People gather at the scene where marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a car accident in Uasin Gishu County, northwest Kenya, Feb. 12, 2024. Kiptum died in a road traffic accident on Sunday at the age of 24. Kiptum's coach Gervais Hakizimana, who was in the car with t...
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. Their vehicle was the only...
Kiptum was born in 1999 and is a famous Kenyan marathon runner. At the 2023 Chicago Marathon, at the age of 23, he won the championship with a time of 2 hours 0 minutes 35 seconds and broke the world record of 2 hours 01 minutes 09 seconds held by Kipchoge....
Marathon world record-holder and Nike endorser 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. ...
"I will be back. I have to take it slowly and see how the body reacts. I have not been running and I need to see how it will react to top competition," he said on Tuesday from Eldoret. The world marathon record-holder (2:02:57) has watched as several packs of top marathoners...
NAIROBI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- World marathon record-holder Brigid Kosgei will return to the London Marathon in April to defend her title. Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old marathon world record in Chicago last October by winning at an incredible time of 2:14:04. The record-breaki...
VIENNA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, clocking 1:59:40.2 here on Saturday. In a race designed for him, the "Ineos 1:59 Challenge", starting at 8:15 a.m. local time on the Reichsbrucke...
Kimetto, the current marathon world record holder in 2:02.57, had expressed fears prior to Chicago's race in October that he was not certain as to how body would react after missing training for over three months. "I am in training and don't want to put any demands on myself. It has...
Kosgei snubbed the call to represent Kenya at the World Championships in Doha in October in order to chase the world record in Chicago. It is a move she does not regret. Now she has set her eyes on running at the Olympics having broken the world record for the women's marathon in Chic...
VIENNA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, clocking 1:59:40.2 here on Saturday. In a race designed for him, the "Ineos 1:59 Challenge", starting at 8:15 am local time on the Reichsbrucke, ...