UK Athletics has been charged with manslaughter over the dying 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”.
Keith Davies, the top of sport for the 2017 World Para-athletics Championships, has additionally been charged with “gross negligence manslaughter and a well being and security at work act offence”.
UK Athletics and Davies, 77, will seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket on 31 January.
Hayayei was coaching for the World 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 result 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 throughout the opening ceremony of the World Championships at London Stadium.
