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 ...

The weight used in the hammer throw event weighs 16 pounds for men and 9 pounds for women in adult competition, according to World Athletics, the international track and field governing body.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's Hammer Throw - Final - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 3, 2021. DeAnna Price of the United States in action REUTERS/Dylan Martinez DeAnna Price is ...

A spectator was killed after he was accidentally struck by a hammer thrown by an athlete at a high school indoor athletics event ... The hammer throw is a track and field event which involves ...

Atlanta, now with a shot in hand and its ball in virtually the same position as L.A., opted to “throw” the strategic lodestar of the new indoor simulator league: “The Hammer.” Billy ...

A 2-time All-American in the hammer throw, Desnoyers won the NCAA championship in the event in his senior season, and also set a Boston College hammer-throw record. The NCAA hammer-throw champion in ...

TOKYO - Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk saved her energy in the stifling heat on Sunday as she threw the hammer past the qualification mark in one go, on course to potentially become the first woman to win ...

The weight used in the hammer throw event is 16 pounds (7 kilograms) for men and 9 pounds (4 kilograms) for women in adult competition, according to World Athletics, the international track and ...

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”.

The weight used in the hammer throw event weighs 16 pounds (7 kilograms) for men and 9 pounds (4 kilograms) for women in adult competition, according to World Athletics, the international track ...

The field event hammer throw does not involve throwing a literal hammer. The World Athletics Organization defines the 'hammer' thrown in this event as "a metal ball that’s attached to a grip by ...