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DAYS AFTER COMPETING IN ASABA! Former 400m hurdles world champion, Nicholas Bett, dies in car crash
Kenya’s former 400m hurdles world champion, Nicholas Bett, has died in a car crash on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old hurdler had just returned from the Africa Championships in Nigeria when he died in the crash on the road between Eldoret and Kapsabet in the Rift Valley region in the west of the country.
Bett’s Toyota Prado SUV was said to have hit bumps in the road and somersaulted The accident happened around 6am.
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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, while Kenyan sports minister Rashid Echesa tweeted his condolences to the Bett family.
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