STORY: At this training ground in Kenya's Iten there was a sense of relief on Tuesday (September 10). Athletes here have learned that the man accused of fatally setting fire to Ugandan marathon runner ...

Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died four days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by her former partner, authorities have announced. Cheptegei -- who had been receiving ...

Rebecca Cheptegei loved chickens. She reared them and collected their eggs each morning. Her family would gently joke she loved them too much. “She was always laughing,” says her mother, Agnes. “You ...

STORY: Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday (September 5), days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya. It is just the latest attack on ...

She was 33. A spokesperson at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city, Owen Menach, confirmed Cheptegei’s death on Thursday. Menach said the long-distance runner died early in the morning ...

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei died Thursday, four days after police in Kenya said her boyfriend set her on fire, a tragedy that Kenyan athletic officials cited as part of a concerning trend in ...

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has tragically and senselessly lost her life due to an extreme case of domestic violence. Cheptegei, a marathon runner who competed for Uganda at the 2024 ...

The world of athletics is mourning the death of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who succumbed to her injuries in a Kenyan hospital after her partner doused her in petrol. The 33-year-old long ...

KINYORO, Kenya — On the morning of Sunday Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western Kenya. Her ex-boyfriend called a ...

Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, tragically passed away from severe burns four days after her boyfriend allegedly poured gasoline on her and set her ...

*Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has passed away after being doused with gasoline and set ablaze by her ex-boyfriend. We reported earlier that the attack resulted in her suffering ...