UK Athletics has been fined £350,000 for the corporate manslaughter of a Paralympian who was killed when a shot-put cage collapsed on him in 2017.Abdullah Hayayei, 36, of the United Arab Emirates, was practising in Lewisham, London ahead of the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships when a metal cage collapsed during strong winds and struck his head.UK Athletics and Keith Davies, the former head of sport for those World Championships, were charged in January 2025 — UK Athletics with corporate manslaughter and Davies with gross negligence manslaughter and a Health and Safety at Work Act offence.UK Athletics and Davies had previously pleaded guilty to the charges, with their sentences confirmed on Tuesday by the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Davies received a community order of 175 hours of unpaid work, while UK Athletics was also ordered to pay £44,000 in court costs.A Metropolitan Police investigation found that “the stabilising metal lattice base plates of the discus cage were missing” and “these components — 10 ladder like metal connectors linking the cage’s bases and posts — had been missing or unused for around five years, between 2012 and 2017, significantly reducing stability”, the CPS said.