An audience member at a high school track meet was hit and killed by a thrown hammer on the UCCS campus. Posted: January 27, ...

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 spectator at a track and field meet in Colorado was killed after being hit with a hammer thrown by one of the competitors in the event, officials said Sunday. The club track and field meet ...

The victim was the father of one of the competing athletes from Vista Ridge High School who died protecting his wife and son ...

Google Maps A spectator has died after an athlete's hammer was thrown out of bounds during a high school track and field meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). On Sunday ...

Fatal accidents at track and field competitions are rare. 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 ...

2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File) An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet in ...