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Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop, 25, found dead in home; was two-time world championships bronze medalist

Associated Press

Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop, a two-time world championships bronze medalist and a world record-holder, has been found dead at her home, the country’s track federation said Wednesday.

Athletics Kenya said it was still working to uncover details of the incident but it had been informed of Tirop’s death. She was 25.

Tirop was found dead at her home in Iten in western Kenya, a town renowned as a training base for distance runners. Kenyan media reported she was found with stab wounds in her abdomen, although police did not immediately give out any details other than to say they were investigating

β€œKenya has lost a jewel,” the federation said.

Agnes Tirop, center, runs in the heats of the women's 5000 meters during the Tokyo Olympics.

Tirop won bronze medals in the women’s 10,000 meters at the 2017 and 2019 world championships and finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics.

Last month, Tirop broke the world record in the women-only 10-kilometer road race.

Her career took off when she won the world cross-country title in 2015 at the age of 19 to become the second youngest champion ever.

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