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Monday, May 16, 2011

Kenya Olympic marathon star Sammy Wanjiru dies in fall

The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, Samuel "Sammy" Wanjiru, has died after falling from a balcony at his home in the Rift Valley town of Nyahururu.

Samuel Wanjiru after winning gold in Beijing (August 2008)  
Samuel Wanjiru broke the Olympic record when he won gold in 2008.The 24-year-old won in Beijing in 2008 in an Olympic record time, becoming Kenya's first marathon champion.
Last December, he was charged with threatening to kill his wife, Triza Njeri, assault and the illegal possession of an AK-47 assault rifle.
Mrs Njeri subsequently withdrew her accusations, saying they had reconciled.
However, Wanjiru was due to appear before a court on 23 May on the charge of illegal possession of a firearm. www.mannamart.com
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/16/2011 12:35:00 pm

    Unbelievable! Was he pushed from the balcony, thats stranger than fiction! Talent and potentials wasted needlessly

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  2. Anonymous5/16/2011 03:12:00 pm

    ways young athletes losing their lives is getting so overwhelming

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