NAIROBI—Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, hospital officials said on Sept. 5, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend.
Kenyan and Ugandan media reported that Cheptegei, 33, who competed in the Paris Olympics, suffered burns to more than 75 percent of her body in the attack in Kenya on Sept. 1, making her the third female athlete to be killed in the country since October 2021.