10 Fastest Marathoners on Record-Eligible Course: Men Runner Finish Time Pace/Mile Marathon Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya) 2:00:35 4:36.0 Chicago, 2023 Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2:01:09 4:37.2 Berlin, 2022 Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2:01:41 4:38.5 Berlin, 2019 Sisay Lemma (Et...
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 invol...
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...
His coach, Hakizimana, 36, was a retired Rwandese runner. Last year, he spent months helping Kiptum target the world record. Their relationship as coach and athlete began in 2018, but the pair first met when the world record holder was much younger. “I knew him when he was a litt...
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. ...
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Due to the untimely death of current marathon world record holder,Kelvin Kiptum, in February 2024, we can only speculate what he might have done next. So, let’s go with the last five record holders before him. Sub two-hour man Eliud Kipchoge (Runner’s World) ...
Kelvin Kiptum, the world record-holder in the marathon, died in his prime. His fellow Kenyans are running in his honor. — 10:15 a.m. By John Powers Sunday was to be the day he would go after the ultimate barrier in Rotterdam. Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum had streaked across the maratho...
Jump to: FREE live stream Watch around the world The 2024 Tokyo Marathon will be Eliud Kipchoge's last outing before he switches focus to the Olympics, and, as the first World Marathon Major to be held since the untimely death of world record holder Kelvin Kiptum three weeks ago...
In February 2024, the running community was shaken by the tragic death of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum in a car accident. In the aftermath, baseless rumors emerged on social media, falsely implicating fellow Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge in the incident. These unfounded allegations...