THE BODY of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after being set on fire by her partner in Kenya, was received Friday by family and anti-femicide crusaders, ahead of her burial a day later.

Cheptegei’s family met with dozens of activists Friday who had marched to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital’s morgue in the western city of Eldoret while chanting anti-femicide slogans.

She is the fourth female athlete to have been killed by her partner in Kenya, in yet another case of gender-based violence in recent years.