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Ugandan athlete Cheptegei sustained 80 per cent burns, doctors say

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Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei who was allegedly set on fire by her boyfriend. [Courtesy

A distraught father and an inconsolable sister stood outside the Intensive Care Unit in Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, where Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei is fighting for life.

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