Former 400m hurdles world champion Nicholas Bett is dead, his family and Nandi police commander Patrick Wambani have confirmed.
The 26-year-old died in a road crash on Wednesday, a day after returning from the continental championships in Nigeria.
The car the athlete had been driving hit bumps and rolled into a ditch at Sochoi area on Eldoret-Kapsabet road.
Wambani said Bett was alone at the time. His body was taken to a morgue in Eldoret.
Bett made history in China by becoming the first Kenyan to win a gold medal in a short distance race at world stage.
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He won the 400m hurdles finals at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing in 47.79 world leading time, beating Russia’s Dennis Kudryavsten in 2015.
Source: TheStar
