Tokyo Olympic Runner and Kenya World Record Holder Found Stabbed to Death

Agnes Jebet Tirop of Kenya celebrates winning bronze in the Women's 10,000-meter final during day two of 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on Sept. 28, 2019. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF

A Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competed in the Tokyo Olympics this year was found stabbed to death at her home, the governing body for the sport of athletics in the East African country announced on Wednesday.

Agnes Tirop, a 25-year-old two-time World Championship bronze medallist, was found dead at her Iten home in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Oct. 13, Athletics Kenya said in a statement. According to local reports, she was stabbed in the abdomen.