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 […]
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. […]
Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend just weeks after competing in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, police officials in Trans-Nzoia County in Kenya said. The athlete is reportedly currently receiving treatment for severe burns covering 75% of her body. On Monday, police commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom said […]
