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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 [update] , he ran three of the seven fastest marathons in history [ 5 ] and was ranked first among the world's men's marathon runners.
Kelvin Kiptum asked Hakizimana via WhatsApp for training advice. From this, Hakizimana became his coach. [1] Kiptum became the marathon world record holder and the only person in history to run the marathon in less than two hours and one minute. Hakizimana and Kiptum died in a traffic collision near Kaptagat, Kenya on 11 February 2024 ...
Marathon world record progression. The late Kelvin Kiptum during his world record run at the 2023 Chicago marathon with 2:00:35. Mary Keitany during her women-only world record run at the 2017 London Marathon with 2:17:01. World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics ...
Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya celebrates his Chicago Marathon world record victory in Chicago’s Grant Park on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. He ...
Before his life was cut short at the age of 24 in a road accident, Kelvin Kiptum had been intent on achieving even more history in his brief but extraordinary marathon running career.
He first met Kiptum when he was training in the Rift Valley and worked with him intensively before last year's London marathon. "I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn the passing of Kelvin ...
[8] [11] Kelvin Kiptum broke away from the group shortly afterward, with only two other runners keeping up with him: his compatriot and first-time marathon runner Daniel Mateiko, and pacemaker Ronald Kirui. [46] [15] [11] [g] Kiptum, Mateiko, and Kirui passed the 10 km (6.2 mi) mark in world record pace with a time of 28:42.
The tragedy struck only 13 months after Kiptum burst onto the marathon scene with a 2:01:53 win in his debut at the 2022 Valencia Marathon. He later improved his best to a course-record 2:01:25 at ...