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UK Athletics Pleads Guilty in Paralympian’s 2017 Training Death Case

UK Athletics pleads guilty to corporate manslaughter over death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei LONDON — UK Athletics Ltd has pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter over the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei, who was fatally struck on the head by a metal pole during a training session in east London in 2017. Hayayei, 36, who represented the United Arab Emirates, died on July 11, 2017, at Newham Leisure Centre after part of a throwing cage fell on him. He had been preparing to compete in the F34 classification in the…