It was the first time a Ugandan had won an Olympic gold, a feat that was to inspire generations of athletes. "People got inspired. I was now being compared with John Akii-Bua, a man I never met but ...

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Sept. 10 (UPI) --The ex-partner accused of killing Olympic runner and Uganda-born athlete Rebecca Cheptegei by setting her on fire also has died after injuries sustained in the same incident, ...

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner, was buried Saturday with full military honors at her ...

Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near the ...