Remembering Rebecca Cheptegei: A Profile of the Ugandan athlete

Published: Sep 05, 2024 Duration: 00:01:47 Category: News & Politics

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the Ugandan field and truck fraternity is in a somber mood today following the death of Rebecca chupte who recently represented Uganda in the women's 42 kilom Olympics marathon in Paris the athlete breathed her last today morning following a fire attack on her on Sunday by her Kenyan partner Dixon dma born in 1991 the 33-year-old athlete was born in quen District in the SE sub region of Uganda where she developed her career in Cross Country and longdistance running in 2010 chapte made her professional debut in field and truck finishing 15th in the under 20 World cross country championships in Poland chapte secured her first win the same year when she took home gold in Munich in the 1,500 M race in the junior Athletics Championships before winning the 10 kilom Race in Uganda in 2011 Rebecca chip came second at the Madrid half marathon and later finished third in the 10 K Road running race in Spain she had a successful 2013 winning two races in Spain chapay announced her presence on the senior stage in 2022 winning the Padova marathon and coming second in the 10,000 M race in the Uganda Athletics Championships she ended the year with a fourth place finish in the Abu Dhabi Marathon earning her a place to represent Uganda in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris last year CHP finished second at the fen marathon and 14th at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest her final career race came at the just concluded Olympic games where she competed in the women's marathon Race finishing in 44th place no wakira NTV sport

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