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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 [5] and was ranked first among the world's men's marathon runners. [6]
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 · His 2 hours 35 seconds run at the 2023 Chicago marathon shattered the world record by a massive 34 seconds. It was also the moment the world really took note of his unusual talent. With that run, he became the first man to finish a marathon in under two hours and one minute.
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 · 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 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 13, 2024 · Kelvin Kiptum, who shattered the world record in the men’s marathon last year, finishing tantalizingly close to the mythical and once unfathomable two-hour barrier, died in a car crash on Sunday...
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 11, 2024 · Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday. He was 24.
Feb 12, 2024 · Kenya’s marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Rift Valley on Sunday, cutting short the promising career of the only man to have run the...
