UK Athletics Charged With Manslaughter 

UK Athletics has been charged with manslaughter over the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.

In July 2017, Hayayei died after a metal cage fell on him while training at Newham Leisure Centre, London.

UK Athletics Limited was charged by The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with “corporate manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence.”.

The head of sport for the 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, Keith Davis, has also been charged with “gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence.”

UK Athletics and Davies, 77, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 31 January.

The incident happened while Hayayei was training for the World Championships in London.

He was set to compete in the F34 shot put, discus, and javelin events.Hayayei finished sixth in the javelin and seventh in the shot put when making his Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.

During the 2015 event in Doha, Qatar, Hayayei finished fifth in the discus and eighth in the shot put, and London 2017 was due to be his second appearance at a World Championships. 

A moment of silence was held in honor of Hayayei during the opening ceremony of the World Championships at London Stadium.