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 fatal incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

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 three-meet series held on UCCS's ...

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, which hosted the event ... In the more familiar hammer throw, contested outdoors at events like the Olympics, competitors spin around in a circle ...

The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before striking the man Sunday morning at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus, according to a university statement.

The man was killed after a hammer "cleared certified barriers ... The incident occurred on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus, where high school track and field athletes from ...

(Shutterstock) A spectator was killed Sunday in a hammer throw accident during ... a.m. in a field house at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus when the weight flew into the audience.

A spectator at a track and field event in Colorado died when he was struck by an errant hammer throw. The incident occurred ... In a statement, UCCS said “a member of the attending audience ...