A spectator at a high school indoor track meeting is killed after being accidently hit by a hammer thrown by an athlete.
Wade Langston, 57, was watching the track and field meet when a hammer weight cleared barriers and struck him on Sunday morning, officials said.
Witnesses at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS ... Image: A hammer caught by the safety net during the men's hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The incident occurred on Sunday during the competition at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus ... process this profound grief." The hammer throw is a track and field event which ...
Wade Langston, the father of an athlete competing at a track and field meeting at the University of Colorado Springs, died after being hit by a stray weight throw. A spokesperson for the universit ...
A SPECTATOR has tragically died after being accidentally struck by a hammer thrown by an athlete ... a competition at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus. The El Paso County ...
The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. In the hammer throw event, the athlete spins in a circle to generate momentum and hurls a metal weight — attached to a chain and grip — as far as possible.
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