UK Athletics and the organisation’s former head of sport Keith Davies have been charged with manslaughter over the loss of life of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.
Hayayei died aged 36 after a metallic cage fell on him whereas coaching at Newham Leisure Centre, London in July 2017.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged UK Athletics Restricted with “company manslaughter and a well being and security at work act offence”.
Davies, 77, has been charged with “gross negligence manslaughter and a well being and security at work act offence”.
UK Athletics and Davies will seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket on 31 January.
Hayayei was coaching for the World Para-athletics Championships in London on the time of the incident.
The United Arab Emirates thrower had been set to compete within the F34 shot put, discus and javelin occasions.
Hayayei, a father of 5, completed sixth within the javelin and seventh within the shot put when making his Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.
London 2017 was as a consequence of be his second look at a World Championships. On the 2015 occasion in Doha, Qatar, Hayayei completed fifth within the discus and eighth within the shot put.
A second of silence was held in honour of Hayayei in the course of the opening ceremony of the World Para-athletics Championships at London Stadium.
