In the more familiar hammer throw, contested outdoors at events like the Olympics, competitors spin around in a circle to build momentum and then release a heavy ball on a chain, which is known as ...

The hammer -- a heavy ball on a chain -- in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before striking the man Sunday morning at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus ...

FILE - A hammer is caught by the safety net during the men's hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File) An errant ...

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 ...

Canada's Ethan Katzberg won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw at the Paris Olympics on Sunday with a dominating performance. Katzberg, from Nanaimo, B.C., opened with an Olympic record ...

He is Canada's first Olympic champion in the event and earned the country's first hammer throw medal since 1912. Katzberg earned 17 of the 56 votes cast by sports editors, producers and reporters ...