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As it happens6:31Rebecca Cheptegei is the third female elite athlete to die in Kenya since 2021 WARNING: This article contains details about domestic violence. Joan Chelimo Melly continues to wonder if there was anything she could have done to save Rebecca Cheptegei’s life. Cheptegei, a 33-year-old Ugandan Olympic runner and mother of two girls, passed away this week after she …

Warning: This story contains details of gender-based violence and murder. A Ugandan Olympic athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by a man she thought was her boyfriend, leaving her with burns over 80 percent of her body, Kenyan police and medical officials said. According to police, Rebecca Cheptegei was attacked on Sunday at her home in …