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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 ran three of the seven fastest marathons in history and was ranked first among the world's men's marathon runners.
Feb 12, 2024 · Current marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a road accident Sunday night outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, Kenyan police confirmed.
Feb 12, 2024 · Men’s Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum has died in a tragic road accident in his home country of Kenya on Sunday (11 February). The 24-year-old was killed alongside his coach, Gervais Hakizimana on the Eldoret-Kaptagat road, according to Elgeyo Marakwet County Police Commander Peter Mulinge.
Feb 12, 2024 · The Kenyan world record-holder died in a road crash on Sunday night at the age of 24. The marathon star who never stopped training was hoping to lower is world record in April in Rotterdam and win the Olympic gold in Paris.
Feb 12, 2024 · NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar of long-distance running and was a top contender for gold at the Olympics in Paris this year, was killed along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya.
Feb 12, 2024 · The men's marathon world record holder, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a...
Feb 12, 2024 · The man who set the record for the fastest marathon ever, Kelvin Kiptum, died in a car crash in his native Kenya on Sunday, the sports governing body World Athletics said. He was 24. Kiptum...
Feb 13, 2024 · Before his life was cut short at the age of 24 in a road accident, Kelvin Kiptum had been intent on achieving even more history in his brief but extraordinary marathon running career.
Feb 11, 2024 · World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a road traffic accident on Sunday (11) at the age of 24. Kiptum’s coach Gervais Hakizimana, who was in the car with the Kenyan distance runner, also died in the accident along Eldoret-Kaptagat Road.
Feb 11, 2024 · Kelvin Kiptum, who set a stunning world record in the marathon last October in Chicago, running 2:00:35, died in a car accident on February 11 in Kenya, according to the Daily Standard. He was...
