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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 [update] , 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.
Kelvin Kiptum death - updates: Tributes pour in after Kenyan passes. Kenyan athlete, Milcah Chemos, confirmed the deaths to the Associated Press after attending the hospital mortuary.
Kelvin Kiptum, the 2023 winner of the London Marathon and the world marathon record holder, was killed in a car accident on Sunday while driving in Kaptagat, Kenya. He was 24.According to The ...
That a crowd of thousands gathered for the funeral of Kelvin Kiptum was testament to the marathon world record holder’s staggering impact on his sport.. Kiptum’s death in a road accident at ...
Nearly four months after setting the world record for the fastest marathon ever recorded, Kelvin Kiptum died at the age of 24 in a car crash, the National Olympic Committee of Kenya announced late ...
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 ...
[8] [11] Kelvin Kiptum broke away from the group shortly afterward, with only two other runners keeping up with him: his compatriot and first-time marathon runner Daniel Mateiko, and pacemaker Ronald Kirui. [46] [15] [11] [g] Kiptum, Mateiko, and Kirui passed the 10 km (6.2 mi) mark in world record pace with a time of 28:42.
Gervais Hakizimana was born in Nyaruguru, Rwanda on 5 September 1987. At the age of 18 in 2006 he went to Kenya to train for the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He fled Kenya during the 2007 post-election violence and went back to France. A few years later he returned to Kenya and trained in Chepkorio. [1][2]