"Former 400m hurdles World Champion Nicholas Bett has died in a road accident... On behalf of the sporting fraternity and @moscakenya I convey my sincerest condolences to his family. Rest in peace," Kenya sports cabinet secretary Rashid Echesa said on Twitter.
The ministry of sports and heritage later retweeted the message from their official handle. Athletics Kenya also confirmed the news.
Bett won the 400m hurdles at the 2015 world championships in Beijing to give Kenya their first gold medal at a distance shorter than 800m.
His twin brother Haron Koech is also a hurdler.
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(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
