07-04-2025 05:10 via theguardian.com

Matthew Denny’s monster discus throw smashes his Australian record

Effort of 72.07m in Oklahoma is fifth longest in athletics history28-year-old targets world record at next weekend’s meet in USA huge throw elevated Matthew Denny into rarefied air on Sunday as the discus athlete recorded the fifth longest effort of all time while becoming the first Australian to eclipse the 70m mark at the Oklahoma Throws series in the US.Denny, who won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics last year, smashed his previous personal best and national record of 69.96m set in
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