Rudy Winkler, who had hoped to earn the United States its first hammer throw Olympic medal since 1996, came up short in the final, finishing seventh with 77.08.

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 ...

A man was killed by an errant hammer throw during a track and field meet for high school aged athletes in Colorado on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The news organization reports that the ...

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 ...