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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.
The Kenyan runner, who set the record of 2:00:35 at the 2023 Chicago Marathon, was killed alongside his coach on Sunday 11 February. He was 24 years old and had won three marathons in 12 months.
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 11, 2024 · The Kenyan distance runner, who broke the world record with 2:00:35 in Chicago in 2023, was killed in a road traffic accident along with his coach. He was 24 years old and had won two marathons and set a course record in London.
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...
