Rebecca Cheptegei died Thursday at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in the attack. She was 33.
The city of Paris wants to honor a Ugandan Olympic runner who was killed when
Rebecca Cheptegei where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in the attack. She was 33.
Cheptegei’s death was less than a month after she competed in the women’s marathon at the and finished 44th.
On Friday, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo proposed the city name a sports venue after her. The proposal will be discussed by elected city officials in October.
“Paris joins its elected representatives in expressing its support for the family of the athlete, victim of a femicide a few weeks after her participation in the Olympic Games”, Paris city hall said in a statement.
Trans Nzoia County Police Commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom said this week that Cheptegei’s partner, Dickson Ndiema, bought a can of gasoline, poured it on her and set her ablaze during a disagreement last Sunday.
