Uganda’s late Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei honoured at Paris Paralympics 2024
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Cheptegei died on Thursday, four days after her partner attacked her in the latest attack on a female athlete in Uganda.
A picture of Rebecca Cheptegei appeared on a giant screen after the marathon events at the Paralympic Games in Paris in a tribute to the Ugandan runner who died after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya.
Spectators applauded as the face of Cheptegei, who took part in the Paris Olympics marathon, was shown on the Esplanade des Invalides on Sunday.
Cheptegei died on Thursday, four days after her partner attacked her in the latest attack on a female athlete in the country.
The 33-year-old succumbed to the burns she suffered when her boyfriend poured petrol on her and set her ablaze in Kenya, making her the third female athlete to be killed in the country since October 2021.
Cheptegei, 33, suffered burns to more than 75 percent of her body in the August 31 attack.
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