Kelvin Kiptum: Men’s marathon world record holder dies in car crash

In an all too short career this scene was the norm for Kenya’s Kelvin kiptum at his first London Marathon last year he ran the fastest time ever seen in the capital what a performance from him we’ve never seen anything like this on the Streets of London and he just run

The quickest debut Marathon a few months earlier so everyone wanted to know one thing will you make an attempt on the world record it’s there for the taking for the world record maybe I can go home then I see but for now not yet an amazing effort by Kelvin kipt for a new

World record at it didn’t take long for kiptum to go home prepare and then make history in Chicago in October he smashed the world record finishing the 26 miles in 2 hours and 35 seconds the 23-year-old had now run in three professional marathons won them all and

Loged three of the six fastest times in history yes there have been advances in Footwear but the athletic World knew kiptum was a superstar wow this is the future he was the future of running he had been the future of running on Sunday Kenyan police said Kipton lost control of his vehicle

Veered off the road into a ditch and hit a tree he died alongside his running coach a woman who was also in the car is currently in hospital with serious injuries at kum’s home today his family was in shock his father mourning the loss of his only child kum’s wife grieving and

Wondering who will help her and their two children no but two I asked the government to help me so that I can support my kids just like their father used to provide for them he loved his children I don’t know what to tell them he was so loving and

Caring kiptum died alongside J hakam his coach since 2018 back when Kipton had to borrow running shoes because he couldn’t afford his own kon’s death leaves behind so many whifs for an athlete getting faster and faster he was set to run at the Paris Olympics and his plan was to

Become the first person to complete a competitive marathon in under two hours in Rotterdam this April a feat he tragically can now not make yet his records remain in the history books all achieved by a man who was just 20 4 years old

Kelvin Kiptum was the long-distance running champion who smashed the marathon world record last October.

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But he has been killed, aged only 24, in a car crash in his native Kenya.

Kiptum was due to compete in the Paris Olympics later this year and would have been a favourite for a gold medal.

His rise to the peak of the sport had been incredibly fast – he only competed in his first full marathon in 2022.
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31 comments

  5. May Kelvin find eternal rest in thy heavenly home above with the angels and the saints.no one will ever touch kelvin ability as a world class athlete. to gain success in his profession through hard endurance determination .and dedication .to his running career like kelvin did RIP. . and also RIP to his coach Gervais.

  15. Shocking.
    Yet when I heard the news on local radio it was nothing more than a footnote, 10 second news bulletin saying he had died in a car accident with his coach.
    And then they spent 5 minutes talking football.
    How appalling, that such talent and such tragedy was deemed unimportant on BBC Radio Suffolk.

  24. Terrible . Gone at his peak. Didnt he get much prize money for winning ?? Some companies should use his images for their promotions ..and then pay his wife 😮

  31. Just read an article about his father talking about all the things his son had promised to buy for him and now all of that is out the window. They only looked at him as a meal ticket.

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