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Olympic marathon Ugandan star Rebecca Cheptegei has sustained serious injuries from being set ablaze by her ex-partner after a serious argument over a piece of land.
Paris Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei is currently in critical condition in a Kenyan hospital after being reportedly set ablaze by her ex-partner.
According to reports, Cheptegei suffered burns to more than 75% of her body and was attacked at her home in western Kenya, where she had been training.
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It is said that the alleged attacker also sustained serious burns, as reported by the local police chief Jeremiah ole Kosiom in his statement to journalists and the two are being treated at Moi Referral Hospital in Eldoret, the main town in the region.
“The couple were heard quarrelling outside their house. During the altercation, the boyfriend was seen pouring a liquid on the woman before burning her,” Mr Kosiom was quoted as saying.
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Residents of the area told the media that the two engaged in a quarrel before they heard a loud burn at the house where the athlete was attacked. Doctors at the hospital are battling to save her life and decribed the burn as serious.
Cheptegei is a Ugandan long-distance and marathon runner who represented her country at the Paris Olympics, where she finished 44th in the women's marathon event.
The 33-year-old has been running since 2010 and won gold at the inaugural World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2022.
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Cheptegei is said to have bought a piece of land in Trans Nzoia county and built a house, to be near Kenya's many athletic training centers. Ironically, in a report filed by a local administrator, he said the two had been wrangling over the piece of land and an investigation is ongoing on the matter.
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