OLYMPIC marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died after she was allegedly set on fire in a brutal petrol attack by her boyfriend.
The Ugandan athlete, 33, suffered horror burns over 75 per cent of her body after her ex-partner snuck into her home to ambush her, local media reported.
Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, has reportedly diedCheptegei spent days in critical condition receiving medical care at an ICU in the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city, western Kenya.