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Family confirm Cheptegei’s death after Ugandan athlete was burned

2024-09-05

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33.

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