Ugandan Olympic 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...
Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner.
Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33.
Rebecca Cheptegei, a 33-year-old Ugandan Olympic marathoner that recently competed in Paris, died just days after being burned in an attack by her partner.
The Ugandan Olympic Committee president called the attack on Rebecca Cheptegei “a cowardly and senseless act that has led to the loss of a great athlete.”
Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya’s tragic history of domestic violence against female athletes.
Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei's horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya's harrowing history of domestic violence against female athletes.
Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated for burns over 80% of her body from an attack by her partner. A hospital official confirmed her death on Thursday.
Today, the athletics community across East Africa is mourning the death of 33-year-old Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei. She had been fighting for her life after reportedly being doused in petrol by her partner.
Rebecca Cheptegei, who took part in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, died after her boyfriend allegedly set her on fire. The 33-year-old sustained burns to 80% of her body.
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