Kelvin Kiptum, 24, marathon record holder, dies in car crash

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His coach also died and a third occupant was seriously injured.
He set the current record of 2:00:35 at the Chicago Marathon last October which was ratified just days ago.
The first sub 2:00 marathon battle was shaping up between him and Eliud Kipchoge.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/sport/marathon-world-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies-intl-hnk/index.html

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I saw this, hugely tragic.

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Some had expected him to be the first to run a sub 2 hour marathon. He was only 24.

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A thread on his death was created earlier today, in the Game Room:

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Combined

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A 2-hour marathon. The mind boggles.

RIP, Kelvin. He’s probably having a great conversation with the GOAT of men’s marathon runners, Abebe Bikila (whose career was also ended by a car accident, although in this case it rendered him paraplegic several years before he died from complications of that).