Friday February 23, 2024
Kiptum died in a car crash two weeks ago
The men’s marathon world record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, is due to be buried later on Friday at his home in Eldoret in western Kenya.
Kenyan President William Ruto will lead mourners in honouring a brilliant and promising athlete who set and broke records in his brief running career.
Kiptum died in a car crash, aged only 24, two weeks ago.
Thousands have paid tribute to Kiptum in his hometown.
Crowds gathered along the way in Eldoret as the hearse was driven to his village ahead of the burial.
His career as an athlete was only just starting.
In two years, he’d run three of the seven fastest marathons in history, broken the world record and set the London course record.
He had set his sights on running a sub two-hour marathon in Rotterdam this April.