Jan 27, 2025 · The man was killed after a hammer "cleared certified barriers and struck him." A Colorado man was killed Sunday during a high school track meet after a hammer thrown by an athlete accidentally ...

Jan 27, 2025 · The so-called hammer in the hammer throw event is actually a heavy ball on a chain. Authorities did not identify the athlete or the man killed. He was the father of a competitor for the Colorado United Track Club that hosted the event for high school-age athletes from around the state, according to the station.

Jan 28, 2025 · An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado, according to officials at the university where the ...

Jan 28, 2025 · 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 at the Colorado United Track Club meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs killed Wade Langston, 57, of Colorado Springs, the El Paso County ...

Jan 28, 2025 · 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 at the Colorado United Track Club meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs killed Wade Langston, 57, of Colorado Springs, the El Paso County ...

Jan 27, 2025 · At indoor meets like the one in Colorado Springs, the event is normally renamed the weight throw. The implement is attached to a grip, rather than a chain, and is heavier than the hammer so that ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Langston was at a meet at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs when the hammer — a weight attached to a grip that is swung in a circular motion and then thrown — went into the crowd ...

Jan 27, 2025 · 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...

Jan 27, 2025 · A spectator was killed during a high school track and field meet at a University of Colorado campus when a participant's hammer weight fatally struck him.. The incident occurred at the Mountain ...

Jan 26, 2025 · The father of one of the athletes was killed Sunday at a high school track and field meet on the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus after an athlete's hammer reportedly went out of bounds.