Paris To Name Sports Venue After Slain Ugandan Athlete Cheptegei

Paris To Name Sports Venue After Slain Ugandan Athlete Cheptegei …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

The city of Paris unveiled plan to honour late Ugandan Olympic runner, Rebecca Cheptegei, by naming a sports venue after her.

French capital’s mayor Anne Hidalgo announced the decision to immortalise the athlete on Friday.

LEADERSHIP reported that Cheptegei, who competed in the women’s marathon during the Paris Olympics last month, succumbed to severe burns on Thursday after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend at her home in Kenya.

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