Ugandan Olympic athlete Cheptegei set on fire by her boyfriend, police say

UPDATE Sept. 5, 2024: Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80 per cent of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33.

Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished in the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was horrifically attacked in her house in the western Trans Nzoia County.

"He pounced and poured the petrol on her back and lit her up as she was running away," her father, Joseph Cheptegei said.

Cheptegei’s parents said their daughter bought land in Trans Nzoia to be near the county’s many athletic training centres.

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