and second all-time on the Jamaican rankings behind national record holder Fedrick Dacres- 70.78m.

Mykolas Alekna, son of the former Olympic record holder and the current world record holder, was second with 69.97m and had just broken his father’s record before Stona’s big throw, while Australia’s Commonwealth Games champion Matthew Denny was third with 69.31m.

Three Jamaicans had made the final, Ralford Mullings finished ninth with 65.61m, just failing to get three additional throws, while Traves Smikle was 10th with 64.97m.

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References & Sources For Roje Stona Shatters Olympic Discus Record

  1. “Roje Stona Secures Jamaica’s First Gold at Paris Olympics.” Caribbean National Weekly, Caribbean National Weekly, 7 Aug. 2024, www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/roje-stona-secures-jamaicas-first-gold-at-paris-olympics/.

  2. “Roje Stona Mines Gold in Discus with Olympic Record.” Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica Gleaner, 7 Aug. 2024, jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240807/roje-stona-mines-gold-discus-olympic-record.

  3. “Paris Olympics: Roje Stona Wins Historic Gold in Olympic Discus Final.” Jamaica Observer, Jamaica Observer, 7 Aug. 2024, www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/08/07/parisolympics-roje-stona-wins-historic-gold-olympic-discus-final/.

  4. “Roje Stona Wins Gold Medal in Men’s Discus Throw at Paris 2024.” Olympics.com, International Olympic Committee, 7 Aug. 2024, www.olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-athletics-mens-discus-throw-results-roje-stona-wins-gold-medal.

  5. “Jamaica’s Stona Wins Men’s Discus Gold.” Channel News Asia, Channel News Asia, 7 Aug. 2024, www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/jamaicas-stona-wins-mens-discus-gold-4533786.

  6. Bolt, Usain. Twitter, Twitter, 7 Aug. 2024, twitter.com/usainbolt?lang=en.


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  1. Fast, A. (2024, August 3). Paris 2024 athletics: All results, as Thea LaFond wins historic first Olympic gold for Dominica in women’s triple jump. Olympics.com. https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-athletics-all-results-as-thea-lafond-wins-historic-first-olympic-gold-for-dominica-in-women-s-triple-jump

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