hammer throw
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Rudy Winkler set an American record in the hammer throw with a hurl of 272 feet, 10 inches.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2025
Women’s high jump final; men’s 100 semifinal; men’s hammer throw final; women’s 800 semifinal; men’s 1,500 semifinal; men’s 100 final | NBC, Telemundo 7 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 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 Lyman, Olin L.
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