UK Athletics has admitted causing the death of a Paralympian who was hit on the head by a metal pole during training in 2017.
Abdullah Hayayei, 36, who represented the United Arab Emirates, was fatally injured at Newham Leisure Centre in east London.
He was preparing to represent his country in the F34 class discus, javelin and shot put at the World Para Athletics Championships in London when part of a throwing cage fell on him.
Teams and coaches from several nations were present at the time of the tragedy.
The charge said the national governing body for athletics caused the death of Mr Hayayei by “supplying for use…a discus/shot put cage which it used and operated without its base structure and which collapsed” into the Paralympian while he was practising shot putting.
On Friday, UK Athletics Ltd admitted corporate manslaughter, having previously denied the charge.
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