Hammer Time
Holve nailing the "sit" element in the Beam competition. Olympians, Our Games are back in person, and in a big way: The hammer throw event just drew record attendance! Index: Just Finished: Athletics XVII What's Next? Ongoing: Pickleball Tournaments Just Finished: Athletics XVII: Hammer Throw (16lbs) By popular demand, hammer throw became the first in-person event of 2026. While historians will note that Our Games already held the event in Athletics II in 2010. While true, that hammer was just a softball on a string, and Chris Friedman's 51.18m winning throw would not come close to being matched with the men's Olympic weight hammer, weighing in at 16 pounds. Nor would Paris' worst Olympian, Patrick Hájek's 68.80m performance be threatened. A record-breaking group of contenders flooded the old ballfields in the middle of Tuba City by the waste transfer station to show what they'd got, or rather to see if they had it at all. The 4kg shot put from l...