Kenyan runner Kiptum dies; Marathon world record holder in a tragic traffic accident

 Kenyan runner Kiptum dies; Marathon world record holder in a tragic traffic accident

Kenyan runner Kelvin Kiptom dies; Search engines have been buzzing in the last hour about the tragic death of the Kenyan runner, Kelvin Kiptum, the world record holder for the marathon. Who is the Kenyan runner, what are his achievements, and what is the cause of the death of the Kenyan runner, Kiptum, and his coach? On our site, you will get answers to the previous questions. Follow our next lines.

Who is the Kenyan runner, Kelvin Kiptum, who died today in a tragic accident?

Cliven Kiptum is a 24-year-old marathon world record holder who started his career in 2016. In 2019, he participated in two very fast half marathons in two weeks (60:48 minutes in Copenhagen and 59:53 in Belfort, France). He reached a high level of training by running more than 250 kilometers per week and finished his first marathon in Valencia, at the end of 2022, with a time of 2:01:53 hours. In the Chicago Marathon, which was held last October, he set a world record with a time of two hours and 35 seconds, beating his compatriot Kipchoge's record by 34 seconds.

Kiptom was the first to run the marathon with a time of less than two hours and one minute, and he was planning to achieve this feat in the Rotterdam Marathon next April, in addition to being selected to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Details of the death of Kenyan runner Kiptom in a tragic accident

In a tragic traffic accident, world marathon champion Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana were killed in a car accident that occurred in western Kenya, according to what the police announced on the evening of Sunday, February 11, 2024. Details of the accident of the death of the Kenyan runner Kiptum and his coach were reported, as it was reported that the accident occurred at 11 pm local time, there were three passengers in the car, two of them died on the spot and the third was taken to the hospital. Media reported that Kiptum was driving the car when it veered off the road at 11pm local time on Sunday in Kaptaget in the mountainous southwestern region of Kenya, where many Kenyan marathon runners train.

The Daily Nation newspaper quoted local police chief Peter Mulling as saying that Kiptom was unable to control the car and it crashed into a tree. A woman who was with them in the car was seriously injured and was taken to Hospital near Kiptum, and his coach was among the dead.

In conclusion, we learned about the cause of the death of the Kenyan runner, Kiptum, today, Sunday, February 11, 2024, and the details of the tragic accident, and we shed light on his contributions, contributions, and plans for the new year 2024.