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☆ 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.

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☆ 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

☆ US Olympic Marathon Trials: What you need to know ahead of the Saturday’s races
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US Olympic Marathon Trials will be held in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday – an opportunity for runners to book a place at the Games in Paris later this year. Here’s what you need to know ahead of what is regarded as one of the most exciting, unpredictable events on the American running calendar. Conner Mantz and Clayton Young are the only two men to run under the Olympic standard time of 2:08:10, both having done so at last year’s Chicago Marathon. Defending trials champion Aliphine Tuliamuk is looking to make back-to-back Olympics having run 2:24:37 in Boston last year. In previous marathon trials, it was simply the top three men and women who qualified for the US Olympic team.

Persons: Galen Rupp, He’s, Abdi Abdirahman, Conner Mantz, Clayton Young, Scott Fauble, Zach, Paul Chelimo, Molly Seidel, Sara Hall, Keira D’Amato –, Emily Sisson, Betsy Saina, Aliphine, Young, it’s Organizations: CNN, Games, Peacock, NBC, Tokyo Games, Boston, D’Amato, US Olympic, Olympics Locations: Orlando , Florida, Paris, Orlando, Lake Eola, Budapest, Hungary, Boston

☆ 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.

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☆ 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

BERLIN (AP) — Tigst Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race for the fifth time but couldn't break his own record. Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women's record of 2:14:04 set by Brigid Kotsgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019. His time of 2 hours, 2 minutes, 42 seconds was more than a minute and a half off the record he set in Berlin last year. Kipchoge broke the two-hour barrier in Vienna in 2019 when he ran 1:59:40 but it was not officially considered the world record. The German environmental group Last Generation had signaled it intended to disrupt the Berlin Marathon.

Persons: Tigst Assefa, Eliud Kipchoge, Assefa, Brigid Kotsgei, Kipchoge Organizations: BERLIN, Berlin, Chicago Marathon, Marathon . Police Locations: Berlin, Vienna

☆ Tigist Assefa obliterates women’s marathon world record in Berlin while Eliud Kipchoge makes history
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa obliterated the women’s marathon world record on Sunday as she won the Berlin Marathon, completing the course in 2:11:53 and shaving more than two minutes off the previous best. It was a blistering race from the very start with the leading 12 women all running within world record pace through the opening 15 kilometers. By the halfway point, Assefa was more than a minute inside world record pace and alone at the head of the race, streaking ahead of the field. Eliud Kipchoge won his fifth Berlin Marathon title. The speed of this year’s Berlin Marathon was underscored by a record nine men finishing inside 2:05 and a record eight women finishing inside 2:20.

Persons: Assefa, Brigid Kosgei’s, Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui, Magdalena Shauri, Eliud Kipchoge, Tobias Schwartz, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, Derseh Kindie Organizations: CNN, Berlin, Marathon, Athletics, Getty

☆ Here's how to find out which brands, sports, and musicians Facebook and Instagram think you're interested in
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

These are the top results for me under my Meta ad topics. InstagramSome of these made sense, such as travel, holidays, and hiking trails. I also frequently write about high net worth individuals and luxury goods for work. But all the running-related topics confused me. This perhaps explained why I'd recently been getting so many ads for charity marathons and sports clothing – clearly Meta thinks I'm obsessed with running.

Persons: I'd, I'm Organizations: Chicago Marathon

☆ Farah says London will be his last marathon
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Athletics - London Marathon - Elite Men Press Conference - London, Britain - April 20, 2023 Britain's Mo Farah poses after the press conference ahead of the London marathon Action Images via Reuters/Andrew BoyersApril 20 (Reuters) - Mo Farah will compete in his final marathon in front of a home crowd in London on Sunday, the four-times Olympic gold medallist said on Thursday ahead of his likely retirement this year. The 40-year-old, who withdrew from last year's event due to injury, has run the London Marathon three times with a best finish of third in 2018, the same year he won the Chicago Marathon. About 750,000 people are expected to attend the race and Farah expects the occasion to be an emotional one. It won't be my last race but in terms of marathon, the London Marathon will be my last," Farah told reporters. "The support, the people coming out in London, I think that will get to me but I will try not think about it and run.

☆ Marathon-Farah returns for London Marathon, McColgan to make her debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Britain's four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah will take part in his home London Marathon in April after missing the race last year, the long-distance runner said on Tuesday. Farah, who won the Chicago Marathon in 2018 and is also the national record holder in the marathon, missed the London Marathon last year when he was forced to withdraw due to injury. "The London Marathon has always been special to me and I am looking forward to being back out there on the roads of my home town." "It was disappointing not to have taken part in last year's London Marathon. I had such a fantastic summer on the track and the plan was always to follow that with my marathon debut in London," the 2021 Birmingham Games gold medallist said.

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