{"id":3769,"date":"2024-09-05T22:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2024-09-05T22:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:07:36","slug":"olympic-runner-rebecca-cheptegei-33-tragically-dies-after-conflict-with-boyfriend-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/?p=3769","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, Tragically Dies after Conflict with Boyfriend: Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, tragically passed away after a violent attack by her former boyfriend. She was hospitalized at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, where she succumbed to severe burns and organ failure.<\/p>\n<p>Cheptegei was attacked by her ex-boyfriend, who set her on fire over a property dispute on September 1, 2024. She suffered burns covering 80% of her body. \u201cDoctors tried to save her life,\u201d said her family member, Dr. Tony Sabila. She was sedated, intubated, and on full life support. Plans to airlift her for specialized treatment in Nairobi fell through.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7419\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonpres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2a69ee15fd16072b9f5f0396b945a3003820f63ed306c987177817aa5f934d14-300x150.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei condemned the attack, stating, \u201cThis is not the way we should live.\u201d Ugandan professor Donald Rukare also expressed grief, saying, \u201cMay her gentle soul rest in peace.\u201d Rebecca\u2019s family thanked the public for their prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, tragically passed away after a violent attack by her former boyfriend. She was hospitalized at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, where she&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3772,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions\/3772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}