Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum: Marathon world record holder dies in road accident

[Lala81]

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[TangoCharlie]

 英年早逝!!! 🙏RIP🙏

https://news.sky.com/story/kelvin-kiptum-world-marathon-record-holder-and-his-coach-die-in-road-accident-13069858

[Ender]

Shocking. He is not destined to be the one to break sub 2.

RIP.

[Karoon]

Ah man.... this is sad.

Maybe our generation is not destined to see a sub 2hr in our lives

[inlinesix]

On 2/12/2024 at 12:01 PM, Karoon said:

Ah man.... this is sad.

Maybe our generation is not destined to see a sub 2hr in our lives

Sub-2 will definitely be broken in next 5 years.  Just don't know who.

Looking at the number of records being broken is a good indication.

[Tianmo]

On 2/12/2024 at 8:16 AM, Lala81 said:

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This one I believe deserve a new thread. 

@RadX, @kobayashiGT, @Jman888, @BabyBlade can we split this into a new thread please. 

Thank you. 

[Ender]

Kipchoge will run Tokyo Marathon in march. Think he should not drive his car and take the public bus.

[Tianmo]

On 2/12/2024 at 10:51 PM, Ender said:

Kipchoge will run Tokyo Marathon in march. Think he should not drive his car and take the public bus.

Take public bus? He sld just run there.

But how is he going to get to Tokyo from Kenya?

 

[ER-3682]

On 2/12/2024 at 10:51 PM, Ender said:

Kipchoge will run Tokyo Marathon in march. Think he should not drive his car and take the public bus.

Kenya where got Public Bus.?

[Giordanogavin]

Shocking news as Kelvin Kiptum is full of potential to break the 2 hours barrier.

Now the duel between him and Kipchoge will not materialize.

His early death reminds me of another Kenyan running sensation Wanjiru also death at 24 more than 10 years ago.

https://worldathletics.org/news/news/samuel-wanjiru-olympic-marathon-champion-dies

[Ender]

 

 

[Ender]

On 2/13/2024 at 12:26 PM, ER-3682 said:

Kenya where got Public Bus.?

 

On 2/12/2024 at 11:13 PM, Tianmo said:

Take public bus? He sld just run there.

But how is he going to get to Tokyo from Kenya?

 

Actually during easy days, he could just run home or to anywhere for errands.

 

Just googled, accident rate in Kenya is very high.

[Karoon]

On 2/13/2024 at 5:38 PM, Ender said:

 

Actually during easy days, he could just run home or to anywhere for errands.

 

Just googled, accident rate in Kenya is very high.

An african colleague said Kenya road accident death rate is 10 per day. That's just counting those who died at the scene, not the ones at hospital etc.

[ER-3682]

On 2/13/2024 at 5:38 PM, Ender said:

 

Actually during easy days, he could just run home or to anywhere for errands.

 

Just googled, accident rate in Kenya is very high.

Kenya is a 3rd World Country,sure have 3rd World Laws & Traffic,who don't want to relax & drive.?Even you run Marathon,do you still drive your Car.?

[Ender]

On 2/13/2024 at 5:47 PM, ER-3682 said:

Kenya is a 3rd World Country,sure have 3rd World Laws & Traffic, who don't want to relax & drive.?Even you run Marathon,do you still drive your Car.?

Maybe I siao lang. Some of the evening or early morning runs, includes errands like getting something from the supermarket, or hawker centre.

[Tianmo]

Is fate and fated.  Everyday, all over the world , countless ppl die of accidents,  some places more, some places lesser, that's about it.