Australia's infamous Olympic breakdancer has broken her silence after her performance at the Games went viral.

Rebecca Cheptegei, a marathon runner from Uganda who had competed in the Paris Olympics this summer, has died after being attacked by her boyfriend with gasoline. She was 33. "We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our athlete,

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,