Berlin, Sept 27, (dpa/GNA) – Ethiopian marathon runner, Shewarge Alene, has died at the age of 30, the Ethiopian Athletics Federation confirmed to dpa on Thursday.
She complained of heart problems during a training session in Addis Ababa, and passed away shortly afterwards, said Yohannes Engida, the federation’s secretary general.
The athlete was buried on Wednesday, at a cemetery in a suburb of the capital.
She had won the Stockholm Marathon on May 31.
GNA