The Athletics world is in mourning after news broke out on Wednesday morning that Beijing 2015 GOLD medallist in the men’s 400m Hurdles, Kenya’s Nicholas Bett, died in a road accident in Nandi County in Kenya.
Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reports that Bett died on the spot after the car he was driving veered off the road after hitting a bump, and landed in a ditch near Lessos, along Eldoret-Kapsabet road.
Bett had just returned to Kenya from the 21st CAA African Championships in Asaba, Nigeria, on Monday.
He became the first Kenyan athlete in history to win a World Championships GOLD in an event shorter than the 800m.
