{"id":4180,"date":"2024-09-16T09:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:10:33","slug":"paris-to-honor-slain-ugandan-runner-rebecca-cheptegei-with-sports-venue-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4180","title":{"rendered":"Paris to Honor Slain Ugandan Runner Rebecca Cheptegei with Sports Venue Dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Sports Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has announced that a sports venue in the French capital will be named after Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who tragically died after her ex-boyfriend allegedly set her on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Her memory and her story will remain with us,&#8221; Hidalgo said, praising Cheptegei&#8217;s beauty, strength, and freedom, which were likely intolerable to her murderer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellow athlete Joan Chelimo remembered Cheptegei from the Paris Olympics, saying, &#8220;She was a mother and the breadwinner of her family, inspiring many young girls\u2026 We hope this serves as a wake-up call for us to come together.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheptegei&#8217;s death has sparked outrage and calls for action against violence against women, which remains a significant issue in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We need to unite and fight for our rights,&#8221; Chelimo urged, noting that some men may feel &#8220;intimidated&#8221; by successful female athletes who are becoming financially independent and raising their voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dedication of the sports venue will ensure that Cheptegei&#8217;s legacy lives on, inspiring future generations of athletes and women. As Hidalgo said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Paris will not forget her.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has announced that a sports venue in the French capital will be named after Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who tragically died after her&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4182,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions\/4182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}