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UK Athletics fined £350,000 over death of Paralympian
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- Published18 minutes ago A judge at the Old Bailey has fined UK Athletics £350,000 with £44,000 in costs after hearing how a paralympic athlete died when equipment fell on him at a training ground in east London.
- Shot-putter Abdullah Hayayei was killed when a metal cage collapsed as he prepared for the World Athletics Championships in 2017.
- He had previously represented the United Arab Emirates at the Rio Paralympics when he competed in the javelin and shotput.
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Published18 minutes ago A judge at the Old Bailey has fined UK Athletics £350,000 with £44,000 in costs after hearing how a paralympic athlete died when equipment fell on him at a training ground in east London.
Shot-putter Abdullah Hayayei was killed when a metal cage collapsed as he prepared for the World Athletics Championships in 2017.
He had previously represented the United Arab Emirates at the Rio Paralympics when he competed in the javelin and shotput.
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