The men who stabbed top hurdler Kiplagat to death received 35 years in prison | Sports in a nutshell

The men who stabbed top hurdler Kiplagat to death received

On Tuesday, a Kenyan court sentenced two men to 35 years in prison for the murder of top Ugandan hurdler Benjamin Kiplagat.

The men were arrested a day after the 34-year-old By Benjamin Kiplagat the body had been found last New Year’s Eve in a car on the outskirts of the Kenyan city of Eldoret.

According to the judge, the act was intentional and the duo had not shown remorse.

Instead, the court rejected the demand of Kiplagat’s next of kin that the 25- and 30-year-old convicts deserved a life sentence.

Kiplagat competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in three Olympics and six World Championships. In 2010, he ran his own and at the same time Uganda’s record time of 8:03.81.

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