16/05/2011 11:33
Olympic champion Samuel Wanjiru dies
Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru was killed when he jumped off the balcony of his home late on Sunday, police said on Monday, according to Reuters.
Police said they were trying to ascertain whether the 24-year-old -- the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon in Beijing in 2008 -- had deliberately killed himself by jumping off the balcony at his home in Nyahururu.
“I can confirm that Wanjiru is dead. It is not yet clear whether it was a suicide or if he jumped out of rage, or what caused him to fall to the ground," Jaspher Ombati, the regional police chief told reporters.
Ombati said police were investigating a possible love triangle that could have been behind the death of Wanjiru, a former winner of the Chicago and London marathons.