The husband of Agnes Tirop , the Kenyan athlete found dead with stab wounds to the abdomen at her home in the high-altitude training center of Iten, in western Kenya, was arrested in Mombasa.
The man, Emmanuel Rotich, reportedly was trying to leave the country.
The record holder, two times bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the world championships and gold at the cross-country world championships in 2015, according to the first reconstructions, was killed by her spouse at the height of a fight.
The disappearance was reported on Tuesday evening by her father. When the police entered the house yesterday they found the woman's body on the bed, a pool of blood on the floor. The husband was immediately identified as the possible culprit.
"Kenya has lost a diamond, one of the fastest growing athletes on the international scene thanks to its remarkable performances on the track", the words with which Athletics Kenya wanted to remember her. “A huge tragedy of which we have only partial news - the words of his agent, the former blue Gianni Demadonna -. I know that she and her husband had a fight a couple of months ago and Agnes had moved to train at the federal center in Iten. What could have really happened I don't know, I know that Agnes was a huge talent ”.
Last month Tirop set the women's world record for women's road running in Germany.
(Unioneonline / D)