Rebecca Cheptegei died four days after suffering burns to more than 75 per cent of her body
Rebecca Cheptegei, pictured competing in a 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, represented her country in the marathon at the Olympic Games in Paris . Photograph: APlast month died on Thursday, four days after she was doused in petrol and ignited by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on a female athlete in the country.
"She dazzled us here in Paris. We saw her. Her beauty, her strength, her freedom, and it was in all likelihood her beauty, strength and freedom which were intolerable for the person who committed this murder," Hidalgo told reporters.Olympic marathon runner from Uganda dies after petrol attack by partner"Paris will not forget her.
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