The missing athlete Clement Kemboi has been found dead.
The Kenyan athletics fraternity has been plunged into mourning for the second time in less than 24hr following the death of Clement Kemboi and Kipyegone Bett.
Clement Kemboi’s death confirmed after his body was found in Koisungur, Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County.
According to Elgeyo Marakwet Police Commander Peter Mulinge, the athlete’s body was found hanging on a rope tied to a tree near the St Patrick High School farm in Koisungur.
The athlete is believed to have died by suicide.
The late specialized in the 3000m steeplechase, he first showed the world what he is good at in 2005 when he won the Africa Games as a teenager and after 6 years he won his first international circuit at the 2011 Weltklasse in Biberach and in 2015 Clement also won his first international medal.
Kemboi’s death comes hours after Kenyans were coming to terms with the death of another athlete Kipyegon Bett.
Just days earlier, another retired marathon champion Samson Kandie lost his life after an attack near his home in Eldoret.
