Johannesburg – World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum has died in a car crash in his home country, Kenya.
The 24-year-old died Sunday in a car crash on a road near the town of Eldoret, close to where he had been training in Western Kenya.
Kenya police said Kiptum was driving and was with his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana, who also perished in the deadly crash.
A third person survived with serious injuries in the crash the police said.
Kiptum emerged in 2023 as a rival to his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge.
He broke Kipchoge’s world record in Chicago last October, running 26.1 miles in two hours and 35 seconds.
