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Bangkok Post – Marathon world record holder Kiptum dies in road accident

Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum poses after a press conference ahead of the London Marathon on April 20, 2023. (Reuters photo)

NAIROBI: Kenya’s marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Rift Valley on Sunday, cutting short the promising career of the only man to have run the endurance classic in less than two hours and one minute.

The 24-year-old set the world record at the Chicago Marathon in October with a time of two…

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