Athletics | The man suspected of the Olympic athlete’s death has died

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei passed away on Thursday of last week from the burns he received earlier.

The endurance runner’s ex-boyfriend is suspected of pouring fuel on Cheptegei and setting her on fire at the end of an argument.

Now many news agencies, as well Reuterssay the suspect in Cheptegei’s death Dickson Ndieman deceased.

Ndiema is said to have suffered burns in the fire and died of his injuries in the intensive care unit of a Kenyan hospital on Monday evening.

Cheptegei competed in the marathon of the Paris Olympic Games in the summer. He ran his season’s best in the games and finished 44th.