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Kenya's marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Rift Valley on Sunday, cutting short the career of the only man to have run the endurance ...
Kelvin Kiptum celebrates his Chicago Marathon world record victory in Chicago’s Grant Park on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Kiptum was killed along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday ...
Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (2 December 1999 – 11 February 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who currently holds the marathon world record.As of 2024, he holds three of the seven fastest marathons in history, [5] and was ranked first among the world's men's marathon runners at the time of his death.
Kiptum, whose record was officially confirmed last week by World Athletics, ran the first sub-two-hour, one-minute marathon in an official race at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. He came just 35 ...
The wreckage of the vehicle in which Kenya's marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident near the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, Kenya on February 12.
1500 metres to Marathon: Masters world record holder died on his daily 7 mile training run [26] 13 Aug 1994: Simon Robert Naali Tanzania: 28: Marathon: Died from hit-and-run injuries. [27] 1 Oct 1994: Oluyemi Kayode Nigeria: 26: 200 metres: Car crash. [28] 29 Jul 1996: Georgi Dakov Bulgaria: 28: High jump: Car accident. [29] 8 Aug 1998: Walter ...
Chicago Marathon: Chicago, US Hyponatremia GBR: Don Scott [20] 48 26 September 1999 Robin Hood Marathon: Nottingham, UK Heart attack USA: Danny Towns [19] 45 22 October 2000 Chicago Marathon: Chicago, US Heart attack USA: Luke Roach [19] 22 7 October 2001 Chicago Marathon: Chicago, US Heat stroke USA: Laura M. Clancy [21] 29 20 October 2001 ...
Kelvin Kiptum, the current world record-holder in the marathon, died in a car accident in his native Kenya on Sunday, the world athletics federation confirmed. He was 24 years old.