On Friday, exterior his residence in Eldoret, Kenya, former marathoner Samson Kandie was mugged, overwhelmed and left for lifeless. The celebrated athlete was taken to hospital in important situation, the place he later died of his accidents.
Samson Kandie 1971-2024
Der VCM-Sieger von 2004 und damalige Streckenrekordhalter mit 2:08:35 wurde in Kenia getötet. 😢
Das VCM-Group hält Samson Kandie in bester Erinnerung. Ruhe in Frieden!https://t.co/2f350QW8tG pic.twitter.com/v6eFObiB7f— Vienna Metropolis Marathon (@Vienna_Marathon) October 6, 2024
The 53-year-old reportedly known as his household on his manner residence from work, however by no means arrived. “I went exterior and located him,” Vienna Kandie, Samson’s daughter, informed media. “His legs and arms had been injured, and he had been overwhelmed badly. He was in a horrible state, so we rushed him to the hospital.” Native police commander Benjamin Mwanthi defined that the assailants seemed to be ready for Samson at his residence, and fled the scene with the runner’s telephone after attacking him. Police are at present searching for suspects.
The completed marathoner ran his private finest of two:08:31 in 1999 to win his second consecutive bronze medal on the Berlin Marathon. His different notable performances embrace victories on the 2002 Sapporo Marathon and the 2004 Vienna Marathon. Samson additionally represented Kenya on the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.
The assault marks the third tragic dying for Kenyan distance runners in a single week. On Monday, former African Video games champion Clement Kemboi was discovered lifeless; his physique was found hanging from a tree in Koisungur Village in Iten, Kenya. The 32-year-old achieved his private better of 8:10.65 within the 3,000m steeplechase on the 2016 Doha Diamond League. Media experiences didn’t speculate whether or not he was the sufferer of a criminal offense.
Kenya’s athletics neighborhood additionally mourns the lack of 2016 U20 800m world champion Kipyegon Bett. On Sunday, the 26-year-old handed away whereas receiving remedy for a liver situation in Bomet County, Kenya.
