Kenya athletes bid Agnes Tirop final farewell

Slain long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya’s highly competitive athletics scene, was buried on Saturday at a funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners. Her funeral was held on the day she would have turned 26. Mourners includi…

Kenyan athlete Agnes Jebet Tirop murdered

Kenya’s two-time world championship bronze medalist, Agnes Jebet Tirop, has died aged 25, in an alleged murder, Athletics Kenya (AK) said on Wednesday. Tirop was found at home in Iten with stab wounds, according to AK and local media reports. “We are s…