RIP! Another athlete found dead in their home

Agnes Tirop
Agnes Tirop

Days after the sad news of the death of Hosea Mwok Macharinyang who was found dead at his home in West Pokot, another athlete has died. According to reports his body was discovered in his Morkwijit home with a rope around his neck.

Macharinyang died aged 35.

News just in indicate that Kenya's 5,000m women's representative to Tokyo Olympics Agnes Tirop found dead in her house in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County; she had stab wounds in the abdomen.

The details of her demise are still scanty. There is a huge crowd gathering at the scene and the body is yet to be removed.

A source told Mpasho, "She has been living at an athletics camp after differing with her husband but returned two days ago at the home following reconciliation by relatives and friends."

Keep it here as the story develops.

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