Ugandan Olympic athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei, dies after being severely burned by her partner
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Ugandan Olympic athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei, dies after being severely burned by her partner

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. A spokesperson at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city, Owen Menach, confirmed Cheptegei’s death on Thursday. Menach…