: Athletics: Record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop found dead with stab wounds #IndiaNEWS Record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop was found dead Wednesday with stab wounds to

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Athletics: Record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop found dead with stab wounds #IndiaNEWS
Record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop was found dead Wednesday with stab wounds to her stomach in a suspected homicide, athletics officials said.Police said they were on the hunt for her husband over the incident at Tirop’s home in the high-altitude training hub of Iten in western Kenya.Tirop, 25, was a fast-rising athlete – a double world 10,000m bronze medallist and 2015 world cross county champion who also finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics this year.Only last month, she smashed the women-only 10km world record at the Road to Records Event in Germany, with a time of 30:01, slicing 28 seconds off the previous record, Athletics Kenya said.Tirop also made history in 2015 when she became the second-youngest ever gold medallist in the women’s cross country championships after Zola Budd.“Kenya has lost a jewel who was one of the fastest rising athletics giants on the international stage, thanks to her eye-catching performances on the track,� Athletics Kenya said in a statement.“We are still working to unearth more details about her demise.�Keiyo North police commander Tom Makori told AFP that Tirop’s husband Emmanuel Rotich was a “man of interest� in the case and was the subject of a police hunt.“He can tell us what happened,� Makori...Read more

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