The Kenyan former world 400m hurdles champion Nicholas Bett has died in a car accident at the age of 28.
Bett was involved in an accident in Nandi, north-west Kenya, a day after returning from the Continental Championships in Nigeria.
A tweet from Athletics Kenya confirmed the news on Wednesday morning. “We regret to learn of the sudden demise of one of our top athletes, the 2015 400m Hurdles World Champion #NicholasKiplagatBett who represented Kenya in the just concluded Africa Championships. Our condolences to his family and the entire athletics fraternity,” it read.
Bett became the first Kenyan to win a gold medal in a distance shorter than 800m when he triumphed in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015.
By Guardian sport
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