The men’s marathon world record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country.
The father-of-two was killed alongside his coach in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday.
Kelvin set the men’s world record in Chicago last October, clocking the 26.2 miles (42km) in two hours and 35 seconds.
Before that, he set the course record of 2:01:25 at the London Marathon in April 2023.
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Its unbearable😭😭😭😭😭😭…RIP brotehr
HE KAGAME AND DOUMBOUYA |:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUSCbHrEoM8
what an absolute loss.. RIP
Dünyanın en hızlı adamı gidişinde çok hızlı oldu.Seni paris olimpiyatlarında izleyecektik ama yarın kaldı seni hiçbir zaman unutmayacağız hep kalbimizde olacan nur içinde yat.
This is the biggest ‘what if…’ in marathon history
It's young and surely sad.
https://youtube.com/shorts/IvqDroRs-sQ?si=novInV9rRLnCroQR
2 hours 36 seconds for the marathon is among the greatest athletic achievements. Running at 21.5 Km/h or 13 MPH for 2 hours. Most of us cannot reach that speed for 10 seconds.
See this is exactly why I don't leave the den under ANY circumstances. I am safe in the basement and frankly I have everything I need. Stay safe in your dens
Jealousy from his rivals 😭😭😭
Omg! Noo!
Rip beautiful warrior 😢
buriani kiptum
It's a GREAT LOSS TO KENYA BUT WITH THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE WE GLORIFY THE GOD FOR EVERYTHING
Rip
I'm the Marathon world record holder (I can eat 10 in 73 seconds)
That’s a legend right there respect 🫡 rip man
Oh man, that's tragic. RIP.
RIP
So tragic this man potentially could have run under 2 hours, for the Marathon distance. R.I.P Mr. Marathon World Record holder. Gone but not forgotten. Kelvin Kiptum.
Protect the woman that was sitting in the back at all costs !
It is sad he was indeed a legend!
hella sick😌
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Terrible shame.. 😢
my G sooo sad😭😭😭😭😭😭