Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Samuel "Sammy" Wanjiru has died after falling from a balcony at his home in the Rift¹ Valley town of Nyahururu, say police.

肯尼亚警方宣称，奥运会马拉松冠军塞缪尔“塞米”万季茹从自家阳台上跌落致死。

Samuel Wanjiru broke the Olympic record when he won gold in 2008

Officials said Mr Wanjiru had suffered internal injuries and they were trying to establish whether he had leapt deliberately²（故意地） 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.