Rebecca Cheptegei, a 33-year-old Ugandan Olympic marathoner that recently competed in Paris, died just days after being burned in an attack by her partner.

The sadistic ex is believed to have broken into Cheptegei’s home — which she built in Kenya, near the Ugandan border — while she was attending church with her 9 and 11-year-old

Officials in Kenya say the man accused of killing Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by setting her on fire has died of his own burns.

Rebecca Cheptegei, an Ugandan distance runner who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has passed away after being set ablaze by her boyfriend during a domestic dispute.

He had doused her with gasoline and set her on fire during a fight over a plot of land - He also assaulted her daughter who tried to protect her

Ugandan Olympic marathon runner dies after being set on fire in horror petrol attack - The Ugandan athlete, 33, suffered 75 per cent burns in the suspected petrol attack in Kenya on Sunday

As previously reported by PEOPLE, distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, suffered 75 percent burns on her body after her boyfriend allegedly doused her in gasoline and set her on fire at her home in Trans Nzoia County in western Kenya on Sunday, Sept. 1, police said, per the Associated Press , BBC News and ESPN.

Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner, was buried Saturday with full military honors in her native Uganda.