{"id":128339,"date":"2025-12-17T10:40:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lengvoji.lt\/128339-mykolas-alekna-the-best-athlete-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:40:48","slug":"mykolas-alekna-the-best-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lengvoji.lt\/en\/news\/128339-mykolas-alekna-the-best-athlete-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mykolas Alekna \u2013 the best athlete of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discus thrower <strong>Mykolas Alekna<\/strong> was elected the best athlete of 2025 at the prestigious Lithuanian Sports Awards.<strong> <\/strong>The athlete started the year by impressively improving the world record \u2013 his discus flew as much as 75.56 m. At the end of the season, the athlete&#8217;s chest was decorated with the second World Championship silver medal in his career. <\/p>\n<p>Accepting the fourth Athlete of the Year award in his career, M. 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