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Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in the recent Paris Olympics, had suffered extensive burns after Sunday’s attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The authorities in north-west Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and trained, said she was targeted after returning home from church with her two daughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her father, Joseph Cheptegei, said that he had lost a \u201cvery supportive\u201d daughter. Fellow Ugandan athlete James Kirwa told the BBC about her generosity and how she had helped out other runners financially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A report filed by a local administrator alleged the athlete and her ex-partner had been wrangling over a piece of land. Police say an investigation is under way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheptegei, from a region just across the border in Uganda, is said to have bought a plot in Trans Nzoia county and built a house to be near Kenya’s elite athletics training centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attacks on women have become a major concern in Kenya. In 2022 at least 34% of women said they had experienced physical violence, according to a national survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This tragedy is a stark reminder of the urgent need to combat gender-based violence, which has increasingly affected even elite sports,” Kenya’s Sports Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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