Olympic marathon champion, 24, jumps to his death after his wife caught him with another woman

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The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Samuel 'Sammy' Wanjiru is believed to have killed himself after falling from a balcony at his home.

The Gold medallist, 24, jumped to his death following a row with his wife after she caught him with another woman, police said today.

Mr Wanjiru died late Sunday after leaping from a balcony at his home in the town of Nyahururu, in the Rift Valley, said John Mbijiwe, the police chief in Kenya's Central Province.

The Olympiad had a stormy relationship with his wife and a history of domestic problems.

Last December he was charged with wounding his security guard with a rifle, threatening to kill his wife and the illegal possession of an AK-47 assault rifle