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 ...

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 ...

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.