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The city of Paris wants to honor a Ugandan Olympic runner who was killed when her partner attacked and set her on fire.
Rebecca Cheptegei died Thursday at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in the attack. She was 33.
Cheptegei’s death was less than a month after she competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics and finished 44th.
On Friday, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo proposed the city name a sports venue after her. The proposal will be discussed by elected city officials in October.
French capital wants to name sports venue after murdered Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei:
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