14-10-2021, 11:33 AM
By Aleks Klosok, CNN
Updated 1602 GMT (0002 HKT) October 13, 2021
(CNN)Kenyan long-distance runner Agnes Tirop, who represented her country at the recent Tokyo Olympics, has died aged 25, Athletics Kenya (AK) announced in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the country's athletics body, Tirop was found dead at her home in Iten, after she was "allegedly stabbed."
Local reports state Tirop was found dead with stab wounds in her abdomen.
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Last month, Tirop made history by taking 28 seconds off the long-standing, women-only world record for 10km at the Adizero Road To Records event in Germany.
Tirop finished in a time of 30:01 breaking the previous record of 30:29 which had been set by Moroccan Asmae Leghzaoui in 2002.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/13/sport...index.html
Updated 1602 GMT (0002 HKT) October 13, 2021
(CNN)Kenyan long-distance runner Agnes Tirop, who represented her country at the recent Tokyo Olympics, has died aged 25, Athletics Kenya (AK) announced in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the country's athletics body, Tirop was found dead at her home in Iten, after she was "allegedly stabbed."
Local reports state Tirop was found dead with stab wounds in her abdomen.
......
Last month, Tirop made history by taking 28 seconds off the long-standing, women-only world record for 10km at the Adizero Road To Records event in Germany.
Tirop finished in a time of 30:01 breaking the previous record of 30:29 which had been set by Moroccan Asmae Leghzaoui in 2002.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/13/sport...index.html