The Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is combating for her life after her boyfriend reportedly poured petrol over her and set her on fireplace.
Cheptegei, who completed forty fourth competing for Uganda within the girls’s race on the Paris 2024 Video games, is in vital situation after struggling burns to greater than 75% of her physique following the assault exterior her dwelling in Kenya.
Trans Nzoia County’s police commander, Jeremiah ole Kosiom, mentioned Cheptegei’s associate had purchased a can of petrol, poured it on her and set her ablaze after a disagreement over the land the place her dwelling was constructed.
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“The couple have been heard quarrelling exterior their home. Through the altercation, the boyfriend was seen pouring a liquid on the lady earlier than burning her,” he instructed the Normal newspaper in Kenya. “The suspect was additionally caught by the hearth and sustained severe burns.”
Cheptegei, 33, was reportedly rescued by neighbours earlier than she and her attacker have been taken to Moi Referral Hospital in Eldoret.
The Ugandan Athletics Federation additionally reported the assault on social media.
“We remorse to announce that our athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed on the Olympics has suffered extreme accidents and is hospitalised at Moi Instructing and Referral Hospital in Eldoret,” it mentioned in an announcement. “This follows an incident involving her Kenyan boyfriend pouring petrol and setting fireplace on her.”
Cheptegei, who gained the World Mountain and Path Working Championships in Thailand in 2022, is the newest sufferer of assaults towards feminine athletes in Kenya.
In October 2021 Agnes Tirop, a two-time world 10km bronze medallist who additionally completed fourth within the 5,000m on the Tokyo Olympics, was discovered stabbed to dying in Iten.
In April 2022, Damaris Mutua, who competed for Bahrain, was discovered strangled with a pillow over her face in the identical city.
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