Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna, 21, won silver in Paris, following in his father Virgilijus’ footsteps. He qualified for final with a 67.47-meter throw and broke his father’s Olympic record with 69.89 meters. As the world record holder (74.35 meters), Mykolas is set to continue his family’s legacy.
I am very confused by the description. How is the son the record holder if he only won silver?
He was bested a short time later by Rohe Stona, who won the gold medal and holds the Olympic record now.
What does this mean? He’s not the record holder then, is he?
Olympic record is different than world record. He’s done a longer throw at a different event.
He holds the world record (at any official event)
He broke the Olympics record (at the Olympics only) held by his father
The Olympics record was then beaten by someone else
The Olympics record is lower than the world record so he still holds the world record
Thanks
Not all world records are necessarily performed in the Olympics, although that happens a lot due to the nature of the event
Did some research, updated the title from this official source: https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/live-updates/6d4b6021-44cd-413e-8843-c254443eb4fe