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Kiptum won the London Marathon last year and would go on to break compatriot Eliud Kipchoge’s world record at the Chicago Marathon in October in 2:00:35. Kelvin Kiptum death - updates: Tributes ...
The tragedy struck only 13 months after Kiptum burst onto the marathon scene with a 2:01:53 win in his debut at the 2022 Valencia Marathon. He later improved his best to a course-record 2:01:25 at ...
The 24-year-old set the world record at the Chicago Marathon in October with a time of two hours and 35 seconds to surpass the mark of 2:01:09 run by compatriot Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin in 2022.
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.
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 ...
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.
For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...