Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.
ELGEYO MARAKWET, Kenya: Kelvin Kiptum's devastated wife had been looking forward to watching him try to become a marathon legend as the first athlete to break the two-hour barrier. Now she is wondering how to tell their two children that their father was killed in a car accident.
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here.
Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum poses for a photo at the presentation ceremony for the 2023 London Marathon in central London on April 23, 2023. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Marathon world record-holder and Paris Olympic favourite Kelvin Kiptum died in a car crash in western Kenya, police said Monday. The 24-year-old was driving from Kaptagat to Eldoret around 11 pm (2000 GMT) on Sunday when the car rolled, killing the young sensation and his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana. "The car had three occupants, two died on the spot, while one was taken to hospital. The two are Kiptum and his coach," said Peter Mulinge, police commander for Elgeyo Marakwet County in western Kenya where the accident occurred.
LONDON : Only time will tell whether marathoner Kelvin Kiptum was a generational superstar or just the latest hugely talented product of the East African running production line to benefit from shoe technology development that shows no sign of slowing.
ELGEYO MARAKWET, Kenya : Kelvin Kiptum's devastated wife had been looking forward to watching him try to become a marathon legend as the first athlete under 2 hours. Now she is wondering how to tell their two children that their father was killed in a car accident.
Kenyan running star Kelvin Kiptum, who shattered the marathon world record last year, died in a car crash on Sunday night.
The death of men's marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum has left Kenya in a state of shock, according to Brother Colm O'Connell, the Irishman who for many years has helped foster the growth of distance running in the African country.