Nairobi — Kenyan athletics is mourning as soon as once more following the loss of life of marathoner Willy Kipruto Chelewa in unclear circumstances.
A press release from Athletics Kenya (AK) signifies that the athlete was discovered at his house in Iten with no seen indicators of harm.
“On Friday, September 13 2024, he educated together with his teammates however failed to indicate up for coaching on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (September 14-16). This raised concern amongst his coaching companions who then opted to search for him at his residence the place they discovered the door locked from inside. After they compelled it open, they discovered his lifeless physique mendacity on the ground close to the bed room door with no seen indicators of harm,” the federation mentioned.
Kipruto’s final race was on the Nairobi Metropolis Expressway Marathon on September 8 the place he competed within the males’s 21km.
The occasion, in its third version, attracted over 10,000 athletes from throughout the nation.
AK’s assertion additional indicated that police have commenced investigations to ascertain the reason for his demise.
“Police from Kaptagat are at the moment dealing with the matter and the physique is at the moment at Iten Mortuary,” they mentioned.
Kipruto’s loss of life comes lower than a fortnight after Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei handed away from a number of burns sustained from a home quarrel together with her ex-lover at her house in Kitale.
The estranged lover, Dickson Ndiema, allegedly poured petrol on the Paris Olympian earlier than setting her ablaze.
Cheptegei sustained over 75 per cent burns, which finally led to organ failure.
The ex-lover, who additionally sustained a number of burns from the incident, additionally handed away on Tuesday final week after per week in recuperation on the Moi Instructing and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.
