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.
NAIROBI, Kenya — 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.
Cheptegei competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics less than a month before the attack. She finished in 44th place. Menach said Ndiema was still in the intensive care unit with 30% burns, but was “improving and stable.”
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