Kenyan Police Arrest Husband of Dead Tirop

Ethiopia's Ejgayehu Taye (L), Kenya's Agnes Jebet Tirop (C), and Turkey's Yasemin Can (R), compete in the women's 5000m heats during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, on July 30, 2021. Jewel Sama/GettyImages for AFP

NAIROBI—Kenyan police said on Thursday they had arrested the husband of distance runner Agnes Tirop, a two-times World Championship bronze medalist who was found dead at her home.

Police said on Wednesday that Tirop appeared to have been stabbed in the neck with a knife.