Athletics body fined £350k after shotputter death

UK Athletics has been fined £350,000 after a paralympian shot putter was killed when part of the metal throwing cage collapsed on his head. United Arab Emirates athlete Abdullah Hayayei, 36, was fatally injured as he trained for the World Paralympic Athletics Championships at Newham Leisure Centre in east London on 11 July 2017. The throwing cage fell apart in the wind because ‘half of it was missing’, the Old Bailey heard. Father-of-five Mr Hayayei who competed from wheelchair was…