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Heartbreaking: Former Hurdles World Champion Dies After Returning From Nigeria

Posted by Samuel on Wed 08th Aug, 2018 - tori.ng

A former Kenyan former 400m hurdles world champion has sadly died after returning from Nigeria to his home.

Nicholas Bett
 
Kenya's former 400m hurdles world champion Nicholas Bett has died aged 28, following a car crash on Wednesday, BBC reports.
 
Bett had just returned from the Africa Championships in Nigeria when he died in Nandi, north west Kenya.
 
In 2015, he made history in China by becoming the first Kenyan to win a world gold at a distance shorter than 800m.
 
He was a two-time African bronze medallist and his twin brother Haron Koech is also a hurdler.
 
Athletics Kenya confirmed Bett's death on Twitter, while Kenyan sports minister Rashid Echesa tweeted his condolences to the Bett family.


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