Kenyan long-distance runner Agnes Tirop has actually passed away at the age of 25.
According to Athletics Kenya, which is the governing body for the sport of track and field sports in Kenya, the Olympian was discovered dead in her house in Iten today.
“She was allegedly stabbed by her husband,” AK shared in a news release shared through Twitter on Wednesday,Oct 13. “We are still working to unearth more details surrounding her demise. Kenya has lost a jewel who was one of the fastest-rising athletics giants on the international stage, thanks to her eye-catching performances on the track.”
At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo this previous summer season, Tirop represented Kenya in the 5,000- meter race where she ended up 4th.
But simply last month, she broke the women-only record in the females’s 10- kilometer at the Road to Records Race inGermany And recently, she ended up second at the Valencia Half Marathon in Spain.
