She brings a cowboy hat to her meets to honor her Texas ties. Davis-Woodhall made her Olympic debut in 2021 at the Tokyo Games after recovering from a string of injuries including two broken ...

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In 1972, the Palestinian militant group Black September orchestrated a deadly attack during the Munich Olympics. Eight militants stormed the Olympic Village, killing two members of the Israeli ...

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died after sustaining injuries from an attack by her partner at her home in western Kenya, according to the Uganda Athletics Federation.

Budgets spiraled out of control, and debts related to the games ballooned. The main Olympic stadium, with an estimated budget of $250 million at the time, ended up costing $1.4 billion and took 30 ...

A marathon runner who raced at the Paris Olympics is in intensive care in Kenya after being set on fire by her partner. The 33-year-old recently competed in her first Olympic Games in Paris ...

An Olympic distance runner is in critical condition in a Kenyan hospital after she was set on fire, according to multiple reports. The athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei, reportedly is receiving treatment ...

Marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was set on fire by her boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, weeks after competing at the Paris Olympics. Trans Nzoia County Police Commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom said the ...

Rebecca Cheptegei reportedly suffered burns to more than 75 percent of her body in the Sunday, Sept. 1 attack Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment ...

He wants to patent his viral stance. Turkey's Olympic pistol sharpshooter Yusuf Dikec has filed to trademark his nonchalant stance at the Paris Games that went viral around the world, his coach ...

China News Service via Getty Images In 2023, Ugandan Olympic runner and steeplechaser Benjamin Kiplagat was found dead with stab wounds. In 2022, Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete Damaris Muthee was ...

An Olympic marathon runner, who competed for Uganda and was living in Kenya, was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend during a disagreement on Sunday, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei ...