Olympic Games – A long minute of applause. At the end of the para-marathon this Sunday, September 8, the organizing committee of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games called on the public to pay tribute to the Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died in Kenya after being burned alive by a man presented as her companion.
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After the last participants in the Paralympic marathon arrived on the Esplanade des Invalides in the heart of Paris around midday, the organisers of the Games broadcast a message over the loudspeaker in French and English to remember the athlete who died at the age of 33.
“In his memory, please take part in a minute of applause.”they asked, as Rebecca Cheptegei’s photo was shown on the giant screen above the stands.
Indignation and condemnation
The sparse audience applauded warmly, as you can see in the video aboveThe organizers then played an excerpt from Téléphone’s song, Another world.
Rebecca Cheptegei, who had participated in the Olympic marathon (44th), died on Thursday. She had been hospitalized last Sunday after being doused with gasoline and set alight at her home by the suspect, identified as Dickson Ndiema Marangach, while she was returning from church with her children.
His death sparked widespread condemnation, with the United Nations calling it a “violent murder”The organizers of the Paris Olympic Games have expressed their “deep indignation and sadness”.
The city of Paris will also pay tribute to Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports site after her, the capital’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo, announced on Friday morning.
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