After the Paris Olympics, 33-year-old R. Cheptegei returned to Kenya, where the Ugandan athlete trains. However, training will have to be forgotten for a long time.
The police report that the runner was attacked and set on fire at home on Sunday.
It is reported that after disagreements, the athlete’s boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, waited at home while R. Cheptegei and her child were at church. After she returned, the man doused the marathon runner with gasoline and set the athlete on fire.
R. Cheptegei was hospitalized. As reported, as many as 75 percent were burned. Ugandan body.
It is true that D. Ndiema managed to burn himself during the attack and ended up in the same hospital.
“We regret to inform you that our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has sustained serious injuries and is hospitalized in Eldoret. This happened during an incident where her Kenyan boyfriend doused her with petrol and set her on fire,” the Uganda Athletics Federation announced on social media.
At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, R. Cheptegei took 44th place in the marathon.
2024-09-04 07:04:29