Nairobi, Kenya —Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to bea superstar of long-distance runningand 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 one involved in ...
Marathon world record-holder Kelvin 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 the Kenyan distance runner, also died in the acciden...
Cabinet secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts, Ababu Namwamba, addresses the media on the death of the Kenyan marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who has died in a car crash in Kenya.By TOM ODULA, MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY Updated 7:04 PM GMT+8, Feb...
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...
Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot, a marathon world record holder, tragically passed away on 11 February 2024. Kelvin Kiptum and his coach, Gervais Hakizimana, tragically died in a road traffic accident near Kaptagat, Kenya, on 11 February 2024. The accident occurred at 11pm wh...
On their website, the marathon announced that elite runner, marathon legend and multiple record holder Eliud Kipchoge will join other elite athletes on the 2025 start line. Attempting to break a record in Sydney allows runners to add an extra challenge to the day, as they push their limits ...
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 road in western Kenya on Sunday. ...
In a 77-year-old former world-record-holding male marathoner (2:08:33.6), this study sought to investigate the impact of lifelong intensive endurance exercise on cardiac structure, function, and the trajectory of functional capacity (determined by maximal oxygen consumption, Vo(2max)) throughout...
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