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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 ...
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.
Officials in Uganda say Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died in a Kenyan hospital four days after she was allegedly set on fire by her boyfriend. ... were previously killed, ... Tirop's death ...
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]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after sustaining 80% burns on her body due to an attack by her partner. A spokesperson at the hospital, Owen Menach, confirmed her death on Thursday.
In 2023, Ugandan Olympic runner and steeplechaser Benjamin Kiplagat was found dead with stab wounds. In 2022, Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete Damaris Muthee was found dead and a postmortem report ...
Rebecca Cheptegei, a Ugandan marathon runner who competed in the Paris Olympics last month, ... Cheptegei is the third elite female athlete to be killed in Kenya in the last three years.
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on female ...