UK Athletics charged over death of Paralympic athlete Abdullah Hayayei in 2017 The 36-year-old had been training for the 2017 World Paralympic Athletics Championships. 44m ago44 minutes agoWed 8 Jan 2025 at 11:26pm United Arab Emirates Paralympic thrower Abdullah Hayayei was struck on the head by a metal cage in 2017. In short: UK Athletics […]

UK Athletics charged over death of Paralympic athlete Abdullah Hayayei in 2017

The 36-year-old had been training for the 2017 World Paralympic Athletics Championships.

44 minutes agoWed 8 Jan 2025 at 11:26pm

A message shown for Abdullah Hayayei — United Arab Emirates Paralympic thrower Abdullah Hayayei was struck on the head by a metal cage in 2017.

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UK Athletics and Keith Davis, the head of sport for the 2017 championships, are due in court on January 31.He was training in preparation to represent the UAE in the F34 class discus, javelin and shot put.

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Hayayei, from the United Arab Emirates, was preparing for the 2017 IPC World ParaAthletics Championships at the Newham Leisure Centre when a metal throwing cage fell on him.

Abdullah Hayayei was killed prior to the IPC World ParaAthletics Championships 2017 in London. (Getty Images: British Athletics/S Bardens)The CPS said the head of sport for the 2017 IPC World ParaAthletics Championships, Keith Davies, aged 77, was also charged, with gross negligence manslaughter and an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act.The 36-year-old athlete — who had made his debut in the javelin and shot put at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro — was pronounced dead at the scene.Topic:Paralympic GamesBoth UK Athletics and Davies are due to appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on January 31.UK Athletics has been charged with corporate manslaughter and an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in a statement.Reuters/APUK Athletics and the former head of sport for a Paralympic event have been charged over the death of Abdullah Hayayei in 2017 when the Paralympic athlete was training in London, prosecutors said on Wednesday. UK Athletics declined to comment due to the upcoming proceedings. Davies could not be reached for comment.