Kenyan runner Terup found dead
Kenyan runner Agnes Terup, who holds two bronze medals in the 10,000 meters at the World Athletics Championships, has been found dead with stab wounds, sports officials said Wednesday.
The 25-year-old recently finished fourth in the 5,000m race at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, and was considered a rising star in her country.
She was found dead in her home in the Iten Training Center in western Kenya, and the same source added that her death may have been the result of a murder.
She came third in the 2017 and 2019 World Championships in London and Doha, respectively, and also won the gold of the 2015 World Cross Country Championships.
The Kenya Athletics Federation said in a statement, "Kenya lost a diamond, which was one of the most advanced runners on the international scene, thanks to her remarkable achievements on the track." .
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