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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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, a hospital ...

A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished ...

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 ...

An Olympic marathon runner, who police say was set on fire by her boyfriend over a land dispute, died Thursday at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated. Rebecca Cheptegei was 33. The Moi ...

THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium in Lira City has reached the roofing stage, with approximately ...

The Uganda Zurkhaneh Association has embarked on qualifying its young fighters for the 2026 Youth Olympics, due to take place in Senegal from October 22 to November 9. A team of two Zurkhaneh athletes ...

Johannesburg — Ugandan athletics officials said Thursday that Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei had died in a hospital in neighboring Kenya where she was being treated for burns to 80% of her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olympic distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei (C) of Uganda, who competed in last month's Paris Olympics, is in critical condition ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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. A ...

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 ...

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 ...