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He was again affected by malaria, and a boil on his leg, in 2010, but again lowered the Ugandan record to 8:03.81. He finished 4th at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [1] Kiplagat was reported to have been stabbed to death, after his body was found in a car on 31 December 2023, near Eldoret in Kenya.
Benjamin Kiplagat is the fourth athlete to be killed in the area in recent years NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two […] The post 2 men arrested in connection with Ugandan Olympic runner’s killing in ...
Car accident. [16] 7 Jun 1977: Jim Buchanan Canada: 21: Long jump: Car accident. [17] 26 Aug 1977: Tadeusz Zieliński Poland: 31: 3000 metres steeplechase: Car accident. [18] Jul 1981: Dele Udo Nigeria: 24: 400 metres: Killed by a Nigerian police officer following an argument. [19] 27 Sep 1981: Bronisław Malinowski Poland: 30: 3000 metres ...
“We are heartbroken by the tragic murder of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei,” a social media post from Tirop’s Angels said on Thursday. “Another life lost to gender-based violence.
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) -The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained ...
Rebecca Cheptegei was born on the Kenyan side of the Kenya–Uganda border on 22 February 1991 [1] [2] [3] to Joseph and Agnes Cheptegei [4] and was the second of 13 siblings. [5] Her ancestral village was Bukwo in Uganda. She later moved to the village of Chepkum in Kenya [1] and bought property there to be closer to athletic training centres. [6]
Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, ... Cheptegei was the third elite female athlete killed in Kenya since October 2021.
Achon went on to compete at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where he reached the semifinal of the 1500m but did not participate in the Athens Games after his mother was killed by the LRA. [5] A car crash in May 2007 put an end to his running career. [5] He had been intending to run the 5000m at the Ugandan National Athletics Championships in July ...