There was a moment early in the Atlanta Drive-Los Angeles Golf Club TGL match Monday afternoon, on the sixth hole, when both ...

The weight used in the hammer throw event is 16 pounds for men and nine pounds for women. An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth ...

died after being hit by a stray weight throw. A spokesperson for the university said a spectator “was killed when a hammer thrown by a participant cleared certified barriers and struck him”.

How the hammer thrower went from Torry to Princeton University is a story begging to be told. Angela did so with talent, determination and the kind of patience which is invaluable in athletics. Now ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A hammer is caught by the safety net during the men’s hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer ...

A spectator killed by an errant weight in a hammer throw event at a youth track and field meet was a dedicated father and husband with a great sense of humor, relatives said. The accident Sunday ...

Wade Langston, 57, was attending his son's track meet in Colorado on Jan. 26 when the tragic accident unfolded Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A spectator died after being struck by an errant hammer throw at a youth track meet in Colorado. The victim, a competitor's father, tried to shield his family from the impact. Listen to Story ...

A father was killed protecting his family from an errant hammer throw during an athletics meet in Colorado over the weekend. The tragic incident occurred at a high school track and field meet at ...

Our thoughts and prayers are with all others impacted by this tragedy. The hammer throw event uses a heavy hammer weight attached to a grip by a steel wire. Compared to discus, shotput and javelin ...

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 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 ...