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Paris to Honour Slain Olympic Runner Rebecca Cheptegei

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Rebecca Cheptegei, a Ugandan Olympic runner, tragically succumbed to severe burns after being set on fire by her boyfriend. The incident occurred outside her home in north-western Kenya. Cheptegei made her Olympic debut in the women's marathon at the Paris Games, finishing 44th in a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 14 seconds. The city of Paris has announced plans to honor Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her.

  1. FR
    Anne Hidalgo
    Socialist Party
    1. Paris will not forget her. We'll dedicate a sports venue to her so that her memory and her story remains among us and helps carry the message of equality, which is a message carried by the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  2. UG
    Janet Museveni
    1. The news of our daughter Rebecca Cheptegei's tragic death due to domestic violence is deeply disturbing.
  3. CH
    Marcel Hug
    1. It's terrible, and we should really try to avoid violence like this.
  4. CH
    Catherine Debrunner
    1. I don't really have the words for it. We should not take it for granted what we can do here.
  5. KE
    Joan Chelimo
    1. She was the breadwinner of her family and you can imagine other girls were looking up to her.
    2. We are really hoping that now it's another wake up call and for us to come together.
    3. They are becoming more financially stable, they are becoming more independent, and I think their ex-partners don't like the fact we are becoming independent, we are raising our voices more.
    4. I knew Rebecca as a person: we were together at the Paris Olympics. She was a mum, she had been hard working to be at the Olympics.
    5. What is heart-breaking is her children witnessed their mother's attack.
  6. UG
    Agnes Barabara
    1. When I came out, I saw Rebecca running towards my house on fire, shouting: help me.
    2. But then he too got burned and he ran off towards the garden to try to put it out. We then went to help Rebecca.

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sources

  1. 1.Le Monde
  2. 2.BBC
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.CNN
  5. 5.The Washington Post
  6. 6.The Times
  7. 7.Agence France-Presse
  8. 8.Citizen TV
  9. 9.Washington Post

perspectives

  1. 1.Crimes
  2. 2.Homicide
  3. 3.Women's Rights
  4. 4.Olympic Games
  5. 5.Violence against Women
  6. 6.Athletics

countries

  1. 1.AngolaAO
  2. 2.SwitzerlandCH
  3. 3.FranceFR
  4. 4.KenyaKE
  5. 5.UgandaUG

organizations

  1. 1.Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
  2. 2.Tirop's Angels
  3. 3.United Nations
  4. 4.World Athletics
  5. 5.Ugandan Peoples' Defense Forces

persons

  1. 1.Rebecca Cheptegei
  2. 2.Anne HidalgoFR
  3. 3.Dickson Ndiema Marangach
  4. 4.Damaris Mutua
  5. 5.Ibrahim Rotich
  6. 6.Janet MuseveniUG
  7. 7.Joan ChelimoKE
  8. 8.Kipchumba MurkomenKE
  9. 9.Agnes BarabaraUG
  10. 10.Agnes Jebet Tirop
  11. 11.Catherine DebrunnerCH
  12. 12.Emmanual Kimutai

technicals

  1. 1.Paris 2024 Olympic Games
  2. 2.Paralympic Games
  3. 3.Olympic Games
  4. 4.Les Invalides
  5. 5.Rift Valley
  6. 6.Woman's Hour
  7. 7.World Cross Country Championships