Nearly three months later, Yuriy Sedykh did the same for the hammer throw, setting the new world record at 86.74 meters. Those records still stand 30 years later, and no one really has come all ...

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 ...

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 ...