Ceh dominates discus as meeting records fall in Zagreb

Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh strengthened his posi- tion at No.6 on the world all-time list in the dis- cus, impressing with a 72.34m national and meeting record at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial - this season’s fourth World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting - in Zagreb on Saturday (24).

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Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh strengthened his position at No.6 on the world all-time list in the discus, impressing with a 72.34m national and meeting record at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial - this season’s fourth World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting - in Zagreb on Saturday (24).

The 2022 world champion set his previous best of 71.86m in Johvi in 2023 and had previously been joint sixth in history. But the 26-year-old now sits solo in that position, behind only world record-holder Mykolas Alekna, Matthew Denny, Jurgen Schult, Virgilijus Alekna and Gerd Kanter.

Any of Ceh’s four valid throws would have been enough to secure his fourth consecutive win in Zagreb and he backed up his 72.34m - released with a roar in the final round of the competition - with marks of 70.06m, 69.05m and 64.92m.

Romania’s Alin Firfirica placed second with 64.80m.