{"id":2833,"date":"2024-02-12T10:11:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgdmedia.live\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2024-02-12T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:11:59","slug":"world-marathon-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-died-in-a-grisly-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgdmediaug.live\/?p=2833","title":{"rendered":"World Marathon Record Holder Kelvin Kiptum  Died In A Grisly Road Accident."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kenyans have woken up to sad news of the shocking death of the world&#8217;s marathon record holder Kalvin Kiptum who  died alongside his coach Gervais Hakizimana, along Eldoret-Kaptagat road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old Kenyan athlete, who was driving a Toyota Premio, and his coach died at the scene of the crash He dies just days after World Athletics ratified his record of 2:00:35 \u2013 a record he set at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 8, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raila Odinga, Kenya\u2019s former prime minister,  was among those to pay his respects, writing on X, \u201cDevastating news as we mourn the loss of a remarkable individual, Kelvin Kiptum, world record holder and Kenyan athletics icon. Together with his coach, they tragically passed on in an accident tonight. Our nation grieves the profound loss of a true hero.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those sentiments were shared by Kenya\u2019s minister for sports, Ababu Namwamba, who added on X: \u201cDevastatingly sickening! Kenya has lost a special gem. Lost for words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiptum chalked 34 seconds off the previous record of 2:01:09 set by his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge on September 25, 2022, in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A competition between the World&#8217;s finest Eliud Kipchoge World Record holder Kelvin Kiptum Uganda&#8217;s best marathoner Joshua Cheptegei was meant to lit the France24 Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyans have woken up to sad news of the shocking death of the world&#8217;s marathon record holder Kalvin Kiptum who died alongside his coach Gervais Hakizimana, along Eldoret-Kaptagat road. 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