A spectator was reportedly killed after a hammer was accidentally thrown into the crowd during a track and field meet in Colorado Springs on Sunday, Jan. 26 ...
A spectator at a track and field event in Colorado died when he was struck by an errant hammer throw. The incident occurred Sunday at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, which was ...
The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers ... the international track and field governing body. Fatal accidents at track and field competitions are rare.
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 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 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.
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 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.
(Shutterstock) A spectator was killed Sunday in a hammer throw accident during a high school track and field meet in Colorado. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. in a field house at the ...