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☆ London Marathon 2024: Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women’s elite race and breaks women’s-only world record
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. The field had a clutch of runners who were capable of breaking the record but it was Jepchirchir who made history, finishing ahead of Ethiopia’s world record holder Tigst Assefa in a sprint finish. I was not expecting to run a world record. I’m happy too to be in Paris for the Olympic marathon. Before the race a tribute was paid to world record holder and 2023 winner Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a traffic accident near his home in Kenya earlier this year.

Persons: Peres Jepchirchir, Mary Keitany, Jepchirchir, Tigst, Joyciline Jepkosgei, “, ” Jepchirchir, I’m, ” Alexander Mutiso Munyao, John Walton, Alexander Mutiso Munyao, Kenenisa Bekele, Emile Cairess, Kelvin Kiptum, Munyao, ”, Bekele, Marcel Hug, Catherine Debrunner Organizations: CNN, London, Olympic, Kenyan, BBC Sport Locations: Paris, jubilation, Kenya, ” Swiss

CNN —That a crowd of thousands gathered for the funeral of Kelvin Kiptum was testament to the marathon world record holder’s staggering impact on his sport. “You ask yourself so many questions as to why, but sometimes it’s hard to get answers,” double Olympic gold medalist David Rudisha tells CNN about his compatriot’s untimely death. “The last few weeks have been a really sad moment for Kenyans,” says Rudisha, himself a world record holder over 800 meters. “Kelvin was very special, coming up and running just three marathons, all of them under two hours, two minutes. “Everybody feels good to watch a world record,” he says.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, “, ”, David Rudisha, Kiptum, Gervais Hakizimana, Mustafa Yalcin, Rudisha, it’s, Kelvin, ” Rudisha, Quinn Rooney, Emmanuel Wanyonyi Organizations: CNN, Paris, Getty Locations: Kenya, Eldoret, Chicago, London, Anadolu, Rio

☆ Kelvin Kiptum’s funeral: Thousands in Kenya mourn marathon hero as family pays emotional tributes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Nairobi, Kenya CNN —Kenyan politicians and leaders in sports gathered on Friday for a funeral service celebrating the life of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a road accident last Sunday. Kiptum, 24, and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died at the scene of the crash outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, police said. Kiptum’s widow, Asenath Cheruto, led the ceremony and paid tribute to her late husband with a moving speech. For Kelvin’s family, his fellow athletes, the legion of friends from within and beyond athletics … But I can speak on behalf of the entire world athletics family,” Coe said“Kelvin, you will be missed. The President of Athletics Kenya Jackson Tuwei announced that Golazo, a company specializing in athletes management, is launching the Kelvin Kiptum Foundation, which “will predominantly provide continued financial support for education and infrastructure.”

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, William Ruto, Rigathi Gachagua, Musalia Mudavadi, Gervais Hakizimana, Kiptum’s, Asenath Cheruto, “, ” Cheruto, ”, Cheruto, Sebastian Coe, ” Coe, Kelvin, “ Kelvin, Athletics Kenya Jackson Tuwei Organizations: Kenya CNN — Kenyan, Athletics, Athletics Kenya, Kelvin, Kelvin Kiptum Foundation Locations: Nairobi, Kenya, Elgeyo Marakwet, Eldoret

☆ Kelvin Kiptum, Marathon World Record-Holder, Is Dead at 24
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Kelvin Kiptum, who shattered the world record in the men’s marathon last year, finishing tantalizingly close to the mythical and once unfathomable two-hour barrier, died in a car crash on Sunday in Kaptagat in western Kenya. His death was announced by Athletics Kenya, the governing body for track and field in that country. Kiptum, who was driving, veered off the road into a ditch and then hit a large tree, the authorities said. After some good performances in half marathons, Kiptum broke through in his first marathon in Valencia, Spain, in 2022, with a winning time of 2:01:53. At the London Marathon in 2023, he crushed the field to win in 2:01:25, the second-fastest time in history, 16 seconds short of the world record of 2:01:09 held by Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, Gervais Hakizimana, Hakizimana, Sharon Kosgei, Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge Organizations: Athletics Kenya, London Marathon Locations: Kaptagat, Kenya, Valencia, Spain

☆ Kelvin Kiptum was targeting even more marathon history before his death aged 24
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Before his life was cut short at the age of 24 in a road accident, Kelvin Kiptum had been intent on achieving even more history in his brief but extraordinary marathon running career. Of the seven fastest marathon times in history, Kiptum owns three of them. “I offer my deepest condolences to his young family.”Kiptum stands next to a timer displaying his marathon world record in Chicago. He raced his first marathon in Valencia two days after his 23rd birthday and within the space of a year had become the world record holder. “I will get close to the sub-two barrier, so why not aim to break it?” Kiptum had said in November.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, Kiptum’s, ” Kiptum, Gervais Hakizimana, Sebastian Coe, John Walton, Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge’s, Kipchoge, “, ” Kipchoge, Michael Reaves, Getty, Kiptum –, Hakizimana, ” Hakizimana, I’m Organizations: CNN, Rotterdam Marathon, Kiptum, London Marathon, World Athletics, AFP, Chicago Marathon, Toyota, Kenyan Locations: Valencia, London, Chicago, Kenya, Austrian, Vienna, Chepsamo, Chepkorio, Eldoret, West, Europe, Rwanda, Rotterdam

