Friends, family and the athletics community pay tribute to Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei.
The killing of Ugandan Olympian and long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has devastated her friends and family - and has left the East African athletics community reeling.
He remembered the 33-year-old as an experienced athlete who was kind to her teammates on the running circuit. Her most notable victory came in the up-and-downhill mountain race at the 2022 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Athletes in East Africa often join their country’s army for the financial backing it allows them - and they get to train on the track instead of serving in the field.
“When I first started, I almost gave up because it was very difficult, but she told me you must solider on,” he said.The region borders her home area in Uganda and is close to Kenya’s elite athletics training centres, which was why she lived there. He added that he was now worried about the two girls’ education without their mother to support them.For some it fits into a wider pattern of violence against women in the region where top athletes are not protected by their status.
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