Another Missing Athlete Has Been Found Dead Inside High School Farm

Another Missing Athlete Has Been Found Dead Inside High School Farm

Another Missing Athlete Has Been Found Dead in Koisungur, Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County. The athlete is believed to have died by suicide.

Confirming the incident was Elgeyo Marakwet Police Commander Peter Mulinge who stated that the athlete’s body was found hanging on a rope tied to a tree near the St Patrick High School farm in Koisungur village.

Kemboi’s body has since been moved to the Iten County Referral Morgue, pending autopsy

He was Specialized in the 3000m steeplechase, Kemboi won the 2005 Africa Games as a teenager. Six years later, he won his first international circuit at the 2011 Weltklasse in Biberach, running a personal best of 8:34.22 in the 3000m.

He also won his first international medal, winning the Africa Games men’s steeplechase aged just 23. In what was a stellar year for him, he was ranked 8th worldwide in the men’s steeplechase.

His personal best time in the 3000m came in 2016 at the Doha Diamond League where he recorded an impressive time of 8:10.65.

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