{"id":15268,"date":"2024-02-12T13:06:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=15268"},"modified":"2024-02-12T13:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:06:26","slug":"kenyan-world-marathon-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies-at-24-in-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/kenyan-world-marathon-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies-at-24-in-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan World Marathon holder, Kelvin Kiptum dies at 24 in car accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan marathon men&#8217;s world record holder, Kelvin Kiptum and coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a road accident Sunday night outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Kenyan athlete, who was driving a Toyota Premio, and his coach died at the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>A third occupant survived with serious injuries.According to the eye-witnessed, Kiptum lost control, veered off the road, entered into a ditch 60 meters away and hit a big tree.The accident happened around 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Kiptum\u2019s world record marathon time of 2:00:35 set in the Chicago Marathon in October last year was ratified just days ago by World Athletics. He had only switched to running the marathon from shorter distance races a year before setting that record pace.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15270\" src=\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240212-WA0059-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240212-WA0059-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240212-WA0059-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240212-WA0059-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240212-WA0059-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/kick442.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240212-WA0059.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>He improved his personal best time by 50 seconds to beat the 2:01:09 record set by fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who is widely considered the greatest marathoner of all time. Kiptum was widely believed to be the successor to Kipchoge, and a possible contender to run the marathon in under 2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Hakizimana, 36 was a former professional athlete from Rwanda who participated in different races from the 5,000 meter to the half marathon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Copyright @ 2024 kick442.com-Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All rights reserved. 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