Ugandan Olympic marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei died from “full organ failure” just four days after a shocking and brutal assault at the hands of her boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema. Reports revealed that ...

Ugandan long-distance stars Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo have confirmed their participation in the 2026 London Marathon, slated for April 26 in the United Kingdom. The two athletes confirmed ...

The long-distance runner died on Thursday, Sept. 5, four days after she was allegedly doused in gasoline and set on fire by her former partner Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

The man accused of killing Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, hospital officials announced. Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the former boyfriend of Cheptegei who reportedly lit her ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — 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. The ...

The father of Ugandan Olympic long distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has called for justice after she was burned to death in an attack by her partner earlier this week. Cheptegei was hospitalized 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 ...

Joshua Cheptegei, the world record holder over 5,000m and 10,000m, has set his target on finally breaking through in the 2026 London Marathon. Cheptegei, together with fellow Ugandan and reigning ...

The long-distance runner's former partner allegedly doused her with gasoline before setting her on fire, authorities in Kenya said Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near the ...

The father of Rebecca Cheptegei is speaking out in the wake of the Ugandan Olympian’s tragic killing. “I have a lot of grief because I’ve lost my daughter,” Joseph Cheptegei told reporters at Moi ...

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 ...