In just a few years, Agnes Tirop established herself as one of the brightest stars in the world of athletics, smashing records and winning medals to become the breadwinner for her vast Kenyan family. But the distance runner's life and dreams were cruelly cut short when she was found stabbed to death in her home in Kenya's world-renowned training hub of Iten on Wednesday (Oct 13), just 10 days shy of her 26th birthday. The country's athletics body lamented, had lost a "jewel who was one of the fastest rising athletics giants on the international stage".
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