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Cheptegei was killed despite her efforts to protect herself

Cheptegei was killed despite her efforts to protect herself

On the morning of Sunday Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western Kenya. Her ex-boyfriend called a friend of his to ask if he could borrow a lighter.

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PRIME Rebecca Cheptegei’s death: Why danger lurks for athletes in troubled unions

PRIME Rebecca Cheptegei’s death: Why danger lurks for athletes in troubled unions

On Thursday morning, the world woke up to the news of the death of top Ugandan marathoner, 33-year-old Rebecca Cheptegei, who had been undergoing treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. 

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Kenya's Wanyonyi becomes youngest athlete to win 800m Olympic gold medal

Kenya's Wanyonyi becomes youngest athlete to win 800m Olympic gold medal

Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi won gold in the men's 800 metres final on the penultimate evening of the Olympics on Saturday.Wanyonyi claimed a personal best 1:41.19 ahead of world champion Marco Arop of Canada with the bronze going to Algeria'

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Cheptegei had to give up life’s cravings for the crown

Cheptegei had to give up life’s cravings for the crown

You have to give to get, and no one understands this better than a successful person, or one aspiring.But for this particular chore, we shall take an athlete. You have got to be ready to give up almost everything for you to make it at the highest level.&n

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Kiplimo: Kenyan athletes bring out the best in me

Kiplimo: Kenyan athletes bring out the best in me

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo wins the senior men's 10km race during the World Cross Country Championships at the Mount Panaroma Circuit in Bathurst, Australia on February 18, 2023.As far as middle and long distance running is concerned, Ethiopia has for all pra

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Swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira sent HOME from Olympics ‘after sneaking out of athlete’s village for night with boyfriend’

Swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira sent HOME from Olympics ‘after sneaking out of athlete’s village for night with boyfriend’

AN Olympic swimmer has been sent home after sneaking out of the athletes village to spend a night with her boyfriend.Ana Carolina Vieira, from Brazil, was sent packing after being caught short as she a

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Here’s how much the gold winners at the 2024 Paris Olympics will get paid

Here’s how much the gold winners at the 2024 Paris Olympics will get paid

Gold medallist Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the men's 5000m event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 6, 2021. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)The countdown to th

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