- ‘Kenya has lost a jewel,’ says African nation’s athletics body
- Tirop smashed the 10km world record in Germany last month
Kenya’s world record holder Agnes Tirop, two-times a world championship bronze medallist, has been found dead at her home.
The 25-year-old distance runner represented Kenya in the 5,000m event at the Tokyo Olympics and finished fourth in the final after clocking 14:39.62.
