The organization defines the hammer as "a metal ball that’s attached to a grip by a steel wire." Firefighters pronounced Langston dead at the scene. The name of the athlete who made the throw ...

The ‘hammer’ used in athletics is described as a “metal ball that’s attached to a grip by a steel wire” by World Athletics and it weighs 16 pounds for men’s events. Athletes throw ...

The World Athletics Organization defines a hammer throw as “a metal ball that’s attached to a grip by a steel wire.” The hammer weighs 16 pounds for men and 8.8 pounds for women. The goal is ...

In hammer throwing, the "hammer" is a heavy metal ball attached to a grip by a steel wire, according to World Athletics. The winner of the event is the athlete who throws the hammer the greatest ...