World discus mark falls
t.V.Z Press Assn—Copyright) i Walnut. (California). Mac Wilkins, competing for the Pacific Coast Club, shattered the world discus record with a prodigious iheave of 226 ft Ilin (69.16 m |at the Mount San Antonio, : relays, United Press Inter-1 national reported. I Wilkins, America’s No.| 12-ranked discus thrower in, 11975, broke his team-mate! John Powell’s world mark oft 226 ft Bin (69.08 m Rated sixth in the world j last year, Wilkins has established himself as one of the favourites for the Montreal Olympics in July.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34138, 27 April 1976, Page 30
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