Samuel Wanjiru broke the Olympic record when he won gold in 2008
Kenyan Olympic marathon
champion Samuel "Sammy" Wanjiru has died after falling from a balcony at
his home in the Rift Valley town of Nyahururu, say police.
Officials said Mr Wanjiru had suffered internal injuries and
they were trying to establish whether he had leapt deliberately or
fallen by accident.Mr Wanjiru was the first Kenyan to win Olympic gold in the marathon.
But last December, he was charged with threatening to kill his wife and illegal possession of an AK-47 firearm.