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Five athletes in four weeks: Death of athletes shock athletics fraternity

Kemboi Clement of Kenya celebrates after winning gold in the 3000m men's steeplechase in the 11th Africa Games in Brazzaville on September 13, 2015. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Yesterday, the body of Clement Kemboi, the 2015 African Games 3,000 metres steeplechase champion, was found hanging by a rope tied to a tree at St Patrick High School farm in Koisungur village in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County.
  • Elgeyo Marakwet County Police Commander Peter Mulinge said Joyce Gerio, the Assistant Chief of Iten Sub-location, reported to him that the body of a male adult dangling by a rope tied to a tree had been discovered at St Patrick High school farm within Koisungur village.

Five athletes dead in one month. That is the sobering statistic that the local athletics fraternity is coming to terms with following the death of two young athletes within 12 hours of each other.

Yesterday, the body of Clement Kemboi, the 2015 African Games 3,000 metres steeplechase champion, was found hanging by a rope tied to a tree at St Patrick High School farm in Koisungur village in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County.