Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies in car crash
20:13, 12 February 2024
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum died Sunday in a car accident in his native Kenya, Kyodo reports citing local media.
The 24-year-old was killed along with his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, while driving on a road in western Kenya.
Kiptum set the men's marathon world record of 2 hours, 35 seconds in last October's Chicago Marathon, bettering countryman Eliud Kipchoge's previous mark by 34 seconds.
He was one of World Athletics' Athletes of the Year in 2023 and was expected to be among the gold medal contenders at this summer's Paris Olympics.