Paris wants to honor late Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei by naming sports venue after her
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Paris: The city of Paris wants to honor the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her. The proposal was anno...
Paris: The city of Paris wants to honor the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her.
The proposal was announced by city mayor Anne Hidalgo on Friday and will be discussed by elected city officials in October.
Cheptegei died on Thursday 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.
Cheptegei competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics less than a month ago and finished 44th.
"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.
