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Kenyan world record holder found dead
Individual sports
- 13 October, 2021
- 13:42
Kenya's celebrated Olympian athlete Agnes Tirop was found dead in her house in the Elgeyo-Marakwet County on Wednesday, Report mentions, referring to Anadolu Agency.
It said that Tirop, 25, was allegedly stabbed by her "husband" but noted that detectives are working to unearth more details surrounding her demise.
She placed fourth in the 5,000-meter final at this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
On September 12, she broke the record in the women's 10,000 meters at Road to Records Race in Germany with a time of 30:01.
In October, Tirop bagged the silver medal in the Giants Geneva held in Sweden.
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