☆ Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and coach killed in road accident in Kenya
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Nairobi CNN —Current marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a road accident Sunday night outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, Kenyan police confirmed. The 24-year-old Kenyan athlete, who was driving a Toyota Premio, and his coach died at the scene of the crash, Elgeyo Marakwet County Police Commander Peter Mulinge told CNN. Kiptum’s world record marathon time of 2:00:35 set in the Chicago Marathon in October last year was ratified just days ago by World Athletics. He had only switched to running the marathon from shorter distance races a year before setting that record pace. He improved his personal best time by 50 seconds to beat the 2:01:09 record set by fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who is widely considered the greatest marathoner of all time.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, Gervais Hakizimana, Peter Mulinge, Mulinge, “, ” Mulinge, Kipchoge, Kiptum, Sebastian Coe, ”, ” Coe, Kelvin, Bob Verbeeck, ” Verbeeck Organizations: Nairobi CNN —, Kenyan, Toyota, Police, CNN, Chicago Marathon, World Athletics, Athletics, Management Locations: Nairobi, Eldoret, Marakwet, Rwanda, Chicago

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday, a fellow athlete who went to the hospital and saw the body said. Kiptum's coach was also killed in the crash, Kenyan runner Milcah Chemos said. Chemos said she was among a group of athletes who had gone to the hospital in Eldoret after hearing the news of the crash. Kiptum was the first man to run the marathon in under 2 hours, 1 minute. He set the new world record of 2:00.35 at the Chicago Marathon in October, beating the mark of fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, Milcah Chemos, Chemos, Kiptum Organizations: —, Kenyan, Chicago Marathon, Athletics Locations: NAIROBI, Kenya, Eldoret, africa

☆ Tola crushes competition in men's NYC Marathon, Obiri wins women's race
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"The people of New York (are) amazing," said Tola, who hoisted his arms aloft as he claimed his first World Marathon Major title after taking third in London earlier this year. Obiri produced an extraordinary final kick in the women's race to outlast Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, who crossed the finish line about six seconds behind, as last year's winner, Kenyan Sharon Lokedi, finished third in 2:27:33. Swiss Marcel Hug broke the tape in 1:25:29 in the men’s wheelchair race, picking up a record-extending sixth title in New York, while his compatriot, Catherine Debrunner, won the women's race in 1:39:32. The race capped a blockbuster year for the World Marathon Majors in which both the men’s and women’s world records were obliterated. Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum beat compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's world record mark in Chicago last month, while Ethiopian Tigst Assefa shattered the women's record in Berlin in September.

Persons: Mike Segar, Tola, Obiri, Kenyan Albert Korir, Kitata, Gidey, Sharon Lokedi, Swiss Marcel Hug, Catherine Debrunner, Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum, Eliud, Assefa, Amy Tennery, Andrew Heavens, Christian Radnedge, Toby Davis Organizations: New York, REUTERS, New York City Marathon, Kenyan, triumphing, Ethiopian, Thomson Locations: New York, United States, London, Boston, Swiss, Chicago, Berlin

☆ The Final Push for a Sub-Two Hour Marathon Is Here
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kelvin Kiptum lowered the men’s marathon world record by a whopping 34 seconds at the Chicago Marathon in early October. It’s the next 36 seconds, however, that loom larger in the sport as it chases a historic milestone: a sub-two hour marathon. The two-hour mark is to the marathon what a four-minute mile was before Roger Bannister broke the barrier in 1954. Both milestones are arbitrary—they possess the allure of a nice round number—yet the pursuit of them has propelled athletes to change their approach to running.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, It’s, Roger Bannister Organizations: Chicago Marathon

☆ New York City Marathon: ‘Super shoes’ have ‘blown distance running into a new stratosphere.’ Are they benefitting the sport?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesThe two records in quick succession heightened the debate about how carbon-plated shoes – commonly referred to as “super shoes” – are rapidly changing the distance-running landscape. Today, they are worn by virtually all elite marathon runners, both for racing and for training, and by many casual runners, too. Tobias Schwartz/AFP/Getty ImagesThompson has other reservations about super shoes. “A lot of people say, well, people recover faster from training in the super shoes and therefore they can do more training, better training,” he added. “What I believe I’m seeing is that those who train all the time in super shoes will reduce their body’s ability to optimize biokinetic energy production.

