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


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. […]