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Kenya: Kelvin Kiptum - the Kenyan Runner Who Redefined What It Takes to Win Marathons
The Conversation Africa, 13 February 2024
Kenyan athletics has lost Kelvin Kiptum, the marathon world record holder who was destined to be the first person to run the race in under two hours. The runner, aged only 24, died… Read more »
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Kenya: Marathon World Record Holder Kelvin Kiptum Set for Heroic Sendoff
Capital FM, 12 February 2024
Kenya will provide a heroic sendoff to world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum who passed away in a tragic road crash on Sunday night. Read more »
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Africa: World Marathon Record Holder Kelvin Kiptum, 24, Dies
Capital FM, 12 February 2024
The death of world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum has sent shockwaves through Kenya and around the world. Read more »
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Kenya: Multiple World Record Holder Henry Rono Dead At 72
Capital FM, 15 February 2024
The athletics fraternity is once again in mourning after the passing away of Kenyan legend and multiple world record holder Henry Rono. Read more »
'Hero's Send-off' For Kenyan Star Athlete Kelvin Kiptum
Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba has described the 24-year-old as a national hero who "deserves to be honoured in death as he was in life".
Kelvin Kiptum, 24, and his Rwandan coach Garvais Hakizimana died instantly when their vehicle was involved in an accident on Sunday night. He died less than a week after World Athletics officially recognized his record achievement at the Chicago Marathon in October 2023, where he made history by becoming the first man to complete a marathon in under two hours.
President William Ruto has led the Kenyan Cabinet in observing a moment of silence in honour of world marathon champion Kelvin Kiptum. Homage was also paid to Kiptum’s coach Gervais Hakizimana who perished alongside him.
