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Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan Olympic marathon runner, dies at the age of 33 after her partner was attacked with petrol

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Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan Olympic marathon runner, dies at the age of 33 after her partner was attacked with petrol

Rebecca Cheptegei, a Ugandan Olympic runner, has died after her partner doused her with gasoline and set her on fire. (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo) Rebecca Cheptegei, a long-distance runner from Uganda who competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Summer Olympics, died days after her partner doused her with petrol and then set her on […]

Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after partner inflicts severe burns on her during land dispute

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Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after partner inflicts severe burns on her during land dispute

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died in a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80 percent of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33. A spokesman for the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Owen Menach, confirmed Cheptegei’s death on Thursday. […]