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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, 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 finishing the 2023 London Marathon, setting a course record. Nearly four months after setting the world record for the fastest marathon ever recorded, Kelvin Kiptum died at the age ...
Kenyan politicians and leaders in sports gathered on Friday for a funeral service celebrating the life of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a road accident last Sunday ...
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 ...
In the year ahead, Kiptum had hoped to become the first man to run under two hours over the 26.2 miles of the marathon, as well as being a strong favorite to win gold at the Paris Olympics. Kiptum ...
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. Kiptum's coach ...
[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.
The late Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set a men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon, a mixed-sex race. [1][2] Kenyan athlete Ruth Chepngetich broke the women's world record with a time of 2:09:56 on October 13, 2024 at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, a mixed-sex race. [3]