Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who specialized in long-distance, marathon running, and cross-country events, tragically passed away on September 5, Thursday, after sustaining extensive burns on her

Cheptegei, who was in the hospital's intensive care unit, "passed today morning at 5:30 a.m. after her organs failed," Owen Menach, the hospital's senior director of clinical services, told Reuters. A full report regarding the circumstances of her death would be released later in the day,