Kenya bids solemn farewell to marathon sensation Kiptum

Kenya bids solemn farewell to marathon sensation Kiptum

Top athletes, dignitaries and hundreds of mourners paid their last respects on Friday to Kenya’s world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum in the nation’s athletics heartland where he was born, trained and died.Kiptum, a 24-year-old father of two, was killed in a late-night car crash on February 11, just months after shattering the marathon record in...

Kenya bids solemn farewell to marathon sensation Kiptum

Top athletes, dignitaries and hundreds of mourners paid their last respects on Friday to Kenya's world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum in the nation's athletics heartland where he was born, trained and died.

Kenya bids solemn farewell to marathon sensation Kiptum

Top athletes, dignitaries and hundreds of mourners paid their last respects on Friday to Kenya's world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum in the nation's athletics heartland where he was born, trained and died.

Kenya bids solemn farewell to marathon sensation Kiptum

Top athletes, dignitaries and hundreds of mourners paid their last respects on Friday to Kenya's world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum in the nation's athletics heartland where he was born, trained and died.

Kenya bids solemn farewell to marathon sensation Kiptum

CHEPKORIO, Kenya: Top athletes and dignitaries led hundreds of mourners at the funeral Friday of Kenya’s world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum in the nation’s athletics heartland where he was born, trained and died. Kiptum, a 24-year-old father of two, was killed in a late-night car crash on February 11, just months after shattering the marathon record in Chicago. President William Ruto and World Athletics head Sebastian Coe were among th…