Drama in athletics, marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum dies in an accident. He held the world record

John

By John

Kelvin Kiptummarathon world record holder, and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a tragic car accident on Sunday 11 February. Kiptum, a 24-year-old Kenyan, set the world record at the Chicago Marathon last October with a time of 2:00:35, surpassing Eliud Kipchoge’s previous record. He was preparing for the Paris Olympic Games and had planned to race in Rotterdam to further improve his time. The accident occurred on a road between Eldoret and Kaptagat in western Kenya, a region renowned for training long-distance runners.