Olympian Dies In Kenya After Being Set On Fire, Is There A Pattern? | First Sports With Rupha Ramani

Olympian Dies In Kenya After Being Set On Fire, Is There A Pattern? | First Sports With Rupha Ramani

Uganda's Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei who competed at the Paris Olympics dies in Kenya. Cheptegei was set on fire reportedly by her boyfriend. The athlete was getting treated in a hospital in Eldoret but she failed to recover after suffering extensive burns. Rebecca was living in Kenya to make use of the training facilities. Cheptegei isn't the first female athlete to have been targeted. Kenya has a history of female athletes being attacked. From Damaris Mutua to Agnes Tirop, Kenya has seen a massive rise in femicide. Why are female athletes being murdered in a country of champions? Rupha Ramani brings you the details.

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