Rebecca Cheptegei, a marathon runner who competed for Uganda at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has died days after she was set on fire, allegedly by an ex-boyfriend. Cheptegei, 33, was left fighting for her ...

Rebecca Cheptegei, a long-distance runner from Uganda who competed in the women's marathon at the recent Summer Olympics in Paris, has died days after being doused in gasoline and then set on fire by ...

Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has died from burns four days after police say her former boyfriend poured gasoline on her and set her on fire. The ...

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 ...

Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition after “being doused with petrol and set on fire,” BBC reported. The Star newspaper in Nairobi reported that Cheptegei has burns on 80 ...

A Ugandan marathon runner who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics is in critical condition with burns over more than 75% of her body after police said her alleged boyfriend poured gasoline on her.

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 ...

Rebecca Cheptegei, a 33-year-old Ugandan Olympic marathoner who competed in Paris, died just days after being burned in an attack by her partner. Authorities said her partner, Dickson Ndiema, bought a ...