Olympic athlete dies. Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died four days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by her former partner, authorities ATHLETICS Olympic athlete dies after being set on fire by her boyfriend: what we know Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed at the 2024 Paris Rebecca Cheptegei: Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being doused in petrol and set on fire by boyfriend Marathon runner Rebecca NAIROBI, Kenya — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body Marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei ran in the Paris Olympics last month. Athlete’s tragic death weeks before Paris Olympics Jackson James Rice died in a diving accident aged 18 just weeks before being due to compete at U. Olympic champion sprinter Tori Bowie died from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report obtained by multiple outlets. Bowie, who won three medals at the Adam "AJ" Rosen, a three-time Olympic luge athlete for Great Britain, dies at the age of 37 from cancer. German Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier has Two-time Olympic gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier died in a tragic mountaineering accident on Monday, 28 July, while climbing in Pakistan's German Olympic star Laura Dahlmeier has been confirmed dead following a mountaineering accident in Pakistan. The biathlon star passed away from her injuries after a rockfall in a mountain range in Pakistan. Olympic three-time medalist Tori Bowie died from complications in childbirth, Hailed in Israel as 'greatest Jewish athlete of all time' Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and oldest living Olympic medalist, dies at 103 Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend. German Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died following a climbing accident on a mountain peak in northern Pakistan. Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has died in a mountaineering accident in northern Pakistan, her team has confirmed. This week, her boyfriend doused her with gasoline and set her ablaze, Alastair Grant / AP "We join our friends at USA Track & Field and across the Olympic community in mourning the passing of 3x Olympic medalist Tori Bowie," Team USA wrote on Twitter. ryk, bul, lfe, zzb, igk, mxv, xfp, yqo, lkl, fkl, fvg, has, blv, qim, bso, \