Kenyan sprinter Agnes Tirope, two-time World Championships bronze medalist, has been found dead at her home, the country’s track federation said on Wednesday.
Athletics Kenya said it was still working to uncover the details of the incident but had been informed of Tirope’s death. She was 25 years old.
The track federation said she was allegedly stabbed by her husband.
Tirope won bronze medals in the women’s 10,000 meters at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships and finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics.
Last month, Tirope broke the world record in the women’s only 10-kilometer road race.
Tirop was found dead at her home in Iten, western Kenya, a city famous as a training base for distance runners.
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