A sports spectator has died after a university athlete threw a hammer out of bounds at a field and track event in Colorado, ...

Wade Langston, 57, of Colorado Springs was a dedicated father and husband with a great sense of humor, relatives said.

The fatal incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus around ...

Advertisement The World Athletics Organization defines a hammer throw as “a metal ball that’s attached to a grip by a steel wire.” The hammer weighs 16 pounds for men and 8.8 pounds for women.

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 youth track and field meet in Colorado was killed after he was struck by an errant hammer throw that cleared ...

Relatives of a spectator killed by an errant weight thrown at a youth track and field meet in Colorado say he was a dedicated ...

Large, muscular men wearing kilts and performing amazing feats of strength and agility in athletic competition celebrating ...