Top athletes ‘used potentially lethal practice cages for five years’

The governing body of British athletics supplied potentially lethal practice cages for over five years, a court heard today (Tues). Para-athlete Abdullah Hayayei, 36, died at Newham Leisure Centre in east London on 11 July 2017 when a cage collapsed on his head as he trained for the World Paralympic Athletics Championships. The cage used for discus throwers and shot putters fell apart because it did not have a proper base structure, it is claimed. UK Athletics Ltd, the national…