World Sports president Seb Coe stated: “We are surprised and deeply saddened to discover of the destructive loss of Kelvin Kiptum and his coach, Gervais Hakizimana”; Kiptum, 24, broke the course record for the London Marathon in 2015
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Kelvin Kiptum won the 2023 London Marathon
World marathon record holder and London Marathon winner Kelvin Kiptum has actually passed away aged 24 in a roadway mishap in Kenya, it has actually been revealed.
Kiptum’s coach, Gervais Hakizimana, was likewise eliminated in the crash.
Kenyan member of parliament Gideon Kimaiyo verified the set’s death in a declaration on X.
Mr Kimaiyo stated: “It is with broken hearts that we discover of the death of Kelvin Kiptum, the world marathon record holder, and his coach in an awful mishap along the Eldoret-Kaptagat roadway.
” Kelvin Kiptum was at the prime of his profession, a legend in his own right. It’s a hard one to take.
” Our ideas are with their households throughout this exceptionally hard time. Individuals of Keiyo South are distressed by this loss. Might their souls rest in everlasting peace.”
Kiptum broke the course record for the London Marathon in 2015, winning the guys’s occasion in the second-fastest marathon in history, crossing the goal in 2 hours, one minute and 25 seconds.
In 2015 he broke the guys’s world record, winning the Chicago Marathon in 2 hours and 35 seconds, beating the mark of fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge.
His record was validated by worldwide track federation World Sports recently.
World Sports president Seb Coe stated: “We are surprised and deeply saddened to discover of the destructive loss of Kelvin Kiptum and his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.
” On behalf of all World Sports we send our inmost acknowledgements to their households, good friends, colleagues and the Kenyan country.
” It was just previously today in Chicago, the location where Kelvin set his amazing marathon World Record, that I had the ability to formally validate his historical time.
” An unbelievable professional athlete leaving an amazing tradition, we will miss him a lot.”