Cheptegei died on Thursday, 4 days after her companion attacked her within the newest assault on a feminine athlete in Uganda.
An image of Rebecca Cheptegei appeared on a large display after the marathon occasions on the Paralympic Video games in Paris in a tribute to the Ugandan runner who died after she was doused in petrol and set on hearth by her boyfriend in Kenya.
Spectators applauded because the face of Cheptegei, who took half within the Paris Olympics marathon, was proven on the Esplanade des Invalides on Sunday.
Cheptegei died on Thursday, 4 days after her companion attacked her within the newest assault on a feminine athlete within the nation.
The 33-year-old succumbed to the burns she suffered when her boyfriend poured petrol on her and set her ablaze in Kenya, making her the third feminine athlete to be killed within the nation since October 2021.
Cheptegei, 33, suffered burns to greater than 75 % of her physique within the August 31 assault.
The incident happened simply weeks after Cheptegei participated within the girls’s marathon on the Paris Olympics, the place she completed forty fourth.
On Friday, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo stated the French capital would pay tribute to Cheptegei by naming a sports activities facility in her honour.
“She dazzled us right here in Paris. We noticed her. Her magnificence, her energy, her freedom, and it was in all chance her magnificence, energy and freedom which have been insupportable for the one that dedicated this homicide,” Hidalgo advised reporters.
“Paris won’t neglect her. We’ll dedicate a sports activities venue to her in order that her reminiscence and her story stays amongst us and helps carry the message of equality, which is a message carried by the Olympic and Paralympic Video games.”
Cheptegei is the third distinguished sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021.
Kenyan Sports activities Minister Kipchumba Murkomen described Cheptegei’s loss of life as a loss “to your entire area”.
“It is a vital second— not simply to mourn the lack of a exceptional Olympian, however to commit ourselves to making a society that respects and protects the dignity of each particular person,” chairman of the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) Athletes Fee, Ganzi Semu Mugula, stated on Friday.
