…use their own hammer or are they provided by the venue like they do with towels and balls at Wimbledon?

If you have to take your own to events, does it count as sports equipment for the purposes if airline luggage allowances?

If you have to take your own to events, does it count as sports equipment for the purposes if airline luggage allowances?

Always wondered how pole vaulters managed

Do they know what a hammer looks like? It’s a ball on a chain, how would you knock a nail in with that?

A skilled operator could probably install a nail from about 70m away based on this evening’s performances

…use their own hammer or are they provided by the venue like they do with towels and balls at Wimbledon?

Tennis players use their own rackets.

No, I’m German. But how did you know my name was Walter?

True, but you don’t use rackets in hammer throwing 😉

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No, I’m German. But how did you know my name was Walter?

The tobogganist?

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No, I’m German. But how did you know my name was Walter?

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Punchline to a fine joke, there.

I was hoping the thread title was going to continue “accidentally shit themselves from time to time?”

Do hammer throwers…

… wish that they were able to look at their watches without first having to pause for a second?

Hammers belong to the venue. Pole vaulters bring their own.

Always wondered how pole vaulters managed

they don’t manage

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