How the media broke the story

Photos/guardian.co.uk, nytimes.com and bbc.com

The Guardian

The Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru has been killed in a fall from a balcony at his home in Kenya following a domestic dispute, police said on Monday.

Wanjiru, 24, died late on Sunday night in the town of Nyahururu in the Rift Valley, allegedly after his wife caught him with another woman.

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The New York Times

When he won the Chicago Marathon last October after a year of injury, Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya seemed relieved and upbeat.

Finally, he said, he could think about chasing the world record held by Haile Gebrselassie ...And then came the horrific news on Sunday night. At 24, Wanjiru was dead.

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BBC World News

The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, Samuel “Sammy” Wanjiru, has died after falling from a first-floor balcony at his home in the town of Nyahururu.

Police say they are investigating whether it was suicide or an accident. The 24-year-old won in Beijing in 2008 in an Olympic record time.

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The Standard

The Kenyan Runner Magazine had a headline in its latest edition ‘Can the real Samuel Wanjiru please stand up.’

The intro of the same magazine also read ‘who is the real Samuel Wanjiru?’

Unfortunately the real Samuel Kamau Wanjiru will never be able to stand up as was asked as he sadly met his death early yesterday.

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KBC News

Olympic Marathon Champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru is dead.

Wanjiru died a few minutes past 1am Monday Morning after jumping from his two storey house in Nyahururu following what is believed to be a domestic quarrel.

Police said they were trying to ascertain whether Wanjiru had deliberately killed himself.

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98.4 Capital FM

Olympic Marathon Champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru has died after falling off a balcony at his Nyahururu home.

According to police reports, the athlete jumped off the balcony after a quarrel with his wife.

Nyandarua OCPD told Capital Newsbeat that the deceased returned home in the company of another woman.