(FILES) (From L to R) Kenya's Rosemary Wanjiru, Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei and Kenya's Selly Chepyego Kaptich compete in the women's marathon final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on August 26, 2023. A Ugandan marathoner who competed at the Paris Olympics is in intensive care after being set on fire alledgedly by her partner in Kenya, officials said on September 3, 2024, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country.
Long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, was assaulted after her Kenyan partner Dickson Ndiema Marangach reportedly snuck into her home in western Trans-Nzoia county on September 1, 2024 at around 2:00 pm while she and her children were at church, police said. (Photo by Ferenc ISZA / AFP)