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 had reportedly tried to block the hammer weight from hitting his son and wife, KRDO said. USA TODAY has reached out to Colorado United Track Club for comment. UCCS spokesperson Chris ...

An accident during a club sports track and field meet in Colorado Springs resulted in the death of an audience member after he was struck by a weight used in the weight throw event. According to a ...

A spectator was killed in a horrific accident at a high school track and field meet in Colorado on Sunday when a competing athlete threw a hammer into the onlooking crowd. The track meet, which ...

The El Paso County Coroner’s office has released the autopsy report for Wade Langston, a 57 year-old-man who was killed while ...

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.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - During a high school track meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs a participant in the meet made an errant hammer throw which struck and killed one ...

UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet said in a ... Per World Athletics, "The hammer throw is a track and field event where athletes compete by throwing a hammer, which is a metal ball that’s ...

A spectator was killed after an athlete competing in a track meet at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs accidentally lobbed a hammer into the audience, striking the man on Sunday ...

Compared to discus, shotput and javelin, the hammer throw is a less common field event in the U.S. Some states, such as Ohio, have banned the sport from high schools altogether. The meet was part of a ...

"We are heartbroken at this horrible accident and are focused on supporting all involved," UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet said in a statement. The hammer throw is a traditional event in track ...