# Kelvin Kiptum, 24, marathon record holder, dies in car crash **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 12, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449 "2024-02-12T02:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449/1 "2024-02-12T02:44:47Z")
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](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/sport/marathon-world-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies-intl-hnk/index.html) > **[Rest In Peace Kelvin Kiptum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5rM7mg1aY%2F)** > > Terrible News today from Kenya. The World Record holder tragically passed away from car crash. Both Kiptum and his coach were killed in the accident.Full r... ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449/2 "2024-02-12T03:26:32Z")
I saw this, hugely tragic. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449/3 "2024-02-12T04:31:16Z")
> **[Kelvin Kiptum, men's marathon world record holder, dies in a car crash](https://www.npr.org/2024/02/11/1230775293/kelvin-kiptum-runner-marathon-world-record-dead-car-crash)** > > World Athletics confirmed the 24-year-old died in his native Kenya alongside his coach, Gervais Hakizimana. Some had expected him to be the first to run a sub 2 hour marathon. He was only 24. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449/4 "2024-02-12T04:34:39Z")
A thread on his death was created earlier today, in the Game Room: > [@Kelvin Kiptum, 24, marathon record holder, dies in car crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449): > > 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](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/sport/marathon-world-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies-intl-hnk/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449/5 "2024-02-12T04:38:57Z")
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449/6 "2024-02-12T06:45:03Z")
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).