NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya died overnight at the age of 24 after falling from the second floor of his home in the town of Nyahururu, police said Monday.

One police official said the 24-year-old Wanjiru committed suicide, while another said he jumped to stop his wife from leaving the house after she discovered him with another woman. His agent, Federico Rosa, does not believe it was suicide

Wanjiru, who won five of his seven marathons and was the youngest runner to win four “major” marathons, died late Sunday at his home in the town of Nyahururu, in the Rift Valley, the cradle of Kenyan long-distance running.
‘He fell from the balcony of his home after a row with his wife. We found him lying on the verandah with a broken skull,’ a police officer in the region, Jasper Ombati, said. Sports News Eey