There's a history of famous East African runners being in deadly or near-deadly car accidents - Bikila, Lelei, Kiplagat, Bett, Rudisha, Tanui, Tergat...and now Kiptum. I'm sure there's many more.
LRC note: We changed the thread title. It was started when people weren't sure if he had died and it was entitled, "Rip Kelvin Kiptum??"
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Ajax wrote:
There's a history of famous East African runners being in deadly or near-deadly car accidents - Bikila, Lelei, Kiplagat, Bett, Rudisha, Tanui, Tergat...and now Kiptum. I'm sure there's many more.
Achon from Uganda...
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im 🍃 and cant tell if this is a troll :(
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:(
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Most of our highways (Uganda and the parts of Kenya I have been to - and apparently most of sub-Saharan Africa, from reading Howard French) are only two lanes. There is little room for error on such roads.
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So sad. I know there are people wondering how and why and looking for details but today I am just sad. That sucks.
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Articles are now published on ESPN and The Athletic.
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barney23 wrote:
Most of our highways (Uganda and the parts of Kenya I have been to - and apparently most of sub-Saharan Africa, from reading Howard French) are only two lanes. There is little room for error on such roads.
Do we know for sure this was an accident? From my understanding, carjacking is very common in Kenya.
RIP
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Ohhh look at this shock artist here.
Get a life loser and shut your f*cking mouth.RIP Kelvin
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Badcompany wrote:
barney23 wrote:
Most of our highways (Uganda and the parts of Kenya I have been to - and apparently most of sub-Saharan Africa, from reading Howard French) are only two lanes. There is little room for error on such roads.
Do we know for sure this was an accident? From my understanding, carjacking is very common in Kenya.
RIP
I am 95% sure it was an accident. This is the condition of the car they were
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A truly inspirational and amazing figure for the running world died in a tragic way far too young, sorry for being emotional you ghoul.
RIP Kelvin
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anyone know why he was driving around at midnight? Something alarming and ascary might have been happening.
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Badcompany wrote:
Do we know for sure this was an accident? From my understanding, carjacking is very common in Kenya.
RIP
There are some specifics in various articles. They indicate Kiptum was driving, lost control, and the vehicle traveled 60 more meters into a ditch where it hit a large tree.
I read it happened at 11 PM.
I'm just numbed by this. I planned to watch swimming world championships on tape tonight, followed by a tape of the Super Bowl. Now I have zero energy.
I was becoming a fan of the marathon solely due to Kelvin Kiptum. There's no way a late 30s guy was invincible or deserved of as much claim as he was receiving. That's why I savored the emergence of Kiptum. He was chipping away at the nonsense and injecting needed clarity. I don't care if that comes across as inappropriate now. It's reality.
I hope they were wearing seat belts and not driving too fast. Fast aggressive driving is deadly worldwide.
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RIP, what horrible news. Always thought Kiptum would be the first person to go sub-2 officially, sadly never got to see him run in person. His legacy will live on.
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why was he even driving the car? Why is the marathon world record holder and arguably (former) best runner in the world driving somewhere at 11pm? And without a professional hired driver?
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