A sports spectator has died after a university athlete threw a hammer out of bounds at a field and track event in Colorado, ...
A Colorado man was killed Sunday during a high school track meet after a hammer thrown by an athlete accidentally struck him.
The weight used in the hammer throw event is 16 pounds for men and 9 pounds for women in adult competition, according to World Athletics, the international track and field governing body.
A 57-year-old man at a Colorado Springs meet died when a hammer thrown by a participant cleared barriers and struck him.
He added he planned to spend next year chasing Yuriy Sedykh's 35-year-old world record of 86. ... It was only the second time that one delegation has won both the men's and women's hammer throw event ...
A spectator was killed after a hammer weight was thrown out of bounds at a high school track and field event on Sunday. The ...
The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before striking the man Sunday morning at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus, according to a university statement.
The man tried to protect his wife and son from the errant hammer throw, according to KRDO-TV. The track meet was canceled after the man’s death. The Colorado United Track Club confirmed in a ...