hammer throw
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Persistent rain turned torrential and the first two throws of the women's hammer throw slipped from athletes' grip and clattered into the cage as thunder cracked above the arena.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The two-day event, which begins Saturday with the women’s hammer throw at the South Bay Athletic Club, features 18 Olympic or world champions competing primarily at USC’s Allyson Felix Field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
As an athlete, Dickenson achieved a 14th-place finish in the hammer throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, before competing four years later in Moscow.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Other titles being decided Sunday were in women’s long jump, the men’s 10,000 meters, the heptathlon and men’s hammer throw.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
For the one remaining event was the hammer throw, where Ellis was supreme, and here they expected to see their champion wipe out his opponents' lead, and finish a winner, with plenty to spare.
From Dick Randall The Young Athlete by Ellery H. Clark
