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hammer throw

American  

noun

Track.
  1. a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.


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The hammer throw and the high jump were briefly paused but when the former did resume Canada's Camryn Rogers produced another Games record - 74.91m.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Harold set nine more world records in the hammer throw after they were married.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 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

Boumkwo regularly competes in track and field’s strength events — the shot-put, hammer throw and discus — but on Saturday at the European Team Championships in Krakow, Poland, Belgium needed a hurdler.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Say, Irish," he burst out in an odd breathless way—Fatty's fits were a joke in the office and startling to newcomers—"good hammer throw, that.

From The Lash by Olin L. Lyman

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