UGANDAN Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei died at a Kenyan hospital today where she was being treated after 80 per cent of her body was burned in an attack by her former partner. She was 33.

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A spokesperson at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city, Owen Menach, confirmed Cheptegei’s death today. Menach said the long-distance runner died early in the morning after her organs failed. She had been fully sedated on admission at the hospital.