Persons: Assefa, Bjørn Gulden, Kelvin Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge, Michael Reaves, Peter Thompson, what’s, ” Thompson, … who’s, who’s, Thompson, hadn’t, I’ve, ”, Luciano Lima, “, ” Thomas Allen, Tobias Schwarz, Sifan Hassan, Chicago –, haven’t, ” Tim Hutchings, ” Hutchings, they’re, it’s, It’s, Jaroslav Svoboda, Hutchings, “ We’re, Eliud, Tobias Schwartz, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Berlin Marathon, Adidas –, Chicago Marathon, Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Getty, Berlin, Runners, Manchester Metropolitan University, World Athletics, York City Marathon, Puma, Athletics Locations: Berlin, Chicago, Great Britain, Prague, York

☆ Kenyan Runners Set the World’s Pace, Chased by a Doping Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jeré Longman | More About Jeré Longman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Kelvin Kiptum, of Kenya, broke the world marathon record in early October, he threatened a landmark barrier of human possibility: running 26.2 miles in less than two hours in a competitive race. Kiptum’s time of 2 hours 35 seconds at the Chicago Marathon brought him tantalizingly close to the milestone, a feat achieved once — by a fellow Kenyan in a 2019 exhibition — but only by using pacing and hydration tactics that rendered the performance ineligible for a record. Yet because Kiptum’s triumph came as Kenyan athletics is struggling with an alarming doping crisis, the 23-year-old record-holder — who has not been accused of doping — found himself discussing not only what he had done in Chicago, but what he had not. The record time, Kiptum told reporters when he returned to Kenya, was the product of running 150 miles or more per week at altitude, not the use of banned substances. “My secret is training,” he said.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, tantalizingly, —, Kiptum, ”, “ Organizations: Chicago Marathon, Kenyan, New York City Marathon Locations: Kenya, Kenyan, Chicago, East

☆ How Nike Fell Behind in the Innovation Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Inti Pacheco | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nike said sales of footwear in North America—its largest market—fell 2% in the latest quarter. Photo: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg NewsNike made a swift comeback earlier this month in the super-shoe fight when marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum set a world record while wearing a new iteration of the company’s Alphafly 3. But the sneaker maker is losing steam in other races. Competitors such as Hoka and On are gaining a foothold among runners and with people who are looking for something comfortable to wear to work or school. Adidas and New Balance are also making headway in the market for streetwear by bringing back old models in dozens of colorways, moves similar to those from Nike’s own playbook.

Persons: Benjamin Girette, Kelvin Kiptum Organizations: Nike, Bloomberg News Nike, Adidas, streetwear Locations: North America

☆ Kelvin Kiptum Breaks Men’s Marathon World Record in Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Laine Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Kelvin Kiptum smashes men’s marathon world record in Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum broke the men’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, becoming the first person to record a time faster than 2:01:00, crossing the line in 2:00:35. “I knew I was coming for a course record, but a world record – I am so happy,” Kiptum said afterwards, according to World Athleteics. He had remained outside world record pace at the halfway point with a time of 1:00:48 but accelerated 10 kilometers from the finish to seal his place in the history books. Kiptum poses with his medal and the clock after setting a world record men's marathon time of 2:00:35. Meanwhile, Sifan Hassan broke the women’s course record in Chicago with a time of 2:13:38, the second-fastest ever race, as she made her US marathon debut.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya’s Benson Kipruto, Belgium’s Bashi Abdi, “, ” Kiptum, ”, Kiptum, Michael Reaves, Sifan Hassan, Switzerland’s Marcel Hug, Catherine Debrunner Organizations: CNN, Athletics, Kenyan, US Locations: Chicago, London, Kipchoge’s

☆ Farah says Great North Run will be his final race
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 24 (Reuters) - Britain's four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah said he will end his athletics career at the Great North Run in September. Farah finished ninth in his final marathon in London on Sunday, clocking 2:10:28 - nine minutes behind winner Kelvin Kiptum. The 40-year-old will compete at the 10km Great Manchester Run on May 21 before the Great North Run half-marathon on Sept. 10. The Great North Run is going to be my last ever run and that will be my goodbye. Farah has won the Great North Run six times.

☆ Adele Roberts: Radio DJ breaks record for fastest woman with an ileostomy to run the London Marathon
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —British radio presenter Adele Roberts became the fastest woman to complete the London Marathon with an ileostomy, running the distance in just over three and a half hours on Sunday. The Guinness World Records awarded Roberts with a framed certificate at the finish line, writing on Twitter: “Adele Roberts completed the fastest marathon with an ileostomy (female) in 3:30:22. “Thank you to every single person who has helped make today possible,” Roberts wrote on Instagram after the race. “This means I currently have no use of my large colon,” Roberts wrote on her fundraising page. Roberts was one of thousands of runners to complete the London Marathon on Sunday which raised millions for charitable causes.

☆ London Marathon: Sifan Hassan lays claim to being greatest female distance runner with thrilling victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That’s precisely what Sifan Hassan did in the London Marathon on Sunday, though her stunning, chaotic victory in the women’s race was anything but straightforward. Hassan (center left) passes Big Ben on her way to an unexpected victory in London. Rather than making a long-term commitment to the marathon, Hassan thought she would test herself over the longer distance and still race on the track this summer. “I was telling myself that I’m stupid that I decided to run the marathon,” said Hassan. Prior to that, she broke the 23-year-old mile world record at the start of 2019 and won 1,500 and 10,000-meter golds at the world championships a few months later.

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