(Photo : FERENC ISZA/AFP by way of Getty Images) Kenya’s Rosemary Wanjiru, Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Uganda’s Rebecca Cheptegei and Kenya’s Selly Chepyego Kaptich compete within the girls’s marathon ultimate in the course of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on August 26, 2023.
The alleged killer of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei from Uganda died on Monday from burns sustained throughout his alleged deadly assault towards the Olympian.
The man accused of the homicide is Cheptegei’s former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach. Authorities instructed Reuters that the accused died within the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in western Kenya at round 6:30 pm native time (11:30 am EST). It is similar hospital the place the Olympian died on Sept. 5.
“He developed respiratory failure as a result of the severe airway burns and sepsis that led to his eventual death,” Philip Kirwa, chief govt officer of the hospital, stated in an announcement, per Reuters.
Marangach reportedly suffered burns to about 41% of his physique from his assault towards Cheptegei. The assault reportedly occurred on Sept. 1, a Sunday, simply after she attended church together with her youngsters. She was reportedly doused in petrol and set ablaze by Marangach.
The 33-year-old athlete competed on the not too long ago concluded 2024 Paris Olympics, ending forty fourth within the girls’s marathon occasion.
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Rebecca Cheptegei on the 2024 Olympics
According to NBS Sports, Cheptegei was considered one of 25 athletes who represented Uganda on the Paris Summer Games. She was among the many three girls who certified for the marathon occasion.
It was her first Olympics.
Cheptegei additionally positioned second on the 2023 Florence Marathon and completed 14th on the 2023 World Championships. She is ranked 299th on the planet for girls’s marathon.
Cheptegei died 4 days after her brutal assault.
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