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.
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.
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