The hammer -- a heavy ball on a chain -- in the hammer throw event ... Fatal accidents at track and field competitions are rare. A hammer killed a student at a college meet at Wheaton College ...

A spectator at a track and field event in Colorado died when he was struck by an errant hammer throw. The incident occurred ... a club sports track and field meet for high school students from ...

The man tried to protect his wife and son from the errant hammer throw, according to KRDO-TV. The track meet was canceled after the man’s death. The Colorado United Track Club confirmed in a ...

The club sports track and field meet was held at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse campus for high school students across Colorado. Around 9:30 a.m. during the hammer throw, a competitor threw their ...

By Victor Mather A heavy weight thrown by a participant at an indoor high school track meet cleared safety barriers ... In the more familiar hammer throw, contested outdoors at events like the ...

The man, who was watching in the audience at the UCCS fieldhouse, died when a hammer weight thrown by a participant cleared “certified barriers” and struck him.

In hammer throwing, the "hammer" is a heavy metal ... no college students were in attendance at the high school club track meet held on campus. Sunday's track meet was one of a three-meet series ...