Chicago Marathon to honour late world record-holder Kiptum at Oct. 13 race
The Chicago Marathon plans to honour late Kenyan marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum at next month's race, a year after he smashed the men's world record in the Windy City.
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Ethiopia's Tola storms to men's marathon gold as Kipchoge drops out
PARIS :Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won gold in the men's marathon at the Paris Games on Saturday while Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who had been bidding for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic crown, failed to finish.
Brasher predicts elite women's London Marathon race to be better than Paris Olympics
LONDON : London Marathon event director Hugh Brasher is predicting a more competitive women's race on Sunday than the 2024 Paris Olympic marathon later this year, and believes the women's-only world record may fall.
Kipruto, Kebede win Tokyo Marathon in course record times
TOKYO : Kenyan Benson Kipruto won the men's Tokyo Marathon in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds on Sunday, breaking former world record holder Eliud Kipchoge's course mark in perfect racing conditions on the streets of the Japanese capital.
Kenya bids solemn farewell to marathon sensation Kiptum
A woman reacts after seeing the coffin of Kelvin Kiptum while attending the funeral proceedings of the late marathon runner in Chepkorio on February 23, 2024. – Kenya world-record holding marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum, a prodigy who ran three of the seven fastest marathons in history and was ranked first among the world’s men’s marathon runners, tragically died in a car crash in Kenya on February 11, 2024 at the age of 24, in an accident that shocked the world and plunged the East African nation into mourning. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
Kenya pays tribute to marathon world-record holder Kelvin Kiptum at state funeral
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Kenya marathon hero Kiptum honoured at funeral as unique talent and family man
CHEPKORIO, Kenya : Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, whose dreams of breaking the race's two-hour barrier were ended by a car crash earlier this month, was remembered for his talent and humility at a funeral service on Friday in western Kenya.