The hammer used in the track and field event is a metal ball attached by wire to a grip. It can weigh from 12 pounds in high school boys’ events to 16 pounds in adult events, or approximately ...

The father of a Colorado United Track Club athlete was killed Sunday after a throwing hammer hurled by a high school athlete cleared the indoor meet’s protective barriers and flew into the crowd.

The hammer weighs 16 pounds for men and 8.8 pounds for women. The goal is to throw the hammer the greatest distance while staying inside a seven-foot diameter circle.

In 2017, a hammer killed a student at a college track and field meet at Wheaton College in Illinois. And in 2005, a shot put ball hit and killed an officiant during practice at the U.S. track and ...

Wade Langston, 57, was fatally struck by a hammer during a track and field meet held at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse campus for high school students across Colorado, the El Paso County coroner’s ...

A man was killed by an errant hammer throw during a track and field meet for high school aged athletes in Colorado on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The news organization reports that ...

Updated at 2:35 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The father of a Colorado United Track Club athlete was killed Sunday after a throwing hammer hurled by a high school athlete cleared the indoor meet ...

A hammer killed a student at a college track and field meet at Wheaton College in Illinois in 2017. A shot put ball struck and killed an officiant during practice at the U.S. track and field ...

FILE-A detail of a hammer is seen during the Men's Hammer Throw qualification on day one of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 15, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon.

A spectator was killed Sunday in a hammer throw accident during a high school track and field meet in Colorado.. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. in a field house at the University of ...